some days you’re walking through walmart and your brain hits you with a “sokkas love for meat is a lighthearted way of expressing his deep rooted fear of starving because all the men left and suddenly he felt like it was his job to hunt for his whole village”
The overwhelming pressure we put on ourselves or feel to write better and push out content, make cute headers that will catch someone’s eye — for lower and lower notes each and every day —it’s so disheartening.
I stay here because I genuinely enjoy writing about that silly metalhead and all his friends. I’ve fucked up big time on this app have gained/ lost mutuals, and close friends. It’s an experience.
now I’m just writing at my own pace. ✨take it or leave it. 🖤
I just feel some kinda special way about being underground, immersed in a world so few get to see. The sound of the running water echoing.. the tricks your mind plays when dripping noises turn into anything else, the PITCH blackness when you turn off your flashlight. The thump-thump of cars running over manhole covers. The smell of moss and rainwater and decaying leaves. The age-old graffiti worn away by the water. The knowledge that the chances of me running into someone else down there are paper thin. The thrill of not knowing what buildings or roads I'm under until I find a gutterbox I can look out of to see if I can figure it out. Ugh. Everything about it is so incredible. I need to go in more drains this summer for sure.
It's also just so cool how you never know what you'll run into down there... Junctions and drain features are so unique, particular to the region, the materials available, the people involved in constructing them, revisions made over the years... Every drain is so unique and has so many stories to tell
And even beyond that... The relationship they have to the surface. Without the stormwater system in any city, the city wouldn't exist. Along with electrical, gas, and water lines, they make up the physiology of a city, the life that lies under the surface, and there's a certain romance in that. Especially because of how little they're thought about... They just quietly do their job, supporting every life that goes on above them, content to be unnoticed. And I think that just makes it all the more special when someone takes the time to care
That moment when Kakashi looks in awe as Sasuke “breaks the rule” after the bell test and offers his food to Naruto and goes: “Obito, did you see that??” while he lifts up his headband to look at it with his sharingan..,,,, cause he wants to share that memory with obito,,,
Something hilarious that no one talks about is when Bill is told by Alice that Ziggy is the name of her non-binary friend. And then proceeds to assume Quiplash was another non-binary friend of hers.
real joy is reading those zukka fics where zuko and iroh are living in ba sing se and zuko keeps sneaking off to be gay and iroh is becoming increasingly concerned that he’s doing like dangerous/illegal/avatar-hunting type things and then iroh finds out and is like oh! thank god! i didn’t even consider you might be gay! this is so much better than anything i ever could have hoped for! and zuko is like …what
this is probably super unnecessary but i think it’s important to hold ourselves accountable when we are struggling and then to celebrate small wins when we are feeling better.
for the first time in months? years? i feel good to be where im at. like anyone, the demons i have are still there, always lingering— but i feel like with the right meds and talking about it have really shoved them away.
also taking a break from here and writing what makes me feel good instead of for notes or anything has helped tremendously. i have a new series in the works and ive shared that with friends and im excited to share it with everyone. outside of tumblr, i am thriving. going to work everyday(seems normal but not when you have crippling anxiety and depression) showing up for myself and for my loved ones.
this is a stress full time of year for anyone and yesterday was the anniversary of a death of a loved one, but i still did my regular routine, taking deep breaths and allowing myself to feel it .
my point? keep going, if not for anyone do it for yourself. you’re your own harshest critic. and honestly fuck what any piece of shit anon has ever said, or any cryptic post that could have been directed towards you. you’re lovely. keep being just that.
Trying to get this fella up and running :') I need to contact ICE for repair help, I believe his claw isn't closing due to an issue on his main board, as nothing else in the troubleshooting section of the manual has borne any fruit. But I'm determined to make it happen!
It’s past 1am but i need to say this . One of the things that stuck with me the most when reading Kakashi Hiden Lightning in the Frozen Sky is just how in many occasions kks’ thoughts were drawn towards Obito when facing death/thinking abt his life or his Hokage responsibilities:
The way he still thinks about him, still hears his voice, still asks for his approval/opinion when talking “in his heart”. Also, let’s not forget the book is set post 4th shinobi war and even after everything that happened there, and after all the truth that came out abt Obt, Kks still considers him his hero/someone to look up to….. Idk sometimes i think i forget just how much of an impact and how much of a strong grasp Obt still has on kks’ life even after his death. In this essay i will conclude that Kks is a grieving widow