#I’m going to ramble here

[naturecalls111]

[lazylittledragon]

my favourite thing is naming new documents when you PROMISED you wouldn’t start any new projects

[turtleblogatlast]

[ cw: sacrifice / self sacrifice / slight suicidal themes / death mention / ]

I personally think that Leo took the wrong lessons from the movie. I definitely think he grew to understand the importance of teamwork and making sure he takes others into account so as to not harm them by proxy of whatever scheme he has cooked up, however based on the ending events I’m not quite certain he fully grasped two things.

The first thing is communication. Oh, he can communicate, and he does, when he deems it necessary. When he’s setting up a plan prior to the action. But this is where the second thing comes in.

The second thing I don’t think Leo truly grasped is “it’s not about you.” It’s so unbearably easy to take that the wrong way, especially when taking the rest of the series into account.

What I believe Leo took from this message is not “it’s not just you, everyone matters and can contribute, can help and be helped” but “put the whole of everyone above yourself” which can both be a good lesson…and a fatal one.

And it is fatal, we see as much in the movie.

Even after the big hope speech, when Leo is “fighting” Krang!Raph, he takes a huge risk. Sure, it worked, and Leo managed to get through to Raph through a well deserved apology, but it could have so easily ended in his death and yet he barely even hesitates to go for it.

And then again, to the big scene at the end, where Leo sacrifices himself not only for the sake of his family, but for the whole world.

To him, that’s the message to take from this. That the lives of everyone, of the greater good, matters…more than him. That the risk to himself is worth it if others can be saved.

Leo learned that gambling with his life as the betting chip is always the best move to make in the end.

And to make matters worse…this thinking is what works.

These risks are ultimately what is needed to save the day, so why would Leo look away from it now? Clearly it’s the right move and everything worked out!

Thing is, Leo did grow from the events of the movie. He learned to take things more seriously and be more mature, he learned to value his team’s input and capabilities enough to rely on them more, and he learned to be less self-centered and realize the turmoil others were going through (especially if that turmoil is a result of his actions.)

But still, he’s grown to accept the gamble of his life as a viable answer to their problems.

Personally, with how Leo has been shown to toy around with the idea of “it’s better me than them” I think this goes beyond sacrifice in the name of love or even sacrifice in the name of responsibility, and pushes over into sacrifice in the name of worth.

[sevenminiaturemonkeys]

i want to dunk them in water then put them in a blender and make them into a smoothie

(the quality got nuked sorry)

[tariah23]

If anyone of you guys live in the Chicago Halstad areas, food is being passed out!!! All you need to do is simply walk up!

[anipgarden]

I went to my first plant swap and man. It was WILD.

Keep in mind I heard about the plant swap a little over 24 hours before it was happening. I have no plants to exchange, I barely even have seedlings yet. But I do have a bunch of seeds so I decide to roll up and see what I can do.

Its from 2 to 5. I show up at 2:12 and its mostly houseplants. But the local library branch has a tent and they’re letting people check out some gardening books they brought if they have a library card on them!

So I checked out “Seedswap: The gardener’s guide to saving and swapping seeds” by Josie Jeffery!

Woohoo!

(They also told me that if I want the library to set up seed libraries I should email showing interest because a lot of librarians have suggested it but public interest is needed 👀 special reminder to email/contact your local library about adding seed libraries if you haven’t got one already!)

I considered leaving but I decide to hang around and see if anyone else comes around with stuff that’s more my fancy (no disrespect to people who like houseplants but I have a 99% killrate with them and they’re just not my vibe) and

Y’all

I obtained a Boxcar tomato, a Blackberry Lily, a variegated pepper, a hibiscus cutting, loofah seeds, okra seeds, and FOUR (4!!!!) peach tree seedlings!!!

HELLO??????

I spent like 6 bucks total (1 on a peach tree seedling, 5 on the pepper) and the rest was just seed trades (or the peach tree lady just… giving me more peach trees for being nice. Be nice to the elderly you might get peach trees out of it.) I was there for like an hour and a half TOPS.

(I had to pot up the peach tree seedlings myself but this is still a W in my book lets see if they survive)

So uh

WOOHOO

[stormio2407]

Avalon has gone through many pregnancies while at the gates of heaven. He’s been doing it for centuries now. The most he had was 10 cherubs at once. He was proud that every single one of his children help out, but he had this inkling that he was being forgotten.

None of the angles acknowledge his, Silene’s and Mherrick’s efforts to keeping the gates functional. All they see are impure beings. As if they’re seeing demons in their doorstep.

At every delivery, Ava wasn’t even allowed to see his newborn’s face. The archangels didn’t want unnecessary “baggage” arising from Ava, so they made the decision that once a cherub was born, they would make no physical contact with their parent. Not even a finger.

