#it is the absence of one.

[quietwingsinthesky]

im just saying that if i had been in charge of s6 of doctor who, i would have fully leaned into the horror of amy's pregnancy, the loss of her own agency in it, the way she was used as a vessel to create a child she would never hold again, amy pond who never indicated once that she even wanted a child and was made to have one anyway against her will, and once they were done using her, they even took away any choice she might make about it in the future.

and i would have had this be a factor in amy and river's relationship going forward. how do you interact with a child you never knew, never got to decide if you wanted to have, and she's also already your friend, you love her as this miraculous, insane woman who has saved your life more than once. she's always known more about you than you could about her, but now you know exactly how much she was keeping from you. it's not like she could have told you, could have stopped it, but all this time, she was your friend and she was your daughter, and how do you learn to live with her?

#im just. saying. #amy pond my most beloved. #amy pond #river song #doctor who #this is a horror story. to me. #it should be. it should be. #THIS STORY. IS ABOUT AMY POND. IT IS NOT ABOUT THE DOCTOR RISING SO HIGH AND FALLING SO FAR. #THIS STORY IS ABOUT AMY POND. THIS STORY IS ABOUT AMY. #THIS IS ABOUT HOW NO ONE EVER COMES TO SAVE HER IN TIME. THIS IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE WAS SEEING THROUGH #THAT GANGERS EYES FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND BELIEVED SHE WAS THERE WITH THE DOCTOR. AND HE KNEW #SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH HER PREGNANCY AND HE DIDN'T SAY A WORD. THIS IS ABOUT AMY POND AND HOW SHE NEVER GETS ANY CHOICE. #WAITING IS NOT A CHOICE. WAITING IS WHAT YOU DO WHILE EVERYONE AROUND YOU GETS TO CHOOSE. AND YOU'RE TRAPPED. #YOU WILL WAIT WHETHER YOU COWER OR YOU SOB OR YOU RAGE AGAINST THE WALLS KEEPING YOU IN. YOU WILL WAIT. IT IS NOT A CHOICE. #it is the absence of one.

[anonymousdandelion]

A general tip for students who are sending those dreaded Religious Absence Emails to your professors: Rather than asking permission to take the day(s) off, politely let them know that you will be taking the day(s) off.

In other words, consider not saying this:

"May I miss class on [date] so I can observe [holiday]?"

It's not that there's anything wrong with the above, per se. But because it's phrased as a request, it risks coming across as optional — a favor you hope to be granted. Problem is, favors are not owed, and so unfortunately asking permission opens the door for the professor to respond "Thanks for asking. No, you may not. :)"

Instead, try something along the lines of:

"I will need to miss class on [date] because I will be observing [holiday]. I wanted to let you know of this conflict now, and to ask your assistance in making arrangements for making up whatever material I may miss as a result of this absence."

This is pretty formal language (naturally, you can and should tweak it to sound more like your voice). But the important piece is that, while still being respectful, it shifts the focus of the discussion so that the question becomes not "Is it okay for me to observe my religion?", but rather, "How can we best accommodate my observance?"

Because the first question should not be up for debate: freedom of religion is a right, not a favor. And the second question is the subject you need to discuss.

(Ideally, do this after you've looked up your school's policy on religious absences, so you know what you're working within and that religious discrimination is illegal. Just in case your professor forgot.)

#this strategy got me through all of college #and some professors were a lot more supportive than others but no one ever told me no #because i didn't give them the chance #jumblr #judaism #religious absences #relevant to other minority religions as well #as well as non-religious accommodations #and non-school settings #dandelion says #jewish dandelion #note: the policy/legality details will vary depending on where you live and go to school #when i talk about religious discrimination laws this is based on public universities in the us

[damianito]

Cat against cat crime

#artists on tumblr #fanart #genshin impact #原神 #aether #wanderer #scaramouche #kunikuzushi #lyney #He would do it #let's be honest #sorry for my absence again #i truly am one that appears & poof for a whole month huh?

