#just musings

[star-wrld]

sometimes I wonder how stressful it must be for kristen to live with jawbone. like her access to housing is entirely dependent on her ex's uncle and while I know he would never kick her out or anything it must still be a little scary at times

[theshadowrealmitself]

I would not do time loops correctly, I don’t think it would matter how many times I went through a loop, it would always weigh on me that any loop could be the one that I would have to deal with the consequences for, especially since people never know why they’re stuck in a loop in the beginning

I’d be that character that doesn’t do the same things every day, but I’d only change small stuff, like what I eat for lunch, never acknowledging that time is looping, just living my life as much as possible

Up until the other person who’s stuck in the loop notices for the first time that I’m also stuck when they barely notice the tiny detail of me sitting in a different spot because I never make a fuss and corners me like “why wouldn’t you say something???”

Because?? Obviously?? What if I do make an embarrassing fuss about being stuck in a time loop?? And everyone sees it?? And then the time loop breaks and everyone remembers that??? Hell no. My anxiety would never stand for that. I’d rather let the loop consume me.

[janeeyreofmanderley]

Today I talked to a 90 year old widower who lost his wife of 60 years last year and you know what, my standards for a potential relationship changed.

Not only was it obvious that he had dearly loved his wife, so much that even her suffering from dementia could not change that, but also he was so damn PROUD of her!

Like he would tell me how she helped renovate their house, how dedicated she was in her job, how tidy and careful she was in everything she did - he was glowing with pride!

Having grown up in a household where my mum unironically once gave me the relationship advice that I should downplay my skills but praise men effusively so they can feel good about themselves cause "men need that!", and seeing my mum being put down from my dad, her skills being demanded but dismissed as useless all the time....

this was a revelation.

So yes, if I ever find someone, it needs to be someone who will be proud of the things I am good at. That does not mean they should belittle their own accomplishments, heaven no, I want to be proud of them, but I want us to be each others biggest fan and rejoice in seeing the other do well.

[strawbubbysugar]

For the frankenfate au im imagining that like.

The vibes around csd y/n and the y/ngineer are like.

Twins separated by universe if that makes sense??

Fraternal twins born at the exact same moment down to the MICROSECOND in their respective universes

Edit: forgot to tag @pillowspace (didn’t forget just got shy IM OVER IT NOW TAGGING U)

[gatomontanyes]

Might be silly, but reason why I really enjoy Reverse 1999 and Arknights is the good casts and the thought they put into them.

AK has good and cool portrayal of people in STEM but especially Geoscientists and Engineers, plus a thriving Volcanologist with disability (Eyjafjalla).

As for R1999 (afaik) a good portrayal of someone with autism (37 clearly), diverse cultural background of the characters, playable medieval knight armor, and the research they put into designing each character.

[atthecrossroadsoflifeanddeath]

crying at the farmer's market in line for the bakery because everything is so beautiful. Humans just want to grow and make things and share them and decorate their bodies and their environments and smell flowers and share joy and participate in creation and walk around with their pets and even the sparkles of quartz chunks in the pavement is so beautiful because it doesn't even need to be there, humans just put it there for aesthetic, and I love humanity and I love this farmer's market and I'm so thankful for this wild and precious life

[softness-and-shattering]

https://dieworkwear.com/2020/08/01/on-emotional-durability/

There was a post I shared recently, talking about how things are made to be interacted with violently, like you have to slam a fridge door or car door to close it properly. This piece about style has a similar sort of idea, about taking time to learn how to use objects - like a fountain pen - how that's an acquired skill that invests you in the object, which makes you care about it much more than if it was just another Bic pen or just another party dress you're gonna wear once and throw away.

Just some really interesting ideas about design and sustainability and like. How we interact with our things the world around us our possessions.

I recently got some white Ikea bins and I have plans to paint them. I don't think I've ever done that before. But why should be they be white just because they came that way, when I can personalise them, and then they'll make me happy because hey I did that I made them pretty I stead of just there.

I'm finding that when I mend clothing, I'm so much more attached than before. When it was just a thing I bought, not something I put effort and attention and care and work into. That's not just mass produced identical to hundreds like it anyone. That becomes *mine*. And on a shitty day it's it's reminder that I have taste and skill and efficacy when I don't feel that way at all.

[darkangel1791]

Having Louis find Claudia and bring her to Lestat, begging him to do something so she won't die, making Louis the main character in that decision, is a paradigm shift from the book.

