#and it's been hard but also a joy?

[pynkhues]

This is dumb but it's my favorite story of my nephew and your nephew story made me think of it: my nephew was probably 3-4 and he was jumping on a bed while I was trying to get him to nap and he WOULDNT stop so FINALLY!! I was just like 'I love you so much but sometimes you frustrate me! ' he stopped jumping on the bed tilted his head at me like a puppy and calmly asks me 'rustrated? What's rustrated'

(Also one time he broke his leg when he was also 3 and he got his cast off the first thing he says to me is to grab his leg and yell ' Auntie!GOT MY WHOLE LEG BACK!!')

Anon, those are THE cutest stories, oh my god. He got his whole leg back 😭😭😭

#i turned 33 recently and have been kind of coming to terms with the fact that i'm unlikely to have kids of my own #for a whole range of reasons #and it's been an interesting thing to think about lately because it's also made me ask myself if i WANT kids of my own #and increasingly the answer has been no #that i don't think i do #but man #i LOVE being an aunt #my nephews are 7 and 6 and they've always been a part of my life #but over the last two years while my sister's been getting divorced (still lol family court is the slowest of nightmares) #they've just like - - #become fully integrated into my life #i talk to them almost every day and they stay with me all the time when my sister's working since my work's more flexible #and it's been hard but also a joy? #we had a moment the other day too where i was just like #slammed with this sense of how much they trusted and loved me #which was a pretty special feeling #but also y'know #i really really love being able to hand them back to my sister too hahaha #rl #welcome to my ama

[killjoy-prince]

House M.D. but it's when a character says the name of the episode

#house md #prince's talk tag #flashing #repitition #so as i was watching this show i noticed they'd say the episode title in the episode #so i wanted to see how many times they did it #the people on livejournal who made transcripts of the episodes are my saviors and without them this would of been so much harder to do #thank you all for your service and i hope wherever you all are you're having a great day #sometimes they would use a variation of the word like in the episode poison they would say 'poisoned' or 'poisoning' #i did not include those instances #there was an instance in 'merry little christmas' where they do play the song in the show #but since ella fitzgerald was not a character in the show i did not include it #where as in the episode 'joy to the world' the students are singing it in the concert so i did include that #i apologize for the tonal whiplash when you get to that part but it did make me laugh #one of the times kutner says 'locked in' is overshadowed by the POTW's voice over but i assure you he says it and thats why its in there #out of the main characters from the one who said the title the most to least are #House > Foreman > Wilson > Chase > Cuddy > Adams > Cameron and Taub > Kutner > Thirteen and Park #this took a bit to do lolol its probably been done already but i wanted my own #there is a chance im missing some on technicalities but idc. im fine with this #there are two more i wanna do but with a character saying another character's name but ill do that some other time #EDIT: When I was making this video I was unaware that the Pilot episode went by two names: 'Pilot' and 'Everybody Lies' #Basically everywhere I looked the first episode was only referred to by 'Pilot' #which I found weird bc i remember seeing somewhere that the last episode was paired with the first episode in terms of title #but i couldn't find hard proof so I decided to leave it out at the time #well i checked again last night and yea the pilot IS also called Everybody Lies so I updated the video #I also think it goes well with the fact that House does say 'Everybody Dies' in the finale so another reason to fix it #AND he says it without Wilson while he and Wilson say the title of the pilot sooooo yea hehehehehe

[snikidoodles]

aang is such a good protagonist, and obviously upbeat character + sad backstory isn’t a new archetype whatsoever but to have a pacifist main character — one who fights for his values and beliefs to be taken seriously, especially in the midst of a war he's expected to end — is just so intriguing. aang's character arc within atla is one of my favourites, actually! it's less dramatic than, say, zuko's or katara's, but watching him go from a silly kid running from his responsibilities to someone who maintains his optimism and kindness while embracing his commitments as the avatar is very endearing :)

#him keeping his joy and brightness is what makes him so interesting to me #yes i love watching how their environment changes a characters personality and outlook on life #but i also love that despite it all aang remains who he is throughout #i feel like it would've been such an easy out for him to waive his beliefs just this once for the good of humanity #but he didn't!! #he worked hard to find a solution that would adequately solve the issue (the war) while aligning with his pacifism #and ofc his beliefs are so important because he carries the burden of being the last air nomad #i just love him so much #atla #avatar the last airbender #aang

