#this was all in the same year good lord!!!
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Every morning, the routine is the same.
Wake up at dawn, before anyone else. Try and snatch a few moments of quiet meditation before Pipsqueak gets up. Prepare breakfast for however many orphaned kids have attached themselves to him in the moment. Pack up camp. Move on. Stop for lunch at some point. Walk until they reach a safe village, or find a good place to make camp for the night. Make dinner. Put the kids to bed. Find a few moments to get some practice with his dao in.
This has been Zuko's life for years now. He can't pinpoint the moment he became a magnet for stray children, but that's how things have ended up. He doesn't see what they see in him. He's temperamental and stubborn. People accuse him of not having much in the way of a sense of humor. He's Fire-blooded. He's a firebender.
He's just as much of a homeless orphan as they all are.
It's not always monotonous. Sometimes the routine is broken up. Sometimes Zuko puts on a mask, and becomes the Blue Spirit instead.
He tries to keep his activities as the Blue Spirit separate from his day to day life. He doesn't want to drag his kids- and Pipsqueak- into it. But he also can't just idly sit by and do nothing while the Fire Nation continues to invade his home. The Blue Spirit is his way of fighting back. He doesn't think the Fire Lord's quaking in his boots at the thought of him or anything, but he'd like to think he's doing some good.
He hears a rumor that the Avatar has returned.
Zuko doesn't believe it at first- but it seems to be gaining steam. And even the Fire Nation soldiers he spies on seem to be talking about him. They're apparently just a kid- only twelve. That's just a year older than the oldest kid in his pack. The Avatar shouldn't be fighting the Fire Nation- he should be at home, being a kid.
(Zuko hasn't had the chance to be a kid in a long time.)
He's spying on Pohuai Stronghold when he sees the kid being brought in. Underneath his mask, Zuko sucks in his breath. That's the Avatar? He's so small. Zuko has to force himself to stay still- to wait. He can't ignore this, not when it's happening right in front of him. So when the activity in the Stronghold dwindles to a minimum, Zuko takes his chance.
He's gone with the Avatar by the time the sun rises.
#and then ends up mucking through a swamp with him#he needs frozen frogs apparently? for his sick friends to suck on?#huh. airbender remedies are *weird*#(this misunderstanding will never be cleared up)#zuko jet roleswap au
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re: 600 strike
— i can’t be the only epic fan bothered by six hundred strike right? but hold on, before i get crucified let me start this off by saying that vengeance saga was almost perfect. i really did love most of the songs and as someone who’s been anxiously waiting for them, ‘dangerous’ and ‘get in the water’ did not disappoint. my sole problem is with 600 strike alone and how the writing seems to take a sharp dip in quality.
don’t get me wrong, i think it’s a good song. i think ody was really cool in it and that it had some pretty cold lines, but how is it that ody needed moly to be on the same power level as circe but just… he can just stab poseidon with his own trident? poseidon? lord of the tides, earthshaker, father of horses, one of the ‘big three’? this goes beyond me being a nerd and just really liking homer and wanting it to stick with that happens in the original text, i understand that this is a retelling but … seriously? no matter how cool it is, poseidon is still one of the most powerful god in the pantheon and odysseus is still just a man(tm). are we to believe that poeseidon is below circe in power level? are we to believe that ody is above poseidon? jorge was right when he said this saga would be more anime, but i didn’t expect it to be ‘anime’ in the worst way possible, and this is coming from an anime fan. this whole song just feels like a power trip for ody and i feel like it just damages the writing in a way i can’t ignore. especially the way ody is going ‘how does it feel to be helpless?!’ while poseidon just screams in agony. it really really just feels like a power trip because realistically, this would not happen. i probably sound silly complaining but whatever, i have a right to speak on what bothers me.
