#stand for something or fall for anything

[sasha4books]

[egophiliac]

did this as a quick scribble at like 1 AM last night and...immediately lost all motivation to ever clean it up. ( ᐛ ) but I had to draw my son being the fanciest little flower boy who ever threw petals down an aisle. oh my god.

[iambrittanyrena]

Sometimes it doesn't feel right to celebrate life while there is loss going on all around right now. I just turned 34 and while I'm happy to still be alive and well, many will not be able to say the same.

I should take this time to express gratitude and not take it for granted. I pray that my efforts (despite how minuscule they feel) will make a difference somehow.

[creating-by-starlight]

Me, every time anyone says anything about "waiting for The One God has for you"/romantic soulmates/etc: Stop, stop, stop! Why are we implying that everyone has a soulmate when everyone does not have a soulmate? God's going to get nasty letters saying "Where's my soulmate? Why haven't I found my soulmate?" and do you want Him to have to deal with that? I don't think so! Stop spouting heresy being so silly!

[kickedin17]

Lyrics from the clancy tour setlist that are Scary now

I am clancy, prodigal son, done running [...] wanted dead or alive

Overtake your former self

I must've forgot, you can't trust me [...] before you know it I'm lost at sea

Tunnels cave, visions fade, swallowed by the vignette

There is no distraction to mask what is real

I found my way, right time, wrong place, as I pled my case

I don't know if this one is a surrender or a revel, I don't know if this one is about me or the devil

There's no chance I will shake this again

Do you think that now's the time you should let go? It's over my head

I used to be a champion of a world you can't see

Don't circle the track, just break the cycle in half

I tried to warn you just to stay away

Can't change what you've done

I'm testing the limits of what a mind can do

Did I disappoint you? Will they still let me over if I cross the line?

I'd rather you not be here for what could be my final form, stay your pretty eyes on course, keep the memories of who I was before

I thought I was fully prepared for the threshold in store [...] I guess I never really faced my fears before

End of my ways as a walking denial, my trial was filed as a crazy suicidal head-case

And I know that I can fight or I can let the lion win. I begin to assemble what weapons I can find, cause sometimes to stay alive, you've gotta kill your mind

And then when just enough light comes from just the right side and you find you're not who you're supposed to be? This is not what you're supposed to see, please, remember me? I am supposed to be king of a kingdom or swinging on a swing [...] this situation's becoming dire. My treehouse is on fire and for some reason I smell gas on my hands. This is not what I had planned, this is not what I had planned

I don't want your way, I want mine, I'm dying and I'm trying but believe me I'm fine, but I'm lying, I'm so very far from fine

And I can feel the pull begin, feel my conscience wearing thin

Cause I will save face for name's sake, abuse grace, take aim to obtain a new name in a newer place [...] I ain't the same, and my name became a new destiny to the grave

Keep your bliss, there's nothing wrong with this

This haze around my face makes me feel all alone

I find my self-esteem then turn so cold

We'll find a way to pay for it [...] and you can be quite certain, we'll win but not everyone will get out

This doesn't mean I lost my dream, it's just right now I got a really crazy mind to clean

You don't need to run

We're going too fast, fast, save us

I'll never be what you see inside, you say I'm not alone, but I am petrified

I have committed dirty, dirty crimes that are perfectly form-fitted to what I've done and what I'm doing, I'm brewing and losing and spewing infusing

I'm not sure if I can see this ever stopping, shaking hands with the dark parts of my thoughts, no, you were all that I've got, no

Gnawing on the bishops, claw our way up their system

I've been thinking too much, help me

I'm all in, I'm surrounded, put my money where my mouth is, even though I'm past the point of no return

I crumble underneath the weight

I'll stop my plans, but you'll have to tie me down and then break both my hands

It's a different blue, it's deeper than it's been

My name's blurryface and I care what you think (what's my name, what's my name)

[joyfulhottubfuntik]

I will never understand how and why people seriously hate on teenage Ford. I get not liking some of the things he would do later in life, sure, but was he really wrong for how he behaved before his and Stan's falling out?

If you ask me, then no, I don't think he was. Because what did he want? Why was there a rift between the brothers even before the science fair?

For all of his youth Ford had a very strong desire to be seen for something other than what he was born as. Because who was he, really? One of a set of twins? Specifically the weird one with six fingers? And of course, he loved his brother and wanted him to be a part of his life, but that's the thing, isn't it. He, Ford, wanted Stan, his twin who was very dear to him, in his life, but it would be Ford's own one, separate from Stan's. He didn't want to be just one half of a person anymore and he didn't want Stan to be that way either. Stan, however, who had throughout his life repeatedly been told that he is worth nothing without Ford, obviously clung to this "dynamic duo" hard. And actually I can't help but think that here Stan was the one whose emotions were unhealthy. Because how wrong is it to just want to be your own person and to follow your ambitions?

Actually this may or may not be a hot take, but I do believe that everyone would be so much better off if everything went well and Ford got into his dream university. Both Stan and Ford would be able to develop as people separately from each other, while still being on good terms. In canon so much of their lives was defined by attempts to fill the hole in their lives which was left in the absence of the other twin. And besides, Stan would not have that need to focus solely on earning as much money as possible as quickly as possible (which is what got him into all the legal trouble that he found himself in. I do think he could've settled down and done somewhat well, just didn't, because people don't become millionaires by getting a minimum wage job and settling down, do they?).

