#the horrible goose

[luciuscodedswedeboy]

it’s a beautiful day in Stede Bonnet’s traumatic memories and you are a horrible goose

#is this anything #stede bonnet #the goose game #the horrible goose #our flag means death #ofmd

[guinevereslancelot]

it's a beautiful day at the roman senate and you are a horrible goose

#happy ides i have no idea how a toga would even begin to look onna goose #i am aware the toga makes no sense but i was at a loss how to put it on the goose 😂 #ides of march #julius caesar #horrible goose #peace was never an option #memes #tumblr meme calendar #this has been a shitpost #humor #bad ms paint meme fr #how is this at 1k lmao

[haleyusesherwords]

I appreciate that everyone thought Tango would take its easy this season after Decked Out. Go full grumpy old man, murdering anyone who bothered him. Yet here he is… building a redstone mail delivery service with dynamic chunk loading while still in his starter base.

Meanwhile, TCG mastermind and map connoisseur VintageBeef is *this* close murdering Iskall for touching his farmhouse walls.

#astronomically excited about the mail service oh my GOD #tango tek #VintageBeef #the sound he made when appointed the minister of maps? #let the man rest #beef is literally the townspeople in untitled goose game just trying to live their lives #and Iskall is a horrible goose #hermitcraft #hermitblr

[what-eats-owls]

I don't always drop news late on a Friday night, but when I do, I make it worth your while. ✨

#little thieves #penny phantom #it's a beautiful day at the theater and there is a horrible goose

[marlinspirkhall]

The Ugly Duckling was always my favourite story as a kid because I told myself I would one day grow up to a beautiful swan, but as I got older I unlocked a third option: press X to honk

#it's a beautiful day to be a horrible goose #untitled goose game #the ugly duckling

[horriblegoosefest]

The goose is almost here!!! 🪿

Rummage around in those folders you haven’t opened in years, dust off the cobwebs, and bring some life back to your most abandoned works. You said you’d come back to it again one day, but the days turned to years, and – what’s that I hear?

H-O-N-K, we will finish a wip today! 

H-O-N-K, write it or I won't go away! 

What is the horrible goose fest?

The horrible goose fest is borne from the many cries for accountability from fandom creators and the wish that someone hound them (or honk at them) into finishing their wips. This is a partnered fest in which one partner (creator) commits to finishing a work-in-progress and one partner (goose) commits to providing dedicated accountability. 

Great, how does it work? 

There are no prompts in this fest. It's designed to help you finish those languishing drafts and build relationships with other folks in the fandom. You can sign up as a creator and/or a goose. If signing up as a creator, you are committing to finishing an existing work-in-progress (fic, art, podfic, translation) that is not affiliated with other current fest collections or prompts/self-prompts (wips from past fest drops are fine!) If your work-in-progress is already posted to ao3, we will ask you to hide it by adding it to a private collection for the duration of the fest; it will be revealed with everyone's works during the posting period. Creators will upload their finished works to the fest’s ao3 collection. 

If you sign up as a goose, you are committing to frequent check-ins with your creator to help them finish their work in progress. This will involve ongoing discussions with your creator about their progress and deadlines. You're not expected to alpha or beta their work. Think of yourself as a particularly tenacious cheerleader. You are also committing to writing a thoughtful rec of the work upon its completion, which will be posted on tumblr.

How do I sign up?

All participants will sign up by filling out a form on airtable. You can choose your own partner to sign up with, or be paired with a partner by the mods. Participants must be 18+. Due to modly time constraints, we will be capping the number of fic sign-ups at 35. There will be no limit for art or podfic.

If signing up to be paired with a partner, sign up forms will be used to help the mods best match pairs. All HP fandom ships and characters are welcome. Creators will detail their wip plans and accountability needs. Gooses will detail their accountability style and preferred time/frequency commitment – how often and for how long can you check in, are you strict or more of a softie, what strategies and advice can you provide your creator? The form will also have a space for geese and creators to share ship preferences and squicks. We will try our best to match compatible creator/goose pairs, but as with any paired fest, you'll also need to be open, flexible, and friendly.

