#What they don't know won't hurt them

[cursio-neptune]

Thanksgiving feast part 2 (hit previous if you missed the first part).

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[ancient-art-of-craft]

I am once again begging for an increase that doesn't leave a gaping hole. At some point it stops being "part of the design" and starts being "giant gaping hole"

[royalarchivist]

I say this in the kindest way possible, but I think this style of prose is more appropriate for a personal account rather than an update account. I have no idea who's being talked about half the time. 🥲

[ Tumblr meme via @mikaikaika ]

[transmechanicus]

Really fucked up that two ppl can care about each other and make their best efforts to communicate and still end up hurting each other so badly they cannot stand to be in the same room.

[itsnobodysproblem]

Most Sherlock Holmes adaptations I've seen tend to place their Final Problem towards the mid point of the series (or even a bit earlier) - it's also in my opinion the best way of going about it, so you have time enough for the characters to adjust after the reunion but they know each other well enough for the events of Fina to be devastating.

Sherlock & Co is done with 20 of the adventures. How many are there? Fifty-something? Almost sixty? Let's say we'll be entering mid-point territory after the 25th story.

So let's pretend for a moment that we have 5 more stories until The Final Problem. Ok.

Estimating an adventure at 3 episodes each, that would mean little over 3 months - maybe 3 and a half? Starting, of course, from the end of Sign of Four, which will be somewhere in December.

So let's say 3, maybe 4 months into 2025. That would be, what? Late march, early april?

Early april?

John having to tell the listeners that Sherlock is dead, in early april?

Quick calendar search reveals what I was praying it would - the 1st of april will be on a Tuesday next year.

So what I'm saying

What I'm saying is Sherlock &Co has the opportunity to do the funniest fucking thing

[y-rhywbeth2]

Meeting Isobel with Durge is always fun, both for the fact that Durge's first impulse is to declare their desire to vivisect and cannibalise her and for the fact that I just know this scenario is Ketheric's worst nightmare. Like if you asked him whether he'd rather have Isobel in a room alone with Aylin or Durge he'd have a hell of a time deciding which he hates more.

[imminent-danger-came]

The 1x00 AHiB -> 4x06 glowup

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

Nazis are a threat to everyone. We know this, we understand this. HOWEVER. Goyim, non-Jewish people, I'm asking you to think before you speak on Elon's actions.

Yes, the people trying to insist it was just a "Roman salute" and meant nothing are infuriating, but I have seen responses to it that do nothing more than encourage neo-Nazis and their sympathizers. I've seen "comebacks" where people say "Go do a "Roman salute" in a crowd", "go do it in front of a Jewish person". I just saw a video of someone saying, "Better yet, find yourself a synagogue, and go do the "Roman salute", and see how that goes... bet you won't."

You are putting Jewish people in danger. You, leftist who thinks you're being so smart and witty with your comeback, are encouraging neo-nazis to threaten Jewish people. "Better yet"? Go find a synagogue? Go find a synagogue, go there to do the Nazi salute, and that's the better option you're suggesting to them? What you're doing is telling a Nazi that they need to actively harm Jewish people to prove their beliefs to you, and I can tell you that encouragement is embraced by them.

Jewish people are already going to be one of the main targets of any Nazi or white supremacist group, but half of you are actively offering us up for your "gotcha" moment. Y'all don't think before you speak, and you need to examine why you would ever think to give specific ideas on how to harm Jewish people to neo-Nazis who have just been emboldened to a level we haven't seen in decades.

[fitzselfships]

I doodled this real quick since I somehow managed to burn my stomach while putting pasta in a strainer. I'm inflicting this onto my self insert now >:] (Zooble is helping them take care of it <3)

Proshippers/adjacent dni. 100000 shark attack 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈 also Zooble self ship doubles dni

[juney-blues]

why do i keep seeing posts about hypothetical allies who "don't know the correct terms but are enthusiastically supportive"

why are we making up this specific guy so much. why are you so obsessed with the idea of a straight person who would call you faggot but mean it in a nice way, because they just don't know any better.

this is an incredibly weird rhetorical advice, why am i seeing posts about it again

[kyojuuros]

knowing communication is vital to a healthy relationship but never knowing how to start a conversation or holding back because you don't want to burden them with your emotions or say/do something that will push them away and just generally being socially inadept is such a fun time! :)

[monstermoviedean]

coworker was going on and on about the importance of regulating your nervous system today and i'm thinking 1) you don't know what that means and 2) if i were a teenager and someone told me to regulate my nervous system i would start throwing things. frankly it's hard not to throw things when hearing that as an adult.

