1. Delicacy (Transformers, co-written with gatekat) – I poured my heart and soul into this one. It explores extreme darkness and trauma recovery while still being able to have a truly happy ending, and I just love the characters so much.
2. The Most Unlikely of Events (Transformers, co-written with gatekat) – The worldbuilding and cultural exploration in this one is really interesting to me. I loved getting to play with social taboos and how they would affect a G1 ‘Bot ending up in Bayverse, and how two bereaved souls can heal each other.
3. Sanctuary (Criminal Minds) – I’m not a big AU writer, truly, but this one just grabbed me and would not let go. Catholic Priest Reid and SSA Hotchner learning how to be together, and I’m still very proud of how I looped it into canon. I do intend to finish this one, someday.
4. The Hour of Separation (Guardians of the Galaxy) – Ugh, my love. This fic CONSUMED me. I love the idea of how to get Rocket and Yondu some time together without breaking from or affecting canon. And making Rocket’s pain worse? Yes please. Rocket’s voice really came alive for me in this one.
5. Sacred Made Profane (Transformers) – My other love. I mean they’re all my love, but. There’s an intensity to this one that I adore. Jazz and Prowl are both so broken in this one, and the plot developed out of nowhere on me. And it’s so fun to hurt Jazz in this one, the way he wants to be hurt. Also working on finishing this one.
People are apparently under the impression that reblogging someone’s art and adding a comment is frowned upon and that can’t possibly be true, every artist I know of sees a reblog-comment as like the ultimate definitive reward for their hard work.
Obviously don’t feel bad for NOT adding a comment if you’re shy or just don’t know what to say, but if there’s something you would like to say about a drawing you’ve liked enough to reblog, I’m pretty sure most artists crave hearing it.
This applies to art, fic, dumb theories, whatever! I totally love reading tags and commentary!
Definitely re-emphasizing that ALL reblogs, likes, etc are awesome! So don’t feel bad/feel obligated to add something if you don’t want to, but don’t hold back if you DO wanna add something because you’re worried it’s rude.
I’m really baffled at how apparently one half of Tumblr has decided that comments are rude, and the other half is wondering, “Why doesn’t anybody talk to me anymore?”
I am pro-comment.
I’ve been on this site long enough to remember when adding comments (or somehow interacting with) reblogs was really common? For what it’s worth, I (and most of the people I’ve ever talked to about this) devotedly read every comment and tag ramble. So, yeah, I have no idea where the rudeness thing came from but on a site that already makes communicating kinda weird and hard, never feel bad about adding something on a reblog/in tags.
Yes. Also tumblr has made it increasingly difficult and time consuming to go through reblogs to find stealthy tag comments. Better believe I still do it anyway, lol. And if you don’t want to add your comment on a reblog, you can use the “comment” feature, which I feel is seriously underutilized (possibly because it’s impossible to comment as a side blog but that’s a whole other can of worms, thanks tumblr) I try to leave little comments here and there. Feels more interactive, idk.
#teamcomment
#teamcomment here too! Feel free to ramble.
I think what’s happening is people is misinterpreting and bringing Twitter etiquette to Tumblr. On Twitter it’s understandable cause the way it’s set up the op will be tagged by default in a quote reblog. If the person who reblogs carries out a convo there it can flood your notifications if op isn’t untagged. So yeah there’s definite reasons why you shouldn’t do that on TWITTER.
Here on Tumblr it’s different and it won’t spam the op, so by all means please comment reblog. I know it makes my day w/e I see one on my art posts and it’s the same for most artist on here.
Tldr; be mindful of different social platforms etiquette. What might work for one won’t necessarily work in the other.
I miss people commenting on my posts. #teamcomment here too!
I really appreciated all the little nods to Clint’s deafness in this issue. I’m glad other writers are acknowledging it and it’s not just a temporary thing in Fraction’s run. I also enjoy the fact that Wade apparently knows sign language.
