approximately

[ovid]

it’s psychological horror to YOU. to me it’s a romcom

[allbuthuman]

it's a romcom to YOU. to me it's psychological horror

[pedrospascaled]

SAM REID as Lestat De Lioncourt The Vampire Lestat | S03E04 - The Devil's Road

[prokopetz]

The big reason it gets me when folks act like it's unlikely that the author was considering the esoteric symbolism of the colour of the curtains is that, like, there are people out there who consider the esoteric symbolism of their home decor in real life. They're not even rare – Pinterest is full of them.

[notatzimisce]

I will never shy away from the word goon. goon is the only way to describe a particular type of henchman, lackey, or thug. look at these guys. they're goons.

[oysters-aint-for-me]

there’s a used bookstore in rural western massachusetts (the montague book mill) whose motto is “books you don’t need in a place you can’t find” and i just feel like that summarizes tumblr too

[oysters-aint-for-me]

posts you don’t need on a site you can’t search

[beggars-opera]

the site where everything's made up and the posts don't matter

[afleetingdownpour]

Lil funfact for the tlt fandom from a greek speaker. Alectopause is a word

You may know that 'Alecto' (Αληκτώ) as a name translates to Ceasless, as in 'merciless' or 'implacatable', etc etc. Coming from the mythological Fury. A-lecto. Un-ending.

And 'pause' (παύση) is a word. A greek word in origin.

Therefore, Αληκτόπαυση (Alectopause) is a perfectly understandable to any fluent speaker word, that means "Unending-Pause". Have a fun one with it

((I am genuinely enjoying the Pause, I would never rush the Pause, I have no issue waiting any amount of time ranging from years to forever and frankly believe Tamsyn should have More™ Pause, I just think y'all would enjoy this))

[franticbindings]

The Vorkosigan saga is a series where the lingering legacy of past conflicts is nearly omnipresent. From the personal all the way to societal level, consequences of the Time of Isolation, Cetagandan Occupation, Mad Yuri's War, Komarran Invasion, and all the rest just keep on coming up. And in case any of the political or emotional stuff is too subtle for you, surprisingly often there is An Old Bomb that's important to the plot.

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Oh man, oh man. I've been going through some ancient hard drives (New Years resolution) and found some of the oldest digital photos of myself. Enjoy what 20-25 years of age - with 15 of that being on HRT - does to a guy.

Age 23 vs 48, lmao. Back when I box dyed my hair a dark auburn. To be fair, I think all of us who lived it as young adults glowed up from the year 2000.

26 vs 48. Same coat, only it finally fits properly in the shoulders! I think I had just seen Matrix Reloaded and that was me playing around as my OC. 😅

26 vs 48. I'm still kind of scrawny at 20+ lbs heavier, but clothes fit so much better now.

Me at 28? Just starting to be able to afford the tweedy look. Man, I miss those shoes. I still have that coat, though no recent photos of it, so we'll close this out with one of my favorite pics of me from last year, age 48.

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Found a few more where I'm dressed in similar clothes with similar poses.

I bought this coat in two sizes because I loved it and was worried I'd grow out of it on HRT (which was still 4 years away at this point). And I was right! Size small vs medium. Age 29 vs 48.

I've had the armor for my Sam Vimes cosplay also for about 20 years now. (Though I changed out the helm.) It's very funny that these could be seen as a Young vs Old Sam cosplay from Night Watch. 29 vs 45, I think.

I've also been hiking for a long time now. I still have that hat, but it's a bit tight on me now. 28 vs 48.

It's a shame that the even older hard drives I have ended up bricking - who knows what treasures are on them. (Though not worth it for me to pay for recovery services.)

[queer-joy-detector]

Queer joy detected!

[catchymemes]

[winter-wise]

Miles Vorkosigan you could really have benefitted from knowing about the term 'short king'

[apyt]

But he could not use it...

[notjusthespongenextdoor]

For a city to be walkable. It must also be sittable.

[apyt]

And peeable

[mindllessdreaming]

and the winner of superwholock is officially??? no one. we all lost. congrats team

[buggyhuman]

[bobbole]

Zhiyong Jing, Insomnia

[urgetocreate]

Jing Zhiyong (Chinese b. 1982), Insomnia, 2026, Oil on canvas

[inbabylontheywept]

i am banned from eating my herring inside. they make me eat it on the smoking area by the loading dock, under the theory that it already smells bad there. but it was raining today which was preventing my breakfast, so i was feeling sad and hungry and then i realized that there was a large cardboard box in the dumpster from a previous delivery. like a fridge sized box. so i fished it out of the dumpster, then tipped it on its side and had a nice little cardboard cave to watch the rain and eat my fish in. which was a great experience. very soothing. very zen. at least until the security guard from the day before stepped outside to smoke. then i tried hiding from him by crawling deeper in the box, which unfortunately did not work. instead he saw a sort of damp sniveling pale hairless creature eating fish in a box, and delivered the verbal killshot of "good morning, mr. smeagol." which is how my day was ruined before 8 am.

[ouroborosorder]

fucking losing my shit over elizabeth holmes' fucking twitter banner

[lukewarmbreadatamoderatepace]

#she's the tommy wiseau of fraud. i don't know how to explain it

(tags via @houndoors)

[should-be-sleeping]

You are 60% water and every lake, river, pond, swamp, creek, and ocean you encounter wants to reclaim it desperately. Be careful out there.

[should-be-sleeping]

[should-be-sleeping]

Good, I hope it haunts everyone about to enter a body of water so bad that they wear a life jacket. 🙌

[should-be-sleeping]

Every single person I knew (past tense) who has drowned was "a strong swimmer." Water in the wild does not care how good you are at swimming.

[should-be-sleeping]

I mean this with all due respect:

You are not going to pass a skillcheck against a rip current once it has you.

Waves will not bow to your physical prowess no matter how impressive.

Shock does not care that you used to be on your school swim team.

If you hit your head, being good at swimming isn't going to turn you face-up while you're unconscious.

You may be unable to return to shore. Rescue may be unable to find you quickly.

[joanthreatt]

Scheduling this for when weather starts warming up. Be careful swimming this summer

[byjove]

everybody: you’ve got to advocate for yourself in medical settings!

medical professionals when a patient advocates for themselves in a medical setting (x100 if that patient is a part of any minority): damn. you’re a hypochondriac crazy bitch who has every mental illness and is seeking every narcotic in existence. that’s the only reason you’d be disappointed in the care you’re receiving here. in retaliation, we will be even less helpful and less sympathetic. our jobs are hard. people are dying. we don’t have time to deal with anyone who is slightly inconvenient for us.

[apyt]

This week i was told to do yoga for my depression. When i had dangerously high blood pressure. Did not help with blood pressure.