#and responding

[guffawdim]

Putting stupid sound affects over gifs and silent videos is my favorite thing

I FRRSKINF LOVE CUTMAN HES SO CUTE 😭

[babeyun]

Dear babeyun,

Falling Alone had me crying. I am a fan of angst but this time, I felt it. I was so immersed in the story due to your impeccable storytelling skills that I could feel that hurt, that unsettling pain and sorrow in the pit of my stomach. My eyes welled up so many times and I cried a lot. I relate to Y/N a lot and felt this story on a personal level. The career stagnation and having to restart, giving and giving too much and yet feeling like you're having to beg for love, the conflict with her mother; it's all so relatable.

When Y/N says, "I like that even when I don't feel loved by you, you wouldn't survive without me. In lieu of me, who?" and later during the shower scene Heeseung says, "It's only ever been you for me. I've never once thought back to when we started dating and thought that I'd would’ve been better off with anyone else. I've never wanted anyone that isn't you, and I think that is equally as beautiful as it is terrifying. In lieu of you, who? I'd have no first love without you, you’re the only love I want." Oh, I was sobbing.

Thank you for giving me the best for hours of this year. I feel so happy to have read something so raw and relatable. Heeseung realization and efforts prove that flaws and lacking are fine to have when one's willing to make a change for love. Lately, I've been spending hours contemplating if picking between love and career is the only way out for most and balance is that hard to achieve and your fic came in making me understand the complexities of humans, their priorities and the way they evolve.

 once again, thanks for making my year. I never thought a fanfiction could leave me in this state; contemplation about life and people. Just like Heeseung, I too happen to be seeking for answers, just like Y/N, I have a lot of insecurities, complex relationships that, etc but I hope to work on myself.

I hope you publish this work as a physical some day!

dear anon, i genuinely have no idea what to say. i did not expect someone to tell me that a fic i wrote made them feel such complex emotions. i'm glad that falling alone could do that for you, as it was a huge project of my own projection, my own feelings, and in a way, my life. it makes me a little sad that someone can relate, because that means that there are more people that suck in this world -- and not all of them have the capacity to self reflect the way i made heeseung's character do.

i have said this so often lately that it's just burned on the tip of my tongue -- we have to give ourselves more grace, because we are ever-evolving. as humans, we forget that life is full of challenges and proving ourselves, until it becomes too much -- and that is when we turn to love. we don't need to prove ourselves there, because it should be common sense that everyone is worthy of love and being loved, and everyone should experience it. a part of me actually hated writing y/n because not only did i think that she deserved better, but because i had that same experience earlier this year. 2024 has not been kind to me, i fear, and i wanted her to be angry. i wanted her to resent heeseung, but i couldn't find it within myself to be so...well, angry. so i let my anger go and took the story for a different turn.

your priority should always be you. you are born into this world for a purpose, to make a different, to serve YOURSELF of the buffet that is life. you are born ALONE, and you can traverse this life alone successfully. it is human will that makes us seek love, and it is human kindness that makes us worthy of it. you are worthy of it, just like you are worthy of having a career, a work-life balance, whatever you want! the world is your oyster, life is your pearl. polish it.

i'm glad that i could hit a profound part of your mind, and i'm so grateful that you shared this with me. i will cherish it deeply, thank you for allowing me to be a small sliver of what made your year. thank you for reading, and, in a way, for understanding me.

take good care of yourself. stay safe and have a wonderful new year. <3

[crabussy]

slightly furious reminder that fish do in fact feel pain and do in fact experience fear and distress when in pain since people seem to love spreading the myth that fish don't feel pain. what is it with people assuming a creature is incapable of feeling pain or emotion just because it doesn't have complex facial muscles. come on gang

[tutoriel12]

fraud

[lawoftheclaw]

[kingorgan]

you don't understand just how monumentally stupid shooting that Australian reporter with a rubber bullet live on tv was. That reporter works for Channel Nine which is, I would argue, Australia's most conservative free to air tv channel. And keep in mind that most people in Australia don't have cable. It is owned by the Packer family, the gambling tycoons who own Crown Casinos and are friends of the Murdoch family. More specifically, James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch are friends and have done business deals together in the past (to not a great success). Americans might be more familiar with Lachlan's work overseeing Fox News for the past decade or so.