[thefaeriecreek]

/wakes up from a long, deep slumber/ hhhhhhh

#revalink #project rewild #loz #rewild revali #rewild link #thefaeriecreekart #this has been in my wips for way too long #underlighting is so hard to make not look weird and creepy this is supposed to be tender and sweet aslkdfj; #the anxiety has been bad today but at least these two can bring me joy in these hard times #the slowest of slowburns these two #for some reason link's scar didn't show up very well. i also forgot the scar running up his arm too ;woiejfa;o

[averlym]

,,, wdhdnfhffjjf

#i just. i just wanted the larger version on here. apologies for the spam i suppose #i'm going so insane over them... lives in head rent free etc #also the shading here vibes. so. owo??uu overly proud me. but what is a tumblr sideblog if not to go bonkers. #aknshdhdhdfhfhhfhffhfhfh every so often i have to go back to this and Stare and go 'how on earth did i make this???' #sigh. i feel like i've been flooding the tag lately. alas i shall endeavour to be less self conscious about Posting and more.. as mish said #highly throwable imp.. anyways. teehee #i genuinely keep forgetting i mean for this to be a storage space before anything else for my art #but like make art for funsies is such a healthy mindset i am Adopting lately so #whatever sparks joy. we stay silly!! :33 #adamandi #<- for personal filing ig feel free to ignore #the colours on this really just go so hard !! hhhdbdnfh

[saers]

“Shhh…” He soothes, “It’s alright. Let yourself slip deeper. I’m right here to keep you steady. Let yourself sink.” You do kind of feel like you’re sinking, but it’s so warm and soft that you don’t really mind… not to mention how good the hand through your hair feels. You sigh, and it feels like you literally sink into the mattress, beyond what should be realistically possible. 

Chapter 16 of R&R (Rabble & Rampallians) (M Rating!) by @wishing-stones featuring @megalommi's (18+ only please, cw for unreality and hypnosis!) Sans, Baggs, really round-house kicked my brain into doing Some Shit(tm)! I'm on Chapter 31 now, and am having a great time. I also did not trust Baggs as far as I could throw him at this point, so he came out much more menacing than perhaps needed. 8'D

#saers scribbles #R&R (Rabble & Rampallians) #I'm embarrassed by the quality of this bUT this is the first thing I've completed in Procreate #This is also the first time in six years that I've drawn something and had so much fun. #not me tearing up over my iPad like Oh My God Every Time I Used To Draw I Felt This Joy I HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR YEARS #Megalosomnia #dr baggs #also excuse me i am simping hard over baggs get me out of here #is it because i too have been in an insomnia cycle or is it the dub con appeal of hypnosis we jUST DONT KNOW #is it because hes a nasty boy yes probably that one #cw eyestrain #cw unreality #cw fictional hypnosis

[strangerwheelerthings]

I don't know if it's because it's been too long since I last watched Stranger Things, but I genuinely don't remember a happy Nancy scene post Barb...

This is such an interesting thing to think about because it's not as if Nancy looks miserable in most scenes of the show. In fact, she often looks determined and occasionally excited even. She has smiled before, but excitement about progress in a case, something she's passionate about because of Barb, isn't necessarily happiness. So this is something you have to look beyond face value for.

Nancy suffers quite plainly with survivors guilt and with a lot of trauma. She isn't healed from what happened in Season One, and I don't think she even let herself really start until after season three. Not with so much unresolved. She also hasn't had the help she really needs either. However, Nancy has experienced happiness since Barb's death. There are moments she forgets. It’s only healthy that she's not so obessively mired in her misery that she can't have moments to breathe.

It's been a while since I've watched the show, too, so I can't say if there's a Jancy scene where she's just happy. Their get-together scene was very in the middle of Barb trauma, the wake up together scene is very stressed and rushed. Jonathan has been good to her, but all their scenes are a very mixed bag of emotions with happiness not really being the predominant one.

There are three small scenes from season four that come to mind. The first is Lucas's game. Nancy is quite genuinely proud and happy for Lucas in that moment of success. It's such a small shot, but it's one of a few scenes that show us that Nancy cares a whole lot more about Mike’s friends than she ever says.

