#The Masks We Wear

[rubindraws]

Drawing of me and a friend's oc at the beach :D

[mybpdnightmare]

[monarch-apostate]

Front life

[1introvertedsage]

Once we realize all anger stems from some type of hurt.. healing can begin.

Everyone is dealing with shit... it's free to be kind. 💚🪶

~I.S.~

[chloesimaginationthings]

Leaked scene from the FNAF 2 movie…

[mianimasenpoeticus]

[shdwsnightmares]

The Masks We Wear returns

The day has come that The Masks We Wear returns in new expanded glory! Please be sure to check it out and please tell me what you think of David’s story

Check LostInMyNightmares to find where to read and hope you enjoy..

[nylarac]

hiii pls like/reblog this post if u still wear a mask in public buildings <3 wanting to follow more ppl who care about immunocompromised ppl and to also just feel less insane

[dichromaniac]

Are we gonna talk about the fact that the first time we meet Barb there's this incredibly charged flirtation where Cooper runs his index finger over hers when they exchange the taffy and how it's a *dishonest* exchange because they're pretending they don't know each other?

And how the Lucy/Ghoul exchange is more honest because they're both showing their true natures and the exchange is violent and permanent???

I can't be the only person obsessed with this parallel.

[codgod]

it’s already june here but it’s mermay in Most Places still, so here’s some several-years-post-canon codfather

[starrysharks]

i push my penis into my pies or whatever corey taylor said

[rubindraws]

Various Artfight stuff I did Part 1

[feminist-space]

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The image above (also alt text-included) is of the youhavetoliveyour.life website, which is an incredible set of resources with articles that debunk common covid denial sayings, such as "covid is mild now" or "I got it and I'm fine" or "Healthy people don't have to worry about it." The image shows a drop-down menu with common covid denial excuses.

The website also uses photos of prominent public health leaders such as Leana Wen or Ashish Jha or Mandy Cohen, who have been touting, falsely and dangerously, that covid is "over," that it's "not a big deal," that "we have the tools now" (even though we don't, actually, and long covid is absolutely devastating).

Select a statement from the drop-down menu to find informative, helpful, and scientific articles that explain why those statements are misleading and incorrect.

Here is the link:

[doyoueverwonderwhy]

My boss left early yesterday because she wasn't feeling well and found out she has covid. Anyone want to explain to me why she's back in the office today, still clearly not well, and not wearing a freaking mask?

Like, we're a week out from Christmas, no one wants to catch any bug you have, stay home or at least take some precautions for fucks sake.

[starlitwishes]

"A murder mystery, huh?" Venti smiled. "That sounds quite dramatic--I would be honored to see it."

Ah... Right, Furina was going to deflect, weren't they?

In their never ending act of playing the role as Focalors, they began to consider every matter of personal discomfort or unease to be discarded, no matter the severity.

Ah, Furina... if only you knew that you could rely on me...

Yet how could he tell them the truth--that he knew the past, present and future. A curse of his own, to live in loops until the end of time--and time didn't seem to ever have an end.

That because of these loops, Venti knew everything about their troubles, their heartbreaks--all of it.

Maybe if Furina knew that even the gods could be vulnerable... they would open up more about what happened that night, and let him comfort them.

"Sounds like you've had a better time than I, dear Furina," Venti started, dramatically resting a hand on his chest. "Though I'm sure you've heard from the other gods--that the Harbingers are collecting our tokens of divinity in the name of their Tsarista." He tilted his head, and frowned. "My own gnosis was stolen from me. Ripped right out of my chest, actually--it was quite a startle, really."

Venti gestured to Furina, concern riddled on his expression.

"Truth be told, I heard that the Knave has been active in Fontaine, and I grew concerned for your safety. I wanted to warn you to be careful."

Would his own admission of vulnerability be enough to let Furina let down their mask, for at least this one incident? He had to wonder..."

"It can be difficult to be so popular and widely loved, but what can I do but indulge them with my presence?" she said, a light hand upon her chest, a beaming smile without flicker.

How easy, how painful to place the mask back upon her face. Not even a tremor escaped to betray her inner world.

"Friend, right." A single blink was the only flaw in her performance; it wasn't the first time she'd been referred to as such, and it always gave her a strange surge of emotion, a complicated mess that she had to lock down. "But of course. What sort of just and gracious ruler would I be if I turned a friend away. Especially when he came all this way to see me, no?"

His presence was a blanket, and it was a knife. As long as he was around, she didn't have to worry about what had happened not long before. It distracted Furina from the fear, which sharpened the sense of isolation that being unable to confide in others. But once again she had to play her role, and more than ever she was sharply aware of the delicate balancing act she must play--unaware, of course, that it was already known.

"Ah, of course, where do I begin?" Furina closed her eyes. They were not someone who had an attempt made on their life that night, nor were they a person so powerless that they couldn't defend against it. Instead she was Lady Furina de Fontaine, who had many interesting things in her life, plenty of people to talk to, many musicals to see.

"Well lately I've been quite busy preparing for a musical I've agreed to be apart of," she said, with a bat of her eyelashes. "I am very particular about those that I perform with, of course, so if you happen to be in Fontaine for our performance, I could probably save a seat for you. For a... friend, of course. It's a murder mystery--it's very exciting, if I do say so myself. And with my involvement, it's guaranteed to be a success."

As she spoke and avoided what happened earlier, however, she felt her heartbeat speed up anxiously. Quickly, she added, "Oh, but this is no good! If we're going to speak, we should definitely have tea first. Feel free to sit; there's no need to wake anyone, I'm more than capable of making it myself this time, since it's a special occasion without notice, of course."

Furina needed just a moment to escape and compose herself again, before cracks really did start showing.

"Just make yourself at home; I'll return in a flash, and then maybe you can tell me some interesting stories."

@starlitwishes

[longelk]

SIR JAMES