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#*picks character up and cradles them* i am going to put u in a narrative that will wring out your spine like a washcloth

tags via OP

sometimes nifty characters come from lousy media, but they still deserve a loving home! and that's where fanfic comes in

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I mean, valid, but also Jane Austen loved silliness. Have you heard about the play she wrote about a bunch of people who didn't have enough chairs and had to sit on each other instead? (Found a discussion of it beginning on page 37 [PDF]. Also, I am BIG MAD that Austen's plays weren't included in the volume I have of her juvenilia! WTF??)

I want to get into a time machine and have a dramatic reading of The Importance of Being Earnest with Jane Austen and her family.

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I want to get into a time machine and have a dramatic reading of The Importance of Being Earnest with Jane Austen and her family.

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Oh shit it's raining and I haven't seen vice

We all know what that means

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I don't know who needs to hear this, but when you start nitpicking the metaphor, neurotypical people interpret it as you disagreeing with the point that they're making. If someone says "there's no more reason to do that to a child than there'd be reason to do that to a horse", and you go "actually, in extremely rare singular case circumstances, it's okay to do that to a horse", they assume that you also mean that there are extremely rare singular case circumstances where you think it' be ok to do that to a child.

They interpret you nitpicking the way they worded what they say as you disagreeing with what they're saying.

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I know that cruelty is the point and that people who say shit like "fake made-up identities" don't care about what's right, true, or fair, for as long as they're hurting people, but what the fuck is a fake identity. Made up, as opposed to what? An all-natural vaccine free Real Natural Identity picked fresh off the Identity Tree?

If you go down to the real grit and grain of things, just pure basics of natural biology, going on nothing but scientifically verified fact, what I "really" am is one of the top 5 largest species of primates on the planet. Natural ape behaviour includes but is not limited to going apeshit and biting your face off.

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yes given a half an opportunity i would time-travel in order to kidnap my child self and bring them to the present and raise them with love and tenderness and safety, and that's a completely normal thought that everyone has had

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Book smart, street smart, and the secret third thing: wilds smart

Can't necessarily read books, people, or situations, but leave that mf in the wilderness for three hours and they've found four pretty good camp-building sites, a source of potable water, and a badger's nest.

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Legal left hand turns at red lights state by state.

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🍉 @crossstitchforgaza - PATTERN IS LIVE 🍉

The pattern bundle to raise money for Hadeel's family is officially live as of today. If you donate €15 or more, you gain access to a pattern bundle containing 63 patterns, including this one.

Head on over to @crossstitchforgaza for more info.

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Iconography in the piece:

the key, as symbol of the Nakba

the watermelon slices and poppy flowers, which mimic the colors of the Palestinian flag

the Faqqua Iris, Palestine's national flower

olive branches and a cactus pear, symbols of the Palestinian nation

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@handbasketofdreams @homunculus-argument The mall nearest to my hometown was dying, and somebody bought out what had been the Sears store (because it was big) and turned it into an "antiques mall". Different sellers had different booths, and had tagged their own goods with their particular letter code. The sellers were not there in person. You would browse through the dozens of booths and pick up what you wanted, then pay at the single checkout. The person who took your money would save the tags so that the sellers could be paid back for what they sold. Is that a hallikirppis?

No nuance. If you don't go thrift shopping, just answer whatever you think you would do, whichever option feels more logical to you. If you are incapable of contemplating what you would do in hypothetical situations, please turn off your device and go sit on the floor. If you have some third, alternative foraging method, please share in the tags.

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"red-pill" "snowflake" everything about v for vendetta...fascists really do love to steal and bastardize culture from the queer people they are trying to destroy

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Dorset, England - Author: No-Whole2768

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TIL: Diamonds are flammable.

Which I mean, makes sense, because they're made of the same stuff as coal, but like, wow. What a visual!

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As an alternative to 'sugar, spice, and everything nice'

I present: 'salt, vinegar, and everything sinister'