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A Makeshift Fairytale

@pixie-lated / pixie-lated.tumblr.com

Realism is all well and good, but when do we get to slay the dragon?
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joycrispy

Zepotha will never be Goncharov because when it comes down to it, tumblr culture is collaborative, while tiktok culture is merely iterative, and those are not the same thing.

Op I refuse to let your tags stay in the tags cause THIS!!!!!

Every single craft has been paying “The Passion Tax” for generations. This term (coined by author and organizational psychologist Adam Grant) — and backed by scientific research — simply states that the more someone is passionate about their work, the more acceptable it is to take advantage of them. In short, loving what we do makes us easy to exploit.
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s-leary

If the phrase “vocational awe” isn’t part of your lexicon yet, stop scrolling and read Fobazi Ettarh:

Vocational awe describes the set of ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in notions that libraries as institutions are inherently good, sacred notions, and therefore beyond critique. I argue that the concept of vocational awe directly correlates to problems within librarianship like burnout and low salary. This article aims to describe the phenomenon and its effects on library philosophies and practices so that they may be recognized and deconstructed.

I see it in every field I’ve ever worked in: publishing, open source software development, higher education. It describes pretty much every industry that relies on creativity, altruism, or both.

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re-dracula

I saw an article about how Last Voyage of the Demeter was losing money in the theaters and I was like "really? all my friends are seeing it, that's so weird"

then it occurred to me that I, producer of Re: Dracula, may be in a uniquely biased position here.....

"redracula producers georg" who produces 100 hours of re:dracula every year is an outlier and should not have been counted

So you're saying the Demeter ran into unexpected problems getting to England? This seems... oddly familiar...

jb-blunk

in this terrifying world you continuously have the power to offer someone else a little relief . why would you withhold that. do you remember what a little relief feels like? it feels like a lot

excuse me? are you suggesting i frolic directly into someone's emotional space and assume what brings them relief, potentially causing more stress? are you encouraging people to reach past their own boundaries to help, increasing net suffering if it costs more than the other gains? surely not; that would be advocating for emotional self-harm.

jb-blunk

this is a post about the woman who waived my late fee at the bank .

good for you, good for her, the wording on the initial post feels closer to blaming people who don't reach out than celebrating those who do by a large enough margin that i feel the need to hit back

jb-blunk

you are a tar pit

I know I’ve reblogged this already today but I like. this point

Listen im just saying scribes ‘prev tagging’ their manuscripts is part of how we lost countless classical works but those who copied out the tags preserved fragments that r sometimes all we have so :// choose which side of history you want to be on

If youve got this tagged “prev tags” im sending a fleet of vikings to sack ur monastery btw

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heedra

fireball whiskey can be put in milk to make FIRE MILK

eat some protein if you are feeling FATIGUED

visit garage sales if you want to find DEALS ON BELT SANDERS

what we'll learn next week is still shrouded in darkness

Larian studios: "Haha yeah isn't it funny that you can sleep with a druid in bear form? That's so--Look at me, look me in the eyes. there is no such thing as an "evil race". the players handbook is full of shit. personality traits based on race and species are bullshit. Every individual has the capacity for good an evil based on circumstances" *wizards of the coast security tries to drag them off stage*

Larian, clinging to the microphone: "DRAGONBORN HAVE TAILS! TIEFLINGS CAN BE PURPLE! QUEER CHARACTERS HAVE EVERY PLACE IN FANTASY MEDIA! YOU CAN AND SHOULD ROMANCE MIND FLAYERS NO! NO! LOOK AT ME! DRINKING POTIONS IS A BONUS ACTION! DON'T BELIEVE THEIR LIES!"

Honeslty one of the most Crowley lines in the book

crowley admits to the mortifying ordeal of being crowley

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weaver-z

I love being part of the Good Omens fandom because it's the only fandom I'm in that hasn't simmered down yet. You people are 2014 levels of crazy. You're in Neil's inbox calling him "babygirl" and writing 16000-word theory essays that will absolutely come back to haunt you in a Youtube retrospective some day. I love having to apologize to my mutuals for your behavior. It makes me feel young again.

listen i know each actor brings their own spice to a role, but i just can’t take timothee chalamet’s wonka seriously 

where is the madness behind his eyes??? the malice??? the complete disregard for the laws of mankind and decency???

this man makes me fear that i’ll be shoved into a taffy machine at the slightest provocation 

as! he! should!

I’m not gonna let this gem of a tag on this post go unnoticed.