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“After all he’s done he doesn’t deserve—“ listen can you honestly say YOU *deserve* a happy ending?? There is no deserve!! A happy ending is a happy ending cause it always always always comes as an unexpected gift. There is always always always the 2/3 point in the story where it is undeserved and unattainable and not going to be given. Because it can only be given!! And yet!!! Still it comes!! A eucatastrophe!! For you and me!! Undeserved!!!
#shut up about deserve!!!!!#also 99% of the time this rhetoric is deployed it’s in a scenario where the Good Guys Who Deserve A Happy Ending ‘deserve’ it simply cause#they are labeled the Good Guys#and they’ve been crossing the same lines as the Bad Guy Who Doesn’t#examples: Ward betraying everyone and everyone treating him like an irredeemable monster when they are SPIES it’s their JOB to trick and#betray people and they have all done that for much less reasons! but because it was *them* that’s different#also this post is in response to some tweet about Flynn I had the misfortune to see and that’s actually the least arguable because#literally everything Flynn has done they have done at this point too#each and every one of the team has killed someone in a scenario where they didnt *need* to be killed (if you can even say that)#they’ve stolen tech for their own goals they’re ruining history to eradicate Rittenhouse and get their own loved ones back like#they’re court martial Ed government most wanted a#the only thing Flynn’s done they haven’t is actually go to jail for it cause he was un sanctioned by the Declarer of Rights and Wrongs-#What The Government Wants#murdered historical figures? so have they#like. there is no moral line between them#no reason they ‘deserve’ it and he doesn’t#I’m terribly sad but also there is beauty to that ending#but tweet person from the crew you are WRONG#you can’t put a moral dividing line like that between ‘us’ (always good) and ‘them’ (don’t deserve happiness too bad)#because one day you *will* find yourself on the other end of that line#and then you will have labeled yourself doomed and undeserving#mercy is everywhere dummy let’s all get some!!
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hi! your blog is one of my favourites and i absolutely adore reading your thoughts. my grandfather recently passed away and it feels like i lost myself with him. how do i continue living after this? there is this constant weight on my chest and it feels like an emptiness has made a home inside of me. how do i go on when it feels like the world crashed on my shoulders?
hello, love! this is so very sweet and kind of you, and i hope you're treating yourself gently and kindly right now - there aren't words for a loss like this. that heaviness is difficult, and hard, and painful. it's okay if things don't feel okay, right now, or even soon - i think that's something that a lot of the people i know that have gone through similar grief feel: like they should be able to get back to a relative 'normal' in a [insert far too short period of time].
but it's okay if it hurts. that's where i'd like to start. you're allowed to feel that emptiness, that world-crashed feeling that goes beyond words, beyond time. don't feel like you have to rush this to feel some sort of better. things get easier with time, i promise you this, but sometimes painful feelings are important to feel, too. cry, scream, feel your emotions. they're a part of you. grieve.
it's perhaps a little silly, but when i think about death i always think about a couple of space songs: mainly drops of jupiter by train and saturn by sleeping at last. there are perhaps others that speak to the emotions better, but these two have always hit something a little deeper for me, and are popular for a wide-reaching reason.
and while personally i don't know much about grief like this, i do know a lot about love; and i think they're a lot of the same thing.
the people we love are a part of us, and this is why it takes from us so deeply when we lose them, because it does feel like we've lost a part of ourselves in the wake of it. but it's because they were so central to our experiences of living - our lives, that the separation introduces a hollowness - a place where they used to be. a home that now goes unlived in.
an emptiness, like you said.
but just because they're not here physically, doesn't mean he's not still there, in your heart, in your life, your memory. you can hold him close in smaller ways, as well: steal a sweater, or cologne/scent for something a little more physical and long lasting for remembering. hold onto the memories you cherish, the things that made you laugh, the ease of slow mornings and gentle nights. write them all down, slide a few photographs in there, go through it and add more when you miss him. keep them all close, keep them in your heart.
you're not alone, in this. he's still there, with you, it's just - in the little things.
he's with you in the way you see and go about your daily life, in doing what he liked to do, in the ways he interacted with the world that you shared with him. the memories you recall fondly when the night is late or the moment is right and something calls it into you like a melody, an old bell, laughter you'd recognize anywhere.
