pokemon au scribbles i did!! i never got around to ashe. sorry ashe

I made this in hopes of a very boring and non-history making 2023:

IF YOU ARE APOLLO DO NOT INTERACT!

I WILL BLOCK YOU ON SIGHT! I HAVE DIONYSOS ON SPEED DIAL AND HE’S READY TO DROWN YOUR CHARIOT RIDING ASS IN THE CHEAPEST WINE IN THE WORLD AND YOUR DEATH WILL BE AS TASTELESS AS IT IS STICKY! I SWEAR IF I EVEN SEE A DODGEBALL ATHENA WILL HAVE HER OWL EAT YOUR EYES OUT!

You can’t stop the rising sun :)

The fuck I can’t! Watch me!

The first 3 words you see are what 2023 will bring you!

Outside

op this is good commentary but I’m mostly just captivated by how you drew the kid as a teeny little grub with a propeller hat

I always have to start the New Years with this picture.

source

ye i got legs

This is actually something I was thinking about is that rent can not exceed 1/3 of monthly minimum wage income.

So let's say state is on federal Minimum wage which is about 1100 a month so in that state no matter what rent on any place could not exceed 370 dollars.

Even if minimum wage was 15 dollars (about 2400 a month) max rent could be 800

So if landlord want more money they would have to fight bosses and state legislature to get it.

Like average Pennsylvania rent is 1400 and in this world if landlord wanted to charge that the would have to get minimum wage raised to 26 dollars an hour.

To bosses and landlords:

I made this in hopes of a very boring and non-history making 2023:

IF YOU ARE APOLLO DO NOT INTERACT!

I WILL BLOCK YOU ON SIGHT! I HAVE DIONYSOS ON SPEED DIAL AND HE’S READY TO DROWN YOUR CHARIOT RIDING ASS IN THE CHEAPEST WINE IN THE WORLD AND YOUR DEATH WILL BE AS TASTELESS AS IT IS STICKY! I SWEAR IF I EVEN SEE A DODGEBALL ATHENA WILL HAVE HER OWL EAT YOUR EYES OUT!

You can’t stop the rising sun :)

The fuck I can’t! Watch me!

I made this in hopes of a very boring and non-history making 2023:

IF YOU ARE APOLLO DO NOT INTERACT!

I WILL BLOCK YOU ON SIGHT! I HAVE DIONYSOS ON SPEED DIAL AND HE’S READY TO DROWN YOUR CHARIOT RIDING ASS IN THE CHEAPEST WINE IN THE WORLD AND YOUR DEATH WILL BE AS TASTELESS AS IT IS STICKY! I SWEAR IF I EVEN SEE A DODGEBALL ATHENA WILL HAVE HER OWL EAT YOUR EYES OUT!

You can’t stop the rising sun :)

The fuck I can’t! Watch me!

every day i am percieved™️

There is a reason for this though!

The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixate–neurochemical signaling (I hope I’m using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)…people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply. 

significantly: the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady “return on investment”–and this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we don’t have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual “low batteries” in that regard.

that doesn’t mean these stories are “simple,” or that they lack complexity or value–only that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low “upfront cost.” these stories are only “easy” to read in the sense that the effort we put into them is rewarded in a timely manner. which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readers–they are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).

the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. that–combined with the shorter average length of fics–means that fan fics very quickly start rewarding the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. that’s not a bad thing! and maybe it’s something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.

Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. I’m glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you love–the way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail. The fact that you find joy in the process of reading (or listening!) to stories–that is what matters.

I feel understood 🥰

a bunch of people have reblogged this with the default “i feel called out” reaction….and i know when we say that we mean it tongue-in-cheek….but this comment sorta blew my mind & shifted my perspective up and to the left a little thank you♥

The Serotonin is stored in the Ao3

AND THANK YOU TO THE FANFIC WRITERS FOR THE ENDLESS SUPPLY OF SEROTONIN!!

I feel so seen I could cry.

(clenches fist) theyre in love

fedex trying to say my package will be here by the end of the day when the package is still like 4 states away. that driver must be doing like 150 all the way here

timeless

professors who have only interacted with other academics for years: “what do you MEAN you don’t know multi-variable calculus yet??”

professors with small kids: “thank you for not putting the lab equipment in your mouths when I turn my back”

Bringing this back to share that one time I slept through part of a zoom meeting with my PhD advisor (who has a toddler) and he told me it was fine, that just meant I was a good sleeper

Professors who work with graduate students: if you finish the multivariate calculus work this week you can put one (1) piece of lab equipment in your mouth

Once had a professor whose previous career was giving educational zoo tours to children, so he’d say stuff like, “now let’s meet our friend, acidic keratin!”

in high school I was in the child development class where we ran the preschool. Class ended and I moved onto the next class, an art class. Sit down next to my friend who was working on a serious piece and casually asked for my thoughts on it, looking for serious critique.

Preschool mode had not turned off so I looked at it, clapped my hands and said “WOW Really great work! Amazing!”, in that same kind of voice you’d say to a toddler who presented you with a random scribble on a piece of paper.

Friend loved the reaction at least lmao.

hey i saw these tags and i think i’m about to kiss you on the mouth rn

losing my mind at this amazing story from r/dndmemes some people’s dnd adventures are just. So Fucking Cool

here’s the link and the story, it’s Amazing