#or do. i can't care!!

[starryrain]

i care (or do i?)

i wrote something about the burden of concern and care, and how it'll never be enough, and it'll never compare to that one completely perfect person that is always haunting your actions. enjoy.

[egophiliac]

don't think I'm not still obsessing over 7-12

[elletromil]

So I do a lot of book suggestion with my public libraries because, well, I'm a big reader and I can't buy all of the books, no matter how much i might want to.

Anyway, it always completely baffles me when, with series - especially when its in ebook form where you can see fairly easily on Libby whether or not there is another installment after the one you're currently reading - *I* have to suggest the next book for it to be picked up.

And not in a 'why is the librarian not buying it' way, but rather in a 'why are people not asking for it????'

For exemple, I've been reading a series of like 5-6 books total. I suggested my library get the first ebook, suggestion got accepted, i read the book and liked it well enough. About 10-ish people were in the hold queue. Of course that doesn't mean they actually liked it but whatever.

I suggested the second book, and because of the nature of ebooks reservation, some people got to read it before me. Ok fine. I read it, about 6-7 people are on the hold queue when i finish it.

Guess what? No one asked for the third book.

For EVERY book in the series, i had to ask for the next one and i'm just...

For people to read it before me, they had to have an alert on the book so they would know when it becomes available at once. Cuz obviously I have those alerts, but even just checking 5 minutes after the notification, there would be at least 2-3 people with a hold on the book already.

And its not even a 'oh, the library will get the ebooks at a certain time every months/few months so that's why it wasn't available yet'

I finished the second to last book of the series recently. It had been available since like october-ish. I had actually started back then, but since I'm not a fan of reading ebooks, I couldnt finish the book in time, so into the hold queue I went.

I know that public library. I know how often they get their ebook. If anyone had asked for the last book, it would be available already.

It wasn't.

Do people not know they can suggest books? Is the process too obscure for them?

Anyway, there is no point to this post except to say, my good peeps, you can make books (or dvds or games or whatever kind of item your public library offer) suggestion! You usually can do it online!

If you can't find where exactly, usually just googling 'purchase suggestion' or 'reccomand a title' with the name of your public library will get you to the right page

And if you're still not sure, you should ask your librarian, they'll be happy to tell you how!

[fandumb-whimsey]

"I didn't like Nosferatu. It was so long and boring and weird. I don't get why people-"

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Learning to celebrate the little wins!

[fairvstairs]

Aaron Minyard as a dad. Aaron Minyard as a husband. Aaron Minyard as a doctor.

Aaron Minyard learning new hairstyles for his twin girls. Aaron Minyard leaving sticky notes around the house with romantic quotes for Katelyn to find. Aaron Minyard counting sheep with a child to make anesthesia a little less scary.

Aaron Minyard as a brother.

Aaron Minyard calling his brother every fourth of the month. Aaron Minyard watching every single one of his games. Aaron Minyard making phone calls to make sure his brother has the best doctors. Aaron Minyard asking Andrew to be the girls' godfather because "who better than you could keep them safe?".

Aaron Minyard as his own person, finally being able to show how much he cares, finally being able to release all of the love he has been keeping inside.

Aaron Minyard, who deserves to be happy.

[starry-bi-sky]

on a completely separate note; shizun luo binghe with a disciple shen yuan who fell into the abyss??? *thinks about LBH canonically stealing SQQ's corpse for 5 years* he'd hallucinate i think. like, like visual and audial hallucinations.

Keeps thinking he's seeing SQQ in the corner of his eyes, or wandering between the trees, amongst a group of disciples. Thinks he hears him calling for him, but its just the wind or another disciple.

Gets Xiu Ya reforged but patently fucking refuses to make a sword mound. Because his disciple Is Not Dead :))) There was No Body. He's Not Dead. And If You keep Insisting That He Is, He's Gonna Skewer You :). He's holding onto Xiu Ya so he can return his most favored disciple's sword when he returns. It's on his hip right next to Zheng Yang where it's supposed to be.

Also this motherfucker?? does not sleep btw. He has the image of SQQ, wide eyed and hysterical and standing at the mouth of the abyss burned into his fucking eyelids. Can't use the dreamscape to escape it either because he keeps trying to save him and either he does and it's an incredibly cruel trick to wake up to, or he doesn't and he gets his heart broken in several different pieces again.

There is no convincing this man that Shen Qingqiu is dead. Absolutely nothing at all. He is buried so deep in denial that moles would be jealous of how deep he is. He keeps making tea for two in the bamboo house only to remember that it's just him. SQQ's fans are hiding everywhere, little reminders of his presence. He goes to wake up SQQ on the mornings he sleeps in-- only to find the room empty.

