#that's all anyone should need tbh

[horse-surgeon-barbie]

maybe we STOP playing house ,, we're not good at it

#rick and morty #rick and morty spoilers #fear no mort #rick sanchez #diane sanchez #beth sanchez #beth smith #amramdoods #this was kinda venty (which is why i didn't post it on main tbh) #but like the idea of beth losing in every possible scenario of this made me feel really bad </3 #like the more i think about the show the worse i feel because it's just this tragic story of how these three people can't fit together ever #like it taught me that maybe some people just should not be parents if your kid is gonna lose THIS much at all times :( #anyway i'm rambling whatever i just needed to post this idk #oh idk if this needs a tw so if it does for anyone just tell me and i'll add it

[shepards-folly]

WHO NEEDS GOD WHEN YOU CAN BE WORSHIPPED LIKE ONE?!

#shep arts #content smp #csmp #doctor4t #this was supposed to go up after i finished it but again i went back to sleep so uhm good morning part two here's more contentsmp #my friend said it was a crime for me to draw arathain without R4T cause i talk about them together so much #anyway lol drew this really quick so it doesnt parallel arathains properly also its just kinda wack in some places #i think they were just teasing me but i mean yeah.. I cannot shut the fuck up about them once i get started #honestly i still have no idea how to draw R4T... I think this is like the third time I've drawn him :/ #scratch that actually i dont know how to draw anyone on the csmp and thats a sin I need to atone for #we'll see if i draw more lol. i keep going I should draw this and then not drawing that at all #typical neurodivergent swag moment tbh #btw the caption is roughly taken from attention seeking demon by winchifrost #i think that's the lyric but tbh rn all the stuff bouncing around my head are all just song lyrics but a bit wrong so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[trigunbookclub]

I don't think it's okay to use nightow's artwork to make yourself some money selling stickers of it.

While funny edits and memes of official content are commonly made and sold by creators and I understand it is a topic of debate for many reasons, as I say in the post and on the page, it isn't about the money and I think I'd have to sell hundreds to even make much profit! I did a lot of calculations and the price is close to the supplies/costs/the size of the small print run/etc., and while I'm not the best at math, the cents leftover per sticker aren't adding up to much and--again, like I said in the post--will be spent getting leftovers in case of errors if it's enough. If someone chooses to leave a tip for running bookclub, I'm grateful, but a vast majority of people don't and that's fine and what I expect. The point is having fun and celebrating bookclub! The amount of people who wanted a sticker/badge of completion was enough that I really wanted to do something for you guys.

TL;DR: As I said in the original post, this was designed for fun, not money. Transparency is personally very important to me and I try to be as honest as I can whenever possible. Of course, I'm a stranger on the internet, you should take that with a grain of salt, but I do try to be clear about my intentions.

#Ask #If I had the funds to hand these bad boys out for free I would tbh #But it's not even close and I need some way to get them lol #So here we are #Maybe I could have chosen a better printer for a price? #But I had to count on a small run #And so far it seems like it's going to be a pretty small run so that was a smart move #Unless someone orders like. Idk. 100 stickers #In which case r u ok #And then the profit would be used in shipping lol #I also had to shift the base price up a liiiiitle higher to account for international shipping being what it is #And I'm happy I did because folks around the globe are getting theirs! #I am bad at math but I did try very hard #Because I want folks to be able to afford it tbh #Profiting off of them wasn't really a big thought but in retrospect I suppose I should have seen a question like this coming #I'm a wee bit groggy from waking up but wanted to address this asap #So if anyone needs any clarifications hmu #I don't know what kind of money people think I'm making off of $2 stickers and all the crap going into this project lol #But! Honesty and transparency

[musical-chick-13]

OCD: We don't know what the qualifications of "being a good person" are, or at what point you stop being one, so we're just going to avoid everyone all the time so we don't hurt them :)

Me: But if. You avoid people. How can you help them. Also what about the people you already know who have a vested interest in continuing to talk to you? Wouldn't this hurt them? This doesn't make any sense.

