#at least it's lengthy

[timesomewhere]

Jack Wolfe sang 'Howl' by Florence and the Machine at 54 Below and I wasn't there to see it

[johnslittlespoon]

Seven(ish) Sentence Sunday

Rule: Post seven(ish) sentences of your current WIP - or just a snippet who cares! And tag your writer friends to see what they're working on.

thank u thank uuu for the tag @nicijones! <3

“I’ll get you a fake ID,” Curt says decidedly, shrugging like it’s no big deal. “The summer’s young; can’t spend it ditching you every time I go out to drink.” “You don’t know how to get a fake ID,” John says, more as a plea than a statement. “Yeah, I do,” he argues, and with the older employees Curt hangs out with when he’s working the bar at the hotel, John’s inclined to believe him. “How?” He tries one last time to trip him up anyway, a weak appeal for mercy, but Curt only grins, reaching a hand out to squish John’s cheeks between his thumb and fingers. “Don’t you know? A lady never tells her secrets, John.” So that’s how John ends up tucked away in a small booth in the corner of some pub that looks lost to the sixties, old signage and other vintage memorabilia lining the wooden walls, cheery neon LED graphics adorning the kegs behind the diner–style bar.

tagging @air-exec, @counting0nit, @eternallytired17, @hauntingcontradiction, @skyyguy, anyone else who wants to! <3

[notafagipromise]

I wish we had mithrun in laios guild inside the dungeon for a while, I think that the need if caring for someone senshi has and mithrun's need of assistance would complement each other

[luetta]

waiter, i'm in a rather spiffing mood this evening. i'd like to order your finest "trusted mentor coercing a sensitive but naïve boy into crossdressing, then starting hrt, and then finally undergoing gender reassignment surgery through months of psychological manipulation. i'm also going to humbly request that the mentor be a whole head taller than him, and have pink hair too. and..." i slide a crisp twenty into the waiters pocket "tell the chef to make it mech-pilot and handler." winks

[mariocki]

La tumba de los muertos vivientes (Oasis of the Zombies, 1982)

"Why are you burning the body?"

"You must burn it. Otherwise it comes back. Yes, we must burn the bodies of the damned. He had met the sentries who guard the great secret. They would have reclaimed him after his death."

[shoreline-system]

Been seeing a few different posts along the lines of "is recovery even possible in polyfragmented DID? Does it ever get better?" and as someone who's maybe a lil older than some of the folks asking this question and further in our own recovery, I just wanna say - broadly? Yes!!!

It will get better. "Recovery" can look different for different people, but on the bare minimum level - you can stop hating life, and you can stop hating your system. When we were a teenager, we couldn't even begin to see any kind of future for ourselves, and at 24, even with things being as difficult as they are for us now, even on our lowest days, we still see a future for ourselves.

We manage our lows much better than we did in the past, and even as our system grows while we navigate a very stressful time in our life, we're still learning and adapting and building our communication. I have every reason to believe that once we're in a safer environment, we'll be able to work on stabilising our system and figuring out what we want to do from there.

Recovery from DID isn't all about memory retrieval or fusion - they can be part of it, but it's also about managing your symptoms and stabilising your system, developing other coping strategies and being able to be more grounded, more present, and less distressed in your day to day life. Your recovery will look different from somebody else's because your system is different - polyfragmented or not. There's no shame in that.

Things will be okay, and they will get better. Maybe not right away, but they will. You'll be okay.

« Please don't vent under this post, thank you! »

[silvyadrakkon]

Tag nine people you want to get to know better!

Alrighty, I've been tagged by enough people, I might as well, haha. Thanks for the tag, @the-ozzie, @dwightschrute11, @noelles-legacy, @ravenwind-75, and @ethniee!

LAST SONG? - “Lucid Dreams” by Tape Machines (Pop version). Unless the many songs in Ms. Rachel count. Then one of those. Specifically “Elmo's World.”

FAVORITE COLOR? - Buttercream yellow and coral (especially together).

