#except for ones that are actually gross

[inkskinned]

because sometimes there are invisible tests and invisible rules and you're just supposed to ... know the rule. someone you thought of as a friend asks you for book recommendations, so you give her a list of like 30 books, each with a brief blurb and why you like it. later, you find out she screenshotted the list and send it out to a group chat with the note: what an absolute freak can you believe this. you saw the responses: emojis where people are rolling over laughing. too much and obsessive and actually kind of creepy in the comments. you thought you'd been doing the right thing. she'd asked, right? an invisible rule: this is what happens when you get too excited.

you aren't supposed to laugh at your own jokes, so you don't, but then you're too serious. you're not supposed to be too loud, but then people say you're too quiet. you aren't supposed to get passionate about things, but then you're shy, boring. you aren't supposed to talk too much, but then people are mad when you're not good at replying.

you fold yourself into a prettier paper crane. since you never know what is "selfish" and what is "charity," you give yourself over, fully. you'd rather be empty and over-generous - you'd rather eat your own boundaries than have even one person believe that you're mean. since you don't know what the thing is that will make them hate you, you simply scrub yourself clean of any form of roughness. if you are perfect and smiling and funny, they can love you. if you are always there for them and never admit what's happening and never mention your past and never make them uncomfortable - you can make up for it. you can earn it.

don't fuck up. they're all testing you, always. they're tolerating you. whatever secret club happened, over a summer somewhere - during some activity you didn't get to attend - everyone else just... figured it out. like they got some kind of award or examination that allowed them to know how-to-be-normal. how to fit. and for the rest of your life, you've been playing catch-up. you've been trying to prove that - haha! you get it! that the joke they're telling, the people they are, the manual they got- yeah, you've totally read it.

if you can just divide yourself in two - the lovable one, and the one that is you - you can do this. you can walk the line. they can laugh and accept you. if you are always-balanced, never burdensome, a delight to have in class, champagne and glittering and never gawky or florescent or god-forbid cringe: you can get away with it.

you stare at your therapist, whom you can make jokes with, and who laughs at your jokes, because you are so fucking good at people-pleasing. you smile at her, and she asks you how you're doing, and you automatically say i'm good, thanks, how are you? while the answer swims somewhere in your little lizard brain:

how long have you been doing this now? mastering the art of your body and mind like you're piloting a puppet. has it worked? what do you mean that all you feel is... just exhausted. pick yourself up, the tightrope has no net. after all, you're cheating, somehow, but nobody seems to know you actually flunked the test. it's working!

aren't you happy yet?

[sleepybean427]

How wonderful 🥰🥰

How do you feel about the Lord of the Flies ships like Jalph or Ralmon?

I hate all of them equally

[burn3d111]

Bitches think sh scars are hot (until it becomes an actual problem and is "gross" to them) 🔥🗣️🥲

[isatoru]

i'm also just really more drawn to 2D men who wouldn't care for getting their dick sucked. they think it's unnecessary. it just wouldn't get them off as much as eating your pussy and or using their cock for your pleasure would. you feeling good at all times is what gets them off, really (and bonus: you squirting on them is ten times sexier than anything). in fact, a lot of them in my head wouldn't let you do it even if you wanted to 😭

[gxlden-angels]

On today's episode of Holy Shit My Childhood Was Not Normal:

Kurtis Conner being thrown off by the girls'/boys' bibles with the random "Dream Girl" and "Grossology" passages and shit like that in them

[inkbagel]

This collab I joined like eight months ago that I didn’t really enjoy being in finally got posted today but for some reason only on twitter and I don’t go there so I can’t even see the whole thing :/

[wellzofyouth]

Yall I'm so sorry I do not like Peacemaker

[yazzydream]

I love that Mei Mei is such an off-putting freak. Even if I don't personally like her, I love that she exists. I love that Gege Akutami is not afraid to fuck up, scar up, and kill off his female characters. I love that they're as strange and eccentric and varied as anyone could be.

He doesn't treat them delicately, or with kid gloves. He treats them with the exact same consideration he does his male characters. As vehicles for the story first-- because that's what they are.

[writereleaserepeat]

Sweet gracious, my poor taglists.

[devilishdelights]

now m just thinking abt trans woman lucifer and how it just fits and makes me feel so many things.

[polarfarina]

Went to the dentist last Tuesday and it was the most reassuring dental appointment that I have had in a while. I'm lucky enough to have good insurance (until November anyway) so I go every six months and the last couple have been like "obviously you need to floss more" (I floss at least once per day, often more times than that) and "you need to brush this area more" (when I have already put so so much focus there and apparently my efforts are useless) but this time I said preemptively "sorry there's so much buildup on this area of my teeth, I floss and floss and I can't get it perfect" and the hygienist was like "oh this is a problem area for literally every human being that goes through this office. Yours looks awesome compared to most people" and that alone took such a big burden off my dental worries. Also my gums have receded a bit and before they had just said to me "brush gentler" but this time she explained that it's actually really common for people who grind their teeth (I do that) and that wearing a night guard (I have one) does a lot to mitigate that gum recession and I was like "Oh so I'm already doing everything I can?" And she goes "yes :)" and it was like. Oh. Nice.

I had braces as a teen and my parents had to basically get a loan to pay for them so I've been heavily aware of the cost of my good teeth health. Last year I had to get a filling and it was like I failed to keep my teeth perfect 😱😰. But cavities are common. Most adults have fillings if they can afford to get them. It can happen to anyone and it's not me letting anyone down. It's me being human

[chiistarri]

if you ever want to get over a boy think ab him laughing ab u to his friends

[perenlop]

for a romhack thats supposedly about darkrai, eots is reallyyyyyyyy obsessed with chatot. it also reallyyyyyyyy hates chatot.

[bumblely]

I saw someone post this on instagram and it made me laugh so bad, like every time I think the Piquets can't fall lower, they still manage to 😂 someone should really study them 😅

[chicknparm]

Watching other anime makes me so unbelievably grateful and appreciative that eva doesn’t assume its audience are the dumbest people on earth and over-explain literally every detail of what a character is doing and thinking at all times

[akc-g]

i have to speak my truth n my truth is i wish owl house was a good show. pains me that it isnt. i do love it tho 10/10