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rhendarzon · 6 months ago

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Was thinking about this neat little fact and then I referenced the timeline visual that I did... Shadwood was founded pre-AP! AFTER the first fall of Ahriman (1 CE) but BEFORE Zorom attempted to resurrect Ahriman (1999 CE) in 1232 CE.

So this makes Veldarah more than 800 years old. Oldest city in the Arishta Isles?

#aveyond #i just have so many ideas for TOS' history class lmao #this canon 800 years really opened up a lot of stuff to play with #like veldarah probably frowns upon having slaves (hence why slaves are allowed in shadwood coz there's no discrimination)#and those “nobles” who supported having slaves moved out and created ghalarah #then took in slaves illegally via the veniara islands #if so then there's the question of why isn't the Empress doing anything to stop it?#did veldarah and ghalarah sign some sort of deal?#you do your thing - i close an eye? sort of deal?#just not in MY city kind of deal?#av1

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runawaymun · 1 year ago

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Elwing's goodbye, for @nolofinweanweek filling both prompts for Day 4 and for Day 5 (Elwing, Elrond, Elros). Double posting today because I'm working the rest of the weekend and I don't think I'll get around any more prompts this year.

This hurt to paint lol. I need to go lie on a cold floor for a while.

#nolofinweanweek #nolofinweanweek2023 #listen i know she left them in a cave or whatever but i made up my hc for sirion wayyyyy before i read that piece of info #and it has stuck with me #in my head Elwing hid them like in a closet or something #there wasn't that kind of prep to leave them outside of the city or somewhere more secluded #and she just told them to wait for her #and then mae and mags found them while searching the house for... whatever #blind oath rage and all that y'know they weren't thinking straight #but i think she was hoping that if she jumped off that cliff they'd jump off after her and drown #and then it would finally be over and Elrond and Elros wouldn't have to deal with this shit #haha...well...#anyway #elrond #elros #elwing #sack of sirion #my art

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synonymroll648 · 2 years ago

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from a vibes perspective, i totally understand why so many people look at keefe and go ‘this guy would be the male equivalent of a wine aunt when he’s older’.

but. but.

taking lore into consideration, in my heart, he’s terrified of alcohol (even if he tries really hard to hide it). because. like. his first exposure is almost guaranteed to be through cassius, and cassius canonically threw a glass extremely close to him at least once when he was, like, 8. maybe cassius wasn’t always extra nasty when he was drunk, but there’s gotta be a correlation in keefe’s brain between risking getting seriously hurt (emotionally or physically) and alcohol consumption that’s really hard for him to shake.

#tw alcohol #tw child abuse mentions #lmk if there's more trigger warnings i should put #i have a thing for hurt/comfort lmao #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #this is brought to you by:#that one fic my brain started writing internally where it's sophie's 21st bday and she's like man i #have saved the world so many times we've all lost count. i want a fucking drink #and keefe's internally like OH GOD OH FUCK in a bad way but externally he's like yeah babe whatever you want!!#and then she's like. i don't wanna do anything super stupid though. and drinking alone is super stupid when you've never drank before #will you stay w/ me? please?#and keefe's like. i cannot say no to that face #so he spends the night doing an increasingly bad job of hiding how bad he's freaking out #because sophie is a safe space and alcohol is not safe and he doesn't know how to deal w/ the two colliding #ESPECIALLY since sophie's just getting dorkier and sweeter as her filter goes down instead of throwing insults or objects at him #(i feel like sophie would be the kind of drunk that's very impulsive and says EVERYTHING that comes to the forefront of her mind #and stellarlune was more than enough to prove that she sees keefe and a lot of the time her brain just goes hnnngh soft little tortured #artist. MY soft little tortured artist.)#yeah but even intoxicated sophie can tell something's wrong even before he flinches super obviously at an empty glass falling over w/o #breaking. and so she's like nah man it's hurt/comfort time and he's like BUT YOUR BIRTHDAY and she's like do you really think i'm #gonna just let go of the fact that i know you're stressed? i'm not a dickhead keefe #so yeah it ends in cuddles. because of course it does #keefe sencen #annnnd out of the drafts this goes. post!

