Wander my friends

Rosalie hates it, Jasper sucks (or can’t keep a straight face) so he takes any excuse to avoid Bella, Carlisle doesn’t like pretending to hurt people so he decides his new persona has miraculous control, Alice and Emmett are LIVING this lie

Jacob is also werewolf kin

Aro is Edwards weird theater uncle who fuckin jumped at the chance to do a shitty accent

The volturi is his theater buddies. They’re doing king Lear in two months you should go see it

Rosalie hates it on principle but in reality she’s filming the whole thing and is definitely gonna put it on YouTube

Jaspers backstory is Like That because he wanted to see how far he could go before Bella got suspicious.

Jasper: I was uhhhhhh *throws dart* confederate soldier who got turned by uhhhhhhhh *throws another dart* a vampire lady who wanted to uh *thunk* use me to uhhhhhh *thunk* take over ummmmm *thunk* Mexico.

The only reason they’re not edgy human eating vampires is bc Rosalie threatened to tell Bella

Listen she may be pretending to be a vampire but she REFUSES to be an evil vampire

Emmett is having so much fun.

Oh Edward can my backstory be I was mauled by a bear?

What

It’s cool! It’s like that one movie with the guy and the trees!

Edward talks Like That because “if I was born in like 1901 then I gotta sound like an intellektual right”

The real reason Edward is pretending to be a vampire is bc he was high as shit when Bella asked and he said yeah for the lols but he’s too awkward to say “sorry I’m not a vampire I was just high and thought it was funny. So sorry.”

I'll take natural fireworks over the loud stuff any day during peak nesting and drought season.

I got a comment on a fic that is less than a year old and it was mostly an apology for being a comment on an "old fic" and how late they were in commenting.

Fandom is not trends.

Fandom is a cross between a library and having a slumber party with your friends.

That MADE MY DAY.

I had like one, maybe two friends who were all like FUCK YEAH YOU PAINT IT WHATEVER COLOR YOU WANT, PURPLE BEDROOMS ARE AWESOME.

But when they actualy saw the finished bedroom, every single one of them was like, “Oh yeah, that’s really pretty.” (Well, the ones who supported me from the beginning were more like WOOHOO.)

MEAN YOU HAVE TO ABANDON

WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

When I bought my house, the kitchen was multiple shades of dingy white. It was dismal, but it was now mine! So went to the hardware store for paint (well, several trips, painted swatches on panel, etc — I’m very picky. But this was the final, ‘real’ trip). It was a busy day in the paint section. There were at least five people behind me in line.

Now, remember, latex paint is slightly lighter and brighter when wet than it is when dry. And I’d decided to paint my kitchen candy-apple red. The hardware store employee took my gallon off the Paint Jiggler and cracked it open to put a dab on the top, revealing the most incredibly deep pink, and behind me I hear the entire line of people say,

“Oh my god.”

…in perfect chorus.

This is the door to my garage. It used to be white. Live your best life.

Mischief the cat says “Who goes there?”

Every visiting friend says “This is so cool.”

my garage. It used to be

white. Live your best life.

not decorating trends; those have always existed. but the idea that color and decoration is inherently childish

this is the dining room at the Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts, from 1878 (where I used to work, briefly). the walls are TEXTURED MICA SHIMMER on a green background. Adult Space For Adults!

A jewelry shop in Paris c. 1901. kids can’t buy jewelry!

who can forget the classic 1950s colorful bathroom? I’m not a huge fan, but still! adult space! bright colors; decorative designs!

So here’s two examples of traditional Norwegian farmhouse interiors. You know. The kinds of places peasants live in.

This type of painting is called “rosemaling” and today you usually find it on, like, carved wooden bowls and such that are only used for decoration. But back two centuries ago, it was very common to find the interiors of homes covered in it, in projects that were painted little by little over the decades. Because it’s beautiful to look at, paint is the cheapest way of decorating your house, and what else are you going to do on the long winter nights when it’s too dark and cold to work outdoors?

But mostly, they did it because it made them happy, and it was beautiful.