i get that jay’s probably tired, i mean— slaving away on a musical for four years would tire out anyone, but i guess part of the reason it bothers me is that a sizable amount of epic’s fanbase isn’t that educated on greek myths and it just kind of hurts to see. i still have faith in the musical but this song, no matter how good it is, just kind of feels like a blight on an otherwise perfect saga with great writing. like i said, i like all the other songs. the friend i’m discussing this with says that to her epic isn't really meant to be a "serious" or "grounded" musical. jay literally makes it a point to memeify the entire thing (wheezer saga, literally almost ever vid he has posted). yeah 600 strike was stupid and silly, and so is jay. plus epic is an adaptation, not a recreation in musical form, it's his own story and he can do whatever he wants with it. and i respect that and like epic for what it is, silliness included. plus, it's a concept album. this is essentially a draft for a real musical album, it's not final, he's testing stuff out so i know i might be a little harsh. but since this is a draft, i just worry for the direction he’s taking it in. there’s many ways i which the final confrontation and escape with poseidon could’ve been handled and i can’t help but feel like this direction is bit out of character for either of them, especially since i feel like ody stabbing poseidon with his own trident was unnecessary. to me, odysseus’ victory over poseidon shouldn’t come in the form of literally defeating him, but in making it home to be with penelope despite everything the sea god does to stop him. it would be odysseus’s victory over everything and everyone’s that’s tried to stop him, really.
i take issue with how odysseus managed to stab poseidon with his own trident as well. are we to believe that poseidon, earthshaker, father of horses, he who rules the seas and controls the tides, one of the most powerful gods in the pantheon, can’t keep that firm of a grip on his incredibly powerful weapon? i assume ruling the seas, a very expansive and fickle domain, takes a great deal of focus and concentration. can he not extend the same focus when holding his trident? more importantly, why did he seem to be powerless without it? was he not the son of kronos and rhea before being given his trident? he has power beyond it, you know. the same friend i’m discussing it with poses a theory that i will quote verbatim, that being that ‘Poseidon dropped the trident on purpose, maybe it was some sort of sick pride seeing that he turned this once great guy into a monster. Like obv the events of 600 strike could never happen, bc Gods ARE stronger than mortals, so he probably didn't see him as a threat at all. Cause if odysseus didn’t stop, it’s not like they’d be going at it forever. He’s mortal and eventually will pass out from exhaustion. Then poseidon is completely free to do whatever he wants. So in that context, it’s a win win situation for him. Either his opponent leaves scarred for life or becomes completely at the god’s mercy.’
yet still, i can’t help but feel like that would be out of character for poseidon. he’s not the kind of god to be arrogant in that manner. that’s an ares thing. an apollo thing, etc. but not poseidon. the seas are either calm or unforgiving. the seas don’t clear one safe path in the middle of a storm to taunt the ship before swallowing it whole. the seas either wreck it or do nothing at all. the ship can try and navigate its way through the storm but by because the sea lets it. it does that by sheer force of will of the captain. the captain won’t insist on fighting it because that’d be stupid and the main priority is getting to safety. home. the nearest port. especially not a captain like odysseus who we’ve seen sacrifice many and suffered through so much just to get home. he’s not the kind of man to waste time by doing something he doesn’t need to be doing. it feels like when an author you likes makes a questionable story decision that harms the story, but they keep their excellent writing style. it’s upsetting.
that being said, i still really like this musical and can’t wait to see where this goes. like i said, i still have faith in jorge and his writing. this is just something i felt the need to get off my chest. it’s a shame that my first epic post would be a complaint… it’s silly, but don’t worry. i’m aware that i’m coming off like i’m stomping my foot, yelling ‘this isn’t how it’s supposed to be!!’ because this is driven by many ‘i feel’s and ‘i think’s.
#odysseus#greek mythology#poseidon#epic the musical#epic the vengeance saga#600 strike#criticism#the ramblings of a madman
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My GOD YOUR WRITING IS KILLING ME 💥💥💥💥😭😭😭😭
GODDD the Pacifica section. Listen man, my favorite characters of the zodiac had once been normal faves, like Ford. Now, though? It's the antagonist trio, the Morally Questionable folks, the "we were quite evil during the show's runtime but we are really just kids and we have potential for so much" group
So, needless to say: AAAAHHHHHH
- "Outcast yet above it all". Outcast yet above it all I'm going to explode into smithereens. I'm gonna crumple like a Jenga tower. I'm I'm I'm
HOW WOULD THAT FEEL?! To be genuinely open to ONE PERSON in the whole world, one who actually understands what it's like (outcast yet above it all 😭😭💥💥💥💥😭😭😭😭), to be VULNERABLE and REAL to this one person and then they just... :((
It's lonely here at the top of the world, man, but she had a friend :(. And then, she lost him :((. I take comfort in knowing that Gideon's death will most likely be something that will tie the rest of the zodiac closer together (see Dipper and Paz getting closer, Mabel and Robbie connecting through the mutual anger oh my GOD I love seeing these reactions to grief I love seeing Mabel and Robbie interactions I AM BEING FED SO WELL TODAY THANK YOU), that Paz will eventually move on, and that she'll have fond memories of him. If only my Robbie was the dream god, then he'd visit them in their sleep and tell them that Gideon's fine, and that he glows blue, and that the echo of his voice laughs sometimes, which is nice to hear in the Abyss. Alas. Maybe he'll tell them, if he comes for them personally too...
