I think the thing I hate about Berdly, other than the proto-neckbeard vibes, is that I see WAAAY too much of my younger self in him

The absolute obsession with being the best because his entire self worth and self esteem is wrapped up in how smart and capable he is. Like, sure, his need for validation comes from a way different place than mine did, but Damn. I look at him and see myself in middle/early high school, bragging about how much I knew about the stupidest goddamn shit

Hate that

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another thing...

i used to play trumpet and french horn. i wasnt half bad either! at trumpet at least. i started on french horn later so i was kinda way worse.

eventually though, band was so bad for me mentally that it kinda crushed all my passion for making music.. for a while at least. havent picked up an instrument since. though now thats mostly cus of how expensive they are lol

describing myself as "the shambling body of a dead child" on the internet in college like yeah that's the behavior of someone mentally well who's not constantly one unpleasant interaction away from a breakdown

Called out of work tomorrow so I will not be taking monday damage 😌

ohhh bread. i could write poem about bread

knock you up

Eugh its 3am and i threw up for no reason

mothowl doodles

Nico and Percy's dynamic through the series is eternally funny to me, because it's just. like.

Percy's having a constant mental struggle between his fatal flaw of loyalty with a promise he made to Bianca to protect Nico, versus his Big 3 kid desire to maim other Big 3 kids / Poseidon descendant urge to totally maim Nico specifically. He hates Nico so so much. He thinks Nico's annoying and weird at best, and creepy/sketchy when he's older. The only positive thoughts Percy has towards Nico are "He's Bianca's brother and Bianca was my friend and I owe her/He's Hazel's brother and Hazel is my friend and would kill me if I was mean to him," "He's a powerful asset and useful ally (if questionable)," and "He's kinda pathetic and I feel maybe a little bad about it." Percy has multiple occasions throughout the series where he strongly considers - and on one occasionally actually goes through with - throttling Nico.

Meanwhile, Nico is following around Percy like a lost puppy. He explicitly can never bring himself to even dislike anything about Percy no matter how hard he tries. He has a whole bit in BoO where he's mentally going "UGH he's so stupid BUT IT'S ENDEARING HOW DARE HE." He's totally smitten. He's making deals with his dad for Percy. He's making convoluted plans to help Percy stand a chance against Kronos. During the entirety of BoTL it's like he's playing tsundere - "I'm helping NOT PERCY SPECIFICALLY with this quest! Me helping Percy would be SILLY because I DEFINITELY HATE HIM." Then he proceeds to show up to Percy's birthday party to basically ask him on a weird date and spend the entire next book scrambling around trying to help him or protect him or impress him. And Percy could not give less of a shit.

Just. That dynamic is so funny to me. Percy is the founder of the Nico Protection Club in that he's the one they're all protecting Nico from and meanwhile Nico is throwing himself at Percy to the point where the literal god of gay love calls him out on it.

I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my life and. I just feel like crying over that fact. a few years ago I was sure I’d be an anxious miserable wreck for my entire life but now I wake up and I love the world and I promise one day you will too. please keep going please hold the world tight. you will giggle at something silly with a stranger. a staff member at a place you frequent will smile when they see you. an elderly person will look at you gratefully for helping them. you’ll cry about stupid stuff and laugh about it later. you’ll drink cold water during a hot day and it will be the best sensation ever. being alive is the best thing I’ve ever experienced.

happy birthday kaito 🍦💙

do you know if demanding a ceasfire is within ICJ means? i'm not trying to like, idk, defend them or anything, i'm just genuinely curious if they could have actually demanded that, and failed to do so, or if that was never going to be an option

literally speaking? yes, of course it was possible for the ICJ to demand a ceasefire. The South African legal team put up a truly bulletproof case - they would not have asked for a ceasefire if it was not an actual option. Practically speaking? Calling for a ceasefire would've opened up the ICJ to a lot of flack from all the fanatics still moaning about Israel's "right to defend itself". By asking Israel to simply assure protections for Palestinian civilians (which nobody could contest without outwardly seeming like a psychopath), they're trying to walk a safer path.

In doing so however, they've assured that for the next month, Palestinians will most likely undergo the worst barrage of bombing and attacks yet, until Israel has to report back to the ICJ (if they decide to).

BURST💥

fairest of the fair

not me immediately getting jude from this

who did you guys get? 👀

Terv, terv, mausi (German term of endearment) can you offer some comfort in these trying times? I'm stuck at work and my stomach ain't happy about it pls help

Oh gosh yes I can ;3; Here's some happy Mikeys!! 🧡💕