#glow up story

[unwrittenhues]

Tall Girl Blues

-A love letter to the Ones Who Couldn’t See..

I’ve always been the tall girl—

the one they couldn’t see for the sky perched above her shoulders.

They mocked my height like I handpicked the heavens,

called me Big Bird, Tree, Jolly Green Giant—

as if my body was a billboard for their inadequacy.

So I folded…

tucked my shine behind lowered lashes,

swallowed my softness,

until silence pulsed louder than my voice ever could.

I was never “big”—just bigger than their comfort.

Thick like honey, sweet with weight,

a silhouette too decadent for their palate.

I filled rooms they hadn’t grown into yet.

And because they didn’t understand it,

they labeled it “too much.”

Too tall. Too thick. Too loud in stillness.

And I let that echo scribble its way across my self-worth.

In crowded halls,

boys passed me like a secret they didn’t dare want seen.

Saw me as a body first, a conquest next—

never a crown, never a story.

And still, I moved with grace wrapped in every stride,

pretty girl with the unreadable face

and the heart that wrote essays in silence.

I was discerning—

smart enough to spot sincerity,

sharp enough to clock the envy in a side glance.

Girls carried grudges in glittered purses,

friendships that fractured the second I mirrored their energy.

Funny how they adored me quiet but detested me confident.

Now I look back at old photographs

and ache for the version of me

who couldn’t recognize her own magnificence.

I wasn’t “too anything.”

I was art in a world that only knew how to erase.

I was never the problem—

just the reminder that they hadn’t grown into their own light yet.

And now?

Now I’m the tall girl they double back to marvel at.

The “you got finer” texts.

The “I always had a thing for you” truths

tucked behind nostalgia and lust.

But even now,

it’s still about what they can take—

not what they’re worthy of keeping.

Yes, I’m tall.

Yes, I’m soft, but forged in fire.

My curves speak like jazz,

my presence preaches without needing to raise its voice.

I still stretch wide—

but now I fill that space with power,

not apology.

You couldn’t hold me then,

and baby—

you still can’t reach me now.

–Mynyhan Kinard

© Mynyhan Kinard 2025. All rights reserved. Reblogs are welcome. Please do not copy, alter, or repost without permission.

[emacrow]

The civilization trapped in an ice meteorite.

Superman, after saving the earth from another earth ending bomb, breeze through space, were glowing clouds of gas and dust known as a planetary nebula floated around aimlessly with glowing green dwarf particles as if a solar system was sucked into, but there only lays a sun and 7 planets here before before something caught his eye.

A pusling aimlessly floating ball like metorite full of frozen white ice with green dipped in the bottom in the middle of space. The pulsing glow flickers like a couple of very slow heartbeats.

Superman used his x ray vision to see inside, and what he saw immediately immediately griped the ice and speed flew over through back to the Watchtower which was not far from here.

Superman spoke in the coms of his oxygen mask to the Watchtower.

"Open the space entrance gates, and someone calls in Beatriz Da Costa. I found a floating town trapped in metorite ice with what seems civilians' insides." Superman spoke in the coms as he pushed the metorite carefully toward the watchtower, unaware of the gigantic glowing transparent being with 8 neon green eyes staring at him wrapped around the ice metorite like a Serpent to it's eggs.

[daretoassume]

another success story you don't need

if i am going back to my journals, notes, and vision boards to see which manifestations have come to fruition, i would say i have achieved most of them. this year, i received the phone i wanted for years, i traveled abroad, i bought the clothes i desired, i worked with amazing people and learned from them, and so much more.

i don't usually answer asks because i would prefer to make a post about it, so here it is. someone asked me if i have had any success with the law, and if so, what they were, since many bloggers fake their success stories.

but does it really matter at all? i understand that people get their hopes up when they see another big, successful manifestation. but in the end, it does not matter when it all comes down to disciplining yourself.

do you think these people who achieved their big manifestations constantly search for more techniques or success stories? no. they do not need them because they understand the law.

so, they apply the law.

i am not talking about just manifesting a specific thing or person you want. this is a life-long journey. you cannot simply manifest a phone and stop manifesting. manifestation is automatic. it always happens. if it didn't, you would not be here at all, and you wouldn't have any experiential reality.

everything is a manifestation, whether you prefer it or not. you don't need another "proof" that it works. it is always working. all techniques, all methods, all tools work because you give power to them. they don't have power on their own. the power comes from you, and you give meaning to them.

be your own success story. you cannot truly live the success story you see from others if you continue needing just one more "success story" to discipline your mind.

