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My hypothesis is that in like 10 years gen z is gonna have a big cult boom the way the boomers did in the 70s

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updated my wizard playlists

80s magic power ballads

industrial metal for wizards

quest music (evil)

quest music (good)

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The Midnight Masquerade ★ Steve Thompson

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I decided to create a masterpost that would help you with what you are struggling with. Hopefully any of the links below will help you! Reminder; You’re going to be okay. What you are going through will pass, just remember to breathe. 

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Distractions;

Here are some distractions to help keep your mind occupied so you aren’t too focused on your thoughts. 

-Draw something

-This website translates the time into colours.

-Create your own galaxy.

-Play flowing.

-Make a 3D line travel where ever you like. 

-Listen to music.

-Calm.

-Ocean mood, do nothing for two minutes.

Sleep issues; 

- 8 hour sleep music.

-Rainy mood. 

-Meditation.

-Coping with nightmares.

-How to cope with nightmares, 11 steps.

-Calm

-Foods that can affect your sleeping, both positive and negatively. 

 Uncomfortable with silence; 

-Rainy mood.

-10 hours of rain and thunder.

-3 hours of rain and thunder.

-Human heartbeat.

-Rainforest.

-Sound of rain on a tin roof.

-Autumn wind.

-Rain on a tent

-Traffic in the rain.

-Soft traffic. 

-Fan.

-Train.

-Simply noise.

-My noise.

-Rainy cafe.

Anxiety; 

-How to stop worrying. 

-Tips to manage anxiety and stress.

-The 10 best ever anxiety management techniques. 

-Self-help strategies for anxiety. 

-Helping a friend with anxiety. 

-All about worrying.

-8 myths about anxiety. 

Sad, angry and depressed/depression; 

-“I’m always sad”

-Feeling sad.

-Going through trauma.

-“I’m always angry”.

-Anger management. 

-All about anger.

-National helplines and websites.

-Self-help strategies for depression.

-Dealing with depression at work.

-Dealing with depression at school.

Isolation and loneliness; 

-Pets and mental health.

-All about loneliness. 

-“I feel so alone”

-10 more ideas to help with loneliness. 

-How to deal with loneliness.

 Self-harm;

-Alternatives to self-harm and distraction techniques.

-146 things to do besides self-harm.

-More alternatives to self-harm.

-Self-harm alternatives.

-How to take care of self-harm wounds/injuries.

-Getting rid of scars.  

Addiction; 

-How to help a friend with a drug addiction.

-What is addiction?

-All about alcohol and addiction.

-The facts about drug addiction.

 Eating disorders; 

-Helping a friend with an eating disorder.

-Eating disorder treatments. 

-Support services for eating disorders. 

-Self-help tips with eating disorders.

-Eating disorder recovery. 

-Recovering from an eating disorder. 

-100+ reasons to recover. 

-Understanding and managing eating disorders. 

 Dealing with self-hatred;  

-3 ways to ease self-loathing. 

-How to turn self-hatred into self-compassion.

-Self-hatred resources.

-10 step plan to deal with self-hate. 

 Suicidal; 

-International suicide hotlines (1)  (2)

-Preventing suicide. 

-Reasons to stay alive.

-Dealing with suicidal thoughts and feelings.

-Coping with suicidal ideation.  

 Schizophrenia;

-All about schizophrenia.  

-Helping a person with schizophrenia.  

-Understanding and dealing with schizophrenia.  

-Delusions and hallucinations.  

OCD;

-Managing your OCD at home. 

-Overcoming OCD.

-How to cope with OCD. 

-Strategies for dealing with the anxious moments. 

Borderline personality disorder; 

-Helping someone with BPD. 

-All about personality disorders.

-Treatment for BPD.

Abuse; 

-Healthy relationships VS abusive relationships. 

-Emotional abuse

-Overcoming sexual abuse. 

-Hotlines services. 

-5 ways to escape an abusive relationship. 

-Domestic violence support. 

-Signs of an abusive relationship. 