OCD: No :) It doesn't :)

Me: But then--

OCD: Good luck :) :) :)

#sometimes I need to spell it out #you do not even WANT to know about the absolute ridiculous shit this disorder uses as 'evidence' that I have abandoned my humanity #and am either already the worst person alive or inevitably ending up there #mc13 and her ocd #once again: that part in c4 pure where marnie straight-up leaves the country because MAYBE if she's not AROUND anyone she cares #about then she can't hurt them or infect them with her poisonous brain #ALSO that one part of c4 pure where marnie asks her therapist to just tell her how get rid of all the Intrusives™ so she isn't destined to #be isolated forever. #........I should just watch c4 pure again. tbh.

[sweetpaintedladie]

i can’t explain why but this makes me ill

#like i feel a legit knot in my stomach #tbh i’m not like the biggest beatles fan anymore but #it’s crazy to me how the band that did so much to open the cultural and musical worlds to people #and who used their status at the top of the world to genuinely push music forward and inspired countless acts #will be dethroned by someone who [while i won’t say is untalented but i personally struggle to find the good lyricist singer dancer or #performer or musican in] by all accounts is just a business tbh #like there’s nothing for music its all for charts accolades and money and that’s horrifying to think that someone can get this far with that #being the biggest goal. #that’s like sending 2010 mick jagger into the 60s and getting him to make the rolling stones popular #like businessman ≠ artist #you have to have an actual talent or reason for popularity to become popular and i see none of that #there’s no progression for anyone but her: the beatles pushed music stones pushed culture michael jackson pushed desegregation of popular #music #and she has…. ? #just looking for something she’s truly accomplished other than beating records because that’s all it seems to be #and she has no humanitarian reason for fame either #elton john was a huge star and remained a huge star not due to his musical output or breaking records but because he’s dedicated so much #time and money to causes greater than himself #he didn’t need to beat the beatles to carve his own place out in history #no one should have to beat them to that #their impact should be felt in ways that make it hard to think of a culture without them #because as it stands she’ll be seen as the chick that beat the beatles #never once used as a marker herself #it will still be them because they will remain important to culture and music #just as they would be without setting records #hell look at bob dylan #he has like 0 chart records and was given a nobel prize and will continue to be the marker for lyrical excellence #it just makes me so mad that the person who will beat all these records is doing it just to beat records tbh #it’s not deserved or even slightly important #it’s just a record to beat which SUCKS anyways i talked too long but im mad so :/

[r0semultiverse]

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake finale spoilers without context

#all im gonna say is that if you know you know! lol #iykyk; not sure if I should tag this as spoilers or if this is incomprehensible enough to not need one 😂 #you're welcome to take guesses on whats going on with adventure time fionna & cake if you want lol to avoid spoiling anyone though I'll #neither confirm nor deny your guesses lol #some of these are very specific references so I think i'll just post it lol #by the way; I'm counting episodes 9 and 10 as the finale since they dropped in pairs of 2! #all of this is seen in those two episodes though; in one way or another; you'll see if you haven't yet! plz go watch it on HBO Max! #boosted numbers & stuff could get us more adventure time spinoff series or even a F&C season 2 (though I don't think one is needed tbh) #I wouldn't be upset though if they somehow came up with more material to cover for a season 2; there are little loose ends left over #but I'm not sure it's really enough content for an entire 2nd season unless we're going to lava world; apocalypse world; tiny world; etc. #the lich could also come back for however many times he has if it's a different instance of him from across the multiverse; but idk #tried to get a little bit of everything in this post without giving it all away; hope I did okay in that regard! #if you can tell me the collegehumor reference without looking it up; you get a cookie! 🍪💜 #mine #op #adventure time #fionna and cake #atimers #casper & nova #cheers

[mimbotomy]

I'm sorry to hear that planning has been stressful, but best wishes this Saturday!!! I'm so excited for you and your wedding and your marriage and wish you every happiness 💕.