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knizuu · 5 months ago

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I’ve Decided

They live in Beverly Hills [or at least, an complete equivalent] and that’s final🦐

#Dog man luxury au #ok ok look #Ive Been rereading the books so i have context #They go EASILY to Los Angeles[california city] and have the Piqua Press #Cough Piqua is a city in Ohio but at the core of my au #They wouldn’t live in Ohio i sowwy/ref #And then the many France references I found in the books #In which like first of all those kind of refs are actually just ok #To deal with per say but I wanted a REASON #Turns out California is actually where a bunch of French ancestry is and well #The Swansuits are French along with the fact Chevalier [Knight’s last name] is actually French based #Idk I thought it was cool #So like how New York Times is world wide so is the Piqua Press [in plot idk how popular the press really is]#Anyway so now where do they live? Near LA thats for sure but not necessarily LA [for the fresh flavor]#Searched up close cities and although Glendale was cool Beverly Hills just is more common for me #And OML THE TAGS-#Just thoughts

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opens-up-4-nobody · 1 year ago

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:-P

#will i ever have the guts to get this tattooed? probably not #but i can dream. and i can imagine.#we are evoking the look of cyanobacteria colonies and oil on water and other lil photosynthetic microbes #just that filimentous organic look. y? bc someone in the lab came in Thursday like... should i get a tattoo?#and i was like fuck yeah. and then they were telling me all abt all the tattoo ppl in the city #ugh. i do want it. but im v afraid ill hate it once its on #so id have to do it step by step. and i mean i wear long sleeves 90% of thr time #so its not like it woulf b that big a deal if i did hate it but ya kno #i gotta b more like my sister who just gets shitty tattoos just because. she got a little scribble of a shark that one of her pre-k kids #drew her. i do not have that kind of blase attitude. im too high strung for that shit lmao

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allylikethecat · 9 months ago

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Omg, also a TS fan since debut and I massively took a step back from her personally prior to the reputation era because of her antics and victim complex. The music will always mean so so much to me, her lyrics mean so much to me, but her actions as a person and TS™️ as an entity is just weird and greedy. I think she accrued a lot of fans when she disappeared for a while who've completely constructed a narrative in their heads of who she is and they believe it and are eating up this current era, but those who've been here a long time know how PR and image driven it is. Exhausting.

I apologize in advance I have been having way too many feelings about this whole situation and how it relates to my identity as a 28 year old woman and you are about to get an oversharing novel in response lol

Also, I guess CW: this post is about Taylor Swift and if anyone sends me any kind of hate or whatnot related to my own personal opinions and feelings I will be deleting it because I am NOT playing that game.

My Aunt bought me the Debut album CD at a concert after seeing her open for Rascal Flatts. She was like "I thought that you would like her!" and she was RIGHT Taylor Swift became my entire personality. One of my FAVORITE core memories as a child was the day Fearless came out. For some reason we didn't have school, and my Mom and I watched Taylor on the Ellen show, and then we went to Target and bought the physical CD, we then drove around town so we could listen to it together. My mom hasn't been well and that is one of my favorite memories of us together. It's silly but when you're in middle school that kind of thing is important to you. Then in high school I actually got MADE FUN OF for wearing Taylor merch and being excited about Red. BUT I loved her music and felt like she actually stood for something, so I brushed it off and continued to be a HUGE Swiftie. I had the Taylor Swift dolls, I had the perfumes, I had the LOVE LOVE LOVE bracelet, I had the sundresses from WALMART. I saw her on the Fearless and 1989 tours, I had the fucking 1989 haircut. I was supposed to go to Loverfest.