[seagreenstardust]

“When toxic behavior is portrayed as romantic, it’s problematic. When problematic behavior is portrayed as a character flaw for a character to work through, it’s good storytelling.”

Katsuki Bakugou, my friends.

His behavior was problematic but never once portrayed as romantic at the same time. Katsuki said and did awful abusive things, and he also chose to be better when he was given the chance. If you’re still hung up on chapter 1 Katsuki now then I don’t think you’ve been reading the same story I have.

I can’t speak for everyone, but I’m not shipping Izuku with an irredeemable abuser. I’m shipping him with his most important person. His narrative foil. His childhood friend who made awful mistakes and then made it right when he saw he was wrong. The person Izuku looks up to and strives to emulate, despite their past struggles.

Bakudeku is so good because of how flawed these boys are, and how hard they’ve worked to get over it, and how much they matter to each other after it all

[softerhaze]

quick birthday party side quest to hook alvin up with jay's neighbor since alvin and sasha got a divorce (womp womp)

[knightlysong]

woke up in a cold sweat remembering i can now, in fact, draw hot rick and it's canon i'm coming back story of seasons fandom I'M COMING BACK

[rated-r-for-grantaire]

I absolutely adore Éponine, she’s one of my favorite characters (in general, not just in Les Mis), so no one take it the wrong way when I say I absolutely prefer the Bishop being the one to lead Valjean to Heaven in the epilogue. Not so much musically, but more so from a character standpoint. The Bishop is the one who saved Valjean’s soul. Valjean would not know G-d if not for Myriel; so of course Myriel is the best man to lead him to Heaven. The ideal production, to me, has the Bishop leading Valjean to Heaven and also has Javert in Heaven. Unfortunately, such productions seem to not exist (and I am so so so so willing to be corrected about that).

[vixeneptune]

Daily mantra

I AM OPEN TO RECEIVE BLESSINGS

I AM OPEN TO RECEIVE MY DESIRES

I AM OPEN TO RECEIVE LOVE

I AM OPEN TO RECEIVE MONEY

Repeat 108 times a day

[thirdchairfreshie]

It's so weird seeing people not liking Ivan's newer design cause I think he looks a lot more handsome and the slightly less smooth face helps with that, I just wanna scream about how cute my househusband is 😭

[froggychair05]

@enden-agolor and @soaringhopes’ AU as Lord Huron’s Strange Trails album cover because I’m normal 🫶

Original under the cut:

[talos-stims]

tamari [qualia automata] stimboard with this specific combo of shades of green-brown bc i kept seeing gifs that reminded me of him

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[woodswolf]

a tribute to my favorite post that came out of the pikposting phenomena from august to october of 2023, originally written by @olimar-posting. i have loved this post ever since i first read it and i still think of it very fondly. pure poetry

(Image IDs in alt)

[mxtxfanatic]

sometimes i see posts about headcanons of jiang cheng having a friendship/romantic relationship with someone who is not wei wuxian, or becoming more skilled in something than wei wuxian. the relationship headcanons usually include wei wuxian becoming jealous and upset over jiang cheng having an important relationship with someone other than him because he “canonically does not respect jiang cheng’s agency.” The skill headcanons usually include wei wuxian becoming jealous over jiang cheng’s new talent, with an emphasis on him “finally learning what it’s like to be second place.”

i get that these are meant to be fun and silly headcanons but i can’t help but see it as a misunderstanding of wei wuxian and his relationship with jiang cheng. i just want to ask if there is anything in the novel that would support the idea of him not respecting jiang cheng’s agency? and also the idea of him getting jealous over any relationship jiang cheng has outside of him/the idea of him getting jealous over jiang cheng being better than him at something? i’m just curious to know where these interpretations of wei wuxian’s character and his relationship with jiang cheng might’ve come from

Nothing about this has even the slightest echo of canon, jc stans have simply adopted Jiang Cheng's stance on Wei Wuxian, which is that he is nothing without being compared to Wei Wuxian, and no matter how far removed from that man Wei Wuxian is with his new husband and new family, Jiang Cheng's world will forever revolve around Wei Wuxian. But for Wei Wuxian to be jealous of Jiang Cheng forming new relationships, Jiang Cheng would first have to be capable of making friends without Wei Wuxian's presence, let alone finding a romantic partner:

Jiang YanLi put him onto her back and began to walk back, wobbling in her steps as she spoke, “A-Ying, no matter what A-Cheng said to you, don’t bother about him. He doesn’t have a good temper, so he’s always home playing with himself. Those puppies were his favorites. Dad sent them away, and so he’s feeling upset. He’s actually really happy that somebody’s here to be with him..."

