#(not that she'd understand anyway)

[letsplaythermalnuclearwar]

tbh I think Calypso views herself as Odysseus's rest and reward. like, she's the comfort in a hurt/comfort fic. she's the therapy saga. and honestly, a lot of her actions make sense when you look at it like that.

Odysseus is traumatised and scared and hurting. and she understands that. she's so understanding that she doesn't take it personally when he yells or screams or begs -- trauma makes it hard to regulate emotions, after all. he'll calm down in a little bit.

she's so understanding that she's not even hurt when he rejects her advances. he's been alone for so long that he's scared of intimacy now. but she doesn't let that discourage her. he'll get used to the idea eventually.

she's so understanding that she doesn't give up on him, even when he talks and talks and talks about his wife and son. obviously he wants to go back to them, but what he wants isn't what's good for him. that's fine, he doesn't need to know what's good for him yet. that's what she's for.

she's so understanding that she doesn't even let it upset her too much when Ody stands too close to the edge and stares out at sea below like its calling to him. it's okay. she can catch him if he falls.

sure, they're relationship isn't what she's dreamed about for centuries -- real relationships never are that perfect. her Ody has a lot of healing to do. and she'll make sure she's with him through it all.

[starflungwaddledee]

For the shipaganza

What if...

what if Coo and Starflung had a slumber party? Where they stargaze and do fun slumber party stuff? They deserve it (not forced ofc!!!)

you're right! i think they deserve it, too!

*✩˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ valentines shipaganza masterpost ✩˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ ⋆˙⟡

[cosmichearter]

"Monsters must be people too, so oh geez!"

[dent-de-leon]

I remember Taliesin saying something to the effect that he wished the Nein had taken more than just the oracle deck when they searched Molly, and the implication that he was carrying some other interesting trinkets that we never got to explore--

Anyway, please consider: Caleb taking one of Molly's earrings or little horn ornaments before he buries him. Something to remember him by, keep him close. Maybe one of his moon charms, or perhaps even a symbol of the Moonweaver Molly hid. Forbidden in the empire, but dear enough to Molly that Caleb would still risk it--

Caleb wearing one of Tealeaf's earrings when he first sees Lucien--

[matteoberrettini]

bringing positivity for once: today at work i was told that my coworkers said i'm good at tutoring 🥹 and yesterday one coworker sent me a message himself thanking me for my tutoring 🥹 and then my therapist told me the others in this group thing i'm taking part in all like me 🥹😭😭

[journey-to-the-attic]

Probs a random question, but IK moved to England when she was quite young, right? Does that mean she developed one of the many accents there, and if so, could you tell us which one?

ooh i haven't really thought about this before... it's definitely not one of the posh ones, that's all i can say--

let me think about this... the boring answer is just "received pronunciation" but the thing about rp is that no one ever has a pure standard english accent anyway. now, this is going to be high specific, but!

take received pronunciation as the base, then make it softly yorkshire - but with an irish inflection on certain words that she learned from her aunt lisa

[singswan-springswan]

guys I think Shin wants to be a Jedi and unfortunately for her, her master is goth

[morethanwonderful]

I always get the weirdest sort of secondhand embarrassment when I listen to MAG 141. I can't enjoy Jon going full scary monster the way I otherwise would bc I'm hyperaware of the fact that Basira is right there watching it happen. Noooo Jon don't be evil in front of the least understanding person in your friend group nooo

Also, listening to Jon do his thing is legitimately chilling as hell. The way he gets so worked up at the start. The gentle, almost condescending way he talks to poor Floyd after the statement as he sends him away. Eurgh. (Complimentary)

[fjordfolk]

100% don't punish the growl and listen to your dog and your puppy is not an evil mastermind AND ALSO seeing how Melis behaved today and latey, feeling very validated in our approach to her outbursts of screaming thrashing gnashing teeth being less "sorry sorry never mind" and more "ok buddy are u sure though"

time will tell if she has another ride on the melty brain hormone train coming (Sparta didn't - but she might) but at this moment in time, Melis is a pretty tolerant, people-oriented, socially intelligent little dog who's displaying some very pleasant traits. and who has not growled or snarled or gotten near threshold in many months. at this rate our worst puppy might end up our best dog

[celevrian]

Although she has seen very little of death and darkness, there is a perceptiveness which Celebrían has inherited from her mother. She is sensitive to evil, and on that vein of thought, she has a level of foresight and empathy though it is weaker than Galadriels. Now one thing is also different: sometimes she can see the ends of those she comes across. This has left her with more deaths within her mind than she has ever seen in life itself, and to a degree she knows her own fate. Additionally there's another draw back: her visions can blur reality and leave her dazed.

Then she is captured by orcs, this becomes unbearable to deal with, and it drives her just a little mad combined with the physical and mental torture she endures. The world loses its luster after she is returned, and she cannot even though she tries her best, get it back.

[ayakashibackstreet]

This is gonna sound like absolute nonsense but Anchan's smile is so similar to my Japanese teacher's and therefore it has an extra special effect on me

[bisaster-energy]

mouthwashing "The Thing" au with Anya as a sort of final girl WHEN CEE WHEN

[iamnotlookingidonotseeit]

fascinating revelations out of my dad's professional coaching of the whole family today

my mom scored astonishingly high on empathy and caring for a woman who seemed to find it next to impossible to express that to me

my dad has done an insane amount of work to be so warm and personable considering that his natural inclination is towards strong reserve rooted in anxiety (just like me!!)

my sister shocked - SHOCKED 🙄 - to learn that she scores almost zero in empathy AND very high on manipulation

actually shocking reveal that my sister always knew she was my mom's favorite. like I kind of assumed she was mean to both of us but apparently most of the biting comments were for me

[thewardenisonthecase]

shit. now i'm going to be thinking about elizabeth and meredith's fucked up little relationship

[geddy-leesbian]

The attempt to be down a little less bad is not going well. I'm just trying to marinate in the bath and can't stop thinking about Her and convincing myself she does want to date me just not yet

[strnza]

me  writing  eliza’s  dialogue  versus  rereading  it  +  reminding  myself  that  there  are  many  english  phrases  /  words  /  sayings  that  she  still  doesn’t  know  /  understand.