#i do!

[teaandspite]

#tumblr polls #curses #family #i do! #on one side of my dad’s family #but i lived bitch

[la-pheacienne]

I'm reading the lord of the rings and I'm once again amazed at how... good most characters are. Like, they are genuinely good people. They are a bunch of kindhearted, gracious, caring people, coming together under adverse circumstances and trying to figure things out and find a solution and support each other through it all. Like Frodo and Sam meet Faramir and Faramir is a bit suspicious at first and kind of implies Frodo may be a spy, and then when he hears his story and he's like Frodo, I pressed you so hard at first. Forgive me! It was unwise in such an hour and place. And this blows.my.mind. He wasn't even particularly mean or threatening to him in the beginning, he's just such a kind, considerate man, recognizing the kindness and honesty of another man. And they're all like that. Even Gollum starts slowly changing (for a short while) when he encounters Frodo because that's the thing about kindness and humility and grace, they are contagious. They transform people, even a creature like Gollum cannot be immune to that. Like, you may consider all this simple and basic and I get it but, hear me out. It is quite rare to see that in modern media and it is also pretty difficult to pull off in a way that is not corny and simplistic. It is mind blowing that you actually don't have to present the entire palette of human cruelty and vice in order to tell a compelling story, contrary to popular belief. Lotr does the exact opposite, and it is just beautiful and it warms my heart. Especially taking into consideration tolkien's pretty grim growing-up experience, him being a double orphan without a home, raised between an orphanage and a priest and having no family apart from his brother and then the war and then he almost dies and then he's poor as hell and then a second war and it all makes sense somehow. He writes to his wife who is also an orphan two days before the marriage "the next few years will bring us joy and content and love and sweetness such as could not be if we hadn't first been two homeless children and had found one another after long waiting" and, yes, yes! The love and sweetness just radiate from his work, the entire lotr series is a little radiant bubble of hope and love and grace that he imagined in his head to deal with a dismal reality and then he just gave that to the world, and isn't that what imagination and art is all about after all?

#i literally wrote this because faramir said 'forgive me' #like that was the inspiration here #terminal brain damage don't mind me #BUT #i have a point #i do! #i am cringe but i am free #i love these books so much #i love this man so much #lotr #the two towers #frodo baggins #faramir #gollum #the lord of the rings #aspa rambles #tolkien #aspa reads tolkien

[mcayia]

Took a while to catch up to her. This girl never rests!

#hzd #hfw #aloy #who likes curly hair? #I do! #just a sketch #fanart #digital art #haven't posted in a while #kinda guilty #aloy despite the nora

[happywifehappy1ife]

do you ever think about jackie's pre death dream being about warmth? the fire, the hot drink, shauna saying that she loves her.....

#yellowjackets #jackie taylor #shauna shipman #jackieshauna #i do! #all the time actually #shauna's love was warm

[kaleidoscopeminds]

#trash from my drafts #its fair to say these aren't m best work but i hope you find something enjoyable in them anyway #i do! #luke hemmings #5sosedit #* #luke

[itbe-jess]

Who wants to cuddle a Rayman?

#Rayman #video games #Rayman 2 #Rayman 3 #Globox #I do! #He looks cuddle material even though he’s some badass who looks death in the eye. lol

[turrondeluxe]

oh thank GOD you have a tumblr twitter is so annoying to usee

#i do! #im still more active on twitter most of the time compared to my other socials tho teehee :] #ask

[e-likes-bones]

something to cater to the two-o duo fans out there, love these old men

also alt of the first pic w/out text below

#woah e post wow he still does that? #i do! #i have so many drafts actually i am. working on it #homestar runner #coach z #bubs #two o duo #coach z hsr #bubs hsr #:0 my art

[impishtubist]

crowley is so so fucking brave and I am so proud of him

my man(-shaped being) fell for asking questions. hands-down worst thing that's ever happened to him. he fell. he became a demon. all over a few questions.

and yet. and yet. at the end of S2, he asks a question again anyway, despite having fallen for it. he asks aziraphale to spend the rest of eternity together. to be an us. "you and me, what do you say?" he asks anyway and he gets burned again and i'm gonna throw up.

#good omens #crowley #look i get where they're both coming from #i do! #however #i am a crowley apologist

[which-is-the-very-best]

★This is part of a larger poll! Matchups are chosen at random. Choose your favorite to move on to the Quarter Finals!★

#gen 5 #round 3 #pokemon #pokémon #oshawott #cinccino #poke poll #polls #poll #tournament poll #OH NOOO #istg the universe is just trying to convince you guys i don't actually use rng for these 😅🤣 #I DO!

[eponastory]

I JUST finished this one.

Warnings: ⚠️

So, general premise of this story... it's Zuko, Katara, and their two kids.

And Zuko's past comes to haunt him through his son kind of thing.

It's really good. It's not the typical story that I read. Kinda alternate timeline from the last agni Kai. It's about 49 chapters of family drama, but there is lots of feels. You will see Azula, Iroh, Ty Lee, and Sokka, but sadly, Aang, Toph, and Suki are not around.

Recommended audience: I think everyone can read this. There is no bad language that I can remember, so I'd say general.

