#also i have a great news to share

[ohitslen]

College (uni??) AU catering to my own interests as it should always be hehe :)

#projecting my major on Vash because them mfs who have changed from the med field majors to that one have some tragic things to tell #and also because I think that Vash would be such a wonderful designer I don’t know why it’s a gut feeling #Nai the law major because of course he would have you seen the guy #he would be a personal injury lawyer because lore #fun fact Nai rested for a semester after the incident with Vash while Vash took two.He never told Nai he would be changing majors #so it was a big big shock for him. they fought again but yk I’ll explain more on that if anyone is interested #as to Kni and WW I thought it’d be funny if they shared a common subject that required a lot of team assignments #and they can NEVER work out together. being an absolute nightmare to the rest of their group #separately they are great to work with. even if Kni can come off as too bossy sometimes he is actually a great leader #and WW would always deliver things on time exactly as it was asked from him #but Kni and WW just never really matched. Kni was too rude at times when WW made a mistake and WW would always clock him if he passed a line #like insulting his reasons for wanting to study security #one day Kni tells him at the beginning of a new semester where they both have unfortunately landed on a shared subject again #“you are not suited for that sort of job Wolfwood. you should simply give up and why don’t you go play role model to your little kids’’ #then WW beats him again and then is like hey yk what you’re kinda right. and changed majors and he feels so much more at home studying #education/teaching than security. he fucking hates some things but the end goal makes it worthy #Trigun Uni! AU #because I don’t know how differently a college and a uni work #trigun #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun stampede #vashwood #trigun fanart #wolfwood #vash #Nai saverem #millions knives #lenssi draws #pen!

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

DA2 is the best DA game actually because not only you are are a refugee, but your whole friend group except one (1) guy are also all refugees in some way or at the very least foreigners in the city, and you get to see all the different ways they do and don't struggle to adapt and fit in and make a new home

#i love that the fact that hawke isnt native to kirkwall is always present in some way even after they climb ranks #i love that you get to talk with aveline about your shared home country and shared refugee experience and how it affects you #(not in Great Detail but your feelings towards it get addressed and idk. that means a lot to me) #i love that (almost) all of the companions deal with making a new home in a new place differently #and i love the contrast of varric who has never been anywhere but kirkwall #who knows it inside and outside. whose whole heart lies in this city. #anyways. i care about this aspect of da2 lots thank u for coming to my ted talk #and also shoutout to ali for making me have feels about it again <3

[thevalleyisjolly]

As an archivist, thinking about the right to be forgotten in a specifically archival context, and the idea that not everyone wants their stories or their records to be made available to anyone/for everyone; that often, what a community judges to be the best preservation for their own histories and culture is not what is beneficial to outsiders, especially outside academics.

More specifically, thinking about this in the context of Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit/The Silmarillion/other Legendarium books as “historical” texts.  Thinking about maybe the “authors” not writing everything down because they understand the power of stories and how the telling of a thing grants a certain power over it, over how it is known and spread, and positions the teller as a figure of authority over what (and who) is depicted.

We already know that Bilbo is an unreliable narrator, that he changes things and leaves things out.  There were a few posts and fics years ago, when the Hobbit movies came out, about Bilbo befriending a young Estel in Rivendell and deliberately leaving that out of his stories at Gandalf/Elrond’s request.  What other things might he have left out, perhaps, out of respect for his friends in the Company and their desire to keep their culture and language private and closed? 

Pengolodh compiling the Annals of Beleriand from which came the greater part of The Silmarillion - but he was in Gondolin for much of the First Age, and would have had to rely on other sources to give an account of the rest of Beleriand.  Who did he talk to?  What might they have said and not said, and what might they have requested he include or keep out? 

Anyways, the Legendarium as an archive, something actively created and shaped by the different people in and around it, who both added things and left things out unintentionally or by design or on request. 

