#safe travels home

[cemeterything]

love how every phone call with my dad is like negotiating a peace treaty between two warring nations

#🐉 #him: ill call you again this evening #me who has been awake traveling since 3pm yesterday (its now 12pm): but im already calling YOU tomorrow after work #him: but how am i supposed to know you got home safe #me: ill message you? like a normal person whos just had their brain fried by a 10 hour redeye flight? #jeeeeeeeeesus christ

[frenzyneighbor]

Hello friends!

I'm currently traveling along very chilly temperatures! Have a cozy Wally to match my current vacation mood!

Hopefully I'll bring updates very soon! ☃️♥️❄️

#welcome home #welcome home fanart #wally darling #wally my beloved #wh wally #safe travels

[faretheeoscar]

Traveling buddies!

I realised I never shared this here, but my two boys came along to my end of 2023 holiday vacations to Italy and let me tell you they had a blast!

#moonknight #lego photography #lego minifigures #steven grant #Marc Spector #mr knight #Italy #traveling #being silly by loving my boys so much #my brother was so sick of me staying in one place trying to get a cute pic of them #cause my camera wouldn’t focus and it was such a pain #photographing Lego is much more complicated than it looks like #also Steven is more on there causeliked to be more photographed than Marc k’? Marc got camera shy (his cape make him fall 9 out of 10 times #also the picture next to the tower? there is no hand holding him to look like he’s up on the building that’s just your imagination #and don’t worry Gus was safe sand sound at home being taken care of by my Lego Poe

[girlboyburger]

pnw dragon? 🥺 👀

yessss!!! since my move is fast approaching, i've been yearning deeply for the giant trees and fresh air and fog and moss and ocean of the pnw. i really want to make some pieces of my WIP dragon character soaring through the pines or searching for mushrooms in the undergrowth as soon as i'm done with it. ...honestly, i'd LOVE to do a paint over with some cool PNW photography in particular. here's one i've wishfully made my phone wallpaper, via j-k-i-n-g

#despite the horrors (family relations) i am very lucky to be at least a lil well traveled thru my youth #and nooooo where on earth has ever felt like home the same way the pnw does. #the bigness. the beautiful. it makes me feel small and safe and warm and clean and free #and i am so so so excited to be home #ask #anon

[crimeronan]

went out to see the meteor shower tonight :3 there were hundreds of people in the columbia river gorge so it felt like trying to get into the county fair but me n rafi laid in the grass for 4 hours watching shooting stars n chatting with the very drunk very high very delightful group of strangers sitting near us, who had their seven-month-old baby with them. i am now sleepy but it was good.

#on the way home we had to call 911 bc of the highway being on fire lmfao. but it's alright they're on it #just typical august on the west coast. we are safe and at home! #oregon #travels

[pjshermann]

Little Jude dreaming of travelling to faraway places

Older Jude 'dreaming' of travelling to faraway places

#i was talking to bombaciouscaboose #and the subject of Jude and his dreams came up #and we realized that little Jude never really got a chance to have dreams #the dream he had was simply to be safe #but thats not what little kids should dream of they should have that to begin with #so what would little jude's dreams have been if he had already had a safe home #and i remembered he briefly dreamed of travelling like Brother Michael #that was probably the closest to a real dream of his #after that in his adolesence #he just dreamed of studying and working #but even those dreams were rooted in a place of fear #he wanted to go away to college to be able to be somewhere safe where he could have a classroom #he went into law so that he could ensure that no one would be able to hurt him again #but what are Jude's DREAMS #or did Jude just never get a chance to properly dream ever #a little life #a little life play #jude st francis #een klein leven #a little life book

[mynameisbillandimaheadcase]

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#it's so funny that trans men aren't safe where gay men are #the most popular hooking up place/ nude beach for gay men ? #not safe for trans guys #one of the most historical queer saunas ? nit safe either #and those aren't even rumors #people and travel guides warn that those places aren't safe for trans men #some lesbian places are more accepting but then i feel like I'm trespassing #the majority of people that are coming out are gay men #probably bc it's the acceptable socially #and they are actively creating hostility against their own community #it's making me feel like I'm trespassing when i go to gay bars #but I AM a gay man myself #a gay man is still a man that only accepts what's appealing to him #trans fems ? mostly okay bc gay men see them as MEN so appealing to them #bi women? too confusing either seen as straight or lesbian bc they refuse to understand the duality that exists #so not accepted #trans men ? not sexualy wanted so at the same time not accepting #of them #i am ranting on bad English while in the bus home bc i just had that realization #gay men still operate the same way straight men do #they only accept what they find sexually appealing or benefiting to them

