#haha i am so NORMAL about this

[miidnighters]

what color is your aura?

tagged by @nabaidhean-neonach / tagging @fairytaletold | @soulmissed | @pohlepen | @epistrefei

Purple

geodes, club lights, ferris wheels, sunglasses, hummingbirds, eyeshadow, outer space. your essence is purple: you are gracious and thriving, and that is all you want anyone to see. you become a social chameleon to be exactly what they desire; your ambition adapts, pursuing whatever will come with recognition. you are a leader -- burning bright and never shy to speak. you are the star. you are the demonstrator. you find kinship in like-minded individuals of lilac, royal, mauve, and orchid, who share your decorum and aspirations. you are also drawn to the determined grey and red, who will help you grow and let go of your image to accept your flaws. however, you may struggle to get along with the free-floating personalities of yellow and brown who don't understand your far-reaching ambitions.

[smashstiel]

Listened to Artur Rojek (Syn Okiennika) today and uh. Found this.

(Translation:

Now I say that I....

I'd like to tell you that I...

Why is it so hard for me to say this to another guy?)

And well. Guess what who else has problem with saying 'I love you' to another guy, and guess WHO cried when they heard it.

[inkskinned]

there are a lot of posts out there that are positive and healthy coping mechanisms for handling the holidays. this is not one of them :)

i think there's like. going to be times in your life you will be stuck in a social situation that you cannot escape from gracefully. i do not know why the internet doesn't believe these times exist. it's not always just that your physical safety is at risk - sometimes it's legit like "i just don't currently have the energy or time to put in the effort of responding to this." sometimes it's a coworker you hate so much. sometimes it's just like, fine, you know? like you know you can handle your aunt when she's cheerily horrible, but if you actually set a boundary around her, it's going to be weeks of fallout with your father.

i don't know why people think the answer is always just "cut them out!" or "don't let them get away with that!" because ... the real world is tricky and complicated. i think kind of a lot of us have an internal "radiation poisoning" meter for certain people. like - i'm talking about the ones who are absolutely giving you gradual ick damage. like, you can handle them, but you'll be exhausted.

and yes. you absolutely should listen to your therapist and the good posts about handling others and set good boundaries and take care of yourself. prioritize peace.

HOWEVER :) ...... since im often in a situation with a Gradual Sense of Ick person i cannot just "cut out" of my life (without losing someone else precious to me) - i have sort of developed the most. maladaptive form of mischief possible. because like, if i'm going to have to listen to this shit again, i like to have a little bit of private fun with it.

now! again, i am physically safe, just mentally drained by this man. you should only do this with people you are not in danger with. which leads me to my suggestions for when your Unfortunate Acquaintance shows up and says oh everyone pay attention to me.

my favorite word is "maybe!" said as brightly and happily as possible. whenever the Horrible Person starts in on a topic you do not want to go further with, particularly if they make a claim that you know to be inaccurate, do not respond to it. you and i have both tried to actually argue with this person, and it hasn't gone well, because this person just wants the drama of an argument. however, "maybe!" gives them literally nothing to go on. it is incredibly disarming. they are used to people having some response. they know they can't prove what they're saying, and maybe! treats them like the child they are. it dismisses them in the politest way possible.

i like to say maybe! and then, in their stunned silence, immediately change the subject. this is because i have adhd and i will have something unrelated to talk about, but if you can't think of topics fast enough, i recommend just pointing to something and saying, "isn't that lovely?" because fuck you let's bring in some positivity.

by the way. that second trick - of pointing to something and stating an opinion about it? - that just works on its own, like, 70% of the time. i picked it up from teaching preschoolers. it's an intentional "redirect". it stops children crying and it also stops grown adults from finishing their explanation on why women belong in kitchens. dual wielding!

keep it silly for yourself. i absolutely do not care if people think i'm fucking stupid (it's more fun if they do) and as a result i will purposefully misunderstand things just to see how long it takes them to realize i've completely removed them from the subject at hand. when they say "women aren't funny" i get to be like. "which women." "all women." "all women in america?" "no in the world." "like the mole people? the people in the world?" "what? no. like, alive." "oh are we not counting the mole people?" "what the fuck are you talking about." "you don't believe in the mole people?"

similarly, i play a personal game called "one up me." my Evil Acquaintance literally knows this game exists (my family & friends caught onto it and now also play it) and it always fucking gets him. i don't know why. you have to be willing to be a little free-spirited on this one, though. the trick is that when they make one of those horrible little bigoted or annoying comments they are always making, you need to go one unit weirder. not more intense, mind you - just more weird. "you don't look good in that dress." "yeah, actually, my other dress was covered in squid ink due to a mishap at the soup store." "you shouldn't wear such revealing clothes." "wait, what? oh shit. sorry, your son tears off strips when no one is looking and eats them. i swear it was longer before we left the building."

the point of "one up me" is to completely upend this person's narrative. we both know this person likes setting up situations where you cannot "win" and then they really like telling other people how badly you handled it. in a usual situation, if you respond "please don't say something that rude", you're a bitch. but if you let it happen, you're letting yourself be debased. they are not usually expecting door number three: unflappably odd. because what are they going to say when they're telling everyone how badly you behaved? "she said my son eats her dresses" ".... okay?"

if you can, form an allyship with someone whomst you can tagteam with. where they can pick up on your weird "soup store" story and run with it.

the following phrase is amazing and can be deployed for any situation: "oh, be nice :) it's the holidays!" i do not know why this works as often as it does. i'll say it for the most random shit. i think this is bc most of the time these people know they're being impolite, they just like to fight.

godbless. when in doubt, remember that you could always start stealing their pens.

the whole point of this is - if you can't escape. maybe see how long you can just be. like. a horrible little menace.

