#communication is always essential

[kabutoden]

i look at you and my eyes are so so so wet like with tears tears of pure emotion and extend out my closed fist and then I open up my hand and you see her. my troll oc. the greatest oc. from 2013. I brought her back and redesigned her and im insane about her again. i begin sobbing on the ground. she’s so small. itty bitty……….

#this is melosa she is everything to me #weeping crying sobbing oh my god look at her awwwww AWWWUGHHH WEEHEHHH #sorry for not answering asks I was drawing this and buying some little bug guys who really rule. #id like to answer them soon im just a little burnt out #yeah she has an ankle monitor and hidden shock collar… little guy gets into a lot of trouble. #she’s the first jadeblooded cicada on her colony so they haven’t culled her for her antics. #the cicadas are essential to communicating with the mother grub #however by sabotage/accident she was given to a lusus for a more normal jadeblood and the nest parasite process went wrong #leading to her being rejected by her lusus : ( <im sooo edgy. #she spent a good deal of her time as a pretty young wriggler wandering around stealing from other trolls in the complex. the youngest troll #are raised in the interior layer of the planet. #she’s always been a rambler. she’s in the WALLS. she managed to break into somewhere super secret she wasn’t supposed to which got #The tracking device stuck on her. if she gets into areas she’s not supposed to be the collar might shock her. #she’s pretty miffed about the whole thing!! it doesn’t help with her exsisting issues with aggression #she likes making people mad and making people fight. just an angry wrath filled little guy #she wears the collars on her horns to stop anyone from trying to calm her down #bugstuck #buggy trolls #homestuck #homestuck oc #fantroll

[snekdood]

its so wild how we regressed and started thinking trans men just like dont experience any significant oppression. literally what world do you guys live in

#and do you even have any friends who are trans men #and do you ever let them talk about their issues without somehow downplaying them #i thought we were all on the same page that trans people across the board are oppressed for being trans #tf ever happened to that #i literally essentially have no community and yall always have a community like...... #but its just so easy 🥴 #you literally push trans men out who are actually vocal about our issues

[dwtdog]

yeah i hope ccs see that they're humans. As much as i still think dteam, mostly dnf, should separate themselfs from mcyt fandom and ccs i know these fandom means a lot for them. To cheer people out, mainstream public seem to have neutral leaning positive thought on dteam on this situation Even people who never liked dteam and find them cringe

i feel like this situation combined with The Truth video is really helping at least some of the general public to see how batshit insane some of these ccs are

#cq.asks #its so sad bc dteam have always been all about community :( #look at the smp #or how sap loves finding new people to stream with #or how quickly george makes new friends #its so sad for them that they're essentially being forced out

[legionofpotatoes]

a famous dog who was a national darling here died earlier today and his instagram page started posting ugly-ass genart images in memoriam. maybe violence is the answer sometimes

#he became famous for helping kids cross busy roads. a man of dignity and significance and endless bottomless kindness. besmirched #his name was. essentially sausage. stocky little thing. built a massive community around him. always wanted to meet him #nevermind me just posting through my feelings. this isn't about genart really i just have a newfound inability to deal with animal death #text #negativity

[simplegenius042]

Music Monday & Last Line Tag

Tagged by @poisonedtruth

Tagging @socially-awkward-skeleton @shallow-gravy @direwombat @voidika @g0dspeeed @adelaidedrubman @chazz-anova @cassietrn @deputy-morgan-malone @strafethesesinners @josephslittledeputy @josephseedismyfather @strangefable @derelictheretic @wrathfulrook @inafieldofdaisies @minilev and @jillvalentinesday

Paul Yellowjack is a character who has gone through many changes. He started as Silva's first real father figure, a teacher who raised her on morals to live by, protected her from Adam when the poor-excuse of a man wanted her back, and lead his people in a revolution against their violent oppressors on the Archipelagos. Ultimately, after the massacre though, he ended up as a tragic fallen hero whose core morals corrupted when put through tragedy after tragedy, leaving bitterness to take his heart and (regrettably) lash out at the world, before Silva could restore his hope again. Left down a dark path for so long he can no longer return as the man Silva once knew (even if there are shades of him deep inside the villain he has become), and sadly neither wishes him to, Paul because of his self-loathing, Silva because of the pain he inflicted on her. There is a longing between them, but both have gone down two different paths, with no way to return to one another (or at least, that's what both believe). I believe this song reflects his turmoil perfectly. I'll probably explain in the tags.

