#my kneejerk reaction was

[pizza-feverdream]

SURPRISE!! You’ve been blessed with the ability to summon ONE (1) fictional character into existence for ONE (1) week! Who is it and why?

A true honor!

Can I pick the week? Cause if so, I think on a week when my anxiety/depression picks up, Jess from New girl would make a perfect lil friend. I would totally go karaoke with her

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

TT: It’s always bad for adults to interact with minors, which is why when I was born, my mother was positioned at the window and I was birthed down a giant slip and slide that safely transported me to the hospital grounds, where I was quickly accepted and raised by a gang of feral babies who were born under similar circumstances. That’s why my posts are so bad.

TT: Hey what the fuck happens on Alternia.

[royalarchivist]

Pac: In a- in a far far away tower, there used to live a prince called Fit, waiting for someone to climb over the top and save him!

Fit: [Laughs]

Pac: Kinda like Shrek, you know? [Laughs]

Fit: That's right. I've been waiting!

[Context: They were talking about how Fit's "house" looked like a tower / water tower.]

[mispatchedgreens]

get yourself a man that hates everyone but mostly himself, that's powered by shame and spite, that would do anything for you, that would murder you

[laurenfoxmakesthings]

I just learned of a specific moment in the latest Doctor Who episode (I've been too busy to keep up). And if anyone uses it to essentially go 'See! He can't be ace!' or treat it as a 'win' for queer rep like we aces aren't queer...

Folks, we can tell people are hot. We just don't find them hot to us subjectively on a personal level.

I'm not saying there can't be interpretations, I'm saying please don't use it as an excuse to erase ours.

[catwyk]

nerd

this had BETTER just be one of my mutuals because if this is my actual first anon hate ill be so disappointed

[margridarnauds]

Why....do Tolkienists always sound like.....That™ when discussing Ireland? (And that I mean "they read exactly two medieval texts in their life and decided it let them talk about things beyond their pay grade".)

[freakartack]

bit sad that your distaste for rhythm heaven means that spitz' weird badminton cousin or cricket's rival he forgot can never be real here but I respect having beef with random video game series you've never played for no reason (in spite or because of your fondness for similar series). i have that with crash bandicoot when i see that fuck it's on sight

Oh all of that is absolutely real to me i just can't bring myself to actually play it. Despite my beef I do think it is hilarious that young cricket & master mantis emigrated from Rhythm Heaven World and i welcome that with open arms. (It's also kind of hard to ignore Cicada at this point LOL.) Similarly, while I don't think that Forthington is related to spitz like some others do, unlike dribblenspitz I do think that dog and that cat are gay married & filthy rich

(what can i say; I can forgive anything if it has enough teeth)

[bublp0pr]

Ame is a wonderful person but a terrible politician. She brings up these protests that hold no form of charm or hook behind them to appeal to the actual witches she's arguing against. She interrupts votes to make speeches but she hasn't thought through what to actually say. Breaking down the actual intentions and ramifications of the decision is a good start, but she puts emphasis on bad sounding things that no one cares about, most of the time not even her if we're being actually honest with ourselves!

Around these witches where honesty wields great power her protests never actually present the core of the true reasons why she's opposing the ideas in the first place either because she herself is so conflicted by them to present it as a concrete stance. If she constantly finds herself admitting truth in the opposing side, then the solution here is negotiation and compromise where she presents the bits she actually finds untenable, holds firm to those, then lets these very wise and old and powerful people help you come up with situations where everyone can be satisfied, that's what a council is FOR.

Like, I had issues with how Ame handled her defence of her station but I held my tongue. But voting against unanimity for the coven's stance was FOOLISH (indry aside that frigid bitch). She tried to protest that the "machines of war" are so horrible and that to break peace is the abomination here. But if you take the time to consider the situation further, her real issues are twofold: the hundreds of thousands of innocent collateral, and Citadel leadership's capacity to change their ways.

Marara literally came to you extending as much of an olive branch as her pride would allow, offering alliance to push forward any terms that would help Ame feel more comfortable about voting yes! Take these conditions for example:

An ultimatum presented towards the citadel. A peace treaty (some form of contract binded in magic ideally) on the table if they can agree to transparency with the Coven about all matters regarding their pursuits into Spirits and respect regarding counsel on what should not be done.

