#Understanding can be reached here

[difeisheng]

Modern AU of genderfluid Jiang Cheng taking Jin Ling shopping would be nice

#idk that image just brings me serotonin #also it would be good for both of them to express themselves a little bit more bc jc has 1.6 gender and jl has 0.7 on a good day #Understanding can be reached here #also i think the idea of jl calling jc a-yi is really cute #ok just tucking this away for later now bye #ashton's aus #mdzs #cql #jiang cheng #jin ling #jin ling and his jiujiu #ashton originals

[can-a-tuna-fish]

I have something to say about boyf riends being queer platonic but the world isn’t ready

#michael mell #jeremy heere #he’s not really here but the implication is that the glowing spiky star Michael is holding is him #I had two ideas for the situation here #post-play Michael forgiving Jeremy but still feeling that there’s something intrinsically changed about their relationship #or Halloween Michael trying to reach out to Jeremy and realizing that he isn’t really getting through to him #but you can take it however you want :3 #either way something so warm and sad about reconciling a friendship you thought was over #your honor their relationship is something that reaches beyond platonic or romantic #your honor please understand they can never fully remove themselves from each others lives #irreparably is the word I meant. not intrinsically. #michael bmc #jeremy bmc #be more chill #bmc #bmc musical #undescribed #my art

[daylighteclipsed]

Y’all ever think about if Sora falls to darkness that inside his heart will look like the Destiny Islands falling again

#i do a lot #kingdom hearts #one of the biggest reasons i think we’ll see something like this in canon. briefly at least #not only would parallel ddd w ven’s heart/armor no longer there to protect sora #and roxas and xion gone from sora’s heart too. so sora would be alone #and actually there as opposed to in the RoL/awake when riku dives in #but also there is no way nomura’s gonna pass up the chance to bring us full circle like this. he loves making his characters revisit/relive #worlds and memories like this to make a point. and sora’s heart was sunset in ddd… following kh1 the dark and stormy night comes next #The thought of sora and riku reaffirming their love and friendship here when it broke the first time the islands fell #both of them having to in a way relive this horrible night for the final time #but riku doing the total opposite of last time. trying to save sora trying to stop the darkness from consuming everything #being totally honest with sora. reaching his hand out for sora but this time he’s not being consumed by darkness. #he’s become the light in the darkness. and they finally reach each other they finally grasp hands. I’m chewing on glass #i don’t think sora would ‘fall’ to darkness in the traditional sense #thematically i think it makes more sense for him to be faced w another martyr choice #though his own negative feelings would still be tangled up in there. and this would parallel kh3 #and if sora chooses to let darkness into his heart to save others it’d also parallel kh1 w riku choosing to open the door/let the darkness #into destiny islands at the risk of others #god it’d be just like kh1 but we’d be playing as riku and he’d be the one looking frantically for sora #a reversed dynamic. but now they understand each other’s pain and feelings so they can reach each other #figuratively and literally #i love parallels i love symbolism i love themes kick my ass !!!!

[itspileofgoodthings]

I think it’s such a lovely thought that the stuff you’re going through now is preparing you for the things you want.

#I know I’m sorry this is so insta inspirational post of me #but I love it #just the thought that our hearts are sure enough to know what we want and reach for it #but too stupid to understand what we need to actually be able to receive it #so God prepares us gently through the here and now #however ugly and painful! #Anyway I often feel that I don’t even know what I want and that is its own anguish #but this is still a comforting thought to me #I love when things are true just not how we think and this is kind of the heart of that #you GET the thing you want. it is also a surprise and gives you more than you thought it would #in hard ways and in good ways #I am just reflecting #I told my counselor yesterday that I did overthink everything but also I had a lot of beautiful thoughts in the overthinking #and she laughed and was like ‘yeah I can see that’

[thetudes]

langblr masterpost??

reviving this idea from pastelsandhazelnutcoffee --- i would love to see who's active on the langblr community and create a masterpost with all of us! please reblog if you would like to be included on this page i'm making and with the languages you mainly post about <3

#i understand that there may be a disproportionate amount of frenchblrs on here and thats okay #thats why i need all of yall to reblog so we can reach every corner of langblr #thétudes #langblr #polygot #language #languages #studyblr #langblr community

[aalghul]

I don’t think it makes sense to assume that Jason was mocking Mia’s past. At all. The thing that got jason painted as violent back in the 80s was his anger against rapists…how does that turn into mocking a victim? and that entire story was written by winick. Do we honestly think winick intended to communicate that? The same writer who made Jason’s first kill a man who was trafficking children? Who had Jason pause in his mission of madness to make sure those kids were found by the right people so they wouldn’t be in further danger?

