#chartreusebird

[patrickbrewerisgay]

Your tags about David's romantic gestures are everything😍💖

we were just having this discussion in chat earlier about how a lot of people can’t see what patrick sees in david. i’ll admit that this is something i have also struggled with, only because david & i are SO similar & it’s difficult for me to find (or admit) anything lovable about myself. like david, i am anxious, dramatic, self-absorbed, judgmental, & catty. but the transformational arc that david goes through over the course of the series, & over the course of his relationship with patrick, shows us depths that we couldn’t see before.

for one thing david is fiercely loyal to those he loves, which we get early hints of in episodes like 3x10 sebastien raine, where he is so protective of moira. but it’s with patrick that we finally see david opening up & letting himself shed his armor to reveal the loving parts of himself that he was too afraid to show before. for one thing, he may be anxious all the time, but when a loved one needs him, he is suddenly a rock, an island of calm in a stormy sea. obviously the biggest examples would be 5x11 meet the parents & 5x13 the hike (& in 5x6 rock on! to a lesser extent, though his anxiety ends up getting the better of him [thanks alexis!]).

in meet the parents, david sets aside his own insecurities to fully be there for patrick. we KNOW how insecure david is about his romantic relationships being more meaningful to him than they are to his partners, & while at this point some of that worry surely has settled down in regards to patrick, his world is a little rocked when he finds out that patrick has been keeping him a secret from his parents this whole time. old traumas are hard to shake; however we see david suddenly transform into this fiercely protective, confident, resolute comfort blanket of love for patrick. he does everything to make things okay, including putting himself in a vulnerable position with patrick’s parents while still under the impression that they may not accept or condone their son’s relationship with him. we see him literally wrap himself around patrick & hold onto him for dear life when patrick admits his fears about his parents. david in this moment doesn’t care how long it takes patrick to tell his parents about david; his concern is patrick’s safety & comfort. he could get angry & take offense to being kept a secret, but he shows so much goddamn empathy towards patrick’s feelings & insecurities over coming out. then at the party he is THERE for patrick with a reassuring word & smile, & even though he knows at this point that patrick’s parents will be accepting, he is still thinking of patrick’s feelings & saying exactly what patrick needs to hear in this moment. he could trivialize patrick’s feelings, but he never does. without missing a beat, david rose drops all of his baggage & all of his worry when patrick is in need.

to me the hike is another perfect example of david’s protective & caring nature. he starts off being dramatic, bratty, & ungrateful, but when he sees the toll of his actions, he is immediately able to quit this behavior, acknowledge that he was wrong, & re-center the afternoon on patrick. he quickly transitions into seeing the day & his own behavior through patrick’s eyes, & he realizes that he hasn’t been fair or sensitive to what patrick wanted to do for him. then this boy who has been whining about a heavy backpack for the past several hours CARRIES HIS BOYFRIEND UP A MOUNTAIN without even getting winded, because he is just SO overwhelmed with the need to care for patrick that he becomes like one of those moms who gets a surge of adrenaline & suddenly develops super strength to lift a car off their trapped baby. & this isn’t an effort for him, he just automatically switches into caregiver mode when it’s needed. patrick doesn’t even have to ask.

i speak of this as growth, but i’m not saying that these are qualities that david suddenly developed because of schitt’s creek or because of patrick. the growth is in the vulnerability & the confidence to show these traits that have been there all along. david rose is nothing BUT love, he has SO MUCH love to give & is SO EAGER to give it, but because of how much hurt it has caused him in the past, he’s learned to switch it off. patrick gives him the security to finally love the way he was meant to, because he IS finally loved the way he was meant to be. it’s more than a throwaway joke when patrick refuses to return the “nice” compliment in 4x01: david rose may not always be a NICE person, but he is undoubtedly a GOOD person. but it is only through allowing himself to be vulnerable & to embrace joy that he is able to show it.

& yeah maybe i’m projecting a little, but dan has indicated plenty of times that we are meant to project. i may share david’s not-so-nice qualities, but i also share his good qualities, including his loyal & protective nature. not to get exceedingly personal (though my friends have already heard way too much about this), but before this show i had been through a shitty time being dumped by my fiancée & then losing all my friends in a really overblown & traumatic argument. after that i told myself i was toxic waste & wasn’t fit to be around other people; relationships only ever brought me hurt, so i figured i’d be better off turning off my need for companionship & just accepting that it wasn’t for me. i gave up on love, including for myself, & slipped into a nasty depression where i only left my house for school. i’m not saying sc cured me; i’m still clawing my way out of it, & i still don’t truly believe i’ll find love again (though i have found friendship again which i’m over the moon about). but through david rose, i have realized that i am worth loving & deserving of love. that’s why this show means a ridiculous amount to me.

so when people say they don’t see what patrick sees in david, i wonder what show they’ve been watching. patrick may be bold & capable, but david brings his humor & his passion & his LOVE, so much love, to the table. in david patrick sees someone who is smart, ambitious, creative, & talented, who just needs a little help gaining the confidence to put it all together. patrick does that for david with rose apothecary & then he does that for david in their relationship. they bring out the best in each other, not opposites but complementary pieces. patrick doesn’t have what david is missing, he just has a way to bring out what david has had inside him all along but has been too afraid to show.

