#rl with v

[velvet-midnight]

I need to be witnessed and I look so good, so let's have some commotion for the dresses I didn't pick but really loved

Starting off with my GIRL, the one I want to run through a field of wildflowers in. Look at her! Such a close race, because we're planning a handfasting and some other nontrad options and that modern-medieval silhouette coulda been good. She's such a gorgeous gal but not quite right for the plan. (Stella York)

In a similar vibe, this one feels very Juliet to me (it's the corset-esque waistline). Forsooth, if this was a big to-do and my whole acting company was coming and we were doing Bits throughout the reception, this would be the one. (Also Stella York, I believe)

The first one I ever laid eyes on - which has the detailing I want, but is so young and princessy - and as my mother said, princess is sweet but that's for a younger me. The queen I am now deserves more. (Mori Lee, I believe)

And of course - some commotion for the shop with the winning dress.

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I really didn't think this would be as good of an experience as it has been. I was fully prepared (by a lifetime of shopping as a curvy gal) to spend hours sobbing in my car.

I also didn't expect to like this process like this.

But I know what I like and what I don't, now. And I am actually stronger in myself and my decisions, now.

And we get to make this ritual about and for us.

[askarsjustsoswedish]

Alexander Skarsgård - True Blood and Generation Kill Interview - The Independent Spirit Awards 2009, Santa Monica, Ca, 21 Feb ‘09. Y/T (x) Showbiz Junkies.

[candycryptids]

New picture for my pinned + also I finished updating the character links, hopefully xD (It's about time I replaced Chuu + Cash with Me + Cash since I made a self-insert LOL)

[antianakin]

I know many people see Obi-Wan as Anakin's dad, but he's a bit more like Shmi, isn't he? Like they both tell him about the value of letting go and live by their teachings (Shmi giving him up so he could have a better life/ Obi-Wan's entire relationship with Satine) and seem to hold the title of parent in Anakin's mind. Which is why his reaction on Mustafar was so explosive; if Obi-Wan disapproved of his choices, that meant that Shmi would have too and that drives him insane

Idk really know if this is correct

I mean, I don't think seeing Obi-Wan as a father figure and Obi-Wan being similar to Shmi are mutually exclusive things. If you remove the gender from it, it just means both of them are parental figures in Anakin's life. I feel like I've seen people positing that a lack of a paternal or maternal figure in Anakin's life at different points is what fucked him up or something, but this feels like bullshit to me.

I think Anakin does see them as SEPARATE, but obviously Shmi and Obi-Wan do both hold a similar place in his life and they have similar values. I think Anakin is someone who clings pretty hard to the people he loves and he DESPERATELY needs their approval. I think in this case, Obi-Wan is separate from Shmi in this, so on Mustafar it's not really that Obi-Wan's disapproval automatically means Shmi would've disapproved and it's SHMI'S disapproval that hurts. I think Obi-Wan's disapproval hurts ON ITS OWN because he cares about Obi-Wan's opinion regardless of any connection it may or may not have to Shmi.

I also think that Obi-Wan's opinion connects to how good of a JEDI Anakin is. Obi-Wan is a consummate Jedi, and if we take his word for it, Anakin sees Obi-Wan as the wisest and most powerful of all the Jedi. If Obi-Wan disapproves of him and his choices, it means Anakin isn't a good Jedi. And if he's not a good Jedi, perhaps he's not a good PERSON. We see Anakin sort-of fall apart over thinking he's not a good Jedi once in AOTC after the Tusken massacre, and then once in ROTS over murdering Dooku, so we know that being "a good Jedi" matters to him to some degree. If he isn't a good Jedi, then what's left? He's wrapped his entire identity and self worth around being a Jedi in a lot of ways, it's part of why he can't just walk away from it in order to be with Padme instead. He HAS to have both.

And by Mustafar, Anakin is fully in delusion land and is just straight-up lying to himself because he's gone beyond a point of no return and he knows it but can't truly ACCEPT IT. Facing Obi-Wan means facing a particular truth about what he's done that he wasn't actually prepared to face (presumably he would've just thought Obi-Was would die along with everyone else and he'd never see Obi-Wan again). But now Obi-Wan is here, this person he'd loved and who had loved him and who he betrayed in the worst possible way, and he has to actually ANSWER FOR WHAT HE'S DONE. So facing Obi-Wan's disapproval also means facing his own guilt, something Anakin never ever wants to do.

So, yeah, I think Obi-Wan's disapproval means a lot all on its own and it doesn't NEED a connection to Shmi to make it mean something to Anakin. I think Obi-Wan's place in his life as a parental figure definitely adds some weight to his opinion, especially in the absence of Shmi herself and Anakin's desire to find a replacement for that relationship in his life, but I don't think that that's the whole or even the main reason why Anakin's reaction to him on Mustafar is the way it is.

[kyuhu]

Anyway I had the best and most surreal moment by meeting a super sweet Liet and Nyo!R.ussia cosplayer today who recognized my keychain shfgshdaj 😭

[coffinpal]

How tall is Redline Splinter?

About 6’ 1 or 2", same height as 2012 splinter

she was already 5' 10" before she mutated

[muraenide]

At the time of writing this, I'm very sleepy, but consider this a "Joan's late night thought" post (It's around 11pm where I'm at).

As my rping career gets more mature I've realized I started to care less about basic stuff like being "ooc" or focused on follower counts or blog aesthetics or trying to get along with everyone's muses on tumblr bc that's nigh impossible. I'm so lazy my theme/rules/graphics are the bare minimum or 90% are copy-pasted from my other blogs or recycled.

