Such is the life of an adventurer

You actually cannot skip to being good at a creative endeavour that you haven't put much practice into. You cannot trick your way out of the 'knows that your work is not what you want it to be but don't know how to improve it' stage by planning or reading or talking about it really really hard. At some point you just have to craft through it until your brain finds it's own unique way back to the 'everything I make slaps' stage and be prepared to start the cycle all over again. You just have to make that project you're excited about slightly less good than you want it to be. (Says this standing in a pool of blood and covered in blood and also coughing up a little blood)

everyone stop reblogging this I hate to be reminded of my own good advice

something genuinely insane about going somewhere and getting to feel “i had some of the worst years of my life here” and “i was loved here, once” simultaneously.

the structure rots and the plants reclaim. But i remember

Sorry to break it to you but you literally have to face your fears and slaughter them. Otherwise you will live a small life that you do not want. You literally have to view your biggest fears and attack them head on. You have to fall into the abyss to find your way out. The easy path does not exist. There is no get out of jail free card. You have to allow yourself to die a spiritual death over and over again in order to reinvent yourself into the person you are actually supposed to be. And you have to be painfully honest with yourself and the people around you. It’s horrible but it’s truly the only way.

YOU'RE A REGULAR WRITER! YOU CAN CRAFT A COMPLETE SENTENCE! YOU'RE A REGULAR WRITER! YOU USE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF COMMAS! YOU'RE A REGULAR WRITER! YOUR PROSE IS GOOD AND RIGHT! YOU'RE A REGULAR WRITER! EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS YOUR VISION!

a core part of being on tumblr is watching the site kick itself in the dick

There's a bunch of sick fucks at tumblr HQ trying to cook up the worst website ideas possible at all times

tumblr staff adjusting a dial to fine-tune exactly how much they're imitating twitter while occasionally looking back at their userbase for approval except the userbase is just booing the entire time "we hate twitter" "why do you even have that dial"

im sorry i love that harrow is kinda straight up evil, in the politically apathetic sense. i love that she doesnt give a fuck about the implications. i like that she only cares about things insofar as how much they affect her and the people she directly gives a shit about, ie gideon, the body, and the ninth as an entity, with the rare exception being people who inexplicably stuck their necks out for her expecting nothing in return when she would Not do that shit. she does not care about the annexation of non house settlements, she doesnt care about slitting the throats of planets, she doesnt even really care that john is a lying despot, just that hes not the god shes looking for. its incredible i love her

harrows evil but if you say it as a criticism ill kill you. this is a feature not a bug