#don’t mind me i’m catching up

[griancraft]

Hi guys, this is sort of my official "please, for the love of god, listen to Skyjacks with me” post because I’m losing my mind and all the content I can find is from the latest stuff right now, and I don’t want to spoil myself. I want to be able to talk about this with people!!!! I will make a watch (listen) party discord if there is enough interest. Just give it a chance; you won’t regret it. Also, some information may be wrong or outdated. I’m on episode 11 out of over 200.

Skyjacks is a ttrpg podcast about sky pirates in a world where there was a catastrophe about 200 years ago that left the sea unsafe to sail and maybe even damaged the entire world to the point where civilization is scattered and in small groups. There is very casual queer rep, and it’s casual to the point where it really just fits into the world perfectly.

A brief summary of the premise of the first episode will hopefully get you hooked. I’m really bad at summaries, but I promise it’s a billion times better than how I talked about it here:

Captain Orimar Vale is dead, and a mutiny will be on Gable, Jonnit, Travis, and Dref’s hands if they are unable to keep up the ruse of him being alive. To do this, necromancy (deeply forbidden magic) is performed by the Dref, the ship's doctor, to turn him into a semi-functional zombie. Captain Orimar is famous for his abilities as a captain; to replicate this will take great skill.

As they run out of supplies, they make a desperate decision: port on the land of one of Orimar’s scorned lovers or deal with the growing uneasiness of the rest of the crew. They haven’t seen their captain healthy in months, and whispers about his health are starting. However, greater danger will await them when they take to the skies again, lurking just beyond the clouds…

And more propaganda as to why I think you guys will like it:

There are unique and interesting gameplay mechanics they use to tell a really cool story, and if you like Hermitcraft or any other sorta storytelling-based SMP, I promise you’ll like it. Like. If you liked Boatem from Hermitcraft 8, you’ll love the characters in Skyjacks. The players are exceptionally good at playing their characters, their humour is unmatched by anything similar I’ve had the pleasure of seeing, and the story is prioritized, which I think is an amazing choice.

Best part? It’s still ongoing after, like, 5 years. Some people have left, but a good chunk of the OG cast has stayed. Not that leaving is bad, because holy crap, 5 years is a long time, and stories have to end at some point! It’s a good way of getting into something and knowing there is still a shit ton of content to be explored.

The music is good. The story is good. The characters and humour are amazing. The lore of the world is sprinkled throughout, and as you learn more about the world, the more excited you get. It’s incredible so far, and if you decide to listen to it, I will actually love you forever and ever. My boyfriend is on episode 190, and he finds it so funny every time I go. Oh my god, this is so cool.

Link to the podcast, but in a playlist (up to 180). So it’s in order and easy to find, since it’s a part of something else from the oneshot network:

#I need you guys to get into skyjacks I cannot do this alone #Can’t even look in the skyjacks tag for fan art to loose my mind about because I am literally over 200 1hr+ episodes BEHIND #I promise it is so worth it #I’m almost done episode 11 : #which is so so early so it would be very easy to catch up to me #I’m going to reblog this once a day or so I think #collapses in a heap of dust this post was never supposed to be this long #also please don’t spoil me if you’re ahead or get ahead guys istg i will kill you with my bare hands I’ll put my episode number in my pinne #ack tags too long #me when I infodump for 45 minutes straight when I should be working on my final essay #I’m dragging you fuckers kicking and screaming. Please guys. #I realize now this will like definitely show up in the tags but honestly I don’t know if that matters

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

I know it’s been talked about ad nauseam, but I think one of the things that got lost in the discourse about TTPD and the muses and whatnot is how one of, if not the core trigger points of the album is the yearning for commitment and perhaps even more poignantly, motherhood.

The reason she was so susceptible to falling for the “conman’s get love quick schemes” is because she was grieving that imagined life with the person she had long assumed would be the one to give her that. What has been beyond clear in several albums, let alone interviews etc, is that those plans for building a family were very much real and top of mind for years, and she kept holding on and shifting her world in service of making that happen. And when whatever happened happened that pulled that rug out from under her, it left her bereft not just for the relationship that had once been her world but also the imagined family she had been hoping for and sticking out the hard times for.

And that’s likely why she was swayed by and trusting of the promises of someone who knew her history and knew how unmooring that loss was to her. It may have been partially about the person himself or lust or whatever, but the core issue was the pain of giving up the dream, and sublimating that dream into this new opportunity in front of her, because she was so desperate to hold onto the last scraps of that imagined life she wanted so badly. (And I don’t mean desperate as in pathetic or negative, I mean as in fighting within the last ounce of energy and hope she had.) It wasn’t rational and it wasn’t love, it was grief, not just for a relationship but even more so for the family it represented.

