#feel free to not read

[kimetsu-chan]

I just received a huge piece of good news regarding my personal life and I am so relieved

[thistle-whistle-ffxiv]

Fluffuary Day 4 - Making Her Laugh

Lahabrea tries to make the latest thorn in his side laugh. For science.

“Come on Thancred, pleeeeeeease?” U’rabta whined at him. He didn’t know how she had managed to corner him, nor what he should do about the way she was looking at him. Her eyes big and watery, as though she were on the verge of tears.

Lahabrea sighed. This obnoxious child was proving to be tiresome, but perhaps this would provide an opportunity for him to put his suspicions to the test. It had only been small things that had triggered it, but once the seed had been planted it had only grown. Now that it had taken root, he could not escape it.

The way she smiled, though those came far less frequently in this incarnation. Some of the things she said. Direct echoes of a woman who had been gone for eons. 

But those were only brief moments. Every other second he watched her made him sick to his stomach. This unholy perversion of that brilliant, beautiful, infuriating woman. A shattered husk that spat upon her memory.

He wanted to tear the heart from her chest with his bare hands.

“Well, who am I to refuse a request from such a charming lady?” he reluctantly agreed. Anything to get the girl to stop speaking to him, if only briefly.

The girl cheered loudly, pulling him into a rib-crushing hug before sprinting away. Lahabrea did not envy whoever had to deal with her more regularly than he did. 

It was almost two bells later that his quarry wandered through the doors, heading towards the solar. She eyed him warily as he approached.

“Ah shit. Not you too?” she groaned.

“Whatever do you mean?” He asked, a little surprised by how exasperated she was with him. He hadn’t even done anything yet.

“Everybody has been coming up to me and saying weird shit. Is this another one of your strange western holidays?”

“I see. You’ll have to forgive us.” Lahabrea found it difficult to maintain his vessel’s easy smile when she was around, “U’rabta was rather concerned about you, after everything that happened. So she tasked us with trying to cheer you.”

“She is so annoying.” Azami sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose, “Look, you don’t have to go through the trouble. I’m fine.”

“Even so, there is something I would show you. If you’d allow it.”

“Alright?”

He produced for her something that he knew would have had Azem laughing to the point of tears. A miniature spoon, no longer than the tip of his finger. He had never claimed to understand it, but the sight of such things had amused her endlessly.

Azami stared at it for a second before letting out an undignified snort. She clamped her hands over her mouth, trying to muffle the sounds of her laughter. He couldn’t decide if he liked the sound or not. It was almost the way he remembered, close enough to make the differences grate on him all the more. A little too breathy, the pitch just a little bit off.

“What the hell?” She choked out around her giggles, “Why is it so small?”

“To eat very small soup.” he answered, only intensifying her little giggle fit.

It was hardly conclusive evidence on its own, but when added to the rest of it… 

He would have to consult with the others. Even sundered, Azem could prove a thorn in their side if not properly dealt with. 

Perhaps this time could be different. Perhaps this time she would listen to reason.

He would have to consult with the others.

[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

[aphel1on]

i have such a love for characters who descend into madness or villainy out of deep, deep empathy. characters who fundamentally cannot cope with the cruel realities they find themselves in and blow up about it in spectacular fashion. fallen angel type characters with tears of outrage in their eyes. characters who break before they bend, and break so badly they splatter blood all over their noble ideals. every variation on it gets me so good

[fulltimecatwitch]

when they said in Dune that they needed spice for space travel i thought it was used as some sort of fuel but no apparently it's just because your pilot needs to be hight out of his mind to be able to safely navigate big ships into space

[heritageposts]

I was looking at some of Bashar Murad's old music videos (he's a queer Palestinian artist), and....

7th of August, 2021...

[lurukifennecfox]

Paulina was walking home from her little self-care date~ when she noticed a familiar figure, she slowed, double checked to make sure it wasn't some random civilian, grinned and-

threw her knife!

Wes caught it, because of course he did cautious bastard. And yes she realises this now that fighting on the street was not the smartest move but it was a long time since she saw her friends from Amity and they got along fairly well with Weston.

So they had a good time, she managed to nip him on the cheek with her knife (after taking it back) he left her with a new bruise (it will be gone by tomorrow noon) and then they were both taken in by the police...

And now she has to explain why she did what she did to the GCPD and Ancients help probably Batman as soon as she gets back to her apartment. Who could've guessed that having a friendly brawl would be so taboo in Gotham? (who is she kidding of course it's suspicious it looked like they were trying to kill each other to any normal person!)

and she's not sure how much she should say!

