saturn went direct again

are you fond of dancing, my lady?

The Bubonic Plague

Vampire Folklore

Tree frogs.

I'm looking forward to watching Project Hail Mary with Avery because then I can unblock the Project Hail Mary tag and read everyone's Tumblr Posts about it.

The tag is blocked because I'd like to avoid spoilers, but of course sometimes they sneak through and I extrapolate very correct trivia and plot points that will no doubt ruin my experience of the film.

Here's what I've got so far.

Ryland Grace is an asexual, neurodivergent teacher who lives in the 90s and cannot wear glasses. He is played by Ryan Gosling.

He goes to space. I'm not sure why. Does he win a raffle?

Everyone else he goes to space with dies somehow I think. Or he went to space alone (less likely). I think based on statistical probability he goes with other people and they all die and he has to learn how to survive alone in space, like the Martian. Wait, is Matt Damon one of his colleagues?? I guess he dies en route then.

He meets an alien made of rock, whom he calls Rocky. Rocky is an astrophage, which I have to assume means "star eater". Damn, Rocky. (I think Rocky is probably even less able to wear glasses, but it's okay because he doesn't have eyes.)

Rocky lives in a terrarium and is made of legs.

They have to learn how to communicate. Ryland Grace is the only one who could have done it because he's beautiful/unconventional (is he a Tumblr Sexy Man?) and a teacher.

This saves the day? Or, Rocky and Ryland save the day together against a secret third thing? Unclear on this.

Ryland Grace and Rocky start out as enemies but become old friends and walk romantically on the beach together. I'm not sure how Rocky feels about this, surrounded by billions of his pulverised brethren, but fanart doesn't depict any discomfort.

Ryland Grace never leaves the 90s and never learns how to wear his glasses, and Rocky never judges him for this, which is why they are best friends.

So. I ask the important questions.

once Bellara has entered the picture now Emmrich conspires with Bellara, as the chef, to keep Isolde's weight up. He's only really concerned about it from a health and sensual enjoyment perspective, but it does have the added bonus of making Bellara even more attracted to Isolde lol (once she's properly fed Bellara thinks her back muscles are impressive 🥴)

Emmrich continues to do Isolde's hair now and again, and he comes to fold Bellara in as well. Sometimes on Bellara's hair wash day Emmrich will make a whole Thing of it. Bathing together, him washing their hair, and then putting it into elaborate styles...

he does their hair the day of their marriage ceremony 🥺

they canNOT escape the tall jokes. Bellara and Isolde are pretty matched in height, 170cm/5'7" (Human equivalent 183cm/6') and Emmrich is ALSO unusually tall for a Human, like 190cm+ (6'3"+)

Between Isolde and Bellara, Isolde is more into topping and Bellara is more into going down 😊

Emmrich is thoroughly in favor of both. Please let him watch sometimes.

Bellara and Emmrich sometimes end up getting Sleepover Energy talking late in the night. This is extra bad for Emmrich, who is a morning lark and CAN'T handle going to bed at 3am. Once in a while they will get too excited and raise their voices about their discussion, at which point Isolde (a light sleeper) will come out to judgmentally stare them down and force them to bed. The judgemental look doesn't actually work, they just think it's so cute that they're compelled to go cuddle her.

Bellara makes the best pillow. Sometimes both of them will lie their head on her at the same time and it's very cute.

Sidenote if Emmrich's head is pillowed on her thigh there's about a 75% chance it's going to end in him eating her out. Bellara and Isolde both know this; Emmrich, hilariously, hasn't cottoned on.

Bellara had Emmrich shave his body hair once out of sheer curiosity about what he'd look like if he were more Elven

Isolde continues to have hangups about appearing wealthy, so it's Bellara who gets more of Emmrich's gold jewelry gifts :) (she looks great in them.) Emmrich compensates by getting Isolde a lot of flowers.

Bellara likes some occasional pillow princess treatment and what better way to make that work than two partners 'v'

Isolde stops being embarrassed about how she looks when super aroused (the combo of partners who were bad at sex + knowing prostitutes personally created some weird hangups about the natural tendency to lower ears when really into it-- similar to how moans are natural but because of porn can sound feigned...) because now she sees Bellara do it and goes Oh I See. Firstly that's hot and secondly I need to wreck her, RIGHT NOW,

(it's honestly a really good look when paired with a deep flush and Bellara biting her lip)

Goldfish

Reminds me of Kustodiev:

This is not to say that feeling anger is abusive; it's human to feel anger. But if you've ever felt like your anger was "unjustified" or were afraid to express it outwardly because you expected it to be dismissed ... ask yourself how you would react if the roles were reversed. I find that a lot of folks who were The Grown Up in a relationship with their parents hold themselves to much different standards than they hold other people.

I worked out that "it looked like fun" was a good lie. "Other kids were doing it" was a bad lie, as was "I didn't think about the consequences". "I wasn't thinking about how you/other adults would feel about it/perceive it" had to be carefully used. Anything that implied lack of understanding brought out the lectures about how I was Responsible, and other bullshit words that mean 'I don't want you to behave like a child, why can't you be a little adult with no agency and no desires'.

As an adult, I lie like breathing to people I don't hold tight within my heart. Not big lies. Little lies, like making up a fussy family member I'm looking for a gift for when attempting to explain to a store clerk why the thing they have so helpfully provided doesn't suit. I make a concerted effort to give only truth to those I hold tight, but I make no promises that I'm ever giving the whole truth. I don't have it in me to ever be truly transparent.