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#RainbowRoad for Rainbow Railroad Charity Drive

CLICK HERE TO PREORDER

Hello, everyone!

As you may know, a couple of years ago I wrote a Good Omens fic called Sit Tight, Take Hold. It kicked off an amazing friendship with a group of people who have now come together to organize a fundraiser to support an LGBTQ+ non-profit.

I'm really excited to announce that we are running a charity drive to support Rainbow Railroad alongside the release Good Omens Season 2 and the third and final part of the #rainbowroad series, Fools Rush In.

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What is Rainbow Railroad?

Rainbow Railroad is a non-profit organization that works to relocate at-risk LGBTQ+ individuals to safety globally.

"As a result of Rainbow Railroad, more LGBTQI+ individuals can access lives free from persecution, and ultimately, we envision a world where LGBTQI+ people can live lives of their choosing, free from persecution."

If you've read STTH and AALS, you may remember that Formula 1 visits a multitude of countries that have poor human rights and are unfriendly to LGBTQ+ individuals. I vacillated between many charity organizations before settling on this one, which encompasses the global nature of the #rainbowroad universe and some of the challenges the characters face. Thank you, @kookaburra-laugh, for suggesting this charity!


Great! How can I help?

@dustandhalos, @blairamok, and @cinnabarmint are releasing prints of their art for #rainbowroad on Etsy. Art options include:

a. A 5x7 postcard pack of 6 prints featured in STTH!

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b. An 12x18 poster of Crowley's C8ZR1 from part two, Accept A Little Spin

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c. And last but not least, an 18x24 print of Ezira's signed Anthony Fucking Crowley poster.

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[Preview images are protected with anti-AI cloaking technology Glaze, and may depict slight pixelation and/or distortion. Printed art will not depict this distortion.]

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. WE ARE PRINTING SIT TIGHT, TAKE HOLD. Thank you, again, to @blairamok, who made the astounding cover art.

I will update everyone once I get the physical proof, but the book includes 428 pages incorporating the tumblr posts, news articles, and text messages. The dimensions will be 6x9x1, printed in color on 80lb matte paper.

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How does this work?

CLICK HERE TO PREORDER

Preorders open TODAY and will run for a month until Friday 9/1. Once preorders close, we will submit the orders to the various printers. All proceeds will go to Rainbow Railroad, minus the cost of printing and shipping orders. We hope to start shipping out merch mid to late-September. Depending on how many orders we get will depend on how quickly we can ship everything out, but we will keep you posted once preorders close.

Hopefully, if you order something and live in the US, it will arrive by the time Fools Rush In finishes posting on 10/13.🤞🤞🤞 We will be shipping internationally as well!


What if I can't afford to order anything?

That's okay! Please reblog this post so more people can see it. It will bring more attention to the charity drive and more attention to Rainbow Railroad!


What the heck is #rainbowroad?

#rainbowroad is a trilogy about our favorite Good Omens characters reimagined as Formula 1 drivers. I have no idea how this came into my head beyond binging Good Omens and Drive to Survive at the same time. The final part of the main trilogy, Fools Rush In, is currently posting and slated to end on 10/13. It is COMPLETE.

Thank you to my friends and all the readers who have made this possible! I am so excited to share this with you. Please reblog to boost awareness. If you have specific questions, shoot me an ask!

Massive thanks to @dustandhalos, @blairamok, @cinnabarmint, and @kookaburra-laugh for making this possible!

ni <3

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The proof came a couple hours after posting!

Apologies, I am not a photographer. This thing weighs 2 lbs!

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joey-wheeler-official

there aren’t enough posts going around about the swedish cryptid known as the skvader which is a rabbit with pheasant wings and also a very good boy.

joey-wheeler-official

like this one dude just made a fake taxidermy and spread it around as a hoax for a good ass while and it lead to this really cool fantasy creature and i am genuinely dissapointed that it never gets used in anything

joey-wheeler-official

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THE BOY

vr-trakowski

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Rabbirds, by the amazing @tkingfisher/Ursula Vernon (source).  

songofkeys

The lack of skvaders is particularly frustrating when you realize it forms the third point of a wonderful cryptid trifecta.

You got the jackalopes, which are rabbits with antlers.

And you got the wolpertingers, which are rabbits with antlers and wings.

And then… what? Do you escalate? That’s unbalanced, those two rabbit cryptids don’t have the same number of extra things, the wolpertinger is clearly the jackalope But More.

