Mei Fangirling

*sob*

Why does my head do this?

Terry Pratchett, Jingo (1997)

(Source: fuckyeahterrypratchett)

(Source: xx4everfantasyxx)

So finally writing that whole ‘for want of a nail’ Once AU where the worst of the suffering is avoided, in that the timeline really diverges in how Snow handles Regina begging her to keep Daniel a secret. (She still doesn’t, but that’s because she convinces Regina that they should go to the king)

It took a while to figure out the nail that was wanting, and I finally figured it out. Snow really did want Regina for a mom, but had no other option to mind in canon, so agreed to the secret. If he couldn’t have Regina as a mother, she’d at least have her happy, right? But if there was a way to have it so Regina could marry Daniel without running away, so she’d still be a part of Snow’s life, and not have to run away from her mother, that would be perfect! But how would Snow come up with a solution for that?

The nail we were missing? Aurora of course! All I had to do was have Snow have met her and heard about how Aurora’s mother, the original Sleeping Beauty, was raised, and she’d learn about the concept of fostering.

Boom! Now Snow knows how Regina can be her mother AND marry Daniel. All that’s left is how we deal with Cora, and if FBF can’t be of some use here, then what good is she?

A Snow raised in a more rural setting is just as likely to fall for Charming as one forced on the run, lots of other little nastinesses get avoided, and best of all, an adult, happily married Regina can still inspire Belle to go back and not give up on love without the whole ‘ah betrayal!’ element botching things up.

And then magic wardrobes or some other mysterious portal can be found out by the clever bookish girl, Bae can be recovered less than a week from falling into the portal, and they all live happily ever after, aside from Killian who probably gets drowned by a mermaid because fuck him, seriously.

batsonthebrain:

I’m Italian too and it contributes to my hatred of shorts because if I miss a spot shaving you can tell. I’m an irradiated vampire 9 months a year. The other three I’m a particularly charming shade of pale red. I rarely tan anymore.

Bah, shaving. The hell with that. I’m gonna grow myself a nice healthy fur coat like a proper mammal, thanks.

riskpig:

beeeinyourbonnet:

tinkerbellreturns:

kingdomkeepers365:

Considering that hating Tamara is one of the only if not the only thing this fandom can agree on, how united would we become if she died? UNIVERSAL ONCER JOY

You mean, how united we will be when she dies.

But then when she dies, who will we hate?

DAMMIT WOMAN, WE WILL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET TO IT.

One of the 20 other new “SPECIAL GUEST STAR” characters they’ll add who’ll get ~30 minutes of screentime before being shuffled off on a bus or the mortal coil, depending on which of the two wins the cointoss?

(via brasspistol)

shield-agent-merrick:

skippingyonder:

forevercryingbecausemerlin:

so-many-ships-so-little-time:

kingofkop7:

the-girl-silhouette:

vegandthelike:

Please read this****

If a thief forces you to take money from an ATM, do not argue or resist. What you should do is punch your pin in reverse. EX: if your pin is 1234 you punch 4321. The moment you punch in the reverse, the money will come out but will be stuck in the machine and the machine will immediately alert the police without the theif’s knowledge. Every ATM has this feature.

Reblog this so everyone knows, this happens all the time especially in the city

tumblr teaches me so much more than anyone else does about life situations

In my country we have a bank with 8 digits pin

but what if your pin backwards is someone elses pin and you just get their money…?

that’s not how atms work oh my god you use your own card

This is a lie. This is false! [x]

Here’s a hint.

If you’re learning something for the first time from tumblr, then GOOGLE THAT SHIT.

Preferably with the word “HOAX” included.

Seriously “put in your pin backwards”

How the fuck do you think that’d work for people with pins that were like 1991,2002 or any other number that’s the same backwards and forwards? 

Or if google + ‘hoax/fake/rumour/’ is too much work, SNOPES IS YOUR FRIEND. 

In fact.  Go to snopes. Read every entry. Subscribe to their updates. Read every entry. Watch for their updates. READ EVERY ENTRY.

If you can’t be assed to look it up yourself, then you must read Snopes like the internet bible. Make it your homepage or something.

(Source: eviehartley)

iambicdearie:

1. msmeiriona said: You want to take Anglo-Saxon? What, someone itching to read Beowulf in the original?

How did you know what I was planning for winter quarter. 

