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asoftepiloguemylove · 9 months

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on death and rebirth

Ottessa Moshfegh My Year of Rest and Relaxation / @fadedkawasaki / 重庆森林 Chungking Express (1994) dir. 王家卫 Wong Kar-wai / Saeed Jones How We Fight for Our Lives / Katie Maria The Memory of a Memory / Ursula Le Guin Dragonfly; The Tales from Earthsea / 벌새 House of Hummingbird (2018) dir. 김보라 Kim Bora / pinterest

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deadpoetneenzs · 2 years

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🌿 life has not forgotten you

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unbotheredyellow · 8 months

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Who gon save you when the world goes black

#real life #reality #cute gore #gore lover #soft gore #world #new world order #the world ends with you #idk how to tag this #how we fight for our lives #life #lifestyle #light and darkness #black tumblr #black and white

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onebluebookworm · 10 months

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30 Days of Literary Pride 2023 - June 21

How We Fight For Our Lives - Saeed Jones

#30 days of pride 2023 #30 days of pride #how we fight for our lives #saeed jones

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runningfromadream · 2 years

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I made myself a promise: even if it meant becoming a stranger to my loved ones, even if it meant keeping secrets, I would have a life of my own.

Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives

#How We Fight for Our Lives #Saeed Jones #quote #quotes #myself #promise #stranger #loved #secrets #life #own

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velvetamber · 10 months

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Some songs take women places men cannot follow.

#saeed jones #how we fight for our lives

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hailsatanacab · 6 months

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A Persuasive Argument - dpxdc

"Great!" Danny says, clapping his hands together to get everyone's attention. The dinner table falls silent as everyone looks towards him. It's a full house today and, honestly, Danny's a little nervous. "I'm sure you're all wondering why I gathered you here today."

"It's dinnertime. In our house." Duke mutters, while doing a very bad job of concealing his yawn. He holds his fork poised over the braised beef, but, just like everyone else, still looks towards Danny before tucking in. It's intriguing enough to wait.

"Yeah, no one misses Alfie's dinner." Dick says, with a brilliant smile that Danny can't help but return.

"Precisely! What better time to talk to you all than when you're all actually here!"

"Wait, I thought you came round to work on our English essays?" Tim asks, blinking owlishly.

"I'm afraid I've lured you here under false pretences, Tim."

"This is where I live."

"I would still really appreciate help on that essay though, I mean, what the hell is Hamlet even about? I just don't get that old time-y language, like 'Hark! A ghost hath killed me!' - absolute rubbish, what does that even mean?"

"The ghost never kills anyone in Hamlet, he's there to tell Hamlet that he was murdered. Have you actually read it?"

"No, but it sounds like you have. Tim, I want this guy to help me with my essay instead. I know for a fact that you haven't read Hamlet, either."

"So? We don't need Jason, I've read the Sparknotes."

"Hi Jason, I'm Danny, pleasure to meet you, summarise Hamlet in three sentences or less."

"Am I auditioning to help you write your essays? I can't believe you’ve gone through your whole school life without reading it, it’s good!"

"Hamlet, along with a number of other classics, was banned in our house because it portrayed ghosts as intelligent and sympathetic beings rather than evil, animalistic beasts. I didn’t even get to see The Muppet's Christmas Carol until last year with Tim! It was surprisingly good, and I hate Christmas because everyone always argued and it sucked. But we're getting off topic. I—"

"No, no, please go back to that, because what the fu—"

"Boys, please." Bruce interrupts, looking to the world as if he wants to hang his head in his hands. "Danny, you were about to say something?"

"Oh, yeah, Mr. Wayne! Thanks!"

"Please, call me Bruce."

"Well, that very succinctly brings me to my point, because I'd actually really like to call you dad."

Nobody says a word. Nobody even blinks, all as shocked as the other, watching open-mouthed as Danny pulls his laptop out from beside his chair. Bruce can definitely feel a headache coming on.

"Before you say anything, I've prepared a 69 slide PowerPoint presentation on why you, Bruce Wayne, should adopt me, Danny Last-Name-Pending. Please save your questions, comments, and verdict until the end, thank you."