[platonic-qpr-selfshipping]

I'm having one of those "I wish I could just be part of the Astral Express crew" moments

#rambling rambling rambling #i know being part of the astral express would have its own challenges and all but #sometimes i wish i could just be there and suddenly feel safe #i like everyone in the crew so much and I guess anyone in it can bring me comfort somehow so #I crave being accepted and I believe they would do it with no doubt nor hesitation #and my honkai s/i being probably the most similar to me s/i makes it even easierrr for me to wish to be there #because that's basically me #being there and being supported and living happily and having others to rely on nearby and being themself and being loved for it and and #and i want that #ugh the struggle #Welt pls come home #ive had a long evening and tomorrow i'll have a long morning idk what im saying at this point im just tired #i just wanna exist peacefully ig #no rush no judgement no negative expectations #also I wanna share blankets with March and Dan Heng #and Stelle too I love her but almost never add her in my imagines because I think I would join the crew before her soooo i havent thought+ #much about meeting trailblazer and all of that as my s/i #I wanna be in the Astral Express so bad #I wanna look at the stars and share blankets as we continue our eternal travel #together #as nothing more nor less than family #im so tired #n is talking #vent #ig? #cw vent #tw vent

[shalegas34]

sigh, as much as i dislike jenny tian’s comedy (a lot of her humour falls flat and she comes across as kinda inauthetic) i will fight to the death against the racists that crop up like weeds on all her videos

some examples:

• (that accent) isn’t hot on asians • voice doesn’t match the face • i love (that accent) on a pretty asian babe 😍😍

yeah all of these are racist, and if you don’t agree you can kindly go fuck yourself <3

#just thinking about this cos i saw a comment on an a different post about whether it’d be safe to travel to edinburgh as a non-white person #this was on an aesthetic post. you know the wanderlust type #and it made me remember that oh yeah. the travel posts are cool but i’ll never be able to have that experience on account of not being whit #i’ll only ever be seen as a brainless asian tourist who doesn’t speak english (i am frequently mistaken as such in my own city) #just like jenny tian will only be seen as a pretty asian face even if shes actively calling out that very fetishisation lol #i was racially abused going to school on exchange in germany. almost daily. which the other aussie exchange student didnt have to deal with #she and i had a completely different experience just on account of her being white #going to uni here i’ve been yelled at in public by random strangers to kill myself. to go back to where i came from. to fuck off home #to leave australia to australians #anyway i don’t actually have a point to this post. lmao

[camembertlythere]

I think my dad might get a lil memorial tattoo for my grandma with me :3

#I'm def getting one eventually but i was telling him about it and he was life oh that's a great idea i might get one too :) #whenever people were leaving to travel home or elsewhere she would say 'bubbles!' like stay safe inside a cozy bubble out there #so i want to get a bubble or a couple of bubbles

[butchorc]

To top off a horrible year: got sick, tested for Covid in the UK, got a negative result. Went to the states to see my partner. Tested positive for covid there. So glad I double masked everywhere all the time but Blease let me rest and see my wife !!!!

#quarantined and tested so I’m acting safely #if I’d tested positively at home I would never have travelled

[cassnottiel]

oh no the character who was comedic relief and silly has transformed in my mind into the most nuanced and mentally ill wet cat in all the land

#deke shaw what have you done to me #he didn't want to help shield but he ended up sacrificing himself so they could get home. he was fully prepared to die for them. #but then he time traveled with them and he got a second chance #and instead of staying in the lighthouse where he knew he would be safe #he chose to go out and see the world before it inevitably cracked apart and killed him #but the planet didnt crack open!!! and he became a capitalist :( #and he built a life for himself outside of the lighthouse but then his best friend turned out to be an undercover shield agent so shield #followed him even when he was trying to distance himself. #don't even Get Me Started on season 7 #for deke shaw all roads lead back to the lighthouse. he cant escape that place #he was born there and he will die there. because he is the director of shield. an agency he ran from but couldnt escape #biting gnashign teearing sgkdhsahds;kfjdklshfds #i want to see him crying and bleeding #ill never forgive the show for giving him a favorite food