but i think, perhaps most importantly above all others - talk about him. with your family, your friends, his friends, strangers; stories are how we keep the people we love alive. the connections they've made, the legacies and experiences they've left behind, and so, so many stories.
how lucky, we are - to love so much it takes a piece of us when they go. grief is the other side of the coin, but it does not mean our love goes away. it lives in you. it lives in everyone who knew him, in the smallest pieces of our lives.
the people we love never really leave us, like this: they're in how we cook and the way we fold our newspapers, our laundry, in the radio stations we tune in to and the way we decorate our walls, our photo albums. they're in the way we store our mail, organize our closets, the scribbled notes in the indexes of our books. the meals we love and the drinks we mix, the way we spend time with one another. they've been passed down for generations, for longer than history - and we are all the luckier for it.
think about what you shared with him, and do it intentionally. bring him into your life, like this, again. whether it's crosswords or poetry or sports or anything else. if one doesn't help, try another. something might click.
i hope things feel a little easier for you, as they tend to do only with time. i hope you find joy in your grief, even if it is small and hard to grasp at first. know that your hurt stems from so much love that there isn't a place to put it properly, and that it is something so meaningful and hurting poets and storytellers have been struggling to put it into words and sounds that feel like the fit right for eons, and that it is also just simply yours. sometimes things don't have to make sense. sometimes they just are - unable to be put into words or neat little sentiments, as unfair and tragic as they come.
but i promise it will not feel like this forever. your love is real. and perhaps, on where to begin on from here - i think it's less on finding where to begin and just beginning. and you've already started. you've taken the most important and crucial step: the first one.
wherever you go, after that, from here? you'll figure it out. you always have, and you always do. it'll come, as things always do. love leads us, as does light - and you're never alone in your hurt. in your grief, your missing something dear to you. i think if you talk about it with others, you'll find they have ways of helping you cope as well - and they have so much love of their own to spare, too.
as an aside, here is the song (northern star by dom fera) i was listening to when i wrote this, for no other reason more than it makes me think of connections, and love, and how we hold onto the people we love and how they change us, wonderfully and intrinsically. it's a little more joyous than the others i've mentioned, and plays like a story, and it made me think of what is at the core of this, love and stories and i am here with you, and maybe it'll bring you some joy, if you'd like it. wishing you all my love and ease 💛
#q&a.#birdsong.#wishing u gentle ease; the death of a loved one is near inexplicable to put into words and i hope you take care of yourself gently <3#i hope this will make u laugh: when i was a tiny child in middle school there were times i would go outside in my tiny suburban cul de sac-#in the rain and sing along to my lil ipod nano and i only remember doing this to drops of jupiter. can you imagine going out to get the mai#after a long day of work and you just hear this kid singing train in the streets. in the RAIN.... it makes me laugh like i really.#i really thought i was so cool and deep and emotional ghjkd but i find it v funny that i only remember it w/ that one train track.#and saturn just. it's my fav s.a.l. song for a reason. that slow violin opening? the piano coming in gentle and easy?#it feels like light. like hope. like something new - a dawn after the long dark. that beautiful things can begin again even where#it hurts. and there is nothing more human than a sentiment like that.#how rare and beautiful it is to truly exist. what it is to be alive and get to be here and live with other people. with those we love.#i think your grandfather was so lucky to be able to know you. to have you in his life for the time you had together.#i'm no spiritual person; but i like to believe when you're thinking about him? he's thinking about you too.#the second law of thermodynamics (physics nerd mode) is that no energy has ever been created/destroyed since the beginning of the universe.#so it has to go somewhere - it's that carl sagan quote of 'we're all made of stardust'. because we are. we used to be stars; planets; etc.#i think it's why i think of these space songs - because they're a part of everything; once more; when they go. us and everything else.