#let’s knock on our skulls and kick our brains back into gear okay? #you can maintain that it wasn’t well executed or that the role mia played here bothers you #but you can’t say jason was mocking her for that or even seriously trying to hurt her physically #he was bsing like 90% of the story with his constant ‘we should all kill anyone who inconveniences us! speedy and GA should try to kill me #if they want to win’ like we understand that yes? #but that last part of his convo with Mia was the one serious part #he was wrong! of course he was wrong about ollie. but this was also Jason’s first time meeting ollie #it was ridiculous and unnecessary on his end and it put mia thru the emotional wringer for nothing #but that wasn’t the Intention. it was a stupid thing done by someone who never expected anything to come of it but still said what *to him* #was a way of offering advice #and as for the ppl who go ‘stop reaching abt jason being a victim and just read Mia instead’ #a) there’s more to Mia’s character than her past. anyone who thinks that fits Jason’s past wouldn’t necessarily like mia bc they’re not the #same character #it’s the same way that if jason was confirmed to have been a victim of SA as a kid then all of Mia’s fans wouldn’t love him like they love #her? this is common sense. anyways stop being assholes online and just recommend characters too ppl nicely #b) more than one character can have experienced a similar form of abuse. also common sense #c) it’s not an unreasonable hc #d) it doesn’t hurt you personally. none of this killed your grandma #once again: hate whoever you like but choosing the interpretation that doesn’t make sense just to make up a #‘valid’ reason is serious loser behaviour

[beta-adjacent]

PSA to all alphas: let us take care of you, goddammit!!!!! Y’all don’t have to be at your strongest all the time. I don’t care what the stereotypes say; you’re not the sole leader of the pack. We are a team that relies on each other for support!!!! So let us fucking support you!!!!!!!!!!!

#>:( im angy #/lh #with love #a/b/o lifestyle #omegaverse lifestyle #miscecanis #I understand you want to be at your best but it’s ok to not be!!!! #trust us: you are not weak for needing to breathe!! #you do not need to be in peak state and push yourself!!! you can still enjoy life when you’re less than 100%!!! #and!!!!! we’re not somehow ‘losing out’ on something bc you’re not feeling the best. we’re still spending Time with you #THAT’S what matters most. doesn’t matter if that means we’re kayaking or at home playing video games #it’s You that matters not what we do with you #sorry this was….a Weird rant #and I prolly should be telling to this to the person who needs it #not writing the rough draft here #but hopefully it’s a message that reaches out to all alphas #not just the one I’m thinking about rn lmao #vent adjacent

[sapphorror]

oh

#invader zim #zadp #saph reads #natterings #iz posting #i dont have anything articulate to add here #but if i dont express how unexpectedly hard this hit me i will implode #the victoriana and theater is basically just icing on a decidedly chrysalis-shaped cake #*slamming fist into floor* they ARE trapped in the center of their own broken narrative cluelessly doomed to repeat their tragedy #never reaching completion or closure or learning or growing because all they can see is the set dressing #prisoner to a contrived feedback loop of their own making because ultimately they dont WANT to leave the stage #preferring the safety of stagnation within a story they understand #and also its about aliens #okay ill chill out now #i really wasnt prepared to get hit with this in the silly au issue okay

[strangeswift]

just a thought. is byler tumblr actually cliquey or do people just have friendships. i think maybe some people don't realize that a lot of people on here aren't just mutuals they're close friends. of course you're gonna support your friends more than anyone else. of course you're gonna hype up your friends, and casually bring up your friends in conversation. (and that doesn't mean you're not open to making new friends, but friendships also don't happen overnight!) just remember the next time you think you're calling out a "clique" you're maybe just calling out a group of people who have built a really genuine connection over the course of many months, and there is literally nothing wrong with them loving and supporting each other ok bye <3

#i understand it can be intimidating to reach out to mutuals one on one and take it from mutualship to friendship #but you have to put yourself out there! otherwise you'll always feel like you're on the outside looking in #anyone who has made friends on here did so because they put themselves out there #find your people!

