thinkign about characters i like being sweet and tender with each other
Peter not letting his love and commitment to his Olivia get in the way of this Olivia and Lincoln’s attraction to each other and even helping set them up. Guy of all time
so turns out mindlessly scrolling on my phone for 4 hours didn't actually make me feel better
another 4 hours should do the trick
I hate applying for jobs. “desired salary for this role” one billion dollars next question
how does it feel to be tumblr famous now
Thanks for the question autistic-fuckwad. I’m enjoying the popularity :3
OP will be hunted for sport if the asker ever changes their name
OH FUCK
new favorite type of ancient artifact: ancient greek skyphoi decorated with owls who look like they've seen unspeakable horrors
Ancient owls are the best.
reminder for the twitter, reddit and tiktok migrants: please do not censor words here. if you censor them, people’s blacklists and mute functions wont work, especially for important content warnings (this goes for twitter as well altho that function is breaking over there). spell out the whole word in the post and the tags. do not use euphemism words like unalive. the algorithm here does not work that way (there is an algorithm. not everyone uses it, everyone uses the following tab).
the only time you should censor words is when you do NOT want them to show up in the tag, like if you’re saying something unkind about a ship you should not tag it or mention directly the ship name do it does not clog the tag, or if you’re mentioning a person or community who should not get attention or clout, or whose attention you do not want to attract, then censor it (the way one might on twitter to avoid term searching)
Ornithologists propaganda:
Cecil Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale) "I know he won last time, but I honestly think he deserves it. He is seemingly all knowing about current events in the town and sometimes reports them in a similar way to fear statements. I don't pay enough attention to all the lore to know exactly how he knows all the goings-on all the time, so it seems spooky to me. Though there is no canon description of him having a third eye he is often depicted with one, and a huge eye is a part of the logo. Being watched is also a theme throughout Nightvale, with the government agents who are always outside your house, or the faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home"
Ornithologists (Brian David Gilbert) "They start out seeming like two perfectly normal hobby ornithologists, but over the course of the song, it becomes clear that they are unwilling servants of the Bird God. They, as well as presumably all birds, are the messengers of the Bird God, sent to earth to spy on humanity. The birds they watch tell them about the things they've seen, and the two examples we're given are "a whole bunch of worms" and "a white collar crime". They seem to be actively recruiting people to the Bird God's cause. To quote the last line of the song: "We like watching birds, and the birds like watching you too."
Also, just go listen to the whole song. It's really good."
i love the just show up skeleton post but every time i go to reblog it i see the comment referring to it as more positive than the just walk out skeleton post and i can't. i can't do it. just walk out skeleton post has been a source of tremendous liberation in my life. both skeleton posts are necessary. we live in a two skeleton world. many skeletons, even. can you tell i'm avoiding doing work
There are two skeletons inside you
Fuck. I'm an idiot. Of course there aren't. One of them just walked out.
any of you ever stand with your hands kinda touching together sorta like this
you’ll be reduced down to a single atom once im done with you
ngl kinda bummed my submission of a character literally named The Observer didn't get in so here's my not!propaganda
A mysterious bald man in a black suit and fedora, he is known to appear at and observe important moments in history, as well as 'fringe' events; seemingly impossible sci-fi occurrences that are happening at an increasingly alarming rate. It is later revealed that he is a part of a team of scientists from the future, sent back in time to observe and ensure the timeline that leads to their existence is maintained. Able to travel through time and between universes, he can see multiple possible outcomes and timelines simultaneously. He is always a dozen steps ahead of anyone he meets, to the point where he can predict what someone will say, often saying it simultaneously or before someone says it, as well as setting off a chain of events to result in his intended outcome. Any time he makes a notable appearance, the characters know Something is about to happen. I say 'notable' appearance as he also makes an appearance in the background in pretty much every episode, usually in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it walk-by in a crowd shot, adding an extra meta level for the audience, who are scouring each scene to spot him.
ALSO they apparently would get him to randomly appear in other shows, ads and at sports games.
He Is Always Watching.
Yet Another Fringe Not!Character Propaganda Post: Walter Bishop
The epitome of "the drive to know and understand, even if your discoveries might destroy you" aspect of The Eye, Walter is a Mad Scientist™ in multiple senses of the term. A scientific genius, he works across an array of disciplines, from quantum physics to genetic engineering, pushing far past the current boundaries of scientific understanding in an area known as "fringe science". His drive to seek knowledge and break barriers caused damage, destruction and fear, from the personal to the multi-universal level. Most of the show is basically the Find Out™ part of him Fucking Around with the laws of nature.
A non-exhaustive list of shit he's done in the name of pursuing knowledge that is better left unknown:
- Did all sorts of unethical experimentation on willing (albeit not fully informed) and unwilling participants, including himself
- Said experimentation included young children using a drug called Cortexiphan that aimed to expand their minds' abilities and perception, which usually only manifested under extreme fear
- Worked on all sorts of fucked up top-secret projects for the US government and army
- His work inspired and/or was continued by all sorts of nefarious people, further spreading the chaos and fear caused by his discoveries
- Crossed into another universe despite knowing and being warned about the potentially cataclysmic consequences.
- As a result, both universes were damaged, creating an unstoppable chain reaction of horrifying fringe events that would eventually result in their total destruction.
- On a personal level, the reason for crossing over to the other universe, taking and curing the alternate version of his son who had not already died like his, tore his family apart as the burden of this secret drove his wife to suicide, himself to madness, and his son to turmoil over his origins.
Eventually, the guilt over the damage he'd caused in his obsessive and reckless pursuit of knowledge finally caught up with him and he asked his friend to literally remove pieces of his brain to stop him becoming even worse, as well as concealing the method to cross between universes. The resulting loss of memory, intelligence and his overall sanity definitely lessened his connection to the Eye, but he's still very much Eye-coded when we first meet him in the show: he's still a scientific genius and is often the key to figuring out what's going on and finding a solution for each fringe event, plus Can and Will tell you what he's thinking and any random facts that come to mind, regardless of how gross or inappropriate they are, like what human brains taste like, or a monologue about nipples. And here are some of his more Eye-coded quotes to finish off:
"You see, when you open new doors, there is a price to pay. Now imagine... tonight, you look under your bed, and, lo and behold, you find a monster! And you're immediately eaten. Now, if you hadn't looked for the monster, you wouldn't have found it and you'd still be happy in your beds, instead of being slowly digested in the stomach sack of the creature. But, with any luck, your sister or your brothers might have heard your screams, and your endeavor will serve as a valuable lesson to them." "I was prone to hide things because I was afraid that someone would unlock all my secrets. I didn't realize the someone would be me." "When you open your mind to the impossible, sometimes you find the truth." "Only those who risk going too far, find out how far they can go." "Our success thus far should serve as an example of our ability to achieve that which most can't even imagine. What you must understand is that, as scientists, we must embrace every possibility. No limitations. No boundaries. There is no reason for them."
i think as adults it's our responsibility to be nice to kids and treat them with the respect we wish we got at that age and im not kidding or exaggerating in the least