#no pressure if y'all don't want to do it

[karnaca78]

Book Recs

Thank you @revewrites for the tag!!

(Okay this is actually very difficult. I read a ton of books and picking favorites is always a nightmare... These are only a sample of my tastes.)

The Castle (1926) - Surprisingly, the one Kafka book that impressed me the most is this unfinished novel. His works are integral to my tastes both as a reader and a writer and this is the one that sticks with me to this day. It also inspired one of my all-time favorite movies (Kafka by Steven Soderbergh, 1991).

Gormenghast (1950) - The second (and best) volume of a trilogy that truly blew my mind when I discovered it last year. A true work of art built like a labyrinth in which being lost is both a pleasure and an anxiety-inducing experience. Its colorful cast of characters and majestic prose are a delight.

Hadès Palace (2005) - It's very frustrating for me to talk about this book since it hasn't been translated from French (as far as I know; it's sadly not even well-known here). It's a gorgeous novel, marvelously written, full of interesting and bold ideas, clever references, and a raw beauty that shattered my heart in a million pieces from admiration alone.

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (2015) - This book makes me genuinely happy. It does cater to some of my special interests, but even beyond that, the story itself and the characters are lovely and comforting in a way I wouldn't have suspected. Its sequel, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow, is equally beautiful.

The Piano Tuner (2002) - It's about music and love and the spaces in-between. This novel touched me deeply on a personal level, and although I read it only last year, I feel like I've known it forever.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926) - A bit of a legend, this one. It's the book that inspired the movie Lawrence of Arabia. While not as engaging as the movie itself, it's a rather fascinating plunge into WWI and a side of it that tends to be overlooked. It's not an easy read, and it's a partial account of historical facts, but nonetheless a book that's worth exploring.

The Devil in the White City (2003) - An interesting mix between non-fiction and novelization about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. I have countless history books that I could recommend, but this one might be the most engaging, not being strictly academic.

The Magic Mountain (1924) - A mammoth of a book if I ever read one. I remember it took me a whole month to read it. I was 19 and it was wintertime, and my brain kept thinking about it as I studied religious iconography and architecture and history, and I thought; this book is about all of it.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) - Although an avid detective stories reader since I've been around nine, I came to Sherlock Holmes rather late. It defied my expectations pleasantly and this novel is my favorite of the bunch.

Tagging friends @a-simple-kazoo @dreamyonahill @rapturezoo and anyone who wants to give this a shot!

#tag game #book recommendations #literature #favorite books #reading #no pressure if y'all don't want to do it #but i'd be curious to find out more about your tastes!

[herrscherofmagic]

another WIP!

anyways, when I was going into Part 2, I was not expecting a bunch of generic-model NPCs (albeit very pretty ones) to end up being some of my favorite characters of the story

I'd do anything to protect these silly little goobers!!!!

THEY'RE SO ADORABLE!!!!

#honkai impact 3rd #honkai 3rd #hi3rd #honkai part 2 #hi3rd part 2 #Honkai dreamseeker #honkai Sweet #honkai Darren #honkai Ahlam #honkai Yewei #idk how else to tag this lol #between these little fellas and Siobhan (extremely hot bartender lady in hsr) i am very satisfied with life rn #also i adore the setting of the Sweet Tooth diner - it's such a sweet place and it feels so homely #funnily enough I've actually had decent-ish experience with part-time food service so this event is actually really nostalgic in a weird wa #business was slow & it was a small community so it wasn't a lot of pressure #so it was great to chill and bond w/ the coworkers and make small talk with the guests #and i say this as someone who literally explodes if they have to do small talk in any other kind of situation #i don't need a world-changing professional career y'all please just let me work at a small comfy local cafe/diner #this is all i want in life T_T

[purgetrooperfox]

how come you do post much about gaza?

assuming you meant don't*? because this makes no sense otherwise? anyway

that you don't see my activism doesn't mean it isn't happening. tumblr is a terrible platform for activism, so I don't use it for that