#lotr #silmarillion #ironically this would make the archivists of middle-earth more respectful and conscious of this than many irl archivists #i jest; there are many excellent archivists who are putting the time and the effort in to do the work right and to spearhead change #not that there aren't still a great many traditionally trained archivists who are being absurdly obstinate about this #but there is progress; however slow; being made in the archival field about recognizing people's rights to their own records #writing this instead of my personal archives paper asdfghjkl; #this isn't the main point of this post but i also like to headcanon post war of wrath burgeoning loremaster elrond #travelling around and meeting different communities and hearing their stories #and sometimes they ask him to share those stories with others and many other times they ask him not to spread them #he meets a kindi tribe in the east who have no desire to be involved in any of the bullshit happening over in the west #they are fine with him as a friend but explicitly ask that he not let anyone else know about their existence #he befriends dwarves living in the blue mountains who wish people to remember the glory of tumunzahar and gabilgathol #but who don't want their culture and language widely spread for outsiders to know #he reestablishes contact with the silvan elves in the greenwood who are eager to hear news of their long sundered kin #and request that he bring news of them to the survivors of ossiriand

[fictionadventurer]

All the tour groups in Springfield should be very proud of me for how well I refrained from sharing all my fascinating Lincoln facts.

#there were so many school groups! #a giant one came in RIGHT AFTER i entered lincoln's cabinet room #part of me was screaming 'children i NEED to tell you about all these idiots and their insane drama!' #a smarter part of me understood that would be super weird #so instead i regaled different individuals of my own traveling party after we had the room to ourselves #then at lincoln's tomb we lucked out in getting there during the ten minutes of the day when school groups weren't there #which meant we got a personal tour from a guide who seemed thrilled to have grown-ups to talk to #he and my dad chatted about fishing for a long while in the entry #it didn't feel disrespectful because it totally felt like the kind of conversation lincoln would have understood and joined in on #and then we went on our way but the guide then chased us down to share all the fascinating lincoln stories as we went along #(shout-out to lefty you were great) #and then a school group found us so we made a graceful exit #but outside a teacher was explaining to a different group about how robert was significant in his own right so he's buried at arlington #and the RESTRAINT i showed in not immediately informing them that he was present at three presidential assassinations! it was rather heroic #and then when we toured lincoln's house the guide (who accidentally made it clear he was a revolutionary war buff) #(which made it a bit hilarious he was stuck with lincoln) #asked for questions before we started and someone asked about lincoln's 1860 election campaign! #aka one of my SPECIAL NICHE AREAS OF OBSESSION! #you cannot imagine how desperately i wanted to tell him ALL ABOUT seward and thurlow weed #anyway it was fun to go back now that i actually know stuff about lincoln #but it was also a bit frustrating because now i know how much they leave out #(though there was cool new info and artifacts) #(the blood-stained piece of laura keene's dress was very morbid and very cool) #also it reminded me that i still have that book on the 1860 election i've yet to read and the hype is so real #presidential talk

[13eyond13]

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#heres the thing i love and will always love death note and this fandom #but also i feel like at this point im very bored of it #like i dont seek out fics or have new headcanons to share #and trying to reread it again i always stall and lose interest in favour of reading new stuff #BUT i love the fandom so much and find it so homey #so its like where to go from here? #start a new blog thats not just for death note? because i dont want to turn this one into a non dn blog #but i feel like my interests are naturally going elsewhere #i almost want to have a blog more just for my reading in general instead #i know it would be way smaller of a blog probably but idk #i assume it must annoy new followers if they follow me thinking theyll get a lot of DN and then its just #mostly random other stuff #but blogging to people-please rather than bc you actually wanna isnt a great way to go either #i feel guilty about being bored of DN when in reality ive probably sustained my interest in this series 1000x longer than the average bear #p

[derpinette]

i hated airpods & phones with those big fugly cameras in the back when they were announced as a concept & i hate them even more each time i see that hideousness in person

