Hooks and Books

My name is Dora (no, not the explorer). I'm a writer, and a crocheter. I'm currently trying to start my own business selling crocheted stuffed animals and dolls. I post the Avengers, Tom Hiddleston, Loki, food, cute things, and whatever else happens to catch my fancy.

[scottbaiowulf-deactivated201805]

Male writers writing female characters:

“Cassandra woke up to the rays of the sun streaming through the slats on her blinds, cascading over her naked chest. She stretched, her breasts lifting with her arms as she greeted the sun. She rolled out of bed and put on a shirt, her nipples prominently showing through the thin fabric. She breasted boobily to the stairs, and titted downwards.”

[m1ssc0mmun1cat10n]

‘ She breasted boobily to the stairs, and titted downwards’ is the greatest fucking sentence I have ever read.

[silly-activites]

THE ORIGINAL??

[dduane]

(smh) Never thought I’d see it in the wild. Yet here it is. :)

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

my dad’s best friend who transitioned after being in a car wreck with a moose posted transition pictures and she’s looking amazing

[nentuaby]

Waitlike. Are these just two facts about her or did the moose somehow crack her egg along with her car.

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

she wasn’t publicly out before the moose incident but she needed extensive reconstructive surgery and just snuck gender affirming surgeries into that

so yeah to most people it definitely looked like she had a near death moose experience and they just rebuilt her into a woman

[dependsoncontext]

[awed-frog]

thanks I hate it

[siderealsandman]

You Got a Friend In Horse 

[garrettauthor]

YOU DO NOT HAVE A FRIEND IN HORSE

[britcision]

You Got A Lotta Friends In Horse

[ailithnight]

CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THAT THOSE ARE NOT FRIENDS IN HORSE

[justanothercalamity]

#smh at cassandra spoiling the mood as usual

[newrider]

[wamscoastsmoker]

IT’S HALLOWEEN TIME TO GET SPOOKY

[notsocialphobixanymorelmao-deac]

I T S T H E M I D D L E O F J U N E

[wamscoastsmoker]

I T I S H A L L O W E E N T I M E T O G E T S P O O K Y

[pwhyxco]

ok who the fuck got this on my dash it’s still june

[wamscoastsmoker]

get spooky

[tshifty]

how does this appear every june

[hellsite-hall-of-fame]

happy halloween :)

[cupcakesmoothie]

J U N E

[kaijuno]

For Pride month we celebrate Ms. Spider's vaguely threatening bisexual energy

[catchymemes]

[i-am-a-megalodon]

WHAT

[theriu]

OKAY I LOVE THAT

[everything-is-the-answer]

@lieutenant-sarcastic this was too funny to leave in the tags

[covidsafehotties]

[amaditalks]

And in the US, because our healthcare system was held together by used chewing gum and hope before the pandemic and has been utilized as a wealth extraction tool by insurance companies and their nefarious agents, private equity and corporate ownership more heavily than ever since 2019, we are experiencing a slow motion collapse of care, and it’s only going to get worse.

Thousands of care providers across all medical fields are gone: dead, disabled, retired, burnt out, unwilling to deal with the daily insults any longer. The waiting time for appointments stretches into months and medical systems cancelling long awaited care the week before or week of is becoming increasingly common, due to lack of personnel and too often, inoperable equipment.

And all of this while an estimated 15 million of us are experiencing new, chronic, often devastating health problems because of that aforementioned airborne vascular virus.

If H5N1 becomes widespread in humans this house of cards will almost surely fold, and if we avoid that, we’ll just be kicking the can down the road because no one is trying to fix things. No one.

I’m not saying this to scare or worry you but to animate you. Connect with patient advocacy groups and professional groups representing the clinicians who want to continue providing healthcare if they can, like nurses’ unions. We need them, so we need to support them as strongly as we can.

