#she had a HUSBAND AND TWO KIDS

[unimportantweirdo]

i made a meme

[irlsimmer]

brandi broke, they could never make me hate you

[radioiaci]

few small headcanons before I go sleepy: Alastor's father's name was Elias Hartfelt. There is a grave site for him in an old plot in New Orleans. The tombstone says nothing but his name and date of death. After Alastor's death, his mother remarried, had two more children, and erased all signs of Alastor - or his father - having ever existed in her life. There is an unmarked grave where Alastor's body was buried by the city. Only official records will tell where it is. Alastor was an emotional child prior to the murder of his father. He cried a lot, was slightly fragile in his feelings, and was very attached to his mother. He did not make friends very easily, if ever, and often preferred solitary wades out in the bayou to ever engaging in the more social events that his mother tried to encourage him to attend. Alastor's shadow is a personification of his inner self. It is a bit free-thinking, much of the time, and is much more emotional and telling of his true feelings, particularly when he finds himself too walled off to express something that otherwise needs to be expressed. The shadow will do it for him - though he's not usually happy about it. It is also a bit of a cry baby; reflecting Alastor's much more child-like and vulnerable youth before he found his murderous streak. Okay that's all I got for ya tonight.

[chappellrroan]

2024 is not a good year

[crownrots]

[guinevereslancelot]

kinda surreal to watch my friends who are younger than me getting married and having kids meanwhile i haven't ever been in love

[born-to-lose]

Was finally back at the bar last Saturday after three weeks of being sick

[thedeadthree]

🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨

AIRIKA HI TY TYY DEAR this is the cutest thank youu and i hope ur well!! i adore yelling about tunes EEEK 🥀💌☺️

𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐔𝐏𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐍𝐎𝐖 — hozier, bear mcreary.

𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐅𝐄 — charli xcx.

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐑 𝐋𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐒 — cocteau twins.

𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐒 — the crane wives.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 — ramin djawadi.

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

After breakfast, August decided to briefly retire to his room, just to collect himself before returning to the company of his family, who were gathering in the attic to peacefully enjoy the rest of their morning, a way to unwind after their conversation in the graveyard: He looked forward to it, he looked forward to taking that first real step towards leaving the past behind and living in the moment with his family, but he still needed this moment to himself.

Standing in the bathroom mirror, splashing his face with some cool water, he sighed heavily as he looked at himself, replaying his family's words over and over in his head: The past was in the past. We've made peace with what happened. We have all eternity to be together, and we'd rather spend it happy than resentful.

All wise words from the younger generations, but still a hard pill to swallow. He'd spent so long resenting himself for his addiction, and the ripple effect it had had on his wife and daughter...it was hard to conceive, being able to move forward, even with these words of encouragement from his family. It wasn't that he didn't want to be happy, of course, he wanted to be content, to accept the past and embrace the future (especially when the future meant being with his family again), but...

He was just sighing and toweling off his face when he heard something from the door-peeking out of the bathroom, he saw a piece of paper slid onto the floor, a drawing, he realized, as he picked it up. An endearingly messy drawing of himself and his great-grandchildren, standing together outside of the mansion, the Crayola messages innocently wishing him well and assuring him that they loved him-clearly, a joint effort by Lon and Erika.

August smiled at the drawing, careful not to shed any tears on it as he set it on the nightstand before leaving his and Josephine's room, and heading up to the attic, his old dead heart soothed by such earnest, childish encouragements.

The past was in the past-it was hard to let go, there was no denying that, but with the people he loved believing in him so strongly...

...it didn't seem that way anymore.

[seaofimaginarysins]

Hmm... Honestly, looking into Clytemnestra's lore (aka skimming her wiki page), I find myself very tempted to make her a Berserker. She doesn't really fit into a lot of classes anyways, and having her murders be sparked by a rage-induced fit of madness feels appropriate.

[bunnyb34r]

Trying to undo the damage of Facebook w/o risking your relationship with a loved one is like defusing a fucking bomb sometimes I stg

[coochiequeens]

After finding an article about a woman who had three kids and a husband that came out as trans I looked into what was going on in the family. Sure enough their middle child already came out as trans. And now the authors bio identifies her as trans..... But being trans isn't a social contagion

05.11.24

My wife surprised her coworkers when she came out as trans. Then they surprised her. She was ready for one reaction but was greeted with a beautiful response.

Society, pay attention. This is important.

My wife, Zoe, is transgender. She came out to us — the kids and me — last summer and then slowly spread her beautiful feminine wings with extended family, friends, and neighbors. A little coming out here, a little coming out there — you know how it is. It's been a slow, often challenging process of telling people something so personal and scary, but pretty much everyone has been amazing.

However, she dreaded coming out at the office. She works at a large technology company, managing a team of software developers in a predominantly male office environment. She's known many of her co-workers and employees for 15 or so years. They have called her "he" and "him" and "Mr." for a very long time. How would they handle the change?

While we have laws in place in Ontario, Canada, to protect the rights of transgender employees, it does not shield them from awkwardness, quiet judgment, or loss of workplace friendships. Your workplace may not become outright hostile, but it can sometimes become a difficult place to go to every day because people only tolerate you rather than fully accept you.

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06.22.16

"Come with me. You’re going to meet the prime minister."

