#we'll soon see

[chimericchaos]

To the tumblr user that trauma-dumped:

So you found your salvation in pessimism. You took a road away from the hurtful place and escaped, to find yourself in a world that was hopeless and joyless, and in that you were happy.

That's all well and good, but if that exit road lead to pessimism, then surely there are other roads that lead to other things as well? Roads that lead to various beliefs and various different forms of living? Perhaps optimism would be one such example?

The long and the short of it is simple: the point you tried to make has fallen flat. We can assume you were, as you say, trying to warn us of the dangers positivity can bring, but that message is incomplete without the dangers that negativity can bring too.

The intention was clearly a good one, a survivor attempting to save others from the horrible mistakes they had made, so that they too may find the same solace you have, or better yet, not need to. But in execution you have failed. Yes, perhaps there is one or two that have been swayed by your words, but there have been far more that haven't, and those that have pushed against you. I don't mean to say that this is because you are just wrong, but that you're forgetting that everyone experiences the world differently.

What is a plant to one is a symbol of life to another and a irritation to a third. You can't hope to force everyone to have the same view of a thing, and trying to enact such a warning, such salvation, is a bad idea and a poor choice. Of course the people regect you- you go against their worldview just as much as they go against yours. Until the day you see that trying to save people like this is pointless, you will only find the same result.

That said, you nor anyone else needs to take our advice, you are free to see the world however you wish. But that is the take-away that is the reason for our response. You don't need to act. You don't need to expose yourself and your life story to others on a tumblr post. You have a choice not to. You can choose when to fight and raise your voice, and you can choose when to ignore a post.

But shouldn't that go against the point of fighting? That it's your duty to make others' lives easier and better by helping them understand the truth? No. The point is that you, and everyone else, all have choices, and the freedom to live those choices. You won't accomplish anything by campaigning for goodness, all you can do is govern yourself. If all others happen to come to the same conclusion as you because, yes, there ARE many things worth fighting for, then great.

But all you CAN do is watch others make their own choices. They will fall, they will get up, they will fall again, it doesn't matter. What matters is that they have the freedom to choose when to fall and when to get back up. That they have the freedom to make mistakes. That they have the freedom to grow. That they have the freedom from salvation.

And it is in that freedom that others find optimism where you find pessimism. And there's nothing wrong with that.

you may notice i use the phrase "my beloved" frequently. this is because i am in love with the world and everything in it. hope this clears things up <3

[headslikekites]

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[baldswagsummit2023]

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NUMBER ONE BALDIE OF ALL TIME, WITH OVER 9,000 VOTES IN HIS FAVOR...

BENJAMIN SISKO!!!!!

thank you bald nation for the best finals round ever!!! congrats trekkies and rest in peace sweet tf2 lovers. ❤️

[b4kuch1n]

podcast people in my phone

[wyllaztopia]

sorry i haven't been posting that much - i've just been working on a sliiightly longer project :)

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Hi!! Your Cherik is so good and gorgeous 🤩🤩 If you don't mind wanna try to draw some Fall of X Cherik please?

thank you so much !!

i have a couple of ideas relating to the fall of x period specifically since theres. A Lot i wanna play with, so i hope this lil thing may be a satisfactory start :]]

and the obligatory bonus:

[thebramblewood]

A Very Vampiric Dinner Date, Part 2/3

Previous / Next

Featuring Seth and Morana by @bloomingkyras, Bria, Christoph and Daniella by @ruthplaysthesims, Madeleine by @plasmafruittree, Fawzia by @simvanie, Tiberius by @someone-elsa, and Annika by me!

With special appearances by Erwin Pries, Cassandra Goth, Don Lothario, Johnny Zest, and Gunther Munch! Thanks to everyone in the community who offered suggestions. (And as a big fan of @gunthermunch's Lilith/Gunther pairing, I had to make their paths cross in my own way!)

Helena: That… was… incredible.

Lilith: I told you it would be. And now for the main course. Don’t worry. They’re all volunteers, I promise. They’re required to sign consent forms and everything. We’ve got all sorts to choose from — conspiracy nuts… occult enthusiasts… fetishists… burnouts… and adorably pitiful idiots.

Helena: Wait a minute. I think I went to high school with that g-

Lilith: Focus, Helena! If they’d prefer, we can make them forget they were ever even here — though some of them do like to remember.

Helena: [nervously] But they’ll live?

Lilith: Regrettably, vampire business owners are not above the law. If anyone died, they’d have blood on their hands too, and they wouldn’t hesitate to tear you limb from limb for inconveniencing them with all that red tape. They fatten us up on appetizers so we pose less of a risk.

Helena: Caleb?

Caleb: [reluctantly] If you’re going to drink from humans, this is the safest way to do it.

Helena: But you won’t?

Caleb: Abstaining is my decision, but you have to make your own. No one should pressure you into doing something you don’t want to.

Helena: [meekly] I think I want to try.

Lilith: Good. I booked us a private room — in case you’re feeling shy about feeding in public.

Caleb: Well, this seems like my cue to leave.

[quietautumn]

it's been cold lately so i felt like drawing winter akechi ❤️ and some little critters

[slavhew]

thinking about how dean's hair got darker and he got paler from skipping missions + how probably the most he smiled was when hank was telling him abt those

[paragonraptors]

for science (because im curious)

if you have more than one worldstate, pick for the one you consider your "main"/"canon" worldstate or the one you plan to use first for da4! also feel free to lay out your reasoning in the tags gushing about your dragon age runs is accepted and encouraged here.

[lopashes]

[animatedjen]

Cal Kestis | Jedi Survivor

[marlowe-art]

out by a (different) pond

[horrorshowcliche]

trying to get back into digital art

[sporeclan]

Since it's taking me so long to get moons done, here's a lil preview of the family tree i've been working on!!

[screensandtangledwires]

my beloved , 4-channel tektronix TDS2014C digital storage oscilloscope