#i hope this is acceptable

[feywhimsy]

[The paper this note was written on is worn thin, as if had been crumpled and unfurled many times.] When I was a little girl, the only thing I wanted was for someone to care about me. Now that someone does, all I can think about is running away. Before she leaves. Before I hurt her. Before any one of the hundreds of terrible possibilities come true. She deserves better than what I can give her. [The rest of the note is scratched out hundreds of time by a heavy hand.]

- A Worn Note, found at the bottom of an abandoned backpack.

#i have the brain bads today but i still wanted to Create #and the people requested ambrosia content #here u go #i hope this is acceptable #bg3: ambrosia #* #*edits #bg3 #bg3edit #baldur's gate 3

[borealwrites]

Here for @flashfictionfridayofficial’s prompt

Warnings: Mentioned (non human) child death, referenced physical assault. There’s a lot of nebulous stuff about death, okay?

Word Count: 394

Yes the title and the four-line poem is from “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot. But just assume the bit is all that was written in this world.

But a Whimper

When Tyrone first read the poem, he didn’t understand it.

“This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang but a whimper.”

What did that mean? He had known death, had watched it creep up on him and his hatchmates, had seen it in shattered eggs and torn wings. Death was loud and snarling and covered in scales and blood. And wasn’t death the end of the world?

When he’d mentioned it to Miltiades, his teacher had just smiled fondly and ruffled his hair.

When he’d brought it up to Professor Tirian, the man had looked so incredibly sad for a long moment. When he smiled, it didn’t reach his eyes, and told Tyrone he’d understand when he was older.

It was only when he brought it up to Lorelei that someone answered him. He was still unsure about the healer-in-training, but at the very least she didn’t brush him off.

“It’s a metaphor or somethin’. Most ends, whether they’re death or its like, are not some grandiose thing. They’re small, quiet things. Pitiful, unnoticeable. Easily missed by anyone who wasn’t right there. And that’s…” she had paused there, leaning back on her hands, staring up at the sky from where they sat by the Stream. Her eyes looked just as sad as Professor Tirian’s had been, and Tyrone was reminded that she worked in the Keep’s clinic as she trained. Despite having the best healers around, not everyone who ended up there survived.

“…that’s life. Tiny ends that nobody notices. So t’me the poem is saying that’s how everything is.”

It was only after everything that Tyrone thought he understood. As he rested in the clinic, trying to chase away the memories of once-trusted hands causing him so much pain, Tyrone found himself tracing the words of the poem across his bedspread.

“This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang but a whimper.”

And wasn’t that appropriate? His world was ending, and all he could do was whimper. Biting his lip, Tyrone pulled the blanket over his head and curled into a ball. This is the way his world is ending. Not with any bangs, but only a silent whimper.

#flash fic friday #Magistream #original characters #listen idk what this is #I hope this is acceptable #cw animal death #cw child death #cw past physical assault

[thecampjuicebox]

Raphael and/or Haarlep reacting to seeing Tav in the wavemother robes?

I can genuinely answer this one with a single gif.

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 #I'm sorry #This is the first thing I thought of after reading this #I know it's not exactly a drabble but I am fucking giggling #I hope this is acceptable #Because it is honestly better than anything I could've written

[shoot-of-corruption]

⚠+

((this is your chance 😜))

They had done this song and dance a few times now and it was slowly grating on his nerves.

The other one was actually not trying to do any harm, he realized... concerning their first interaction though, he was still unaware when the disgust with touching him stopped and this unhealthy obsession had begun.

He wasn't even that certain how much of him WAS him in that regard, but apparently a few things were of no regard when it came to his proximity. Sleeping on his cape in animal form seemed to be one of them and it had happened one too many times in the last week. He KNEW that the fabric was already sliced up, he knew the things was damaged beyond repair and that being that way actually gave him this kind of fresh from the darkness charm that caused him to look daring and dangerous at the same time, but that didn't mean he would willingly let her damage his property even further.

So he simply picked her up once more, lifting her form from beneath her front legs, not caring if she tried to swipe at him in anger from kneading her claws into the fabric a few moments ago and glared at her, nose crinkled up in a snarl as he told her in a no nonsense tone:

"Not. My. Cape."

He was weird that way.

#sesshy380rp #idk if that is good for you #i hope this is acceptable #X'D #i am aware she is probably panther sized #but he is mad LOL #ic #rp #ask

[sykilik101]

Why I M O, Pokeshipping is dead. ( kinda hot take, sorry pokeshippers. )

Now as to what your here for, what killed pokeshipping. There are 3 main contributors to the death of pokeshipping.

