I enjoy a well-thought-out, rule-based magic system in fiction as much as anyone, BUT I also think that we should give more props to what Terry Pratchett did in the Discworld books, where it was less about rules and more about vibes and, more importantly, what fit a given story the best. 🧵

The fact that Johnny Suh has yet to release a true slow sex jam solo track is a travesty tbh

It's coming... 🎃

(Firing gunshots to keep the rent down voice) Piss kink. Sadomasochism. Incest shipping. Enemies to lovers. I write fiction with fucked up consent dynamics and think cannibalism is romantic. I also write consensual kink but that’s not the point. This is not a place of honour.

Since they’ve cut food inspections at the FDA, the burden is now more on consumers to protect ourselves from contaminated food: www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

There is no ethical use

“Ah," said Mr Pin. "Right. I remember. You are concerned citizens." He knew about concerned citizens. Wherever they were, they all spoke the same private language, where 'traditional values' meant 'hang someone'. - Terry Pratchett, The Truth

I think real damage was done to Shen Qingqiu’s characterization when we started thinking of him as “oblivious narrator who never understands anything” instead of “guy who is extremely perceptive about the narrative that he thinks he’s in, which he isn’t”

one of my favorite tropes in literature is "people who are very good at violence do violence together, deepening their bond." hell yea fight back to back. do that thing

What if I buy yet another mug🤔

More Xena x Callisto on patreon.com/laurenknight ❤️‍🔥

This whole section really.

Instead of inktober, I propose just doing whatever creative project you really want to do and have been meaning to do. Don’t be afraid of people judging you or it not being good enough. As often as you’re able, set aside dedicated time to work on it like it’s school or a job. Goodluck.

Finding out that Stray Kids has BANGER poleable songs is going to be a problem for me

WONHO ALBUM WONHO ALBUM

Sometimes I wonder if I have the vibe of someone who fucks🤔🤔🤔

I found Queequeg’s arm thrown over me in the most loving and affectionate manner. You had almost thought I had been his wife.

sweet dreams #iwtv #loustat

now that it's october im legally allowed to post this

Oh god I need Felix to colab with some techno DJ I *need* this with very fiber in my body

WIILL DARLING CHARACTER OF ALL TIME AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I've said this once and I'll say it again: Xia Zhiguang is gonna make The HOTTEST middle-aged man

I just think everyone should experience Wang Zhi at some point

Let me tell you a beautiful story about this couch. 🧵 IG msviciousdesign

who else ships johnny and the devil from the devil went down to georgia

History and Economics double major baybeeeee✌️✌️

eu nessa semana

Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal

"no sex scenes unless it serves the plot" the plot is I want to see them fuck nasty and that's actually legal

A few new pics shared on Xia Zhiguang's Weibo this week, to beautify your timeline. 💖🌅✨ weibo.com/8014669310/Q... #XiaZhiguang #XZG #夏之光

Folks be out here dating like they're looking for a job, I just don't get it😭😭😭

Being a bisexual emperor must be the most stressful shit in the world. You go to the inner palace and your wives are scheming. You go to the outer court and the male concubines that you promoted to viziers are fighting. Your wife just poisoned your favorite twink eunuch. There’s no peace

we gotta to post as much noncon as possible to get us through the ao3 downtime. you know, to raise morale

What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.

Yeah, this is pretty much it, isn't it?

These very true words from Steve Hely have given me tremendous comfort over the years.

CHOTINER: And when was that? MY CAT: I mean at least 14 hours ago CHOTINER: Well hold on. You're telling me you haven't been fed at all today but if I look in your bowl here I see a- MY CAT: An untouched serving, I know, but if you'd let me finish- CHOTINER: Yeah, of course.

Des Moines has you all beat

CHOTINER: And you didn’t know this person - what did you call him again? CELEBRIMBOR GREATEST OF THE ELVEN SMITHS: Right, his name was Annatar but CHOTINER: And you taught him to create a ring harnessing all his malice and cruelty? CELEBRIMBOR: Well I mean I was deceived CHOTINER: So you’ve said

It sucks the way the humanities are being eroded & labeled unimportant. For every rant against a “new identity,” there is an ancient poem or painting or song or or or that tells us there is nothing new under the sun

What if I started writing the Tang Fan Meets The In-laws fic that's been slow cooking in my brain for years? What if I make it my 4th WIP? What if?

I'm sorry but naked misandry is ALSO a TERF talking point, so forgive me if I stare at you and your "men are trash" attitude with increasing suspicion

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

The end product of all the Chotiner parodies is going to be recreating the Book of Job from first principles.

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NGL if it weren't for the significant pay cut and the market for it being a complete trash fire, I would love to be a copyeditor for some trade magazine

Robert Burns, 1926. “Diana and Her Nymphs” #painting #1920s #RobertBurns

American Years of Lead Paint

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