#that means you

[ahollowgrave]

14 Associations - Odette Hollows

Animal: Lambs for innocence, gentleness, selflessness, and strength. Moths for death, rebirth, and transformation.

Color: Prismatic to match her moonlit hair. All the colors laid in such a way they look white until the light hits it and then it’s a riot of pastels.

Song: Want - by Birdtalker

Number: Four, a nice round number, and a light party.

Day or Night: Dawn/Dusk. The transitional periods, the moments of in-betweens. The ending of a day and the starting of a new night. The end of that night and the start of a new day.

Plant: All of them. Dead & Alive. But -- Floral language: Crocus for cheerfulness, youthful glee. Bright heralds of spring, rebirth. Also snowdrops; consolation, hope. Blooms in the depths of winter. A sign of better things to come.

Smell: Freshly turned, moist earth. Something a bit too sweet under it. Moss. Wood. Bone.

Gemstone: Moonstones. She keeps a few on her person to give out as trinkets to new friends who need a lil’ luck (a lil’ love, which is the same thing as far as she’s concerned.)

Season: Winter for the stillness and the weight of quiet and bare branches racking against a grey sky. Summer for the press of sound and the brightness of blooms and sun seeping through closed eyelids.

Place: The grave !! (it's a hole! made for her!!) But also cemeteries in general are oft in need of her care and she does enjoy the quiet residents.

Food: Sweets of any sort. The sweeter the better. Over-ripe fruit.

Astrological Sign: She was born under Nald’thal - her family always is. She is devoted to Menphina - a bride of the moon. She is watched by Halone - a budding shield maiden.

Element: Ice.

Drink: Non-alcoholic, always. Hot chocolate is a favorite the more decadent the better. Lemonade with fun flavors.

[Tagged by:] @luck-and-larceny and @the-sycophant! Thank you both so much, sorry it took a few days!

[Tagging:] You. :)

#About #tagged in #points #that means YOU #if you haven't please do and tag me I would like 2 read it #this was fun and difficult in equal parts

[charlottemadison42]

Love your work. Question: How are you?

Hi! Thank you! Good, actually!

Which is sort of my problem, but -- well, here's the story.

In 2019, before the pandemic was even a thing, I found myself grinding to a halt in every area of my life. No motivation, no way forward, dread of failure at my jobs that translated into literally hiding in bed and failing just as hard as I feared. The news overwhelmed me when I used to be engaged. The work projects I cared most about got shelved and dusty. I stopped initiating anything at all. Even, like, showers and meals for myself.

The pandemic hit, and honestly, things didn't change for me that much. I was already hiding from the world and my responsibilities and feeling awful, and in a way it made everything else outside match up with my insides. I felt guilty for occasionally thinking that. It was a bad time for the world, and a bad time for me.

Thank somebody I hyperfixated on Good Omens. And eventually found fanfic and discord and a community that understood.

I found a refuge in writing two long novels, a novella or two, and a whole bunch of short stories (all of which I still plan to finish).

And because I found some really safe anonymous friendship through this fandom community, I also learned some things about my own mental health -- especially about autism, ADHD, and depression -- things that resonated when friends said them, in a way they never did when I heard about them on the news. In 2022, I felt ready to start trying to get help.

And I got some! It broke the bank, but I saw a psychiatrist just enough times to get a non-stimulant adhd med that gave me back my ability to focus on what I wanted to. (Is it a placebo? I don't know and I don't care; the placebo effect is one of the most powerful effects in medicine, and a reliable way to activate it is fucking fine with me.)

So, honestly, compared to a year ago?

I'm good. I'm really fucking good. I feel more like me again. I'm keeping promises and taking on hard things again. I'm confronting the stuff I shelved and forcing myself to re-engage my own life, especially my work life. I'm even reading the news (in manageable doses).

Resuming an actual job and a life has left me less time for my fandom than I used to have. I only get to write around the edges now, instead of all day. And I'm prioritizing my fandom friendships a little more than my writing, to be honest, because if I only have time for one of those, it's the friends who saw me through a couple of very dark years. But I am still writing. In fact I'm doing that tonight.