I was still a HUGE Swiftie during the post 1989-pre Reputation eras, then the Reputation era. I'm a few years younger than her, but I felt like I could relate to the kind of manic panic that she was sharing with us (lol turns out I was just unmedicated and we're doing much better now). It felt (in my probably naive mind) like she was experiencing the same insecurities that I was and reacting accordingly. Was she playing the victim at times? Oh 100% BUT I also fully believe that she thought she was one. (Plus... Kim is my least favorite Kardashian lol)

I LOVED the Lover era even as it was shit on at the for the sunshine rainbow hyper colorful aesthetic. Like, I don't know if new fans realize but when Lover was released? It was NOT as beloved as it is now. Then Folklore and Evermore were absolute genius, it felt like Taylor had grown up, and she got all of these new fans, which was great! She was in an "adult" relationship and her music and publicity choices seemed to reflect that. It was so refreshing to see a celebrity keeping their personal life, personal, and sharing what they wanted to share through music. Midnights broke all kinds of records, again, amazing! Even if it wasn't as strong as say Folklore. I fought for my life and got Eras Tour tickets (opening weekend!!) I had the BEST TIME EVER.

Taylor has always been extremely calculated with her public image. She was over exposed during The 1989 era and the public turned on her, so I truly cannot figure out why she is doing it again 100x in this new era of whatever the fuck this is. I don't know her, maybe she is legitimately happy, or maybe this is a cry for help. But I have been so grossed out by her behavior lately, and how in your face everything is with Kelce. It's no secret that I hate Kelce (and people that know me IRL know that it's not a new Taylor related thing lol) and if she actually loves him, fine, that's great for her, BUT we don't need to see it! Yes she was public when she was dating Calvin but ALSO she was what 25-26? She's a 34 year old woman now with the biggest platform of any celebrity ever. She feels too old (and this is not me age shaming her because I would be grossed out if my friends were doing it, and I would be embarrassed if *I* were to ever do it) to be licking a man's face in public like this. This feels like sorority girl in her first college relationship (I was *in* a sorority for a hot second so this isn't hate on sorority girls either!) and not record breaking Grammy award winning artist. ALSO I feel like she used to come across as so articulate and well spoken? Controversial opinion but I thought she sounded like a fucking idiot in that Time Person of the Year piece.

I think that this whole thing is PR for something, but because it just feels too icky to be real, but I don't know what it's PR for, (trying to bury the Matty situation from May? Because if so that just makes me even more sad for him or trying to get back at Joe? Which if that's the case, I feel bad for him too and she's even more immature than I thought) and now, for the first time, AFTER SIXTEEN YEARS I'm embarrassed to be a fan of her, both because of her own actions and also the actions of her fanbase as a whole.

It feels really weird, and I know I'm being parasocial about it, but when the times got bad I always had her music to fall back on and now I just, I don't know it feels cheapened somehow because the current image that's being crafted doesn't match the one that we originally fell for. And you know what, people change, she's a celebrity, I don't know her, what she does DOES NOT affect me any way, and how I feel does not AFFECT HER in the slightest, and I know it's being parasocial but I feel like a big part of me is in mourning about it. Less because of her changing her image so drastically, and more so because I feel like I'm mourning the loss of childhood and joy that used to be associated with her music for me and I think that's what's making me the most sad.

I have Eras tour tickets for one of the London dates this summer. I'm probably going to still go, because I paid for them, and I also have tickets to see Noah Kahan that same week in London (... and also the Longines tour has ALSO decided that the London stop is that week...) But I don't consider myself a "big fan" anymore. Maybe I will be one day again, but this current image that she's putting out just isn't it for me.

Sorry for the longest Taylor related novel in existence, I have had a lot of bottled up feelings about this that feel ridiculous typing out and sharing out loud BUT I know I will feel better sending them into the interwebs and your ask was the perfect catalyst.

Thank you so much for sending this in and for your continued support! I hope you continue to enjoy my fics and my secret sports hot takes 😂

❤️Ally

#allylikethecat #ask ally #anon ask #keep it kind #i am so sorry this got so long #i just started word vomiting and couldnt stop #then i started crying thinking about my mom #and yeah anyway i am 100% sober just dramatic lol #dont worry i will still be working on you know where the city is #Fictional!2014/2015 taylor has not made me sad lol #and i know it doesnt matter or actually impact me and its super parasocial and probably not healthy that im sad about all of this #BUT i love projecting my feelings and shit onto other things #and why deal with the ~other trauma~ in my life #when i could just... be bummed out about taylor swift turning into a trashy hoe instead of the poet we thought she was #BUT IN IMPORTANT AND EXCITING NEWS #the way i am so hype for this beyonce country album #im not even a beyonce stan #i dont even know if i would go as far as saying im a casual fan #but 16 carriages is so good #and im so excited to see what the rest of the album has in store #also please be nice to me im being vulnerable on the internet #because i am too stubborn to be vulnerable in real life #... there is a 75% chance i am going to panic delete this later but oh well here it is

