#but im trying anyway

[littlexdeaths]

i… may be in the process of writing some stage techie eddie stay tuned

[gibbearish]

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

[hinamie]

trick or treat!

[crowkip]

yeehaw, baby!

[inkskinned]

this is just my opinion but i think any good media needs obsession behind it. it needs passion, the kind of passion that's no longer "gentle scented candle" and is now "oh shit the house caught on fire". it needs a creator that's biting the floorboards and gnawing the story off their skin. creators are supposed to be wild animals. they are supposed to want to tell a story with the ferocity of eating a good stone fruit while standing over the sink. the same protective, strange instinct as being 7 and making mud potions in pink teacups: you gotta get weird with it.

good media needs unhinged, googling-at-midnight kind of energy. it needs "what kind of seams are invented on this planet" energy and "im just gonna trust the audience to roll with me about this" energy. it needs one person (at least) screaming into the void with so much drive and energy that it forces the story to be real.

sometimes people are baffled when fanfic has some stunning jaw-dropping tattoo-it-on-you lines. and i'm like - well, i don't go here, but that makes sense to me. of fucking course people who have this amount of passion are going to create something good. they moved from a place of genuine love and enjoyment.

so yeah, duh! saturday cartoons have banger lines. random street art is sometimes the most precious heart-wrenching shit you've ever seen. someone singing on tiktok ends up creating your next favorite song. youtubers are giving us 5 hours of carefully researched content. all of this is the impossible equation to latestage capitalism. like, you can't force something to be good. AI cannot make it good. no amount of focus-group testing or market research. what makes a story worth listening to is that someone cares so much about telling it - through dance, art, music, whatever it takes - that they are just a little unhinged about it.

one time my friend told me he stayed up all night researching how many ways there are to peel an orange. he wrote me a poem that made me cry on public transportation. the love came through it like pith, you know? the words all came apart in my hands. it tasted like breakfast.

[cryptocism]

"just as I did, in 1983."

you'd never know my favourite parts of the show are the fucked up insane bits when my first instinct is to draw the cheesiest thing imaginable

[kiisuuumii]

it's okay sometimes to feel like you're just a pebble in the ocean. i've spent much of my early life scared of not existing, but not having enough meaning to keep on going. perhaps it is not normal for us as human beings to approach life this way, but it is our current reality, and we must face it in order to make something of it. our time here, in the grander scheme of things, might be insignificant, but that does not mean our lives have no purpose.

not having direction or purpose is what gives us meaning. you've likely heard this a million times, but it is the act of searching for something to fulfill us which will bring us happiness. whether you place your trust in things imperceptible, things much bigger and incomprehensible than yourself, or just choose not to believe at all, the fact you are contemplating the meaning of it all proves you are going to be okay. oftentimes, when people are hurt and feel diminished, they will submit themselves to whatever torments await them - yet, your head and heart are torn, and it is within that you will find yourself.

one day at a time is all we can hope for; like the previous anon stated, we do need to "do nothing," it is something fundamentally human - we need to reset ourselves in a way, and that can only come when we lay back and appreciate the world as it is, something we normally gloss over when we're so consumed by doing more and being more. in any given lifetime, it can be rare to have someone that has witnessed it all, but there will come a time it will all seem worth it, even if nobody has seen it through from the beginning.

although rare, those people do exist in this world; there will always be another - i'm particularly guilty of not accepting that fact recently. sure, maybe there will never be a person shaped by a unique set of permutations from the beginning of their existence, but that doesn't mean you can't connect to another person the same way again. that is something you will have to trust; that is something you must believe - you are not alone. no matter who comes and goes, life goes on. you never know who is watching.

don't let go of the things which make you whole. whether you choose to place your fate in the hands of something greater, there are things left in our control. if you continue to feel, to write, to love, and to do it all over again, that is the essence of what it means to be human. albeit foolish, albeit stubborn, albeit naive, that is who we are. hopefully, you will come to fully accept and understand yourself and the things which bind you.

im sorry this went on for much longer than it probably needed to be,,

to be honest, ive been pretty guilty of not accepting it either, that there will be another. i've never been particularly good at letting people go; in recent years, i thought i'd gotten better at it, knowing that there will be another, someone who, through connecting with and loving them, will be a reminder of that.

but recently, there's been someone who's inspired a lot of strength in me. just the thought of him, how much he's gone through (even if all i know is the surface of it), the mistakes i've made and promises to them ive broken—despite what's become of us now, i know that he cares, that he always has, because that's who he is, caring and undoubtedly big-hearted. maybe i shouldn't make this what keeps me going and what keeps me together, but admittedly, he does.

i think a lot about what i could do to make him proud of who im becoming, and maybe, in the grander scheme of things, it might be at my detriment to, but all my thoughts about him has led me to making decisions that bring me closer to who i know i am to be, and who i want to be. i'm a messy pile of hot garbage lmao but i love people, to a fault, and i know how to be kind, maybe clumsily, but still kind, and i want to be kinder still. because i believe in his belief in me. because if he believes in me, then there must be something in me thats worth believing in.

you tell me to not let go of the things that make me whole, but what do i do if i've never felt more whole? what do i do when i feel that i should let this person go, for not only my sake, but his too?

sure, i might feel broken, and lost, and unsure of what the future will bring, but all the pieces are there. i just have to put everything back together, and the thought of this person helps to keep me trying, to take the time to fit the pieces back together, to take this life one day at a time.

im sorry this is kinda all over the place,, it just tears me apart, the idea of letting this person go, letting him just become a part of my past. i know i probably need to, again, for my sake and his. i keep hurting myself, and i've no doubt made things harder than they already were for him. its all just kinda a jumbled mess internally rn, wanting to find myself peace, to be better, and to do what's best for him.

