#she’s been in my life for THREE YEARS

[tallmadgeandtea]

Turnsgiving 2022: Day 5

Rewrite History!

Elizabeth Walker in The Summer Soldier and the Sunshine Patriot

A Turn: Washington’s Spies Fic.

“You chose me because I am so different from yourself. Because I was born into a different world than you. In my sex. In my class. Because I understand things you do not- I see things a different way. Sometimes my understanding is flawed, I will admit, but I always- always- work to improve it. I always work to improve myself- I always try. My entire life, I have tried to prove myself. Now, I will not forgive my selfishness, even though I want to, for what I am about to say. I worked to prove myself as worthy as my brother. I worked to show my father I could learn arithmetic and accounting and be trusted with his books. I worked while my brother didn’t even know how to handle an estate. I worked to keep Walker Manor standing and made sure my servants could make it back to their families while the British burned the fields. And I worked- I worked to change my life. You asked me, yes, but I am the one who has traveled to Lancaster, to York, to Carlisle. I am the one who spends nights in the taverns and travels the long roads home. I am the one who buys the flour, the cloth, the meat. I am the one who gets the money out of the British soldiers’ hands. I am the one who helps not just the cause, but the soldiers. I am the one who reached for an experience. I am the one who came here to change my life. And if it all fails in the end, I can say I tried, with or without you. And if I stay? I am staying for the soldiers. I am staying for myself.”

[kittykillsposts]

who is that card and chocolate for. what are you hiding girl

[3amsnek]

weird (not quite) autumn- one layer practice Mae with some vague leaves stuck on for funsies

[mrooops]

really wanted to make a project with these arts (a book about the biographies of some bands) but one girl took it for herself and i thought we were friends lmao

[bikananjarrus]

anyway how do you think elzar felt when he turned a year older than stellan? because i think it probably felt a lot like dying.

[igneous-crocnroll]

Aft cross of midnight, Ere break of dawn, Azure jewel chips.

Half-creature slight, From god-queen borne, Requiem to apocalypse.

Feather-snout up-raised, To speckled skies, Scarlet eyes a-sheen,

To stars she gazed, Three thousand sunrise, The once and future queen.

[frogs-in3-hills]

i’m sure i’m setting myself up for failure here but genuinely i have such high hopes for the ranma remake…. the idea of a ranma remake has been my no.2 anime pipedream for years because i just think if they took out some of the homophobia transphobia sexism racism ableism etc it would be the perfect harem. lmao. (i can be your token “if only ranma wasn’t literally trash” ranma fan..) they just need gay kissing and they can double the complexity of the love dodecahedron so it can become peak camp. do you see my vision. plus i’m really interested in seeing a story that was so influential to anime romance/harem as a whole cycling around to being part of that wider genre discussion again. i mean i think modern harem is the epitome of anime content slop, but is it too much to hope that ranma can revolutionize the genre once more……..

[leslieseveride]

“you scared me." 🤝 “yeah i about had a heart attack.” 🤝 “i can’t lose you the way i lost her.”

the holy trinity.

[garrettwrites]

About the last post. Genuinely. I think if you've never interacted with kids for prolonged periods of time you should not speak of their cognitive development, and/or "knowledge by age". I think far too many of you either forget how YOU were as a child/pre-teen/young teen, or just had such an out there experience it shouldn't be counted.

Children know what sex is because many of us actually learn about reproduction way before puberty hits. I learned it with the "little seed" analogy in second grade when the teacher had us plant beans in yogurt cups with cotton serving as soil. I've had real sex ed since fifth grade (the best time to learn, since many kids go through puberty around that age). I loved animal documentaries as a young child and guess what - lions have sex in those (in the words of Eminem - "Of course they're gonna know what intercourse is / By the time they hit fourth grade / They've got the Discovery Channel, don't they?"). Some kids just pick up puberty books at eight at the library and read them, or look it up online. Some kids have a younger sibling or cousin be born and their parents explain to them where the baby comes from. Kids make sex jokes too, learn them from their peers or adults. In some cases they might have ended up on the wrong corners of the internet, but that's not the norm (although I do remember all of us on technology class in seventh grade secretly gathering around one of our classmate's computer to look at boobs on google images. Boys and girls alike. It was novelty for us, since up until then we had only seen our mother's or granny's).

