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Jane Austen really said ‘I respect the “I can fix him” movement but that’s just not me. He’ll fix himself if knows what’s good for him’ and that’s why her works are still calling the shots today.

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Genuinely unhappy to be reminded that if, as a writer, you are feeling deeply unhappy about not writing the cure is... actually writing. WTF, man. How is that fair?

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I am not remotely into LOTR beyond having watched the films a few times but I am enamoured of this explanation!

Every time Sean Astin makes a statement on whether or not Sam and Frodo were indeed gay for each other in lord of the rings he’s always like “well we have to acknowledge that attitudes around sexuality have changed dramatically over the past several decades and since authorial intent is only up to speculation, the story is open to multiple readings, some of which might have different significances for different groups of people also they kiss on the lips because I said so”

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Me entering any museum: man I’m so excited to learn all the things

Also me: GIFT SHOP GIFT SHOP GIFT SHOP

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“Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.”

— Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

For everyone who is afraid right now, it is absolutely justifiable. Shit's gonna get scary. But remember:

“Susan says, don't get afraid, get angry.”

― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

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The first book I wrote I carried the first paragraph in my head for years and then wrote the whole thing in six months so have faith there might come a time when that impossible idea is ready!

every writer knows the pain of having an idea that’s “too good” to write because you know you can’t do it justice

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every writer knows the pain of having an idea that’s “too good” to write because you know you can’t do it justice

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Reblog to give prev a fucking break holy shit y’all

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incredible how much housework you can get done if you take a chance and believe in yourself and also have fifteen other much more pressing responsibilities

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Wow. This is amazing.

840 frames of eddie diaz

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Rewatching Leverage and I have a new favorite episode. The Future Job. The found family vibes are very strong in this episode. The psychic makes Parker cry and everyone, even Tara, gets just a little more sadistic. Hardison's "He should be shot" comment, Nate rigging the table to shock the psychic and then grinning after almost running him over, Eliot offering to kill the psychic and cackling while driving off with the dude's car, they're all so protective of Parker and I love it

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are we sure the only way out is through? like. are we sure we can't just. go around

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The rest of the team trying to pull off an elaborate job on a corrupt restaurant owner while Eliot is in the kitchen getting slightly too committed to the bit so that he’s basically on his own episode of The Bear is just the height of comedy

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I think ‘olympic athlete level-fit, greatest marksman alive, incredibly skilled, dangerous, honed weapon’ Clint Barton and ‘perpetual fuck-up, coffee-spilling, can’t untangle his PS4 wires, would risk his life for his dog’ Clint Barton are equally enlightened interpretations of Hawkeye and should not be mutually exclusive

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My favourite Eliot Spencer character trait is Friend-shaped To Children. Nate can't look at children without crying. Sophie is politely baffled at the concept of Humans Who Don't Understand Complicated Psychological Concepts Because They Are Literally 6 Years Old. Hardison has older brother energy, which is to say children are comfortable in his presence but they don't actively seek him out, unless of course to play an epic prank akin to the great tradition of Ring and Ditch or Spell ICUP. Parker will try to protect any child she can, but under-12s without autistic criminal intent don't really connect with her, unless of course they are Traumatized™.

Eliot Spencer is continuously sought out by children of all ages. Traumatized or not? Does not matter. Literally baby or cool teen? Does not matter. They will come up to him while he is glaring daggers or actively planning to murder someone and ask him to hold their hands through the security check at the airport. And you know what? He does. He holds their hand every single time.

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i loveeee love love tara’s first appearance in leverage. firstly, no one asked her to do all of that. sophie very much did not say "hey why don’t you pretend to be a random civilian, take the time to make a foolproof alias that a team of highly competent thieves won’t see through, not explain that i’ve vouched for you, and run an entire extra con on top of participating in the job they’re currently doing?". and while yeah, she was checking their team out, she knew she was gonna help out to return a favour to sophie anyway! obsessed with that choice. secondly, she immediately starts pissing nate off on purpose, the second she meets him. just for the fun of it. she’s the funniest person alive actually lmaooo