[akanemnon]

Oh they mad

FIRST - PREVIOUS - NEXT

MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

#deltarune #deltarune fanart #deltarune comic #twin runes #twin runes au #comic #utdr #kfc #undertale #kris dreemurr #susie deltarune #ralsei #frisk #chara #I'm seriously surprised not more people have commented on chara's absence #the were just busy #stealing chocolate #that's the perks of being a special ghost #you can shoplift to your heart's content #the only draw is that no one can ever see or hear you

[fluentisonus]

hi hello can we talk about this page of turner's sketchbook which they think is a study of lot and his daughters fleeing the destruction of sodom & how the page itself is straight up cut away behind them. because the physical hole in the paper is doing insane things for me. normally in a painting of this story you'd see flames or falling buildings or something in the background but here there's instead this horrifying emptiness in the material itself. like the paper world they exist in is literally dissolving away behind them. or what they don't see it just too awful to comprehend. insane

#TURNER'S USE OF ABSENCE DOES IT AGAIN #okay ik this is just a sketch for a painting & he probably just tore it out bc he wasn't happy w it but the fact that like. Gone like that. #thoughts #turnerposting #<- i was actually looking for a specific drawing of a ship but. glad i found this one

[2xlee]

Why did I never post my winx stuff here???

#winx #winx club #winx bloom #winx stella #winx musa #winx flora #winx tecna #bloom x stella #solarflare #i never finished the redesigns and now it's not my style anymore 😔 maybe i'll redo them one day #i looked through my whole tumblr but i apparently really never posted the stella and bloom one... huh.... #anyway i'm drawing the girlies rn again #2xart #(sorry for the layla absence i never came around to her...)

[the-greatest-magic-of-all]

Let's see if Gorgug can keep up his perfect attendance record for Junior Year! 🏆

I had to double-check it but, Gorgug's the only Bad Kid to appear in 100% of the episodes, including the one-shots. However, he was like 10 minutes late one time because of a quesadilla incident!

#fantasy high #gorgug thistlespring #dimension 20 #best to worst attendance goes: gorgug (none) adaine (one) riz kristen and fabian (tied w/ 2) and then fig (three) #And yes #I'm including Kristen's death as an absence on her record #fhjy

[vergina-spva]

I just wanted to say... props to the One Piece live action for giving Usopp some clear negative feelings towards his absentee father.

#opla #one piece #opla spoilers #one piece live action #I'm only 3 eps in but yeah I was like 'you go Usopp!' your father is an asshole for leaving you #you have all rights to be jealous of Luffy for spending time with him #I've always hated the absence of any such clear feelings in the anime #my father is a pirate he's so cool! #no your father left you and your dying mother all alone

[mesukohi]

"Because if you ever think of me in the future, I want you to remember me smiling"

#one piece #one piece art #one piece fanart #op #op art #op fanart #one piece trafalgar law #Trafalgar law #Trafalgar law art #Trafalgar law fanart #Trafalgar d. water law #art #a happy torao to make up for my lomg absence (⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠)

[thatswhatsushesaid]

psa that the day there are no jgy stans left on tumblr dot com is the day i am dead

but rest assured i'll go to my grave exactly as i lived: obnoxiously proclaiming to everyone within earshot how great lianfang-zun is. narratively, metaphorically, spiritually. sexually, too, like why limit myself. i like to keep my options open

#the spirit of su minshan possessed me for a minute there but like. i'm fine with it #jin guangyao #he did crimes??? good for him 😌 #editing this post to add that while the tone here is clearly joking #i really am fundamentally still engaged with this fandom #and with this book #almost exlcusively because of my enjoyment of jgy #even xiyao is secondary for me like i love it and i'm ride or die for it obvs #but jgy as a character is the main draw for me. and he would have me by the throat even if there was no zewu-jun #(tho i think jgy's life would be more depressing for his absence obviously) #but he is just. /clenches my fists!!! #THE most compelling character in the story and i cannot stop thinking about him!! cannot will not!! #who else in this book has his range? who else can be the doe-eyed idealist AND the spy with blood on his hands who ends a war? #who else is two different greek tragedies and at least two separate shakespearean tragedies rolled into one antagonist #an antagonist who but for the POV of the novel could very easily have been the protagonist #whose moral event horizon is so deeply entwined with his own trauma and abuse that there is no way to meaningfully separate #the violence he does to others from the systemic violence that was done to him for his whole life? #who else in this book manages to get five separate sect leaders utterly obsessed with him no matter how you choose #to interpret that obsession? #no one!!! that's who!! #ain't no one else in the jianghu doing it like lianfang-zun and that's just a goddamn fact

[daily-dragon-drawing]

A commission of @incarnateirony's lovely character Kion! Thank you so much for commissioning me @amaniaclikenoiz!! :)

Commissions are back open for May!