#i won't pull up donation receipts for a fuckign tumblr anon #i won't sit here and try to explain that tumblr activism is typically restrained to tumblr. people rb the posts and never do anything else #people here notoriously do not click on links #so what i do. what i donate. where i protest. my household's boycotting. i do it and i talk to people about it but i don't do it here #because it won't do jack shit here and i'm trying to connect with people who might actually participate. for tangible results #sorry if that sounds Angry. it's because it is. #if y'all want to free palestine then you have to participate more than just reblogging. boosting voices is good but it takes more than that #tumblr rbs don't put pressure on politicians. they don't fund relief efforts. they don't pay for esims. they don't demonstrate organized #support for palestine in a Visible Manner to your city or state or country #they aren't disruptive #that's why you don't see me post on here. i'm trying to concentrate my efforts where they might do something #NOW. before you come for my throat. obviously there is nothing wrong with circulating posts about aid and resources to help #but then you should really consider like. contributing to those resources. that's key. that's the point. and some people here do! great! #i just. am more likely to be able to find and reach people who do in other places #maybe i should've said all that in the post instead of the tags but i really don't want to bring a bunch of misunderstanding down on myself #asks answered #'i wont sit here and explain' and then i did. damn

[tomlinfonda]

15 questions and 15 mutuals

Thanks for the tag @sophiedevreaux!!! 💜 Sorry it's taken me so long to get to it 🤦‍♀️

were you named after anyone?

Yes, one of my names was borrowed from a friend of my parents'.

when was the last time you cried?

Four days ago.

do you have kids?

No, and hopefully, if all goes well, I never will.

do you use sarcasm a lot?

Who? Me? Nooooooooo.

what's the first thing you notice about people?

Really depends on the person. Mostly their outfits. Or their hair.

what's your eye color?

Brown

scary movies or happy endings?

Happy endings, including in scary movies.

any special talents?

Drawing, I guess.

where were you born?

Nope, too personal.

what are your hobbies?

Drawing, writing, reading, watching movies and TV, collecting books.

have any pets?

Yes, a big adorable cat!! 😻 She's the best! My fluffy angel!

what sports do you play/have you played?

And what if I said I don't play any sports? :// I love swimming, but I never took any lessons.

how tall are you?

1.69 meters

favorite subject in school?

English and art!

dream job?

Writer.

Tagging my moots! 🤗

@ughhhdavid @andesitecrater @randomfandomss @berniewolfes @wildsflag @suburbanlegnd @beckstraordinary @stevecarrington @tedtrentss @church-of-lilith @larkin21 @apothecrowley

#there are some moots i haven't tagged because they haven't been active in a while #if i've excluded you from this i'm sorry #i just don't want to make anyone feel pressured to post a tag game when they haven't posted in months #by the way it's totally okay if y'all don't wanna do this #tag game #lmao this is how i found out i've been unfollowed by a mutual oof

[chelseasdagger]

i just saw the most beautiful act of love. gonna be sappy in the tags real quick :’)

#okay so some background: i work in a wellness center that has a good handful of medical services along with our other ones and one of the #medical services we offer is hyperbaric oxygen therapy?? <- in case you don't know what that is it's basically like a sleeping bag that we #zip you up in and give you a nasal canal with 90% oxygen and we pressurize the bag so it's similar to going up in an airplane. it's good fo #mental clarity and also for getting better sleep. like 1 hour in there is equivalent to 4 hours of REM sleep. super cool!! #also we use walkie-talkies to communicate with you since you're all sealed up in there and it takes like 10 minutes to pressurize up n down #however!! one of the other benefits is that it can help with symptoms of dementia. i've seen people with brain injuries come in before but #today was my first time seeing someone do it for dementia. and he brought his wife in with him for support #i just walked over and saw her sitting on the floor beside the chamber he was in and she was smiling and staring at him through the window #she was speaking into the walkie and laughing with him and i just. the idea of her wanting to be with him in these hard moments 🥺 #she's now reading a book but still sitting right there on the ground beside him. my nurse offered her a chair but she's not leaving his sid #i just i can't y'all i love love. #chelsea speaks

[whistlingstarlight]

As someone who loves both the animated film and the stage show of The Prince of Egypt I'm not gonna say one's better than the other bc I personally hate how much the film fans shit on the stage show, but only one has Footprints On The Sand and For The Rest Of My Life and those are fucking gorgeous songs

#I'm not tagging this because I'm not about to start debates #fucking hate how violently against the stage show some of the movie fans are like y'all really don't get the themes do you #the generational trauma the pressures of legacy and destiny and all that jazz #anyways yeah. the stage show is so good and I don't want this post getting snapped up and shat out by the bitter movie elitists

