#books save lives

[postsecretsalone]

#postsecrets #books #reading #literature #life saver #literally #thank you #fictional characters #authors #post secret #book #books save lives #books are better than people #books and reading #postsecret

[thenewsarahjane]

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[liminalflares]

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.”

—James Baldwin

#Fight Censorship #Books #Literature #Reading #Connection #Empathy #Reading Saves Lives #Books Save Lives #Forever Reading

[suntails]

strength and nobility

#this vignette lives in my head rent fucking free. it haunts me something abt it reworks my brain chemistry #its not even a diasom vignette but it HITS its sat w me since i first saw it early on in playing the game. it ruins me. theres AUGHH #theres something so palpable in the energy of it. the confidence mal has in him as the king of heartslabyul #bestowing the rose so he exudes the majesty he already holds within. the unwavering belief in saving the group and mal's guards #AUGHHHH MY BRAIN MY BRAIN!!!!!!! looking at riddle's journey thru book 1 and seeing this as the next step of his char? RUINS ME #sorry. imemotional #twst #twisted wonderland #malleus draconia #riddle rosehearts #mallerido #suntails

[egophiliac]

Did peepaw come home?!

HE DID! :D! luckily it only took me three ten-pulls; I think my past experience of being so thoroughly denied a Fairy Gala Ortho made me more worried than I should have been. may the gacha blessings pay forward to everyone else! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

so far this is hands-down the funniest Lilia card, because he'll say something all edgy and badass in that deeper ~General Vanrouge~ tone and then follow it up immediately with one of the non-card-specific cutesy Lilia lines, and it gets me every time

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #i rolled for him before doing the story and when i set him on my home screen #the VERY FIRST line he said was the one where he's like 'the promise i made to revaan...my friend who is no longer here...' and i was like #excusez moi #(i'm going with revaan for now because i have no idea what it's meant to be and when in doubt go literal) #(honestly same with baul. baul feels right but who am i to say) #(i feel pretty confident about henrik but i am prepared to be wildly wrong about everything as per usual :') #anyway now the question is: do i try for the white rabbit cards or save up for whoever the next episode 7 ssr is #on the one hand i have been living for the episode 7 content #on the other hand the white rabbit event looks SO cute #truly this is the most difficult dilemma of our times

[cromulentreader]

Do y'all also think about how Cardan went from telling Jude she was destined to and deserving of death to being like Jude dies over my dead body? Or are you normal?

#and how Madoc said Cardan would always see Jude as inferior to him (for being fae implied) #that said more about how Madoc saw Eva that anything else in the books to me #maybe she is no longer mortal as queen or maybe she is #Cardan will still risk his life to save hers #it might have started in TWK with Cardan letting Roiben's court be decimated to save Jude's life #the realization that he cared for her short life more than any long-living creature around #normal is the wrong answer #jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #tfota #the cruel prince #matter not #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #the prisoner's throne #jurdan

[i-guess-im-into-this-now]

Shen Qingqiu, embarrassed: I didn't come up with the idea! It was from that trashy book!

Wei Wuxian, envious: I cannot believe someone wrote a smutty book about you and your husband!

Xie Lian, triggered: It's mortifying to read about one's self like that. Those pervy books are best left in the trash.

Wei Wuxian, wide eyed: Don't tell me you have a smutty book about you and your husband too?!

Xie Lian: Unfortunately, yes.

Wei Wuxian: Lucky! All I have are some poorly drawn and wildly inaccurate pictures of the Yiling Patriarch.

Part 1

Part 2

#tgcf #mdzs #svsss #ren zha fanpai zijiu xitong #rzfzx #tian guan ci fu #mo xiang tong xiu #mo dao zu shi #mxtx #scumbag self saving system #scumbag villain #scum villian self saving system #scumbag system #scum villain #xie lian #wei wuxian #wei ying #wwx #shen qingqiu #shen yuan #sqq #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #grandmaster of demonic arts #i do love that Xie Lian is still digging through the trash after he's married to Hua Cheng and living his best life in ghost city #also love that he refers to the book he found in the trash as trash #it is also very funny to me to refer to xie lian as lucky

[money-and-dandellions]

I am totally fine

...Lester, who saw that Meg was like him, while observing her and her Beast...

