#letters

[mournfulroses]

Marcel Proust, from a letter featured in The Selected Letters of Marcel Proust

[talkpolitics2025]

Our government loves to hear from the people!! We should all let DOGE know how they've been doing; I'm sure they'd really appreciate the constructive commentary :)

I'ma just leave these here for like... *Cough* Research purposes and such.

[inkpressedpetals]

[scriptastra]

[shisasan]

March 21, 1914 Letters to Felice by Franz Kafka First published : 1973

[bea-sthetic]

I've been thinking about this for some time now but I don't think I'd actually start writing letters again, even if it came back, as much as I'd love to.

In this 'screenshot-share-it-with-the-next-person' society, I just can't trust people with the things I would share in a letter, I just can't, not even friends and family. Imagine writing about something personal that you care about or experienced or are feeling right now and then knowing that's sitting somewhere in someone's house, maybe not even properly and privately kept. Or imagine you talk about something that turns out could get you cancelled or bullied or give you serious problems in your professional or social life and... it literally has every evidence that it was you who wrote it - your handwriting and your signature??

I'd love to write letter though, just don't think it'd work nowadays, unfortunately. :/

Being back handwritten letters.. please

[sonic-takeover]

i love getting on tumblr after my busy days to see what the heck is going on with this blog LOL

anyways!! im so excited to see this date holy crap dude... everyones gonna be like watcvinh from earth LOL

-🍽️

*Sonic and Shadow floated for a while before they landed on the moon. Now they're sitting together on the lip of a crater, watching the Earth as it floats above them, the sleepy lights twinkling on its surface as the sun stays hidden behind it. Sonic keeps glancing over at Shadow, but he hasn't said anything yet. Shadow is too afraid to make eye contact. He busies himself with staring at the fur on his own arms, which is now a platinum gold*

...... Shads?

Yes. *He looks over. Shit, was that too eager? This whole thing... It feels.... Important. Too important*

*Sonic smiles* eheh.. c'mere. *He takes his hand, lifting him from the edge of the crater. He walks backwards with him until they're far enough from the crater to not worry about falling in. He pulls Shadow close, his other hand finding his waist*

*Shadow's heart skips a beat. He looks up at Sonic* ..what... What are you doing..?

Dancing~ *he starts moving forward, then to the side. Then back and to the other side. Shadow stumbles along at first, then follows his steps*

.. I... I haven't danced since Maria taught me.. back on the Ark...

*Sonic smiles, twirling him. He giggles at Shadow's bewildered expression* well she'd be proud. You're a good dancer.

*Shadow feels himself smile. Something in him agrees. For once, he agrees. She would love this. He moves back into Sonic's arms, following with more confidence, his eyes locked on Sonic's. They turn and twirl and dip each other as the golden glow from their fur lights the dusty ground around them, dancing to their own music*

..Shadow... I.. I couldn't read your letter.

*Shadow feels his gut drop. Why this? Why now? Wait....* What..?

It.. I can't read cursive.. eheh.. *he shrugs, looking embarrassed. Shadow stares at him as they dance*

... So... You have no idea what I wrote, then.

No, I.. had Amy read it to me. A few times, hah...

.....And...? *He watches as Sonic mulls over his response. Shadow can't tell whether or not he's even breathing. But he can't ignore his heart pounding in his chest*

*Sonic can't find the words. The things he wants to say, to express, to show Shadow how much he feels for him... How can he do that with just... Words? He lifts his gaze back to Shadow's. Shadow was already watching him. He holds the eye contact for a long moment*

*As the sunlight breaks over the edge of the earth, bathing the moon in warm, ethereal light, Sonic pulls Shadow closer. Their lips find each other. Finally. As if every moment of their lives had been spent waiting for this moment, this contact, this confirmation... They kiss*

*Shadow feels his walls crumble as Sonic's lips meet his. He closes his eyes, hugging Sonic's shoulders as Sonic's arms pull his waist closer, nearly dipping him backward as they get lost in the feeling. Shadow brings a hand back after a few long moments to touch Sonic's cheek, pulling away just enough to look into his eyes* ....what.. what..??

I love you, Shads..

...b..but....

No. I love you.

*Shadow feels himself tearing up and he shakes his head* ... I love you too.. B-But the letter..?

I uh.... Thought you might ask about that.. *he reaches into his quills and pulls out his letter to Shadow* thought maybe I should read this to you. The uh... Unabridged version.. eheh..

...I'd like that... *He leans up and kisses him again, gently swaying with him as they hold each other close*

[sapphicdib]

WHY is your pleading intellect so awesome. absolute banger there

they say thank you! (also i wonder whose cloak that is…….)

