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soooo, on a vacation trip a week ago, I stumbled over @xiranjayzhao's Iron Widow in a book shop in Copenhagen and devoured it last weekend. It was quite the fun read. (And I am not that inclined to mechs 😄 but the rage filled female power fantasy and the setting felt rather refreshing to me) And after finishing the book I had to get at least some art out of my system. As usual it didn't end up what I really intended it to be in my head initially, but also, as usual it has to suffice for now or I'll never post it.

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I'm starting to go the opposite direction of all the "you're a literal baby infant until 25 bc your bwain is a baby bwain :(" shit

We should be treating teens as more adult than we do. I don't mean some lowering the age of consent creep shit, I mean presuming competence. Get a job, learn life skills, learn to cook, be fully responsible for a pet, walk places alone (in daylight) or with a friend, have intergenerational friendships, teach skills to littler kids, be someone people can trust with more than wiping their own ass. Be someone they themselves can trust to do stuff and go places. We're stealing children's confidence by treating them like they can't do anything. Treat them like they can and should do many adult things and more will find the confidence to practice at them.

Yes, the brain isn't finished growing when you're like 15. No, you shouldn't get treated like a preschooler till it is. The general experience of adulthood is like 90% practice 10% maturity I think. The maturity is needed but it doesn't account for much if you just do nothing.

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Custom Monica Ivena

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you irritate me

i irritate myself too ur not special

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pearl

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Duuude don't question my version of events I'm such a reliable narrator. I'm literally the protagonist and the main character. You can literally read some of my internal thoughts, that clearly means you have complete access to an objective view of my thoughts and feelings and a correct impression of my characterization and the events unfolding around me. I'm not omitting any information from the audience. Nevermind that timeskip just now

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love armand betraying the theatre for louis and then immediately betraying louis to the theatre and then following this up by betraying the theatre for louis one more time. truly betrayalmaxxing. clocking in his hours at the dissapointing people's faith factory

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they had to kill claudia because otherwise she would have become an international popstar JUST to beat lestat in terms of fame and influence on pop culture 😔

their petty ass vagues on instagram would have been EXQUISITE

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claudeleine thru the eras

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Mermay day 25: tsunami

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love love love when a particularly manipulative character is lying off their ass about something and then throws in one hauntingly genuine line

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space fairies <3

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tequeños with green chili pepper garlic mint hot sauce and an edible <3

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Did you ever go a party in your teenage years? Only parties with mostly people of your age count (so, no work-related party if you had a job and no baby showers, for instance), and birthdays don’t

Yes, often

Yes, up to a few times

No, never

Infinitely nuanced answer

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Yamagata, Japan // 癒しの自然風景 ♡

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AMC's Interview with the Vampire (2022), Season 1 Episode 1 | Steven G. Norfleet as Paul de Pointe du Lac, Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac & Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt "I shame my father. I f— I failed my brother. I lost my mother and sister, and rather than fix it like a man should, Lord, I run like a coward. I run to the bottle. I run to the grift. I run to bad beds. I-I laid down with a man. I laid down with the devil."