1.) The length of time from when misty was replaced to now,

2.) Serena and Amourshipping

3.) The Pokémon sun and moon anime

The length of time from when misty was replaced to now. Now while this might not have been much of an issue if the other 2 bullet points didn’t exist, it has been over a decade at this point, since we last saw misty, meaning that we have a severe lack in character development, and that gives time for other potentially better ships to be created, which leads me to my next point,

Serena and Amourshipping. Possibly one of the biggest ships right now, (which at this point isn’t going to fizzle out anytime soon. ) With Amourshipping going so far, as to introduce a major plot point in ash’s story by having Serena be his childhood acquaintance, many other points that multiple poketubers like Catch ‘Em All Saul, bring up in their videos from years past, to the kiss, and even the writers basically confirming the darn thing.

Amourshipping Confirmed?

So at this point, ( unless they throw all that away, which please. Don’t. ) there is next to no hope of pokeshipping to ever become cannon, which is only further proven by my last point,

The Pokémon sun and moon anime. Now, this is honestly the iceberg that sank the ship, because Brock and Misty returned twice in the Sun and Moon anime, which I’m pretty sure was for let’s go promotion. Now this is where all hope is lost for pokeshipping because even though they returned twice, Misty had literally zero emotional moments with ash whatsoever. No pokeshipping pandering, no flashbacks, nothing. Here’s another video explaining that further.

Now while the only good thing to come out of the re-return episodes was Brock possibly finally finding a girlfriend,

Brock x Olivia

This was the point of no return for Misty and pokeshipping in general. Misty, even though she returned twice, in the most recent anime, had literally no development, and nothing to show how she grew as a character since her absence, her return seems pointless and devoid of substance, and with another ship still gaining popularity at an exponential rate, I’m sorry pokeshippers, but,

It’s time to pay your respects, and move on.

R.I.P Pokeshipping: 1997-2019

Why I M O, Pokeshipping is alive and well ( kinda hot take, sorry andrewsshippers. )

Now as to what your here for, why pokeshipping is alive. There are 3 main contributors to the livelihood of pokeshipping.

1.) The length of time from when misty joined the show,

2.) Pikachu and Piketshipping

3.) The Cory in the House anime

The length of time from when misty appeared to now. Now while this might not have been as much proof as the other 2 bullet points, it had been over a decade until sun and moon, since we last saw misty, and even without any extra character development, fans still drew art and wrote fanfiction. Still, that gives time for other potentially better ships to be created, which leads me to my next point,

Pikachu and Piketshipping. Possibly one of the biggest ships right now, (which at this point isn’t going to fizzle out anytime soon. ) With Piketshipping going so far, as to introduce a major plot point in ash’s story by having ketchup bottle be his childhood acquaintance that pikachu falls in love with, many other points that multiple poketubers like Tom Ato & Anne Chovy, bring up in their videos from years past, to the lick of ketchup from the bottle, and even the writers basically confirming the darn thing.

Piketshipping Confirmed?

So at this point, ( unless they throw all that way, which please. Don’t. ) there is next to no reason not to ship piketshipping or make it cannon. Pikachu likes red things like his trainer, and misty has red hair, which is only further proven by my last point,

The Cory in the House anime. Now, this is honestly the iceberg that failed to sink the titanic of ships, because Cory returned twice on television, which I’m pretty sure was for disney promotion. Now this is where all hope was restored for pokeshipping because even though he returned twice, Cory had literally zero emotional moments with ash whatsoever. This is because Cory is a wholesome anime protagonist who understands that ash and Misty belong together. Here’s another video explaining that further.

Now while the only good thing to come out of the re-return of Cory was everything, including Cory possibly finally finding a girlfriend,

Cory x Meena

This was the point of no return for Misty and pokeshipping in general. Misty, after returning twice, in the most recent anime, continued to have feelings for ash because Cory didn’t try to take pokeshipping away because he has a crush on Meena, and wanted ash and Misty to be canon. I’m sorry, andrewsshippers, but.

It’s time to pay respects to the Miyabi Akasaka gods, and move on.

Viva Pokeshipping: 1997 - eternity

#I'm not very good at being a shitlord #I hope this is acceptable

[andthebeanstalk]

Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".

Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"

And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".

Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.

At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.

So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!

Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!

Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!

Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.

