#like a dog with a bird at your door

[dana-duchovny]

Okay I don’t think I’ve ever taken screenshots of paragraphs of a fic before because the prose was just SO GOOD but basically yeah, everyone go read like a dog with a bird at your door by fleetinghearts on ao3. It’s so sweet and sexy and messy and in character and I just really loved it. You won’t regret it!

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🖤🖤🖤🖤

[daylily-diary]

All my life I have felt that I have so much to prove. I have yet to succeed.

[journeytodrawiii]

"Like a Dog with a Bird at Your Door"

Yesterday afternoon, I finished the biggest painting I've ever made (so far). I am delighted with the results; the painting looks even better in person. Not only has this painting been the biggest I've ever created, but it has a very special meaning to me. On the paper, I have shown self forgiveness. Let me explain...

The two figures in the center of the painting are not actual separate people, they are one and the same. Around them is a dense line of fir/pine trees and a thick layer of clouds. They are trapped in this clearing. With only each other. From hand to hand, a dead bird is passed, all the while, a giant, red dot looming behind them. What I mean to represent with this painting is the struggle of self forgiveness; to be able to forgive yourself, you have to acknowledge the fact that you have done something wrong, that you are flawed. The red in the center of the painting serves as an abstract representation of the tension, while also functioning as an attention grabber. The people are clothed with thin, white nightgowns to show vulnerability with their expressions and bodies taught. There, they are stuck; you can't run away from yourself and must confront yourself sooner or later. The bird comes from the saying — and the title of this piece — "like a dog with a bird at your door", meaning how fiercely you seek to be loved, even if misplaced, and — in my own interpretation — that feeling of coming back to someone again and again to matter how many times they hurt you.

Anyway, I hope someone sees this and reads the intentions behind it. I would greatly appreciate it. Truly. I worked so hard on this, even though it isn't perfect. At the end of the day I am sincerely proud of myself for making this.

[astoryfullofwoe]

shelter dog

i’m nothing but a shelter dog;

mean because i’m terrified.

desperate to be loved but

snapping at anyone who tries;

needy and overly attached

while being cold and distant—

but i can’t help it,

call it survival instinct;

i can’t be left broken hearted

if i have no heart left to break, right?

your love is a new home but

the feeling of being trapped

does not go away just because

you can’t see the bars anymore.

the cage disappears but that

doesn’t mean the scars do.

i’ll bite the hand that feeds me because

what if it’s not pets this time, but a strike?

i have my hackles up at all times,

growling at sudden movements,

because i have been through too much torment

to let myself be beaten again.

i’d rather be called a bad dog

than be kicked in the stomach

by yet another foot.

but why do you keep stepping on my paws?

it’s an accident followed by apologies

but i still yelp and must

lick my wounds alone nonetheless.

every time i show my belly,

that vulnerable skin ends up wounded,

and there you are, oblivious

in the other room,

and i’m left with only the stars

to hear my aching howls.

[violetcowboy]

i had a #webweaving moment tonight. i was crying to my friend about how i’m having a very hard time rn, and they were trying to comfort me by reminding me that i have a support network even when i make mistakes and they said

“even a dog that runs away from home knows it has an owner willing to feed them, even though they ran away”

and i just started sobbing because why the fuck would you say that. that’s two-headed calf poem levels of heartbreaking

[mrsdallowayszoloft]

follow mrsdallowayszoloft on ig for more Bangers….i guess. idk. or don’t.

[bluezombiefox]

in my past life i was a dog who wishes you loved him like you once did

it spilled over into this life too

[edgarallenhoe31]

''You pushed me in And now my feet can't touch the bottom of you'' - Phoebe Bridgers, Moon Song

[adnrewminyard]

just thought about moon song by phoebe bridgers and was sick

can you guys please start tagging kevjean with a cw because i think if i see one more 'i bet on losing dogs' comparison they will have to up my meds

[webgottism]

thinking about sledge having a crush on sid makes me so sad like. he gives him the kipling book before he leaves so he thinks about him over there and how sledge wishes he was with him but then he finds the book tossed with leckie’s library after sid’s gone. and then sledge finally gets to peleliu with sid and he’s leaving again. and when he gets back home sid’s already moved on from him with mary and they can’t even really talk about the war bc they never experienced it together and how so much has changed with them being apart

[jutsomethoughtsihave]

sometimes i consider making silly little posts being sad about no content but then i remember the last time i thought of doing that it turned out phil was in the hospital because of ass

[kamwashere]

https://www.tumblr.com/devine-fem/757987361602912256/this-ship-isnt-boringbad-you-guys-dont-get-them

... thank you! i'm going to kill myself now!

[orionadrien]

feeling normal (lying) (gay) (dilf lover) (reluctantly coming to terms with the fact that pirate tales are typically tragedies)

[arttsuka]

The couple next door have a cat but I don't know them and I can't pet the cat :(

[caruliaa]

do you ever listen to a song you used to relate to someone and go what the fuck was wrong with me

[iheartmoons]

umm fanfic idea… narcissa + co staying at their estate in france….. alice is there on a trip with frank….. they’re 17…. narcissa is supposed to get engaged next year…… one last summer of freedom….. swimming in lakes and eating strawberries and falling love…… andy has already run away….. bellatrix is grappling with losing a sister…. frank is in love with alice and has to come to terms with the fact that he’s not her first choice……….. who wants this…..