Can I sign up as both?

Sure! But be aware of the time commitment of both roles and be mindful of what you can realistically handle. Your partner is counting on you! 

What if there are more geese than creators? Or more creators than geese?

If we have an imbalance, and you are a good fit for more than one creator/goose, you may be assigned more than one participant to work with. We will do our best to take into account your time commitment and preferences, so please let us know in the sign up if you are willing to be paired more than once! For fairness reasons, if you are a creator assigned two geese, the two geese will collaborate on a single rec of your work at the end of the fest. You are always welcome to assemble your own team of additional cheerleaders if you’d like <3

If I'm a goose, do I have to be horrible?

The title is jokey. We're not really encouraging anyone to be unkind. Think of a goose as an accountability partner. We're hearing from lots of creators that deadlines and kind but firm expectations are what really get them across the finish line. Goosing is a big job, but in the end we're all rewarded with more works to enjoy! 

What if there’s an issue with my pairing?

To avoid this as much as possible, we encourage folks to sign up as an already-formed pair. Prior to matching, we will share a list of the participants who have signed up. Feel free to use this to form your own pairs. We will be running a discord to facilitate participants getting to know each other. Please remember to be kind, and if someone’s wip really catches your eye, don’t be afraid to reach out - they may be eyeing you!

That said, we know this might be stressful for some, so we are happy to pair you. If you have any concerns with regards to matching, or at any point throughout the fest, please reach out to us. Our goal is to make the fest a safe space for all participants in accordance with our expectations below. 

Speaking of kindness, what are the other expectations in this fest?

We ask that participants generally abide by sals, kink-tomato, and dldr, but also, in recognition of the ways these rules have been used to silence poc voices in fandom, you may be asked to tag content beyond ao3's major trigger warnings or the fandom typical disclosure of sexual acts and violence, such as racist tropes/triggers. Refusal to tag sensitive content may result in your fic being pulled from the fest. If you have questions about what kinds of content we'll ask you to tag or want a sensitivity read for your content, please contact the mods, we really are happy to help!

There will be email check-ins throughout the fest. Make sure to add our email, [email protected], to your contacts to ensure you receive these communications. Please only reply via email, not via tumblr, discord or any other messaging service. Please send any questions about the fest to [email protected] or #mod-help channel in the fest discord (do not contact individual mods). 

We will post small (optional) challenges and games to participate in during the fest to hype everyone up. These will be posted in the discord server and on tumblr, so make sure you join the server and follow @horriblegoosefest on tumblr! 

Submission info:

There is no word count minimum but we do ask that you submit one fic, artwork, or podfic. Fics should be beta-read. Remember that geese are not required to beta (although they can if they'd like to). Podfics and translations must have either blanket permission or consent from the original authors to be included in the fest.

Works can be submitted in any language. There will be a space on the sign up form to let us know what language you intend to post. If our mod team is not fluent in your chosen posting language we will contact you to discuss options to help us make sure works are beta read and tagged according to fest guidelines. You may be asked to include a disclaimer that the mods are unable to guarantee comprehensive tagging. 

Creators will submit works to an ao3 collection and the following header information should be emailed to the mods. Multi-chapter works will be revealed on a single posting day. As the fest deadline nears, geese will write a celebratory rec of their creator’s work, which will be posted to tumblr. We are happy to provide guidance on writing a rec if you need it.