So to me the core issue of TTPD isn’t just the Joe vs. Matty or whoever of it all: it’s Taylor and her yearning. She wanted a family badly and a life that was theirs and was processing losing that in all kinds of ways. It’s all over the album in overt and subtle lyrics. It may not have been grieving a literal death but I’d bet it felt pretty darn close.

And I’d also bet that’s why we’re seeing… what we’re seeing now.

(I have so many more thoughts about womanhood and motherhood on TTPD but that is another post being worked on piecemeal in my drafts… this is just a little Saturday morning post-zoomies reflection)

#I’m trying to be delicate about all this on main #if you catch my drift #obviously I don’t know any of these people #I’m just using my ears with the music and my eyeballs on the screen #honestly think she’d almost gotten to the point where she would have given up almost anything #(including marriage) #if it meant having kids and a commitment #let alone all the career stuff she was willing to let slide #but in the end none of that mattered #writing letters addressed to the fire #the tortured poets department #and like.. #this is also why she was so clear minded about what she wanted in a partner when she started dating killa #and not as in opportunist but as in she knew what she wouldn’t compromise on anymore #and luckily for her he was on the same page #and tbh why this isn’t all that fast #ugh I wish my brain would let me finish the other post I was working on #like I know we’ve kind of been dancing around this in recent years in discussion #even if we all had our own assumptions #but she kind of ripped the bandaid off in ttpd #and with ~everything~ now happening #I think it’s ok to talk about? respectfully? lol

[jenkys-hoard]

A lil redraw from this old post for @sudoscience yes it’s been a HOT SEC since I drew Deltarune lmaow- you absolutely made my day yesterday tho 😚🥰💝

#deltarune #rouxls kaard #deltarune lancer #deltarune susie #deltarune kris #deltarune ralsei #redraw #don’t mind me I’m just SIMPING over the progress in my art lol #I have yet to catch up with ch 2 of Deltarune #but don’t worry you’ll see less ducks now…… but you’re gonna see a lot more turtles and plumbers for a while lmaooooo

[itspileofgoodthings]

also I had a breakthrough today that I had in fact overthought a Specific Problem to Death and that I had created a monster in my own mind and that’s why it felt like I was being eaten alive every time I tried to solve it.

#not to put too fine a point on it but that’s what happened with the whole is Maria going to become a nun question tbh #and I needed a counselor to say to me objectively and yet also crucially without any knowledge of me or my past: #you have overthought this and now you’re terrified of it #anyway it’s so obvious but it came home to me today. slowly. #like it was just like. Oh. You did it again #you’re terrified of this because you have thought of every possibility and every outcome and every twist and turn and shadow—- #until it has become a bloated demon in your mind that is totally separated from reality #while made up of real facts and details! and tbh I know it’s a common problem #but the anxiety chokehold I can put myself in is something that is so impressive and so disturbing #I can render myself absolutely helpless through the meanderings of my own thoughts #and what makes it worse—immeasurably worse—is that I get OUT of problems through careful thought and analysis #I’m programmed that way #so I can’t escape it by the usual means. I have to back away from the monster and see it and NAME it and then it can die away. #and only THEN can I apply my usual ways of going about things. I don’t know it just all clicked today #these past few days have just been bringing it all to a fever pitch for me #anyway I guess it’s also important to me that I still be allowed to be analytical about it!!! I have to use my brain!!!!!!! #in my desperation I have tried to shut it off to feel only with my heart. To try to catch the whisper of God’s voice in the wind #but tbh I am meant to use the gifts I have! But only in the right context #and that’s only after the demon has been killed or more accurately —deflated #my counselor has been so good about this tbh. she’s so matter of fact and blunt and salt of the earth and also she sees how my mind works #and wants me to be able to use it!! #so I’m just going to tell her that I did the bad thing with this other problem and can she help me find a way forward #ANYWAY THE MONSTERS TURNED OUT TO BE JUST TREES

[ssahotchnerr]

do y’all have any angst or hurt/comfort requests?? i need something that’ll pull at the heartstrings 😭

#i LOVE writing fluff don’t get me wrong #but i feel like all my writing lately has just been boring/not good 😭 #and ps if you sent me within the past day or so i will get to it i’m gonna close requests after i get some angst so i can catch up #aaron hotchner #aaron hotchner x reader #criminal minds

[lesbiansanemi]

Do you think if I wish hard enough my mom will get electrocuted by a string of Christmas lights and just go up in a cloud of smoke. It’d be a Christmas miracle