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Kind of feel bad for people who head into the books after having already engaged- even passively- with the aftg fandom. like there are so many things that are meant to surprise you. the 'oh's. The looking at everything with neil's pov and only after completing the series realizing what a fucking idiot he was at times. The kisses. Those reveals. The thunderclap of "Doesn't mean I wouldn't-***". Somehow, those guys already know all this. They know at the end there's gonna be a pairing, and that kinda takes away the beauty and surprise of it. They know about a game, the deaths, the characters. It's kinda sad they're never gonna enjoy it the way we did
#im so happy i knew nothing about the books when i read them#because if i knew about andreil i would've cried#because once you fully give yourself to neil's pov#it's such a fucking surprise#they already head into the books with an opinion and it's so sad#because i remember reading the first few lines of tfc and thinking what the hell is going on here#people will know a part of neil's shit already before reading#robbing away the beauty of knowing basic information about the main character like his real name and his hair colour in the LAST BOOK#of the series#sigh#i might've spoiled it for people too#as a wise friend once told me: never engage in a fandom unless you've gone through the whole of it#love her for that shit#aftg#all for the game#the foxhole court#the foxes#neil josten#andrew minyard#kevin day#tay shit#tay.aftg#myt#andreil#nora sakavic
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girlhood
#i have to fly out to capetown to see mother and im literally debating if i could land in the morning and leave at night on the same day#like. anything longer than that is going to ruin my year.#when she called and did her “katherine. you have to be here on the 10th” i literally sobbed in my bed for the rest of the day 😍😍😍#not dyeing my hair black for a year and its getting lighter and lighter everyday and i look like her again#and my therapist telling me “you need to do things for yourself.” but like can i? sorry that woman traumatised me and i actually cant :)#like everything i do is informed by her#I'm going to go and just like everytime the only way to keep my sanity is to mirror her. talk and sit and speak and read and eat like her#and its such a terrifying experience bc i remember that im capable of emulating her viciousness and maybe i am my mother's daugher 🤢🤢🤢#and im going to come back and its going to take fucking months for me to feel like myself again#“oh you look so beautiful just like your mother” i hope you DIE lol !!! the fact that my conception of beauty was shaped by her#growing up with this cruel beautiful detached woman and realising that at the intersection of beauty and wickness is a lifetime of pain#and still being so desperate for her approval- for any metaphysical proximity to her that i felt elated when#people would tell me i look like her. that it meant i was also beautiful like her and maybe she'll love me a little for it#but now i know for a fact that i do look like her and it makes saliva swell under my tongue - that moment right before you throw up-#when people mention it 😍#last time i was in capetown my optic neuritis flared up (and i know for a fact it was that it was ms-stress related from having to see her)#and i thought i hid it so well even though i had near constant headaches & lethargy until she said “katherine give me the red notebook”#and i knew that she knew all along. it was so acutely humiliating standing there and knowing she knows i cant see which one is the red one#and she tilted her head and said “whats the matter? do you not know what red looks like?”#im never going to have kids. my mother and i read eachother so well it can only mean im never too far removed from becoming her#lol!!!!!!!!!
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Foaming at the mouth and going feral waiting for Fig to open up more to her parents and friends 🤧 I rmr all through middle school and high school holding everything in and being unsure about myself and putting on a tough mask with walls so high because I wanted to hide and not exist and just.. 🤧 having friends that were patient and loving and understanding even if they didn’t know my whole deal was life changing. I just wanna wrap Fig up in a big hug and tell her that she doesn’t need to have it all figured out, but that she’s still wanted and appreciated for all the qualities and facets that she exudes regardless of if she can lay all those things out and understand them. Despite it all, who she is and who she will become: She is loved. She is wanted. She should exist.
#I’m getting emo about herrrrr#I spent sooo long with my walls up bc I thought the way I was wasn’t good enough#you don’t have to know who you are and a lot of people still don’t know well into their 20s/30s/40s#the people around you and that love you know#they know your heart and character what your interests are the foods you like etc#all of that stuff makes you who you are#you don’t have to have a string of buzzwords or your personality all layed out in a numbered list#and if you do that’s lovely too and being comfortable with that changing as you grow is beautiful as well#tw for mental health/personal stuff#growing up and sometimes falling into being s*ic*d*l really makes you feel like you have no reason existing puts you through#identity crises more often than not and getting older and still breathing and taking each day at a time helps you figure out parts of you#even if the big picture is fuzzy or incomplete you still have every right to be alive#to keep existing and learning about yourself#even when it’s hard#dimension 20#fhjy
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“Din Djarin’s identity as a Mandalorian will always be central to his character, and his devotion to his orthodox religion, warrior’s creed, and its chivalrous code of honor is a truly noble one.”
