#a happy and bright future

[justalittlesolarpunk]

A lot of people are radicalised by suffering, which is a valid and sadly all-too-common experience. But you wanna know what really radicalised me? Softness. Joy. Freedom. I spent so much of my adolescence deeply sad and uncomfortable in spaces that weren’t right for me, navigating a body that didn’t feel like home. Despite many many privileges, and lots of moments of genuine happiness, I often didn’t overall enjoy my life. But then I got gender-affirming surgery. I moved into my own modern, clean, comfortable flat in a friendly, walkable city full of nature and beautiful buildings. I started being able to take care of myself. I keyed into robust local social networks of people who shared my interests in nature, creativity and ameliorating the world. And I am deeply, thoroughly content. It has been incredibly radicalising to realise that, contrary to what I thought for so long, it is very easy for human beings to be happy if their material and emotional needs are fulfilled. So alongside my joy there’s this constant simmering rage. I deserve all the good things I have now, sure. But not any more or less than anyone else. The children being bombed deserve this too. So do the homeless people being moved on by police outside my local supermarket. So do the people starving in famines, imprisoned by immigration systems, brutalised by their employers, their families, the state. All I can do is fight for a world where everyone has these things. It’s a choice not to share them equitably.

#solarpunk #hopepunk #cottagepunk #environmentalism #social justice #community #optimism #bright future #climate justice #happiness #rage #equity #taking care of people #fairness #privilege #what radicalised you #joy

[sunkissedlouis]

you used to read me like a headline ✨ | faith in the future world tour in brighton, uk 11.14.23

#louis #louis tomlinson #*gifs #*mine #flashing tw #hlcreators #hljournal #tomlinsonedits #hldaily #trackinghome #trackinghappily #hledit #louis gifs #louis tomlinson gifs #faith in the future world tour #fitf world tour #fitfwt brighton #he's so smiley and so happy and so bright #my love #welcome back on the setlist headline #now bring back lucky again :C

[shih-coulda-had-it]

you’re with me now, buddy!

#bnha #all might #yagi toshinori #deku #midoriya izuku #shih's art #deaged at dagobah au #i'm in the middle of regretting the number of manga panel redraws i doodled #so here's something bright and happy to take my mind off them #older brother toshi nii can be so real if you just believe... #(this does do something really weird with the future dynamic of mid50s all might #interacting with 16 year old izuku #because on the one hand you have dad might instincts reappearing #while on the other hand izuku is like. codeswitching between #little brother; successor and student; and SON)

[timetravelsong]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.

excerpts from a book I’ll never write

#aesthetic #writing #poetry #poets corner #poets on tumblr #quotes #art #life #poem #poetscommunity #maybe in another life #life is strange #future #keep shining #it’ll be okay #i believe in you #comfort #happy endings exist #spilled poetry #spilled words #spilled thoughts #spilled ink #hurt/comfort #bright future #just a bad day #not a bad life

[0multifandomweirdo0]

I've gotten to the point where I don't care how everything ends, I just want my babies to stay alive and be happy

#its not too much #is it? #just let them be happy #with bright future #theyre traumatised enough #thank you #the dragon prince #tdp #the dragon prince mystery of aaravos #tdp mystery of aaravos #rayllum

[a-path-by-the-moon]

#universe #fate #faith #life #inspirational #hope #spirituality #quotes #future #perfect #timing #happiness #light #bright #believe

[wienners]

"is gooseworx upset about digital circus becoming a cocomelon ass thing id be so angry lol" I cannot express to you how much they have achieved the DREAM for an online indie animator. they got millions of views with A PILOT ALONE! the original characters are already being cosplayed and the models are being thrown into random ass meme videos as if its a massively famous IP! all that with an indie 3D studio! AND the cg actually looks incredible!!! think they're gonna be okay if some content farms use their models for some brainrot finger family video.

