#is that 20? i cant count

[natjennie]

getting some responses on my post about kristen and her parents conversation, specifically the "isn't it kinda funny that helio chose you and you were the one to bring the daytime back" and I think it's really interesting how different people responded to it like. maybe it's because I live in the southern united states but. there is a lot of religion, specifically christianity, as that is the obvious analogue to the helioic faith, that is downright evil, I agree. and obviously the prevalence of it is harmful to a lot a lot a lot of people, just as it's harmful to kristen in fiction.

but you have to understand that the individual people are deluded, they genuinely believe what they're doing is right. it's really easy to be like "ugh they sicken me it makes me so mad" in a theoretical sense but. do you have drive through workers wishing you a blessed day. do you have people see your kt tape and offer to pray for your pain to go away. like. idk I just think we have to have a little bit of compassion and understanding for people that are so entrenched in their faith that they do truly believe from the bottom of their heart that what they're preaching is true. especially in a world where divine magic is real!! kristen TALKED to helio. she makes literal miracles happen on the daily. so faith in that world is gonna be heightened to a crazy degree.

obviously I condemn their human-supremacy and their cult practices etc etc etc but in that little moment I felt for the applebees. it didn't make me mad or disgusted or annoyed. it made me sad. because they saw their daughter perform a miracle of the sun and it meant nothing to her. that "that doesn't feel special at all to you?" wasn't from a place of arrogance. they weren't lauding it over kristen. they were pleading. begging her to see it from their eyes: she is the chosen one. she is a prophet of helio and has been doubting and they want what's best for her. she's their savior. she brought the sun back from the endless night. that doesn't feel special at all to you?

#im fucked up. #i mean maybe this is a privileged position to take because i wasnt raised religious #i dont have personal connections to the harm it does #but i know that most people who practice christianity genuinely love their neighbors #however they can. #it's easy from an outside perspective to be like 'theyre so evil i cant believe they were manipulating her like that' #but. i dont think they thought they were. #theyre not evil. they're trying to help her. #they are misguided YES. but intention has got to count for something #if you cant see the difference between mac and donna applebees and bobby dawn. i can't help you #fantasy high #d20 #dimension 20 #fhjy

[dont-freeze-together]

i am the opposite of jealous, hyuyu!

#ds #dst #dst wortox #dont starve together #cult of the lamb #ask #anon #wortox cant count past 20 souls anyway #i think he'd enjoy lambert's(??) company tho. just two lil guys #happy crossover release day btw #mod wortox

[scarah-screeeaaammss]

spotted the count fabulous bag (count bagulous) at hot topic and had i been a weaker man I would have gotten it

#monster high #i want all of the monster high bags and this one might be my fav #wasnt sold on it til i saw it irl #but like the others ill probably still skip on it bc while it is cute it is also expensive and idk if id use it much #but either way i still want it lol #i also saw the blind bag coin purses and damn. if i had had a coupon or something i would have gotten one #but i cant justify $20 on one item rn #monsterhigh #mh #count fabulous #personal

[demadogs]

#round up so if youre 25 count it as late 20s even tho its not really #i saw someone say ‘cant believe im gonna be 18 when s5 comes out’ and it made me lose my mind #i love older bylers last summer a bunch of the people here were in their 30s and i liked it #now you guys are INFANTS #*​schmidt voice* youths!!! #rb this i want a big sample size #byler #polls

[iyumon]

#Mentopolis #clapclapclap #one of the BEST seasons ive seen so far!!! #i havent see many yet #but i would count this as the top after a Crown of Candy #cant wait to watch more Dimension 20!! #siobhan thompson #brennan lee mulligan #hank green #freddie wong #mike trapp #alex song xia #danielle Radford

[moonspirit]

Mooon I'm so curious to know what it said in Mikasa's letter to Annie, will we find out soon?

Heeello!

Yesss we'll find out what was in that letter in the next 2-3 chapters :3 Thank you so much for reading!

#anon ask #VBEOW #now ignore this #but i cant believe we're heading into the late 20s in chapter count already #what the fuck #i just began this yesterday... #AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN COMPLETED ONE FULL “YEAR” IN VBEOW #ajshdbjsjejwns #*mental breakdown*

[wave-man]

i dont think i have made magnet man posts in a bit but let me tell you its because im holding back so hard. i keep looking at imgs of him and mentally running around in circles so so fast in my head giggling like a freak

#i cant post every single time i see an img and get excited cuz its the silly guy #if i did it would look like #SAW A MAGNET IMG!!! SAW A MAGNET IMG!!! SAW A MAGNET IMG!!! for 20+ pages of your dash and counting and you would want me dead so bad

[bluecookiesabi]

I'm super fucking annoyed about the fact that my work wants me to start showing up 10-15 minutes EARLY after already making me stay at least 20 minutes late

#cookie talks #we had a manager meeting yesterday and my boss was like 'shift leads need to show up 10 minutes early' #AND I CANT EVEN PLAY MY MUSIC ANYMORE #the 20 minutes late is bc they dont want us to start counting drawers until 30 minutes before shift change #you already make me stay late and now you want me to come in early

[selkiecoded]

lgbt lit was funny as hell we spent the first 20 finishing up our fun home discussion and the rest of the time discussing slurs

#also its so funny being who i am because i look like A Vaguely Quiet and Polite Girl Nerd but um. am not all those things. #and. like i cant remember how we got on the topic but my prof mentioned how when we were reading giovannis room he made some comment on #davids body count where he claimed he had only slept with joey prior meeting giovanni and me + one other person were like uh no he didnt #(and acknowledging that he was being a little liar in these moments was integral to my reading/interpretation but i digress) #and i objected with. he was like i was so shocked because you went out right 'when he was sucking dick in an alleyway' and youre a-- #then he like straight up referred to me as a 'young lady' LMFAOOO sure. but its like oh hm yeah i can see how that would be unexpected. #then we got onto the topic of tumblr. as we often do as queer 18-20~ somethings. and i mentioned i had one and he was like. ren D: #i know buddy. if the sucking dick comment shocked you you would keel over reading some of the other stuff i post about here.

