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I Did It!!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who sent me prompts to help me reach my 2024 writing goal. As of about five minutes ago, I completed it!!! I wrote an average of 500 words every day for 366 days, and you guys were SO great and helpful in me getting there. To celebrate, my final writing of the year is 5 snippets about some of our favorite blorbos celebrating New Year's Eve together. I asked five friends to pick the pairings, so I'll tag them next to their snippet. If you're still waiting on a prompt to be filled, I do plan to get to them in the New Year, but probably with way less haste. You guys are awesome, thank you so much for reading my work!

Julie & Flynn: for @joyandthephantoms

“Okay!” Julie says decisively, settling herself up against the headboard of her bed with her notebook poised in her lap. “Who wants to go first?”

Flynn, lying on her stomach down the bed from her, feet kicked in the air as she taps her pen against her own notepad, says, “You, cause I’m still working through some of mine.”

“Well, hurry up cause it’s almost midnight.” Julie holds her notebook up like a hymn book and begins to read. “First of all, my word for the year is!” Pause for dramatic effect. “Ease.”

“Ooh, love it. Very Eat, Pray, Love. Go on.”

Damien & Mark: for @starchemist

“So, uh,” Damien says, voice low and gruff in the dark of the hotel room. They’re lying tucked up against each other, Mark’s back to Damien’s chest, Damien’s arm wrapped around him. The Ball Drop, still about forty minutes away, is playing softly on the TV, but they’ve been much more focused on each other than Times Square.

“Yeah?” Mark says when he doesn’t go on, barely a whisper.

“New year usually means, like. New you, and all that bullshit. Resolutions. Airing your grievances and whatever.”

Mark turns his head to look at him. “I’m not telling anyone about us.”

“Oh, thank God.”

Willie & Alex: for @skeletaltoad

Their friends started counting down about a minute and a half ago, because Reggie gave a whole speech on December 23rd about how “it’s really not fair that the last ten seconds of the year are the only ones that get recognized, when really we’ve been counting down since midnight on last New Year’s Eve” etc etc and wouldn’t shut up until they agreed to start the vocal countdown at 90.

Willie and Alex haven’t been counting with them. They’ve been sitting on the floor of the Molinas’ living room, holding hands and staring into each other’s eyes, preparing themselves for their first New Year’s Kiss.

Nick & Carrie: for @queenofthequillandink

At 10:00, her dad goes to bed, so Carrie sets Nick up on the couch in the den with about fourteen blankets and The Holiday on streaming.

At 11:00, she paints his nails a festive shade of pink and orders a large pizza with everything for them to share.

At 11:30, they make twin hot fudge sundaes with about a million toppings each. 

At 11:45, Carrie puts the Ball Drop on and makes fun of Ryan Seacrest, as per tradition.

At midnight, they ring in the new year. A year of healing, of friendship, of peace. Still by each other’s sides.

Caleb & Adam: for @staystrange

“How’s the party?” Adam says on the screen, a red solo cup in his hand.

“Loud,” Caleb says, rubbing absently at his chest, and they both know he doesn’t just mean the volume. “I wish you were here.”

“I know, me too. We’ll ring in next year together.” Adam glances over his shoulder, and Caleb can hear someone (probably Caitlin) shouting from the next room. “I’m being summoned for the count down.”

“You’ll come back to kiss me, won’t you?”

Adam smiles at him— the tiniest smile ever, which means it’s the most real. “Of course I will. Happy New Year, babe.”

“Happy New Year.”

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everyone shut the fuck up about literally anything else because today is a national holiday

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happy ace day!!

he's demisexual

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This came out nice! This is “You & I” by Josh Ramsay as I see it because of synesthesia!

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I'm biromantic and asexual and both of these things matter to me but generally speaking, I feel like being bi is a bigger piece of my identity; it's the option I choose if I have to use just one term to describe my sexuality, etc. I'm curious about how that compares to other people who use the split attraction model, so!

I'd love it if people reblogged and I'd love it if people elaborated in the tags, but you are of course not obligated to do either!

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I’m working on a paper on this topic and it got me thinking so I made a poll. This won’t be used in my paper but it will satisfy my curiosity. I’m including the main ones I’ve seen around here on tumblr and on Ao3, but that obviously won’t be all-inclusive so feel free to pick “other” and give me an essay in the reblogs or replies. I want to hear the people’s thoughts!

I’m impatient so I’m only leaving it open for a day so pls share if you vote

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all this "omg think of the jews" is so performative. I don't give a damn about them sheesh they're fine. We're not back in the 1940s

i’m fucking jewish you cunt do you know how much antisemitic bullshit i’ve had to deal with in my own life don’t you fucking dare act like antisemitism was only a problem in the 40s

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“oh i’m not gonna buy hogwarts legacy i’m gonna pirate it so my money doesn’t go to jk rowling because she’s a terf :)” PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF G-D THINK ABOUT OTHER MINORITY GROUPS SUCH AS JEWS FOR ONE FUCKING SECOND BECAUSE THE GAME ITSELF LITERALLY HAS ANTISEMITISM AS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE STORY AND Y’ALL DON’T SEEM TO FUCKING CARE ABOUT THAT OR US

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I was getting a little scared that I was gonna let you leave here without us having done that so, um, thank you for, uh, making that happen for us.

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holsom

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MISERY BUSINESS Omaha, NE | cr. 

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everyone with touch aversions who hate doing the dishes please 1. try dish gloves 2. put some scrunchies around the wrists so they don't get water inside 2a. fold the cuffs about an inch to catch drips 3. make sure you check for cracked rubber before you put them on because flooded gloves are a nightmare 4. if your gloves have a tendency to get sweaty try putting some cornstarch, baby powder (don't use talcum based powder, it has asbestos in it) or or antiperspirant on your hands before they go in the gloves

i see tons and tons of people posting about how much they hate doing the dishes or other wet chores because of the horrible touching, and i want you to know dish gloves exist and are extremely cheap. you can also wear gloves for literally any task you don't want to touch. folding laundry for example or moving wet laundry to a dryer. using a microfiber cloth to clean windows. dusting. putting moisturizer on your legs. whatever. if it's not a wet task you can use normal gloves. i really like using leather gloves for dry tasks, they're comfortable and breathable and not hot.

this post is not for people who also have a touch aversion to gloves too, if i find a good solution for you guys I'll let you know

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PARAMORE + their billboard cover shoot

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APPARENTLY TUMBLR HAS ADDED A COLOUR OF THE SKY THEMED TRAVEL CUP TO THEIR MERCH STORE!?