#a quarter of a century almost

[sersi]

i’m (mostly????) a mando season three enjoyer, but the creative Choices™ are reaching a level that can only be explained by the decade or more away “this is what it was actually like at lucasfilm during the era of bob chapek, a panini, and g*na c@rano blowing up her own career (and maybe also some narrative plans)” exposé

#as someone who's been locked in a dysfunctional relationship with this franchise for almost a quarter century 🤦🏽‍♀️ #i've been through it ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL #(including the utter brain searing hate that it's last theatrical release induced in me) #and yet i am still extremely ?????? at this show -- which managed to balance main plot and classic sw side questy focused episodes #perfectly fine during the last two seasons #-- somehow crafting a season that feels like when you're playing a video game and only doing side quests because Reasons™ #and that also seemingly doesn't know what to do with its titular character 🤷🏽‍♀️ #(i'm not even mad about the darksaber specifically -- just extremely ?????? over why they even bothered having din keep it for this long) #(if he was in fact just going to hand it over in the end) #(and also with many questions about what his actual throughline for the season is going to be) #elysia says stuff #the mandalorian spoilers #spoilers

[viseryseddard]

So I just read that Bill Shatner wrote (when writing his book) that the first thing he thought when meeting Deforest Kelley was that he liked his hair and that he wanted to look and sound like him??

Shatner being relatable really wasn’t on my 2023 bingo list but pop off ig

#fr though it made me cry #cannot believe it’s been almost a quarter of a century since De Kelley passed #Star Trek #tos #William Shatner #deforest kelley #leonard nimoy #leonard mccoy #bones #Jim kirk #spock

[funnywormz]

im turning 23 in a week what in the goddamn

#i remember being a kid and being almost certain i wouldnt even make it to 18. im so lucky to be here #sorry that's oversharing lol but the point it #i am genuinely enjoying being alive now and im having a good time and most days i feel happy #a little stressed out sometimes but happy! like i know everything will be ok #obv recovery has ups and downs along the way but im so happy to be here and to be alive and to be almost a quarter of a century old! #i hope i have many more years on earth to experience as much as i can #but also there's no rush ive seen so much awesome stuff already. im just happy rn honestly. im just chillin

[green-and-grey]

what's more fun than ganging up with your 39 year old sister in year middle of the grocery store to pester your mom into buying pez dispensers for you because "mo-oooom! it's tradition! we have to have pez for christmas!"

#we got nothing but pez and fruit and a 20oz bottle of pop each one year when money was super tight #and the three of us kids decided that pez and fruit in our stocking was now a tradition #almost a quarter of a century strong now! #the fact that she made what could have easily been a disappointing christmas the start of a cherished tradition is a testament to my mom #and her ability to spin despair into joyful gratitude

[avionvadion]

Your Majesty!! I am unworthy 🥺 💕

#twisted wonderland #twst #vil schoenheit #23 today. oof. almost a quarter of a century 🤣

[bookpdf]

they were sick for making this (the passage of time)

#i am turning 24 this week..... that means im almost 25 which is an entire quarter of a century!!!! #i can think back to 10+ years ago and i was like. an actual Person back then!!!! days and days and days.

[rubythecrimsonwriter]

I low-key think it's kind of dumb to be afraid of aging. My family doesn't age very quickly, to be fair, but most of the older people i know are engaging and knowledgable and wonderful people. I'm going to be 25 in a few months. I'm excited. I've come so close to Death that we could have kissed. I told a friend after i inhaled my drink that Death and I are cuddle buddies but aren't ready for the next step in our relationship. Like. Hello. Aging is not the enemy people seem to think it is. I'll get older and I'll be just as silly as I am now, as i was ten years ago. Dignity is overrated. Elegance is understated. You can be elegant and silly at the same time or in turns and people find it charming.

Aging gracefully is elegant. Taking joy in life is silly, and charming, and childish in equal turns according to the internet. There is a reason why YOLO is the herald for silliness and joy.

#Musings #I wasn't supposed to make it out of the womb alive. Was supposed to die from whooping cough at 7. #Wasn't supposed to make it past twelve with how damaged my lungs were. Lungs gave out three times when i was nineteen. #Almost a quarter of a century now. :) #I'm young according to my elders. Old according to high schoolers. #I'm just the right age. Time marches on.

[themaevethcometh]

annual “change my age in my bio” day

#maeve posts #it's my birthday #i am *almost* a quarter of a century old #not quite though we'll save that crisis for next year

[lapeaudelamemoire]

I don't think if you're a 'US'-ian that you can understand how utterly sick and tired a non-US person can be of just hearing about US stuff all. Of. The. Fucking. Time.

