#if only for their shared history

[renamusing]

you ever think about how robert handed himself in so aaron could live a normal life surrounded by his family only for said family to wash their hands off aaron whenever it was convenient for them and now aaron is utterly alone about to fight his uncle supposedly to the death in the same garage where his uncle once saved his life and where aaron got married to the love of his life who sacrificed everything for him? im gonna turn into the joker fr this time

[stuckinapril]

friend wanted to see my tumblr, and when i told him i can’t show it to him bc it’s basically my personal diary he went “oh so I can’t see it but a bunch of strangers on tumblr can??” he literally does not get me. no one will get me like the people in my phone get me

[uncanny-tranny]

I recently had to do a project in one of my psych classes, and man, I knew that CBT was used for every little thing, but seeing over and over, "do CBT! CBT is the best for every mental illness!" was so jarring. I'm absolutely biased because of my own experiences, but I just don't think it's as universal a treatment model as it's touted.

If you didn't benefit from CBT, it's not because you're lazy or didn't try hard enough or lacked intelligence or foresight into your own needs. Frankly, it's a therapy model that (I think) shouldn't be the only readily-accessible model and among the only therapy models covered by insurance. Some of us should not be treated in a CBT model and that's okay. It's not a sign of poor character or unreasonable demands, and if you don't think it's a model that works for you, then it's your right to express that!

[stil-lindigo]

ashes to ashes.

a short comic about the day Ash was born.

Ash's story

Red and Wolf's story

notes:

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all my other comics

store

[alaynestone]

you're an angel, i'm a dog or you're a dog and i'm your man you believe me like a god i destroy you like i am

[syrupsyche]

4.14.1:

“And, above all,” said Enjolras, “let us raise the flag again.” He picked up the flag, which had fallen precisely at his feet.

5.1.23:

Enjolras, pierced by eight bullets, remained leaning against the wall, as though the balls had nailed him there. Only, his head was bowed. Grantaire fell at his feet, as though struck by a thunderbolt

Many things seem to fall at Enjolras' feet.

[clove-pinks]

In his 1839 travelogue Diary in America, Captain Frederick Marryat described the crowded and rustic hotels that a traveller in the United States could expect at this time, especially in remote areas far from cities and large towns. Rooms might include "three or four other beds," most of them with two people in each bed. Then, he shares an anecdote about an American friend:

A New York friend of mine travelling in an Extra with his family, told me that at a western inn he had particularly requested that he might not have a bed-fellow, and was promised that he should not. On his retiring, he found his bed already occupied, and he went down to the landlady, and expostulated. “Well,” replied she, “it’s only your own driver; I thought you wouldn’t mind him.”

A fascinating look at the attitudes around male bed-sharing in 1830s America, and an underutilized historically accurate take on "there was only one bed"! Imagine your OTP: forced to share a bed by the landlady.

[leroibobo]

the church of saint george/al-khidr (saint george) mosque in lydda, palestine.

newer houses of worship taking the place of older ones on the same sites is a history common throughout the middle east and europe - what makes this one different is that it houses both the "older" and "newer" ones at once. the original structure was a crusader church built on top of the ruins of a byzantine one, and a ruined section in its west became a sunni mosque during the mamluk period. in the 19th century, orthodox melkites got permission from the ottomans to build the church in the eastern section.

the church's crypt contains a sarcophagus venerated as the symbolic tomb of saint george (last picture).

[jewellery-box]

French or English dress, c. 1760, silk damask with silk supplementary weft. Emma Harter Sweester Fund. 81.290ab, Indianapolis Museum of Art via the Dreamstress

[wundrousarts]

I discovered these paintings by James McNeill Whistler recently, Nocturne in Black and Gold: Falling Rocket (top) and Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Firewheel (bottom). I’m sharing them because they make me think of Nevermoor, as so many things do.

With paintings, a nocturne refers to the depiction of night. This is derived from the musical term, where a nocturne refers to a musical piece that is “inspired by, or evocative of, the night.” These both just come from the fact that “nocturne” essentially means “of the night”.