#speakeasies #the project very clearly has a bright future. #sure there's something to say about how people jump into making something into a fanbase too fast #welcome home being a good example #but that was different because the creator of that wasn't really ready for the characters to be fandomized vs an animated pilot #and also have you met middle school age kids online this is what they do best lol #and we can also talk about how weird and exploitative those cocomelon content farms are #but don't pretend like you wouldn't be so happy if you were in their shoes #like you just sound jealous at a point #sorry this is me writing a long post about a tweet I saw months ago but #literally saw a post that was like if my characters got put into a Cocomelon video I would off myself oh poor gooseworx #like dude dont be dramatic no you fucking wouldnt lol #catastrophizing ass #not like this would ever happen but if my characters got put into something like that I would just laugh and go on with my day #tadc #the amazing digital circus

[chee-ma]

I'm screaming!! A small sketch gift for @kaleaido !!🤍🤍

#This part gives me hope for a bright future #I've never been so happy before!!

[ididgettomeetyou]

the haters can suck it im a watching it for this bundle of JOY

and to watch the firebenders burn people to a crisp .cause this is CRAZY.. . ooh the first ep watching the fire burn people alive ughhhhh... its gonna need balance with baby aang seeing these effects was chilling

#atla netflix #AANG IS BABY #gordon is a perfect aang #atla LA #instant fav actor i hope he has a bright happy future away from the darkside of hollywood cause hse is precious

[swordheld]

how did u choose your username?

oh, this is a fun one!! i think i considered being swordtold at first, for that very ancient myth vibe of the sword being this narrative tool for adventure and structure and physical time, the parable being passed down through the centuries until it meddles into modern day rhetoric and ideology – a kind of fantastical tool, a spark of magic, of possibility.

i like the arc of the story of a place being physical / having it be held by time and hand alike, wearing with the years and having it become something different to each holder, each reader, each experience fantastical and individual.

having that kind of physicality to it; swordheld is the action of taking up and holding the sword yourself, choosing your own narrative, leading your own story. self-identity has always been something i struggle with (a novel concept i know, i know), so it felt right for this blog, since most of my older blogs before this one have been just me silently reblogging and never really posting anything myself, and i wanted this to be the change to that.

i've always had trouble wranging my social anxiety, esp. on the internet, and previously thought that keeping my words to myself helped keep the timeline cleaner, in a way, no messy thoughts for others to sort through, especially ones i believed no one would want to read anyway? but it never felt right, keeping myself apart from it all, esp. not in the way i so avidly enjoyed reading others' posts and additions, keeping their words close to my heart.

i wanted it to reflect that this was a space i was holding for myself? and i'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes, but this - this i think i got right. i love being here, on this blog, and the joy that it brings me. everyone else enjoying it too has been a wild ride that i never expected, and still surprises me, one that brings a little extra thrill to my heart whenever i think about it.

i had other urls that i liked, but i didn't want this blog to be tied directly to any of my fandom/story interests, since i wanted it to really just be a sort of archive of artistic inspiration and resource, like a little library or museum. i use them now as lil sideblogs of more niche interests now, which is rather lovely.

it hasn't always felt like it fit perfectly, the way that i'd like, but for some reason i can't think of really wanting to change it anytime soon. it feels mythic yet modern in a way that feels like puzzle pieces finally slotting into their place, something my own and inspirational to me, like a lantern i'm holding to make my way by. my own kind of light, if that makes sense – a star i know by name.

#q&a. #birdsong. #all of this is truly just a way to say: it's your blog! it's your party! do what you like if it makes you happy!! (and doesn't hurt anyone! #live your dreams!!!!!! do your own thing truly it is worth it. which feels silly and cheesy inspirational talk vibes but u kno. it's right #thank u for ur question tho !!! it's been so long that i don't really remember exactly what the beginning of it all was? #it wasn't always my url for this blog esp. in the beginning but i've forgotten what that was ghjk so sorry dear anon ! #like little flashes of a story in my memory i have to make out / like steam or fog on a window pane. blurry and unclear? #but now it feels more intentional / almost like watercolor! something that mixes itself into a new thing; bright and bursting w/ it all. #i hope this answers ur question nicely all the same tho <3 #i always on habit write out lantern as lanturn so this is an unintentional shout out to one of my fav pokemon love u lanturn !! #some of these things i truly do just write out bc i know it'll make me laugh later if i ever come back to it. lil joys for ur future self ! #and that IS a reference to the dickinson poem ' i am out with lanterns looking for myself ' it is in my brain always ! ! thank u ! !