Thank you! I am very excited too! Mostly because I get to marry the love of my life 🩷🩷🩷 but also because there are only four days left and judging from my track record this last month that means I will probably have to deal with🤞🏼only🤞🏼four more things going wrong! 🎉 And then I’ll be married to my favorite person and the stress will probably be gone! ✨

(Please send good vibes my way it’s been a very weird hectic month 😂)

#if anyone’s interested in all the stuff that’s gone wrong #I’ve had to deal with my venue #my caterer #and my photographer all cancelling last minute #I still might not have a photographer bc I need the venue to sign off on his insurance and he still hasn’t sent it #my fiance asked me to wear a Pakistani dress and the one I ordered came late and was terrible #like who uses BLUE MARKER to mark out where the embroidery is going on PAPER THIN WHITE SILK???? #I got a new dress tho and the tailor should be done by Friday morning #our guest list just keeps growing bc his family doesn’t seem to understand the idea of an RSVP #my fiancé’s family also doesn’t seem to like the idea of specifics 😬 #or understand that we are trying to keep things small #aka his mom invited five more people last week and told me about them today after I already submitted a final guest count #communication has just kinda been terrible all around tbh #my phone keeps trying to commit suicide #we were informed of a serious allergy like two days ago #so now the menu has to change and our caterer is super unhappy about that #my fiance asked me yesterday if I was wearing a veil and then asked me to wear one so now I have to find a veil #I realized on Sunday that I never actually asked my cousins to be my bridesmaids #which isn’t so bad since no bridesmaid dresses but it was embarrassing #and my anxiety caught up with me yesterday and I spent the night stress puking! #it’s been great 👍🏼 #but I’m going to marry the love of my life on Saturday and that’s what matters #even tho it kinda feels like the universe is trying to tell me otherwise

[starsandnoodles]

I looked up Homestar valentines. Here is what I found

And here is Marzipan’s specifically in a separate image because I love her’s the most

#homestar runner #h*r #hsr #homestarrunner #homestartherunner #homestar #strong bad #marzipan #coach z #🌟 homestar talker 🌟 #strong mad #strong sad #tbh I don’t like Valentine’s Day too much #also wtf is Honkai Star Rail? I’ve been blocking all content for it because it seems gensin related??? #if anyone can explain to me what that is #please hit me up #I need to know if it is actually gensin related so I know if I should keep blocking it •-• #thanks #valentines #happy valentine's day

[craycraybluejay]

Flashbacks to when birthgiver talked about how she and her brother used to always stand up for/protect each other and little me casually just accepting this as a core value despite never taking anything else any adults said to me as a kid as a core value. Like, yk what your opinions are stupid and useless except this one. Siblings should always protect each other and take care of each other no matter what. Above all else.

#parentify me more why don't ya #except for once it was a role i wanted and even needed to accept #the one caveat i very much did not internalize was 'never protect them from ME or any other abusive adult with direct authority' #like teachers and stuff #not sorry you are the one thing they need protection from #hell will freeze over before i allow any harm to come to a sibling. your schoolmates SHOULD be scared of me. I'll fucking beat their ass if #they try to bully you #woof! bitch. you're messing with someone under my protection and are about to get your face bitten off #tbh its anyone i care about. someone hurts my loved ones they should start praying. #you will die!!!!! don't even fucking look at them wrong!!! i am fucking watching you!! #'aggressive' and 'unstable' pff just say you don't understand love. being the protector has always been my job #the therapist. the punching bag who learned to punch back. the gatekeeper between all that is good and all that intends to hurt it. #i will protect until the day i die because That Is Who I Am. i will do what was not done for me. i will burn the earth to keep harm from #anyone under my protection #delete later #too emotional

[kuiinncedes]

lmao

#bro i've Only listened to hade/stown for like a week #over a week i think #and before that i was only listening to chinese music sometimes bc it was midterms and chinese music hits while studying lol #but also listening to ha/destown a Lot in btwn and before that #i'm like getting to the point where i want to listen to smth else #but idk what to listen to :c #bc before this i was getting to that point w all my other music LMFAO #ughhhhhhh ig i should find new music to listen to #but that takes so much effort LOL #i literally talked abt wanting to listen to h/adestown for like at least 2 years #all the stars had to align for me to listen LOL #i had to have HEARD some of it apparently and also just be not incredibly lazy and not in the mood for new music #i should go to my friend who has a lot of the same music taste as me for music recs tbh #ignoring the fact that she recommended me muna a while ago ASJDHGHADFLKGHF i'm just too lazy to actually listen to new music lmao #but i need new music ;-; #who am i kidding tho i'm just gonna keep hitting play on road to hell when the soundtrack loops thru again lmfao #bc i don't wanna figure anything else out LMAO #but anyway feel free to give me artist recs if anyone reading this lolll #there is abt a < .1% chance i actually like listen to anything LMFAO #jeanne talks

