#talks with E

[angria]

It's been 5 years since I started attending St. P's and I'm still amazed over their unceasing acceptance and support. Saw E a couple days ago, knowing she carved out time to see me on a Sunday after church (usually we meet during the work week). EM (youth minister) just texted me to check in and said he was thinking of me. I've missed church the past two weeks and didn't go to the last Pub Theology because of everything going on with A. i.e. avoiding people and withdrawing.

And that is actually noticed at St. P's. And they actually reach out to check up on me to make sure everything is alright. Their care still catches me off guard...

[yuribeam]

for whoever needs to hear this:

starting HRT doesn't have to be a huge momentous all-or-nothing decision. you can just try it like you would an antidepressant you've been informed of the risks of.

there won't be any immediate irreversible changes overnight. you can always stop, change your dose, change your delivery system, decide it's not the right time. you can even microdose if you want to.

you don't have to tell anyone. you don't have to announce it if you don't want to.

stop waiting for a perfect time in your life because it won't come.

stop waiting to reach a mythical level of certainty that never comes to anyone, for anything.

you've been thinking about it long enough. if you have the opportunity, just give it a shot. you're worth the courage it takes to make a change in your life.

[rwsdarw]

this was fun

[cymk8]

G'mornin

[wuntrum]

honestly love when artists draw copious amounts of fanart for a character and then start adding more and more personal touches or headcanons to how they depict them and then just change their name and adopt them as an original character. its like watching nature heal in real time

[shivunin]

Because I have just seen this specific thing for the second time, I would like to say:

If I reblog your art, I do not expect you to reblog (or share!) my fic in return

If I comment on your fic, I do not expect you to comment on (or read!) mine in return

My enjoyment of anyone's work does not come with strings or expectations

My friendship is not a bill that you will have to pay later

That's it!

[owlbelly]

so. i understand where the sentiment "listening to an audiobook is the same thing as reading the book" is coming from - i mean, yes, the bottom line is you are taking in the same words in what is possibly a more accessible (or maybe just more enjoyable) format for you! and i'm 100% in agreement that "book snobs" who say "no you didn't really read it" if you listened to the audiobook are full of shit. ofc you should engage with stories in whatever way works for you, there is no moral or intellectual superiority to reading words off a page vs. listening to them

but it also is different? an audiobook is a performance. choices a narrator makes about line readings can drastically influence the meaning of the lines. even just different voices, accents, etc. - there are creative choices being made by the person delivering the words to you, and that affects your experience of the story in a different way than if you were making those choices in your own head. it might even change the way you visualize what's going on!

this isn't a bad thing it's just An Actual Thing & i think it's worth talking about. it rubs me the wrong way when people act like accommodations (and for many people audiobooks are an accommodation) always result in a completely identical experience, or even that they should, & if you suggest that people accessing media in different ways are having different experiences it's somehow ableist

anyway on rare occasions i really enjoy audiobooks but mostly they are much less accessible to me than words on a page (i need to be able to reread, flip back and forth, go at my own pace) & i also just really strongly prefer to encounter a text on my own before hearing someone else's performance of it, if possible! again i don't think it's "better" to read a physical book i just think it is a Distinct form of experiencing a story & acting like the two things are entirely the same is sort of doing a disservice to both

[vurelly]

smth smth fandom hierarchy needs to die

[letsplaythermalnuclearwar]

Homer!Odysseus and Epic!Odysseus would try to kill each other if they ever met

[badwaves]

got shifty on da brain tonight (first comic inspired by this post)

[transmechanicus]

I know some people have unfathomable beef with the term but i really don’t see the issue with transmascs describing their specific experiences with societal mistreatment and persecution as “transandrophobia”, like i think it’s good to be able to discuss specific experiences and articulate the problems you’re facing actually.

[angria]

Overall, the party went well! Although, we were there for almost 10 hours because we helped set up and then clean up afterwards. I was dying by the time I got home. I felt a little less self-conscious and anxious though, maybe because I've been with A longer than we were at the last party.

Plus it felt really nice to hear A introduce me as her girlfriend each time. And when the sister of the host said she hopes to see me again, A chimed in and said "Definitely." Also noticed A has the ☺️ emoji next to my name in her phone (I saw it on the screen in her car). We're not at heart emojis yet, so this is the one we use with each other.

And it was so, so sweet...I went to church this morning and E came up to me afterwards because she wanted say how much she likes A and could tell she is really genuine, caring, and grounded. She's really hoping this goes somewhere for me. I love E so much 🥺

[bbqhooligan]

what in the sam hell is this. by god you people are dogs.

thabkfully someone said it

[jvlianbashir]

"the creator said in a reddit thread -" "the official twitter account posted that -" "the actors confirmed in a livestream that -"

i don't care and that's not real to me. put it in the text.

[cathartic-crypt]

fallout nv companions (+ extras) and what kinda asmr theyd listen to

[bevirspnsblmnt]

quick everyone pretend to be shocked