[armysethos]

ok now that i'm done I SHARE THE OLD VERSION AND THE WIP OF THE NEW ONE TEEHEE.... there's about a years difference between the two :3c

#glad i didn't force myself through it the first time bc i didn't love it but wanted to save the concept... IT HAD POTENTIAL !!!! #SO SO HAPPY W THE NEW ONE !!!! MY SPECIAL GUYS.. MY LITTLE BABYGIRLS.... #KISSING THEM ON THEIR LITTLE HEADS WHILE i'm actually plotting their demise sorry guys #your futures don't actually look that bright

[httpiastri]

i can’t even begin to explain how happy i am about this

#almost getting emotional on the subway lol #arvid!!!! #two half-swedes in prema next year 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 #so excited for him and dino both #i mean we knew there was a possibility of this happening but #it’s so great #skipped freca 😭 #idk about the ages of all other drivers who did the testing but he surely gonna be one of the youngest? no? #born in 07…… #so so so happy 🥺 hope he gets a ton of experience and learns and just has a lot of fun #the future is bright for swedish (/british) motorsport 🫶🫶🫶🫶 #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #f3 #formula 3 #formula three #prema racing #Arvid Lindblad #Red Bull junior team

[thelionsship]

[ Happy New Year 🎊 ]

This year is YEAR OF DRAGON! 🐉✨

How can Roger Federer conquer the dragon with one racquet in his hand and with one and only my baby Rafael Nadal behind him?

TO BE CONTINUED…

#happy new year #2024 #yay 🎉 #fedal #roger federer #rafael nadal #Roger! #if you don’t fight for you country #then fight for my baby! #he still has a bright future!! #kill that DRAGON!!! #*cough cough* #sorry 😅 #tennis #spanish #swiss #fanart #my art #art #artwork #thelions_ship

[mer-se]

I could cry

#was sooo cloudy here #but my girlfriends mom sent me legitimately 14 pictures in a row of her view #she knows I love them and it was really fucking cute #so went to find them #wasn’t as bright as they appear but I was so happy #my dad and I have talked about going to Iceland to see them he loves them too #if it was brighter I would’ve woken him up last night but where I live you couldn’t see em #found this spot and there was a girl by herself watching on a rock with a blanket and her camera #we left when she did no girl left behind #especially not in a pitch black parking lot at 1:30am #some peoples views were nuts! her moms windows were glowing pink I would’ve been actually crying #also always feels good to be thought about and reminded that you are #I’ll see it again someday I wanna see it with my dad #he’s seen it up in the allagash in maine when he was younger #and the full moon up there is insane too he’s talked about it #he has the best stories #anyways I'm so happy so many people got to see it #and I hope if you missed it you get to see it in the future #so special 🖤🖤 #northern lights #aurora borealis #mine

[sodastarpop]

happy three years ranboo!!!

#i hope for your future to be bright and strong #I LOVE THIS GOOBER #i started this drawing yesterday and omfg i speed ran this shit #im happy that this looks good!! #ranboo #ranboo fanart #ranboolive #apricot soda art

[justalittlesolarpunk]

random rec: for some reason i couldn't put the link in the ask but if you haven't heard of the Climate Optimist newsletter by Marcy franck it reminds me a lot of your blog :)

Signal boost everyone! Gonna go have a look at this now 👀

#solarpunk #hopepunk #environmentalism #cottagepunk #social justice #community #optimism #bright future #climate justice #good news #happy