Honestly? Shoutout to those of you who are completely fucking lost in life. Those who don’t know what they want to do with life. Those who are stuck in a certain part of life and can’t get out. Those who are reaching for dreams they feel are impossible to reach. Those who feel like they’re accomplishments are being overlooked. Those who feel like their enough just isn’t enough. It is. You can make it. You will make it. There is an opening at the end of the tunnel.

Our son Sam has told us that the D&D art file we use for a screensaver on various devices bothers him.

Because it makes him frustrated that he can’t look at some of them longer. He wants to know what is happening in some of them.

I told him that is one of the reasons we play Dungeons & Dragons, so we can go find out together, in our collective imagination.

st. george and the dragon (1908-9) - briton rivière / the vigil (1884) - john pettie / vanitas still-life (1705) - evert collier / david garrick as richard iii (1745) - william hogarth / micro sff stories tweet

the world will end in ice

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35878825/ Title: the world will end in ice Recipient: @merlin-fic-server Rating: Teen And Up Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Fandom: Merlin Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, and they were partners!, Enemies to Lovers, Sexual Tension, Attempt at Humor, Sharing a Room, (for a little bit), Arthur Finds Out About Merlin's Magic (Merlin), Light Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Getting Together, Happy Ending Summary: Merlin Emrys was just fine in his little hometown. So what if he had failed to make his dream come true? So what if he couldn't skate? He had his mother, his friends, and did not have to hide who he was everyday. It was enough. But when Coach Kilgharrah sought him out, rekindling his dreams and promising a chance at redemption, Merlin realised it was not enough. It would never be enough. He wanted to skate again, even if the skating world shunned magic, even if he had to skate in pairs, even if his partner turned out to be an utter prat called Arthur Pendragon. So Merlin took the ice again, and everything went spiralling downwards. Author's Note: For the Merlin Fic Book Club because it's the best fandom space I've ever been in, and unofficially, for our beloved overlord isabella, because they deserve all the gifts and love and appreciation in the world.

BBC Merlin + fine literature (x)(x)

[insp.]

Felt this

Anaïs Nin, from from Fire: From “A Journal of Love”: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1934–1937

I'm SCREAMING 😱 😍

Yes, we're back with the Out of Context YOLT memes (did I spend my Sunday evening making dozens of these instead of writing? yes, yes, I did.)

(Though robbed of context, I've tagged these as 'yolt spoilers' just in case.)

For anyone intrigued, confused, or interested, these come from my ongoing WIP 'You Only Live Twice', linked here on AO3:

You Only Live Twice

COLIN MORGAN  as  NATHAN APPLEBY THE LIVING AND THE DEAD | EPISODE TWO

You’re born, raised and then torn down…

And everyday that goes by, you look a little less 

like who you used to be.    

Saltillo - Giving In

i’m obsessed with this photo

Through the ages

Look at this absolutely gorgeous thing!!!

Fanart: Druid!Merlin and Arthur Mini Comic

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35513356 Title: Fanart: Druid!Merlin and Arthur Mini Comic Recipient: @lawlessbard  Rating: Mature Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Fandom: Merlin (TV) Additional Tags: Druid!Merlin, wounded Character, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon Era, Blood, Blood and Injury, Fanart, Comic Summary: Druid!Merlin fanart mini comic for the Round Table Gift Exchange 2021! Author’s Note: Lawless_bard, thank you so much for the wonderful prompt. I tried to implement as much of it as I could, and I hope you like it! Also, thank you everyone and all the mods on the Merlin Fic Book Club Server for hosting this exchange.