#this has been a lauren post

[waberblobble]

have u ever had to do work even though you already did work for even HOURS and it absolutely ruins your day because i have

[thelaurenshippen]

sorry I can't today. I've gotta sit at my laptop and hit a button to make numbers on the boop-o-meter go up. yeah, it's gonna be all day

[wistfulwatcher]

[st0rmyseas]

[zoirohs]

I'm fine. I'm just being dramatic. It’s what I do.

Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore in Gilmore Girls (2000 - 2007)

[john-laurens]

Something about Laurens and Kinloch being so similar yet so different, both being part of the southern elite, neither being the firstborn but both being the oldest son, both experiencing the death of a parent in their adolescence, but while Laurens lost his mother, Kinloch lost his father and was then placed under the guardianship of a man who was a staunch loyalist living away in England, both Kinloch and Laurens traveling to Europe for their education and being so close and so like-minded in many ways and both feeling conflict between their own wants in life and the will of their father/guardian, Laurens wanting to return to America to fight in the war but his father wanting him to pursue law, Kinloch at first taking strong loyalist stances in the same vein as his guardian and holding so fast to these beliefs that it severely harmed his relationship with Laurens, but then Kinloch later returned to the colonies and fought on the American side, meeting up with Laurens again in the process, and then victory came but Laurens was not ready to leave the war behind, but Kinloch (and Hamilton) had already gotten married and had a child and determined that he truly enjoyed a domestic life away from war and politics, meanwhile Laurens's wife had died and Laurens soon followed, leaving behind a child that never knew him, and an obituary was written for Laurens by some anonymous man living in Virginia with an intimate knowledge of his life story (*cough* Kinloch) and concludes "I am happy thus to perform my last duties to the memory of a friend"

[brynnmclean]

Every time I feel enraged at the sight of Pharazôn in Rings of Power, it's like the cockroach gay Faithful Númenórean rogue NPC in my Akallabêth Campaign rises up in my heart.

[147days]

HELP

[blaithnne]

“I don’t know how to explain it…” she mumbled, “it’s dumb.”

“It is not dumb,” Johanna replied firmly, taking her daughter’s hands in hers’ and making an effort to look her in the eye, though the younger girl tried to avoid it. “You’re in a… transitional stage, not quite a child, not quite an adult, and that’s hard. It’s confusing enough on its own, without any of the extras you’ve had to deal with.” 

“I mean, Dad probably wouldn’t have been much help with this sort of thing.”

‘Dad wasn’t much help with anything’, was what Johanna wanted to say, but thought better of it. 

“My point is, I get that this is difficult, believe me. But it’ll work out in the end, and seem so small in retrospect.”

The teenager sighed heavily, Johanna put a gentle hand to her cheek.

“This has really been worrying you, hasn’t it?”

Lauren didn’t answer, staring at the space behind her mother, perhaps at some of the work pinned to her drawing desk.

“What is it that’s got you so worked up?” She asked tentatively, tilting her head to meet her daughter’s eyeline. Lauren returned the gesture, only in the opposite direction, squinting at something Johanna couldn’t see.

“What’s that?” She asked suspiciously, looking tense. 

Johanna gave her a stern look, “Hey, don’t change the subject. You don’t have to tell me everything, but—”

“No, Mum – I’m serious.” 

Lauren’s eyes were locked on something behind her Mum, as she slowly rose from the couch. She spoke in a hushed, conspiratorial tone, her expression hard, on the verge of righteous anger. 

Johanna felt anxiety trickle up and into her throat, and then everything happened all at once.

“Lauren—”

“What the hell is that—!” 

A preview for Chapter 8 of Plenism this weekend :)

[lady-lauren]

hehehehe getting to 666 on Friday the 13th feels like a nice little omen

[waberblobble]

I recognize that Mr. Nintendo won’t see this, but I want them to know that I searched for ‘LSAT’ on the Nintendo store and there were 151 results and NONE of them had to do with the LSAT. It’s almost like there’s no market for a video game that helps you prepare for the LSAT oH WAIT EVER HEARD OF A LITTLE GAME CALLED PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE ATTORNEY CASE CLOSED MOTHERHUBBARD!!

[thelaurenshippen]

the way that silver said "I will stand here with you an hour, a day, a year" to flint and "I will wait a day, a month, a year, forever" to madi....I'm sick to my stomach. who is doing unhinged devotion like this man

[revolutionary-demosthenes]

In spite of Schuylers black eyes, I have still a part for the public and another for you; so your impatience to have me married is misplaced; a strange cure by the way, as if after matrimony I was to be less devoted than I am now.

Alexander Hamilton to John Laurens, September 16, 1780

I was just re-reading this quote for the first time in a while, and realized it’s got some unique qualities that point to its integrity as a piece of evidence.

With the Laurens-Hamilton relationship, how many possible meanings a letter has is almost more important than what is said in the first place. This isn’t a quote that can be excused as humor or teasing or “how people wrote back then.” It’s a serious quote from Hamilton that talks about his relationship with Laurens, which we don’t have to many of. It’s not like the beginning of the April 1779 letter, which can be brushed off as “how people wrote.” It’s not innuendo that can be excused as “bawdy humor.” It’s a serious and non-flowery or sentimental sentence which contains many elements that point to a romance between Hamilton and Laurens. There is no other strong explanation for Laurens to be directly compared to Schuyler. (And especially the “black eyes” part-- in spite of something Hamilton is attracted to about his wife, he still has a “part” for Laurens...) The rest of the quote is even more implicating-- why would Laurens want Hamilton to be married so that Hamilton’s affection would wane? Why would their relationship need a cure if it was a socially acceptable friendship? 

tl, dr: Because Hamilton’s writing is so direct and clear, with so few opposing interpretations, (but many implications!) or the ability to be construed as a joke, this letter is a pretty unique piece of evidence, and one of the strongest to suggest a Laurens-Hamilton relationship. (And good for refuting criticism.)

[scarydamien]

Damien×Lauren

playlist

[my-deer-friend]

I have finally Made An Art again! Nature is healing etc.

[goldoradove]

Lauren:  This week was worse than last.  Maddison couldn’t even get out of bed most days.

Therapist:  And you can tell this is affecting you?

Lauren:  It kills me to watch someone I love be in pain, and she’s in agony.

Therapist:  I see.  Do you think your sorrow is equal to your sister’s, or do you think she feels deeper [more deeply?] than you do?

Lauren:  On the contrary.  Maddison lost her sister and best friend.  I also lost my mom, but I feel like I’m losing my sister, too.

Therapist:  Have you lost someone close to you before?

Lauren:  My dad died over a decade ago, but we weren’t ever close.

Therapist:  Would you say you fear death?

Lauren:  I watched Mom’s body break down over a few short weeks.  It was excruciating—for everyone.  I don’t think I fear death, but I fear dying like that.  And Maddison...  I’m watching her deteriorate right before my eyes.  That is terrifying.