#don't reblog this please

[c00lac0la]

whoever unfollowed, i hope you're doing ok, you've completely disappeared and i hope nothing bad has happened. /gen

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

I’m having such a hard time reading at the moment and I’m trying not to stress out about it coz this is a hobby and I’m meant to just have fun but it’s so confusing not knowing whether I’m just in a slump, or if it’s seasonal depression kicking in, or if I’m just in a funny mood and the books I have on hand aren’t the right ones for me right now

and I try to keep reminding myself that I’m allowed to not want to read, especially since I’m having a hard week emotionally, but it’s so hard to distract myself from that stuff when I can’t read to escape >.<

I just wanna think about something else for a while and my brain won’t let me

[madtomedgar]

this is a bullshit idea for so so so many reasons including but not limited to the fallacy that approaches to judging fictional characters has anything to do with irl ethical behavioral standards, but i do sometimes think it would be funny to trawl the blogs of people who insist that one is morally obligated to choose hardship or death over the suffering of others and see if they are like. buying chocolate regularly. polyester clothing. things that are fun and cheap but that are known to be produced using slave labor, child labor, or severe exploitation and horrific working conditions. how many layers of distance and alienation from the consequences of your actions does it take to absolve you. how many other hands at work are required before your choice to increase human suffering for your own convenience or pleasure is value neutral.

and like again. this is bullshit. because how one feels about a particular story component has literally no bearing (mostly -- i do think when you have situations like extremely misogynistic men whose favorite authors are the midcentury misogynists and who find it impossible to see female characters as anything other than objects, this is a reflection of their real life beliefs and behavior. this is not what i’m talking about here though.) on one’s real life ethical behavioral standards. i often think individual characters should be allowed to murder whoever they want including their kids. real life me does not find real life infanticide funny or satisfying. but also it’s, again, tempting

[mare-the-silly-scroingle]

i know- God i know more than anything- that the best relationships are ones with clear communication and you HAVE to voice the times in which you are frustrated with one another like that’s something i just talked to my best friend about like, you have to navigate that and give each other space and understand each other’s boundaries. but God it is so frustrating to hear my sister talk about being resentful/upset at me because i opened up to her regarding trans issues in my state that impact me, and I know those feelings are irrational and it’s not lasting clearly but it’s like. i understand they’re irrational feelings but how am i supposed to walk away from this conversation without taking the memo that i’m not allowed to talk to her about this ever again? because every time this happens and it becomes a whole ordeal and it’s so hard to ask her to change but i feel like i just keep changing and i know that’s not fair but like. she has to understand that some pain is necessary in life but we keep doing this song and dance to get her to feel the least amount of pain possible and that’s why she’s at one of the best universities in this country and that’s why i know i won’t ever follow that. you know?

[cambriancrew]

So we had a serious discussion with our mom last night. And it turns out that when our ex was considering having us involuntarily committed? It was a lot more than that.

He got the state involved and took it to court, even.

SEVEN months of trying before giving up.

Our parents were fighting for us the whole time, too.

Guess we're kinda still in shock. We had no clue any of that was going on. It's scary to think that could have happened without us even getting to defend ourselves, and how close we got to that. We would have fought it like hell had it happened, but we're glad we didn't have to.

So uh... yeah. 🤷

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

Seven Sentence Sunday

I was tagged last week by @extasiswings and @tripleaxeldiaz (mwah my darlings) and at the time didn’t have anything to share but I now do and also wanted to share a little tidbit of the upcoming Castle AU epilogue as a thank-you for all the kindness and support everyone has shown me in the last 24 hours. It’s truly blown me away, I’ve cried so much I think I’m now a raisin.

BUT ANYWAY here is a peek at the SHENANIGANS I promised:

“And… now that Maddie’s moved out…” Buck dares to slide his hands up Eddie’s ribs and is rewarded with Eddie’s grip on his hips shifting to tug Buck on top of him. “We have the place all… to ourselves…”

Eddie’s tongue slides over Buck’s bottom lip and he parts eagerly, sucking Eddie’s tongue into his mouth, and he’s just slid his hand up to cup Eddie’s jaw when—

Is that the front door?

“Buck?” Maddie calls.

…y’know, he’s had this nightmare a few times.

And another peek, since I was tagged twice and I’m generous that way:

“Just!” Buck shoves at his (very naked) chest. “Get in!”

“Evan Buckley you are not literally shoving me into a closet—”

“Buck?” Maddie’s at the door, oh fuck she’s at the door. “Are you talking to someone?”

I hope you all are having a good weekend and taking care of yourselves. I’m trying to rest after the horrible breakdown day I had yesterday but I hope you’re all doing well.

