#the world's a dumpster fire

[jorahssquire]

Hobbiton Village New Zealand

Ever just want to become a HOBBIT and get away from it all...

[kedreeva]

We've been losing power due to winter storms lately so my partner 3D printed me a tealight "to fill in for tumblr when you're offline"

anyway this should be official merch imo

[determined-ghostworm]

Poor poor John, it seem’s that he’s gotten himself into a bit of situation.

@jotaroslooseeyebrowhair

-Too be completely honest everything I know about John Constantine is from AO3. With random snippets like ~steel blue eyes or short blonde hair… and not to forget the “Gods! I need a drink don’t contact me for the next month.. or better yet don’t at all” 👍✨👌

[thereweredragonshere]

I want to hit Dean DeBlois over the head with a gift of the night fury shaped frying pan

[pencilofawesomeness]

Yui lies awake for an indeterminable amount of time, watching shadows make patterns on the ceiling above them. The heartbeat against her fingertips beats a constant tattoo against her skin, a reminder that she’s not alone, that the body next to her continues to live and breathe and exist in this world. 

—Famous Last Words Chapter 3, from May Death Never Stop You by @slexenskee

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Okay so I binged this series in about the span of a week and it did things to my brain. The scene where Yui gets Satoru to come home and sleep lives rent-free so I had to draw it. She's the most little sister ever and this scene made me cry from the bittersweet wholesomeness. My utmost respect to slex for this masterpiece of a fic.

[fictionadventurer]

The more I learn about Civil War politics, the more I'm convinced that Lincoln's most impressive and useful leadership trait was that he never let his pride get in the way of doing his job.

Other people in Lincoln's position would have come to Washington with something to prove. They'd have resented the insults and tried to disprove them. They'd have tried to seize power and credit, rejected help, spent a lot of time trying to reach a certain level of respect.

Lincoln's response to, "You're just a backwoods lawyer with no executive experience who makes too many dumb jokes," was pretty much always, "Yeah. And?" He had no interest in petty personal power plays. He had a country to run. There was a war on. It didn't matter what people thought of him so long as the job got done.

He was aware of his personal shortcomings and was always willing to accept advice and help from people who had more knowledge and experience in certain areas. He presided over a chaotic Cabinet full of abrasive personalities who thought they were better and smarter than him, but he kept working with them because they could get the job done. For example: Stanton was absolutely horrible to him when they were both working as lawyers. Just incredibly mean on a personal level. But when Lincoln needed someone to replace Cameron, he swallowed his pride and appointed Stanton as Secretary of War, where Stanton proceeded to be mean to everyone in the world, but he whipped that department into shape and kept it running efficiently through a very chaotic war. Pretty much no one except Lincoln would have been able to put up with that. He could put up with people who were personally difficult if they could do the job he needed them to do--which he was only able to do because his own ego didn't get in the way.

Lincoln's example is a prime demonstration of how humility isn't underrating yourself--it's being so secure in your own abilities and identity that you don't need to attack anyone or defend yourself to prove your worth. He knew his shortcomings, but he also knew his strengths. He was willing to give other people credit for successes and take blame upon himself for failures if it kept things running smoothly. He was secure enough in his own power that he could deal generously--but firmly--with people who tried to undermine him. In a city full of huge egos, in a profession that rewards puffed-up pride, that levelheaded humility is an extremely rare trait--which is what made it so impressive and effective.

[youarentreadingthis]

they have to wear the sweater when they don't get along

[rubra-wav]

Broooooo I've got an idea for a Vox x reader that's like really unhinged:

Reader is this parasitic master manipulator who worms their way into people's lives and they get picked up by Vox when they fall into hell to essentially work for him as a spy on adversaries like other overlords where they adopt new identities and just fuck shit up, and he just watches them doing this for entertainment.

And they are both in love with one another, but the twist is that they are actually really healthy for each other and literally only each other

No reader whos actually nice and a good person getting him to be good. They are just both genuinely awful and in love with each other

This would also really work for a Velvette x reader too negl

[sad-endings-suck]

“Zuko would have jumped in front of Azula’s lighting bolt for anyone!”

Yes! And? Katara would’ve given the “I’ll make sure your destiny ends right then and there, permanently.” speech, to anyone who threatened the life of a loved one. Whether it be Aang, Sokka, Toph, Hakota, etc. Hell, she’d defend an innocent stranger that way, and she has. Besides, it’s not like we haven’t seen Zuko take a lightning bolt for someone else besides Katara— oh wait, we haven’t (he still would though ofc).

Regardless, it’s the same point, inverted.

“Zuko would die for any of his friends” and “Katara would kill for any of her friends” are foil characterization traits; not opposing arguments.

[admiral-arelami]

AITA If My Favorite Character is a Fascist?

Uh oh. The Fascsplainers are at it again. Yes, we know what fascism is, thx.

[something-tofightfor]

WIP Wednesday on Thursday

Thank you for tagging me @justagalwhowrites

I also agree that it feels weird to post as if everything's business as usual, but the only way out is through, and the only way through is to take part in the things that make us happy and keep us going, right? I've found some solace in writing Joel over the last couple days, and this is two excerpts from what is tentatively called "Untitled" - and is a TLOU AU where there's no outbreak and Joel is a successful - but somewhat retired - musician. Currently I've got about 4.5 chapters and 52k words for it, so we'll see when it's ready to post.

If you want to post what you're working on, please feel free to do so - consider this an open tag!

[sanddollarpoems]

They're all the bold faced liars

selling us slop for the price of our souls.

"If you just keep scrolling

You might not feel the tape over your mouth.

You might not feel us bind your wrists."

"Just spend your life savings

on our passive income scheme."

"This won't hurt, you'll only feel a pinch."

We watch our differences become

the driving force dividing us.

We watch pieces of our human race

labeled and declared a sub class.

There's always an excuse to kill the weak.

I hate this world, but what can I do?

We feel the helplessness of the last three generations,

hanging around our necks like a gold chain.

This is the privilege of a first world view,

we see every single blast

but don't have to smell the smoke and death.

We can't give up on trying to stand.

How did these people get put in charge anyway?

And are you ready to fight your way out?

Do you think we've got a chance?

[katieleighrobinson]

[mab1905]

I’m listening to an audio book of DS’s The Terror Bc I need something to keep me awake while I work on a project, and I stg I have to take a break and pace around my house every so often because something in the book will be so fucking egregious that I have to shake the urge to hunt down Simmons and strangle him.

I assume this is a fairly standard reading experience for this book.

[clotpolesonly]

i have a very specific character Type™ and that type is big brothers who are honestly trying their best it's just that their best is really not very good

[dirtytransmasc]

(modern got hc)

Theon let's Rickon play games on his phone just about whenever he wants and secretly loves scrolling through all of the terrible photos/videos the kid takes (even if it takes up all his storage).