#i love these to dumpster fires

[lillotte17]

I think we deserve

A soft epilogue, my love

We're good people

And we've suffered enough

[kedreeva]

We've been losing power due to winter storms lately so my partner 3D printed me a tealight "to fill in for tumblr when you're offline"

anyway this should be official merch imo

[egophiliac]

You can’t pick Lilia for this. But who is your other favorite short character in Twst?

I like the angry little king boy 🌹

[frnkiebby]

2013 LeATHERMØUTH camo windbreaker frank is def a specific fave~🎃

[uwemagain]

Let every river envy our mouths. Let every kiss hit the body like a season. - Ocean Vuong

Jim & Wen | Moonlight Chicken EP. 1

[noahmullariii]

the rage I feel when reading Blood of Olympus chapters 45-56 is almost equivalent in magnitude to the absolute joy I experience when reading The Last Olympian chapters 1-23.

remember when percabeth was good? when they meant the world to each other but had other people they cared about (nico, for one. both of them. so much), other worries and other storylines aside from their romantic plot? and when nico's completed arc wasn't repeated for no reason other than to dump more trauma on the youngest character in the series? when background characters were included in the story not for all the unnecessary last minute romantic subplots but because they were fun and fascinating to learn more about? and were actually friends with main characters? remember when grover was percy and annabeth's best friend forever? and antagonists were actually interesting and intimidating and had compelling goals? and the story revolved around friendship and family and loyalty? and death was definite and loss was palpable and battles were thrilling?

yeah. good times.

[fizzigigsimmer]

Steve and Billy who are boyfriends but just as snarky and competitive as they were before they started hooking up. They genuinely get on each others nerves so bad they frequently get into little fights that go nowhere, and leave one or both of them in a bad mood ranting to their friends. But it's always over something so wildly inconsequential - like who moans better. 🤷🏾‍♀️ Steve would take a bat to anyone who looked at Billy crosseyed, but how dare Billy criticize the way he changed that tire. So sue him for not being ready to work for nascar. It stayed on didn't it! They have these stupid fights. Words get said. They swear up and down they're done putting up with each other. Except nobody believes them anymore. Because everyone knows by now that this is just how they are and they'll have banged it out and made up by dinner. Literally Billy left Heather's apartment mid rant once, all because Steve texted him a picture of that cheesy spaghetti he really likes captioned with a sad face, prayer hands and an eggplant emoji. 😢🙏🏾🍆

[ying-doodles]

me to all webtoon-only tged readers:

[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

that’s all that matters, really

[monochrome-stars]

This is Isabeau trying desperately to flirt with Sif

he cant stop accidentally coming up with insults :-[ poor man

[prettyboymeat]

grusha scribbles

[pencilofawesomeness]

Yui lies awake for an indeterminable amount of time, watching shadows make patterns on the ceiling above them. The heartbeat against her fingertips beats a constant tattoo against her skin, a reminder that she’s not alone, that the body next to her continues to live and breathe and exist in this world. 

—Famous Last Words Chapter 3, from May Death Never Stop You by @slexenskee

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Okay so I binged this series in about the span of a week and it did things to my brain. The scene where Yui gets Satoru to come home and sleep lives rent-free so I had to draw it. She's the most little sister ever and this scene made me cry from the bittersweet wholesomeness. My utmost respect to slex for this masterpiece of a fic.

[andy-clutterbuck]

3x01 | Seed

[frnkiebby]

the absolute cutest~🎃

[yeyinde]

i’m so sorry i have literally no other social media what’s going on with shane?? feel free to ignore if you don’t feel like answering LMAO i know it’s not ur job to be Reporter for the Amish (me) i’m just sooo curious

no worries, i got you!!!

it's nothing that Shane did alone, per se. but basically, Watcher hyped up this big announcement that they had (w a countdown even, which—hindsight?? oof) and it ended up being that they were leaving YouTube (a la Dropout, but without the money, the decades-long support from fans, the cultural status, the portfolio diversity, and a mega-rich owner to bail them out if things went bad) and starting their OWN streaming service/platform. it's like, $82CAD a year, and maybe $8.27CAD a month (or $60USD/year or $5.99/month). that's what they're asking their fans to pay. and in a global cost of living crisis where rent has easily surpassed income by a margin that fills me with existential dread just thinking about lmao

but post-backlash, they updated their pinned post on YouTube and said that they would release the first episode of each series on YouTube (AND keep their backlog of work up, for free—how generous), but the rest of the episodes, and any new shows moving forward, will be on their streaming service exclusively.

the gist of the move is for better "production quality" which is ridiculous. it's almost as if they have no idea what made them special in the first place. and, IMO, its just (wheeze). that's it. that's all they needed. i'd watch Ryan and Shane sit in a basement and bicker back and forth about cryptids or DB Cooper any day over this.

and i fully get supporting your favourite creators, but this move was just. not it :/ not when they don't have a fraction of the backlog to justify such an insanely high subscription price when people can barely afford to live.

[fictionadventurer]

The more I learn about Civil War politics, the more I'm convinced that Lincoln's most impressive and useful leadership trait was that he never let his pride get in the way of doing his job.

Other people in Lincoln's position would have come to Washington with something to prove. They'd have resented the insults and tried to disprove them. They'd have tried to seize power and credit, rejected help, spent a lot of time trying to reach a certain level of respect.

Lincoln's response to, "You're just a backwoods lawyer with no executive experience who makes too many dumb jokes," was pretty much always, "Yeah. And?" He had no interest in petty personal power plays. He had a country to run. There was a war on. It didn't matter what people thought of him so long as the job got done.

He was aware of his personal shortcomings and was always willing to accept advice and help from people who had more knowledge and experience in certain areas. He presided over a chaotic Cabinet full of abrasive personalities who thought they were better and smarter than him, but he kept working with them because they could get the job done. For example: Stanton was absolutely horrible to him when they were both working as lawyers. Just incredibly mean on a personal level. But when Lincoln needed someone to replace Cameron, he swallowed his pride and appointed Stanton as Secretary of War, where Stanton proceeded to be mean to everyone in the world, but he whipped that department into shape and kept it running efficiently through a very chaotic war. Pretty much no one except Lincoln would have been able to put up with that. He could put up with people who were personally difficult if they could do the job he needed them to do--which he was only able to do because his own ego didn't get in the way.

Lincoln's example is a prime demonstration of how humility isn't underrating yourself--it's being so secure in your own abilities and identity that you don't need to attack anyone or defend yourself to prove your worth. He knew his shortcomings, but he also knew his strengths. He was willing to give other people credit for successes and take blame upon himself for failures if it kept things running smoothly. He was secure enough in his own power that he could deal generously--but firmly--with people who tried to undermine him. In a city full of huge egos, in a profession that rewards puffed-up pride, that levelheaded humility is an extremely rare trait--which is what made it so impressive and effective.