...(and who didn't admit to himself, that he had a Beast too)...

...Meg who was so scared and worried out of her mind that Lester is in dander and is going to die in the cave of Trophonius that she kept trying to catch his attention and started singing in order to guarantee his safety...

...Lester, who selflessly agreed to give his life only if Meg is going to live; and then proceeded to put himself under risk of being suffocated...

...Meg who was helplessly watching how [her] dummy stabbed himself in the heart and fell limb (I am sure that for a second she was not sure if it was the end or not)...

...Lester who watched people he knew only for a few hours were killed for his sake, clearly not understanding why they would sacrifice themselves for him ("and, for some reason, Jason Grace decided that I would not die today too")...

...Meg, who was watching how her best friend was dying from poison; she didn't want him to die, she cried because she didn't want him to die...

...Lester who helped her to kill her Beast Nero... (I am sure that he is very proud of this achievement of hers)

...Lester, who promised her to come back, no matter what, because the sun always comes back...

Apollo, who did.

They, who became each other's family, because their families are shit (not all of the people/gods).

#lester papadopoulos #toa #meg mccaffrey #sunflower siblings #apollo #pjo #love them #they literally saved each other in different ways #they are ready to kill and die for eachother #and live #i think that lester would die for a cute puppy (who wouldn't) #or maybe he has depression #i think he has #yeah #trauma why not #i want to see them making each other hot chocolate at 2am in the kitchen cause they couldn't fall asleep #OR it was between 4th and 5th books abd they stopped at a gas station #at night and bought themselves hot chocolate #yesss #i need an additional book about that month? of them traveling through usa #siblings #i will find a way to dive into Lester's/Apollo's issues #and Lester's depression #because (headcanon) i am sure that it was not only depression but some sort of of e.d. (eating disorder) due to stress #or body dysphoria #but it is a headcanon #live to picture my trauma onto some beautiful losers of whom i am very-very proud #OH abd both of them grew mentally #i am proud of them

[anghraine]

It's kind of fascinating to me that towards the end of P&P, Elizabeth has become protective of Darcy and either a) actively tries to insulate him from Situations or b) wishes that she could and gets stressed that she can't.

Darcy deeply loves her and is very ready to do whatever he can to secure her happiness, but narratively, I think the emphasis at the end is very much more on Elizabeth's protectiveness towards him.

It's like:

When Bingley and Darcy first come back to Hertfordshire, Darcy is very quiet and Elizabeth can barely bring herself to say anything—until Mrs Bennet insults Darcy. Then Elizabeth speaks up.

Mrs Bennet enlists Elizabeth to separate Darcy from Bingley with another insult to Darcy. Elizabeth finds this both convenient and enraging.

That day, Elizabeth decides to privately tell Mrs Bennet about her engagement to Darcy, specifically so that Darcy will be spared Mrs Bennet's first unfiltered response.

Elizabeth fiercely defends Darcy's character and love for her, as well as hers for him, to Mr Bennet. She not only says she loves Darcy but that it upsets her to hear Mr Bennet's criticisms of him.

Elizabeth is both relieved by Mrs Bennet's ecstatic reception of the engagement and a bit disappointed by how completely shallow she's being about it, and 100% sure she made the right call in keeping Darcy away.

Elizabeth defends Darcy against Darcy himself, repeatedly.

There's a period where Elizabeth seems to unwind and laugh, but this passes, especially after Charlotte and Mr Collins show up. Darcy manages to stay calm around Mr Collins (I think this is framed as a significant and admirable achievement for him), but Elizabeth does not like him being in a situation where he has to deal with Mr Collins in the first place.

