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Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: "Broken" by Gary Numan

Realizing I hadn't checked out my Manhattan window display stores since March and that the Met Gala coming in a few days might lead to some interesting displays, I drove into Manhattan around 12:30 am. I would soon be very, very disappointed.

Bloomingdale's windows still had the same California Love sets I saw in March. They changed the outfits, some mannequins, and some props, but they're the same sets. Surely Bergdorf Goodman would do better! Nope. Still has the minimalist waterfall windows I saw in March. Some of the new outfits were fun and weird so I took some photos.

Saks! Almost half their windows were shrouded, and the others were minimalist and in shades of brown. I might've stopped for a closer look if all the places I'd usually park hadn't been full. What I saw driving by hadn't been good enough to wind my car through New York City Midtown-length blocks to find somewhere else to park, so I didn't.

Kleinfeld! Same. Window. Displays. From March.

I really hadn't missed anything by skipping April!

No Met Gala displays. Manhattan stores used to do amazing things related to the Gala. I still, particularly remember the Alexander McQueen series and punk series! The McQueen windows at Bergdorf had Alexander McQueen ensembles that didn't even make it into the Met's exhibition. (I so wish I had a camera at the time that handled this kind of shooting better.) Lately, the stores don't care. (I hear they're having some financial troubles. Join the club. Creativity doesn't require a huge budget.)

When I have to spend a Congestion Pricing toll just to go see the windows, I have even less patience for getting my time and money wasted by lazy bullshit.

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While using my phone's Map function to find a less trafficked way home, I heard it say I should turn right onto "Bow-eerie." Siri, you have failed this city.

ysabetwordsmith

Current Mood: busy

Here is my card for the Greek Myth Fest Bingo over in

allbingo. The fest runs from May 1-31. (See all my 2026 bingo cards.)

If you'd like to sponsor a particular square, especially if you have an idea for what character, series, or situation it would fit -- talk to me and we'll work something out. I've had a few requests for this and the results have been awesome so far. This is a good opportunity for those of you with favorites that don't always mesh well with the themes of my monthly projects. I may still post some of the fills for free, because I'm using this to attract new readers; but if it brings in money, that means I can do more of it. That's part of why I'm crossing some of the bingo prompts with other projects, such as the Poetry Fishbowl.

Underlined prompts have been filled.

GREEK MYTH FEST BINGO CARD

loss	journey	destruction	music	fruit
metamorphosis	underworld	quest	nature	silver
recognition	centaur	WILD CARD	escape	building
rescue	hero	gods	identity	wait
monster	minotaur	chosen	magic	family

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dance fucker dance

they never had a chance

therealstara:

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sensory

These are what the gifs are called i’m

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thememedaddy:
I think they’re right. If a woman asked me this, I’d think about it for a minute, and then I’d want to know if she meant what these three jobs were really like (I’m assuming she means taking on one of these roles in the past, since while there are still cowboys and pirates, samurai haven’t really existed since the Meiji Restoration), or how they’re imagined in pop-culture. If it’s the actual, real job, I’m gonna say cowboy, because the other two are different kinds of assholes who kill people, whereas cowboy is, mostly, just fucking hard work. If it’s the pop-culture versions, I’m gonna say pirate, because they generally enjoy themselves more than the other two, particularly since samurai spend all their time doing as they’re told, fighting nobly etc. and being a cowboy is still a lot of fucking hard work.
And from this, the lady would easily be able to tell that my true personality is that of a pedantic nerd.

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look at this

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herpsandbirds:

Red Pumpkin Toadlet (Brachycephalus pitanga), family Brachycephalidae, endemic to Atlantic Rainforest in Sao Paolo State, SE Brazil
Comparison with termites and rhinocerous beetle (Enema sp.)
Poisonous.
As with other Brachycephalus sp., they lay a few eggs in moist terrestrial locations, and the young live as tadpoles in the eggs, and then hatch out as froglets.
Adults reach a max. snout vent length of up to 14 mm (0.55 in).
They are actually unable to hear their own advertisement calls, as their ears are underdeveloped.
They also do not hop, but instead slowly crawl across the forest floor.
photograph by Guilherme Lopes Machado

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orthoscheme:

orthoscheme:
these brownies seem a little strong
well if i have any complaints i can just call potassium about it but im too meek so i wont

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https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/exasperate-2026-05-02

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 2, 2026 is:

exasperate • \ig-ZASS-puh-rayt\ • verb

To exasperate someone is to cause them irritation or annoyance, or to make them angry.

