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Okay, this might be too much, some details re: Gem society may be headcanon:

Name: Spinel

Appearance: Kinda tall, average width (slightly thin for her height). More angular than curvy. Hands with long, slender fingers. Chin-length hair she doesn’t really do anything with, on a vaguely rounded-rectangular head. Two eyes. Red-orange skin, brown hair. Brown gem at base of neck.

Clothing: Amber polo with a folded down collar over a brown undershirt. Polo has a white diamond patch with her facet and cut (4S3E and 7DH, respectively). Dark brown pants, red low-cut flat boots.

What Spinels Do: Spinels handle security inspections, both routine and otherwise. They vary more than most in rank, as this is something that needs to be done at all most levels of the chain of command. Our particular Spinel is around a Jasper on the chain of command, but some are barely higher than Rubies (mostly ones who’ve messed up), while a few lucky ones may well report directly to a Diamond’s second in command. Their internal security job puts them under both White and Yellow Diamond’s purview, but they take their orders more from White Diamond. 

Personality: Spinel is a diligent worker and loyal Gem, almost to a fault. Most Spinels are not known for thinking outside the box; it’s not that they can’t, it’s that they won’t until they’ve extensively tried every single in-the-box idea. Our Spinel is like this too, albeit to a lesser degree. When not on the job, Spinel is formal, but not overly so. She is very respectful to and ready to take orders from anyone who seems to be above her on the chain of command, even if informally or temporarily so; otherwise, she is polite but slightly dismissive, not much of a conversationalist. Around friends, her formal demeanor slips only a bit, and she develops a somewhat wry sense of humor. On the job, though, she is very focused; she does not talk except in short, job-related sentences and does not like interruptions. She gets snippy when frustrated. Dislikes rule-breakers, has nothing but revulsion for people who don’t obey their own rules. Currently very loyal to White Diamond.

Notable Skills/Abilities: Spinel is highly adept at noticing things that seem out of place or otherwise not how they should be, though she may not know exactly how they’re supposed to be. She has an excellent memory for rules and procedures, and while she may not have an intuitive understanding of how a thing works, she is quite good at delicate or intricate technical tasks so long as nothing comes along that she doesn’t know how to do. Our Spinel is slowly getting better at the intuitive understanding thing where machines are concerned. Capable of fighting in a pinch (uses large letter openers), but not the best at it. Probably not completely terrible at being in charge and making the decisions, but probably not great at it either (she hasn’t really been in that position much if at all).

Current Task: Our Spinel was on the way to do a semi-important inspection at a relatively new gem colony after receiving distinctly nonstandard reports, but has been stranded (on Earth, maybe?) for reasons and has no means of contacting anyone. Is kinda freaking out.

AN OFFER

EVER WONDERED WHAT YOUR GEMSONA WOULD LOOK LIKE IN CHUUBO’S MARVELOUS WISH-GRANTING ENGINE?

OKAY, YOU PROBABLY HAVEN’T. BUT BECAUSE I’M FEELING GENEROUS RIGHT NOW I THOUGHT I’D MAKE THE OFFER ANYWAY: GEMSONAS AND GEM OC’S STATTED UP, FREE OF CHARGE.

BEAR IN MIND THAT FOR THIS I’M GOING TO NEED PERSONALITY DETAILS AND POWERS MORE THAN APPEARANCE: WHAT THEY DO, WHERE THEY’RE GOING, HOW THEY DO IT.

that works

Describe your life in two words

I’m late

This describes like 90% of the stuff I like.

there are some things that you’re like “everyone must experience this thing and everyone will love it” and then there are things where you’re like “this is a great thing but in order to really appreciate it you have to fit criteria A-G, H is optional but preferred and still there’s only a 60% chance you’ll actually like it”

Reblogging because reasons.

ADORABLE EXCITED BOUNCING SENSHI

MAY NOT SURVIVE SCENE

SEND HELP

This is a perfectly reasonable reaction to pizza.

I can't recall any of the innuendo and such at the moment, but I know there's a lot and any english student who didn't think Shakespeare was awesome had a terrible teacher. Or no appreciation for lowbrow humor in Shakespearean English.

As I recall, Shakespeare was the originator of the euphemism of the "beast with two backs". Courtesy of Iago from Othello, I believe. Among other things.

Shakespeare would seriously laugh so hard if he found out how seriously people take his works. Like, he would probably cry from laughing so hard if you told him that his plays were considered high-brow literature. “It’s all dick jokes and sword fights,” he’d say, “do they seriously tell my dick jokes to schoolchildren? And the kids aren’t allowed to laugh? Do the teachers know they’re telling dick jokes? Oh my god that’s fucking hilarious. Wait until I tell Anne.”

We are the NetBorg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

Half Minute Hero 2 is awesome. I especially liked Yuja's ending. 

