joy is not made to be a crumb

Image Description: Sword in stone motif which is adorned by lavendar colored flower embroidery in an oval wood frame. The tendrils and hanging flowers trail around a braid that serves as a trellis and warous greenery is sprouting between the stones, all done with embroidery. The semi-preicus stones in different shades of green forming the stone moundare stiched down like pearls and the model sword is stuck inside in King Arthur style.

My old person take today is that I feel like people have normalized being on your phone every single moment including when you're spending "quality" time with others so much that they're defensive if someone isn't ok with it. Yes, you have a problematic relationship with your phone and social media if you physically cannot put it down for a couple of hours to like, have dinner with your friends. It's a show of respect for other people's time and energy as well as important to be present and connect with people around you. Your parents who told you no phone at the table were right for that one.

wei wuxian is such a lesson in contradiction like he's so nice he's a jerk he's so smart he's very naive he's friends with everyone nobody likes him he's the best cultivator alive he can't use a sword he's a whore he's a virgin he's lazy he'll work for days without sleep he's so calm under pressure his temper is atrocious his ego is massive he has no self worth he's dead he's alive he's a saint he's a monster he's a victim he's a villain he's a great teacher he's a terrible student he's a charmer he's so so annoying he saves everyone's asses he's the reason they're in this mess he's a brother but not really he's a son but not really he's a father but not really he's a sect leader with no sect he's so selfish he puts everyone before himself he made so many choices there was nothing else he could have done like no wonder it's so difficult for people to understand him he's literally everything

i am like the breadloser of the family

[ID: An illustration of Grace sitting in a relaxed, thoughtful pose with his Earth-colored hacky sack in one hand. A spiraling Petrova line forms a red halo behind his head. End ID]

return to bahumia. return to skaldova. but when will we return. to my beautiful wife eldermourne.

My favourite thing is how in Eight Little Talons when Viago is on the floor dying from poison damage and Teia comes in, she says something about how this isn't how she imagined seeing him naked before asking where his damn antivenin is, and this mf takes his last ounce of strength to gurgle "☝️Wearing... trousers...." before passing the fuck out

Viago "I will correct you with my dying breath" de Riva

After 46 years alone in space, finding a noisy human must honestly be so reassuring for Rocky. Like, Grace is constantly moving and making all sorts of sounds, like his breathing and heartbeat, that let Rocky know he is alive. Rocky's crew went to sleep and he couldn't be sure if they would wake up, but with a human? Rocky can just make noise and Grace wakes up immediately.

The anti-vax and anti-science propaganda is very real - and also, frankly I think doctors and nurses would've had an easier time getting people not to fall for it if they spent less time treating people like fucking shit

This post is about a lot of things but it is especially about racism, medical abuse, and eugenics

doomed by the narrative but not to death. doomed to survive. doomed to stay alive inside the story. doomed to never escape the narrative, not even through death. you are allowed no exit. there is no way out for you and there never was. you couldn’t die if you wanted to. the narrative has a hold on you and it won’t let go. death is too sweet a doom for you. the story has something much worse in mind. there is no way out.

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