You know what? I am good.

My Strawhat Deck!! (Ofc Vivi is included shes a strawhat TO ME) Been working on these for a while and I'm very happy with how they turned out

six months later i re-read the essay prior to the final exam, went 'ohhhh yeah i remember this', got a question on that topic, and aced it.

The reason OP could bullshit a decent essay in a 30 minute bus ride is because OP knew how to write and craft a well-reasoned analysis thanks to a childhood full of writing and critical thinking practice.

How did Dogma, a relatively low-budget film, manage to have the only good-looking angel wings? Like, even movies with tons of FX dollars tend to fuck them up and they look bad. These are very stylized, and you can tell they’re not real feathers, but they actually look… better than real feathers? They have a balance of curvature and sharp angles that just make for a great silhouette and they move wonderfully. I cannot figure this out!!

e: I looked on The Internet

I feel like there has to be a really succinct way to say that there's less interactions (reblogs/asks) in fandom spaces lately because everyone is stressed the hell out.

We're more connected on a global level than we've ever been and everything is big and bad and AWFUL and people are latching onto anything they can to find some sense of comfort, but since it's easier to fall for bad faith ideologies when you're stressed they're falling into TERF shit and Purity shit and Fascist Shit, and they're lashing out in anger and demanding PERFECTION - specifically their very precise and completely non-negotiable version of PERFECTION - or you're just a complete and utter waste of time and life.

And people who aren't falling that far are still afraid of saying the wrong thing, or liking the wrong thing, or phrasing something the wrong way, and instead of sending in an ask, or leaving a comment, or sharing a story, or reblogging something, they hesitate.

They fear someone coming to them and saying "You did that WRONG."

So, I mean, I don't think interactions are going down because people feel entitled. I think they're going down cause people are base-line stressed the fuck out, and they're scared.

Even if you can push past the fear, it's hard to be social. It takes energy to be social. Even if you LOVE being social, it still takes energy, and when you're STRESSED it's not there, so it's harder.

So that's what I think.

I don't know, I think I'm going to try. I'm going to try and reach out more, I'm going to try to be more active as a form of defiance.

Joy is rebellion, and so I will do my best to rebel.

Try to focus on your actions rather than your traits:

E.g. “I’m sorry I keep ghosting you, I’m shit at friendships” –> “I’m sorry I keep ghosting you, I’m really struggling to keep up with my friends right now”

Then, if you can, turn the conversation back to the other person - you’re apologising because their feelings matter to you, so show that.

E.g. “I don’t mean to - our friendship means a lit to me, and I know it must make it seem like I don’t care.”

This gives the other person an opportunity to express their own experience so you can talk it over more if they want to, without skipping ahead to reassuring you that the relationship isn’t broken.

Claudette Colvin

WHO IS USING THIS

AN APP??? THEY HAVE A FUNCTIONING WEBSITE

If you live in OK, call your representative and tell them this bill should not be allowed to pass.

This is likely a test case. Republicans will try to pass it in OK and if it passes other states will likely try to pass similar laws.

In the meantime, get physical copies of books you like. Download those pdfs. Archive your AO3 stories and keep them on a physical hard drive. (Storing those files in the cloud could be problematic in the future as the company managing the cloud service can see what your files are)