[sapphicides]

i would LOVE your mistynat and/or lottielee thoughts <3

oh my gosh yes!!!!! my two fav underrated ships (kinda— i know they’re popular, but they get overshadowed by other ships a lot which is tragic to me) i have lots of random thoughts on these two so here are a few

mistynat:

tbh i like to think that were sort of friends even pre-crash. definitely not CLOSE friends by any means, but at least having a mutual respect/understanding of one another. they’re both kind of outcasts in a way, with nat being regarded as a messy burnout and misty being seen as a weird try-hard. misty obviously thinks natalie is the coolest person in the world, but i think nat knowing what it’s like to be picked on just for being yourself would make her respect misty for continuing to do her despite all the bullying. they’ve definitely had some weird (slightly drunken on nat’s end) nights together where they were really vulnerable with one another about that stuff

misty seems like the type of person to try and show off in front of nat to make her think that she’s “cool.” i can picture her putting bikini kill on her tape deck and playing it way too loudly whenever nat comes around in hopes it’ll impress her. natalie secretly thinks it’s kind of endearing, but she pretends to be annoyed by it and teases misty about it later. misty doesn’t care though, because she knows this means nat noticed her (!!!!!)

as adults, they’re the only two who actually regularly talk about what happened in the wilderness together. nat will take misty out to bars where they’ll drink together and laugh over some of the craziness— maybe even cry over some of it, too. they were always the most honest with themselves about how it affected it, so it only makes sense they’d be honest with each other when they can’t be with anyone else. there have been a couple of times where natalie’s woken up on misty’s couch after one of these nights spent drinking together, tucked in under a plush blanket covered in birds (don’t tell misty, but she secretly thinks misty’s love for that damn bird is really cute. she even talks to it sometimes)

i don’t think they’d actually get together until they’re adults, but misty definitely had a crush on natalie for years when they were kids. i’m talking the kind of crush where she would write “mrs. misty scatorccio” or “mrs. natalie quigley” in pink glitter pen with hearts over the i’s. she always expected being with nat to be a life full of sneaking out, drinking, smoking, partying, running from the cops, etc. when they actually got together though, it was very domestic. nat liked the peace— no, she needed the peace after everything she went through. misty isn’t disappointed, quite the opposite really. she likes taking care of nat because she likes taking care of people. nat’s the only one who ever made her really feel needed

misty likes to dye her hair to match whatever color nat’s got at a given time. nat, like with most things, pretends to be annoyed by this but never actually stops her because she secretly really likes being admired so much. once, nat went all blue and misty went through her trash and used the leftover dye to put a streak of blue in her own hair. nat thought that was kind of gross, but kind of sweet at the same time

nat’s not the type of person of really believes in marriage, but misty totally is. after they’d been together for a year or two, misty started expecting natalie to propose to her and straight up asked her if she was going to one day. when nat said “no, marriage is a scam,” misty created a powerpoint on the tax benefits of marriage and convinced natalie to take her down to the courthouse and that same day. they had a proper wedding a few months later and misty was a complete bridezilla (when the others got invited to their wedding, most of them were shocked that they weren’t already married to begin with. van even said, “they sure fight like they’ve been married 20 years”)

lottielee:

i’ve always loved the idea that laura lee is closeted, but not actually in denial about her sexuality at all. she’s known she’s gay for a long time, but coming out to a religious family is tricky, even if she believes that god must’ve made her that way for a reason. lottie, on the other hand, i can see being in denial about it at first. she’s already going so much shit going on with her that always seems to disappoint her parents, she’s almost too afraid to add “gay” to the list. the first person she talks to about this is laura lee, because she thinks she gives the best advice. laura lee tells her that god doesn’t make mistakes— if she’s gay, it’s for a reason. and weirdly, it helps lottie come to terms with herself a lot

i think they would’ve gotten together in high school, bonding over laura lee’s close connection to religion and lottie’s disjointed, confusing one. laura lee reads lottie bible verses sometimes whenever she thinks the other girl needs comfort, and it has a way of bringing that comfort even though lottie isn’t really religious. laura lee quotes the bible so much that lottie accidentally memorized whole chapters, and doesn’t even realize it until laura lee starts quoting again and she finds herself knowing exactly what she’s going to say next

as adults, laura lee is very into the tradwife lifestyle. not in a conservative “women shouldn’t have rights” way, but in an “i want to take care of my wife” way. she sees lottie struggling a lot with her mental health and eventually realizes the ways that she enabled it in the past, so she makes it up to her by baking her fresh sourdough and sewing her new dresses out of old fabric every so often. gives lottie one less thing to worry about (lottie loves the dresses, but she still prefers to wear laura lee’s old clothes. the comfort is unmatched)

speaking of marriage, they got married young. it was actually lottie’s idea. marriage was always a very important, sacred sort of thing to laura lee, but she was perfectly fine with waiting until lottie was ready. the thing is, lottie was ready pretty much as soon as they both hit 20. she wanted out of her familial home so bad, and being around laura lee so much made her realize what unconditional love looks like. laura lee never judged her for her mental health, her interests, or even her lack of faith. there was no formal proposal, but they had a very formal wedding in a church, per laura lee’s request

[amingledyarn]

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[bookquotenet]

Marcel Proust, from a letter featured in The Selected Letters of Marcel Proust

[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Soft Focus ~

[ur-l0v3d]

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Marcel Proust, from a letter featured in The Selected Letters of Marcel Proust

[bitesizedpoetry]

Sylvia Plath, aged 22, in a letter to Gordon Lameyer (dated Thursday, 28 July 1955)

[inkpressedpetals]