[birrdies]

carry yourself through the frozen desert, empty your thoughts into the well of pressure (x)

finally tried my hand at some 3L desert duo designs (ft. matching back scars) !!

[piquuroblox]

my best friend uttered the words “we may have a second astro situation here” and i cant believe she’d curse me like this.

[woolysstuff]

I AM SO NORMAL ABOUT HIM

Evil!Sun my beloved (Edit// This Evil!Sun is from TSAMS and is not an AU of mine guys)

Bonus doodle

[ghcstao3]

another flavour of dbh au because i have a problem:

soap being several years into the military now, he knows the schtick with the android soldiers. they’re easier to order around, far more expendable than humans, and they’re deadly efficient. he’s wary of them, wary of the lack of human empathy, wary of putting any trust into a fancy computer that would prioritize the mission over anyone’s life, friend or foe. he doesn’t like androids, doesn’t think he could ever come around on that, but he’s left with no other choice but to accept it. he’s at least grateful the elite task force he’s invited to join promises no close work with the mindless drones.

then soap who meets the enigmatic, legendary ghost, and immediately views the man as someone to not only trust—to an extent, at first—but to also look up to. the lieutenant gets him through thick and thin, keeps him alive through betrayal and las almas, shows him more heart than soap should expect from a supposedly stone-cold killer, more heart than soap sees in most of his comrades. and somewhere along the way, not quite too sure how it happens, soap starts developing a bit of a crush on the man.

and then the mask is removed. it’s only for a brief moment, but it’s long enough for soap to catch a glimpse of the blue led embedded in ghost’s temple, indicative of an android status soap had never suspected him to have. a wave of nausea falls over soap, his head spinning as he grabs one of the spare balaclavas from the pile. of course he’d fallen for a fucking android.

the one thing that could never love him back.

[pianokantzart]

A brotherly adventure of strengthening the bonds begins.

The brothers are back for a brand-new entry in the Mario & Luigi series after 9 years! The two arrive in the unknown world of Concordia and journey through the islands floating in the sea, meeting new friends and encountering familiar faces along the way.

Whether solving puzzles or battling powerful enemies, the key is to rely on Mario and Luigi's brotherly bond.

[dawnthefluffyduck]

feeling of being watched

[featherymainffins]

I hate to say it but I might have to admit that Redditors can be pretty based sometimes

[god-of-this-new-blog]

“Sorry that it all went down like it did”

[eggo-tistical]

[wip] the time i spend actually drawing these two is WILDLY disproportionate to the amount of time i spend thinking about them.. need to fix that!!!!!!!!

[butchviking]

i hate being a mentally ill adult actually. i hate that there’s always groceries to be bought and housekeeping to do and work in the morning i hate that we have no space to feel it all i hate that we walk around acting normal. there are so many people i know who are clearly deeply unhappy with their lives and we make silly little jokes that allude to it but sometimes i want to grab them by the shoulders and scream ‘i know you are miserable!! we can’t keep living like this!! this is why people break!!’ im sick of this drudgerous apathy i want us all to be dramatic like when we were teenagers i want us to sob together and scream bloody murder at each other and tell each other we want to kill ourselves not as a funny post-ironic joke but because we all feel like that sometimes!! i want us to get fucked up on god knows what til we can’t open our eyes i want us to take care of each other instead of always taking care of ourselves i want us to be vulnerable i want us to hold each others hands in the ambulance!!

[transmascutena]

[ID: A collection of screencaps of Revolutionary Girl Utena subtitles, the first four from the anime and the second two from the game.

Miss Utena, you really are naive, aren't you?

Huh? But Shiori just wants to be friends with Jury, right?

I've heard the rumors that Jury loves Shiori, but...

Do you understand what that means?

Anthy: That's true. Her partner wasn't necessarily a member of the opposite sex.

Utena: Huh? What do you mean?

End ID]

"utena tenjou does not understand what a lesbian is despite being one and also being constantly surrounded by them" compilation

[smokszyvverstar]

Hehehehe Peasley has stolen my brain

My slaygume

[sadcabbages]

dinnertime

You aren't subtle, you know.

Heavy's head might have shrunk, ignore that.

One does not simply draw a fork.

Originally it was supposed to be a bunch of mercs looking at them but I got bored and so now it's just scout being judgemental.

My art has gotten so much better and I actually like how I draw Medic now. We don't talk about how I drew him like a week ago *shudders*. I'll give you one clue as to how I did it. Badly. Very very badly.