The thing I mostly wanted to say to your ask is -- thank you for asking. I'm actually doing a lot better than I was. Sometimes someone goes quiet on the internet, and you might worry that means that things are worse for them, or something bad happened. But sometimes it can also mean something good happened. Me, I made some friends, got some help, and got huge chunks of my life back, chunks I feared were washing out to sea. That means I have to wrangle these icebergs, unfortunately -- but they're my responsibility, and they always were, and I feel like I almost have enough rope now.

Thanks to all of you here for your friendship (and your fandom and your stories and characters and art) that helped me through the valley of dark fuckin' shadows. Know that they are still important to me every single day, even if I'm not a publishing-a-chapter-a-week person anymore. I'm sorry I'm not supplying you with as much story food. But in my case, it's actually a really, really good sign.

#love you #that means you

[corpusdiem-seizethedead]

“Whatever you’re doing, don’t.”

-Davey Jacobs, literally every two minutes

#newsies #newsies 1992 #seize the day #incorrect newsies quotes #incorrect quotes #jack kelly #that means you #newsies stage show #racetrack higgins #LES #YOU ARE NOT EXEMPT #newsies musical #musicals #david jacobs #davey newsies #he’s really trying #but the newsies make it so hard #why am I the only rational one? #someone else can be in charge #I quit

[wanderinthedeep]

“low budget video nasties”

#that means YOU #and also me 😇 #ootd #gpoy #me #I finally did laundry AND it got cold in Chicago so now I get to wear all my fav layers

[bonescribes]

i love all of my writing partners so dearly

#❀ ooc . #THAT MEANS YOU #anyway i love that i can add a muse and everyone is like 'fuck yeah bones gimme some of that' #thank u for indulging in my brainrot #i love u guys sm

[writerbri-archive]

If the author tagged it properly and you exclude it in your search then it's no issue, in fact it's the fault of the ANON that linked it to you as they are the one who triggered you by sending you the link and yet you thanked the anon? Did you read it to know it's written in a romantic way if a fic is triggering don't read it

Babe the fic is specifically tagged to say it’s not romantic b/ddie yet it includes the romantic buddie tag too. Make that shit make sense. The scene in question happens BETWEEN the two characters. That’s also in the tags of the fic.

The author specifically said that they are including the romantic b/ddie tag BECAUSE the noncon scene is between the characters. That’s it. That’s their defense for the romantic tag.

I also never said that an anonymous person sent me the link to the fic. That’s on you for assuming.

#I also think that i said anyone defending the fic can fuck off #that means you #you can fuck off #the person who sent me the fic wanted to make sure I have it blocked #fuck you tbh #like on so many levels #excuse the use of / #I’m actively trying to keep this nonsense out of the tag

[renedemarie82]

Sending virtual friendship bracelets to all my homies

#that means you #for my mutuals

[ofdamages-arc]

i so so so want to write but every time i look at my drafts i just... blank. i’ll get back here when i can. take care of yourselves!!

#seriously #that means you #drink some water bitch #ooc.

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

#yeehaw #1k #5k #10k #posts that got cursed. blasted. im making these tag updates after... 19 hours? #also i have been told it should say speech loss bc nonverbal specifically refers to the permanent state. did not know that! #unfortunately i fear it is so far past containment that even if i edited it now it would do very little. but noted for future reference #edit 2: nvm enough ppl have come to rb it from me directly that i changed the wording a bit. hopefully this makes sense #also. in case anyone is curious. though i doubt anyone who is commenting these things will check the original tags #1) my friend did not do this on purpose in any way. it was not intended to distract me or to hit on me. im a lesbian hes a gay man. cmon now #he felt very bad about it afterwards. i thought it was hilarious but it was very embarrassed and apologetic #2) “why didn't he use 🫵🏼?” didn't exist yet. “why didn't he use 🆗?” dunno! we'd been using a lot of hand emojis. 👌🏼 is an ok sign #like it makes sense. it was just a silly mixup. also No i did not invent 👉🏼👌🏼 as a gesture meaning sex. do you live under a rock #3) nonspeaking episodes are a recurring thing in my life and have been since i was born. this is not a quirky one-time thing #it is a pervasive issue that is very frustrating to both myself and the people i am trying to communicate with. in which trying to speak is #extremely distressing and causes very genuine anguish. this post is not me making light of it it's just a funny thing that happened once #it's no different than if i post about a funny thing that happened in conjunction w a physical disability. it's just me talking abt my life #i don't mind character tags tho. those can be entertaining. i don't know what any of you are talking about #Except the ppl who have said this is pego/ryu or wang/xian. those people i understand and respect #if you use it as a writing prompt that's fine but send it to me. i want to see it #aaaand i think that's it. everyday im tempted to turn off rbs on it. it hasn't even been a week

