I was tagged by @killerspinal and @beholdingslut (thank you both!!! <3) and after thinking it over I've come up with this list of 8 shows to get to know me better (in no particular order)!
Pushing Daisies - this show has everything! Mystery! Love! Magic and whimsy! Like a warm hug but still has it's moments of tension that land really well. Just speaks to my soul
My Name is Earl - gave me my belief system and sense of humor as a child
The Good Place - I struggle to describe why I love this show so much, but it's whole message on the inherit goodness of humanity gets to me. The ending with what happens once they walk through the final door is just. wow.
Black Sails - I am gay. I like pirates. I like stories and themes. I like my media to hurt a bit.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - some things that Rebecca (and other characters) say or do, both good and bad, remind me of myself and without getting too heavy, the episodes in s3 where Rebecca is suicidal really helped me when I was going through it because it didn't shy away from how she was feeling, but it also showed her getting help which I really needed at the time so that has to have a spot here
Supernatural - LISTEN. You don't watch supernatural in your formative years and come out unscathed. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar
MASH - I remember being told about the episode with Hawkeye in therapy at the end of the show talking about the chicken on the bus years before I even thought of watching it and it still haunts me. The comedy is also god tier and the characters are great (Klinger and Father Mulcahy supremacy)
Fleabag - that meme where it's like 'starting fleabag: ha ha funny british lady. finishing fleabag: :'('. Also the 'I want someone to tell me what to wear in the morning' speech felt so exposing
tagging @beamkatanachronicles @torterragarden @nvmbench @eccedeus @goblins-and-gloves
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this is your random reminder to CHECK IF YOU'RE STILL HAVING FUN
are you enjoying scrolling tumblr? watching youtube? reading that book? playing that game? drawing that art? doing that activity? if not,
YOU CAN STOP AND DO SOMETHING ELSE
you don't have to stick to something that you are doing for fun if it isn't fun for you anymore. You can come back! If you've loved it before you are likely to love it again! but you can stop!
Don't get stuck in a loop of doing something that you think should be fun when it isn't! You can put it down for a bit! Maybe that's the very thing that will make it fun again later!
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One of my biggest nitpicks in fiction concerns the feeding of babies. Mothers dying during/shortly after childbirth or the baby being separated form the mother shortly after birth is pretty common in fiction. It is/was also common enough in real life, which is why I think a lot of writers/readers don't think too hard about this. however. Historically, the only reason the vast majority of babies survived being separated from their mother was because there was at least one other woman around to breastfeed them. Before modern formula, yes, people did use other substitutes, but they were rarely, if ever, nutritionally sufficient.
Newborns can't eat adult food. They can't really survive on animal milk. If your story takes place in a world before/without formula, a baby separated from its mother is going to either be nursed by someone else, or starve.
It doesn't have to be a huge plot point, but idk at least don't explicitly describe the situation as excluding the possibility of a wetnurse. "The father or the great grandmother or the neighbor man or the older sibling took and raised the baby completely alone in a cave for a year." Nope. That baby is dead I'm sorry. "The baby was kidnapped shortly after birth by a wizard and hidden away in a secret tower" um quick question was the wizard lactating? "The mother refused to see or touch her child after birth so the baby was left to the care of the ailing grandfather" the grandfather who made the necessary arrangements with women in the neighborhood, right? right? OR THAT GREAT OFFENDER "A newborn baby was left on the doorstep and they brought it in and took care of it no issues" What Are You Going to Feed That Baby. Hello?
Like. It's not impossible, but arrangements are going to have to be made. There are some logistics.
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im not particularly religious but i think it’s very cute that Trans Day of Visibility and Easter are on the same day this year :)
its no question that something like this could be triggering or upsetting to a number of queer ppl given the current sociopolitical climate, so i want everyone to remember that u are loved! Regardless of what u or others believe, there are ppl who will love and support you always. Give yourself patience and treat yourself with care!!!
happy and peaceful TDOV everyone!! And Easter to those who celebrate :D
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