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#horrible goose fest #horrible goose fest 2024 #harry potter #hp fests #drarry #hp wlw #hp rarepairs #harry potter fanfic #hp fic

[avianii]

sometimes you just gotta draw a *friendly* arm wrestle between two of your favorite fighter pilots

#top gun #green lantern #pete maverick mitchell #hal jordan #nick goose bradshaw #ron slider kerner #tom iceman kazansky #carole bradshaw #charlotte charlie blackwood #rick hollywood neven #leonard wolfman wolfe #bradley rooster bradshaw #john stewart #guy gardner #and his horrible fashion taste that nearly rivals Mavs #kyle rayner #carol ferris #fanart #is this too busy? #yes absolutely it would probably kill my 6th grade art teacher #but it makes me happy

[agardenofideas]

qtubbo is a federation experiment, born from a normal goose egg and was just a normal goose, then feds decided to play god and gave the goose oposable thumbs and the ability to speak;

they decided to play god and made a god instead, one with the wrath of a goose with more power than before, when they realized their mistake, it was too late to eliminate the goose turned boy,

he gained a type of immortality, he could no longer be put down for good

so they studied their wrathful aberration of a god of chaos and destruction, and set a trap, which the goose happily sprung

if they cannot kill it, fridge it

and the containment worked, the menace was gone

until they had the islanders retrieve people from the frozen stash prison and too late realized-

they forgot to put the young god in a different fridge

#tubbo #qsmp #basically its a beautiful day in the federation and you are a horrible goose #first they experimented on the goose (who is tubbo eventually) just to see if they just- could make a person out of an animal (they could) #then as tubbo became more person and physically less goose the feds did more experiments #accidentally making him functionally immortal #as in he will Not Stay Dead #oh he can die- multiple times- but he comes back always- and not even wrong or anything- he just comes back like whatever #geese are hardcore like that and tubbo be one #goose eldritch god tubbo is what the feds see him as

[ghouljams]

Saw the "How would Fandom mischaracterize your oc" thing honestly I feel like witch would have a "fuck them kids" mentality, at least in a group setting. Like, why the hell does she have to babysit these grown ass adults? If they do something stupid, that's their fault 😒 she's spent too long worrying about other people, just let her live happily ever after with daddy fae man. People would take her caring, polite, and anxious nature and deem her "mom friend", which I get that she is very mother but let this girl have a BREAK fuck them kids.

I love thinking about the way fandom would mischaracterize or misinterpret my OCs if they were canon characters. It's genuinely one of my favorite past times because it helps me not to fall into those same reductions of character.

You're absolutely right, too many people would take Witch's "older sister syndrome" and plug her in as the soft caring mom friend, lots of fretting over people, and being the group therapist, probably making her more emotional (and emotionally intelligent) than she actually is and cutting her power down in favor of being a damsel for Daddy Price. Witch is not about to mother full grown adults, these people need to figure their shit out because she's so tired of these damn adults acting like kids. Actual kids? Sure she'll mother them but those are real children. Witch has spent her whole life worrying over people, Price is the first person to tell her she doesn't have to do that so she's taking it and RUNNING.

Honestly I think the most egregious mischaracterization of one of my OCs would be Miss Moon. People would take her anxiety and all her internal struggles with being "good enough" and turn her into a "precious cinnamon roll, too good for this world" sort of character. Absolutely ignoring her wonderful mean-ness, and the fact that she is an actual criminal.

#ghoul speaks #what other horrible fandom takes would people have about my characters.... #crybaby would be reduced to nothing more than a victim of Threat #despite the fact that Crybaby is lowkey holding threat hostage #Bee would be reduced to a bimbo #Birdie would probably get reduced to bad stereotypes that have nothing to do with her actual character #Goose and Love would be so divisive I think #fandom can't handle complex characters #Threat fans would be on every dni list lmao

[chelshiart]

cleaned up the sketch, slapped some colors, and made it a party!