My family and I were sitting in the House of Commons in Ottawa on May 17, 2016, when a member of the Canadian Parliament came to find us. We exchanged surprised looks and quietly rose from our seats, making our way out into the halls of Canada’s most important edifice.

We were there because we’d been invited to witness history that day.

And now, quite unexpectedly, we were about to meet the man at the helm of this historic change: Justin Trudeau.

In order to understand why we were seconds away from this meeting, it’s important to know why we were asked to be there in the first place.

In many ways, my family is a fairly typical one, with two parents, three kids, and a house in the ‘burbs. I’m a writer, and my spouse works in high tech. We throw birthday parties, pay our taxes, cut the lawn, and walk the dogs.

Our family. If we were ice cream, we’d be vanilla.

Yes, we’re pretty average except for one thing: Two of our family members are transgender.

Just over two years ago, our middle child came out as trans.

Seeing her blossom from a depressed and distressed "boy" into the radiant young lady she is today was the catalyst my partner needed to speak her own truth 18 months later: She is a transgender woman.

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ROWAN JETTÉ KNOX (formerly known as Amanda Jetté Knox) is an award-winning journalist, writer, certified professional coach, and human rights advocate with a special focus on LGBTQ2+ rights and mental health. Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family was a #1 bestseller, an Indigo Best Book of the Year and Staff Pick of the Month, and was chosen for the 2020 Canada Reads Longlist. His work has been featured on the BBC, CBC, The Today Show, O Magazine, The Social, and The Marilyn Denis Show. He was a 2019 Chatelaine Woman of the Year, a 2020 Top 25 Woman of Influence, and was chosen as one of 2020’s Most Influential Parents by Today’s Parent. He was the 2020 gold winner in Best Column from the Canadian Digital Publishing Awards. He lives in Toronto.

[kitonmitons]

natasha and her family ❤️ they’re rock people

[carewyncromwell]

“Now you can go wherever you want to go! Now you can do whatever you want to do! Now you can be whatever you want to be, And love is the song you will sing your whole life through!”

~“There is Music in You” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella

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Yay, here’s that other Cinderella AU art I’ve been working on...a proper “happily-ever-after” image for the newly crowned King Cosimo “Orion” Amari and the “Maiden of the Glass Slipper,” Queen Carewyn Cromwell!

I imagined this as being a “portrait” hung up in Florence’s palace for many, many years after these two’s deaths, hence the “symbolism” in some of their fashion choices -- Orion decked out in Florence’s flag’s color scheme (green and gold) while Carewyn is dressed in Royaume’s (red and blue), since she was born and raised there; Carewyn wearing a crown-inspired earring both reminiscent of Royaume’s flag crest and held in Orion’s hand, since her role as queen was something she inherited through marrying him; and finally the “glass slipper” on Carewyn’s foot poking out from under her dress. In the last’s case, I headcanon that Florence’s people was so charmed by the tale of their future queen saving their king’s life that Carewyn was gifted many such “glass slippers” over the years by her subjects and courtiers, decorated with everything from real glass to diamonds. Most of them weren’t comfortable enough to actually wear, but Carewyn still accepted every such gift with grace and gratitude. Carewyn’s wearing her hair loose -- something she started doing a lot more often after finally being free to be with Orion -- and Orion and Carewyn are also both wearing the matching gold and emerald coronets they first wore on their wedding day, so as to signify their equality as partners and their shared desire to be approachable to peasants and noblemen alike. And indeed, their legacy after death was as two of the wisest and kindest rulers Florence had ever had, instilling financial and legal reforms and investing in higher education, and were survived in future generations by a new port city rife with trade and commerce named for their friend and ally King Andre of Royaume; a crown-protected nature reserve; multiple hospitals, courthouses, libraries, and orphanages; and a university named for the queen’s brother.

Orion’s outfit was partially inspired by this painting by Giovanni Battista Moroni from the 16th century, with a capelet appropriate to the period. Meanwhile Carewyn’s was inspired by this beautiful dress worn by Olivia Hussey in the 1968 film production of Romeo and Juliet, though with a different color palette!

Much love, all! Have a magical day! ✨

[dancingdorito]

if they do eloise's season before benedict's, i might drop the show. because the man has waited long enough and deserves to lead after season 3. putting his season off another would just be cruel.

[nostalgia-tblr]

I realised that the 10k words that I currently have is likely a much smaller fraction of the hypothetical completed work than I thought it was going to be and I told myself I shouldn't take anything out because it all seems to be fitting together fairly neatly BUT I am def starting to have my doubts about the value of "the scene where the two male characters discuss whether the female character (who is not in this scene) should be breastfeeding the baby that she just had with one of those men (but she's been passing it off as the other one's)" because WTF that sounds AWFUL and I think I only put it in there because I was all YAY I'M JUST GONNA WRITE ABOUT MEDIEVAL QUEENS (KIND OF!!!) and there was that whole Thing in monarchies where you have to get a wetnurse in because breastfeeding reduces fertility and your shitty husband needs AT LEAST another couple of boys what with infant mortality being what it was in them days. And for some reason (probably sleep-deprivation TBQH) I at some point thought that it wouid be a good thing to put into an MCU fic???