#dpxdc #batpham #i forget - can we tag the parent fandoms? w/e #immediately alfred's like: while i do appreciate your initiative may i suggest it wait until after dinner?#and danny - who has barely eaten proper homecooked food ever - takes one bite and then absolutely wolfs down the whole lot #after he's finished he's like 'bear with - I've got to add that to the 'Reasons I Would Like to Live Here' section'#danny's powerpoint has tailored sections for each batfam member with lists of reasons why they'd get along #my au thoughts on this is that the fentons disowned danny when he told them he was phantom #and that this is after the ultimate enemy - wherein which he allied himself with the JL to fight against dan #(which didnt really work at all - BUT he knows some of their identities now INCLUDING batman's)#so one of the main reasons why he'd be a great fit is that he knows their vigilante status anyway so they don’t need to worry about secrets #dick just turns to tim like 'he’s your friend. he learnt this from you.'#tim: 'i didn't tell him our identities!! i would never!!'#dick: 'no i know that. it's the stalker tendancies. it's baby tim all over again'#tim: scandalised gasp #they all eat dinner in silence just super subdued and in shock and sending glances to bruce and danny #duke like: 'so i know I'm the last one in the family but like... this isn't how it normally happens right? did any of you make powerpoints?#tim gets all shifty because he absolutely did make a powerpoint he just never actually showed it to anyone #everyone stares at tim because they all know. it was in one of bab's blackmail files she has on him #damian's slide has danny offering to throw down at any time. 'tim says you like to prove yourself with your skills?#how about a real challenge? if i beat you then you have to vote yes to adopting me!'#damian is in two minds about accepting because... 1) look at him damian could take danny in his sleep! but #2) on the off chance that he does win... damian does not want any more brothers #(he takes the bet and its a suprisingly fun fight - and while he'll never say this... he would vote yes even without the wager)#on one of danny's slides there's a picture of ellie: you'll also get my clone sister! two children for the price of one!!#uhhh.... thats it now - I've been having fun with this haha #spent all day with the 'ive lured you here under false pretences' 'danny i live here' line in my head haha #anyway enjoy!!!!!! this was fun #i wanna make these slides so bad

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liam-summers · 5 months

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AtS 2.22 | BtVS 5.22

"The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. Be brave. Live. For me."

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rainsbravery · 1 year

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I AM DISTRESSED THAT REIGEN IS LOSING

Edit: I AM DISTRESSED REIGEN AND SANS LOST

#tumblr sexyman poll #tumblr sexyman rematch #mob psycho 100 #reigen arataka #danganronpa #nagito komaeda #undertale #sans undertale #welcome to night vale #cecil palmer #I made him a phone because I listened to two podcasts in like 2013 and this is how I see him #I have hope for Reigen #we are fighting for our lives but it’s okay I know sans will avenge his lovers #and yes that is death pose Komaeda in the background you all know the scene #finished piece

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singinginthecar · 6 months

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as a medical professional but more importantly, as a human being, i will never forget these war crimes after war crimes after war crimes

#personally i could never leave my patients behind in an active war zone... if there are ppl willing to stay behind to risk it all then i'll #be one of them #that's my personal choice though #but i do not blame those who left #as medical professionals we signed up to save lives... we are not soldiers who are signing up to fight and to 'give' our lives for the sake #of others #so doctors are human beings too who are scared for their own lives... so please don't judge those who have left #god knows how much they've endured already #palestine #israel #my posts #100

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43sol · 11 months

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Probably die first in a horror movie

#fgo #servant summer camp~chaldea's thriller night~#i had a lot of fun with this event but I keep forgetting to post pics about it lmao #XuFu and paisen were a delight-exact same in unhinged #my anxiety ridden purse dog that bites XuFu :)#I usually dislike anything illya prisma but this illya is okay she suffered for our sins #wished we had more sibling interactions and more emiya being nerdy #the advance team really had the time of their lives while we're fighting for our lives #gintama reference if you know you know #really out here having wildly different experiences on murder mountain #double lake really took me out the first time like that can't explain everything->explains everything #nito somehow became the manager of discount hell #wished we communicated across the lake with morse code using the bus sign and sigurd's glasses #sigurd....bestie....you are not helping your case here #kiara: how big that dick boi #guda: small. leave me alone.

