ivy

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if I can't relate to you anymore then who am I related to? if this is the long haul how'd we get here so soon? did I close my fist around something delicate? did I shatter you? where did my baby go? what's a lifetime of achievement if I pushed you to the edge but you were too polite to leave me? do you miss the rogue who coaxed you into paradise and left you there? will you forgive my soul when you're too wise to trust me and too old to care? were you waiting at our old spot? did I leave you hanging every single day? were you standing in the hallway with a big cake happy birthday? did I paint your bluest skies the darkest grey?

The woods are lovely, dark and deep 🍃🍂

Part 2 🍃

I think I accidentally deleted half of this post so here’s part 3 and 4 again lol enjoy

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i love going back to the beginning of a piece of media with the full weight of knowing how it ends. you see characters get introduced and it’s literally like

[id: the ‘they don’t know’ meme edited to say ‘they don’t know the profound and life-changing effect they will have on each other’. it shows a simple drawing of a guy with a party hat standing in the corner of a room, looking at two couples who are happy and dancing. the guy is edited to have shiny, tearful eyes. end id.]

this video is making me SOB

It makes me angry that this is such a fucking bop

every day i am percieved™️

There is a reason for this though!

The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixate–neurochemical signaling (I hope I’m using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)…people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply. 

significantly: the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady “return on investment”–and this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we don’t have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual “low batteries” in that regard.

that doesn’t mean these stories are “simple,” or that they lack complexity or value–only that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low “upfront cost.” these stories are only “easy” to read in the sense that the effort we put into them is rewarded in a timely manner. which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readers–they are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).

the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. that–combined with the shorter average length of fics–means that fan fics very quickly start rewarding the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. that’s not a bad thing! and maybe it’s something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.

Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. I’m glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you love–the way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail. The fact that you find joy in the process of reading (or listening!) to stories–that is what matters.

I feel understood 🥰

a bunch of people have reblogged this with the default “i feel called out” reaction….and i know when we say that we mean it tongue-in-cheek….but this comment sorta blew my mind & shifted my perspective up and to the left a little thank you♥

The Serotonin is stored in the Ao3

Amongus squidgame euphoria

the ghost of amongus squidgame euphoria

i love gaboon vipers why do they move like that

me when im walking

@catadromously how could you leave this important comment in the tags etc.

That’s the truest thing about this creature that anyone has said, ever

This is clearly a train

I don’t watch Once Upon A Time but every clip I’ve seen is like

Quasimodo: “And where is the amulet?” Edgar from Aristocats: “Safe and sound I assure you. Isn’t that right, Lightning McQueen?” *the sounds of revving comes out of the shadows*

Commercial break

Dr. Olivia Octavius

HEY AUNTY YOU WANNA TELL US SOMETHING

I just wanna remind everyone that there was a time in the Spider Man comics that Aunt May was gonna marry Doc Ock

and throw in that this would be a GREAT continuity to bring that back in.

Mx. Moz did fan art of that cover. Link to artist https://twitter.com/MLeeLunsford/status/1084990686892453888

I love the implication that every other spider was invited to the wedding and did nothing to stop it

I love the implication that the very much dead Peter Parker from Miles universe straight up resurrected to stop the wedding.

Also loving Gwen pelting a pencil at Zombie!Peter

The pointing spiderman meme at top left