[rose-from-ashes]

Man I'm so sorry for y'all who only see my writing here on the blog. There's a lot of shit I don't put here because I like writing and plotting and musing best when there's room for a conversation, and I've noticed that there's less of a conversation here on tumblr if any at all, so you guys only get a few posts a day maximum here whereas my current discord server gets spammed with raw unfiltered thought 24/7 because I feel it's more likely that someone will verbally respond to it and show interest and ask questions

#I'd hand out invites to the server but i get overwhelmed when there's too many people in one and I'm already near my limit there #i guess let me know if y'all are interested in seeing those thoughts and I'll see what I can do? #but I'd much rather *talk* about the things i think rather than simply posting them and getting 3 likes #which is not a complaint about engagement at all! I don't want to pressure anyone! i just wanted to let it be known WHY i post so little #despite having so much muse #ooc

[selfinflictedgunshotwound]

tagged by @patrickbategirl to shuffle my spotify and post the first 10 songs that come up 👍 tysm bella this was actually fun because i haven't heard these songs in a while. i, too have a 1000+ song playlist and the algorithm gets ridiculous with that many songs lmao

we don't talk anymore by cliff richard

pretty boys by pentagon

d'you know what i mean? by oasis

my dark disquiet by poets of the fall

212 by azealia banks

april fools (0401) by jamie

dirty martini girl by mlma

bowel purge by akira yamaoka

GUY.exe by superfruit

acetone by the crystal method

i'm tagging @yumethenikki @lestatism @lovelandohio @chloroformcoquette @handholdingotters @carmelasopranofanclub @stenchoftheunburied @abusivebehavior @scarylook !! have fun guys 🫶

#obv don't feel pressured to do it if you don't want to #love y'all 🤎 #i accidentally added this to my queue i'm gonna kms if it posts again

[lee-blogs]

Hey, just hopping on here to let my friends know that i might not be super talkative the next few days. Maybe i will anyways after saying this, but i can't guarentee anything.

Also this is just the easiest way for me to let you all know, since you're all able to see it on here, instead of me having to go individually. Sorry.

I found out some... news and i think i'm just a bit numb right now. Anyways, i love you all with all my heart, stay safe 💙

#Lee rambles #vent? sorta #Absolutely no pressure for any of you to actually do anything #but... if any of you are okay with me venting to you then... i'd really appreciate it #I don't want to feel like a burden and push my emotions onto y'all so if i'm quieter than normal for a bit don't worry #i'll be okay #Sorry for being vague too... i don't want to put all of my things out on the internet for all to see

[pearl-kite]

WIP Wednesday

@ejunkiet tagged me this week for WIP Wednesday aaaaand I started something else to practice multiple people in one shot o3o

Sideways because why not

idk still workin on it. It'll be a while ;3;

Um, tags. Hm. I didn't pay attention to who got tagged, but I guess I'll tag @mihqorio @impossible-rat-babies @starrypawz @ardellian and @fooltofancy BUT as always 100% optional feel free to pass or save for way later. No worries at all <3<3

#wip wednesday #this is already 2 hours #on one hand it's a lot of progress for my usual speed especially considering there are two people #on the other hand i'm sure I've got many more hours before I can color o3o;;; #hey the sideways is helping me pick out some things to tweak this was a good idea #SERIOUSLY if I tag you and you'd rather not PLEASE do not worry #I just love seeing your stuff but also don't want to pressure y'all or anything o3o;;;; #writing or art aaaanything #ilu <3<3

[rottingsick]

I know like slappin not condonin stalkin n violence n stuff on yer yan blogs is like a standard thing n valid n stuff, but I also think that we shouldn't isolate those who've had genuine struggle with doin bad things n usin yancore to control their urges.

like I've literally threatened people with a knife and genuinely stalked before and countless other things that are arguably worse I'm not gonna admit to online that fall under the category of "yandere things". to those like me, you're not alone.

yancore is the last place we need to demonize those who severely struggle with bad urges and sometimes fail to control. it's not an excuse, it doesn't make it right, but idk I feel like yancore is literally for those kinds of people recoverin.

you're not an irredeemable monster for your past actions, no matter how recent, and shouldn't be made to feel isolated from a community that is for people who have those same urges tryin to recover.