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braisedhoney · 2 years

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It’s the little things. That’s what I’ll treasure the most.

This one goes out to all my fellow ‘responsible’ captains. We tried our best boys. The EMOTION I felt when we got our funky little coffee cup and little pep talks from the crew,,,, hell yeah dude. Cheers to our new planet.

Brushes:

- For all painting/sketching/writing I used the Jingsketch sketch round (it’s free! <3 like iswm)

- The black backgrounds were a default watercolor brush!

april 4th 2023 edit: one year later and… oh god. revisiting this is both painful and weirdly validating as an artist—on one hand it is objectively so much worse than the new one. on the other, it’s weirdly motivating as evidence of my progress.)

#seriously though I kept picking the choices I thought were best #And things kept going awry #and guns kept getting pointed in our face #and yet #WE GOT THERE #We got a little cheers with coffee cups and the crew got to the planet safe and sound #we saved them #we survived #the older I get the more I realize that happy endings mean so much to me #there is so much to fight for in the universe and we found it #we found it damn it #we never gave up hope #In space with markiplier #in space with markiplier 2 #iswm spoilers #uhhh what else should I tag #also I would live and die for engineer mark thank you next #not fully happy with how I drew him but I’ll get there

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uncanny-tranny · 1 year

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I think when people talk about things like desirability, they can miss the deeper point of why it can be important to analyze why people are seen as undesirable. It isn't just that a type of person is just... not hot... but often, it's the dehumanization of a person based on marginalized features.

For instance, I had a conversation with somebody about disability portrayal in media, and we had agreed that, historically, disability had been portrayed as a horrific ordeal. However, I think they missed the point as to why the "undesirable disabled" character was so appealing to a broader audience. The idea that disability is other, inhuman, and something that depersonalizes somebody from society is partly why those ideas were and are prevalent in mainstream media and culture. It is the idea that "nobody likes you. Nobody needs you. Nobody wants you" because of the person's marginalized body or experience or whatever it may be.

It isn't some superficial "oh why aren't I seen as pretty by everybody?" It is the knowledge that you are portrayed as undesirable in this way because it is a way to separate you from everybody else. It isn't about beauty, nor is it a selfish desire to be wanted by somebody. It is the desire to be seen as a person - an equal, regardless of who desires you or who does not.

#beauty culture #desirability politics #ableism #ableism tw #i brought up media but it doesn't solely apply to that and the same with disability #i just thought the conversation perfectly encapsulated my frustration with how people interact with desirability #because some people go at it with the assumption that it is shallow and vapid and vain to want to have people change their perspective...#...about how they view a marginalized status #like when trans people have criticism of desirability favouring cisnormativity fot instance - people assume it is vapid and vain...#..but it is us asking to be seen as PEOPLE even *if* we aren't fucking ~desirable~ by everybody. your desires shouldn't impact us like that #our lives shouldn't hinge on us fighting to be seen as human beings - we shouldn't need to fight tooth and fucking nail for it #i've been thinking about that conversation for a while now and it's kind of nice to somewhat flesh out my problems with it all #i have no ill-will to the person i was talking to and about. we just went at the premise in different ways and i have different ideas #i don't think the person is Bad and Horrible. i think that they AND i are impacted by this and we have different experiences

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worldsofdreamers · 21 days

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#ive been trying to not publicly discuss mess etc in recent months cause it is what it is #but it's important that i say this. love isn't less in silence. no one is owed a coming out narrative regardless of how long or how much #time you've spent here. it's their lives not ours #stunts are going to happen. dont fight people process in small groups #a boilerplate denial happens like clockwork around here and closets exist.#closeted people exist so treat them right. i know we love them and want whats right for them but it’s never been for us to decide how they #closet or navigate that closet. we don't get to decide. so stay or don't #just remember that love isn't less in silence and #extremely public facing places are seen by everyone including children so yk #put yourself in the closeted person's shoes for a second and maybe just be gentle

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torturedpoetemotions · 1 year

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I need a Morcia conversation about Luke where Morgan asks what's holding her back and Penelope bursts out that she wasn't going to do this again.