[every-dayiwakeup]

People getting all hot and bothered over:

a fictional character

a fictional canocically DEAD character

a fictional abused teenager

he's literally just a kid I beg y'all he is not nearly as bad as anyone makes him out to be.

Everyone seems to like the asshole until there are reasons behind being prickly.

Not me though, have fun 🤭

#just... pls #you dont owe explanations to anyone as to why you like billy #especially to strangers on the internet who should learn to mind their own fucking business and live their lives #'i dont excuse his actions' #'im not justifying' #okay be fr hes not THAT bad #he apologized to max and given the chance to actually survive hed apologize to lucas too #let it flow naturally #not forced bc ya know the people he died for owe him explanations idc #'all the people he hurt' #i thought we agreed he was possessed? #hed literally just need to apologize to max and lucas #and he apologized to max #he DIED for them all i think thats enough but ig yall dont? #i think max has some apologies to make herself tbh so #no one else in the show gets this whole 'they have to apologize for what theyve done' but billy #why just him... when hes one of the only characters who actually appears to show regret #hes not a narcissist be real #hes not a spoiled brat #why do characters have to have redemption why must we pretend they need to go on apology tours #there is no justification to be done bc ya know hes not real but im not joking... most of his actions were valid #this so called list yall talk about... its not even a list... #its literally just lucas #also idk take it up with the duffers... they made lucas completely not acknowledge any trauma any character may have given him #its fucked how bad they are at writing 💀 #billy hargrove #the way i could care less!!! about 'redemption' #if it doesnt involve billy getting away from his abusers somehow this so called change will not happen?? steve is not going to 'fix him' #bro is like 19 and repressed as all hell #billy doesnt need to be dating a therapist. also some therapists are actually shit at their jobs and can make you feel worse so

[wonder-worker]

"The feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist being appointed as the day upon which the coronation of the king [Edward V] would take place without fail, all both hoped for and expected a season of prosperity for the kingdom."

-Excerpt from the Croyland Continuator / David Horspool, "Richard III: A Ruler and Reputation"

Even though Edward IV’s death was unexpected, after twelve years of peace there need not have been too much of a sense of foreboding about the succession. The great dynastic wound from which the Wars of the Roses had grown had not so much been healed as cauterized by the extinction of the House of Lancaster. There was no rush for London, as had happened in earlier, disputed successions. The royal party didn’t set out from Ludlow for ten days after hearing the news of Edward IV’s death, while Richard took his time, too. And the new king had [his mother the dowager queen and] two uncles to support him: his mother’s brother, the sophisticated, cultured, highly experienced Earl Rivers; and his father’s, the loyal and reliable Duke of Gloucester, to whom Edward IV had entrusted unprecedented power and vital military command.

... [Richard of Gloucester] had achieved his goal by a mixture of luck and ruthlessness, and if he made it appear, or even believed himself, that destiny played a part, this only made him a man in step with his times. Modern historians have no time for destiny, but sometimes the more ‘structuralist’ interpretations of the events surrounding the usurpation can come close to it. When we read that ‘the chances of preserving an unchallenged succession were . . . weakened by the estrangement of many of the rank-and-file nobility from . . . high politics, which was partly a consequence of the Wars of the Roses and partly of Edward IV’s own policies’, it is hard not to conclude that an unforeseeable turn of events is being recast as a predictable one. But without one overriding factor – the actions of Richard, Duke of Gloucester after he took the decision to make himself King Richard III – none of this could have happened. That is, when the same author concedes ‘Nor can we discount Richard’s own forceful character’, he is pitching it rather low*.

