#you should not fear getting old

[gis4greenandgreenisgre4t]

actually you know what? i love being 18, i miss being a kid, i feel sorry for my teenaged self, i look forward to being 50, i can’t wait for when im old enough to no longer be burgeoned by the ideas of beauty, i’ll enjoy being young and silly.

#giz talks #actually every age is kind of awesome #you should not fear getting old #you should not hate being young #you will be everywhere #you’ll do everything #themcel posting

[vigilskeep]

i need to wynnepost. somebody has to

#its crazy how people will assume she is all the tropes she subverts and then ignore her #also how sympathy for circle mages’ indoctrination only lasts until they get old i guess and then fuck them #because its not as if they were ever a terrified child who’d never had anything better than a single templar’s mildest kindness and any kind #of home even if it was the tower #so an orphan kid who had no memory of anything but scurrying between farmsteads and hiding in barns #didnt want to leave. what a shock. you guys dont get the place comfort has in keeping circle mages complicit #so it’s violent and terrible and you never have privacy and your children get murdered and you’re always watched and hated #its also a warm bed and community and a chance to succeed #do you honestly think every kid from fucking THEDAS knows theres anything better out there #that doesnt make the circle good. it makes it horrific that they prey on vulnerable kids to teach them the world hates them #and only the circle is ‘safe’ #i just think there should be some sympathy for those kids and what they grow up into #its easy for the player to walk in and say their character would hate the circle and never have listened to the templars #its easy for say an amell or even a surana with a family back home to not fear what they left behind #wynne genuinely thinks without the circle mages would all be murdered and she’ll fight and die protecting her fellow mages #from the right of annulment #yes its a flaw that she goes on to teach others the circle must be tolerated and that is precisely how the circle is perpetuated ove #over generations #but its amazing to me to just act like its her fault #well. this is more tags than i expected it to be

[synonymroll648]

headcanon that as sophie ages, she gets more and more off-put by how she still looks twenty at some age past 40. the only wrinkles she has are smile lines and a barely-there crease between her eyebrows that never leaves. no gray hairs. it doesn’t feel like there’s any physical evidence of how much stress aged her too fast.

(maybe she dyes more grays into her hair to feel better about her reflection, the more time passes by. maybe, on bad days, she contours wrinkles into her skin with makeup. maybe the bad days get more frequent as she ages outside the human lifespan. maybe.)

#i feel like fitz and dex are the only friends of hers that really get it #since fitz understands more surrounding human cultures than most elves thanks to his firsthand experience in the search #and dex grew up with his mom’s romcoms #which would probably show some human perspectives on aging #and his mom explaining some things that didn’t quite make sense to Smol Dex #but i’ve always imagined sophie turning up on fitz’s doorstep in the middle of the night #with tears running down her face and saying she didn’t know who else to talk to about almost-immortality feeling so so so wrong as she #gets older. not necessarily just because he knows more about humanity than most of her group #but also because like. there’s some part of her that says ‘if he can help you through learning to be an elf at 12 maybe he can help you at #42 too’. and they’re cognates. and they’ve gotten old enough to set aside teenage grievances with one another #and i like the idea of them sitting on a couch together by lamplight and trying to navigate the cultural and personal differences #in how the two of them and humanity and the lost cities view mortality #and not really reaching a concrete conclusion. but rather. a conclusion that keeps the two of them sane until they reach triple digits. #and then they have the conversation again. and come up with a plan to stay sane in their triple digits. and the same thing pops up in their #thousands. idk man the whole thing screams trust down to the bone and that’s what they should have when the war is over #is there anything more Cognate than talking through wildly different fears surrounding the same thing that make both parties #super vulnerable??? down to how your minds work in the face - or lack of - death? #maybe so but i can’t think of them off top of my head #kotlc #sophie foster #kotlc headcanons #keeper of the lost cities

[unironicallycringe]

I know everyone on Tumblr and Twitter regards people who are 25+ or god-forbid 30+ to be in fandom for nefarious purposes only and should be doing adult things like having a shitty 9-5 office job and then getting home and staring at a beige wall.

