Cause if God made us all in his image
Then God's a fucking nerd
I choose to incorporate this into my worldview.
Adam Sandler, magnificent bastard, was not a sentence I ever expected to say but here we are.
Man's got talent
babe wake up new adam sandler lore just dropped
Huh.
Everyone who works with him talks about what a mensch he is, so, like... that scans.
I love that Aral and Cordelia Vorkosigan look from a distance like some flawless immensely competent power couple when like
They are ENTIRELY a HotMess4HotMess relationship
He saw her puking her guts out in the middle of a disaster and thought, "I'm going to marry that woman someday."
She got a cheering crowd and a fancy medal for her bravery and stole the mic to tell everyone to get his name out of their ill-informed mouths
The bedrock of their marriage is their separate and combined willingness to look the possibility of utter failure in the eye and say, "Might as well try anyway."
It’s not a Discworld joke unless you read it, don’t parse it as a joke, and then carry on with your life for ten years until someone stops you to say something like “It’s a pavlovian response because the dog ate a pavlova” and you scream Terry’s name with enough indignant rage you hope it rattles the pillars of the multiverse so wherever his soul is he’ll hear it.
One of the aspects I like the most about the Vorkosigan saga is how well Lois writes how men vs. women interact with each other.
The women are always trying to find examples of other women doing what they want and exchange knowledge and tips and advice about their lives. You almost never see this in fiction, especially speculative fiction, even though all the women I know do it all the time.
Like, Cordelia thinks Barrayaran culture is ridiculous but she takes Alys completely seriously and respects her and follows her advice, and when she's considering having more children one of her first moves is to propose it to Alys for her and Simon because Alys may know about the technology but may be interested. When Ekaterin doesn't know how to reconcile children and a career or what she wants from like, she looks to her Aunt Vorthys as an example of how it can be done; when Elena is considering leaving her mercenary career to have children, she does it after talking things through with her personal idol Cordelia, who also left a military career to have children. When Kareen and Martya visit Ekaterin, the conversation just naturally segues into deep topics like Being an Adult and Life and Society and it's just an Engaging and Meaningful topic that's cool to discuss with your close girlfriends. When Ekaterin is about to meet Aunt Vorthys, she's warmly looking forward to an engaging and empathetic conversation.
The men, OTOH, have that manly thing in which "I would die for you but I'd also rather die than talk about my or your feelings and I also have no idea what your last name is or what you do for a living." Whenever two men segue into a sensitive or personal topic you get that palpable sense of anticipatory anxiety and discomfort and grim determination. "This feels like pulling teeth but it must be done." Affection is expressed entirely through friendly teasing, laconic one-liners and quiet acknowledgement of one's worth and competence. They keep comparing themselves to each other, you never get a, "Hmm, how does he do it? I'd like to learn.." like you do with the women, you always get a, "How the fuck is he that competent, I love him but I'm also dying of envy." And they're really not the same with their partners: Aral comes off as a passionate, romantic, earnest softboy with a flair for melodrama with Cordelia but Miles sees him completely differently, and as the series goes along you realize that Aral basically never talked about himself with Miles at all unless it was necessary.
I just love how every interaction is completely entrenched in their cultural gender norms, to the point that after 10 books you can anticipate the mood of an interaction as soon as you realize it's about to happen.
About a Cat — 2500 words, byerly vorrutyer, gen (+ implied ivan vorpatril/byerly vorrutyer, at least from byerly’s side).
While waiting for an audience with the emperor, Byerly is drawn into other courtly duties. Written for the prompt: “characters from the canon tell fairy tales to children.”
In which Byerly casts himself as Puss in Boots, Ivan as the Marquis de Carabas, and House Cordonah as, well…
attorneys only know one compliment and they use it with reckless abandon so you just know that if it was set in present day dracula would smilingly show jonathan an email in which peter hawkins was like "so sorry i couldn't make it to your murder castle but don't worry i sent my associate jonathan who is an absolute ROCKSTAR"
Random thought I could have had at any point in the last decade and just…didn’t:
What if Mord (as in Reverend Mord) is short for Mordechai and Mord is Jewish?
Yes, I know that makes the Reverend thing confusing, but also…!!!
back with another Vorkosigan themed polls because it's late, I can't sleep and it's all these books' fault. sadly tumblr only allows 10 options so you're getting the characters that have been rotating around in my brain a lot lately <3
Still obsessed with Arthur Conan Doyle’s letter to Bram Stoker gushing about how wonderful a book Dracula is, but particularly how it makes such a good template for leaving fic comments, so I’m gonna to a BREAKDOWN:
- Just say you loved reading it - “I am sure that you will not think it an impertinence if I write to tell you how very much I have enjoyed reading Dracula.”
- Comment on a detail of the craft or structure that impressed you - “It is really wonderful how with so much exciting interest over so long a book there is never an anticlimax.“
- Comment on how it emotionally affected you - “It holds you from the very start and grows more and more engrossing until it is quite painfully vivid.”
