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[solarmorrigan]

Shout out to my favorite patron so far, a five-year-old who, when told by their mother that they had to return their books so other people could enjoy them, loudly announced to the whole library, "I don't want other people to enjoy them because I love them so much"

Mood, kid

[pancakemolybdenum]

speedrunning teaching myself to animate so i can be on the reanimate cascade project lol

[exhausted-undead]

the yearners!!!

[rottingcheng]

my insane headcanon is that jiang cheng was never actually that angry. he was an angsty kid but grew out of it soon enough and then just always acted grumpy when he was around wwx because that was the dynamic they naturally fall into. the rumours about him being scary and vengeful stem from people loving drama and clinging onto the idea of him being a ruthless brother-killer

[skinnyhyena]

Just realized "July is still coming. It's made real by the things that you do" can also mean July (or whatever it means to you) comes that much closer because of the actions you take towards it, not just the passage of time and now I'm gonna go throw up

[foxtamer113]

Mortal Poseidon AU

Why is it in fics when Zeus discovers Percy's existence early, it's always Sally who gets killed off as punishment? Why not Zeus punishing Poseidon by turning him mortal? It's not like it's the first time he did that. Plus, makes more sense to me than why Apollo got turned mortal in TOA. Maybe, Zeus punishes Poseidon by making him mortal until the great prophecy is over, be it the sea spawn or someone else's.

Imagine mortal Poseidon awkwardly knocking on Sally's door with a sheepish look on his face, explaining what happened and asking her for help and a place to stay and in return he'll help with raising Percy and keep him out of trouble. And ofc, Sally helps him. She still loves him afterall. Also, Poseidon flirts with her, saying how thankful he is, and saying how wonderful she is.

Imagine little Percy being confused at seeing a new guy in their living room, making his mom laugh. Sally introduces Poseidon as Percy's dad, he finally was found after being lost in sea for years! (Poseidon raised an amused eyebrow at that, but played along) Percy is ofc ecstatic! He's so happy his dad returned! Also, It means mom wouldn't have to date that weird stinky man she met at the store!

So, yeah. The first few weeks of them living in a tiny apartment. Sally working during the day, teaching Poseidon how to clean and cook and normal mortal things he doesn't know by night. Poseidon trying to get used to being a mortal while trying his best to protect Percy when walking his son to school and back, thankful that he had the foresight to assign some loyal Cyclops to watch over his son so he was able to get a decent weapon from them.

A typical day for him is waking up to Sally softly shaking him awake as she's about to leave for work, Poseidon taking a quick shower to energize himself and get started with preparing Percy's school bag, packing up the homework they did together last night, and a quick ham and cheese sandwich and juice box for lunch, before waking up his son in fun ways, such as, tickling him awake, or pulling his blankets away, etc. 'cooking' breakfast aka 2 bowls of cereal (for now until he learns more), amusedly watching his son run around trying to get ready for school, making sure he has his weapon hidden on him, walking his son to his primary school, waving him goodbye at the gates, patrol the area for monsters and slay them before they get to close, try and practice any of his powers, Zeus didn't take them all, since he still gets healed and energized by water. Talk to the river nymphs to pass on messages to Atlantis, just updates on how he's doing, pick up his son from school, visit Sally in the candy shop with Percy, go home, help Percy with homework, with a lot of water and sea comparisons, 'help' Sally with making dinner (her teaching him how to cook), listening to Percy retell what happened in school during dinner, watching Sally tuck in Percy for the night, and repeat.

Maybe Percy saw his dad slay a monster when they were walking home, maybe a hellhound got too close, and is ofc, scared and confused. But his dad saved him so he trusts him. And Poseidon promised to explain what happened once Sally is home with them, they'll explain together. And Percy, frustrated at being asked to wait, but reluctantly agreed, he wants his mom anyways after that scare, stayed close to dad the rest of the walk, eyeing every alleyway, paranoid.

When Sally got home, Poseidon pulled her aside and explained what happened, telling her that they need to explain to Percy what he is, and that he needs to start going to camp. Ofc, Sally refuses, she'll agree to explaining that monsters are real and that Percy needs to be careful, but not to camp, he's only 8 yrs old! Why can't Poseidon just protect her baby like he said he will? Poseidon points out that Percy needs to learn how to protect himself someday, and he can't be with him all the time, like in school, and, how about a compromise? Percy goes to camp once per week, maybe on Saturdays, he'll even let Sally inside the barrier to oversee Percy's training, once he talked with Chiron about the arrangement. Plus, there's a 8 yr old girl in camp that just joined last year, maybe Percy can have a friend that understands his troubles? And Sally reluctantly agrees. Once a week, and she gets to watch.

So, they explained everything to Percy, that monsters are real, he's a demigod, and dad is/was a god, and that he's sorry for leaving them, but it was the Law, and that he needs to go to Camp to learn how to fight monsters.

Once in camp, Annabeth got curious at the new kid who's her age, who has his mom and dad with him, with Chiron bowing to the dad, and answering the mom's questions. The dad, somehow, agreed to be the water fighting instructor, for once a week when his child was at camp, and the mom gets to supervise his camp activities. The new kid doesn't sleep in any cabin since he always went home after campfire with his parents. Annabeth, determined to get to the bottom of this mystery, started to go out of her way to talk to him. And slowly became friends with him. Once Annabeth told him how she loved playing with Legos, Percy brought his small bucket of Legos with him the following week to play with her. Once, Percy complained about a history essay he had to finish by Monday, and Annabeth helped him write it in between their (ahem) 'child-level' training. (They're 8! Way too young for the normal training level.)

Poseidon cheekily waving hi to Dionysus, enjoying being in the presence of kids who think he's so cool, and able to leave camp whenever, only teaching once a week and able to freely interact with his kid.

