take care darling

Something I've been seeing a lot of in book spaces in general (this doesn't apply SOLELY to ACOTAR fandom spaces but DOES apply to them) is the fact that people seem to have a difficult time reading books with characters they don't relate to point for point. If the character isn't exactly like them (exactly their background, exactly their personality, a match to their place in society, the way their life is structured, their values, etc) they don't have an interest. And it really just points back to the breakdown in empathy we see in the real world, I think. It's one thing to like reading characters you can relate to, it's one thing to like representation (especially if you're in a marginalized group) but this goes well beyond those things. Not being able to understand a character because they aren't you is absolutely bizarre behavior.

i will give tiktok one concession and that is that it has spawned a comment that contains a phrase that i think of often at relevant moments: pack it up boys we've made a social blunder

tumblr users love reading. you literally stopped for this post just because it has words in it

aghhhhhhh. okay I will persist

my new thing whenever an embarrassing memory jumps up out of some backwater neuron to t-bone my present-day thought process is to declare a statute of limitations. like i can burn down an entire building in the state where i live and the law deems it both unfair and illegal to prosecute me after six years have passed, i think that thing i said in high school can be expunged from my record.

Okay, but this is actually kind of genius.

some of you need to make your bed and have a shower with a soap that smells nice, and then sit in a chair near the window and have tea with milk and read a hardcover book and see how your creative block is after that tbh.

i'm not saying creative block isn't a real or difficult phenomenon. i'm saying creatives have a tendency to neglect themselves physically and emotionally in favor of manic bursts of productivity. a little softness and clean sheets and a bagel will go a long way. make a playlist and light the fancy candle you've been saving for a special occasion. life is a special occasion.

Always a good reminder.

'Most people on here' no we don't.

don't do this are you mad? did you not learn basic internet safety as a child..?

BILL, BILL, BILL!!!!

I’d never seen that last one, but my life is better for it

o m g

BILL NYE SAYS WOMENS RIGHTS, SCIENCE IS REAL, LGBTQ+ RIGHTS, AND HOMICIDE IS SOMETIMES OKAY

NOTHING but absolute RESPECT for the world’s substitute science teacher

NOTHING but absolute RESPECT for the world’s substitute science teacher

Ladies, are we fatigued this evening? Are we tired

We sleepy sis

Exhausted even

Based on the notes on this post, the situation is worse than I thought