#to be human

[luthienne]

Mahmoud Darwish, from The Butterfly's Burden; "Cadence Chooses Me" (tr. from the Arabic by Fady Joudah)

#mahmoud darwish #the butterfly's burden #cadence chooses me #fady joudah #words #poetry #typography #palestinian literature #to be human #but we are ghosts only

[s00kie]

THIS EARTH IS MINE TO LOVE !

#compilations #im glad i exist #i love you #on living #peoplehood #summer #web weaving #sweet #gentle earth #to remember is to love #this earth #to be human #humanity

[beatrizjournal]

More notes on spiritualism in the Victorian Era. 👻

#commonplace journal #commonplace book #notes #notebook #journaling #bullet journal #to be human

[cosmicluvcore]

To be human part 1

Rottmnt Leo x reader, gender-neutral, friends to lovers, jealous Leo

Summary: Leo has the biggest crush on you, but he's afraid that you'd never date a mutant, so with the help of a cloaking brooch, he plans to become your perfect human boyfriend!

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Okay I have to be honest. I saw someone with this idea, but I have no clue where it came from originally. If you know who I should credit, please tell me!!

Anyways, this concept gave me way too many ideas hope you enjoy.

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Leo wasn't great at dealing with his feelings.

He'd been crushing on Y/N for far too long, the terrapin couldn't even remember when the whole thing started.

A few loving glances and a flirty joke or two had suddenly burst into the thought of Y/N keeping him up at night. He wasn't great at hiding it either, blushing like an idiot when they smiled his way.

Leo knew he needed to tell them sooner or later, but he hadn't worked up the courage yet. A part of him hoped they secretly felt the same way and would confess to him, but there'd been no sign of that happening anytime soon. Leo wanted to confess, he really did, but... what if they didn't feel the same way? What if it made their friendship weird? What if he looked like an idiot? What if they never wanted to speak to him again?!

There were just too many 'what ifs' for his liking.

So Leo had decided to take the easy way out, hoping that Y/N would just see how great he was, then he wouldn't have to deal with any uncomfortable conversations. He started going out of his way to impress them, saving them on missions, being overly nice, letting them win in video games, giving them his last pizza slice, (which is very valuable by the way!)

Not that he'd ever admit it, but Leo had spent an embarrassingly long time researching 'how to get your crush to like you back'.

He'd bought a cologne for Pete's sake! But no matter what he did, they never seemed to notice.

~

It was a ordinary evening. Leo and the others sat in the projector room watching a movie. Raph, Mikey and Y/N were sitting comfortably on the floor surrounded by blankets and pillows. Meanwhile, Donnie and Leo took the couch, popcorn in their hands. They were watching some random action movie. Leo wasn't really paying attention.

He was more focused on Y/N.

Y/N had started fawning over the male love interest and that began to spark a little- scratch that, a LOT of jealously in Leo's heart. Every scene that guy appeared in they were freaking out, gushing over him like he was the best thing since sliced bread.

The blue-masked turtle scoffed to himself as the character appeared again, narrowing his eyes at the screen.

What was so great about this guy anyway?

Leo was twice as charming as him, he was the one with good looks, great one-liners and clearly the best ninja skills. This guy barely spoke a word and Y/N was blushing like crazy. But as he kept watching the film, something clicked in his mind.

He was human.

That's something Leo could never beat. Sure, 'biologically' he was part human, but he didn't exactly look like it. The turtle shifted a little in his seat, the uncomfortable feeling of insecurity settling in.

"Leo? Are you good?" Donnie asked, snapping him out of his thoughts for a moment.

"Me? Yeah, I'm great," Leo replied quickly, glancing away from his brother's gaze,

"It's just that this movie sucks, never letting Raph choose again!" He lied, that playful smirk returning to his face as he saw his eldest brother's reaction.

"Hey!" Raph called out from afar.

As the movie continued, Leo sighed deeply and took another handful of popcorn, chewing the kernels absentmindedly and leaning back in his seat. Was that really why Y/N wasn't interested in him? Because he wasn't human? There wasn't much he could do about that, it's not like there was just some magic spell that could-

Leo's face lit up as an idea popped into his mind, cloaking brooches. Yokai used them, April's slime friend had one, so they must be easy to find. Leo's mind started spinning with possibilities. If he could get his hands on a cloaking brooch, he could be human and finally get Y/N's attention! But, where would he get one?

~

For once, Leo was distracted as Y/N entered his room. Usually he'd be all over them chatting up a storm, but he was sitting on his bed glancing away from them.

"Leo?" They asked softly, watching as the turtle was startled by the interruption.

"Hey, what's with the jump scares?" Leo joked with a playful chuckle,

"I thought we were friends." He said in mock offense, leaning onto his back and over-dramatically draping his hand over himself.