[witchhickx]

Mean Girls (2004) House MD (2009)

#corporate wants you to find the difference between these two pictures #theyre the same picture #house md #gregory house #mean girls #james wilson #regina george #movie parallels #transition

[doccywhomst]

#i’ve been thinking abt that cringe post #i think the latent feelings behind ‘cringe’ are shame and sometimes envy/bitterness #same vibes as when six year olds say ‘those toys are for babies’ if they’ve been shamed for their age by older kids #anyway. i think part of the healing process is realizing that shame puts you at war with yourself bc part of yourself is a social being! #and that part of you wants community and acceptance (maybe love). shame is the absence of acceptance #unlearning shame means learning self-love and gaining the confidence to find your people #jerma #cw jerma #(someone asked me to tag lol)

[normal-thoughts-official]

Please stop seeing politics as an identity and start seeing it as a collective means for change

#i am so tired of ppl trying to use 'theres no ethical consumption under capitalism' in regards to BDS #it's not about ethics it's about participating in a political strategy palestinians have spent YEARS promoting as a means for change #some things are in fact not about you #social justice #I/P #social issues #palestine #gaza #free palestine #free gaza #id in alt #overflowing trashcan

[dishsaop]

the worst part about being an adult is thay its no longer socially acceptable to just roll down a really big hill and then run back up it and roll back down again. "oh is this a syphilis metaphor" passerby would ask. "is this for a tick tock". no i just wanna come home covered in dirt and scratches and bask in the the solace of childlike mirth

#m text #everyone rbing this without the addition and commenting 'op did you mean sisyphus' yes. yes i did #'where did the discord screenshot reblog go did you delete it' well in the 10mn after posting it someone had a funnier reblog #so i was like oh. ill delete the less funny one i did for the funnier one #and then. guess what got big.

[wildbasil]

things haven't been great but i think they will be. eventually 🌻🌼🩷

#personal #comics #tw abuse #digital art #personal comic #for the record no i don't think my mother loves me #but the idea that she did kept me in an awful situation for a very long time #the number of times people said “she's your mother. she's trying her best. of course she loves you” etc etc #but i don't think “love” and abuse are mutually exclusive #like even if someone DOES love you it doesn't mean it's not abuse and it doesn't mean it's ok #art tag

[daincrediblegg]

OK THIS IS NOT A FUCKING DRILL EVERYONE FUCKING REPEAT AFTER ME. THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL DO WHEN YOU WATCH MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL THIS YEAR:

You will navigate to the page on disney plus (and it has to be here. Unless someone has actually uploaded the REAL movie anywhere else you cannot get it elsewhere)

BUT YOU WILL NOT HIT PLAY. You won’t do it. Because it’s NOT THE REAL VERSION OF THE FILM AND DISNEY IS FUCKING LYING TO YOU AS IT ALWAYS DOES

You will scroll down HERE. To EXTRAS instead. You MUST GO HERE. This is non -negotiable

THEN YOU WILL SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EXTRAS AND YOU WILL THEN HIT PLAY ON THIS BAD BOY: THE FULL LENGTH VERSION

And you will watch it. And you will thank me for having been so blind and led astray by that stupid fucking mouse. You’re welcome.

#I’m so mad everyone I’m sorry I’m going to make sure EVERYONE sees the proper version of mcc this year or die trying #literally this song is so important to the narrative and the film is so fucking hollow without it #if you grew up with disney’s bullshit version and thought it was good WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THIS SHIT #please. please watch the REAL version of this film. it means a lot to me ok #the muppet christmas carol #for the love of god please people

[ayy-junipei]

Fears

#Dungeon Meshi #Dungeon Food #Senshi #Chilchuck Tims #WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN HIS LAST NAME IS TIMBS #Anyway #OG Junipei content