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The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi

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That really is how being in your 30s is like 😭

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Can we stop acting like two people deeply loving each other has to mean they have something romantic or sexual going on? Can we stop talking as if platonic love just can't be that deep? Because that's not true. Platonic love can be just as deep, and sometimes even deeper, than romantic love. What I'm saying is, we need to stop putting romance on this pedestal and act like every other form of love is less important.

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unsolicited parenting advice of the day tell your kids what to expect! If your two year old is anxious about when dad is going to get home from work, teach him to recognize what patterns indicate that dad is coming home soon! After lunch we will do an activity and then clean and THEN dad will get home. Listen when the calendar day starts with an S dad does not have to go to work!!

and if something goes wrong and today does NOT go according to the plan your little guy expects, tell him!! Hey, dad has to go to work after all today, but he will be home after lunch! Today dad has to get groceries after work, so he’ll be home later than normal. But he will return with more bananas! Focus on the positives too, give them things they can understand. Don’t just say “not today,” they understand the concept of grocery stores and unexpected trips. Just tell them the problem. You’d hate being in the dark about everything that happens to you also. Let them control their situation, even if it’s just their own emotions and expectations.

or even! Teach them to read an analogue clock! Let me tell you, church nursery in the 1.5-3.5 age group got so much less stressful and anxious for EVERYONE when I taught my kids how to read the clock. They don’t have to ask me anymore how much time is left and fish for answers I can’t give them. They know that their guardians will come for them when the long stripe on the clock touches the 2, and that if they aren’t there then then they’re LATE and they get to hold this over their parents head. Because they know their parents can be late. And they LOVE knowing when this has occurred. There is so much less anxiety.

anyway explain stuff to your kids, they want to know. This has been an unsolicited parenting advice PSA

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The image captures the miraculous moment when the rays of sun hit a rare cloud called a pile cloud, and the angle and other subtle conditions are reflected in a divine rainbow color. (Source)

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I love soulmates but also this-

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    Flowers blooming time lapse

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Get ready for a very special plush kickstarter... coming October 9th

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An old video of me testing out the paper dragon prototype. I love how the light scatters through the scales and onto the background. Then life got busy and I kind of forgot about this project 😅

I just ordered a new laser cutter thanks to everyone's recommendations (after my old one broke) and aim to complete this in the future like my koi lanterns :D

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An old video of me testing out the paper dragon prototype. I love how the light scatters through the scales and onto the background. Then life got busy and I kind of forgot about this project 😅

I just ordered a new laser cutter thanks to everyone's recommendations (after my old one broke) and aim to complete this in the future like my koi lanterns :D

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I've been rereading a cold night for good deeds and I'm back on my malec bullshit (affectionate) and I really want to read the books.

I read the mortal instruments series over ten years ago and wasn't interested in the others, then I watched the show when it aired. now I just want to read the malec parts. the prospect of getting through the whole universe is overwhelming and while the world building is interesting, I'm frankly not interested in actually reading anything else. but I'll be missing context if I do that.

I can't read the whole thing. I can't. it's too much, I don't have the energy or time for that.

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The solutions to transandrophobia, transmisogyny, etc. Aren't going to come from getting rid of or separating yourselves from the other half of the trans community. The solutions rely on co-operation, on solidarity, on inter-community support. Trans men need Trans women, trans women need trans men, we need nonbinary people and intersex people and we need every single trans group there is. We need to hold each other accountable, to share our experiences, to love being trans TOGETHER.

Our enemy is not each other, and anyone who says otherwise is sewing division in an already vulnerable community. Our enemies are the systems of domination like white supremacy, colonialism, capitalism, the patriarchy, bioessentialism, etc. Our enemies are systems of oppression, not each other.

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The Land I Lost

Literally everything about Alec Lightwood in The Land I Lost makes me absolutely feral. The fact that he's trying to learn Indonesian for Magnus.

This entire passage:

Like? The scorn from the idiot Shadowhunters? Lily's sass? The way Alec puts his hand on his weapon, fully willing to literally fight in defense of Magnus's (or Lily's) honor?

The way he's absolutely convinced other Shadowhunters would try to murder him if they could get away with it but he uses his privilege to defend Lily.

This scene:

relatable as hell. I, too, am bad at faces at names.

The way Alec relates to Juliette's claim on her Downworlder children. The way he loves Max so fiercely.

This is literally from like 5 pages. Every single line of this entire short story is like one gut punch after another. I was giggling and kicking my feet while I read it. Alec and Lily's friendship is one of my favorite things and I love how hard Alec fights to make the world a better place and how he earns the trust of the Downworlders he protects.

Alec Lightwood is truly one of The Characters Ever. And I will never get over Alec and Magnus. They are the definition of love.

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SHADOWHUNTERS (3.11) | LOST SOULS

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Magnus Bane

-banishing art block since >1600