[selfinflictedgunshotwound]

men are so disappointing in so many ways i know i shouldn't expect most of them to be dignified humans but it's crazy. i need to get over this guy he's making my sense of self crumble even faster than it usually does. like he's just so unlike my usual type and i'm pretty convinced he's stupid and slutty and not discerning whatsoever. not to mention boring like i know even if i did have a chance with him he wouldn't Get Me at all so it's a bigger waste of time that usual and i'm actually pretty tired of men in general and definitely tired of parasocial relationships because they drive me insane for months typically. thankfully it's only been like 2 weeks if that at this point. idk. sigh. i know literally virtually nothing abt him as a person and ofc liking any public figure who you know nothing about is only setting yourself for heartbreak and disappointment to begin with bc you already know nothing is gonna come from it but. in a way it's almost addictive to become obsessed with someone and not be looked at with the same level of scrutiny. i don't think anyone in real life would ever try to get to know me as much as i try to get to know people who i'll never even meet. lmao! but that's the thing... idk... i have a lot of love in my heart and it consumes me and i reject my pride usually when i'm into someone. i want to know more... like VORACIOUSLY consuming anything with information about them involved simply because i think knowing someone is a very deep form of love but of course you can never truly know anyone. not completely. and that scares me i think which is why it's always probably been easier for me to never really TRY to be with anyone or have anything real. idk. this turned into me psychoanalyzing myself real quick but SOMEONE needs to bc i need to understand what the fuck is wrong w me.

[lulu-the-bugaboo]

Wanting to gush about your interests to your friends but also being scared of them internally judging you

[dawntheduckrb]

I love how you can purposely cater you internet experience to block most politics so you can mentally detox since your media consumption was becoming unhealthy, and still have a whole week of attempting to regain your hope in humanity become completely undone by wanting to eat lunch with your mom (ramble in tags, feel free to ignore; take care of yourselves first <3)

[glass-strawberries]

aching lullaby

//for @/ironstrangeprompts #1329

Music is one of Stephen’s great joys in life. The satisfaction of a beautifully intertwined melody and harmony, the consonance of the chords, the passion and meaning behind the notes…it’s heaven on earth. 

When Donna was still alive, he played Claire De Lune to lull her to sleep, and tucked her in with his old stuffed bear from when he was a baby.

When she died, he gave up on music and pursued medicine. He felt guilty for even listening to music for a while, but found that he could combine his interests in the OR. 

Now, Donna is still dead, but he’s sitting on the stool of the Steinway Grand Tony had lying around, reminiscing without purpose. His hands both metaphorically and literally ache to press his fingers against the ebony keys, to lose himself in the whimsicality of the classics. Stephen presses his hands against each other, feeling the scars left behind and the pins and rods holding his joints together. 

They are a mangled mess, he thinks, a treasury of non-concordance and dissonance. His head hangs low, close enough to the keys to smell the musk of the wood and pencil lead. It’s all too much, the smell, the feel, the memories. He chokes on a sob, unwilling for Tony to see him broken to pieces.

Soft footsteps pad down the stairs, slower than usual considering the ungodly time of day that Stephen was occupying. The footsteps stopped as they neared the room, and he heard some metal tool being put down on a table. Stephen gave in and fully rested his head on the keys, striking a dissonant chord.

Strong arms came to wrap around him, shrouding him in a blanket of security and comfort. The same hands came to lightly hold his own, tracing the same path of scars Stephen had gone over. 

“What would you like to hear, Stephen?” Tony said, softly. Stephen inhaled slowly, the fire in his lungs dimming to a sputter. 

“Claire De L'une. Claude Debussy. 1905," he speaks in barely a whisper. Tony kisses the back of his neck, and Stephen can smell grease and motor oil.

"Whatever you want, love"

As Stephens back was flush against Tony's chest, Tony brought his arms around his waist and rested his hands on the keys. He brought Stephens hands to rest on top of his, and together they played, long into the night.