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“Din Djarin’s devotion to his creed has fundamentally isolated him from love, his role as The Tribe’s breadwinner was as unsustainable as it gave him purpose, and the fierceness of his faith stems from unprocessed trauma and the guilt he feels as an orphan and a foundling. His views on what it means to be a Mandalorian were narrow until he met others who didn’t conform to his own creed, and in this, his status as an voluntary oathbreaker is equally as integral to his character.”
…are both takes that co-exist in my mind.
#Star Wars#the mandalorian#din djarin#character analysis#sol rambles#obligatory this is not meant to be a hot take and nobody has to agree with me on this#2nd obligatory I can interpret this character however I want to within reasonable limits#and as a person from a religious background who now identifies as agnostic#I find this more than reasonable#I honestly love entertaining the idea of Din renouncing his orthodoxy as much as I loved his redemption#Din’s relationship with his faith in S2 was so realistically messy#and it resonated with me greatly#the “is it truly faith if people just get to pick and choose what to adhere to and what to disregard?”#“wtf does that make me?”#people do turn to religion after deep personal loss#and it can be a beautiful thing as much as it can be dangerous#faith can consume you to the point where you can no longer recognize yourself without it#and I saw Din being well on that path if Grogu hadn’t come along#transcending religious identities is such a juicy motif in Star Wars#all starting with Luke declaring he’s a Jedi like his father before him#while also fiercely defying both his masters by refusing to sacrifice Han and Leia in order to complete his training#the training Yoda dictated for him#literally the embodiment of The Old Order#and what’s that saying?#none will be free until the old ways are gone forever#oh my god I am rambling#THANK YOU FOR LISTENING#Sol out
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beaming everyone on the dashh with good brain day vibes!!! i hope that you all can remember to extend self-compassion to yourself whenever you're feeling down about something 💙
#lizzy speaks#the human brain works in such profound ways i think#lately i've been thinking about that post that was like 'you will always be your oldest friend take care of yourself'#it's definitely a sentiment i agree with and i appreciate how it emphasizes the importance of extending compassion to yourself#you wouldn't say such hurtful things to your friends right? (or at least i'd hope so)#so why would you say it to yourself?#you are your own friend too. and i think everyone has a beautiful soul within themselves. nurture it! water it! feed it good thoughts.#basically i wish everyone a 'i hope that your brain is not your own enemy but rather a friend that you can find comfort in'#things will work themselves out with time. there's beauty in life and you will find small delights to cherish!! i am manifesting it for u!!#and for those who find it difficult to transition from a self-critical mindset to one that's more compassionate and nonjudgmental#i truly think that with time you will be able to rewire your brain to be kinder to yourself. i'm proud of you for taking any first steps :)#there are times in which it feels counterintuitive to go against habits that feel hard-wired... but brains are very malleable littel guys-#with such a wonderful capacity for changing and learning new things. so i hope everyone can learn to be their own best friend!#not to undermine the importance of a support network ofc. that's good too and im all for that!! but i hope everyone remembers to be kind-#not only to others but also to themselves!! you're going to do great out there!! i love you all!!#ive just been thinking about this a lot... i needed to get it out there. you all shine so brightly!!! we shall be fine!!! have a good week!#sorry if this is out of nowhere but if there's anything about me you should know it's that i'm the 'hey dont cry 8 billion people on earth-#ok?' post. idk i just find great joy in knowing others are out there thriving and finding a daily delight yknow i love humanity!!
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-Happy Trans Day of Visibility!🏳️⚧️
#to celebrate this day. here is one of my characters that I have so much affection for and love with passion/p :DD#for all types of trans people:#love yourself and do whatever you want with your body. because it's yours. and you do have every right to change it if you want!#you are free to do what you want. so- never listen to what others will tell you.#just do and be what you know will make you most comfortable with yourself💖#know always that you and anyone is not and never will be perfect.#but made with a pure beauty full of flaws that make you special and wonderful by way you are!💛✨#I love y'all. hope you guys have a wonderful day/night💛#trans visibility#trans visibility day#transgender visibility day#trans day of visibility#transgender#trans pride#trans flag#trans woman#franz#i'm mel and this is my blog✌️#my art blog#art#my art#my art <3#art mel#my art style#my oc character#happy trans day of visibility#happy trans visibility day#lgbtq community#lgbt pride#lgbtq artist
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Marisa x daemon via random excerpts from my writing, because I'm going feral over them yet again
The monkey is staring at her. She knows that stare very well. The feeling of it, rather: a tingling at the back of her neck following her around the library. A rustle of careful steps overhead. Beady eyes shining in the dark. Like a twisted game of hide-and-seek all children play with their daemons, only he’s the one both hiding from her – and seeking. Oh, how he seeks her.
