#works for me

[pyjamacryptid]

little girl, a patient: can I have a lollipop

doctor merlin in the 21st century: can you have— I have created butterflies from nothing and horses from smoke. I have seen empires rise, fall, crumble, and start from nothing but a fish in a poor man’s hand. I’ve fought witches and failed them too. I’ve laid waste to armies and blessed nations of people with health that will never make up for it. I have pantsed Kings and kissed Queens. I have stood upon the precipice of this world and called forth the ocean only for time to swallow me whole and spit me back out. And I would do it all again if I could grant you, dear Matilda, a lollipop.

little girl: strawberry?

merlin: say no more, Tilda, this should clear up the taste of that cold medicine right away

[silverfoxstole]

If anyone is in need of cheering up this morning, may I offer a photo of Sylvester McCoy with a TARDIS tea cosy on his head?

[betterbemeta]

Non-Bullshit Self-Affirmation Exercise

I'm nobody's therapist and I shouldn't be. But the world we're in is mentally damaging. Any world would be to some extent, and I understand different people have different experiences of the world. But whoever you are I think we can agree most environments we're in don't promote a good relationship with 'the self.'

I can't say 'you should like who you are' or 'you should think you have all these great virtues.' That isn't up to me. But whether you already 'like yourself' or 'are building yourself' or 'want to like a future self more' you can't do that easily if 'who you currently are' is passively eroded without relief.

And this can happen a lot of ways I think. Our responsibilities (school, job, etc.) don't value our authentic experiences but instead our 'performance' within a system. Our bodily needs and logistical realities can frame the practical steps to our care like a burden for ourselves or for others. We are constantly assaulted with external appeals to desire that disrespect our own effort to navigate those desires ourselves. And so much stuff can feel 'more important than ourselves' like, why is it relevant you're a person when immense choices jeopardize the future and the lives of collective humanity???

A lot of talk about 'self-care' is bastardized into like... 'giving yourself special treats' which often can tie in to a highly consumerist culture or self-destructive habits. And 'special treats' may feel irresponsible or like a waste of time in the face of our practical human problems. But the important part is not actually the 'treat', but that the context of the treat is yours. This is YOUR unique treat, that represents you, showing up for you.

And looking at yourself can feel embarrassing. But it's not a coincidence that the 'least cringe' position, least vulnerable position, is to erase yourself. But you're not superficial. And stating 'yourself' is not egotistical. It's the foundation for everything else that matters, and could matter about you to another person.

So like. Some self-affirmations. Not the type that's like, "I'm brave, I'm smart, I'm good, I'm worthy, I'm flexible," etc. I mean:

My favorite color is...

My favorite food is...

I remember a time when I felt, 'wow'...

When I speak, I am [loud, soft, wordy, brief, etc.]...

I am interested in...

People who are [X] inspire me...

I wish I was more...

I wish I was less...

When people meet me, I want them to feel...

My favorite animal is...

I like to spend a free afternoon doing...

I like my spaces to be...

The smell of [x] reminds me of...

When I daydream, the story is usually this type...

I think about these on-purpose maybe once a week.

Affirmations like these may seem childish, basic, frivolous compared to building 'successful habits' and routines. And those are useful, but they can only keep you moving forward through a harsh environment; relying fully on 'discipline' to carry on will put you on paths where an external default is affirmed and your authenticity will be overwritten.

Whether you are trying to become more confident, or trying to work on your self awareness, trying to 'hang in there,' trying to reconcile who you have to be at different parts of your life, trying to unblock your creativity, or if you're entering a new part of your life... even if you think you have yourself all figured out, I believe purposefully sitting down to think about these things will help you.

[petit-papillion]

Who needs FP2? Let's just have an hour of Charles laughing in the garage!

Japanese GP Practice Day | 5 April 2024

📸 Scuderia Ferrari

[gin-juice-tonic]

Theres a mouse in the office and literally every single person would rather stand around and talk about it than work right now lol

[rarcilain]

works for me

[chemblrish]

25 March 2023

So happy it's spring at last!! Semester 2 isn't going easy on me, but it's hard to worry when the weather is so nice 💕🏵️

[aishien-the-aishien]

Fanart for @cirilee's Eine Wunderbare Feindschaft!

It's doodly, I admit, but to be fair, my doodles tend to look better than finished artworks anyway- I drew Jerry and Poppy because I absolutely LOVE Jerry's design (Poppy's too!), and wanted to see how I'd fare translating the designs to what I guess I should call my own style. Had lots of fun doing it!!

I'll,, probably draw more fanart for EWF soon, and probably digitally, just when I finish my other projects before I forget about them :'D

[hang-on-lil-tomato]

putting his weirdness out there and being proud of it…Rhys Darby 😍🥰

”Rhys Darby, one of the stars of HBO Max’s Our Flag Means Death, is a bright and shining point of joy in the world. ”

this got my misty

as did:

Darby said, “There’s nothing offensive to anyone. It’s just about laughter for laughter’s sake, me taking the piss out of myself in awkward situations, me as a human, and me being confident enough, without realising it, over time, to just put my weirdness out there and be proud of it.”

😭😍

[pickypickypeak]

There is a Twitter Magnifico simp account who has the most braindeadass takes on Wish.

A notable post they made is comparing Asha with Gaston with Knowing What I Know Now compared to the Mob Song.

🙄

yeah totally makes sense. song that literally goes “kill the beast” is the same as asha (who is being framed as a criminal by the king and has the whole kingdom against her) telling the truth to her friends about the king being crazy evil

although you know what really makes me mad. it’s people in the comments for these kind of posts. they always blindly go “yeah! so true! disney sucks! don’t watch their movies!” without even questioning what’s being talked about. they don’t know who this is. they haven’t seen wish. they haven’t seen a disney movie in 10 years. but they’ll always go “yeah disney is so bad now that it’s gone woke🙄” I’d literally love to take their phone and throw it out the window

[limeade-l3sbian]

I think all writers should have one (unpublished, private) Mary Sue character. Gets it out of your system so you're not itching to put those things on your actual MCs.

[itsth3l0vesh0t]

[zaukiel]

GENDER EUPHORIA AT THE POPEYES

[circumvision]

[heythereimashley]

[childoftheriver]

Surrounded by the boys.