#// a little support goes a long way

[vaguely-concerned]

I love gilora so much and it's a shame she's a one episode wonder in destiny. 'chief o'brien I would never neg you for being a human! goodness, can you imagine. I'm negging you for being a man in STEM'

she's such a funny window into a side of cardassian culture we haven't been allowed to peek into before this. 'I'm here to do science eat alien food and more importantly eat alien p -- ' *ulani hurriedly claps a hand over her mouth to avoid a diplomatic Incident*

[elvenbeard]

You're my World

Doesn't matter where we are as long as we're together.

New Pride Flags Makeup (AXL Edition) by @pinkyjulien 💛

[regal-bones]

HEY so I have just been told that my estrogen dose is being DOUBLED which for lots of reasons is absolutely amazing and really cool (i am so excited !!!!) but it does mean that I have to pay twice as much for it, if you have the money I would rlly appreciate if you could help out!

Here’s a link to my patreon!! £1 patrons genuinely help me out so so much AND youll get access to all of my exclusive content !!! Thank u sm ! ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

[lunarw0rks]

i'm really not trying to start an argument here (for the love of god don't) if you're going to be nasty/rude, please just move on.

but könig's VA — jim boeven — with all the "sigma male" posts on his twt/insta... and how he immediately shut down the idea of könig liking plus-size people, with zero hesitation.... and was kinda standoffish about it........

i'm not gonna say anything else..... but you guys know what i'm thinking....

[lagowings]

Woah hey epic reminder that I have a kofi page

Had to dig up my old ko-fi recently so I figured I'd put it here since tee support really helps out a lot, so if you'd like to chip in then a magical bunny will appear!! and give you one (1) single kiss!!

Anyway here's the link I love you all forever and ever

[freakinator]

man i make such different critiques for uu and ls lmao

like for ls i tend to critique the members' actions while for uu i tend to critique its editing (i also do vice versa ofc but not nearly as often as those), ig this has something to do with my expectations of each respective server; for ls the member interactions are what im there for, while for uu the storytelling is what im there for. on the other hand i basically never critique plot points lmao, as far as im concerned shit just happens sometimes and thats ok

[iceyrukia]

Women’s self-image is as negative as ever despite the “body positivity” wave of choice feminism. Why?

I think one of the biggest reasons as to why women’s beauty standards and self-image are worse than even is because you can preach about unfair beauty standards all you want and tell women not to make fun of another woman’s looks but you can’t take away the social status and praise that women who are “beautiful” get from society (both men and women). You give them clout and praise them. Something both “body positivity” and “body neutrality” feminists do btw despite all the talk about acceptance.

It’s like saying you don’t support the ethics behind a product and yet still consume and buy it. In this case “beauty” being a luxury achieved via consumerism where women become the products (objects) that other women admire and obsess over. There is a demand so there is a supply PERIOD.

Women might not directly pursue beauty (“I do it for myself”) for men but nonetheless it’s definitely ingrained as a sign of status and that’s enough to cause a negative self-image in women who don’t participate. Men might have been the original perpetrators of installing unrealistic beauty standards for women but the victims (women) have also turned into perpetrators who can’t let go of the misogynistic status symbol of having value from appearances because it’s considered “culture”.

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

Adorned by stars | Changing States

When he hits the I-70, Jeremiah slots George Michael’s Faith into his ’98 Accord and drives with the windows down. His mother would chide him for two reasons: a) he’s wasting fuel and b) it’s begun to storm. But he likes the way the wind shears through his hair like a nail breaking drywall and he likes the way spats of rain settle on his skin like constellations because on the road, he isn’t just a hand for someone else to hold, a body to handle, a man who looks at another man and fears how much of himself he’s lost in his reflection. No. On the road he is the sky, adorned by stars of his own making, relentless in his abundance, blinking in the absence of any other light.

A little Changing States aesthetic & excerpt!

i'm so normal about him i'm so normal i'm so normal i'm so-

[vv-ispy]

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[windor-truffle]

"Yup, I'm right here! See, you can touch me and everything!"

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Richard and Pascal friendship is something I didn't know I needed to write

[kukkakisu]

Having a productive day after many low spoon ones feels amazing. Laundry and cleaning?? Done. Groceries?? Yoinked. Food?? Cooked and body?? Hydrated!! Take that executive dysfunction!

