i don’t know why but i’m really amused by the winner of some ‘new kanji’ contest:
compare with the real kanji
座 (seat/gathering), but the two 人 (person) radicals have been moved from next to each other within the 土 (earth) radical to diagonally from each other, making this “social distance(d seating/gathering)”
On to part 1 << this is part 2
Blue is a Bad Colour chapter 1 or on AO3 And thus they began to almost have sex for the first time
Chapters on Tumblr 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - (scrapped) - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 -17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34- 35 - 36 - 37 - 38 - 39 - 40 - 41
…no, Madara. He really did agree to pretend like nothing had happened! This is not how you don’t get it on with each other x3 Also, never happening again? Ha! HAHA! HahahHAHAHAHahaaaaaa~
Can I just say I had far too much fun with this? xD
The singular instance of "gatekeeping" I feel compelled to do is for Star Trek series shorthand. That is, the often three (3) letters we use to shorten a show or films title for quickreference. On occasion this can be up to 4 letters (often for films), or down to 2. Generally though 3 is the most common.
At no time in the 56 years of the franchise have we used "ST_" because it is ridiculously redundant. It also wouldn't make any sense upon a single show existing with the same letter prominently placed. Example, DS9 and Discovery.
This is why it is wholely incorrect to use the initialism "STD" besides the fact that it's a favored term by bigots to defame Discovery. They enjoy associating the show with the initialism for Sexually Transmitted Disease. Partly because they have the mindset of 13 year olds, and partially because of the inherent bigotry of hating the show featuring the most LGBTQIA and POC cast.
The proof is in the pudding though. Enterprise is ENT. No where can you find fans calling it STE. Voyager is VOY (or occasionally VGR). What would you even do with TOS and TNG? STT? STO and STG?
When we needed these shorthand terms, we came up with them and even gave the original series it's own unofficial subtitle as "The Original Series".
So for those in need, here's the proper terms.
Star Trek (the original series): TOS
The Next Generation: TNG
Deep Space 9: DS9
Voyager: VOY or VGR
Enterprise: ENT
Discovery: DSC or DISCO
Picard: PIC
Lower Decks: LD or LDS
Prodigy: PRO
Strange New Worlds: SNW
For the films, it's pretty basic. Take the title and go. Yes, we include Ts for "The" - don't ask me why.
TMP, TWOK, TSFS, TVH, TFF, TUC, GEN, FC, INS, NEM, 09, ID, and Beyond as the only mono word title just gets the whole word. No one knows why lol. I guess BEY feels weird, like calling it BAE. But that's how everyone felt in 2016 so it's what happened.
I tell you all this NOT to make you feel like a lesser fan if you don't know it. On the contrary. I want you to know it because I'm welcoming you in. I want you in my fandom. And this is a piece of important messaging because it's been mutilated by toxic anti-fans. They and they alone embrace the obnoxious contradiction of calling the modern shows "STD" and "STP" etc for their own vile hate.
I want you all to know what true fans have used for decades. So you're not associated with bad people. You can dislike Disco or Picard, or DS9 or TOS. That's up to you. But it's toxic to be accidentally or unknowingly using the wrong terms that a particular nasty and vocal subset who hate the shows because of politics, bigotry, or grifting off hate use.
based on this
sorry not sorry
“But mother, forgive me” in “Fly boy blue / Lunette” from Elbow. But nobody understands why that song makes me cry :/
do you ever get attached to like one line or phrase from a song and it holds so much meaning to you but no one else understands how powerful those few words are to you
First 30 people to reblog (no likes) this get a Zachary Quinto gif in their submit boxes because life is short and Zachary Quinto is hot
Zachary Quinto got the Spock Vulcan salute from Obama [x]
so I think it’s really great that tumblr has discovered Sharknado, because it really showcases the beauty of SyFy/SciFi Channel original movies:
but I’m not sure you fully realize the true scope of these SyFy Original films:
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