[clare-with-no-i]

in case some people are unaware, there’s been somewhat of a reckoning recently about the harm that dark!James has caused throughout jily fandom, specifically toward POC and jewish people. it is relieving nearly to the point of tears to see that people share my discomfort and my hurt about nazi romance being perpetrated in this space. I have not felt safe to express how destabilized and uncomfortable this has made me as a jewish person over the past few months, and I’m glad that I can do so now. 

I’ve seen inappropriate references to nazis, to the holocaust; belittling of jewish and POC trauma/marginalization; dismissal of considerate, heartfelt expressions of hurt from POC/jewish people. it’s been really fucking awful.

I know a lot of people on the discord are rethinking their consumption and support of these fics, and I’m glad for it. If you read all that stuff, have seen the discomfort, and still choose to engage with/defend it, please for the love of god unfollow me and stop interacting. I don’t want that shit. leave me alone.

to my followers/readers who have expressed similar feelings to me but I have not published your asks, I hope this can bring some peace, if not just some solidarity. you are seen, and heard, and your feelings are valid. 

edit: please do not reblog. thanks.

[sciencebuff]

DAILY  BUGLE  EXCLUSIVE  PIX  /  endless  edits  of  peter  parker  (  don’t  reblog  if  you  aren’t  a  mutual,  thank  you  !  )

peter in his cute little labcoat

[8512121589]

there's a penguin

[aromantic-misguide-to-romance]

I hope none of you is one of those #&!?&$# joking and memeing about the Russian aggression on Ukraine.

[raegalliard]

Writing Tags

#friskay with Rae --> 18+ **minors DO NOT INTERACT**

#midnight content: dark --> dark content

#rae writes --> any sort of writing I do

#prompts with Rae --> anything I post from a prompt

#headcanons by Rae --> any headcanons I have

#(character +) headcanon --> specific headcanon for a character

#Rae recs --> any content (fics/drabbles/headcanons/etc) that I've enjoyed (or are currently reading) and reblog

#____ thirsts --> thirsts for that character

Inbox Tags

#inbox time with raegalliard -> could be anything from my inbox

#(character +) ask --> specific character related ask

#ily anons --> an anon ask answered

#ily pals --> an ask answered sent by an identified blog

#ily moots --> ask answered sent by a moot

Extras

#rae babbles --> extra thoughts/posts

#rae shitposts --> I tell the story about my life one letter at a time. one post. one letter. each time. guaranteed.

#important --> something I think y'all should read, important PSA usually

#y'all read this --> something I think y'all should read.. on the lighter side

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

I'm stupid but, who's Eteri? What's happened? Is it something to do with the Olympics? I'm not following it and Google is being unhelpful.

I'm really not a good person to ask as opposed to say @tripleaxeldiaz simply because I'm not quite as well-versed in Figure Skating as she is (all hail our queen). But the basics are that while they were already embroiled in a legal scandal for giving their athletes performance-enhancing drugs (and it's seriously questionable how much choice the athletes have in this matter), the Russian Federation (Rusfed) has ALLEGEDLY been found to have been giving performance enhancing drugs to a fifteen-year-old - yes, you read that right, a literal child - on the figure skating team. She's under investigation and it's all but certain she'll be banned from competing in the individual skates if she hasn't been banned already. Which are the rules, but it's horrible that this child who had no say in the matter now can't compete because of what the adults around her made her do.

Eteri is Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze, the coach for the figure skaters. To say she's controversial is... well. This is just the latest bullshit she's pulled.

The gist is that Rusfed ALLEGEDLY will make literal children take performance enhancing drugs, push them to their physical limit (to the point where it has horrible effects on their bodies later in life), have them compete in the Olympics for one cycle, then abandon them and grab a new kid for the next cycle. They were already in legal trouble for this and were caught AGAIN, and the worst part is the person who will most likely suffer most for it is the child who just wanted to skate in the Olympics and couldn't tell the adults around her 'no'.

[crewmatestims]

friendly reminder that we are endogenic system positive. all mods are systems, and support and allow endo interaction. anti-endos please block us ✨

edit: this includes "safequeers", if you identify that way please leave and block us on your way out

[babblingbat]

I joke about having a restraining order on jesus but I'm not joking anymore actually how do I keep christianity from coming within 500 feet of me and how do I excise all references to it from my life

[mvndrvke-archive]

reminder that nico runs a haunted house every year in hades cabin for halloween, goes all out with decorations because it’s fun and then just stands in the middle of the room with a big piece of plastic to make that wibble wobble sound and turns his fear powers up to the max so people are. absolutely terrified. and it’s the highlight of the holiday season.