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I feel like I've missed something - why is everyone doing fanart and the like for THE ODYSSEY?!

Is this like Dracula all over again?

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since it’s a scary time to be trans: refuge restrooms is an app which maps gender-neutral/single-stall restrooms. it’s community-mapped, so it’s possible you might be the first person to log the restroom locations, but hopefully it’ll help some people.

please reblog this post if you’ve got trans followers. stay safe.

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Me opening an avocado and staring in disbelief at its perfectly even colour, its magnificent texture:

I AM THE GODS' CHOSEN ONE!

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Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost

The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.

The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.

The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.

The “get stuff done while you wait” method.

The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.

The “break the task into smaller steps” method.

The “treat yourself like a pet” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.

The “put on a persona” method.

The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.

The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.

The “wait for a trigger” method.

The “do it for your future self” method.

The “might as well” method.

The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.

The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.

The “make it easy” method.

The “junebugging” method.

The “just show up” method.

The “accept when you need help” method.

The “make it into a game” method.

The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.

The “trick yourself” method.

The “break it into even smaller steps” method.

The “let go of should” method.

The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.

The “fork theory” method.

The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.

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reblog to see what else people say.

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I’m baaaack!

Chapters: 21/24 Fandom: The Musketeers (2014) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Milady & Original Male Character(s) Characters: Original Male Character(s), Milady Clarick de Winter Additional Tags: Canon Era, Canon Compliant, Wartime, Franco-Spanish War, Thirty Years War, Embedded Images, Letters, Correspondence, Diary/Journal, Epistolary, monastic life, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Travel, Blood, Blood and Injury, implied trauma, implied incarceration, Lost Time, Chess, Sleep Deprivation, exercise, Teasing, Christianity, Awkward Conversations, Self-Doubt, Internal Monologue, Internal Conflict, Snark, Anne de Breuil: wrongfooting hapless men since 1625, Imprisonment, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Alcohol, Infodumping, Returning Home Series: Part 50 of All For One and, well, you know the rest..., Part 37 of All For One At War, Part 22 of All For One Correspondence

Summary:

I believe I may have been brought here for a purpose, but I pray God guide me, for I do not know what it may be.

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Another instalment in the long series of wartime correspondence (and other pieces based around the black box that is the Musketeers during the Spanish War).

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"may this great plague pass by me and my friends, and restore us once more to joy and gladness"

Feeling a powerful kinship with this scribe from 1350 today.

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Poetry for ALL - an appeal

When I said "yes" to helping Rose Drew host what turned out to be the first ever Poetry for ALL in 2018, I had no solid idea what I was getting myself into, but through all the amazing events, brilliant performers, amazing interpreters, and fascinating venues, several observations have stayed firm:

These events are both loved and necessary – there's something immensely powerful, on a personal as well as societal level, about putting disabled people in spaces where they can perform without having to strive to overcome the usual tedious access issues, or see other disabled people telling their truths, amplified and spotlit and attended to (or both, of course). All our performers have physical, mental, or sensory disabilities, or are neurodivergent (and most are a combination of the above), and there's something undeniable about being among the majority for once.

It is increasingly difficult to fund these events, despite all of the above, the Arts Council yet again turning us down, this time on the grounds that we hadn't "demonstrated the demand" for such an event. I'm pretty angry about this, but mostly in the "okay, fine, we'll just have to show them, then" way.

Rose is a terrifying force for nature and I'm glad we're on the same team.

So we're doing the event again in York, despite both of us being different types of really ill, and we're livestreaming and recording it, and we have an amazing lineup of artists that you should really grab the opportunity to witness, especially at the prices we're offering (hell, the livestream is pay-what-you-can!), and we're crowdfunding again, because that worked last time, but we're really behind, and could do with some help.

The events are so accessible it's unreal - fully wheelchair accessible venue, poem text projected onto the screens, BSL interpreters for all spoken word, Covid-safer performance space, I'll do audio descriptions for anyone who needs them, low ticket prices and discounts for disabled attendees (plus free access for personal assistants), and if I can find my Braille label-maker, we'll have a Brailled merch table to boot!

So if you fancy helping out an event that showcases some of today's most exciting disabled UK poets (Rick Dove and FR Kesby headlining?! What?!), or you just want some nifty merch, or you'd like to help us demonstrate to the Arts Council that yes, there's a bloody demand for this kind of work, you can click any of the links above to buy tickets for the York show or the livestream, sponsor us until 23rd December this year, or buy our merchandise in the shop.

And please, PLEASE do share this as widely as you can!

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Beth?

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god bless anyone who comments on ao3

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Aramis: I wasn’t that drunk last night!

Porthos: You were flirting with Anne.

Aramis: So what? She's my wife.

Athos: You asked her if she was single.

Aramis:

D'artagnan: And then you cried when she said she wasn't.

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Love without Sex

I’m doing a Philosophy paper on Asexuality. Please reblog if you think Love without Sex is possible! I really need the data. Like if you think love has to have sex.

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Today I learned that the French term for ADHD is Trouble De l'Attention et Hyperactivité.

Yep. The French call the condition

Ta-DAH!

I'm furious and tickled pink at the same time. Outrageous.

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[Image description: Screenshot of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Frodo is lying in bed, eyes closed, looking pale and drawn. The subtitles read "And it is 10:00 in the morning on October 24th, if you want to know." End image description.]

the only time of the year this can be posted

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what happened sept 21st?

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the problem is that I want to know everything in the world but also I can't seem to do my laundry when I'm supposed to, rendering me absolutely useless

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I’ve not been putting out updates for these every time I add a new chapter, because so far they’ve been quite short and people would presumably be “who is this dude and what is he doing in the Muskieverse?!” but now his little journey is becoming more plot-relevant with some action and a new couple of characters.

Chapters: 11/24 Fandom: The Musketeers (2014) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Original Male Character(s) Additional Tags: Canon Era, Canon Compliant, Wartime, Franco-Spanish War, Thirty Years War, Embedded Images, Letters, Correspondence, Diary/Journal, Epistolary, monastic life, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Travel, Blood, Blood and Injury, implied trauma Series: Part 50 of All For One and, well, you know the rest..., Part 37 of All For One At War, Part 22 of All For One Correspondence Summary:

I believe I may have been brought here for a purpose, but I pray God guide me, for I do not know what it may be.

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Another instalment in the long series of wartime correspondence (and other pieces based around the black box that is the Musketeers during the Spanish War).