People Misunderstand What ‘gifted Kid’ Actually Means But It’s Ok It’s Fine It’s Cool It’s

when people put "trigger warning" on their content without specifying what the trigger warning is for

do you know where "no beta we die like x" comes from and how it is used?

The term "beta" in this context is short for "beta reader" - a person who reads a fic while it's still in the editing stage and helps the writer get it ready to post. Some betas check grammar. Some check canon compliance. Some are sensitivity readers. There are lots of things that betas can do.

So functionally, saying "no beta" means that the writer didn't get this checked by a second person before they posted it. It's a warning that there might be errors or typos etc. It's mostly used when an author has written something quickly and is posting without doing a lot of (or any) edits first.

As for where it comes from? It all started with a bumper sticker.

This image was an internet meme at one point, and it got meme'd on in the form of "no ___ we ___ like men"

Here on tumblr, one of the versions that got really popular was from now-deleted user @grec1a who created this version:

From there, it migrated to AO3 as the "no beta we die like men" tag, and very often the word men is replaced by the name of a character who dies in canon.

“Stop cringing — at your future, at your failure, at yourself in the mirror — and stand up and look directly at who you are. Not who you should’ve been, but who you are now. Let that person in. Let her be as mediocre and wrong and shameful and sad and miserable and brilliant and hilarious as she wants to be, because she knows exactly what you need to feel good. She has plans for you. She wants to show you what comes next. She wants to take you into the future you’re dreading and say, “See? You never would’ve imagined this.”

— “Ask Polly: Is Life All Downhill From Here?” by Heather Havrilesky

I can't believe they saved the world through the power of therapy, being a Really Good Dude, severe childhood trauma, and homosexuality

@jesperisamfbicon

I’ve been silent for too long and can no longer bear to keep this inside: @jesperisamfbicon is a good person and deserves many good things.

is he talking about his kids or the justice league? probably both

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My brain cannot stop turning around the idea of Niko watching Buzzfeed Unsolved in her room, reaching a hauntingly familiar story, and freaking out because why is Edwin on Buzzfeed Unsolved

She thinks he'll hate it, but he's kind of chuffed instead. At least those Buzzfeed guys remember him. He asks to watch the episode, and they spend the entire time laughing at the weirdass theories of what happened to him.

(Niko teases him for weeks about the alien abduction theory, of course. As any BFF should.)

I will accept your offer for redemption. When and where

jesperisamfbicon and @flower-of-darkness? a match made in heaven

Whats that song that goes like “in love with the shape of you”