I Was Cleaning Out My Computer And I Found A Bunch Of Screenshots Of Text Posts From 2013-2014. The Golden

The Day the Dinosaurs Died

A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.

hey, @bunjywunjy - this might be your jam (and any other dinosaur enthusiasts, it’s a heck of a read)

the need to talk about the characters vs the fear that all of my analysis is just empty prose and surface level understanding

‼️spoilers for the magnus archives season three‼️

Song: last words of a shooting star by Mitski

okay this is really cool, does Bioshock Infinite with its multiverses and lighthouses fit into this idea, and if so, how?

I interpret the first two Bioshock games as a cosmic horror story that the protagonists are just glancing off the outer edges of. Slugs don't do that to your genetic code, for one thing, and genetic code has very little bearing on pyrokinesis or teleportation or the ability to grow swarms of bees inside yourself. It's also mighty convenient that Ryan happened to have picked the one spot in the ocean that happens to have The Slugs That Can't Do That- it's obviously part of the mythmaking of Ryan Amusements that they put such a fine point on where he abruptly stopped the boat and declared that he was going to put down the foundations of Rapture, and there's a dash of narrative anthropic principle on top of that, but it's still very convenient. And In terms of aesthetic and narrative outcome Rapture from 1960 onward is certainly checking all the boxes; madness, mutation, moisture. Impossibly grandiose societies brought down by hubris, science run amok, "look upon my works ye mighty", horrible familial truths, the whole shebang. And of course you have that brilliant light below Persephone.

The story doesn't necessarily parse as cosmic horror immediately because it fronts the impression that there's a grounded explanation for every insane thing that happens. You're supposed to just take it as part of the premise that they can build something like Rapture with human technology in 1945. You mostly hear about plasmids from professionals doing practical research and development with them, so you get the impression that there's a well-understood body of science here that just happens to be outside of your personal understanding. But for every Professor Armitage who understands the whole shape of the Dunwich Horror, there are a hundred Massholes who just saw a barn explode for no reason and now have to cope with the very real invisible something laying waste to the countryside regardless of the full truth of the matter. And from within the exploding barn of Rapture it doesn't matter to Jack or Delta whether the foundations were laid down atop Rl'yeh or whether ADAM is actually the extracted blood of a Great Old One or whatever the fuck. Maybe there's someone down there who understands the deep lore and went mad from the revelation in the genre typical way. But nothing about the situation requires you that you dig that deep to develop a working understanding of what's going on. Rapture's downfall is totally legible as a mundane death spiral of bad leadership, shoddy ideology, economic pressures and bog-standard human greed. Impossible weapons swung in careless arcs by human hands.

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Hey I know you probably won’t care/notice but as someone who’s read Twig and is caught up on Pale but here’s my 2 cents on Wildbows growth

Spoilers obviously (I don’t know how to do the keep reading thing)

For Twigs main trans character I’d say while not perfect the representation is pretty good, admittedly it’s somewhat hindered by the fact that arguably they transition led for someone else to love them but they also say that’s not it so it gets a bit odd

On the gay front it’s more mixed with their being a relationship with gay undertones later on in the story buts it’s also kinda accompanied by a sorta possessiveness which makes sense for the character but like other Wildbow things is like, it makes sense but come on man

In Pale meanwhile it’s a good deal better, with both a major Trans character who’s written well with their past both being very much a part of them and there story but also not being the entirety of their character and a main character who’s gay with a good amount of their story revolving around the struggles of being gay in a small town in rural Canada while also not falling into may tropes

But that’s my random two cents so yeah

It’s Pride Month. Let’s talk about LGBTQ+ Representation.

DISCLAIMER: This is merely an opinion piece, and no one is under any obligation to read it, agree with it, or even continue to follow me. With that in mind, I won’t be making critical posts like this that often, because my blog is more for fun jokes than serious discussion.

If there’s any terminology I’ve misused, or anything that can be construed as deliberately offensive and/or ignorant, please message me about it. I’m a human and I’m still learning, just like everybody else. Warnings below for mentions of rape, homophobia, transphobia, and some other heavy stuff. You know the drill with Worm. I will tag based on request, since this isn’t the normal sort of thing I share on this blog.

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TMA Encore #1

Hoping I get around to continuing this. Had it rattling around in my head ever since halfway through season 3, and suddenly the finale inadvertently validated it as a possibility. Christmas came early!

Edit: I am continuing it! And I’m gonna reshade this page to match later pages, so look forward to that.

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things i forgot about the last olympian

inspired by this post 

also a lot of these are things that i remembered that either make me extremely happy or extremely Sad and i just wanted everyone to share in my suffering

the summer has already passed! percy also says this summer was the hardest of his life

percy and rachel have spent a whole year and together at goode and they’ve hung out a lot this summer 

rachel had JUST made a move on percy when beckendorf showed up

RACHEL KISSED HIM THIS ONE I ACTUALLY FORGOT

“i’m guessing you don’t want me to mention that little scene to annabeth” god i miss beckendorf

beckendorf carries a picture of silena

“you mean all these years, i’ve been asking about this stupid prophecy, and it’s been right there around her neck?”

“she’d always been cute, but she was starting to be seriously beautiful” percabeth my HEART

paul’s reaction to mrs o leary in the living room is so enthusiastic

“thanks for not freaking out”

“oh, i’m freaking out,” he promised, his eyes wide. “i just think it’s awesome!”

hades tells nico that bianca would’ve done a better job of getting percy to the underworld

HADES SAYS MULTIPLE TIMES HE WISHES BIANCA WAS THE ONE TO SURVIVE

“it was a lot more dignified than, like, my armpit or something”

can we talk about the parallel between percy in the styx hearing annabeth say he “isn’t getting away from [her] that easily” and percy saying “you’re never getting away from me” to her before they fall into Tartarus bc it makes me So Emo

percy killed 200 of hades’ soldiers like it was nothing

hermes tells annabeth she was the only one who could’ve saved luke

silena knows a lot about magic

annabeth offers to stay with percy to activate plan twenty three and gets met with “no detours, you two”

plan twenty three

the minotaur keeps chb necklaces of the demigods he’s killed

percy laughs as he obliterates the minotaur’s army

NO ONE TOUCHES HER MHMMMM GOOD SHIT

the balcony scene is so fucking cute oh my g o d

grover is scared of rabbits

percy fought a titan alone and held his ground

PARTY PONIES

annabeth landed a helicopter by guessing on the controls

annabeth was also crying after rachel showed up

clarisse killed the drakon with just her spear. no armor. no shield. all badass.

clarisse with the blessing of ares, dragging the drakon corpse behind her

chiron v kronos

SALLY AND PAUL FUCKING SHIT UP

I REPEAT

SALLY JACKSON WITH A SHOTGUN

the hera statue that falls nearly kills annabeth

thalia’s legs get stuck as she pushes annabeth away

may castellan is making cookies for a son who will never come home

athena is the one who speaks up in defense of percy’s request to claim all kids

just take a second to imagine annabeth and tyson baking that mf cupcake okay 

things i forgot about the lightning thief 

things i forgot about the sea of monsters 

things i forgot about the titan’s curse

things i forgot about the battle of the labyrinth 

I made this a long time ago and was very nervous about posting it to Tumblr. I can’t really think of a good caption~ everything I wanted to say is in the little blurb at the beginning. 

‘God of Arepo’ Fan-made graphic novel 

Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3 // Read the Original Story Here

just remembered this old clickhole video i used to be obsessed with