Marisa makes it exactly till the second door on the right and has a split second of pride to enjoy, when punishment comes. A brutal tug. She sways, clawing at the doorknob. In the library, her other part presses itself against the wall and growls in pain, scratching at the wooden panels. Ancient instincts yank their hearts back to the safety of blissful togetherness, but ancient instincts have never fought Marisa Coulter and her daemon before.
[...] Without seeing him, Marisa knows exactly how heavy the risings of his chest are, how sweaty the forehead; how clenched the teeth, threatening to crush from the force. How terrified, and pained, and longing he is. She’s all that too, but someone has to be stronger.
She has to physically drag herself forward.
His fur breaks scarce sunlight into a ripple of glints across the wall. He is beautiful, audience-ready, except when Marisa looks, the golden elegance crumbles to reveal the same dirt-coated creature, always hissing and snarling around. They walk down the corridor together. The care placed in keeping the distance might have reminded somebody with a keen eye of a crowded room where every soul treads just as carefully, stepping and flying around paws, hands, tails and shoulders, avoiding the forbidden contact to the best of their ability. Between two beings joined since birth, it looks oddly repugnant. Unnatural, one might say.
#you don't understand#i am thinking about them consTANTLY#my beautiful ruined creatures#who is to ruin you worse than yourself ughhh smh#i just... i love the way they aren't normal#but there's also a sick note of constantly being in each other's company#like you can bullshit other people but your soul? nah#it's gonna sit and stare you in the face all your life#i wanna scream#hdm#his dark materials#marisa coulter#golden monkey#marisa x daemon
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Dude I can’t express how much the qsmp already means to so many people and how important it is to specifically bilingual people and those who enjoy learning about different languages and cultures
As a bilingual person that has been in the minecraft space for a while now you never expect your two worlds to collide like that it even sometimes feels like they are two completely separate things (kind of like you almost have to choose between those two sometimes)
So seeing all these Tweets/Posts of people who are expressing so much joy about the fact that they see their favorite creators who previously didn’t interact with each other suddenly becoming buddies makes me incredibly emotional and so so happy
I hope Quackity knows how much of an impact that server has already made/will continue to make across the board
#qsmp#quackity#I’m feeling so much joy#and I can’t wait for more#also a lot of people getting introduced to so many new creators#and yes they might not understand everything they say#but I always tend to think if the language is what’s keeping you from enjoying stuff#you’re just limiting yourself to a very small bubble#so to all the people concerned about not understanding a thing#that’s how learning a language begins and you slowly fall in love with it#different languages have so much to offer because every single one of them is beautiful in their own way!#anyways I‘m going to stop now this already became quite something close to a ramble
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I just think it’s silly that so many people complain about Villain Amaya as “wasted potential” and that “we were robbed” like-
My pals, post canon fan fiction is right there. The desire to free her husband is right there. Either by touching an evil book while being too eager to remember the obsidian oil, or being possessed by contact (ie what she believes is true loves kiss) when trying to reason with him in the dungeon.
We don’t need a rewrite, we can have a continuation. Both can be true. Amaya is a complex character, she can handle it.