"I want you by my side So that I never feel alone again They've always been so kind But now they've brought you away from me

I hope they didn't get your mind Your heart is too strong anyway We need to fetch back the time They have stolen from us

And I want you We can bring it on the floor You've never danced like this before We don't talk about it Dancin' on, doing the boogie all night long Stoned in paradise Shouldn't talk about it

And I want you We can bring it on the floor You've never danced like this before We don't talk about it Dancin' on, doing the boogie all night long Stoned in paradise Shouldn't talk about it Shouldn't talk about it

Coldest winter for me No sun is shining anymore The only thing I feel is pain Caused by absence of you

Suspense controlling my mind I cannot find the way out of here I want you by my side So that I never feel alone again

And I want you We can bring it on the floor You've never danced like this before We don't talk about it Dancin' on, doing the boogie all night long Stoned in paradise Shouldn't talk about it

And I want you We can bring it on the floor You've never danced like this before We don't talk about it Dancin' on, doing the boogie all night long Stoned in paradise Shouldn't talk about it Shouldn't talk about it

And I want you We can bring it on the floor You've never danced like this before We don't talk about it Dancin' on, doing the boogie all night long Stoned in paradise Shouldn't talk about it

And I want you We can bring it on the floor You've never danced like this before We don't talk about it Dancin' on, doing the boogie all night long Stoned in paradise Shouldn't talk about it Shouldn't talk about it

And last line for The Years In Hope County, which is getting pushed for possibly next week.

"We've come a long way. You've come a long way," Elsa tells [Sylvester], downing the latte in her hands like shots at the Fairgrave's bar, "You may not see it but... we're already honouring them, just by being alive."

#far cry the silver chronicles #far cry 5 #oc: paul yellowjack #fic: the years in hope county #oc: elsa omar #so with paul and silva one of their favourite pass times was dancing #and their dance was always a way for them to feel connected with each other and express their familial affection to one another #however the “dance” as described in the song has changed #“you've never danced like this before” being a euphemism for “you've never desired to kill me before” #who “they” refer to are those who have “stolen” silva away from paul especially now in his villainy #that being the residents of hope county and her remaining family like elsa + persephone and allies like gavin and kamski and etc #“coldest winter” and “no sun is shining” refers to both literal examples #like the archipelagos #as well as metaphorical #like his emptiness and loss of silva #“we don't/shouldn't talk about it” refers to both the lack/loss of communication between silva and paul #and paul's guilt preventing him from acknowledging and processing the event that completely destroyed any chance of recovering silva's love #“i cannot find a way out of here” is essentially being unable to escape his eternal servitude to zachariah the orchestrator #“you're heart is too strong anyway” #paul acknowledges that the morals he and others' had taught silva has made her defiant and against his attempts to bring her into villainy #(which also stops silva from giving up and is part of the reason she refuses to join eden's gate and their violence in the future) #it is something he can't help but feel pride and relief from #there's more but you can probably come to your own conclusions on what those are #Youtube

[itspileofgoodthings]

see i have all these spicy takes in the drafts that i don’t post out of self-restraint but then i see a spicy take that i hate SO MUCH and then i want to post mine out of revenge. it’s a terrible cycle tbh.

#it is actually and fundamentally not good for my weaknesses to be here lol #but I also love it! And love the community and the support and don’t find a ready-made replacement for that in real life #so yeah. I wrestle with it #if I could always use it as an opportunity to practice charity and restraint and shutting up it would be a good thing #but I have to be careful with any known potential irritant because I have such a temper and get so genuinely pissed off so easily #while also having poor impulse control #and like. it isn’t fair of me to be out there baiting people with my opinions and being provoking with takes I know will be upsetting #to the circle in which I move on here #but I also love to say a thing I think is true or feel is true and talking my way into a more nuanced opinion is how I do it! #but also like. the simple truth is that it also isn’t kind or charitable or necessary most of the time #no matter how I try to dress it up with comments on my personality and how I learn/like to analyze things #I really wrestle with it. there was a part of me that so at peace when I was gone from tumblr (essentially) for half a year #but again. I missed it #teaching helps a lot. my personality can take the very age-appropriate obnoxiousness and idiocy that comes with talking about literature #to teenagers #but I’m kind of so over trying to have a nuanced conversation online #it’s just so hard. I need the body language and the one to one you can only have in person for certain conversations #and disagreements. tbh it’s better and kinder and just BETTER if i stay out of it online #but I never do it perfectly #I’m just rambling. But yeah #thanks for listening #this has been #3 text posts in a row with Maria