The ENTIRE ROBBIE SECTION. THE ENTIRE OH MY GOD YOU'VE KILLED ME
ALL OF THIS ALL OF THIS. GOODNESS GRACIOUS MAN. THIS IS LITERATURE THIS IS ART THIS IS THE CONTENT THAT WILL SUSTAIN MY SOUL FOR THE NEXT 300 YEARS
"This isn't some sort of cosmic punishment for Gideon's wrongdoings — those had happened years ago in a throne room at the end of the world."
FUCKING HELL
"[...] For the corpse he had to play dress-up with."
FUCKING HELL
I'M SO FBDJDBAJBWRHWJSBAKANRJE
Your Robbie. He sparks joy, friend, he sparks so much joy in my heart. ROBBIES THAT ARE FACED WITH REAL GRIEF AND HURT AND REACT TO IT IN ANGER >>>>>>>>>>>>
I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. AAAHHHHHH
I love his stance regarding the accountability of the town and its weirdness, how he's angry angry angry because it's not fair. Do you see this !?!! Where have I seen this exact same anger before, man !?!! AAAHHH.
I love how he's so freaking angry about the apathy — GOD. I'm comparing them, I have to.
See, my Robbie grew up with his parents. The positively toxic ones, who seemed like the kind of people who'd drop dead if they ever felt a smidge of real human empathy towards the dead. And, like, maybe that wouldn't be an issue, if their son wasn't literally the lord of the dead. So you can guess how he felt, growing up with parents that he loves but who'd also treat his people like furniture. Like objects, like dress-up dolls, like they're nothing more but decoration, like they didn't matter, like they're nothing. If there's one thing my Robbie hates more than anything in the whole world, it's being treated with disregard, condescension, apathy. He cares, a lot, and that's why he feels extra pissed whenever he meets someone who just... Doesn't. (This is the reason why he and his own Wendy have a very rocky relationship nowadays, but that's a story for another time bwahaha.)
So the fact your Robbie shares this trait, this thing where he feels so upset over treating bodies, people, like nothing— it's fun. Especially considering how this should be a point of maturity for them once they realize this behavior, cause like; if they can feel so upset over someone treating a dead person as if they were no one, then why aren't they upset when they see people treat the living like they're nothing? Thompson is right there, you know.
And Stan... AUFHGBDBJFRDBSN
I actually don't have much to say about him because you've already said it all, man. I love your writing and that was absolutely NOT BORING AT ALL I AM SO HAPPY HERE. I'm glad Stan moved on and I'm also so 🥺🥺🥺 over the little remarks about Soos (son) and who I assume to be Wendy (niece 🙏🙏🙏). AUFFBRBJDHD. I LOVE THESE GUYS SO MUCH
teen gideon headcanons because i love him :] i am constantly thinking about him and how he's the only zodiac member (and honestly, only main-ish character because of the book of bill and the website) that doesn't get a sympathetic moment, other than POSSIBLY the finale but that barely counts
i think he deserves to have a SORT OF redemption, at least internally, because he took dipper's advice in weirdmageddon to heart. even if he gets over his crush on mabel (which i think he does. mom said its my canon now) theres still the truth of "people wont wanna be around you if youre a selfish prick"
anyways he makes me emotional so i'm giving him attention
im scared tumblr will kill the quality on my tiny handwriting so transcription under the cut:
after turning like 15, he just starts traveling, gets out of oregon and hits the ground running
uses my headcanon (?) that the amulet takes years from you, and gideon probably won't live past his 20s
he finds this out, has a total mid-life (literally) crisis at 14-15 and decides to do anything "normal" he can do because he doesn't have long to do it
ofc he still has anger issues and obsesses over people and everything else, but he's a lot better at managing it [than] when he was a kid
he doesn't care if he dies with people still hating him, but he wants it to be known that he tried
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almost traumadumped in a random shitpost someone reblogged lmaooo good thing my braincell kicked in, we stay silly boiis >:3c!!!
