who up wanting to change the way they conduct their everyday life

It's good and cool to give your characters a single simple, straightforward, non-urgent, super-achievable goal that shouldn't really cost anything or hurt anyone, make that the driving factor for most of their decisions, and then have the Plot do everything in its power to stop them.

All of these are in The Hobbit

this too shall pass

HURRY UP

This is an awesome use of what is probably a master's degree if not a doctorate and I am 100% thrilled that she shared it even though it was embarrassing and she squeaked.

Thank you, adorable scientist, for making people's lives better.

As an Australian, THIS WOMAN IS A FUCKING GODSEND.

I love tumblr's dedication to solving problems in the funniest way possible.

This is a worm? Or perhaps some sort of slug?

And it's gonna getcha

age gap relationships where the older one outlives the younger one >>>>>>>>>

the crushing weight of the guilt when you already feel like you're stealing someone's life away, dragging them down like a dead weight chained to their ankles; selfishly draining their youth to fill your own twilight years, vampiric. and then the unthinkable happens. they're gone, and you remain. the grave you were digging for yourself becomes theirs instead. they were supposed to still have time, to leave you behind to grow and live, to make new memories in your absence. you were meant to be a chapter in their grand narrative of their life, and nothing more. they could have been something greater than you ever were. but the curtain call you were waiting for came for them instead. and now all that's left of them is you.

this fucking paper is gonna kill me