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robinfollies · 9 months

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KEEP THE DANGER OUT // KEEP THE DANGER IN

#billie bust up #bbu billie #bbu fantoccio #robin’s art #2024 art #COMPANION PIECES BABY!!! started these last year (month) and finally finished em!!! :33 #i could write an ENTIRE essay abt billie and fanto and their parallels and stuff #which actually i love tumblr tags. lets do some of that here!#okAY IM NOT GONNA GO INTO EVERYTHING BUT HERES A BASIC RUNDOWN OF SOME OF MY THOUGHTS #let’s start by looking at goatshire + the lost city of magic !!#both places have some kind of border around them keeping SOMETHING in/out #goatshire’s wall keeping the trolls/other danger out; keeping the villagers inside safe #and the city’s barrier keeping the curse inside; while keeping everyone outside safe from it #but in turn it’s also keeping billie and fanto trapped in their respective places #one moreso than the other i guess but ahahaha. haha. heh. OKAY MOVING FORTH #unrelated but how sick would it be if the barrier broke and let the curse out. just sayiiin.. a lil theory thats been on my mind recently #anyways back to THE POINT #okay this parts gonna sound insane BUT JUST HEAR ME OUT HERE #goatshire citizens / the cursed city citizens.#billie and fanto both kinda stick out in their respecitve homes; fanto being the only uncursed guy and billie with their magic #so theres like. a real disconnect between them and others there. u get what i mean.#theyre both outliers and like something something allegory for neurodivergence and struggling to connect with others probably #SORRY GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. idk how to explain it BUT DO U GET IT!!! DO U UNDERSTAND!!!!#also they were both abandoned by SOMEone stares at arthur #okay specifically whoever fanto’s cretaor was left him behind but u know me im such a fanto elmtwig jak #something something loneliness and being left behind and having ppl around you who kinds understand u but also not totally. kicks rock #someone get these siblings some THERAPY!!!!!!!#this was a very disjointed explanation bUT HOPEFULLY I GOT MOST OF MY THOUGHTS ACROSS GOOD. IM BAD AT EXPLAINING THINGS SORRY #someone order me a yappuccino!!!!! BYE!!!!

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aardvaark · 4 months

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im so glad that we never get a clear picture of sophie’s background in leverage & i hope we never do. however i also really like making up various, often conflicting backstories for her in my head. perhaps they’re all backstories for an alias of hers, ones she laid to rest back in season two.

#leverageposting #leverage #sophie devereaux #particularly that one of or both her parents had to move around a lot for work & so she would change herself to fit in at every new school #or new town etc etc. and that whatever original identity she had was dropped due to some kind of really awful event and her bio family think #she’s dead. eg she got into some kind of extreme legal trouble for the first time & she faked her death & everyone she knew as a kid thinks #she’s dead too. like. astrid wasn’t the first person she left to miss/mourn her.#but also that she was a teen runaway at like age ~16 and pretended to be an adult (like. 18/19) cause theres not much you can do by yourself #as a minor like booking flights or renting an apartment. and so began her first proper alias. and she was a pickpocket until she could fund #her life fully through grifting & cons.#or alternatively her parents died when she was a teen & she was old enough to become an emancipated minor (everyone in lev is an orphan)#and she kind of just fell into crime from there bc she had no one #or perhaps she got married at 17 and realised how fucked it all was and stashed money until she could run away & leave it all behind. that’s #bc of a single vague sentence on john rogers’ blog saying she was married at 17 and in context it was quite possibly a joke or random #hypothetical example but i was like what if???? What If???????#i also like the hc that she’s trans which i’ve seen a few times #in some versions in my mind her parents were okay and in some versions they were awful and in some versions it was so complicated.#i think tara has heard one story and parker or hardison have heard another and nate has never heard any story. he’s never asked.#she is here now and that’s all that needs knowing. and sophie devereaux is her real name in any way it matters.#eliot has also never asked and she asked if he was curious once and he just asked if she was curious about What He Did and that was answer #enough for the both of them. just a mutual agreement not to ask and it actually solidified their bond.#i think she struggled for a long time about whether to tell her new family The Real Story but in much the same way we never hear her birth #name bc it’s not Her anymore… she never gives The Real Story. bc it no longer defines who she is. she’s so much more than whatever happened.#lvg