All he wonders is if they’re alright. Do they know about him? And the decuplets? Are they together? Do they even know they have siblings? He can’t help but think differently from other cupids. He was created to produce, but all he wants is to be a parent…to someone.

Is it his mistake to think more like a human? And what would Avalon’s father think about all this? ~

He just doesn’t want to be Purged. Or worse- end up like the rest of the cupids who came before him. Lost as an incubus.

[flowercrowngods]

having clarkson (wayne munson/scott clarke) brainrot again. i want an old man coffee shop au with wayne who always grabs his pre or post-work coffee in the same café and meets middle school science teacher scott clarke who’s writing children’s sci-fi books about a group of four boys and a girl discovering the secrets of the universe. and they get talking, until wayne doesn’t just come there for his same ol’ cup of coffee

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

it does something incomprehensible to my little writer’s soul whenever alex articulates a phenomenon of the writing process i’ve always picked up on and then goes on to describe it in exactly the same way

[obstinaterixatrix]

pros:

under budget

free shipping

looks plush

cons:

kinda boring

pros:

I like the height and the angle of the back

the bird carving is sooo nice

cons:

over budget

the fabric looks nice in the detail shots but whatever at a distance

9 week delivery

pros:

love the arm

cons:

fabric’s not my taste

over budget

I think delivery costs as much as the chaise itself

pros

this looks so cool wtf

cons

wrong orientation

over budget

FROM ITALY

pros

pretty classic chaise

love the wood details

cons

no actual accent pillow and that fabric’s hard to match

wouldn’t match ANYTHING in my room for that matter

over budget

pros

wow a carved swan how elegant

cons

over budget

some reviews says it’s good and some say it’s not comfy

pretty hard to match

pros

JDJSFJKSKFKGKDKFKGKSKFKKDFK

under budget

cons

well, look at it. if I keep going like this I’m gonna have to get a (faux) tiger skin rug and that is not an aesthetic that matches the room I’m living in

would have to hire movers or something

I do not know the dimensions

[greyhavensking]

Kaneki’s definition of beating Ayato half to death is as insane and hilarious as always

[edsbacktattoo]

i’ve been thinking. when did it hit you that we weren’t being queerbaited with ofmd? which iconic moment made you realise “oh wait this is actually happening”?

[bxriles]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I said this months ago and I’ll say it again.

JJK 236 spoilers below.

I knew he would die. Between the Geto parallels, and the whole narrative of Gojo wanting his students to surpass him and make a better jujutsu world or whatever, and Gege’s straight up hatred of the character, and the juxtaposition of a super uplifting scene (him winning) with an impending black moment—I get it. I knew he would die. The signs were all there.

But just like I said a few months ago, I think this is boring.

The whole manga hypes up how strong Gojo is and talks about how his birth literally changed the world. Then this hyped up character gets sealed for like 100+ chapters. Then he gets out, is still hyped up, fights, and then… dies.

Like I’m a lil bored? Or maybe I’m just not being hit with a heavy emotional punch from this?

I mean, what the actual hell is the point of having a character THAT important/powerful just to off them? I know he’s just beaten an unbeatable enemy but idk. I feel like I’m missing an important emotional moment. (Which is entirely possible because these are just leaks and I haven’t read the full chapter)

For example, Gojo never has an emotional struggle with fighting Sukuna despite him wearing Megumi’s body. There doesn’t seem to be a moment of the mentor passing the torch to the student the way there was one with Nanami and Yuji. Jesus, he doesn’t even get to confront the monster who is in Geto’s body one final time.

I stand by my original idea. Instead of just killing him for the sake of getting rid of him, why not do something more meaningful? Why not take his eyes? Take away the only thing that makes Satoru Gojo special and make him be just like everybody else. Make him live in a world where he is essentially nobody, where he’s unimportant. Make him grapple with that.

And if you’re going to kill him then why not make it more interesting and have him completely fail? Why not make him fail so spectacularly that in his dying breath he realizes that being the strongest meant nothing because he couldn’t protect his students or anyone else he cared about?

I just hate seeing such interesting characters wasted like that. Of course, I’m sure there are people who will disagree SO HARD with me that I’ll get pissed off DMs about it. But that’s how I feel. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Or maybe I’m totally wrong and when I read the full chapter I’ll be blown away by the emotional payoff (assuming it isn’t just through a fucking flashback). Maybe I’ll read the full chapter and love the death.

I fucking doubt it tho lmao.

[catliker49]

I AM SO HAPPY! For the next 10 weeks I get to work on whatever I Like in college! Wally puppet here I come!! Muahaha!

Hoping they don’t mind me using pre-made cut out thingies and such..