#one of my favorite houses

[chaoticdesertdweller]

Lynchburg, VA c.1884

[inkskinned]

probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.

we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."

at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.

the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.

the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.

what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.

here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.

[mkstrigidae]

Backgrounds? *puts on sunglasses* I don't know her.

My favorite girl Sansa, here to eat lemon cakes and take names.

[redinthesea]

Stop putting him through situations!!!!!!! Think of his blood pressure!!! Everyone stop being mean to him real quick and start clapping or I'll blow this whole building up.

[whisperwillyou]

They

Them

I can not express with words how important they are to me.

I’m so incredibly normal and chill about the simblings

Also, yellow and purple are complementary colors

✨💜💛✨

[krazieka2]

I've played the Fire Emblem Husbando Dating Simulator Games

[my-dear-ceramic-frogs]

PB&J thief

[akariss]

A mother’s pain truly is such a heartbreaking thing bc Camila didn’t even see Luz crumble away but still felt she lost a child and mourned her “death” despite being locked away in her puppet like state, unable to have any control over her own body

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

FABIEN FRANKEL, OLIVIA COOKE, TOM GLYNN-CARNEY, EWAN MITCHELL & PHIA SABAN TOGETHER, in New York City ahead of the ‘HOUSE OF THE DRAGON’ Season 2 Red Carpet on Monday.

[diezmil10000]

share a moment with me

[amber-laughs]

no offense to the general public but when people say catelyn knowing about R+L=J would’ve changed her and jon’s relationship i know they don’t get catelyn’s character.

if ned had told catelyn the truth about jon it would not have made their marriage stronger it would have ruined it. telling his wife he puts jon’s safety above her children’s (which is exactly what he was doing) would put an end to the love in their marriage she would hate him. catelyn would’ve hated jon even more if she knew who he was because he was an even greater danger to her children. ned made traitors of all the starks without even telling them, if anyone ever found out they would have all been executed. she would’ve slit jon’s throat herself and maybe ned’s too

[hamletphase]

i can't find the post now but i saw something about miriel being disabled pre giving birth and was inspired <3

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL theatrical trailer (1959)

[guardian-angle22]

Tarlos Wedding Celebration Event [Week 14] -> favorite kiss(es)-> 4.16

[momhowell]

not to be delirious but there's something about dnp deciding to show us the other half of the kitchen/dining room at the same time as this post-slime vibe shift...like they're letting us see what they've built together both literally (the house they build) and metaphorically (the relationship they built), but this time on their own terms

what i'm saying is the strip-tease phouse reveal is a metaphor

[captainfaygeleh]

gregory “everyone lies and I can always tell that they’re lying except for my boy best friend wilson” house