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larks-and-katydids · 16 hours

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larks-and-katydids · 16 hours

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before the poll, a quick definition of terms:

"mutual" - you found this post from a mutual (on their blog or your dash) "following" - you found this post from someone you're following, but who isn't following you "random" - you found this by scrolling through someone's blog, who you don't follow. this includes people following you "For You" - you found this on the For You page "recommended" - you found this in a "Check out these blogs" popup, or a "recommended" post when looking at a different post "other" - you found this post some other way. comment how? "reblog ✅" - you're going to reblog, queue, or schedule this post "reblog ❌" - you're NOT going to reblog, queue, or schedule this post

with that out of the way:

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larks-and-katydids · 2 days

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#doraemon I think?#I can't remember #pretty sure it was doraemon

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larks-and-katydids · 3 days

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everyone who Knows, ep. 1-53: Why can’t you be Lin Shu?

Mei Changsu: *glares, lies, evades, looks like he’s about to die of utter misery on the spot* …

Mei Changsu, ep. 54: Time to be Lin Shu!

everyone: NOT LIKE THAT

#nirvana in fire #not like that #anything but like that

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larks-and-katydids · 4 days

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the thing abt nirvana in fire is that it’s the show of all time it’s a tragedy it’s a workplace comedy it’s abt how incredibly tense it can be to watch a bunch of people have conversations it’s abt how satisfying it is when a plan comes together it’s abt political corruption and how the role of the government should be to help the people it’s abt how fun it is to see people get what they have coming to them it’s abt how your parents left you with a ruined world and you’re determined to make it better for the people who come after you even if you don’t get to be part of it it’s abt thinking you’ve made yourself unloveable and unrecognizable to everyone who once loved you only to find out that they still recognize you and love you for who you are it’s abt generational trauma and cycles of violence and truth and justice and loyalty and family and betrayal it’s a ghost story it’s a tragedy it’s a triumph and running through all of it it’s abt love it’s literally everything

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larks-and-katydids · 4 days

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"He has me. Those evil, bloody deeds, I'll do them" and "This pain and crime, Prince Jing can't take it, so I will bear the burden" are totally normal and hinged things to say about your long-lost bestie who thinks you're dead, who you're actively deceiving and who openly despises the person he thinks you are even as he agrees to use you.

#fr fr #nirvana in fire #xjy: if you won't respect the soldiers who fight on the battlefield so ppl like you can scheme in the capital I refuse to be your lord #me: crying screaming throwing up

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larks-and-katydids · 4 days

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There should be a fanfic writing game called the showrunners challenge where someone writes a story and partway through someone else can play things like "actor leaves after 4000 more words" or "topic now too politically sensitive due to unforeseen world events" or "lost rights to that reference"

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larks-and-katydids · 5 days

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Transfem to Transmasc solitary must exist as much as any trans solidarity must exist.

Protect my boys.

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larks-and-katydids · 7 days

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the best part of cailian manor arc and probably the whole series is that llh is immune to drowning. he puts on the wedding dress, falls into the corpse lotus lake, sinks for a bit but then simply swims back to the surface and gets out of the water. the reason he can do that isn’t that he is a man and therefore stronger than the all the brides that died there before him — he is a character whom the corpse lotus lake recognises as lotus, not body. the body is li xiangyi who has been narratively decomposing in the sea and nurturing li lianhua on the shore for the past decade. lianhua is the lotus grown from the dead body of xiangyi, so of course he floats

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larks-and-katydids · 8 days

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obsessed with the fact that naked mole rats seem to have a whole caste of special little guy whose job it is to be really fat, horny, unhelpful, and disgusted by incest

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larks-and-katydids · 8 days

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Sepertinya saya baru bilang, tapi saya ingin mengatakannya lagi:

Jangan minta maaf bila kamu tidak bisa bahasa Inggris

Ya, bahasa Inggris memang bahasa yang paling banyak digunakan di dunia maya, tapi kamu tidak perlu mengetahuinya dengan sempurna

Bahasamu sendiri itu indah

Setiap hari, para pengguna bahasa non-Inggris berupaya keras untuk menggunakan bahasa Inggris di situs ini

Dukunglah para pengguna bahasa non-Inggris, jangan biarkan mereka merasa buruk karena mereka tidak bisa bahasa Inggris

Dukung semua bahasa

Sebarkan keragaman bahasa di Tumblr

probably i just said it but i want to say it again:

- don’t apologise if you don’t know english.