The second is the scene with the dog, right before the plot plummets Nancy right back into her guilt complex. She's starting to live, and she lets herself be, for just a second, when she steps away from a murder investigation to just play with a dog. This is the first real evidence that her passion for her work is not just about Barb anymore.

The last scene is the officially friends scene with Robin. It's simply a moment of establishing connection, and both girls are just so warm in that moment. It's another sign of Nancy starting to actually heal. She's happy to have a new girl friend, not scared or guilty like she would have been before.

#yeah I gotta be honest I dont know if she had any really happy scenes in season 3 #i know season 2 is sorely lacking #as much as I love exploring Nancy’s trauma she is so much more complex than that #she does see the good in her life even if it's sometimes hard for her to accept #you're right though in that the show doesn't really let her be happy the way i wish she could be #thinking of some scenes took a second as i tried to determine when she even could have been during the seasons #the source of Nancy’s worst pain is also the source of her moments of joy #care for other people #Nancy sees the good in the world and she wants to protect it but she doesn't always feel worthy of taking it for herself #she experiences genuine happiness when other people are happy #and she has moments of pride and determination in season three #but season four really feels like the start of her taking some of that for herself #in the form of keeping robin close by #of stopping to talk to a dog #Robin is especially significant because she keeps her grounded in a moment where she very easily could have been pulled under with - #- reimerging trauma because of Fred and Vecna #nancy wheeler #robin buckley #jancy #ronance #stranger things

[simgerale]

me after attempting to get back into sims and realizing i had a lot more to do than play the game

#hi everyone #I’m going around hugging you all #okay now that we are gathered here today #i will simply acknowledge that i have been gone for a very long time and then also acknowledge that maybe it was for the best #i relied on sims to be my only creative activity even if i tried to write a book at the same time #and also. i prioritized sims over real life responsibilities. that’s just a deadly combination lol #but I recently noticed I just replaced sims with Netflix. with YouTube. with anything that gave me quick dopamine #literally became addicted in a sense. still am but I’ve been cut cold turkey from most everything #I get off work and go. okay I’ve done the dishes and the laundry……..I could read or write or bake…. #I try to write and sometimes i get a good hour #then I read for a few hours and then get tired of it #and I made cookies Tuesday so I’m waiting for those to be gone before baking again #I’m just so pitiful that I feel BORED and don’t know what to do #so I said….. okay what if I do sims for an hour. #I downloaded some new cc Tuesday and tried to play yesterday #y’all ……………….. I can’t find the energy anymore to set up elaborate scenes and pose my sims and plan posts #I said wow… this is boring without my intervention and fake story #I said wow…….. all this for what? for tumblr? yes I created cool things and provided joy. but is that inherintly important compared to my #own joy? my own everyday activities I should be doing? #y’all I do not leave the house unless we got out to eat or shop or travel to our parents #.. I have little desire to. I’m trying to find that desire #but my husband is busy with grad school and work and I don’t want to do anything by myself #I’ve found myself in one heck of a slump #I didn’t want to be human for awhile. just had no desires no interests no ambitions #I was slacking off SO HARD at work. I just had no drive to do well #I’m still working on it. I’m still trying to get caught up. I’m still trying to force myself to move every day. #but I am struggling y’all. and I can tell you that sims… sims isn’t helping rn but I want it to so bad. I want to get back into it #I didn’t mean to disappear on everyone. I got married and then life got busy and then I fell into this hole of nothing #I didn’t even WANT to crawl my way out. but my husband has helped a lot. I feel like such a child!!!! #I reached max tags. 🙃 bye love you all. till next time

[imagefragrance]

also made savoury oats w soya garlic mushrooms soft boiled egg and chilli oil the other day for brunch! was so nice…. ❤️

#i feel like all the food i make is mushy brown and doused in soy sauce #but i am also a broke 20 year old trying to feed myself when its always been hard to! #so feels nice to share food that brings me joy ❤️

[astrolotte]

listen guys no listen listen. im just SAYING Pearl has two hands okay she has two hands are you listening im just saying Pearl has two hands