BUT with the skvader on the other side, balance is restored. Antler rabbit, winged rabbit, winged antler rabbit. It’s a classic Venn diagram of imaginary lapine beasts, and it’s only complete if you acknowledge the fucking skvader.

Good thing Ursula’s got our back, at least.

gallusrostromegalus

This is a really excellent point and I applaud your advancements in Cryptid Theory.

magathapai

Gentleman, if I might add:

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joey-wheeler-official

yes you may add this

thebestworstidea

I think balance in crypdids is VERY IMPORTANT.

ngkiscool
Anonymous asked:

Hi!

What do you think of the Outlander series?

Have a great day!

ayeforscotland answered:

It is definitely book and tv series. That is for sure.

I’m not a huge fan, protagonist is a cringe self-insert and the whole thing comes across as pretty fetishising.

Tune into @theayesphere on Sundays and you can ask @thebibliosphere how she feels about it. She absolutely *adores* Outlander and could excitedly talk about it for hours.

thebibliosphere

Lmao, lies and slander.

sarkycat

Did @thebibliosphere not serve whatsherface in a café and gently trash her books because she didn't know what she looked like? Or did I just make that up in my head?

thebibliosphere

No, that was me. Though I’m on mobile and can’t find the link.

The annoying thing for me is that it has So many elements I enjoy. Period costume, time travel, romance, conflicted loyalties, history!

And it’s just this rambling, colonizer-apologist, homophobic, ‘righteous white woman’ self-insert tedium fest based on Dr. Who fanfic by an author who once compared fanfic to rape.

So frustrating.

thebibliosphere

I apologize for the psychic damage I'm about to inflict on Jamie Fraser fans, but yes. James Fraser is based, sorry, "inspired" by a Doctor Who character called Jamie Robert McCrimmon, a Scottish Highlander from the mid-18th century who gets taken out of his time by the Doctor and his other companion, a dark-haired, extremely pretty scientist by the name of Zoe Heriot who is always the smartest person in the room and has an answer for everything. (Sound like anyone else we know?)

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To a cynical observer, even this still of Jamie dragging Zoey may look remarkably similar to the TV Outlander marketing posters, though the characters' positions are reversed.

McCrimmon is a very two-dimensional Scottish stereotype, though often a fan favorite of old Whovians. He wears a kilt all the time, speaks in a heavily fake Scottish accent, and is always looking for someone to fight while shouting his clan motto at every given opportunity.

There's some debate over his official timeline story; as we all know, the Who timelines can get a little wobbly-wobbly, but he's last seen running toward a redcoat at the battle of Culloden as his time-traveling friends slip away to safety.

Outlander fans who are aware of how Jamie and Claire's storyline plays out may wish to make the Lisa Simpson staring at a plate meme face right now.

Also, I misspoke. Gabaldon hasn't only compared fanfic to rape. She also compared it to selling children into white slavery. (source-ish, sorry. She's paid a lot of money to have her bad takes scrubbed from the Internet, so all we have is screenshots on other people's blogs.) She's since recanted her views somewhat, but only because fandom tore her a new arsehole the size of the Grand Canyon.

To anyone who is a firm Outlander fan-- that's honestly fine. I don't care. You can enjoy what you enjoy. I'm not here to tell anyone they can't enjoy their fave blorbos.

I just have beef with the author and wish her books were better. A lot better.

unpretty

voyager is the funniest outlander novel because it's the one where she gets astonishingly passive-aggressive about romance novels and also people who point out that her books could probably actually stand to be shorter

