#idk if this is actually a pots thing

[existennialmemes]

Me: [slips and falls]

My nervous system: MAYDAY MADAY WE ARE UNDER ATTACK Deploying Defensive Maneuver- Get Dizzy And Pass Out

Me: Really not seeing how this is helping

My Nervous System: IT'S NOT HELPING LAUNCHING PANIC ATTACK

[halorvic]

[fearforthestorm]

okay so. plates.

there's a post floating around on here somewhere about a ceramics class where half the students were instructed to make as many pots as possible no matter the quality, and the other half were instructed to make only one high-quality pot. by the end of the class, the students who had made lots of pots were making better pots than the ones who were supposed to make one perfect pot, and the lesson there was that you get better at things by making more things and letting yourself be bad at it, rather than trying to make one perfect thing.

you have to make shitty things because you have to make things, because making things at all is more important than making good things, because making shitty things is how you make better things.

a friend made the joke that "maybe not THAT shitty though, like that's not even a shitty pot anymore that's just a plate," and while i kind of agree (that's a whole different post), i also immediately went another layer deep with the metaphor: even if it's not a pot, a plate will still teach you things. a plate has its own purpose, independent of a pot - it's job isn't to be a pot, it's not going to teach you the same things that a pot would, but it has a purpose too. just because it's not what you wanted to make or meant to make doesn't mean it's not useful! nothing made is ever wasted.

[heartcircus]

i wonder why so many people just outright refuse to kill zam . like, they have no problem killing the other spawn players but for some reason zam is an exception?

for example, both hannah and kab have said one of the few people they refuse to hurt/kill is zam despite not really having a reason not to? kab i know has some kind of attachment to zam because of the time they spent together when she was a "pacifist" but hannah... doesn't?? as far as i'm aware at least

[honesttoglob]

Another unpopular opinion: Neither Steve nor Cesare bathe on even a semi-regular basis. I'm talking like,,,, several weeks going by at a time. With Steve it's fine because if he doesn't bathe for long enough he just smells more and more like popcorn or smthn, while Cesare smells equally of roadkill whether he bathes or not.

[chronicillnesscaneffoffplease]

Peak hEDS with comorbid POTS moment: clenching your butt as a counter-manoeuvre to help your pre-syncope, and clenching so hard you crack something back into place in your back with a loud pop. This condition truely is the gift that keeps on giving 🙃

[queer-pagan-witch]

One day I will learn, that just because the bottle is low, does not mean I need to finish off the bottle.

[devondespresso]

WIP WhhhMonday Nightish

Once upon a time Devon was tagged in a wip wednesday by @eriquin and meant to do it but missed both wednesday and the weekend before remembering again. totally unrelated, Devon is working on getting their official adhd diagnosis.

i also noticed that the past snippets shared in wip-whatever posts have been purposefully the least interesting parts because i was worried about spoilers, which is dumb because that's created the unintended consequence of my tag is full of everything i don't like as much and a very different impression of what my fic is (as seen by most of these snippets being my rewritten scenes despite the actual fic being mostly new in-between scenes)

TLDR: WIP Whatever-day-it-is: But Actually For Fun This Time

The Rules

Post the file names of up to 5 of your WIPs for people to send you asks

Post a snippet of one of those WIPs

When people send you an ask with the name of one of your WIPs, write 3 lines of that WIP.

(Optional) Post the lines you wrote.

You can send multiple requests especially since this is going on through the weekend!

The WIPs

we're doing bulleted chapter titles to share from since that was my favorite and genuinely most productive format I've used. Feel free to ask for as many as you want, I plan on working on this basically all week

Karen Wheeler POV Bonus Chapter (Prologue kinda? side story in the same universe?? Bonus chapter set after season 1 and way before ch 1)

Steve, are you okay? Are you okay, Steve? (ch 9)

What's this? The consequences of my actions? (Is that a motherfucking Lovejoy reference?) (ch 10)

Kidnapping? no. surprise adoption. (lol get taken care of BITCH) (ch 11)

NEXT CHAPTER BC IDK HOW TO TRANSITION (ch 12) (a very tentative title for the next chapter to be written)

The Snippet

here is my favorite and most recent scene I've written, which takes place before they junkyard where Steve and Dustin are at the grocery store to get that ungodly amount of raw meat they have to toss around (also i've split chapters up a bit in the name of structure so the third chapter is now called "Mommy Issues Central". Lemme know any goofy vine reference ideas you guys have or if it should stay like that) (fear not, Get Yo Fucking Dog Bitch lives on still as chapter 4)

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They turned down the next aisle, lining the edges of the cart with some other pasta-related shit that he could still probably use. They heard someone coming over from the next aisle and before he could turn the cart around Mrs Wheeler pulled up.

