manicpixienby

[manicpixienby]

[manicpixienby]

[manicpixienby]

yes, things are bad right now. some even say it's irreparable. it's hard to imagine a world that is better with such crushing evil everywhere.

but I need you all to remember that we live in an age of miracles, too.

about three weeks ago, my dad almost died. he had a brain aneurysm rupture at 2 in the morning. if he had not been staying at his girlfriend's home, he very likely would have died. as it was, he ended up at the hospital very quickly. the neurology team diagnosed the problem and placed a drain tube in his head to moderate pressure while they formulated a strategy for the impending surgery. the day after, they placed scaffolding inside the broken blood vessel. they kept him on certain medications for several weeks to ensure he healed properly.

twenty years ago, my dad would have come out of this ordeal with at least minor —more likely moderate to severe— brain damage. he could have lost the ability to walk, or see, or speak, or remember anything for longer than ten minutes.

yesterday we shared some jokes about terrible hospital food and then he walked out of the hospital on his own two legs.

it's going to take more time for him to fully recover. he lost a lot of weight. he's still in some amount of pain. but he is here, whole, with a life expectancy of twenty to thirty more years.

yes, it is probable that a large part of his incredible recovery is due to sheer luck, and his natural physical resilience. but an even larger part is the fact that a team of highly trained, highly skilled people, armed with modern knowledge and technology, saved his life.

we live in an age of miracles, and I don't mean the divine type of miracle. every day, millions of human beings across our planet dedicate their waking hours to beating back the four horsemen their damn selves. and it is working. all of human history is defined by those who chose to look Old Grim himself straight in the eye and say: "I am smarter than you, I am faster than you, I am stronger than you, and I will not stop until you loosen your grip on all of us. Blink, motherfucker."

And by force of will, they make him fucking blink.

yes, things are bad. but don't you dare forget the good we can do.

[manicpixienby]

So apparently people are getting mad at the apparent “fan service” in SotR? Well, what you see as fan service I see as real life. You really think their paths didn’t cross? That Katniss was the only person of interest for Snow? That Plutarch, Wiress, Mags and Beetee hadn’t been trying and trying for years to make a difference?? That Haymitch didn’t know who Katniss’s and even Peeta’s parents might have been? That he likely grew up with some of them? That before he became the Haymitch we met in THG he had a life and a personality beyond being a drunk? These are all real people in this world. There are probably a hundred more we could have met but they never showed up in THG because Snow probably got rid of them. This isn’t fan service, my guys. It’s just what happens.

[manicpixienby]

POV your five foot tall scrawny student can lift you off your feet (you are eight feet tall)

[manicpixienby]

we don’t talk about eurylochus’s deep rooted mistrust of gods enough. and how he might feel about athena when he first meets her. would be very funny like a cat immediately gravitating towards someone who HATES cats because they think they’re respecting their boundaries.

athena’s like “ahhh odysseus’s friend is so nice, nothing like him. quiet and well-mannered what a nice boy. total breath of fresh air” meanwhile eurylochus might projectile vomit from anxiety

[manicpixienby]

Is this anything

Never forget what they took from you (wingman athena)

[manicpixienby]

sorry that you think my fictional ship is illegal. I actually consulted a fictional lawyer about it and he had a talk with a fictional cop about the fictional laws and then they both looked at me, and very seriously said "we'll allow it because it's hot."

[manicpixienby]

my friend liz downloaded some free audio software a few months ago to do something and now every time she joins a call a female voice says “trial. trial.” and liz doesn’t remember the name of the software or know how to stop it and she doesn’t want to

[manicpixienby]

Can we talk about how Odysseus is canonly a short king cause Athena keeps on making him "seem taller" so he's more imposing ? It's ridiculously funny

She's legit just calling him short without saying it

[manicpixienby]

THE SIMS 2 + Cooking

[manicpixienby]

pictured: cupid on her way back to monster high after being on a well-deserved vacation on olympus for the past ten years after her dad eros woke her up that morning and told her she had to go back to work and also she has to change her name but at least her family made her a new outfit

[manicpixienby]

They Have AO3?!?

So apparently AO3 is cannonical to the DC universe, in which it is called Tales of our own or TO3!

[manicpixienby]

Don't Fall for this scam.

Transgender community, please please please do NOT use this product! It will kill you if used, please do not use it whatsoever.

Please reblog and spread the word

[manicpixienby]

if you’re craving chocolate muffins after the olympic muffin man videos, jordan the stallion on tiktok has the recipe for you

[manicpixienby]

Oh she is bored...

[manicpixienby]

what the fuck is this monstrosity