#i remember when i was 11 ( sorry for being a zoomer ) getting into an argument with an online acquaintance #over airpods because i thought they were retarded but she thought they were cool as if bluetooth ear pieces were a new invention #remember how the world used to make fun of them not even that many years prior. she was like nooobut you can hide them for cheating #& against thievery ( OK the only fair point I GUESS ) but they are just so ugly to me & stupid not practical too easily lost & damaged #especially with that pricetag like they could have made something COOL or Kawaii but of course sleek Nothing design is “in” #still after a decade now ♯MAKEITSTOP #honestly only like bluetooth for file sharing when necessary anything else is devilwork #as for the new giant multiple cameras design i mean use your eyes has there ever been an uglier decision #even if i had money i could never own a touch screen phone without a middle button & a normal camera lense in the back #like just looking at them makes me angry BUT mostly apple products i think android ones are less hives inducing #but TBH i have no headphone jack so... on my old broken phone i did but not this one -_- where are my principles...... #well i will wear this one down until it dies i already have a cracked arse screen so until it breaks i will downgrade #also remember how cute silicone phone cases were in the early to mid 2010s ♯BringThatBack #honestly can you even i think phones today are just too damn big Not mine Doe 🦌 mine is almost perfectly sized for my hands (iphone7) #at least people have more charms than ever in my city at least i see people with cute lanyards & zoomer style JesusBeaters so great ^_^ #sorry for complaining all the time but also if you are not here for my Kvetching then what else could you be here for... #*jumps into a well from shame*

[eldrichthingy]

SJHSJJAOJSKWOSKSSOSJS THE ENDING WITH ASCENDED ASTARION????????? I can't breathe I love him I adore his evil laughter at the end I adore him calling Tav his love I adore it- AND THE MOST POWERFUL COUPLE IN THE WORLD??? he said it????????? I fucking love them. And the way he talks about them having bloody future together- gods, I wish I could kiss him in the end but It'd completely destroy me

#OKAY BUT IMAGINE DARK URGE AND ASTARION EITHER RUILING BALDUR'S GATE TOGETHER (I chose travelling but anyways-) #oh I love that couple #and I loved seeing dark urge finally free from their father's will I always go bhaal's chosen route and don't mind it but this ending... #my opinion on ascended astarion really changes every second skjjsj BUT NOW I SAW THE ENDING #and I loved it #I fucking can't get enough of him and also the dialog before the fight?? where he said that they'd need to do secret tunnels underneath #the city- #I love him I swear I'd do anything for him #MY BOY OH GOD #he's sharing eternity with his lover!! they're travelling together or ruling together or doing both #GOD THEY HAVE THE ETERNITY TOGETHER AAHHHHHHH #this makes me so happy idk I just- yes yes yes!! #also the way he looks at tav in the ending scene.. #I didn't expect to be this happy with the ending considering my mixed feelings during playthrough- #BUT I LOVE IT OH GOD #I just want to happily rant about it I'm so sorry #also I LOVE the new scenes they added in the ending!!! larian THANK YOU that was finally worth it!! now at least good ending feels great #bg3 spoilers #nonsims #delete later #olya's rambles

[qangelbluebird]

Going from dead/non-updating media to technically-updating-but-games-take-years-to-make media to qsmp is wild. From nothing to “the link is still missing where is missing link<-(it’s been a year)” to “do you remember,,,, QSMP,,,, it’s been decades<-(it has been five days. It is coming back in another five days. You people are fascinating(pos))”

#the link that is missing is kingdom hearts missing link btw. where is she #I am saying all of this affectionately y’all were being fed daily for ages it makes sense you’d miss it even for a bit #the dramatics is just very funny. we have fun here，if this was any other media you people would have starved/j #shout out to qsmp for being that good that people freak out when it’s gone for a few days #just all the fandoms I’ve been in before have been for wildly different types of media. the closest would have been hlvrai and #I got into that after it ended. seeing how fandom works for such an active story with so many different perspectives to watch from and #so many languages all at the same time is so interesting to me. hearing about things happening second hand from people live as they are #happening is wild. the interesting new lore happenings and the mundane yet entertaining chaos of non-lore days #the clips in languages I don’t speak being lovingly translated by people who are excited to share their sides of this story #how this is one story but it is also a thousand other stories each just as interesting and the fact that you people will tell us about #the bits that you focus on that we might have missed in a way that can spark our own interest and just #I love this thing I love it it’s great #this turned into me just talking about how cool qsmp is and the pocket of fans I follow huh. no regrets #blue babbles