#hlep #original #mental health #my sympathies and empathies to anyone who has to rely on this kind of hlep to get what they need. #the people in my life who most need to see this post are my family but even if they did I sincerely doubt they would internalize it #i've tried to break thru to them so many times it makes my head hurt. so i am focusing on boundaries and on finding other forms of support #and this thing i learned today helps me validate those boundaries. the example with the milk was from my therapist. #the example with the towing company was a real thing that happened with my parents a few months ago while I was age 28. 28! #a full adult age! it is so infantilizing as a disabled adult to seek assistance and support from ableist parents. #they were real mad i was mad tho. and the spoons i spent trying to explain it were only the latest in a long line of #huge family-related spoon expenditures. distance and the ability to enforce boundaries helps. haven't talked to sisters for literally the #longest period of my whole life. people really believe that if they love you and try to help you they can do no wrong. #and those people are NOT great allies to the chronically sick folks in their lives. #you can adore someone and still fuck up and hurt them so bad. will your pride refuse to accept what you've done and lash out instead? #or will you have courage and be kind? will you learn and grow? all of us have prejudices and practices we are not yet aware of. #no one is pure. but will you be kind? will you be a good friend? will you grow? i hope i grow. i hope i always make the choice to grow. #i hope with every year i age i get better and better at making people feel the opposite of how my family's ableism has made me feel #i will see them seen and hear them heard and smile at their smiles. make them feel smart and held and strong. #just like i do now but even better! i am always learning better ways to be kind so i don't see why i would stop

[triona-tribblescore]

okay so they may have a minor chokehold on me at the minute-

#LISTEN GUYS LISTEN #THE SONGS ARE REALLY FREAKING GOOD OKAY? #AND LIKE #DID THEY REALLY HAVE TO MAKE THE LAST MOVIE HAVE ANGST SO THAT MY SOUL WOULD BE APPEASED THAT MUCH? #GODDAMN #Hello trolls community i hope you accept my humble contribution :') #I think u guys are pretty cool~ #trolls #trolls band together #trolls 3 #trolls fanart #broppy #trolls floyd #trolls branch #trolls poppy #tribbleart #<3 #dreamworks trolls

[cozylittleartblog]

worst way to start my new year, thanks. i have a lot of things to say about these companies but i'm tired and just keeping it focused to the pin side of things for this one. do not ever buy pins from these companies, literally ALL of them are stolen from small artists like me. if you want to buy enamel pins, check out etsy, and artist's personal websites and shops! (though even Etsy has some bootleg pins that ship straight from china, so tread carefully…)

Every pin I've designed is, thus far, EXCLUSIVE to my etsy. if you find it anywhere else, it's been ripped off! and once these stupid bootlegs pop up, it's basically a never ending game of whack-a-mole trying to get them all taken down...

#psa #art theft #pin theft #aliexpress #shein #wish #temu #deltarune #the bootleg pin is just over an inch tall. do you know how BAD this design looks at that size?? i'd know. i tested it. #they didn't even use the black nickel of the pin for the black parts of the design. and the listing says copper for some reason. what. #some people never even get their designs taken down. its really sad #so i might just have to deal with bootleg queens out there forever :( i hope nobody confuses the ripoffs for the real thing.... #my pin is so much nicer! its almost two inches big and it has two posts on the back so it doesn't spin #because spinning pins are the bane of my existence #im out here working my ass off out of my bedroom in my parents place trying to make a living and here come these pricks #i watermarked all my listing photos exactly so they Couldn't steal my fucking pictures so at least there's that #my new years is just full of bad luck so far i hope this isn't a bad omen #if my registration isn't accepted by the aliexpress copyright department I'm SOL and this will just. stay up i guess #i'm sad #bootleggers kys

[xsunburstx]

first post since being back <3

#hello angels #love green #i’m gonna try to post uncensored #we shall see if i get flagged or not #accept this as my apology for being gone #oops.. #tried to post this awhile back but it got flagged #hope you all have a lovely day #<3 #mine #me

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

putting my prediction on record now that the coming decade is going to see the rise of viral-marketed fancy at-home water filtration systems, driving and driven by a drastic reduction in the quality of U.S. tap water (given that we are in a 'replacement era' where our current infrastructure is reaching the end of its lifespan--but isn't being replaced). also guessing that by the 2030s access to drinkable tap water will be a mainstream class issue, with low-income & unstably housed people increasingly forced to rely on expensive bottled water when they can't afford the up-front cost of at-home filtration--and with this being portrayed in media as a "moral failing" and short-sighted "choice," rather than a basic failure of our political & economic systems. really hope i'm just being alarmist, but plenty of this already happens in other countries, and the U.S. is in a state of decline, so. here's praying this post ages into irrelevance. timestamped April 2023

#apollo don't fucking touch this one #serious post #not a shitpost #hope i forget about this post and have no reason to ever look back on it one day #fyi i'm aware that access to potable water is already a major issue in parts of the U.S. yes i know flint michigan exists #i'm saying that this issue is going to GROW unless local & federal governments work together to fix it. #so it's a matter of if we trust them to fix it. And well--do you? #what are the chances the government just denies there's a problem until the water actually turns brown #at which point it's already been common knowledge for years and people have just become resigned and that's our new normal #i'm mean come on. how many of us already believe that we're being exposed to dangerous pollutants we don't know about and can't avoid #like that's pretty much just part of being a modern consumer. accepting that companies will happily endanger your life for a few pennies #and the most you'll get is like a $50 gift card as part of a class action rebate 20 years down the line #probably the history books will look back on Flint as a warning and a harbinger that went ignored #luxury condos will advertise their built-in top-of-the-line filtration systems--live here and you can drink water straight from your tap! #watch the elite professional class putting $700 dyson water filtration systems on their wedding registry #while the rest of us figure out how to fit water delivery into our grocery budget while putting 90% of our paycheck towards rent #also eggs are $15