Elizabeth tries to shield Darcy from being noticed by Mrs Phillips and Mrs Bennet, who do seem to make him pretty excruciatingly uncomfortable.

Ultimately, Elizabeth ends up trying to keep Darcy to herself or to shepherd him around to relatives he can handle more easily, and is so stressed at this point that she just wants to get married and escape to Pemberley.

After their marriage, things are actually great at Pemberley and in their married life, despite the occasional complication.

Lydia writes a congratulatory letter to Elizabeth, asking for Darcy to get Wickham a promotion unless Elizabeth would rather not bring it up with him. Elizabeth really does not want Darcy to have to deal with this and handles it by privately setting aside a Lydia fund out of her personal expenses. (IIRC, it's not clear if Darcy even knows about this.)

Elizabeth also is the driving force behind Darcy's reconciliation with Lady Catherine.

This could read as an unsettling, unbalanced dynamic and a very odd ending point for the arc of a woman like Elizabeth, but in the context of the overall novel, it doesn't feel that way. Or maybe I'd see it more that way if I interpreted Darcy (and for that matter, Elizabeth) + their arcs differently? But as it is, I do think that by this point in the story they are genuinely doing the best they can, independently and for each other, and they've both come a long way. They shine in different contexts and support each other as much as they can in the circumstances that do arise.

It seems very them, in terms of their temperament and abilities, that Elizabeth would put all this effort into shielding Darcy, while at the same time, Darcy completely cuts off Lady Catherine for insulting Elizabeth and only ever speaks to her again because Elizabeth wants him to.

#one of the things that really works about darcy/elizabeth for me is how much they're kind of the apotheosis of each other's types #like the people elizabeth is closest to—jane charlotte and mr bennet #are very different people but they're quiet and private and strong-willed and stubborn and intelligent #and darcy is totally the full throttle version of that type #and darcy is obviously drawn to cheerful outgoing lively charisma bombs with minds of their own #(even in his youth this was kind of true w/ pre-villainy wickham) #(then there's fitzwilliam and bingley and elizabeth herself) #and nobody is more peak that type than elizabeth bennet #they're totally each other's types and like. darcy is blatantly ride or die for elizabeth #while end of the book elizabeth is so far from being intimidated or awed by him that she's sweeping in to save him #in a way that i suspect nobody has really attempted for a long time #anghraine babbles #long post #anghraine's meta #elizabeth bennet #fitzwilliam darcy #otp of otps #(obviously this is particularly endearing w/ the autistic!darcy headcanon) #(neither of them could ever know why he's like that and in their society it's probably for the best that they don't know tbh #but they make it work anyway)

[samijey]

Sami checking on Jey after saving him from a beatdown by Dominik and JD at WWE Live: Bangor [x] 🥹

#sami zayn #jey uso #samijey #wwe #wweedit #wrestling #jeysami #stuff i made #stop for FIVE seconds #they're doing the inverse booking from the germany tour lmfaoo this time it's sami saving jey before tagging with him #good to see live shows are still on the right agenda

[motylek]

Only since meeting you have I rediscovered how simple it is to be happy

#tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #hualian #mxtx #hua cheng #xie lian #quotes #danmei #novel #text #this quote lives rent free in my head #one of my favorite quotes from the books #i need to save more of those #hualian my beloved #my edit

[redrobin-detective]

Skull 👏 was 👏just 👏 as 👏 much 👏 a 👏 member 👏of 👏 the 👏 agency 👏 as 👏 the 👏 humans 👏

#lockwood and co #skull was my favorite bit of l&c in both the series and the books #Im sad and a bit aggravated he's sorta reduced to Lucys like weird dog by fandom? #he saved all their lives multiple times with his insights and powers #he led to the events of the final book #if Holly and Kipps can be considered members of the lockwood and co agency #then so should skull be #if not by the general public then the kids #also if L&C was upfront about having a ghost in a jar as a member that would also be hilarious #they tape a lil rapier to his jar and say he's part of the team no we dont accept questions :) #god bless skull i love him so mucccch