Story's verdict: it's a wholesome Zutara Steambaby story with some good drama and a lot of angst. I genuinely enjoyed Zuko's son as a character. The story is mostly about him, and I actually liked that. He's a teenager trying to decide what he really wants and is caught up in a game.

Rating: 8/10 Turtleducks (I wish turtleducks were real)

#who likes Zutara Steambaby fics? #i do! #as always please leave kudos for the author #got another zutara fanfic to share in this post so read it all the way through #zutara #zuko x katara #steambabies #story's favorites #atla

[frankingsteinery]

thoughts on elizabeth x justine?

personally i don’t have many strong opinions on it! i don’t think there’s much in the text to support it (and i believe elizabeth refers to justine as her sister when visiting her before her execution if i recall correctly), but i think it could be fun and cute if you enjoy shipping. in general, i do acknowledge and have even analyzed the homoromantic/erotic subtext in frankenstein, but i don’t think it was intentional or intended to be read that way, and while i enjoy engaging in shipping sometimes (and i’ve even written waltonstein fic myself), i think honestly as a whole shipping within the frankenstein fandom tends to detract from the value of the book because people focus on (inventing) romance rather than the themes and commentary that are actually present, and it usually comes at the expense of the actual characterization. i get im complaining about shipping in a fandom space, which is often inherently shippy, but it’s still a bit tiring when the only interest and content/discussion surrounding supporting characters like henry and justine and walton (who IS a narrator and a complex, rounded character! why do we not talk about walton more!) are only ever through romantic relationships with victor, elizabeth or the creature.

i can’t talk much on elizabeth x justine because i haven’t seen too much content of it, but while it isn’t as severe as other fandoms, i do see henry and victor specifically flanderized and reduced into one-dimension tropes when shipped with each other. i get henry wasn’t a rounded character in the first place but he was definitely still flawed (ex. being avoidant about victors issues, never confronting the situation even when something was obviously wrong, etc) and at times even confrontational/chastising—not unkind but chastising (im thinking specifically when henry & victor first reunite at ingolstadt and henry lectures him a little for not having written to them) and i don’t see this written about very much at all, specifically in shipping content where henry is the happy sunshine golden retriever to victor’s black cat or whatever.

i also never really see mentions of henry’s life outside of context of his life revolving around victor if that makes sense, even though shelley goes out of her way to give us a bit of backstory on the clervals, and to establish that he has stuff going on outside of his relationship with the frankensteins. it’s always “henry is sad victor is going away for college and won’t be able to see him” and YES that is absolutely a part of it, but he’s also a dreamer who’s dissatisfied with the career that’s been dictated by his family, the life trajectory set out for him, who advocates for himself and argues with his father to pursue these dreams and get a higher education. he IS optimistic and a deliberate foil + supporting character to victor in a lot of ways, but he was also dissatisfied and upset with the career that had been chosen for him, and it’s implied his relationship with his father is a bit rocky, and, like victor, he could be a bit morose almost—go look in the 1818 novel when clerval is walking victor to the carriage after williams death; it’s quite far from most fanon interpretations of him

overall i think shipping in frankenstein can be entertaining, but i tend to be quite picky and enjoy content that dissects the themes and characters themselves more rather than romance just being the sole focus, and for this reason i tend to stick more to the analysis side of things!

#rob.txt #frankenstein #victor frankenstein #henry clerval #elizabeth lavenza #justine moritz #gothic lit #asks #this isn’t to slander people who enjoy shipping! #i do! #but often most content of it #isn’t my cup of tea : )

[timandlucy]

Lucy: *survives a serial killer* here are some thoughts and good wishes, trauma? You don't know her. Aknowledgement? You get 3 measly claps before roll call and then we will pretty much never mention how badass you are again.

Thorsen: *gets shot* omg poor baby! Trauma? Here's a therapist! Everyone will be super concerned about you now. You will get so much extra screen time to deal with this traumatic experience. Also people will clap for you twice at the station, much louder this time.

#I'm only a tiny little bit bitter #Idk if you can tell #Probably not #the rookie #I love thorsen #I do! #I just think his trauma related storyline is so much different and bigger than Lucy's #When in reality her trauma was much worse #Even when rosalind did come back #They made that all about Nolan #And didn't even give Lucy any moments to process

[anndromedea]

You ever dress genderly and doll yourself up a little to counteract a day of overt misgendering?

#I do! #my face

[hersurvival]

i like flowers a lot, I kinda wanna eat them

Anon, there are SO MANY edible flowers! If we lived near each other, I could take you out and show you what to pick!

Rose petal jam from the wild Sitka Roses is my favorite thing about summer. Pineapple weed (chamomille), violets, roses, fireweed..

Heck, you can eat dandelions! Live your best life eating flowers BUT DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU START MUNCHING

#thank you for your secrets! #this one made me so happy #go eat those flowers! #i do! #answered

[bipolarbuttercup]

If I had to drop everything every time I experienced symptoms we'd never get anything done around here

#rise n grind king lets get this breD #monday morning meme making on the bus to cope #ok to rb #in fact pls reblog if u relate #i can have a little manic energy in between bouts of severe depressio #as a treat!! #actuallybipolar #do we still use those tags #i do!