#can't wait to take a FUCKING BREAK

[firenati0n]

Signing out for the year to decompress, celebrate my birthday, go on vacation, and generally be a silly goose.

Thank you so much for a 2024 full of laughs, friendship, joy, writing, and growth! I am, once again, so incredibly grateful for a good community and corner of the internet. The support and kindness I have experienced during tough times and low points has really kept me going, and I try to express my gratitude as much as possible. Much love for everyone I've met at all points this year—some very good eggs. 💛

I am so proud of the writing I have done this year as well. A friend recently told me that my writing has a theme of earnestness, kindness, and sincerity—an unbelievably gracious thing to say, thank you (i did cry yes)! I end up writing so much of myself into my work...whether it's to dissect tough emotions, project heavily onto firstprince, or express tenderness/introspection/humor. So, it means so much to me when anything of mine resonates with a reader. It feels like acceptance.

I try to go into a new year with intentions instead of resolutions, and one of mine is to engage in more self-compassion, both in and out of fandom spaces! Please hold me accountable LMAO negative self-talk in my personal and professional life is such a drag fjasdlkjflkasdf so i want to release that element of comparison and guilt and bitterness in all aspects, especially writing and rest/recovery. We're here for a good time, not a stressful one! If anyone has good intentions/resolutions to share, I am all ears. :)

Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season and a restful and restorative break. Sending all my love and good energy as we move into 2025! appreciate y'all immensely.

xoxo roop 💛

had my 1 year fic anniversary a few days ago, a delightful and strange feeling. a whole year of existing (publicly) in the fandom.

thank you so much for reading, supporting, engaging, chatting, all of it! i am so grateful for a space where i can meet wonderful people and experience kindness and grace and friendship. i hope it is clear that i don't take anything for granted around here.

2024 was a pretty tough year personally and professionally, so i continue to be thankful for y'all as I work to become a better writer and person. appreciate you sticking with me through my ups and downs.

the tenderness of human connection is so important to me. i thrive on it, need it more than i would like to admit. vulnerability is hell sometimes, but the link that forms when someone truly sees you and understands is sometimes one of the only things pulling me forward. so, thank you for letting me be mushy and weird and sentimental and transparent, and thank you for holding my hand! as always, i will continue to reach out through these pixels and hold yours as well.

xoxo roop 💛

[spaciebabie]

honestly bro I think the funniest thing Abt being autistic is that I can't tell when people are trying ta be friends with me it just like doesn't click. ppl will all of the sudden start talking ta me and I'll be like, "hm why is this person talking ta me so much all of the sudden do they want something I mean I guess I'll go along with it"

[jcforsapphics]

OK THE SUTEKH REVEAL WAS SO COOL AHH

[wikiangela]

wip wednesday

tagged by @jesuisici33 @callaplums @daffi-990 @loserdiaz @thewolvesof1998 @disasterbuckdiaz @fortheloveofbuddie 💖💖

made a bit of progress on the sick fic so here it is🤷

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“Maybe we should get you to a doctor.” Buck muses, wrapping the blanket over Eddie’s shoulders.

“I don’t need- I just closed my eyes for a second. I’m fine.” he grumbles, fumbling with the blanket too long to want to actually throw it off, but he does in the end – he’s cold and refuses to admit it, and he’d rather sit here and pretend he’s fine. He’s impossible.

“Eddie, that cough did not sound fine.” he points out. 

“Buck-” he sneezes, and then wraps the sleeves of his hoodie over his palms. Buck raises his eyebrow, and Eddie pointedly avoids his eyes, as he not-so-discreetly wipes his nose with a sleeve. 

“I bought tissues.” Buck reaches for the bag and digs out a box, then tries to give it to Eddie, who, instead of taking it, just levels him with a stare, as he sniffles loudly, and swipes a sleeve under his nose again. “Seriously? You’re gonna be gross and disgusting just to prove you’re not sick?” That’s a new level of stubborn Buck hasn’t seen from Eddie yet. He can’t believe this is the man his heart decided it wants. And that even while sick and gross and stubborn and ridiculous, a part of Buck is still endeared by him.

“I’m not.” Eddie insists, sounding so congested Buck swears he can feel it in his own sinuses. “Let me just finish my coffee, and then I-” another sneeze. “Have so much to do today.” he finishes, but at least this time he reaches for the tissues, looking anywhere but at Buck, cheeks red.

