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ok because I have wolf keum brainrot and chapter263 reconfirmed that he was practically unknown, prior to his entry to the union- i just wanna know what his backstory is (asking for the hundredth time).

like, it's so off that someone like wolf, who gets into fistfights regularly, managed to remain inconspicuous throughout middle school, enough that most people didn't even know what he looked like prior to his union debut. he has pastel purple hair.

the only plausible explanation i can think of is that he wasn't getting into fistfights regularly in middle school, which is also weird because every flashback we have of him from then is of him fighting?

I just realized something

help a trans woman get surgery maybe?

hey its pride month and idk about yall but I Could Use Some Life Altering Top Surgery!!!! i don’t think i’ll be able to raise the roughly 8,000 usd minimum needed for surgery directly off donations but every dollar counts! i got a temp job and was able to afford rent and bills this month, so i can at least put the donations into savings this summer and add to it til this job is over. idk. i’m tired of covering my mirrors ‘cause i don’t like looking at myself. i’ve got 400$ in savings to start my Boob Fund and if you want to help, i have donation links below! paypal.me/treesinspace / cash.me/$junabugs (p.s. send paypal donations as GIFT FOR FRIENDS/FAMILY, not PURCHASE, or paypal will think i’m a merchant and ask for tracking info)

I am apparently working on becoming a local cryptid at the store. Talents include:

Monitoring the changing of the seasons via mozzarella

Predicting the weather by picking up a piece of cheese and mysteriously saying “oh, the storm is gonna be bigger than we thought...” just before thunder

Mind reading, e.g. “Can you help me find a cheese? It’s called, uh... [starts fishing out shopping list]” “Gruyere?” “...yes O_o”

[Image ID:

A picture that says “A student once asked anthropologist Margaret Mead, “What is the earliest sign of civilization? The student expected her to say a clay pot, a grinding stone, or maybe a weapon. 

Margaret Mead thought for a moment, then she said, “A healed femur.”

The second picture is a news headline. It is bolded and a much larger font. “27-year-old who couldn’t afford $1,200 insulin copay dies after trying cheaper version.”

The third picture is the same font and size as the Margaret Mead quote. It’s a continuation. It says, “A femur is the longest bone in the body, linking hip to knee. In societies without the benefits of modern medicine, it takes about six weeks of rest for a fractured femur to heal. A healed femur shows that someone cared for the injured person, did their hunting and gathering, stayed with them, and offered physical protection and human companionship until the injury could mend.” 

The fourth picture is another headline. It is in a large and bolded type. “Dying man who couldn’t afford to go to hospital after vomiting blood"

The fifth picture is a screenshot of the Margaret Mead story.

Mead explained that where the law of the jungle—the survival of the fittest—rules, no healed femurs are found. The first sign of civilization is compassion, seen in a healed femur. 

The next screenshot is of a slightly different font. The letters are pointier and the lines are a little curvier. It says, “Susan Finley returned to her job at a Walmart retail store in Grand Junction Colorado, after having to call in sick because she was recovering from pneumonia.

The day after she returned, the fifty three  year old received her ten year associate award — and was simultaneously laid off, according to her family. She had taken off one day beyond what is permitted by Walmart’s attendance policy.

After losing her job in May 2016, Finley also lost her health insurance coverage and struggled to find a new job. Three months later, Finley was found dead in her apartment after avoiding going to see a doctor for flu-like symptoms. 

A screenshot of a bold, bigger headline. It says ‘The house always wins’: Insurers’ record profits.

A final screenshot of smaller text with a slightly gray background. It says “We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.” /end ID.] 

honestly, if Donald had to die for the sake of the plot, the truck was not the way to go. He could've died of internal bleeding from all the hits he took. He could've died of an incidental overdose of his medication because he wasn't put together after the fight. He could've purposefully attempted suicide instead of dying by happenstance. You can tell he wasn't all there when he stood in the middle of the road and refused to move, but still. I don't like it.

The Goncharov meme is such a fun little spotlight on how people view media. Like, fake academic analysis about a movie that doesn't exist. Cool. But that's only the first level.

Next you have posts recreating a modern tumblr audience "discovering" an older piece of media and engaging with it through the lens of fan culture. Particularly tumblr-specific fan culture. Particularly in a way that feels like it got its blueprint from Dracula Daily. (Shitposts and memes, intense love for the most prominent female character, reads of complex romantic dynamics between characters, etc.)

Then you get fake discourse about the fake fan response to a fake movie that are quietly complaining about real ways real people respond to real media. I.e., America-centric readings, shallow, shipping-based readings, fans lionizing a protagonist not meant to be admired, etc.