-What do to if you’re in an abusive relationship. 

-Surviving abuse. 

-What you can do if you’re sexual harassed. 

-Sexual assault support.

-What to do if you’ve been sexually assaulted or abused. 

 Bullying;

-How to stand up against bullying.

-How to protect yourself when it comes to cyber bullying.

-How to help stop people bullying you. 

 Loss and grief; 

-How to cope with a suicide of a loved one.

-Grieving for a stranger. 

-Common reactions to death. 

-Working through grief.

(Other loss and grief)

-Moving away from friends and family. 

-Coping with a breakup.

 Getting help; 

-Seeking help early. 

-All about psychological treatments. 

-Types of help.

-All about age and confidentiality. 

Things you need to remember; 

- Don’t stress about being fixed because you’re not broken.

-Remember to remind yourself of your accomplishments. Tell yourself that you’re proud of yourself, even if you’re not. 

- This is temporary. You won’t always feel like this. 

-You are not alone. 

-You are enough. 

-You are important. 

-You are worth it. 

-You are strong. 

-You are not a failure, 

-Good people exist. 

-Reaching out shows strength. 

-Breathe. 

-Don’t listen to the thoughts that are not helping you. 

-Give yourself credit. 

-Don’t be ashamed of your emotions, for the good or bad ones. 

-Treat yourself the same way as you would treat a good friend. 

-Focus on the things you can change. 

-Let go of toxic people. 

-You don’t need to hide, you’re allowed to feel the way you do. 

-Try not to beat yourself up. 

-Something is always happening, you don’t want to miss out on what’s going to happen next. 

-You are not a bother.

-Your existence is more than your appearance. 

-You are smart. 

-You are loved. 

-You are wanted. 

-You are needed. 

-Better days are coming. 

-Just because your past is dark, doesn’t mean your future isn’t bright. 

-You have more potential than you think. 

- Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.

Please remember to look after yourself and know that you are more than worth it and you deserve to be happy. Keep smiling butterflies x

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Cyberpunk 2020 Playlists

I had links to my Spotify playlists I use for Cyberpunk 2020 sessions scattered across several posts, so here they are again:

Streets of Night City 

Medium-energy house and synth stuff for general RP. Nothing too oontzy or dramatic

Shit Hit The Fan 

Ramped up intensity for when the bullets start flying

MaxTac 

I made this one for a one-off for a Cyberpsycho call where you play a member of the MaxTac squad

Nightclub

Oontz for when you need it. Lots of sludge

I’m In

For all your Netrunning needs. Also works for recreations of The Matrix

Covert Action 

Successful stealth rolls only

The Big Picture 

Lots of cyberpunk movie sound tracks, title themes, credit themes, etc. Good overture music

Smile! It’s The Future 

Dystopia? What dystopia? Sorry, can’t stop and chat, I gotta take this call. I think the hit I put out on the VP of sales just got filled

The Wastes

Metal, punk, post-punk, hardcore, and some ambient desert tracks for the Nomad in all of us.

Jazz Break

When you need that neo-noir mood for a detective that’s down on his luck, and has nothing to lose in this meat grinder they call Night City.

The Source Code 

96 hours of anything that I feel is befitting for Cyberpunk 2020. This is a combo of everything in all the lists, so it’s mostly good for background filler.

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6 Online Brands That You’ll Actually Want to Shop From

Only goes up to a size XL? Ew. Outdated prints and frumpy fits? Double Ew. Doesn’t even use plus-size models in their garment photos? TRIPLE EW. 

 We’ve all been through it. Scrolling through our devices, finding the cutest little clothing piece on instagram, going to the website of said clothing piece and then… getting the worst news possible: they don’t have our size. Thus begins the spiral of devastation, frustration, and hopelessness while we ask ourselves “WHEN IS IT OUR TURN TO BE CATERED TO?” 

