a blueberry moon

You really don’t have to write an entire essay back. I appreciate even getting a “<3″ on a fic, believe it or not. Don’t think saying “this is cute” is a dumb comment or you’re an idiot for writing that. If the author was aiming for cute, you saying “this is cute” lets them know that they did a good job. :)

That said, if you want to know a secret way to blow a writer’s mind and not have to think of words to write yourself? Reaction images. 

If the fic is on tumblr, it’s easy enough to reblog with a gif attached. In AO3, you need to know a little bit of html:

You can do that without any words at all and it’ll make the author’s day :)

Anonymous #2: Now that Rupes has wrapped AEG, my money is on him staying in England for Christmas. Doesn’t he still have a place in London? The one that he (Aimee too, I believe) has put so much work into? Or perhaps he’ll be with family in Oxfordshire? Given that HL was in NYC last year, they probably stayed there. Maybe went to Aimee’s family’s. This year Europe? Give us an IG clue, Rupert!

Well, first of all, https://twitter.com/SoVeryBritish is funny af and let’s just be happy that he’s actually looking at his Twitter! 

We like the idea of Rupes in Oxfordshire at Christmas:

As for his home in London, we suspect he rents it out because there’s no evidence (that we can find) of a sale. 

Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

Words are in flux And meanings they drift But the word purple You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple, My friends, is old And refers to a pigment once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs From the wine-dark sea You make a dye: Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome, to wear purpura was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’, for clothes so fancy, Entered English By the ninth century

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Why then are voilets Not purple in song? The dye from this mollusc, known for so long

Is almost magenta; More red than blue. The concept of purple is old, and yet new.

The dye is red, So this might be true: Roses are purple And violets are blue

When I first got into Homeland, I ran across this gifset of Rashida Jones talking about her Homeland obsession (she was asked what she’s currently obsessed with) and felt a real and true kinship with her. This is a true “oldie but a goodie” post (one of the first ever on HYH, all the way back in June 2013). 

I don’t think I thought I’d be sitting here four and a half years later. Rashida, I see you. And I raise you. 

I found that scene well and beautifully done. Carrie had an impossible choice to make and even if Carrie hadn’t agreed, Saul would have made the doctors wake Quinn up. Quinn had the potential knowledge to prevent an attack which would have cost thousands of lives–and I still believe that he would have made the choice to sacrifice himself for the greater good without batting an eyelid.

My reading is that Carrie knew they’d wake him up anyway, and so she decided to be there to guide him back, hoping that seeing her would make it less horrifying for Quinn. So I like to see it as an act of compassion and love. She knew it would happen anyway and she didn’t turn her back and run away, but was there at his side.

Of course the outcome was horrible but Carrie is not to blame for that unless you believe she could have stopped Saul. I firmly believe she would have been outranked in that decision.

“In my thoughts I make love to you all day long.”