#‘my family would mock me’

[nagichi-boop]

finds 101 reasons I shouldn’t get a cane

[wildsaltair]

watching Gladiator feeling like a wife who’s sighing over her beloved who was put in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. free my husband

[howsharpie]

Viren finds Aaravos hunched by the cliff, coated in grime, torn up cloak, dark blood covering the lower part of his face, dripping from his chin, and he's like “hey, babe, what's up?”

“God is dead. I know it because I feasted on its carrion like fifteen minutes ago, so I guess that makes me god now. I saved you a bit.”

To which Viren blushes and responds, “Oh, thank you, you didn't need to. Which bit?”

So Aaravos fishes out a wriggling, pulsing piece of stark white flesh from his pocket and offers it up to him. It's only because of the rhythmic beating Viren recognizes it as a heart, or what was left from a once upon a time dragonheart.

Falling on his knees, Viren eats it directly from his lover's palm, chokes a little on the rancid flesh that fights being chewed, Aaravos's firm hand on the back of his head thankfully keeping him in place.

The now demigod hums happily as Viren finishes his treat, not giving him a beat to breathe before pulling him into a sloppy kiss.

It is such a beautiful evening. They go for a stroll. They bang by the riverbank, with a clear vision of the so-called corpse of god rotting and birds chirping in the distance.

[altruistic-meme]

every now and then i remember that i once spent just over 1 month totally unable to talk and another 2 months trying desperately to build my voice back up to being able to talk normally again. what the fuck was that.

[unnonexistence]

idk if there's anything in stories i get more petty about than poorly-written "main character shows up to a new place and meets everyone" character introduction scenes

[darkdragon768]

I need to draw Wolf Link again. I fucking love this feral beast.

[fragmentedblade]

Not to be a jingfu on main, but it's so cute that Jing Yuan thought of Fu Xuan with those jelly beans

[missazura]

trying to write a short little self reassuring comic in my head with death the wolf bc of my struggle with suicidal thoughts- I truly believe that he would want me to live longer. he wasn't even evil in the movie he was just an antagonist, death surrounds my life so often he's probably like an old friend to me at this point

[tamsinbeybey-she-no-porcupine]

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[lilac-melody]

hnm.

[lurking-latinist]

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[yuridovewing]

Basically like. Onewhisker definitely has a point in wanting to keep relationships good when WindClan is just now setting up it's borders. Mudclaw instantly jumping to "no we gotta hate the other clans and beat the shit out of them if they look at us NOW" isn't productive and would have been a terrible beginning for WindClan. But also Onewhisker is definitely vulnerable to being taken advantage of. If he's too giving, then that's something the other leaders can exploit and hold over his head. Firestar in particular, cause they're besties, and they're both like "oh windclan owes thunderclan soooooooo much! we HAVE to give them everything or else we're ungrateful brats!" at this point. It's one of the reasons he doesn't bode well as a leader. I find it perfectly believable that he snaps so hard in the other direction when ThunderClan DOES take advantage of his kindness AND he nearly gets assassinated by half of his clan over this. Like goddamn I'd be throwing hands too.

[nomaishuttle]

anxiety will have you convinced of the dumbest shit ever and yr like thats so fucking stupid <- gets scared anyway

[killerchickadee]

I do remember that, yeah.

I also remember the text above from 5 days ago when my grandmother died and you didn't say a single fucking thing about it. And then went on Facebook and posted pictures of you and your stupid wife putting up your christmakkah tree.

Jesus fucking christ are you serious right now?

[halfricanloveyou]

white women MUST be stopped as they are a plague upon our society,

[violetsandshrikes]

I met a girl when I was fresh out of high school in undergrad who frankly, annoyed me quite a bit, but I also had an inkling to continue to be compassionate to her given a few things about her life/background/family

I ran into her two years ago. Last week, her daughter turned 1. This girl, let’s called her “P”, is a really good example of why I never feel comfortable mocking trad wives

Her perfect trad husband, who was a shining young figure in the local religious community, volunteered in all sorts of groups, well loved in his workplace and everything else, beat her up at 1 month post-partum. I reached out to her after seeing her desperately asking for a stroller on a page, confused and slightly concerned knowing both of them came from wealthy backgrounds.

The reality for lots of tradwives living “perfect lives” is this: P was immediately ostracised. All the wealth of her husband and her family meant absolutely nothing if she wasn’t in favour and doing what she was told. Her child and her well-being didn’t matter. P, at 25 years old, was basically deemed an oopsie, and left on her own to figure out how to pay for herself, a baby, find housing, and every other task you can think of.

Having known many of these women (and supported many of these women), another factor most people don’t consider is this: they are intentionally raised to be helpless. When I immediately offered my support to P, she really needed it. This young woman needed to be guided through how to apply for government assistance, how to weigh up rentals and apply for them, how to apply for jobs, how to sign up for childcare. How to sign up for your own power and internet, and how to connect them.

It wasn’t that she was “stupid”, or incapable, or spoiled. While it looks like they’re being sheltered, in reality, these women are practically being held hostage. Sure, they might be allowed to learn things that are expected of them (see: basic cooking, baking, cleaning, child rearing, women’s bible studies, hosting, and so forth) but they are heavily controlled from family life into marriage life, and they are never given the opportunity or the reality of what many of us would consider basic adult tasks.

She’s doing okay now. Her daughter turned 1, is happy and healthy. They live frugally, but they have a roof over their heads and the essentials. I often babysit for her so she can attend counselling, or go to a woman’s support group. She is painfully aware that she has so much to learn about how to live as an adult.

I don’t envy tradwives, but I don’t find any joy in mocking them either. Even when they live the most picturesque lives, they’re also practically living a real life Jenga game. If (and often, when) it comes tumbling down, they’re screwed too, and they often have 0 skills to help themselves or find community (that again, isn’t carefully curated).