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posting niche fic on ao3 is like releasing a small creature into the wild and hoping it survives and finds sustenance
got one whole comment… the small creature may yet survive the winter
I think a lot of people are already misinterpreting the new GRRM interview. It's not so much that he's lost interest in ending the series- it's about the expectations and the weight that's been put on him because when he started the books, everything looked very different- and then they exploded, there were multiple TV shows, they became a cultural phenomena, and the idea of catching up on that has become this whole separate beast, this albatross that he has to contend with. He can no longer write the books just for himself, essentially- there are so many, many people out there and they all want and expect different things, and he /doesn't/ want to release something that doesn't meet those expectations or doesn't have full effort behind him, but that gets more and more difficult, and it's become this ouroboros of difficulty and also people are standing on the sidelines and constantly telling him he's about to die.
“this character did not act in the most objectively logical way possible!” is not ! actually valid literary criticism
i have trust that the media literacy enjoyers will find this one idk
thank you ao3 for being an archive and not an algorithm. thank you for letting me like things without consequences, thank you for being free with no ads, thank you for having lawyers to defend our freedom of speech. thank you tag wranglers. thank you to all authors and thank you ao3
AO3 will be down tomorrow, so this one's early!
You make new friends. The rogue makes a discovery.
This fucking place is falling the fuck apart. You run as best you can—thank fuck for the full-titty support of that armor. Keeps all the jouncing in place.
Your head is full of red clouds cracking with lightning, thrumming your bones with thunder. An unfelt wind roars in your ears as you make your way back to the cave (not entirely sure how you know the way; oh well). The taste of pennies fills your mouth.
Even Astarion was trying to stop you, bless his heart.
Jesus christ I love humanity
Every time Nott casually refers to herself as ugly or unattractive, I have to fight the urge to collapse to the floor and cry. Girl what are you talking about I went to Pretty Girl City and EVERYBODY knew you
Donald Trump, let's be clear, is circling the drain. His mind is well and truly going. When they put him in front of a camera, he mumbles and confabulates wildly and forgets the names of his own cabinet and mispronounces words egregiously. Or just falls asleep. Donald Trump is still a clear and present danger, because he's a sadistic, spiteful old man with all the self restraint and sophistication of a spoiled toddler. But we need to be mindful of the fact that not only do we know that he's on his way out, but his donors and puppeteers and handlers know it as well, and they have to be feeling extremely urgent about securing their efforts, but even more so their position and safety. As Steve Bannon said, if they lose the midterms, a lot of them aren't just out of power, they're going to prison.
So yeah. He's sundowning, hard. But that makes this a really dangerous time, and we can't just sit and wait for a good housecleaning at the midterms. We have to get out there and protest and organize and fight and call our reps and support each other in every way we know how. We have to put massive pressure on Congress to stop these insane threats of war. They've made it clear they don't want war; but they need to actually act to make that happen. We have to slow the administration down in every way we can. Because they're running out of time.
Just wanna add to it to not ever forget every single republican in congress who is signing on with this entire catastrophe. They could stop him. They could do it right now. Tonight.
And they will not.
(I’m pissed off at the democrats too. Schumer needs to go the fuck home.)
your guys ocs are so famous to me. i'm obsessed with them. they make me happy. i want to marry them. i would kill and die for them.
"the average income in <X> is <Y> of <currency>" cool, what's the median
Average isn't useful here. however, after a little bit of research, apparently the median income in the US is $24,327, which means the reality is actually much worse than this meme makes it seem. yay!
According to time magazine, median annual rent is $13,896, which means rent alone is 57% Of the median annual income, awesome!
boutta enter the stone ages
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Good to know! Hey y’all, heads up. And in that case, I’m updating tomorrow instead of Wednesday!
