#expressing-oneself

[thepersonalwords]

Ultimately virility is all about helping others express their reluctantly shared feelings while doing so from a safe distance.

Ken Poirot, Go Viral!: The Social Media Secret to Get Your Name Posted and Shared All Over the World!

[squeakitties]

this is the same character <3

[rappihahh]

Doing another poll!! This time is about something similar to the last one I did but with a more fun purpose (at least imo :^)

Which one of the trio is your favorite and why?

The reasons can be optional. You don't need to add them if you wanna.

My main goal on this is just to interact more with others and to know why some like these silly whimsical fellas, is it their personality, is it because of comfort, is it because you relate to them, is it because you have a silly crush on one of them (not judging you :]) or just for no reason! It's always fun to see people loving a character :>

[thecrimsonvalley-creates]

~ Once in a while... ~ Dug this out of the archives, just never ended up posting it (and still have an unfinished verision with Frank and Leonard) but decided it deserved to see the light of day! An inspirational piece to go with my fic "Once in a while". Vanderboom cousins having a blast dancing just warms my heart T3T

[the-one-that-weeps]

Once again thinking about how love shapes language. I only use "^^" because a mutual taught me it was a way of affection. Another mutual has increased their use of "😌/😔" immensely since I butted into their life one day. I taught myself basic sign language to befriend a neighbour I had for 2 weeks. When I talk I speak in phrases and words that changed and were passed down from generation to generation because they loved the world they lived in enough to not let it go.

I just think it's neat.

[end3rni11]

We definitely should talk more about this pose

[kumori-0]

I Am Enough

I am enough. I’m enough. I want to be enough. I think I’m enough. I Am. Enough. Am I? What about when the marginalisation of oneself occurs from my lack of eye contact once more? What about when I feel unable to comprehend my overly detailed surroundings to the point wherein existence exacerbates the pain?? What about when the unrealistic comparisons to others become so real that my mind can’t decipher the true reality? What if I’m not enough? The isolation from society can be a gift and a curse at times; feeling contempt and relaxed with one’s environment, longing for connections that weren’t designed for me to acquire. Living in general can be streamlined into that of a burden when you’re little more than the invisible puppet; never seen, but always having its strings pulled for the sake of everyone. Yet the mouth never dare opens to cry out its darkness and sorrows, instead submitting to the eternal labour of pleasing. Maybe if I can’t express my problems, I don’t even deserve to be enough. So many lull and moan and whine over the minutest of issues, so if I cannot even bring oneself to summon even a word from my world of trauma, I will never be enough… But what is enough? What does that phrase mean; I am enough? For who? For your parents? Siblings? Friends? The world? Or am I enough for myself? The outside world has already made its opinion on me well and truly clear, however that does not define me. Their negligence to support me and others alike builds this stigma that we cannot be enough as our disadvantages outweigh our advantages. Some days, they might be right. But other days, the only “disability” is letting them think I cannot be enough. I am what I am; disabled. So what? There have been a select few people who see me for who I am. It took years for me to see who I am. Now that I can though, I never want to blind myself again of the individuality and idiosyncrasies I exhibit. Will I ever completely be enough for myself? No, that’s impossible; living in a black and white dimension wherein it's that simplistic to accept oneself is blissful, yet ignorantly futile. Will I ever be enough for others? Maybe. But only for those that deserve it; that means you have to let them in though, no hiding. Am I enough? Today, yes. Tomorrow, maybe not. It will always be inconsistent whether you can accept yourself or not at any given moment. So embrace the moments when you can accept you; when I can accept me. Because they are the all too few reminders that 

I am enough…

[fellhellion]

my god. LIS really was twin peaks for people who were 15 in the 2010s….its all coming together

[sosadraws]

Uughhh I need to do OC yapping...

[thepersonalwords]

Funny how we do not realize the true value and legacy of a living icon until they suddenly pass away. Truth is, there are many living legends among us, we just do not stop and take time to notice their worth until it's too late.

Germany Kent

[yannisdesk]

Any books were a girl/woman has to disguise herself (and live) as a boy/man for [insert reason here], a woman falls in love with her, they become betrothed, the other woman finds out, but instead of them breaking up or the disguised woman being outed out of anger, she grows to be fine with it and they decide to still get married and live as a couple in love?

[softswiftwitch]

and i knew you’d come back to me

[ichirothehallow]

Me: I Like “Cult Of The Lamb”!

Average People: Why/You Do?

Me: Yeah! I Think It’s Neat!

Cotl Fans: You Think It’s Neat..?

[darkxwolf17]

"furries aren't an oppressed group because at the end of the day, it's just a hobby" and "furry hate is very often thinly veiled queerphobia" are two statements that can and definitely should coexist

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

Don't get me wrong I love the angle of Teredio where Dion can, in private, relax and allow himself to be taken care of. All of my homies love the angle where Dion can allow himself to be taken care of in private

But for me a big proponent of their relationship is give and take. The two both live their lives in such a way where they pursue duty, keep up appearances, deny themselves their own wants/fantasies for the good of others. Not only do their moments of privacy allow for Dion to put aside labels and station/social standing, and to allow himself to be taken care of for once, but Terence is allowed the same.

Reading through some posts on twitter, I do feel like Terence is a bit left out of this conversation. I think "does he not also deserve to set aside labels and social standing, to allow himself to be the one who's taken care of by Dion for once? It's tough but an important milestone for the prince—who upholds duty and must be a leader—to hand some control to his lover and allow himself to be taken care of for once. I don't disagree at all. But would it not also be an important milestone for the knight—who upholds duty and puts his entire self into protecting and supporting this person—to allow himself to be taken care of and his desired fulfilled for once by this very person."

To me it is as important for Terence to get to relax and be taken care of and have someone there who advocates for his right to get to be a bit needy as it is for Dion to get to have this.

[gideonisms]

I think another way tlt and imperial radch books are alike is their exploration of the idea that to express love and care for someone else requires some degree of personal autonomy. and without that, it can only be expressed through violence, either towards oneself or in revenge for the loss of a loved one