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simptasia · 9 months

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my mum died last night

#i was with her. i spoke comforting words to her as her breathing slowed #she didn't suffer - she wasn't in any pain. she heard me and became slower and slower then i... saw her die #i never predicted i'd be there at the moment of death #it was her time. her body had been slowly shutting down the last three days and she'd been officially dying for 5 months #she was so strong. she was hanging on for me. needing to know i'd be able to survive with her gone #once it was clear that things were gonna be fine (besides the emotional toll) she started to truly let go #i've been with her whenever i could be the last three days. and night nurses watched her as i slept #last nights nurse woke me to be with her in her final moments #besides hearing me talk the last few days - i was also running star trek for her to listen to #she couldn't communicate or move but we all knew she was aware of things around her #i gave her words of reassurance and comfort and the last words she heard me say were ''i love you''#and three days ago before she lost the ability to speak the last words she managed were ''i love you''#so things went as well as they could be considering the situation #she died a little over 12 hours ago. it was 7 hours before they could take the body away. that was. haunting #it's been a rough day. worst day of my life. but mum is at peace now. and i have a lot of kind people to support me #everything will be okay eventually and i have my whole life ahead of me and mum wants that life to be good #so i musn't give up. now matter how depressed i feel

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akimojo · 3 months

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everytime i replay 13 i'm like. man. i love snerah so much, they're so perfect for each other like seriously. and then i replay 13-2 and noerah grips me so much it makes me insane thinking about how much better noel and serah are together. and then i replay 13 and i can't believe i would betray snerah like that, it's clearly superior and snow and serah are so lovely together. and then i replay 13-2 and idk what the hell i was thinking, noel and serah clearly fit each other so much more, like they're meant to be. AND THEN I REPLAY 13 AND

#it never ends #listen if snow hadnt treated serah like That in 13-2 this might be a different story like hear me out #they love each other so much and have gone through too much to not be together after everything #but at the same time theyre not equals!!!! snow isnt accepting enough of serah's newfound independence #and its because hes so protective of her and he doesnt want to endanger her #because snow is snow and he would much rather put himself in danger than have others die on his watch like during the purge #which is an overlooked side of his character in 13-2 ngl i feel like no one takes that into account when they talk about him leaving serah #but anw MOVING ON #and then noel comes around and he encourages her to go after what she wants on her own #instead of taking on her burden for himself he helps her carry it #theyre a team and theyre equals and they save EACH OTHER over and over again hand in hand #theyre so beautiful man #but the way snow and serah are written in 13 is so incredibly beautiful too #when snow tried to help serah fulfill her focus he went WITH her and would follow her to the ends of the earth if thats what it took #and then in 13-2 that changed and he went off alone #again i think it makes sense given what he went through in 13 but its bittersweet #i could make a whole analysis on how snows and serahs relationship changed after 13 istg the shift didnt just happen for no reason #13-2 snow is vilified too much man #final fantasy xiii

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dreadful-luck · 10 days

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GGS TEAM PAST!!!

