So on yet another road trip I did a dastardly deed and made a playlist of all Harry, Louis, and Niall’s solo stuff. And as I listened on shuffle, I just couldn’t escape the feeling that one of these things was not like the other. Niall’s songs more oft than not are about love—the temptress, desire, being left, the kind of embryonic beginnings and swift endings of someone who actually dates people. But Harry and Louis? You know that saying “history never repeats itself, but it rhymes”? That’s what they do. Album after album, era to era, I could trace a path through greif, miscommunication, petty fights, coffee, stars, too much thinking and too much drinking, annoyance, adoration. There’s a depth that belies an understanding. And going forward in time, songs that tackled other loves, moved to explore friendship (Matilda, That’s the Way Love Goes) and beauty and home and belonging (Common People, TPWK). There’s even the constant reference to smoking.

It’s not so much that I think they’re perfect people with a flawless happily ever after. But they’re bound still, in their songs, in their lyrics, rhyming in ways only visible from a distance, from a collective glance at how these threads weave a tapestry of growing up and getting wiser and healing. I’ve been willing to be disproved of their connection for a while now, and always the stunts are yearly and the articles too predictable, and I come back to listening to them in the only place they have control, and despite the added “girl who looked like you” or “went to your uni” or the pretense that Harry’s albums each have a distinct muse, this rhyming brings me back here. To boys who touched secretly behind tables. Who kissed while potato cameras watched. Who held hands miserably with girl after girl only to press their knees together on interview couches.

It all comes back to this every single time. They are steeped together—intermingled, crushed essence irretrievably bound in boiling waters—and it’s so obvious if you only listen.

some pre-reaping Katniss and etccccc

Random thoughts

Hc that Katniss and Prim wear oversized pre-loved clothes bought from the hob, which are lots of men’s wear left behind by the peacekeepers. And it makes sense to get larger clothes to grow into and whatnot. So yea it doesn’t fit the best but they are mended and presentable! On another note I like the blue grey washed out aesthetic of district 12 in the movies so I tried to put that here

Anw I been struggling to draw esp with this one for like weeeeks so pls pat me on the back for finishing it /sobs

Apologies for the emotional damage; Happy Birthday Harold Hutchins!!!

me (newish zelda player, very bad at video games) being so so brave and venturing back into the depths (scary, real heebie-jeebies hours) to find a way into korok forest (my little haven, everyone loves me and calls me mr hero there)

I am in there for way too long and am being to feel more unnerved but then I see BEAN LIGHTS! I KNOW THOSE! I ascend. At last. My safe place.

but why is it so dark here?? It’s 9:25 am. All the koroks are zombies. gloom is creeping out of the deku tree’s belly. oh no.

I go in. I see chasm. I descend. gloom hands jumpscare. are you serious. I have never attempted to fight these things I only run away they’re so scary!!!

They squeeze my little lifey out multiple times and then i finally manage to do some damage but ALAS! I run out of arrows. I decide to retreat for supplies. I buy beedle out of arrows at three stables. I hunt for bombflowers. I bravely return. I end up using about 50 arrows and bombs and ice fruits (they come BACK if they’re not all down at the same time??? Good grief.)

but finally. finally. THE EVIL IS DEFEATED. I DID IT. THE HERO OF HYRULE. korok forest is safe!!!

WRONG! hello little guy says phantom ganon. I scream and die immediately. You can’t be serious. I already DID the hard scary thing. How is there MORE.

I fight gloom hands again and am killed by ganon again multiple times. I retreat for supplies AGAIN. More arrows. I go to the depths and collect millions of poe to trade for bombs and anti-gloom stuff. I transport to multiple locations to pick up more sundelions that I marked. I make so much food. I am finally ready.

I bomb the crap out of the gloom hands. I’m ready for you ganon. I eat my anti-gloom food. I still die. I try again. I am very bad at fighting. Theoretically I know how to perfect dodge and shield parry but I can never seem to manage it when it matters. But whatever. I brought so much food. I will simply eat a meal every time he hits me, which is many times.

Eventually I succeed purely from the power of kebabs. The forest is purified. I don’t even get a treat for it.

I miss the guardians.

i was so emotional while watching the eras tour movie. from the very first second, you can feel that it is a celebration of her and her art, and it fills you with such pride and joy. and all i could think was that she has been there for me throughout all these years and vice versa and these songs are proof and representative of that. it just hits you so hard in the feels, i can’t even explain it. quite literally a life-changing experience.

can we please as a collective stop making comments about innocent things in fics that are not 100% accurate? it’s extremely hard for me as a non-american to keep track of exact accents and words used in certain regions and what not. I’m already trying my hardest, writing in a language that is not my first one. I would never go on a fic and comment inaccuracies of Swedish lore? Or of things I have extensive knowledge of in like an off-hand “omg that person would never use that word bc they’re from there 🤣” way.

