The devastating difference between how much time it takes to write something vs how fast people read it lol

you're falling in the trap!! it will be read by many people, many times, and it will live on in their memories. and maybe no single other human will match you in time spent dedicated to your story, but as a collective we will outlast you. acts of creation only grow when they are shared

EVAN BUCKLEY + kisses 2/?

STROMAE - fils de joie (official music video)

Listen it wasn’t the most baffling thing in the world when Netflix canceled Lockwood and co even tho it performed well bc let’s be real, Netflix will basically cancel a show if it breathes wrong…

But do you think that Netflix actually canceled Lockwood and co bc around the time it aired they’d aquired the rights to dead boy detectives (a show with a competingly similar premise to Lockwood and co that has Neil Gaiman attached who’s had two very successful shows in the last few years with Netflix and Amazon prime)… because I do.

Like to me that’s the missing puzzle piece of what happened there

I'm seeing and being sent a lot of things like this. So, to remind you, this was what Sandman did in 2022 per Wikipedia:

The Sandman ranked at number one globally on Netflix's Top 10 titles three days after its release with 69.5 million hours viewed.[90] In its first full week of streaming, The Sandman remained the most-watched show on Netflix's weekly Top 10 list of the most-watched TV shows, with 127.5 million hours viewed between August 8–14.[91] The Sandman remained the most-watched English-language TV show on Netflix for the third time in a row between August 15–21.[92] The show had been watched over 393.14 million hours in total by September 18.[93]

The show was the eighth most-watched English language show on Netflix of 2022 spending 7 weeks in the global top 10s.[94]

and we were touch and go on whether Netflix would renew Sandman for three months, because the figure that Netflix cared about was not how much we were being watched but our "completion rate" -- how many people were binge-watching it to the end. And that started out out low, something like 30%, because, it turned out, people liked watching an episode of Sandman and then going away and thinking about it, and then coming back in a week and watching another. So by the end of the 12 weeks we were lucky, enough people had watched all 11 episodes that we were safe, our completion rate (which normally remains consistent and unchanging) had risen to about 70%, and Netflix let us know that we were renewed.

Lockwood and Co, per Wikipedia did:

Lockwood & Co. featured in the Netflix global top 10s for 3 weeks between 22 January and 12 February, picking up 79.91 million hours.[29] It reached Netflix's Global Top #1 Show spot in its second week on the platform,[30] holding the number one spot in 18 countries.[31]

Over the first half of 2023, the show ranked fourth among Netflix UK's original shows, with 113 million hours viewed,[32] and 80th globally among all Netflix titles.[33]

Which is great. But if Sandman wasn't a slam-dunk, that's not a slam-dunk either. It all comes back to people at Netflix looking at all of their algorithms, and deciding whether or not they are going to renew a show. And in this case Lockwood and Co didn't get renewed.

Dead Boy Detectives is a very different kind of show to Lockwood and Co, even if there are superficial similarities. Netflix buying Dead Boy Detectives from HBO Max (who didn't have space on their schedule to release it until late 2025 or early 2026) in February 2022 didn't change Netflix's plans with Lockwood and Co. Netflix doesn't think like that. They release shows, then they look at their algorithms, and completion rate and completion speed is the most important for them (I have no idea why this is). Then they make more or they don't.

Nobody knows whether Netflix will renew Dead Boy Detectives, especially not Netflix. It will come out. It will find an audience or it won't, it will top the charts or it won't, and no matter how well it seems to have done we'll all still be on tenterhooks for two or three months until the final numbers are in, and the mysterious forces at Netflix make their decisions.

If you love it, tell your friends. Encourage them to watch all eight episodes, or to have their computers finish watching all eight episodes even if they don't have the time. That's always going to be the most important number, for Netflix, all over the world: completion rates and binging.

