#the rest is kind of forgotten

[twilightichor]

I think there is something that I didn't get to say openly, which is that I'm not opposed to pre-established relationships! This comes from a place where I know that sometimes it can get boring, maybe even draining to start from the beginning every single time with everyone.

So what do I understand by pre-established relationships? It doesn't have to be necessarily anything yet, meaning that say we want to skip past first introductions or to venture a tad further down the line of our muses' relationship and work from there, I'm down for it. These can always be discussed via IMs and be referenced in the interactions we have. Moreover, suffice to say that I'm not chronologically-locked, either. While yes, I do like to see how things go in order, I'm aware that time constraints and other matters won't always allow it. So long as we don't forget that we have pre-established something that has room for deepening via meme thingies / IC asks or even another thread running at the same time than another more in the "future", I'm cool with it.

[mueritos]

a small moment of kindness that touched me today. speaking about our struggles as grad students in class with classmates. our small group is all BIPOC; another latine and two arabs, one who is palestinian. we are speaking very honestly about our fears and frustrations. feeling useless. feeling scared. upset at the world and its horrors. angry at other peoples' silence. but at the same time so so full of joy and hope. i talked about being scared of being forgotten, and we continued on with our group task of creating a liberation health triangle.

professor transitioned us back to the full class and while our professor began speaking again, my Palestinian classmate--so beautiful and with the most wonderful curls--leaned close to me and whispered "I'll never forgot you." I almost didn't hear her so i whispered back, "what?", and as sweetly as the first time she said, "I'll never forget you. And I'll never forget what you said last semester. You were the first person in this entire program who spoke of your frustrations. I felt less alone."

the walk home from class was very cold, but i could not help but let myself repeat the moment in my head over and over again.

[lumiereandcogsworth]

going crazy about this screencap. the way the background is all starry and beautiful but blurry. and they’re in focus and looking at each other, LOCKED on each other. there’s nothing in the their minds except each other. the world falls away and it’s only them only them only them.

[kirbyddd]

[delightfuldevin]

People in the comments of the new splatfest song are kinda annoying ngl,,

Marina is very smart y’all. Even if she was sheltered by growing up in the Octarian domes, I’m preeetty sure everyone wasn’t super kind and genuine to each other all the time. There’s no way Marina doesn’t know what being passive aggressive looks like. She’s not too uwu pure to tell that Shiver was insulting her. She’s just a genuine fan of Deep Cut and she ain’t about that petty insults stuff.

[nerdgirlnarrates]

Already having dreams about forgetting to answer a page, give fluids, etc.

[plugboy11]

while cap tends to banter with his villains and monologue about how he’ll defeat them with his “Wedgie Power!” kipper rarely talks during battle, if at all. if he does it’s usually incredibly stern and to the point, he has very little patience for most of the antagonists’ bullshit half the time and just wants to get it over with as soon as possible so he can go home and put some clothes on

[sezja]

Jeryk's specific type of trans-ness comes in the form of "tomboy who never 'grew out of it'"

[masquenoire]

Contrary to most backstories where Roman carved his original mask from his father’s coffin, this Roman instead carved it from his mother’s. Mrs. Sionis despised him much more vehemently than her husband, who merely regarded their child with uninterested disdain at best and so Roman deliberately defiled her coffin out of spite, knowing she would have absolutely hated him using her wood for his face.

[lwoorl]

Sometimes you read a published book and you're like "Huh, I could write better than that, this is around my skill level, I could make this, I could make it better, in fact," and sometime you read a published book and you're like "I could never write this, I wasn't even aware people could write like this, I couldn't even tell you how much better this is than my own stuff because this level is clearly beyond what I can even comprehend, this story will stick with me for the rest of my life" and you won't know which book is which before you pick it up. How fun!

[revenantghost]

Alright, I'm getting close to almost caught up. Gonna stop reading here, since this is the highest note we'll land on for... awhile

[shadowed-yet-vibrant]

An act of kindness I'll never forget - I was in elementary school, and both a classmate and I were reading the same book series. We were both bullied at recess, so we would stay inside and read in the library instead (with one or two other students). The elementary school librarian knew us both well, and she told us that she was buying a copy of the new book from the series for the library. She promised us both it would be ready for check out on release day.

