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*through gritted teeth* the world is GOOD. people are kind. Humans are NOT inherently selfish. you will make it through this year. recovery is possible. people you don't know yet will love you. You are going to do things you can't even imagine right now. You are going to read a rlly good book. You are going to eat some rlly good food. You are going to experience joy again. Things can get better. Situations can change. You can choose to be kinder. The world can change for the better.

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I hope this week is gentle on your nervous system.

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The simple magic of a good cup of tea is not to be overlooked <3

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This show was my childhood and I like to think that it’s part of the reason that I am the way I am. A little part of the collage that is me is Adam and Jamie and Grant and Kari and Tory fucking around with things and being so excited regardless of outcome.

mythbusters was so good because it wasn’t a killjoy show. they didn’t just say “see, it doesn’t work” and leave it there

whenever they find that the stunt doesn’t work as portrayed in the movie, they immediately ask “what would it take to make this happen?”

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but you can also do it slowly. you can do it piecemeal. you can do it with some help. if you're really lucky you can do it with a video essay playing in the background

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Sorry, but I choose not to kill my soul on the altar of cynicism. Goodness is real. Hope is strength. People can, and do, change for the better.

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I can behave normally around books

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i love how we pick up habits and phrases and songs from people we love and it sticks with us for so long it becomes a piece of us making us a museum of all the people we've ever loved

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And and uhhh its the its about the perseverance of it all its about the tiny JOYS, it is the contrast of the world falling apart out there but, in here, there is love and there is HOPE and all the good jazz its the feeling of knowing you will be okay if not later then at least in this Minute in this MINUTE you will be OK its about the FUCKING JOYS the i fear the worst i am always fearing the worst but i digress, there is much comfort to be found, why would i ever seek the pain in place of it? ITS ABOUT THE LITTTLE THINGS!!! The smell of dinner and and the sound of music and the rain the dancing in the rain, the world is out there and we are HERE we are right HERE it is the “you are here with me” vibe the whole aura the sound of someone laughing over in the next room, your curiosity making you go investigate bc we are like the planets circling the fucking SUN, full of life drawn to the warmth of the light or something some yeah 👍 snoreeeee honk shooo mimimimimi…..

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Stay gold!

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a very genuinely gentle reminder: there is no glory or victory in doomscrolling and overwhelming yourself with despair. it achieves nothing beyond exhausting you and making it easier for your enemies to make you think there's no point in fighting.

if you're on video/post number 100 rehashing the fuckery going on rn and saying we're cooked and it's all over, put your phone down. put on a movie. read something happy and light. eat some food. go read your favorite fic. take a shower. go to bed early.

beaming despair into your brain for hours does nothing for anyone. take a breath. the fight will be there when you've made sure you're ready for it.

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On Friendship.

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complicated sisters | playlist

a @d20exchange gift for @molgars

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Scroll past if you are trying to avoid all Gauntlet at the Garden spoilers.

The linked review contains pretty much ALL of them.

I'm pretty sure most theaters won't be able to accommodate the pyrotechnics, or an audience of 20,000, so I'm not so sure a bar has been set so much as they've demonstrated once and for all that this is not a niche hobby or a weird audience.

Relatable characters who are complicated, funny, and empathetic, fighting a bad guy who is pretty much always capitalism or authoritarianism, is what people want.

All of a sold-out MSG screamed for joy at the arrival of a black, queer, autistic heroine. People who would have a problem with her are no longer the most profitable market to serve, and there's no going backward from that.

Things aren't fine, and they aren't going to be for a long while yet. But this way points the future, and that's something to hold onto.

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Those two are making the show, give them a raise!!!!! When yall get this on dropout you better appreciate their work.

PAY THE TWO CAMERA PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND MORE IM SO STRESSED FOR THEM

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Me at 14 and me at 22 are having a bonding moment