(¡WARNING!!!! i uhhh... traumadumped in this post´s tags instead like a dumbass!!!)
#it was abt the usual gun and gang violence my state had issues with around 2012#i wasnt even personally affected but it left some fear scars yakno#guess seeing bullet holes in a store near my grandma´s house#crosses across the street in memory of some neighbours (teenagers) who got involved with the wrong type of people#hearing gunshots in the distance while at home#figuring out the places least likely to get a stray bullet inside the car and my house were#getting brought back home after just getting to the park bc your parents heard of a kidnapping nearby#people getting into schools to shoot#etc etc will do that to someone#*sigh*#well so much for staying silly hahaha#trauma tw#vent#shut up sheo#gun violence#this was all in the same year good lord!!!#but oh well in the bright side i didn´t lose anyone thank God#anyways this was at the height of my ninjago addiction as well as when i first started watching anime#bc i was spending a lot of time indoors#and it ultimately led me to tumblr where ive met several amazing people i can now call my friends <3#so eh; everything happens for a reason ig; love yall and i wouldnt change you for the world <3<3<3!!!!
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i'm sorry did i just heard that Right. vespin chloras the greatest villain in history looks imogen dead in the eye and say we're more similar than you think?
vespin chloras when he dragged asmodeus into the realm with the Good Intention to replace him so that the world is less nefarious and imogen temult when she becomes predathos' vessel with the Good Intention to let the pantheon of exandria live so the people in it were no more abandoned than they already were.
sad that good intention is a telltale that a Calamity is arriving.
#like sure he was proud & vain when he declared that but. but. the statement is still grounded in the acknowledgment of Goodness.#''but that was the matron's projection of vespin'' AND??? were YOU all-knowing and alive at the same time as vespin like the matron was???#immult speaking tag#cr spoilers#lb tag#c3e109#thunk tag#that matthew mercer-approved tweet about imogen ate again in the year of our lord 2024.
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Michael Sheen playing Aziraphale as cockhungry as possible VS the Good Omens fandom and Neil Gaiman and the Lord himself screaming for Aziraphale to be asexual
#aziraphale is asexual? oh. fucking watch me#u know aziraphale wouldn’t be this gay had it not been for him#‘cause he ships it for. 30 years#and is also physically incapable of not constantly shooting fuck me eyes at david tennant#my man put a kiss scene in his contract sksksksksk#good omens#good omens 2#aziraphale#crowley#ineffable husbands#michael sheen#david tennant#i’m sorry ace enjoyers but he made his choice. interpretation and all that but. he chose gay and will fight to the death for it#the same man who has a haha just kidding unless blood oath with david tennant to work with each other#also he/him/his for the Lord because i think it sounds funnier#i think Himself should be capitalized but idc#also obvs it’s not the whole fandom who wants him asexual (i don’t lmao)#he really said ‘i fell in love with dr. who for the bit’
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I just think Toei gives Vegeta a lot of shit for a guy who's maintained his rank within the top ten most powerful beings in the mortal realm since he was like five years old.
