the gay force unites us all

Looking forward to today's episode lol

finally seeing hadestown with jordan fisher thank GOD

FUXK HE's SO GOOD

some more outside drawings! I went to LA for a while

A cosmic tribute to my current favourite comment in YouTube history

Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

they should teach u how to use twin daggers in school

I did this poll in my old account but we are doing it again because this cannot be lost:

Why are we talking about this wet piece of nft selling cop?

Tunic with Oculate Deities

Peru, Nazca Culture, ca. 300 CE

Dyed camelid wool, 71 x 119 cm

source

Cover of Fredy Perlman’s I Accuse This Liberal University of Terror and Violence (Black & Red, 1969).  

Twilight princess was the shit for weird little girls growing up in the wii era. You’re telling me there’s a game where you can turn into a wolf and terrorize people?? The whole game is full of an eerie and dark aesthetic?? Also midna is there

jack harkness rose tyler & the doctor are like the world’s most fucked up polycule and yet I wish every day we got more of them together. throw mickey in there for the hell of it its so funny. jack is like “we’re all bffs but also you two are in love with each other but also I’m desperately in love with both of you” and rose is like “i flirt for fun & as an expression of affection. because i’m young and recovering from an abusive relationship i have trouble quantifying my existing romantic feelings. i’d make out with either or both of you at the drop of a hat. it’s so great that we’re all friends :)” and the doctor is like “i am in love with rose tyler i want to spend the rest of my lives with her she is everything. however i am a monster and i destroy everything i touch so instead i will be fucking jack harkness on the tardis floor”. and meanwhile mickey just wants them to meet up with him on time for once

i created a game just for you: https://colinw.itch.io/gcdjv

(as seen in "deja vu," by the brilliant colin watterson. works well on PC, badly on mac.)

the password is “GC123”

made a small army of usagi ringo (rabbit apple slices!)

I only applied a clear glaze to the "apple skin" part, so there's extra contrast between the matte body and glossy skin