I'm here to tell you that my experience being 30 is largely unchanged from being 20, except I now have better communication and empathy skills from years of therapy and also from gazing into the void. Also I have more bills and stress, which means I value my time being able to enjoy a hobby like playing with metaphorical Barbie dolls.

Also, I can offer you such gems of lived-experience advice like "you may have a quarter-life crisis in your twenties as adulthood comes stampeding over you, it will suck absolute ass but you are not alone and you can do this."

Anyways shout-out to the age range who are not-elders-but-regarded-as-such-online-for-some-reason. I met a 60+ person playing my cool new gardening sim game and he's legit af. I am baby compared to that guy and he's still vibing. You're allowed to be part of online communities at any age as long as you respect the people around you.

#shea muses aloud #this is my 'old man yells at cloud' moment #i get the fear really im not naive i know there are bad actors online and you should exercise caution everywhere #straight up it can get dangerous out here #but also dont let that cause you to go extremist in the opposite direction and decide to ostracise everyone older than you #idk man go outside and join communities #my larp regularly had ppl in their 40s and 50s #youre allowed to be a nerd who *gasp* ages #fandom #ageism #anyways learning a lot in my year and a half of being active online #mostly the usual of 'there are people who suck and there are people who dont' #thats life babey #find the people who dont suck #also good luck with your quarter life crises everyone i believe in you

[darlingpwease]

WEI WUXIAN, who is afraid of childbirth and pregnancy, and wants to have adopted puppies sooner than ever give birth to them, because he knows a lot of stories about painful childbirth and death during them, and the very thought of pregnancy makes him feel terrible —

♡

alpha!reader who makes a lot of nests and brings clothes so that your omega can hide in them, but at the same time you completely lack any desire to have biological puppies, even if your parental instinct is very active and even aggressive in manifestation — but you completely spend it on your husband, who remains an eternal puppy.

#🥮 — mao dao zu shi #✉.wei wuxian #🧸.omegaverse au #especially if he initially grew up and was brought up as an alpha #only to end up in the omega body #and he thinks that you want puppies but he does not find the strength to overcome this panicky agonizing fear #because the omega body seems wrong to him #but you still go with '>:333 husband I do not care; if If you want you can be my alpha even if your body is an omega body I'm not picky' #'idc hubby you will be my sexy delicate alpha and leave bites on my neck as my alpha' #and wei wuxian with his 'let's get married again plz hand in marriage' #BONUS POINTS if after he came to life you do not understand #whether you should rebuild the nest with new clothes or leave the old one that was not touched #and it bothers you a lot more than the fact that he doesn't want to give birth to your puppies #and wei wuxian feels so comfortable when he sees that you don't care what kind of body he has #because he will always be the perfect husband for you

[moregraceful]

one time my mom told me that our young neighbors loved our persimmons so much that they decided to plant some trees of their own. so they planted four persimmon trees ☠️

#OH YOU SWEET SUMMER CHILDREN LMAO #we have two trees planted in 80s. they put out conservatively at least 300 persimmons each. maybe more #FOUR PERSIMMON TREES #fuck around and find out of ALL time #<- says the guy who is inheriting a house with 14 different fruit trees on the property #i feel real fear when i think about my future sometimes #not bc i am afraid of growing old. but bc i am afraid of the amount of gardening i will be doing #but like what am i gonna do - cut down the persimmon trees? those trees are my family. all the fruit trees are my family #anyway if any of you are like should i plant 1-4 persimmon trees? NO just COME TO MY HOUSE i will GIVE YOU THEM FOR FREE #fresno oilers.txt #feelin real chatty tonight but i was just at church for 5 hours and am trying to recover from the yearning #so i can get started editing my fth fic #i got stuck in traffic while going to church tho and untangled a motif that was driving me crazy so i'm feeling MUCH better abt it #and we stay silly above it all

[seveneyesoup]

me when i remember that the sequel to the batman (2022) isn’t going to be the secret good version that exists in my head