Instead, what's more important to me now is *how* I write my replies/threads. Have I cramped too much information in one reply and have made it difficult for rp partners to make their next reply focus on one single direction? Do I leave enough information in one reply to allow my rp partners to continue the thread based on it? Have I picked the best word choices that suit my muse? (Particularly for Jade, he always uses polite forms of every word. So he rarely swears, but here's the fun part. There are ways to make him cuss and still appear faithful to the canon character, but that's EXACTLY a writer's job to make that work even if he never swore on screen to reference from). If we've plotted, did my reply push the plot forward or was it just beating around the bush? Did 10 paragraphs of writing successfully convey what I wanted to show/tell the reader or were they just ramblings that only had a vague meaning of the message I wanted to bring -

I feel that shifting my priority to these concerns rather than the other aspects of rp has made writing really enjoyable for me again (that I haven't felt in years bc I was too caught up with restricting my muse since I tend to have a preference to really stick to the source material, 99% of the times I only write canons, the other "phase" was being too focus on making the writing pretty, but using the right words which doesn't always have to be difficult is far more important than pretty writing) but I can't believe it took me this long to realize that this is not what rp is about.

[sasukimimochi]

i decided to let you guys see the entire wip \(￣︶￣*\))✨❤

i'm quite tired so i will continue this later! but this will more or less be the composition, just dunno about the bg yet haha

But really, thank you! I got a lot more attention on this fic (on ao3) than expected. I'll give you guys a proper thank you though when i finish this hmmmm

Ghost of Mine Other Ghost of Mine Artwork can be found here.

[stromuprisahat]

Ten years after the victory, and he was dodging between chunks of marble and granite as he wove his way to the Academy. Sometimes Coriolanus wondered if the debris had been left there to remind the citizens of what they had endured. People had short memories. They needed to navigate the rubble, peel off the grubby ration coupons, and witness the Hunger Games to keep the war fresh in their minds. Forgetting could lead to complacency, and then they’d all be back at square one.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Suzanne Collins)

I love how this book nicely shows that even with all the correct assumptions, you can get to completely different conclusions. That instead of openness, the horrors of war can lead to more cruelty.

[idv-ask-optometrist]

a candy bar badly taped on to note was tossed at/near the optometrist the note reads (⊗𝕧⊗)✎ "hi! i like your coat! it's pretty :3"

a small child was peering around a wall at the optometrist.

~~ from @vthekidfromtheforest

((also your art is so cute :3

"Oh?"

The optometrist turns her head to the sound of an object landing. She picks it up and reads the note.

"Who..." She turns around to the child's direction and they make eye contact. Both was taken aback by surprise.

Rue approaches the child gently and bends down to her height. "Dear child, you are the one that did this I assume? Thank you. I most definitely appreciate the candy bar and the compliment that came with it."

She offers her a smile.

"What are you doing just peeking at me behind this wall? Were you perhaps too scared to approach me in person? Worry not, I won't do any bad thing to you."

A/N: thank you! I could say the same for your art! Your oc is absolutely adorable :)

[velvet-midnight]

"I didn't have you just for spare parts."

A beautiful, expansive, generous response to one's only daughter feeling terrified at the prospect of giving an organ.

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"I know you. Don't think about the pressure of obligation. If you don't, and it could have saved her life, you will become the darkest version of yourself. And she won't be good for her future, for her potential kids, either. You will tear yourself apart."

An incisive (word specifically chosen) observation from my longtime therapist who has realized I've finally gotten to a place where she can be blunt, put aside her kid gloves, and hold my chin steady so I can see.

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"I don't understand why you say I can't get tested. We should at least know."

"No! I need you to support me. I can't be recovering from this while supporting you."

Bone-deep understanding of how I went on to replicate this very dynamic for a decade, from watching it be normal, the martyr and the woman who refuses the martyr's offers

-

I call my mother this very morning, to wish her a happy birthday. I'll be seeing her tonight, making her requested dinner, and spending time with my parents, but there is a birthday tradition of morning phone calls.

I didn't expect her to be so awake, but she laughs and tells me she's accompanying our aunt down to the capital's medical facility, so she can get tested to see if she's a match for donation.

Their relationship is curious and fraught, decades of closeness after earlier decades of estrangement. She's older than my mother, but in better shape than any of us, and she's a good candidate for the surgery. She's brusque and robust, a whirlwind of skiing vests and New England hardiness.

Sharing organs would be the culmination of a very long, weird and painful family history. A way of closing the gap in a very visceral manner.

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I love my mother more than I probably should, two neurodivergent only children in a world of our own making, because there was no room for us out there.

But the greatest testament to her impact, her legacy, her soul is taking the time to truly search mine and understand what parts of my body are mine and what parts I can spare for her.

She is the one who counteracted my father's family's teachings of martyrdom.

She is the one who taught me that a woman need not become a Mother when she becomes a mother.

She, more than anyone in my life, understands that the boundary of autonomy extends even, perhaps especially, to the people we love most.

She continues to give me the gift of life.

[nashdoesstuff]

i have a cousin that's in a mlm relationship, apparently

[phagodyke]

another morning another free bus journey..

[daegorth]

TAYLOR!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU MY BABY!!!!!

and a Messi assist❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[faillen]

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[pasiphile]

YOU HAVE A CHILD NOW!?!!?!?!??! CONGRATS OH MY GOD IM GONNA CRYYYYY IVE BEEN FOLLOWING U FOR AGES IM SO HAPPY. if u don't have a kid ignore sorry.

I do, thank you! Bb is three and a half months now and has the cutest lil cheekums in the world.

It's very weird to think that I started Tumblr a little before I met my now wife and now we have a child together. That's ten years ago! I've people who started following me while they were still in high school who are now looking for jobs. It's wild.