As someone who has experienced this horrible feeling themselves, I have set out on curating a list of my favorite inclusive, innovative, and fashionable clothing brands that never let me down with their unique styles and aesthetics. And because I care about ya, here they are just for you <3

1. WRAY NYC

WRAY NYC is a staple for me. A NYC-based, size inclusive, fine arts inspired brand that delivers both casual and elevated pieces from their checkered lounge sets (as pictured above) to silky and sexy evening dresses. Check out their new holiday collection for stunning pieces to show off to your friends, family, and tinder dates this upcoming festive season. 

Website: https://wray.nyc/

Size range: XXS - 6XL 

Price: $$

2. CHROMAT

Future forward body wear designed for all bodies. CHROMAT is a brand that I’ve always admired. Through their swimwear, they convey a very valuable message, that “every body is worthy of love, acceptance, and being empowered”. Though they are a little more expensive than you run of the mill Target bathing suit, their garment quality and unique style make the investment oh so worth it.

Website: https://chromat.co/

Size range: XS - 4XL

Price: $$ and a half

3. Fashion Brand Company

FBC in three words: Campy, non-traditional, made-to-last (okay I know that last one was not one word, give me a break here). Self proclaimed to be exclusively designed and operated by lizards (Penelope, the owner, has a wicked sense of humor), this brand walks the fine line between the absurd and the everyday wear in their magnificently unique garments. My favorite piece from their new collection is their Swiss Cheese Trouser, a pastel yellow, linen pant with circular cutouts on the legs. It doesn’t get much better than that. 

Website: https://www.fashionbrandcompany.com/

Size range: XS - 6XL

Price: $$

4. Tyler McGillivary

If you love playful textiles, bold colors, and interesting silouettes, then you’ll love Tyler McGillivary. The line is inspired by a range of influences including contemporary design, illustration, early cartoons, digital art and nature. Want to turn some heads with your look? Then look no further than this brand.

Website: https://www.tylermcgillivary.com/

Size Range: XS - 3XL

Price: $$$

5. PUNYUS

Owned, operated, and designed by Japanese model and comedian Naomi Watanabe, this cutesy clothing brand has been a pioneer for inclusive fashion in Japan and Eastern Asia. As a plus-size woman herself, Ms. Watanabe has always found her confidence in fashion and leads the way in her homeland by creating fun, out-of-the box designs for every body. 

Website: https://punyus.jp/

Size Range: about a US 0 - US 20

Price: $ and a half

6. Snag Tights

Long lasting, size inclusive, ethically made, creatively designed, and affordable tights and body wear. Need I say more?

(Okay I will say a little more - definitely check out their white ‘When Doves Cry’ garter hose. Has the most perfect opaque color and soft buttery feel. You’ll thank me later.)

Website: https://snagtights.us/

Size Range: XS - 6XL

Price: $

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“The only truth is that I live. Sincerely, I live. Who am I? Well, that’s a bit much.”

— Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart (via quotespile)

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"There is persistent slippage in queer and nonqueer work alike between the terms “asexuality” and “desexualization” in that both come to, unfortuitously, mean one and the same. In other words, until very recently, asexuality has stood in for desexualization and has rarely been articulated as a positive site of identity or sexual expression. Instead, being subsumed into the negative force of desexualization, asexuality comes to signal a sexuality taken away, a sexuality denied, a sexuality forbidden. Yet, asexuality is not an elaboration of something lost or denied; it is, quite conversely, a marker of something found and understood about oneself, a site of self-meaning, a welcome term in the process of self-understanding."

Asexual Erotics: Intimate Readings of Compulsory Sexuality, Ela Przybylo

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EXCUSE ME SYMBROCK SHIPPERS- this is a polite request for any comics recs from runs that are particularly symbrock related because me and @deafsamwinchester know nothing about comics symbrock and we’d like to know everything as soon as possible

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A part of being an adult is living with regret and not allowing it to consume you. The older you get, the more mistakes you’ve made, opportunities you’ve missed, people you’ve disappointed. And every day you have to remind yourself to be kind and forgiving of yourself. You accept and love the you from the past and understand that it’s all a part of the process. Then you move on and live your best life, knowing now as old as you feel today, you’ll never be this young again.

