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art will save you, being unreasonably passionate about something niche will save you, letting past sources of joy show you the way back to yourself will save you, earnestness over composure will save you, the natural world will save you, caring for something bigger than yourself will save you, daring to be seen will save you, kindness not as a whim but a principle will save you, appreciation as a practice will save you, daring to try something new will save you, grounding will save you, love will save you, one good nights sleep will save you

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If she wished to pluck the stars, I would carve my bones into steps.

CHEN DULING and FU JING as ZHUANG HANYAN and CHAI JING in THE GLORY (2025)

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Like a half hour after taking pain relief meds: oh actually it doesnt hurt anymore i probably didnt even need to take those

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i've been on tumblr since 2009 and we do the "this website is getting shut down" panic every few years like clockwork but no matter how much anyone plugs their bluesky (and i like bluesky! i have one!) there is simply no socmed platform that replicates tumblr in the way that i enjoy using it. nowhere else can i trade 10k word posts back and forth between strangers who are just as obsessed with something as me. they'll have to carry me off this platform feet first.

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please god, take that man’s pain, double it, and put it on ao3

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really good tiktok

Transcript:

Girl, just do it fat. Don’t wait until you’ve lost enough weight. You’re worthy of taking up the space that you fill. Live your life now. Don’t wait for some future version of yourself that you think will be more deserving. You have every right to pursue your passions and dreams just as you are today. Your worth isn’t tied to a number on a scale or the size of your clothes; it is inherent in who you are. You’re allowed to be seen, heard, and celebrated in whatever body you inhabit right now. Don’t let anyone or anything convince you for too long. So go out. Do it fat! Wear the clothes you love, pursue the opportunities that excite you, and live unapologetically. There’s no reason to put off living the life that you want, waiting for a moment that you’re not even sure will come. You deserve to be happy and fulfilled just as you are, and the world needs you exactly as you are today. Everything good that has ever happened to you, happened in this body. Girl, just do it fat.

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In the end, unlike Cheng Huang, Zhao Yuanzhou reversed the fate, becoming the great demon who protected and cured his Baize Goddess without sacrificing his own soul and committing evil crimes. He died without any regrets.

Though, they both went out in the arms of a Baize Goddess, Cheng Huang died watching the woman he loved, while ZYZ died watching... well, watching the person he loved, too.

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This is badass: Medieval Nubian Fashion Brought to Life. Click through to the link because there’s more replica clothing and it is all stunning!

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What’s your score?

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16-20 Safe Space Ace

11-15 The B Team

5-10 Wise

0-4 Legendary

Feel free to play along and put your number in the tags. Remember, it's a point for something you've NEVER done (not the other way around...kind of confusing.)

Anyway, I've done them all, so I got 0.

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I'm curious. Tag this with your sexuality and what your favorite M/F ship is.

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big fan of when cute boys are harmed physically and/or psychologically

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Reblog this to ease the back pain of the person you reblogged it from

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Missing them already 😞😞

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Novoland Eagle Flag Eps 11 & 12

•It truly sucks how everyone is just trying to break Asule of his kind heart and compassion. This talk with his Uncle about the battlefield and war and fear and yadda yadda •And then he takes him to see the super soliders that attacked his family at the beginning of the series. Ah, nothing like a little cptsd in the morning. •This feels like such a fucking trap trying to give the not even 19 year old a legion of super soldiers his first time on the battlefield. Me and Shushu need to have a chat in a dark alley, I think… •”Do you think our battles here will make the world better?”

•Saying goodbye to Badai ouchie ouch •We have a new Princess in the mix. Sneaking into camp in disguise. Pretty bad ass but also probably really stupid move. •These two meeting at night on a deserted battlefield. Sorta of screams ex lovers but that's just me.

•You killed your seven older brothers OH SHIT SHOTS FIRED

•Ji Ye and Asule looking at each other as shit is about to go down…….

•The Li guy said he was gonna be there in the battle and that smug MF is just up on the cliff side watching the two armies fight.

•”Crown Prince, the general ordered that you would not be allowed to participate in the war.” Asule and I are both getting mixed signals here… •Terrible thing to say but even the battle scenes are gorgeously filmed •Close up zoom on my boy and now he’s all alone in the desert?? How is his face???

•Holy. Shit. The visuals right now. BRUHHHHHHH. These could be oil paintings.

•His panic is so real.

•But for all that the scenes are filmed beautifully, the drama does not glamourize it. It shows how brutal and awful and scary it is in the way it’s framed and in how our characters are shown reacting to it all. Ji Ye right now is having a facial journey that is ripping my heartstrings.

•He protected his brother! Even though his brother and dad have been nothing but bastards to him!

•AHHHHHHHH why is Asule in the terrifying super armor omg

•JI YE! Fucking flying in like superman with a spear!

•Asule broke his chains. What a heavy handed but spot on metaphor for his moral center not being tethered to others.

•Omffffffffffffg. That was!! Ji Ye?? MY DUDE!

•JI YE HAS THE ENEMY PRINCESSSSSSSSSS

•This face when he realizes Asule is in danger. My guyyyyyyyy!

•Asulllllllle! “I said I wouldn’t leave you alone on the battlefield. I said it and I meant it.” Just put me out of my misery, y’all. I’m not going to survive him. It’s EXACTLY how I felt getting to know 17 on LYF. Too good, too pure.

•okay so like maybe the Li leader isn't a total piece of shit?? Letting Ji Ye live and honoring his word? But it could also be cockiness that he thinks Ji Ye isn't a threat even in the future. Skeptical eyes are skeptical...

•both our boys just face down in the sand...dammit 

•who is this guy in black with the crows and the thorny lair and what side is he on??? We've now seen him supporting/helping three characters, right??

•this is a very smart drama. Sometimes I have to go back and watch moments again because of their quick and clever communication. Still really wish I could see the native subs but it what it is. 

•Asule carefully taking soup across the camp to Ji Ye my heart that was so endearing 

•"I didn't expect you to come.""How can I leave my friend behind?" 😭

•Asule looks genuinely terrified when his uncle comes in the tent. No like. 

•an impossible decision for Ji Ye to abandon his friend and attack the enemy crown prince 

•prince douchebag is down! Stay down, dickhead!

•Asule is in a strange dream memory something and all his people are there? He seems to go into his Mind Palace a lot...

•this guy in black is so sooooooo sketch. 

•..............that. Was unexpected. Just swan dived off the battlements?? Good lord.

•very honorable to bring the body of the crown prince to his dad and that was a touching thing that they played the drums for the funeral rites.

These two episodes were so packed with good moments that I didn't want to make this post any longer trying to do more episodes. And I know no one cares about this but it's kind of fun to watch a long since finished aired drama and talk about it. Even if I'm just screaming into the void lol