fictionadventurer · 1 year ago
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Imagine what it must have been like for Mark Twain to see Ulysses S. Grant write his memoirs. Twain's a successful career author, who, like all writers, knows firsthand the struggle of getting words on a page, knows how painstakingly slow and frustrating the writing process can be. And here's Grant, with no literary training whatsoever, dying of cancer, barely sleeping or eating because of the excruciating pain, regularly writing 10,000 words a day. And it's good.
I'd be tempted to give up writing right there. How do you compete with that? You can't be jealous of the guy, because of the whole "dying of cancer" thing, and yet...it's gotta just about drive you nuts. It just about drives me nuts. In good health, I can work for hours to get a few sentences on a page. And then this guy's showing us all up. It's maddening.
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thekidsarentalright · 11 months ago
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biting throwing up tearing furniture apart etc
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sincerely-sofie · 6 months ago
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Maybe it's just my lack of spatial awareness and poor geographic comprehension but the fact that so many of you guys exist in time zones with a single hour difference from mine, let alone live on the opposite side of the world from me, just doesn't feel real.
You all are supposed to be only a few minutes down the road from my house. We're living in the same neighborhood. If I go outside to take out the trash I'll see one of you walking your dog and call out a hello and some comment on a post circulating around the fandom, and you'll call back a good morning and an absolutely insane take on the post before you continue on your walk and I sit down to relax in the shade of the tree outside my house. What do you mean none of you grew up with me going to the same school, playing at the same parks, nicknaming the same stray cats? No way. We all were in the same English class together and I know I signed your yearbooks.
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mybonfire · 1 year ago
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i carry you in my heart forever.
user naumin/radiator hospital/user stolenchapstick/user jb-blunk/mitski
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castletemprwine · 1 year ago
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take a knife and cut through the darkness castle temp red wine but i make no plans and none can be broken no plans and none can be broken remember us just like this forever but this can't last won't last so make no plans and none can be broken no plans and none can be broken do you laugh about me whenever i leave or do i just need more therapy love is in the air i just gotta figure out a window to break out buried alive inside my dreams but it was all a fake out i don't care i just gotta figure out a window to break out buried alive inside my dreams but it was all a fake out fake out my moodboard is just pictures of you but i'm not sad anymore so make no plans and none can be broken no plans and none can be broken but i didn't take the love when i had the chance but i swear i'm not sad anymore so make no plans and none can be broken no plans and none can be broken do you laugh about me whenever i leave or do i still need more therapy love is in the air i just gotta figure out a window to break out buried alive inside my dreams but it was all a fake out i don't care i just gotta figure out a window to break out buried alive inside my dreams but it was all a fake out fake out oh we all started out as shiny dimes but we all got flipped too many times we did it for futures that never came and for pasts that we're never gonna change love is in the air i just gotta figure out a window to break out buried alive inside my dreams but it was all a fake out i don't care i just gotta figure out a window to break out buried alive inside my dreams but it was all a fake out fake out
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moroser · 1 year ago
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aus are my favorite thing because you can think about your favorites in situations that they normally wouldn't be in. you get to think about their character and really dig into how they'd react and act in totally different environments or with other characters. aus does not always equal ooc. like it means a lot to me to keep lilith (and hunter and the others) as in character as I can while exploring and expanding on them how id like. and it's apart of the fun of writing/drawing them. aus offer the chance to expand on characters where canon has ended or fell short. they can be a good outlet for creators and readers/viewers for certain topics. it leaves interpretation up to you. aus are fun and aus rule.
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yannig · 4 months ago
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I'm invested in Mut and Tongrak, don't get me wrong. I like them, I like the show, I will keep watching and enjoying it.
But from an aromantic perspective, it's fucking painful.
I. know. Tongrak doesn't believe in love because his parents' marriage was a tragedy and he's never seen real love, yada yada.
But he reads so, so aromantic to me. Like "love is imaginary and only exists in story" is a pretty common aromantic experience.
I know in this context it's the trauma. And it's a perfectly legit plot.
But seeing his perspective being dismissed so readily by the show... it hurts a bit, to be honest.