[godloveyell]

And that’s not even getting into the WTFery that has come with overturning Roe, which has resulted in an exodus of OB-GYNs fleeing Red States because they fear the consequences of vaguely written anti-abortion legislation. When a person live in fear of what might happen if they try to do their job which is caring for their patients, it’s not surprising that they might GTFO lest they get strung up by a bunch of people who don’t know the very basics of female anatomy.

So we have large swaths of people who are going to die as a result of not being able to access reproductive care because the only OB-GYNs who will be able to operate, are going to be charmers like Dr. Byron Calhoun who believes that abortion is never necessary to save the mother’s life and is currently the only high-risk OB-GYN in the state of West Virginia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2021/the-lily/antiabortion-doctor-obgyn-care/

[rumalas]

Alastor did the gay hand so much already, I have trouble believing that nobody realized yet.

(Edit: Yes, you can use the last pic as a reaction image lol, just don't remove the tag.)

[drops-of-universe]

Your secret is safe with me (i dissociated mid sentence and didn’t hear a thing you said)

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

"No one remembered my birthday-" Well, but did YOU tell anyone it was coming up and you wanted to celebrate it with them?

"I wish someone would see through it when I tell people I'm fine-" Well, but have YOU considered not lying when people ask you how you're doing?

"I am so resentful of my friend because they keep doing this thing that really bothers me-" Well, but have YOU directly communicated that the thing is bothering you?

"I am burning out because my friend keeps expecting me to help them with serious struggles-" Well, but have YOU tried to establish the boundaries you need to feel okay?

"No one ever asks me about this thing I really care about-" Well, but have YOU brought it up yourself?

"I miss my friend but they haven't texted me-" Well, but have YOU been reaching out to them?

Sometimes people are mean, uncaring assholes, in which case you get to be mad. But sometimes you just need to communicate better. Try communication before you assume someone doesn't care!

[snipertrifle]

Having someone who knows you on such a deep level that they see past your mask, or sense you need a check in is such a deep satisfying fantasy. It's up there with living in a cottagecore farm, or buying all your friends houses when you win the lottery. But you have to make peace with the fact that this is also a fantasy. It is unfair to expect people to "just know" when to respect your boundaries or to push them.

Being cared for is not a fantasy. But you have to let people know you need it. And you have to understand that sometimes they will let you down. Just like you totally could live in a cute farm, but you still have to shovel shit, and the crops sometimes die anyway. Or maybe you win the lottery, but you still have to manage your money and learn real estate law.

The fantasy isn't the caring, the fantasy is not having to do the work. And it sucks. It's embarrassing. But like the meme says, it's not rotten if it's YOU. So do it for yourself.

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

"The fantasy isn't the caring, the fantasy is not having to do the work"! Thank you for that addition. Because it's not a naive expectation to want someone to care to treat you right. But it requires communication and mutual effort to actually get there

[foodffs]

[foodffs]

DARK CHOCOLATE SALTED CARAMEL CUPCAKES

Really nice recipes. Every hour.

Show me what you cooked!

[neil-gaiman]

I am a grownass adult with a problem talking to people I admire (which is why I'm using this instead of ever having the courage to talk to you at an event). I am normally outgoing and I have no problem speaking in public under any other circumstances, but get me around someone whose work I enjoy and I'm incoherent or completely mute.

You seem like a fairly quiet person under most circumstances, if you have any tips for how not to feel like a complete turnip, I would be grateful.

Just that it's okay to tell people you like what they made. Most people will be really happy to hear it. And then pick a new subject and say something normal.

[crowleys-hips]

Neil king we're on tumblr what exactly does normal mean lmao i mean my idea of a normal conversation is "hey wouldn't it be wild if Romulus and Remus had actually turned into part wolf because of the she-wolf who nurtured them and then Rome would've been a werewolf empire and then werewolves would've gone on to rule the entire world"

[neil-gaiman]

Exactly. Normal. Just get the "I like what you made/do" bit out of the way politely then say whatever you'd normally say. "Do you think some holes are sentient?" or "I think that man is shooting at us" or "Papa says the weather is unseasonably warm, but personally I think the weather is most agreeable" or whatever it is you would like to say next.