Y/N couldn't help but laugh at his shenanigans, "I just came to check on you drama queen, you're being weirdly quiet today."

Leo blinked at their observation. Jeeze, was he that obvious?

"Ohh well you know, I was just thinking about Raphs' riveting movie choice tonight." He replied casually, quick to make up an excuse.

I mean, technically, it wasn't a lie he had been thinking about the film.

Y/N rolled their eyes at that, "You're just salty it wasn't your choice tonight, besides that movie wasn't so bad." They replied, calmly leaning against the door frame.

"Ooh really? You're just saying that because you were all over the male lead," He retorted, grinning smugly as he watched their cheeks flush, "You, my friend, are biased."

"Well- Can you blame me? That guy was a total stud." Y/N blurted out defensively.

"He was alright, I guess. Just totally not as hot as the real stud in the room." He said with a cocky smirk as he gestured towards himself.

Y/N let out a laugh at that.

Normally, Leo wouldn't take such a tiny thing to heart, but his ego took a hit from the way Y/N laughed at him. He was the type to eagerly take any opporunity to see them smile, but this time it felt like they were laughing at him. Scoffing at just the thought of him being attractive to them, it was this newfound level of insecurity that he didn't know how to handle.

"Alright Leo, seems like you're biased too." They said with a chuckle.

"I simply speak the truth." He shrugged in reply, trying to ignore the painful realization.

Thankfully, Y/N didn't seem to notice, "Well, I'm heading home. I'll see you around."

"I'll see you." Leo smiled, waving as he watched them go.

After the coast was clear, Leo let out a long annoyed sign. He leaned onto his back, letting the soft cushion of his bed comfort him as insecurities began to plague his mind.

He needed a cloaking brooch.

#Spotify #rottmnt #rottmnt x reader #rottmnt leo #rottmnt leo x reader #rottmnt leo x you #rottmnt leo x y/n #rottmnt x you #rottmnt x y/n #gn reader #gender nuetral reader #gender nuetral #rottmnt tbh #To be human #Tbh #rottmnt to be human

[borderlinebelle]

friends 👁️ don’t like none of my bozo posts guys. and god forbid- dont ever meet me in person. I’ll attach to you so GOSHDANG fast. 🙂 call me barnacle bill Bud, because im gonna be up in ur $HloP. 🙂 i’ll think about you until 1 of us is deddedded 🙂 check ya socials like our cribs were next door during diapers. lemme spam your notifications friend 🙂 slap ♥️ on 4444 of your posts in row, at the very least. 🙂 I’ll crawl so far, furrow furiously through your spine stream between a feed so guaranteed to let me see you … freed. i’ll root and cheer and scream for your health/wealth/success and I’ll do it all … silently🙃 … apart👁️… never letting you too close 👍🏽🙂 pls stay away and pls come closer.

this mental illness is parental’s egotistic endowment, a bigheaded birthright

fear of abandonment boulevard 🚯& fear of intimacy street 🚷 meet at the crossroad of borderline personality disorder

mental health matters every human heart beat in an effort to connect one to another to heal.

1/30/2024 borderlinebelle

#borderlinebelle #fear of abandonment #leave before left #making friends is easy #keeping friends is terrifying #to be known #to be perceived #do not percieve me #to be human #mental health matters #female writers #queer writers #black writers #writ #writerscorner #personality disorder #bpd vent #personal

[27paperlilies]

People live on in words printed and read. Skin and paper, dried and aged, only one will never fade.

#27paperlilies #writeblr #poetblr #creative writing #writing community #writing #poems and poetry #poems on tumblr #spilled ink #poetry #writblr #books and reading #philosophy books #books #to be human #humanity #poems on life #original poem #short poem #poems and quotes

[morallydisengaged]

Having trauma from emotional neglect is so embarrassing like 'why do you have ptsd' i was a bit too sad to handle lmfao

#emotional neglect #thoughts #to be human #ig

[the-moons-undying-light]

I don't care. Three words that someone who cares too much has chanted to themselves, trying to believe.

I hate you. Three words that someone who loves too much has yelled trying to believe.

I love you. Three words that someone filled with resentment has spoken trying to believe.

I'll be fine. Three words that someone who is falling apart tries to believe.

Leave me alone. Three words that someone who’s heart needs attention tries to believe.

Don't touch me. Three words that someone who craves touch tries to believe.

These are words that have been repeated innecessantly over many millenia. Words repeated by people covering their ears, afraid they might hear the beating of their heart which says otherwise.

To be human is to be contradictory and contradictory we will be.

#writing #quotes #literature #poetry #life #original #life quotes #human #to be human #world #past and present

[orthodoxicons]

“Turn away from sin, for to sin may be human, but to persist in sin is not human, but utterly satanic.”