book screenshot: I let out a whoop and lost my grasp on the book, which slid off my lap and fell on the floor with a plop near Dr. Abernathy’s feet. “Excuse me,” I murmured, and bent to retrieve it, my face flaming. As I came up with The Impetuous Pirate in my sweaty grasp, though, I saw that far from preserving his usual austere mien, Dr. Abernathy was grinning widely. “Let me guess,” he said. “Valdez just teased aside the membrane of her innocence?” “Yes,” I said, breaking out into helpless giggling again. “How did you know?” “Well, you weren’t too far into it,” he said, taking the book from my hand. His short, blunt fingers flicked the pages expertly. “It had to be that one, or maybe the one on page 73, where he laves her pink mounds with his hungry tongue.” “He what?” “See for yourself.” He thrust the book back into my hands, pointing to a spot halfway down the page. Sure enough, “ … lifting aside the coverlet, he bent his coal-black head and laved her pink mounds with his hungry tongue. Tessa moaned and …” I gave an unhinged shriek. “You’ve actually read this?” I demanded, tearing my eyes away from Tessa and Valdez.ALT
book screenshot: “Do you think that the size of the book is justified by the complexity of the story?” Grey asked, leaning forward to light a cheroot from the candle on the sideboard. “It must after all be a great expense to the publisher, as well as requiring a substantial effort from the reader, a book of that length.” Fraser smiled. He did not smoke himself, but had chosen to drink port this evening, claiming that to be the only drink whose taste would be unaffected by the stink of tobacco. “What is it—twelve hundred pages? Aye, I think so. After all, it is difficult to sum up the complications of a life in a short space with any hope of constructing an accurate account.” “True. I have heard the point made, though, that the novelist’s skill lies in the artful selection of detail. Do you not suppose that a volume of such length may indicate a lack of discipline in such selection, and hence a lack of skill?” Fraser considered, sipping the ruby liquid slowly. “I have seen books where that is the case, to be sure,” he said. “An author seeks by sheer inundation of detail to overwhelm the reader into belief. In this case, however, I think it isna so. Each character is most carefully considered, and all the incidents chosen seem necessary to the story. No, I think it is true that some stories simply require a greater space in which to be told.” He took another sip and laughed.ALT
thebibliosphere

She's so desperate to not be a romance author while desperately wanting the voracious readership and revenue of romance readers that made her famous.

I remember a story about how the publisher decided to classify the paperbacks as romance, and she immediately protested because her book would be seen as lesser by critics (an actual problem in the industry, but one any romance author worth their salt is willing to spill blood over) and then she had the audacity to insist that the covers be "tasteful" to reflect the high brow content and like girly pop, have you read your own work?

Like, tell me you're not like other girls without telling me you're not like other girls.

ngkiscool
kinkstertime: “ gotosweep: “ shadeddaxion: “ goomba-oasis: “ poison-liker: “ gotosweep: “ new ebbits! new site! ” this is probably my favourite comic of all time jsyk ” can someone explain this to me? ” Sure thing! For convenience I’ll refer to the...
gotosweep

new ebbits! new site!

poison-liker

this is probably my favourite comic of all time jsyk

goomba-oasis

can someone explain this to me?

shadeddaxion

Sure thing! For convenience I’ll refer to the guy with his arms in his pockets as SG (shorter guy) and the one on the computer as TG (taller guy).

In the first panel, SG sees TG playing on the computer and is disappointed. SG puts a lot of value in the idea of “making things,” specifically “art,” and thinks TG is just wasting their time

So he asks them if they wouldn’t rather be “making something” instead of just playing games and listening to music, implying that TG isn’t doing anything worthwhile or creative with their time

But TG replies that “interpreting is generative,” meaning that even if they spend their time just doing fun stuff, the mere act of enjoying something is creating an experience and an interpretation. Talking about something, dancing to music or sharing a piece of art with your friends IS “making something,” and each of those can be worthwhile and artistic.

SG leaves, complaining he “can’t be an auteur of [interpretation].” Auteur is a movie term that refers to a filmmaker with artistic control and vision enough to be considered essentially the singular creator of the resulting work of art. Turns out, SG doesn’t just want to “make things,” he wants to make things he and others see as “important.” He wants to make art not for the sake of art, but for the sake of being recognized and praised for his art.


This comic really speaks to elitism within the artistic community, the idea that art needs to meet certain standards to be considered art. SG’s viewpoint is really traditionalist, that art need to be “approved” and validated in order to be considered “really art;” while TG recognizes that art can be as little as just talking about what you love.

TLDR: Art is for everyone, not just some sort of social “artistic elite.”

gotosweep

ooh i love the explanation

kinkstertime

Rebloging for that in depth and not even a little snarky explanation. 10/10

consultingbeekeepers
lgbtunis

i recommend every history student to play the appropriate assassin’s creed game before starting to learn about a subject bc it makes everything 10000% funnier like. hey. i know this guy. he had an unresolved yet undeniable homoerotic sexual tension with my favorite video game man. what’s he doing here.

lgbtunis

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ok steven universe pfp

this post is for sure about leonardo isnt it lolbut also ac: ii was so accurate my friend who lived in florence made me run around so she could show me which block she lived onand how to get to her favorite spotsso there's that