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I always come back to them

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Her eyes meet his. He reaches out his arm and takes an enormous breath. With terror clear in her eyes, her hand reaches for his, and he locks his grip on her wrist, and her fingers dig into his arm.

“I got you! Hold on!”

Vermillion Seas, Cardinal Skies Chapter 22: A Second Chance

The Fall took my breath away when I first read it. The intensity, the terror, the beauty... I loved each and every second of it, and I know you will too.

Go read Vermillion Seas, Cardinal Skies by @geothewriter if you want to find a perfect balance of love and adventure!

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No because this is how I feel every time I think about the episode. Imagine going to a prison called The Boiling ROCK which is on quite literally a ROCK and mainly made of METAL and it's surrounded by boiling WATER and not bringing THE WATERBENDER WITH A SPECIAL INTEREST IN PRISON BREAKS AND EARTHBENDER THAT INVENTED METALBENDING TOO WITH YOU

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avatar chibis

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some of the frames:

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One of things that I managed to absolutely memory hole because it's not in front of my face 100% of the time, since I'm still waiting for my gpu to arrive, might as well edit them and upload.

''4 elements'', done in watercolor, gouache, ink, Posca Markers

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Avatar: The Last Airbender Fand-Home Prints by @Kyri45

These can be found in 3 versions both as prints and T-Shirt on my RedBubble!

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decentralize and clean up your life!!!

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

last updated: march 18th 2025

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So thanks to Mastodon, anyone could hypothetically start a social media site. That means Tumblr users can create their own social media site separate from Tumblr.

It sounds like a terrible idea. We should do it.

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Know what platform doesn’t require age verification?

The fediverse.

(I recommend wafrn for a tumblr-like experience, AND you can still follow people who are on Bluesky without needing to be on the main Bluesky site, but mastodon servers are great too)

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If you haven't already, check out Wafrn. It's like what if tumblr, but they aren't corporate, they have an integration into bluesky, and they don't hate trans people.

Also, I'm there.

app.wafrn.net

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I wonder why this post is exploding on wafrn right now

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New wafrn update

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Is it possible to “beat” mental illness? Or does it depend on type/circumstance?

“Beating” mental illness is actually the norm, not the exception. Most people who have a major depressive episode never have another one. 80% of people who survive their first suicide attempt never make a second attempt. 93% of Borderline Personality Disorder patients achieve remission. Up to 74% of people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder achieve significant clinical improvement in their symptoms, and 20% achieve full remission. Half of Generalized Anxiety Disorder patients achieve remission after the acute phase of treatment. Even disorders with relatively low rates of remission - bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoid personality disorder - generally become milder and easier to manage as you age. Psychiatric symptoms tend to peak in your 20s and generally drop off as you get older, especially if you seek treatment. 

This is why the narratives we use to talk about mental illness matter so much. Right now, the dominant narrative is that mental illness is “an imbalance in the brain” and that it’s largely something that people are born with. There are upsides and downsides to this. The upside is that it promotes the idea that mental illness is not the ill person’s fault, and it helps us understand that mental illness can impact anyone, regardless of their life circumstances. The downside, however, is that it’s sort of given us this idea that mental illness is inborn and unchangeable. People have taken on the idea that “that’s just how my brain is”, when the reality is that, for most people, mental illness is less of a stable trait for them, and more of just a shitty thing that they are going through for a little while. The idea that mental illness is just “in your brain” also erases the very real connection between your life circumstances and your mental health - while it’s very true that a wealthy person in a happy marriage can become depressed, it’s also very true that living in poor conditions and being in an abusive marriage can be the cause of depression, and that improving your life circumstances can lessen or eliminate mental health conditions. 

If you have a mental health condition, it’s very important that you not resign yourself to the idea that you’re going to be like this forever. Chances are, you won’t. Even if you have a mental health condition that is associated with low rates of remission, it is possible to make leaps and bounds in your functioning, and to get to a point where managing your condition becomes second nature to you. Our understanding of mental illness is improving every year, and new therapies and treatments are becoming available all the time. If you seek treatment and do your best to manage your condition, you have every reason to believe that you will make huge improvements. 

Hope this answers your question!

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A break from Zelda content for a request of my little sis who is a huge ATLA fan! I binged the series on Netflix a few years ago (lol) and i really liked it!! The animation and story were so so impressive, and it was WAY deeper than i expected, so i was pleasantly surprised! My only dislike... was that, imo, the whole storyline was set up for zutara, so... i thrive in my delusion 😂 Anyways, this was also a fun excuse to practice with some new, fun brushes, and i really enjoyed working on this piece!!

sorry to all those who follow me for LU! i will get back to it soon, but taking a tiny break to explore different types of content that give me creative joy! ☺️🩵

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It really is wild that some politicians can stand there and say "yeah we're getting rid of a program that keeps quite literally millions of people alive specifically so we can cut taxes for people who are already richer than god" as if it's a normal political stance and not so cartoonishly evil I'm legit shocked perry the platypus doesn't break through the nearest wall the minute the words leave their mouth.

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I can’t stand it