#I’m so happy this resonated

[goatbeard-goatbeard]

Can I just say how much I adore Good Omens’ portrayals of falling? I especially appreciate Gabriel’s weird abrupt turn in s2, because sometimes it really is like that.

My own loss of faith took years. It also took about 10 minutes.

If you had asked me that afternoon how I felt about [pick any controversial topic], I would have been 100% on the party line. And that wasn’t a performance or a mask, that was what I genuinely believed. Ask me about those same topics the next morning, and my positions on ALL OF THEM had completely changed.

Because: beliefs are related to each other! They support each other! You can’t always change one belief without changing dozens of others that are connected to it. So that final switch was turning a hundred different switches on the switchboard. In the years leading up to it, I was collecting those switches. I was installing the switches. But they stayed firmly in the Off position. These were things other people believed. They could only flip (becoming things I believed) once they had ALL been installed, because they ALL had to flip at the same time.

To people who haven’t experienced that (or who lost their faith in a different order / for different reasons), a gradual, piece-by-piece process probably looks more realistic. It’s way, way more common in fiction. But I personally find those portrayals to be so alienating. It often feels like storytellers can’t put themselves in a believer’s shoes at all. Like they’re writing a character that never really believed any of that stuff, deep down. So it’s very easy for that character to shed bits and pieces of those beliefs over time, because they were never actually integrated into their concept of reality.

Compared to that, Gabriel feels so much more real.

Because there won’t always be a nice, gradual Questioning Phase in between “archangel fucking Gabriel” and “what about no armageddon”. Sometimes it’s a long, invisible process of data gathering — all while 100% on heaven’s team — punctuated by a very very sudden freestyle dive.

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens spoilers #good omens 2 spoilers #ex christian #exvangelical #ex fundie #good omens meta #good omens analysis #the archangel fucking gabriel #gabriel good omens #good omens gabriel #ineffable bureaucracy #good omens 2x06 #sauntered vaguely downwards #million lightyear freestyle dive #exvie #ex fundamentalist #all the discussion on this post makes me feel so warm #I’m so happy this resonated

[mumuqings]

tgcf book spoilers, but one mu qing and xie lian snippet that I think about a lot is this one, at the start of xie lian’s second banishment when he’s surprised to hear mu qing being described as generous and kind:

as opposed to this memory from before his first ascension when mu qing started giving out cherries to the kids in the city:

I think it just really goes to show 1) how deeply mq’s actions truly affected xl and what he thought of him, but also 2) just how different mq and xl are fundamentally in the way that they think and approach things.

I don’t have a lot of commentary on xl that hasn’t already been said, but bc we get the story from xl’s pov, we see a lot of mq’s actions being framed as selfish or suspicious (which is fair, bc again, we know how much his actions hurt xl), but we also see a lot of misconstrued kindness, like in book 8 where it’s revealed that he knocked out fx in order to save him. it’s also pretty obvious how much mq still cares abt xl, with how quickly he volunteers as fu yao and the lengths he goes to protect him when he deems hc a threat, so I also think it’s very likely that mq leaving the trio first was exactly what he said it was — that he thought becoming a junior official, ascending quickly, would be the best way to take care of not just his mother, but also xl, fx, the king and queen, and himself, and so in a way, him leaving was him acting on his kindness. but ofc it doesn’t work out, and he spends the next 800 years fighting w/ fx about it, defending himself, his decisions, and his kindness, and nitpicking the accuracies of his statues while he himself remains completely misunderstood by the two people he probably cares abt the most.

and idk, I guess I just think that’s probably a really lonely way to spend 800 years.

#idk where I was going w this actually #but misunderstood mq who cares so much abt how he’s perceived is smth that I think abt a lot #really resonates w my eldest daughter scapegoat of the family trauma tbh #also to be clear I don’t think xl was in the wrong for chasing him away either #I think they were both just twenty year olds doing their best in a situation that twenty year olds shouldn’t have to face #that said I do think it’s hilarious and incredible that fq spent 800 years beating each other up instead of having one (1) conversation #anyway! I love all three of them! I’m glad they get a happy post canon! #oh also I think mq deserved more than just a ‘just so u know dianxia never thought that poorly of u! just be normal!’ #i think he deserves an apology actually #tgcf #tgcf spoilers #mu qing #xie lian #feng xin #xianle trio #yams thoughts

[better-call-mau1]

Lucasfilm: Literally every single romance or almost-romance we’ve ever written in the Star Wars universe has ended in tragedy.

Lucasfilm: Han/Leia? Split up after their son went off the deep end. They eventually died broken and alone.