[sysig]

You’re gonna die if you keep that up (Patreon)

#Doodles #SCII #Helix #ZEX #Kayako #And Teisel's there technically #*Die again - he's sticking with his track record lol at least he's consistent #Ghost/Curse GF arc!! I enjoy seeing ZEX happy but I am Concerned for him lol #ZEX be attracted to something/one that won't brutally murder him challenge - difficulty impossible #His affection for the grotesque and monstrous - I mean while it's admirable he does regularly put himself in dangerous situations! #Runs solely on the Suspension Bridge Effect lol - attraction and fear so conflated in his mind <3 #I keep thinking of his human instincts as specifically Max's instincts since it's his body - Max's self-preservation and fear and hunger #Which ZEX dutifully ignores lol Max's body tells him to bolt and privately replies like ''Yes yes in a moment'' haha #His fascination wins out! To his own detriment haha #Although I say all that as though I don't relate in my own way - I have maybe just a few too many notes relating to ZEX lol #It's always been hard for me to get into horror in the way it's intended to spook and scare because I tend to get sad :') #So many monsters and ghosts and creatures are victims of circumstance! Like Kayako! As she is here she's not even malicious just dangerous #I've never seen the Grudge so it's only speculation but it seems very sad that she was tethered as a Curse rather than a malignant spirit #Like a battery moreso than an individual - what a terrible after-existence! It makes me sad to consider! #ZEX reaching out to her in his own way is very sweet <3 He's so biased towards his darlings hehe #In a way being human does suit him - we'll packbond with anything that Might have even the slightest inclination to not maim us lol #And the way he personifies her! (VUXonifies her?) Reading intention or emotion into her actions with no proof and no understanding! #The way he ''tries to read her face'' as if he hasn't been struggling with that this entire time - with other humans who can tell him so ♪ #His pride is so delicious <3 He is so easily blinded to his own shortcomings in the face of pleasure and the potential for connection! #It's no wonder DAX worries about him so much hehe ♥ #It also always makes me so happy to have something fit together so perfectly like those last two hehe <3 #That vine didn't exist when this happened! But there it is!! I love newer memes on older media hehehe ♪♫

[howldean]

welcome to single-issue voting you’ve come to understand what single-issue voting is

#SHOW ME SOMEONE BETTER THAN BIDEN AND WE WILL TALK. SOMEONE MORE VIABLE. #trump will make things worse. and that does count for something. #and it IS okay to say as a transgender person in the us with strong understanding of how genocide is perpetuated and set up i CAN in fact #effectively say that it is HIGHLY LIKELY that we would reach an extermination stage under trump and instigated by him. #and it is not selfish to say that LESS GENOCIDE IS BETTER THAN MORE GENOCIDE and that trump could damn well make things worse there as well #and has a track record of support for israel and so it DOES matter. it DOES. and refusing to acknowledge that is turning on your peers #and saying that it is wrong to put our mask on first while advocating for our siblings everywhere is not wrong. and it IS how the most #effective activism is sustained and accomplished. we are no use to you dead #and yes. yes it is that scary. i live in fucking california and it is that scary even here. it is not safe and it will get worse #also don’t tell me to kill myself grow the fuck up. and don’t say you speak for all people of color cause you sure as fuck do Not

[lesamis]

i learned the grade for my phd thesis today (it's v good! i'm v happy!) & my supervisor took that as occasion to sit down with me and talk about The Future for a bit, and she clearly cares and i'm thankful for her, but the sheer ivory tower out-of-touch-ness of academics will never stop baffling me. like they'll ask you about your new job (admin & public service), and you tell them you're enjoying it and loving all the mental space it's freed up, and they'll be like cool! but you are looking for something better, right?

and it's like. no. i'm really super not. i understand that professors look down on this kind of work, which is one thing, they're snobs, i can't change that. but to not take someone's word for it when they say they find their job fulfilling and rewarding is kind of. ungenerous? not to mention condescending? like please don't call a less mentally taxing job a "waste of potential" when it was working in academia that stopped me from producing literally any writing i cared about or felt proud of for nearly four years

#if there IS any potential still to be reached i'm not reaching it in limited contracts worrying about whether i'll have a job next year lol #anyway i'm here to say if you're on the fence about whether to stay in academia. #do not do it. it really doesn't get easier from here on out in fact it'll probably get harder #and i know it feels good to be encouraged. and you want to do right by people who have faith in you. but god #i'm so tired of wealthy tenured profs who have 2 years to retirement thinking they can give advice without understanding our realities #ma'am no one is funding the humanities anymore. ma'am my friend recently applied for a postdoc position with 200+ applicants. ma'am

[altruistic-meme]

if you could... describe aftg in 5 words

oh this is not as easy a question to answer as it should be akfhsdkf bc like. i could describe its plot, or my thoughts on it as a fan, or how it makes me feel, or just make a joke, or or or and bc idk why you're asking it makes it harder :'))

but let's see...

plot: gay sports mafia found family.

fan: drama, familiarity, trauma, comedy, home

feelings: love, understanding, chaos, joy, comfort

joke: you know, i get it-

(as you can see, i couldn't pick which one to go with, so choose whichever 5 words you want lmao)

