Considering I know plenty of folk with chronic illnesses who still manage to create their own stuff perfectly fine… yeah, this lady is a new entry on my, “you couldn’t be bothered to write? Well, I can’t be bothered to read your shit!” list.

Last new episode of Taskmaster watched before I go see it actually being filmed 😱

Polls closed. Whatever happens I know my conscious is clear. I voted for what I thought was right in refusing to treat human rights like they're a finite cake.

Busiest I’ve seen this in a few votes. Think everyone had the same idea as us because Lidl afterwards was mobbed too!

Becoming slightly fixated on what Sauron’s actual original name could be is so funny because in canon he turned bad before Quenya was even a thing so, Mairon is potentially a translation and essentially everyone is arguing like rats in a sack over something Tolkien hastily scribbled in some margins*

Btw I will throw my hands up an say I expected this to be turboshit. I even hated the promo they did with Tina Fey, which confirmed my suspicions. But the actual show is more on the “it’s alright,” side than “it’s terrible.” Gimme my humble pie!

SNL UK, another show cursed with the most boring people alive jibbering like sheep, “is anyone actually watching this?” under its renewal announcement.

(Sorry for the slight uptick in political commentary today, normal Dark Lord babygirling service will resume shortly.)

“Labour will always back you” - does he think trans people, refugees and people who don’t hate trans people or refugees don’t have any long term memory and also can’t read?! Adding “and your family” when we all know what “family” means because if it looks in any way untraditional, you don’t count.

Last repost: the SNP are gonna be the biggest party again but by how much… who knows. The Scottish Greens tend to get underestimated in polls but again, who knows what’ll happen. I don’t think they’ll be second but it’s not impossible. (Labour are gonna be third whatever happens imo.)

It's not impossible (just very unlikely) for the Greens to finish second

Going to go vote after work. I think some folk probably aren’t prepared for how our parliament is gonna look after tomorrow but I won’t let that stop me.

Do I wear my bright yellow coat to the polling place tomorrow because it will be a repellant for at least three party people hanging around outside? Because ngl I also don't particularly want to talk to the people who will LIKE that it's yellow either 😂

Avoiding writing fic by replying to comments.

Already seen one too many, "lol it's only local elections - it doesn't mean anything" sentiments about tomorrow, which just about sums up the ignorance surrounding devolution I guess.

Someone needs to follow the Russos around playing comedy trombone noises any time they open their mouths.

Let's go, most of Rings of Power S3 being directed by women! Also, Charlotte Brändström supremacy!

Mr. Catherloki and I have a semi-regular joke where we say, "how would you know if I've been replaced by a body-snatcher/alien?" and, "I suddenly express a desire to go on a cruise," has been on the list for our entire relationship btw. (The news atm has vindicated us both.)

Finished my Dark re-watch. The third season does go up itself a bit but whatever, still a satisfying ending when you're someone who likes twisty apocalyptic science fiction (it's me - I'm someone.)

Local woman didn't notice she's changed tenses halfway through the thing she's writing 🙄

My parents aren't coming up to Glasgow this weekend after all ☹️

I really hate colleagues who get to work from home most of the week, so they treat coming to my office as socialising time when I’m TRYING TO WORK. Seriously, I’ll give disinterested answers and she’s quiet for all of two minutes before she starts trying to yap again 😩

Honestly if I were obscenely wealthy but also incredibly pathetic (to the point of needing to glaze myself and my paper-thin skin online) I would just… y’know.

Every Spring for me is basically allergy symptoms roulette. I wonder what this year will bring… … turns out it’s REALLY itchy eyes. 😭

I hate Teams so much.

One thing I hated most about this was fic writers getting lumped in with the 1-2 people who tried to retrofit Tolkien’s words. When I still read Loki fic, people combined the MCU with comics lore all the time. As long as it was tagged MCU so comics fandom could avoid if they wished, nobody cared.

How the hell am I of all people a much better Glaswegian than this?!

looool, I can't believe this is real. (Incidentally, something I definitely thought to myself in October 2022 😆)

“And therefore they are named the Valar, the Powers of the World.” It was my dream to draw Tolkien’s Valar altogether in one frame ever since I read the Silmarillion in high school. Today that dream is complete. #tolkien #thesilmarillion

The only thing I'll say about The Odyssey adaptation for now is... maybe the film will be one that grapples with the way the gods interact with the world within the actual story, but I'm kinda keeping the bar in Tartarus right now.

Another reason I can't wait for Thursday is... Labour have shoved at least six things through our door begging for our votes and not only is that a complete waste of their time and also paper, my shredder is getting tired.

Very first day with a dashcam and someone came close to crashing up ahead of me so I would’ve needed to hand over footage lmao.

Discovered today that I may have also banged my hip on the way down on Sunday 🙃

lol remember when this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment popped up in an earlier S2 episode and some of us thought he’d maybe turn back into Halbrand to do more war crimes, when really he’s just rage-baiting Galadriel in the season finale with his painted-on beard regrowth.

I’ll be honest, I’m really not relishing the fear that I’m about to do another ROP cycle feeling like I’m getting pelters from two directions because I have the audacity to enjoy a ship, but I’m also interested in the overall story. I’m not gonna tolerate that shit again, sorry ✌️

I tried to think of a genuine controversial Star Wars opinion for that post going around, but the most I can manage is, "The Last Jedi was ok, and I liked the thing they did with the Force and undoing that in the next film was one of the worst decisions the franchise ever made." lol.

Finally, someone uploaded the British pork sketch and honestly, it gets funnier the more I watch it 😭 youtu.be/0NlKS4kdsjM?...

Oh, every cut/graze on my body from yesterday stings so much worse today 😭

I was already not gonna vote for them. Now I'm gonna not vote for them even harder.

Seriously, for all the drama I love about *gestures to fave ship* I adore that this show also has a married couple who clearly love each other and work together as a unit. But neither character is defined entirely by “they’re married.” It’s so annoying how refreshing that feels.

Not that I’m gonna take this insanity seriously, but thanks for another low key point to add to the, “support independence” column I guess.

As much as I’ve been clowning on The Pitt, I think this is just all fandoms now. People treat actors as their characters more than ever before (that always happened - see British soap actors) but it’s getting worse. Also forming tribes based on ships. Demanding writers cater to you etc. All fandoms.

I remember grumbling about £7.50 for a pint when I was in London a couple of years ago 💀

Is a certain medical show the first fandom for a lot of folk? Why is it causing THIS much insanity? Because what do you mean one of the actors had to politely tell people to stop yelling things when she’s performing on stage?

“i hate fic tropes” not me. i want to read the same ship falling in love in the same scenario a million times, i just need slightly different wording so that it feels fresh 😂

Oh ok.

S19 of Taskmaster, my beloved ❤️

A while ago, a few of us were talking about, "what if Galadriel DIDN'T end up going into the ocean before they end up in Númenor?" and long story short... if I can get this done before the forced proximity day for #saurondrielfest I might actually have something to publish! Plz forgive any typos ☹️

Any time I see someone saying, "you need a Wattpad phase before you graduate to AO3" as a solution to weeding out badfic I'm like... 1. "Bad"fic has the right to exist. Sorry. 2. Some of us are 40, Natalie! I have NEVER been on Wattpad! Because I am The Pit of Voles and Livejournal years old!

Even if SNL UK ultimately fails (I wouldn't like to say, for sure it's a mixed bag much like its parent show) then at least it gave the world George Fouracres.