Flower Shop Apocalyptic AU

on survival

The first screenshot is by Gabe k-s, a user from I believe Substack. The post reads:

There must be something like the opposite of suicide, whereby a person radically and abruptly decides to start living, or rescue their own life from destruction/obscurity.

The next screenshot is from tumblr user aridante. The post reads:

Get in loser we're living past the end of our myth.

The next screenshot is from tumblr user orivu. The post reads:

You've died a thousand times before, who cares. Just climb out of this grave again and again and again and again and again and again and again.

The next screenshot is from tumblr user buzzkillgirls. The post reads:

So. Bad news. We have to keep going tomorrow. Good news is that I'll keep going with you.

The next screenshot is a pair of drawings of a a small animal, perhaps a cat, in a green cloak.

In the first one, it has the cloak tucked around its mouth and a lantern in its hand, looking determined. The text in the drawing is in all caps and reads:

I'm getting out of here. By God, am I going to make my way out of here.

In the second drawing of the animal, it has released its cloak so it has fallen back around its shoulders. It is giving a thumbs up and a sparkle is next to the thumbs up. The text now reads:

You got out! By God, you got out of there!

The next screenshot is a pair of tweets- one by Noshi at noshiepic, and a reply by Richard Silken at Richard Silken. The tweet by Noshi reads:

My suffering isn't beautiful.

Richard Silken replied:

But your survival is.

The next screenshot is a post and a reblog by tumblr user cemetery thing. The post reads:

Oh, and that gap in my resume is when I was digging my own grave.

The self reblog reads:

The dirt under my nails is- yeah. It won't wash out. Although that's actually from when I dug myself out again. I suppose success and defeat can look the same in a mirror.

The next screenshot is a pair of illustrations of Moomin.

The first one is of Moomin in not-quite waist deep water, saying 'I guess I had better drown myself' with their head down and eyes wide.

The second illustration is of Moomin in now neck deep water, swimming and saying 'It's a pity I swim so well.'

The next screenshot is a post by tumblr user disenchanted-killjoy. The post reads:

Don't care, didn't ask, plus this hole you put me in wasn't deep enough and I'm climbing out right now.

The next screenshot is from 'Isnt't that enough,' a song by Shawn Mendes. The lyrics that were chosen to be part of this posts are:

Gone are the birds/Close are the tears/A house full of love/Space for your fears/My hand's still shaking, my mind's still racing/My heart's still breaking in two/I'm still changing, my friends stay patient/My mother still calls for the news.

The next screenshot is a tweet by claire at pretty they swag. The tweet reads:

Bro, you have to keep going. You care too much. Your kindness too overwhelming. Your cheerfulness is too upbeat. They need you.

The next screenshot is a tweet by at cole tyumuch. The tweet reads:

The bravest thing I ever did was continue my life when I wanted to die, and nobody really knows.

The next screenshot is a graphic of a skeleton playing an electric guitar in a graveyard. The text reads:

Today fucking sucks, tomorrow might not. Only one way to find out...be there.

Under the graphic are the phone number and the website for the suicide prevention lifeline. The phone number is 1 800 273 8255 and the website is suicidepreventionlifeline dot org.

The next screenshot is a picture of a sunny window with sheer orange curtains covering it. The text over the curtains reads:

The sun is on my back. I smile because I thought I would be cold forever.

The next screenshot is a snippet of text from bird by bird, a book by Anne Lamott. The highlighted text reads:

And then the miracle happens. The sun comes up again.

The next screenshot is a pair of images from the video game Undertale created by Toby Fox. In both, the player character is looking in a mirror and the text is what shows on screen when you interact with it. The first text is:

It's you!

The second text is:

Despite everything, it's still you.

The next- and final- screenshot is a post by tumblr user strawberry circuits. The post reads:

Sometimes the moral of the story really is just 'you cannot go back and what happened to you is going to be with you for the rest of your life. But it's still going to be okay,' huh.

The word is "renascence." See the poem of that title by Edna St. Vincent Millay

And it not being socially acceptable to talk about your own childhood is super alienating. Sometimes people want to know why, and any answer you can give them is going to be off putting.

One of them said something like, "it doesn't bother me that [Friend] was in residential mental health treatment, I just wish they wouldn't talk about it ALL the time".

The other replied, "Well, that was all of last year for them. So when they say 'when I was in treatment,' it's like when you say 'last year'."

Stop backing up my fucking files.

Stop asking me to back up my fucking files.

Stop taking my fucking files off my fucking computer.

I don't want a fucking reminder in three fucking days. Let me fucking say no.

Here's a text tutorial to get rid of that shit on Windows 11.

Here's a video tutorial to get rid of that shit on Windows 10.

Here's a video tutorial to get rid of that shit on Windows 11.

"People back then always married young it's natural!!!" Every single 1800s guide I've ever met casually mentions that, of course, you really shouldn't get married before you're at least 20, and waiting until 25 is usually better.

Or, like. Okay here's a long segment:

Just firmly going "it is crazy sexist to blame The Wife for overspending when thirty seconds of asking questions will immediately establish that her husband was outright lying to her about how much money they had. Talk to your wife like a normal person."

Or--okay, here. A section on being honest and not writing love letters in secret, because that's usually a good sign that there's something untoward going on....

....except that he then immediately acknowledges that sometimes, the reason you're hiding this from your parents is that your parents suck. That there are parents who frankly have not earned the right to approve or disapprove of your partner.

"Men and women being friends with each other is literally normal. Don't be a controlling freak."

"If you have to abuse a child to keep order in your classroom then you're a bad teacher."

Source

dreams to reality