#and he did it without dragon balls OR senzu beans OR magic chi unlocks OR otherworldly help he's just been grinding for 30 years#every time I see a fan like 'vegeta's so weak bro lol' i'm like?? Hm?? Where??#I will never forgive toei for writing him the way they do in the movies but even with their ass character choices like#He's still Consistently The Fuck Out Here#When he tells Kiwi that he's actively choosing to be on the front lines instead of kicking back like he could be with his status as a lord#and then the payoff in Super when they're like 'damn vegeta must be a prodigy' Pybara is like 'yeah that's because he works his ass off'#the way I yelled!! And it's true of Goku too!!#I had to explain to a friend the other day too that Bardock's wish re: his boys doesn't remove all the grinding Goku's done over his life#It helped him survive and meet people the same way it did Raditz but Goku's still been training every single day. all his life.#The reason Raditz lost is because he didn't train his tail like Nappa and Vegeta did -- he knew it was a problem with a solution#and never addressed the problem. Goku consistently dug his heels in and worked to overcome any weakness he discovered in his body#no opportunity is going to help you if you don't put the work in. that's why Vegeta's arc is so good. He puts the work in on all fronts.#and why I am constantly mad at Toei for writing his relationships the way they do because it is so deeply inconsistent with his themes#anyway here's another essay in the tags aksldjaskjld
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schrödinger’s gc favorite
#somehow he’s both too injured to possibly put up a fight and also automatically the favorite bc he won the last two years#like if you listen to cycling twitter we should expect the exact same form as last year but he’s also in no state to ride the tour at all#meanwhile he’s just doing his training and reconning the galibier and paying no attention to any of the nonsense god bless#user etapereine get off twitter challenge failed again#like i know nuance and middle ground are foreign concepts on twitter in general but good lord#will he be in the form he was last year? probably not#will he be in such terrible form that he falls out of gc in week one and ends up working for matteo? also probably no#my bet? he’ll lose some time in week one but then make at least some of it up in the mountains in week three#whether he can make up enough in week three to still win is unknown and depends just as much on what everyone else does#but expecting twitter to use things like reason and common sense is a lost cause so whatever
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Okay I read the entire Death series of Discworld but I just finished Guards! Guards! and my life has changed, that Disc sure can World
#WHAT A BOOK#Captain Sam Vimes now owns my heart#I wish him much happiness with his big strong lady#I’m obsessed#that was so fucking good what…#I was considering putting the series down for a while because none of them had really hit me the same way since Reaper Man#but I’m so glad I didn’t#oh lord I’m gonna spend the next like two years of my life doing going through all 200 of these books here#discworld#spilling the Tea
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*it cut off my last tags which were: I don't know what I can do about this but in the meantime it's a struggle
#random personal stuff#back on my soapbox feel free to ignore#okay so I have been struggling a bit in the Sunday school class that I am being taken to#which is not surprising because I have been struggling socially in this church for the past year#it's a women's class taught by the pastor's wife but not all the women in the church are in it#most of them are middle-aged/elderly#what we're learning is perfectly fine#I appreciate that they're going through an epistle and not lecturing us on How To Be Good Wives and Mothers#but the other women will chime in with their thoughts in between discussions of doctrine#and it will be things like empty little slogans#(such as 'Choose joy!' or 'GodisgoodallthetimeandallthetimeGodisgood')#(not that there isn't any truth in those but they're used tritely)#or What The Lord Did For Me (or: My Life Is Perfectly Peachy)#or things that suggest their faith is all about never being upset by anything ever because you Have Peace#and I kind of wonder if this is a generational thing#because sometimes I'll call my mom with something that's troubling me#and she'll tell me things to the effect of 'just don't feel that way'#or 'ask the Lord to take it away'#which is kindly meant but ultimately ineffective in my experience#but anyway I'm sure these women mean what they say yet at the same time it just...feels insincere to me#as if as Christians we're just supposed to paste smiles on our faces and never have negative feelings#I'm not saying we should all come to class and dispense our personal dramas#but it feels like we're showing up and performing Niceness#and not allowing room for anything that isn't Easy Answers Positivity#and I sit there feeling like there's a huge invisible brick wall around me#and I'm sure that's a me problem#but...I don't know what I'm trying to articulate here sorry#I guess I don't know how to interact with these people because nothing seems real#and we can progress no further than the smallest of small talk because heaven forbid we let our real honest selves slosh over in public#and it's draining!
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When it comes to hygiene tasks and self care with disability and chronic illness, its pretty much a constant case of: don't let perfect be the enemy of the good.
Basically: it's better to do something, than to do nothing at all.
TLDR: Just because you can't do something "properly" doesn't mean you shouldn't do it at all. Do it half-way. Do it shitty. Do it barely. Do it on a technicality. But do what you can. Just try, because doing something will help you.
If you don't have the energy to scrub your body with a sponge, just rub soap over your skin with your hands.
If you don't have the energy to wash your whole body with soap, just hit the places where sweat accumulates, or where you're smelliest.
If you don't have the energy to wash with soap AT ALL, just sitting in water is better than nothing. It will wash away dirt and oils.
If you can't bathe or shower at all, a warm wash cloth is your new best friend. If that's too much, then try bath wipes. They're a bit bigger than regular wet wipes, and a bit more heavy duty. They're designed to help keep bed ridden patients clean in hospitals.