[thychesters]

i'm excited for the one piece live action, and i think a big part of it, to me, at least, is because there's such a sense of community with it. you're not watching it alone! maybe not everyone is into it, but those who are are excited and we're excited together! i'm excited to watch it with people and experience it with people, and be a part of it with others. i hope it's silly, i hope it's goofy, i hope the cast and crew had a blast with their heart and soul. i hope arlong park and the duel with mihawk pull at my heartstrings. i hope seeing sanji, luffy, and usopp's backstories make me hold my face in my hands. it's been a few months now, almost a year, but i still feel so new to one piece in the grand scheme of things, but i'm having so much fun. i'm not kidding when i say i'm having a blast, because the people i've met so far have been so cool and so welcoming, and i don't regret a minute. i'm so excited.

#we are sharing an experience! #the east blue saga might not be new material but the experience will be new to us #i've only been into one piece since mid-december but this fandom is so big and has been here for so long #that everything still feels new and that's so great #there's always something new! there's always something else! and there are always things to reexamine #i think that's why i like doing a liveblog as i watch the anime BECAUSE i get to share it with other people. we're watching together #i'm also excited to watch something more recent vs watching something everyone else saw 10 years ago lmao #in all i'm really glad i bit the bullet and wrote and posted an op fic back in december #because i almost talked myself out of it #the people i've met have been great and i hope you know i appreciate you guys and am glad to have met you :') #one piece #opla #kate blabs #you're getting my typos rip to them

[socksandbuttons]

Fhjdvsua hilarious as i was LITERALLY drawing thr two bloodmoons au lasy nithgt and its technically canon!!!

#WE GET BIOTH #fantstic i dont have to share it now lol #ALSO DYING BLOODMOON HATING KILLCODR BUT LIKE... I GUESS given memories inserted via the show esp woth killcodes new life yeah #still :(((( killcodr will be sad to see his sons again #but the people were right ruin and bloodmoons dynamic is great i love that for them

[buildoblivionthenwewilltalk]

one doctor who thing I’ve always thought would be fun is meeting a future doctor in a ‘current series’ - like a preemptive multi doctor special

but this ep reminded me why that’s not a good idea :(

#don’t get me wrong #14 and 15s reactions were great when taken as a character growth moment #for the doctor I mean #but it really undercuts the joy of meeting a new doctor on their own terms #not even the basics of the post regen high or the new tardis or outfit #but just getting to watch them tick you know? #ncuti is already a darling and tennant’s 14 grew on me as his own thing #I had fun!!! lots to like!!!! #but yeah #wish ncuti didn’t have to share his first ep - especially with David Tennant of all people 😅 #doctor who #spoilers #ps this is also why I feel like Jo Martin got done so dirty #she oozed charisma and intrigue - but her role in the show was undercut by … well everything else #*sigh* #this is also why capaldis little cameo in the 50th was great!!!! #I saw it in the cinema and we lost our minds!!!!!! #just a little taste of what’s to come - then back in the action #no toes stepped on

[milkbreadtoast]

...hey guys completely random but i made a youtube channel 🚶🏻

#i never thought id be doing this but #after encouragement from some followers/oomfs on twitter... i finally did it... #i recently got a mic so... after i finish uploading my impromptu twitter voice covers #im gonna hopefully start recording and posting proper covers.....!!!!?!!?? #lmao #anyway no i dont think my voice is that great but #this is smth ive lowkey wanted to/fantasized abt for a while (uploading covers to youtube) #and ive already gotten bold enough to share them on twitter/here so #and ive been encouraged by a few nice ppl (bc else i would never do it skfbdnd) #so here goes nothing #🫡.....🏃🏻💨 #btw if u have any advice for how to set up my channel/what to put in the description kdhfdk #oh also i put a new username bc milkbreadtoast(fluffberries as well) was taken... #might change it tho... #my singing #<--my singing tag btw LMFAO #edit: o sidenote this is smth personal but #ive also wanted to record covers with my pre-T voice #so that if/when i ever go on T... I'll be able to look back on them #idk if i ever will go on T but if I do this is smth i def want to do before that #o btw... im not... ive never considered myself a 'singer' and ive never sang in front of ppl irl either or taken classes/joined clubs etc #but this has become a lowkey hobby the past couple yrs #and its rly fun to try to find ways to improve my singing... ive def improved bc #when i listen to covers i recorded a few yrs ago im like oh my fking god my ears... hell no... #like even just 2 yrs ago #i think i improved a lot in the past 2 yrs... or since graduating...? #/since covid/quarantine lmao

