#for me this is so hopecore

[kiilttis-art]

Did you know blue monarchs often symbolize joy and good luck 🦋

[sunlitsoil]

there is always tomorrow

[idontmindifuforgetme]

I’m going to be so hot this year but more than that I’m going to be so intentional w my time

[spoopdeedoop]

random ass hc that benji gets super emotional over cute animal facts

[lucifers-golden-bitch-apparently]

i love sunlight that makes peoples eyes glow i love the feeling of the wind in my hair i love the ocean breeze i love clouds and sun i love the sound of leaves rustling i love grass i love the sound of dogs barking i love the rain i love nature. love is everywhere. hope this helps

[bloodbagzz]

[stardotnet]

yes, there will be singing

[dyrpyn]

This election isn't looking great now.

BUT.

There is one thing you must ALWAYS. ALWAYS REMEMBER.

Your two greatest, most powerful weapons against evil, against bigotry and fascism, against hate, against even hate that comes from inside the self...

are Hope, and Spite.

If nothing else can fuel you, let these. Embrace these. Let these consume you, let them become all that you are.

Let Hope help you find light in the little details, silver linings to cling onto with bleeding hands and pockets of joy to admire in every day. Let it inject you with good faith, motivation to spread kindness where it is needed most, and deepening trust that this won't last forever.

Let Spite charge you with fury that carries you to make moves and take actions. Let it lead you to little victories right in the face of evil. Let it fuel you to do the strongest, most meaningful thing you can possibly do in this potential age: Thrive.

With enough reframing of perspectives and looking in the right places, even the most oppressed can find little ways to thrive in their personal communities, to find joy in every day. To forget how bad things are for even a second. To believe and see proof that they can change it all. To cling onto their Hope and Spite.

And THAT is the most powerful message you can send to those who wish to eradicate you.

We are the cockroaches who survive the radiation. We are the banged-up sewer rats who get in countless scuffles and still come crawling out of the tunnels covered in wounds to see the sunrise. For it rises every day no matter what may be brewing underneath its shine.

And we will watch every sunrise together. We will hold hands and sing in our defiance. We will always remain connected through our shared suffering and yet especially our shared Strength.

And with our weapons kept at our sides, we will all make it.

[peach-and-cherryblossom]

[nope-nora]

in the latter days

Big Red Machine feat. Anaïs Mitchell, “Latter Days” | Bertolt Brecht, “The Svenborg Poems” | Mae Martin for PinkNews | Hozier, “To Noise Making (Sing)” | Jessica Diamond on display at the Hirshhorn Museum of Art | Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese” | Big Red Machine feat. Anaïs Mitchell, “Latter Days”

[pyrose]

I will always live by the phrase 'Be the bold queer you needed to see in your youth'

It's such an important sentiment to me, and ever since I heard it it has been so intrinsically linked to who I am and how I want to live. Especially now in a world that seems to be growing increasingly hostile to us its so important to stand up and be proudly and boldly who we are, for ourselves, for those who can't, for our community .

It's so important to show people who we are, that we exist, that we aren't going anywhere, to create that sense of community, to inspire, uplift and encourage those around us, and to show others that they can be who they truly are, and that they aren't alone. It's so important for us to live, to survive, to thrive.

We have always been here, and we will always be here.

[nicotinecaffeineeee]

hey (with the intention of kissing you till one of us passes out)

[birdgee]

unrelated to bird gerard but im gonna get better guys. we will all get better. it will be better. i dont know i feel the need to say this cause there's a considerable amount of yall and everythings fucked lately, its always gonna change. northern hawk owl.

[orgasming-caterpillar]

Bought a science quizlet to keep me from relapsing and it's so helpful because every time my brain tells me to cut myself I solve five physics equations like get to work you wrinkly little cunt I don't keep you here for being a pessimistic asshole

[magical-xirl-4]

shots in the new exedra animation i am normal about

Holy Quintet flowers

AAAAAA

kyoko my beloved

and of course these three shots which are just BEAUTIFUL

[causenessus]

human things in my life recently . . . ✦ . ⁺

(this is going to be a long list! i'll probably keep thinking of things as I write others down. and that's probably because that's the human experience :) )

i was talking to my director about wishing other kids could see him how I did, as a person, not just some silly guy who will let them slack off or do whatever they ask him to and I said "sometimes I wish I could project my brain onto others" and he laughed and said, "isn't that what it means to be human? wanting to share your thoughts with others, make them feel what you feel and think?"

i later told him i wanted to be there for our upcoming play which is stressing us both out and I told him, "I just feel like I see you. as a human. not as just a teacher, or some adult, or a figure. but a human." and he said, "thank you, I needed to hear that."

i wrote a christmas card to my manager and thanked her for treating me like a human and she said that my card was the best gift she received that year

we are all humans. why is it such a heartfelt compliment to tell someone you see them as such?

last december, sitting on the stage of my theatre on the last day before break with my tech director talking about growing up. what I will always remember from that day is watching the kid who will be taking over a lot of my responsibilities next year skipping down the stairs as he and I talked. i told him, "there have been so many deaths this year, and that scares me. i didn't think i'd start experiencing so much of this at 18, I thought it would be something in my late 20s. is this what growing up is?" and he said, "yes, but it's also about life. it's about watching new lives be created just as much as it is about seeing people off for the last time." and while currently, I think there's even more to growing up than just these two things, it was a nice reminder. growing up also means more life.

a post i saw online, about how depressing this Christmas felt, and someone's realization that it's because Christmas is a holiday your parents work hard to make feel magical. as you grow older, then it's up to you to make it magical for others, and that's how the magic of Christmas is kept

an except from my sociology final exam research paper on the fear of growing up from December: "While the definition of what it means to be an adult may vary between people, many at least hold within them an optimism that they will reach the place of adulthood at some point. Being an adult means to many being independent and responsible, which some acknowledge to be a heavy burden, but one that they are happy to carry...I am left with one closing thought: perhaps everyone is more prepared for the future than they thought."

telling my father on his birthday that he's the strongest person I know, not just physically, but mentally. even if we disagree on a lot of things and don't always get along, i can take one look around my room and house and realize how much he's done for me despite all of our arguments and how much he hurts everyday

something my therapist said that i'd come to the conclusion to while trying to decide if I should drop a class that was giving me a lot of anxiety or not, "do it. there's a stigma in society nowadays to just 'suck it up' whenever your facing something hard, but if you have the ability to change your surroundings when you're uncomfortable, why wouldn't you?"

my friend a few years younger than me that will text me and ask if she can be with me for lunch because she wants to be around someone she feels comfortable with

this same friend asking me for help on an assignment to find ten things that inspired her, and I told her "why don't you think about the future? somewhere you want to travel? your dream home, when you finally get to move out? what keeps you motivated?"

the fact that scientists don't yet understand the human brain. the fact that every single person on this earth is unique in how they form perceptions, what they experience who they meet, who they decide to love, what they believe in, what foods they like, how different the chemistry inside each of them is. how flawed we all are. everything that makes us human. and there's beauty in those imperfections, not things to be hidden.