swirlingFlight

swirlingflight

I think it’s really important to talk about how different people have different power fantasies.

For example:

For some people, the idea of someone redeeming a villain is a power fantasy.
For other people, the idea of a villain being defeated is a power fantasy.
And for other people, the idea of a character owning their villainy is a power fantasy.

I would argue a lot of fandom conflicts re: villains come from people being unable to see that their fantasies, which put them in control of a narrative (and all three of these are designed to give the author or reader control of the narrative in different ways) are someone else’s horror stories.

aerialsquid

….this explains SO MUCH.

Pinned Posta conversation in the miracle child chat reminded me of this fictional characters can't deserve redemption or deserve punishment or anything - they're fiction. they're not real.they are mirrors for us to experience emotions about and sometimes that means people Very Don't want the abusive asshole character to change for the better because what that character Is is an obstacle and pain for other characters and changing that muddles the point (and maybe resembles too strongly the way people who hurt others might easily clean their public image)while for another person what that character Is is an example of someone with unresolved damage hurting others and the fulfilling thing is to see that cycle broken and for still others there's appeal in seeing them change but only after convincingly demonstrating understanding of what they did wrong and their need to make amends i don't know how to say this succinctly without just linking this post in there and it looked like everyone wanted to Not so. on my blog (again! for like the third time) for posterity

parad0xymoron

zoriety

>wine enjoyers be like 'this one is so very dry'

>taste it

>it's wet

parad0xymoron

thydungeonguy

Huge news for fans of ringed seals or, as they are known here in Finland, norps, a new norp just dropped!

A new type of ringed seal described in West Greenland | University of Helsinki

Arctic marine ecosystems remain one of the few scientifically unchartered waters. A new research project describes a new type of ringed seal

University of Helsinki

thydungeonguy

Important notes on vocabulary: Finnish has a specific word for ringed seal (norppa) in addition to a broader term that covers all seals (hylje). Norppa is just such a fun word that my partner and I have adopted it into English as "norp," because it's more fun to say than "ringed seal."

Finnish also has a specific term for baby seals: instead of being called seal pups (which is cute in its own way), or pentu, the term for a baby seal in Finnish is kuutti. This we have also adopted into English as "cute" via the process of phono-semantic matching. Because seal pups are cutes.

athelind

"Norp" is practically an onomatopoeia for a seal's bark.

NORP NORP NORP NORP

thydungeonguy

That's how my partner and I use it too. Norps are famously always saying NORP NORP

a-book-of-creatures

Ah yes my favorite Jordan Peele movie, Norp (2022)

norp seals

missoyashirou

carniferous

neither “that’s not canon” nor “fuck canon we made this all up” but a secret third thing (canon shouldn’t be taken as gospel but is useful as a reference point for building upon and recontextualizing characters and details. if you worship the source material as unchangeable then fandom in general probably isn’t for you. if you have complete disdain for the source material you would probably enjoy yourself more in a different fandom)

fandom fanfic

missoyashirou

typhra

undertale sans garfield love toby's enthusiasm for this attack

bread-clown

official-lucifers-child

Wiggle

c4pyb4ra

it did not work, but i can help

big wiggle

bonersniper

might-be-somebody

the only super long Tumblr post I love

long post wiggles

lethotep

cambriancutie

favorite visual gags:

something drawn realistically to show an emotion
something drawn poorly to show an emotion

baaeluu

prosocialbehavior

lloras

exactly

damnselfly

it also doesn't mean "everything is happy and easy between us all the time" or "none of us can have sex with each other"

zaddybonglegs-deactivated202305

It literally just means “I love these people” and love looks different for everyone :)

acrylic painting of several kinds of candy spaced out on white background

Quick paint doodles of trick or treat candy for Halloween, plus a theoretical frog

(I did not look at any references for the frog, only the candy)

swirl art trick or treat candy acrylic painting on canvasboard this is another 8 inch x 10 inch piece something to quickly doodle while waiting for another thing to dry i am enjoying getting more into art lately but i also feel like i am not keeping in touch with people as well or maybe i am but i am neglecting some other aspect of my usual socializing things?i felt lonely and like i was flubbing interactions all day - even when i was playing with people bluh bluh brains so have some digital paint candy fresh and original swirl content

glitterdustcyclops

yourlocalxenomorph

please can we do inbox trick-or-treating this year. can we make that a thing on tumblr. please please please please please

yourlocalxenomorph

literally all it entails is sending people "trick-or-treat" asks and people answering those asks with pictures of candy or those silly spooky plastic toys or whatever else you would give a trick-or-treater. please. please can we have some whimsy

rereblogging as a reminder to myself!