#keep myself in check

[ashersbraincell]

[any kind of predators/generally violent animal/creature]kin culture is getting disproportionately violent urges when angry, obviously not acting on those urges because human culture and norms and empathy and stuff but internally being like I literally need to rip you to shreds. Right now.

-Type shit

[composeregg]

edit (10/23/2024) now that the poll is over: Original version, with 10 questions, from April 2023 here

And, given that the original is from April 2023, that means I can very easily say:

No, this was not an ISAT reference!

Just because I use parentheses and 2nd person pov and love the same concepts of what a time loop can do to a person doesn't mean it's ISAT

(Yes, I like ISAT, the original poll is why I was recommended the game! But if you look at the original, you can see all the origins of the options to choose from, including what spurred me on with the moss option from the replies)

If I were going to make something for ISAT, I would never be so vague, you can simply look at my ao3 for proof of that

[gotchibam]

Ogerpon & Darkrai ko-fi doodle for CyclopeanSpook!

[emmavakarian-theirin]

alternate bad ending

(inspired drabble under the cut)

Lucanis has been taught to accept death since he was a child. He's trained in it. He's used to it. But that doesn't mean what family he has left isn't important to him. Rather it's what matters to him most.

Then he gets imprisoned and tortured. He watches people die, week after week for a year. He's made to think he's going to die at any moment. Made to think that his family is dead. But he doesn't know.

Then you come along, set him free, return him home to find only one family member left, the other probably dead after all. But he still doesn't know.

Then she's alive, imprisoned by the same person that imprisoned him, the other living relative. But he can't kill him. He won't be the reason to lose what he has left, and there's so little left.

But then there's you, who's shown him compassion he's never known, that there's something more than just family/contracts/enemies. That it's safe to be vulnerable around someone.

But he's scared to get close. Scared he'll hurt you. Scared he'll lose you, to himself, to a god, to something he can't kill.

Then his walls start to break. He doesn't know what he'd do without you. And then you disappear. You might be dead. A day, a week, a month goes by. You're still not back. You're probably dead. He thinks he'll never see you again.

It's weeks of not knowing, and he's wasted all this time fearing he'd only take time away from you, time he could have given you instead of pushing you away, and he's lost you anyway. You could have both been happier, if he wasn't so broken.

Then you're back, and nothing else matters, there's no holding back. He'll do anything to protect you, you are his sole purpose now. This he knows, more than anything.

Then the battle is over, the gods are dead, and so are you in his arms. He couldn't protect you.

He knows death. He knows you're dead.

But only now after decades without, does he remember what it's like to grieve.

[idontmindifuforgetme]

i think i really need to learn how to cold quit things... one habit i have that really bothers me is checking my phone first thing in the morning bc it's "just for 5 minutes" "just to see if anyone sent me anything important" no bitch literally nothing on your phone requires you to check your phone first thing when you open your eyes!!! stop it

[deoidesign]

Time and Time Again comes back tonight!

Thank you all for being so patient with me, I know it was a long hiatus.

My health was struggling, my arm was (is) hurting, and I decided it wasn't worth it. I'd rather be slow!

So thank you for giving me that grace, and I hope you'll be there with me for the rest of the series.

[crystalpallette]

so I finished side order recently

[peathepirate]

I'm making you guys a promise today. If I don't finish WINGS before the 3rd anniversary (August 3), I will have to draw a spicy picture of Oldbag and a character of your choosing.

[the---hermit]

i am sadly one of those people who are super insicure of themselves after any social interaction, I go over and over again in my head and feel irrationally bad bc my brain tells me I was awkward, and probably came off as weird and so on. But you know what brain? I had the social interaction. I did it. I spoke out loud to people and had a conversation instead of freezing and feeling unable to talk. So fuck it if I came off as weird and awkward, I am weird and awkward and it's okay, because I did something that just a few years ago would have been even more of a struggle, and even earlier than that it would have been close to impossible.

[utilitycaster]

I truly have no patience for "criticizing a creative choice is disrespectful" as a statement. If you can't tell the difference between sending hate or harassing creators/fans, vs. saying "I didn't like this and here's why" you are an idiot. And on the flip side if you're a creator and someone says "I didn't like this" without any sort of personal attacks or hate involved, simply on the basis of critique and personal preference, and that makes you feel bad enough to stop creating then maybe you should step back and either get offline or make room for someone who has an actual creative vision that isn't "I want everyone to like me."