No one had to tell me. Sometimes you just look at the shapes of things and realise what’s meant to go in the empty space they left behind.

…I think I’m channelling Mistress Weatherwax again. Sorry.

hellbettie:

So I’m going to start the discworld series is it really important to start with the first book? They only have #3

The first two are really one story in two parts, and can easily be skipped (though you may want to come back to them later)

Equal Rites is as good a place to start as any, one of my favourite characters is introduced in it.

Gonna have to sneak over to the neighbours and steal a sprig of lilac this weekend.

You who know why, good on you.

Warning with that cookie dough. That’s like, 4, 5 servings. You can’t eat too much in one sitting, holy overdose.

tickly-thetrollydwarf:

Whoever wants to eat cookie dough and not get salmonella. Here ya go!

For KAT! Look! No eggs… wait can you have milk?…

Just made, subbing in craisins because we have no chocolate chips. You may want to add a bit more milk than it says, if your brown sugar is rock solid like mine was, but otherwise, delicious!

(Source: dandelionpunx, via sparrowluvr2)

3 hours to recycle 50MB of pictures?

why is it that microsoft time estimates are always wrong to the point of being useless?

cameronesposito:

Seems like every 6 months or so - maybe once a year - there is a debate about rape jokes. Here’s how it goes:

A dude tells jokes about rape or deals with hecklers in way that includes rape. A woman hears these jokes or is the heckler. She publicly states that she is upset or didn’t like the joke or didn’t think it was funny or doesn’t think that particular joke really dealt with the topic seriously. And then the comic somehow takes that feedback & uses it to LOSE HIS MIND.

Other comics get on board & support the comic. For some reason a discussion about censorship breaks out, which really makes no sense since the audience member isn’t really in a position to censor anyone. Dude comics generally support the other dude comic’s right to tell a rape joke, without realizing rights weren’t being questioned, choices were. Chick comics support the dude comic or keep quiet - not wanting to be labeled stupid or bitchy or against their own community. Female audience member is labeled stupid or bitchy & publicly shamed by comics. Everyone moves on.

I personally don’t advocate for any topics being categorically off limits, because OF COURSE I DON’T. I’m a comic. I have talked about rape on stage. I do think, though, that when a comic is in a group of people largely unaffected by a topic, that comic should be able to do some extra work to make their jokes funny, relevant, well thought out. If you are a white comic talking about dealing with racism, or a straight comic talking about being uncomfortable in a gay neighborhood, or a dude talking about rape, you are asking for higher scrutiny.

You also get a greater reward - you get the built in laughs that come with chatting on a taboo topic. And there are plenty of angles on rape that affect dudes more - no one has ever thought I could possibly BE a rapist for instance, which is an angle I have heard dude comics use for huge laughs & it totally worked. There are always new jokes to tell on a topic or new angles to take.

IN THE END: tell the jokes you want to tell. But know that it makes you a better comic to have to either ignore criticism or defend yourself. This is the rest of all of our careers: success balanced with ignoring criticism or self-defense.

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME, though, if you, a dude comic, take a woman’s response to your rape joke & yell over it or call it censorship or persecution. If you say she couldn’t take what she got into. That she should know better. That she brought it on herself. When you do that, fine comic, you become just another dude ignoring a woman saying no.

Bolded the wham line. 

pamplemice:

msmeiriona:

…I can NOT believe I just had to write “I hate to be the Satan-hipster”

DAMNIT MILTON YOU SEE WHAT YOU DID TO ME? WHY DID I READ YOUR DAMN BOOK IN HIGHSCHOOL NO ONE ASSIGNED IT TO ME.

MILTON LAUGHS AT YOUR PAIN.

AND THEN WRITES PROSE ABOUT IT,  ASKING WHY AN OMNISCIENT AND OMNIPOTENT GOD WOULD ALLOW SUCH PAIN, AND IS IT PART OF HIS PLAN?

…But also writes stuff that allows for some really kinky smutfic to be written when both parties are angels, so I forgive him.

I’m sure someone doubts me when I say that. So for your reference

For Spirits, when they please,
Can either sex assume, or both; so soft
And uncompounded is their essence pure,
Not tied or manacled with joint or limb,
Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones,
Like cumbrous flesh; but, in what shape they choose,
Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure,
Can execute their aery purposes,
And works of love or enmity fulfil.

Which of course for the writers of fanfic means roughly….