raspberryandsilverwitches

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Approximately 50% of the posts that start with "It's a huge problem in western culture that--" are actually about something which is a global problem, experienced in various degrees across many cultures. But OP is American with no global knowledge and is super afraid of looking conceivably racist so they have to include the part where this is a western culture problem, only, for sure.

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i hate to admit this but i think if i were in a bad mood and spongebob were around i wouldnt be able to navigate that situation with the patience or grace it demands. and i worry he would blame himself

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2 genres of fanfiction:

1) put that guy into situations

2) take that guy OUT of situations for the love of GOD let them REST 

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I cannot BELIEVE that Heinz has the AUDACITY to claim they know the perfect ratio of ketchup to mayo.

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HOW DID A BABY TURTLE THE SIZE OF A QUARTER GET INTO OUR LIVING ROOM

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LMAO just started watching Dune Prophecy and went from “well this is all very Aes Sedai like - which is not surprising of course RJ was inspired by Herbert…” to “oh what is that, the princess, heir to the throne is studying with the Bene Gesserit? Do tell me more… oh, what’s that she has a half-brother and he says she’s the heir to Golden Lion Throne? Noooooooo way” In less than 20 minutes so. It’s going well for me i guess.

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Imma keep it real with you, I think Dune Prophecy exists in the hopes that Denis has less things to explain in Dune Messiah

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all these months of saying "dune prophecy show save me" thinking it was gonna be a cheap and bland mess but now against all odds it actually is saving me because of good worldbuilding, characters, and acting. i used to pray for times like this

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ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS (2021 - 2024): Caitlyn "Rizzlord" Kiramman

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RIP Tula Harkonnen but I am different. I would have chosen an enemies to lovers, forbidden love, angst with happy ending, 75k words, slow burn with Orry Atreides

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Virgin HOTD: men bad women peace

Chad Dune prophecy: me and my sisters are about to design a bloodline to control the known univers. peace? yeah is an option but i won't take it

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corrino said jeez i wish i could stop my beloved adult daughter from marrying this slightly annoying child and desmond was twirling his hair and kicking his feet being like say no more daddy sir

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dune tv show protag is a middle aged woman with the deeply insane political aspiration of breeding a god. i'm into it

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Shoutout Valya Harkonnen for literally inventing The Voice to say kys on main five minutes into this show

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This is the little Ekko/Jinx moment that's been sticking with me:

Because on first watch, I expected this was going to be something negative. Ekko trying to defend why he'd been so hostile to Powder. 'You're not the kind of person who helps... because you destroy things,' or something to that effect.

But no.

oh

What a way to look at Jinx?? Even with everything she's done... He looks at this well-adjusted, 'ideal' Powder, and still thinks she's missing something that his Jinx has. The Powder that he knew was so determined to make something that mattered... it's a Powder who's content to play second-fiddle to the people around her, a Powder that settles that feels off to him.

And that ties into why he can't stay here. Our Ekko isn't the kind of person who settles either.

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i cant truly explain why but i almost cried yesterday while talking to a woman who studies medieval rus goldwork embroidery, who explained that there is a very particular method that is used to do goldwork embroidery called couching that keeps the thread on the top of the fabric (compared to normal embroidery techniques, where the thread goes over and under the fabric for each stitch) to conserve the very expensive gold thread and this technique is seen historically on more or less all examples of goldwork pieces commissioned by the church, nobility, or chivalric orders from goldwork guilds. however, rural gravesites reveal that lots of people, not just the wealthy, owned a small piece or two of goldwork embroidery, usually collars or cuffs, that were made by someone they knew. these pieces were almost universally made using typical embroidery techniques, meaning they used up twice the gold thread. something about the idea of people, so long ago, saving up to make something beautiful and expensive and special for someone they love, even lacking the specialized knowledge to do it the "proper" way, is so human to me.

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Slow train journeys in rural England sure are an experience. You're going ten miles and it takes a day and a half because it stops at every lamp-post and the announcement says "The next station stop is Ferretley" or something and you think "I didn't know that was a place" and you get there and it isn't