Up until that shot was fired, that reporter was giving the mildest of reporting. The bare bones of what was physically happening on the ground without the context needed to understand why the protesters were there in the first place. It was designed to look unbiased whilst leading people to side with the cops. And then you shot her in the leg.

[disableddyke]

[anarcho-catboyism]

Idk what trans man needs to hear this but you're NOT evil or disgusting for being a man. You do NOT have to suffer for the sins of the patriarchy committed by cis dudes. Being a man doesn't invalidate the misogyny you experienced growing up or experience now. Being a man doesn't mean you deserve to be isolated. Being a man doesn't mean you're inherently predatory or scary. You didn't "choose" this, and finding your true self is NOT "betraying the community" because you happen to be a man and/or masculine rather than a woman and/or feminine. You ARE allowed to be upset when people "affirm" your gender by malgendering you.

You DO deserve a community that uplifts you. You DO deserve to experience trans joy. You DO deserve to have your voices heard and your struggles recognized. Wanting the bare minimum of solidarity is NOT "making everything about trans men".

[gayvampyr]

no offense but you guys need to learn the difference between someone implying their experience is universal and a post simply just not being about you

[chloesimaginationthings]

Poppy playtime Doey would love the animatronics..

[a-a-lost-munchkin]

I Can’t Help But Wonder

Odysseus, who just violently and mercilessly murdered 108 or so men, who claims in the next song that he’s no longer a kind or gentle man, actively listens to Telemachus and kindly and gently responds to everything his son’s expressed.

Telemachus asks, “Am I like you? Am I strong like you? Will you embrace me? Will you love and accept me as yours?” He says, “I’ve felt so alone.”

And Odysseus claims him in a heartbeat, answering, “My son. My boy. My sweetest joy I’ve ever known. I embraced you twenty years ago. I’d do the impossible for you. I’d die for you.” He says, “Seeing the men here today, I can only wonder what you’ve been through for twenty years. My son, you’re already strong. You’re my own. You’re not alone. I’m home.”

And then they fucking embrace.

[nicktoonsunite]

skull emoji

[quasi-normalcy]

It's actually really frightening to see officially sanctioned genocide denial rise up in Western countries in real time. Like, I remember 20 years ago hearing about how it was illegal in Turkey to point out that the Armenian Genocide happened, and how I thought that that was fucking evil and oppressive. Now here we are, with a campaign in Gaza that experts have called 'a textbook case of genocide', for which the UN Human Rights counsel has determined there are "reasonable grounds" to call it genocide, and the US Congress is trying to make it illegal to criticize Israel. We have Hollywood agencies refusing to represent anyone who points out that a genocide is currently taking place. And it's just the same shit from a fresh asshole as we got from the Turkish government over what happened in Armenia in the 1920s, like "Oh yes, there were killings, but...calling it genocide? Ohhhh, you must be very hateful to our poor little nation to think that our people are capable of that 😢 😭!" Fuck off.

[floweycidal]

wyd if the Roaring Knight pulls out their iPhone X and your best friend's device instantly starts chirping

[tiredguyswag]

TIME SENSITIVE, ONE WEEK- HELP MOHAMED'S WIFE

[Plain text: Time sensitive, one week- Help Mohamed's Wife]

Everyone, please listen. This is time sensitive so I'll cut to the point. My friend Mohamed's (@save-mohamed-family) (VETTED, #192 on this list) wife has cancer, and is in the final stages of her treatment. She needs one last round of chemotherapy to be cured. Please donate to his fundraiser! He has been struggling to collect money, please help him save his wife! Even the smallest donation helps!

He needs to collect $6000 by the end of this week (25TH OF MAY) for his wife's treatment. Time is running out. Let's help him get there!

CURRENTLY AT: $12,890/$18,890 USD

[Plain text: Currently at: $12,890/$18,890 USD]

tagging a few people under cut:

@murderbot @guldastaan @timetravellingkitty @jewishdainix @russianimperialist @boobieteriat @doublycharming-tetraquark @raangmanch @randomfandomtraveller @chucklingmaniacally @heliopixels @sitaarein