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One Nerdy, Angsty Optimist

@proudbinerd

Bisexual 18+ Gal, Liberal(more socialist leaning in certain regards), Nerdy, Animation & Comic Lover, Animal Lover, Cautious Optimist, Trump Hater :P

“Nimona is still Nimona,” he says. “She could be a whale or a dragon or shark or a cat, and she’s still Nimona. Just as she could be a girl or a boy or a woman or a man or anything else. All of these other parts are all factions of her. None of them are the end-all be-all of who she is. So that is kind of how I think of my own gender now. There is still some of that monster girl that I still hold very close to my heart.”

Nimona.. ND Stevenson.. it's wonderful how far they both have come. I am CRAZY grateful Nimona was resurrected from the graveyard. Or should I say.. a phoenix from the ashes 😌💖

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Belos gets cancelled, everyone gets theraphy, raeda marriage, luz gets a working door and can have dates with amity on both realms, darius adopts hunter legally and bump runs for president. The end

Inhales more copium

I drew these on finals week, am exhausted so i shall dip for now
See you at the day of unity ;)
P.s Hunter's socks are from darius

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With the finale on the horizon.. MANIFESTING THIS SO HARD! ALL OF THEM NEED AND DESERVE A HAPPY ENDING 🙏

If you could delete one mainstream media movie/book/series/intellectual property from existence, entirely removing it from everyone’s memory and cauterizing the timeline so it cannot reemerge, what would it be?

Mine would be Minions.

(Answers more interesting than JKR/Star Wars/MCU/GRRM are more fun. What PERSONALLY just makes you FURIOUS to have to look at it?)

Human Centipede franchise. It honest to goodness should have NEVER come into existence

The other day one of my friends was like “Where on earth do you hear about all the books you read?” and I’m honestly trying to think about that because I don’t really pay attention to Booktube, Booktok, Book Twitter, or Bookstagram, only occasionally dip back into book blogging, and mostly use Goodreads as a place to track books I want to read or have read rather than searching for recommendations, so I’m trying to make a list of the places I hear about books from besides a few trusted social media mutuals.

  • Tor.com is one major place I hear about science fiction and fantasy books–they do deal announcements, cover reveals, lists of new releases, and reviews, as well as columns reviewing backlist work. I really like “The Book Queered Me,” for instance, which is people looking back on books that were important to their understand of identity. 
  • The Book Smugglers isn’t really that active anymore, but they reviewed science fiction and fantasy media, as well as publishing essays and short fiction and I read them religiously for a long time.
  • Book Riot I read occasionally and they publish bookish news and essays. I forgot I was subscribed to their LGBTQ+ book newsletter for a while and went through the emails I’d been sent earlier this week and that particular newsletter is nice because it highlights a couple books and does a round-up of recent news about queer books.
  • Austraddle’s book section, especially the Rainbow Reading column, does reviews, interviews, and news related to queer books, mostly queer women. It’s helpful for non-SFF stuff because I’m usually very up-to-date on news in the science fiction and fantasy world but they cover poetry, nonfiction, romance, etc.
  • We Need Diverse Books is a great resources, of course, and I really like the interviews they do with authors of recent releases.
  • LGBTQ Reads is an invaluable resource for queer literature–new release highlights, author interviews, lists of books by representation or age/genre if you’re looking for something specific.
  • Electric Literature is where I hear about more adult lit fic/nonfiction stuff, they also have a column called Novel Gazing in which people write about books that have impacted them and I find that really interesting. They also publish poetry and short fiction but I haven’t read much of that.
  • The Lesbrary does reviews of books about lesbian and bisexual women, as well as round-ups of new releases. Good resource for keeping up with sapphic books.
  • Rich in Color reads and reviews diverse YA books and is a good place to keep up with books by authors of color.

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I've ALWAYS hated the story of Pinocchio.

Yes, the story is about a puppet not understanding right from wrong - and so does the wrong thing and earns consequences from those actions.

But it always resulted in such an unlikable character.

Then Del Torro comes around and makes the best version literally ever. Everything is perfect.

He didn't join the circus because he was a little twat. He joined because, in the town where people resented him, he found a place where he was 'loved' and 'accepted.'

And for once! Geppetto is written to be an actual human being! Not some pure-hearted old man incapable of any other emotion than love. Del Torro's Geppetto is flawed. He's human. He's in pain. His love for Pinocchio is genuine. He doesn't love the puppet because tHaT's ThE RiGhT thInG tO dO - but because he actually loves him.

You know what? I have more to say.

Replacing the island of fun and debauchery with a literal fascist military camp was a stroke of pure GENIOUS.

In all the other versions - the lesson is "Don't do fun things! Never do fun things! Work! Learn! If you do anything a normal proper citizen wouldn't do, you'll become a DONKEY. Not just a donkey! A donkey slave! You can't even cry out to mama anymore- hope the 'root beer' was worth it!"

It also never made any sense how this island even worked. I have yet to see a version explain that heap of witchcraft.

Del Torro taught us that to be a good person, you must follow your heart- not blindly follow orders. Elders DON'T always know best. It's okay to question things! It's okay to disobey! Just make sure you're doing it for the right reasons!

wish list for people who don’t want anything

aka possessions which are just possessions, but which have noticeably improved my quality of life: for when people ask you “what do you want for your birthday/Christmas/graduation” and you instantly transform into St Francis and pledge fealty to Lady Poverty because your mind went blank

  • nice. new. sheets. I cannot emphasize this one enough. if you’re still using the same sheets you had in college, you should probably get new ones. get yourself some 100% bamboo rayon sheets—they’re silky and perfect for summer and great for sensitive skin! or, if you’re cold all the time, flannel sheets!
  • kitchen knives. or even just one really good kitchen knife.
  • new curtains—blackout if you are a creature of the night like I am
  • fleece lined anything, but especially sweatpants and hoodies. wool lined socks are also good. if you don’t have the option of coming home after work and putting on an entire outfit that is loose and fuzzy, you should change that, because you deserve that option.
  • cookie sheets with a layer of air between the top and the bottom. the bottoms of your cookies will never burn again.
  • kitchen scale!!! no more leveling off flour with a knife and getting it all over the table!! now all your measuring is just shoveling stuff in and out of bowls like you’re at the beach. baking is both more accurate and also way more fun.
  • coffee bean grinder. if you want to upgrade your coffee experience, this is a great one-time purchase. just-ground beans have a much better flavor than pre-ground.
  • CDs!! ask for a gift card and expand your physical music collection! or a collection of the DVDs for your favorite show!

A few more things!

Good luggage. Whether it’s a suitcase or a duffel bag or even just packing cubes, it’s all helpful!

Good art. If it’s someone you trust, you can ask them to surprise you with a piece they like, otherwise you can have a few back up suggestions of ideas (I saw a framed piece of just the hands from Michaelangelo’s The Creation of Man and have not forgot about it since)

Good good pillows or fluffy blankets to go along with those nice new sheets from above

Office supplies. Pens, markers, sharpies. All the sharpies.

Coffee travel mugs (can one have too many?). If they say they still want more ideas, also ask for a bag of their favorite beans/tea

Look around your house, what do you have that is still from college? Ask for a better one of those.

And for the future planning, especially if you’re me and forget things: make a document of “things I’d like but don’t want to buy for myself frivolously” and then select items from that for a wishlist.