#bpd yandere #irl yandere #actually yandere #yancore #text #info #mine #I feel like the community is divided into two grounds #its either never act on yer urges or yer a horrible piece of shit get yeeted #or murder is okay bc I want to yer valid!!! #neither of which is a great stance #sometimes. mental illness is ugly. sometimes mental illness is failin to control bad urges. #u literally cannot expect to walk into a community full of people with violent urges and expect not one person to have never actually done #anything. like sorry to break yer little bubble there #I've known people who've done things that y'all would literally call me a liar for because some of you can't fathom that #people who do bad things bc of mentaly ill are actually real people #but ngl I don't talk abt a lot of things that aren't relvant to who I am now so u don't rlly here abt my colourful past #bc guess what. ppl learn and grow #I also feel this weird pressure to not talk abt the genuinely not okay things I've done bc some ppl will take it as evidence for why #ppl with xyz disorder are bad #and I'm gonna be real with you too. the two things I mentioned there were 100% preventable #a lot of people don't understand bein violently abused makes you do weird shit while bein violently abused #and if I sat down and explained all of my actions it's perfectly clear to see why it all happened and justify my spot for recovery or #whatever bullshit #but I'm purposely not givin those reasonings because there doesn't need to be one for anyone to be accepted for a place of recovery #again you seriously cannot house a place for ppl with bad urges and then burn those who actually act on em #its like a place for addicts that hates those who relapse #make it make sense. I'll wait.

[carltonlassie]

Why is it always where do you work or what school do you attend and not what kind of unrelenting horrors have you been dealing with lately or what kind of tragedies have you been lamenting these days

#i went to this Halloween party and it was just. i felt bad just doing this🧍 the entire night and not socializing #but really. i was masked and it was loud and people gave up when they couldn't hear me or get my name the first try lmao #and by this point I'm tired of pronouncing my name for everyone who can't deal with a pocs name #and I'm not willing to take off my mask bc who da hell even are u guys #so i was just 🧍 but somehow won the costume contest even tho ppl were whispering to each other about what our costume was supposed to be #idk maybe y'all should ask instead of whispering where i can hear you clearly 😭 #and it was weird bc my partner clearly did not want to hang out with these people either but just. brought me there and I'm just like why #what's the point. saving face? bleughhh idk I'm just grumpy bc i didn't get to have dinner to go to this thing #and the only meal option they had was like. food that doesn't agree with my stomach and also I ain't taking my mask off around these guys #it was not an enjoyable experience I've been to worse college parties #but the difference is I'm older and I'm not gonna get peer pressured into staying somewhere in not comfortable yk #idk the ppl there were nice but I'm just?? hi who the hell are you and you still don't know my name and I'm not repeating it #when ur just gonna forget #< u gotta make effort to let ppl know u #but have u considered. I'm tired of ppl knowing me #why do u wanna know #if ur just gonna know me superficially I'd much rather be unknown #going back to my original question of why is it always where do you work and what do you do #bc where i work is the last thing i wanna talk about on a Saturday night #oops emotionally slutty hours

[thingsmysplattershotjrtoldme]

...I only lost one match today....

Who am I and what have I done with the loser who couldn't even get out of spawn??

#Splatoon 3 #And guess which map I lost on🙃 #Y'all know it was Mahi Mahi #I won every other match on that stage tho #Still hate it with a passion #I played like 20 games today because I'm grinding the catalog before it disappears #Yesterday I won like five matches #And that's being generous #I'm only level 21 so it's not like I'm becoming pro #And I still haven't touched Anarchy battles #I don't do well under pressure ok 😅 #I don't want to say I'm good yet #Because put me in front of a veteran and I will become like mush #But I'm definitely getting better #On the opposite spectrum #I still suck at salmon run #I did level up to Overachiever #But I'm still getting splatted far to often to be useful for my team #I also keep forgetting how to throw eggs and throw bombs instead 😅 #I'm going to shut up now😅

[twilit-tragedy]

Scientific endeavours making me feel like 😤 today. Not even lab procedures or getting results, straight up interpersonal relationships and task management.