FRIENDS 5.17 “The One with Rachel's Inadvertent Kiss"

y'know how in some areas like south asia, the caribbean, and so on, feral dogs are a serious pest issue, and some people kill them, eat them, etc? and yknow how that fact absolutely horrifies people in countries like the US? i wonder how many of those dog defenders fucking hate pigeons.

also makes me think of the time someone bought a pig that was being sold as a pet, killed it, and ate it and i remember a bunch of redditors thinking that was the funniest shit, meanwhile i'm still hearing talk about how "chinese people eat dogs" like its fucking horrifying.

the dog is a sacred animal in USian Culture; it is considered a great taboo to kill one, let alone to eat it. many cities and towns in america section of portions of land, called "dog parks", for dogs to hunt, fight, and even play. despite this, the american often takes this sacred animal everywhere he goes; if one spends a few minutes in any city, he will see dogs of all shapes and colors walking on expensive, personalized leashes. some people will even bring their dogs into stores and restaurants, despite the hygeine issues these animals provide. so next time you see your local canine, remember that in the United States of America, he'd be treated like royalty!

the dog is so revered in usamerica that they named they staple food, their main source of nutrition, their most important nourishment after it, one might even perceive some sort of psychosexual veneration in this treatment, since this ubiquitous dish is prefaced by the word "hot", an epithet usamericans constantly use to refer to individuals they find sexually attractive

The Usonians have even named their mating rituals in honor of the dog, referring to intercourse without protection or lubrication as "rawdogging." The "raw" implies that the act of unprotected sex is like an uncooked canine. Furthermore, if a Usonian citizen is held in high regard, it is said that they "got that dog in them." The leading theory is that the dog is revered as a fertility deity of some kind. This theory is further supported by the term "get knotted," which

Consider, too, the American tradition of updog;

Not a usonian scholar, what's updog?

nothing much whats up with you

i’m curious to see how many people use their likes as an organizational tool like i do, or maybe in a way i’m never heard of before.

do you have strong feelings about how likes should be used?

reblog for a bigger sample size etc etc

Sometimes I see a respected mutual in my notes and remember they follow me and I'm like. Should I apologize for what I'm doing here. But they did choose to be in my house

"shipping and blorbofication are not inherently at odds with understanding a story's deep themes" and "some people can't grasp the themes of a story because they never learned how to engage with stories outside of the lens of shipping and blorbofication" are two statements that can coexist

I never made a post about draft horses. :T They are the gentle giants of the horse world, sometimes growing as large as 20 hands and over 2000 lbs. The tallest horse in the world is an American-type Belgian horse named Big Jake (I think???).

A very big (but good) boy!

Despite their size, draft horses are known for their quiet, even temperaments, which make them good work horses. They were originally bred to pull wagons and plows, and they still do that. The most famous draft horses are probably the Budweiser Clydesdales, i.e. the horses in those Superbowl commercials that make us cry every goddamn year.

Draft horses can be ridden, and they are often crossed with lighter breeds, such as Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses, to create tall, sturdy-boned, quiet sport horses.

Such horses were a common sight during foxhunts, as “hotter” breeds, like Arabians and Thoroughbreds, tend to lose their minds a bit in the chaos of the hunt. Draft horses can also be crossed with Mammoth Jack donkeys to create draft mules, which are also used to pull plows for the Amish.

Mammoth Jack donkey:

Draft Mule:

There are a lot of draft breeds, some more common than others. Many of the common ones are easy to tell apart from the others, but they’re all large-boned and tall, except for the draft ponies, such as Halflingers and Norwegian Fjord horses.

The Belgian

There are two Belgian horses, one that’s popular in Europe and another that’s very common in the US.

This is the European-type “Brabant” Belgian, which tends to be very thick boned and roan in color.

This is the American-type Belgian, which is lighter-boned and always sorrel/palomino in color:

Here is a Brabant Belgian mare pulling some shit:

A lot of draft horses really do enjoy pulling stuff, as much as a horse CAN enjoy doing anything that’s not eating grass and farting. Horse pulls are a common sight in Middle America, often done using Belgian horses. Here’s one of a team pulling 9200 lbs. They pull for a very short period of time, often only a few seconds.

Next up is the Percheron, which has a similar body type to the Belgians but are always black or dapple. They can be slightly more spirited than Belgian horses, with some demonstrating high stepping action.

They are not to be confused with Friesians, who have much more “feathered” legs and feet (long hair around the lower legs) and are lighter-boned. Friesians also don’t come in dapple colors, like the horse at the top of this post.

Clydesdales

Clydesdales are recognizable because they are a) always bay colored and b) almost always have four white socks and a blaze on their faces. They also have much more feathering on their legs than Percherons or Belgians. Clydesdales are more common in parades and the like because they tend to be slightly lighter than Percheron and Belgians, and because of this, they’re more agile and “showy”. You probably would not want to plow with a Clydesdale. You could, but their feathering means their feet get dirty much easier than a Belgians might.