Edward IV had not left behind a factional fault line waiting to be shaken apart. Richard of Gloucester’s decision to usurp was a political earthquake that could not have been forecast on 9 April, when Edward died. After all, Simon Stallworth did not even anticipate it on 21 June, the day before Richard went public. We should be wary of allowing hindsight to give us more clairvoyance than the well-informed contemporary who had no idea ‘what schall happyne’. This is not to argue that Richard’s will alone allowed him to take the Crown. Clearly, the circumstances of a minority, the existence of powerful magnates with access to private forces, and the reasonably recent examples of resorts to violence and deposition of kings, made Richard’s path a more conceivable one. But Richard’s own tactics, his arrest of Rivers, Vaughan and Grey, the rounding up of Hastings and the bishops, relied on surprise. If men as close as these to the workings of high politics at a delicate juncture had no inkling of what might happen, the least historians can do is to reflect that uncertainty [...].

(*The author who Horspool is referencing and disagreeing with is Charles Ross)

#wars of the roses #edward v #richard iii #edward iv #my post #I'm writing a post on this topic but I have no idea when I'll finish it so I figured I should post Horspool's epic analysis #or should I say epic takedown? <3 #friendly reminder that Richard's usurpation happened primarily and decidedly because of Richard's own decisions and actions #we need to stop downplaying his singular agency and accountability by casting the blame on others #most of all Elizabeth Woodville and her family but also the bizarre interpretation of historians like Ross and Pollard (et al) #who somehow hold Edward more responsible (through a 'structuralist' view as Horspool says) even though that literally makes no sense #also friendly reminder that actual contemporaries did not view Edward V's minority as a sign of worry and potential discontent #quite the opposite - they expected him to have a prosperous reign. which made sense since Edward IV left his son a far more stable #country than any former minor king (and most other adult kings tbh). The irony is that it was his son's usurper who benefitted from it. #also I added Elizabeth Woodville to the list because Edward V himself specifically said that he trusted the governance of the country #'to the peers of the realm and the queen' as quoted by Mancini (likely relayed to him by John Argentine) #and this is supported by evidence. After Edward's death the Croyland Continuator substitutes Elizabeth's role in the council #for that of the King: 'the counsellors of the king now deceased were present with the queen' #we know Elizabeth presided over all the council's decisions and initiated proposals (the size of her son's military escort) on her own #She was clearly the one with the most authority in the council (who were described as being present with *her* not anyone else) #Hastings made demands but he couldn't enforce them at all (and was in fact worried). It was clearly Elizabeth who had that power. #She was likely going to play a very prominent role during her son's minority and imo it's problematic to assume otherwise #(Lynda Pidgeon assumes otherwise but she's based her assumption on objectively false information so I don't think we should take her #seriously)(see: she claims that EW lacked influence compared to her male relatives in royal councils when EW HERSELF WAS IN ROYAL COUNCILS) #That's not to go too far the other direction and claim EW tried to dominate and tactlessly exclude others - we know she didn't #The impression we get by this first council and by Richard's own actions indicates that she Richard and Anthony would likely #work *together* when it came to governing the realm #I do find it frustrating when people disregard the fact that based on the impression we have she would've had a very visible #and powerful role

[scattered-winter]

horrifying self recognition through the other aside this has been an actually not terrible start to The Family Gathering tbh

#my cousin who i havent really seen in a while came up to me and asked abt my pronouns because i came out to the fam a while ago #and he didnt really remember what id said (which. fair. its a big family w lots of things to remember) #and so he asked what my pronouns were and i told him and he promised that if he ever messed up i needed to make him #do like 5 or 10 pushups lmao #and ngl. its the sweetest thing anyone in this family has ever said to me abt that #everyone else has kinda just. moved on. and either forgotten that im not a girl or purposefully ignoring it. #and idk maybe i should stand up for myself a little more but ive been practically a doormat all my life #and idk. its hard using my voice and establishing boundaries when ive let ppl bulldoze over me for almost 20 years. #sigh. anyway. #im gonna be thinking about that all day tbh it was genuinely so sweet #and i am also being consumed by The Loneliness again <3 #just. i want someone to just talk to about all this??? someone who isnt in my family because they all have stakes in it too????? #we're all grieving. i aint special. #i just want to talk to someone about it in person so they can hold my hand while i cry myself to sleep because ngl #thats what it looks like we're doing tonight #im just. tired of feeling alone in this enormous family where it seems like im the only odd man out #and also ykw the Not Having Any Irl Friends loneliness too. thats also pretty significant. #not saying my internet friends arent great i love yall so so so much but it has just been . #a really really long time since ive had a good cry n hug session w someone. #sigh. im tired i need to go to bed #winter speaks #personal

