in my opinion, qphil isolating and exiling himself is only going to make things worse or delay the inevitable: as shown yesterday the enderking wants qphil to isolate, to not tell anyone, and luckily for our evil demigod that is exactly how qphil operates. he holds secrets in hopes of not hurting others, not getting them involved. and we just saw what happens when he has a support network helping him, he broke free from enderking’s grasp even for a moment. but that bit is not the only reason why his isolation is playing straight into enderking’s hands: it’s his insecurities as well. ”i’m a shit dad” ”i need to prove myself worthy of protecting” ”i need to provide better for the family” ”i need to be stronger” - all insecurities that are qphil’s downfall. enderking has already played into his need to provide for the kids as well as the want to be stronger (the buffs in the dungeon), what’s stopping him from digging his claws further to qphil’s core, his insecurities and weaknesses now that he has no one to break him out of his self-deprecating loop? when all he has are his thoughts, the caws of a crow and the voice of him? if no one finds him in exile, i think he will lose himself again, betrayed by his own mind
»There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure dwarfed by the scale of the enemy.
Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. it occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they have already enlisted in the cause.
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
And then remember this. The imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that.
And know this, the day will come when these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire’s authority and there will be one too many.
"it's easy to forget what's important when you're alone." Nico and Bianca never forgot each other because they were never alone, yet lost each other the one time they were separated. Percy after forgetting everything except Annabeth because they were never alone.
mmm essay about sally and kid gort in the tags (cw for child abuse, mentions of suicide, animal cruelty and a murder attempt. i always hope i don’t have to say this but just in case: i don’t excuse or condone any of her or gort’s behaviour at all.) this is literally not even touching upon everything i have to say because i hit the fucking tag limit lmao. NOBODY READ IT’S BAD BRAINSTORMING I JUST NEEDED TO GET IT OUT SOMEHOW
dogs caught what i believed was some kind of black bird up until i whisked it away and realized it was a hawk or falcon chick? i had to relocate it 3 times because they kept finding it again before i finally plopped it down into our open shed which conveniently gives a little birdie plenty of hiding spots
but i was still worried about it possibly starving and it was unclear if the parents were near or not so i put down some water and leftover bird feed (even though i doubted it would probably eat it) and left it alone
checked up on it today and not only does it sound healthy, it looks like one of its parents is keeping an eye on the little guy 🙏
Hearing Frank say, “…gee’s been up there, and I feel like he’s really been able to just be himself…” has been driving me insane because just yesterday, I was talking to a mutual/friend about this. We were discussing gerard’s tour wardrobe and how as queer people, we found comfort in seeing him be himself on stage. When they first wore that cheer outfit in Nashville, we all went into a collective frenzy. Interestingly, there weren’t any long overly-sentimental socmed paragraphs from ray, frank, or mikey supporting his clothing choice. It was just gee’s clothes, and they didn’t make a thing out of it. And every time they walked out on stage, you could feel the joy they radiated—it was palpable even through the 3-pixel live streams.
Oftentimes queerness, specifically queerness through attire/wardrobe, is used as a tool to self-aggrandize or make some pompous political statement about how it’s “okay” to wear [insert gnc attire], offering false sympathy to those who actually exist as gnc individuals, but that isn’t the case here. This wasn’t and isn’t some stunt…or a ploy to get on a magazine cover. This is him feeling comfortable enough to be his most authentic self because they are surrounded by people that love them for who they are both on and off the stage. This is a queer gnc person finally having the courage to express themself the way they want, free of the caricature, free of the performance. Gerard is offering himself the same kindness that they did to us for years, and he is telling all of us, “it’s okay. We can, and we will do this together.”