// We were all exasperated by the delays.

See the entry >

Examples:

"My tendency to throw remote historical observations into a conversation exasperates my wife and often results in chuckles and eye rolls from friends." — Angus Scott, The Niagara Falls (Ontario) Review, 28 Mar. 2026

Did you know?

Exasperate is frequently confused with exacerbate, and with good reason. Not only do these words resemble one another in spelling and pronunciation, they also at one time held exceedingly similar meanings. Exasperate is today most commonly used as a synonym of annoy, but for several hundred years it also had the meanings "to make more grievous" and "to make harsh or harsher." Exacerbate is now the more common choice when one seeks to indicate that something is becoming increasingly bitter, violent, or unpleasant. It comes in part from the Latin word acer, meaning "sharp," whereas exasperate is from asper, the Latin word for "rough." The latter is also the source of the English asperity, which can refer to the roughness of a surface or the roughness of someone's temper.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/exasperate-2026-05-02

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allbingo

Happy May! This month we have a Greek myth themed fest, with three sets of prompts: gods and their domains, themes/motifs/ideas, and adaptations. (My keyboard is Struggling at present, so I apologize if there's any mistakes anywhere! 😅) Remember the fills you create don't actually have to be in the Greek myth fandom or any adaptations you may get on your card. See you early next month for achievement banners. :) For reference, here's the bingo card generator and the allbingo AO3 collection.

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settiai

Current Mood: accomplished

I'm still playing catch-up on Critical Role and will be for at least another few weeks, I suspect. At this point, I'm very behind.

As with previous posts about the current campaign of Critical Role, this will be a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).

( Spoilers under the cut. )

ysabetwordsmith

Current Mood: happy

Today we went to the May Day and Full Moon Walk activities at Whiteside Garden.

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aurumcalendula

The irises in one flower bed have decided to bloom a full month early!

I love the color these ones are (the photo doesn't quite capture how they look - the top petals are an intense almost electric purple in person - similar to HEX #8400E0) and how fragrant they are!

cornerofmadness

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Death in Paradise

1. The classes are over (the bad is yet another student told me the organ with baby kittens falling out of it was the brain)

2. My heart is fine.

The bad? This doctor has seen the last of me. He's an ass. Yeah I made another appointment (mostly because I didn't want them calling). It's not for 6 months so I have plenty of time to find another cardiologist. You could see it in his eyes. I wasn't sick enough to be interesting. I'm not really that sick at all.

Me, being an absent minded idiot, even though i finished inputting info into my blood pressure log, I forgot to print it. I DID have it on my flashdrive in my purse. When I offered it his reply was 'I don't need to see it.'

Then why the fuck did you make me DO three blood pressures a day for a fucking month?!?

My echo hadn't changed in 9 years (which I knew) and he was ready to let it go with that but I was NOT (he was running behind because he'd been called into the ER)

Me: so I have mild tricuspid regurgitation
Him: not unusual in women (I know this but I plan to go over my results point by point and fuck him trying to race off)

Me: but also mild diastolic dysfunction. Is that from sleep apnea (I know it is and my psychiatrist was concerned by this)
Him: yes, see someone to get a sleep study (i.e. not me)

Me: what would cause my diasstolic pressure to be so low (it's been 50-65 most of the time. Normal is 80)? this I didn't know but has gone to mayo clinic to look up. Often it's dehydration which makes sense being diabetic.

Him: could be aortic regurgitation but you didn't have that on echo, could be some athersclerosis but I doubt it (could be though I am diabetic) but we can't do anything about that (okay fair)

Me: did you get my month long (I'm still itching my chest wounds) holter monitor?
Him: yes.

