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[lirazel]

+ INFINITE CONCERT. I mean, it's online streaming, which is very definitely a second-rate concert experience, BUT I am still delighted to get up at 5:00 in the morning to watch them. Literally 10 years after the real-life concert I got to see! Time, man!

+ Today I learned that Richard Siken, poet laureate of fandom circa 2012, writes Supernatural and Sherlock fanfiction. And also that he thinks season 2 of Good Omens is just not very good.

I love every single thing about this. Sometimes I am so glad to be alive in the world.

+ theseastheseatheopensea has introduced me to the Weird Old Book Finder. Me being me, I immediately typed the word "fairies" in the search bar. Allow me to show you the delightful results:

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[misbegotten]

I am dying to read Siken's fic, of course!

[lirazel]

I mean, I'd probably read it and I'm not even in those fandoms! Can someone force him to watch The Untamed???

[dolorosa_12]

Both the Richard Siken thing, and the Weird Old Book Finder, are utterly delightful!

[lirazel]

I know! Small things but so happy!

[regshoe]

Aww, I like the Weird Old Book Finder :D I've found a charming bird book from 1849 (whose author earnestly explains in the introduction that the illustrations are not drawn to a common scale, because then 'while the Eagle or the Bustard would fill a whole page, a Tit or a Warbler, if drawn proportionally, would be scarcely larger than a pea.')

[lirazel]

That is SO charming! I love it!

[lannamichaels]

I hope Richard Siken has titled his fic with a Richard Siken quote, just for lulz.

[lirazel]

I KNOW! I desperately want to know if he read any of the (many) fics that took their titles or epigraphs from his poetry or if, when he saw them, he just went, "No thanks," and hit the back button!

[dollsome]

Do you think that fandom is going to use the powers of intense analysis to discover which are Siken’s fanfics, in the spirit of those researchers figuring out that Robert Galbraith was J.K. Rowling??

Also, totally agree that i hope he quotes himself in his titles and epigraphs. If you were in the position of being Richard Siken: WHY NOT.

[lirazel]

I would not at all be surprised! There's going to be a ton of speculation, anyway!

I KNOW!

[theseatheseatheopensea]

The weird old book finder really is delightful! I got some very nice results, including "Our Cats and all about them"! <3

[lirazel]

That is so very cute!

[chestnut_pod]

Oh my god, the Internet probably imploded when Siken said that. Amazing.

[lirazel]

Tumblr lost its mind! The memes!

[sawthefaeriequeen]

Huh, I would've thought someone like Siken would be into something like Hannigram, but the id wants what the id wants, I guess!

[lirazel]

A) That's literally what I thought! and B) he's at least familiar with Hannigram.

[sawthefaeriequeen]

Omg, that's amazing.

I love that he's doing this NOW that the Muskrat has burned Twitter down.

[lirazel]

I KNOW ME TOO. Like, of all the times to do this!

[elperian]

Me being me, I immediately typed the word "fairies" in the search bar. Allow me to show you the delightful results:

I love this!

Is Siken not the lifetime national poet laureate of Tumblr? But I think he was awarded the title in 2012.

[lirazel]

Oh, he's definitely Tumblr poet laureate in my heart forever! But I wonder if the younger users even know who he is? I legitimately don't know!