[scattered-winter]

i hate the tourism industry like. so much actually. haha

#tourism absolutely choked the life out of my family's farm and all the other family owned farms in the community. lol. lmao. #we helped with a little farm work today and man....it's all so different now. we're now a small city of old rich people #who have essentially pushed out all the farms and fields. its all developing subdivisions and new apartment complexes now. #man... #winter speaks #personal #like i don't know how to express the grief i feel for the way of life i had growing up. and the way of life my mom and dad had growing up. #and their moms and dads. and their moms and dads before them. #we have always been farmers from both sides of the family it's in our blood as much as music is and now it's just...gone. #my youngest brother doesn't even know what it's like to wake up at the asscrack of dawn to go feed the calves. #there's an entire chunk of our family's history and heritage that he will never be fully connected to. #i just....man. man

[hiswitchcraft]

I don't want to work with spirits either but id like to ask why you wont?

So there are several reasons!

Top reason, it doesn't interest me much. A lot of people realize witchcraft or Paganism or whatever is a thing and get super caught up in spirit/deity work and that's their focus. I get that, it'd be super fascinating and wow especially if you were brought up completely secular or with a religion where you don't interact with your God/Gods/entities the same way a Pagan might. I get and respect that, but it's just not my thing.

Related to the former, it might not be my thing because unlike a lot of other people I have knowingly had these experiences with entities my whole life. I'm tired. They can stay outside.

I'm mentally ill, I've been practicing a long time and I feel like I wouldn't be able to maintain my practice when I get anxious/paranoid if spirit work was a part of it. Someone may suggest I just not work with entities then, but it's not that simple to me. My practice doesn't work that way. I wish more people would talk about mental illness and discernment more!

I also kind of like being an inspiration to people who aren't Pagan/Wiccan and don't do any entity work. An inspiration to those who focus on the craft aspect of it. Not that I'd not work with entities just to be that, but it's a bonus I appreciate.

Thanks for asking 💕

#I wish people would talk about discernment and what is healthy and normal and being mentally ill as a witch more SO MUCH #it's so essential like research skills imo #also no hate to anon they probably didn't mean it like this but WHY do people always word it “won't” or things like that #they act like I'm against entity work or going out of my way or stubborn??? #bestie I have to be stubborn #the community is absolutely saturated with content about entities and no one reads my bio #witchblr #secular witch #bee-bees-posts

[mythvoiced]

-. GOOOD timezone~ i am once again interrupting the regular flow of your dash to suggest you watch Rain or Shine (2017-18, Yoo Bo-ra, Kim Jin-won, starring Lee Joon-ho & Won Jin-A as main leads) since I JUST found out it's apparently also available on N.etf.lix but you can also watch it on V.iki WITHOUT pass, thank you~

#;ooc #;tbd #i am NOT being paid to make this post~ #honestly writing that tag is hilarious who the HECK would reach out to ME for any sort of marketing for a show like THIS #anyways i am always and forever on this bandwagon this drama means so much to me~ #essential reading for the Lenaverse #btw do you like my jeanne d'arc dash icon -pose pose blink blink- #ANYWAYS i'll try to be on later after work for some ooc-communication we'll see how it goes STAY SAFE MWAH ♥ #do you think korean viewers who saw her sit in that mall and fan herself bc it was so hot got shivers down their spine--

[general-cyno]

I don't know about Whiskey Peak as a whole but I remember reading back in the day that Oda only wrote the Luffy vs Zoro fight because of his editor suggested (very strongly)

Yeah, that's what I've seen ppl say about it too. It doesn't really surprise me and I've wondered if that's why some of the dialogue during the fight read as very out of place or jarring to me, more than the reason for the fight itself. And I see dudebros fighting on twt daily over which characters are stronger than others so mostly it's kinda funny that it ended in a draw. You wanna know who's stronger? Nope.

