#at least not anytime soon

[megafreeman]

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[horrorlesbians]

looking for apartments to rent instead of houses to buy is really solidifying the truth in my head that ill probably never be able to own property

[katmaatui]

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[astbestos]

Callum: Did I tell you what Rayla did the other day?

Claudia: Not that I really care, but did you know you’re always talking about Rayla?

Callum: Am I? Well, all you ever talk about is Terry, so I guess we’re even.

Claudia: …Do I really?

[the-angel-hare]

I’m making myself an Astarion body pillow and… I don’t think I’ll be able to stop looking at him long enough to actually sleep once it’s done

[ronseyz]

i desperately need to go back to therapy

[khizuo]

also im going to complain about this on tumblr because i don't have any other place to do it. my doctor was like "you should really take adhd meds lol, tell your psychiatrist that I said you should get stimulant medication" and so i had to talk with my psychiatrist (the one who prescribes me prozac for my ocd) and she was like "yOU? stimulant medication???? you don't need stimulants, they'll just make you worse" and i tried to explain how my hyperfocus makes it impossible for me to do the shit i'm supposed to do and she says "that just means you're getting BETTER, every successful person has some level of adhd, you have to let your periods of obsessive focus guide you to your success!!!" and i gave up because i hate arguing with people. anyways yeah

[maxbegone]

I know there’s no timeline for these things, but the further along I go without really getting started on this book idea, the less it feels like I’m actually going to start.

This is a big, big goal of mine. There’s no lore to work out, there aren’t any characters I need to create — these are essays and examinations and candid pieces on grief and everything that surrounds it. I just have to write from the heart (and the several pages of bullet points I’ve made), and that’s that. It’s not easy, but it’s worth it.

But then again, I feel as if I’m not giving myself the time. The whole, “Why do anything for myself when everything else for everyone else needs to get done instead? Why take the time to work on a passion project when there are so many other responsibilities?”

[catflowerqueen]

Actually, some thoughts I had on my “psychopomp y/n” fnaf prompt

(Which I probably won’t actually make into a full story—in part because I already have so many other WIPs in addition to school and work stuff consuming my time. But if I DID do something with it…)

I feel like Y/N might allow themselves to be seen by the general populace? In a kind of “not trying to hide their presence” way? It’s just that they would be going by “form you are most comfortable with” rules, so people would just be seeing what they expect to see. (which honestly really works out in favor with the typical art style people draw y/ns on here—not giving them actual eyes or too many distinguishing facial/body features, for instance) In most cases as they wander the Pizzaplex and try to figure out what is actually going on to cause the paperwork issues, this just translates to them looking like generic stranger. They don’t stand out in any way, are probably wearing Fazbear merch of some kind, etc. And this holds true for the majority of animatronics as well.

But not Sun and Moon.

Considering they safeguard the daycare and have to be able to match specific adults with their children, their facial recognition software is a lot better, and they would be actively on the lookout for distinguishing features and weeding out the familiar from the unfamiliar. So Y/N would actually stand out quite a bit and look very out of place. After all, no one would be going to the Daycare section unless they had a specific reason to—or were extremely lost or something. But Y/N wouldn’t be wearing a typical “help me I am lost” expression, even as they don’t really know what they are supposed to be looking for at the start. So Sun and Moon would see them with a very distinctive look. I’m thinking something like formal wear, almost? Like some sort of business person attire, in dark or neutral colors.

And this would persist for a bit even after they find out about Y/N/s psychopomp status, mainly because they wouldn’t have any prior conceptions about what a psychopomp would look like? If the kids are young enough, they might not really have a concept of “death” yet, or know how grim reapers are typically depicted—and if Sun and Moon kind of casually ask them about what they know of psychopomps, they might not even have heard of the term before. And Sun and Moon certainly wouldn’t want to actually let the kids know why they are asking or that there is an actual psychopomp/grim reaper in their midst for fear of scaring them, so by the time they would actually learn about it, their perception of Y/N’s form would have already solidified.

Well. To an extent, anyways.

Because I feel like over time, as the two of them got to know Y/N, their perception of them would change into more positive views, resulting in them seeing Y/N in more casual outfits and brighter colors. Among… other changes, both physical and not, after certain “plot points” happen.

As for Y/N’s “true” form, they may or may not actually have one? I feel like their entire situation and, for lack of a better term, “species” would very much be “concept based.” Perhaps they get to pick one as they ascend the ranks, or it would be something of a Terry Pratchett’s Small Gods situation where their physical form really does depend on people believing certain things about them.

Or the situation itself could be like… the fundamentals of what they actually do and what their “job” is are unchanging, but the “way” they go about doing it is based on perception, or the amalgamation of ideas or something. So, like… psychopomps like Y/N existed before humans did, but they didn’t really get a sense of sentience or the ability to emote until humans started having collective ideas and theories about the afterlife and what it really meant to die. And the idea about what that would involve changed over time, and are still changing even now. Ideas about bureaucracies and such from media like “The Good Place” and “Good Omens,” and even “Dead Like Me” are really popular now, so that’s what they are going with. (But even if the public moves on to different ideas later, now that sentience/sapience ahs been achieved, that isn’t a guarantee that the psychopomps are going to change the way they do things to model that direction since, again, the fundamentals of their job existed long beforehand. And I’ll get more into those fundamentals in another post)

And this might actually be another point of bonding for Sun, Moon, and Y/N? In that all three of them exist for a specific purpose that they did not get to choose, and fundamentally cannot change what they are or what they do, even if they wanted to, and have very limited say in things like their appearance. Or even their names—at least Sun and Moon were given them upon creation, but I get the feeling (in part to go along even better with the fact that Y/N technically is supposed to stand in for “Your Name”) that psychopomps like Y/N don’t really have names, in general?

Y/N does, but that’s because they picked one out specifically because it helps them when they need to physically snoop for information/not look too creepy when they hang out with Sun and Moon. (Possibly Sun and Moon even unknowingly gave them the name. Like if they were throwing out different names in an attempt to identify them when they first met and Y/N just latched onto one, or if it was some situation where Y/N’s reluctance to admit they didn’t have a name got interpreted by Sun and Moon as it being some sort of situation like “my name is a concept that has no direct translation to actual words” and so they asked Y/N if they could give them a “nickname” to use when referring to them.

[daughterofsarenrae]

Will i ever recover/move on from The War: Act II

[melonpond]

Who will win: My inability to spend more than 20$ on something vs. my yearning for a new art tablet FIGHT!

[kitsune528]

I'm thinking of changing my username but I'm unsure, I have an idea of what to change it to but I've had this one for literal decades I use it for everything (Not that I'd be changing my username identity anywhere else because this is the only social media I have outside facebook now) I've become weirdly attached to it

[crashed-keys]

i’m surprised by people saying the romance in onk felt shoehorned in bc like. okay maybe i’m super biased bc i rly like akasaka’s work but i’ve seen Much worse & more blatant shoehorning

[hasnoname1982]

Do I want to write a story about all the people in the One Piece world who fell in love with the Monster Trio duking it out in a winner take idiot battle royale while the three idiots just watch completely clueless about why everybody is fighting but still enjoying the carnage—Luffy laughing in glee because all their friends are so strong, Zoro criticizing Tashigi’s swordsmanship while she’s fighting off Perona’s ghosts, Sanji being held back by all the other Straw Hats because Coby and Pedro (miraculously not dead because I say so) are fighting among the women? Of course I do.

Am I going to?

Probably not, no.

[outquisitor]

long overdue pinned post, hello!

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[pipski]

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