Sally bringing cookies for Percy and his new friend Annabeth to snack on in-between studying and training, the one who has a box of colorful bandages for small cuts and bruises, not serious enough for nectar/ambrosia/medbay, (Chiron warned her that too much will burn them up literally, and it's easier to overdose with how small they are, so, iodine and bandages for scrapes and bruises for now) and a camera to record her baby's achievements no matter how small. First time canoeing with dad? Snap! First time wearing armor? Snap! First time campfire s'mores with Annabeth? Snap!

This! Gods, I have so many ideas for this au. Please, if anyone writes this, please tag me.

[music-for-sushi]

This post was inspired by one of my tiktoks :D

[solarmorrigan]

My manager complimented me today on not "spontaneously combusting" when we got busy. And by busy, think she was referring to the brief moment when the line was three people deep and I was the only person at the check-out desk

Like. My guy. I have been screamed at, bled at, flirted at, argued with, and repeatedly ignored. I've dealt with drunk people, drugged people, MAGA people, and a man who had a literal psychotic break in my office. I've had to be polite to sex offenders and people convicted of violent crimes (and also the police, the major difference in which is the "convicted" part of that sentence). I watched a man punch through a double pane window and then throw a screaming fit as the police literally carried him away. My place of employment nearly caught fire twice. I showed up on my days off and in the middle of the night to let people into rooms and received not so much as a thank you. I handled plumbing

I adore the library and I think we do very important work, but no one is going to go cold or hungry if I don't check out their books quickly enough. Today registered as nothing but occasionally and pleasantly steady, and I loved it

[pancakemolybdenum]

karkats bday (wday?) is coming up.... what do i draw

im not drawing him a suit. technically already did

[fernsproutxx]

i’m dropping out of college

yup, you heard me

this was my third and last try at it

my neurodivergent ass could not handle the typical school system regimen, so at last i realized it is not for me

i still want to pursue animation and at minimum illustration, but the demanding nature of college just wasn’t it besides, a piece of paper with a signature isn’t everything there is to life

so what’s next¿

i’m not sure, but that’s how i’ve been all my life so… currently looking for a job is a priority, and i'm not interested in a career, i’m just looking for the least annoying way to afford food and shelter on my own to be honest hahah

my commissions are open again in the meantime!

changed my do’s and don’ts by the way… cough cough 18+ cough…

i also made a side blog for that kind of art, but i don’t feel like plugging it in here for the sake of those who don't want to see that stuff, but there is a link to it here in my blog, if you know where to look that is

[miukki960]

Can we talk about how Ming doesn't go for a kiss when they're in Joe's room? In the beginning of the episode, he goes in for a kiss, clearly trying to initiate something, and Joe very pointedly turns away. So this time instead, he presses their foreheads together and slowly nuzzles his face, initiating a very different kind of intimacy. And we see Joe melting in real time.

Idk it just feels very important to me.

[samble-moved]

homura's phone (sorry for calling it her "spinal cord sword", i swear to god i remember landlines and know what non-cell phones look like, it just didn't click) from the walpurgisnacht rising poster

[onionowt]

Brthday

[westsidepeaches]

i always see tik toks (specifically) that say something along the lines of “just found out jensen said dean is straight” or “when u find out that *insert person* denied destiel” accompanied with #sadmusic and it consistently gives me a chuckle.

i couldn’t give a FUUCK if the grown man jensen ackles or the fuck ass supernatural team said something shady about my gay ship— it’s in my soul.

i feel their love through the screen my man and no amount of denial will make me un-feel it. i fear some of us aren’t truly in it for the game

[technofeudalism]

i don't think a lot of people genuinely get it because leftists aren't really good at articulating their intentions as a collective. we're much better at just being angry, lashing out and expecting people to catch on. so let me sum it up real quick if you don't understand the recent attitudes from those on the left:

leftists (communists, anarchists, socialists, etc.) recognize that Donald Trump is an existential threat who is tearing shit down and fast. however, as leftists, everything action undertaken is done so with a basic understanding of material reality. in other words, things like context provided from history.

the roadblock that currently exists is that, for several years (and for some, decades), leftists have been trying to explain to liberals that while Democrats, on the surface, do not use the same language and claim to be far different than the Republicans from the perspective of extremely important social issues, they ultimately fail the very underrepresented groups that they claim to support as a result of being effectively the same as Republicans from the perspective of two things that are far more complicated to explain to the average American citizen - economics and foreign policy.

the point is and has always been that the Democrats are ultimately servile to the same corporate interests and foreign backers as the Republicans. go look at Nancy Pelosi's stock activity. look at the companies that she owns stock in. you'll find they're the same tech conglomerates that people are leaving in droves and now calling an arm of Donald Trump's propaganda machine. this is not coincidental, nor is it wholly inaccurate. it would be more accurate, however, to say that that these corporations are an arm of the United States' ultra-capitalist propaganda machine.

the conclusion that this leaves most leftists reckoning with is that, as of today, there is no meaningful institution with the authority, resources, access, money, reach, etc. existing today who serves the interests of the people to form a resistance and put an end to all of this once and for all. there is no ADV or Communist Party of Germany like in World War II. progressive institutions have been gutted by both parties. progressive politicians have been blocked out of leadership roles in the DNC. all we have are a handful of essential grassroots socialist organizations that are in desperate need of resources and people.

therefore, we cannot move forward. we can form a decentralized effort to combat what we're seeing in waves - ICE raids and the like - but eventually, there will be too much for us to combat individually. if the Democratic party isn't coming to save us and they're the only ones who have the expectation of doing so, then you need to realize we need a fully-fueled alternative with some sort of extra-regional support to take their place. again, if you can't get on board with that, we cannot move forward.

[solarmorrigan]

Saddened to realize this morning that my cat cannot read