On a basic level, this just reminds me of Nevermoor by the aesthetics. The dreamy nighttime setting strikes me the most, but also the sparks of yellow fire that make me think of Wunder. Think of how many important scenes happen at night- Morrigan on Eventide, the Museum of Stolen Moments, and the Hollowpox in Courage Square. But the concept has me thinking, obviously, about the Wundrous Art of Nocturne. The only songs we know are Morrigan and Squall’s, who both chose nursery rhymes as their Nocture. Their choices make me think of lullabies, sung at night… and there’s lots to think about with that.

[samantha-and-nellie]

i’ve been re-reading the american girl history mysteries on and off here and well. let’s just say that miss brown and miss guerrier from “under copp’s hill” sure seem gay

[distressed-bird]

Kalina is the most interesting character to me because of all she has going on…

she is Cassandra’s familiar, she is simultaneously a pet and a friend and a servant and a family to a goddexx that is simultaneously her owner and friend and creator and parent and her god and reason to be—Kalina’s relationship to Cassandra is hard to put a name or label on (since what does being a familiar even mean?) but the bottomline is that this cat loves her deity enough to put everything and everyone on the line for her…

And adding in that she is a child of divorce. So to speak. I am extremely normal and haven’t been driven mad by the detail that baby itty bitty kitty Kalina was at Cassandra’s wedding to Ankarna and is remembered to have been toddling after her as she walked down the aisle…

Kalina will be the death of me /lh

[anti-potato]

keeping track of potato gimmick/related blogs because it's kinda getting out of hand

@potato (inactive for over four years)

@potato-facts (inactive for over five years)

@potato-king-official (?) (extinct) (username changed to @through-dead-eyes-blog, old posts deleted; based on interactions with antipotatosquad)

@tisitheawkwardpotato (?) (deactivated) (based on interactions with antipotatosquad)

@dontworryimapotato1 (?) (deactivated) (based on interactions with antipotatosquad)

@antipotatosquad (active after 5 years)

@pommedeterre-means-potatoes (active after over a year)

@potatofacts

@truepotatogod

@small-potato

@slutypotato

@ssllutty-potato

@medium-potato

@big--potato

@big-potatos-spouse

@big-fuckin-potato

@anti-potato

@pinkbimbopotato

@potato-murderer

@medusa-potato

@sparkle-potato

@mikupotato

@pygmalion-god-of-potatoes

@fag-potato

@gay-potat0

@aye-scottish-potato

@i-say-potato

@potatopostarchive-unofficial

@i-count-potatoes

@yukon-gold-potato

@wizard-potato

@wizard--potato

@invisible--potato

@anime-potato-uwu

@barbie-potato

@emo-potato-rawr

@amurricapotato

@juses-son-of-the-great-starch

@the-last-potato-prophet

@satan-potato

@clown-potato (deactivated)

@just-an-average-potato-lol

@anything-but-average-potato

@neutral-potato-or-not-idfk

@sweet-potato-uwu

@ghost-potato-spooky

@yourpotatobrotato

@potato-behind-the-slaughter

@play-games-with-a-potato

@small-tomatoes (not a potato, but was created in response to small-potato)

@dapotatoking277 (?)

@unfunnypotato (?)

[uncanny-tranny]

For TST

I just finished listening to Elliot Page's book and I have to say it was an interesting piece of literature. I highly highly recommend it.

I have never read a book that is so closely aligned with myself as a trans man and my upbringing. I never thought I would read book that defines what it means to be a trans man in the public eye. I do not want to be as famous as him but I would like to make a change to the world as he has.

I am comfortable in who I am and who I love and how I choose to express my gender. Things really can and often do get better with time. And I hope that any person that sees this knows that they are not trapped in the shoes that society has put them in and they can actively choose a different pair.

I would love to read Pageboy soon; these memoirs and other art and literature are our history, part of our lifeblood as a community, and it's vital that we read each other's lives and understand that we truly are here in this world💛

It's great to read such a glowing review from you, and I'm so happy that his words lit your soul like it has

[meat-wentz]

x

[alexcabotgf]

not to be true crime posting on main but i think i'm falling down the wm3 rabbit hole again