If you don't have the energy to dry yourself after a bath or a shower, just put on a bathrobe and get into bed. If you don't have the energy to get dressed afterwards, just don't. It can wait until you can.
If you don't have energy to brush your teeth for two minutes, honestly, just a cursory scrub is better than not doing anything.
If you can't brush your teeth twice a day, brush in the evenings. It will help take away the build up of food from the day.
If you don't have the energy to brush AT ALL, honestly, just take a cloth and wipe the plaque off your teeth. Rinse with mouth wash after if you'd like. Something is always better than nothing.
If you can't floss twice a day. Try once. If that's too much, try a few times a week. If that's too much, try setting aside a day once a week as a goal. If you can't keep a schedule, do it when you're able to. Hell, I keep some floss next to my bed so that if I forget and don't have the energy to go get it, I can just reach over.
If you can't iron your clothes, don't bother. Wrinkles are fine. Wear jumpers over wrinkly t-shirts. No one will know, and honestly, most people won't even care. If it's really wrinkly and it's A Big Deal And It Needs To Be Ironed, here's my life hack. Step 1: take a spray bottle, and spritz the item of clothing (while you're wearing it is easiest) until it's lightly damp. Step 2: use a hair-dryer on the clothes until they're dry. It gets rid of creases like nobody's business, it's easier than lugging out the iron and ironing board, and you get to have nice toasty warm clothes afterwards.
If you can't fold your clothes, try just hanging them up. It's less commitment. It's quicker to do. Granted, you need to have the space in order to do this, but it is also good at helping you downsize, and lets you visualise exactly what you have.
If you can't put your clothes away, invest in a couple of laundry baskets, and then just keep your clean clothes in the baskets. You can then separate washed clothes into underwear, pants, and shirts baskets. You can just leave them like that. I'm giving you permission to never fold your laundry again if you can't. Just leave it unfolded. Who's going to care? Something is better than nothing. If you can, try to put those baskets into your closet so that you can keep the clutter out of sight, and give yourself a more restful environment.
If you can't separate your clothing out into different categories and wash them "properly" (whites, warm tones, cool tones, darks, delicates / switching between hot & cold washes / paying attention to laundry instructions on the label) then just don't worry about it. If you cold wash your clothes, colours won't bleed. Maybe gradually over the course of dozens of washes there'll be some changes in hue, but it's really not as high stakes as the One Red Sock In The Whites Turns Them Pink trope makes it out to be.
I've pretty much come to the point in my life where if a piece of clothing can't survive the washer and dryer, then it's just not meant to be. I colour separate my clothes, and if I have the energy/remember I'll take my bras and jumpers out of the washing machine to drip dry. But otherwise, I leave it to the universe.
If you can't separate out your recycling, then don't. If you have a large amount of rubbish you need to get rid of but the idea of separating it out properly is stopping you from doing so, then just don't worry about it. I know it's not ideal, but if you have garbage in your room/house and you need to get rid of it, please just get rid of it. Don't let the problem get bigger and harder to deal with. Don't let "doing something properly" get in the way of keeping your living spaces clean. Please. Give yourself understanding.
If you can't wash your dishes, get paper plates. Obviously, it's not ideal, but it is better that you eat food than skipping meals. It is better that you have a clean kitchen, rather than having dishes piling up and making it harder to look after yourself.
If you can't prepare meals for yourself keep making the tasks easier and easier. If you can't do recipes, then simplify. Use pasta sauce from the jar instead of making it. Eat canned soup. Buy food you can just stick in the oven. If you eat fish fingers and microwave veggies every night, it's better than not eating anything at all. It's better than having to fork out money on take-out. If you need ready-made meals, then get them. If you're literally just eating a raw cauliflower for dinner; 1) I see you, 2) me too, sis, 3) something is better than nothing.
These are the basic things you need to do every day to function as a person. They are your activities of daily living. Brushing your teeth. Bathing or showering. Using the bathroom. Getting dressed. Eating. Drinking. Sleeping. Keeping your environment clean. You don't need to do these things perfectly, but they need to happen in order for you to have a decent quality of life.