[plantichu]

a helpful tutorial

I was taking with my friend about good omens and we were wondering how the hell aziraphale-as-crowley managed to get into that bath without getting his socks wet and so I drew this ‘helpful’ guide.

I like to imagine that all the demons had to just awkwardly stand around watching him clamber around getting into this bathtub… @neil-gaiman can you confirm?

[neil-gaiman]

This is even better than the people trying to get Good Omens cancelled on Netflix. I might confirm it when I stop laughing.

[alaska-riversong]

I have been thinking about this scene a lot and while I appreciate the OP’s version as well as the very fine illustration, I can’t help but slightly disagree.  I have always seen Crowley stand at the foot edge of the tub, raise his arms dramatically, falling backward in slow motion with an evil grin on his face, making a massive splash like the dramatic bitch that he is.  It took a minor miracle to not get his socks wet, but it was worth it.  Now I need an illustration of the entry I described for comparison…. for science of course.

[plantichu]

a comparison! (for science, of course)

[joddit-y]

…okay, but can we consider this option? for arguments sake?

ignore that i ordered it backwards

[neil-gaiman]

I imagined a lot of things while we were making Good Omens. I never ever once imagined this thread.

[musingsofmaisie]

This. Is. Pure. Fucking. GOLD.

[docdust]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAHHHHHHH Love.

[notalostcausejustyet]

Oh this fandom. I do love us lol.

[queenofthearchipelago]

Good Omens Heritage Post

[embracing-the-ineffable]

Still legendary 🤣

[neil-gaiman]

Reblogging because people need it.

[dduane]

For all the logistics lovers out there…. 😄

[plantichu]

a helpful tutorial

I was taking with my friend about good omens and we were wondering how the hell aziraphale-as-crowley managed to get into that bath without getting his socks wet and so I drew this ‘helpful’ guide.

I like to imagine that all the demons had to just awkwardly stand around watching him clamber around getting into this bathtub… @neil-gaiman can you confirm?

[neil-gaiman]

This is even better than the people trying to get Good Omens cancelled on Netflix. I might confirm it when I stop laughing.

[alaska-riversong]

I have been thinking about this scene a lot and while I appreciate the OP’s version as well as the very fine illustration, I can’t help but slightly disagree.  I have always seen Crowley stand at the foot edge of the tub, raise his arms dramatically, falling backward in slow motion with an evil grin on his face, making a massive splash like the dramatic bitch that he is.  It took a minor miracle to not get his socks wet, but it was worth it.  Now I need an illustration of the entry I described for comparison…. for science of course.

[plantichu]

a comparison! (for science, of course)

[joddit-y]

…okay, but can we consider this option? for arguments sake?

ignore that i ordered it backwards

[neil-gaiman]

I imagined a lot of things while we were making Good Omens. I never ever once imagined this thread.

[musingsofmaisie]

This. Is. Pure. Fucking. GOLD.

[docdust]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAHHHHHHH Love.

[notalostcausejustyet]

Oh this fandom. I do love us lol.

[queenofthearchipelago]

Good Omens Heritage Post

[embracing-the-ineffable]

Still legendary 🤣

[neil-gaiman]

Reblogging because people need it.

[dduane]

For all the logistics lovers out there…. 😄

[throathole]

[forwhomtheblindbellstoll]

[ID] a tweet by lil arab @sweatyhairy saying "u know you mentally dominated a white dude if u can get him to say 'fair enough'" [/ID]

[heywriters]

btw the majority of your life will be lived as a adult. yeah i don't make the rules. go have fun in your 40s or 70s or whatever. no one expects you to accomplish everything at 17 or 27. you've got time and in the meantime get some life experience, it will pay off

[toastbutteregg]

i needed to read this today so im sharing it to all of you!!

[2spirit-1spoon]

This pride, a special shout-out to any late bloomers who feel like they're running out of time or like they wasted too much already 🏳️‍⚧️💗🏳️‍🌈