#IT NEEDS TO HAVE HARVEY DENT #listen to me listen then you can have dick grayson also #Give Battinson A Child please #and i KNOW it won’t happen bc a lot of the first movie borrows from long halloween #which is Exactly why the second movie should have harvey dent in it #anyway also i want loser dad bruce wayne from the batman (2022) #‘do they make my chemical romance shirts for nine year olds’ type beat #also they should put bruce in a cute little pink bathrobe. he deserves it but i don’t really care about that #i have two demands they are harvey dent and dick grayson and i fear i may get neither #whatever. i don’t even care (<- lying) #i’m gonna go. uh. watch btas and by that i mean listen to micheal romance and draw my little dress up doll #OH I FORGOT MY OTHER DEMAND mcr on the soundtrack #please #new song please mr chemicals romance i am begging you on my knees new music new music

[chiropteracupola]

but still I keep your hand, as a precious souvenir...

#em draws stuff #oc time again hehe #haunted by your hand #the gambler: james webster #the highwayman: kate heriot #remember that 'what should I draw' poll? well girl soup won so here is Girl Soup as you so politely requested. #feel like I ought to tag this for Something but for the life of me I do not know What. #time to say a little context also. for I fear that this needs context. #james's entire Deal is a bit 'sad old bartender with a dead wife in the walls somewhere' except that she's not particularly sad or old #and the wife in question is not precisely in the walls so much as being preserved in alcohol in a barrel in the basement #'but what else are you Supposed to do after you've stolen your ladylove's corpse and turned her hand into a sorcerous artifact? #just bury her? well that would be both a difficulty and a waste wouldn't it. better to keep her close. right here. right here.' #so you see james's thought process on this one. and if she's drinking a little of what's in that vat of dead girl juice what's the problem. #...I realize now that I'm not ever sure I Said what the haunted by your hand storyline was out loud on the website before. #so if this was a sudden bucketload of information then. well. do not know what to say beyond That's Just How It Is. #aaaaand caption lyrics from tom lehrer's 'i hold your hand in mine' since I am still finding room to get a little silly with it around here

[leafwateraddict]

Sometimes I really miss my 2021 artstyle :’)

Ft. My ocs Jax and Floriana :3

#art #sona #persona #ocs #my ocs #the one whos bleeding out of the eyes is Jax #the girl with the undercut and flowers in her eyes is Floriana #i think its really good to keep old records of your art so you can see how far youve come #and also see what elements of your art you want to keep #i should use highlighters again :] #like that skeleton corset #oh i am totally keeping it #this phase was basically me trying my best to get over my fear of skirts :’) #so im really proud of younger me for that #newsflash #i dont hate the skirt anymore #leafs art #leafs ocs

[thepavementsings]

Honestly I think the #1 thing about moving into the professional space that I wish I learned about sooner was the importance of finding a true mentor in your field. There's so much talk about network network network but having a few people with knowledge and experience truly ride for you beats the thousands of linkedin connections ten times out of ten.

#i wish i was told at 18/19 about really leaning into people you admire/who believe in you instead of burning yourself out for tons of ppl! #ive been really lucky to have amazing people in my corner throughout my university years in my jobs who have really looked out for me!! #my research supervisor is the one who gave me the job i start friday (!!) #bc i talked to him about my short career history and fears of this tight job market and uncertainties etc etc #and he gave me this opportunity saying 'i know this isnt what you want long term and i will support u searching for what that is but for no #- i think you should push yourself to try something different! #and my old mentor who was my absolute ride or die just messaged me about coming back to my old job in a closed off industry rn #basically sat with me for an hour the other week just catching up hearing my plans talking about what i want for my career #hoping to line me back up with my old team to hopefully break the market and then help me move around once im in #to get to where i'm really passionate about #i know im soso lucky to have people like that in my corner and a lot of that just came from happenstance that personalities seem to click #but its such a weird falsity we push about #'grow your network full of these strangers at conferences! but never dare admit youre only doing that for a job opportunity!'

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"Emily..." Randall began, almost tearfully, but it was June and Wilhelm who spoke up over him-not to agree, not to rush her out the door and warn her not to come back, but instead to ask her to stay.