Me: And? It didn't tell me because most patients wouldn't understand it, I know but I want to see what it said.

Him: You're tachycardic
Me: no duh, that's why I've had two echos now, and?

Him: and nothing really. No afib (thank god), no real issues, just tachycardia and a few pauses.

Me: Pauses? From sleep apnea (most likely)

HIm: nothing to worry about. You really need to talk to your endocrinologist, a lot of this is metabolic.

Me: will do (and get that sleep apnea)

Eye roll. Yeah this is the last I'll see of him. Life's too short to deal with uninterested docs.

One month of blood pressures and he didn't care. It's Beltane and a full moon. You're lucky I'm not hexing you.

Came home and the cheap Victorian gown from Amazon was here. And it's actually not bad quality. Certainly something I can build on for my Rosie cosplay. Alas it does button down the front. I have boobs and it gaps open. I can pin it shut. Also doesn't button at the neck just under the chin but that's fair. I can not bear things around my neck. I can put a brooch on that part.

Have some fannish 50 friday recs

Watch Your Step! Teen Wolf

Sect Leader Jiang's 31 step program to happiness
陈情令 | The Untamed

Can’t Go Home Again Torchwood

The Last Dance Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Losing John Inspector George Gently

Worn Hazbin Hotel

Team Work Stargate Atlantis

Anniversary Problems Torchwood

Thursday Afternoons with You The Owl House

Incredible Hazbin Hotel

The Long Road Home The Amazing Digital Circus

listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness Helluva Boss

To Ease The Pain Torchwood

Secrets in the Shadows Hazbin Hotel

Held Hazbin Hotel

no one can dream for you 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)

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Yesterday on a lovely walk through then neighborhood I reached the end of The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso. This is fantasy/action novel, set in a world in “prime” reality, beneath which sits ever-descending “echo” layers of reality. The further down you go, the stranger and more dangerous things get. At a New Year’s party, things get unexpectedly tricky when the entire party is pulled down through the echoes.

Our protagonist is Kembral Thorne, a “hound” whose job is to retrieve people, animals, and other things that are pulled or “fall” into the echoes. This party is Kem’s first step back into society after having her first baby two months earlier.

Of course, when things start going wrong, Kem can’t help but get involved. It’s her job.

I’ll say again, I do love queer lit with adults. YA is great and I’m so happy that teens today have access to so much queer lit, but online queer book recs can skew very YA. Here, Kem is very much someone at least in her thirties—she’s got a baby, she’s reached a senior role in her career, and her concerns reflect this position in her life. While she and her quasi-rival Rika have the sort of skittish interactions you might expect from people who are into each other and unwilling to admit they are into each other, they don’t reach the level of comic avoidance or overwrought drama of teens or young adults.

I liked the ebb and flow of Kem and Rika’s relationship. These are two people who already have history and have kind of already had their big, relationship-ending squabble before we even get to this party, which is fun to unravel over the course of the evening. They have some cute moments, some artificially-amplified angst, but are generally enjoyable.

The worldbuilding here is fine. It’s serviceable for what the novel is doing, but we don’t really get a look at much else outside of the party except when Kem ventures out into the echoes, which becomes increasingly less frequent as they descend. There’s some fun stuff, some spooky stuff, some aesthetic stuff.

The book pushes a little hard on maintaining the status quo when the status quo isn’t that great (I think it could have made this more believable with more discussion, but the book is really more about the action than the political debate) and I did think one character’s fate was a cop-out, especially given the former. Violent change to the system is wrong but we’ll all shrug and smile when this criminal we couldn’t nail down conveniently dies without a trial.

On the whole, I enjoyed this one, but it’s nothing earth-shattering. I put the next book on my TBR though because I do want to see what Rika and Kem get up to next.

conuly

After this week. Because after this week, we should have paid off the gas and electric bills, yay!

But yeah, one or two weeks of crunch is one thing, a string of them is something very different.