A promise from the witches to avoid the loss of human life during the conflict unless where absolutely necessary. Foot soldiers to be incapacitated where possible, surrender always being offered as an option, military outposts rather than civilian locations as targets.

Amnesty offered to any wizard who can swear under Zone of Truth to not hold malicious intent or support those who do against Spirits. With the official public stance of the Coven being that their conflict is with those damaging the balance of our worlds, not any and all associated with merely with the Citadel.

I mean, if Stone's values truly lie where she's lead the group to believe they are, then aside from overcoming a great deal of Empire pride those conditions should be reasonable enough. Knowing wizards, probably with a lot of lawyering and negotiating the fine print of the actual phrasing of them.

What the Citadel has done needs punishment. A show of force is justified. It's total destruction without the option for negotiated surrender, communication and change for the better that is unreasonable. Wizards aren't raised to understand or respect the spirit world and so they need a reality check and an authority explaining why doing XYZ is fucked up.

The world isn't that perfect I know even if agreed to, bad things would still be done, by both witches and wizards. But it's the intent behind the thing that I feel really matters. The chance offered for everyone to maybe make a good choice, even if they end up rejecting it and proving the fears right.

[thechekhov]

The owl house is over. I know your free time is precious but I was wondering if you have had any luck squeezing in watch sessions?

If only there was time, anon. If only there was time.

Look, I promise you it's not because I don't WANT to. But at any given time about 30 people are telling me "you should watch this show/read this book/check out this podcast, you'd love it!"

And the painful thing is........I PROBABLY WOULD.

But I am one person. Please have mercy on me.

I'll get to it someday.

[resurrectedteleport]

showing up to the function like hi guys these are the characters i have chosen as "would want to have a familial relationship with." and getting shot instantly.

one of these things is not like the other

[1eos]

anytime someone asks me to do something there's an awkward pause as i go over the politics of the world running on exploiting the free labor of women/women only being acknowledged for their labor

[sea-glass-and-fire]

i'm gonna be real and honest and vulnerable here with you guys for a second. one of the only 2 things that made a major difference to my anxiety is to stop treating it like the enemy. whenever i cast it as some villain in my head with me, i inevitably find myself alone with the insults i hurled echoed back at me. telling my anxiety to shut the fuck up just resulted in me telling myself to shut the fuck up whenever i had an anxious thought. treating my anxiety with compassion, telling it, "i know you're trying to protect me but that line of thinking isn't helpful right now" did ten times as much as my vitriol ever did.

the other thing that made a difference is unpacking the ridiculousness of the implications of an anxious thought like it's a yahoo answer on mbmbam.

[cerbreus]

I feel like being lonely is such a normal, terribly human feeling to wrestle with but by god knowing that doesn't make it any less embarrassing to wrestle with.

[puppiesandnightlock]

i just finished the whole a good girls guide to murder series

and all i have to say is how dare you???? HOW FUCKING DARE YOU?????

LIKE I'VE BEEN ROOTING FOR PIPRAVI SINCE DAY 1 AND YOU END IT WITH HEY SARGE REMEBER ME????

LIKE NO HONEY WHERES MY HAPPY ENDING

its nonexistant and the fandom fics are bare T-T

this was almost as bad as my reaction to the end of what if its us befor realized heres to us existed

[eclaire-went-bam]

bcs i'm aware of how i automatically percieve people, i earnestly try to give the benefit of the doubt a lot. i tend to believe people are Actually Just That Dumb™ when they're joking about something, so i try to get ahead of that & tell myself people are joking when they say something stupid, so that i don't look stupid

all i've learnt in doing that, is most of the time, people aren't joking. they actually did mean what they say, & i made the situation 10× worse by laughing at what they said.

not only does it reinforce the idea in my head that people are Dumb so i need to take the reins on literally Everything, but it also leads people to believe i'm making fun of them for saying something silly & talking to me less, when, if i knew it were a genuine thing they thought, i would have gladly explained it without judgement

but i don't really know how to stop treating them as jokes, because what if they ARE joking so they laugh at me for how Stupid i am for taking the bait? i can't handle being made a fool of, i think i'd rather die