#but i think about it a lot

[youleavethetardisbrakeson]

Headcanon of the day:

If the Velaryons bury their dead in the water, I like to think it means that they also do a pseudo-baptismal ceremony dipping newborn babies in the ocean for the first time.

Once the umbilical cord has fallen off, the father and a priest or some kind of spiritual leader wade out a bit into the ocean and pour some water on the baby's head. They speak a blessing in High Valyrian, asking the Merling King and other gods to protect the child. The mother and rest of the family watch from the shore (you shouldn't go into the water for a few weeks postpartum).

I like the idea of Rhaenys, dressed in a gorgeous lightweight flowy blue gown, watching Corlys as he does this with their babies. Laenor is sweet and coos a bit from the water, but Laena screams absolute bloody murder 😆. Corlys absolutely BEAMING as he exits the water and puts their child in Rhaenys' arms.

Just a happy, proud moment for their family.

#idk if ive posted this before #but i think about it a lot #headcanon #house velaryon #rhaenys targaryen #corlys velaryon #laena velaryon #laenor velaryon #hotd #fire & blood

[uglynicc]

Sometimes I wonder what fragrances and perfume marketing would be like in the Mass Effect universe.

Like any sensible company would try and make bank off of customers who wanna increase their chances of getting lucky with other species, no? There would absolutely be fragrances marketed to make yourself "unforgettable to any turian you cross paths with," or "get a krogan's blood raging," even "hanar won't be able to keep their tentacles off you."

I also wonder which scents humans could smell, or if they were only discernable to other species with stronger olfactory, so humans just have to assume they didn't just buy expensive, odourless water, or that they aren't victim of a scam that actually has you spritzing Vorcha BO behind your ears.

I also spend too much time wondering what kind of human scents would be appealing to other races, like would turians lose their absolute shit if you smelled like cinnamon? Would spilling coffee on yourself somehow make you irresistible to asari? What if Krogan really liked the smell of bubblegum?

Also which species sweat, and what does their sweat sme-

#alright that's enough from me #BUT I THINK ABOUT IT A LOT #what if puke actually smells like something super appealing to another species #would you willingly spritz on Eau de Puke just if it meant possibily catching the attention of a hot alien? #I need to go to sleep #kitchen sink rambles #mass effect #mass effect trilogy #mass effect andromeda

[nodirectionhome-ao3]

Okay so this is a bit of backtrack because I realized I forgot to actually add it to the post, but this is just an fyi that the song of the Chapter for KSFM Chapter 31 is "Now and Then" by The Beatles.

It works vaguely for a bunch of the scenes I think, but the main reason I thought of it was because it works so well with the scene where Harry is rereading James's old letter.🥹

Now and then I miss you Oh, now and then I want you to be there for me Always to return to me

Also this part feels like Harry's thoughts about Lily: 😭

I know it's true It's all because of you And if I make it through It's all because of you

Also, musically speaking, the ethereal vibe of the song is perfect for Chapter 31👌

#kindly stopped for me #chapter 31 #ksfm mayhem with me #idk if anyone actually cares about the ksfm playlist lol so don't mind me #but I think about it a lot

[strawberryjamsara]

End of Evangelion is a fascinating film. It’s an incredible artistic work, a profound tragedy, and also a slapped dashed together spite piece, a story created to be as unsatisfying as possible, an unapologetically mean and unlikable movie with a nihilistic tone and a hatred for what it is about, yet stays with you for how it challenges your views of this piece of art you’ve spent so long with, a thought provoking piece of art, and a work that should never under any circumstances have the circumstances that lead to its creation replicated.

#real talk: I used to hate eoe. And still kinda do depending on how I feel that day #but I think about it a lot #evangelion #gothitxt #Eva

[batxmasisrjuice]

#i know its old news #but i think about it a lot #love this #alex brightman #pedro pascal #lives in my head rent free #beetlejuice #beetlejuice broadway #beetlejuice musical #beetlegeuse #beetlejuice bway #beetlejuice the musical #musical beetlejuice

[fantasiallamarcia]

thinking about the comments under the riku and xion scene on the beach in days. how someone was like, "this shows riku's growth, how he's learned to be understanding, to be kind, and how he's one of the only people who really humanizes xion" but... not really?

because riku's whole thing in days is dehumanizing himself. and seeing xion as an extension of that. he sees himself as nothing more than a means to an end, in order to wake-up sora. and that's what he asks xion to see herself as, essentially. he asks xion to dehumanize herself, to see her death as a worthy sacrifice, the way he's going to see either his fall into darkness or death - because, yes, he does imply that the fight against roxas could kill him to mickey. that doesn't mean he doesn't treat her with kindness. but i think a lot of riku's actions are, even tracing them back to kh1, the way he wants to be treated.

he treated kairi with unconditional devotion. he decided, fuck it. if i have to ally with dark forces in order to do it, i will. just to save her. and he rubs this fact in sora's face. which. on the surface, you can see it as another thing he's taunting him about. yet another point of "i'm better than you". but riku in kh2 admits that he's always been jealous of sora for following his heart. which leads me to believe that, as fucked up as it may have been... that was riku's cry for affection. he wanted sora to be as devoted to him as riku was, before he decided to up and leave with donald and goofy. which. if you know the lyrics to sanctuary. i need more affection than you know? yeah.

so when he treated xion like that, in giving her time to think it over, i do think he meant it with genuine kindness. just like i think he meant saving kairi with genuine kindness. but i also think that's his way of asking for love in return. he isn't able to admit it - not in the beginning, and even still after the end of kh2 - but he wants it.