"Oh, Steve ...and Dustin. What're you boys up to?"

He took a short breath to work their story into something without Mike, but Dustin beat him to it.

"He's teaching me stuff." 

He was imitating the tone Steve used but still way too vague. Mrs Wheeler held up a smile, her brows slightly lifted.

"Y'know, like cooking-" Steve said, throwing in a little gesture to the cart.

"And cars, changing oil and things. Y'know just.. dad stuff."

Dustin's part convinced her, Mrs Wheeler's expression softening into a real smile.

"Well I won't keep you long," 

She nodded off to the side to talk to Steve one-on-one.

Great.

“Are you and Nancy okay?”

“Wh- we’re- Why? Did she say something?”

“No, no, she’s just been… closed off, lately. And I drove her to school the other day, she didn’t say why.”

“Sh- yeah, that- that’s on me. Sorry.”

“Did you break up?”

“No no, definitely not. We’re kinda… we’re working on it. I’m going to try and make it better, after y’know..” he gestured to Dustin behind him.

“Right.” she smiled again, “Let Nancy know she can talk to me about any of this? Please? I tell her but- I don't know, maybe it’d be different coming from you.”

He held up a smile for her.

“Yeah, sure. Mind if we..” he jutted a thumb towards the end of the aisle.

“Yes, go ahead.”

He gave her a short wave and turned back to Dustin, who studied random shit in the aisle like Steve would believe his sudden fascination with olive oil outweighed childish curiosity.

“Steve-”

He turned back around, seeing Mrs Wheeler coming back up to him and whispering again.

“I know I’m not your mother, but you can talk to me, too. Both of you, okay?”

He kept the smile in place and nodded again, and she finally went back to her cart.

Dustin “Definitely-Not-Eavesdropping” Henderson followed him out of the aisle, thankfully waiting until they were out of earshot to ask.

“What's going on with you and Nancy?”

“Thought we had ‘much bigger problems than my love life’?”

He pulled up to the deli, stopping to pretend to look at the options.

“We’re not dropping everything for it but we can still talk.” he groaned.

“I’ll tell you later, kay? Not exactly the best place to talk.''

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[swagging-back-to]

part 15 of me obsessing over this 50 gallon tank LOL

so im 100lbs soaking wet. I can lift around 65lbs-- even up and down stairs, but it's still a mild to moderate struggle.

Most 50 gallon tanks weigh 100lbs.

therefore i have to be able to lift my own weight in exactly 9 days time. :))))) help

[californiaquail]

most breakable plant on earth omfg. all i did was brush it with my hand on accident 😐😐😐😐

[thenonbinarydetective]

I don't overhate the game like most people. I'll openly acknowledge it isn't perfect. Still, I also know it was never meant to be a part of Arkham, and thinking like every game associated with Batman needs to be just like whatever your favorite Arkham game is is just silly.

Like Dick's Romani heritage being mostly contained in a one-liner (or maybe more if I missed some) or even the way they slightly mislead people to think Barbara is magically healed (she's actually not). There are things they could've done more with, but I knew going into it it wasn't going to be perfect, and I'm not wasting my anger.

[pizza-feverdream]

I swear I'm so fucking tired of forgetting things all the time. People take personal offense to it and I feel like an awful person and I can't fix it. I can't fix it. There's nothing I can do to improve

[ganseyandjane]

i've been turning a blind eye to it even though i've been aware of it happening for years but it has almost become way worse yet i don't feel like i've done enough to stop it

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Exploring the possibility that my adhd might not be my brain being entirely broken, but might just be a norepinephrine deficit and I might need to switch meds

[slippery-minghus]

thinkin about. i actually make enough different crafts now that if i buckled down and made a shit ton of each thing, i could probably run a small booth at a craft faire 👀

i'd have bowl cozies, pot holders, sleeves for making baked potatoes in the microwave, tote bags, masks, scarves, maybe beanies, and then a few versions of my beeswax balm.