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if you ever find yourself thinking “wow I scraped the bottom of the barrel with my energy with that and came out okay!” that’s the devil talking. you did not come out okay. you borrowed energy from the future. you will repay it if you don’t rest and replenish the borrowed energy first.

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Top Gun: Maverick (2022) dir. Joseph Kosinski

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Well!

So first, let's clear a common misconception: no, President Abraham Lincoln did not love Black people nor see them as human equals. At best he was centrist about it (though, even his implication that 'exceptional' Black men ought to vote got him assassinated).

"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do, it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union...I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free."

The "freeing of slaves" after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 was meant to kneecap the economic and military powers of the seceded South. Lettuce stop making a white savior figure out of Lincoln, or thinking that my people's shackles were unchained via anything other than desperate war strategy and extreme violence. Think on that, for a moment.

That being said!

But not everyone in Confederate territory would immediately be free. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas, enslaved people would not be free until much later. Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas.

Consider going through the Smithsonian website to learn about Juneteenth! Recognize why it's an actual day of freedom, versus July 4th and the independence of a select few.

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of course you have blue curtains and subtext

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A Red-winged Blackbird looking like it’s getting a free ride on an Osprey’s broomstick. The Blackbird was focused on driving the Osprey away from the marsh, while the Osprey was focused on bringing back a good stick for the nest.

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"Elias, am I still human?"

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Gav’s Tavern Hi, I hope you like this. It is different from what I usually do. Also it was a lot of work.

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Kustaa’s Second Favorite Apprentice 

Another fanart for Salvage by @muffinlance

I am in love with this story, I have so many sketches about the lovely scenes MuffinLace creates. Please give a chance to it even if you are not a big fan of fanfictions. 

I sized up Seal Jerky a little bit, I wanted to make him comfy for Zuko. I am pretty sure he will grow this big if he keeps feeding him. 

Also excuse my background skills, I have none. 

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Fuck, I really love Pink Floyd.

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...i think the calming tea worked.

you seemed to enjoy my tea shop zuko drawings, so i made one in he and iroh's ba sing se apartment :) they were a little lacking in plants though in my opinion, so i added a few extras ;)

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WIP Wednesday

This is a real vibe for sure this week. Thanks for tagging me @spurious and @halestrom!

Current WIPs (an abbreviated list based on things I might actually work on this week)

Dagger Fest - Nat (TGM)

Western (TGM)

The moon and the sea (AtLA)

This week's ✨WIP Wednesday Theme✨ is...

A Glimmer of...GIRL HELP

Imma be honest: I just need some encouragement this week. Send your fellow writers a ✨ to give them a glimmer of hope or a glimmer of help or, ya know, whatever.

No pressure tags: @nixie-deangel @tgmsunmontue

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this from the guy who wrote the sting pain index, a scale he constructed after letting himself be stung by insects

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eleanor shellstrop one of the protagonists of all time honestly. woman who sucks so much who gets put in a situation specifically made to make her worse and instead she gets better. filled with love for other people but replaced it with malice for as long as she could because love got her nothing. went from being selfish for survival to selfless for survival and in the end she lands on being selfless for selflessness's sake. she even has mommy issues. she's even bisexual.

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Yeah, Eliot, you do.

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‘Love is an organic thing. It rots and softens.’

Words by Clementine Von Radics

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Keeping a lookout with mama!!

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Glad to see that even at 89 years old, Alan Alda still fucks so hard