Also deadpool has his mask up to expose his lips so Hawkeye can read his lips so he doesn’t have to sign everything
I love Deadpool so much, you guys. Love love him. Every time I find out something new about Deadpool, I love him more, because it’s always shit like this.
Deadpool is lovely.
Remember that time Deadpool was better at remembering Clint’s deafness than Spiderman
so a little while back, i wrote a cookbook, and the post’s being passed around tumblr a whole lot lately. (thanks for that, by the way! i’ve made like a hundred dollars this week and my cat’s very excited about the fancy pumpkin-and-nastiness catfood that she’s going to get in celebration.)
when i released the book, i was like, oh, i oughta do something for promo! which i promptly did not do, at all. but i’m doing it now! free cookbooks for all! well, for some. five. five, to be exact, free cookbooks for five.
anyhow, this is the book i wrote:
Cooking is terrible, and food is often a massive pain in the ass. Eating is sometimes ok, sometimes a giant drag, and somehow still a thing that you have to do multiple times a day, which seems enormously unfair.
This book isn’t going to teach you how to cook, or turn you into the kind of person who hosts effortless dinner parties, or make you more attractive and popular and interesting. At best, it’s going to make it slightly more likely that you manage to eat something in the ten minutes between walking in the door and falling into the sweet embrace of the internet. I’m not joking—a lot of this can be done, start to finish, in ten to fifteen minutes. I resent thirty-minute meals because it feels like about twenty-eight minutes too long to spend on feeding myself.
If you’re excited to get home from work and spend an hour cooking dinner, this isn’t the book for you. If you really value authenticity, this isn’t the book for you. If you literally only eat three foods and you’re happy like that, this isn’t the book for you. If you, like me, are tired and depressed and just need to get some food into your face once in a while, this is definitely the book for you. You should buy it. Maybe it’ll help.
you can buy it on amazon or gumroad, or you can win a copy (in pdf, epub, or mobi format) by reblogging this post.
other important stuff:
winners will be chosen by a random generator
please don’t spam people–reblog no more than twice
Peter Parker: -on meeting Loki, offers his hand- Hi, I’m Peter!
Loki: -shakes his hand- Loki of Asgard.
Peter: Aren’t you like…a bad guy?
Loki: It varies from moment to moment.
Peter: So like…on a scale of one to ten, ten being the worst evil imaginable, like…killing puppies, and one being I’ll spit on your hotdog…where are you right now?
Loki: …maybe a three?
Peter: Cool. Lemme know if it gets above a six.
Loki: -thinking- I like him.
It had been a joke, a flippant line, but somehow, Loki found himself taking the youth up on it.
It was hard living around these heroic Avengers, hard trying to stay close to Thor. And when he felt his need for mischief rise too high, when he felt exasperation with these Midgardians turn too close to spite, he would casually say “Six.” to the young man, or sometimes “Seven.”
And Peter would spend the rest of his day with Loki. He would badger him with questions about magic, or drag him across his beloved city to see its entertainments, or take him along stopping petty crimes. He grounded Loki to the here and now, and distracted him from the churning, jagged shards of ice in his mind.
WE NEED LOKI AND PETER FICS
Stark’s brat had a system. It had been amusing, at first glance, especially when “killing puppies” was apparently a higher level of evil than trying to take over the world. It had risen and fallen – two, five, one. There were honestly good days.
It took some time before a truly bad day came up.
After a difficult battle, the Captain was being particularly sanctimonious, his team following suit. Even Stark made biting comments.
Loki could scream.
“Spider-man,” he said as calmly as he could. The young man glanced up, having been tying up some of their enemies a few yards away.
“Seven.”
“… okay, guys, I’m going to head out with Loki for the rest of the day. Don’t need us for debrief, yeah?”
“Sure,” Stark shrugged, glancing between the two of them oddly. Loki wasn’t entirely sure what the plan was. They went in civilian clothes to a small café.