+ St. John Chrysostom, Exhortation to Theodore, 16.73-74

#orthodoxy #Christianity #Orthodox Christianity #human #quotes #sinning #to be human #St. John #St. John Chrysostom

[kibbits]

When you realize only once you’re done that you cracked the wrong side of the face and also forgot about Moon’s goggles fgjkld

Hey if you like fnaf sb and you like tropes like Humans Are Space Orcs, think Reader should get to be a little feral and go apeshit, as a treat, and like mystery far future (possibly post apocalyptic??) settings, you should read @eyndr-stories​ ‘s fic To Be Human! I have been. An avid reader of it jkldgjkl So have some sketches from chapters 6 and 7!

#fnaf sb #fnaf moon #fnaf y/n #my art #to be human #Now I have to try and sketch the rest of the gang because their descriptions are really good 👀 Drill teeeeth #I think I might have overestimated how small Reader is (or tall the boys are) but eh its funnier if they can carry Reader like a football #or a purse dog or ferret #Kinda wanna try my hand at a big fight scene in chapter 5 but we'll see how that turns out dgjklgj #KibsFnafStuff

[joohto]

i watched la sociedad de la nieve today and this was all i could think about during the rhymes scene

#films #la sociedad de la nieve #to be human

[luthienne]

Naomi Shihab Nye

#naomi shihab nye #shoulders #words #poetry #typography #to be human #where does such tenderness come from #here is my hand that will not harm you #a kind of holiness #palestinian literature

[nyxrev]

New Chapter: 曲がり角

——- 答えは進んだ先に。

——- the answer lies ahead where you go.

He who walks on alone,

I almost thought it was a photo, new pixel art!

Text heavy chapter, fairly quiet plot wise, but the little development we see seems to lay out a recipe for future conflict.

One of which must come to head is Genos and Saitama's master-disciple relationship.

Saitama realized he should probably encourage Genos somehow but we see now comes a time when he really cannot bullshit his way out of an undercurrent serious matter.

The pretend wisdom face did not work, and for the first time I saw Genos seem to truly feel sad and let down about his expectations of Saitama as his chosen mentor, for the first time it seems like the perfect image (illusion) he had conjured of the person he admired and revered has been broken through. And really all I could read of his expression from the next two panels of his slow and silent realization was just, baffled, ridiculed, sad, followed by broken heart and crestfallen.

I almost felt like he could cry, but he would not, he would just try to become stronger. Although he knows Saitama is on another level he doesn't see his own growth has been exponential too, it is just when compared to Saitama, who cannot be compared to, his tremendous growth seems small only bc Saitama is so ridiculously strong it overshadows perception of his own progress.

Now hold on, see any familiar sight?

An aura of conviction, determined to execute all evil who dares stand to the world.

I got thrown back to his early fight with DSK. He has his heart set.

And yet, word of Neo-heroes is not good news. For Genos to be scouted by them concerns me, for him to be persuaded, and only dissuaded by Saitama who does not want to move, concerns me even more. Neo has good tech, yes, and it is precisely bc they possess such excellent tech it would be very dangerous for Genos to go. Org. with mysteriously powerful Cyborg tech poses much suspicion and risk to a lone, young, goal-oriented, thus easy to trick, cyborg.

#opm #one punch man #opm manga #one #new chapter #thoughts #saitama #genos #cyborg #strength #what does it mean #to be human #neo heroes #pixel illustration #yusuke murata

[beatrizjournal]

A little study on Victorians obsession with Death 🖊 🖤 💀

#commonplace book #notes #notebook #bullet journal #commonplace journal #journaling #to be human

[cliowo]

How to keep your heart safe:

Build walls, the tallest and strongest you can imagine. Fortify it with a moat of ravenous sharks, then go round its perimeter once, twice, thrice with rose bushes. The thorns are for the intruders, and the roses for you, because Aphrodite and heartbroken are not synonyms. Persuade colourful deadly snakes to move in, if you can. Fill the halls with the most unwelcoming items you can think of: booby traps, falling chandeliers, haunted bathrooms.

Watch as a single well-timed bomb tears down your fortress into shreds.

That is to say, you will fail.

That is to say, you can't.

#spilled thoughts #literature #my words #poetry #spilled poetry #to be human #to be fools in love #the heart wants what it wants #be brave #love well #while they're still here #no regrets

[fallenangelontheceiling]

As someone just starting internship to be a therapist I related to Keeley comforting Jamie so much. She was like, 'I'm sorry you're having a hard time :-( I noticed your presentation is off and you're not keeping up your baseline of ritualistic self-grooming, here are all the other reasons I think you're sad, also do you think this is about your abusive father? ... Oh shit. I made it worse."

#for the record i actually haven't spoken to a client like this #but i am constantly dodging those landmines #jamie tartt #keeley jones #ted lasso #to be human