#but i have to try

[ofsilentthings]

My brain keeps trying to smash Astarion and Micolash together. (explicitly or not remains to be seen). It haunts my dreams and much of my waking time. I need them together as much as peanut butter and pickles - it shouldn't work but I think I can make it. It might even be good.

Just imagine. Micolash, Host of the Nightmare, seeker of insight and ascension to the Great Ones. He shows Astarion, a vampire, his own face in a mirror from Mensis. He gives Astarion insight into his own existence, letting him see what he has not seen in over 200 years. How would Astarion pay him back? A little companionship? (let us sit and chat feverishly into the night... new ideas, of a higher plane!) Does Astarion offer his body, in more ways than one? Or does Micolash ask for Astarion's red eyes to seek further insight into this new Dream realm of Baldur's Gate? What does Micolash get out of knowing a dashing and charming vampire spawn?

I don't know what shape the story will take but there is something there. I don't even know if these dudes share any themes, all I know is I love them both and they both need some catharsis, maybe even at the same time.

[beulahsapphire]

This is my wife’s childhood friend, Talia Petoia.

On the night of March 10, 2023, Talia was shot in the chest by her abusive boyfriend, Tyler Laughter, who claims the incident happened while he was cleaning his gun. Talia was rushed to the hospital, but the doctors couldn’t save her; she died that night.

One week later, before the autopsy was even completed, Tyler was charged - with involuntary manslaughter. He was put in jail on a $20k bond, only 10% of which needed to be paid to bail him out. He was free within hours, having not spent a single night in jail.

There’s been very little media about this case, despite the best efforts of Talia’s friends and family. In fact, when Talia’s mother contacted a reporter at a local news station several days after the shooting to ask why there had been no coverage yet, she was informed that the station had reached out to the sheriff’s office about Talia’s death only to be told that it was an accident and that there was “nothing to report.”

We’ve been calling the DA to encourage him to escalate this case to the SBI, given the seeming lack of care given to it by local authorities and the fact that the chief deputy is related to the shooter, but so far, no progress has been made.

There’s a lot of other fucked up shit going on with this case - more than I can type in one post - but suffice to say that Tyler Laughter is a dangerous man. Talia was not the first woman he abused - more have come forward in the last few weeks - and I’m afraid that that she won’t be that last.

Ways to help, for those who are interested:

Talia’s family started a fundraiser to higher private investigators and cover legal fees. Any leftover after meeting those goals will go to a scholarship in her name.

Contact the DA. Voicemails left after hours and emails are good too, if you don’t want to actually talk.

Even just reblogging this post and/or interacting with the other social media pages and hashtags we’ve created for this helps. We’re still asking the authorities to do the right thing and give this case the attention it deserves, but if they won’t do what we ask, we want to embarrass them into acting. Make this case such a big deal and so widely known that they are shamed into doing their jobs.

Linktree with the fundraiser, contact info/scripts for the DA, and other social media HERE.

[eltrolodecadadia]

Reminder that if you send me requests for money or anything similar to my inbox I will automatically assume it's a scam and block you

Thanks

[mmthemayoarts]

I cannot stop till I am fully a catering to y'all

I need to make my cake even better

[eternalremorse]

Life has turned a bit upside down lately. Nothing really bad, just lots of little awkward things have been happening and it's been quite challenging.

Tonight I think I'll be burying myself in music and HL. Might even try and begin on my first HL fic to help with the escapism.

[kitzuneplayz]

Must....keep....writing.....and finish....demo-!!

[take-me-to-valhalla]

Another writing contest had appeared.

I shall enter it.

[cheekyoreo]

i just realized beckham was watching the game so france kicked england out in front of david beckham? this disrespect should be punished and france can’t win the wc after this, so i hope the rest of nts avenge beckham

[cctinsleybaxter]

Apparently the live action pinocchio diverts a lot more from the original than other disney remakes have and there’s a baffling plot point that critics are refusing to give away (not the one where it turns out geppetto elderly italian tom hanks made pinocchio to replace his dead son)- does anyone know what it is?

[ethereiling]

microdosing on self love by making myself strawberry shortcake and buying myself drinks i like and putting my favorite soup into smaller containers so i can eat it without being stressed abt it spoiling

[pinkseas]

i rly need to curl this wig better but i do NAWTTTTTTTTTT want to. ive never curled one successfully before i cant make it look right discord crying emoji

[pinktaeyeon]

i’m going for a trial at another department today before applying for a job there and i’m scared shitless. i’ve had my current job for 8 years so i’m so scared to possibly change 😭 

[sleepygaymerdisease]

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[normal-thoughts-official]

Please stop seeing politics as an identity and start seeing it as a collective means for change

[trans-cuchulainn]

i do think there is a degree to which certain kinds of Instagram activists have convinced themselves that traumatising themselves in solidarity is a useful form of activism. "I'm having nightmares and crying so much I want to be sick because of all these videos of dying children but I can't look away while people are getting hurt" I mean don't you think you'd be able to help more if you weren't having nightmares and crying all the time?? don't you think this is a one-way trip to burnout? don't you think maybe increasing the amount of trauma going around is counterproductive? I dunno bro there's something to be said for bearing witness but there comes a point where you gotta look hard at yourself and go "am I helping, or am I just making myself suffer so I don't feel guilty for not suffering while somebody else is experiencing bad shit"