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uselessgaywhovian · 1 year ago

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the problem with playing D&D is you have ships 'n' blorbos that only 4 other people know about

#still thinkin' about that motherfucker Cormac from the Thieves Guild #and how he lives rent free in Ariadne's brain #and therefore my brain #and how i have to deal with the fact that she wouldn't think about #that as much as she's plagued with conflicting feelings about this motherfucker #i honestly don't think that there's much reason that she would've made as much of an impact on him as he has on her #and it's driving me insane #like he got under her skin instantly because the first time they met she had just used her inspiration point only to roll two nat 1s #trying to get a crowd to disperse before things got rough #and this motherfucker sweeps in and does what she couldn't while also kind of shitting on the temple #which she couldn't even really argue because he wasn't really wrong but also this is the thing that makes up her identity #and she was fuckin' pissed #i mean we did also get sent to make a deal with him to keep the city chill while rise of the zombies was dealt with in the high district #so she #the temple's Brand Newest Paladin in full fuckin' armor gets sent into the den of the Thieves Guild #to talk with the guy who's been pretty openly (and frankly fairly) dunking on said temple #and we come out of it having to do a favor for him to get his help #and as much as she'd love to cover it with 'well we're really doing it because the prince wants us to and it's for the good of the city'#the fact that at the end of the day they were doing something on this motherfucker's orders was such a bur under her saddle #i think he got the party drinks while we were talking with him but ariadne didn't touch hers #because A) she's pretty sure someone would've spit in it and B) fuck u cormac fuck ur hospitality and fuck u #ANYWAY #all this happened over a year ago irl (not sure how long in-game) and YET #there's also the problem that our sessions have been shorter and more sporadic #which gives me more time between sessions to obsess over stupid shit #like a NPC who we haven't seen in a fuckin' year

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coquelicoq · 9 days ago

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wow. they weren't lying that 19 portland mayoral candidates sure can underwhelming

#i'm reading my voters' pamphlet prepared to mark down anyone who seems vaguely okay so i can look up more about them #but i get to the end and i hadn't marked down a single one??#for city council (which granted had 30 candidates instead of 19) i marked down 10 people initially and whittled it down to 6 #(we can vote for our top 6 choices! baby's first ranked choice voting)#but for mayor i just kept being like well surely there's someone better than this...and then i was at the end. lol.#there's one guy who was just like 'the mayor is a figurehead. vote for me and i'll stay out of the way'#which i thought was hilarious at first but actually. he kind of has a point??#two local newspapers have endorsed a guy who is naive enough to think he can 'end unsheltered homelessness in a year'#like no. you can't. are you stupid #i just want rene gonzalez to lose but also it occurred to me...if he loses does that mean he keeps his seat on council?#because i think that position actually has more power than the mayor #but if my city elects rene gonzalez as mayor i think i might just lose all faith in my neighbors #despite how everyone slowed down to avoid splashing me that time the street flooded the other day #every time i see a rene gonzalez lawn sign in my neighborhood i want to scream and scream and scream #there's no reason to support him unless you just straight up hate homeless people. like he's not even competent or personable #his whole deal is just making life hard for homeless people #the other thing about the 'end unsheltered homelessness' guy (keith wilson) is #you can't end unsheltered homelessness without banning camping. and i am vehemently opposed to a camping ban. it's inhumane #which helps a lot in weeding out candidates since it's a pretty mainstream thing for a politician to run on #two people are running basically on 'make the city better for artists' which is imo a weird focus given everything else we got going on #like that's admirable and important but it's not my number one priority?#but i might rank them anyway because as far as i can tell at least they don't hate homeless people!

