fun fact about me is that when i was a kid id write capital E’s with as many of those little horizontal lines as possible and id call them ladder E’s and adults fucking hated them

artistic rendition

All capital letters should have a leveled-up form

So far I’ve got

Please add your own unsettling godtier capitals!

New alphabet dropped!

oh my god, it’s beautiful

(future handwritten notes are gonna be so wonderfully cursed now, thank you! :D )

well it’s going to take some getting used to, @ceekari (don’t mind the redacted letter between T and U)

But I think i’ve taken a real shine to it! 

recursive

So i may have done a thing in an insomnia fueled jaunt into insanity.

find an .otf of the font here

This is how new alphabets get invented.

@vague-magnus-archives

@avatar-of-the-blank it’s your official font

THIS IS MY DEFAULT FONT FOR MY PC ACTUALLY.

I’m so tempted to start genuinely writing with this

I think the funniest thing I learnt today was that antis DID try to make their own ao3, but the restrictions made it impossible to do anything.

Nobody on the site could agree on one solid concept of "moral" and "immoral", so it spawned a plethora of huge arguments and the site had to be shut down.

And the tagline was "good fiction for good people."

Make of all that as you will.

This is the funniest thing I've heard in such a long time. I knew that was gonna happen because antis are so obsessed with being the most righteous person that not even people who agree with them can be as morally pure as them.

Meanwhile, I'm over here like, "Let's be friends, fellow freaks. Perhaps even lovers. There is no hierarchy in the freakdom. We are all equal in our freakiness."

Hey OP, what was the website called? Because I searched on that tagline and the only thing I found was this post.

Unfortunately I legitimately can no longer find it, most likely because it was taken down. It's good to note that this was something I heard through my friends, so I'll most likely pester them again about it.

I've been trying to ask around, and will make a post once I locate an archived version of the site, or even its name.

Update: I found YET ANOTHER PERSON who is aware of the site's existence, but also can't find its name. All we know is it's a site that claimed to host "pure fiction only". It's like an urban legend, so many people have heard of it...nobody knows it....

Update: Same person reached back to me saying this.

More of our conversation if it makes me sound any less crazy.

Users cropped out for privacy reasons.

And here is the first time I heard about it:

I'm quite bothered by people thinking I'd instigate discourse for fun, so I'm trying to post these screenshots to prove that I'm being completely honest when I first said "I think the funniest thing I learned today was.."

If whatever god there is up there loves me enough, people will find this post.

I'VE FOUND IT

i told you I'm not crazy

Link to an archived version of the site if you still don't believe me (the site itself has since been deleted.)

@plotbunnyfarm I figured it'd be good to ping you so you see this.

If anyone else was interested in what was under topics the promotion/normalization of was forbidden

Can't see anything hard to define here...nope, perfectly reasonable

The thing came out of hiding

Thing has been exploring. It is very brave even though my apartment is very new and scary. everyone clap for it

But clapping might scare it

Rereading TWoK again -- yes, it's a compulsion but those are my emotional support characters lol -- and it struck me.

Kaladin was supposed to go train Kharbranth if he hadn't joined the army. Where Taravangian's surgeons were murdering people for their death rattles.

What a drastic fucking fork that is.

Hey kids here's a piece of actual for real experienced adult advice: don't make songs you like your alarm. Ever. You're gonna Pavlov yourself into hating it or sleep through it and have weird dreams. Don't do that to yourself. Seriously.

I'm glad the notes on this post have turned around from people going "I am the exception I love music I will never die" but some of you have made some truly unhinged choices about what to set your alarm. Why was it the Seinfeld theme in the first place.

Your experiences are not universal but I wish they were. You're adorable. I want your life.

For reasons I cannot now explain, I spent a solid two years with Muse's The 2nd Law: Unsustainable as my alarm.

i actually picked 'playing his game' from the death note musical in the hope it would release me from its death grip but unfortunately the opposite happened and I love it more than ever

i guess ten being considered the universe's hottest dude with women falling over themselves to kiss him is kinda crazy to me bc in my mind he is fundamentally a little wretched twig of a guy. like a drowned kitten or perhaps rat to me . i'm realizing that the spirit of donna noble is possessing me as i write this post

Retelling The Hobbit Chapter 16: The Song of the Lonely Mountain First chapter / Previous / Next (coming TBD!)

To view full comic: Webtoon/A03 / Tumblr post with links to all chapters

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*crumbles into dust after finishing this* Thank you for reading! This The Hobbit webcomic adaptation thing takes a lot of effort to put together and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate every comment. I also really appreciate the people who’ve spread the word of this comic to their friends! <3

And finally, we’re at the Song of the Lonely Mountain! Within Tolkien’s canon, The Hobbit is an in-universe book that was “written” by Bilbo Baggins, who occasionally lies/embellishes/exaggerates things. The tonal differences between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are explained by Bilbo and Frodo/Sam being different kinds of storytellers, with different relationships to “the truth.” This idea is the core of how I’m adapting the novel!  Bilbo is an unreliable narrator who is literally ‘drawing’ from his own limited experiences;  the different art styles reflect the different perspectives of other characters.   The “dwarf art style” in this chapter is inspired by stonework/metalwork in general— but especially by a mix of art deco, Celtic art, and European folk art. 

