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Marian Seldes, referring to Anne Sexton in "Anne Sexton: A Biography"

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‎宗三左文字‬ . ‪‎刀剣乱舞‬ ‪| Souza Samonji .Touken Ranbu‬

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Math Poll 2.0

Due to a popular demand (stemming from the discussion under this prompt)! 🧮

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That's because the world isn't functioning under true proper democracy, that's the issue.

Sure it is still democracy because majoral vote and all, BUT the voice of the people doesn't matter. The parliament is supposed to act as representatives of the common folk, but they are all old rich Geezers, who you can't vote out even if you tried to! (In Latvia especially. You vote in a new party, suddenly there's a vote recount and all the same fuckers who've been sitting in parliament since the USSR are back in their seats.)

So yeah, we are functioning under a pseudo democracy. Which - yeah if you rally up several million people and count all their votes it's gonna take forever, but like... make it make sense, right? At least listen to the people

Hi! Just wanted to say thank you for bringing up Rinkēvičs in the "Biden is most supportive world leader" post! A lot of my countries folks are shitting all over him for being gay, so I'm happy to see foreigners seeing him and just knowing about our little shithole country!

Hi! The fact that the world is ready for queer presidents warms my heart with hope soso much. Incredibly upsetting, though not surprising, that some people are not ready to change with it. But I feel like we as a society don't talk much about how Latvia made the democratic decision to vote a gay man as president. especially when usamericans live in that weird bubble where they think they're the most progressive country in the world...

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Latvia is mostly comprised of old conservative folks, since our youth all fuck off outta there at the latest right after university coz Latvia is literally survival mode. I mean cmon, average rent is 300 euros, and minimum wage is 400, a loaf of bread costs 70 cents, milk around a euro, eggs 2 euros. You do the math.

The democratic vote though... so let me let you in on a secret - our government is corrupt as shit. The vote is always rigged towards the president who is most beneficial to the parliament. Civilians vote - but it's a popularity vote, it doesn't matter who we the people vote in, parliament makes the final choice and it's usually predetermined already before the rally's. According to my friend (whose dad was a politician in one of the major parties, which is why I know this information) - this voting period none of the parties could agree on who would be most beneficial, so there was no predetermined winner. Rinkēvičs won, because he genuinely was the most politically savvy candidate and has been the minister of foreign affairs for YEARS before. So he was voted in as someone who knows how everything works.

The past couple of presidents (Zatlers for example who was a heart surgeon with no political education) were sock-puppets for the parliament, unable to argue or veto anything coz they knew NOTHING of politics. The one good president we had? Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, who had a political and economic education and degree from Canada, and now Rinkēvičs is the second president with an actual education and knowledge in politics. So I am hopeful he will fix our shithole and actually do what's best for our country. Currently he is focusing on LGBTQIA+ Rights in Latvia, so that's a good sign for our youth.

Hi! Just wanted to say thank you for bringing up Rinkēvičs in the "Biden is most supportive world leader" post! A lot of my countries folks are shitting all over him for being gay, so I'm happy to see foreigners seeing him and just knowing about our little shithole country!

Hi! The fact that the world is ready for queer presidents warms my heart with hope soso much. Incredibly upsetting, though not surprising, that some people are not ready to change with it. But I feel like we as a society don't talk much about how Latvia made the democratic decision to vote a gay man as president. especially when usamericans live in that weird bubble where they think they're the most progressive country in the world...

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Nah, I agree with you on that - people's reading comprehension is just ass as of late.

You're either good or bad, there's no such thing as good person fucked up, or bad person has at least some morals - You're Mother Theresa or Satan himself no inbetween.

And that is so stupid, coz the moment you would hold up a mirror to these people they would maybe remember part of the opening lyrics of MDZS-

"good and evil are but empty concepts"

And

"Distinguishing right from wrong, love from hate, the boundaries are unclear, Understanding one another is like a fleeting dream."

It's not fucking chess, it's not black against white. There are some evil assholes (Hi Wen Ruohan and Jin Guangyao) but like ffs please learn to understand that humans are more complicated than that jesus fucking christ on a bicycle-

My favorite part of MDZS is that most of the characters felt HUMAN! They did stupid shit when angry, they lied, they made mistakes. Even Lan Zhan - Mister Purity himself - has fucked up on more than one occasion! Because they are fucking human and even the best and kindest and sweetest person in the world can do something unforgivable, even by just staying quiet when you shoulda probably said something.

