#Death and Beginning

[one-time-i-dreamt]

"Licking the sand" was a euphemism for doing the dirty work/something no one else wanted to do. I said, "Well, someone had to lick the sand," as I was murdering my boss.

#dream #there was a lot more that happened but idk how to begin to explain if #euphemism #murder tw #death tw

[kaijutegu]

Yesterday, I went to Baltimore with the intention of visiting a friend in hospice. Her health had taken a sharp nosedive over the weekend, and on Monday evening, the doctors said she maybe had a week left.

What actually happened was I went to Baltimore to help clean out her stuff, because she died at 8:44 on Tuesday morning and my plane didn't land until 8:50. So me and another friend helped another friend/her roommate (before hospice) find important documents, as well as save sentimental items for her actual loved ones because her family, well.

Her friends were her family. But because she died intestate, the people in her family of choice were entitled to nothing under the law. Instead of her beloved, disabled partner, her estranged family has legal rights to her savings bonds and the rest of her estate. (Sometimes common-law partners can inherit but they weren't together long enough to meet that criterion.)

I knew this was coming for a long time. You don't recover from the brain cancer she had. But it still really hurts. And knowing that people she hadn't spoken to in years are getting that money instead of the person she loved most... well, that hurts too.

Please, if you don't have one already, make a will. It's not hard. We don't like to think about it, because nobody likes thinking about post-death legal matters, but you need to make a will. If you're in the US, you can use websites like Free Will. You don't need an estate attorney or anything like that. In many states, a notarized letter is fine. I don't know enough about international estate law to say anything in that regard, but take half an hour to google estate laws in your jurisdiction and put together a will.

If something happened to you tomorrow, who do you want taking care of your pets? Do you have a collection of anything that you want looked after? Do you want your money to go to a person, a charity, or something else specific? If you don't have kids, everything reverts to a spouse. If you don't have a spouse, it goes to your parents. I know I don't want to burden my parents with figuring out what to do with my tegu, my skeletal collection, or my library. But if I died tomorrow, my will would take care of all of that. Thinking about mortality isn't fun, but dying intestate is worse. Make a will.

#death cw #her name was Constance but we all called her Corn #I met her in 2006 on an art adoptable sub forum of an anime forum and we'd been friends ever since #can you even begin to imagine how many of my most important relationships came from of all places gaia online and tungl.hell #it's so many

[seance]

PICTURES TAKEN THREE HOURS BEFORE DISASTER.

#ofmdedit #ourflagmeansdeathedit #ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet #edward teach #blackbonnet #gentletbeard #rs: you make me happy #edits #ed is so proud here despite everything i'm-- #he knows how much this means to stede #even if it's the beginning of the end in his head #i wanna scream actually #ofmd spoilers

[tubbytarchia]

I don't know what this is all I know is that LimL Joel makes me really emotional

#I know he has a tendency to go deranged on his red lives but idk something about him beginning to lose it after Jimmy died and killing Grian #joel smallishbeans #smallishbeans fanart #trafficblr #Again its his red life shenanigans but... If only Jimmy had known how affected someone was by his death. I'm choosing to believe this #and him then going out like a sad pathetic wet cat even with Grian's sacrifice... He really deserves a win one of these days lmao please #Also I cant stop thinking about how Jimmy wouldn't have left him. Grian was sensible to and most players probs would have #Joel really does become a lost cause so its fair and Grian did still care (and went to say goodbye as well as sacrifice his time for him) #But Jimmy would have stuck by even if Joel were in this state (and they'd both get themselves killed pathetically but) #And Joel having shown such genuine care for Jimmy and concern over his limited time... man anything w Jimmy makes me so emotional lol #I love them so #oh Ig about the art itself. I dont like it but hey thats how it tends to go when you try smth new. And no shame in trying #but if one person likes this then yayy I will still feel accomplished and happy #Im looking at this again and hey its not that bad actually yay I love to approve of my own art. self love hell yea #tubby art

[schnoobums]

How many of your co-workers did you just eject into space to get rid of me, huh?