CURRENTLY WATCHING? - I’m not much of a TV show person, so nothing really. Again, unless Ms. Rachel counts. Then I’ve been watching a ton of that with my kid. However, I'm listening to King Arthur and Her Knights and enjoying it.

LAST MOVIE? - Muppet Treasure Island.

SWEET/SPICY/SAVORY? - Savory definitely. I especially love cooking savory things. You ever need a good recipe, hit me up.

RELATIONSHIP STATUS? - Married, with a munchkin who makes it very hard to draw.

CURRENT OBSESSIONS? - Dungeons and Dragons. Always. And Hogwarts Legacy, of course.

LAST THING YOU GOOGLED? - Recorder prodigy. I love when people use unassuming instruments, tools, or supplies to make something beautiful and wanted to see if anyone could play that nicely.

No pressure tagging (and sorry if you've already been tagged or have done this and I just haven't seen it lol): @cornelia246, @lorainelegacy, @spotted-mooncalf, @cherryrray, @cottagelady99, @morelikeravenbore, @celestinawarlock, @lil-grem-draws, and @dwellinginsilence. If you wanna participate, you can reblog or just make your own post. Or if you want to ignore this, I'm not really one for tag games, so you can also feel free to completely ignore the tag. Whatever floats your boat.

[razormindbreak]

[helluvapurf]

13

forgot i was still doing this ask meme for a sec my bad lol

13. worst blorboficiation

Do you mean in terms of canon portrayals, or fandom-wise? Hmmm... if we're just talking canon here, then... weeeeell- >>

-Now before anyone freaks out, no I don't "hate" Stolas... at most I'm honestly just kinda... "neutral"-feeling whenever he pops up on screen these days 🤷‍♀️

Concept-wise, I do like the idea of Stolas being this seemingly aged, powerful figure among the Ars Goetia... struggling to balance his twisted desires with his family/royalty responsibilities. Often getting lost in his own head to focus on anyone but his personal joy/fantasies-

...but at the same time, not too far gone that he can't reel it back in-time to eventually realize his mistakes, and try to do whatever he can to fix it (no matter how successful or not those attempts be-):

It was unique, compelling and overall made Stolas an entertaining character from the initial HB pilot to the end of S1. Making me super intrigued of how this crooked, broken bird could eventually grow and learn from all that happened into S2...

...aaaaand then "The Circus" & onwards just... idk, decided to do away with all that to make Stolas more like an innocent, pure-natured soul all along... who never meant to come off like a selfish jerk 'cause he's just soooo lonely & sad, having the sweetest of intentions all along~ 🥺🥺

and its like... usually I don't mind giving sympathetic/tragic backstories to explain why they behave the way they do in the present-day... but with how S2's been framing things with Stolas atm, any and all mistakes he's pulled in the past has become the fault of other people's doing?

Stolas & Stella having a cold, loveless marriage that ended in him getting caught cheating (+Stella hiring a hit on him because of said cheating)? ...Well then clearly thats all Stella's fault for being a raging harpy from birth, so bitch got what she deserved when he dumped her ass, haha~

Stolas having a demeaning, belittling view on Imps (even around Blitz a few times in S1)? ...Well then that clearly was just the fault of his eeeevil dad Paimon, pushing the idea in his son's head from his kid years (who was so pure at heart enough that he wanted to bow to Blitz, when they met, awww~).

Stolas not being the most attentive father to Octavia, ignoring her feelings over & over? ...Well then clearly thats all on Via for not being grateful for the big, noble sacrifices Stolas put into loving her (esp as she apparently only exists to be a “precautionary heir” from his toxic marriage), and the fact that he's trying should be enough to forgive all his faults as the best dad ever~

Stolas being a pushy creep towards Blitz during their S1 dynamic, stepping over boundaries despite Blitz's clear discomfort? ...Well then that's clearly all on Blitz for being the one who put the moves on Stolas first, who was just a flustered bean from the start wanting to reconnect with his old buddy & gained true feelings overtime... why can't Blitz see how much Stolas loooooves him~? :ccc