“I wasn’t paying attention, so whatever was said, I don’t agree,” Peter began. “But that’s not what I’m here for. So. When you teleport, how does that work? Is it harder with longer distances? Or is knowledge of the place more helpful?” Loki blinked, but explained. It led to a discussion of magical theory. Peter (Loki still called him Parker aloud, but the child and even his young friends grew on him in time) was eager and curious, comparing what he knew from Strange and fantasy books to Loki’s knowledge. It was admittedly fascinating to see how many versions of sorcery humans had created by mere imagination. He was definitely amused by the elves and dwarves of Lord of the Rings.
Sometimes Peter tentatively asked about Strange and Maximoff, if they were doing similar things. Never if Loki was at an 8 or above though.
“Strange is like a child prodigy. He’s good, picks the practical parts up well. He even got the jump on me – but he has not had as much time to study as me. He’s a student where I am a master. Maximoff is incredibly powerful and incredibly lucky, but she does not have much training at all.” Sometimes conversation turned to music, animals, current events.
Peter was good. It was odd, how Loki became so sure of the fact so quickly.
After the conversations, often accompanied with food or a walk, he was always down to a 3 or so. Which made Peter an important person.
So the next time Peter was in trouble and the Avengers were indisposed, Loki was not the least bit surprised that he was not the only one ready to tear someone apart for the kid. Two men in red – one with horns, one with guns and swords – a young girl with cat-shaped blasters on her hands, and the Captain’s assassin friend. Loki curled his lips and muttered:
“For anyone that harms you? 10.”
IT GOT MORE SINCE THE LAST TIME I SAW IT AND IM IN LOVE
also, the fact we get Daredevil, Deadpool, Shuri, and James teaming up with Loki to protect Peter? I AM HERE FOR ALL THIS HELLS YES
(I thought I didn’t have anything to add but I do)
It was just after noon on a Saturday when Loki got a text from Peter, all it said was
‘8, I’m at home′
Peter had never used their number system for himself before.
Loki had promised the boy’s aunt he would not teleport into their home and while he’d had every intention of honouring that promise, this was definitely an exception.
When Loki materialized in Peter’s room, his friend was pacing, angry and red-faced. Loki had never seen Peter furious before.
Peter began shouting when he saw Loki, ‘Men are scum! Irredeemable, horrible, crappy, scummy scum!’
‘Thank you for telling me, Peter.’ Loki said, sitting down on Peter’s bed. ‘Any particular men inspiring this diatribe?’
Peter grabbed a pillow off his bed and screamed into it, ‘There’s a guy at Aunt May’s work who’s harassing her and she says I need to stay out of it and let Human Resources do their jobs and he’s a creep and he’s making May feel creeped out and… I don’t know what to do.’
Loki blinked. Of all the people Peter could have gone to, he had chose Loki.
‘Thank you, for telling me this. Although I’m not sure how I can be of help.’
Peter flopped down onto the bed next to Loki, ‘You’re my friend and you’re an adult. And I wasn’t sure who else to talk to.’
Loki flopped back next to Peter, it seemed appropriate. ‘If Human Resources doesn’t sort this out to your satisfaction, I can turn this person into a goat.’
People have sent me anons telling me that I now support the “jokes” James Gunn made based on the post I posted the other day. Let me clarify: I do not support what he did – what he did was not right, however he does deserve a second chance just as we all do. I never said I support the things he said, because it is disturbing, but as a fandom I would have hoped that we would have learned the message that Gunn tried to teach as a whole: that redemption is possible for everybody. Not a selected few of ordinary civilians – every damn person can redeem themselves.
There are many things in this world I am disgusted by, that I think people are guilty of and are cruel for doing. However, who are we do play judge, jury and executioner? Who are we, fellow people who have said and done cruel things, to deny someone the chance of a fresh start? I mean what I said: redemption is possible for everybody.
sorry if i’m being a party pooper but because rabies is apparently the new joke on here ??? please remember that rabies has an almost 100% fatality rate after symptoms develop so if you’re bitten or scratched by an animal that you aren’t 100% sure is vaccinated then GO TO A DOCTOR. it’s not a joke. really.