& i guess that’s my essay on david rose. glad you liked the tags! :P

[simonjadis]

#I don't listen to men when they talk much less when they sing is savage and iconic and quintessentially you

[gallusrostromegalus]

So idk if this qualifies for your what's for dinner tag but my lack of appetite has gotten so intense even drinking is unpleasant, so I just made myself a giant pot of tulsi chamomile pomegranate tea (with honey) and am sipping the first glass over ice. I can feel my organs sighing in relief. I thought you would be proud even if I'm having frozen pizza for dinner.

I *AM* fucking proud of you.  I’ve been sick enough that all I could drink was juice for several days.  So ANYTHING you can do to stay hydrated is very excellent, and I hoep you feel better soon.

[urcadelimabean]

@ygrittebardots said: OMG UR TAG THANK

@chartreusebird said: I am So. Here. for silvermadi pegging

asjflasjf;ajsk I was on the fence but now I have to do it dont I?

[hotniatheron]

chartreusebird mentioned you in a post

@hotniatheron omg that mental image is giving me FEELS like did he hold both their hands and tell them how happy he was for them????

the MAN ARRIVED WITH THE RINGS, HE WAS READY

[carma-bee]

chartreusebird replied to your photo

Can u believe there's no fic for this? He even kisses his straight bff!

oh i know. there’s 9 on ao3 and i’ve looked at them all. i did like this one a lot though

[watsons-solarpunk]

chartreusebird replied to your post “One thing I just realized is that any Solarpunk society is gonna have...”

Also in the McDonald's case now there's a warning on the case to absolve themselves of future liability rather than a commitment to not serving hazardous coffee to their communities

They did stop serving the coffee at nearly-boiling temperatures, though. Consequences of that case included warning labels, a decrease in standard temperatures by about 50 degrees at time of serving, cardboard sleeves to prevent hand burning, more secure lids with built-in stoppers to prevent spills -- a whole pile of things that make coffee safer.

What protects McDonald’s from future liability is that they aren’t still giving people paper cups filled with near-boiling water. “Caution: Hot” doesn’t protect them -- it protects people, for example, like me: I have ADHD, and it’s real fucking easy for me to space out on things that are obvious if you’re paying attention, since I have literal biological complications involving how my brain pays attention to things. I label all my stuff. I have my shampoo and conditioner labeled 1 and 2 so I don’t use them in the wrong order. “Caution: Hot” is a really useful reminder for me that when I’m holding a cup of hot liquid I should take fewer risks with how I carry it than when I’m holding cold or room-temperature liquid.

Labeling potentially harmful things as potentially harmful is a basic safety obligation, not a sleazy anti-litigation tactic. If you’re the kind of person who doesn’t need those reminders, that’s cool. But they’re literally harmless for people to whom they’re irrelevant and they make a big difference to people who don’t engage with the manufactured environment in quite the same way you do.

Corporations aren’t getting sued less because these labels let them get away with making products irresponsibly: they’re getting sued less because they’ve run a propaganda campaign to manufacture outrage over “frivolous” lawsuits that draw distinctions between reasonable and unreasonable risk -- like the difference between coffee that would hurt if you spilled it on you, and coffee that’s so hot that if you drank it without letting it cool first you’d cause severe damage to your mouth.

[hello-delicious-tea]

chartreusebird replied to your post: The problem with making my own English muffins is...

Sometimes I think wistfully of your scones

They are in fact pretty awesome.

[monstermoviedean]

"dean is monster catnip" - @chartreusebird, brought to my dash by @sunforgrace

[slaygentford]

chartreusebird replied to your post: HOW DARE ROCKETMAN B THIS GOOD 

Mood. Also its because his husband made it ����

don't TELL ME THAAAAAAT GODDDDD 

[anthropolos]

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[bigwolfhunting]

Music Tag

Rules: If you can, list the Top Ten songs you are listening to lately, and tag ten mutuals to do the same!

I was tagged by @briepark - thank you ^^

So all I’ve been listening to lately is K-pop...mostly EXO but I’ve been pretty obsessive about Jonghyun’s and Taemin’s solo albums as well...so, so good.  

EXO - TACTIX

EXO - Cosmic Railway

EXO - Heart Attack 

EXO - Been Through

EXO - El Dorado

EXO - Transformer

Taemin - Stone Heart

Taemin - Move 

Jonghyun - Only One You Need

Jonghyun - Moon

I’m tagging (as always, only if you want): @loonymupin @chartreusebird @thereigninglorelai @ladyliliah @exo-stentialism @rome-ong @umsehun @underluckystars @clarabaeswald @messrprongs and anyone else who wants to!

[jonphaedrus]

chartreusebird replied to your post:

i think im going to have to come to terms with the...

Random stranger screeching in from the left - it could be a pinched nerve (possibly related to phone or computer use) which I get all the time, in which case topical application of skullcap tincture may help! Good for nerves! Also changing hand posture during repeated activities!

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[blacksailskinkmeme]

Fantasy au: silver is a siren!

Prompt 354Send send us a message about your fill here.Send new prompts here.

[urcadelimabean]

Tagged by @ellelan - thank you 😆

The tag game works like this: post your lockscreen pic, the last pic saved on your phone, and the last song you listened to.

(Well I was listening to Shemekia Copeland in the car technically but I'm not going to go take a picture of the album 😛)

Im tagging @randomishnickname @chartreusebird @palindroned @brynnmclean @aardbei @medusinestories @flintsfancy @sunneinsplendor @xpityx @riisinaakka @significanceofmoths