#i could go into this a lot longer #but i think about it a lot #sanctuary was such a cry for affection #and even though sora was asleep #he still couldn't admit his true feelings #that's how i choose to interpret it at least #anyways can you tell riku and xion are my faves #riku kh #xion kh #kh #kingdom hearts

[hightensileyoyo]

#if they ever say the second one directly in one of the books i can't remember #but i think about it a lot #alex rider #ian rider #stormbreaker

[cutflower-sound-podfic]

My chosen example word is "dizi" -- a type of Chinese flute. In English, the obvious pronunciation is "dee-zee." In Chinese, it's something like "dee-z'h," the second "i" muted in a sound English speakers don't typically make. Which is better: to be accurate, despite the English words on either side? Or be inaccurate, but potentially smoother to the ear?

#podfic #fanfiction #and because the relevant fandom is pretty obvious: #mdzs #this is sort of a hypothetical preemptive concern of mine for AFTER I finish Becoming Eden #but i think about it a lot #I think I'm decent at Mandarin pronunciation! #but a) I'm sure it's not perfect and b) I worry it would sound Weird to suddenly switch phonetics mid sentence for a single word #on principle I want to be accurate but maybe that's not the thing to do here #polls

[ahedderick]

I wish there was a more universal acknowledgement that human behavior does not in any way resemble mathematics.

For example, if a young black man, a middle aged white woman, a retired indigenous lesbian, a shy introvert, and a loud extrovert all did a set of math problems, the answer to 5 + 7 would be 12 for all of them. And surely, SURELY we all know that in a business, social, or legal situation all of the above people could say the exact same words with the exact same tone and get (potentially) five different results.

I think about this every time I see career advice for women suggesting that, if you just speak up and negotiate for a raise the way a man would, you would get results. That simply isn't true. Not only did I try it, back in the day, to absolutely no result, but I've recently read a whole lengthy essay about women who try to negotiate salary (just as we are advised!) and had really, really terrible results. Losing firm job offers completely, just for asking about salary flexibility, for example.

I think about this every time I see advice for nd people that boils down to "Have you tried being neurotypical?!! 😊 Here are actions that nt people take to Get Results, and if you Do Action, you will Get Result."

I think about this every time I see advice for introverted or shy folks to speak up more or 'mask' as more extroverted in a social situation. As an introvert, I have (scientifically!) tried mimicking the behavior of my extroverted friends. That often backfires, and I've had people be terribly rude to me when their perception of me as an introvert didn't match up to my attempt to be socially more outgoing and speak up. I've tried talking to people in business/school/social settings only to have them literally turn their backs and walk away from me. My family have witnessed this a few times, and it always causes a "what the heck just happened?!" moment.

These are just a few situations I have been through on my own axis of white/woman/nd/ablebodied. Others who are poc, visibly disabled, overweight, ESL, etc could probably write lengthy essays about their own experiences. And every time I hear an extrovert tell me how to behave, or read an online article about the best way to do X - I do want to smack someone.

Fine for anyone to reblog and/or add on their own experiences, btw.

#can't really figure out how to tag this one #but I think about it a lot

[dazzlerazz]

Please don't ever force a creative person to show their work to other people, it can be a really terrible time for that person and it will only lead them to not being creative any longer because they don't want to deal with the stress and fallout of those situations. My father once tricked me into giving him my sketchbook so he could take it to OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE because apparently he and my mother were bragging about my creative ability, then my mother asked me to find my old sketchbooks and go over to thank the neighbors (it was more like guilt than a request). The neighbors then told me to draw in front of them, I was shaking and they laughed at me and told me multiple times that they weren't gonna hurt me. I have a page in one of my old sketchbooks that I DESPISE because I drew something I did not want to draw. I've lost the love of sharing my creatives with my family because I was forced to, and I can barely draw in front of people now. It has been years since this incident and it still sticks with me as the event that made me stop showing family what I draw, because I very much liked to make my family proud and they always asked to see them. I have still never gotten an apology because my father thinks he didn't do anything wrong. I did not draw properly for weeks after and I have never left any sketchbook of mine unattended and I've made it clear that they're never allowed to touch any of them again, which they were asshurt about for a long time. This is more than just "oh it's embarrassing to gave your creations shared suddenly", this is privacy invasion. My family showed me that even my sketchbooks weren't safe. Don't fucking do it. Whether they're a family member or even a friend.

#life stuff #art stuff #mutuals who know me well have heard this story before #but I think about it a lot

[ninawolv3rina]

Sometimes I think about the fact that my parents named me what they did to name the firstborn after my dad. I was the firstborn, I get named after my dad. And then my brother was born and you know what they did? They named him after my dad. I wasn't a good enough firstborn, they had to try again. I don't know if that's a gender thing or just an oldest child thing but it carried on thru life. Like. They always liked him better, let him get away with murder, respected him more, from the very day he was born and they gave him my name as if it had always been meant for him. And I was just a placeholder.

#i wrote this into a character recently and it made me realize how much its always pissed me off #like can you imagine #i dont blame my brother #but i am angry about it #i abandoned that name partially but i can never let go of it #my brother has taken ownership of it over time #i dunno man #i dont know how i rly feel about it #but i think about it a lot #gender junk

[fussy-sammy]

DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT

I can't stop thinking about the fact that Lucifer probably carved a hole in Sam and fucked it in the cage.

#al rambles #dead dove do not eat #i know this is gross imagery #but i think about it a lot #cw noncon #lucifer #sammy #the cage #i think i got all the tags?? #sam and lucifer #samifer

[gotyouanyway]

so bored rn i'm abt to die

#changed my blog title/desc quote to one from a book i haven't read <3 #but i think about it a lot #p