#DUUUDE THIS WAS SO FUN #dreadful #veji #art #splatoon #splatoon 3 #grand festival #grand fest splatoon #Man I shed like a few tears by the end of the reveal news thing #Like not out of sadness cause my team lost but just from the joy that all this happened and I was here for it.#I never got to experience splatoon 2’s final fest so I’ve waited 3 years for this and I’m…. Just so happy!#If you couldn’t tell from the colours in the drawing I’m team future btw #I laughed so hard seeing the results lol we got NOTHING #Oh and I guess I should put my reasoning for my pick of future #so here it is:#I picked it because the future scares me. But it’s gonna happen anyway so I might as well look forward to it #I can’t let myself worry about where I’ll end up and who I’ll be when I’m older #But I do need to keep looking forward #I also chose it cause of deep cut. Like that was a big factor in my choice #Their music shaped my tastes. I just love it so much #And sure the characters themselves aren’t as fleshed out as the other idols #But they still mean a lot to me as splatoon 3 is the game that got me into the franchise #Even though I played 2 before 3 could never fully enjoy it as I came too late #I missed every splatfest cause I got it a year before splat3 #So I could never connect the way I did to 3 #Hearing anarchy rainbow for the first time changed me man. I fell in love instantly. It just means so much.#As an autistic person I actually surprisingly don’t really stim that much. But hearing anarchy rainbow just… flipped a switch.#I couldn’t stop moving. Literally like DJ Octavio man. It was a crazy experience to just feel like I had to move.#to walk around or something. To wave and flap my arms. Copy their dances. It sounds a little weird and childish when it’s written down #But it’s true. Splatoon’s music showed me that my autistic stimming was something I should embrace.

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darrengrave · 1 month

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I honestly had a better introduction to Beetlejuice than any other kid, because when I was a kid a local haunted house went ALL OUT one year for Halloween and the opening room was a sort of safety brief fakeout that had a call and response that "accidentally" led you into summoning Beetlejuice, who literally crashed in through a wall with two demons on four wheelers who laughed at us and revved their engines and they circled us while Beetlejuice finished the brief. I straight up encountered that motherfucker for the first time in real life.

#betelgeuse #beetlejuice #but for just some backwater midwest haunted house the theatrics were fucking AMAZING #there was a hospital room where live actors were being “dismembered” and it looked very real #i mostly remember my older cousin cowering behind my aunt as we went through a corn field #they had it set up where you could hear things moving around you but not see them #and apparently one of the actors knew my cousin because he started calling out his name specifically

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voidscreamns · 2 years

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#i dont think i’ve talked my nonverbal!Diluc hc on here yet #but i keep seeing posts abt disability/chronjcally ill/neurodivergent hcs for genshin characters so here’s one from me #idk i feel like after That Night™️ and being on the run from the Fatui/working with a secret organization #diluc not just learns the ‘value’ of keeping secrets and staying quiet but also internalizes his guilt and trauma of saying smth that could #hurt people #it started with him telling Kaeya that he’s not a Ragnvindr anymore and then is exacerbated by his 3-4 Year Fatui Murder Rampage thru Teyvat #and with all ghat trauma and self-deprecation and paranoia he just. stops talking.#he picks up sign language in Fontaine and still writes but at some point he just stops talking and never speaks again #when he comes back to Mondstadt it was hard to adjust to for both him and the people around him #Kaeya initially assumes that Diluc just refuses to talk to him until he later hears gossip abt how no one has ever heard him speak since he #came back. he goes to Adelinde and/or Elzer abt it and they tell him that they neve even hear Diluc so much as hum or grunt #afterwards everyone changes up real fast— Kaeya and Venti drinking at the bar and seemingly just talking at Diluc but they’re always #observing his reactions and body language even when they’re drunk #Jean tries her best to be patient but she has a hard time reading him bc he’s changed so much in the time he’s been gone #Adelinde & Elzer and the winery staff are the most communicative he’s with— Diluc is far more likely to write with them to communicate #at some point Diluc has a business meeting with some rich dude from Fontaine or smth #Kaeya walks in bc he has an actual important mission thinf to discuss and he sees Diluc and this Fontaine dude and the dude’s wife #moving their hands so fast and with all kinds of gestured and stuff #and it’s the first time Kaeya sees Diluc look so EXPRESSIVE— he’s frowning and raising his eyebrows and mouthing words and all this #and Kaeya just goes ‘what’#turns out the Fontainian dude is deaf and both him and his hearing wife know sign; she helps interpret this to kaeya for the dude and Diluc #and Kaeya is like ‘oh okay’ and goes to the kitchen like ‘i’ll just wait here till yall are finished’#and he sees Adelinde and Elzer there with stoic faces and they just. stand there in quiet for so long.#Kaeya finally says ‘…..so. sign language huh’ and Adelinde and Elzer have the most pained looks on their faces #later that week Diluc finds like everyone around suddenly doing basic signs with him #he later learns that the winery has ordered a shitton of signing books from Fontaine and are trying to learn #+ Kaeya and Jean too with help from Lisa bc like dont you know learning several languages is a requirement for graduation from the Akademiya #soon the use of sign starts spreading in Mondstadt— there might be some small communities where they have their own native sign but it’s not #as standardized nor widely known as it is in Fontaine #this is getting really long so I’ll stop here but yeah. nonverbal Diluc who signs fjskdjs