Louis found Claudia when he was starving and fed on her. Lestat decides to bring her back to their home and make her a vampire. Louis feels responsible because he was only her murderer, without Lestat she would be dead. He owes it to her to make her happy.

The discourse the show decision has brought is so interesting and different. She still has good reason to hate them both, but they are different reasons.

And Book!Claudia, being stuck as a 5 year old makes it easier for to Lestat and Louis to come to the realization themselves what a terrible thing they have done to her. Lestat knew that he shouldn't, but did he really realize what he was doing to her? Louis can't tell us directly, but I think not.

There is so much less she can do in a 5 year old body.

Show!Claudia has good reason for her rage (and let me say that I would never want a 5 year old actress to play Claudia!) But she is 14. She can leave. She can get around on her own. She can even do a reasonably good job of aging herself up with clothes and hairstyles. But she's in the midst of puberty! And she is presented as if she still has those hormones raging! Who would want to be 14 forever? So close to womanhood but knowing you'll never be there. And, unlike the books, these vampire are sexually active in the mortal way. So she has passions that can't be fufilled. Then she accidentally kills her first boyfriend. And Lestat makes her watch as he burns her second. I think those two things have to happen in the show to really tip her over into the idea that she needs to kill Lestat.

Both stories get to the same place, but in very different ways.

[beautifulterriblequeen]

so which came first, is the Frozen Sea is always frozen so they put the Starscraper above it, or did the Starscraper being built freeze the Frozen Sea?

did the Celestials change the entire pattern of the seas just to have this place? is that the cost? or do they consider it a benefit? do they consider it at all? or are they too busy being Starry about things? is the Ocean literally and figuratively beneath them?

if the Starscraper comes down, will it crack the ice or just melt it?

[hailuchiha]

so, i haven't had time to write anything new, but i've been considering making an ao3

[justpostsyeet]

If middle earth history was written by some orcs, It would be Rings of Power and i mean it in the nicest way possible.

[sarcastically-serious-smiles]

So I had an epiphany the other day when I’m drunk off my ass and re-reading my bookmarks from AO3, so bear with me when I say Mori wants someone from ADA to join PM, right? And with the way things are going, Sigma is definitely going to join ADA with the entrance exam and all,right? So WHAT IF THE MEMBER WHO HAS TO SHIFT IS NOT DAZAI NOT YOSANO BUT ITS A FREAKING 3 YEAR OLD IN AN ADULT BODY AND—

I saw this pic in a fb group and it reminded me of my silly little theory so now you guys gonna suffer too. :3

[theshadowrealmitself]

Person who can speak to animals but nobody believes them because they only speak to them, not control them

[saint-ambrosef]

Kinda related to my last post regarding the lunches parents pack their kids, but something I never understood as a child was just how much food my friends' parents would pack them. And half of it would be junk! There'd be doritos, gogurt, sliced apples, oreos, cheese sticks, goldfish, animal crackers, a sandwich, and so on.

My mom packed my lunch and it was always just enough food for me to feel full: a sandwich, some pretzels, and a little fruit or unsweetened applesauce. Not having too much meant I ate everything (and not just what I felt like). It also meant I couldn't overeat.

Looking back, I think that subtly taught me to have a healthy relationship with food. Serve yourself just enough to feel full, eat what is in front of you rather than what's tastiest, gravitate toward whole foods, junk food is only an occasional treat and not an expectation with each meal.

[abovethemists]

You know, it’s funny how I always see Tik toks or Instagram reels by younger millennials and Gen z full of nostalgia for days gone by like “POV it’s Halloween in the 2000s” and then it’s a bunch of stuff that is just basic American elementary school stuff. Plastic pumpkins and paper cups for school parties are still very much a thing, not unique to the early 2000s, you’re just in a different place in your life now. I have a second grader. His winter holiday party is no different than the ones I had in elementary school in the late 90s. It’s like when I was in high school and was suddenly like “wow they don’t show commercials for kid toys anymore. I used to see those all the time. That’s sad” and then realized it was because I no longer watched Nickelodeon and the Disney channel 24/7 and if I turned to those channels the ads for Barbie and sugary breakfast cereals were very much alive and well. Growing up is kind of sad at times, but childhood still exists and if you have kids (or nieces/nephews, friends kids etc) you will get to experience the magic again!

[ankles-be-bitten]

filled with lust for some guy (danny pudi)