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bluesidedown · 1 year ago

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hnnnnnnnnngggggggg

#everything is Hard today ugh #i am anxious because i need to respond to some emails and deal with some student loans stuff that i've been putting off #and i frankly don't want to do anything. at all.#and i really should go out and figure out how to take the bus and explore the city a bit more #but that's frankly exhausting levels of effort actuallyj #and if i could bribe myself with going to a nice little coffee shop somewhere and hanging out there for a while i could maybe #convince myself. but that's hard too!#because i would have to do the thing where i look like an idiot when i order because idk quite how it works here and i don't speak enough #of the language to actually do that #and then idk what the acceptable kinds of coffee shop activities are. like am i gonna be super weird if i bring my laptop or a book #and hang out for a couple hours alone? idk. and also will they have wifi at the coffee shop? also do not know #and i should just bite the bullet and ask someone about it but that feels hard too because asking people things is hard. and honestly #i should just schedule in a good little cry but i don't wanna. ugh.

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bitterpngs · 4 months ago

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i want lip piercings so bad

#IVE WANTED SNAKE BITES WITH SPIKED ENDS FOR SOOOO SO LONG #BUT NOW I ALSO WANT ANOTHER KIND #ANGEL BITES WITH THE SPIKED END #TO GET THAT FANG LOOK #AAAGGHHHHH #THEY BOTH LOOK SO SO GOOD #I DONT THINK ID WANT BOTH THOUGH ☹️#I DONT THINK ID WANT THE LOOK #screaming and crying and sobbing #angel.txt #i want face piercings so fucking bad i have got to stop my parents from influencing me #i just hate hate hate the conversations they’re going to try to have with me the second they notice piercings #it’s annoying and it’s so incredibly frustrating dealing with it #anyway.#um #there’s a piercing studio near my apartment in my uni’s city….#i’ve said this multiple times but like haha what if #no i should #i should :|#i SHOULD #aahh #maybe as a gift to myself :T #maybe two..#ear and a face one #i’ll have to decide on the face one #still tempted to get a septum piercing on my nose #augh

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variouspositions1984 · 7 months ago

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realised recently i will not be able to convert for. well. i dont know when. but not right now. im somewhat at peace with it but i'm also furious. devastated. lots of other shit.

#idk idk. it just sucks bc ive been on this journey for so long and i really feel ready.#however i have completely disconnected from my synagogue and there are no antizionist synagogues in my city.#ive also heard the beit din here is v pro israel and it makes me so fucking angry. like there is just no avenue.#and i miss the community. there are several collectives that run events protests etc and i do try to get along to them #but theyre v secular and its just not the same.#it just hurts. and its frustrating. and all i can do is just deal with it.#been feeling some kind of way in the lead up to pesach. anyway. enough whining. maybe i'll just go dip myself in a river beit din be damned.

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lwoorl · 2 years ago

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I'll say it: "Oh all AI artists do is write a stupid description and immediately get an image with no effort, there's no art in that" is the new "Digital painting doesn't count as art because it takes no effort"

#Look I'm aware there're moral reasons to criticize AI art such as how corporations will use it #and the fact lots of models (not all however) use stolen content #But all you have to do is visit a forum dedicated to AI art to quickly realize it actually takes some effort to make quality images #And honestly from what I've seen those guys are often very respectful of traditional artists if not traditional artists themselves #Not a single bit of 'haha those idiots are working hard when they could simply use AI!' that Tumblr likes to strawman them as #Lots of 'So I did the base with AI and then painted over it manually in Photoshop' and 'I trained this model myself with my own drawings'#And I'm not saying there aren't some guys that are being assholes over it on Twitter #But when you go to an actual community dedicated to it. Honestly these guys are rather nice #I've seen some truly astounding projects #like there was this guy that was using people's scars to create maps of forests and mointains to sort of explore the theme of healing #And this one that took videos of his city and overlayed them with some solarpunk kind of thing #And this one that was doing a collection of dreams that was half AI amd half traditional painting #Anyway the point is you guys are being way too mean to a group of people that genuinely want to use the technology to create cool art #And while I'm aware there are issues related to its use #it's actually really fucked up you're attacking the individual artists instead of corporations???#It's as if you were attacking the chocolate guy over the systemic problems related to the chocolate industry!#And also tumblrs always like 'Oh AI is disgusting I hate AI art so I'll just hate in it without dealing with the issue'#While AI art forums often have posts with people discussing how go use it ethically when applied to commercial use!!#Honestly these guys are doing way more about tackling the issue than tumblr and you should feel bad!!!

