JJ 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️

So irritating.

someone sends this to louis and goes "this your man?" and louis sighs and replies "yeah. that's the one"

We were watching the trailer (yes again) tonight and discussing exactly this. Like, we scream-laugh with every "I bet. I BET" Lestat busts out but there are also so many shots that bode TERRIBLE things.

First 2 episodes -- Pluribus is the best show we've had in a long time

I LURRRRRRRRVE HIM

Emergency dept doctors everywhere: "NO."

I can't help, I'm too obsessed. "Please do not let me die here."

SANDWICH GUY ACQUITTED 🥪

I have been mocking him basically non-stop, I can't stop saying it help

Screenshot (1 of 2) of a tumblr post by user starpains: on “the blond,” “the older man,” and other crimes against third-person limited You know that thing where a story is written in tight third person limited — we’re meant to be inside someone’s head, seeing the world through their thoughts — and then suddenly the narration says “the blond frowned” or “the shorter woman sighed” about a person the POV character knows really well? That’s called antonomasia — using a descriptive label instead of a name. And it’s fine when we’re talking about strangers: “the cashier handed her the receipt,” “the tall guy blocked the door.” The POV character doesn’t know their names, and we just need a quick way to tell people apart. But the moment it’s used for someone the POV character already knows, it breaks immersion. Because that’s not how our minds work. We don’t think “the older man smiled at me.” We think “Mark smiled.” Or maybe “my boss” if that relationship matters in the moment.

Third person limited means the narration sits inside someone’s perception. Their inner monologue is the story’s voice. So when you switch from “Mark smiled” to “the blond smiled,” you’ve pulled the camera away from their mind and turned it into an outside shot. If you want to create distance or irritation, you can do it on purpose — “The idiot from accounting emailed again.” That’s character voice. That’s judgment. That works. But otherwise? As soon as your POV character knows someone’s name, use it. While we do tend to worry about repetitions, names rarely register as such to the readers. If you need variety for rhythm, use relational or emotional identifiers that make sense in their head: her friend, his partner, their teacher, the person they loved. Because inside someone’s thoughts, there are no “blonds” or “brunettes.” There are only people they know.

My tumblr queue says it's time for another Learn How to Use Epithets Correctly PSA: www.tumblr.com/rhysiana/799...

grim reaper claw machine meme

i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween

Fandom isn’t your job. Take a month off. Take 3 years off. Post incomplete fics. Post incomplete art. Never post again. Switch fandoms. Stay loyal to one fandom only. Do whatever tf you want. You literally make all the rules of engagement in this arena.

scene from What We Do in the Shadows (2014): "Just leave me to do my dark bidding on the Internet" "What are you bidding on?" "I'm bidding on a table."

it's that time of year

Happy Halloween to all those who celebrate. 🦇😘

And happy Cheeky-Lion-Butthole-Butterfly-Thing-Day to all those who don't.

📷 = @kbowgett.bsky.social

are klingon halloween costumes racist

I have a pirate ship costume for my pupper dog and he CATEGORICALLY REFUSES to wear it. Boooooo, Hopper!

It's my birthday, so have a present. SLIPPERY CREATURES (Will Darling Adventures book 1) is going on cheap over the weekend. 1920s pulp adventure m/m romance with plots, spies, Bright Young People, and emotional support knife, all for 99p!

NO ONE WANTS THIS

So thankful for all the art and fics this fandom provides, for free!!! We are truly so lucky to have so many wonderful and talented people creating such beautiful, crazy, stunning works just for the fun of it 🫶🏻

fanfiction is free, yes, but so are kudos and comments! life is an expensive, depressing slog sometimes; leave a little digital trinket in exchange for the word food people offer you.

Wow, that was adorable!

One thing I've learned about quokkas is that they will throw their children at predators to save themselves, and this is Stede Bonnet to me

IWTV in a nutshell

🚨 ALERT 🚨 It is now officially babies in tiny jackets with ears on the hoods season. Please be on the lookout for babies in tiny jackets with ears on the hoods at all times.

IT IS???? YAAAAAAY!

I'm less than four hours from Toronto... 👀👀

I thought so!

BLÅHAJ

This is also what he for months during the height of my OFMD obsession. Out love language is memes.