Lucasfilm: Anidala? No match for Palpatine’s plotting, Anakin’s attachment issues, and Padmé’s Sadness.

Lucasfilm: Obitine? Jyn/Cassian? Reylo? Tragedy! Tragedy! Tragedy!

Lucasfilm: At least we gave you Kanera. Aren’t they just so sweet and devoted and —— oh, whoops! More tragedy!

Ezra: I’ve got a bad feeling about this.

Sabine, drawing her blasters: They can pry you from my cold, dead hands.

Ezra: Please don’t tempt them.

#saw mutuals speculating on potential Sabine & Ezra tragedy in Ahsoka #and I remembered I had this whole post just sitting in my drafts #it’s literally the grim reaper hallway meme 😭 #and the fact that Disney bought LF doesn’t seem to matter either #they’re responsible for 4/6 on here!!!!!!!! #even the barely-there ships like Mr./Mrs. Sumar are sad 😣 #and if you ship the clones with anyone that’s begging for angst and tragedy too #what i’m trying to say is #IF THEY MESS WITH SABEZRA AT ALL I WILL RIOT #doesn’t even matter if they’re written to be platonic in the Ahsoka show #those two belong together and I will lose my kriffing mind if something happens to one or both of them #plus the overall story resonates more if SOME PEOPLE get a happy ending #because so far no one has and it’s almost ridiculous #sabezra #sabine wren #ezra bridger #ahsoka series #sabezra incorrect quotes

[anonymousboxcar]

Ever since hearing about/watching the 2021 Awdry Christmas lecture, I’ve been thinking about how Awdry’s notes refer to Duke as both a “he” and “she.”

In my headcanon/AU, I imagine Duke hearing that typo. Maybe it’s in a monograph that’s going around. Maybe it’s still a YouTube video in that universe, streamed on a laptop for the SKR’s engines. Regardless of how, Duke blinks at being called a “she.”

The others ask if it bothers him. He tells the truth: no, it doesn’t. There’s no harm behind it. “It was simply an accident,” he says. Yet he feels a pang in his cylinders.

Soon, he realizes that he didn’t want it to be an accident.

All his life, Duke assumed that he was only a “he.” His builders and managers told him so. He did feel like a “he” a lot of the time, and he didn’t have the space or energy to probe any deeper on the MSR.

But he’s on the SR now. He knows nobody’ll kick up a fuss, trusts everyone here. So he asks them all to call him a “she” some days — on days when “he” doesn’t settle quite right.

And it feels wonderful. It’s the same joy she felt when Stuart and Falcon called her Granpuff for the first time. “I’m not one for sentimentalities,” she says one evening, “but I truly feel… fuller, in a sense.”

Later, Rheneas and Rusty suggest the idea of different lamp irons for Duke. On days when Duke’s a “he,” he can wear a lamp with a copper handle. On days when Duke’s a “she,” she can wear a lamp with a brass handle. Duke loves this, taking it up once the works have the lamps ready. It’s quick and efficient communication.

“For once, ye’re plain-speakin’,” Duncan says once he sees the lamps. But he’s smiling. Duke smiles back, chuckling at Rusty’s eye-roll.

The only real bit of angst Duke feels over this whole thing is her name. She wants to keep it because she’s very proud of it, but she worries that His Grace wouldn’t think it proper anymore. “I couldn’t bear it if he asked me to be ‘Duchess’ on those days,” he admits.

“He won’t do that,” Skarloey tells him. “And even if he asks, you don’t have to give him anything. This isn’t a train to pull, after all. It’s something entirely yours.”

“We’re with you, Granpuff,” Peter Sam says, soft and gentle.

Sir Handel sits up tall. “He’ll have to get through us.”

In the end, Sir Robert expresses happiness on Duke’s behalf. “A title is supposed to empower you. If you feel strengthened by it, emboldened by it, then I’d say it’s the right fit!”

Duke is grateful. (So are Sir Handel and Peter Sam, who shelve their plans of vengeance on Sir Robert for saying anything different.) And life goes on even brighter and richer than before.