“Yeah, no, all you’re gonna do today is rest and take some medicine.” Buck says decisively, then takes the bag in his hand, and slowly starts walking to the kitchen. “Get comfortable, and I’ll just put this all away and be right back. I bought meds, tissues, and something to cook you some soup-” he starts listing off, getting louder the further he gets. “Oh, and stopped by the farmer’s market to get honey. Did you know that honey has antioxidant and antibacterial properties?” he asks excitedly, ready to tell Eddie every single thing he found in his quick research. Buck learned a long time ago that with Eddie he doesn’t need to hold back and can rant and ramble all he wants, and Eddie is happy to listen to him.

“Yeah?” Eddie yells back, voice hoarse and strained. Buck can hear the couch shift as Eddie gets comfortable, maybe even finally lays down. He knows Eddie won’t just give in and admit he’s sick, but this is a start. “Why don’t you tell me all about it?” he sounds genuinely interested, though also really tired. 

“I will, just a sec! I’ll make you some tea with lemon and honey, how’s that sound?” he asks, and gets a grunt in response, though he’s not sure if that’s an answer, or if Eddie’s just trying to suppress a cough in an attempt to hide that he’s sick, as if Buck didn’t already know. He chuckles to himself. He really has his work cut out for him today.

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[seventh-district]

7am, eating cold leftover teriyaki stir-fry for breakfast and crying over blorbos

[apocalypticdemon]

I am so beyond ready to quit this job. Wednesday cannot come fast enough.

[natasha-in-space]

Man, seeing those videos like 'the day in a life of a nearsighted person!' really gives me a reality check that I am, in fact, not normal. Like, no, I don't go around streets without my glasses because I don't like wearing them. I will literally fall down the stairs or get hit by a car without them. Because I cannot see anything but very blury outlines. No, I cannot squint and see if this is the right bus for me to jump on. I will only see something clearly if it is centimeters away from my face. No, I cannot have a collection of different frames to style my looks. Because my lenses are so specialized that they often require me to save up money for an entire year to afford a new frame of glasses that is not the ugliest thing you have ever seen. And even then, I can only get very limited variety because of my lenses. And no, I cannot just go and buy whatever eye contacts they sell in the optical store either. Not only because my eyes are too sensitive for them, but also because they will not work on me. I have to order specialized contacts that cost a fortune, considering all the appointments and shipping costs. So glasses are way more affordable, and I am likely stuck with them for my entire life, even if I do get surgery one day. Because fixing my eyesight completely is either impossible, or will take me multiple operations on both of my eyes.

Also. I literally cannot function without my glasses. It is not just something for me to put on whenever I feel like it. I will be literally unable to survive in our society without them. Like at all. Be it by breaking my leg by falling over, or being unable to do ANY sort of work. I was born like this, so this is literally the only life I know, but when I see stuff like that from people who are seemingly the same as me, it's weird as fuck. Because no, we are not the same. And, in fact, my life is very different from someone just wearing glasses. And that's kinda wild for me to think about.

[chadsuke]

Comics Read in 2024:

A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation Vol. 1 by Misaki, Momochi, & Sando (2019)

A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation Vol. 2 by Misaki, Momochi, & Sando (2019)

Villains are Destined to Die Vol. 7 by Gwon Gyeoeul & SUOL (2024)

Skip and Loafer Vol. 1 by Misaki Takamatsu (2019)

Skip and Loafer Vol. 2 by Misaki Takamatsu (2019)

Skip and Loafer Vol. 3 by Misaki Takamatsu (2020)

Somari and the Guardian of the Forest Vol. 1 by Tako Gureishi (2015)

Somari and the Guardian of the Forest Vol. 2 by Tako Gureishi (2016)

Rise of the Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and the Creation of D&D by David Kushner & Koren Shadmi (2017)

[ID: Covers of the aforementioned books. End ID.]

[cemeterym]

i'm begging my uni to stop making every fucking student social activity something where you have to walk around a bunch if you are a slow walker who cannot help it they literally want you dead

[dolokhoded]

can't stop laughing at these three stills from the chosen trailer im actually going to hell why are y'all 🤨ing at him

[anarkhebringer]

I like how I said a while back that my Astarion origin run was gonna be him doing the act 3 thoughts about his actions but with his act 1 sass and power hunger, but now that I made him trans my brain is trying to apply that special transmasc Rage onto him

[kicksnscribs]

So seeings how ai work still fucks me up at the mere thought of it maybe just maybe i can get over it if i vent my frustrations out on it here?

[innocencel0st]

Well my entire mood has gone to hell.

[calumsash]

[meezer]

spending this much time and effort and energy working towards a career path I really do not like or want or will ever go into is really taking the wind out of my sails not gonna lie. and making me hate the humanities 😍