#i never got a dreamwidth so i can't think of anywhere else to post this

[lexstellaris]

ngl kinda glad I hadn't nuked my twitter accounts yet bc I wanted to make sure I could chase up contact info for everyone I care about, and now I get to see how quickly it's imploding holy fuck.

I am actually sad to see it die this quickly. I've been on there since 2009 when a bunch of my lj friends decided to join and follow each other. Those people are still the people I want to keep in touch with the most now that twitter is dying.

I've seen some ppl be like, you're overreacting! It's not gonna die! Well, maybe not tomorrow, or next week, but like, at a certain point, there just literally won't be enough staff with enough knowledge or skills to keep the business operating at any capacity. It's just a numbers game at that point. Maybe it'll be a week or two before something crashes and it can't be restored properly. But you can't gut like potentially 90% of the workforce and expect things to still function normally. There just aren't enough people left, and the implosion has been SO PUBLIC that they'll have a hard time recruiting for replacements. They're fucked.

Twitter was the only social media platform where it just worked for my brain in way facebook or insta or anywhere else never really did. tho I will say, tumblr didn't work for me the first time round bc I tried to do Religion on there and it's really, really not the platform for that at all. So I won't be doing any religious posting here. I'll save that for dreamwidth. Follow me over there if that's your kinda scene.

The weird thing is, I ended up following such a diverse range of people on twitter that deciding who I wanted to keep in touch with outside of twitter has proved an interesting decision. I'm surprising myself with who I care about enough to follow, and who I'm prepared to let go.

There are things I'm definitely not going to miss about twitter though, and even a few days off the site has freed my brain for so many other things. I think, much as I will miss it, that ultimately twitter had become bad for my brain and I needed to kick it to stop myself incessantly checking it every five minutes.

There is a lot I will miss though. It was a good place, when it wanted to be, in the right corners. There were so many people I found that I wouldn't have otherwise. It had a great sense of community for marginalised folks that's not really easy to replicate anywhere else, because it was such a central meeting place. Everyone is scattering now, and so are those communities.

Also one of the primary reasons I came here and not mastodon was the shitposting lmao. This place is just more me. And I don't feel anywhere near as much pressure to market and brand myself as I did on twitter. I can just be a feral fucko over here and that's perfectly fine. And I think coming back for fandom rather than religion has been a much better decision. I feel the culture and how I fit into it a lot better and it doesn't feel weird. It feels comfy, like I should have been here the whole time, but came for the wrong reasons and gave up on it.

Is tumblr perfect? No. Am I gonna disconnect myself from a bunch of ppl I got news from and kept up to date on important stuff? Yeah. But I realise now I don't actually need a constant flood of information into my head, and much as I'll miss twitter, it's much more peaceful in my head without it.

Besides, I've been through this kinda site migration so many times already that I'm not THAT sad about it, even though it does suck to lose contact with so many ppl. Ahh well. Time to rebuild communities again and enjoy going back to smaller niche spaces again where I don't feel so Publicly Perceived as I did on twitter.

#rip twitter #i'll miss the bird site #but not really #i will miss the shitposting tho

[hartknyx]

Festivids 2020

(Dear Festividder letter below the cut!) (ETA: Also cross-posted to Dreamwidth since that seems to be the thing: https://hartknyx.dreamwidth.org/258.html)

Hi Festividder! I'm new to Festivids (and, tbh, to vidding) and excited to participate. I'll be thrilled with whatever you do! But guidelines are usually inspiring, so here are some:

I love vids about characters and/or relationships between characters, romantic or otherwise. I love vids with humor. I love vids that tell a story. I love creative or out-of-context reinterpretations of source material, if they're respectful. I love queer and feminist perspectives. I love people being badass, especially ladies. I love complicated feelings that don't fit into boxes. I don't usually enjoy things that are emotionally serious or sappy.

Re: music, I love almost anything that has both a melody and a beat. If it's pop or sounds like pop I'm probably into it, and bonus points for being upbeat. I do have a special fondness for just about anything from the 1960s, and if you manage to use a Dessa song I'm going to die for you. That said, this is just for inspiration - it's way more important that YOU like the song (or other audio) enough to vid!

I'm been into some popular, non-Festivids-eligible fandoms lately, so most of my Festivids fandom picks are nostalgia for me. I'll write a few words for what I love most about each of them. I hope you enjoy (re)visiting one of them!

Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Complex diverse found family feelings; adventure; linguistics! I love Kida's character design, just, so much. Helga isn't my personal favorite character but she has the most incredible moments in this movie and I think a vid focused on her and/or her journey could be amazing. I do hear there's a sequel but I never dared to sully my love of the original by watching it; I'm down should you use footage from it though - could be a nice surprise.

Ghostbusters (2016) - Ladies kicking ass and being funny doing it! Amazing. I adore Holtzmann's wild style in particular, but would also appreciate a tribute to the whole team and/or Kevin.

Magic School Bus (1994) - I have a deeply held love for every one of these kids (and Ms. Frizzle, and Liz, and the bus) and their adventures. They're all my favorite episodes, but the sound museum and the dinosaurs are my most favorite episodes. There are so many different settings it would be fun to play with in a themed vid (space! animals! weather!), or even a parody (set the dinosaur episode to the Jurassic Park theme! set the asteroid episode where the bus turns into the Enterprise to a Star Trek song! set the episode where the bus breaks down and they take refuge in a spooky house to Rocky Horror!). Or just take footage wildly out of context for a song that encourages that! This is one of the rare cases where I'd also be into a more serious tribute to the characters or show (the class! The Frizzle family! Arnold and Ms Frizzle specifically! SCIENCE!). I didn't vibe with the rebooted Netflix series, but if you have an idea for it (or a crossover) you can't ignore, go wild!

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2019) - My favorite Shakespeare play! (I've only seen the trailer for this production, enough to go "ooh, Gwendoline Christie" and "ooh, they flipped at least some of the Titania/Oberon roles".) Helena is my best girl; I've got a weakness for her unrequited feelings for Demetrius (and, arguably, Hermia), and that crazy knot of lovers. The course of true love never did run smooth and I'd love to see what that looks like in a vid.

My Next Life as a Villainess - This is a recent, one-season (so far) anime about a girl who gets transmigrated into a dating sim - as the villainess, who has an unhappy ending in the game. She starts plotting to avoid that fate, obliviously capturing the hearts of all the other characters along the way in a very bi harem. I'm not personally into any one pairing above the others, but would especially love to see a tribute specifically focusing on the bi-ness!

Stardust - Ah, Stardust, the epic humorous fantasy movie of my generation. I think of it as a spiritual successor to the Princess Bride (and would absoutely be into a crossover). I love Tristan's glow up, and his friendship/romance with Yvaine, and Captain Shakespeare, and the dysfunctional dead royal family; anything from this movie would make me happy.

#festivids #festivids 2020 #i never got a dreamwidth so i can't think of anywhere else to post this #glhf!