#love is not magic

[impulsivelycontentious]

It's very important, very, very, very important to know this.

People can love you and hurt you.

Love is not all you need. It isn't enough. Relationships between people require work. Romantic ones yes. But also friendships. Also *familial*. Treating someone well requires THOUGHT, not just instinct, not just feeling. You have to decide to do it and decide ro do it over and over and over again - *and so do they*.

And sometimes, for whatever reason, they don't. They can love you and that love isn't enough. It never will be. Because something in them just doesn't get to the part where they have to think and work. This can be true of parents, siblings, friends, and lovers.

Love isn't the force you were taught it was by commonly held mythology. The power of friendship, the impossible to break bonds of blood. They're not *just* love. They are choice.

People can hurt people they love. We're complex like that. Love isn't enough. It isn't. I'm sure my mother loved me or at least the idea of me. It didn't stop most of the things she did, because she prioritized her own feelings and wants to the degree that it was unhealthy for me to have a relationship with her.

That can happen.

It's important to know someone can love you and it is STILL unhealthy for you. Still better for you to back out. You can still go even when they love you.

And this, this is also very important, you can still go when you still love them, too. And sometimes you have to.

things haven't been great but i think they will be. eventually 🌻🌼🩷

[soaptaculart]

Postcanon Farcille indulgence

[cracklewink]

My Mane 6 Redesigns all together! I was going to post them separately but ended up finishing them all before I got around to it lol

[bisclavaret]

a day late to my 6 years on t anniversary ✨🏳️‍⚧️ a short comic about looking back

[astr0disiac]

"toxic yaoi" this "password" that

THIS being one of stan's lowest moments is the saddest thing i've seen and no one has talked about it what the freak :(

[neonlazycat]

feesh ;)

[chunkysoup22]

The princess of love and the queen who feeds on it 💕🕸️

[sexyrisky]

[waltricia]

I genuinely love this candle symbolism.

For her, it’s been burning. For him, it’s finally igniting.

( And actually his candle is already low and a liiittttle bit lit, implying the love was always there, burning so low as to not be noticed, but surely burning nonetheless 🔥♥️ )

Edit: I let this go on long enough. I’m putting an editor’s note on it. As we should all know by now, this symbolism is what the season 3 part 1 trailer was trying to convey. In the show, Colin’s candle shot is reversed. The candle goes out. Of course this can mean different things, but I believe we can all basically agree, given the context of the scene, that he’s recognizing his time is running out. His hope of being with Penelope is slipping away.

Yeah, I felt like a bit of a clown when I saw the scene and it turned out this post, which had already garnered thousands of notes by then, turned out to be a total fuckin fabrication. But how was I supposed to know the team that cut the trailer would reverse a shot??

Yes, it is still basically true- she was always in love him and he finally fell in love with her. Something was always there for him with her, but really he didn’t start falling for her until he started seeing her as a woman and they kissed and, ya know, here we are.

But anyway, my basic point is this: trust no one. Don’t trust me. Definitely do not trust the Bridgerton trailer editors. Just stay vigilant, alright?

I release you from the burden of liking and reblogging this post. Be free!

And enjoy Bridgerton 💚🐝

[wardenofthesixtyninth]

Absolutely adore how Marcille's entire spellbook seems to consist of only the most unhinged spells in existence. Like it seems like her entire magical arsenal is comprised of only the barest minimum of healing spells that she was probably required to learn in school, and then Fireball, Police Flash Grenade, Crime Against Nature, Spam Fireball, Unholy Resurrection, More Fireball, and 9th Level Go Fuck Yourself.

[batneko]

okay okay okay one more dungeon meshi thought

I keep seeing people saying Falin is "better at social cues" than Laios. Y'all she's just quiet. 😭 She just keeps her mouth shut. 😭😭 Girl was proposed to, said "let me think about it," and then did not even tell her own brother. She doesn't know what's going on either she's just quieter about it!!! 😭😭😭

[cheesecakeai1]

[zombozled]

THE MAIN SIX WOOO!!!!! they are so cutie oh ya oh ya

[egophiliac]

still ruminating over Lost In the Book With Spooky Skeletons Part 1, so here's a selection of some of my favorite little bits! (...some more loosely paraphrased than others) (I just feel like Idia has no room to criticize in general, okay)

anyway, I'm sure we're just going to have a fun time celebrating Halloween and nothing bad is going to happen whatsoever! :)

[albaharu]

did you know if you support merrill in her act 2 mission you get rivalry points with everyone except isabela and varric. anyway merrill support team no one is gonna be mean to her on my watch

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