[kyouka-supremacy]

Tries to buy something from Ama/zon (tears hair) (vomits blood) (breaks all their bones) (faints to the ground) (starts convulsing) (drops dead)

#I don't know how people buy stuff on Ama/zon on regular basis tbh. #This is like the second time in my whole life I've resorted to buying from it and... I just can't. #I find it so unethical on every front it seriously made me feel sick and needing to throw up #I just wanted to buy a present for my birthday is that too much to ask. #Yet I've been meaning to buy it the whole day and I just ////// c a n t //////. Like I seriously can't I'm not strong enough #Last time it was a present for a friend so I didn't feel that guilty since it wasn't destined to me. But now it's? Phisically painful? #I guess it doesn't help that I'm just not used to buying things for myself outside groceries in general ;;;;;; #Like I never feel the need for a treat the Tumblr posts talk about I just. Buy food and necessities. I'm a boring person okay #Tbh I feel like I'll really end up with no present this time around because I don't know. I really don't think I will make up my mind #Sorry needed to vent I've been stuck on this the whole day #random rambles #Does anyone have any tip on how to stop feeling guilty for buying something for myself once a year? #Then again who am I trying to fool. It's Ama/zon. We're all conscious of the problems that come with it. I SHOULD feel guilty #Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.

[figureofdismay]

i have recently become obsessed with understanding Teena Mulder and her part of the story. Not that CC et all gave us very much to work with for her, but her story is deeply fascinating and horrifying. It's especially interesting to me to try to see the ways she would and wouldn't have agency once she was trapped in Bill Mulder's world, what were choices or rebellions or willing consorting, what was the result of fear and blackmail and situational paralysis.

#i should have expected this about me but i did not! #i didn't really pay attention to the 'older' part of the story as a baby shipper all i cared about the msr ust #so it all kind of went over my head and I don't remember a lot of details #i need to speedrun the historical parts of the mytharc and try to get what I can from it #she just fascinates me tbh! especially in the context of her potentially being jewish/raised (american middle class) jewish in the 30s & 40 #and that in the context of the conspiracy and the disgusting projects bill and CSM were involved in/the monsters they collaborated with #i don't actually think CC or anyone thought any of those implications through! but it does make it compulsively horrifying and fascinating! #txf #character theory: mulder #only tangentially but i should keep it under that tag i think

[honeyboyfelix]

just realized i havent told half this friend group in non binary... its been like a year :) how has this not come up??????

#one of them is literally trans... this somehow is worst #it feels too late at this point to be like hey guys i know its been a year buuuuuuuuut- #like should i tell them? yes will i? eh #i dont feel comfy just being like hey guys this is my shit i need to sneak it into convos or it feels awkward #havent figured out how to do that yet #the main friend of the group who brought us together knows #but hes like really flighty about it and since i dont rlly care what pronouns ppl use #especially when my characters are all different genders #i just like almost never correct him on it lol #cause tbh he calls me by my characters name even during normal convos #like theres a 70% chance hell just call me eira or kai rather than my normal name #and since eira is my current character and is a girl.... i get a lot of she/hers in there #and since its vc only i dont ever expect anyone to call me he/him cause i sound like a squeeky toy #well at least not unprompted #actually ive only sonehow played like 1 boy character 😮‍💨 thats sad i need to collect that gender #and also to force them to use he him for me :3c #dnd is actually so good if youre trying on new genders tbh #think i might make my next cyberpunk character enby :) gender is a construct in this dystopia anyway