#if y'all have a MEETING #on a day I'm UNAVAILABLE #and don't tell me what you DISCUSSED #I'M NOT GONNA KNOW YOU WANT A TABLE WITH THE SYNONYMOUS MUTATIONS FOUND IN THE WHOOOOLE GENE #NO I DIDN'T BOTHER TO CHECK THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR VERIFIED AND/OR NON-SYNONYMOUS MUTATIONS #and then NONE OF YOU CAN SHARE A WORD DOCUMENT TO SAVE YOUR LIFE #AND I WASTE LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE LAST VERSION I'M AWARE OF THAT TURNS OUT TO BE OUTDATED #I am going to KILL someone #i hear half of what is needed to finish the article and I'm supposed to know it all #you ask the groupchat to do xyz and then people don't say which of those tasks they've completed #AGAIN I DON'T HAVE THE FUCKING DOCUMENT #i'm gonna go study because I still have an exam this week AND I'm due at the lab where I'll start my thesis in september #fuck. #no one answer me in the group chat and I'll be free to do my own shit #only i won't because we keep being pressured to finish said article but i DON'T KNOW what else I need to DO or how you want it done #and i'm stressed. bout to send an email begging for info #omfg #i'll shut my mouth for a couple hours or else i am going to snap on someone #twilit personal #nini as a lab intern

[helpimstuckinafandom]

Davina Claire is allowed to commit mass murder if she ever so desires. As a treat.

#the things y'all have done to this girl #after everything getting her SHUNNED from the witch community was the answer? really marcel? (and vincent) #she didn't even want this shit in the first place. wanted nothing to do with the covens. #then she was convinced into it because NO ONE wanted the position #then people were pissed she was regent. DESPITE THE FACT NO ONE ELSE WANTED THE POSITION #her best chance at bringing kol back gets hijacked #she follows marcel's advice for proving power by force by instructing for ONE witch to be killed. who had already made a move on davina #ten witches are instead killed (unfortunate but not davina's plan. she feels immense guilt even) #(and this is the only thing that's like... yeah fair if the witches don't want her after that) #but she doesn't continue on this vengeful murder path. she extends an olive branch to the witches suspicious of her (fair that they don't - #- accept but she's working on repsiring shit) #the this vamoire secret society (cult) wants her. and marcel and vincent's plan to make sure she can't be used by them #is to trick her to admit what she did to the witches so that she is cut off from the ancestors and completely excommunicated #to the point where she can't even buy shit from witches in the quarter #WE LEAVE HER ALONE FOR LIKE FOUR EPISODES #she's living in that attic she wanted to escape so bad #and now she's gonna join the vampire cults personal coven because she has no other community and it's the only method she has to res kol #like good fucking job guys. your work to make sure the vamp cult couldn't potentially pressure her to do shit for them #has given her no choice but to be permanently on retainer for them #AND VINCENT GOT COERCED BY THE VAMP CULT TO DO WHAT THEY NEEDED FUCKING ANYWAY #haven't seen a witch this mistreated since bonnie bennett #and it's almost worse cause unlike vampire diaries everyone except davina is an adult #(whereas bonnie wasn't the only teenager and she aged along with the others) #so davina's age is felt way more. and the way she is used and manipulated by everyone is just that much more awful #literally only one who actually gives her supoort is josh. and he's also a teenager (and more recently vamped) #and even then #the originals #davina claire #((i'm only around halfway through s3))

[gender-euphowrya]

no farming sim ever got me hooked but hm. Hm. palia

#is it even that big of a farming sim it seems very... diversified #like the farming doesn't seem like a huge part of it ?? #plus i LOVE that it's kinda consequence-free no pressure like... if you leave your crops unwatered #they don't wither or anything they just Stop growing & you just water them and there they go again as usual #plus THANK GOD no calendar bullshit. no ''this event happens ONLY ON THIS DAY if you missed it Fuck You'' #do whatever you want whenever you want no Prablem you wanna dick around building your house for 8 days you can do that #no ''oh god i had to go talk to this npc to trigger this special whatever and i forgot noooo'' #don't worry about it bb npc's still there the next day #really the clock is just to define what the characters are doing like. where they are & if they're busy #and just. dear god finally a ~cozy relaxing~ game that's. actually cozy and relaxing #doesn't shove deadlines and FOMO and minmaxxing and limited time windows in your face #stardew stresses the fuck out of me i seriously don't get how people consider it relaxing #this shit is hardcore farming. tight budget. limited stamina. A CALENDAR. #how do y'all play this and not have your hair fall out