And it breaks my heart, because I know that so many disabled people can't do these things every day. I'm not saying this to guilt or judge, I'm saying that these are basic needs; you deserve these things. These things bring dignity. If a disabled person is unable to do these things, it diminishes their quality of life. It robs them of dignity.
If you need help to do these things, Its okay to ask for help. It's okay to need help. But if you can't get that help and you have to do these things by yourself -- or you just plain want to be independent and do it without help-- then don't hold yourself to standards you can't meet.
Don't let perfect be the enemy of the good. Doing something is always better than doing nothing. Even if it's not perfect. Even if it's not done well. Do what you can.
#lord knows that im still trying to pull myself out of the muck and into independence and dignity#i had to set a rule for myself that i need to wear clean clothes every day. and that i need to wear pyjamas to bed#that one's been hard. sometimes I dont have the energy to do it and i just stay in the same clothes for two days at a time#or i go to sleep in what i was wearing. but when i do follow that rule my quality of life is drastically better#not feeling dirty or gross goes a long way to making you feel more like a person#i also made a rule that im not allowing myself to look frumpy outside anymore. that means clothes that look nice#no more trackies and pj pants and all that stuff. i basically lived in perpetual pyjamas for four years and im over it#i still dress comfortably but the important thing is that i dress. i look put together. i wear things that make me happy#(and i didnt need to buy anything to do so. i just needed to start taking better care of myself)#and i stopped letting perfect be the enemy of the good. i started doing things shitty rather than not doing it at all#and the more i keep pushing with my ADLs the better i feel#what helps is now i dont have to contend with stairs and that has made a dramatic change to what im able to accomplish#ive also finally built up enough strength in my body that im able to go to the shops by myself. so i can buy things to make easy meals#and mum doesnt mind if i just put some things in the oven or air fryer for us for dinner.#i still cant really cook. i felt bad about that for the longest time. i didnt even try bc i knew what id make would be disappointing#or it wouldnt be up to the standards of what everyone else was making. i was so sick of feeling like a let down all the time.#now i just make what i can and my mum doesnt complain bc shes in the same boat.#and yeah. having help would be nice. it would mean id be able to do more than what i can do by myself.#and its great to see how far ive come. but im not a burden. and when i have the accommodations i need i can do a lot more#i do something rather than nothing and my life has dramatically changed since then. ive just gotten better and better.#chronic illness#disability#chronic pain#spoonie#one things for certain and thats that im never going to let myself rely on anyone else ever again.#i never want to be on the other side of that ever again. I don't want to be anyone's burden. i dont want that hanging over me#i do things by myself or i dont do them at all. and god fucking willing i'll never go back to needing as much help as i used to#i really didnt realise just how much of an obstacle living with stairs was in my life. it was the biggest barrier against everything#stairs stopped me from being independent. if i couldnt traverse them i just didnt go anywhere. my world shrank so much#and not having the proper wheelchair shrinks my world even more. im stronger than i used to be but im still severely limited in where i go
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azula will never cease to fascinate me and make my heart clench. being so much smarter and more skilled than anybody around you that it makes you aspire to impossible levels of perfection. having your own mother think you are a monster and that there is something wrong with you. yes she might have grown to be just as bad or worse than her father but she was still only a child. how would any of that not make you go insane
#rewatching atla in this year of our lord#she might be a foil to zuko but on her own she is just. she is not a comfortable character.#we feel for zuko because he is clearly torn between wanting to be loved by his horribly abusive father#and he longs to fit in an environment that does nothing but hurt him#but the same applies to azula. she does not fit she is too much too mean too cutting#she says and notices things adults are appalled when kids say and notice#how would that not fuck with her head.#zuko is my favourite but he is the safe character he is the safe option#he gets out of it.#but it destroys azula.#my mind goes !!!!! when thinking about her#the beach is such a good example of that. she is the perfectly groomed tool her father could use for his purposes#but she is a teenager who cannot act like a teenager should#her only interpersonal skill is manipulation to an extreme#yes i know this has all been said before<3#atla#azula#mine.txt
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nothing sums up the shit side of cartoon fandom like how they hear creators from the 90s and 2000s talk about sneaking dirty jokes past the censors and celebrate it, but hear creators from the 2010s onwards talk about sneaking the characters being queer past the censors and act like that's wrong
#personal crap#to be clear i'm not saying putting dirty jokes in kid's shows is wrong but giving adults a chuckle at something not for them#isn't as important or good as showing kids there's nothing wrong with being queer#sorry i may have just seen someone in the year of our lord 2024 bitching about su 'using fusion as a metaphor for sex on a kid's show'#not only are you proving my theory that all su haters basically have the same half a dozen bad takes repeated over and over#you're gonna be so mad when you find out about that disney short where girls and trans people are buying pads
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to be human
redraw of this from four years ago (wow!)
