funny how falling is so often used to depict character death in cinema and literature because it paints such a clear picture of how death works. you can see the person as they fall but there’s nothing you can do to help them, they’re out of your reach in the literal sense of not being able to reach their hand and in the metaphorical sense of not being able to drag a soul back into their body as they pass.

which makes percabeth’s fall into tartarus all the more interesting. there are always two options when someone falls: to be beyond reach and die, or to be caught and saved. but percy achieves neither of these. instead he falls with her, and they survive. what does this mean? it means death was imminent, and they didn’t escape it. because as demigods, no matter what they do, death is always around the corner. but they aren’t dead just yet. and certainly not killed by the fall. percy falling with annabeth illustrates that they live in this state outside of the typical death in a hero’s journey, where they shouldn’t be alive but are against all logic, and who knows when (or if) death will come knocking. it gives us a narrative that you never see in a story and that’s really impressive

Before I go to sleep I leave you all with this piece of advice: sometimes you don't actually have to answer big political questions, sometimes you can just say "I am not smart enough to know that, I just know the small things I do to help." Like you can often times completely avoid making a fool of yourself if you just say you don't know.

Forget regular, every day English- “limpidity” isn’t even commonly used in academic settings.

the nice thing about living at work being offline for chunks at a time is the people u used to really dislike seeing on the dash (by no one's fault, promise), it doesn't really bother you anymore when you see them pop up as recs or smth. like. neat. lol. it's nice! it's comforting. i feel like I've def moved on from things, its liberating.

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when gerard way said “when i grow up i want to be nothing at all” i felt those words in my gdamn soul bro

honestly funny the sheer amount of posts ive seen making fun of the tortured poets department as a title by people are operating under the assumption that taylor herself is being 100% serious with it like if you even just listen to the title track you'd know she means to be tongue in cheek about it. i don't think "we're modern idiots" is a good line* but it does very clearly speak to her self-critique regarding the way she finds comfort in viewing herself especially at that tumultuous time in her personal life.

of course it's not 100% ironic either, it is true to how she felt/feels but i don't think that negates any of the self awareness re her romantic relationships and certain coping mechanisms.

contextually it makes a lot of sense, not even taking into account the ways in which her celebrity fits into it which i know can be annoying to hear her (and others) talk about which i do understand lol. but i do think its disingenuous to act like the complexities of what comes with her level of fame is something that is like. not meaningful at all to discuss even though her self awareness of her own privilege can be extremely frustrating. it would be strange if it never came up and i think people would be mad about it if it didn't

*it actually it kinda annoys me beyond it sounding bad but thats another topic re the contrast between her romanticization of the chelsea motel/that era and her effort to de-mythologize her own life to herself but yeah whole different post and also idk if my thoughts on it are accurate to what she's trying to convey/actually felt. still would be a bad line either way but yeah

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NEREB AND DUNGALEF....

(I do feel like I should give him points for messing with the spelling to make it flow better though, Dnugalef just doesn't have the same ring).

And nothing says "I am desperately trying to trick one of the people who helped sing the world into existence" like let me make sure my fake name which is actually one of my real names backwards sounds good. Actually Finrod is definitely related to Feanor after all.

the only thing getting me through is the thought that i don't have physics lab next week

edtpa makes me want to tear my hair out and drop out of school

It's 1 of those days again

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honestly all this shit just looks like those people want to, idk, ascertain in front of everyone that they're both Normal and Smarter, and it feels really weird to see on a website full of self-proclaimed freaks obsessed with yearning, fucked up dynamics, hand in unlovable hand etc. what do they need the fucked up dynamics for? to point out that they're fucked up and weird, and that normal people don't do that? stop embarrassing yourself and let stories move you like a normal fucking person

if i may complain for a bit about something that doesn't actually matter and can be easily avoided. god i hate fics that baby-fy chuuya

HELLO i have internet again (fun fact: i was without internet for a WEEK. idk how anyone can survive without unlimited access to cat pictures and the answers to questions like why aren't there microwaves that make things cold but i didn't and i'm actually a ghost now. spooky!) anyway here are a bunch of lirens :v i may have posted them here before. except the first one which is from lvl36~

people on twitter dont say "want waffle :3" they say "my beige flag is that in my current mental and physical state of being, i have the notion that my stomach could benefit from a cake-like dish made from leavened batter poured between two hot, patterned plates"