[b0nelessdoodles]

some future bits of creme uni where sm grabs two of pv's patients and makes them start fighting for reasons that he does not explain to his husband beforehand and he will get his head ripped off about (literally)

as always more details in the tags

(non-text version 'cause its fuckin' funny)

[ihavebeesinmybrain]

ally being a stabilizing force at the table rather than a supreme agent of chaos is truly wild to watch

[einaudis]

ALL OF US STRANGERS (2023) dir. ANDREW HAIGH

[ellouchi]

So, i want a ask a question, it's okay if you won't answer, and by the way happy new year

Do you think Jimmy genuninely cared about Curly as a friend, i saw a post on here Tumblr saying that Jimmy didn't care about Curly at all only saw him as a tool to use and leech off from him only a

How accurate you think this take is?

would love to hear your thoughts have a delightful day♥️

Omg anon you would like to hear MY thoughts? Of course I will answer your question. It's not new year yet but thx~

Short answer: Jimmy really did think of Curly as his friend despite Jimmy's complicated feelings.

Even if (though I don't believe it) Jimmy saw Curly as someone beneficial to keep around, you can't possibly deny Jim didn't admire Curly for who he was (his friend and captain) after finishing the game. Jimmy most likely has been resentful towards Curly for a long while, but also he considered him as his close friend till the end. Curly was there for Jimmy, he told him he believed in him, he joked around and opened up to him and "he took responsibility" for Jimmy so that he could be a better man. Why wouldn't Jimmy want to have Curly as his friend, they were the closest to each other from the crew too.

Saying Jim didn't care about Curly while ignoring things like Jimmy asking if everything was ok TWICE during Curly's party, Jimmy trying to save Curly's reputation by crashing the ship to turn everything into tragedy so they wouldn't have to suffer the consequences of rape (he did and Curly "couldn't prevent"), Jimmy's admission that Curly was right and was better man, and Jimmy falling to his knees and crying while apologising to Curly. If he didn't care about Curly, would he try to fix what happened, save Curly and give him a chance to be great again? It's contradictory to the whole game to say that Jimmy only saw Curly as someone to get the use of. He was selfish and he was "selfless", that's how Jimmy is.

Now, Curly "got" Jimmy the job by simply offering the position the same way it was offered to him. Curly even said that he didn't expect Jimmy to do so well as he was, given his hardship in the past. Which implies to me that Jimmy actually made efforts to get the job instead of Curly somehow pulling the strings. Curly didn't even need to do that since Pony Express is ready to hire literally anyone from the street.

And most importantly, did Jimmy use Curly to get away with rape? I say we don't have enough information to go with, but in my opinion it's highly unlikely. Jimmy wanted to feel powerful, to be in charge, and I believe he would SA Anya with or without Curly present. If Jimmy was using Curly, why didn't he try to threaten him, blackmail him, or play the friendship card when Curly confronted him? Why it's the other way around actually?? People love to think that what Curly did was enable Jim, as if he didn't walk around eggshells and treated Jimmy like a wild animal because he knew fully well how Jimmy would react if he found out about the pregnancy. "To enable" means to give someone the authority or means to do something. I don't care what some simple minded people would say, you don't usually expect people you know, especially your loved ones, to turn up monsters. The only thing Curly "enabled" Jim to do was crash the ship. Even then he didn't think Jimmy would do anything like that in the first place, hence Curly's utter confusion after.

I hope that's the answer you wanted anon! Spend some time deleting and rewriting everything lol.

[rapidhighway]

My guy if you have a sudden foot/calf cramp you gotta stretch that leg immediately it will go away very quickly. Put the front of your foot against something and push your heel down. Do this:

on anything, you could even just lean forward and grab your toes and pull them up. Hold for a few moments, it can come back if you let go too soon. It's hard to do through pain sometimes but it really works and you gotta try.

If you get cramps like this in the middle of the night, the best way i know is to lay on your stomach and put your toes on your bedframe and push your heel down like the picture