(My personal favorite are posts that recreate the experience of being told a piece of media is so gay, you guys, only to watch it and find it isn't even remotely, that fans who wanted queer subtext wrung blood from a stone and thoroughly misled you.)

I also like the extra-meta ones about "this obscure movie being recently re-discovered," fake film history about copyright battles or the original cut being suppressed, etc. And of course, Johnny fucking Truant is here to give his editorial take on it, as he should be.

Pale Fire, House of Leaves, Goncharov. Humanity is such that every now and then we need to get really invested in fake arguments about a piece of media that doesn't exist.

“who cares about death note after L died” so sorry you’re not a fan of serving cunt </3

🥀🔪 SPOOKY BOOKS FOR AUTUMN 2022 👻🏚️

hi guys. I really like books right now. have you heard about books? I’d like to talk to you about some spooky books

SPOOKY 

Horror but like LIGHT not too much

Bound Feet - **initially forgot this gem !!** a novella where two women break into a Chinese Garden and Ghost Museum at night !!

Our Wives Under the Sea - this is very literary light on the horror, about a woman’s wife coming back wrong from a Marianas Trench investigation

Weird Horror #3 and #4 - I love this magazine. it has the exact kind of horror story I like, more interested in intriguing you than disturbing you. I’ve only read 3 and 4 so far but I’m sure they’re all good.   

Goddess of Filth - this is an unique possession tale. A group of Mexican American girls hold a seance that allows a goddess to possess one of them, but their real enemy… CATHOLICISM

My Heart is a Chainsaw - it’s Stephen Graham Jones. you cannot go wrong with SGJ, but this is the most for tumblr of his works. Jade is a very traumatized teen who loves horror movies and life becomes one

Come Closer - this is Possession Horror at its finest, told from the perspective of the woman being possessed 

The Carrow Haunt - a group of paranormal enthusiasts all stay at a haunted house ! somehow gives warm hug found family coffee shop vibes even while bodies are dropping. 

You Should Have Left - apparently now a movie with Kevin Bacon. haven’t seen it, but enjoy this book for the style and execution. screenwriter on a vacation in a house that should have never been built where it has been built…  

What Moves the Dead - a retelling of the Fall of the House of Usher with a nb protagonist, very gothic without being too scary 

A Head Full of Ghosts - a possession story where a family welcomes a reality tv crew into their home to film their possessed daughter

A Dowry of Blood - give it up for a book entirely about Dracula’s polycule aka his wives and husband. horror in the sense of domestic abuse. 

Hide and Seeker - I will add a middle grade horror book bc I want to support the kids getting their horror. this one gives creepy rhymes and child abduction 

Miss Dark Academia

Catherine House - so you want DARK dark academia? look no further. this is nihilistic and brimming with dread. not for lovers of plot

BUNNY - Welcome to the Smut Salon. is this horror? you decide. the first third of this book is incredible and the rest of it . I have no idea 

The Atlas Six - this is if you want dark academic magic grad school. I can’t decide if this is a Recommendation exactly, but I was entertained the whole time 

Hot weather halloween-y tales (for those of you in warm climates who still want to get spooky)

The Ballad of Perilous Graves - urban fantasy sent in New Orleans where music is magic, you got paintbodies (ppl getting high on graffiti), cemeteries, haints, sky trolleys, children tasked with finding the nine magic songs that keep Nola alive, and a trans man POV character going through it. it gives kids halloween. 

okay so I recently read The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, perfect if you want gothic jungle drama scifi and can handle some heterosexual nonsense. I loved the cenote and the hybrids, but I still think the best book from this author is yes Mexican Gothic

HORROR horror like. horror

Tell Me I’m Worthless - the haunted house IS fascism in the UK. the protagonists are a trans woman and a terf. showstopping. incredible. I enjoyed the whole thing. SO many trigger warnings. 

The Silent Companions - historical fiction where wooden cutout props of people are pretty scary, this book somehow managed to accomplish jump scares

Your Body is Not Your Body - an anthology of weird body horror, proceeds go to trans youth in Texas. very literary and bite-sized. 

We Are Here To Hurt Each Other - if you’re excited for new Hellraiser, and like gooey and gory, give this collection a try.

Helpmeet - returning to an abandoned orchard in 1900s New York might make you think oh a simple gothic tale? No. Nothing will prepare you

The Last House on Needless Street - it’s best to go into this book knowing nothing. all I can say is it is a truly wild time

HOT OFF THE PRESS aka new books I can’t wait to get my paws on

House of Hunger - we’ve got gothic manor house we’ve got blood maids look at that cover I also hear it’s maybe lesbionic ? 

Leech - gothic science fiction, something weird and queer happening in an isolated chateau. say no more.