Relaxing braid
ttt 2023
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“Is that for me?” Marinette asked.
Cass nodded, “Headache?”
Marinette flipped the switch, forgetting why she had turned it off and then looked down while blocking the light with her hand. She saw Cass’s hand move in front of her and with a small click, the light turned back off. She rested her hand on the counter to help the dizzy spell pass and commented on what she saw when the light was on.
“That’s a lot of chocolate.”
Cass hummed in agreement. It had a pleased tone to it. She didn’t always feel like talking too much but Marinette could always tell by the way she hummed when she was happy or frustrated.
“You’re sick. Lay down.”
Marinette pouted but then turned to go into the other room. She said her mom’s hot chocolate and snuggles always made her feel better but she mostly just wanted Cass to come over and lay with her while she laid down.
Cass brought her the hot chocolate and then moved away and started cleaning her apartment.
“Come on Cass, I know this is what I asked for but this is not what I meant.”
She gestured at the cocoa and then back at Cass cleaning her mess. Cass turned back, she bounced slightly with her hands behind her back and a mischievous smile on her face.
“What you want?” she asked.
“I want you here with me. I need to cuddle, not worry about you cleaning up my mess.”
Her pleased smile was back but she came to the bed and climbed in with her. She rubbed her back and pressed a kiss on her forehead. Marinette could feel the frown as she pressed her lips there.
“Too tight,” she said.
Marinette hadn’t even remembered that she had put her long hair up in a tight bun. She was supposed to be getting a lot of things done today so she had put it out of the way. The tension released as soon as Cass pulled the pins out. She sighed as the other woman's fingers moved into her hair and pressed at her scalp. Over and over her fingers wove through and then massaged the tightness away. The relief was intoxicating as was the feel over her hands in her hair. Marinette was nearly asleep. She relaxed against Cass as she felt her weaving the mass of hair into a loose braid.
The bed shifted and Marinette’s hand moved out trying to stop Cass from leaving her there. She peaked at the rustling noise.
“Are you taking out the trash then?” Marinette pleaded, really begging for her to stay.
Cass kissed her cheek. “Sleep. I will come back.”
She was asleep by the time Cass did return but she had kept her promise and Marinette snuggled into her sleepy embrace. The headache was mostly gone but she was happy where she was.
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I don’t even care anymore. You’re either going to take a genocide happening right in front of you seriously or you’re going to let an entire country of innocent people be killed and in 20 years wonder what happened while you were silent
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palestine is in a complete and utter blackout with israel launching hundreds of its heaviest airstrikes so far across gaza. this is a mass slaughter and we won't even know the extent of the casualties until it's over; israel have cut off telecommunications so they can commit their atrocities in the dark. there is a genocide happening right in front of our eyes and every person who has ever defended israel's "right to defend itself" has the blood of palestinians on their hands. we cannot ignore what is one of the most devastating massacres in human history.
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I think there's no greater indication that disco elysium is sympathetic towards communism when it literally says "communism is failure" and then the literal gameplay itself rewards trying and failing. The most obvious one being the Shivers check at the FELD mural, which is an Impossible 20 check BUT opens itself up again and again the longer you spend in the world doing things, but even just looking at sheer probabilities, for any given white check, rolling first and THEN putting a point into that skill upon failure is more likely to grant you success than putting a point first and then rolling, but that would require failing first.
Other things too: Precarious world saying you'll 100% fail red checks no matter what (not necessarily a bad thing, btw!! throwing the boule into the sea is a success but like. in some other ways one would want a perfect petanque throw instead. but people wouldn't typically assume that failure is desirable sometimes from the start) persuading you to accept that you'll fail some things that is irrevocable, for a world where everything is just a tiny bit easier.
The faux game over screen when you faint after reading Dora's letter— emulating a sense of failure on the scale of the entire game. When it rolls up most people go "What?? Game over?? No way, what did I do wrong!!" and waking up after that, with no huge or lasting impact on Harry's health or morale really tells the player, "Sometimes things will seem so bad that it all seems like it's coming to an end, but it's not the end, it's really not the end, go drink so water, you can still go on despite this failure"
I'm sure there are other things as well that are eluding me but like. The literal gameplay rewards failing and succeeding far more so than simply succeeding every single time, and I think you get a fuller experience of Elysium that way too
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i genuinely don't care how good a piece of ai generated art or writing looks on the surface. i don't care if it emulates brush strokes and metaphor in a way indistinguishable from those created by a person.
it is not the product of thoughtful creation. it offers no insights into the creator's life or viewpoint. it has no connection to a moment in time or a place or an attitude. it has no perspective. it has no value.
it's empty, it's hollow, and it exists only to generate clicks (and by extension, ad revenue.)
it's just another revolting symptom of the disease that is late stage capitalism, and it fucking sucks.
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Me: how do I study as a neurodivergent person?
Google: how to help your autistic child study
Me: how to study as an autistic adult/teen
Google: teachers guide to how to deal with autistic children
Me: how do I study as an autistic teen/adult
Google: study tips for autistic people(-written by this allistic man that will talk about autistic people like they're zoo animals)
Me: how to study as a neurodivergent adult, tips from neurodivergent person to neurodivergent students, on how to study independently as an autistic person, no reliant support needed
Google: high functioning autism and school
Me: fuck just. How do I focus during this test that I'm in rn as an AuDHD person
Google: ok, so, to focus on this thing that you currently are doing and need to get done TODAY; weeks before the test you'll need to eat healthy and exercise, meditate, study, set timers, take breaks, drink water, sleep, find the secrets to a happy life, adopt five children, sacrifice a goat, take short showers, brush your teeth
Executive dysfunction:
My fucking deadline:
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