"Please," Wilhelm began, as June reached out to take the young woman's cold hand, stopping her as he continued, "W-Would you stay, just a little longer, lass? Really, we...we'd like it if you stayed. I-I promise, y-you're not intruding; Junie and I weren't able to sleep anyways..."

"You saved our son's life, and you brought him back home to us," June continued gently, as Randall sat up a little, just as surprised as Emily was at this sudden turn of events, this change in reaction in his parents. "We...we can't thank you enough for that. Please, won't you sit down? I...I think we have a lot to talk about...and a lot to apologize for."

At this, Randall's eyes widened further, as he looked between Emily, his mother, and his father, that surprise turning to a sort of tentative relief, as his mother encouraged Emily to make herself comfortable, while June moved to the kitchen to put on a pot of tea, to perhaps soothe their frazzled nerves. She hoped the young woman (not a monster, she thought to herself, but a young woman) would accept, and hear out what the Pace parents had to say.

#((i'm sorry: an a.i. just isn't nearly as threatening as the soul of a serial killer!)) #((the terror of 'child's play' is defidently that andy is so little-he's this adorable little six-year-old who makes your heart melt)) #((watching him make his mom breakfast on his own birthday and getting excited about having a good guy of his own)) #((and so you don't want anything to happen to him! he's being preyed upon by what he thought was his friend)) #((his talking good guy doll-even worse; chucky told andy that he was sent by andy's dead father to play with him)) #((which adds a cruel twist to things-andy just wanted a friend; and now he's in danger; and no one believes him)) #((not until the end! so having andy be older; be attacked by an a.i. doll who should NOT be that strong like you said)) #((and have more allies on his side; it really does take away that fear factor; that level of suspense!)) #((and there really is so much love in the main franchise; as opposed to the 2019 reboot)) #((which feels more like your standard cash grab! it's almost a family affair)) #((considering the actress who played andy's mother in the first film married kevin yagher)) #((who designed and built the chucky animatronic; i think alex vincent's little sister played chucky)) #((for the scene where he runs behind andy's aunt maggie shortly before she goes pushed out the window)) #((and of course brad dourif's daughter fiona is a part of the franchise now; having played nica pierce)) #((and even playing a young charles lee ray in flashbacks for the tv show!)) #((there really is so much love and care behind it; the kind of love and care you just don't see in the reboot!)) #outofhatboxes #beatingheart-bride #V:Dark Shadows

[tkbrokkoli]

i can start T today 🥳

#not fandom related #personal log stardate #i got the gel at the pharmacy after my dr appointment today #slept like shit and im still scared abt the test resluts. im supposed to call my dr's office next week for the results #if they're positive ill v likely need surgery for a tumor. as far as i could tell from google :c #it's a benign tumor btw as far as i know. the surgery should be endoscopic as well so it honestly could be way worse #still. #if ill need surgery ill ask my dr if i can wait until ive been on T for a while and get top surgery before going in for any other surgery #i rly dont want to be in the hospital as a woman 😵‍💫 #but it gives me that little push that i needed to actually get surgery. sure ive always wanted it but taking all the steps to get it #is v hard and ive been avoiding it. but yesterday i thought what if i accidentally end up in a hospital #and ill be seen as a woman and ill be insanely uncomfortable in hospital gowns and it all will be v horrible indeed #so better start the transitioning steps that i want to take sooner than later #fear is a good motivator. helped me recover from my ed as well. that counselor at my old university was like #your ed behavior and sh behavior are getting too bad id recommend you go inpatient and i was like. impatient? 😳 #no way i was gonna do that so i decided to start fighting my ed and recover. which took several years but it was so worth it #anyway back to the good stuff! i can start T today!!!!!!! 😁 #trans stuff #ed cw #sh cw

[mars-ipan]

i am entering a point of good omens hyperfixation where i am actively starting to choke on the amount of content i am consuming but i Will Not Stop

