#but she got away (barely)

[trauma-bot]

patron saint of never growing old

[serpentface]

reading all about the white calf, love your work, can i just say. gonna put some hibrides appreciation out there because damn. nobody in this story is lucky but she in particular seems to be having a Bad Time

Yeah a lot of things suck pretty bad for her. Unwittingly in a lavender marriage, mutual dislike between her and her dogshit husband, extremely strained relationship to her former best friend/gay quasi-boyfriend/father of her children who alternates between avoiding her and desperate attempts to make her love him again, having to constantly maintain multiple levels of facade to socially protect their throuple and therefore herself, shy and socially isolated, dealing with trauma that she doesn't even begin to recognize as such because 'nothing bad actually happened', pretty sure something is deeply wrong with her, living under a damocles sword of catastrophic social consequences should her children be exposed as bastards, has discovered an unexpected and mostly unwanted pregnancy while on a months long cross-country trek, etc.

She's also someone who prides herself in being rational, put together, stoic against adversity, and not overly emotional and weak, which basically means all of this is getting suppressed and compartmentalized away like crazy.

She HAS managed to fall into a rhythm with it all and her life IS NOT constant misery and agony. But the situation she's in for the duration of the story completely tears her out of this rhythm and makes all these factors very acute (though also opens her up to new opportunities, new and more positive/differently complex relationships, and much bigger things to worry about than her domestic life).

Unrelated drawing of her struggling not to lose her shit in public (in this case trying not to laugh)

[sukibenders]

"Rhaenyra isn't the stepmother, she's the mother who stepped up!"

The HOTD writers themselves are hardly doing anything to support that narrative, so I take this rhetoric with a grain of salt. While I think, in some way, Rhaenyra does care for Baela and Rhaena....if I had to point out a motherly figure for them that could pose as someone stepping in Laena's place, Rhaenyra would not be it.

[thisisntreaver]

Thinking 'bout Hammer.

Hammer, who was adopted by a kind man who loved her so much he was willing to forgo tradition and sacred texts in order to make sure she was safe. Who was teased by the other monks for being too big and too strong, to the point when she firsts meets Sparrow she makes that insecurity known im an attempt to protect herself from it.

Hammer who hesitated a minute to long in breaking her vow and had to watch said father die.

Hammer who gives up her name and takes on a name she hates in her grief.

Hammer who is far too trusting in the beginning of her journey that she is lured into a Balverines nest and would likely have died had Sparrow not been with her.

Hammer who after Sparrow leaves for the spire becomes disillusioned by her life as hero, and the guilt begins to seep in. Who loses the fight she had before her goal is even reached, an turns her back on the only person she has any real connection to.

Hammer who ends the game just as alone as Sparrow.

[magpie-trove]

^

[meeks-just-wants-to-scroll]

The Twin Boys; One in Black, One in White

[jeyneofpoole]

trying to explain to my class that disdain for the appalachian accent is classism (we are in kentucky and half of these people were born here) and they look at me like i’m an idiot (i have an accent) ok. ok.

[vampirehizzies]

i really like the way marcel was logical and upfront with davina about priorities, validating her desire to bring back kol (the love of her life) and supporting her in that, while at the same time reminding her that his life is in danger right now and kol has been dead for months. and she agrees with him because they have a sibling bond/love and mutual respect/trust in one another, one that he earned by being nurturing and loyal to her, which is why davina does what marcel asks, because he made it clear he values her and her needs too.

it also reminds me of the klaus to marcel to davina pipeline, because marcel grew up around a selfish and murderous family who takes care of their own and hurt even the people they love most (each other), under the care of someone who did love him but in a very twisted/controlling way, and decided he didn't want that kind of relationship with davina. he took the useful lessons from klaus/inherited his dramatics and desire for power, but instead of manipulating and treating people poorly/as expendable and being like klaus by using terror and violence to get davina to comply, he just... is honest, and straightforward, and kind. klaus believed that the only way to get what he needs is by going to extreme murderous lengths but marcel inspires loyalty from davina by being trustworthy and earning her friendship.

[haughttopics]

finally watched happiest season and i totally understand why people hated the ending.

except for Jane. she deserves the world.

[majorpepperidge]

Fenix: Phantom has been oddly possessive of me in the years I've known him and refers to me positively versus nearly everyone else is referred to negatively and I'm pretty sure like he's made 3 songs about me. BUT he dates girls that are very beautiful and famous so obviously there's nothing romantic in his actions about me since I'm not really either of those things. Therefore, I'm just not going to do anything about my own feelings.

Beep-0: Have you considered therapy. Or getting better taste in men.

[tubbytarchia]

My Vocaloid phase was half a decade ago but h.... fish Pearl... Deep Sea Girl Pearl..... GemPearl... hh

[mars-ipan]

god i cannot wait to be off these steroids…

[froggi-mushroom]

It is with sadness I announce to everyone that Bonny, after a 6 month battle with cancer, finally passed away on Monday after a sudden, drastic decline in her health

I’ve struggled coming to terms with this and actually talking about it, she was more than a pet to me and my family, she was another, deeply valued member of it, and a constant companion to us all, she helped me get through my anxiety and she made everyone who crossed her path’s day so much brighter

She passed away next to my mum and dad, peacefully drifting away after barely drinking or eating all day, to my mum giving her small amounts of water. I wasn’t there, which I regret immensely, but she’ll always live on in my memories as the happiest, sweetest most loving dog to ever live

[reuptakeinhibitor]

i love stobin working retail jobs and sharing a resume so much but consider this. steve follows robin to bloomington, indianapolis, west lafayette, wherever she decides to go and they get a little apartment. maybe they decide to go out of state but i think they stay in the midwest. then st takes a page from buffy and steve works construction while robin goes to school.

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Where The River Meets The Soul

cosy-ish fantasy, romance

follows a herbalist who decides to find a magical bloom with healing properties which has become rare in recent years, after her sister is diagnosed with a terminal illness

she travels to the city, and along with a friend and an heiress, discovers that reuniting two reincarnated ancient soulmates will restore the bloom

but when she encounters corruption and betrayal, and finds herself getting feelings for one of the soulmates, things get more complicated

ace MC, genderfluid LI

[danielnelsen]

things aren’t going well with peach. while i think my dad’s very right to be concerned that she hasn’t eaten anything in nearly 60 hours (obviously i am too), im becoming increasingly concerned that she hasn’t slept at all in around 36 hours and prior to that she was under anaesthetic, which isn’t exactly restful, so it’s closer to 48 hrs

like dad took her back to the vet today and we’ve got injections for her painkillers now because she’s not eating, and also injections for fluids (because she doesn’t drink; she only gets water from her food), so the not eating is Bad but also kinda under management, but if she doesn’t sleep soon i’m extremely worried. dad was like ‘if she doesn’t eat by tomorrow afternoon we’ll take her back because the injections will run out’ but like. if she doesn’t sleep tonight we have GOT to take her back first thing in the morning so they can sedate her or something