#Is the real og

[aesethewitch]

When I was a kid, we moved into a house that had a huge lilac tree out front. It was mostly rotten, and it needed to be taken down before it fell. It took a while, but eventually, it was gone.

Mostly. A couple years later, little lilac babies popped out of the ground in its place. My mom was determined to get rid of them, because she'd planted a beautiful flower garden there, and the lilac trees would overshadow and kill the whole garden. I insisted on saving at least a few saplings. She said fine, but I had to dig them out and put them in pots myself.

So, I did. I spent days digging little lilac bushes out of the ground and putting them into pots. Some couldn't be saved, but some could. When all was said and done, I had five brand-new lilac saplings. Seven or eight years old, and it was my absolute pride and joy.

Three died due to sun scorching, severe drought that no amount of watering could save, and perhaps just being moved from their place in the ground. But two survived, and I was awfully proud of them! I'd go out and talk to them every single day. I watered them by hand and made sure they were fertilized properly. I learned all about their favored environments, and I was determined to make sure they lived.

One of my mom's friends saw what I was doing with the lilacs. She asked if she could have one to put in her backyard, and I agreed on the condition that she take very, very good care of it.

It's now fucking enormous. I'm talking ten feet tall and bursting with beautiful purple flowers every spring. My mom still gets updates each year as they start to bloom, which she forwards to me. And all I can think is, "That's my friend! Thriving some twenty years on, there it is."

The other tree nearly died, too. It lived in a pot for far, far too long. I wanted to plant it somewhere in my parents' yard, but my mom was reluctant. Eventually, we agreed to put it in the far back garden. It grew okay for many years, despite the shade, but in all these years, it's never bloomed.

Last year, the massive tree casting massive shadows over the lilac and the garden cracked in half and fell. It tumbled into the garden, crushing part of the nearby shed and destroying a few plants beneath it.

It missed my lilac by inches.

The clean-up is long done. The rest of the tree has been cut down, and my lilac has full sunlight for the first time in fifteen years. It won't bloom this year, I know. But it's got new shoots up. It's taller than ever. I spent half an hour a few weeks ago praising it for surviving all this time, dreaming about its future and telling it how I believe it'll become the tall beauty it's always been meant to be.

I think next year, I'll see flowers.

[allskywalkerswhine]

in fics where luke gets plopped into the prequels i want every jedi within ten metres of him to think hes the weirdest jedi theyve ever seen. he has negative lightsaber form. he doesnt know what a kata is. he handstands when he meditates. his solution to sith is to try and have a chat. hes a political radical who keeps suggesting revolution. you ask him what the jedi code is and he says "kindness and compassion and helping those in need :) ". you ask how he used the force like that and he says some shit about how you are a luminous being limited only by your mind. the councils authority is just a suggestion. he is somehow the new favourite of both qui gon and yoda

[feluka]

tbh if i get nuked i am not remaking

[ourlordsaviour-memes]

Indeed. I thank thee.

[grillesscheese]

[seaside-tropical-sun]

The only harem dynamic I want

[911-on-abc]

"he's an under-developed character" you think that will stop me? babe, I was in the check please fandom! we made up an entire dude!!!

[petricorah]

a collection of episode 1 sokkas

[loumandivorce]

all the people who are like 'x aspect of aziracrow's relationship is unhealthy.' my guy they've spent the past 6000 years pining over each other while pretending they both don't like each other and don't know each other and are constantly terrified of the forces of heaven and hell finding out their relationship. they're afraid to even touch each other and every brush of their hands has to be done under some sort of guise. every time they're near each other they are looking over their shoulders and have only in the past four of 6000 years felt mildly comfortable admitting they're friends. do you think this is the setup for a healthy and normal relationship

[wyvernity]

been thinking about the sinnohtrio lately......plus misc other stuff

also, casual ko-fi drop!! get something in this sketchy style starting at $10 woop woop

[beguilingcorpse]

in defense of john gaius i too often make references to things no one else around me knows and that's just when i exist daily in the world. imagine being a 10,000 year old immortal mangod and you're also the only being in the universe who knows what a rickroll is. i would go insane

[zarla-s]

the basil boss rush (spoilers) is so funny to me

[patreon]

[blueskittlesart]

batch 2 of instagram requests, alt outfit edition

[littlest-bugz]

Did I tell you that I miss you?

About the want for love and affection, but being deeply afraid of it.

[no poetry or quotes belong to be - would love help for the uncredited quotes!]

[tremendously-crazy]

Wait???

Watson literally traveled NEARLY SIX HUNDRED MILES IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS just to see Holmes and make sure he was okay.

GET YOURSELF A MAN LIKE JOHN WATSON