#I think there's a text post around here that says characters in OP will always be as strong or weak as the story needs them to be #so lol powerscaling is essentially useless #anyway. I wonder whether opla will skip that part of whiskey peak or not #I think overall it's an interesting idea/concept to explore but it hinges a lot on the execution of it #not in terms of the 'fighting to find out who's stronger/the better fighter' #but luffy and zoro getting caught up in a wild misunderstanding and failing to communicate as usual #and how it could strengthen their relationship later on #but I doubt this was the intended purpose of it (at least originally) and I understand why ppl don't like it #tp #replies

[heylinfanclub]

Dangit big money friend I know which blog is yours I just can’t find it or remember the url n can’t find you in the DMS I kNOW I’ve talked to you (adhd memory fog promise I got that big respect)—- but I can’t say Paypal names allowed in fear of deadnames. YOU COME GET ART FROM ME POSTHASTE. hell I’ll make physical art and MAIL IT TO YOU. Your generosity knows no bounds and I hope to share the love with the energy it provides me to SURVIVE.

Note to self: I should make an art piece about the Wealth of Having Community.

#me. #(you essentially just replaced my uncle for the month which is. so comforting. #(for me and for him #(letting him know I’m taking care of #(feels like it’s always been a fear of people who take care of me that I can’t— FIND HELP—- i prommy to them I’ll try my hardest #(either by loving a strong community or by making due by little art pieces #(I grew up homeless I struggle to even see ‘trouble’ as trouble sometimes #(I get in the red I do panic #(but not eating not buying anything not doing anything that’s not free—- that’s my childhood #(I can SURVIVE IT #(but bank red scares me cause it’s Persistent and always appears when you’re least able to attend it (ie: no money?? lETS CHARGE YOU MORE!! #(sniff #(Good people get mentioned to my church lady friend #(she’s. nice. but she has the Christian values of ‘if ur good- good things will happen’ ie: YOU NEED TO EAARRNNN GOODNESS #(usually by working hard #(but lookit this. I do work. I don’t kill my self over it tho. and I spend the rest of my energy on people I care about #(if I had money I’d always be giving it away lord knows I did in college oof #(could’ve saved more if I didn’t help all my friends w their problems but #(that’s how the rich get rich. they in it for themselves. #(*I am rich in relations* so hrmPh #(**rambles further** also spoke to my friends about how the suburbs are subpar communities cause u can’t run businesses in em #(no churches no stores no repairs. cause you can kick someone out of a house but not out of their BUSINESS LOCATION. #(but also cause it risks creating a community you can’t control. becomes self sufficient. doesn’t require capitalism selling them shit. #(when they can share trade and gift. ugh. beautiful times.

[mrtheinsatiable]

Hell yeah automatic renewal on my library book

#I'm only half way through #turns out taking detailed notes takes a damn long time #especially when you're essentially transcribing the entire book into a bullet point format #girl i need this information and the book has to go back so I'm writing the whole damn thing down #plus it helps me actually absorb the information when i have to read every sentence 2-3 times and also write it myself #learning about the neuroscience of human communication 👍 #having actual mechanical knowledge of complicated concepts like my own consciousness makes it easier to troubleshoot and resolve issues #it's like “hey when you're experiencing this emotion here's what's happening and why and how you can slowly change that reaction” #i wasn't born with the intuitive understanding of emotional connection allistic people apparently have #but I've always been a powerhouse in the classroom #i have full confidence in my ability to absorb information and to learn to apply it appropriately in various situations #i have the pattern recognition to tell when someone's feeling a way with pretty good accuracy #Chinese dramas are really good for studying facial expressions and emotion because they do a lot of acting with their eyes #my main problem is not having the mirror neurons that simulate the emotions of other people in my own brain #so i have the information and i understand what it means #but i also can't help thinking it's odd to feel that way because only the data comes across and not the emotion itself #but if i get a detailed enough understanding of human behavior i think i can make up for that #and with enough applied effort over time i might be able to build those networks in my own brain on purpose #bc it's not like I'm fully missing them #when someone in a show or book is sad i do cry #but i think my defenses are up too high in person to let anything through #i have noticed increased understanding and something like empathy developing lately #still not feeling the feelings but i can recognize and accommodate them which is a lot better than i used to be

[meherya]

There's something to be said about the uptick of punjabi cinema focusing on punjab of the 1900s rather than modern day... a lot of it has to do with invoking nostalgia within the community but also its kind of hard to ignore the romanticization of society back then especially when it comes to the status of women and the role they played way back when

