The Joyous Festival (1906), Gaston La Touche / Ada (2007), The National
To you, maybe Archive of Our Own is "just" a website.
But to others, it's more.
It's a community.
It's a place where writers can be free to write what they want, without having to worry about it being taken down.
It's a place where people can cope, and vent, and do what they need, because guess what, it's a good fucking coping mechanism.
What Tiffany G. is promoting goes against the OTW's existence.
AO3 was created to prevent the censorship.
And hell, maybe it's not all about the website.
Maybe we're just fucking tired of gay, trans, queer, disabled, etc. shit getting censored.
This is all bullshit.
So yes, Archive of Our Own might be a website, but that doesn't mean it's "just" a website. That doesn't mean that the problems going on don't matter. This is real, it matters, and it means something.
Don't look at me like that I'm not your answer and you sure as fuck aren't mine
Nora Sakavic The king's men
Hero Rats
So I’ve been listening to podcasts again and I wish someone had done this for me when I started out, so let’s sum up and describe some podcasts, shall we?
The Magnus Archives - Jonathan Sims, newly instated Head Archivist at the Magnus Institute, London, is trying to sort through statements of people that claim to have had all kinds of supernatural encounters, while only having a taperecorder to do so, because for some reason, the statements won’t let themselves be recorded on anything else. But I’m sure it’s nothing, right? Supernatural Horror at it’s finest, with incredible characters and worldbuilding. 200 episodes.
Welcome to Nightvale - An incredibly cryptic podcast, set in the fictional town of Nightvale, where all the conspiracy theories are true. Listen to Cecil Palmer, the host of Nightvale Community Radio talk about the happenings in the town, his day and that strange, beautiful new scientist that has come to town. Over 200 episodes, ongoing.
Wolf 359 - Communication Officer Doug Eiffels log of the USS Hepaestus’ journey, observing the red dwarf wolf 359. Twists and turns, some expected, some most definitely not, all in all a good time for all podcast fans. 61 episodes.
The Strorage Papers - Unsetteling horror stories, found in a storage lot, unraveling faster that a ball of yarn. Can you keep up? And, perhaps the more important question: Can you keep it together? Carefully crafted stories that make you lock your doors twice. 104 episodes, ongoing.
The Penumbra Podcast - The space noir tales of Private I, Detective Juno Steel and his adventures on planet mars. A podcast so mysterious and casually queer, it’s almost addictive. Although their phonecall noise sounds like my alarmclock, the sound design, characters, storytelling and worldbuilding are unlike anything I’ve ever come across. 4 seasons with about 20 episodes.
Camp Here and There - Camp Nurse Sidneys recordings of her daily announcements. If you’re a fan of Gravity Falls, this is that next summer you’ve been waiting for. 34 episodes for now, possibly ongoing, possibly not.
This is it for now, I’ll be adding on when I can. I hope this’ll help someone… or not.
I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.
-Franz Kafka
love is drugging your best friend so that he can’t go blow up his career and potentially get arrested by admitting to helping his patient kill himself.
(romance is catching his head before it hits the table)
love is presenting his conference paper yourself and pretending that scenario actually happened to you so that he still gets to say what he wanted to say but you take on the risk.
(romance is when he comes to, manages to find a pair of pants, and bursts into the room— and you meet his eyes)
love is saying to the room that that was the right decision and the person who made it did his best.
love is granting him the absolution he needs.
“If Wylan is still a virgin by winter break, we are throwing an Aztec themed ‘sacrifice the virgin’ party.”
— Jesper Fahey
Un-ironically a big fan of this poster