[swordmaid]

am getting a lot of character inspo for shri’iia from amy gone girl. I don’t think she’s as smart nor calculated but she is similar to some degree in that she’s hyper aware of the current persona she’s presenting and how she’s appealing to the people. the masks and the mjndgames, that’s basically how shri’iia operated while she was still serving under her matriarch in menzoberranzan. she needed to play the roles the matriarch required of her and it was only when she was with her matriarch that she can be ‘Real Shri’iia’, and that’s how I imagined shri’iia to be esp in act 1 when she is so new and scared in the surface. she needed to work out who these people are (her companions) and what they liked, so her first persona - her blank one - the charming helpful paladin who got tadpoled and wants to go back home just like the rest of them (which was half true). she didn’t really argue and she generally agreed to what the group wanted. she was helpful and co-operative, ask her about her past and she will tell you something bland and generic- interesting enough to be ooh-ing about but not too interesting that they’ll delve deeper into it. then, when she got to know them a little more, she started crafting little personas adjacent to her first one ; she’s the girl who’s curious about magic but never had the chance to learn with gale, she’s a cool girl who likes mischief as debauchery with astarion, she’s the one who likes to take risks and live in the moment with karlach, the knight in silver armor who’s willing to help the tieflings with wyll, a disciplined fighter with lae’zel, someone who understands the depths of devotion with shadowheart - but none are really her, not really. ofc her own personality might slip in here and there but for the most part she’s appealing to them and what they’d like her to be but none of it is really genuine. shri’iia just needs to be on their good side to minimise the chances of them turning on her, and if they let her guard down it’ll be easier for her to get rid of them should the need arise. taking up all these different masks, collecting all these intel abt them to be used for later, slithering and making a place in their minds - it’s really how she operated back in menzoberranzan. I think the only one who catches on to her game is astarion but that’s bc he’s doing the same thing too, so it’s very game recognises game lmfao

it’s only when she breaks her oath and goes through her existential crisis that all of her masks drop and her real self comes out. she was never that kind of person lmfao ^, she’s greedy, selfish, paranoid and rather obsessive. she doesn’t care about a lot of things that doesn’t concern her, she has a cruel streak that she hasn’t shown before, and she hates doing anything that won’t really benefit her. but she’s fiercely loyal to anyone she likes, like a dog. and severely she craves validation and approval - also like a dog.

#like if shri’iia was smarter and wiser it’s really over for you hoes 😔 but she’s not lol #the matriarch also taught her how to deceive so she had good training lool like that’s coming from the master liar herself #and in game Shri’iia’s deception is p high so it tracks 👯‍♀️ #but anyway I finished reading gone girl and shri’iia would’ve turned out like amy in her vengeance ending #I think if her paranoia consumed her and an outside figure validated her way of faking herself #and generally moulded her back to being that overly obsessive paladin who lives to serve - which is what her matriarch made her to be #but obv she can’t be that girl in the surface .. they can’t know abt the Lolth worship! they’ll kill her! so she makes a new one … a #completely different one that’s so detached from her previous self … someone new and charming and fun and harmless and the kind of person #you’ll feel safe around and happy to travel with. she is that girl! and more! and she’s down for anything! and she loves to help! #but she forgets the goddess she worships is fickle and vengeful and proud so her favor drops and suddenly her real self is left #with nothing .. so she doesn’t know what to do anymore … she doesn’t know if she should keep up this fake one I mean what’s the point does #she even have it in her anymore?? how can she go back home when they don’t want you back #like who is SHE without lolth even … bc the girl that she has been playing is nothing but a blank image #and that’s NOT her .. never been her… so shri’iia is left bewildered confused and even more scared #like what do you do if you’ve been left behind in this new world?? and the purpose of your existence doesn’t want you anymore but the #thing is she knows where she went wrong.. but she didn’t have a choice - or did she?? shri’iia doesn’t know .. she’s not a planner #you don’t need to plan when your matriarch does all the thinking for you and you just do what ur told bc there is nothing better than to #serve and fulfill your oath …!!! so she ends up getting wasted in a party with the people she didn’t even care to save lmfao #and then she gets drunk and ends up fucking this one guy just bc she asked and she’s already hit rock bottom #lolth always says fuck elves anyway so she goes off and do just that 🤷‍♀️ #shut up abt bg3.