Sure. A nine year old won't generally know exactly how intercourse goes, how pregnancy can happen. But many know the bases.

Kids also learn about death early on. I learned it in first grade, and remember being terrified. I spoke about it with my mother in metaphors - I went up to her each night asking about "the pigs going away forever", because that's how I felt comfortable talking about it without directly asking "what happens to ME when I die".

Many kids, such as myself, learn about violence first hand. By abuse. By bullying. Maybe by simply witnessing it instead of being on the receiving end.

The same people who hate children and complain about toddlers existing in a public bus are the ones spreading rethoric of "if a kid knows X they're probably being abused" like be real. Especially nowadays where most kids are in front of a screen before they can even read.

Learn the actual signs of abuse. A child isn't being molested just because they joke about dicks and vaginas. A child isn't going through domestic violence just because they repeat some joke they overheard. A child isn't living in hell just because they play pretend torture with their dolls. Lord.

[rubenesque-as-fuck]

Anyway I got notified that I'll be getting a nice $$ bonus from work today and I wish that I could celebrate with someone in a way that didn't just feel like obnoxious bragging. Like beyond the financial aspect, it's just nice to be recognized for good work and I actually feel... good?? about this job??

But it feels so silly to say I want to celebrate when I just got back from what felt like my first real vacation in a very long time and am doing cool comic con stuff this weekend and am scheduled for a new tattoo next weekend. I am already doing lots of things to try to make myself feel good! It feels selfish to want more!

But I guess even with all of that, there's just still a hunger for external validation from trusted sources. Will I ever grow out of wanting someone to be proud of me?

[ratscabies]

I think I'm gonna try learning how to drive again, but I'm very anxious about it

[perhaps-mr-collins-has-a-cousin]

Hello praying people, I'm not doing well and would really appreciate your prayers right now <3

[soliloquent-stark]

y'all it's my sweetheart's birthday today 🥹💗

[i-can-even-burn-salad]

Happy STS Elli!

What inspires you to write? Are there things that you know that you can get inspiration from or does it just come randomly?

Happy STS!

For me, inspiration doesn't mean "to write".

There are, and always have been, a lot of stories floating around in my mind - ideas, scenes, vibes, outlines. I get inspiration from literally everywhere, from talking to my friends, and video games, and scrolling past images or prompts, and reading books, and spending too much time on reddit, and…

Many remain daydreams, or character backstories, eventually lost to time.

Now for actually being able to sit my ass down and get words on the page? I don't know. It comes and goes as it pleases. Having a beehive where a brain should be does NOT help, let me tell you that.

I just. Can't focus on shit lately. Can barely make it through a chapter when reading. Every day is just suddenly over, and I got nothing done, and I am so tired. I have a completely outlined short thing I have been trying to write since Nov, and it's like pulling teeth.

I could do with several months off work while everyone leaves me the fuck alone. How would that be.

[fictionadventurer]

✒️

[july-19th-club]

love an ending that is 'happy' in that a desirable outcome is produced, but made complicated by the fact that the protagonist has given up something integral to themself in order to make it so. it's sort of uncool in some circles to admit you LIKE when characters give up something really cool for something pretty basic, but it's all about context and quality of storytelling, right? that sort of conviction - this is a part of my personality that i am permanently renouncing access to, and it's my choice, and i'm going to miss it, but i'm not going to regret it - that's compelling. ending in which a character who loves nothing more than the rush of finding the answer to a question is handed, one day, a puzzle they just don't want to solve. and that part of their life is over, but it's not a bad thing. maybe the answer doesn't need to be known. maybe not knowing it opens you up to a creative mindset you never had before. character who gains some kind of special power chooses to give it up not because they no longer love the ability, not because it hasn't improved their life, but because this thing they love comes with costs, is getting in the way of a life someone they love or loved and lost would want them to live. i'm glad it turned out this way. i miss the missing thing with all my heart. i would let go of it again if i was asked to choose.