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hrj

A couple days ago, I happened to see an "event" announcement on fb for the Berkeley Morris performance at dawn on May 1st, and I thought, what they heck, why not? I've only ever made it to their dawn performances a couple times back in...oh, let's just say quite a while ago, when I had a friend it the troupe.

Knowing that I've failed at this resolution before, I planned for success: laid out warm clothing the evening before, set up the coffee maker (yeah, I know, I only drink decaf now, but it's a ritual), and set my alarm for 4:30am. Yes, you read that correctly. The event was scheduled to start at 5:20 and the map app said it would take me half an hour to get to Inspiration Point in Tilden Park, so that seemed like the optimal waking time.

This did not take into account that there would be dense fog on the winding back-roads up the east side of the hills. It also didn't take into account that my directions app had an entirely different idea about where "Inspiration Point" was located. (I think there are two places by that name in the general area?) So I drove back and forth on one stretch of Grizzly Peak Road three times before I figured out the problem and finally was able to work out the right directions. (It didn't help that I've only ever driven to Inspiration Point from the Berkeley side of the hills before.

But I arrived at least a quarter hour before the dawn, so ritual was satisfied. I got to see half a dozen dances, participated in the singing of May Day carols, and danced in the massive Sellenger's Round circle.

When I was a little kid, in my family, May Day meant crafting little baskets made of woven paper, then filling them with flowers and leaving them on neighbors' doorsteps. I have no idea where that custom came from. I don't think it was a general thing that people did, just something my mom taught us.

After driving back home, I decided that I wanted to continue to drastically break routine for the day (and celebrate the one year anniversary of my retirement), and driving through the hills had inspired me to take a drive up to the summit of Mount Diablo and spend some time looking out over the vistas and generally just hanging out in scenic nature for several hours. I gazed admiringly (but not at all enviously) at the bicyclists who made the same trek. That is way beyond any bicycling ambitions I might have. I'm not big on hills.

And now, here it is a little after 7pm and my body is reminding me that I got up at four-fucking-thirty this morning and I should go to bed already.

hannah

Current Mood: disappointed
Current Music: Closing Time - Dan Wilson

Waking up with a sore arm makes for an auspicious start to the month. I think I slept on it oddly because it's just my right arm, not both of them. It hurts too much to fully extend it, and raising my hand up to rest on the back of my head hurts a lot as well. It didn't interfere with kneading the dough for bread, but it's making it hard to deal with my hair. I've been taking painkillers on and off, and I'll take it easy for a while, too.

It's probably for the best I'm not upstate with my younger brother R. and his wife G. for a multitude of reasons, among them being the movie G. went to see with her friends tonight. As much as I like supporting movies about women, there's no way The Devil Wears Prada 2 is going to be as much fun or as good to look at as Project Hail Mary. Even if it's not in IMAX.

Meanwhile, I'm going to the opera on Sunday with my parents, and it's got me thinking maybe I won't go to services tomorrow, simply on the grounds of not quite wanting three days in a row of my parents. I don't know what I'd do with the day, just spend it by myself. I'll see how I feel in the morning.

labingi

Here are some more random thoughts up to roughly Helm's Deep: the Dealing with Mistakes Edition.

(LOTR spoilers, if anyone cares...)

Aragorn

Original (pre-Viggo) Aragon often gets described as too perfect, and I see why. I don't find him a super fascinating character either, but I had not clocked how protracted his inner struggle is over leading the fellowship after the fall of Gandalf. He has multiple iterations of the "we must do without hope" idea, which, in Tolkien's philosophy, is a clear sign you're not thinking properly. Admission: In an earlier entry on this, I unwittingly quoted Bakshi (facepalm)!

He recurrently talks about how his decisions as a leader have gone wrong--and he's not totally wrong about that. He fails to track what's going on with Boromir, fails to keep track of Frodo (and Sam). Interestingly, he loses Frodo and Sam, in part, because he decides to climb the Emyn Muil to check things out from its famous vantage point, and that's not a bad decision in itself, but it is explicitly driven, in part, by ego, by his desire to sit on the seat of kings, and that seems not accidental. Later, against Legolas's advice, he chooses to rest rather than keep chasing the Orcs, which may have quashed their chance of actually catching the Orcs.

