#Have Your Cake (And Eat It Too)

[howifeltabouthim]

'I don't want to do without you . . . I want to have everything and you as well.'

Iris Murdoch, from A Fairly Honourable Defeat

[cauldron-of-oddities]

It's downright sinful, and he's starting to think desserts should be banned from all existence.

He's jolted from his thoughts as Jinx nuges her elbow into his side. She's holding out a finger a dollop of raspberry flavoured buttercream with cinnamon candy sugar flakes on it up to him. 

“Try! Is so goooood!” She practically sings. It's too cute, the excitement bouncing off of her, it's infectious, it's the highest honour, Jinx sharing her dessert, and it's the last straw. He blinks, and caution gets flung out the window as the sweetest opportunity for vengeance presents itself. 

[smolfangirl]

As someone who's not a native English speaker, I think the phrase "you can't have your cake and eat it too" is one of the dumbest idioms I've ever heard. Eating cake is literally the point of having cake! Do you think I'd get cake if I didn't want to eat it? Who are you to have cake, and not eat it? Would you rather I steal cake and eat it? Should I have it and throw it? Is that what you want? Idiot. Fool.

[johnnyripped]

[waitmyturtles]

OH NOW I SEE YOUR REAL SHIT, PLERN

[angelaccesss]

I dropped his hand to climb the mountain

to wish upon the stars

I returned to town alone and abandoned

to a note left in the dark

“I hope you wished for something better;

something better than what we are”

The scribbled “are” had been replaced

with a “were” below the marks

Tears had dried upon my pillow

the sun shined the next day

A pair of climbers’ laughs abrupt

outside of the inn I stayed

They made it back from last night’s hike;

the mountain across the way

Together they wished upon the stars

to feel love and enjoy today

[catarinastone]

Ok so F all of you for making me check this at this time of night, but...

In my version of the silmarillion there's a letter that Tolkien sent in 1951 in which he describes the story of the book, basically? (Or the stories). In the section of the second era theres a paragraph that starts:

"In the first we see a sort of second fall or at least 'error' of the Elves. There was nothing wrong essentially in their lingering against counsel, still sadly with the mortal lands of their old heroic deeds. But they wanted to have their cake without eating it."

And like... Surely this is how the saying actually goes, because it makes sense: You can't have your cake and NOT eat it too.

Just like imagine a situation where there's leftover cake and the kid says they want some but it's almost dinner so a piece is set aside. And then after dinner the kid is too full and doesn't want to eat it. Fine. Breakfast. Except come morning the kid is munching on cereal and the cake is still untouched.

It is at this point that dad asks "hey kid, if you're not gonna eat the cake, can I have it?"

And the kid replies, full of righteous anger "No! It's my cake! You can't have it!"

"Well then eat it!"

"No, I don't want to!"

And it's at this point that the exasperated father retorts "Well you can't have your cake and not it too!"

And honestly? That sounds kinda commie, telling people they can't hold on to stuff they aren't going to use? Maybe that's why the saying got butchered. Or maybe I'm trying to start a conspiracy, who knows?

we do need to revisit the wording of "you can't have your cake and eat it too" because i don't think it clearly enough conveys that it's more that you can't simultaneously retain a cake and also get to consume it (which would render you cakeless). for years i was like But why not....it's my cake....?

[two-unskippable-adz]

tf you mean 'she wants to have her cake and eat it too' i'm not just gonna stand around at a party or smth HOLDING a perfectly good cake, call me a bigback but that thing is gone in 5 seconds

[vitos-ordination-song]

Another great review: excerpt from Supreme Lemon’s take on Tar

[howifeltabouthim]

Was he, whom she had rejected, not to speak to another woman?

Anthony Trollope, from Phineas Finn

[dripwithhoney]

Actually though, I'm not tired of it I just want both. Let's make bread then go start a riot

SO TIRED OF THE STUPID ASS SOFT WLW CULTURE SHIT GOING ON. I WANT HER BOOBS IN MY MOUTH. I WANT TO EAT HER OUT!!!! LESBIAN SEX. STRAP ONS. BISEXUAL WOMEN. KILL EVERYONE!!!

[wolverinedoctorwho]

That "have your cake and eat it too" post reminded me of this Ben Bailey clip

[thefruitanditsmysteries]

Have your books and read them too

[achaotichuman]

Feyre- Hah hah! I destroyed the Spring Court and left them for dead through this elaborate plan that I made up on the spot while we are literally in the middle of war, so I can get back at Tamlin!

Tamlin- She destroyed the Spring Court and left us for dead through this elaborate plan she made up on the spot while we are literally in the middle of war, just so she can get back at me

Feyre-

[buttercupbuck]

im sorry but every time 911 TRIES to criticize the police force it's still just completely drowned out by all the other copaganda shit they stuff in the episode

[boywhatintheheck]

what if Bill started a literal love triangle

I'm 99.9% sure he did in fact start a love triangle

Stanford wants both of them??