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where i’m at girls

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part of the reason I think it’s so sad that we collectively write so few stories about unrequited love is bc I feel like there’s very little public acknowledgment of how much it sucks to be the one somebody is in unrequited love with??? and not in a way of like, oh they’re crossing boundaries or putting expectations on me or whatever. becoming close friends with someone and then finding out they’re in love with you and you don’t love them back the same way is heartbreaking, bc a) someone you love is in pain and there is literally nothing you can do about it, and b) it usually means that whether you like it or not there’s going to be distance in your friendship that wasn’t there before as they try to get over you. idk man I just feel like we’ve all discussed the tragedy of loving someone who doesn’t love you back quite a lot and very rarely discuss the tragedy of finding out the way that you love someone just isn’t enough.

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Suit, 1915-17

From Whitaker Auctions

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sorry i became obsessed with saving you. it’s just that i began to see you as a proxy for myself and thought that maybe if I could fix you i could learn how to get by

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the sacrificial thrall i shaped from blood and clay is actually chill AF to smoke with so ive moved that ritual to the backburner for the time being

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the sense of horror when you finish a book that was Ass Bad and you go to see what fellow haters are saying but all the reviews say it is the best thing they've ever read. feel like i just saw my reflection in the mirror move all by itself or something

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Being an evil doppelganger has to be so fucked up like imagine meeting a better version of yourself. Some chain of events going differently that led to "you" being a better person in a way you can never achieve. Personally I'd have no other option but to try and kill them

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heartwarming: found family just as oppressive as real one

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Natural History of Dragons Series by Marie Brennan

Art by Todd Lockwood

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Correct.

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girl unhinge ur jaw

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You can do this to published authors too, though you’re a little less likely to get a personal response if they’re especially famous. Authors may well have an email on their website where you can contact them - nothing stopping you from using it to tell them how much you loved their work and what you loved about it. You may not get a friendship out of it, but they’ll still appreciate it. :) (Signed, recently did this, felt very nervous and foolish about it, and got a personal response back in a matter of days thanking me for it.)

One of the coolest parts about being a fan of fanfic is you can actually contact the author. And they will respond. And then you can message them nonstop until they allow you into their lives and then you’re becoming their beta reader and suddenly you know multiple authors of all types of fiction books and fanfic authors who will drag out their deleted fics for you to read at a moments notice.

Anyway. Comment on fics and message authors. It’s absolutely worth it.

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I really hate when people mystify intelligence as some innate or supernatural ability rather than the willingness to read books and consider different perspectives. Anyone with enough time, training, and preparation could become a professor. Stop seeing knowledge as arcane rather than as a skill anyone can develop.

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Attendee Registrations are OPEN!

This form is to attend the Centaurus Festival convention on March 7th - 9th. This form will close on February 28th.

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am from the 1900’s by white-as-styrofoam