[blackjackkent]

Merry Christmas (to those who celebrate) and Happy Holidays (to those who don't). I feel incredibly lucky to have met so many awesome people around here, to be able to throw feels at y'all and have you throw them back, to experience the craziness of the internet together. I hope you all are having an awesome holiday season and that your new year ahead is tremendous. <3

#Christmas here has been uh. hectic. my grandmother tested positive for covid this morning #so the whole family party has broken up and me and my brother are flying home tonight #big bummer of a day tbh #but I am sending tons of hugs out to y'all and hope everyone is having a great day <3 #also finished a new hector/karlach fic while I was out here that I'm excited to share once I've taken some time to edit it c: #bjk talks

[caterpillarinacave]

I am having such a not good time

#Like just #errrgh #Special interest juices aren’t working #And I haven’t created anything lately and I don’t know why #Like I know I’m a decent writer at least I’ve won stuff for my writing before and really view it as a craft #but I’ve been feeling very discouraged #Plus I haven’t been taking great care of myself becuase I’ve had a lot of executive dysfunction #Which I usually don’t have much trouble with at all so this is new #Plus I’m the therapist friend and I don’t have a therapist becuase they scare me so the closest I get to sharing that I’m struggling is vag #Rants in the tumblr tags #Also i probably need to go back to the doctor and get more tests done and I just really don’t want to #I’m always afraid my doctors are gonna decide I’m faking #I wish I talked to more people on here I really enjoy fandom stuff #Particularly when I’m stressed but frankly the fandom is pretty stressful now and a little dead #Jkjk rant over I’m good now y’all

[sroloc--elbisivni]

for the record, really, i am literally always okay with people taking the ideas i wrote and doing something else with them. i don’t lay exclusive claim to any idea i put in a fic. the main motivation i have to write anything is ‘i think this is cool and i want to see it in the world.’ if someone also thinks that thing is cool and wants to put it in the world? that is literally the best possible outcome i could hope for.

#i just put this in a private response to an ask and figured it would be good to state publicly #this is why i have an open derivative works policy #i’m even okay with someone going ‘i think the way you did this is dumb and i am rewriting it’ #that’s a worthy creative act! that’s how new things are made that’s why writing is shared! #ideas enter the pool and swim around and sometimes they are pondweed and sometimes they are bait and sometimes they are baby pike #the great food web of fandom #sroloc babbles #also on a less prosaic note: increasing the space for people to make stuff you like BY NECESSITY involves #making space for people to make things that WON’T be to your taste #the taste is not important. the environment to create? most important thing

[13eyond13]

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#The funniest thing about trying to sift through an old/small fandom #That mostly exists in blogspot blogging format (not this one but for a game series from the 90s/00s I recently rediscovered) #is that nearly all of the blogs are dead and nothing but a decade's worth of posts of people going #'Sorry I haven't been posting much lately!' #'Thinking about going on hiatus!' 'Back from hiatus!' #'Sorry I haven't posted a lot!' #I'd say they make up a good like 40% of the total posts #Makes me realize it's probably best to just not post stuff like that every single time you take a break? #bc I get disappointed when I find a big inactive blog then realize almost all the content is those kinda posts #I know it's hard especially in an old fandom that has a nice/friendly community but not much/any new content coming out though #bc you don't want to just disappear or lose touch but also after many years sometimes it's just like. SoOo. What's there new to say? #That hasn't already been said or done to death 49483829 different ways #Also I guess that's why tumblr is easier by design to stay active on than something like a blogspot #because you can just reblog other people's stuff even when you have nothing much to contribute yourself #and this one never seems to totally run out of new fan made stuff to share which is great #p