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Once upon a time I worked in this little burger/coffee/ice cream shop and a lady came in one winter and asked if we had a caramel apple drink and we were like ‘well we have cider’ and she was like ‘no I don’t remember what it’s called but this place made a drink that was chai tea, apple cider, and caramel’ and Breezy offered to try and make something for her but she changed her mind and left so Breezy and I were like ‘alright let’s try this’ because we had chai tea, instant cider mix, a shit ton of caramel, instant hot water from the espresso and too much free time. 

And let me tell you it was delightful. It tastes like watching the leaves changing color and dancing in the wind. It tastes like picking out pumpkins and gourds and fresh apples at the farm up north. It tastes like witches and freedom.

I make it every year now and this year I walked in the house on the morning of October first with all the ingredients and shouted ‘FALL DRINK’ and my roommates were like ‘????’ so I made them Fall Drink and now every time they get home from work they’re like ‘Fall Drink pls?????’

Anyway I remember literally nothing else about that woman but I’m very grateful to her. 

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lifehack: when you see a Take One candy bowl in a restaurant, wait until noones looking and shovel candy into your pockets. god may judge you but his sins outnumber your own

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@axiomaticsystem / pink floyd / richard siken / ram dass / @dvoyd / andrewvela / ellen hopkins / lora mathis / the mountain goats / flatsound

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SamBucky recs, with love from Jules

I've had a few readers on AO3 ask for recs, and my list has gotten long enough at this point that it seemed like time to collect some in one place for easy sharing. Caveat, of course: there are a ton of amazing SamBucky stories (countless of which I have yet to read!) and each person's faves can only capture the unique combination of things that work best for them. You’ll notice for me that there's a lot of smut, fluff, and hurt/comfort/tenderness. My special sauce of recommendations so far are below, broken up by era.

A lot of these authors are really prolific in the fandom so if you like any of these stories there may be many more waiting for you :)

Outside of canon / ambiguous canon:

at the gates, by flowermasters, rated G, 2300 words | Light angst, lovely writing

cancel all your reservations (no more hesitations), by @notcaycepollard, rated E, 15317 words | Fluff, all the fun tropes, mission fic

in your black heart (is where you'll find me), by @notcaycepollard, rated T, 2905 words | Fluff, banter, getting together

Post-CA:TWS, Pre-CA:CW:

Convergent Lines, by @abarbaricyalp (ElisabethMonroe), rated G, 4862 words | cat-and-mouse, helping each other

*note: there are other amazing fics from this era but I haven't been reading a lot of them because my biggest WIP is set during this era

Post-CA:CW, pre-IW:

beggars and choosers, by flowermasters, rated E, 2815 words | resolving tension in Wakanda

Post-EG, pre-(divergent from) TFATWS:

a gator around the warm beds of beginners, by napricot, rated E, 39433 words | fix-it, mutual healing, falling in love, heartfelt

During TFATWS:

If you let me, I might say too much, by @glittercake, rated E, 3145 words | Steamy, getting together, fits in canon (roll in the field)

Call Me By Your (Pet) Name, by @elwenyere, rated T, 6928 words | Pining, hurt/comfort, tender, fits in canon (starts ep 2)

Reconstitution, by @st4rlabsforever, rated M, 10228 words | Depth, growth, actual processing and learning, excellent, set throughout TFATWS

Only It Ain't On the Surface, by @bella-dahlia, rated T, 4006 words | Humor, fits in canon (Madripoor), hurts so good

if it keeps on rainin', by sketchnurse, rated E, 5686 words | Steamy, fits in canon (recording format from Sharon’s safe house)

Angel in America, by @lesbians-love-samwilson (queenofcolors), rated T, 502 words | Sam character vignette, grief, hurt/comfort

too late now, you're in my blood, by @glittercake, rated E, 3078 words | Steamy, aphrodisiac, fits in canon (Madripoor)

