#but it crosses my dash from time to time

[aquarines]

i don't know what it is but the hazbin motel art style makes me so uncomfortable

[thelastspeecher]

Btw I'm about to start reading Going Postal, so I'll finally have some context for this Moist von Lipwig guy that is mentioned in every single Discworld post that crosses my dash

[ante--meridiem]

I think advice like this is generally good and am aware that me complaining about it will probably be the "why doesn't your post account for my personal circumstances specifically, internet stranger?!" thing people love to make fun of, but nonetheless I can't help but feel bitter because "repeated positive low stakes interaction" for me has almost always fizzled out before it could deepen because the effort is just not worth the reward for either of us and pretty much all my significant friendships have been formed by (a) being approached by someone with enough confidence and extroversion to make "treating a stranger like a best friend" actually work or (b) instant familiarity because we're bonding over a shared interest and our enthusiasm over the topic is more important than how well we know each other or (c) quick recognition of each other as similar personality types and agreement to cut the bullshit and communicate in a way best suited to our type. And the tone of this type of advice always makes me feel like it's saying "the way you do friendship is wrong and you're wrong for thinking it could work, grow up". Which is uncharitable of me, I know op of that post is just trying to be helpful and has been helpful to many people reblogging the post! Still feel bitter about it though.

[saturniade]

it’s incredible that i havent heard a LICK of those new homestuck “influencer” characters with their whole kinda-canonical side adventure that was published THREE YEARS AGO. even though they look funny and influenced the plot or whatever. not a LICK.

[reaperfromtheabyss]

ya kno, Legend of Zelda really went off when they centered their lore around three people trapped in a cycle of reincarnation, inextricably linked, destined to struggle across time, but filling their assigned roles slightly differently each iteration.

And the fandom has turned that home run into a grand slam by saying "what if this time is different? They fight not each other but their destinies, they find love where previously was only hate. Or what if the Protector becomes the one the world needs to be protected against? What if each of their past selves could meet each other and become friends?"

And by hylia i will always find those stories compelling.

[yardsards]

okay this scene is making me emotional in multiple different ways right now

in a sweet way because the knowledge that he used to use his magic to keep her warm when she was little, and did it enough for it to become her nickname, is absolutely ADORABLE

but also in a sad way because like. okay, in my experience, when you're a little kid:

when your parent who is pretty much always cold to you does something to hurt you, of course that sucks. but you're like "yeah, of course that happened, they're just mean like that."

but when your parent who is sweet to you sometimes, who has proven themself *capable* of warmth, does something to hurt you, it feels 3x worse. it feels like a betrayal. sometimes you might even wonder it it was because of you

so here we have alador, who kept her warm, who she looked up to. but who neglected her and helped his wife abuse her.

and i doubt it was a flipped switch that happened one day to change him from "good dad" to "bad dad". i even doubt that it was a linear development from good to bad.

i doubt that memory in understanding willow was an isolated incident. he'd probably hurt his childrens' feelings multiple times long before he was forced to really withdraw from them. and in between those incidents, he was probably pretty sweet and kind to them.

and when you're so young, you have no choice but to accept that kindness. you're evolutionarily hardwired to seek out the care of a parental figure. so you run back into their arms even though you're scared they're gonna betray you again.

and amity STILL seemed to care about him, at the older age of 14 when you don't have such an instinctive pull to seek the care of an adult, after all that he'd done and after barely seeing him anymore. her whole goal of joining the tournament in reaching out was to feel close to him, even though he hadn't started to redeem himself and she didn't trust him enough to accept a hug from him.

so she'd probably been really hurt every time he sided with her mother. and him pulling away was probably really painful. and she's probably dealing with so many complicated emotions as she starts to trust him again, even with the proof that he's actually improved and won't hurt her again

ouch

[bo0zey]

anyone else ever get in those silly goofy moods where u just hate urself sooo much that u instantly feel physically almost violently ill just thinking abt urself and also even tho u worked a 12hr shift w no breaks or water running off of the 2 cups of coffee u had for breakfast 20 hours ago, the thought of eating instantly sends bouts of nausea coursing thru ur soul while churning in ur stomach bc ur brain hates u so much that its convinced ur body that u don’t deserve sustenance or anything else that’s life sustaining or promotes ur physical well being because u subconsciously convinced urself that ur such a shit excuse for a human being that u neither deserve nor have any right to anything regarding maslow’s hierarchy of needs bc u r such an awful thing u deserve to be neglected n treated like the nonliving object ur own brain sees ur living body as or am i just mentally ill lol

[link-lonk]

I think Taylor Swift should come out as straight actually

[impishtubist]

Remus Lupin has never been interested in a woman a day in his life, send tweet

[discourseposter]

some of you have never read terf ideology AND GOOD FOR YOU but it shows soso bad because you wouldn't be able to identify terf rhetoric IF IT HIT YOU IN THE DAMN HEAD 😭

[king-minyard]

short list of blogs that deliver exactly what you followed them for:

@content-free

@catsonsynthesizersinspace

@fullfrontalfish

[demigirl-demigod]

Being in three different fandoms with a very prominent person named Matthew involved is very very confusing sometimes

[kurokoros]

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[sunsrefuge]

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[bookwyrminspiration]

QQUIL U ARE SRSLY SO SWEET 😭😭 & i will not lie i was thinking of ur au a little bit while drawing it . ur tags made me giggle tysm <33

Mellie!!! Hi hi hi hi hi!!! It's so nice to see you, mellie super talented superstar, practically a celebrity in my eyes. I am glad my compliments were well received, because they were well deserved!! Your art is seriously so so cool I'm always in awe. I want. to eat your style so so bad. I actually have a second piece of yours in my drafts to be reblogged (I hold onto them and then reblog a chunk of things with nice tags all at once), everything you make is just so *clenches fist*

But also!! cannot believe you were thinking of me a little. okay I can believe it i'm the kotlc wings au person, it's a pretty easy association to make if you know about the au. irregardless! not I'm the one doing a silly litle giggle at the thought. i just. love the wings au so much and anything that makes me think of it makes me smile, and your art did that. and also was just stunning in its own right

anyway! the point I'm making is hiii mellie you're very talented and I love seeing you on my dash, I'm very honored to have been thought of and pleased you liked the compliments <33

[cinclidaefang]

Feeling so insanely happy having people actually double take noticing the detail I tried to obscure in my last drawing. Me rn fr