(also, thank you to everybody who have been enjoying and reblogging my obscure dwj book posts lately! It's always a treat to read your tags and comments and know that you're just as insane about her books as I am haha)

#dark lord of derkholm #diana wynne jones #derkholm series #tumblr why u desaturate the images :( #derk dlod #mara dlod #shona dlod #kit dlod #callette dlod #blade dlod #lydda dlod #don dlod #elda dlod #pretty dlod #beauty dlod #finally got to draw some of derks animals wooooo!! #and yes that is an untitled goose game reference because they are. the most horrible geese #Character Design

[shewreckz]

theres like one person actively making matthew x gideon content and thats it help me im starving where is my FOOD

#also the fics are absolutely horrible so far #like unreadable #if you saw the tag you'd know what i mean #going to resort to just writing it myself tbh #scott pilgrim #matthew patel #gideon graves #gordon goose

[frasierlooking]

"Dad, it's staring again."

#untitled goose game #horrible goose #meme #frasier looking at video games #frasier

[what-eats-owls]

Is there a name for the Little Thieves series beyond the Little Thieves series? I ask mostly for tagging purposes but also in general 🔍🥷💰🖌👹

I think the official name is the Little Thieves trilogy! Publishers tend to default to the first title in the series, which isn't entirely unreasonable—look at how often people default to referring to A Song of Ice and Fire as just "Game of Thrones", for example. I do reserve the right to call the trilogy something rude once it's all done, though!

(And fun fact: the working title for LT until... early Act 3 was Untitled Goose Girl.)

#I do tell people LT is basically if the Horrible Goose was the protagonist of a Grimm's fairytale

[grumpy-mare]

Sunrise at the beach for our first visit back to Muriwai after the February cyclone devastated the area taking peoples lives and houses. The main road has only just reopened, seeing the land slips and damage in person is unreal and the continuous rain and storms we have had since then have only made things worse. What a nightmare of a year

#dime #goose #one of our best local equine vets died in the landslide trying to rescue a lady from her house along with another volunteer firefighter #just horrible and the weather has been relentless ever since #months and months of it we just can’t catch a break

[horriblegoosefest]

H-O-N-K, we will finish a wip today! 

H-O-N-K, write it or I won't go away! 

The inaugural Horrible Goose Fest is here! This fest will match creators with their own personal goose - someone who will check in, encourage and (lovingly) hound the creator as they finish a work-in-progress.

As a creator, you would be committing to finish a current WIP - be that a fic, artwork or podfic - that is not already part of another fest. 

As a goose, you will be required to regularly check in with your creator, providing encouragement and accountability as they finish their work. A goose is not expected to be an alpha or beta, however they can if they choose to.

Timeline

Creator and Goose sign ups open: March 15

Creator signups close: March 29 or until creator cap has been reached

Goose signups close: April 3

Works due: July 29

For further information please find our FAQ and Rules

Everyone is invited to join our discord

We can’t wait to see what you’re working on!

Your Mods,

@geesenoises, @thehoneybeet, @apricitydays-lazynights and @basicallyahedgehog

#horrible goose fest #horrible goose fest 2024 #harry potter fanfic #hp fests #drarry #hp wlw #hp rarepairs

[waterfallofspace]

When a character has not only a canonical allergy, but a reoccurring canonical allergy >>>>>

Especially when there's no actual reason for it to occur again?? Just cause they wanted to?? An almost entirely sneeze/stuffed up driven allergy.... 🔥🔥

#waterfalltalks #I'm not normally one to talk about tv shows that aren't drawn/podcast format but uhm #I've been into them WAY longer than anime or podcasts #just never super comfortable with making content/posts about them in this sense #but that said.... been rewatching c/astle again and uh #one of my fav lil guys on that show has a goose-feather allergy! #that is not only the cause of 3 snz in one of the first season episodes #(those DO have a point but only for a little joke thingy that definitely COULD have been done another way-) #not horribly acted~! not amazing but pretty damn good #but!! not only that!! about 5 seasons later... for NO obvious reason... feathers are back #and this time its only one (in my opinion much better acted) but theres! no real reason! for it!!!! #just a callback to his allergy????? hhhhh swooning over here #anyways sorry welcome to feral hours with waterfall i am hhhh~ #love this show- that included or excluded its one of my favourites~