[rein-the-blood-medic]

🔪 [Arcadia]

The job seemed simple, caravan guard for a group of traders on a new venture. Unfortunately, said traders were having a bit of trouble negotiating with their possible new trade partners. Rein tried to intervene when he noticed the negotiations breaking down and several of the traders started to get irate with the locals.

Before he could stop them, harsh words turned into an outburst causing one of the traders to make the biggest mistake they could at the moment. Within moments of the trader losing his temper and striking the local, Rein noticed several armed people heading their way.

Rein did his job as best he could. Using a spear, the end sheathed as to not cause any serious injuries, he made a stand to buy the traders time to get to safety. He made quick, precise, strikes at vital points to incapacitate those attempting to harm the traders, even if they did deserve it.

The traders however, didn't seem to care and left him behind as the wagons sped off. Rein sighed and gritted his teeth as he found himself outnumbered and more than likely outmatched, "Would it be possible to stop this before someone gets seriously hurt?" he asked despite being ready to fight should the answer be unfavorable.

#Starter #Sorry this took a bit #lacrimcrum-Arcadia #i hope this is acceptable

[petr1kov]

i just saw an interaction between nemesis and melinoë where they are talking about hypnos and melinoë says that she thinks he looks beautiful and wise even asleep, like a true child of nyx. so nemesis is like 'sure. i want to be around you when you see him wake up btw :))' and melinoë is like 'aww thanks :D' which can only be the set-up of a future joke

#hades 2 #hades game #i hope she learns to accept this silly silly little guy when he wakes up though

[otaku553]

Haha

#yanqing #honkai star rail #hsr yanqing #my immediate fixation on ice wielding child genius characters in every media I consume strikes again #idk I just think he’s neat!! and so is his gender #he’s definitely overdesigned but I do enjoy the general shape of his clothes #like wow… baggy outer layer AND baggy inner layer #how come you get to have two baggy layers #still don’t know that much about him even after reading his character stories on the wiki #so I’m hoping that his quest writes him well #I suppose there’s some degree of like interesting contrast in the fact that he’s very young on a ship full of people who live very long live #but I feel like regardless they really don’t give him much of a personality besides his hyperfixation on swords and the general naivety and #inexperience from youth yknow what I mean #I just think it would be cool to see like why he’s so ambitious! was he railroaded into being a knight because of his talents? did he try #to be accepted as a knight? what kinds of expectations is he facing and what expectations does he place on himself as a result #I really hope he isn’t just there to be a simpler minded child character for jingyuan to take care of

[shiftythrifting]

Please listen:

Admin Didi here, I can no longer add links and photos and blinky flashy gifs to our submission form, so I am BEGGING you guys to read the tiny block of text on the submit page:

We do not accept racist shit. We do not accept anything that promotes self harm. We do not take Facebook Marketplace joke listings. If you submit these things repeatedly, you will be blocked.

If what you are sending us would make people absolutely miserable to see, perhaps you should not send it.

#usually I delete it and hope that if it doesn't show up y'all will accept we didn't take it #people sending suicide notes over and over again like that's content people wanna see? #you don't consider the mental health and well being of others #you just get banned for that here #y'all are also stealing content from other places and sending it on repeat #didi is having a bad month in this inbox

[zuzandr]

i never liked citruses anyway

#i hope no one has done it before #shitpost requests are open btw if u wish #non-shitpost ones are acceptable too but i might ignore them #arcana reverse 1999 #schneider reverse 1999 #reverse 1999 #re1999 #digital art #doodles #orange

[gammija]

he would not say that, podcast/book edition:

#thin martins.... #joos yaps #now that this post has a few reblogs: its fun to read the tags #most fun ones are where its clearly personal taste #ill add a few more petty ones of my own; #elias does not have eye earrings. he has eye cufflinks at best otherwise he dresses like the boring bureaucrat he is #used to be for emo/grungy jon but i was worn down and will now begrudgingly accept it as a phase in uni #(though he was Not In A Band. i stand by that) #for all of the latter ones i hope its clear i dont personally mind if people make fanworks which disagree. but they're wrong/j #thin martins are annoying on another level which ive gone into before and wont do now #oh right blond hair/blue eyed martin. no. #and any jon with a small anime nose isnt jon #again want to be clear: apart from thin martin this is all a matter of taste and in good fun plz keep drawing ostentatious eliasses