#anyway the hard part is cus like. if you're already a fan then you KNOW it's plot #and i would go with either feelings or joke probably #if you aren't a fan you won't understand joke and maybe want the plot to see if you'd want to read it #in which case getting my feelings or thoughts on it could also help you decide #especially bc 'gay sports mafia' is something it has been described as OFTEN #and thus you wouldn't necessarily need ME to tell you that #anywya #i spent WAY TOO MUCH TIME thinking about this so ya know. i do hope you see this kshdfhsd #i know how it can be sending anon asks #especially if you don't follow the person you sent it to like MAN rememebring to check in and then scrolling the blog to find it???? #so sorry i never shut up here #anyway if you ARE someone who hasn't read it yet and are interested; please feel free to reach out to me with any questions!!! #aftg contains a lot of potentially triggering material so it's good to have some understanding of what you're walking into! #(i did not but thankfully i'm not easily triggered by most things lmao but it still is nice to have that warning) #aftg #askers #anon #shh ac #also if you HAVE read it please appreciate my joke. i think im very funny.

[jicklet]

2.02 || 2.19 Zuko at the beginning and end of Season 2 Bonus:

#avatar #atla #avatar: the last airbender #atlaedit #zuko #katara #song avatar #v posts things #v watches avatar #It was the scar touch/almost touch that pinged my memory but realizing that the language Katara uses parallels Song too set me off #Zuko starts the season so stuck in his own pain #Song tries to connect and he's closed off because nobody can possibly understand him you see #until she shows him her burn and it shocks him #this girl who has been nothing but kind has one too. she can't have deserved it #what can that mean for Zuko who is going to need another season and a half to be able to say that what his father did to him was wrong #right now he still doesn't know how to acknowledge any of this to himself much less someone else #to reconcile it with how he still believes if he can just go home everything can be okay #but then he travels the earth kingdom and sees what the war and his nation's pride did to all these regular people #and finally finally he ends up back here again #though Katara is understandably not reaching out so much as lashing out #but this time Zuko is able to reach back and not only connect and empathize with someone else #but the fact that he can admit that the fire nation was responsible for one of the biggest losses of his life is a big step for him #and whether Katara and her spirit water would have been able to heal is scar is almost irrelevant #because ultimately it isn't about the scar but what it represents #he thinks people look at it and see all his shame. like if it wasn't there people wouldn't be able to look at him and Know #he doesn't get that people look at it like Song did #that here's someone who was hurt #and whatever he might have done he couldn't have deserved THAT #and it isn't until he goes and makes an actual shameful mistake of his own that he starts to see the difference

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

fix me/puzzle piece wrong

I'd rather die choking than be left unloved

rather bleed out begging than admit that you won

never look in the mirror at what we've become

the tragedy of getting older when you never could give up

almost only counts in horseshoes and handguns

love isn't a game unless it's zero sum

~ xoxo, Love yoU (childish and wrong)

#couldn't decide on a title so you get two and the bookend wrongs as a slant rhyme with the rest #the title is meant to be read as ''fix me wrong'' and ''puzzle piece wrong'' go with me here #it's. a poem about amanda young. ok?? #the problem with growing up so you couldn't scream is that once you can you'll never stop #you'll reach for any chance and someday the time will stop. the floor will drop. (blood also forms in drops) #do you understand?? #Lu rambles #sometimes I think I could write poetry #and sometimes I think I write more poetry in the tags than I ever do in my poems #saw

[vvelegrin]

man another thing that's been very nice about having moved out of my dad's house is that... i am under no obligation to convey anything to anyone <3 i don't have to tell my parents about my doctor appointments, i don't have to tell people my intentions, i don't have to defend making purchases or arranging my life in a way that makes things easier or more pleasant because people don't even have to know about these things in the first place.

it's really fucking nice.

#experienced the unfortunate combination of 'pathological anti-liar' and 'being a fucking doormat by nature or whatever' #and 'controlling father that has to know everything and will directly curtail any attempts at privacy with guilt and authority' #that i sometimes compulsively try to make someone understand things about me even when it the direct outcome of such is unpleasant #here's to breaking these habits lads #discovering that i can do things and have preferences without going to protestant hell or even worse dealing with my dad #i can even pay my Idiot Tax without the external application of guilt #that is payments or late fees or forgetting to return something that doesn't fit and et cetera #that sometimes come up on account of being a fucking mess LMAO and would be less of a thing if i achieved a level of organization #that i simply will not realistically reach at this juncture but am generally working on getting myself in order for #i just make sure i routinely set aside a lil money for potential mistakes and i deal with them as they come #without the song and dance of being actively and repeatedly scolded as an adult for regular person mistakes #prattling about the self #edit to note that yeah i know there are times when i should convey things to people but you know what i mean