#quiet desperation

[pinball-wzrd]

why are movie adaptions of 70s rock operas always like. yeah his dad died in a war and yeah he started a cult and yeah his mom sucks but do you wanna see him SHIRTLESS???

[areadersquoteslibrary]

"Reading, in an age when so many people don't read books, is a form of rebellion."

- David Gessner, 'Quiet Desperation, Savage Delight: Sheltering with Thoreau in the Age of Crisis'

[thegoodmorningman]

Remember to practice self care if you ever get a chance! Good Morning!!!

[paddy-garcia-70]

[howifeltabouthim]

I just knew in a quiet way I was ruined. If I agreed to be female. There was so much evidence on the screen and in books.

Eileen Myles, from "What About Chris?" the Foreword to I Love Dick by Chris Kraus

[sequentialartconfidential]

Hey kids! The Quiet Desperation Kickstarter goes all the way LIVE on 5/15/23! Again, that's May 15th of this year! This is my biggest campaign yet and I'm hoping to bring in $1,000 or more! To be able to achieve this goal I am going to need the help of everyone I know! I'll be flooding my social media accounts with advertising (incessant pleading) throughout the campaign and I'll need help spreading the word! It would be nice if I could make a few new fans lol. If you want to help please repost all of my begging to your friends and family! If you have a voice anywhere please let it be heard! If you or someone you know has a podcast then I want to be on it! I need all of the publicity for this that I can get! Please help!

[pearlsforthesoul]

GIVE ME TRUTH (food of life)

Truth be told: Henry David Thoreau remains one of my favorites. You must do your self a good service and visit with this mans quotes and philosophies as they will enrich you and cause you great reason to pause and then admire the depth, breath and width of life and all its mysteries “How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” is another one that moves me every which…

[adhdtimelord]

I am so tired of stories where everything works out in the end.

The main character discovers that if they just hung on long enough, or believed in themselves, or took charge and embraced being a leader, or trusted the process, or blazed their own trail, or found their unique gift, etc and it turns everything around.

For most of us, the world doesn't work that way.

It may help us through a rough day but it may also send us leadlong over a cliff.

The truth is we aren't all destined to be winners.

Some people get great inspiration from the examples of others. But far more get their hopes up only to have them crushed again.

If they're lucky, they're right back where they started but, perhaps, a bit wiser.

But for others, it leads them to further depression, tragic mistakes that take their lives, more evidence in their minds (true or not) that they are a loser and should just quit trying before they kill themselves.

There's the saying that so many live lives of quiet desperation but often the more they try to eleviate that desperation, the more it's reinforced.

Where are their stories?

Where is the admission that no matter how much the world changes, most of us will continue to be nobodies?

And where are the people who help us find ways to continue on in the world even though that's true?

[lil-doodles]

Hey kids! The Quiet Desperation Kickstarter goes all the way LIVE on 5/15/23! Again, that's May 15th of this year! This is my biggest campaign yet and I'm hoping to bring in $1,000 or more! To be able to achieve this goal I am going to need the help of everyone I know! I'll be flooding my social media accounts with advertising (incessant pleading) throughout the campaign and I'll need help spreading the word! It would be nice if I could make a few new fans lol. If you want to help please repost all of my begging to your friends and family! If you have a voice anywhere please let it be heard! If you or someone you know has a podcast then I want to be on it! I need all of the publicity for this that I can get! Please help!

[tanglepelt]

Dc x dp idea 93

Ra forces Talia to sacrifice her son to the ghost king. With his obvious re-awakening he most solidify the deal. It’s how he was gifted the Lazarus water in the first place.

Newley crowned 15 year old Danny did not want this child. Like at all. He’s already dealing with parents who want to tear him apart. That reveal didn’t go well at all.

Danny couldn’t take care of himself let alone a stabby 6 year old. The only good thing is he snatched the kid before he was killed by his scary mom and stinky grandfather.

By ancient law. This child belonged to him. Not only that, the child was bound to obey him. Found that part out on accident. He was tired of the murder attempts and promptly told him to knock that off be quiet and sit down. He’s ashamed to admit it took him at least two hours to realize Damian couldn’t talk or stand up.

Yea.

He’s taken to internal dialogue after that little hiccup. He later learned sign language had no effect. Apparently it had to be verbal. It’s not his say to order anyone around. He doesn’t care what the crown means. They were fine without pariah they’ll be fine without him.

At least while he’s still half alive. Despite what the council says he doesn’t need a legal guardian. He’s perfectly fine homeless.

So here he was with 9 year old child and on the run from the government, his parents, and the royal council.

Now when a man in a trench coat tries to expel the ecto-ghost to free the “boy” and the child. Well. He asked for help.

This leads to a dna test. Danny ignored how he had been told Batman by Damian it was of no help. Danny hadn’t even meant to ask, knowing Damian would be forced to answer. His mother must of lied to the poor thing.

With a shocking result, the father was Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne can reclaim his son, but Danny can’t simply hand him over. Something of equal or greater value has to be exchanged.

Obviously Bruce Wayne is happy to make a deal.

Danny just goes. Well either i need a legal guardian as the ghosts are on my butt about it and my parents want me dead. Or. A government organization taken down for trying to eradicate his species.

He gets both.

Damian and Danny refuse to tell anyone why Damian was sacrificed to him.

[novantinuum]

somewhere up above the stars the wreckage of a Universe floats past

an AU ancient lonely god Steven I have. his moniker is Astra and I am obsessed with him right now.

[pinball-wzrd]

new form of music elitism unlocked: referring to a band by their name before they got popular. asking people what their favorite tea set song is and giggling like a maniac when they ask me what the fuck i'm talking about.

[hcnnibal]

fascinated by how hungry/unfulfilled A1 and A2 feel, like spiritually. What would fix each of them? Not necessarily what they want, but what they would need to be ... satiated?

they do manage to find some level of contentment in the 2020s but i think the core of their characterization is that theyre both empty, hollow men who will never be fully satiated

[mercutio-the-velaryon]

Meljayvik discourse reminds me a lot of those barely baked Challengers takes that said "Patrick loved Art, Art loved Tashi and Tashi loved tennis" in the sense that people love making these smart sounding little quips to surmise very complex relationships and they never land (and also tend to be very reductive especially about the female character in the dynamic).

[starrysharks]

reassassination swap AU... fuckin.... unassassination idfk

[arsenicflame]

Bootblacking is my favourite kink to give Izzy, because of course this guy would get his rocks off doing precise, repetitive, manual labour. OF COURSE he gets off on what is essentially just another chore on his list.