—Chapt. 71: Departure, exr

After a few shoves, Jiang Cheng could only accept them, “Hurry up and do what?” Wei WuXian, “You ate the watermelon too, so you also have to return the gift, don’t you? Here, here, don’t be embarrassed. Start throwing, start throwing.” Jiang Cheng snorted again, “You must be joking. What’s there to be embarrassed about?” Whatever he said, however, even after all of the shidi began to throw seed pods, he still didn’t start to move. Wei WuXian urged, “Then throw some! If you throw some this time, next time you can ask them if the seed pods tasted good, and you’ll be able to make conversation again!” ... Jiang Cheng was just about to throw one when he realized how shameless it was the moment he heard it. He peeled a seed pod and ate it by himself. ... After a while of laughter, [Wei Wuxian] turned around and looked at Jiang Cheng, who was sitting at the front of the boat eating seed pods with a long face. His smile gradually disappeared as he sighed, “Well, what an unteachable child.” Jiang Cheng fumed, “So what if I want to eat alone?” Wei WuXian, “Look at you, Jiang Cheng. Nevermind. You’re hopeless. Just wait to eat alone your whole life!”

—Chapt. 125: Lotus Seed Pod Extra, exr

And here's a lovely transcription of Jiang Cheng's failure as a potential husband which gets him blacklisted from all the matchmakers.

Nobody liked Jiang Cheng before Wei Wuxian came along, nobody liked him after Wei Wuxian died, and nobody likes him still, after Wei Wuxian has been resurrected and moved on. For Wei Wuxian to be jealous of Jiang Cheng learning new skills, Jiang Cheng would first have to learn a skill that Wei Wuxian has not already mastered, then be better at it than him, but seeing as Jiang Cheng downs Wei Wuxian's inventions and Wei Wuxian invented a whole new cultivation path from scratch, idk, that'd be hard to beat.

As for however Wei Wuxian would react to Jiang Cheng miraculously accomplishing any of these things in this jc stan fantasy, he'd probably breathe a sigh of relief that Jiang Cheng is focusing his energies on something else that's not being a menace to society:

After a pause, [Wei Wuxian] asked again, “How have Sect Leader Jiang and Jin Ling been?” ... Lan JingYi pouted, “They seem pretty fine. Sect Leader Jiang is the same as before, always lashing out at people with his whip. Young Mistress’s temper has been getting better. In the past he could talk back thrice to his uncle after he scolds him once. Now he can do ten times.” ... Hearing Lan JingYi say so, Wei WuXian relaxed slightly. In truth, he knew that these weren’t what he really wanted to ask. But as it sounded like Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling had been doing quite well, there was nothing left to say. He stood up and dusted off the lower hem of his clothes, “Sure, then. It’s pretty fine indeed. They can keep up the good work. You guys can continue. I need to go take care of something.”

—Chapt. 116: Banquet Extra, exr

Nothing about Wei Wuxian—"无羨/wuxian" meaning "without envies"—would suggest he'd be envious of Jiang Cheng of all people when he's never even been envious of people who can actually match his skills (Lan Wangji), have relationships and interests outside of him (Wen Ning), or have expertise in things that he does not (Wen Qing, Jiang Yanli).

One day, jc stans will stop making their fav's life about Wei Wuxian.

[zookacestance]

I’m getting back to being myself🌷

I’m excited to draw.

I’m happy with myself.

I’m reading again.

I’m listening to the music I enjoy.

I’m motivated.

I’m doing things without worrying what others would think.

I’m passionate about my goals.

I’m happy doing schoolwork.

I feel so perfectly myself! Take this as a sign to stop caring what everyone thinks about you! Be yourself! Love yourself! Create healthy habits! Engage in media and hobbies that make you happy! Embrace the imperfections, they make you unique! I believe in you.

[sk-lumen]

I've had men draw portraits, create paintings and write entire songs about me. If you think I'm going to settle for anything less than a passionate, worshipful, undying love, you don't know me at all.

[thattheater-kid]

2024 really was the year for the queers huh. We got:

- Interdimensional yaoi (Billford in The Book of Bill)

- Fumbled so bad he started a world war (Rozin in The Reckoning of Roku)

- Sad gay alien hedgehogs (Sonadow in Sonic 3)

- Beautifully tragic doomed yuri (Gelphie in Wicked)

- Cosmic faggotry (Jayvik in Arcane)

- Fumbled so bad she became fascist (Caitvi also in Arcane)

- Mean Girls but old gay Catholic men and also the pope is intersex (Conclave)

- the most soul crushing film I’ve seen to date (I Saw the TV Glow)

They finally learned how to appeal to the gays.