Musings of Geeky Nerd

I adore the way fan fiction writers engage with and critique source texts, by manipulating them and breaking their rules. Some of it is straight-up homage, but a lot of [fan fiction] is really aggressive towards the source text. One tends to think of it as written by total fanboys and fangirls as a kind of worshipful act, but a lot of times you’ll read these stories and it’ll be like ‘What if Star Trek had an openly gay character on the bridge?’ And of course the point is that they don’t, and they wouldn’t, because they don’t have the balls, or they are beholden to their advertisers, or whatever. There’s a powerful critique, almost punk-like anger, being expressed there—which I find fascinating and interesting and cool.

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—	Lev Grossman (via theadventuresofcargline) This is very true - I’ve seen innumerable fanfics of people saying, “I could do this better than they did.” And quite frequently, they do. (via lil-miss-choc)

giddy-stratospheres:

war kills people from the inside out sometimes

“In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.”

i think i’ve posted this before but it’s so powerful

“I always thought it’s way more important to be funny or to be honest than to look a certain way.”

I love Emma Stone. That is all.

shieldhumanresourcesdept:

dr-kara:

truxillogical:

Clint Barton and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

(Alternative title: “Clint Barton and the Day That Went Pretty Much Like Every Other Day”)

A portfolio piece I did for some practice. It’s been thoroughly picked apart by a bunch of artists who know what they’re talking about by now, so I can see the myriad flaws that I’ll need to work on for the next one. But it still amuses me, and if nothing else, like so many things, it was a learning experience. And hey, look, Derec—I broke out of the grid.

omg this is awesome!!!

//perfection//

jaeufm:

craftynerdgirl:

blurringtheliness:

God, why are all the Peter Pans so perfect.

These are all adorable!

Does it say on the application to be Peter Pan you must be a wonderful person? Because it seems they hire them.

wilwheaton:

conniecann:

On the topic of what it means to be a nerd. [x]

<3 <3 <3

Sebastian Stan on set of Captain America: Winter Soldier

And that was me just dying.

expelliarmusvoldemort:

this is a disney interview

Flawless human beings

→ Christopher Whitelaw Pine

“I read a lot. I’m kind of a homebody whenever I can be. Now that I travel so much for work, it’s a real luxury just being in my own space, with my own things around me. I’m also a bit of a foodie. I love to go out to eat, and I also like to cook.”