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hopeinthebox · 4 months

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tagged by my beloved no.1 chappell roan stan @cordiallyfuturedwight thanks my darling <33 i can only apologise for the lack of ms roan here... i swear good luck babe has been on repeat i don't know what happened

tagging the usual suspects, apologies if i've already missed yours: @aprylynn @jiminsproof @thvinyl @cosmicdreamgrl @visionsofgideontheninth @hoseeok @kimchokejin @jihopesjoint @monismochi <333 and you dear reader

oh and see here for more of my self-proclaimed songs of the summer if you're interested in that kind of thing

#director's commentary--#comin' around again - they call her amber MARK because she never misses. this one is particularly delicious #the thrill is gone - it's stunning. listening to raye again to prepare myself for genesis #bring back the seven minute songs i say!!#i'm fighting my own diminished attention span tooth and nail but i'm losing badly because i keep getting distracted #helen of troy - we all moved on from solar power a little too quickly actually this summer we should throw our cellular devices in the wate #whatcha doing - yeah i have this song on repeat to fund dua's next vacation and it's an honour to contribute.#ALSO did everyone see the chris stapleton x dua acm performance? exquisite. they served AND they ate #bodyguard - still my fav. ryan beatty i could find you anywhere #skip to the good bit - rizzle kicks are making a comeback and my god it has been twelve LONG years without them.#nature is healing. i can hear the trumpets #ok love you bye - anyone who decides to use the line 'if you can't see my mirrors - i can't see you' is an instant icon #it's uncanny - hall & oates deep cut. it's obviously fab #so sick of dreaming - maggie rogers i will follow you to the ends of the earth. album is phenomenal. what a loser!!!#aw shoot - cuntry and music global pop sensation cmat has done it yet again. happy pride my queen #honourable mentions - rachel chinouriri's new album is really great. listen to 'it is what it is'#obviously rm made it to the artist list. who else up thinking about nuts and groin rn!!!!!#vampire weekend's new album is like something from a peanuts comic and st. vincent's new album is indescribable #but if i had to try i'd say like something from a peanuts comic but if woodstock had an insatiable bloodthirst #okay i think that just about covers it! thanks darlings #MWAH #receiptify #tag

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candy-fae · 11 months

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IiiiIIIIIIIIITS MY BIRTHDAY!

I’m. Having a not great birthday!!

But I am a year older today none the less, and will try to get my hands on some cake, and try to have a good time.

Please send me some art requests, perFERRABLLY of blorbos. Or ponies. Or like. My ocs. I wanna talk about my little guys on my birthday.

#I don’t even know why I’m sharing #might delete!#I’m 23 today #home alone #and my mom called to tell me she wants me to move and uproot my life #told me #actually #because I’m moving back in with her in February but my brother told me she kept it a secret until I had no other options #so #yeah #she tricked me #again #I love her so much but she’s so manipulative and sneaky #I just wanted to hear happy birthday #like you could have stopped there #delete later #love love love her saying none of my friends would stick around if I needed help but SHE would #she’s always the only one I can rely on #obviously #she always has been right #so. yeah. guess I’ll just do that since instead of being honest she took MONTHS away from me where I could have been looking for a roomate #vent #it’s my blog and I’ll post and delete as I please ig

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stormyrainyday · 3 months

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this entire year has been flop after flop why am i losing so bad your honor i am literally just some guy