Honestly, agreed with you on JC. Like did he fuck up? Yes. So did literally everyone else in the story, I think the only mostly innocent ones are the juniors! Like a lot of folks fucked up in MDZS the story is about dealing with your mistakes! Wwx and Lwj both threw themselves into fixing it, JC is traumatized and acting out on it (a few good years of therapy and a proper apology from WWX could fix at least some of it), and many more! They have LAYERS so when people go like "Oh JC a bitch" YES BUT PLEASE READ WHY AND MAYBE SHOW SOME EMPATHY GDI-

I think one of the problems that I've seen repeated a lot is that some people in the fandom aren't able to empathize with both sides of the situation at the same time.

recently I said "it's normal for jc to be traumatized by what the wen sect did to him, it was literally torture and genocide" and several people said in response "so you think it was right that innocent wen were killed? you want to kill a-yuan??" like- they think that pointing out one character's individual feelings means that everyone else's feelings are no longer valid.

as if they weren't all happening at the same time.

as if the other characters were just an extension of the protagonist and not their own individuals with feelings, goals and ideals, regardless of whether they're good or bad. even the wens are just used as a convenient argument to make everyone but wwx look bad most of the time.

most characters don't exist just to revolve around wei wuxian. not everyone is lan wangji, who seems to exist only to love wwx and follow him in his shenanigans. they will have their own experiences, traumas and dynamics with each other, and they're going to fuck up, or they will make decisions that don't agree with the protagonist because they think differently and I think a lot of people don't like that.

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This 1000 year old Katana looks as good as it did the day it was made. [3746x3024]

Source: https://reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/f72y5g/this_1000_year_old_katana_looks_as_good_as_it_did/

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ROUND 2 Red and Blue

This one pains me

Make sure to like and reblog please

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Uncommon Questions for OCs and their creators:

Send me a # (questions for OCs) or a letter (questions for creators) and I’ll answer

QUESTIONS FOR YOUR OCs

What’s the maximum amount of time your character can sit still with nothing to do?

How easy is it for your character to laugh?

How do they put themselves to bed at night (reading, singing, thinking?)

How easy is it to earn their trust?

How easy is it to earn their mistrust?

Do they consider laws flexible, or immovable?

What triggers nostalgia for them, most often? Do they enjoy that feeling?

What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child

Do they swear? Do they remember their first swear word?

What lie do they most frequently remember telling? Does it haunt them?

How do they cope with confusion (seek clarification, pretend they understand, etc)?

How do they deal with an itch found in a place they can’t quite reach?

What color do they think they look best in? Do they actually look best in that color?

What animal do they fear most?

How do they speak? Is what they say usually thought of on the spot, or do they rehearse it in their mind first?

What makes their stomach turn?

Are they easily embarrassed?

What embarrasses them?

What is their favorite number?

If they were asked to explain the difference between romantic and platonic or familial love, how would they do so?

Why do they get up in the morning? 

How does jealousy manifest itself in them (they become possessive, they become aloof, etc)? 

How does envy manifest itself in them (they take what they want, they become resentful, etc)? 

 Is sex something that they’re comfortable speaking about? To whom? 

 What are their thoughts on marriage? 

 What is their preferred mode of transportation? 

 What causes them to feel dread? 

 Would they prefer a lie over an unpleasant truth? 

 Do they usually live up to their own ideals? 

 Who do they most regret meeting? 

 Who are they the most glad to have met? 

 Do they have a go-to story in conversation? Or a joke? 

 Could they be considered lazy? 

 How hard is it for them to shake a sense of guilt? 

 How do they treat the things their friends come to them excited about? Are they supportive? 

Do they actively seek romance, or do they wait for it to fall into their lap? 

Do they have a system for remembering names, long lists of numbers, things that need to go in a certain order (like anagrams, putting things to melodies, etc)? 

What memory do they revisit the most often? 

How easy is it for them to ignore flaws in other people? 

How sensitive are they to their own flaws?

How do they feel about children? 

How badly do they want to reach their end goal? 

If someone asked them to explain their sexuality, how would they do so? 

QUESTIONS FOR CREATORS

A) Why are you excited about this character? B) What inspired you to create them? C) Did you have trouble figuring out where they fit in their own story? D) Have they always had the same physical appearance, or have you had to edit how they look? E) Are they someone you would get along with? Would they get along with you? F) What do you feel when you think of your OC (pride, excitement, frustration, etc)? G) What trait of theirs bothers you the most? H) What trait do you admire most? I) Do you prefer to keep them in their canon universe? J) Did you have to manipulate or exclude canon factors to allow them to create their character?

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tired of walking on eggshells pretending like i don’t care about shipping when i do actually. sue me but i crave romance and i think it’s fun to write. i WANT to ship my characters. i don’t care if our first interaction is setting the foundation for a plotted ship. the best part is this still doesn’t mean shipping is my main focus but god the purist culture the rp community has developed around shipping and painting it as some moderately taboo thing that you should only ever indulge at a strict minimum is so exhausting. ship with me.

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I spent so long on this y'all…

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Jackpot

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x I plead the fifth

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realizing cis women also struggle with “passing” a lot of times and has a lot of the same issues with dysphoria trans women have (issues with putting on/losing weight, dissatisfied with bust size, not feeling “feminine” enough, etc.) has done a lot to combat dysphoria for me, cause it’s like, wow, we really have a lot more in common than we have in difference huh

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