Not being sad is worth everything..

The Well of Petrification

This also means, you will realize every little sign of someone’s annoyance or displeasure with you, and take it as hatred. Even though it’s normal to annoy and be annoyed, to displease and be displeased, for as long as you’re among other people, these signs will be recognized with more alarm, more fear and more priority than any positive reinforcement sent your way – after all, your instincts recognize them as detrimental to your well being, and you can’t just look over that. This means needing a lot of reassurance and constant proof that you’re liked, that nobody is mad at you or wants to hurt you for whatever tiny reason your abusers would hurt you for. Or otherwise, hiding and expecting pain at every step, not daring to ask for reassurance. Eventually getting away because it’s too painful to live constantly expecting pain.

what if when ariadne cast the rope across a broken branch aphrodite stepped in with a reminder that this, this is not the kind of love you die for.

what if when achilles was ready for war ares appeared with a smile and said “you win well when you win, but what are you unwilling to lose if you lose?” and achilles knew the answer.

if you could retell the tale wouldn’t you want to tell it kinder? wouldn’t you want to give them peace, even love, where you could?

neurotypical older sister having to parent her autistic-coded younger sister but she respects and validates her sister nonstop 

good representation of an autistic child even if unintentional [see autistic people expressing how similar they are to her here- 1, 2, 3]

no white ppl in brownface 

good music 

decent filmmaking 

autistic people who like it

aliens 

- Villain redemption

- A character coded to be lgbtq without being a stereotype

- a social worker who actually cares about the well-being of the child

- Found Family before it was cool

- A platonic love story which is rare for Disney where two misfits find solace in one another

Lilo is what happens when you support your autistic child. Stitch is what happens when you don’t. Notice how he calms the fuck down and becomes able to weigh actions and consequences once there’s someone in his corner? He stops trying to destroy everything and focuses his energies on protecting the people who are protecting him (and Lilo, not everyone is onboard with Stitch yet). Up to that point he struggles to connect, and so he lashes out, instead.

The rain

#kittycatandmanlyman

I just found the greatest thing.

This is a canary resuscitator.

When the miners notice the canary getting sick with carbon monoxide poisoning, they can close that circular hatch so no more gas gets into the canary cage, and open the valve on that oxygen tank to keep the canary breathing. In other words, they made a spacesuit for birds.

By immediately giving the canary access to clean air, the miners can save it from the poison. The bird lives. To be clear, this is not for economic purposes, this was specifically created because the miners felt bad and wanted to save the bird.

Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”, Complete Poems