#humanity is

[nightlight-stardust-and-rain]

Humanity is :

Léo brought some of her friends over for the music fest. They're cool. You like them. There's a whole introduction and you remember four names (there are six new people) but can only match three of them to their owners. One of them repeats all of your names to try to remember them and accidentally calls you Malice. You instantly decide to change your Instagram username. Skip to the fête. Very very noisy. The noise-canceling earbuds were definitely absolutely worth their price. Two of Leo's friends get out of the dancefloor, take a break, ask if you wanna come with them since you're clearly the least enthusiastic about dancing (you don't dislike being here, really, but this kind of dancing is absolutely counter-intuitive to literally your whole body). They hold hands to not lose each other in the small crowd. The one who has the same name as Leo seems to hold out her hand in your direction a little, you think, so you take her hand for the few seconds until you're out of the crow. Her hand is very very soft. You're not sure if she was actually holding her hand out to you but she didn't seem too offended so you guess it was alright. There's something about holding hands with a stranger (and something more when this stranger is as pretty as her, honestly). Skip. You still don't really dance. Bounce in place and nod to the beat. But a song comes in and Lena makes everyone get in a circle, arms over each other's shoulders. Your group is made of 14 people today. It is not a small circle. It is made even more ridiculously big by the fact that the crowd is really not that big in the first place. She makes everyone do this dance, where you kick with one foot and then the other. The advantage of being a circle is that you can only see friendly faces and are too focused in kicking in rhythm with everyone to feel even an ounce of social anxiety. Also, your arms are bare, and on both sides of you are two of Leo's friends are you're a bit touch-starved. So this is good. This is nice.

[nyansense-the-nyanbinary]

via @notjusthespongenextdoor hough

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simply cannot ever resist what i call the little mermaid or the tin man or the pinnochio plot, the one about a character who is either inhuman or human but outside in some way, constantly searching for whatever it is that they consider to be the quintessential proof of humanity, preoccupied by it so deeply that they fail to realize the proof is in the act and fact of the search itself

[1-jar-of-stars]

On Friendship.

[graveyarrdshift]

"I'm just a girl", "girl math", "girl dinner", "divine feminine energy", "bimbocore", "clean girl", "girl's girl", "girlfriend brain" SHUT UPPP!!! SHUTT THE FUCKKKK UPPPPPP !!!!

[texaschainsawmascara]

links to the donations mentioned

https://unrwa.org/

https://www.instagram.com/gazamutualaid

https://campusbailfunds.com

[valtsv]

been thinking about fantasy/scifi rule systems and free will

[yeepof]

I understand that tall men are our POV characters, but surely being like a foot taller than everyone around them would have some occasional consequences

[hopepunk-humanity]

“Humans are inherently selfish--" Then why do so many cultures value hospitality, to the point of dictating it in their religions? Why is it so common for hosts to offer their visitors their best food, and as much of it as they can? At some point, multiple cultures decided that they knew what it felt like to be alone and vulnerable, and promised each other to never let those who stay with them feel that way. That doesn't sound very "inherently selfish" to me.

[inthereellife]

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[mearchy]

my favorite genre of fictional character is like "i am terrifying to almost everyone, i'm very good at killing, i can endure anything, i've become exceptionally good at playing into my reputation, and if you try to give me positive social interaction i will react with confusion and cower in a corner like an abused animal. and i may try to shoot you. but there is also a chance i may imprint on you like a feral dog receiving its first loving touch! good luck."

[nightlight-stardust-and-rain]

Humanity is :

You're kind of bad at studying. For neurodivergent reasons, and also sometimes for lazyness reasons, but this time it was mostly neurodivergent stuff. There's a book you have to read to read in one or your classes. You have not read it. You also have the this class' final in.... One hour and a half. Trying to find the book on internet has proven unsuccessful.

What you have is a discord server. Specifically, the server for lit students. Everyone is very nice here, and a call for help almost never goes unanswered. You aks if someone could tell you, basically, what the book is about.

Someone answers. She's not one of your friends. You don't know her, really. She sends you about sixteen vocal messages on Instagram explaining the plot of the book. She answers you questions. And then she asks for your name.

She didn't even know your name. She didn't know you at all, didn't recognize you after you told her your name. She just knew you were a fellow student in distress and she chose to spend 15min explaining something you really should have known already.

You tell her it's no surprise she doesn't know you. You're not the most social, and you often sit behing everyone else in class. Socializing is hard.

She says she gets it. But if you ever want to talk to her she'd be happy to hang out with you! You just made her explain the plot of a book you should have read a month ago, an hour before the final, and she says she'd be happy to hang out with you.

People really are good.

Other good memory :

Jul's demonstrating something on me. Oh no, it's this awful hirimi throat-thing that I despise. Dismayed noise. I make a face and firmly resist. I know Tori have to be cooperative and all and the newbie really does needs to see how it's done but also no. Not the throat thing. I make a protesting noise out loud and Jul laughs, obviously aware that I Do Not Like this one. I resist and he doesn't push too much and I sort of fall sideways into his chest and for a second I feel his arm tightening around my shoulders. What a nice hug. This was precisely the kind of hugs my dad gives. Jul is a good friend. It was a really nice hug.

[aestheteasteria]

seeking, yearning, reaching hands

[emerald-dragonflame]

I had a vision

[dreamdropsystem]

ya'll who's up for group meowing

[duckysprouts]

when ur just a funky little skater punk hedgehog

(idk if u can tell but only his bangs are straightened, he has braids)