The balloon one. Just...the balloon one.

Something about normally innocent things being used in this kind of imagery just makes it creepier.

alexandreev's eerie illustrations will keep you up at night. 

Don’t believe us? Click through to his Gallery.

I'm not sure what's more surprising, that this is a thing, or that this was not a thing long before now.

Would be nicer with less people, though.

Twitch Plays Pokemon is the wildest thing I have ever watched and I frankly can’t stop.

If you’ve been living under a rock (or you’re just not up on Pokemon news, that could be a thing, in which case, your life must be so very sad), there’s a Twitch chat room with far too many people in it undergoing what the creator refers to as a “social experiment.” Each person in the chat submits a command they want the player to do and, with a 20-30 second delay, the Pokemon Trainer does the command.

It’s made it the most frustrating game of Pokemon ever played but also the best. Because they’ve been playing for five days straight, have four badges, and have somehow maneuvered two cave mazes.

Due to the delay and trolls, we have often found our poor trainer opening his menu, checking his bag, and looking to the Helix Fossil he acquired in Mount Moon. 

Which of course, does nothing.

But in the middle of a Pokemon battle, better open my bag and check on the Helix Fossil.

About to cut down a tree. Better open my bag and check on the Helix Fossil.

I’m trying to enter this cave. Gosh, I need to make sure I haven’t dropped my Helix Fossil.

The people in the chat room have come to the conclusion that the Helix Fossil is an artifact of the Pokemon Trainer’s religion and that his ultimate goal is to resurrect Omanyte from the fossil.

Oh yes, they’ve brought religion into the game.

Even to the point where, when players in the chat were discussing that they needed a Pokemon to learn Surf, some had said “Let’s just wait until we get a Lapras later in the game. That just gets handed to us and will be much easier to do and we won’t run the risk of needing to deposit anybody in the PC and accidentally releasing anybody.” (We’ve already accidentally released our starter, so our current strongest Pokemon is a Pidgeot we call Based Pidgeot or Bird Jesus) 

Others said “Let’s pick up the Eevee from Celadon Town! We’ll go to the Department Store, buy a Water Stone, and get a Vaporeon! It will be much better.”

We wasted all of our money on 8 Poke Dolls and an accidentally purchased Fire Stone.

Flareon has been called a heretic in this game.

Flareon is literally Satan to these players.

You weren’t there for the Celadon Department Store, okay. We got lost in there for one whole day and I watched it happen. It was awful. The work we put into getting this dumbass Flareon was awful.

So, we had to deposit Flareon in the PC because he was utterly useless. Which was when we accidentally released our Charmeleon.

The players determined this was simply what the Helix Fossil wanted and we had to trust in our Bird Jesus and never follow false gods again. Just let Lapras happen. Trust in the Helix Fossil.

Now, the players had been stuck in Rocket Hideout on those damn moving arrows for exactly two days. So the creator instated a chatroom based vote where you could decide on anarchy—the way we had been playing the whole time with individual players participating in a free-for-all—or democracy.

If 75% of the players had agreed on one form of governing, that was the system we were currently using in chat.

Democracy involves each player submitting a command and the game tallying to see which action is voted for most and popular vote wins.

This game has user-inserted religion and now creator inserted government.

The players spend so much time arguing over which form of government to use that we often get nowhere.

This is the weirdest virtual reality based Japanese RPG I have ever seen.

I have no idea what kind of social experiment the person who created this chat room is trying to do—they wish to remain anonymous—but this is positively delicious mayhem and I may never see this many people excited about a game made in 1996 again.

Reblogging because this is still really great.

Oh Billy, you look so small right there…

This is beautiful and awesome.

I want a novel. A full length novel. 

Books have been written about far less worthwhile ideas.

this comic affects me in so many ways

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This is amazing and involves good art. Reblogging now and forever.

:Please check this project out!!

Bettersupes is an art project by eyeburst where they draw superheros based on outfits and ideas put together by little girls.  It’s such a cool project, please go show them some love. Girls Rock! 

FANDOMS OF TUMBLR

so i'm doing a little social network-y experiment which involves knowing the most popular (meaning most members in) the fandoms of different networks! so if you could reblog this by December 25th (christmas day) and add a tick mark next to the fandom you're in! if yours is not on the list please add it with a tick mark next to it indicating you're part of the one you've added! that's all and thank you so much!