...Aaaaand yeah, idk about yall but ehhhhh- I just couldn't really get into that angle the more I watched S2 :/. Not to say that Stolas’ last couple appearances were bad, per-say ('cause I did find his sassiness to Striker while kidnapped + his reading-enthusiasm with Ozzie's contract pretty funny)... buuut to make a long story short:

Shady, morally gray Stolas who needs to work on himself >>>>> Sad baby boi Stolas who did nothing wrong ever

[unproduciblesmackdown]

"the things that this story turns away from is more interesting than what it's actually trying to do" just like in billions

[pinkmoondoll9shihtzu]

my secret fantasy is to do random encounter street interviews for tiktok becuase I strongly believe in my abilities to disarm Anyone into telling me Everything

[brokendreamscreation]

@hostradio liked for a starter!)

It is not everyday that an angel visits hell, especially outside of the Exterminations. But this particular seraphim has snuck his way out the back door, right out from under Heaven’s very nose, for a “scenic ride” around Hell. Lucid, disguised as a white and blue songbird, rides the warm air drafts above Pentagram City, mystified by the tall buildings and lights. Sure he has seen the grand central city of Heaven behind the Pearly Gates, but never has had the chance to truly see it. Explore, discover, converse with the Winners. Not when he is cooped up in the citadel that the majority of his Archangel siblings reside in.

Some of Hells native wildlife take notice to the pure white feathered anomaly, a murder of crows with sharp teeth and two sets of glowing red hues. They croak and hiss at the invader, taking wing. Lucid notices the on-coming assault, quickly dipping a wing to turn sharply in a new direction. With his focus on evading the blood thirsty flock, the disguised angel does not realize his flight takes him towards a large glassed radio tower. He scarcely avoids the window, clawed feet scratching against the glass as the white-blue bird hustles upwards with beating wings.

Several of the demonic crows collide into the glass, bouncing off and tail-spinning towards the ground. The rest screech and take off in different directions. Distracted by watching the others scatter, Lucid runs straight into one of the large megaphones at the top of the tower, knocking the angel dizzy. Falling to the roof, the bird bounces several times and over the edge. In a poof of golden glittering magic, Lucid turns back into his normal seraph form and scrambles his hands for anything to hold onto from falling.

“Oh Lord! Oh God! Oh fiddlesticks!”

[napping-sapphic]

i believe in your remembrance abilities!! and yay!

like i said... omg... that's so cute? 😭 i wanna hear ALL of your opinions and everything you have to say please?? i actually love that. as someone who ALSO yaps a lot when they get excited, i understand completely LMAO

OMG i hope it's an easy night!! sleep well :0 thank you for being glad my sleep is going good, and YES you get it. the world is a wreck the least we can do is sleep to get away TT

i'm glad you like my choice of emoji <3 and YEAHHH fantasy adventure together :3

– 🖤

Very brave of you tbh because my memory is Bad😅

Ugh yeah honestly i don’t really like when i personally talk too much though like i start to get on my own nerves when i do😪 i usually prefer listening to other people and letting them steer the conversation instead🤷‍♀️

Sleep is very important after all😤 gotta make her a big priority😤😤

[daz4i]

FINISHED MY PRESENTATION (MOSTLY) AND PERFECTED MY SCRIPT AS MUCH AS I CAN FOR NOW

[aristoteliancomplacency]

Me removing a Graves reference and then realising the entire page is just shit.

[dreamings-free]

I think the problem some are having is that Maya said Liam encouraged her to write the book and said they’re friendly. And now says the book is about him and it’s about abuse so that’s seems like a big switch

of course the book is based on her own story that has been clear all along..?

and yes maybe for whatever reason - be it legal matters or because she simply wasn't ready to explicitly confirm that (and I can imagine why, look at how people are jumping her throat now!) she’s saying it now. and everything she said then and now can be true at the same time.

also Maya is allowed to tell her story, all victims are allowed to tell their stories of their abuse and name their abuser in whatever way and at whatever time they are comfortable with. just as victims are allowed to not tell especially if it can cause them further harm, be it legally, emotionally or psychically. and that doesn't suddenly not apply just because the abuser is someone's favourite popstar.