#im yapping u can move on if u dont wanna hear my life story #first i get nuked by stomach pains when i go to visit my friends #something that had been ongoing for years but #my best friend convinces me to see a doctor that year #my condition deteriorates no matter what meds they put me on #i finally get a more invasive exam that shows my intestines were inflamed #i get put on fucking steroids that fuck me up physically and emotionally #i go through multiple med school exams after spending months in crippling pain #pain so bad id be bedridden for hours #got 6 weeks of migraines near daily #sometimes multiple in a day #stressed out of my mind by the time my finals came around to the point that i could no longer bring myself to care #bc i was sure id fail no matter how hard i studied #visit my friends again bc somehow its already winter again #am a nervous wreck all the time and retreat into my phone #but also hate myself for not spending what little time i had fully present #constantly worn out and exhausted bc my meds are barely working #and id found out i was allergic to a lot of things so i was cutting a lot of things out of my diet #lmfao it was so bad my weight still hasnt recovered but yeah i come back i start 3rd year #the toll the last year had taken on my mental health finally registers #i become too depressed to study for my hardest module yet #UGH THATS SO CRINGE JUST SIT DOWN AND STUDY??#but nothing was sticking on god #anyway im sure ive failed #and la salud mental no es bien or soemthing idk i havent taken spanish in 3 years #anyway deep sigh i just stay losing #i cant believe im in like four fucking research projects and classes and trying to work on myself this shit sucks balls #and clinical rotations...#lord just strike me down

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syn4k · 8 months

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that was, hands down, THE worst sleep of my life. 0/10. Thank you Marriott Hotels.

#ray's tag #tbh it wasnt even the bed itself its tje fact tjat i shared a bed with a friend and he couldnt sleep #and tjere was no white noise like zero so all i could hear was [rustling of blankets] [rustling of blankets] [rustling of blankets]#the other two people in the room slept just fine. I gave up at around 12:30 and moved to the floor. My friend slept in the bathroom.#and then i got off of the floor at 1am and got back into the bed and then he slept on the floor and everything sucked #but i think i got like two hours of good sleep at least?#for reference we usually get 8-10 even on school nights and 12-14+ on the weekends so.#this'll be interesting.

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vraska-theunseen · 7 days

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aughhhh. aughhhhhjhhhh

#everhoneignore this post classic rant post i don't have real problems everyone can move along #truly have had such a bad couple of days here and i am not even close to finishing the assignments i need to finish in welding being in #clsss makes me want to quit and die i don't know why i'm so slow i don't know why everyone else can intuit this stuff and improve and #understand how to do it and im always always falling behind if i could try harder wouldn't i be able to do that ive got no drive to push #myself at all i guess i like the english and i can do the physics i thought i at least liked drafting and metals fabrication but i feel so #stupid everything i do makes me feel so stupid and my teacher talks to me like i'm always doing everything wrong when i do some classroom #ettiquette breaches that everyone else does too and i can't get myself to go to sleep on time can't get myself to go in early i have hours #and hours and hours and i blink and it's gone and i've done nothing i should've welded today and gone in early to draft but i didn't because #im stupid and im slow and i can't do anything right i have always been able to square away a little bit of pride on being precise on doing #things well because people are always telling me that i am but i am below average here i just can't do things right and i feel like everyone #hates me and thinks i'm obnoxious and i don't know how to interface with my class or my teacher or how to improve or how to be less anxious #and i feel even stupider for that because i am so stuck up not being able to deal with even a little bit of failure or issue or hardship #and everyone around me is sick all my classmates and people in my dorm are sick im sure it's covid they haven't said it's covid but none of #them would test and i've been wearing a mask again but im certainly been exposed to it already and no one else is wearing a mask anyway so #what difference does it even make and i can hear them coughing in my dorm and in the classroom and when i go to get food and i miss seeing #my friends from philly and everuthing will be terrible forever and ever #alex talks

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mxmorel · 16 days

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god the hits really don’t stop fucking coming do they.

