#THOUGHTS PLEASE

[grand-line-shenanigans]

For those of us who cannot comprehend big numbers (me) I have done the math. FOUR FUCKING YEARS. SECUNIT WHAT THE FUCK.

[shizzlesisntevenaword]

Rereading TCP and what do you suppose Cardan meant when he said that? It’s just that he can’t lie so this confuses me. We know that Cardan is already attracted to Jude at this point, but also, also, loathes her. He also loathes Locke and yet tolerates him and knows he’s just playing with her. So… why does he think they’re perfect for each other? Is it… is it simply because he, at this point, just hated them both for “hurting” him and so he thinks they might as well hurt each other?

[patroclus214]

Perhaps a hot take, but I hate the majority of queer TV and movies. Is it too much to ask for a gay show where we pretend that being gay is considered totally normal in our society, and they can be happy? Seeing rampant homophobia in TV shows frustrates me bc I know it exists. I go through it everyday. Don't get me wrong, I still think showing that can very important. But can I get a break from reality for a bit? Like give me a fanasty book where they just so happen to be gay. Give me a high school romance where everyone is chill and happy and gay together. I beg.

[renaultphile]

What a difference a letter makes

One of the great things about the re-read is going to be identifying all those differences between the 1953 and 1959 editions. Sometimes, it's large chunks, sometimes a sentence, or even just a word. But I didn't realise until now, it could be one letter.

Here is Ralph talking about Hazell in the 1953 edition:

"I told him that the next time he came up to me for a beating, that would be what he'd get. He could see I meant it. I was surprised when he turned up a couple of days later. I thought he was calling my bluff. Perhaps that's what he thought himself. I don't know. Anyway he'd left me no choice. I hate the whole business, I don't know when I've hated anything more, so I got down to it without wasting time."

In the 1959 edition, 'hate' becomes 'hated'. I read that as making a general statement of ambivalence about beating children into a specific reference to the Hazell 'business', removing with just one letter a whole fascinating hinterland of Ralph's psychological state.

Or maybe it was a typo.

[someoddnonbinary]

This is completely random and off topic and probably doesn’t fit for tumblr but…

Am i the only one who finds this liltay come back odd??? With the comments people are making you’d think shes a grown adult. She’s literally 16 and some of y’all are just outing yourselves a misogynistic pedos.

Also the people who are like “body goals” and that type of sentiment, stop. That is just as creepy. NO ONE should be commenting on this TEENS body I repeat TEEN. She is still technically in high school please its so fucking creepy. What the hell happened to being worried that this minor is/was on the internet??? What just because she got older means your allowed to forget abt it???? It automatically exempts you from questioning it??? No it shouldn’t. The internet is so fucking creepy.

I took away the other stuff i wrote bcs i honestly don’t yet know how i feel abt commenting or questioning her situation yet and so i wont. Still stands that some of y’all are fucking creepy.

[confusion-doodle]

On that note, how we rating Stargirl: The Lost Children? I was thrown by the art style but was really too overwhelming already by the comic shop to read the story properly, I love stargirl so want to know if its good pleass

[traumszenario]

[stil-lindigo]

lead balloon (the tumblr post that saved me)

if this comic resonated with you, it would mean the world to me if you donated to this palestinian family's escape fund.

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no creative notes because this isn't that kind of comic.

I know I don’t owe any of you anything but I still felt compelled to write about my long term absence. And I feel far enough away from the dangerous spot I was in to be able to make this comic. I have a therapist now, and she agreed that making this could be a very cathartic gesture, and the start of properly leaving these thoughts behind me. I am still, at seemingly random times, blindsided by fleeting desires to kill myself. They’re always passing urges, but it’s disarming, and uncomfortable. I worry sometimes that my brain’s spent so long thinking only about suicide that it’s forgotten how to think about anything else. Like, now that I've opened that door for myself, I'll never be able to fully shut it again. But I’m trying my best to encourage my mind in other directions. We'll see how that goes.

I am still donating all proceeds from my store to Palestinian causes. So far, I've donated over $15K, not including donations coming from my own pocket or the fundraising streams which jointly raised around $10K. In the time since I made my initial post about where this money would be going, the focus has shifted from aid organisations to directly donating to escape funds.

If you'd like to do the same, you can look at Operation Olive Branch, which hosts hundreds of Palestinian escape funds or donate to Safebow, which has helped facilitate the safe crossing and securing of important medical procedures for over 150 at-risk palestinians since the beginning of the genocide.

[daincrediblegg]

OK THIS IS NOT A FUCKING DRILL EVERYONE FUCKING REPEAT AFTER ME. THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL DO WHEN YOU WATCH MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL THIS YEAR:

You will navigate to the page on disney plus (and it has to be here. Unless someone has actually uploaded the REAL movie anywhere else you cannot get it elsewhere)

BUT YOU WILL NOT HIT PLAY. You won’t do it. Because it’s NOT THE REAL VERSION OF THE FILM AND DISNEY IS FUCKING LYING TO YOU AS IT ALWAYS DOES

You will scroll down HERE. To EXTRAS instead. You MUST GO HERE. This is non -negotiable

THEN YOU WILL SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EXTRAS AND YOU WILL THEN HIT PLAY ON THIS BAD BOY: THE FULL LENGTH VERSION

And you will watch it. And you will thank me for having been so blind and led astray by that stupid fucking mouse. You’re welcome.

[incandescent-mushroom]

House has definitely sent Wilson a dick pic or several but he sends them by email because they are both old men and the titles are things like ‘URGENT: please identify if lung cancer’ or ‘patient biopsy results - respond ASAP’ so that Wilson’s guilt complex makes him feel obligated to open each one just in case someone’s life is actually on the line

[throwaway15384]

How do I change?

I am not a likeable person and I know that. The way I talk and act annoys a lot of people and they end up distancing themselves from me (no shade to them or anything), but I can't seem to change.

I have tried acting different, but it's very hard for me to change how I act, at some point I lose my self control and end up reverting back to the unlikable me.

I want to be nicer to people, just be more likeable. I'm tired of having barely any friends (though the 2 I have are amazing ly), and being unable to uphold most of my friendships.

I want tips, thoughts, literally anything that can help me. Ways to force myself to be nicer and more likable in a way that won't be short-lived.

[kensatou]

"we know how to move our bodies, but i didn't know how to manage my heart, so you need help for this"

hi we need to talk more about judo gold medallist christa deguchi.

[fluentisonus]

genuinely inconsolable I can't have one of these pompeii bread plushies fr.

[causticbicaudate]

I'm sorry for pitting two bad bitches against each other here but I gotta know everyone's thoughts

[renaultphile]

Laurie giving Ralph the benefit of every conceivable doubt again?

OK so this is after the story of the 'two years of women' and before the story about Ralph's childhood, but what does Laurie think is 'reasonable in the circumstances'? The circumstances Ralph created when he decided on his little experiment? Feels like we're in one of Laurie's gaping black holes here. I always find this bit so weird.......

[b1mb0b33]

🩰🎀💗🌷🎀🍰

"On your knees"

"Good girl"

"Look at me"

"Use your words"

"Say it louder"

"Don't make me ask again"

"Beg for it"

"Say please"

"That's my good girl"

"Just like that"

"Come here"

"You're mine"

"Show me your tongue"

"Don't move"

"I'm proud of you"

🩰🎀💗🌷🎀🍰