Post-TFATWS:

Access Granted, by @suaine, rated T, 22268 words | Redwing POV (trust me), matchmaking, heartwarming, action-packed

Mission to Monte Carlo, by @yavannie, rated T, 9292 words | Mission fic, comedy, smart, gorgeous tension

Constellation of Touch, by @st4rlabsforever, rated E, 13427 words | Depth, tenderness, 5+1 getting together

Longing, by @elwenyere, rated T, 11846 words | Creative, memory exploration, hurt/comfort, pining, getting together

push the body into soft flesh, and release, by @kitdaumlers, rated E, 2052 words | Sam character study, intimacy, steamy, mind the tags

Held Tighter Than a Fist, by gigantic, rated E, 5621 words | Drunk confessions, steamy

We're Home(a post-ep 6 SamBucky coda), by @liminalmess, rated E, 1538 words | Steamy, Sam’s suit, cute

I (Don't) Want to be a Part of Your Parade, by @bella-dahlia, rated T, 9312 words | Building the New Avengers, angst, pining, tender, hurt/comfort

of the things you said (that you can't take back now), by dharmainitiative, rated T, 4276 words | truth serum, cute, funny

spark me up, i'm a firework (i'll burst into light), by @coffeeinallcaps, rated E, 6745 words | Pining, established relationship, steamy, fun with super soldiers, if you know what I mean

Take Me Under Your Wings, by @yavannie, rated E, 6224 words | Mission fic/training fic, established relationship, hot tension

Skip, Reverse, by AidaRonan, rated E, 7945 words | Mission fic sort of, domestic SamBucky sort of, hilarious

the best and last of all things, by @anactorya, rated M, 7481 words | post-TFATWS but also post-zombie-apocalypse, atmospheric, tender, hopeful

we are the imagination of ourselves (reality bytes), by @wildtrakone, rated E, 8623 words | VR testing, concealed identity, steamy

Stuck On You (You Suez, You Luez) by VillaKulla, rated E, 10163 words | mission fic, funny/situational comedy, bickering, steamy

AU:

right here, red (i love you and the world), by @captainlakay, rated M, 2171 words | Early 1900s Western AU, evocative, humorous, warm

you touch me within and so i (know i could be human once again), by @notcaycepollard, rated E, 12444 words | AU werewolf, soft (I know! But it is!)

Where's the Love We Once Knew? by @jemgirl86, not rated, 4115 words | Sports AU (baseball/sportscaster), getting back together, hurts so good

Featherlight, by @anactorya, rated E, 4131 words | gorgeous, absolutely smoldering, Sam adjusts to real wings

Building wings on the way down, by @sassysnowperson, rated M, 3604 words | Pacific Rim AU, loss, recovery, chemistry

Don't shy from the light, by @glittercake, rated E, 30919 words | Sports AU (boxing), trainee Bucky/coach Sam, getting together, immersive, sexy

To The Full Moon And Back, by @glittercake, rated E, 24697 words | werewolf AU, immersive small town world, cute, pining, steamy (I just love a good werewolf AU, okay?)

Happy reading!! I write on AO3 as the_crown_jules. A lot of these recs and others are in my author bookmarks, too :)

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i am not joking we need to force teach cooking in schools. like. it is an essential thing for survival. do you know how easy it is to make things if you know even the bare bones shit about how cooking works. we need to teach teenagers how far you can take an onion and some other veggies it’’s sad that people grow up not knowing how to prepare literally anything. and i’m not talking about oh this home ed class taught me how to make chicken nuggets at home i’m talking about learning the balancing of sweetness and acidity and saltiness and bitterness and shit like that and techniques and oil temperatures and how meats cook. it needs to be taught because it’s literally not even that difficult and it matters so much

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shout out to nonbinary aroaces who arent nonbinary and aroace in a "i saw all that and said no thanks I dont care" way but in an "i saw all of that and analyzed it and i care very very deeply abt it which is how i found myself with a strange relationship with gender and strange relationship with, well, relationships"