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Unicorn (Maerten de Vos, 1572)

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i think "it takes a village" shouldn't be just "to raise a child". we should understand it takes a village to do literally everything we do. all day every day. without our communities we would not have drinking water or electricity or clean streets or food or shelter or anything. we cannot do any thing alone. we just can't. and with that comes the fact that you are not alone. you already have a community, seek to be an active part of it, you will feel better. reach out and thank them, they're happy to have you too. i promise. it takes a village to live.

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yeah man don’t worry about him. that guy’s all baja and no blast if you get what i mean

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in general I think I have a weak spot for sunk cost fallacy characters. no point in trying to change because there's no going back! can't stop now because the possibility of being wrong is too unbearable to face head on and would destroy me if I tried!

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i can't express how absolutely important it is that when you make an edgy, brooding, badass character who's tough as nails and good at fighting and whatever, you HAVE to give them at least one reason to become completely helpless and pathetic. you have a panic attack quota to fulfill.

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being alive is like,, being so full of love and so full of loss at the same time. a lot to carry around either way.

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yeah yeah we’ve all destroyed and betrayed ourselves for nothing around here you’re not special

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reblog if you’re a sick fuck

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10 First Lines

I was tagged by @rivalhughs and @thetwinandpinleftbehind !

Brighter Stars Die First - The observing roof is Procyon’s favorite place here.

No Sleep For the Wicked - Sleep never came easy to Janus, no matter how hard he tried.

True Vengeance - Firelight from the funeral pyre flickered glaringly off the faces of the crowd, bathing wet eyes in shadow, highlighting sharp cheekbones.

cicatrix - From the outside, the Academy remains unchanged.

Obstacles - Despite the situation, Heather felt almost lucky.

What Curiosity Kills - No one is coming to save him. Mino Biladi has understood this since he was very young, but it strikes him like a knife to the chest as his name falls from the escort’s lips.

Destined to Fall - At fifteen years old, Lara was the perfect Career trainee. Icara Slate knew what that looked like.

Widow’s Bite - The spider on the ceiling stared at Riin like it owned the place.

Desiderium - “How could you do this?” Disbelief colors Monroe’s tone; black-and-purple colors his cheek from where Azaire’s elbow landed during their race to the Reaping stage.

The Bridges We Burn - Sitting across the table from a boy he once called a brother, Aslan Salvatici could almost cut the tension with a knife.

Tagging: @ladyqueerfoot @clearedpipes @limeandgreenfrog @owlsorsomethingfeathery @tryingssss @illegalcryptid

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behind every late diagnosed neurodivergent person is a parent who has absolutely nothing going on at all don't worry about it

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Arthur Wardle. Field Spaniels of the Twentieth Century. 1906. Oil on Canvas (Springer Spaniel, Field Spaniel, English Cocker Spaniel, Clumber Spaniel and Sussex Spaniel)

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Please do things to strengthen your attention span. It stresses me out so much when people just accept their small attention spans and cater to them without any acknowledgment that they are making it worse by doing that.

There is a reason attention spans are worse now and it didn’t just happen by chance. Media and the internet designed it that way and we went with it because it was easier.

Some of us with ADHD and brain fog need to meet ourselves where we’re at and lengthen our exercise span by watching a two minute video instead of a one minute video. Some of us need to sit down and read a novel with our phones turned off.

Wherever you’re at, just realize that not doing things that feel hard will keep making your attention span worse.

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filmmakers and audiences and critics alike all need to start suspending their disbelief again

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if there's one thing i appreciate about americans, its that they are DELIGHTED by "american love burger" jokes. they cant get enough of them! much like how they cant get enough of burger……

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while megacorporations profit off of exploitation of queer people and using pride flags for their tshirts and mugs, the creator of the lesbian flag, emily gwen, cant afford basic necessities and has to rely off of donations

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