#genuinely cannot take much more of this #i hit my limit about 4 weeks ago #and it just won’t fucking stop #coming up on six weeks of having varying levels of Horrors(tm) happening to me on a weekly basis #and sometimes multiple Horrors(tm) in a week #lost my job #my cat died #had an asbestos scare #my partner’s cat almost died #he had to have emergency surgery #and then when he came home had to go straight back to the emergency vet to have emergency surgery a second time bc they fucked up #had a huge fight with my partner bc oh yeah this whole time we’ve also been moving!!!#but there was some stupidly unnecessary drama around the security deposit/getting the old house clean #and this whole time while grieving and losing my income and all of this shit I am also still a disabled/chronically ill person #so I’m forcing my body to keep working through increasingly instense flare ups #on top of all of this we have a houseguest who has vastly overstayed their welcome.#they’ve been here for SIX WEEKS and are showing no signs of going home #so much shit has happened in the past six weeks that I don’t even know if I’m remembering all of it here in these tags #and now. I have been denied for unemployment and received a notice that I have to pay back what they already paid me #bc i ‘missed the deadline to verify my identity’#except they NEVER SENT ME THE IDENTITY VERIFICATION LETTER #I’ve been keeping an eye out for it and I’ve kept every letter I’ve received from them #nothing has the verification password.#I filed an appeal but the confirmation page said it could take weeks to get a hearing #so what the fuck am I supposed to do in the meantime #i wish I were fucking dead to be honest #that would be preferable to the last six weeks

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fingertipsmp3 · 20 days

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The good news is I accomplished my mission of buying trousers, the bad news is my knee is SUPER unhappy about it

#i bought cargo pants and a pair of sort of weird stretchy pants that are not smart Exactly #but are visibly not pyjamas so i will feel fairly comfortable roaming around in the world in them #also a big soft jumper #then my knee started complaining so i had to leave #it was feeling unstable and i was getting stabbing pains and.. sort of a pulling sensation in the back of my knee #i think it’s scar tissue. i had a lot of muscle fibre tears in the back of my knee and also in my hamstring #and my physio used to break them down with a massage gun but i don’t go to physio anymore because i’m ‘supposedly’ okay #maybe i could buy a massage gun. or like.. what can i even DO about scar tissue moving around in my body #don’t say ‘do your physio exercises’ i already know #oh i also decided to celebrate a month of sobriety by ordering weed cake. i don’t want to hear about it #look i was never planning on coming off it permanently. i just wanted to save money and fix my tolerance #now i’ve got all my bank shit straightened out and my tolerance is probably back to normal #girl when i tell you i was eating 100-200mg gummies and they were having no effect #it was BAD #oh in other news my spanish textbook arrived today and i thought i was just getting the book #but the 4 audio cds and a transcription booklet are included as well?? slay #i even have a working cd player for once. this is awesome #personal

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oldphanny · 1 month

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so a super old friend from literal primary school just reached out to me for the first time in like over a decade and they have a kid now and stuff and I'm just sitting with the fact that I'm like almost in my late 20's and literally have nothing to show for it.

Like 'what have you been up to'

Literally nothing. Trauma and nasty people being nasty. Im essentially back to where I was as a teen. So anyway, cute kid 🥺 I'm gonna keel over and die now.

#no but its literally super sweet of them to reach out obviously cause they 100% did have to at all #like we initially went to the same high school but they moved to a different school cause bullying and we kinda grew apart #like they have always been a super nice person to me and because of all the shit ive been through this past decade #i really dont have any friends left so having someone think of me made me super teary and sad #anyway maybe check in on people you used to be friends with cause they may be going through some tough times and its just nice to hear that #someone is thinking of you #i could literally ball my eyes out cause i experienced such debilitating mental illness as a kid that i didnt have treated til in my 20s an #i feel like its a huge reason none of the people that i thought were my friends stuck around and i just feel super lonely a lot #like yay my brains finally healing but now what #anyway sorry to ramble im just a bit fragile right now #its brought up a lot of really nice memories and i just cant believe how old those memories are and i wish i was a better friend #not dnp #lol #bipswordvomit #sorry i try to keep my real life off here for the most part but i guess anonymously screaming into the digital void is freeing sometimes

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medicinemane · 2 months

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Really really don't get why so many people seem to have this burning hatred for Ukraine where they'll just... bring them up randomly purely to drag them through the mud and it's like... ok... but... do you actually know a single thing about Ukraine or what's been happening there?

