Hm

thinking about when i was small, how my mom told me that pipe cleaners were just a tool until people started idly shaping things with them and it grew so popular that they were marketed as crafting materials. and that story about how the original frisbees were disposable pie plates that students flattened to throw. and how when i was a child i had a wooden mancala set with shiny, colorful stones, but on invention it was played with rocks and grooves dug into the dirt. and middle school, paper football and tic-tac-toe and mash and mad libs, games that just need pen and paper. and before that, games of pretend with pirates and princes and masked marauders. how at slumber parties after lights out, we used to whisper storytelling games, i say one sentence and you say the next. and shadow puppets. and the way all the kids in the neighborhood used to divide into teams and throw fallen pine cones at one another. and the floor is lava game, and the quiet game, and the games i play with my coworkers that are just words and retention. and "put a finger down" on the high school bus. and little girls clapping together, and how the first jump-rope was undoubtedly just a length of rope who knows how long ago, and how natural it is to play, how we seek play at every age and with any resources we have and with whatever time we can squeeze it into in a day. i'm not an anthropologist or a psychologist but i think after food and shelter and water and air what comes next is games and stories and laughter. i think that there is nothing -- not sex or fighting or forming unlikely bonds with animals -- there is nothing more human than to play.

For anyone who joined the fandom “late” and doesn’t know all the lore, or those simply wanting to re-watch it

Theres this channel on youtube called BlueberryTV who has been uploading all the Dream SMP stuff in order FROM THE VERY BEGINNIGN OF THE SERVER, and cutting it down into mostly 20-40 minute videos, showing funny highlights, important lore bits, and all the POVs

as of the date posting this (18th April) the channel isnt even up to the pogtopia arc, and it posts videos every few days, so you can easily watch-along as new videos are released without feelign overwhelmed with having to catch up on hours and hours of lore

they also do videos of Tales From The SMP and also some summary videos etc etc

i just figured id share this, because this is a whole lot of work, well made and edited, and also its easily-digestible for people who want to see older content from the smp for whatever reason

can we all stop with the whole “wilbur streamed as damage control” thing cuz like,, man doesn’t even check twitter i doubt he even knew discourse was happening. as someone who also doesn’t check twitter i didn’t know there was discourse until like 5 minutes ago ok thanks bye

Listen, I didn’t want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smolder.

I commissioned @all-things-geekie to combine my two favorite fictional characters of all time into one and I will never stop screaming over how beautiful the result is

I will never get tired of dragons but honestly I’m ready for more fantasy protagonists to ride around on giant flying sea slugs

A progress in both art and love

I know the running gag of Sokka being bad at art throughout his life is popular in the fandom, but it doesn’t sit well with me tbh. He loves making art, he does it a lot, why wouldn’t he get better at it? Also I think it’s much easier to draw what you love, so yeah... Sokka draws Zuko a lot❤️

i felt like there wasn’t enough polyam trio art memes so i decided to make my own <3 self indulgence be damned

❤️💛💙

( feel free to share and tag me in any of the cute art you make i would love to see!!! 🥺💕)

okay so ranboo was playing gorn and i started think about gladiator ranboo and then i started making gladiator ranboo and wait hold on where are you going come back-

(reblog pls&thx!!!)

crash

sokka: did you tell anyone we were dating while i was gone?

zuko: yes, sokka, because i have no self-control, i told the entire nation that we're dating

sokka: sorry, zuko, no need for the sarcasm

zuko: no, i'm serious. i have no self-control and i told the entire nation that we're dating