#like yea at times these movies make commentary at how ridiculous the misogyny is but also at the same time reinforcing gender roles #like the girl is always shy and proper and naive while the dude does everything #like dont get me wrong... i want even alive for this era but these movies have ME feeling nostalgic so they're really winning #but hard to ignore the undercurrent of misogyny 😗 #like bambukaat.. first off the main girl was in what could essentially be called brownface #but fuck if that movie didnt slap #i think collectively the community yearns for the days that villages were bustling with life and people werent mass immigrating out #but man #i want better for our cinema #like why is the chamkila movie being made by bollywood and not punjabi cinema

[dankovskaya]

The hardest part I think is deciding which of the 300 possible interpretations of Red Hood Jason I want to go with

#It's like... Red Hood Jason is inherently fucked but only a lunatic would take his canonical behavior at face value and him actually doing #genuine good with the identity does NOT preclude him from being deeply thoroughly fucked but I also don't want him to be completely #morally sanitized because I think it's hot when he is wrong. #I'm thinking a heavily edited interpretation of utrh with essentially the same outcome under different circumstances #Followed by a limbo state where there are Heavily Mixed Fucking Neighborhood Opinions of the red hood because he is doing #some genuinely good and helpful shit courtesy of classism correction but he is also very much still executing the occasional #Broadly Abusive Person possibly in the streets possibly in broad daylight with no um. Oversight. so. #I would like to think whatever harm he causes (there must be some harm.) is due to self destructiveness and biting off more than he can #chew AND like. Attracting attention in ways that make things worse even though he knows better i.e. getting pissed off and killing a cop #Or just generally openly targeting powerful people and assuming he can wholly handle the consequences on his own even though #that cannot always be the case. #On top of you know. Just generally being an asshole interpersonally and severely antisocial and therefore failing to actually make or #maintain any sort of relationship with the community he is attempting to protect etc #You can't have relationships with people if you're dead. Haha... ENTER KIANA.

[blujayonthewing]

one problem with dnd is that, to some extent, you kinda have to do Getting A Good Grade In Therapy conversations sometimes because you don't get to control the entire narrative or anyone else's characters, so if you want people to know what your character is really thinking or feeling then eventually you kinda just have to say it out loud, and the problem with that is that sometimes you're playing a character who is really not very good at even knowing what they are thinking or feeling themselves in the first place

#eventually 'elyss is bad at introspection and putting her feelings into words' breaks under the pressure of 'I want it out there' #melliwyk? doesn't even recognize the Problems #like elyss will Become Distressed (or whatever) and need to chew on why for preferably seven to eight business weeks #and is bad at communication in general and worse at articulating her feelings #but I've recently realized how much of the stress mel is under is EXPONENTIALLY multiplied by the fact that #until Now her field of study was essentially a dead end. and like she's always worked tirelessly and enthusiastically but #especially in the last decade or so there was just straight up a lot less she COULD work on #she spent a lot of time reading and theorizing and honestly had a lot of downtime #and now she very suddenly has to work on EVERY PROBLEM AND PROJECT ON EARTH. RIGHT NOW. WITH INCOMPREHENSIBLY HIGH STAKES. #she would never! complain about this!! SHE feels like this is EXCITING and a GREAT THING!! she has no IDEA how burned out she is #like yes I have to bend character a little bit to get elyss or aubree or idri opening up about their issues #I'd have to break character to even get melliwyk to notice she HAS some of hers in the first place :') #about me #my OCs #melliwyk #elyss

[thinkpink212]

Remember when sex workers wanted to be called sex workers and not prostitutes ? And prostitute is still the most commonly used term everywhere (court, buisness setting, amongst sex workers — especially those who don’t do OF/privet in home cam work) ?

I recently read a comment saying “the fight to be called sex worker seems to only be fought by those who do OF and sell nudes and do porn from the comfort of their home. While us who stand at corners, put our lives at risk 24/7, are basically homeless, have pimps and been tricking since early ages due to trafficking, trauma etc. We don’t dgaf about what you call us, we’re surviving a different terrain, so to sit and to start thinking about who’s calling us what and ‘putting respects’ are not a priority’.

And wow, shook me awake and reminded me that the Internet and the real world aren’t always insync in terms of experiences.

#always open to hear opinions from all sides because we truly do live within our own bubbles and in our own communities with like- #likeminded opinions etc so when someone who essentially does the same or lives similar life with a diff view comes to speak I’m always like- #wow let her speak! go on boo say what’s on your chest! #thinkpink thoughts