Even if I wanted to block all 'US' content this would be impossible. Fucks sake I'm almost about to communicate exclusively in Mandarin from now on so I (even then impossible) never have to deal with 'Westerners' ever again

#banging my head against the wall #US POC are also extremely not exempt from US-centrism #i never want to hear another peep from the 'US' again #if folks wanna talk abt hierarchies & intersectional perspectives maybe also do it with a global perspective in mind ok thx #idk where this rant came from i am just. i scroll through my dash and realise that almost all of it is just / #takes from the 'US'. 'US' news. 'US' media. tv shows. movie stills. #i am going to scream. do you know what it is like to hear So Much in fact for your information intake to be dominated by this one place #that you have never even been to before in your life over a quarter of a century and more #i am going to explode

[faytelumos]

*SCREAMING*

#Deadpool & Wolverine #Hugh Jackmam #Wolverine #Ryan Reynolds #Wade Wilson #I AM SO EXCITED #I thought this wasn't coming out until September somehow #IT'S BEEN ALMOST A QUARTER CENTURY BUT LOGAN IS FINALLY IN YELLOW SPANDEX #they're gonna be horrible to each other #they're gonna be wonderful together #I can't wait #Youtube

[rooh-afza]

soft tofu is so good… texture of all time truly

#why did it take me almost a quarter of a century to find out about soft tofu. why didn’t anyone tell me #rooh.txt

[felinelun]

The New Year is the main holiday where I live instead of Christmas. So!

Happy New Year to all who selebrates!

#it's exactly 24 minutes of new 2024 year #Happy almost quarter of our century kids! #С Новым Годом!))))))

[margotwhat]

finding out after 24 years you have the curly hair you’ve always wanted and it turns out you just weren’t styling it correctly

#‘why is my hair so poofy no matter how much oil I use’ -me for almost a quarter of a century #Margot speaks

[chaosseeking]

genuinely cannot believe its been 3 years since the nov 5th ive been seeing posts about the anniversary and was like "oh yeah its already november its been a whole year since everything happened all at once" but no ive graduated college, gotten a new job, and moved since the cw decided to trigger The Events

#my life #nov 5 2020 #jesus it already 2023 #almost 2024 #im a quarter of a century old and yet here i am still thinking about spn and cursed to relive it every year on this day forever

[lover-of-many-things]

It’s once again that time of the year

#time for me to change my bio from 24 to 25 #a whole quarter century #the fact that I’ve almost spent half of my life on this website though #lmaooo

[welshaphrodite]

I think the saddest character in the Hunger Games franchise is Mags Flanagan. She is as almost as old as the Games themselves. She won the 11th Hunger Games. Then, for the entirety of her life, for over 60 years, she was forced to relieve that same trauma year after year, trying to train kids, save kids, just like herself. Over time Mags watched the Games get more brutal, more “entertaining”. She watched her community sacrifice two children over and over again. There is nothing Mags can do but bare it. She desensitizes herself. She reaches her 80s. She is old and almost free of the pain; the trauma has formed a callous. But Mags will continue to work until she dies. This is all she has ever known. 

Then, the 75th Quarter Quell is announced and Mags is back on the stage for the first time in 60 years. A reaping outfit. Her name in a glass bowl. The tension, the dread, the silence before the reading of the name -- Annie Cresta. But to Mags, it never mattered the name that was picked. She knew her hand was going up. And for the first time since she was a child, she is back in the Games. 

During her the 11th Hunger Games, Mags was caged in the zoo with the other tributes. This time, she is presented with a gorgeous suite, the best food the Capitol has to offer, and the finest clothes. The 11th Hunger Games were televised on a blurry screen; now, all of Panem is going to watch her every move. Mags knows she isn’t going to win. But, as she spends the last weeks of her life walking in the shoes of every child she couldn’t save, as the trauma of her own Games is as alive and present as it has ever been, she knows that, for the first time in her long life, she was able to truly save at least one person from this fate. 

Hope is a funny thing. Mags picked apart the Capitol’s logic and the heart of the Games long ago. She knows why they allow one victor, and how every tribute goes into the arena hoping its them. She knows this is unrealistic; all of Panem knows that only one will come out alive. But even as she rises into the ticking clock of the arena, that stubborn feeling flutters in her chest. Maybe she will get out of there with the rest of the rebels. But if not --

Mags looks to Johanna. To Katniss and Peeta. To Finnick. Her hope for them is stronger, steadier, than the hope for her own self-preservation. She looks into the cornucopia of weapons, the familiar ring of twenty-four tributes, and allows herself to dream that maybe, maybe, this is it. This will be the last one. 

For the first time in over half a century, Mags won’t be watching the Games from the comfort and safety of a faraway room. This time, she has the chance to help directly. To be able to protect others with more than just a parachute full of supplies. To have the ability to save another life. To save multiple lives. To save all the future children of Panem. 

The gong sounds.

Mags smiles. 

She dives into the water. 

#the hunger games #catching fire #mockingjay #mags thg #mags flanagan #annie cresta #finnick odair #johanna mason #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #district 4 #suzanne collins why did you do this to us #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #president snow