Do you for instance remember when a major dam was destroyed by russia causing massive ecological damage?

Like I'm dead serious here, can you tell me a single thing that's happened in Ukraine in the last 2 years? Can you in any way demonstrate any basic understanding of the situation?

Cause if not... why do you think you should have an opinion on it, especially if your opinion is gonna be how awful people getting bombed are?

Just legit bothers me and... even more so bothers me the number of smart and caring people I see doing this. Basically I'm not even trying to be rude here, I'm trying to remind you to pay attention and remember that not everything you read on the internet is true, a tumblr post isn't a source unless they're giving you a reputable source

Cause like me? I can go track you down articles about the Nova Kakhovka dam being destroyed, and I can talk about all the reason why it's pretty clear that russia destroyed it

Can you do the same for me? Can you back up your claim about Ukraine with something concrete?

In many ways I'm not even asking you to support Ukraine, I get we have a limit to how much we can focus on, it's ok if you focus on your cause and I focus on mine and... both of us giving our undivided attention, maybe we both make some small impact on the world

What I'm asking is you don't be an asshole for no reason. You don't need to throw Ukraine under the bus. Don't you think your cause stands up on it's own two feet?

And again I'm not Ukrainian, I don't know as well as someone there, though... I spare you a lot of the stuff that crosses my dash because I don't want to burn people out with horrible stuff, but please understand it's worse than you probably think

So no, not Ukrainian, but I'll tell you why I'm still worth listening to: I've followed this every day since the invasion began. I keep my ear to the ground. I do know a fair bit and again can back what I have to say up

Anyway, my plea is to just not be a dick to people for no reason. The correct number of bombed civilians is zero, that's my stance

#still fucking haunts me the video of this zoo keeper just crying as she films the flooded zoo #and you can just hear all the animals screaming in terror as they slowly drown #and... there... there just wasn't anything anyone could do #the water was coming up too fast... they didn't have time... they didn't have the equipment to move them #it was really only the birds that survived cause they at least could fly away when their enclosures were opened #I really do mean haunt; like... the second I think about it... just kind of gnaws at my insides #and that's just one video of one thing from one event #anyway; to pivot slightly; not that I want to call everything I disagree with russian propaganda #but there's various stuff I can point to and draw a pretty solid line between it and russian propaganda I think #as in; if I popped open sputnik right now I think there's a fair chance I'd find an article on it #...like the biolabs thing; that one I literally did that with and guess who was spreading it? the literal propaganda site #like man... you're smart; you're so brilliant... why on earth are you falling so hook line and sinker for this stuff?#Ukraine ain't your enemy man #where as russia; again I can draw a direct line between them and say... the suffering of the Iranian people #between russia and the election results in Venezuela; to my understanding russia literally has ships off the coast right now #and it's a fact putin congratulated maduro despite there being a number of issues #such as... the total percentages released by the government totaling 109%#listen man; I'm not stupid; I'm susceptible to propaganda too; you think I don't know that?#but I can at least show my work and I can at least explain my motivation and I can at least lay it all bare #maybe I'm wrong... maybe #hard for me to think I am when I see hospitals being bombed... kinda tend to think the people who do that are bad #(and why... why do people keep making it a pissing match instead of saying 'it's bad no matter where it happens'?)#but maybe I'm wrong... at least I can walk you through why I'm coming to the conclusion I am #and just fuck me... all I want is a world where no one's getting blown to bits for the crime of being alive #do you actually have any grasp of geopolitics?#not as in like... this or that theory or some bullshit about why america good; america bad; whatever #I mean can you actually draw a line between things happening around the world and tell me how they relate?#like... can you talk about India in relation to other countries; can you talk about Modi's politics?#(I can't stand Modi and I think I have some pretty good reasons such as his treatment of the Muslim minority; he's a nationalist)#can you talk at all about Turkey; or Armenia and Azerbaijan?

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