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in the aviary. straight up “watching it bourst into flames” . and by “it”, haha, well. let’s justr say. my phoenits.

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One of the richest motifs in The Locked Tomb is relationships with uncomfortable overlaps.

Of course, in-universe, we've got all the weirdness about cavaliers and their necros: they shouldn't be married (but sometimes they are), they shouldn't be siblings (but sometimes they are). Cav/necro love is a different kind of love, and familial, romantic, or sexual love should be no part of it.

As readers who don't know any necros or cavs in real life, it's very easy to say: well, fuck that. Do what you want.

But the narrative doesn't stop at the necro/cav relationship. It says, okay, now here are all these Lyctors calling each other sister and brother on their way to sexy parties. Here is Nona with frank romantic interest in her parental figures (and roleplaying a very sensual embrace with Cam). Here is John simultaneously trying to be everyone's dad and teacher and commander and lover. Here is Aiglamene trying to filter parenting Gideon through the act of giving her military training. Here is Crux trying to be a loving father to the tiny dictator he serves. Here is Gideon saying she wants to marry a sword that has her mom in it.

And sometimes it's harmless, and sometimes it's harmful. And the narrative asks: what then? What if the beauty doesn't reduce the horror, and the horror doesn't reduce the beauty? How fucked up does a love have to be before you won't root for it anymore?

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somatic symptoms of anxiety are so fucked. what do you mean I got so scared my body decided that it needed to add nausea and headache and dizzy to the situation. how is it helping

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a drop of corruption- robert jackson bennett

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Sherlock Holmes has so many adaptations that it stops enticing me but then every now and then someone comes along and absolutely blows it out of the water

Who's mind goes ok so Sherlock is an autistic biological quantum computer demi god but also a disgusting insane woman and her Watson is a bisexual chemically enhanced anthropomorphic Command+F function and they solve mysteries in a bio-steampunk esque world where humanity is constantly under threat from kaijus and has constructed an attack on titan type of three walled system to defend against them

Best two books I've read this year and it's not even halfway over

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BRO, A Drop of Corruption was soooo gooooood. Ya'll, Malo is so cool and her voice in the audiobook is perfect. Ana has also never been cooler, especially in the scene when she figures out the final pieces of the puzzle(shown here). I also thought it was kinda funny that half of the events can be summed up by "Entire government ultra pressed about fertilizer"

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You ever read a book that's so good you just wanna grab it in your teeth and shake it like a dog with a bone??

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why is trying to make a new friend so embarrassing. hi. me again. asking for your attention once more even though i am literally just some random person to you. it's because i want to be not just a random person to you. please understand

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Yoooooooo

So the government just defunded PBS and NPR which is fucked. That being said, the public can cover the damage if we orginize and donate.

Only about $1.60 of tax dollars per US citizen per year are spent on the public broadcasting budget. NPR and PBS offer beong able to make small monthly donations, some being 7$ per month or lower if you want.

If you want to donate 1.60$ per month to your local station, you can multiply how much funding they get from you by 12. If you do their monthly donation of $7 per month, your donation can equal the tax dollars of 54 people spent on public broadcasting per year.

If you want to donate to your local station, look them up by your town here to make sure your local stations get helped specifically:

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🫵 STOP! you are doomscrolling. tell me your favorite animal instead

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Fermenting in a butch honoring way

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best r/shittyfoodporn post ever. this thing is like a son to me

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My 1000 skinny white guy friends with medium length curly hair and big round glasses told me they are all going to start acting like ralsei from deltarune over text messages as a strategy for getting more heterosexual sex so be on the lookout for that

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the hate of polyamorous people feels so arbitrary to me. like i know bigotry is irrational but like. you understand the appeal of threesomes and foursomes but you can't respect when people love multiple people. even though you have multiple friends. there's gunk in your brain

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he's streaming; tip?

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sheepish is a really funny word. fuck im so nervous (turns into this)