[suntails]

a father's love

#SNIFFLIGN AND WEEPING. IM SO FUCKNH NORMAL ABT THE KNIGHT OF DAWN. SNIFFLES. I LOVE HIM #guys u dont get it anytime i think abt him i start tearing up its so TRAGIC. being essentially pushed into the role of a knight for his kin #and pushed to kill briar valley's princess when he clearly doesnt want to. for the sake of a POTENTIAL to save the man who took him in. for #the sake of keeping his love happy and saving her father. to have a kid who you care so deeply for that u both give him up to a better futu #putting him to sleep for who knows how long so he can live in peace. even if it means you wont be in the picture. even if ur dead. SNIFFLES #im CRYIGN im MUSHY ABT IT. FUCKJIGN SUE ME #twst #twisted wonderland #twst silver #silver vanrouge #knight of dawn #ch 7 spoilers #book 7 spoilers #UUAGAAGAHHHHHHHHH #suntails #AND SILVER!!!! so resentful of what his og dad did. so guilt ridden of being his descendant. bearing the pain of a crime he didnt even comm #of leaving malleus with no parents. of killing the PRINCEiSS of his KINGDOM that hes been sworn to protect. the feeling of treason in his < #him trying desperately to push this away while completely paralyzed over the weight of his realization and crumbling to it. AUGGHGHH #sorry im normal (lying) (lyign) (extra lying)

[egophiliac]

Okay now i gotta know... As someone who only plays on English server but craves every bit of info on chapter 7....

What's the spoon scene? You mentiond it in the Sebek UM poster post.

no pressure tho, I'm just curious

oh, it's a little flashback scene to Silver and Sebek's first magic lesson (moving a spoon) -- it's one of the missable ones, so there's nothing plot-important in it, I just thought that one was really extra cute! 💚 Lilia does such a bad job of explaining how to use magic ("you go, like, SHWOO") that Malleus steps in and teaches them instead. so it's basically just Silver and Sebek staring intently (and audibly) at a spoon while Lilia flails around making noises and Malleus reminisces about how Lilia's teaching style has always been fascinatingly incomprehensible! pure sugary domestic fluff! just rubbing it in how absolutely terrible things have gotten :)

there are a bunch of cute flashbacks like that in the 7-81 and 7-83 maps; it's definitely worth getting them all if you are also fond of the diafam! I swear, this update has somehow managed to make me even more obsessed with this idiot dad and his three adopted dingbats and that should not have been possible.

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #like little silver and sebek's first meeting and silver being all 'totosama why is this kid i met ten seconds ago yelling at me :(' #some things never change #GOD and the one where revaan saved lilia's nrc application for him has been living rent-free in my brain #we still know basically nothing about mal's dad but that one made me suddenly really like him #it's a nice little show-not-tell moment! a little gesture that says a lot! #i think lilia's feelings were unrequited but meleanor and revaan still really loved him! #i will NOT shut up about them you can't make me #if i can't slowly melt into a puddle over fictional characters then why am i even on tumblr

[musingongoodness]

Matthew 5:8 Reflection on Purity

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8

"Pure" in my little understanding connotes that the intention of such blessed people is to SEEK God with pure intentions of seeking HIM for HIMSELF, not just for our needs, wants and desires. Such blessed people shall seek God and God's promise is that they WILL find Him! Praise God!!!

#matthew 5:8 #book of matthew #bible reflection #bible scripture #bible study #holy bible #christian faith #christian life #christian women #christian living #purity culture #christian purity #self reflection #christian blog #chritianity #jesus saves #faith in jesus #jesus #jesus loves you #seek god

[sheikhraju]

I'm gonna tell you a secret.....

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#gaza #israel #hamas #palestinians #free palestine #save gaza #gazaunderattack #israël #palestinian war #palestine #palestinian lives matter #book quotes