It's Such A Shame Too, The Original Version Was A Human-like Group Who Had To Change Themselves Into

It's my 1 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

I got nothing.

Going to reblog because it's around Hogswatch.

Just gonna casually share this Youtube link to the full miniseries adaptation of The Hogfather bc everyone should watch it

Sat on the edge of the table is a pristine blade...

As someone from a more average family, I’ve always been fascinated by your anecdotes about your upbringing. What’s it like to have parents so deeply immersed in fandom, and when did you realize that most kids’ parents have zero familiarity with fandom stuff?

as soon as I brought up renfaires and D&D and filk songs and cthulhu carols at school and got bullied about it :/ made it pretty obvious nobody knew or cared what I was talking about

But it was nice! Being raised in fandom, a thing built entirely from open enthusiasm for things you love, taught me to pursue things not because they were popular or What Was Expected Of Me, but because I loved them. I think it laid some major foundations in my worldview that helped me avoid a lot of normative expectations that wouldn't have worked for me, just by teaching me from minute one that things that are weird and unpopular can be perfect for you, and things that seem to work for everyone else can not work for you, and that's okay.

Once you've internalized "this seems to be something everyone does/likes/wants, but the thing I want seems to be almost unheard of - and yet I still want it" it may be easier to apply this to things like recognizing one's orientation (in my case "this all seems boring and weird and extremely limiting, but everyone acts like it's normal and great, so I think I'm just gonna… not do it"), pursuing unorthodox careers, and just… trying the weird things and seeing what works.

Identifying the things you love doing is already a difficult exercise, and it's made much more difficult by artificial filters like "these things are Cool And Sexy while these other things are Cringe And Weird and Should Not Be Liked." Being able to decouple your brain from the high school popularity contest makes the search for your passions that much easier, and I think I started with a serious leg up thanks to the guidance and unconditional support of two absolute nerds.

A Bob be a crabbe wiþ raised claws and it comes in manye colours, though there be also a srympe or, be it tempyrate, a manne.

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your edible is never going to kick in because you're a bad person

The mercenary badges, maybe? I know they're really easy to get; they're my only cosmetic so far, but I don't see them used much.

Or just the first one you see that makes you smile. Whatever works for you.

I shoukd try making a tf2 cosmetic with cardboard, but I don't know which one so I'll be looking

Edit: I've given up looking, feel free to give me an idea

Yay.

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