#like damn girl you really do that

[leonsmain]

i’m gonna start studying for the aesthetic, what then?

[gunstellations]

In the world I love

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In a different world

[yashley]

I turn and I leave.

[wigglebox]

Suptober [Extended] - Day 23 || Hotels/Motels

[squeakadeeks]

i dont want to say this in a whiney way i mean this in a "trying to find comedy in a bummer situation" way but its kind of funny that from a social media perspective, objectively my sculpts/OOAKs, illustrative art, and plush work is strongly disliked. i have not been able to post any non-cosplay work without losing a good number of followers and they preform very poorly compared to cosplay stuff, like 900 vs 180K poorly. and again i dont want to be caught in social media games and the whole "performance as merit" thing (even though this does kind of bum me out ngl) but.....just from a comedy perspective the thought of someone being like "ug, you made a little guy? disgusting. I hate you. unfollowed." is....kind of bonkers ngl

[theskiesthatshimmer]

💥☀️

[mistress-light]

Forspoken • I never thought I'd see you again...

[aahsoka]

they realized theyre both from the future because they know BTS songs that havent been released yet LMFAOOOOO

[stellardeer]

I know lots of people are pointing this out but it's just so odd to me that it feels like society is more anti kink now than it has ever been.

Like I remember learning about strange fetishes when I was younger and thinking some things were gross or odd but I just kind of accepted that some people were into things that I don't understand and it's fairly normal.

But like that post explaining the back pocket flag culture of gays in the late 20th century was kind of wowing to me, like you mean there used to be a time where people would literally publicly advertise to others in the know that they were into scat?? And now people are getting callouts just for having fairly vanilla NSFW alt accounts?? Hello????

I mean like I wasn't there I might be wildly overestimating the portion of the queer community that was cool with certain kinks, but it's so insane to me to see how demonized fetishes are these days.

[revvethasmythh]

imogen, at all times: I will be in this random stranger's head, i will not speak to them out loud

imogen, when fcg goes into her head: do NOT do that without permission

[neh-tik]

I really don't get why everyone thinks gege is messing up the plot or trying to lengthen the story, gojo is a character who was written in tragedy, and he literally wished for his death to not be a dream, the ppl wanting him to come back just wanna fuck him or just like white haired anime twinks, ofc yuuta and gojo are both being wronged here and that's the point, there both becoming monsters because someone has to, the only ppl who will and ever have understood gojo would be geto, yuuji and yuuta. geto for obvious reasons, and yuuji and yuuta who are ruining themselves for the greater good / ends justify the means ig, they're all cogs just as yuuji called himself

[scopophobia-polaris]

Honestly could we throw out the idea that totk's story issue is that it isn't consistent with the lore of the older games but instead drops intresting world building from botw because it might have gotten actually dark

[umbral-reign]

There is a post that comes across my dash every so often which talks about the two fundamental kinds of tragedies: the story that is tragic because it was always going to end in sorrow; and the story that is tragic because it didn't *have* to end in sorrow.

The latest episode of Wheel of Time (2x07) is, I think, an example of the latter - and yet, at the same time, I think it was a tragedy that was *destined* to happen.

I know there are theories concerning Compulsion having been used on Siuan (and possibly some other theories about why she acted as she did in Cairhien), and I do not at all want to discount them because honestly it would make sense. But, taking the events of the episode at face value - as much as I hate it, and as much as I personally wish it had gone a little differently, I do think that the way Moiraine and Siuan's conflict culminated was a horrible, tragic example showing just how toxic, damaging, and outright dangerous the fundamental traditions of the White Tower (and even culture of the Aes Sedai) are and have become.

But I'm getting a little ahead of myself.

I do think that this episode, more than any of the others yet, suffered from the limited episodes Rafe/the writers were given to work with. It felt rushed, and we didn't get the chance to breathe with any of the characters in the really intense and honestly critical emotional scenes (e.g. the scene at the beginning where Moiraine and Siuan talk).

And it's there - the first scene with Moiraine and Siuan - that I think the tragedy that was to come was irrevocably decided. Because if Siuan had stopped, had listened, had given Moiraine the time she needed to be able to talk about what was happening, I think the whole mess could have been avoided. But Siuan didn't.

And I understand why, I think. Siuan was afraid and hurt. To her point of view, Moiraine had made it clear that she had cut her out of her confidence and counsel. Moiraine had been purposefully neglecting to share critical information with Siuan, and that information was very impactful on her ability to fill her role in the plan. To Siuan, I'm sure it absolutely looked like Moiraine had already broken faith with her - had already decided it wasn't *them* trying to find and protect and ready the Dragon Reborn, but *Moiraine* alone. Whether Siuan thought that choice was made from pride, grief, or Moiraine distrusting/distancing herself from Siuan, I don't think it would matter really. To Siuan, the outcome was the same.

It wasn't her and Moiraine against the world anymore. It was her, and Moiraine, and the world.

And Moiraine had proven herself incapable - at least, that's what it looked like.

There were plenty of ways that this could have been avoided. Moiraine could have been more open and forthright. Lan could have told Siuan about his suspicions regarding Moiraine's stilling. There are likely things that Alanna or even Verin could have said that would have inclined one (or the other, or even both! all three of them!) to have made different choices.

But there, I think, is the reason that this tragedy, while it could have been avoided, was destined to happen all the same - in one form or another, even if not that exact time and place and between those very specific women.

Because the Aes Sedai value secrecy and personal agenda above all else. Even if those secrets and those agendas are in the service of something else, something greater - a perfect example, of course, being Moiraine searching for the Dragon Reborn - the Aes Sedai do not trust each other. They cannot. Because their lives, their very society and community, is built on secrecy, on lies-spoken-as-truth, on politics and power and hidden agendas. They are at war against themselves, and not just because of the Black Ajah. They are at war against themselves because the White Tower does not allow honesty, trust, or open loyalty between its Sisters - ever.

And that is why, in the end of it all, I think the White Tower and the Aes Sedai, at least as they exist right now, need to be razed. Because how are those who are meant to protect and guard and guide the world able to do so, if they cannot even trust *any* of their own sisters to do the same for them?

That is why, while the tragedy of this episode could have been forestalled, maybe even avoided - it was destined to happen all the same.

But it hurts - so goddamn bad - that it had to be here, and now, and between Siuan and Moiraine.

[thesmokinpossum]

Tom Hagen: Ma, please don't accept this letter from Kay, this could be held against all of us in court 😕

Carmela:

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

YA mystery/thriller

a girl who’s been home-schooled all her life attends prestigious boarding school after her father’s (last family member) death - and her roommate disappears the first night

as she starts to investigate with the help of her roommates best friend, she catches the attention of the most popular girls in school, and some of the popular boys.

she starts to uncover secrets about students at the school while the disappearance is dismissed by the school and authorities. But when a student turns up dead, things start to get more complicated.

sapphic, Muslim MC, twisty but slow-paced

[alluralater]

"say it don't spray it." nah open that mouth nice and wide, babygirl. i'm about to spit some facts in it