Doctor Who: ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Harry Potter: ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Teen Wolf: ||||||||||||||||||||||||

Game of Thrones: |||

Orange Is The New Black: |||||

Glee: ||||||||||

Supernatural: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Once Upon a Time: ||||||||||||||||

One Tree Hill: |

Orphan Black: |||||

New Girl: |||

The Vampire Diaries: ||||||||||

Grey's Anatomy: ||||

Pretty Little Liars: |||||||||||

American Horror Story: |||||||||||

The Hunger Games: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Divergent: |||||||||||||

Sherlock: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Justin Bieber: |

The Wanted: |

Les Miserables: |||||||||

Nerdfighters: ||||||||

Cirque du Freak: ||||

Next to Normal: |

RENT: ||||

Wicked: |||

Starkid: ||||||||

Dollhouse: |

The Mentalist: |||

Torchwood: ||||||||

Hannibal: ||||

Castle: |||||

Marvel: |||||||||||||||||

Disney: ||||||||||

Attack on titan: |||||||||||

Homestuck: ||||||||||||||||

Hetalia: ||||||

Free!: |||||

Rooster Teeth/Achievement Hunter: ||||

The Lorax: ||||

The Walking Dead:|||

Transformers: |||||

Nancy Drew: |

Okami: |||

Criminal Minds: ||

Rise of the Guardians: |||||

EDM: ||||

Captainsparklez: |||

Team Crafted: |||

Tilda Swinton risked arrest waving a rainbow flag in front of the Kremlin in violation of Russia’s new homosexual propaganda bill. And she wants everyone who can to reblog it in solidarity.

Guys please reblog this, it won’t ruin your blog, this is important

18.

my sister says she’s getting teased at her school for liking pokemon. shes in fifth grade. my mom is telling her that she’s too old to be playing pokemon. my sister is 10. My mom said ‘Pokemon is geared towards a younger audience.’ But I’m 15, in high...

You and I both. Let's get on it, shall we?

i just realized how badly i fucked up by not drawing update art when i had the chance. because now, i only have one more chance.

This would be a wonderful thing. Signal boost, for what it's worth.

dude

duuuude

what if, during this final hiatus, we voice acted ALL of homestuck?

I just want to say I did it

but I also realize that that is a very daunting task

who is willing to undertake it and see how far it goes?

It will.

The Harry Potter fandom persevered, and I dare say that we are more passionate than they. Who knows, having a finished story that can be analyzed and discussed in full could be a benefit. Besides, it's not like Mr. Hussie is going away. MSPA will be around for a while longer, acting as a reminder of the awesomeness we partook in.

People will continue to make fanart. People will continue to discuss it. We will make fanstuff, the fanstuff will help add to the fanbase, the additional fans might make more fanstuff and so on. This family will not stagnate and crumble, not for a long time. As long as there is electricity in our computers, lead in our pencils, ideas in our minds and fire in our hearts, we will create. We will discuss. We will analyze. We will inspire and be inspired.

That said, with Andrew contributing less, we as a fandom will really have to step up our game, so to speak. To survive, we will need to make awesome things of all kinds. We will need to make fanworks good enough to support the fandom themselves. The fandom may become a different beast altogether. If we can manage it, it will be glorious.

I'm almost looking forward to the end.

OKAY YOU GUYS

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FREAKING OUT BECAUSE OF THE GIGAPAUSE

I THINK THIS AS CALM AS I CAN GET FOR NOW

BUT IVE BEEN THINKING IT OVER AND

WHATEVER HAPPENS AFTER THE GIGAPAUSE AND WHETHER THERE IS A NEW COMIC AFTER OR NOT THE FANDOM IS NOT JUST GOING TO DIE OFF

WE ARE A FUCKING FAMILY A FUCKING OHANA 

WE CAN MAKE WITTY FANDOM RELATED PUNS AND CRY OVER HAPPY MEMORIES THE REST OF OUR LIVES

IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY GUYS PLEASE SOMEONE SAY IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY

A few parts yeah, but it can be grindy as hell.

this game is bullshit, you have to go through a tutorial until level 18, and your stats start to go down after level 30 not to mention the romance mini-game is hard as fuck

So many people.

REBLOG IF YOU ARE A HOMESTUCK

I need to know for reasons

Heh heh heh.

REBLOG IF YOU'RE A HOMESTUCK

So this chick at school said that out of all the tumblr fandoms Homestcuk was the smallest and the dumbest. Prove her wrong.

Please don't.

Reblog if you care if I deleted my blog

Yesssss!

Who now has the original 2 Kingdom Hearts games? And Re:COM? In addition to 358/2 Days and Re:Coded being already owned?

I do. Yes. YES. 

I may be becoming a fanboy.

Who are you kidding, of course he would. Hussie is to ships as the centre of the Sun is to snowflakes.

“But please try to be quiet in case the green beast is still nearby!”

oh no

hussie

you wouldnt

I like how this turned out. A few more editing options might have been nice, but whatever.

SHE WILL EAT YOUR SOUL. On a more serious note, I like how Aradia's being characterized here. Not necessarily evil or a threat, but still unsettling.

the best part of the update