#sorry the last batch took a minute! Got one comm left #also sorry for my absence #daily dragon drawing #art #art challenge #artists on tumblr #chinese artist #dragon #dragon a day #dragon art #dragon oc #dragons #daily drawing #daily dragon #chinese dragon #drawing challenge #drawing every day #drawing #illustration #year of the dragon #fantasy creature #creature design #zodiac #dragon illustration #commission #art commissions #commissions open #digital commissions #dragon commissions #furry commissions

[warlenys]

like twelve spent 4.5 billion years being tortured and then was gonna rip the universe apart for clara and yet a kiss was where they drew the line. a kiss would’ve been too much. most romantic romance of all time. so romantic that kissing was worth more than the universe. normal

#they’re the first modern doctor companion duo who don’t kiss and that’s for a reason #and it is not. father daughter #clara wanted to fuck that old man but she Didn’t because it would’ve meant too much #been too much to handle #the absence of a kiss is forever greater and infinitely more infinite than the existence of one #their romance is too big for existence #too big to be defined #too important to be contained #if they’d fucked doctor who would’ve ended. universe gone all universes gone just twelveclara fucking in the rubble #sorry #doctor who #whouffaldi #twelveclara #+

[bloodaria]

#hannibal #nbc hannibal #aaand another one #sorry for the long absence i come bearing gifts #m*

[bluesngolds]

watch where you’re grabbing your first officer, jim…

#star trek tos #spirk tos #spirk #spock #jim kirk #the city on the edge of forever #this is one of my favorite episodes #also i love edith keeler and will tolerate no edith slander #sorry for the long absence was dealing with personal matters #bluesngolds video

[carouselunique]

Cinch had three charges in her care once, Celestia entrusted her with the day-to-day care of Prince Blueblood, the new Princess Cadence and her student Sunset Shimmer - running a kingdom is difficult enough alone without three young ponies to look after - so when Celestia is absent (often) that means Cinch was in charge of these three ponies. And while the matron of the castle was always rigid about rules and wanted her three charges to uphold her reputation and to build their own budding reputations high, she cared about them very much. You'd have to, spending your time with the same three young ponies for so long, guiding and teaching them to be their best...

By the time Ditzy came into the picture, Cinch was down to two charges. She refused to fail them the way she failed...

Well, with one down, there were two left and she cared so much she wouldn't let anyone ruin them, especially not themselves. Surely they would come to realize Cinch was only helping.

#my sketches #my little pony #mlp #equestria girls #eqg #sunset shimmer #abacus cinch #Princess Celestia #prince blueblood #ditzy doo #princess cadence #mlp fim #mlpfim #mlp g4 #my little pony friendship is magic #swap six #side stars au #(Doubt anyone will read the tags but if you do some bonus lore: #Sunset leaving meant Celestia decided to take over caring for her new student completely to try and fix her mistakes #so that's why Twilight isn't Cinch's responsibility and why she doesn't care for that one and whatever happens to her #but if Cinch was in the picture for Twilight she would NOT approve of her actions #not morally speaking Cinch is pretty firmly amoral #but Twilight would probably be a humiliating blight on her already tenuous reputation #so y'know - that's why Cinch is bothered with Blueblood and Cadence but not Twily) #Cinch is not a good person and she will not be receiving a redemption once things fall apart - she definitely screwed up these kids #but she does legitimately care about them its just she is such a damaged old mare that her help hurts them more often - her redemption #if she gets one - will definitely be therapy or sumn... #(also sorry for the art absence losing a big platform depressed me and also I'm a busy person but fuck it we ball)

[biblically-accurate-dca]

#my art #daycare attendant #sundrop #sunnydrop #this ones a bit old but i felt like i needed to post something LMAO #i haven't been drawing a lot lately but i've still been trying to work on stuff #ALSOOO if you've sent me an ask and i haven't responded yet I'M SORRY drawing is hard.... and i wanna draw responses for all of them....... #anywayyy sorry for the long absence! it will happen again