demi-demigoddess

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Dream a little dream of me

#pynch #trc

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#fig faeth #gorgug thistlespring #d20 #d20 fantasy high #fantasy high #fhjy

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Being a young adult is so strange. You enter a coffee shop. The 20 year old girl waiting behind you cried all night because she just came to a new city for university and she feels so alone. That 27 year old guy over there works a job he is overqualified for, he lives with his parents and wants to move out but doesn't know what to do about it. That one 24 year old dude already has a car, a house, and a job waiting for him once he graduates thanks to his dad's connections. The 26 year old barista couldn't complete his higher education because he has to work and take care of his family. The 28 year old girl sitting next to you has no friends to go out with so she is texting her mother. That couple (both 25 years old) are married and the girl is pregnant. The 29 year old writing something on her laptop has realized that she chose the wrong major so she is trying to start all over. We are not alone in this, but we are actually so alone. Do you feel me

#yeah

[demi-demigoddess]

The Elven Oracle is 17 and has anxiety

#fhjy #d20

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The Dyke Project manifesto printed on the back of estradiol and testogel boxes

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the last stand

#d20 #fhjy

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#highway woman #renegade nell

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A surprisingly helpful bit of social maneuvering I've figured out from trial and error: Throughout your life, you are going to need things from people. Often, it's going to be on a deadline. And when that deadline passes, you generally want to know what's going on. So, you need to ask them.

There are two kinds of people, broadly, in this situation. The Shameless will tell you what the holdup is, with absolutely no regard for if the reason is "good enough". This is actually very helpful, because you get the real reason immediately, and can start working on a solution.

The Ashamed is trickier. People who are Ashamed are people who were often told they were giving excuses when they were trying to explain, and they'll often avoid you until they solve the problem on their own. This causes them and you a lot of stress, and often takes a lot longer to solve.

Long term, the strategy for dealing with people who are Ashamed is to provide a supportive environment where they're comfortable sharing any problems they're having with getting things done. But, there's a way to at least partially short-circuit that:

Provide an explanation for them.

One example might be "Hey Susan, I noticed that I don't have your report yet. Are you busy with other projects?" The readymade explanation signals that you're willing to accept an explanation, which is the big anxiety point.

Sometimes, you still won't get an honest answer- especially if the honest answer isn't "good enough" by the standards of the person who traumatized them. But, I've found that it often at least gets you a lie that lets you give them some slack or work around the problem.

Let's say that Susan has actually completely forgotten that she needed to do the report. She's horrified at herself, and completely unwilling to admit the real problem. But, she can now safely reply with "Sorry Jennifer, I've been swamped, and it got lost in the mix. I can have it to you in two days. Does that work?"

From there, so long as Susan gave an estimate for when she can actually do it, she and Jennifer can hash out a solution.

It's not a perfect solution, but it works astonishingly well for how small of a change it is.

[demi-demigoddess]

There are things out there that our little minds will never comprehend.

DARK (2017-2020)

#dark

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THIS GUY ☝️👇☝️👇☝️👇 honours the COCK 😤😤👏👏💯💯💯

#riz gukgak #brian murphy #dimension 20

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i think about this a normal amount btw. if anyone was wondering

#dimension 20

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When the rest of the world looks at the united states right now, we see a government who sends billions to support genocide but cannot help their own people starving on the streets.

We see a police force who won't go in to save children from school shootings, but deploy at a rapid rate to arrest peaceful protestors using their right to free speech to protest a genocide

America, you are a war mongering snake eating your own tail. You will protect and support war criminals in another country but let your own people starve and die

To the students bravely protesting now, we see your strength. We see what we saw when students protested the Vietnam War. We have faith you will prevail

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there’s so much pathologizing over why enemies to lovers is a popular trope (something something the normalization of abuse something something) when the simplest and less moronic answer is that narratives thrive on irony and reversals, and there’s no greater irony than characters going from hating each other’s guts to loving each other unconditionally. raw thesis-antithesis-synthesis.

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lucy, you're coming back to us too, right? to me?

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #fhjy

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I'm thinking about how The Last Stand is meant to kill everyone taking it, and honestly? I don't think it's all that different from half the battles we've had this year. The party only beat the Night Yorb by virtue of Fig having a diabolus ex machina up her sleeve. They pretty much lost the mall fight and had to be saved by Conor Counterspell. And things were looking pretty bad at Frostyfaire before they were shunted into the Vulture Dimension and Riz could shake off that Dominate Monster. A fight they're meant to lose? For the Bad Kids, it's just another Wednesday.

Also, Lou assiduously playing the pipes while the others do their battle prep is everything to me. Man, being a Bard is hilarious.

#fhjy

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I will never get over how weird it feels to have tragic and emotional chapters of your life where you just also still go to work, and the grocery store, and see funny videos online all while feeling such paralyzing fear and heartache

life just goes on no matter what

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fight fight fight fight!!!

#fhjy #fantasy high #dimension 20