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To myself, through gritted teeth:

"Difficult things are a part of life and you are responsible for how you react to them, difficult things are a part of life and you are responsible for how you react to them, difficult things are a part of life and you are responsible for how you react to them, difficult things are a part of life and..."

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As a child my most frequent and severe recurring nightmare was having to suddenly take the wheel of a speeding car, and the dream would always end just as it was about to crash.

When I was 14 I was hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing on an intersection, and miraculously left with only a massive bruise on my leg. (Interestingly at least to me, this was just after I'd started wearing glasses, and my main thought as we both fell on impact was not 'Oh no I'm going to die' but 'Oh no, these were $200'. The glasses left the crash in even better shape than I did).

it's so weird to me that everyone on this website is a human person outside of their weird internet niche so rb this with a random bit of your lore

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Currently resisting the urge to tattoo the words "Everything is temporary" across my hand as a constant reminder.

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This has been my favourite Australian song of all time (as an Australian) since I first discovered it a few years ago (through Bebe Bettencourt's cover version at the end of the 2020 mystery film The Dry, which is worth listening to if you like slow sad songs: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5ASkc0fRvW0&list=RD5ASkc0fRvW0&index=1&pp=8AUB), and the sheer joy I felt hearing it when watching the attic scene for the first time...honestly one of the best needledrops I've seen in years.

Hey idk if this is common knowledge in the DBD fandom and I’m just late to the party but I thought I’d share anyway: the song that plays behind the montage of Charles and Edwin in the attic is Under The Milky Way by The Church

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Dead Boy Detectives characters as out-of-context Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet of 1812 lyrics:

Charles Rowland: "I know they'll like me - everyone has always liked me."

Edwin Payne: "Every time I look at him he's looking at me."

Crystal Palace: "How did I live? I taste every wasted minute/Every time I turned away/From the things that might have healed me/How long have I been sleeping?"

Niko Sasaki: "Hiding in my room at night so terrified/All the things I could have been but I never had the nerve/Life and love I don't deserve."

Jenny Green: "The zest of life has vanished/Only the skeleton remains..."

Tragic Mick: "God, don't let me die while I'm like this."

The Cat King: "You are such a lovely thing, oh where have you been - it's such a shame to bury pearls in the country."

David The Demon: "Who knows things that would get you sent straight to Siberia if anyone found out?"

The Night Nurse: "Now you listen to me when I speak to you/Now you listen to me when I speak to you!"

Esther Finch: "How the thought of throwing them together amuses me."

Monty: "And your childlike eyes and your distant smile - I'll never be this happy again."

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I realise I'm late to the party on this one, but:

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As someone who is fascinated by non-linear stories, this is an excellent explanation of what makes "Merrily We Roll Along" such a good one.

merrily we roll along just wouldn't work as well told in order. because yeah, it'd be sad to see mary go from a teetotaler to an alcoholic, but it's sadder to only know her as a drunk then suddenly see her younger self refuse a glass of champagne because she doesn't drink. it'd be sad to watch frank throw away what he could have had with mary, but it's sadder to see him go through woman after woman and then hear him say "i've just met the girl i ought to marry." there's something so much more poignant and tragic about learning what it was they lost after they've already lost it. meeting them at their worst and realizing they weren't always that way. that they didn't have to be that way.

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Lyric tattoos I would consider getting if I wasn't a coward (Musical Theatre edition):

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"The choice may have been mistaken, the choosing was not."

"Perpetual anticipation is good for the soul but it's bad for the heart."

"If I cannot fly, let me sing."

"There are prizes all around you if you're wise enough to see."

"Isn't it nice to know a lot...and a little bit, not."

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And here are a couple more from the past few years:

In honour of me finally joining tumblr for the first time in the year 2024 (lord help me) after years of enjoying text posts as images on other sites, here are some of my favourites:

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In honour of me finally joining tumblr for the first time in the year 2024 (lord help me) after years of enjoying text posts as images on other sites, here are some of my favourites: