#it's a slightly easier life

[unlucky-leek]

Update

Hey all!

First of all, Happy New Year~

For those of you waiting for an update on my main fic, and who manage to find my Tumblr, I just wanted to let you know that I am still working on it!

I know it's been quite a while, and I apologise, as I know it can be quite disappointing when stories don't update for ages.

I've had various things going on, including a combination of writer's block, some family issues, and some health issues (plus my work tends to make me super tired lately because it's just been so busy).

I'm OK though, and I do try to write when I can.

I'm slowly getting over my writer's block and hope to contribute to the VerLady Week later this year, so I hope to update soon.

Not sure how many people will see this, but if you do then thanks for being patient with me and for your continued support. I hope to have an ending to the story for you eventually haha~

Ciao for now!

~ 02/02/2024

#devil may cry #dmc vergil #dmc lady #lady x vergil #vergil x lady #dmc dante #dmc nero #dmc trish #verady #unluckyleek #unlucky leek #update #it's a hard life #it's a slightly easier life #fanfic #verlady

[tj-crochets]

so in the past I have made themed gifts for people who have helped me* and it's been a little weird but like. Understandable to the person I am gifting the thing to weird? My current problem is that I want to make something for my endocrinologist because he has improved my quality of life hugely** but endocrinology doesn't have an easily themed gift and my endocrinologist reminds me very very strongly of like a sad greyhound or a whippet but I cannot explain to this very nice, very normal man that "hey I made you a plushie of a dog because I wanted to thank you for the steroids and you remind me of a dog. In a good way!" *like teeth plushies for the dentist who helped me figure out I have to have dental anesthetic without epinephrine in it, or a chicken plushie for the people at the chicken restaurant that went the extra mile to get their ingredients list that were the reason I figured out I'm allergic to coconut **I had what would have been a severe allergic reaction and it wasn't pleasant but I didn't end up in the hospital and I didn't take like a week minimum to recover and

#the person behind the yarn #I realize this is a problem of my own making #and that I very much do not need to make my endocrinologist anything #but it's such a HUGE difference in my life #he really does have like sad dog energy idk how to describe it #he wears very nice flannel shirts that I am slightly envious of because I'd never seen a blue and orange flannel before #and is like somehow even more obviously unthreatening than I am #like. I have PTSD. Had PTSD? Have? Not sure how to word that #I have worked through most of my major PTSD triggers but one thing that still gets me is people touching my neck #to the point where I have like flinched off the medical bed darted across the room kinda avoidance in previous medical appointments #I can mostly manage to sit still and let doctors touch my neck if I see it coming but I always flinch and I always hate it #and this guy is so incredibly unthreatening I didn't flinch at all and didn't even notice it was weird I didn't react negatively #until after I'd left his office #I am also (usually) seen as very unthreatening but mine is something I worked on deliberately for a while #(when I was working with toddlers) and also is made easier by the fact that I am very short and look younger than I am #idk how to describe how much this dude reminds me of a greyhound. WAIT NO he reminds me of a borzoi! #the wizard version of a greyhound

[pigeonwit]

we the people seriously need to consider a pirates of the caribbean javetherine au

#davey as a blacksmith whos been pining for heiress katherine for years #but has always resigned himself to his status and passively accepts it just cant be #and then pirate jack comes swinging into his life and makes him realize he can be more than just a life spent in the background #katherine as an heiress who knows she could be so much more but everyone keeps telling her no #and she doesnt believe it! she doesnt! she CAN be more! ... but god its exhausting to be the only one believing in herself. #and then in the wake of a pirate attack shes helped by the blacksmiths apprentice who always seemed to just hide himself in the background #and he refuses to let her feel even slightly guilty about what happened. #and then in comes this ABSURD pirate who sees her fire and shows her to throw a punch. tie a knot. wield a sword. #he listens to what she says. he takes her advice and she takes his. #and she finally feels like she has people who believe in her. who SEE her. #and jack as a pirate whos always been deternined to be alone. to live as his image and not himself. #its easier that way. to just say 'pirates life' and move on before someone can leave you. better to hide than be pushed aside. #and now here are these two annoyingly insistent city kids who keep acting like jacks worth keeping #and it's everything. but he knows it cant last. it cant. (he really wants it to last) #i mean really what are pirates if not sea cowboys #newsies #davey jacobs #david jacobs #katherine plumber #katherine pulitzer #jack kelly #javetherine #fic thoughts

[thebrainrotsreal]

aaa, just came across your and avis’ AU today and i just want to say its so AMAZING 🥹🥹!!! Would love to see more of Wasp and Mark from you guys 💓

Oh my goodness, thank you so much!! (♡°▽°♡) @avisisisis has such incredible ideas that rlly brought it to life when we kept chatting about it! I def gonna draw more of these two, because oh my goodness I love thinking about them! Working on a rlly quick comic to explore an idea, (just one page rlly) so here's a sneak peak! :D

Bonus fun fact for ya, I will always always always draw Wasp with two downward curls on his left side, while Mark always has a one curl on his left.

#also i hope its ok im tagging u btw!! u rlly lead to this au becoming full of life and depth and dynamics so i wanted to credit ya :))) #this is like a one page quick idea i needed out of system + while experimenting with a diff style of comic formatting than im used to #which is the vertial and more float-y paneling since it seems sm easier #Mark and Wasp have one civil conversation without wanting to maul each other (fail) #get redeemed loser au #invincible rotating in my mind #the brainrotsreal's art tag ✧˖°:*♡ #the first panel is getting on my damn nerve i need to edit it istg the porportions are slightly off #asks

[symphonyofsilence]

Learning about the Yunmeng Shuangjie and the Nieyao drama through Wei Wuxian's and Nie Mingjue's points of view.

#'AITA for avoiding my brother like the plague after being back from the dead after learning he's been looking for me this whole time #And denying him an explanation about how & why I accidentally killed our BIL & started a massacre that resulted in our sister's death #And orphaned our nephew. And talking back to him and telling him off instead of even looking slightly apologetic #when he berates me for telling our nephew whom I accidentally orphaned he lacks maternal education? #And then without even saying so much as a hi to my brother when entering his home bringing a stranger #(that I've been spending all my time with instead of going home and giving an explanation to the brother that has suffered so much bc of me #Bc it was the easier thing to do) #To his ancestral shrine and then teaming up with my boyfriend to beat him up in his own ancestral shrine when he gets upset? #And then telling him that all I did for him (& kept from him) was bc I owed his family and then leaving him behind bleeding #metaphorically & literally (both bc of me) and not even asking him how he is before running to fuck in the bushes with my boyfriend? #*sigh* I thought Jiang Cheng would always be on my side and Lan Wangji opposite us.' #'AITA for making numerous attempts on the life of my marginalized sworn brother and ex-subordinate who has risked his life saving mine #& kicking him down the stairs & offending his mother & going to kill him again #after I told him why he won't just kill himself for the betterment of the world after he refused #To risk his life & safety doing something he had no authority to do after he tried to explain his situation to me?' #mdzs #cql #the untamed #mo dao zu shi #chen qing ling #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #nie mingjue #jin guangyao #wei wuxian #wei ying #jiang cheng #yunmeng shuangjie #jiang wanyin #yunmeng bros #twin heroes of yunmeng

[dxmnsvoid]

i dont like this vessel , not one bit . i dont like the way it functions , the way it looks , the way i am when i am in it . i hate what im like when im in it , this isnt me .

but i chose this vessel , and its what lets me be here for my mates . they didnt choose to be here but i did , and i did it for them .

knowing this gives me a new perspective on things , on my current life and the world were in now . until we can return , i will endure this world and this life for them .

#this doesnt make me hate the body or the world and less but it does make it slightly easier to endure and stay here #its difficult yes . but i would do it again and again for them forever #is this too sappy lmao #idc its the truth no matter how sappy or corny or whatever the word #i cant wait to return though #void.mine #void.txt #void.nonhuman #void.mates #nonhuman #the void #the darkness #demon #actually demonic #demon god #demon royalty #past life #demon mates #alterhuman #otherkin

[icewindandboringhorror]

examining a seemingly normal image only to slowly realize the clear signs of AI generated art.... i know what you are... you cannot hide your true nature from me... go back where you came from... out of my sight with haste, wretched and vile husk

#BEGONE!!! *wizard beam blast leaving a black smoking crater in the middle of the tumblr dashboard* #I think another downside to everyone doing everything on phone apps on shitty tiny screens nowadays is the inability to really see details #of an image and thus its easier to share BLATANTLY fake things like.. even 'good' ai art has pretty obvious tells at this point #but especially MOST of it is not even 'good' and will have details that are clearly off or lines that dont make sense/uneven (like the imag #of a house interior and in the corner there's a cabinet and it has handles as if it has doors that open but there #are no actual doors visible. or both handles are slightly different shapes. So much stuff that looks 'normal' at first glance #but then you can clearly tell it's just added details with no intention or thought behind it. a pattern that starts and then just abruptly #doesn't go anywhere. etc. etc. ) #the same thing with how YEARS ago when I followed more fashion type blogs on tumblr and 'colored hair' was a cool ''''New Thing''' instead #of being the norm now basically. and people would share photos of like ombre hair designs and stuff that were CLEARLY photoshop like #you could LITERally see the coloring outside of the lines. blurs of color that extend past the hair line to the rest of the image #or etc. But people would just share them regardless and comment like 'omg i wish I could do this to my hair!' or 'hair goallzzzz!! i #wonder what salon they went to !!' which would make me want to scream and correct them everytime ( i did not lol) #hhhhhhggh... literally view the image on anything close to a full sized screen and You Will SEe #I don't know why it's such a pet peeve of mine. I think just as always I'm obsessed with the reality and truth of things. most of the thing #that annoy me most about people are situations in which people are misinterpreting/misunderstanding how something works or having a misconc #eption about somehting thats easily provable as false or etc. etc. Even if it's harmless for some random woman on facebook to believe that #this AI generated image of a cat shaped coffee machine is actually a real product she could buy somewhere ... I still urgently #wish I could be like 'IT IS ALL AN ILLUSION. YOU SEE???? ITS NOT REALL!!!!! AAAAA' hjhjnj #Like those AI shoes that went around for a while with 1000000s of comments like 'omg LOVE these where can i get them!?' and it's like YOU #CANT!!! YOU CANT GET THEM!!! THEY DONT EXIST!!! THE EYELETS DONT EVEN LINE UP THE SHOES DONT EVEN #MATCH THE PATTERNS ARE GIBBERISH!! HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE THEY ARE NOT REAL!??!!' *sobbing in the rain like in some drama movie* #Sorry I'm a pedantic hater who loves truth and accuracy of interpretation and collecting information lol #I think moreso the lacking of context? Like for example I find the enneagram interesting but I nearly ALWAYS preface any talking about it #with ''and I know this is not scientifically accurate it's just an interesting system humans invented to classify ourselve and our traits #and I find it sociologically fascinating the same way I find religion fascinating'. If someone presented personality typing information wit #out that sort of context or was purporting that enneagram types are like 100% solid scientific truth and people should be classified by the #unquestionaingly in daily life or something then.. yeah fuck that. If these images had like disclaimers BIG in the image description somewh #re like 'this is not a real thing it's just an AI generated image I made up' then fine. I still largely disagree with the ethics behind AI #art but at least it's informed. It's the fact that people just post images w/o context or beleive a falsehood about it.. then its aAAAAAA

[askprophetbot]

(Phew, finally made it in! This is a really stiff timeline. Must have a lot of lore…)

(…Wow, there are a lot of Characters in this timeline. I guess I should start with Prophetbot…)

Greetings, Prophetbot. You may call me the Mapmaker. I am on a journey to map all currently known timelines and learn about their residents. I hope you would not mind providing answers to a few questions about yourself and your world.

Interview: Prophetbot

[START]

⠀

I have noticed that you are very distant from where you are usually stationed. Have you, by any chance, been tamed?

Unfortunately, I have not been tamed.

But there have been two new prophecies!

#prophetposting #os game rp #oneshot prophetbot #asks #Sorry this took so long. I kept forgetting to answer it #I won't do the one on the cafe until this one finishes though #Just to make your life slightly easier

[smimon]

edit: English version will follow, but do you have the patience?

#tumblr polls #i wanted to start with PL but it hit me that some people are way too enthusiastic with google translate #on one hand i tend to use pretentiously complicated grammar structures that end up nonsense in translations so the punishment is built-in #on the other hand this might actually improve the translator so those trying to learn this language will have a slightly easier life #torn #im very impatient i want to post as soon as it's finished damnit

[milimeters-morales]

acau miguel seeing how miles has one arm and deciding “oh a super advanced prosthetic created using my knowledge of future tech (of which there isn’t much) would be a good surprise” and gives one to him. Miles, who knows his parents would be disappointed if he was rude to people for no reason, is torn between tearing the arm to shreds in front of Miguel or just awkwardly saying thanks and waiting until Miguel leaves to melt it somewhere because he thought he made it pretty clear how he feels about having a prosthetic in the first place. Peter is expertly holding in his laughter while watching the exchange.

#miguel: while im here i’ll make life easier for you / miles about to eat the arm for fun: (sorry did you say something?) #like miles wants to be polite bc overall he is. and miguel has only been slightly annoying at this point in time #but he’s sick and tired . SICK AND TIRED. #actual cryptid au #miguel o’hara #peter parker #miles morales #m&m posts

[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

Adhd will be like “you’re not dyslexic, you just don’t read the whole word. Good luck with math you dumb fuck”

#emma posts #there is more to dyscalcula and having trouble remembering how to spell long words #but these sure aren’t helping #me. learning Norwegian. reading the sentences and or putting words together to make one ‘I’m so fucking good at l this’d’ #okay. now spell the word for ‘difficult’ #me crying on the floor because I know it. I can read and hear it. but the letters blend together in my mind #it’s bad enough trying to do this with English. which is my FIRST LANGUAGE #but then it’s like ‘spell complicated words you are learning in another language’ and i feel like smashing my head on the carpet #I can’t speak it for the life of me though. which is actually getting frustrating #without an actual person to explain how to pronounce the words I’m failing so badly #but the primary reason I’ve been learning since April is to read it anyway #and listening is good too. harder though #I’m going to be so fucked up when I start taking Swedish lessons #the word means the same thing and also sounds almost the same (to an English speaker) #BUT THEY SPELL IT VERY DIFFERENTLY! #and with whole new letters #I’m going to write the Norwegian spelling and fail #I will admit that my plan to learn Norwegian first has been working otherwise though #them using fewer unfamiliar characters and being slightly more similar to English really is making it easier to learn #than Swedish first would be. maybe I’m just biased because I’m doing decently at Norwegian #but now when I learn a Swedish word it feels easier because i have two Germanic languages to compare the words to #and one of those languages is even another Nordic language! I dread finding Icelandic lessons though. but it will probably be several years #before I even attempt that! I am doing this because I want to be able to read old family records and objects but learning about #the linguistics of the language family both are in has been super fun and made it actually easier to learn Norwegian! #Spanish is the other language I want to learn but I’ve been putting it off #because it’s more for day to day utility and I can’t fixate on it the same way. I’m terrible at concentrating on it #plus. I’ve already had four Spanish classes so I figure I’ll at least have something to start from! I think I even kept my highschool notes #it’s been really frustrating figuring out which ‘the’ to use. having everything be masculine or feminine has probably been my biggest issue #when making sentences in it. also having had teachers from totally different dialects has been hard in the past #Mexican Spanish can be very diffident from the South American one my highschool teacher taught

[tyrannosaurus-trainwreck]

I cannot stress enough, from the bottom of my fucking heart, that life is too goddamned short to be out here buying shitty potato peelers that hurt your hands and don’t really work that great for $5 when $10 will get you a sturdy, comfortable, very effective one.

Just in general, if there is something you’re out here using on a very regular basis, especially if it’s for a chore or task you already don’t like that much, it’s 100% worth it to get the “nice” version.  If you’re broke, it’s something you can ask for as a birthday/holiday/just-because gift from loved ones who aren’t broke.

Like, you know how Disney parks have what they call “touch points,” where if it’s something guests are interacting with in a big way, they want it to be as nice as possible to give guests a really good impression?  That is in fact a thing that works.  It can in fact make your life better, or worse.

I know sometimes it can feel dumb to spend the extra money, effort, or time to get the good version because no version of this tool exists that’s going to make it fun or awesome to peel potatoes or clean the litter box or mop the living room.  Unfortunately, it is not dumb and will in fact improve your life.

I know most people don’t think of it in terms of “Oh, ha ha, it’s not worth spending the extra $5 to get a good kitty litter scoop.  I’d rather use that five bucks on a single fancy cup of coffee on the way to work and spend every day for the foreseeable future fighting with this flimsy piece of garbage that can barely stand up to the job and that I have to handle just so or it will snap in half on me.” Unfortunately, that’s about what it boils down to in actual practice. 

Also unfortunately, it’s unbelievable how much mental energy is sapped by being surrounded by stuff you hate using because it’s the cheapest version of the thing that wouldn’t spontaneously combust when you touched it, or it’s busted but not completely busted yet, or it doesn’t work great but it hasn’t absolutely fallen the fuck apart on you.

Plus I think we’ve all got that socks-and-underwear-giving relative who’d be like “Finally, my time has come!” if you asked them for a sensible gift like non-scratchy towels or nice sheets, so you’re making your life materially better and also letting them fulfill some weird primal nesting instinct by proxy.

#for extra psychic damage the slightly more expensive stuff also tends to last five times as long as the cheap shit #and tends to be way easier to take care of than the cheap shit #life advice

[uten4]

The way that the Akuma no Riddle anime never explicitly talks about being gay but only works because it's gay... If Tokaku were a boy then it would be so much easier for her to be like "okay, I'm protecting Haru because I'm in love with her" and to accept that, or Haru would face her feelings more and suggest the idea that they're in love. But because they are both girls, it's not considered a given that they would be in love. Many gay people have these doubts in the back of their mind, especially when they've only recently started realizing they're gay-- "Am I really attracted to this person, or is it just [insert deflection of choice]?"

And Tokaku is forced to think, "Do I really care about her, or has she just been using psychological powers to manipulate me this whole time? Why do I feel so strongly about this girl?" And attraction or love don't appear to be a satisfying enough reason or excuse. And of course it wouldn't! They're both girls! 😱

#i considered tokaku being a boy hypothetically and not haru because #although haru being a boy would make it easier for them to realize their feelings #imo tokaku being a boy would make it SIGNIFICANTLY easier because she's already in the protective role #''i love a girl. i must protect her. as a boy would do.'' yknow? #op #akuma no riddle #also slightly unrelated but i love how haru's side of this internal conflict is portrayed #it's not just the GUILT of possibly manipulating tokaku into risking her life over and over #it's the idea that SHE WAS NEVER LOVED #that tokaku didnt do any of it because she LOVED haru. that she didnt CHOOSE to prioritize haru in this way #oh and even worse... the whole reason haru lives on. the idea that her family loved her enough to die protecting her. #and thats called into question too!! #okay i kinda told that backwards because you realize this is how she feels abt tokaku from how she talks about her mom #but you get it 👍 its really good

[28dayslater]

God help us all lmao

#i am constantly on the phone for work and i don’t love it but it literally makes my life a thousand times quicker and easier #very sadly sometimes in life we must do things that are slightly uncomfortable instead of spending our lives terrified of making any change

[dandyshucks]

i get slightly annoyed when people make community posts that tell ppl to stop doing xyz and use the phrases "they're a FICTIONAL character, theyre NOT REAL" to justify whatever theyre saying because:

1) everyone knows that already, we're all aware these are blorbos from our media;

2) if someone is genuinely struggling to grasp that because of a delusion or similar, a forceful reality check is only going to cause harm rather than help;

3) it just feels so needlessly patronizing;

4) most of the time whatever I see people complaining about is either smth that I never see anyone doing or if it is smth somebody is doing then the block button is a very quick and effective fix for the issue (or even a quick convo w the person in DMs can resolve issues!)

(granted I keep my following circle very small and probably miss a lot but if i can do that then perhaps... perhaps other people can do it too fhfkdl like just prune back whatever u dont like seeing! unfollow or block as needed!)

#speaking as someone who has experienced and occasionally still experiences delusions!!! #reality checks do not help unless we ask for them directly! it's only going to make things worse if u force one on us! #also yes im aware of the hypocrisy of me making a post complaining abt things #but its often just this one phrase that i will see in otherwise decent posts that go around #and im not about to unfollow ppl just bc of this one phrase being used in a post or two that they might've rbed fhfjdl #also this is a niche thing to know about i think? like i dont think most ppl know a lot about delusions #.... as evidenced by ppl using delulu as a quirky meme word. god that one makes me tired and frustrated fjfkdl #but yeah normally i keep complaints and annoyances to myself but this one i figured might actually be helpful to talk about here #since i know theres probably a lot of ppl who have no idea that this is a thing that can actually make things worse rather than better #and like. theres bigger fish to fry i know that! this is a relatively small thing all things considered #but i feel like perhaps if i can make life a little easier for one other person who struggles w mental health then its worth it #if i can convince one person to be more mindful of their language to make the world slightly safer for fellow mentally ill folks then yay! #and i know the internet doesnt need to cater to us crazies but fhdkdl it'd be cool if ppl could just be a tad kinder or more thoughtful #again! not shaming or blaming and I'm not even upset w anyone #ppl genuinely just do not know abt this stuff unless a loved one or they themselves struggle w delusions or psychosis etc #and even then oftentimes its such a stigmatized topic that even ppl who struggle w it themselves might not know or realize it #anyways. climbing down off my soapbox like a kitten clumsily climbing off of a tall couch SBDJSKL #dandy.cmd

[ranvwoop]

mmeh. social woes

#vwoop.noises #Every day . There are woes #It's been rough like. #I've been trying to improve my life slightly (Deeply Needed) but the thing is I've gotta like. Unpack this before Doing Anything #and it suuuuuuucks So bad #Just repressing it and letting it explode you is SO much easier. Because as it turns out. Unrepressing . Makes things worse also #It's fine though ultimately I AM chilling. but. been rlly goin thru it latley :(