- SHARE YOUR BLORBO FEELINGS - “The old Professor is most excellent and so are the two girls.”
- Show appreciation for them as an author - “I congratulate you with all my heart for having written so fine a book.”
Next time you don’t know what to say on a fic you enjoyed, just use the ACD method~
Songs that make me feel a Certain Way
“The Search” NF
“Gone Away” CG5
“SHUM” Go-A
“Fool For Love” Lord Huron
“Eleanor Rigby” Cody Fry
“The Whistling Lad” The Hound + The Fox
“Run Boy Run” Woodkid
“Eat Your Young” Hozier
“Hello My Old Heart” The Oh Hellos
“Inkpot Gods” The Amazing Devil
“Chant” Hadestown the musical
“She Lit A Fire” Lord Huron
“Secret Worlds” The Amazing Devi
“Foreigners God” Hozier
“Achilles Come Down” Gang of Youths
“Dirty Paws” Of Monsters And Men
“Pierre” Ryn Weaver
“Farewell Wanderlust” The Amazing Devil
“Welcome Home, Son” Radical Face
“Hell’s Coming With Me” Poor Man’s Poison
the urge to reread your favorite books when you have stacks of unread books
when im listening to my own library and playlists i feel like a powerful wizard but when im trying to show my music taste to anyone it feels like i have a shame cone on
The only difference between a wizard hat and a dunce cap is the wide brim of privacy
[Picture ID: A series of tweets by @adspexi on Twitter:
Tweet 1: there was a time in my life when I thought victor nikiforov trashing his career to fly across the globe and move in with a man who humped his leg at a public gala once was unrealistic, he’s 28 he should really have his life together by now *s0b*
Tweet 2: if a cute boy danced with me all night and brought joy back to my dull life of superficial accomplishments and told me his family runs and idyllic little inn halfway across the world and I should like totally visit while cuddling me in public I would quit my job *tomorrow*
Tweet 3: look, yuri on ice is only a sports anime from yuri’s perspective, victor is very confused at how long this romance novel’s first act is taking
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I liked this post, scrolled for like another minute before I went “SHIT FUCK SHIT” and scrolled back to reblog it
I always reblog this one when I see it on my dash. When someone posts their own art, writing, or music here they are really hoping you will share it.
Autistic Inertia is an autism experience that makes it hard to start, stop, and switch tasks.
It somehow doesn’t get talked about enough - so I made this comic!
Also, if you want to read the research study I based this comic on, it’s right here!
Image transcript by @nikkitana
Image transcripts: Cy: Hi, I’m Cy! And today I want to shine a spotlight on a less frequently discussed autistic trait: Autistic Intertia
Buddy: I think I learned about inertia in physics class!
Cy: Yep! An object in motion, stays in motion!
Other Cy: Why am I still doing this (elipsis) I was supposed to eat dinner (elipsis) I have to stop (ellipsis)
Cy: Basically, autistic inertia means we have difficulty starting, stopping and switching tasks.
Buddy: Well (elipsis) maybe autistic people just don’t wanna do those tasks!
Cy: That’s a misconception! Wanting seems to have little to do with it.
Autistic inertia affects us even if we want to switch to a fun task! It’s almost like (elipsis) our brains resist!
Cy’s brain: No! (with an elongated “o”)
Buddy: But why?
Cy: Well, some of us have a disconnect between our body and mind. Studies show that while autistic people do tell our bodies to move, they don’t always listen.
Cy, thinking: Brush teeth brush teeth brush teeth brush teeth brush teeth brush teeth brush teeth brush teeth
Other Cy: Brush your teeth! Do it!
The toothbrush is right there!
Cy: People report feeling “stuck” in an inactive state, like time has slowed down. Difficulty finding the “first step” can also contribute to getting stuck! Regardless of why it happens, it seems that (ellipsis) an autistic in motion stays in motion, and an autistic at rest stays at rest. This impacts productivity, which makes many people feel stressed.
Buddy: OMG we have to help these people! I’ve got calendars, alarms, to do lists, motivational quotes, rewards (elipsis)
Cy: Unfortunately, those things don’t help people experiencing autistic inertia. Autistic inertia was studied for the first time in 2021 by an autistic researcher, after autistic people called for a study on it. More research is needed to understand how to fully support it. Here’s what may help! The best thing according to current research is a buddy who can (ellipsis) be an example & prompt you
Buddy: Grab your brush!
Cy: provide (gentle) external pressure
Buddy: Hey it’s time to stop for dinner!
Wow! So I can help with autistic inertia?
Cy: Yes! Also, here’s some solutions that help me when I’m alone
I minimize task switching in my daily life. If I get stuck, I try to focus on moving just one finger! I hope you learned that we aren’t lazy. We have autistic inertia, and sometimes (ellipsis) we just aren’t in motion. End description]
Plain text: Autistic Inertia is an autism experience that makes it hard to start, stop, and switch tasks.
It somehow doesn’t get talked about enough - so I made this comic!
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Also, if you want to read the research study I based this comic on, it’s right here!
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