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anyway the actual point of fandom is to inspire each other. reading each other's fics and admiring each other's art and saying wow i love this and i feel something and i want to invoke this in other people, i want to write a sentence that feels like a meteor shower, i want to paint a kiss with such tenderness it makes you ache, i want to create something that someone else somewhere will see it and think oh, i need to do that too, right now. i am embracing being a corny cunt on main to say inspiring each other is one of the things humanity is best at and one of the things fandom is built for and i think that's beautiful

#writing about writing #basically #the best thing about fandom is the cycle of inspiration you get sometimes #hello gorgon

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Tiffany couldn't quite work out how Miss Level got paid. Certainly the basket she carried filled up more than it emptied. They'd walk past a cottage and a woman would come scurrying out with a fresh-baked loaf or a jar of pickles, even though Miss Level hadn't stopped there. But they'd spend an hour somewhere else, stitching up the leg of a farmer who'd been careless with an axe, and get a cup of tea and a stale biscuit. 

It didn't seem fair.

“Oh, it evens out,” said Miss Level, as they walked on through the woods. 

“You do what you can. People give what they can, when they can. Old Slapwick there, with the leg, he's as mean as a cat, but there'll be a big cut of beef on my doorstep before the week's end, you can bet on it. His wife will see to it. And pretty soon people will be killing their pigs for the winter, and I'll get more brawn, ham, bacon and sausages turning up than a family could eat in a year.”

“You do? What do you do with all that food?”

“Store it,” said Miss Level. 

“But you-”

“I store it in other people. It's amazing what you can store in other people.” Miss Level laughed at Tiffany's expression. “I mean, I take what I don't need round to those who don't have a pig, or who're going through a bad patch, or who don't have anyone to remember them.”

“But that means they'll owe you a favour!”

“Right! And so it just keeps on going round. It all works out.”

“I bet some people are too mean to pay-”

“Not pay,” said Miss Level, severely. “A witch never expects payment and never asks for it and just hopes she never needs to. But, sadly, you are right.”

“And then what happens?"

“What do you mean?”

“You stop helping them, do you?”

“Oh, no,” said Miss Level, genuinely shocked. “You can't not help people just because they're stupid or forgetful or unpleasant. Everyone's poor round here. If I don't help them, who will?”

"A Hat full of Sky" - Terry Pratchett

#gnu terry pratchett

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I swear, this is the dumbest of all questions they can ask you at an interview. the gap is there because I didn't work. why? because I wanted a break. sorry, did you confuse me with a serf?

"can you explain this gap in your resume" Oh yeah sorry i got sent to the 1300s and i had to fight evil skeletons

#hate

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[DAZED FROM BLOOD LOSS] hey not to kill the vibe completely but i think i am in love with you

#applies to all my ships and that might say something about me

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The Devil's Garden 🌹 🩸 will he paint them red?

#bg3 #astarion #oh #gorgeous art #feelings??????

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Made the worst brownies ever created just now

#lmao #this is why I love tumblr #cw: trypophobia #FUCKING APPARENTLY #made me think of Mass Effect tbh #forget 'tag your pomegranates' #this is the 'tag your brownies' era

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"redemption arcs are toxic, you shouldn't try to fix someone!"

actually it is so important to me that being in community and experiencing human connection can save people. thanks

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could've just made a "do you have arachnophobia" poll instead of beating around the bush

#I do happen to have it #if it's my territory then it's me or the spiders #unfortunately for the spiders I choose myself

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"all right, we can do this. we have to do this."

#bg3 #astarion #otis_inf #virtual photography

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He tries not to cling, but Astarion does, and suddenly it's like before the final battle with the Absolute, when they'd both agreed they would win, but they still kissed like it was going to be the last time.

(more than any words)

#bg3 #mtaw #astarion #tavlen

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obsessed with the way my robotics team lead talks

she’s reinventing hieroglyphics

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TIL that Gothic literature makes a distinction between “terror” and “horror.” Terror is the sense of dread and apprehension that precedes an experience, horror is the sense of revulsion after an experience.

via ift.tt

#lmao

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now that MTAW is finished, I've decided to finish Tavlen's tactician game as well. here's a few choice screenies from tonight

"Bitch, Please" starts playing in the background

what an incredibly dramatic tableau I've accidentally captured here. Karlach, shellshocked after Gortash's death; Gale, worried about Karlach; Astarion, incredibly concerned for unclear reasons;

and Tav, hearing Emperor's portal open and looking up like "fucking hells, not you again"

...shortly followed by his signature unimpressed eyebrow

#bg3 #bg3 tav #tavlen #bg3 spoilers #I love a man who communicates with eyebrows #unfortunately I couldn't really convey that in MTAW #which is one of the reasons I'm considering an Astarion's POV fic #a MTAW prequel of sorts

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Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Look buddy, i’m just trying to make it to Friday.

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Some Astarion faces from @mataglap fic b/c I do enjoy taking stabs at Complicated Emotions™

THE FIC ✨ https://archiveofourown.org/works/51558955/chapters/130314454

#he sure is having COMPLICATED EMOTIONS #in dramatic lighting #as befits a drama queen #!!! <3 #mtaw #astarion #bg3

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!!!

is today a tell mata nice things day and I missed the memo. why is everyone suddenly being so nice to me. NOT THAT I'M COMPLAINING please continue at your leisure

(thank you so much. ahhhh.)

#people being nice to me #!!! <3