That's a lot of struggle with fallibility, and it's fairly easy to miss because it's minor. It's minor because Aragorn operates from a place of good intention and time-tested knowledge and morals. This makes me think of karma as a seed that may or may not fall into fertile soil. Each of those little losses of hope or imperfect decisions would carry karma (in a Buddhist frame), but they don't fall into fertile soil because Aragorn has--to torture the metaphor--been consistently cleaning the shit so there's nothing for them to grow into.

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sanguinity

Intro/FAQ

Tally for April 16-30 is now updated; please check to make sure I have it correct!

My check-in: Rabbit rabbit! I dunno, y'all. I'm between projects and struggling to find things I even want to add an alibi sentence to. ~~No writing yet today, but after I post I'm going to look for something iddyful to play with and see if that helps. Further bulletins as events warrant.~~

ETA: sat down and wrote a long email brainstorming story ideas to one of my charity auction winners. Shocker, but it turns out that writing down my ideas greases my imagination more than just trying to randomly think up some ideas. (I say "shocker": I've known for a while that a lot of my writing problems solves themselves in the writing of them, not by sitting around trying to think my way out of them!)

Day 1:

china_shop,

sanguinity

When you check in, please use the most recent post and say what day(s) you’re checking in for. Remember you can drop in or out at any time, and let me know if I missed anyone!

nineweaving

... down falls the lark O. A beautiful May morning by the river, a little chill before the dawn, but after glorious, all budding and abloom. I can't remember if I was at the first gathering over fifty years ago, but I don't think I've missed one since 1979. There were some terrific young new Morris sides this year--I don't believe I've ever seen a cellist dance with her cello before--as well as the beloved old stagers, the maypole and the singing. The hobby horses were enchanting. Along with our venerable qilin, there were a griffin, an owl, and a luna moth.

Nine

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GENTLE

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The Amnesty challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

Gravity Challenge: Star Trek Prodigy: wallpaper: without you by my side by

lilly_c
Apart Challenge: Babylon 5: Fanfic: Set Apart by

badly_knitted
Rainbow Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: After The Rain by

badly_knitted
Face Challenge: Babylon 5: Fanfic: Facing The Future by

badly_knitted
Play Challenge: Heated Rivalry: Fan Fiction: New Games by

darkjediqueen
Rainbow Challenge: The X-Files: wallpaper: Caught me off guard by

lilly_c
Rainbow: Kirby (series): fanart: colorful flight by

ecto_one_spengler
Open Challenge: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Open Book by

badly_knitted
Oops! Challenge: Babylon 5: Fanfic: Forgotten by

badly_knitted
Oops!: Kirby (series): fanart: the mess by

ecto_one_spengler
Games: The Witcher: Fanfiction: The Witcher's Hand by

infinitum_noctem
Fragile Challenge: Babylon 5: Fanfic: Fragile As Hope by

badly_knitted
Sleepless: Viola come il mare: Fanfic: Tearing Down the Wall by

veronyxk84
Drive: Reborn As The Villain President’s Lover: Fanfic: and another more distant summit by

bluedreaming
Locked Challenge: Torchwood: Fanfic: Behind closed doors by

m_findlow
Joke Challenge: Babylon 5: Fanfic: No Laughing Matter by

badly_knitted
Plant: Original: Collage: Aberglasney Gardens - The Ninfarium by

smallhobbit
Performance Anxiety Challenge: Babylon 5: Fanfic: Religious Icon by

badly_knitted
Obstacle: Wiseguy: fanfic: the same deep water as you by

teaotter
Warmth challenge : Marvel Comics : icons : filter by

highlander_ii
The Other Side Challenge: Babylon 5: Fanfic: Irrational by

badly_knitted
Mystery Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Fascinating Mystery by

badly_knitted
Plant: Collage: Original: Growing Cress by

smallhobbit
Garden Challenge: FAKE: Fanfic: Magic Garden by

badly_knitted
Win or Lose: The Professionals: Fanfiction: When I'm Losing I'm Winning by

lucy_roman
Fragile: Wiseguy: Fanfic: It takes all that I have just to cry for help by

teaotter
Welcome + Looking Back (Amnesty): Kirby (series): fanart: Thank you. by

ecto_one_spengler

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bluapapilio

Current Mood: hot

Used my manga TBR boardgame.