My classmate and I talked for WEEKS about running to the library on lunch break (against the rules!) to get the book first. The day comes, we both tear out of the classroom and bolt for the library, and up to the desk.

Our librarian is there, waiting for us at the desk, smiling. We ask her who made it to the desk first (I think he did, honestly) - who gets to check out the book first, and who gets it second? We're out of breath, but she just laughs...

She pulls two copies of the book from underneath the desk.

[testostergnomes]

Tags courtesy of @streetsandsodiumlights

Mom they're gentrifying disco elysium

[prisonhannibal]

Families in Gaza are starving because of Israel blocking resources from entering. The consequences of childhood starvation are severe and deadly, both immediately and long term. Malnutrition weakens your immune system and leaves you more vulnerable to infectious diseases, and makes it harder for your body to fight the illness, so the chance of severe illness from common illnesses is higher. Even completely treatable illnesses can kill you when you’re starving and don’t have access to medical care. This combined with lack of clean and safe drinking water is extremely dangerous, especially for the children. Malnutrition stunts your growth, affects your development and heightens risk of serious health problems for the rest of your life. Being underweight and suffering from malnutrition makes you cold more easily, and more vulnerable to hypothermia.

Can you imagine as a parent having to witness your child suffering like this? Fearing for your children’s lives from what would usually be a relatively minor illness? Hearing them cry from hunger because the occupation is starving them? This is every parents worst nightmare, but for Ahed this is reality.

Ahed has three beautiful young daughters under 10 years old. 9 year old Fatima “the closest to (Ahed’s) heart and my little one”, 6 year old Iman “the friendly, kind, and loving child who is loved by everyone” and little Nour, who is only one year old and has barely got to experience peace in her short life.

He campaigns every day to get attention for his campaign to feed them and keep them warm and hopefully evacuate when the border opens. We have the power to help Ahed and his little children survive this. Food prices in Gaza are extremely high and it’s difficult to even get water. Ahed and his family do not have adequate shelter from the cold. Donations can help him buy food and clothing and blankets for his children to keep them warm in the winter They’re already suffering so much from the sounds of bombs and repeated displacements, starvation and infectious diseases is another cruel consequence of the occupations genocide in Gaza.

I know he is scared and exhausted from asking for help for this, but he keeps going because his children are his whole world, and like any parent he would do anything to save them. This is his hope. I believe it’s our job, as the people who support and care about palestinians lives, to make sure the people who reach out for help know that the world hasn’t forgotten them. Please show Ahed that the compassionate people of the world will help him

they only have €7,153 raised out of the 40,000 goal. Anything you send will help a lot ❤️

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[dragongirlcock]

If we could we'd put this body in a time loop for a while. Weeks. Possibly months

The first couple days would probably be much needed rest. Followed by some hard thinking mixed with rest. So much has happened. I'm afraid of losing several people. I'm failing to give others attention. The rooms an absolute mess as is the kitchen. There's yet more people we'd love to get to know but life's a fuck and I'm generally avoiding trying to start new friendships while we desperately try to get ourselves sorted and muster whatever energy we can towards. ... too many things tbh.

We wish it wasn't too much to ask for just rest.

[trashycosmos]

not to be super morbid but like if you have family you're close to and they're older/sick get them to make a will of some sort. a physical and signed will. even if it's the most basic of things. if it's a subject you can broach ahead of time that's even better. i had to watch my mother sob uncontrollably yesterday bc we couldn't get my grandma's ashes. the man she was married to told us he just had to run to get them and then sent his brother as the fucking messenger to tell us he wouldn't give them to us. like we didn't even fucking want them all or anything aside from that. we got urns to split amongst my mom, him, my sister, and myself. 8 hours and 3 days. 8 hours of driving and three days of hoping we could finally be done with everything. for nothing. to leave empty handed. to be treated like my grandmother, her mother, was somehow less important to us. like her unexpected death didn't turn our world's upside down either. yeah we weren't there when she passed but we live 400 miles away and her heart literally fucking burst out of nowhere the morning before her birthday. shredded apart while she was on the operating table that same day. how the fuck are you supposed to predict that? like we wouldn't have wanted a chance to say a last goodbye and i love you? to be there for her final moments. i have never seethed with rage and sorrow like this before. the restraint i had to exercise yesterday was unbearable. i hope none of you ever experience this. like your relative is being held hostage from you. like your grief is treated less than or the relationship you had was.