[scionshtola]

i started writing a whole thing about mir and her mom and then i realized i accidentally gave the briadis family the perfect set up for a tragic family empire tv show

#her mom is a powerful merchant who wants to pass the business on to her kids #her oldest brother is being groomed for the job but he’s better at and prefers life as a ship captain #no matter how hard they try to bring him home! #her oldest sister wants the job TOO MUCH and tries to hard but it’s not good at it #and their mom kind of disdains her for it. lol #elaine is smart enough and good enough with people to do it but she’s too soft #and wants to burn the whole thing down bc they sold mir to the order and stopped her sending letters to her #mir’s younger siblings are enjoying traveling as part of a ships crew while they work their way up but i don’t think their mom #has high hopes for them. #ironically given mir’s personality she might have been good at it if she’d been trained!! #and their mom knows this and knew it before she sold mir to the order but she was never going to let a magianis have control of it #which brings me back to the thing that started this: mir’s mom genuinely thought it was best to sell her to the order bc she couldn’t #protect mir from the consequences of being magianis and thought being trained by the order was the best way to keep her safe #and that if they paid for her they would think of her as an investment (merchant brain logic that was also just her pacifiying herself into #thinking it was right. did she actually believe this?? would it have mattered?? well. who can say!) #they do all have names i just can’t off the top of my head remember ahdhdjsk #oc: mirren sero #i need a text post tag #when was the last time i wrote a wall of tags about her…i miss her #i should add. her mom thought it would keep mir safe but also it was a convenient way to get her out of the way. so

[ssaalexblake]

every time 13 came across a kid the narrative was about getting them home/back to their parents safely and this factoid makes me want to sit in a dark room for a very long time.

#dw shit #with hanne she's almost positive her dad is dead but literally travels between universes to check she's right #in orphan 55 she's trying to get the dude and his son home safe #and she's trying to get the baby back to mary in thovd #(tho jodie how in the hell did you carry that child??? what even Was that baby carrying technique???) #and eh i have mixed feelings on kids in tv and movie land #like is this really the best environment for actual real children vs kids should get to see themselves on these shows too #kind of thing #but either way #all kids in her run involve her trying to get them home/to their parents safely #like what was never done for her #and yeah i need that dark room

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Listen. Probably my favorite thing about The Terror is that because the story is one planned out season, the arcs and parallel scenes are set up so cleanly and nicely that it echos.

#listen. i safely traveled the 1st leg of my vacation journey and now im gonna rant abt the terror a sec bc god #i just want to line up all the parallel scenes bc theyre so good in my brain. i love it so much. even my dumbass can see what theyre doing #i dont have a good media analysis brain. i was in and English class full of other stem kids in college who got shouted at for mineing books #like we were looking for data and not going for the meaning lol. but ive watched thr show so many times. so many times and yet reading the #scripts is even better bc it makes it even more clear what theyre doing in each scene. i love it #im just gonna list scenes i remember that echo back. obv the more than god loves them via james as a parallel and an arc for francis. silna #y do u want to die. James god wants u to live. hicky bitching abt the dog thrn the crew bitching abt the dog. james assuring john abt his #being given command. francis reassuring james abt being given command. irving god sees u here more than anywhere. goodsir is god here? any #god? goodsir talking abt the radience when ppl die. goodsir hearing the angles as he dies. theres more but those r at the top of my head #i just wanna line them all up and stare at them. god. do i try to learn video editing for that? with what fucking time? but then i could #force my observations on other ppl in a way thats satisfying lol. maybe. id also want all the lines that echo constantly in my head edited #together. also. reading thr scripts they r obviously writing the apathy of god into the story. the sundog is a portentous celestial eye lol #im gonna have to write out my thoughts on god in the terror. whether or not i make a video. but the thumbnail would b Crozier staring at #the sundogs. i just have zero video editing skills and also zero time when im working lol. ugh but this idea is like a maligned tumor in #my head. and i must satisfy its demands. also just watch the terror. i beg of u. its so so good. also if u dont live in a city hellscape or #the god forsaken desert. go run around in the grass. it feels so so nice. i had to run around the house a few times when i got home lol #unrelated #the terror