Shire Horse

Shires come in a variety of colors, usually black or bay, and they are probably the most “feathered” horses of the popular breeds. They’ve got lots of fur on their feet.

Gypsy Vanner Horses

Gypsy Vanner horses got their start pulling Roma wagons, but now they’re mostly used in fantasy photoshoots, and you can see why. They are beautiful horses, definitely not the type you’d want toiling in the muck. They are almost always paint colored, which distinguishes them from Shire horses.

These are the main, most popular and commonly seen full-sized draft breeds, at least in the US. However, there are also draft ponies, the most popular of which is the Halflinger, which resembles a shrunken Belgian horse. They are ALWAYS sorrel/palomino colored, but their frame can vary. Some Halflingers are lighter-boned and more suitable for riding. Others are thicker-boned and better for pulling.

The other unmistakable draft pony is the Norwegian Fjord, easily recognized by the black stripe in the center of its mane, like a reverse ice cream sandwich.

This can lead to some creative hair cuts

So there you go. That’s a somewhat comprehensive review of draft horse breeds. Here is a size comparison for funsies, with the average riding horse in the middle.

the bigger they are the bigger they are

@elodieunderglass

There was a time in my life where I had to choose whether I would marry Dr Glass and move to England OR take on the functional ownership of a chubby Clydesdale named Belle, who had aspirations of dressage, and riding her was exactly like sitting on an overstuffed couch. I’m happy with how my life turned out but then I see photos like these and I mope around for ten minutes regretting my total lack of Clydesdales and my inability to ever get any. And my husband points out that that is an INCREDIBLY UNREASONABLE life expectation, and I’m just like “well SOMEBODY has to own all these clydesdales”

That’s not the ‘average riding horse’ in the bottom picture.  Looks like a large pony, actually, assuming the people in the picture are not, in fact, 7 feet tall.  The average riding horse is probably 15 to 16 hands high; the average draft is 16 to 19 hands high (4 inches to a hand).  I’m 5′4″ and my horse is 15.3, and I can look over his back when standing flat-footed beside him.

Also I’ve ridden both a Belgian warmblood and a Percheron.  I even jumped the Belgian.  That was a hell of a workout; she was so big it felt like I had to do half the jumping for her, like she didn’t just pop neatly over the jumps, you best have that leg on her and be urging her up and over.  Also mildly uncomfortable, hitting the ground that hard.

Jumping a Belgian! I’m actually not that good with horses (just a casual/ fake horse girl) but even I can recognise the impressiveness of that feet.

God, “jumping a Belgian” sounds almost absurd, like “flying a crocodile” - though TBF dressage on a chubby Clydesdale was a bit like trying to parallel park a blue whale.

You’re absolutely right about the “average” riding horse being bigger than that! although it might be the MEDIAN riding horse - given the preponderance of children’s lesson horses….! ( /joke) I think OP may have been misled by looking at the distance between them, it’s kind of an optical illusion if you don’t look at the lady.

and for those who don’t know how to tell hands by eyeballing, riding horses are usually about the size of the Mammoth donkey, maybe a little smaller (proportions are weird.)

Tumblr suggested this as a similar post and I, who had been predictably moping sadly again about the Clydesdale named Belle after posting about Brabant draft horses, felt as if I had been personally called out. Like the website just gave me a scathing look and was like “are you on the verge of telling that shitty story again? We heard it. In 2017.” Like there is basically an algorithm already existing to predict my inbuilt reactions to things, and it serves judgment upon demand. Hate game unparalleled. Is this what it feels like to be a Homestuck

baja blast

That dolphin pussy stuff

the what

it's nothing, go back to bed

Official Pussy Post

there’s absolutely nothing better than reading a 100k word fanfic, that is until you remember you have a body that is starving, thirsty and incredibly sleep deprived and hasn’t used the bathroom since the sun set 8 hours ago

me cross eyed and seeing double:

I saw this discourse in the comments a thousand times and I just cannot commit to the entire work I have to click next chapter, it's like a reward

White woman breakup songs peaked when Stevie Nicks cursed Lindsey Buckingham live onstage with Silver Springs. Everything else has just been downhill since.

Unless your breakup song has your ex looking like he just survived the Great War I don't want to hear it tbh

From the book Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD:

Reblog and say what project you currently have spread on your dinner table in the tags