The central tension of the comic is between Bilbo and Thorin, who each have wildly different ideas about what kind of  story they’re in. Thorin is in a grand fantasy epic, while Bilbo is in a lighthearted children’s book adventure.  The tragedy is, obviously, that only one side of the story ever gets to be fully told.

On a sillier note, a few years ago I had my first gay crush on a lesbian who sang while playing the piano. This chapter is dedicated to the piano lesbian. I hope they’re doing well, wherever they are. XD

I think I might need a bit of a break but I’m hoping for the next chapter, titled “Dawn,” to arrive on January 13th. And your comments/support really do help motivate me to get more done! ^_^

I need you guys to pay attention

I need you to behold

I am observing

Observation appreciated

I continue to attend, in search of additional observations to be made.

Here you go

the goddess sulis minerva accepts apple pay these days huh

This just makes me so sad. As a kid, the idea of throwing a penny into a well was so magical to me. Like, I thought that the coins just stayed in the well forever and were treated as these sacred objects.

And by seeing the coins other people had thrown in, there was a sense of belonging to some larger tradition. Like, even as a kid I thought it was cool that so many people had thrown coins into a well before I threw my coin in.

But, like, this whole "tap to make an offering" completely destroys the illusion. Like, way to completely take the fun nd meaning out of it.

i know what you mean, but because a lot of coins eventually corrode in water, it damages historical sites and monuments for there to be handfuls of copper, zinc, brass and even silver thrown in with the bacteria and acids of human hands to oxidize down at the bottom of a water feature. they appreciate the donations to help sustain the site, but the damage a dirty penny can do to ancient marble is much more than one cent can support the site.

this is also the reason why ponds and fountains at public gardens often have signs requesting people don't throw coins in. it introduces human germs, startles and stresses out the fish, and messes with the acidity and oxygenation levels of the water, which can make it unhealthy for plants and animals. cleaning coins out of inhabited ponds and other natural features requires human intervention, which wastes a park's money, stresses the fish out even more, and can lead to footprint erosion at the edges of the waterway, too.

throwing a penny in a public fountain is a wonderful and magical tradition, but it takes a certain type of fountain: modern built, self-contained, not a protected monument, not a natural water feature, and not home to fish or plants. please be thoughtful about when and where you make a wish, and why an organization might ask you not to.

The funniest thing about the cosmere is how many shards go "Yes it's me the One True God" like bro you were THERE you know what happened what are you talking about

shards love LYING and SWINDLING because they are ALL CRIMINALS

kaladin <3

This will go amazing with my bathtub that is just full of eyeballs

if this was facebook she'd be drinking a pina colada out of it next

More shitpostcore decor

No part of this needed to happen

wtf

DERIN WHY WHAT

bring more

Hey this one isn't even my post

can't help but laugh bc first dalinar was skeptical about amaram, then shen made kaladin feel guilty about still treating him like a slave, then a fuckin assassin??? rly Kaladin and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day up in this bitch duskdhkd

New book I'm reading has two different viewpoints - fine, no problem, I like getting to see a romance from both ends and see how utterly mistaken both people are about each other.

First section is first person, not what I was expecting but fine. Second section we swap to the other guy and IT"S IN THIRD PERSON.

WHAT. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT

It's a one-viewpoint story but the viewpoint character is psychic

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e&m textbook footnote just casually told me in 1997 someone levitated a live frog with magnets for 30 minutes. hello

Sanderson is a really big fan of magic that sounds fun but then is secretly hella dark and probably has to do with killing souls.

Hey look this magic lets you see pretty colors and hear music better and animate corpses. How'd you get that magic? Oh I ate someone's soul. Don't worry they're fine, they just can't experience beauty anymore.

Look Look eat the metal and you can do cool stuff like yeet yourself in the air or run super fast. Eat the metal and you can become superman.

Or alternatively, you could STAB someone with the metal and STEAL THEIR SOUL! They will be very dead and it will be very messy. But look you have magical powers plus cool new jewelry

Here on Roshar you get magical powers, a built-in best friend/therapist, and a kick ass sword. But if you fuck up at all that new friend of yours will die and you will personally be responsible for killing a tiny part of god. Have fun!

Sanderson is a really big fan of magic that sounds fun but then is secretly hella dark and probably has to do with killing souls.

Hey look this magic lets you see pretty colors and hear music better and animate corpses. How'd you get that magic? Oh I ate someone's soul. Don't worry they're fine, they just can't experience beauty anymore.

Look Look eat the metal and you can do cool stuff like yeet yourself in the air or run super fast. Eat the metal and you can become superman.

Or alternatively, you could STAB someone with the metal and STEAL THEIR SOUL! They will be very dead and it will be very messy. But look you have magical powers plus cool new jewelry

Here on Roshar you get magical powers, a built-in best friend/therapist, and a kick ass sword. But if you fuck up at all that new friend of yours will die and you will personally be responsible for killing a tiny part of god. Have fun!

You look around the lecture hall and notice all the other students have fallen asleep. You look towards the lecturer, who has now stopped talking and is staring straight at you. “I don’t know how you’re still awake, but I guess we do this the hard way.” He says before pulling out a sword.

@sindar-princeling​ you can’t leave this gold in the tags