#I’m a bit nervous posting this ngl #I hope I did alright with it #I find this idea very compelling #it resonates with my experiences with being trans: sometimes you figure things out later in life #sometimes you find things that fit you in ways you didn’t expect #but brings you so much joy #it’s never too late to transition and live your best life (even if you’re 130+ years old lol) #so happy pride and much love to you all #ttte #rws #ttte headcanon #rws headcanon #my headcanons #ttte duke #bigender!duke #ttte peter sam #ttte sir handel #ttte skarloey #ttte rheneas #ttte rusty #ttte duncan #ttte sir robert norramby #ttte au #my au

[folklorianhaze]

just finished reading happy place by emily henry and my heart has been shattered into a million tiny pieces and glued back together again and I feel so comforted by this story aaahhh <3

#emily henry #happy place emily henry #bookblr #romance books #I feel like it resonated with me because I’m exactly in the same phase of my life as the characters are #and like change is huge and terrifying but inevitable and can also be so beautiful because something new always comes from it #idk I felt like she saw my soul with this one

[autumnalreaper]

ℍ𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 𝟝𝟡𝕥𝕙 𝔹𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕙𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕁𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤 ℍ𝕖𝕥𝕗𝕚𝕖𝕝𝕕!

#james hetfield #metallica #plsss i know these suck #but i wanted to contribute to my main mans bday :’) #i have been searching all day to find the right words to explain how much this man means to me #but alas brain is still empty because the love i have for him surpasses any thought my tiny brain can come up with #59 and the finest of wines #he sounds so good he plays so good he looks damn good #your music & personal struggles have resonated with so many people around the world and we cannot thank you enough <3 #happy birthday big man <3 #i hope it’s the best one yet!!! #it’s only 6pm aug 2nd #so not his bday here yet #but it is in some parts of the world so i’m posting it #also he’s smiling in all of the gifs i didnt realize til now 🥺🥺🥺🥺 #loml

[dovesick]

(into the depths) deluca retreats into his mind, memories from long ago resurface. in his head is an apartment, the same one he lives in now, but different. it’s full of love, light & passion. he had a girlfriend, a good job, he cooked & danced & lived fully. this is how life was before it was eclipsed by white light.

#anthro art #anthro #furry art #bird furry #my art #story of deluca #misadventure may #the story is pretty surreal & i don’t think anyone rly understood the meaning on ig #but it made me so happy how it resonated with ppl anyway #i am very fond of deluca #this was a sad one for me. i could relate to it a lot #well the whole story is based off my own experiences #but i’m not gonna go into it too much #i hope u like this one. it’s one of my favourites from the series #i just realised this is 2 yellow pics in a row lol

[cherrysnax]

oh yeah we were also wondering why we flock to media with dead kids that haunt the narrative both figuratively and literally and uh :) yeah we know why

#child death tw #rowan seemed so much older when we were kids #but realistically she was barely like 14 #maybe even 12 or 13 #Jason Todd chara and asriel. them mfs from fnaf and maria #they’re dead kids but at the end of the day they’re all apart of someone else’s story #and a lot of them come back. in one way shape or form #with the exception of maria they all come back wrong and hurt and twisted by their deaths #but still deserving of love. still craving it more than anything #being a vessel for someone else’s opinions. barely even themselves #rowan died. and a part of us died with her #that was probably uh.. yknow. That guys last real time being here #cheri took all the stuff as kid. all of it happened to them but buddy boy was still kinda around #and then rowan died and then. She did too #and then Jay had to take over for years and then cheri came back but didn’t know they were cheri until #like they were 17 because they just repressed repressed repressed #and obviously those are very shallow views of those characters #but to a hurting kid who resonated so much with them they were everything #I have no clue why I’m so introspective tonight #but my friends do call me the emotion guy so #I guess it means something. but yeah something died in us when rowan died #but something was also born. rowan was a person. a little girl who should’ve grown up and that’ll never change #but I think this year is the year that we learn to let her go #im happy i got the chance to know her when we did #I hope she’s a fucking butterfly or something really cool like an alligator if her next life #also we already knew why we flocked to this media because duh. but like it helps to know which part of us needs more healing #who needs a therapist when you have me ;)

[silkjade]

i genuinely love kurumi so much ik she was the rival n antagonist in the kimi ni todoke / from me to you anime but u guys have to read the manga to see her growth becus she acknowledges n apologizes for wat she did + her n sawako’s relationship develops into smthg so sweet (⸝⸝o̴̶̷᷄‸o̴̶̷̥᷅⸝⸝) ♡ she’s so brutally honest n i luv that for her becus she literally calls them soulmates n they motivate each other to be their best n idk ! i rllie love that she wasn’t just “the rival” becus her character is way more complex them tht so i luv that she got her own spinoff where they go to uni together n guess wat ! the guy is sawako’s cousin hehe

#this is one of the first shoujo romances i ever read n its still one of my faves n i’m #so happy !! we’re getting a new season this summer yay ! #i adore sawako she’s so cute but honestly i never rllie resonate w protagonists but KURUMI <333333 #i luv her i get her she’s so me T^T #like she was literally my pfp for the longest time before in switched LMAO #AND ALSO #she is always drawn so beautifully ♡( ◡‿◡ ) #— 𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼

[strawberrystepmom]

I just read your recent Mirio piece and my heart aches in the sweetest way now.

