#[ thoughts ]

[frownyalfred]

a nosy socialite at an event, leaning down: “Oh Richard, it must be so hard for you in that house, what with Bruce’s…proclivities for nighttime guests.”

Dick Grayson, fully aware at age 13 that Bruce Wayne is a Loser™ whose only “nighttime guest” is Clark Kent, who comes over to “review cases” with Bruce before/after patrol while both of them awkwardly ignore any and all tension between them: “Something like that.”

[leonardospoetry]

What gets lost in the translation between feelings and language? I wonder how much of myself I can’t translate into words. I wonder how much of myself I don’t even know.

[p1nkblog]

⊹ ࣪ ˖ lucky girl ⊹ ࣪ ˖

⊹ ࣪ ˖ i am the luckiest girl ⊹ ࣪ ˖

⊹ ࣪ ˖ i get everything i want ⊹ ࣪ ˖

⊹ ࣪ ˖ it’s easy for me to do things ⊹ ࣪ ˖

⊹ ࣪ ˖ i manifest instantly ⊹ ࣪ ˖

⊹ ࣪ ˖ the universe has my back ⊹ ࣪ ˖

⊹ ࣪ ˖ only good things happen to me ⊹ ࣪ ˖

⊹ ࣪ ˖ i am infinitely powerful ⊹ ࣪ ˖

[thoughtkick]

Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure out everything all at once. Breathe. You’re strong. You’ve got this. Take it day by day.

Karen Salmansohn.

[resqectable]

It’s better to have nobody than someone who is half there, or who doesn’t want to be there.

Angelina Jolie

[what-iz-life]

To avoid disappointment, accept people exactly as they are, instead of idealizing about who you wish they would be.

[reverie-quotes]

He held her with such penetrating gentleness.

— Anne Michaels, Held

[perfectfeelings]

Your identity should be so secure that when someone walks away from you they don’t take you with them.

Unknown

[thehopefulquotes]

When I met you, flowers started growing in the darkest parts of my mind.

Unkown

[perfeqt]

When you really love someone, you see all their mess and their brokenness and you love them anyway. In fact, seeing all of that sort of makes love them you more.

thebrokenquotes

[ptimepoet]

[perfectquote]

There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.

Elizabeth David

[frownyalfred]

Hi, what is a polite way to ask authors if they will be updating? Or questions that could be taken as you the reader being negative or criticizing

Here’s my hot take on this — they’re either updating or the story is abandoned, right? There’s only two options at the end of the day. Maybe three, if you count plans to update. So what we’re really saying, as readers, when we ask that question, is I’m excited for this story and I’m worried I won’t see more from it soon. Right?

Getting the “is this fic abandoned?” question on a WIP I haven’t updated in a bit stings for some reason. There’s a lot of reasons why that fic might have stalled! Instead of it feeling encouraging, it can sometimes just feel like a reminder of failure, at least to me. Like oh god, I felt terrible about this writers block and now other people are noticing too.

My advice is, if you truly want to see an author update — talk to them about their fic. Send praise, send commentary, but most importantly, send questions! Ask them why they made certain choices. Ask them the inspiration behind a certain scene or event. Get their brain clicking back into that writing mode! I can’t count how many times a good ask on here has reminded me that I love that WIP and want to continue it.

I would not send negative or criticizing questions to authors unless they’ve made it explicitly clear that they are open to receiving it. If the question can be rephrased into something more neutral like “you did X — I didn’t quite understand that. could you explain why?” that works, in my mind.

[p1nkblog]

here is your friendly reminder that you totally matter in this world and make a difference by simply existing and being you ₊˚⊹♡

[thoughtkick]

Everyone needs a person to whom you can actually tell the truth when he/she asks "How are you?"

Tinku Razoria

[saintmachina]

Shipping fictional characters isn’t representative of your moral values. It’s representative of your particular psychic damage and the themes and motifs that haunt you. Hope this helps.