[blanchebees]

A Christmas offering✨

I really wanted to post this one since i thought it was endearing and i just needed something happy to ponder, just happy lads

[ping-ski]

i know the pain is nauseating. i know you are disappointed. i know you feel betrayed. i know it feels hopeless and bleak. i know you're tired.

please don't disappear.

please be kind.

please continue to take care of yourself.

please keep living day by day.

please live. out of spite. out of hope for a better tomorrow.

if you are POC, queer, femme, trans, disabled, you are loved. you are wanted. i may not know you, but i love you with my whole person. there is still good in this world, this isn't the end.

[bennetsbonnet]

I know I turned this scene into a joke about how gorgeous Colin Firth is... but the pineapple that lurks in the background of the Netherfield ball when Mr Collins is yapping to Mr Darcy is such a subtle detail that I really appreciate!

The wealthy at this time in Britain were a little bit obsessed with pineapples. Depictions of them featured as decoration in country homes, in political cartoons, paintings and crockery (warning: Margaret Thatcher jumpscare🥴 but you can read more about that here and here).

But to have an actual pineapple on display during a large social gathering such as a ball? That was really showing off.

Especially when you consider it cost £150 (or approx. £28,000 today) to buy the initial plant, build a hothouse to grow them in and run it... with no guarantees they'd grow given the climate was not exactly suited for growing pineapples! It was a huge risk.

All this meant that pineapples were so scarce that they became incredibly sought after. Naturally, rich people did silly rich people things to acquire them and show them off... perhaps they were the NFTs of their day?

A single pineapple was valued at £60 (approx. £11,000 today). Given the cost and effort of acquiring one, you'd think people would be keen to tuck in and sample this exotic fruit? Nope. Pineapples were not eaten! Of course not! They were displayed on plates surrounded by other less prestigious fruit during dinner parties and other social occasions, usually until they rotted. They could be rented for special occasions too. Such was their value that naturally they became the target of thieves and some pineapples even had their own security guards!

In the end, colonialism (because all British history eventually returns to that) meant that pineapples could be imported cheaply and their status was devalued when the working classes could afford to buy them.

But next time you watch Pride and Prejudice (1995), pay attention the scenes in the dining room at the Netherfield ball and look out for the pineapple... which is the second prickliest thing in shot (behind Mr Darcy). 🍍

Also... just to throw in a little etymological rant... as a treat: I know most of the rest of the world calls them ananas... but in English (and other languages) all fruit used to be called an apple of some sort. We just never got around to changing pineapple.

The humble potato has some peculiar names in other languages... looking at you, French and Dutch with your pommes de terre (apples of the earth) and aardappels (earth apples)... and then there is also the Italian for tomato... pomodoro... (golden apple) when most the rest of the world call them some version of the Nahuatl 'tomatl'.

Languages are just funny like that and that's why I find them fascinating!

[the-catboy-minyan]

far right Israeli politicians: the only way for Israel to exist is to kill all palestinians

literally every Israeli with more than one braincell: no, what the fuck. what the hell are you talking about. what the actual living fuck. shut up. that's not true.

antizionist not antisemitic goyim™: well if "Israhell" can only exist by committing a GENOCIDE then it shouldn't exist!!!

literally every Israeli with a brain: hold up, Israel has a right to exist, we can learn to co-exist if we-

antizionists: stfu ZIONIST you're supporting genocide!!!!!!

israelis: *stares at the camera like they're in the office*

edit: racists that reblog from an iranian psyop get off my fucking post now thanks

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I'm not going back to Gusu with you.

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[disgracefulthings]

I wonder how many demons shipped Luo Binghe x Liu Qingge

Like they fought nearly every day for 5 years. Each time they flirt (punched each other on the face) in front of an audience. As far as the demon realm was concerned, they're in a committed relationship

And then their ship is sunk by a corpse. Sure, they know about Regret Of Chunshan, but that fictional story has none of the pure sexual tension LBH+LQG's fights did

All I'm saying is by the end of SVSSS, there should've been a war between the human realm and demon realm. A ship war

[stoneseedfern]

Keith and Lance, sitting next to each other at the table.

Lance is talking animatedly with the rest of the team, all loud voice and expressive hands.

Keith is just calmly sitting there, eyes on a space orange Voltron received from the last people they saved, carefully peeling it.

Lance is still talking when Keith taps a finger on his shoulder. Lance turns to look at him, tirade and movements interrupted, one hand still suspended in mid-air.

Without a word, Keith drops a segment in his palm before turning back to eat one himself.

Lance stares at the segment in his hand. Then at Keith. Then back at the segment.

His face decides to promptly combust.

[licorishh]

no way she's alive ?? yea those mental health breaks because social media makes people suck are wild huh