#strength Of will

[mariniacipher]

“‘So it is all finished!’ [Pierre] thought. ‘And how has it all happened? How quickly! Now I know that not because of her alone, nor of myself, but because of everone, it must invariably come about. They are all expecting it, they are so sure that it will happen that I cannot, I cannot, disappoint them. But how will it be? I do not know, but it will certainly happen!’ thought Pierre.”

behold, Pierre’s incredible strength of will, which he certainly possesses

[ef-1]

For those not tapped into Australian politics, King Charles is in Australia to conduct his "historic first tour to the commonwealth realm" i.e visting countries that King Charles is supposedly a monarch to.

Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe had requested an audience with King Charles for weeks prior to this visit, she wrote countless letters to speak to him. Unlike other commonwealth nations and other former Brisitish colonies, a treaty with Indigenous peoples in Australia was never formed. Their land was never ceded to the British Crown. After being denied and ignored, Lidia Thorpe, draped in a traditional possum skin cloak, stormed in the Great Hall during the reception for Charles at Parliament House in the capital shouting the following:

I literally can't even look at these photos without getting goosebumps.

[rapidashrider]

The agonising feel when a character tag is full of shipping that you Simply Do Not Vibe With. The solution is, naturally, to keep scrolling. But the wince, the WINCE.

[dracoroma]

I'm tired of people treating optimism as childish and nieve.

Do you realize how hard it is to see the good in the world nowadays? Do you have any idea how hard it is to choose to fight when everything is dragging you down? Do you have a single clue how much strength it takes to not give up on the world when it's in a constant state of falling apart?

I am not an optimist because I ignore the pain and suffering around me. I am not an optimist because I am ignorant. I am an optimist because I choose to make the world a better place.

I choose to build and fight instead of giving up or tearing things down. I give a little piece of myself up to every person in my life so I can help them up. I stumble through failure and disappointment and being beaten down by those in the same place as me.

I fight every day, every moment of my life, to make the world a better place. Of course I'm angry. I'm angry at the state of the world. I'm angry at people doing nothing but tearing others down. And I use that anger to keep me from falling into the same pit of despair that people say is so mature.

I will continue to fight the right way. I will continue to trip and fall and give up pieces of myself, and do everything I can to make the world a better place.

Can you say the same?

[malakkc-poetry]

Bronze Certificate,  poem: Perfection

[notherpuppet]

First Meeting

[fineapple20]

Portraits

Retouched this set from last year, because it was haunting me laying there 80% finished

[ponpasta]

HAPPY BDAY MIKU

[akanemnon]

Regular sibling behavior

[runboybeneaththemoon]

[hetchdrive]

Sometimes you’ve just got to think of your favorite character getting fucked against a wall to get through the work day.

[foolsocracy]

put dick on a team and trust he will make sure they can perform as an acrobat troop

[bigolialragu]

i love frinos

[maeamian]

Hey y'all, now is a particularly good time to show solidarity with the Haitian refugee community of Ohio by donating to groups working on their behalf like The Haitian Bridge Alliance or Advocates for Basic Legal Equity.

The Republican goons are trying to stir up a racist hate mob against them based on extremely sinister lies. To hell with the sorts of people who want racist violence and for those of us nowhere near Ohio, this sort of donation is a decent way of telling both the Haitian community and their tormentors that we have the backs of refugees.

[antifainternational]