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mercxrial · 4 months
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reblog to give somebody a fucking hug because we are all struggling to get through it. solidarity in this tough ass world.
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mercxrial · 4 months
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what if adhd isn’t a mental disorder but rather a constant stream of love and happiness that causes us to make stupid decisions but not in the way that means a lower iq but rather the stupidity that comes from loving blindly and unconditionally and happiness was never meant to fit into the capitalization scheme so maybe that’s why we’re casted out and alienated so we don’t infect the population w this stream of love that continues to overflow and intoxicates us the way that water can even intoxicate one at certain levels so maybe failing at working through the structure of the current society is worth the little joys we spread as a form of resistance.
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mercxrial · 5 months
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so sexual selection can sometimes go against natural selection…i have a theory that neurodivergence is a sexually selective trait and that’s why the amt of neurodivergent ppl is increasing bc capitalism sucks and is boring and neurotypicals just happen to fit into the system really well, but neurodivergent ppl really spice it up and make life fun so yeah
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mercxrial · 6 months
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this is going to sound so basic but all I really want to do is to live laugh love
I want to live. I want to feel the wind on my face, to taste the rain as it runs down my face, to experience everything I can and
I want to laugh. I want to laugh at my best friend’s horrendous puns, at myself tripping over thin air, at the antics of the family kitten and a stranger’s dog, at the joy of seeing a brand new day and
I want to love. I want to lose myself in loving, to fall asleep thinking of her scent, to spend hours staring into his eyes, to bask in the comfort of their embrace, to let myself be loved and
I just really wish my existence gave me the time and peace to do all of those things as much as I can instead of merely being present day-to-day
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mercxrial · 7 months
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she was so far out of the closet at this point its crazy how some people can still deny it
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mercxrial · 7 months
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Karlie's hand in champagne problems....
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Blake lively made a point to make a post afterwards showing what her hands look like!
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mercxrial · 7 months
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Adora and Catra from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Fanart by Bletisan
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mercxrial · 8 months
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Glimbow Child: And then Mommy kissed Daddy, and the angel told the stork, and the stork flew down from heaven, and left a diamond under a leaf in the cabbage patch, and the diamond turned into a baby!
Finn: My parents are having a baby, too. They had sex.
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mercxrial · 8 months
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Catra: is it hard, being with Adora when I know every other Princess has a crush on her?
Catra, holding up both middle fingers: not at all. I won, bitches!
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mercxrial · 8 months
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spop x article titles pt.2
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mercxrial · 8 months
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currently brainrotting over: how She-Ra does such a good job conveying a true break from the abusive (and self-abusive) behaviors and patterns you were taught to perpetuate growing up, and it's because of how directly it interacts with and seeks to address the cause of those patterns
(hell yeah we're talking about Catra's arc again babeyyy)
this is what I think the dichotomous "explanation not an excuse" language often misses out on, even among those of us who like Catra and use that language favorably -- it's not just that Catra's bad behavior has an explanation, it's that it has a cause that can be treated, and that does get treated, that Catra comes to treat herself
it's not just identifiable, it's actionable, and the show is about her learning to take that action
we have it spelled out for us in Promise that she has grown up with a deeply-rooted core belief that she is worthless on her own, that her value hinges on Adora, and that she can never count on that value to be stable (because Adora is, in fact, her own person who can do as she pleases and who may one day decide that she doesn't like Catra anymore)
and the action she's taking until Season 5 is to lean into this core belief as hard as she can -- scramble for power and security because Adora being gone means she's vulnerable (which gets reinforced over and over again by both Shadow Weaver and Hordak), keep everyone else at a distance, lash out at Adora for leaving, and double down on the turmoil that comes from all this even after she figures out she doesn't actually want any of it
and it leaves her despondent on the ground, completely without friends or even allies, telling Sparkles to just fucking end it for her already
but then, the first few episodes of Season 5 happen... then, Corridors in particular happens... and Catra gets presented with the opportunity to take the action that is actually going to treat the cause of her bad behavior
she sits and talks (and laughs!) with Glimmer, trades stories with her of Adora thrashing around during sleepovers, listens to her express her regret for how she left things; she aligns this experience with her memory of Adora trying to get her to come back out and play nice with Lonnie too; she has it laid out for her in these parallel experiences that Adora truly didn't stop caring about her just because she made other friends
she looks her lack of trust in Adora in the face, and she decides to defy it -- she decides to be good to Adora in the spirit of the trust she is deciding to have, against her upbringing, against her patterns, in Adora's care for her
(and she decides to do it by saving Glimmer, this person who is so symbolic of so many of those insecurities to begin with by virtue of being the one Catra perceives Adora as having left her for)
and it brings Adora back to her.
it gets her what she wants the most.
and faced with the question of what to do with that trust going forward, Catra tries to rescind it at first, because trusting is unfamiliar and potentially unsafe in all the ways she's afraid of... but ultimately, she doesn't. she can't. she knows now, really knows, what everything will come to when she withholds that trust, and she can't live like that again
so she keeps trusting ("Adora, wait. Please. Stay.")