#borderlands #tftbl #tales from the borderlands #tftbledit #gamingedit #videogameedit #handsome jack #rhys strongfork #edits by kara #i cannot begin to explain how much i LOVE this line #it is THE perfect reply to destroy your enemy psychologically #you think you're a hero? that you're the good guy? #did you even blink at all the death you caused in sake of taking me down? #rhys definitely deals with this trauma forever #flashing gifs #1k

[muzzleroars]

hello? hello?

can you hear me?

#ultrakill #gabriel #v1 #gabv1el #imagine being so close to death and falling in love after your whole world unravels. but not knowing if they can hear you #i think the beginning of their relationship must be very strange #gabriel pouring out everything he has left but having no idea if it's only being met by code and programming #while v1 doesn't understand how to respond. how to love. no files found #what does it do when he's holding it so tightly and he's crying. is there anything something like it can do #doodle tag

[bizarrelittlemew]

"From the top...🏴‍☠️" (from Samba Schutte)

#AND SO IT BEGINS #SAMBA'S 4000+ BTS FILES HERE WE COME #these are so hq #ofmd #ofmd bts #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #stede bonnet #rhys darby #izzy hands #con o'neill

[kvtnisseverdeen]

Buttercup begins to wail as well. No matter what I do, he won’t go. He circles me, just out of reach, as wave after wave of sobs racks my body, until eventually I fall unconscious. But he must understand. He must know that the unthinkable has happened and to survive will require previously unthinkable acts. Because hours later, when I come to in my bed, he’s there in the moonlight. Crouched beside me, yellow eyes alert, guarding me from the night. In the morning, he sits stoically as I clean the cuts, but digging the thorn from his paw brings on a round of those kitten mews. We both end up crying again, only this time we comfort each other.

#this chapter is too difficult to read #i personally feel prim's death and katniss' immediate reaction wasn't well done #but the scene with buttercup was amazing #but just wish they showed how much this meant to katniss #because buttercup being there gave her the strength to come back to life #it was the beginning of her healing process #anyway im crying #katniss everdeen #buttercup #primrose everdeen #mockingjay #thg #mine* #gifs* #mockingjayedit #thgedit #dailyflicks #nessa007 #userbbelcher #cinemapix #cinematv #userstream

[inamindfarfaraway]

Batman fun fact! Did you know that Scarecrow’s toxin doesn’t always cause fear? Sometimes it does the opposite! In Detective Comics #571, he wields a variant that completely inhibits the biochemical fear response, preventing people from feeling any concern for themselves or using basic common sense. He runs a racket administering it to star athletes, who take huge risks and get badly injured. Then they’re willing to cough up a lot for an antidote. Batman and Robin - here Jason Todd - catch on, but Bruce is dosed with the reverse fear toxin; since his intelligence is his greatest strength, being too overconfident and reckless to think twice about anything makes him his own worst enemy.

This premise was adapted in the Batman: The Animated Series episode “Never Fear”. There we see that with no fear of losing his moral integrity, Bruce becomes cold and merciless to criminals. Robin - here Tim Drake - has to catch somebody he leaves to fall off a building, tie him up to stop him endangering himself and others and give him the antidote to prevent him murdering Scarecrow.

But in the comic book, Jason is kidnapped by Scarecrow. (He gets gassed, and hallucinates Bruce dying and telling him that it was his fault.) He isn’t around to keep Bruce in check as he goes to rescue him through a series of death traps that he can’t resist cutting it as close as possible in. So how does Bruce not go off the deep end? How does he not lose sight of what’s important? Not lose himself?

Because even a drug designed to shut down stress at the most fundamental level can’t overpower his true worst fear. The Dark Knight might feel fearless…

but a parent never is.

#this whole issue is full of adorable jason content #at the beginning he’s really excited to be watching a car race for the case #he cries when he thinks bruce is dead and bruce comforts him #until then he has complete faith that bruce will survive all the death traps even under the influence of the drug #i’m so glad nothing as bad as bruce fears ever happens to him! #because as this adventure proves batman will always save robin #batman #bruce wayne #scarecrow #jonathan crane #robin #jason todd #robin jason #batdad #dc comics #dc #batman: the animated series #btas

[i-ges]

I’m back! Time to re post this now thats it’s finished finished.