#one for Marina and one for Frye i've been saying this for over a YEAR now are you listening #flirting live on stage. you heard me. #splatoon #off the hook #deep cut #deep cut concert #frye x pearl #do they have a ship name... i dont remember........ #im not sure if this is a rarepair or not #bc it's so hard to look up. i try 'pearl x frye' and a bunch of shivrye posts pop up #and i LIKE shivrye (frye also has two hands. just saying.) but like. cmon tumblr give me what i asked for #anyway im very happy i finally got Pearl and Frye canon dynamics even if i can't understand japanese #large forehead gals who jump with joy and are full of energy #pearl houzuki #frye onaga #pearl splatoon #frye splatoon #pearl x frye #tags... bane of my existence

[taikanyohou]

“I didn’t expect to be in his list (of the 3 2 people Sung Ho has feelings for). Because, he never called me. No signal or date. He seemed completely uninterested in choosing me. But, of course, I’m happy.” HIS MAN 2 (2023). Jun Sung + Sung Ho in Episode 5.

#his man 2 #asianlgbtqdramas #asiandramasource #asiandramanet #dailyasiandramas #kdramasource #kdramadaily #kdramaedit #* #faiza gifs #'list of 3 people' NO IT IS IN FACT 2 please sungho LITERALLY only said minsung's name to make himself look less obvious bvfyisbvh LMAOOOOOO #'BUT I FEEL NEW THINGS WHEN I'M WITH HIM!!!!!!!' MY BABY MY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #PLEASE JUNSUNG IS TRYING SOOOOOOO HARD TO REMAIN COOL AND CALM HERE INSIDE HE IS JUMPING AROUND FOR JOY MY DARLING!!!!!!! #also PLZ junsung SUNGHO LITERALLY LEFT U A NOTE TO COMFORT U THAT MORNING sungho in own little way HAS been trying to tell #junsung that he REALLY feels something towards him that he MOVES him that its all so new and exciting and its heart fluttering for him #UGH THEYRE SO !!!!!!! I LOVE THEM MAN. #and i LOVE how THEY BOTH acknowledge that theyre SO very different from eachoher's usual typical type AND YET. DESPITE THAT. #THEY FEEL SOMETHING FOR ONE ANOTHER. #compared to how sungho says he feels 'comfortable' with seunwoo ... but with junsung? ITS SOMETHING NEW HE FEELS. like COME ON MAN. #HOW MUCH MORE OBVIOUS DOES IT ALL NEED TO BE!

[gaysexforlosers]

I LOVE YOU TESTOSTERONE I LOVE YOU BODY HAIR I LOVE YOU WEIGHT GAIN I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU

#percy posts stuff #transgender moment #finally noticing significant changes !! #<<especially in terms of body hair. so so excited #pls got let me become a bear. ideal gender #whats that one post thats like. hrt weight gain is an angel. or smth like that #bc yeah.. #its also like. even before i started it i was trying to gain weight rlly hard & it doesnt show for me naturally that much and now that im on #t it shows a lot more and its like. seeing the results of hard work #literally happier than i have ever been. #also today one of my friends whos a cis guy was like damn ur voice is deeper than mine now #and his voice is pretty high pitched but its still noticeably masc so. aghghough #anyway. theres hair on my legs now and its the best thing thats ever happened to me #peace and love on planet earth #trans joy #hrt #ftm

[bambiraptorx]

and heaven knows how hard I tried

but the devil whispered lies I believed

[Second Child, Restless Child - The Oh Hello's]

Thought I'd try my hand at another post-movie Leo, this time with karaoke

#rottmnt #rottmnt movie #rottmnt leo #leonardo hamato #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt fanart #my art #admittedly i usually go with the headcanon that he and donnie don't know which one of them is older #but as a second child this song hit me hard #and besides. post movie leo deserves to do something with joy #(that and i've been wanting to drawing something with this pose for a while now but couldn't get around to it lol) #also if the text is weird its cause i was experimenting

[ygodmyy20]

just found your fic Black Sweatshirt and i'm already so eager for the next chapters o.o thank you for writing it!

AH!!! AHHH!!! Ah my gosh!!! I don't know what to say, your art is so good and you drew art of my fic!?! I'm speechless!!

You got Reigen so perfect!! Now I am patting past me for adding in, at the last second, that he was wearing a pink t-shirt (I nearly forgot while writing it haha it was just in my brain and not on paper) And his lil gap in his teeth. It's. Perfect.