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mielgf · 2 years ago

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guys how do i come out to my two christian roommates as an atheist please help

#they’ve invited me to so many of their church events #and talk to me about their church get togethers and Sunday service and what not #and i’m just here like… i have literally stepped in a church for religious reasons one time in my entire life #and it was for a baptism when i was like 8 #otherwise i have never EVER done anything church related and i have zero interest in it #i’ve just been gently declining their invites but i feel like i actually need to tell them i’m an atheist 😭#the worst part is idek how they’d take it ajxisjxj like ALL of their friends and family are christian too it’s wild #whereas me? all of my friends and family are atheists like we have just lived two very different lives #i know this should not be a big deal at all but again they keep speaking to me as if i am also christian but like… no i am not friends #my one roommates was so sad that i don’t have family in the city to celebrate easter with and invited me to her church lunch and i was like #oh it’s okay… ahaha… don’t worry!!#i appreciate her being so kind and inviting me i really do but it’s just like this is not me!! my family hardly does easter so this is #just a weekend for me!! it’s okay!! i’m totally fine not doing stuff!!#talk time

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httpiastri · 1 year ago

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as happy as i am for lissie and marcus (even though I knew they were already together because I literally watched them make out with my own two eyes) it was honestly my last straw. I’m so tired of seeing everybody on my social feeds happy and in relationships when I’ve just had the worst week of my life and have basically given up on falling in love because if I can’t even drive how am I going to go to places where I’ll meet people?!?!? i have spent every Valentine’s Day alone while my friends go on elaborate dates and I’m just so so tired

not the make out sesh 😩 oh to see them with my own two eyes irl... what a pretty sight it would be

this got quite personal and hit a little too close to home so im putting a lil keep reading thing

love :(( i’m truly sorry you feel this way... but god i felt this ask so much... first of all, i'm really sorry about you having a bad week. it's completely fine to feel the way you're feeling, it must really suck, but i'm sure you'll get the license and you'll be driving shortly!! i am keeping my fingers crossed for you ❤️

i’ve always been very calm about relationships and love, very much “i’m not in a rush” and “it’ll come when it’s time”. i’ve always been a hopeless romantic but i haven’t been stressed about it – i’ve always been so busy that i haven’t really had time for love, and i've been okay with hearing about friends and their great love lives while i've spent pretty much every weekend and holiday alone at home. but… eventually, it becomes exhausting, you know? when falling in love for real just seems so far away and like something so hard to achieve in some way....

i also kind of feel you on the driving part... i decided not to get my license for a bunch of reasons, and idk how i'll get around without driving... but also as i am still living with my parents, it just seems impossible to meet someone, because where would i bring them? home to meet my snooping parents?? no way

i think we just gotta hold on to the hope that when it is the right time, it will happen. i don't believe in the whole "don't rush it" thing, i think that we're all allowed to seek and chase love if we want to, but i also think it's okay to take a step back and just breathe and be okay with the situation. unfortunately, our current day society is so formed around relationships, soft launches and hard launches and dinner date pics on insta and public proposal videos, that i feel like the pressure easily gets overwhelming. there's also something in the way that people think other people's love lives is any of their business, like friends and relatives asking me why i don't have a boyfriend, as if a partner is something i need to live my life? surely it would make it better, but i don't need to be reminded and hurt yet again over the fact that i'm alone, when i'm just trying to move on in life...

i'm trying to stay patient, open to any opportunity, and remembering that social media is merely a highlight reel and not reality. i hope you too can find peace in remembering that things will get better, we just have to work through this first. we will get through it and come out stronger on the other side. darling, if you ever need something from me, want to rant, or anything else, know that my messages and inbox are always open 💗