#qsmp #q!slimecicle #slimecicle #charlie slimecicile #qsmp juanaflippa #juanaflippa fanart #qsmp fanart #slimecicle fanart #GOD I MISS HER SO MUCH #I was rewatching slime’s VODs from the beginning #and now that we know her death and Tillin’s was not his fault #AHHHH MAN #I think it only feels bad because now we know how much we’ve lost #like before I was like eh these eggs aren’t gonna last #they’ll all be ded by the end of the month #but! we’ve had so many cute memories #and the knowledge that we’ll never get that with Flippa #my art

[bloodiedstar]

The love was there. It didn't change anything. It didn't save anyone. But it still matters that the love was there.

Lyrics from I'm your man-Mitski

#trigun #vash the stampede #vashwood #trigun art #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun maximum #trigun 98 #trigun stampede #if nobody got me then neither does the narrative!! #how do you save your sworn ally when he is destined for death at the very beginning #angst #illustration

[irisivys]

something about the new popular shows seems awfully familiar to me hmmmm.....

#it's the beginning of a new era #an era without mass queerbaiting #also the way david tennant transcends time and is now a vital member of both trios #good omens #what we do in the shadows #our flag means death #supernatural #doctor who #sherlock #superwholock #also this is not hate i am/have been in the fandoms for all 6 shows and i have very fond memories of all of them

[celluloidbroomcloset]

Y'know, Ed tries so hard to get Izzy to play in "Discomfort in a Married State." He talks about the clouds and he shows off Stede's toys and trinkets. He's excited. He tries to play because he's bored and he says he's bored and he's sick of being bored.

And then Stede wakes up, is fucking thrilled to show off his closet and his things and isn't remotely frightened of Ed, and the moment Ed suggests playing dress up, he's down for it. They're two little boys who never got to play with anyone.

Of course Ed adores him. Ed wanted someone to play with.

#not a mistake that the one time we see stede really happy with his family is when he's playing pirates with his kids #and ed keeps saying what he wants from the very beginning and stede is the only one who listened #ofmd season one #ofmd #our flag means death #gif #edward teach #stede bonnet #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #blackbeard #rhys darby #taika waititi #totally normal about this show right now

[pencil-amateur]

I think the part where lisa is like "you probably didn't even drive back when you were alive. you probably rode on one of those bicycles with the big stupid wheel in the front" and the creature looks at her and she's like "you did" is really funny

#she's so rude. I love her #personally I think he died around 1889 at around 19 because I like the idea that he came back a century after death #so if that's about when he died he would've been around to see both penny farthings and the beginning of commercial cars #take my headcanon with a grain of salt though because there's probably a more accurate way to figure out when exactly he lived and died #I've just only seen the movie once lol #lisa frankenstein #lisa swallows #the creature #creature swallows #EDIT apparently he died 1837 so he would not have ever seen one of those #look at this guy. he doesn't even know what a bicycle is

[whitesunlars]

hey. you. yeah you. if you think every and all zionists are inherently evil and the jewish people have no ties to the levant then the posts about antisemitism are about you.

#antisemitism #jewish #jumblr #i am TIRED of seeing people reblog my posts about antisemitism #with their previous post or following post being 'death to zionists' #or 'all israelis are settler colonialists who deserve to die' #define zionism for me #every definition of all forms of zionism #which is something i cannot do so i am sure you cannot do #so to claim you hate all versions of a concept you do not know is extremist to begin with #but then to have it a concept deeply rooted in jewish identity and history is uuuuh antisemitic #now tell me the history of the land of israel #and the connections between jewish holidays and the land #you can't do that either because then you'll need to admit that jews also belong in the land huh

[gearbroth]

#fallout 4 #nick valentine #fo4 #death shroud #artists on tumblr #myart #experiences the silliest horrors and returns to the beginning with unwanted knowledge </3