[irafook]

Ok, but listen. Harry goes back in time and decides to get rid of Tom Riddle AU, but the sorting hat goes like ??? when it reads Harry's mind. Idk it just irks me how the sorting hat is so understanding in most time travel fics, at best it puts Harry in a house he didn't want to be. But just imagine if it actually tells on Harry, full great hall drama with the hat going like "HE'S HERE TO MURDER SOMEONE"

And ofc Tom is instantly obsessed with the murder boy.

Extra:

(ofc the poor hat is not broken, it's on the verge of a nervous breakdown)

[casscainmainly]

Jason and Cass' opposing views on murder is so interesting. Their conflict is not purely moralistic - that is to say, it's not purely that Jason thinks murder is okay, and Cass doesn't. It's their identities, their original and most fundamental worldview. Jason is a murder victim and Cass is a murderer. Yes, Jason kills people as Red Hood, and yes, Cass dies multiple times, but this never truly erases how they see themselves. Jason will always have been murdered, and Cass will always be a murderer. They are unable to fully extricate themselves from those roles, and thus will never approach life or death the same way.

[bioethicists]

i genuinely have no animosity towards ppl who get upset abt not being able to read academic texts + i do think we need to expand the pathways/methods of being exposed to critical concepts so that "sit + read for 2 hours" is not the only option.

however, as someone dx with adhd + incapable of sitting still for even a minute (actually right at this moment i am writing this instead of reading the book sitting open in front of me), i do feel like a lot of ppl do not realize that not all readings are designed to be read like a novel.

as in, it's ok + normal + good to need to reread a paragraph several times, to only read part of a book, to have to research or reference words or concepts in order to grasp the reading, to skip over large chunks of text which are not relevant to your expertise, to continue reading despite not understanding a concept. this is something 'neurotypical' academics do frequently + many of these texts, especially contemporary ones, were designed with this in mind.

there are many ppl with accessibility needs that are not being met by academic texts at this time! many texts (in my humble opinion) are unnecessarily complex in order to show off or hide the fact that they have no idea what they're talking about.

i still feel like many of the kneejerk reactions on this site are based on the assumption that their experience reading academic texts should be similar to their experiences reading a nyt bestseller, rather than a process of thinking, analyzing, researching, processing, returning. some of u are telling yourself that any challenges u face while reading are a result of some internal fault u have + not an expected + precious part of the experience.

[lazylittledragon]

ok someone please correct me if i'm wrong but am i weird for thinking those 'audiobooks don't count as reading' posts are ableist as fuck????

[cringefail-clown]

post-canon/epilogues au, in which kankri, through paradox space shenanigans, gets revived and comes into his ultimate self, gathering knowledge from all of his past and future iterations - including the signless. now hes on a one-man mission to stop ult dirks plan to start another session of sburb in the bud

[gautierprotectionsquad]

I based these on the quotes most mentioned in the notes of that post about that telegraph article (btw jkr didn't even win the vote. Dickens did)

edit to show my tags: #i just really love books and want a collection of everyones favorite quotes#feel free to mention quotes that arent in english! it did say world literature

edit 2: I made another poll with non english quotes. And obviously you can make your own version

[magicomens]

Happy Merlin finale anniversary to those who celebrate :)

I'm taking a small break from the comic for the holidays, see you in late January with Part 8 and a new story arc!

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[choccy-milky]

💖🎊the end, & thank you for reading!!🎊💖

im so thankful for all the support i got on this story, and i wouldn't have finished it if not for all of you, and for the love i got for seb and clora. so thank you again for giving me the motivation to write this 600k+ monster, and to see it through to the very end. LOVE YALL💖🫶 (ao3/wattpad)

[its-alittleobsessed]

Exactly ONE person asked me for spn fic recs and it sent me into a mania i cannot explain. So here is my personal top fics that I feel no one talks about enough and that everyone should read right fucking now.

(In no particular order)

WARNING: some kind of have some dark themes but i have reread them more than once. So it’s worth it:

Canon-verse:

1. A second grace by Sometimeswelose

2. To the bone by bluehorses

3. The Lord Tests the Heart by imogenbynight

4. Unrelentingly in view by a_good_soldier

5. A complete kingdom by komodobits

6. Mouth to Manhattan by a_good_soldier

7. A thousand lives by fairy_tale_echo

8. Downstream by pantheon_of_discord

9. Cas’ Ultimate Pop Girls Mix by watchriverdale

10. By your ancient names by microcomets

11. Honorable mention bc I have to: Dean Winchester’s Take Two by alittleobsessed

AUs:

1. Sir this is a wendy’s by noviembre

2. It’s the end of the world (as we know it) by tiamatv

3. For all you young hockey players out there, pay attention by ThursdaysfallenAngel

4. Shut up (put your money where your mouth is) by kototyph

5. Where there is darkness by quittewandering