[dnangelic]

what ghost haunts you?

the ghost of devotion .

your body was crafted to be loved and to be adored. you write with the touch of a poet, the fingertips of a lover. if you are not loved, you are not whole. you are made to be sculpted by the hands of another into something perfect. without their love, you feel as though you may crumble without the support of purpose their touch provides. when ernest hemingway wrote “it was too good to last.” when ocean vuong wrote, “i miss you more than i remember you.” when david foster wallace wrote, “everything i’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”

the ghost of the damned .

you rot with the need for something more than what you have. the ghost is built up of the feeling of stagnation. you find it staring at the ceiling with sleep - blurred vision ; this is the third night you have met its eyes in the early hours of the morning. you tear yourself apart looking for comfort, for validation, for acceptance. but it never feels quite enough. you ruin everything you touch, despite every attempt to be more than what you have always been. you would sculpt yourself as something perfect for those around you, but you are no artist. when albert camus wrote, “be silent, heart; there is no hope!” when lucille clifton wrote, “maybe i should’ve wanted less. maybe i should’ve ignored the bowl in me, begging to be filled.” when taylor swift said, “i’m still on that tightrope, i’m still trying everything to get you looking at me.”

tagged by @primordyalsoul ty sumin!!!!

[princessmyriad]

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[reikunrei]

wondering about how Kali’s doing...

i always always think about that final shot of her, watching El turn around and run away, to go back to her friends and family because they need her, and how heartbroken Kali looks because of it

and you know that ate at her. that moment where El said “no, these people who you are saying are trying to suppress me. they need me. and i need them. i love them. i can’t stay.” you KNOW that ate at Kali. you KNOW that she thought about it for months and months and months and she thought “am i doing this wrong?”

i like to think that, because of that goodbye, she realized that she can’t be going down the path she has chosen. that maybe El is right and it’s better to have mercy, to forgive, to strive for goodness rather than sticking to revenge because of the temporary relief. love will always be the better choice

[the-irrelevant-trumpeter]

another thing i want to know more about is denise. do we think she and robert were married, or just dating? the wording of “denise left me” implies marriage to me (dating might be more of “breaking up”) but maybe if they’d been in a relationship for a while, that would be the wording anyway? so then when did robert and denise meet/get together? and most importantly, if they were married, did the cpds go to the wedding?

[dyketubbo]

tl;dr of that last post though - reblogs > likes is about the creator not the consumer. if an artist is telling you that they value reblogs more than they do likes then the kind thing to do is to listen to them and to value supporting artists in the way that they ask to be supported. obviously its a little demeaning to use this example but its the best i could think of: when a child does something, and theyre clearly proud of what theyve done, you dont just.. nod and move on, yknow? especially if they put a lot of work into it, or if its something they care a lot about. sure, maybe the kid will appreciate some form of acknowledgement, but a lot of kids will often give up if thats all they get. or they stop sharing their achievements, because.. in the end, a lot of the time doing something just for yourself when you expected it to be something you could share with others and be connected to others through is Lonely. and it can suck.

and growing up doesnt decrease that feeling, especially if you start facing more and more problems with what youre doing. in the end it just boils down to the fact that sure, for some, a nod of acknowledgement or a thumbs up is all they need to know that what they did was liked, and theyre fine to keep going. for some, no feedback is needed at all because they truly are just doing it for themselves and no one else. maybe some dont mind a lack of feedback because the creation itself simply isnt that important to them, or at least not compared to other creations of theirs. but for many, creation is something to be shared, something they want positive feedback on, or a certain form of support over.

maybe positive feedback is what they need to get out of a rut. maybe all they wanted was to know that yeah, people would engage with them if they kept going. maybe they put a lot of work into it or put a lot of details they didnt think people would notice or care about and their day is made when people do care, do point it out and show them that what they put into it was worth it. maybe they just want attention, and wanting attention shouldnt be seen as a bad thing.

putting work and care into something you wanted people to care about too and getting very little response sucks. getting very little of a response that would actually show you people care sucks even more. in the end thats all there really is to it. everyone has their own ways they want to be supported, and to be pushed aside and told to just deal with it because people didnt mean to not listen to what was asked of them. its like having someone ask for a gift on their birthday or something and you just give them a hug and tell them thats a gift so it should be enough. sure, a hug is nice, and if they like hugs they probably appreciated it on some level. but that isnt what they asked, and its going to come off like you dont really care what they want, especially if theyve made it clear in the past and even in their initial request of you what they meant by gift. yknow?