#including me 🫠

[doll-elvis]

“Elvis just stood there, pointed at me from across the room and proclaimed, “You’ll always belong to me Kathy.” He was looking right through me, “You’ll understand it farther along.” I really had an inexplicable feeling that this was not just a simple jealous statement because in his eyes I saw the look of prophecy. Did he know something I didn’t know? His statement did in fact end up being prophetic because here I am, even ten years later, appearing at his fan club birthday celebrations” - Kathy Westmoreland

catch us in ten years still keeping the elvis tag alive🫡

(excerpt from “Elvis and Kathy)

[existennialmemes]

Sorry if I'm on edge, my brain keeps inventing Scenarios designed specifically to upset me.

[ash-and-starlight]

BOOKS OF 2024

the list nobody asked for. again <3 i think this time around i read less books than the previous year?? but still 😤 we did it boys we read some fine books. reviews under the cut since i love yapping and i cant be fucked to make a goodreads account

Cromorama - Riccardo Falcinelli this book was sooo cool so engaging so interesting, its a look into the history and science of colors but its also so much more rlly one of my favorite nonfictions of all time

The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells disclaimer I only read this series up to Rogue Protocol, but I enjoyed it, I rlly liked the characters and the worldbuilding and the short novel format and most of all murderbooottt my best friend murderbot. when im in the mood for scifi again ill read the rest asw I prommyy

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong this is one of those books that as u read it you can already tell it will stay with you forever, dont be fooled by the shortness every single line will Kill You. it will kill you dead.

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka probably my fav book of the year, it's beautiful it's gripping it's deep it's scathing it's irreverent it has a careful and deeply cultural magical surrealism it has sociopolitical satire it won the booker prize of 2022 and deserved it so much

Fuori le Palle! Privilegi e Trappole della Mascolinità - Victoire Tuaillon ill be hoooneestt I didn't find this uhh as groundbreaking as I was kinda expecting it to be?? but still it was a nice read and the "flipped" perspective to center the myth of """masculinity""" in a feminist text was interesting. also rlly pretty cover

Lavinia - Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula girl u did it again! constantly rising the bar for all of us!! another stunning book that sadly fell victim to the #girlboss tiktokification but DONT LET THAT STOP YOUUU its sooo good. bitches Love pre-hellenistic latin society <333 bitches love even more when the boundaries between story and characters and reality and fiction blur in such a masterful way that Lavinia can have a conversation with Vergil and it doesn't feel not even the littlest bit forced or out of place <333

Exordia - Seth Dickinson Went in for the giant snake alien/human toxic yuri stayed for the weird mystery body horror stuff almost left for the overabundance of USA military stuff that I just can't be bothered to care about. I liked it way less than the masquerade but it Does have all the classical elements that make it a Seth Dickinson book aka fucked up women. Imperialism Critique. the horrors. the trolley problem. being Very Long. etc

Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao wow guys. this book fucking sucked. like I'm speechless. you'd think that with the crazy popular rep it has it would have smth worth salvaging but uhhh- anyway go stream cocoon by corrupter which is iron widow if it was actually good

Fire from Heaven - Mary Renault nothing more special than a cultured fujo and her special golden shiny perfumed blorbo that everyone wants to fuck so bad <333 finally a book that healed my tsoa related trauma, the only thing that could've made it better is if hephaestion discovered brat taming

The Spear Cuts Through Water - Simon Jimenez beautiful and with such a dreamy magical atmosphere once again I LOVEEE interwoven stories, and I feel like some of the writing's style Choices are so original. it starts a bit slow tbh but I found it impossible to put down from the second half of the book til the end

Voyage of the Damned - Frances White well. it was a cherished super pretty shiny gift from a beloved friend so that's why I finished it but uh. uhhMMMMM uhghhh whhhhfhhmmm uhhhhh hmmmmm uhhhhh. yeah. I'm iconic 💅

Bad Gays: a Homosexual History - Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey ill be honest I didn't expect to like this book as much as I did but its really nice!! its a critique and analysis of white male gayness told through the lives of some Notable Controversial Homos, and I liked how it rlly paints a full picture not only of their lives but also of the socio-political landscape that shaped them and the concept of queernes of the time. only lil gripe tho is why there was only One woman and One Japanese guy then-

[blusical]

The 2024 Paris Olympics: Images of the Moment

(sorry for the weirdness, tumblr only allows 30 images so i had to combine them)

[nanihirunkits]

gmmtv is not splitting their line-up announcement into two parts this year

[allari-ammayi]

WTF THE TWO DAYS IM SICK AND DONT GO TO SCHOOL OUT OF THE ENTIRE YEAR, MY WHITE LITERATURE CLASS, WITH MY WHITE FRIENDS, AND MY WHITE SCHOOL, IN A WHITE COUNTRY DECIDED TO WATCH RRR!?!?

[poisonousquinzel]

self care is blocking the (hopefully????) clueless people in the tag who've drawn their "I really love both these characters" ships dressing up as Harley Quinn and her abuser for Halloween.

[piedoesnotequalpi]

If the residents of Vermont could stop needing large amounts of stuff moved for the next week or so that would be great 🫠

[erismourn]

A word of warning to folks that if you go to a place in bg3 in the shadow lands called "the house of healing" and interact with the npcs there it just. Opens right up to a torture scene so if that's upsetting to you avoid it or prepare yourself

[lavenderjewels]

do people have manga or anime recommendations

[chemblrish]

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[seud-luachmhor]

One of my favourite bookshops has just uploaded this and I think I need it? Inexplicably? Yet, immediately??

[asheanon]

🎉 Happy Birthday, me! 🎊 🐌🎂 (I figured I'd attempt to be nice and celebratory of the birthday vs. staying quiet and brooding about it all day. Try to be positive.) 🫠

In the IRL-ish world: (And I hate to do this, but again, trying to be positive...!) If you'd like to show a little love, I have a ✨ Ko-fi ✨ where you are more than welcome to buy me a coffee (or give me the money to buy one) that I can have with the cake, because boy howdy, is a coffee with a touch of cream or straight black just divine with a slice of cake. ☕🎂 (Or any dessert, really. Bitter + sweet combo enjoyer - in every sense of the word, that's right! Sal gets it from somewhere.~ Haha!)

In the RP world: My gang are totally handing out slices of cake with coffee to everyone! Every. Single. Character. No exceptions. Everyone. E v e r y o n e g e t s c a k e .

🍰 🍰 🍰 🍰 🍰 🍰 🍰

Heck. Fourth wall is being broken and YOU are also handed cake. No escape.

💻 🍰

(Coffee is a maybe. I know not everyone likes it.) ☕ ☕ ☕

(Also, sorry - edit - caution: lots of pictures/art below the cut. Just as a fair warning before opening!)

Aaaand... 🫠 I guess to close things, I'll share a gallery of WIPs and art pieces that have an especially Ashe-y sort of Ashe to them and/or that I spent a lot of time with this past year - creating, learning, growing and surviving alongside and all that. Might as well celebrate another year in the life of an Ashe a little bit. 🎨🌌

(These aren't organized chronologically. They're mostly sorted via story/theme!)

While things may not be great (and kind of... haven't been for a while...!) I'm still here. Despite everything, I still happen upon new experiences that bring a smile to my face and warm my soul - things that I'm glad I have this chance to experience and memories that are worth making. 💙

[nerdnag]

jfc i am so tired of always having to assume that there's an undisclosed, required app involved whenever i buy something these days

[catcze]

Finally finished Mao Hua’s full body design;;;;;;; now I sleep ;;;;;;;;;;