#I’m not even DOWN THERE YET and I want to fucking KILL HER #I have to work Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas. I live four hours away from my family #I told her this MANY TIMES I said I’ll drive down after work on Christmas Eve be there Christmas morning but I need to leave by 3-4 to get #home at a reasonable hour so I can have time to unpack/catch up on a couple days of chores/get plenty of sleep #she called me last night and told me she didn’t schedule Christmas stuff until SIX PM #and when I said why tf did you do that I’m not staying that late #she got mad and upset and was like ‘it’s the only time everyone is free :(‘ #BUT THEN proceeded to tell me we were having lunch with her HUSBAND’S family at noon #(ppl I am not close with never have been literally don’t talk to) #and everyone I know is like ‘just leave when you said you were going to anyways’ #and like yeah I could but then my family is gonna be ENRAGED that I didn’t do Christmas stuff with them #and they’re like ‘well explain that your mom didnt listen to when you said you needed to leave’ #but the thing is. no matter what. they’re going to take her side #I should sacrifice my time and comfort to spend time with them because they’re FAMILY #never mind that literally not a SINGLE ONE OF THEM has EVER come up to visit me #IM always expected to drive down there. but that sacrifice doesn’t count it’s not good enough #but if I stay that late I won’t be getting home until AT LEAST midnight or later #cuz my family has no fucking concept of time so if it starts at six that means it doesn’t ACTUALLY start until 7 so most of them might be #there by 8 so I’ll be expected to stay until at least 10 to sufficiently catch up with all of them #I’m going to scream I’m going to cry #if I leave early I’m the awful ungrateful terrible bitch who never comes to see any of them #but none of them could adjust their days by just a few hours to see me before I needed to leave #FOR MY FUCKING JOB !!!!!!!! SOMETHING COMPLETELY OUT OF MY CONTROL #and like the thing is. my piece of shit manipulative bitch mother #I KNOW she did this on purpose #I know she didn’t plan this until six to FORCE me to stay longer because she was mad I wasn’t staying long #(again… because of work… something I can’t control) #so she’s orchestrated this to put me in this position #where I have to suck it up and stay and be exhausted and have tired migraines for a week cuz I get only a couple hours of sleep and then #or leave and make everyone pissed. I hate her so FUCKING much

[sikyurame]

For the dt17 asks, fav character development/arc

I really liked Gyro’s character arc, we finally got a reason as to why he’s so jaded in the reboot, and he got to reconcile with his past (Boyd).

But DAMN, after that episode you don’t see Gyro until the near end of s3, so we never see how his life changes post Astro Boyd :0

My boi got some much needed lore and he got SIDELINED for it. Rude.

#asks #sorry I fell asleep after work so I’m catching up with asks now oop— #Gyro’s arc is the most fresh in my mind ((for being a fav and how mad that whole arc made me on my first watch lol)) #but there are others I didn’t mention: Donald finding his purpose and Louie feeling useful to the team #I don’t know what the main opinions are on them but those are character arcs I enjoyed too ffddf

[spoonmoment119]

jimmy solidarity getting up to all kinds of nasty freaky no wonder he lives in tumblr town

#spoon rambles #don’t mind me i’m just catching up on empires #and i might be a little out of it

[floral-hex]

Somehow one of my old high school notebooks ended up at goodwill and not only did someone buy it, but they found my phone number and texted me 😬😬😬 which is… not cool, but also they turned out to be nice, so whatever, I guess

#I got this and started kinda freaking out because I had no idea what was in it #and how do people keep finding my phone number??? #damn I kinda hate this digital world #anyway I figured out that one of my trash bags got mixed in with my goodwill donations a couple of weeks back #and some goodwill worker actually looked through all the trash and thought ‘yeah someone will buy this old used notebook’ #anyway they sent me a pic of a couple of pages and I’m prettttty sure it’s all just dumb highschool stuff for tv broadcasting #but they were nice and it made me feel nostalgic to briefly talk about it with someone so I can’t be too mad #I mean… I dunno #maybe it’s some bored teenager and they find this weird notebook and want to know more about it #not that there’s anything too wild in there #really I vaguely remember flipping through it before tossing it and I don’t remember anything eye catching #if it had anything I really thought was important I probably would have kept it #and it’s about 15 years old so I’m of the mind that it’s aged past my need to worry what’s in it #eventually you get old enough that the stuff you did in your teens feels like someone else’s bullshit #like… 15 years on I’m barely the same person #whatever is embarrassing in there is embarrassing for teen Ian not current Ian #but wow… I really hope they didn’t pay for that #or that they at least got a few laughs out of it #that would actually make up for finding my number #if someone else can even briefly enjoy some of my old dumb stuff then that’s pretty cool #but also… how’d they get my fucking number!? #bleghhhh #for a second I hoped it was one of my old poetry books. #I would love to get one of those back #I used to have so many notebooks of my poetry #but ya know dumb teen-to-twenties Ian had to get all moody and trash them #well… that’s life I guess #ok anyway sorry to bother you #mine #text

[sopekooks]

back by no one’s demand. . . ME <3

#i’m back home and i have so much to catch up into so don’t mind me for flooding the dash #crystal rambles

[boomerang109]

sorry i know everytime i “get better” i spam tumblr and that’s probably a sign of mental illness more than anything but

guys know when they tell you to go places and you’re like ‘i don’t want to talk to anybody and places are loud’

go find a library with a quiet room

i am lucky cause im a university student but like. i feel like even some public libraries have this?? idk

but like. i’ve often refused to leave my home because ‘ahh people’ but. the quiet room at the library provides silent enrichment. there’s so many books!! and there are other people but you don’t have to talk to each other! and like rn we’re all suffering together! (cause finals season) it’s magical!

