My name is Alden and I write stuff, rant at length about whatever book I’m reading and get way, way too into The Witcher. Asks and DMs are always open!
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The importance of insomnia is so colossal that I am tempted to define man as the animal who cannot sleep. Why call him a rational animal when other animals are equally reasonable? But there is not another animal in the entire creation that wants to sleep yet cannot. - E.M Cioran
#guys you know it’s bad when I break out the#emil cioran#i am not well#time to haul off to work on an hour of sleep#insomnia
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Chades drugs and bombs arc in the tawny man trilogy has had me on the edge of my seat
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I’m watching True Detective for the first time and they truly did just make Ligotti a character, didn’t they?
#down to the ‘wow this fella would be insufferable IRL’#sorry Tom#I’m really liking it though#kept me awake at work tonight but now I think I need to watch it again w my full brain#true detective#rust cohle
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👻 Hallozine Contributor Apps OPEN 👻

Hi folks! Contributor apps for Baldur's Gate: A Hallo-zine Special are now open.
The zine will have two sections: Trick for horror-focused content and Treat for tamer Halloween fun. Each section has its own application, and we are looking for artists, virtual photographers, and writers. Previous zine experience is not required!
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Trick Contributor Application
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I wanna be the weird lady who lives in a small house and grows lavender and wears sundresses with straw hats and always has a book to recommend
#oh that’s#that’s me except I’m nb#I have lavender and chamomile and mint waiting for my tea garden this spring#and I have so many books to rec#cottagecore#personal
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If you were a bookish kid then you probably spent at least one year locked in merciless psychological warfare with at least one English teacher you never really got over and someday you're gonna be 90 years old playing checkers on top of a barrel in front of a truck stop or what the fuck ever and somebody's gonna say something foolish and you're gonna think ". . . this is exactly like when that bitch Mrs. So-and-so was wrong about Sophocles"
#the witcher#okay but Mrs. Saville if you’re out there I SEE YOU#what do you goddamned mean After Apple Picking isn’t about suicide#‘it’s about hibernation wehhh’#HUMANS DO NOT HYBERNATE MAAM
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microdosing on piranesi by getting really lost in art museums
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my fluffy piece for anders week day 3!
#this is such a cute art style ashgshshd#anders week 2025#anders week day 3#fanart#anders week#da2#dragon age#anders
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something i've noticed that has become really annoying in the past 10 years or so is this fad of what i've been calling, for lack of a better word, "structural whataboutism." it's that thing where, when faced with a concrete, resolvable problem in your community, your answer is to blame it on a vast, unsolvable issue of structural inequality and then throw up your hands. "there's trash all over the ground in this corner of the park" becomes "well, that's where MEN OF COLOR congregate after their 12-HOUR GRAVEYARD SHIFTS and i'm not going to support a CARCERAL SOLUTION to a CAPITALISTIC PROBLEM. WE NEED TO ELIMINATE POVERTY AND THE SUBJUGATION OF THE WORKING CLASS" and it's like okay but sis. someone still has to go pick up the trash. we don't need a carceral solution, we need more trash cans. you're not going to eliminate poverty and the subjugation of the working class and even if ya did, there would still be trash on the ground. how any of this passes for radicalism within their peer groups i simply don't understand. it's radical laziness more than anything else
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Maybe if I just keep writing I’ll figure out what the fuck I’m doing somewhere in the middle here 🥲
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My very first Realm of the Elderlings art created for @winterfest-gift-exchange-v2 ! This gift was based on the prompt of “something soft/fluffy/cuddly” featuring Molly & Bee and Fitz & Bee 🐝 I chose to interpret this as a warm, cozy, sleepy evening in the nursery at Withywoods when Bee was a baby. Best enjoyed while listening to the crackling of a fireplace ☺️
#this was such a lovely winterfest gift I am feral#the way he has her hand#that weariness on his face but just the sweet soft coziness too#little baby bee 😭#it’s just so lovely#rote winterfest 2024#rote#realm of the elderlings#fitzchivalry farseer#molly chandler#bee farseer#fitzmolly
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“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
— Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
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People want to talk about ‘old woman crafts’ like it’s a silly tweet thing but like. Listen. I’ve seen someone accidentally impale a good few inches into their leg on the little knitting needles used to make socks. They’re bloody damn sharp. Bigger knitting needles are pretty wicked if you put some force behind them. The awl I use for bookbinding could easily go through a hand. Or an eye, if you’re feeling frisky. Embroidery needles and darning needles are pretty nasty. Stained glass involves fairly toxic chemicals, lead, and heat upwards of 600 degrees Fahrenheit. I wouldn’t fuck with the crafty folks, personally.
#just musing#I dunno I have permanent scars from stained glass#and scars on my knuckle from accidentally X-acto knifing myself reaching blind into my sewing box#crafting#diy#knitting#stained glass
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