#marzi speaks #call me aziraphale bc a bitch keeps indulging #soon the very air i breathe shall be replaced by the immaculate Vibes between two fictional old celestial beings #like. i should have ended up overwhelming myself with how much i think abt gomens by this point #but i haven’t. and i do not want to stop thinking about gomens anytime soon #i have not been this deeply hyperfixated in a Long Ass Time. i am here for the foreseeable future #btw i hate the phrase ‘consume content’ it just worked for the metaphor #umm anyways. i’m living proof that anything can be hedonistic if you try hard enough #i’ve started thinking about getting a gomens tattoo. a fucking TATTOO #i’ve wanted a tattoo for years but have never committed due to both a fear of needles and knowledge of the fact that my tastes change often #but my love for this fucking story is hitting a point where i am genuinely thinking about getting it permanently stabbed into my skin #HELLOO???? #now. obviously if i DID get a tattoo i’m doing it after this initial hyperfixation settles a bit #because. i do not want to be hasty #but there’s so many cool potential tattoo designs #one of my favs being a snake coiled around a flaming sword #but there’s so many tattoo ideas in there. so much symbolism so many parallels #godd. i will think on that

[gregmarriage]

sideshow bob is the funniest fucker alive. his nemesis is a ten year old, who put him in jail for the crime he LITERALLY committed. he’s not above child murder, or just murder in general. he used to hate krusty, but apparently bart takes first place after he puts him in jail, again, for the crime he LITERALLY committed!! he’s insane <3

#love him getting mad when he literally did it imaoooo #i know it’s more the fact that he didn’t get away with the crime as he wanted to #also in cape feare when he’s sending threatening letters to bart #like sir first of all that’s a ten year old #second of all was he supposed to let you murder his aunt???? #there’s many bob eps and at this point it’s like is bob still mad about the original failed crime or is he mad for the whole stack of other #bart has stopped him from committing? #i think it’s the latter bc yeah bart is making it worse for himself in bob’s eyes but also he’s not gonna let bob get away with whatever #plan he’s got??? #especially when it’s murdering him or a family member #i can’t remember if there’s an episode which further explores his and krusty’s relationship and his jealousy of mel #i feel like he and mel should talk they have a lot in common ie. loving and idolising a man who treats them like shit #see: bob framing krusty in the first place bc he’d finally had enough #i suppose the only difference is mel always seems to go back #see: him claiming he won’t return for the comeback special but he still does anyways #it’s just an interesting dynamic krusty has with the sideshows that i feel should get explored more #like i love krusty but the whole point is he kinda sucks like he’s not super great at times but it’s sometimes glossed over #there’s nuance to the bob framing him stuff but nonetheless #am i making simpsons too deep? perhaps but 💁🏻‍♀️ #gwen rambles #gwenposting #simp(son) posting

[barnbridges]

this one is absolutely hilarious on both ends, bless them

#and it's why i do think it's absolutely performative whatever she has on for charles #because the real thing is hysteria and the fear of being replaced #because.... who wants the prettier girl at the funeral? #who wants to be side-lined for a girl he's not spoken to in years? #should i remind you that nowhere do any of the corcorans really show her any care #when Henry TM gets to fucking be everything everyone best friend good guy the dad slaps him on the back #and sophie dearbold gets the dad's annoying thankfulness - marion gets charles #and ofc it's both heartbreaking AND humiliating to be replaced when ... she cared a lot about good old bunny fghjk #but that should all not matter because Charles amirite #i don't know between marion and charles who is the child and who is the caretaker which is funny about charles #only henry could hope charles would handle the fallout of this sort of a lashing out #frankly it's due to good old cloke shit didnt get worse so <3

[n1ghtwarden]

thinking abt how the tat of her house sigil is more a brand than anything else.

#minth and her struggle for individuality. minth and her continuing the cycle bc she needs therapy and i don't think that's a thing in faerun #of course she sees things in absolutes. look how and where she was raised. IF YOU EVEN GET IT (i am a minth and laezel stan) #ooc. claireposting. #it doesnt matter if shes left 2 cults (1 she got tortured and thrall'd into bc she has not left a lot of the ideals she was raised with. #TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO AND EVEN WHEN HE IS OLD HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT. #she says it herself. she was raised to be a soldier. : ( #the fact that she can and is willing to show vulnerability and fear to others is. AAAAAAUGH. #ITS A BIG DEAL.