Dreamt there was a word called “isfatum” which meant “an argument or statement rendered useless by the speaker’s failure to consider the perspectives of others” and people started reblogging each other’s posts with just the word “isfatum” and then there was discourse about how you can’t ignore someone just because they’re always posting isfatum or that’s a failure to consider the perspective of people who aren’t very good at considering the perspectives of others

I can’t speak for other social media webbed sites but I really enjoy how tumblr seems to just completely spin a wheel on whatever media is hot right now. Like yeah sometimes it’s a new show that’s big and actively coming out but also sometimes there will be a solid month where half my dash is Columbo memes. Defy authority. Get really into an book from the 1800s. Watch shows that haven’t aired in 40 years. Celebrate the anniversary of the Boston Molasses Flood. Become unmarketable

can i please see a fat woman wearing it. yes, i know your sizes go all the way up to 5x. but can i please see a fat woman wearing it. yes, i heard you're woman-owned. can i please see a fat woman wearing it though. yes, i understand you donate 50% of proceeds to this charity. i still do not see a fat woman wearing it. can i please see a fat woman wearing it.

Some of you think of Cops as kind of a symbolic figure representing "telling you what to do" & you're Posting things like "acab includes fandom discourse" and I thuink the 80% white website needs to remember the reason why we hate cops is because they kill people

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A gentle request for fanfic writers...

Please remember the following:

• You pour water into a pitcher. You pore over books when you are absorbed in reading them.
  
• You are weary when you're tired. You are wary when you’re cautious.
  
• When you're intrigued, your interest is piqued. You stick your head out to peek through a doorway. When you've reached the height of an experience, you've peaked. (Peaking can also be a euphemism.)
  
• A dragon’s hoard is its treasure pile. A horde is a large group of people, enemies, creatures, or other beings.
  
• Muscles and ropes pulled tight are taut. When you've educated someone, you've taught them.
  
• When you are waiting with breath held in anticipation, you are waiting with bated breath. You set a baited hook to lure fish.
  
• Your palate is your sense of taste. A palette is for paints and colors. A pallet is for shipping or a makeshift bed.
  
• When you are being careful and subtle for a task, you are being discreet. Discrete means separate or distinct; analog has a continuous signal while digital has discretized signals.

I've seen some wonderful fics out there with absolutely wonderful writing, just with a few words switched. It's a bit like finding hair in your tasty food, I'll admit. Hope this helps someone out there!

in the cambrian period the ocean was shallow and the sun never set. every day was sunday morning and there was never any dark. the world was a watery wonderland and air didnt exist yet. animals had just invented eating eachh other and it was really funny. having eyeballs was all the rage

Here's the thing about Jareth from Labyrinth right?

He's made up.

That's not necessarily the same thing as not REAL. But he, just like all her friends who show up in her room before her adventure as toys and figurines, exist in relation to her, in response to what she wanted and needed. She told the story and there he was, there he always had been. But she's a teenage girl who doesn't know what she wants yet, and Jareth kind of pays the price.

"but the king of the goblins had fallen in love with the girl, and had given her certain powers." He's an archetypal oxymoron. He's both the dastardly baby stealing villain and the royal love interest trying to relieve the heroine's suffering, Cinderella style. He's fucked either way by being both. She doesn't know if SHE wants to be the villain or the heroine until he shows up and then she decides on the heroine, so he has to sneer and menace and challenge but it's too late for him!! it's too late, The King Of The Goblins Had Fallen In Love With the Girl, he's Cinderella's prince too and he has to try, he gives her a poofy dress and takes her to fucking goblin prom, sweeps her around the room like a music box with perfect posture and room for Jesus.

But it doesn't work buddy, it can't work. You're just a story for a teen girl to grow up in, and as the villain you have to be defeated. He's so complex because his tropes contradict themselves, and he doesn't understand why he has to lose when he was only doing the job he was given. In his last scene he is pale as death with shadows under his eyes, backing away and begging for his happy ending with nonsense mishmash promises that belong to both halves of him.

"I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me." I'm sure you are, Jareth. No wonder.

they won't tell you this in therapy but sometimes the best way to stop catastrophizing/anxiety is to interrupt your spiraling with "girl what the hell are you talking about"

Why so many wolf attacks in fantasy. Where are the Boars. The immortal and humongous Boar

I hope the trans man reading this survives whatever he is currently going through

Environmental storytelling or something like that