But ah! Thank you so, so so much! So so happy you are enjoying the fic so far!!

#I'm just going to melt into a puddle now #this made my day #honestly #this week has been like #LIFE hard mode so I cannot even begin to describe the joy this gave me #thank you shadowshandsface <3 #shadowshandsface #mp100 #shigeo kageyama #reigen arataka #age swap au #also I now have a burning fire to write more!!! #black sweatshirt

[moregraceful]

Photos: 1. Grigori Denisenko (Henderson Silver Knights), Yaroslav Askarov (Milwaukee Admirals), and Shakir Mukhamadullin (San Jose Barracuda) deep in discussion at the AHL All-Star Classic; 2. Pink and white roses in the front yard; 3. Local idiot Yorkie intently watching the street from the front walkway in case something interesting happens on the sidewalk.

I want it on record that I'm having a good day and may have some actual for real good news soon!! Does anyone else ever think about how Shakir Mukhamadullin would look with a flower crown. I do. Constantly. There was a lot of bad stuff about 2014 tumblr, but the flower crowns on everyone and everything never missed. I think he'd look so charming.

#aside from talking to franciscan friar abt something distressing and having a physical malady overtake me #and him being like hey. not a doctor. but did you know that's a symptom of cptsd #i was like are you serious rn. and he was like 😐 you may find it helpful to get assessed by a licensed medical professional #i was also explaining to him my ethos on interconnectedness and god which like many of my unchristian views #was born out of growing up in a household of a catholic and a buddhist while attending a conservative protestant church #and he was like ...you have a really interesting perspective on how god works. mainline christians must get anxious talking to you #like brother COME ON 😭😭 i am just one guy trying to create meaning out of this little blue planet we call home #BUT I AM HAVING A GOOD DAY OTHERWISE. I HAVE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT ME. I HAVE THINGS I'M EXCITED ABOUT FOR MY FUTURE #cannot go into detail bc it doxxs me #but there's JOY COMING in the material circumstances of my life. and for that i am so incredibly happy today #also!! i did 24 push ups (3 sets of 8) in strength training today and i nearly died but i was SO proud of myself #my strength trainer has been upping the intensity of the work outs and it's exhausting but also exhilarating to see progress #my quads are like rock hard now it rules hahaha #zero back pain and total confidence in my body to do what i want it to do!! it's amazing #tomorrow i'm going to try not to die doing more backwards crossovers. i will probably die though (<- he says confidently) #if i could make myself practice more then i'd really be in business #someday i will not be beset by the agonies and then. then. #fresno oilers.txt

[moe-broey]

THE PROTOTYPE MOE............... 👁️👁️

#feh #WAAUGHGHH THEY'RE SO CUTE AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY SO GENDER HERE...... so proud of them 🫡 #LOOOOOVE the slightest characterization of them being smug. so true and so real #it really does fill me w SO much joy though seeing the guy my guy is based off of.... literal prototype guy #also the. implication. you can summon more summoners. that seems like it'd be against the rules LMFAOOO #i also just really love the idea of kiran is just the guy we ended up following canon-wise. #beyond that there is a whole summonerverse......... #i MEAN that has ALWAYS been a part of the lore i guess LMFAO BUT LIKE. IT'S SO HARD TO KEEP TRACK TBH #like how is it we ended up w lif who ended up w A You (from an AU in the literal sense) #and then there's like one million other guys out there. who aren't you. #were all of those guys important to lif??????? does it just change based on the player's personal hc actually?????? #like alfonse is just a blorbo in law to my sister. sometimes our tastes overlap and sometimes they don't LMFAO #actually so many questions. does every fe multiverse have a lif? surely not? does feh have canon events like in spiderverse LMFAOOOO #I NEED TO KNOW. AM I READING INTO THIS TOO MUCH?????????? #WAIT NO OBVIOUSLY NOT ACTUALLY. WE LITERALLY LIVE IN THE UNIVERSE WHERE ALFPNSE DOESN'T GO LIF MODE #WHY AM I ASKING STUPID QUESTIONS ⁉️‼️⁉️‼️⁉️‼️⁉️‼️⁉️‼️⁉️‼️⁉️⁉️ #literally i have one braincell and he is fighting for his fuckinh life at all hours of the day. #moe tag