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what a legend

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Having to explain to way too many people that no, Iran doesn’t have nuclear weapons.

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What it's like talking to non-Saw fans

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Unclench your jaw.

Get some water. You’re starting to get a headache.

Straighten up (as best you can).

Don’t forget your medication.

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wip tag game

Thanks @esperata 💚💜💚💜

rules: the tagger gives a word, then for each letter of that word you share an excerpt from your wips that starts with that letter.

Most of these are from Mutual. One clip is from my Deanverse crossover.

my word: TEMPT

They've moved beyond words exchanged in the privacy of their own company. Carl hears the water running and, a moment later, knows instinctively to reach for the glass and two Aspirin that have been placed on the desk in front of him. Maybe it was the sugar. Maybe it was adrenaline drop. Either way, he’s made a fatal error in chemistry and now he’s paying the price. He's so tired, a tear escapes, running down past his temple and into his hair. Bob reaches to thumb it away, long fingers rhythmically sweeping through his hair. "Are you… petting me?"

Every now and then, someone says something or does something that kicks him back to the dread of that moment: walking up the steps to the records office and wanting nothing more than to turn around and dive into oncoming traffic. "She'll take care of you, Carl." Meaning "she'll handle you." Meaning "it's someone else's turn and the rest of us are sick of it."

Maize Technologies releases an over-ear "seashell" device for post-surgery patients with sensitive hearing to dampen high-pitched frequencies and allow them to sleep better. They could be turned on to emit a small counter frequency to engage noise-cancelling. Most of the time, Bob leaves them off when he puts them in. The noise-cancelling effect is more disorienting than the sensitivity. He's wearing them (turned off) when he gets a call from the city editor on Saturday morning.

Pavement and obstructions are something Carl’s used to — from within as well as without. He has blocks he can’t get around the way most people seem to, if indeed they need to. Force it too hard and he overheats on the platform, keep pushing for too long and he runs out of gas. His brain finds short cuts — hammer the engine, look for explosives. A quick smoke, a run up the street, a hot match head under his fingernails; quick dopamine hits that help him clear the fog and debris. It’s no one’s business what he has to do to survive.

The crowds on the platform are mercifully thin as he makes his way up the stairs, only pausing to clutch the hand rail once. The air that hits his lungs at the top of the Christopher Street exit is as thick as it was on the train, but accompanied by a light rain and a pleasant dizziness that's been percolating in his brain since the five stops back. It's a relief to be back here, like the petrichor seeping up from the broken sidewalk.

Softest of soft-tagging @augustjustice @arokel @inkfowl and anyone else who'd like to.

The word is REAP.

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yea sex is cool but have u ever been treated like a priority instead an option

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SHAWNEE SMITH as AMANDA YOUNG in SAW III (2006) dir. Darren Lynn Bousman

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The Thing (1982)

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WE’RE WE HERE FUCK WE’RE SHIT QUEER UP

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I want you to remember:

The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.

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As a fic writer, i need every reader to know that:

I don’t care if your comment is coherent. I know what you mean and i love you

I don’t care if you ramble. I read every word and i love you

I don’t care if you leave a comment on a fic from four years ago or leave comments/kudos on like ten of my fics in one go. This isn’t IG, pls stalk my AO3. I love you

I don’t care if you mention the same thing in your comment that four other people have already mentioned. It’s actually really useful to know what resonated with people and I love everyone who takes the time to tell me they liked a particular turn of phrase

I don’t mind if your comment is super long or just a couple of sentences, i love them all

I love you

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Honestly it boils down to reparenting yourself & rewiring your own neuronal pathways & telling yourself a firm “stop” when you notice your mind slipping down negative loopholes & being present in the moment & enjoying being mid task rather than waiting for it to end & not thinking of inertia as your baseline and natural way of living

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On the one hand, deciding to do a herringbone pattern probably increased the floor renovation project time by 4-5 hours. On the other hand, my library floor is going to look bomb as hell (just as soon as I run to Home Depot for more flooring because I ran out 😬). We’ll do black grout in here as well. And once the floor is done…I can start building bookshelves 🎉🎉🎉