[k-tteny]

[sasha4books]

[group-dynamic]

Bartender: Hey, man, how's it going?

Me: Yeah, you know, it's good. Just thinking about how Gil Galad's kingship was haunted by Elrond. Like his first great failure after being crowned when he'd barely come of age was showing up too late to stop the destruction of Sirion. How he probably felt a deep personal responsibility to find Elwing's missing boys at least but couldn't even do that. Like, I know he probably got redirected by Cirdan toward all those refugees and stuff, but he probably really wanted a win, especially because he was kinda orphaned by then himself and knew how cruel fate was to the sons of greater destiny. Like all his family who'd been king before him died, like, horrifically? And then when Elrond returns all fine and he comes to Lindon and he's chosen the fate of the elves, Gil Galad's physically haunted by him again. See, but this time he chooses to be haunted by Elrond. Because I think he wants to fix what he sees as his first great failure by restoring a bright future for this kid which was robbed from him when Sirion fell--and it's probably like he wants better for him than what he got, too, because he got this kingship in exile thrust upon him when all he was doing was hanging out with Cirdan making ships or something with the other non-combatants and refugees like he and his mother who were fleeing war and violence and he was like fourth in line to the throne so he probably found out in one fell swoop that all his family's dead and oh, you're king and your destiny's out of your hands. So he's like, I'll make Elrond herald and give him all the experience and guidance on this leadership stuff I never got while also giving him better control of what kind of future he has. Then--get this--he never even marries or has kids and when his reign is coming to an end. . . Which, by the way, he probably foresaw his own death which is fucked-- because he gives Elrond his ring before the war of the last alliance, metaphorically making him his heir and also giving him the opportunity to shape his future. . .Yeah, yeah, cause Elrond wouldn't have been considered suitable to be a lord or a king or anything after he was raised by wolves the sons of Feanor. So when Gil made him herald it was like helping him gain political experience and any status he lost. So anyway, then Gil Galad dies, but in some ways he's spent a greater part of his life dedicated to the act of restoring Elrond to the path he should have been on in an alternate reality where he was raised as Earendil and Elwing's son and like correcting that first failure--but also changing Elrond's fate because Elrond has the ring, like, he literally has Gil Galad's legacy and power in his hands, something he wouldn't have had (or needed?) before. But he decides he won't be king. He'll use that power to guard the place that fulfills the legacies of both him and Gil Galad. He's rebuilt the home he lost, something Gil Galad was trying to give him, and then he makes it a place for all the orphans and the wounded and the refugees--like he even fosters a bunch of future orphan kings and like--

Bartender: Like the ending of Hamilton?

Me: *mumbling into my empty glass* Yeah, exactly like the ending of Hamilton.

[turtleblogatlast]

i see your post about leo being relieved that hes trans because he learned his stripes would go away and i raise you: leo, who spends his entire childhood in fear because donnie told him that he will lose his stripes when he is younger, only for them all to realize hes trans when they dont

Oh…Leo having so much value in his looks and especially his stripes because they’re what make him stand out the most, and in turn it helps solidify himself a role in the team as the “Face Man.” Sure, he absolutely thinks himself good looking with or without the stripes, but his stripes are striking and he knows it, and they mean more to him than just looks anyway. Knowing all this time that his stripes were going to fade and yet still taking on his title and still being as confident as he is - imagine he’d already come to the conclusion that his worth on the team, in his family, was always on a timer.

Then that timer goes away. And he’s left with relief and tells himself that hey, he’d have been just as cool looking without the stripes anyway! But…he’s glad to keep them. Even if his role isn’t quite just “Face Man” anymore, his stripes are a part of him.

And it’s been really scary to think that someday he’d look in the mirror and see a part of himself missing.

[totheidiot]

listen i could write and be an actual fucking godly at it, but i will never be able to write something half as good as the hinterland doctrine (those who stand for nothing fall for nothing) and that's kind of. fucked up.

[lostlegendaerie]

also it's my birthday tomorrow and so far every plan for fun things I have made this week has been cancelled due to 1) people being under the weather/not enthusiastic about participating and 2) snow and freezing rain and I am. kinda feeling super down about it if people wanna put nice things in my inbox for tomorrow.

[authenticity2025]

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. Malcom X

[starryrock]

What about post-canon Belos’s ghost haunts Luz and neither of them are happy about this outcome? Luz is upset for obvious reasons. Belos is upset because he’s dead, failed, and would rather stay in the In-Between (or whatever afterlife/oblivion there is) than see everyone else happy.

Idk why but I have the thought that he would watch vine compilations. My only reasoning for this is thinking of Belos quoting “Let’s tell each other a secret about ourselves. I’ll go first: I. Hate you.” He wouldn’t understand half the words being said, but he’d watch it like my cousin’s demon cat watches Spanish TV.

[nekcihcetaruccayllacilbib]

methinks being a little bit of an asshole is good and even healthy

[shippingmyworld]

how long does burnout last? asking for a friend