#It's such an unfathomable mystery

[a-darling-thing]

Me at therapy the other day...

Me: But I have nothing to be grieving about at this point.

Therapist: Okay, just a little over a year ago you lost your marriage of 20 years, you lost your country of 20 years, you lost your house, you lost your job (in the middle of a really terribly economic downturn), you lost your financial security, you lost your beloved pet of 13 years, not to mention (insert long list of childhood traumas) and you haven't even let yourself grieve any of that yet, so...

Me: ...

[ooliecat]

way more gravity falls psychonauts under the cut

i had all this like whenever i posted that previous bill thing i've just been Not Coloring.

i got more so part 2 coming someday.

[azurityarts]

LET ME HEAR SOME B R A S S

I am once again praising the 3D PMD games for blessing my ears with sweet strings, woodwinds, and brass

[fisheito]

EVeryONE STOP SENDIGN ME THE mOoncake YAKUMO IM NOT OK!!!!!!!!+++++++++

[the-algebra-thing]

the mysterious benedict society seems to contain a combination of my favorite elements that I don't see often, if I've seen it at all. it's not afraid to be silly, kind of like jeremy cabbage; a lot of character and place names are on the nose or just sound funny, like jackson and jillson when they first get to the institute. the institute is also named a bit fantastically: the learning institute for the very enlightened. its acronym, LIVE, in reverse spells EVIL. it's full of shit like this, and it doesn't shy from tropes like twins separated at birth or anything like that, either. and the thing is that it doesn't have to because it is not ABOUT those things, it's about children and adults and, above all, control. it isn't cagey about those themes; it presents them front and center, which is also refreshing.

I suppose this all could be perceived as because it's for kids rather than some sophisticated writing style reason, but the central idea of the story is one of my core beliefs, which is that children are very smart when you allow them to be, and the more you let them practice this and stretch and explore, the more powerful they become. enough so that as an adult it is still a riveting experience, and as enlightening—albeit in new ways—as it was when I was in elementary school. which is the flip side of what I've already said: it's not afraid to be silly and say things directly, or to put them simply. but it also dares to be complex; I remember when I first read this book feeling so alive with the feeling of conspiracy against complex evil plot it inspires. I honestly feel about the same way now. the story is full of big words with enough context clues to work them out, and the plot is constructed with an even hand that doesn't obfuscate about its secrets, just leads you to them when the time does come.

idk it's so fucking cool and I am also just a sucker for books that address the power imbalance kids experience so. these are my current thoughts

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

[db!extremis Tony] What was your very first thought/feelings when you gave Spidey a chance to have a last word only to hear your son’s voice?

No.

[gem-tavvy]

This is a totally wild guess, but, something tells me you watched Glass Onion... I wonder what hmmmmm 🤔

maybe the world will never know........

[thecorvidrotation]

@effervescentrips replied to your post:

ok but what is beep beep dead welsh kings? This is going to haunt me

behold and be perplexed with me

[summerhighlandfalls]

The idea of ‘divine feminine intuition’ may seem like a feminist idea on its head (women are blessed, heavenly beings) but in reality is just another way of alienating women and furthering the idea that there is something fundamentally different in the minds of men and women (that occurs naturally and not as a result of patriarchal societal influence) but soooo many people (Twitter witches who sell love spells on Etsy, tiktok coquette aesthetic peddlers, r*dfems, ect) are not ready to hear that message

[kingofthewilderwest]

okokokokok last character bingo from me i swear but: Bill Monroe

Bruh, I love your prompts. XD Thanks for spamming!

I like doing Bill dirty. ;) that's what she said Bill Monroe is too easy to speak irreverently on! It's just because I love him! One of THE most characters of all time. Like how is that man even real?

[blujayonthewing]

[rereading the past two years of notes to help figure out what all Mel might want to work on during some upcoming travel time] you know what I think actually what Melliwyk needs right now is a vacation

[silverserpent]

THIS IS SO FUCKING GOOD FICTION

Read this. Even if you hate eggs and perky diet blogs. Read through Wednesday at the very least. My bet is if you get to Wednesday, you’ll want to read the rest. 

[abiabiabiabiabi]

the office is closed tomorrow because of idk power outage and I'm so mad about it because I took a mental health day today to recalibrate so I'd be in a good place to hit the ground running back at work tomorrow after this week's Traumas and Horrors, but now I'm going to have to work from HOME which is what one does when feeling Sickly and Bewildered and not when one is feeling Dominant and Girlboss. how am I supposed to gaslight myself into being untraumatised and productive now???

[impossiblelibrary]

"I meet those eyes, and the ensuing tension drives back the chill of the room and kills my captivation. I can't really place it-- that glare is the look of an enemy, a victim, and a skeptic all at once. It's both accusatory and... I want to say hurt, but he really isn't close enough for me to know. He might just have one of those faces. I certainly do. Still, the discomfort undulates, smelling like cool, moist clay. Moseus cracks my mental poetry. "This is my companion, Heartwood."

[the-algebra-thing]

sticky washington<3

[wariomolly]

there is debate over whether it is possible to cure yourself of lactose intolerance by eating lactose every day. well i am a case study that says it is possible