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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 1 year ago
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nothing like a call from your mother to make that escapism feel extra sweet
#oops vent post Look Away Look Away i am once again bleeding all over my blog#ohhhhh boy am i gonna get Creatively Active tonight#we love to see my living situation crash and burn oh boy oh boy#i get three more months and then!!! back into the fire i go!#and the frying pan was just starting to get cozy....#well! time to brush up on my masking and acting skills#absolutely unprompted#yknow it was actually funny#i went on a walk right after that call#and it felt like i was in a fucking movie. symbolism was ever#literally stood and stared at the 'no connection' street sign for a solid two minutes#feeling the Irony#then a black cat stopped and stared at me from down the road?#and a hummingbird flew over to look me in the eye??#walked under an apple tree but every single apple was rotting???#a fly decided to land on me for a split second and then flew away? felt Ominous#didnt see a raven though so thats a plus. or a minus. im not superstitious and i love ravens#plus side of being forced to move: i get to keep both of my cats and ill no longer be in this damn state.#negatives: living with my mom. her boyfriend. two dogs. in a state i strongly dislike. with no positive connections. in a basement.#its gonna be so fun! (sarcastic. lying. said through gritted teeth)#agh sorry sorry#once again treating tumblr like my personal diary#just. sigh.#well if i get a job right away and save up#maybe ill be able to find somewhere with roommates!#people my ageish! fellow queers perhaps! somewhere welcoming#where i can relax and feel Understood and perhaps even content with being alive#where i have room to not just force the love of existence but truly Feel it#i have hope! i have hope... i am miserable but one day! i may not be!#ive waited and survived this long! ill make it! i will fucking make it i swear to god
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dirt-goth · 4 months ago
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"Love, am I tall enough to reach such heights, and walk that line without looking down? Well, thank you my dear for getting me the strength, I fear, I would not find without you around."
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klainelynch · 4 months ago
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I've realized that one reason why I've let my AO3 inbox pile up in the past is because every time I refresh the page and see the 0, I feel a type of way about it
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wanderingcas · 6 months ago
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some music is just night music. i can't explain it just some music is meant for the DARK
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deermouth · 10 months ago
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autism moment but im actually gonna lose it thinking about the pitchfork review for shearwater's the golden archipelago where they're like "it's good! it's pretty! it's a concept album about islands!" and not once do they mention it being about the bikini atoll nuclear devestation like you are PAIIIIDDDD to WRITE THISSSSSSS.
Send back the uniforms send back the generous reich send us back to our lives on the waving blue wild and remove every mark down to the waterline
yes this was in 2010 i know sorry
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akaakeis · 2 months ago
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urghhh i hate that i feel like some people are ignoring me + just prefer to talk to other people
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e77y · 2 months ago
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Glad I’m starting therapy so soon after moving out ☝️ I am already feeling the helplessness and loneliness
#vent#<- slightly? not that strongly? this is a pretty chill post like. I feel pretty chill#but also :( sad#I miss my family and friends at home#I haven’t really talked to my roommates#including the one who’s been my friend since high school bc she’s been sick (?) for the past few days#and this semester is definitely going to be A Lot#I got accepted into another choir but I’m most likely not joining bc my schedule is so packed#but the main thing is#I FEEL LIKE A BABY#my parents never really made me cook or clean and I just feel kinda useless#I’m just gonna have to force myself to learn which is fine#and my parents have offered to walk me through stuff over the phone when they can#but idk I just feel really immature bc like. damn I am 20 and don’t know how to cook Anything#I’m gonna go grocery shopping either tonight or tomorrow and get some sandwich supplies and other non-cooking stuff#so we are not completely doomed lol#also I need to do laundry tomorrow.. which. I can do and have done before. but I’m still gonna call my mom for guidance 😅#idk I think the main thing that’s stressing me out is spending money on food vs. groceries#and trying to eat at least some protein and fruits/vegetables etc. while also not spending exorbitantly#bc I am SOOOO irrationally anxious about money. I hate hate hate spending money#so the whole idea of grocery shopping is just kind of filling me with dread 🥲#but I will do it bc I need to Adult at some point#I just. idk I guess most students do this and I’m being whiny about it bc I’m not used to it??#but it just feels like So Much to be taking five classes and doing a bunch of extracurriculars and living on my own for the first time!#like! ahhh! too much at once!#😰😰😰#and I need to get an internship soon 😀 and if I don’t get one this semester I need to at least get a job so I can stress less about money 😀#but I always stress about money regardless 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀 even though I have scholarships savings etc 😀😀 ocd things! 😁 (🥲)#thank god for my meds and the thought that I’ll be starting therapy in the next week or two#and also my mom for being like the sweetest wver
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the-nettle-knight · 21 days ago
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Currently crying my eyes out as the Northern Lights are out tonight and it's the first time I've ever seen them properly (half in awe/wonder, half in grief). It's so clear that you can even see the milky way here, and I saw the pliedes (the first constellation my grandfather showed me when we went stargazing when I was a kid). I even saw a shooting star and then a neighbourhood cat walked me home
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moraxsthrone · 1 year ago
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wanna support your local nsfw content creator??
PUT YOUR FUCKING AGE ON YOUR BLOG
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