#yes i’m a senior in college and just figuring out the most basic shit #i keep telling people that getting better from my chronic pain feels like waking up and being like oh im a person #and having the chance to do things #and its like yes im 21 years old but like I don’t feel like I’ve lived since I was like. 9. #I have so much life to catch up on #and I honestly don’t even mind that im spending it in the library because GUYS IM DOING WORK #I don’t know what happened the last couple days but like. something did and im riding this high as far as it will take me #life of a boomerang #my test was so fucking funny I kept rambling about slightly related shit and then when I finished the test I had to go back and erase like h #half of it like this wasn’t the question lmao

[elena-ferrante]

based

#preston sturges #don’t mind me i’m catching up w my bookmarks

[nosferslotu]

Tumblr has just not been showing me my mutuals art. Show me the ART tumblr. I want to see what they CREATE that’s why IM ON THIS SITE. What is this?! Instagram????

#don’t mind me reblogging 2 billion art pieces #I’m catching up on content #twirling my hair kicking my feet seeing my mutuals art #from the sheriffs desk

[familyvideostevie]

I really was serious please send me fics you’re loving ! I want to spend the rest of the year reading what I’ve missed !! send me your stuff or someone else’s !! sorry to make you do some leg work but i am so behind

#I’ll do my best to catch up #please send me …. Steve or eddie #OR antrhing marauders I read that too #OR rooster from top gun #HAHA can you tell I’m going through it #ok love u bye #emma rambles #comment them here so we can all enjoy or send to me directly I don’t mind !!

[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

Me when I notice a spider normally: awww, hi cutie

Me when there’s MOVEMENT RIGHT BESIDE MY HEAD ON MY PILLOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT: AAH! Jesus FUCKING Christ. When did you get there and why my pillow? *catching breath* *I gently shake them onto the floor* *i then have to pick up my laptop from where it slid off of my startled ass*

#emma posts #that species might not be deadly on its own. but the shock might have killed me #it was a chill little wolf spider. a species im familiar with #really common around here and there used to be a bunch where I would wait for the school bus as a teen #I have adhd so of course I would just stare at them until the bus showed up #this one was pretty big. about the size of a U.S. quarter coin #an impressive but not unheard of size #once I realized what it was and got them onto the floor I was fine #but I had to catch my breath and I think I bent my charging cord weirdly #my cat wasn’t happy with the sudden movement but SORRY FOR HAVING A HEART ATTACK I GUESS #not a literal one. but my heart was certainly moving #this all happened last night and I was reminded of it when I went to pick something up today #if it’s just one little guy that minds it’s own business I don’t mind having them around #but did they need to startle me that badly? #taking the lords name in vain and I’m not even Christian anymore #the guy was like all leg so it was a bunch of sudden movements out of the corner of my eye #and in a way that insects don’t. they only have six and they kinda move together you know? #but spiders kinda ripple #I hadn’t seen a spider in this place all year. okay? my guard was down in my room #I hope i don’t see a bunch more because the building doesn’t like them and they might call an exterminator

[waitingawhile]

uploading all my unposted sketches ft. My first EVER drawings of some characters on the bottom row from when I stumbled upon the vods playlist all on my own in summer of 2021, not knowing anyone who was a fan and not knowing what I was getting into or the sheer amount of content/fandom that existed. Still a full time instagram user as evidenced by the Story text. This blog was literally made for the unexpected brainrot this series gave me that I was too self-conscious to use instagram for. lol we’re still here

#aidey's art #dream smp fanart #ur telling me 3 years ago I watched the first Tommy dsmp vid and I had like 300 hours of his and technos vods combined to catch up on #and then they were still doing the damn server #and when I went to introduce the series to people I found out apparently ppl hated its fans in 2020 - 2021 and no one wanted to touch it #with a ten foot pole #and then I caught up and finally breached the fandom and found out as I entered 2022 that the fandom also didn’t want to touch the series w #with a 10 foot pole but we were all trapped miserably in this narrative #and these characters #to this day I only met one person irl who has ever watched the dsmp #gotta be tha strangest most memory worthy fan base I’ve ever been a part of #don’t mind my rambling I’m really stretched out lately by adulthood and work and mental health I just wanted to come back to this mindset #I was so inspired all the time watching this series #and tumblr was always like going to lay down on a blanket in the grass and draw #so here are my picnic drawings