I read 9/12 on my last board, dropping 2 and dnf'ing one. I wasn't too happy with how my last board went so I kinda rushed through it. orz

Avatar:

Tanjiurou
Skill: Move 2 extra tiles once (beat trap tile if roll Even)

Roll #1:

A 5, prompt: disliked genre - let's try Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru.

Roll #2:

A 3, prompt: award-winning work - BASARA.

Roll #3:

A 6, prompt: publishing industry - Junjou Romantica.

Roll #4:

A 2 and the trap tile, I had a feeling that would happen. Went back and rerolled a 3, prompt: fire on the cover - Blue Exorcist.

Roll #5:

A 1, prompt: angels - more EniDewi.

Roll #6:

A 5, prompt: master/servant relationship - Kuroshitsuji.

Roll #7:

A 2, prompt: martial arts - Love Round!!.

Roll #8:

Another 2, prompt: manga by a female mangaka that got an anime. The two I would normally choose are already on my list;; Hmm I'll try Gachiakuta.

Roll #9:

A 6, animal/non-human companion - Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu!

Roll #10:

6+2 from skill, prompt: transported to another world - Rayearth.

Roll #11:

A 1, prompt: geikomi - Seinaru Yoru ni.

Roll #12:

A 4 and the end, reward is more Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta.

~Manga TBR List~

[BL/Horror Mystery] Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru
[Fantasy/Adventure] BASARA
[BL/Romance] Junjou Romantica
[Action/SPN] Blue Exorcist
[Fantasy] EniDewi
[Mystery/SPN] Kuroshitsuji
[BL/Romance] Love Round!!
[Action/Fantasy] Gachiakuta
[Comedy/SPN] Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu
[Magical Girl/Fantasy] Rayearth
[Geikomi] Seinaru Yoru ni
[GL/Romance] Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta

x2 shoujoi/josei, x5 shounen/seinen, x4 BL/geikomi, x1 GL

bluapapilio

Current Mood: thirsty

For my manga TBR list:

Read volume 3 of Akuyaku Reijou desuga, Shiawase ni Nattemesemasu wa!.

Read ep. 37-38 of Men of the Harem.

Read ch. 187 of D.Gray-Man.

Read ch. 12 of Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun!

Read ch. 4 of Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta!

Read ch. 8 of EniDewi!

Read more B-EYES!

Read ch. 5 of Red Raven.

Read Reunion and rated it 8/10!

bluapapilio

Current Mood: hot

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Mysterious Work & Alienation of Labor in Severance by me (comment on Dreamwidth)

Severance employs a fantastical scenario at an imaginary company to depict a phenomenon that’s very real: the systematic alienation of labor. This theme has been widely remarked upon by those familiar with the framework, but not everyone is already familiar, and so it warrants explanation. To that end, this analysis presents a brief introduction to alienation as a concept, an in-depth exploration of how it applies to the characters of Severance, and some observations on how that theme relates to the real world.

The Brilliance of Severance's Disturbing Precision [video] by Thomas Flight

In an era where high-concept TV shows now feature impressive visual effects, sprawling fantasy worlds, and elaborate costume design and makeup, how does a show that mostly takes place in a white, windowless office end up being one of the most visually striking TV shows ever made?

A musical analysis of the Severance theme [video] by Charles Cornell

A tritone is very commonly thought of as one of the most dissonant intervals that you can play... So what we have here is consonance, dissonance, consonance, dissonance.