[daughterofsarenrae]

How many The Animals do you have in your house

Currently 10! 2 ferrets 1 betta 1 corn snake 2 tarantulas 3 beetles 1 hissing cockroach which IS significantly less than we had a few months ago but i also have a 20gal tank cycling that im about to stock & prob gonna add more creatures to the betta tank. And also getting a ball python next month-ish once the weather gets a little warmer. And adding cockroaches so we get a full colony (prob around 10-ish?). Which is a lot for a house that technically only has 3 pets in the lease agreement lmao

#the lease pets r 2 ferrets and the snake #previously the count was 20+ bc way more fish & more spiders & beetles #but when we moved we downsized a bit bc. traveling with animals Is Not Easy #would LOVE to throw a dog in the mox but again. only 3 lease approved animals #and its much easier to sneak inverts in than a dog #thanks for the ask! #anonymous #the weather has to be warmer for the beep bc he's my friend in georgia's and she's shipping him to me bc she cant have him anymore #i love that snake so excited to get him here

[aria0fgold]

Whumptober day 10, alternative prompt used: Hunting

Character: Panacea

Once upon a time, there lived a prince, a witch, and a hunter. The witch cursed the prince, the hunter killed the witch, the curse was lifted, and they all lived happily ever after.

But what if the prince and the witch are one and the same?

The world becomes the hunter then.

Panacea hugged himself tighter as he sat curled into a ball at the corner of a cave he hid himself in. It was cold, dark, dusty, damp, and quiet with only the occasional sound of droplets from the ceiling hitting the ground piercing the deafening silence. He took a shaky deep breath, body heavy from the exhaustion of another cat and mouse chase. With his soul exhausted from the weight of it all.

It was always the same, the stray mouse found a home with friendly cats. Cats who cared about the mouse, and the mouse who trusted the cats. If only the world was like the fairytales, it would've ended happily then. But life is never like the fairytales. Because the stray mouse will always be a mouse, and the friendly cats will always be a cat. There's only one ending for such a story like that. The cat bares their teeth and chases the mouse, the mouse then runs with all their might. Because it was either death or survival.

He was exhausted. Was it so wrong to want a place to belong? So wrong to want someone to care about him? So wrong to want his own “home”? Why? Because he wasn't human? Because of something he has? A blessing to others yet a curse to himself. It was his name, a constant reminder of what he is to others. Panacea, cure-all. He once liked that name, not anymore.

It was the only thing he had, no memories, no family, nothing but a name, a power, and a weakness he can never tell or show. But now he has none, not when his name is nothing but a reminder, not when his powers is for other's to use. What else is he left with? A weakness.

He's exhausted.

Panacea took another shaky deep breath, putting his head on his knees, pursing his lips as tears flowed down his cheeks. Why was he even born to begin with? To be a tool locked in a golden cage? Why does he always put his hopes up? Only to be let down again? Why must he even keep living? When everything in the world can easily kill him?

He always believed in the rainbow after the rain.

#ariawrites #whumptober 2023 #ariaoc #ariaoc: Panacea #whumptober day 10 prompt: alt #oh lookie here another oc appearance that i havent at all spoken anything about #am gon see if i can give lil info bout him in the tags without flooding it #so panacea isnt human aight? he's like... a typa supernatural being which is an og species of mine that i cant talk bout in tags #cuz ill be flooding the tags so ill talk bout that in a diff post #but he adult. i didnt put the age cuz he... well he cant rlly keep count of his age with no memories tbf #he was around 20+ when he got turned to that and stopped being human #yall i gotta be real with ya i have barely written anything for this boy yet im pulling this out through my ass like i got nothin #but i love how pan is attached to fairytales and childrens stories and i tried to get the snippet to reflect that by using more #simple words? while sprinklin a couple not so simple words yaknow? yaknow? am i explaining this well enough?

[pinkcadillaccas]

In less than 4 months I'm gonna be in my 20s for real oop

#being 20 doesnt count thats basically still a teenager #21?? theres no denying thats in your 20s i cant hold it off much longer

[quenthel]

im like so tempted to send my supervisor daily emails bc im legit on the verge of giving everything up..........

#quenthel special #spent the morning looking at job listings but everything needs experience #im in my mid 20s and i have zero work experience only my phd... i guess that counts... but thats also just 2 years #man i hate having anxiety so bad this is so overwhelming #cant even cry to anybody rn abt it

[sunnimint]

So, apparently, I uploaded the very first chapter of Halves of the Same Coin on January 11, 2021.

I'm gonna make it my resolution then, to finish HotSC by its 2 year mark.

Wish me luck, because I don't even believe in myself to do it BUT AT THE SAME TIME I FEEL LIKE I ABSOLUTELY CAN.

#mint.txt #hotsc.txt #the epilogue does not count btw #chapter 20 is the final one plot-wise #also i cant believe it's about to be 2 years #time flies by like crazy