One of the most mesmerizing things about online communities, is when spending enough time with like-minded people, the facts and consequences of reality begin to melt away.
Suddenly, rabies isn’t as dangerous as everyone says, the earth is flat, the moon landing was faked, and Steven Universe kin drama is a legitimate threat.
that’s a good way of putting it. while thinking abt making this post i kept thinking “i’m afraid this is gonna end up like the tide pod thing” but didn’t know how to articulate it so thank you for that
I mean usually I’d say people need to go outside, but I fear if they’re rabies fetishists that’s the exactly what they want
I need to emphasize: Rabies does not have an “almost” 100% fatality rate. Rabies has a 100% fatality rate, period. Ebola has a fatality rate of about 50%. There are six people in recorded history who have ever contracted rabies and survived. Six. Six human beings. Ever.
The fatality rate of attempted suicide with a firearm is 82.5%.
All six of those people were complete flukes. They’re outliers. We haven’t been able to figure out how to recreate whatever the hell it was that saved them and not anyone else. If you are exposed to rabies, and don’t immediately receive intensive post-exposure treatment, you die. Not “probably” die, not “it’s as good as a death sentence”. You are dead. There is no remote fractional percentage of a chance that you will not die. It’s terrifying and painful and ugly. It’s not a way anyone in this world deserves to die.
If you’re not sure whether something was rabies exposure, go to the fucking hospital to be sure, because by the time rabies symptoms begin to manifest, treatment is no longer an option. By the time you suspect you have rabies, it is far, far too late. By the time you start showing symptoms, there’s…nothing that anyone can do anymore.
At that point, the only option is called the Milwaukee Protocol, which, again….we’ve NEVER created an effective, reliable way of treating rabies once it manifests. In practice, it mostly consists of putting you in a medically induced coma–not in any real hope of saving your life, but to spare you the pain of feeling what happens to youwhile you die of rabies.
I genuinely have no idea to what extent rabies has become an actual joke on the internet or if it’s just that one guy who so help me god had better be some kind of satire, but…rabies is fucking terrifying. “Possible rabies exposure” is one of the scariest phrases I can think of.
None of this is fearmongering. Don’t fuck around with rabies.
Also: no, you haven’t been vaccinated against it. It’s not a childhood vaccination. The only reason you might have a vaccination is if you work in a high risk field for rabies and even then if you get bit you need to do post exposure treatment.
I study infectious diseases. One of my focuses is Ebola. Given a choice between getting rabies and Ebola, I would take Ebola in a heartbeat. It is a significantly more pleasant way to die.
I’ve been a microbiologist for over 9 years and in all that time, I’ve only met 1 person in the field who’d received the rabies vaccine and he only got it because he did high level work for the CDC.
And don’t think you should just run out and get that vaccine for fun. That shit has serious, lasting side effects. This big, normally healthy guy who had been a minor league athlete was bedridden every few weeks due to the side effects of the vaccine and that had been going on for years.
Here’s the veterinarian’s perspective: VACCINATE YOUR DOGS AND CATS FOR RABIES. I’ve been vaccinated for rabies but I really don’t want to go through the post exposure protocol because you don’t believe rabies is a big deal and your pet bites me. It *is* a big deal. The only why to test your animal for rabies is to euthanize them, cut their head off, and send the entire thing in for the brain tissue to be tested.
Even if your pet bites someone and has proof a rabies vaccination, depending on the county/city/state, there is likely to be anywhere between a 10day-6 month quarantine of your pet. This could be at your house or a specialized facility at YOUR COST.
So please… follow your veterinarian’s advice on when and how often to vaccinate. Not your breeder, or your trainer, or the pet food seller in the store, but your veterinarian. Other than someone actually working in the public health office, they are best able to tell you the information you need to know.
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