It feels very hurtful in the way that us non-Americans are really trying to make your reader experience as enjoyable and life-like (in some cases) as possible - but it is simply impossible for us to remember and know every single aspect of your culture, dialects, laws, and regulations in all the different states…

this is so cringe but uhm 🧍🏻‍♀️ mayhaps i shed a tear or two or more this morning bc of him,,, im so happy you guys agh i missed this man sm you don’t understand. and he’s so happy rn you guys he’s HAPPY he’s like always happy but this time just hit different since the last time he went live was forever ago and he def was not ok. but this time i can confidently say he’s happy :( he’s so cute omg this live is everything to me omg. also his hair is getting LONG he’s so hot stop

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im a trans person trying to get all her pieces of identification updated so applying to / working jobs + going to school is easier. pls send accommodating workplace energy to me <3🏳️‍⚧️♿️ tysm for rbing

ⓘ this is turning into an urgent situation so if this gets to $250 i’ll take the hit for the rest because i am out of options at this point.

ko/fi other options [carrd]

Why is every bitch in these fics CRYING. They always crying and I don’t get it like yah he called u his wife that’s awesome but no need to CRY OVER IT ??? AT DINNER ???? WITH HIS FUCKING FAMILY THERE??? Like yah he said that he loves u back and you’ve been pining for him for years WHY ARE YOU IN TEARS RIGHT NOW ?? QUIT IT U CRYBABY STOP

sorry for the spam today lol, hoping to have this little ref sheet done by tomorrow so I can work on other designs for bigger pieces

lord I am so exhausted of applying to dozens of jobs every week without getting a single response other than your application wasn’t selected. my current job is wrecking me and I am so burnt out and just want a job that pays well and doesn’t make me want to die 24/7. im at my wits end like who do I need to pay to make my resume/linkedin stand out because how do people hear back from jobs??? what am I doing wrong

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spidersona time! Meet diving bell spider :)

one of the worst feelings ever is wanting to write but your hands hurt too much or the words just don’t want to work so you just sit there staring at a half finished doc with tears in your eyes bc you want to write and you need to write but everything is telling you that you can’t

series i’m gatekeeping from my family vs series i’m ✨ok✨ with my family knowing i’m into:

the thing about Steve Carlsberg is that by not being Cecil or Carlos he has less plot armor and that frightens me

ok yes but it’s so juicy

what happens if lubelle tries to explain steve?

steve isn’t prone to violence unless you’re going to mess with his family, but let’s say they meet under innocent circumstances. what if he tries to explain to her what he knows? what if he tries to show her the beauty of the inexplicable, the beauty of night vale? she can’t see it, won’t see it- so what then?

so she does try to explain steve, explain his intricacies, explain why he can see and understand what no one else does- what then? does he cease to understand? does she understand more?

what is the reality of the lines and arrows in the sky- are they really there? does steve actually see and know what he says he does? or is he simply seeing things that don’t exist like everyone else has told him his whole life?

if, in the worst case scenario, whatever she explains becomes true and steve suddenly is just hallucinating, or a conspiracy theorist, or however she explains away what he says- what changes for him? if lubelle tells him the same thing everyone has been telling him for years, does it do anything? his own wife brushes him off when he tries to share with her, his step daughter is uninterested, he’s been blasted on public radio by his brother in law.

maybe it’s naive of me, but i think steve would be okay.

would night vale survive, though? would huntokar? the messages in the sky, the truths that are mapped out, would those cease to exist? cease to be true? i think that’s more concerning than whatever lubelle could try to do to steve. he might be a bit hurt, but what would it mean for what he actually did understand?

and what if she is unable to explain steve? what if he is able to stand his ground because of his experience with being dismissed, with being told he is crazy? it wouldn’t be new for him, people trying to explain to him why what he sees isn’t real. maybe she moves on to threatening his family, to threatening janice, or cecil and carlos. maybe then he stands his ground, fights back. maybe he pushes with aggressive compassion and helps her understand, helps her see that night vale is what it is because of all that can’t be explained. maybe they both explode! idk but i just. i think steve is in such a unique position here no matter what she does, a unique position no one else can come close to. it’s kinda fun!!!