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meangirlnurse:

meangirlnurse:
this is literally a stick and poke tattoo done by a stoned teenager who forgot what cats look like
ALT
😭

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shinyhappygoth_feed

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tikysplickytok:

(via skitishh)

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shinyhappygoth_feed

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headspace-hotel:

how does this even fucking happen

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shinyhappygoth_feed

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dduane:

congruentepitheton:

It had almost escaped my notice that it is now May, the month that dooms to a heartbroken death 99% of characters from folk ballads. So, if you suspect you may be a character from a folk ballad, for your own safety:

don’t fall in love, don’t go by the river, don’t go to the sea, don’t talk to sailors, don’t gamble, don’t ramble, don’t go North, don’t go North-West, don’t stand in the wind, don’t dance with anyone named Sally, Sue, Mary, Ann, or Barbara, don’t go to the pub (but if you do go to the pub at least don’t drink, and if you do drink at least pay for your own drink, and if you are absolutely broke and have to let someone else pay for your drink then at the very least do try not to forget to toast everyone you know whom you think might be there very loudly and possibly multiple times), don’t lend money, don’t borrow money, don’t wish you had more money, don’t make plans to make more money, don’t start working for a new employer, absolutely do believe anyone who says they will try to kill you, curse you, or maim you, absolutely do believe anyone who says you might die, turn down every invitation to go a-hunting, horse-riding, or a-courting, be wary of flute players you meet on your path, don’t dance with satanic men in black coats, don’t marry off your daughters to the first man who’ll have them, and don’t promise your true love any herbs you can’t readily plant and gather in your own garden.

There. That should just about cover you for 31 days. Heed the warnings and you may have a chance to last the month. Good luck.

…Yeah, that just about sums it up. :/

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shinyhappygoth_feed

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podcake:

love it when audio drama leads, be it they have canon names or not, go by these special monikers: the archivist, the voice of night vale, the obituary writer—long live vague and mysterious titles for protagonists.

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shinyhappygoth_feed

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lunehowls:

Watch on YouTube
hello i was gone because i hyperfixated on making this animatic. please go watch it my editing program tried to corrupt it 4 times

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shinyhappygoth_feed

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blackpyrefly:

william the conqueror: i shall take england for normandy and become its king
william the concurrer: i agree

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shinyhappygoth_feed

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flowermist7432:

molabuddy:
does anyone have that reddit exchange screenshot where someone is like “what colour is this mouse??” and posts a mouse who is like in some sort of purple world with confetti around it and the top comment is like “it would be easier to tell if your mouse wasn’t at the club” . i keep thinking about & referencing mouse at the club and i cant find it
Here ya’ go ❤️🙏

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lunehowls:

havent drawn jon with the admiral in a bit

(i know a popular hc is that jon knew admiral as a kitten, but i find it nice to imagine the admiral was a pleasant surprise for jon upon staying with georgie)

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shinyhappygoth_feed

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sabertoothwalrus:

pros of eating your lunch outside on a nice spring day: feeling the sun, getting vitamin d, hearing birds chirping, watching the bees and the lizards and the squirrels
cons of eating your lunch outside on a nice spring day:
MY NAPKINS

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importantdogimages:

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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34544 Daily poll

Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 11

How are you doing?

I am okay
6 (54.5%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
5 (45.5%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
5 (45.5%)

One other person
2 (18.2%)

More than one other person
4 (36.4%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

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Current Mood: rushed
Current Location: My computer
Current Music: Nothing

Title: Thank you.
Theme: Welcome / Looking Back (for the current Amnesty)
Fandom: Kirby (video game series) - particularly Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby and the Forgotten Land.. (Mods please tag as Kirby.)
Rating: PG
Content notes: The Magolor depicted here is from a Kirby AU of mine where he wasn't a villain to begin with. Also, spoilers for Kirby and the Forgotten Land as well as scattershot spoilers for other games.
Artist notes: The most involved of my works - ironically, due TO work I didn't actually. Finish this until today. And I may have also had some itnernet issues at the same time... Yeah. I hope it's enjoyable anyway!
Summary: On the day of Kirby's first birthday spent in the New World, his unofficial older brother thanks him for their years of friendship.

(DUE TO RUSHING THIS I WILL RETROACTIVELY ADD THE ALT TEXT)

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