#Wish#Queen Amaya#I assume I'm going to get hate for this but like#I know it's not store bought and you have to still make it yourself but also#I'm kind of just tired of seeing a lot of people sh*tting on Wish because it's not the concept art#And I'm kind of over here like how about we love it recognize it has flaws and THEN try to make something new without bashing the OG?#I just love Amaya and she definitely deserves more#but her good character is so interesting and complex#she still knows how to have fun. She still can be sassy or bite.#Like she's still Magnifico's perfect partner you know? and Magnifico isn't perfect?#A truly pure person wouldn't click with Magnifico the way Amaya does...?#I would rather build on Amaya's character than say she can only be good and boring or a villain?#Amaya is so smart yall. I know you can't see it all just on the movie but like she's read every magic book in Magnifico's library#THOUSANDS OF BOOKS.#And knows basic protection spells#She's a devoted leader.#Like.#Idk#She both loves her husband and recognizes that she has to go against him.#She doesn't /turn/ on him. She addresses his flaws and tells him that it's not okay?#She still jokes with him even though she has to put him in time out. She's complex and strong and wise and kind.#And I just hate seeing so many people so quick to just say 'the concept art was better' when like... the idea might be more appealing to yo#But I hate the level of cynicism and pretentiousness I see of people saying their personal ideas of what Wish should be-#-Is better than the piece of media they claim to care about?#Like their personal vision of Wish based exclusively off the concept art is somehow intellectually superior?#And I'm not saying stop doing your rewrites or AU's or anything! Like there's definitely beautiful creativity happening!#I just hate seeing people so negative and like honestly mean. It hurts my heart to see everyone calling Wish garbage?#It's not great but I really really dont think it's as bad as everyone is saying. Like its no like Oppenheimer but it's a children's movie..#Like I personally love the Teens and Amaya#And everyone saying they stink makes me sad... Because they're just great characters?
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Ok I’m probably not the best person to say this, but I’ve been seeing a lot of (as of right now) accurate insults on how the CGI approach for the Live Action Little Mermaid movie, but please be mindful that you don’t take things too far, and *especially* don’t start going after Halle Bailey (Ariel’s actress) and to a lesser extent, Ariel the character.
Antiblackness is still an issue in a lot of fandom spaces, and it doesn’t just come out as using nasty slurs or stereotypes. It manifests as drawing Black characters lighter and/or with more white features, it comes out as removing Black partners from ships, and it starts out as plausibly deniable insults that get the door open to microaggressions and outright nasty comments.
I’m not saying that all discussion of the movie should be stalled, or even if it turns out to be an artistic failure, that it doesn’t merit discussion. I’m saying that you shouldn’t extend your vitriol to the characters and actors.
If you really feel the need to insult her, it might be worth a little introspection. Ask yourself, “Do I resent that they changed Ariel, or that they changed Ariel in this way?”. You’re not irredeemable if your personal answer isn’t kind. Just be more careful, try and observe how that sort of world view affects your behavior to others, and then course correct.
A lot of little kids would love to see another Black Princess. A lot of little kids would love to have a Black mermaid as a main character. Hell, a lot of adults would love those too. Black fantasy characters have long been excluded, transformed, killed, merely in the background, relegated to stereotypes, villainized and have hardly ever in the spotlight, especially in major productions.
Don’t make it harder for kids (and adults!) to see themselves on screen. Don’t ruin their wonder. So don’t make unkind comments. Keep it to yourself. Frankly, Halle looks beautiful, and I can’t wait to see the sparkles in her fans’ eyes as she swims across the screen.
#live action little mermaid#the little mermaid 2023#Halle Bailey#I’m a white girl but the concept of a Black Ariel is near and dear to my heart#my best friend in elementary loved H20:Just add water and introduced it to me#and she dreamed (at least half then#we haven’t kept in touch) of ordering herself a mermaid tail to swim around in#and I really hope that she has. if she didn’t fuck up a year of college like I did (she was damn smart so I doubt it)#then she’s likely just about to graduate#M I hope you get a great paying job and can order yourself a beautiful quality tail and live out that little girl dream#you deserve it. I don’t think you had near enough#black girl Magic growing up. miss you#i doubt you’re on tumblr but just in case you’re wondering#‘is that me?’ I’ll give you a hint:#I used to say floober doober instead of cursing when we played Mario kart#I mean I did start cursing heavily later. but at first I said that#in any case idk if you’re still into mermaids but we both know you would’ve loved to watch this movie when you were little#this was both spurred on by all the flounder posts I’ve been seeing and ‘A Song Below Water’ by Bethany C. Morrow#one of the main characters Effie works as a Renaissance Faire mermaid and she talks a lot about#how people write fiction about her character but whitewash her or body swap her or would rather do self inserts#or the only comments made about her beauty are just about her tail and never about her Black skin or features#and how she (and her Mom before her death) were usually the only Black characters at the fair#and how she feels so beautiful and incredible being her mermaid self#also again I’m white so I don’t have personal experience but my younger brother is mixed#and he’s always been really lowkey about his feelings but#I took him to see Into the Spiderverse when it first came out#and he’s loved it since#here was this (adorable - don’t tell my brother I said that lol) lanky smart awkward hurting courageous Black boy on screen#and I can see in his heart how he’s been affected by it. he’s not a super fan or anything but I can just tell (big sister thing.) Anyways I#really hope that joy will happen more and more for everyone.
