#today is for reading

[spit-out-the-dust]

Survivals funny. Some wear it like a whisper, others like a scream. Mines a scorched skeleton of flame forged rage that keeps me upright. Keeps me moving forward

— When the moon hatched

[roboticnebula]

Pros of re-reading your own fic

a good time;

Has exactly the tropes you like and the characterization you want to read;

Gratification: yes you did finish a thing and yes you did do good;

just a very fun time all around.

Cons of re-reading your own fic:

Is that another TYpO

[bookwyrminspiration]

I can behave normally around books

[happyheidi]

𝖠𝗋𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝖠𝗇𝗇𝖺-𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺 𝖲𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗇 | 𝖨𝖦: 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺_𝖺𝗋𝗍

[calicohyde]

i hate when ppl act like the only reason to not like a "sad" ending is because you can't take it or whatever. personally as a tragedy enjoyer, i hate a poorly written ending. i hate an ending that is just kind of a bummer. i hate an ending that feels mean-spirited to the audience. i hate an ending that's redundant. i love a sad ending that is thematically consistent, poignant, and bespoke to the rest of its narrative.

[wishfulsketching]

Every big dog thinks they're a lapdog

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x08 - “Killing is a Cycle” ↳ "Some people are really misunderstanding the dialogue before the scene in the cell" | (essay link)

[taimanzano]

One of one. One, alone, one.

[cobra-creampuff]

the rich =/= someone who has something I can't afford :(

the rich = the fucking rich

[clarisse-doodles]

inspired by this post, in which Damian does not know what Vine is

[z13lovebot]

Go fish

[spit-out-the-dust]

The development of our personalities doesn’t take place in isolation, but in relationship with others— we are shaped and completed by unseen, unremembered forces; namely our parents.

This is frightening for obvious reasons. Who knows what indignities we suffered, what torments and abuses, in this land before memory? Our character was formed without our even knowing it.

- the silent patient

By Alex Michaelides

[hinamie]

sympathy for cain

[obsob]

to be loved is to be held!!! print

[cj-the-random-artist]

Ok hear me out: Narilamb but they're both aroace and in a qpr.

I've been rolling around in my head for like a long long time this idea that Narinder and Lambert could both be aroace and (after like. A couple of centuries or so) end up in this like very comfortable very close relationship that neither of them define as anything specific other than calling it a "companionship". But on the other hand most of the cult thinks that they're dating in secret or something despite the fact that both of them have said they don't take lovers, because they are clearly very tight but maybe not super openly so, so maybe the cultists thing they're being secretive and hiding something or something like that. Idk but my aroace brain loves thinking about extremely close (mostly) platonic relationships and for some reason my brain decided hmm. I'm going to take this and throw it at Narilamb and see how I like it.

So then I decided to make a ridiculous joke comic about Narinder asking Lambert's hand in marriage specifically because he wants to get out of paying taxes. Because like, I know that spouse followers do actually still have to pay taxes in the actual game but. Hey Narinder and Lambert have presumably never married so they probably don't know that...? Honestly the only reason I made this was because the concept tickled me and I spent too much time on this for no one to see it, so. This comic and all it's absolute ridiculousness be upon ye.

While there's a tiny part of me that's been thinking about making this into an AU (which I'd probably call something like the "Strictly Platonic AU" or something), I know for a fact that I would blatantly not do anything legitimate with it so. It's an unofficial AU I guess?? But. Anyways. I thought this would be funny. Enjoy my ramblings and I hope you enjoy this thing that I spent. Actual time on. Lol

[carry-on-my-wayward-butt]

Cross-Cultural Communication might destroy the global mythology of the United States of America as the wealthiest country with the most freedom. Maybe with unfettered access to each other, the hard-won reputation of American Exceptionalism will finally collapse and the veil will lift?

It feels like maybe our oligarchs didn’t want us to communicate with China not only because we will realize our position, but also because they will realize theirs.

It feels like they don’t want China knowing they’ve got it better than us. Like they don’t want Chinese citizens to rethink whether coming to America is a good idea after all. Like maybe the reason they don’t want China to have our data because they don’t want China to put two and two together and find out Americans are depressed unhealthy broke and pissed. Like they don’t want China to find out they won a long time ago.