You have a way of capturing the fragility and emotion of being a human being that is genuinely deeply moving. I had a nice carthetic cry after reading it and feel a bit lighter. You have a beautiful talent, thank you so much for sharing it.

Hi please come over I’m making you a six course dinner seasoned with my tears I hope that’s okay 😭

this is the nicest thing anyone has ever said about my writing and my heart is about to sing. Thank you for loving something I put my heart into, it loves you right back!!!!!!

#answered #to keep #i wrestled a lot with this fic so this truly means so much to me #I didn’t want reader to seem too closed off but not too open too grief stricken or too happy so I’m grateful it resonates

[caravanlurker]

Hi I'm Lauren I'm new to this app, I'm just trying to make some friends. Can i be your friend?

Oh—sure! Cursory glance at your blog shows that we have a few interests in common. Who’re your top 3 Owl House characters?

#talking #I’m gonna be a bit basic and say that it’s the family trio Luz. Eda. King. in that order I love them so much #luz is everything to me. she’s the most I’ve resonated with a cartoon protag & she brings out the best in people but also takes no prisoners #like YEAAAH make that pigeon griffin! #eda would also be so funny to be friends/mentees with #like she’s literally collecting and selling human junk to people at the start of the series #but she’s great to the people she cares about she’s been through so much #also im very happy that in the end her family got bigger #reconciled with her sister and her partner. got a cool battle harpy form. pirate hook hand. love!!! #king is a critical hit for all the character tropes I don’t relate to but LOOOVR #look at his design! #he names that robot JeanFrancoius or something after thinking it was gonna kill him 5 mins ago #he’s also so important the last two ladies so the affection rubs off onto him too #he roleplays Owl House with the collector for months to stave off the end of the world #his dad is the corpse everyone’s been living on and he’s responsible for the new age glyphs for his sister to study LIKE ARE YOU HEARING ME #HE’S SO CUTE AND COOL DOIBLE THREAT #bllaaaaaarrrghhhhh ok that’s enough talking I just got like 10 hrs of sleep yesterday feeling good #i usually have a delay between seeing messages and replying to them so if it takes me like a week to respond it’s not because I I’m annoyed #though at the same time I don’t mind if friends reply to me like months later since I’m never urgent about anything I text #how do I tag you #Lauren!

[goldenhypen]

damn those lyrics hurt so bad

#jake tell me they’re not true #i wanna hug him so bad #if he resonates w those lyrics which i’m sure he does ugh i support him sm :( #this srsly makes me love him even more it’s crazy 😭 #i feel him through the song and it hurts so bad :( #i hope he’s happy :( #em speaks #♡

[vaonri]

going into “latest posts” in the bumbleby tag and forgetting how much people fucking hate rwby, thus not blocking this “r//wde” tag or whatever it is… worst mistake of my LIFE!

#text #rwby #look idc if u hate the show i don’t LMAO #i also wish tumblr went back to only showing the posts like. tagged. and not just #all posts with the words in it #bc i don’t wanna see anti (insert ship) in my ship tag #like yeah i have issues w rwby too and definitely w rooster teeth #but i love the 4 main girls so #so much #and yang i’m realizing #has been the secret (regrettably forgotten about) #inspiration for a lot of my own characters even when i wasn’t watching rwby #i resonate a lot w yang in particular #so i’m just trying to like #enjoy this media i like? in peace #esp bc bumbleby has been like my happy place lately #i’ve been out of the fandom for at least like 6 years if not more so i had no idea there were tags i needed to block #shut up von

[fatsmyname]

“Ur ocs just look like cis men” I swear to god I have seen those two exact butches making out in the gender neutral bathroom at the dyke bar across the street. people just look super fuckin masc sometimes anon go outside . hate 2 break it to u but trans butches are gonna. Look trans. And BUTCH. Do u want every transmasc to look like tracer from overwatch or

HSGSJDHS TRACER 😭😭😭 yea like some butches wanna get confused for men dude idk how else to tell you (butches being ME!) but thank you for ur epic words, I always chalk it up to online queers who don’t have community or IRL spaces to go to just spouting ignorant shit. I try my best not to sanitize the translesbian experience and will always draw my butches straight from the heart