[musubiki]

my favorite fields of mistria boys 🥰

[faggotisaacfloofs]

the person who helped today when I fell out of my wheelchair actually did a really great job, so I want to share in case other people wonder what to do. [Note: this is not universal, this is merely a suggestion from one person, every wheelchair user's needs are different! I am a person who uses a manual chair usually pushed by someone else who is also disabled.]

Scenario: you see someone in a wheelchair fall out of their chair, and you have the ability to help.

1. Approach and ask "are you okay?"*

2. Next question if they say no, are vague, or open to continuing conversation** is, "is there anything I can do to help?" Or "what can I do?"

If they say no to help, then that's the end, just leave and go do whatever you were doing!

If they ask for help or say they are mildly injured, ask "what would you like me to do?" And wait for an answer before doing anything! If they seem dazed or confused, they might have hit their head or had another medical event*, or they might just be like that due to regular disability. Be patient.

Do not touch the person unless they say to, or they are like, unconcious in the middle of the road, ya know?? Wheelchair users usually have conditions that mean being handled improperly can severely injure us, you could cause much more damage than the fall.

Some things they might need you to do:

Bring their wheelchair closer (mine went about 5 feet away after it dumped me)

engage the brakes of the wheelchair

hold wheelchair steady if it's an unsteady surface (mud, hill, ramp, wet, etc)

offer an arm for them to hold onto to get up (them grabbing you, not you grabbing them) or move another solid item closer for them to use (i.e. a chair) [only do this if you physically have the ability to!]

If the terrain is rough (i.e. a parking lot), they *might* ask you to push their chair to a more stable area once they are back in their chair

nothing

Something else

Do what they ask, NOT what you think would be helpful. If for some reason you have to do something (i.e. you can't stop oncoming traffic and need to get them out) ASAP, tell them what you plan to do

Keep in mind they might also be D/deaf, have a communication disability, be stunned after the fall, have a head injury, not trust other people, etc. Be patient and treat them as a person with autonomy and agency! They might need to just sit on the ground for a few minutes to recover before trying to get back in their chair. They might want everyone to leave them alone. They might ask you to call someone specific. Their chair might have broken and that can be extremely distressing. All of this is like if your legs spontaneously stop working when you're out and about!

A lot of wheelchair users (NOT ALL) have ways to get into their chair on their own once the chair is close enough and brakes engaged (but it's hard from the ground!). Here's what brakes look like on a lot of manual wheelchairs, in case they ask you to lock the brakes. They're levers on each side and pushing the lever pushes a bar against the wheel to hold it still.

ID: A manual wheelchair with the brake levels circled in red and labeled "user brake levers"

*There is also the possibility of course that a person fell out of their chair due to a seizure or other medical event, so that is why it is important to ask if they are okay. If you saw them hit their head, tell them so. If they had a medical event, follow protocol for that, I'm not gonna get into it here (thought I could).

**sometimes a person will be clear after the first question i.e. "I'm all good thanks" clearly means they do not need you to ask another question, you can just leave them alone. Keep walking and don't stare. A lot of the time people will be a bit banged up but be totally fine and able to manage on their own.

TLDR: Ask the wheelchair user if they're okay, then what they need, and then do exactly that, including leaving them alone. Thanks!

[luckywolfsbane]

I may have flown too close to the sun, boys.

I'm having silent anxiety attacks. I got transferred because I wasn't good enough for the last type of loads. I have five minutes before I HAVE to be in the office of my new dispatcher, and I just want them to like me so bad. Pls let me be good enough. I need this. I'm trying. I swear to the gods, I'm trying so hard.

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

We all know the semi-canonical ‘all the Robins know to hide/duck inside of Batman’s cape, even as adults’ thing.

We also know that Danny ‘is LITERALLY a ghost’ Fenton sucks at remembering his own intangibility while ALSO forgetting to look ahead of him.

All I’m saying is, Danny Fenton (or Phantom, if you’d really like) would absolutely SLAM into Batman on accident while running on roof tops and Bruce ‘Brooding Instinct’ Wayne doesn’t even think twice about letting the kid hide and scanning around for danger before there’s a record scratch of ‘wait who tf is this?’ kicks in.

[hybrix-hidings]

Honestly everyone give it up for repulsed aces/aros. Yall get so much shit for having boundaries and its frustrating to watch. You're all getting sent complimentary gift baskets

[pikslasrce]

im ngl that scene in the lighthouse when hes trying to jerk off to the idea of a hot mermaid but keeps getting distracted by unsightly visions symbolizing his guilty conscience and descent into insanity is so real like. it really is like that sometimes

[hinamie]

oversaturate

[rusticfurnace]

GHOSTSOAP // "you sweet fucker" MINICOMIC!!!

[silverlombaxwitch]

Everything's fleeting, isn't it