#nia joy

[theeblackmedusa]

mainstream black joy is so personal to me

[maprron]

Fairy Tail girls doodles because I wanted to draw them with the hairstyles I imagine them with

It’s been a while because my pen for my laptop doesn’t work 💀

[artigas]

yesterday, i went to a bookstore and i picked up two books i’d been meaning to buy, but needed help finding a novel I hadn’t spotted on the shelves. There were three youths at the front desk and, while one of them looked for a book for me, the other told me: ‘i’m not trying to be nosy or anything, but i love the books you’ve picked so far! are you into horror?’ and i laughed and said yes and she told me about how she just finished a college class on gothic literature and she’s obsessed. and i was like that’s rad, i love gothic literature!!

and then she was like: have you read dracula? and i said yes. and then she was like: but have you read carmilla?? and i fibbed a little, because she was just so excited to share something new with me, you could see it plain on her face, and i said i had years and years ago (i re-read it a year ago lol) and that i could hardly remember anything about the book (oopsie lol)  -- which was the right answer actually because this person just lit up like a light! and she started telling me about what she learned about carmilla in her class and, after a bit, she asked me she could recommend three more books for me

and i said of course!! please do! and she brought two books I already read -- one of them, in fact, that i had read before it was published, bc of my work in the new york public library. but she was so excited and so young and she so clearly wanted to give me something new to read!! it reminded me of my early days in the library: how young i was then, how eager I was to share books i loved with strangers, how useful i felt when i gave a recommendation that landed. i didn’t tell her i’d read it. Instead, i read the back of the book, knowing she was watching me, and said: “this is right up my alley, thank you so much for recommending this to me! i appreciate you so much!” 

anyways, i ended up buying seven books that day, including the two which I already read before -- but man, i’m so happy i did and i’m so happy i could be part of a person’s joy and be there to listen to someone tell me all the cool things they learned about the books i love!!

[danyartlife]

"Will you need an escort?"

"I would think not. Might you have forgotten who I am?"

[avocifera]

JOY UNFOLLOWED CRUSH BEFORE HE DEACTIVATED HIS ACC AND HE DISLIKED A LOT OF HER POSTS I FEEL IT… I FEEL THAT SHE’S FREE

[storyofmychoices]

SpreadJoy #706: spreading positivity with quotes and @playchoices characters.

Quote in edit by selfcarexpress

[soovermyself]

Dear Sophia, may you never ever stop sharing wedding joy!

[sassysophiabush]

[symliadoo]

some of my favorite panels from the short story sdfghj you can read bakery man on the anthology accounts! (will post on its own later)

f in the chat dariel hes the protag and only makes up two of these screenshots—

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[silentgrim]

I am SO happy you’re back you don’t even know- 🫶🏾🥺

no stop you don’t know how much that means to me 😭😭😭 i adore u sm 🫂

[duskbats]

new beginnings.

[katlimeart]

Made in 2016, 2017 + 2018

If you’ve seen this anywhere else, I posted it back on my deviantArt when it was made.

Mario girls cosplaying as characters from Pokemon

1. Nia - requested by neoduelgx

2. Nurse Joy - requested by mariostrikermurphy

3. Cilan(oir) - requested by marcusperez824

4. Hilda - requested by  kombatoonmassacre

5. Moira - requested by marcusperez824

6. Nini - requested by flutterbunny76

7. Rosa - requested by kombatoonmassacre

8. Ash(ley) - requested by amazingnascar221

9 + 10. Ash Ketchum - requested by link-1986

[starryeyedclub]

Lately I've been feeling better, I'm cooking more healthy meals and taking my vitamins, I'm enjoying hobbies like reading, moving my body, having solo dates and learning languages again, I find myself smiling at people (and dogs) when I'm walking down the street.

I feel like sometimes I just need to go out, meet new people and have good conversations to realise that I belong, I'm connected to humanity, I'm part of this world and that's so cool. It's like I get synced back up, like before I am just roaming around disconnected from reality, numb, living in my brain and then I come back to life.

[kaoharu]

hayi.. looks at you like this

haiii stares back

[yorkcalling]

Live Review: Leeds Festival - Saturday

Live Review: Leeds Festival – Saturday

With one half of Leeds Festival already behind us, we still had two more music-packed days to look forward to. Here’s our rundown of what happened on Saturday of the festival. (more…)