#anon #my lesbians are fucking and sucking and living life so genderfucked #and fucking each other lol #but most of all they love each other deeply and with so much care and tenderness #I really don’t draw for anyone else when I draw my butches but I’m so happy they resonate with others

[rosieshipper]

Ah yes this penguin has autism

#can you tell I watched happy feet again? #god I resonate with mumble so hard #feeling so left out and like something was wrong with me when I’m just trying to be myself #‘don’t ask me to change Pa because I can’t’ #fuck man #my comfort movie #happy feet #happy feet movie #happy feet 2006 #mumble happy feet

[brzatto]

Hello! I'm the person who wrote the dissertation-length comment on chapter 2 of BCM. My essay of a comment probably speaks for itself but I really love your writing. I'm still thinking about your fic over a week later and reread your reply to my comment over and over. It took me a full evening to read chapter 2 because I would read a part, sit and think about it, then move to the next part. Even though the chapter was so long I was scared with each paragraph that it was going to end, I didn't want to stop reading. The ending was really satisfying, if the fic ended there it would be a lovely ending, but like I said in my original comment I'm so happy there's more to come. The ominous reply from you saying you might scrap what you've written and rewrite the ending nudged me to message you. I really hope you don't scrap what you've written so far! Even if it's not the direction you want the fic to go now, I think everyone would love to see the alternate ending if you're happy to share it in the event you don't use it for the fic. Kind of a "BCM 0.5" if you will. Everyone is begging for the porny carmrich writing so thought I'd throw my hat in the ring and beg for the alt. ending of BCM. xD

Also thank you for leaving such a long reply to my comment! I really liked hearing your thoughts about Carmy and Richie and would love to hear more about your writing process. Your fic was the first The Bear fic I ever read and it hasn't left my mind since I first read it back in December last year.

Sorry for another really long message I can't seem to stop typing once I start. xD

(p.s. you should post the carmrich pwp huhuhuhuhu)

of course i remember you! i always remember repeat commenters and i distinctly remember being at work when i got the email for the first comment you left me on bcm, it was a really lovely comment and it made my entire night.

i say this often to a lot of commenters but it really does mean so much to me that you enjoy my writing and it has that sort of effect on you!!! like more than you’ll ever know. i can count the number of times i’ve actually published works on ao3 on two hands and i’ve always gravitated towards rarepairs with nicher audiences in almost every fandom i’ve been in so the type of enthusiasm i’ve received so far with bcm is really genuinely touching. i always try my best to reciprocate the energy given to me in the comments i get but longer ones make me especially happy because i loooove discussing character analysis and dynamics with people and i’m always eager to know how other people interpret my characters and my writing! thanks for how much thought you put into all of your comments, i always look forward to reading what you have to say <3

as for the ending of bcm i don’t actually think i’ll fully be scrapping it, it’ll still end the same general way that i had in mind but i’ll probably end up rewriting/reworking it because a big chunk of the fic leading up to it is still unwritten and by the time i actually get close to the ending it probably won’t make much sense as it is currently word for word. i don’t normally write in chronological order, i write scenes out as they come to me (i usually envision climactic scenes very visually in my head and then write them out first lol) and then fill in the gaps/flesh out the storyline as i go. but since i got the idea for this fic and planned it out back before s2 came out and now s2 is out and canon’s been vastly expanded i’ll probably end up also borrowing some elements from s2 for my own storyline purposes just because if i’m being fully honest… i actually can’t tell you what ch3 of bcm and onwards is going to be like. i have vague notions of major plot points and the direction i want the story to take and fragments of later scenes in my docs but even as it stands now uncompleted bcm is the longest thing i’ve ever written (it’s 49k on ao3 and 60k in my docs) like… ever. i’m not used to finishing fics at all much less writing long fics (if bcm would count as one) so this is all very much new territory for me but everyone’s support and encouraging really helps keep me engaged and on track! including yours 🤍 in the event that the ending does drastically depart from what i’ve originally envisioned for it i probably will upload the alt ending separately. i’ve also sort of toyed with the idea of writing some scenes out from richie’s pov but if anything that’ll be something that comes much much later.

#this is so very very sweet it put a real big smile on my face as all your comments have <3 #it’s so crazy to me how much bcm has progressed since i first got the idea for it back when i first watched the show back in… last august? #something like that #i’m also very agonizingly and painstakingly perfectionistic which is why chaps are so long + updates take forever 🥴 #but it really makes me so happy that my works have resonated with you and stayed in your mind all these months #maybe i will post the pwp. as a little treat for everyone who’s had to wait 7mos for this update #ask