And when Morgan finally gets her to explain, she explains that she loves the way they are and their friendship just as it is, and she doesn't want to change it, but there was a moment, just one moment, when she realized she wanted more.

And she swore right then that she wouldn't do it again. She wasn't going to replace Morgan with some other unfairly pretty man who was good at bantering with her. And she wasn't going to fall in love with someone who was never going to love her back the same way.

And Morgan just looks at her for a moment, recalling her once saying to him that just because he wouldn't cross a crowded room to hit on her didn't mean everyone else was that shallow, and how they never really cleared that up...and finally says:

"You know I had a moment too?"

And Penelope just blinks at him, because WHAT?

"A few actually."

More confused blinking.

"I'd look over at you and you'd be doing something so you, and I'd think god...I am in love with this woman. But it was never the right time. I wasn't ready for that. Then I was, but you were with Phil, or Kevin. Or you were going on a date with some hot guy you rescued at a coffee shop."

"Derek," Penelope says, and she is stunned, totally stunned, because he's talking about years. YEARS of their friendship pining in silence. "Why didn't you ever say something?"

"Because like I said...it was never the right time. You were with other people. Then I was. And...truth be told, I was scared. What if it didn't work out? What if I lost what we had already? I was always too afraid to take that risk. I didn't want to fade out of your life."

"Never," Penelope says.

"Yeah, I know that now. But you know...sometimes I think there was another reason."

"Yeah?"

"I moved on. And you moved on, a few times. But do you see the way Alvez looks at you? After three years since your only date? He isn't gonna just move on, Penelope. That poor man is so gone over you."

Penelope laughs, like a sad watery crying laugh though.

"You wanna know a secret?"

"Always."

"I haven't dated anyone since then either."

Derek smiles.

And that's how Penelope finally lets herself love Luke back.

#criminal minds #criminal minds evolution #penelope garcia #derek morgan #garvez #that interview with kirsten lives rent free in my head okay #the one where she says part of penelope's antagonism toward luke was that she refused to replace morgan #or let a guy like that into her heart again #and like...fucking relatable as hell #just because we know our own worth and beauty doesn't always mean we're unaware of how the world at large sees us #so i think it would be great to get a resolution to that and a better resolution to their fight in season 2 as well #which i was never satisfied with #anyway...that's where i'm at

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burning-academia-if · 3 months

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I'm bothering the my fav authors with their hypothetical love lives.

Apologies if I'm being weird.. it's been my life unfortunately lol

But if you had to choose an RO to romance irl who would you personally choose and whyyyyy with motivation!

Also love the story and i hope you have a BEAUTIFUL week ♥️

You're fine! Thinking who I would romance from this train wreck cast was a lot of fun-

Anyway my college self would have been enamored by Beck no question skskd

Lars is someone I would have gotten in a fist fight with (lmfaO), Rook has an iron wall around his heart and plenty of personal issues ajsjs + jealousy, ??? is mostly the jealousy I'd be fine with them possessing me tbh-

Rhea I'd love and admire and wish I could be best friends with So Bad but we're too different solely in what we want from life to date.

Zoe is my second contender because I like quiet people I can relax with and we'd share in our love of books (Also I love people who I can tease and Zoe delivers in that department).

But Beck is just so soft and I'm a sucker for Soft Boys. I think we could relate on a lot of personal feelings, both good and bad, and we both just want a normal and peaceful life. Also while all ROs would be fine with it, I imagine Beck's response to me being grey romantic ace as just "ok, we're best friends who are in love sometimes" and that easy acceptance would make me cry lol

#em answers #ch: rook #ch: beck #ch: rhea #ch: zoe #ch: lars #ch: ???#didn't want to rant but to expand #lars is someone I'd fist fight and after we beat the shit out of each other we'd begrudgingly admire each other after #Beck and my partner also share some traits too lol #we'd also bond over our love of puerto rico and how we always miss our family who lives there 😔#also how I experience being grey romantic is sometimes I platonicly love my partner and sometimes romanticly #like the waxing and waning of the moon but obviously everyone defines that differently lol this is just how it works for me

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