[bmouse]

this is super awkward how all the characters I really love end up canonically dead.

[bibliocratic]

I like to imagine that Aziraphale’s rat-face gardener look was like the best case scenario.

Like they’re standing outside the Dowling residence going over the plan and about to knock, and Crowley slides cool and calm as you like into Nanny Astoreth, and then looks over at Aziraphale and he’s just standing there humming.

Crowley: Aziraphale.

Aziraphale: Hmm?

Crowley: You’re not going to get into something a bit more appropriate?

Aziraphale *looking himself over*: Is there something the matter with what I’m wearing?

And what follows is a fifteen minute furious whispered debate where Aziraphale is arguing that he looks fine as he is and Crowley retorting that Aziraphale doesn’t look like he’s ever touched a piece of dirt nevermind a plant, for someone’s sake angel, you’ve just had a manicure.

And then Aziraphale sighs and says fine then, because honestly he hates disguising himself and he’s really bad at it and so avoids it entirely because this angel has had the same hairdo since the dawn of time its not like he’s up for change, and then he tries on a montage of different faces and forms each of them more terrifying and ugly than the last, and eventually he gets to rat bastard and Crowley’s like THAT ONE JFC, because at least this one has the right number of eyes, and so then that’s that for the next ten years and honestly Crowley suffers just having to look at that face but it’s better than the alternatives.

[bmouse]

[eponymous-rose]

A really insidious little thing I’ve noticed occasionally in some of my “not quite on the same page” friendships that have dissolved over the years: 

When someone whose company I enjoy is super into something that I just don’t especially care for (not something legitimately awful or anything, just a TV show or movie or game that’s not my speed), my default reaction is “huh, okay, well… they like it, and I like them, so maybe I’ll give it another shot”. And then it’s either “okay, gave it a fair shot, still not a fan, but love that it makes them happy” or “dang, I can see why they enjoy this and now I’m a fan, too”.

But what grinds my gears is when someone consistently just… doesn’t reciprocate. I’ll mention something I like, and they just wrinkle their brow or shrug or go, “Seriously?” or “I watched an episode and it was crap” or “Aw man, that’s garbage, though” and I’m sitting here like, motherfucker, I watched two episodes of that TV show you love just so we’d have something to talk about, and you’re not even going to pretend? And yeah, it’s unfair to expect someone to enjoy everything you’re into, but it’s frustrating when there’s zero reciprocity… or even acknowledgement that these are subjective opinions we’re talking about here.

(see also: listening to a friend talking about how her boyfriend loves that she’s getting into all his favorite shows and games that she never really enjoyed before… and then laughing at the mere thought of bringing him shopping with her or having him read her favorite series of books “because he’d hate it”; there’s a whole other rant about how a lot of men’s interests and passions are considered to be immutable parts of their personalities whereas women are expected to act as absurdly agreeable chameleons)

I love cheerleading for friends’ interests. It’s one of my all-time favorite things. But it hurts to have them treat it as a “well, of course you like the stuff I like! I have great taste and you don’t!” thing. Come on, dude. It’s not hard to get excited about the stuff someone likes just because you like that it makes them happy.

[80sanime]

[80sanime]

[dominionese-resource]

I’ve made an update to the Dominionese font that makes it infinitely easier to use (though not perfect, by any means). If anyone would like anything written out, let me know.

I’m still fine tuning the font and trying to figure out how to make the file available for download, but it is based on Dominion by Tommy with the glyphs rearranged to be more intuitive and adjusted so that the consonants are more aligned (in the original, “ka” had a thicker line and was way lower than other consonants, and several consonants only existed in one orientation). More on this project in the future!

[state-of-being]

[spellman]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer  |  3x16 - “Doppelgangland”