#it takes conscious effort

[inniave]

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[fate-defiant]

hey kid you want some fuckin uuuuuuuhDoodles x5

[lavampira]

(COUNT)DOWN TO DAWNTRAIL — day four: shadowbringers

atlas my old friend I found some people want to lend a hand carrying the weight of the world

[curiosity-killed]

a while back I had lunch with a couple of coworkers, one of whom asked me why I like public transit and public libraries—in a genuinely, sincerely interested fashion. it was not the first time I've been asked—or had people express bemusement about this—and so, despite being caught totally off-guard the first time, I did actually have an answer this time, which was I try to support things I want to see in the world.

and i felt (and feel) like this is extremely obvious. if we all assume that someone else is going to make sure the things we care about exist and exist well, so that we don't have to do anything—chances are good they're not going to get the support they need and they, in fact, won't exist or improve. So, the counter to that is to take the steps you can to provide that support. (duh)

but I feel like there is this mindset (that is heavily class [and likely race and gender] influenced) of like....someone else will take care of it. And it's about public transit or libraries and independent bookstores and it's about voting and advocacy and community. All these important things that require maintenance and perpetual engagement—the same way that you can't just wash your dishes once in your life and never have to do them again (unless you switch to disposal dishes, but then you still have to take out the trash).

I get that there are a lot of reasons why people feel disenfranchised and fatigued but...at the end of the day, life is composed of an endless series of actions that influence what options are available to you in the future. whether it's voting or going to the library instead of amazon or taking the bus instead of an uber....like. yeah you're gonna have to keep doing it if you want to have an impact. there's no silver bullet that's going to magically land us in utopia with only perfect choices, so you're just going to have to keep choosing the best option you've got to get you that next step closer.

if there isn't a bus that takes you from doorstep to doorstep, you still take the bus that gets you closest. if the dishes are dirty, you wash them. if you want the benefits of society, you show up.

[vechter]

the most fundamental thing to inform ur understanding of the interpersonal dynamics between the bats is that they are all only children being mentored/raised by the biggest only child of them all and it is an ever present undertone in all their interactions. oh also alfred is there

[absollugia]

I wanna love you while I can / I wanna tell you while I breathe

[spotsupstuff]

here's a neat vid, go watch it if you haven't yet

there's Some things that i don't completely agree with personally, like attributing the Third sin to Materialism rather than Connection (i'd argue that the Ancients had no big issue with being materialistic, considering their golden attires and such- and that going with Connection overall better addresses both the core of Materialism and relationships overall) and then attributing the word Dynasty specifically to asian cultures but that's more history/word definition beef more than anything djgklsjlcgjkd

oh how i'd love to have a debate with this guy about Ancients...

[suppentoast]

I've been (re)watching "House of the Dragon" these last weeks and you've all got no idea how often I fuck up the name due to also / mostly being part of the tdp fandom

[shrublee]

u prob cant see these too well but idc.... (I do)

[anthromimicry]

the duality of misao being one of the few psychiatrists in arkham that has actually made progress with some of their patients and treats them like human beings, but also someone who does a complete 180° later + EATS her patients and gaslights people who ask about them into thinking they were never committed there is currently making me go feral. like girlll why are you like this JSJSJ

[brinnanza]

so I've been seeing this guy for a little while it started off as work and now it's just some weird kinky thing we're doing anyway I'm not exactly in the closet for anyone but I'm willing to do girl drag if it makes my life easier ykwim anyway I really like him etc whatever but the point is hes like, a straight dude right like when we met I was doing girl drag but it turns out we're exactly the same kind of crazy so I'm not bothering with the drag so much and I am watching this man become bisexual by sheer force of will I can see him testing out little gender things to see if he's cool with them like this dude likes me so much that he wants to respect my gender so rather than secretly view me as a woman he's apparently decided he's just gonna make himself okay with being with a guy

[amochi]

I was asked last night why I chose Hamlet instead of Gengar to promote and the reason is simply because a not so insignificant number of my photos of Gengar look like this:

[ghoulodont]

i dont like to hear things like "based on their name/image/etc i thought ghost would be sooo heavy and yucky but actually its normal music :)" umm you sound very closed minded to me

[blujayonthewing]

feeblemind should be an attack roll spell instead of a saving throw specifically so I can concoct little scenarios where it misses and hits someone else instead

[variousqueerthings]

*sighs in post mildly broke containment again* there's nothing wrong with reading willow as a lesbian, this is a piece of fiction, and the post I made took on a jokey tone for a reason and is ultimately more about underlying bi-erasure on tv than anything else kaybye ✌

[daringyounggrayson]

starting to think life is just a series of never-ending marshmallow tests