this is the nonsense of love || MINDY NETTIFEE
The truth is this: My love for you is the only empire I will ever build. When it falls, as all empires do, my career in empire building will be over. I will retreat to an island. I will dabble in the vacation-hut industry. I will skulk about the private libraries and public parks. I will fold the clean clothes. I will wash the dishes. I will never again dream of having the whole world.
That’s it, that’s all I got. Happy Valentine’s Day, tumblr, thank you for tolerating me.
As a reminder, this is what she looks like:
Also I hope everyone knows that Miette was fostered before she was adopted, and her foster mom loved that little kitten so much and always hoped she'd gone to a good home. this tweet got so popular that she recognized Miette and reached out to her current mom, and was able to share previously unseen baby pictures
You mean, she saw Miette was kicked like the football and did nothing to help put Mother in jail for a thousand years? I am appalled.
her!!!
Reblogging things I like feels a lot more goblinesque than upvoting ever did. The upvotes felt like "hmm yes, I approve *golf claps*" while reblogging feels like furtively staring at something before shoving it in your mouth and scurrying back underneath the nearest piece of furniture.
Which isn't to say that I don't like it. But I definitely find myself going "maybe I shouldn't reblog this because I've already reblogged a bunch of things today and I don't want to look like I don't have a life," I say as I close the app and reopen it like one of those little automatic box toys with the switches.
It's likely been mentioned in other reblogs, but this is where the queue shines! Want to reblog 50 things but without putting literally 50 posts back to back on your followers' dashes? Have other people reblogged the same post 50 times, and you HAVE to reblog it as well, but don't want to be 51?
Queue those posts!
Your queue will distribute I think it's 1 - 50 posts a day, evenly spaced. You can also schedule posts/reblogs for specific days and times - say there's a Christmas post in July. Not an ironic one, just a regular post. You might not want it in July! In that case slap a date on it and it goes in the queue for THAT DATE rather than posting at the whims of the the queue's timer.
For example, I have an ancient post of a Christmas Godzilla topiary in some Japanese mall that's consistently scheduled for December 1st.
Anyway, back to the idea of the queue one more time before I quit. The other major thing about it, in addition to managing your own posts, is that the queue is what keeps posts alive here. On every other site, a post gets its initial impressions and then it's gone. No one talks about it again once it exits the collective attention span. But the queue gives posts indefinite life. Without it, we wouldn't have our heritage posts or the Old Magicks.
People talk about how Tumblr is dying, blah blah. The queue is why we HAVEN'T died though, even through all the years of changes that should have killed the site otherwise.
There is a bit of a distinction that should be made here, that if you have a quick-queue shortcut set up, (either natively via the keyboard shortcuts or thru a browser extension like an xkit branch) THAT IS SEPARATE FROM SCHEDULING.
If you do not want the thing to just be randomly chucked at the back-end of 700 posts to show up in 3-4 months, you will need to make sure you select /schedule/ rather than queue.
(Yes I have over 700 queueued posts. This is a joy and a delight after a dozen years of a 300 post cap which made it very tricky to save all my halloween posts for next year.)
since it’s pride month, throwback to this beautiful cover and this wholesome interaction between two icons
I started Hebrew, which is why I’ve been dead on this blog, but I don’t think I can ever properly convey to you guys the sheer cultural whiplash of spending years learning Japanese from Japanese teachers and then trying to learn Hebrew from an Israeli
The span of human experience is so insane.
I give you all that I am, all that I was.
Star crossed.
Hi
How would the midas touch work? Would it stop with the utensils he eats with so the food doesn't become gold or is he eating a literal gold steak? What about water in a chalice and when he goes to drink from it would the water turn into gold or could using a straw keep the water from turning to gold as a vessel?
That is, literally, the second half of the plot of the story of Midas and the Golden Touch. (in the story food or drink doesn't transform into gold until it touches him -- and at the point it enters his mouth it touches him. So a straw or a fork are not going to defeat it.)
This is Ash's favourite Retelling Greek (and other) Myths podcast, and its episode on King Midas:
Hey just a reminder that thought crime doesn’t exist and pretending to have empathy is just as good as having it! You can be the world’s biggest dickhead in the privacy of your own mind and as long as you’re outwardly kind it literally Does Not Matter
i actually really needed to hear this. love this outlook, thank you.
In my opinion the key to understanding how to play Sherlock Holmes' character is to understand that his asshole energy is actually pretty low. This is a common mistake made by many great actors. His asshole energy is no higher than the common man's. What he does have is nearly LETHAL levels of bitch energy. Whichever neuron in the brain that senses when the bitch levels are too high and sends out the anti bitch hormone Holmes was born without. Like you're right Sherlock should never just be played as a nice guy but his abrasive and off-putting behaviors are due to bitch energy not asshole energy. It's a subtle difference but a vital one. Don't fight me guys I know a scientist
when people are like “the hunger games just stole the plot of battle royale” like listen everything steals from the plot of everything the lion king is just furry hamlet westworld is jurassic park but sexier lost is edgy gilligan’s island there are no original stories and the only good piece of media is jennifer’s body
Michael crichton wrote westworld and jurassic park tho so he just pirated himself
michael crichton keeps TRYING to tell y’all about the evils of capitalism impeding on the progress of science when will y’all LISTEN
Maybe he just doesn’t like theme parks
michael crichton in line for a roller coaster at six flags: fuck this
a couple of people said my Catwoman design looked like femshep so naturally
happy halloween
SHADOWHUNTERS + text posts 8/∞ | Malec Edition
bonus:
New definition of gritty reboot: the story is exactly the same, but one main character has been replaced by Gritty.
Jane. All the dialogue about how she’s objectively the prettiest and sweetest sister with the most delicate manners and constitution and has trouble expressing her emotions especially when in love remain 100% unchanged.
Meanwhile, Jane “Gritty” Bennet is in the background of the shot in a 100% period-accurate dress, throwing Mr Collins through a window.
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
The responses to this post just keep getting better.
Mr. Darcy: You are dancing with the only handsome girl in the room.
Meanwhile:
Mr. Bingley: She is the most beautiful creature I have ever beheld.
You’ve heard of one shots, now get ready for none shots! It’s when you think of an idea for a fic and then don’t write it