#original#wthi#yunvei#cant believe it's been four years. good lord#anyway drawing this was such an interesting process! i surprised myself with a lot of my decisions#ie initially the color palette was going to be closer to the original but i instinctively was like hmm that doesnt feel right#because several years ago he was a far far edgier character whereas now hes really just.. some guy#softer colors suit him far better than more aggressive ones#there was also stuff with the hand placement in this one. hes not actively covering his face this time.. grammas doing it#something something he is no longer self sabotaging in the same way that he used to be#i could go on with more little things in this but lol i feel like im rambling#hope youve all been doing well! sorry for the lack of art. art school killed my ability to draw for myself#im trying to find it again and i THINK i might be on track
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Less than 20 days before Paradise State of Mind comes out why is August literally gonna be the craziest birthday month of my life
#we got what we got lemmie tell you what we got coming up#seeing MARCOS VALLE LIVE IN MANCHESTER W ONE OF MY BESTIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#we got LINCOLN PRIDE FURSUITING !!!!! W/ THE SAME BESTIE#Void Rivals and Skybound Transformers comics dropping as expected next month too#NEW FOSTER THE GODDAMN PEOPLE ALBUM AFTER SEVEN YEARS?????????? YEAHAHAHAHA#then we got the Yorkshire Furs Summer Party Sheffield !!!#oh and COMPLETING MY CONTRACT AND GETTING THE KEYS TO MY NEW APARTMENT#like so much is happening#I’m gonna be BUSYYYYY#shame I have so much class work to finish still#and resits good lord#just to make it that much harder for me I guess 💀#my birthday is the 24th by the way for all the people who wanna glaze me and do smth nice#wink wink#*does a huge grin like a really big toothy gummy grin really wide*
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Having lost my cat, my uncle, my great grandmother, my grandma's best friend (& one of the people who helped raise me), AND my dad all within the span of 9 months,
I have little sympathy for people who use deaths as an excuse to be an asshole. I get it, it sucks. Get the fuck over it. Your grief is not an excuse to treat others like shit. What the fuck.
#speculation nation#this isnt anything personal. im just reacting to a post that kind of pissed me off.#to be fair i was never close with my great grandmother so im not particularly broken up about that one#but it's still yet another death in the family within such a short period of time.#my cat is on this list bc he was the first one and it majorly fucked me up. so yeah it deserves to be here.#the others. well. my grandma's best friend makes me sad but at least she was getting up in years#my uncle and dad though. especially my dad. yea those have fucked me up the most.#im never gonna be the same after experiencing all of this in such short succession.#it sucks in a major way. and things are still continuously tumultuous.#but you dont see me lording it over people and using it as an excuse to be an asshole.#maybe i make people uncomfortable with how casually i mention it. but like whatever. it's simply my truth.#that's still just like. me just talking about what ive been up to. that kind of thing.#idk acting like someone needs to be treated with the most tender of touches after experiencing a major death#to the point where you cant even tell them when theyre being a manipulative little asshole?#i dont fucking think so!#yeah okay all grief hits different but ive pulled myself up by the bootstraps and kept my head on straight#even after i experienced death after death after death after death after Fucking Death#whats your excuse? youre Sad? we all fucking are. thats just life.#it's horrible and awful and it sucks that we have to live with this but you CANT let that affect how you treat other people!!!!!#and here i am making my own post venting about it instead of replying to the aita post that sparked this#bc the person the post was about just made me so angry to hear about.#but i am... a reasonable adult who separates themselves from situations before reacting in anger...#and so im making a tumblr post to get the emotions out instead of getting emotional at random strangers lol#anyways i actually had a pretty good day today. but in the way of grief. the smallest things can trigger moods sometimes.#but i am letting the emotions flow... here they are... i have expressed them... and i shall now release them... amen...#negative/#i guess lol. i sure did rant enough for it.
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