#it may be over

[alaritheaurora]

Made Mer pod Bolas for mermay. Love my silly guys

Mostly blue is Carre. Green and grey is Phil. Red/brown is Cellbit. Big yellow guy is Foolish. Turquoise/grey/purple one is Jaiden. The yellow and red one sleeping on Foolish is Baghera, and next to her is Charlie.

Closeups under cut

[slavic-roots-western-mind]

In my experience, there are a few main views that people have after lived in China for at least 1 year.

1. They love it. This is it. They're moving here and starting over, this is the ultimate utopia, and it just doesn't get better anymore. They may dedicate their life to academia if it means they get to stay here; masters degree, a PhD, maybe a long language course in between. Or maybe a job as an English language teacher or an office job if their Chinese is good. Either way, they're happy here.

2. Meh. The honeymoon period is over after a month or two. China had been great, but they're just not in it for the long-hual. They'll be back for a holiday or a visit, but they won't stay.

3. This is so not it. They had a year to figure everything out, and they're out. The cultural differences just can't be overcome, and there's nothing else left to be done.

4. Going with the flow. Usually, an exchange student or a language student. Maybe they'll get a job after here in China. Maybe they'll drift to Vietnam to teach English. Maybe they'll go back home and never come back. No certain plans, but they're taking it one day at a time and enjoying the moment.

5. The confused realist. They've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly, and they acknowledge that life in China has its own unique challenges but also many benefits. Do they stay? Do they leave? What to do? They have a life back home, but they also made a life for themselves here, a community of some sorts despite living here for a relatively short period of time. Then again, a year can seem like a lifetime but also flash away in the blink of an eye. So many questions and yet so little answers.

[sibbycrobby]

the avs are cooked i fear💕

[fly-chicken]

A Pragmatic and surprisingly comforting perspective about the Trump 2nd Presidency from the ACLU

***Apologies if this is how you found out the 2024 election results***

Blacked out part is my name.

I’m not going to let this make me give up. It’s disheartening, and today I will wallow, probably tomorrow too

AND

I will continue to do my part in my community to spread the activism and promote change for the world I want to live in. I want to change the world AND help with the dishes.

And I won’t let an orange pit stain be what stops me from trying to be better.

A link to donate to the ACLU if able and inclined. I know I am

[problemnyatic]

when will we talk about the willful helplessness epidemic on here. So many people on this god forsaken website demand to have any and all things that exist outside their personal experiences directly, personally pre-chewed and spoonfed to them. And when you do, they'll then ask for you to swallow for them, too, because, you see, in THEIR experience..,

[shandzii]

oh worm

[a-a-lost-munchkin]

I Can’t Help But Wonder

Odysseus, who just violently and mercilessly murdered 108 or so men, who claims in the next song that he’s no longer a kind or gentle man, actively listens to Telemachus and kindly and gently responds to everything his son’s expressed.

Telemachus asks, “Am I like you? Am I strong like you? Will you embrace me? Will you love and accept me as yours?” He says, “I’ve felt so alone.”

And Odysseus claims him in a heartbeat, answering, “My son. My boy. My sweetest joy I’ve ever known. I embraced you twenty years ago. I’d do the impossible for you. I’d die for you.” He says, “Seeing the men here today, I can only wonder what you’ve been through for twenty years. My son, you’re already strong. You’re my own. You’re not alone. I’m home.”

And then they fucking embrace.

[wonkyjaw]

Quilt update. This is split somewhere in the blues and I have to sew that together and then I have to add one more yellow row to the top. Then the quilt top is finally, finally done.

[0hpotato]

old atla fanart from 2020 hihi

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[chloesimaginationthings]

Mike can’t handle Abby in the next FNAF movie..

[userarmand]

Actors Roundtable | Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter

[an--artistic--autistic]

i am unreasonably proud and excited about this

[coffeecatcraze]

The fact that when Charlie notices Vaggie's wings, Vaggie actually looks a little nervous about it? That hits me right in the heart. Her wings are a visible, tangible reminder of this dark, massive secret she kept from her girlfriend for years: a secret that hurt them both terribly when it came into the open. Of course the nervousness doesn't even last two seconds, because Charlie's immediate reaction to seeing Vaggie has her wings back is to tell her they look nice.

Vaggie, who's worried that having gotten back a part of herself that was taken from her makes Charlie uncomfortable; Charlie, who sees Vaggie's wings and instantly thinks oh that's hot.

[lotus-pear]

learning to love

[rejoiceinsilverlight]

the suit isn't complete until martha kent says so 🗣🗣🗣