and it opens her up to healthily mitigating her anger, taking others' distrust of her on the chin without running from the guilt that causes, extending olive branches of her own accord, making genuinely friendly connections within the Rebellion, and finally, finally, breaking free of Shadow Weaver's hold on her
Catra at the end of the show has comprehensively rewritten the core belief she started with -- and that's different from consistently acting on the new belief, as any of us who are in therapy for that kind of thing will know (and as the show itself demonstrates by having her leave at the end of Failsafe), but the steps she has taken to rewrite the old belief are steps she can't go back on without serious effort
and I don't know if I'll ever really be able to express how powerful it is for people to have this narrative in their lives when they're like her, when they need to take the same steps, when they need to do that same work
whether or not everyone puts these words to that power (and who knows if these words are even the right words, they're just the words that feel right to me at the moment), they can feel it and understand it and use it to take action for themselves
and a whole lot of people are going to live a whole lot healthier lives because of it, which I think is pretty beautiful
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mercxrial · 9 months
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Manon: I have only said “I love you” to two people in my entire life
Manon: Elide and one person in the store who I thought was Elide.
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mercxrial · 9 months
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SJM Crackshipmonth: Roommates
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Only You
Manon and Elide for @sjmcrackshipmonth day five, enjoy
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TW: none
Manon has enough of Elide's wallowing after she dumped her boyfriend and confronts her roommate.
The rain splattered on the window in a comforting rhythm as Elide watched Runaway Bride for the fifth time since she had broken up with her boyfriend. She had barricaded herself in her own room since then, only coming out when absolutely necessary and if she could avoid her roommate, Manon. But it seemed like she avoided her one too many times as Manon stormed into her room, the door hitting the wall with a loud bang.
"Knock!" Elide chided. "I could have been dressing myself!"
Manon only let out a snort at that, crossing her arms. "Dressing yourself would mean you would get your ass up and do something. It wasn't much of a gamble that you would not."
Elide looked at Manon. At her white hair, the tank top she wore only when she was about to hit the gym and the golden eyes that were fixed on Elide, who looked back at the TV and slumped farther into her pillows. "Leave."
That only seemed to make Manon more sure of staying. "You're pathetic! Look at you! That stain on your shirt is three days old."
"It's two days old!" Elide replied. "What do you care?"
She ignored Elide's question. "You're doing this," she waved her hand at Elide, "Because of a man?" She almost laughed at Manon's disgusted expression. "He was a dick anyways, you should be glad that he dumped you."
"Why do you assume that he dumped me?" Elide asked, trying to not be offended by that assumption.
Manon blinked in surprise, "You broke up?"
"Yes."
She threw her arms up in exasperation, "That's even better! Why are you so sad then?" she asked. "Why did you even break up in the first place? Everytime I saw you with him you were insanely in love."
Elide looked away from Manon, quietly admitting, "Because I love someone else."
"Oh." Manon said. "It still doesn't make sense why you're brooding in here. You got rid of him, you're free to do whatever you want. Confess your love like they do in these corny romances you always watch." she pointed to the window. "It's even raining, that's your cue."
Elide smiled but shook her head, a strand of Black hair falling out of her ponytail. "I don't think they would reciprocate my feelings."
Manon raised a brow and walked over to the bed, "How would you know?" she asked, plopping down beside Elide. "Do they have a partner?"
"No." Elide answered.
She sighed. "Listen, I'm not the best person to give you advice, I know that, but…" Manon took a deep breath, as if it was hard to even finish her sentence. "Go for it. What's the worst that can happen? They reject you, you're crying for a few days, inhaling all my ice cream again and then you move on." she shrugged. "Or would you rather think about what if for the rest of your life?"
"No." Elide replied, then looked Manon in the eyes. "You really think I should just…risk it?"
"Yes! Why not?" she asked. "Go for it!"
Elide nodded and sat up. She turned the TV off, straightened her stained shirt and looked at Manon. "It's you, Manon." she whispered, her roommates eyes widening. Maybe this was a mistake. Maybe she could still turn it into a joke? No, she wouldn't do that. She would confess now. "I am in love with you. I've been for a while. Well, it's certainly not been love at first sight, you scared me when I first met you."
Manon smirked, "Thank you."
Elide chuckled, nervously. "But somewhere along the way, I fell for you. You always had my back, you showed me to never apologize for who I am and to take what I want." She cleared her throat. "I want you, Manon. Only you."
"Are you serious?" Manon asked, making Elide since.
"I–yes."
"You're sure?" she asked again.
"Yes Manon, I'm sure. I just told you–"
Elide couldn't finish her sentence, because Manon's lips were already on hers. She couldn't keep herself from sighing into the kiss, leaning farther into Manon. It was everything and so much more than she ever imagined.
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mercxrial · 9 months
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chaol: it's not gay if i wanna kiss dorian on the mouth right??
elide: i'm not an expert but that sounds kinda gay
manon, eating chips: i'm an expert. that's gay.
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mercxrial · 9 months
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Can I interest you in a very messy Malide sketch this evening?
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mercxrial · 9 months
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Witch Queen and her Lady 🗡️✨
I’m a die hard Elorcan fan and I really like Manorian but there was so much potential here. Just think about it. Elide would make the prettiest flower crowns for Abraxos.
Also yes, I'm aware that Manon’s eyebrows and lashes are dark but I imagined them white, matching her hair, and I hold the power (stylus) here.
Characters inspired by Elide and Manon from Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
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