- yes, english is the most common language on the internet but you are not forced to know it perfectly.

- your own language is beautiful.

- non-english people make a huge effort to write in English everyday on this website.

- support non-english people and don’t make them feel bad if they do not know English.

- actually support all the languages.

- spread more language diversity on Tumblr.

thank you.

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larks-and-katydids · 8 days

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larks-and-katydids · 9 days

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#no role I'm pretty sure #no formal role at any rate?#not a prophet #not a priest or a particularly noteworthy teacher #in the sense that his personal teachings had meaningful impact on later jewish theology or interpretation of the law #like obviously CHRISTIANITY had an impact on judaism and jews but not rly jesus himself #just one of the many preachers of the time who claimed to be the messiah #if not for the dominance of christianity he would've been a minor historical footnote #tho I remember hearing that some rabbis had unkind things to say abt their fellow jew who played such a massive role in xtianity #you know the religion that persecuted and oppressed them for so long. fair tbh #Idk if that counts as a 'role'

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larks-and-katydids · 10 days

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[ID: Abstract sculpture of a cream and dark brown Siamese cat stretching itself with head and front legs low, tail extended back high. Done in curves and interlocking loops, the line of the back right leg swoops down to serve as the spine and one front leg; the line of its tail and other back leg loops loosely around it to show the shape of its body before pulling up again to become its ear. Another line wraps around it to serve as the face, other ear, and front leg. First photo shows sculpture as seen from side profile, second and third photos show sculpture as seen from front right and back right angles. End ID]

STRETCHING SIAMESE CAT

by Lee Sangsoo

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larks-and-katydids · 10 days

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A GUIDE FOR YOUNG LADIES ENTERING THE SERVICE OF THE FAIRIES, by Rosamund Hodge

I.

This is the lie they will use to break you: no one else has ever loved this way before.

II.

Choose wisely which court you serve. Light or Dark, Summer or Winter, Seelie or Unseelie: they have many names, but the pith of the choice is this: a poisoned flower or a knife in the dark?

(The difference is less and more than you might think.)

Of course, this is only if you go to them for the granting of a wish: to save your father, sister, lover, dearest friend. If you go to get someone back from them, or—most foolish of all—because you fell in love with one of them, you will have no choice at all. You must go to the ones that chose you.

III.

Be kind to the creature that guards your door. Do not mock its broken, bleeding face.

It will never help you in return. But I assure you, someday you will be glad to know that you were kind to something once.

IV.

Do not be surprised how many other mortal girls are there within the halls. The world is full of wishing and of wanting, and the fairies love to play with human hearts.

You will meet all kinds: the terrified ones, who used all their courage just getting there. The hopeful ones, who think that love or cleverness is enough to get them home. The angry ones, who see only one way out. The cold ones, who are already half-fairy.

I would tell you, Do not try to make friends with any of them, but you will anyway.

V.

Sooner or later (if you serve well, if you do not open the forbidden door and let the monster eat you), they will tell you about the game.

Summer battles Winter, Light battles Dark. This is the law of the world. And on the chessboard of the fairies, White battles Black.

In the glory of this battle, the pieces that are brave and strong may win their heart’s desire.

VI.

You already have forgotten how the mortal sun felt upon your face. You already know the bargain that brought you here was a lie.

If you came to save your sick mother, you fear she is dead already. If you came to free your captive sister, your fear she will be sent to Hell for the next tithe. If you came for love of an elf-knight, you are broken with wanting him, and yet he does not seem to know you.

Say yes.

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larks-and-katydids · 10 days

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[ID: Screencap of a Tiktok vid showing a feminine-presenting person saying: "Christians, stop performing exorcisms. The demon has entered the human body and it is not your right to terminate it."

Below the video, user leenknd comments: Life begins at possession. The video creator, matilda_hoelscher replies: PLEASE 😭😭

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Tiktok has surpassed tumblr LMAO

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larks-and-katydids · 11 days

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Person who really wants to be dominated by a strong-armed authoritarian in a snappy uniform, but also they want to keep their kinks ideologically pure, so they split the difference and fantasise about getting their ass beat by the inspector-general of the US Postal Service.

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