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Michelangelo painted it standing up, actually.

@branwyn-says / branwyn-says.tumblr.com

I'm Branwyn (she/her). I have a lot of fandoms. I write Babette’s Fancy Diner. I make embroidery art.
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me, age 21, driving around my college campus in a rattling old vintage Chrysler, wearing a scarf, big sunglasses, and a 10 in cigarette holder: what did you do today?

me, age 41: went shopping with my girlfriend

me, 21: omg we have a girlfriend??

me, 41: and we quit smoking

me, 21: oh yeah of course

me, 41: and pretty much like 98% of our trauma is resolved

me, 21: nervous I don't know what you mean

me, 41: you're gonna post that Buffy fanfic and it's gonna change your life. you meet your best friends and the love of your life through fandom. a looooooot of people read your writing and say nice things to you about it. during the worst crises of your life, when your safety net dissolves, fandom has your back.

me, 21: ok that's awesome, what about the novels?

me 41: you reached your arbitrary goal of writing a professional manuscript and landing and agent before you were 30

me, 21: ok

me, 41: but the book didn't quite get published and after that you were busy being homeless. But you went on a journey, you had lots of life experiences, and now you're part of a found family with a platonic life partner, a kid you unofficially adopted, and a girlfriend.

me, 21: ....sooooooo

me, 41: yeah, we're happy. it feels really weird.

me, 21: ok, yeah, cool.

me, 41: ...

me, 21: ...

me, 41: yes, obviously, I still want to publish a novel.

me, 21: no, I...we've really been writing fanfic for twenty years? I just kind of assumed I would move on.

me, 41: you did get over the thing where you couldn't think about anything but your blorbos all day

me, 21: what the fuck is a blorbo

me, 41: but you got addicted to reading and writing as partnof a community, so. *shrug*

me, 21: ok, I get it. last question: who do you ship now

me, 41: lots of things, but I've been on a Kirk/Spock thing lately.

me, 21: [recoiling] You betrayed Bones.

me, 41: Forgive me

me, 21: ...no

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Anyway here’s a poem I wrote about my cat

After “Do not stand at my grave and weep”, author disputed:

Do not stand at your bowl and meow. I gave you food. It’s in there now. I feed you at the dawning light, I feed you at the fall of night. I feed you kibbles mixed with meat And wet food for a special treat. I feed you even though you scoff At all the food within your trough. I feed you and still yet you yell Like as a beast from deepest hell. Do not stand at your bowl and cry. I gave you food. You will not die.

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finrays

I wrote one for my roommate’s cat as well;

Do not stand at my feet and cry It’s VEGETABLES, you silly guy! Your begging will not change the food Into a thing you think is good I’ll give you things not cheese or meat You sniff at them and then retreat And yet, as soon as chopping starts You run back in and beg for parts You squint your eyes at plant-based food And yet you won’t stop BEGGING, dude! Do not stand by the stove and bleat You don’t like this. You will not eat.

I haven't had the best day, but this...this made me laugh so hard I had to get a tissue and wipe my eyes 🤣🤣🤣

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Purple Asters Text is lyrics from “Better In The Morning” by Birdtalker

Image ID: Hand embroidered stem of purple asters sit on a black fabric background inside a round embroidery hoop. There are 5 asters coming off the stem and lots of leaves. Under the asters is small text that reads “I learned shame when I was young, I will do better in the morning.” The hoop is held by a white hand in front of a wooden fence that’s being overtaken by pretty weeds.

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ironically i am working right now so i can’t do a full post on this like i would really prefer to do… but these are the most cartoonishly evil people that you could possibly imagine, even in a society as flawed as the one we’ve built for ourselves. these are bedrock groups devoted to protecting the american worker and consumer. massive huge giant waving red flags 🚩

i am telling you this is going to snowball into something nobody wants to see. the only upside is that this might actually lead to a worker uprising. this is fucking ghoulish.

Vote Blue No Matter Who.

Only a constitutional amendment countering Citizens United (which is the SCOTUS ruling that decided that corporations are people) is going to save us from this

And a Republican majority is going to hand human rights away to Amazon.

Because there will be no workers uprising. Not on a revolutionary scale. Saying that is accelerationist shit.

So you know, if you actually care about the future?

You need to show up in November.

There’s time. We have candidates who hate this shit. Have hope.

Amazon wants you hopeless. Hopeless people don’t vote. Hopeless people don’t join unions. Hopeless people don’t call their representatives.

Remember! You are never easier to control than when you are hopeless.

They are taking political action. You do the same.

Remember! You are never easier to control than when you’re hopeless.

Do not give the corporate monsters what they want. It’s part of their master plan.

Do you really want to feed into that by rolling over and just accepting the only thing you can do is wait?

Let's remember why folks like Amazon are so angry at the NLRB right now: Because the Biden administration has made it more aggressive than any president since before Reagan.

Is it a coincidence that so many labor actions have been successful lately? Nope. They're getting quiet support, rather than sabotage, from the feds.

Biden is doing the actual work of government. It's not as flashy as wrecking government, and it's slower, but he gets it done.

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stsebastiens

finding out there's a frankenstein ballet and that it was in october of last year…DEVASTATING

look at this. look at these. im foaming at the mouth

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kaijutegu

It was stupid good. So good in fact that the bbc filmed a version and put it on dvd when it debuted. I bought that dvd after I saw the show and put it up on the Internet Archive. The audio is not great but the dancing is spectacular. Ever see a pas de deux around an anatomical dissection? You will.

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mrshamill

Today is my 64th birfday.

If that shocks you, unfollow me.

If it bothers you that a 64 year old woman is on Tumblr enjoying fandom, unfollow me.

If you think anybody above the age of 30 doesn't belong in fandom, unfollow me.

If you think all I should be doing is my taxes and not squeeing about my blorbos (or even posting how much tRump sucks) unfollow me.

I have been in fandom since the original Trek was on the air and I will continue to be in fandom long after you young'uns turn thirty. Fandom is not just for the young. If you think that, unfollow me.

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dduane

Instafollow. :)

Is that all it takes?!? I'm older than @mrshamill with even more refined farts! (and in fact we've met IRL because, yes, our kind do have to hang out together & show The Youths how it's done)

I love it when people on Tumblr are older than me (I am Certified Middle-aged). You're instant Life Goals.

(I need to see more fans in person again. The last major fan gathering I was at was the final Vividcon, and it's been six years this summer since then.)

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