Raccoon After All
@raccoonafterall.bsky.social
He/him. 40s. A separate account for Rocket Raccoon obsession, in the hope of avoiding having to explain this to anyone from work.
Bluesky account for the same name on Twitter.
Bluesky account for the same name on Twitter.
But the climactic synthesis of presence and absence I never anticipated, and it's going to leave my ears ringing for a long time. It was Babiu's stunning question to Marcelo which showed me that, at times, it becomes your choice whether someone is still there.
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
But the climactic synthesis of presence and absence I never anticipated, and it's going to leave my ears ringing for a long time. It was Babiu's stunning question to Marcelo which showed me that, at times, it becomes your choice whether someone is still there.
"It was Msimangu who had said, Msimangu who had no hate for any man, I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they turn to loving they will find we are turned to hating."
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"It was Msimangu who had said, Msimangu who had no hate for any man, I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they turn to loving they will find we are turned to hating."
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death....
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death....
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death....
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death....
I finally replaced some of the training and running shirts that I've worn to threads.
Theme? What theme?
Theme? What theme?
September 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I finally replaced some of the training and running shirts that I've worn to threads.
Theme? What theme?
Theme? What theme?
The three of us just returned from the remake of _How To Train Your Dragon_.
They honored it.
Of the four movies I always cite here as the ones that define me, three changed me. _How To Train Your Dragon_ was the impossible perfect film for who I already was.
_That_ hasn't changed.
They honored it.
Of the four movies I always cite here as the ones that define me, three changed me. _How To Train Your Dragon_ was the impossible perfect film for who I already was.
_That_ hasn't changed.
July 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The three of us just returned from the remake of _How To Train Your Dragon_.
They honored it.
Of the four movies I always cite here as the ones that define me, three changed me. _How To Train Your Dragon_ was the impossible perfect film for who I already was.
_That_ hasn't changed.
They honored it.
Of the four movies I always cite here as the ones that define me, three changed me. _How To Train Your Dragon_ was the impossible perfect film for who I already was.
_That_ hasn't changed.
Now seated for Mahler 3. Last I heard one of his vocal finales, #4 three years ago, I caught myself frozen genuflecting in my seat as if I'd seen a god, my soul ripped to heaven and my body burned away.
It's been a hard few months. I've lost so much. And I have everything.
It's been a hard few months. I've lost so much. And I have everything.
June 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Now seated for Mahler 3. Last I heard one of his vocal finales, #4 three years ago, I caught myself frozen genuflecting in my seat as if I'd seen a god, my soul ripped to heaven and my body burned away.
It's been a hard few months. I've lost so much. And I have everything.
It's been a hard few months. I've lost so much. And I have everything.
Sue and Rocket: queer icons.
(Also both Marvel Rivals supports)
(Also both Marvel Rivals supports)
June 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Sue and Rocket: queer icons.
(Also both Marvel Rivals supports)
(Also both Marvel Rivals supports)
Big drama on my work trip to Switzerland: these baby ducks were so buffeted by high winds on the Zugersee that they kept getting split into separate groups and Mom had to zoom around shepherding them back together
June 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Big drama on my work trip to Switzerland: these baby ducks were so buffeted by high winds on the Zugersee that they kept getting split into separate groups and Mom had to zoom around shepherding them back together
Taking a photo of me and Rocket at every random intersection with Lake Shore Drive whenever I visit my dad in Chicago is one of the weirder manifestations of my obsession
June 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Taking a photo of me and Rocket at every random intersection with Lake Shore Drive whenever I visit my dad in Chicago is one of the weirder manifestations of my obsession
Chicago from Montrose Point, underlined by Lake Shore Drive.
(It finally occurred to me on this trip that another (tenuous) Rocket/Chicago connection is that the big airport is O'Hare.)
(It finally occurred to me on this trip that another (tenuous) Rocket/Chicago connection is that the big airport is O'Hare.)
June 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Chicago from Montrose Point, underlined by Lake Shore Drive.
(It finally occurred to me on this trip that another (tenuous) Rocket/Chicago connection is that the big airport is O'Hare.)
(It finally occurred to me on this trip that another (tenuous) Rocket/Chicago connection is that the big airport is O'Hare.)
Literally bought this an hour ago specifically because of the "I have been here for a long time, and I am still here" scene in _The Dispossessed_
May 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Literally bought this an hour ago specifically because of the "I have been here for a long time, and I am still here" scene in _The Dispossessed_
Yes, I bought a cat-carrier keychain with raccoon and fox figures to put inside it together, and yes, I am aware that I am a furry
May 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Yes, I bought a cat-carrier keychain with raccoon and fox figures to put inside it together, and yes, I am aware that I am a furry
[It's no longer the two-hundredth anniversary, but it is the first anniversary of the two-hundredth anniversary, so I'll use that as an excuse to bring over another one of my old droning-essay posts from the other platform.]
Two hundred years ago today...
Two hundred years ago today...
May 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
[It's no longer the two-hundredth anniversary, but it is the first anniversary of the two-hundredth anniversary, so I'll use that as an excuse to bring over another one of my old droning-essay posts from the other platform.]
Two hundred years ago today...
Two hundred years ago today...
(I have zero idea why I suffered an irresistible compulsion to do this)
May 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
(I have zero idea why I suffered an irresistible compulsion to do this)
"When I say to the Moment flying:
'Linger yet, thou art so fair!'..."
'Linger yet, thou art so fair!'..."
April 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"When I say to the Moment flying:
'Linger yet, thou art so fair!'..."
'Linger yet, thou art so fair!'..."
"But the love will have been enough; all those impulses of love return to the love that made them. Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning."
March 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"But the love will have been enough; all those impulses of love return to the love that made them. Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning."
I love to see the world.
But home? That's Portland.
But home? That's Portland.
March 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I love to see the world.
But home? That's Portland.
But home? That's Portland.
Guess who's back on Lake Shore Drive
March 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Guess who's back on Lake Shore Drive
Me, at work retreat: *smoothly slides laptop out of backpack, from behind Rocket plushie* I am 48 years old
March 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Me, at work retreat: *smoothly slides laptop out of backpack, from behind Rocket plushie* I am 48 years old
Wait... as I just learned from a moot, the Rivals Rocket has an "MVP" form which is straight out of Vol. 3 (even his animation is the bullet-time spin shot from "No Sleep") and is drop-dead gorgeous?!
This would make me play a shooter for once except that I have 0 chance of becoming MVP ever
This would make me play a shooter for once except that I have 0 chance of becoming MVP ever
February 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Wait... as I just learned from a moot, the Rivals Rocket has an "MVP" form which is straight out of Vol. 3 (even his animation is the bullet-time spin shot from "No Sleep") and is drop-dead gorgeous?!
This would make me play a shooter for once except that I have 0 chance of becoming MVP ever
This would make me play a shooter for once except that I have 0 chance of becoming MVP ever