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just amoria being simtimate 🌿
#BL:G3 outtakes#sim edit#simtimates#isn't she GORGEOUS#i can see why jorge is literally obsessed with his wife#the quality isn't the BEST but i think she shines anyway#okay this is where the sim related tags stop you should keep scrolling or read at your own risk !!#mention of body esteem issues ahead!!!#i haven't had a child like she has but i still struggle with my tummy poking out and my stretch lines#but then i look at her. she's a SIM. but she makes me feel so beautiful because SHE'S beautiful#it's really hard how harsh you can be on yourself?? you know?#i see people with my body type all the time and think they're so cute!#and for those momma's out there who have had kids and struggle with loving yourself: this is for you too!#you are AMAZING and ATTRACTIVE and WORTH EVERY LOVING GAZE#your body should be praised! it does and has done wonderful things#i've gone off on a tangent#but my point stands#MWAH#kisses.
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#you know what#I’m gonna say it#sometimes birthdays can be daunting and very depressing for people and I completely understand#but I also want you to know that if you had a not so nice birthday this year#or if your depression was hitting hard or you felt like an imposter or you weren’t where you thought you were#please please pretty please remember that next year your birthday can look totally different#and by that I don’t mean that all your problems will go away or you’re suddenly ‘cured’ of depression#I mean that maybe next year you’ll look at the friends celebrating with you and realize how loved you are#maybe you’ll be surprised with flowers or maybe you’ll get yourself a beautiful bouquet and can look at yourself in the mirror#and confidently say that maybe you’re not the perfect version you aimed to be last year#but you are alive and the leaves are turning red and the bird are chirping and the sunrises are beautiful#and maybe this gives you just a little bit of hope bc lord knows I needed that last year#and I’m here to tell you#even if your problems don’t dissolve into thin air#but things can and will get better#your will prevail#and I’m so fucking proud of and rooting for you#and with that#happy fucking birthday to me
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i think it's time to stop labelling optimism, and being hopeful abt the future as "toxic positivity" bc really. What Do You Want Me To Do. like, dont you think i know how fucking hard and disappointing and stressful and unfortunate life can be??? dont you think i have my own lows where i can barely get out of bed for days ????? im not disregarding the negative aspects of a situation, in fact i encourage people to feel those negative emotions and work through them but i also think it's important to Have Hope and to keep fucking going because what else is there to do!!!!!!! how else do you live in such a dreary depressing world if not with hope? that doesnt make you naïve and it doesnt make you a toxic person. are you really going to just try and be just as miserable as the world around you?
#i completely understand that there's a line#and toxic positivity DOES EXIST and it's very harmful#like obviously im not going to tell someone 'ah well at least the sun rises tomorrow isnt that beautiful!' at like. a funeral#people deserve the space to feel sad and upset and hopeless and depressed#but there comes a point where you have to realize that part of saving yourself is having hope#💌 love letters.#thats all goodnight
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i made this post before on my old account and i'll make it again. i love people. so much. even the bad ones. i think everybody deserves a second and third chance and i think everyone deserves to have a pillow to sleep on under warm bedsheets and a nice and loving home. i love people so much. i was at an amusement park and i told a boy today i liked his sweatshirt (it was taylor swift, i had to) and he went from having a melancholic look on his face to something so bright. his dimples were showing and he had navy blue lacing on his braces. seeing him smile was like looking at the sun. he said thank you and i could hear an exclamation mark in his voice. that made me so happy. i hope hes having a great day. i love people
#（ꈍ ꈍ） – shut up addie !#i don't like hearing the phrase “i hate people” so often#you don't hate them; you hate socializing and that's so totally okay bc girl same#i think a lot of people look at the world in swamp colored glasses and excuse it with “if u expect disappointment u wont be disappointed”#which is so sad#why are you expecting disappointment all the time?#hype yourself up for things that won't happen#pretend you're captain america and you're saving the world even if you're just getting the mail#being positive won't kill you; it'll make you stronger#i think everyone should be kind and be treated kindly#i love people :)#even if they hate me i still love them#there's beauty in everyone and everything
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