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[apollos-boyfriend]

so my younger cousin is flying in to visit from brazil on sunday, and will be staying here for like, the entirety of july. which, don't get me wrong, is super cool! i love the kid! but it felt like a super weird move, considering his parents are the SUPER strict and borderline helicopter parents. even the smallest prank/roughousing with him/his little sister would lead to a strict talking to from his parents, he couldn't ever do anything without their clear permission, that sort of stuff. so letting him fly at alone at 16 to a whole different country and stay there for a whole month seemed WILDLY out of character. additionally, it just felt like a super last-minute trip. it's not like we have any plans to do when he gets here, and the flight itself and stuff only got booked like, midway through june.

and i was talking to my mom about it, kind of trying to nudge some answers out of her, and after a while she went, "yeah, i think they're sending him over here to get away for his boyfriend. see if the distance breaks them off." which, first of all, surprised me because last i checked, they didn't KNOW he had a boyfriend. literally everyone in the family did EXCEPT for them because while that entire side of the family being semi-conservative, his parents (mostly his dad) are EXTREMELY old-fashioned. so clearly something already went wrong. and considering the only reason the rest of the family knew is because one person found out and it spread like wildfire, i have a sneaking suspicion he wasn't the one to tell them, either.

and second of all. they're sending him HERE. to try to make him forget his homosexuality. i couldn't do anything but just wordlessly gesture to the multiple pride flags scattered around my room, then to myself, because really? he has like two other cousins in the us and they're sending him to me? honey i am about to introduce this kid to queer scenes you have never even heard of. he'll be returning home with labels only shrimp can perceive

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was a superhero whose normal job was an office worker for my nemesis, a billionaire. I would have my suit on under my clothes, and when the city called for Manhattan Man, I would run to this (consistently empty) meeting room and change.

One day, I happened to look up mid-change and there was this giant fucking. security camera pointed directly at me. HOW LONG WAS IT THERE FOR?!

[t0bey]

“Reunion at Dawn”

happy 5th anniversary, three houses!!!

[guardianspirits13]

dank boy detectives,,,

anyways.

[not-eorzeas-finest]

goodbye, fucker

[artwork-and-tingz]

sunny!!!! didn’t feel like doing lineart so just a sketch today (:

[damntheyare]

Under My Skin

whamgram

Chapter 13: A Hard Lesson In Humility

[punkitt-is-here]

What's the funniest newspaper comic Susan's ever read?

[honeyd-melon]

additions to my pearl design !!

i have no idea how the sickle actually attaches to the belt so i made something up (maybe it's a little weird but it works . to some capacity)

close-ups under

[gazkamurocho]

Happy 60th Birthday to our old man and my favorite character ever 🎂🎉

[how-masterful]

Good for them!

[starseneyes]

Heart-Warmed and Teary-Eyed: Kindness Matters

I have a P.O. Box that I check once a week. Right now, I mostly use it for letter correspondence with my friend @always-coffee—a tremendous published poet and beautiful human I met by chance online.

Monday she said she mailed her latest letter. So, I stopped by the Post Office on the way home from dropping the kids at school on the off-chance it made it through USPS faster than normal.

I found no letter inside, but a flyer from the Post Office saying they were holding something for me that wouldn't fit in the box. I wondered if Ali had sent a letter that was too tall (because she has such amazing stationary). I had no idea what was about to happen.

I glimpsed the package as they pulled it from a cabinet and wondered what on earth Ali sent me. That was not a letter.

Then I saw The Golden Notebook Bookstore label and knew it was something @neil-gaiman related.

For those who don't know (normal people who don't follow Neil on social media, for example), that is the local bookstore near Neil's home in New York. He periodically signs books for them that are sold with zero markup.

I am a fan of Neil as a writer, but also as a human. I don't follow many celebrities—a side effect of my set-kid youth—but I did follow Neil last year during the WGA Strike. Been a fan of his for ages, and Neverwhere is my favorite book.

Ali knows all this, and I just knew she had done something sneakily sweet.

I rushed home with a smile on my face, trying desperately not to set off the speed-trap on the road back. Let me tell you, driving speed limit when excited is not easy for me!

When I finally whipped into my driveway and sprinted into my house, I carefully opened the package (more excruciating slowness) and tried not to cry happy tears when I saw what was inside. Wrapped tenderly in bubble-wrap rested... a book.

What You Need to be Warm is a poem Neil wrote that features illustrations from some of the best artists in the industry. That in itself is wonderful. But the mission of this little book is what is so amazing.

See, the sale of every copy supports UNHCR—the UN Refugee Agency. This book literally helps people when you buy it.

I have wanted to buy a copy for ages, but you all know I thrift and buy books secondhand. I didn't want to do that with this book.

I wanted to buy it outright to ensure the maximum amount of money went to support the cause. So, I have been waiting until we were a little more stable so I could buy it full-price, outright.

Thanks to Ali, I have a copy that was purchased outright (so it helps people in need) and it is signed!

Yes, it's a signed copy with pen bleed on the opposite page, and all.

I would never do something like this for myself. You all know I am woefully practical and doing things for myself isn't second-nature. I’m working on it, but it is slow coming reprogramming a lifetime of behavior. So gifts like this... oh, they mean everything.

I am overwhelmed with gratitude that such a kind soul would do something like this for me. Thank you, Ali.

[casually-eat-my-soul]

FBI agent stiles Stilinski and mafia Derek hale flirting.

“When I can prove your crooked I’m taking you down”

“Yeah baby, down where?”

All the other agents hate listening to this shit. Stiles is constantly getting called into his superiors office for his negligent and inappropriate behaviour. But they can’t take him off the case because Derek only puts up with stiles.

Now I can’t decide if Stiles if actually on Derek’s side and is a corrupt agent or if Derek seduces him to his side.

Also Derek stealing a kiss from in front of the agents. Like they are trying to intimidate Derek with a show of force and he just laughs, the leading agent talking shit about how they are going to get Derek arrested. Derek winks at stiles and tells him that stiles can see him in cuffs anytime he wants before stealing a kiss and walking away.

Or insert my earlier post about Derek kissing stiles while in hand cuffs

[m4rs-ex3]

something something leola's star being the star that humans use to find their way when aaravos lost his way because of leola

[ca-d]

perseids and northern lights?!!?! magical ✨

[bareee]

Midnight question for the brightest firefly

Part 6 of the midnights questions Parts 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

(I forgot her tail again, FOOK this is why I cant do teiflings maaaan....my little baby...i may fix it later, or not. )

And here I come with more cuteness, s been a bit since I managed to get a midnights question done.

Karlach best firefly but shouldn’t do it on her own. And Laezel takes care of her team, even the ones lacking strength.

I will always see Laezel and Karlach gettin along the best in the group quickly, and laezel toleratin’ the others just because Karlach likes them till later XD