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finally tried my hand at a twin cinema poem and yaowza !! took me a couple hours to figure it out but i'm very happy with this one and i wanted to share. you can read gideon and harrow's thoughts separately to see their perspectives on their own and each other's actions, and putting them together supposedly reveals the truth of the lengths they would go to but can't communicate to one another :3

i just think that a form where they are talking to one another without hearing any response and yet are intertwining so perfectly is deeply on theme and makes me ill

also sorry for image quality i formatted this on canva and idk how to put such a complex form into an image description so apologies </3

#AUGHHHHHHHHHH #tlt

periodic lil update

I FELL IN LOVE!!!!!!! I'M FALLING VERY DEEPLY IN LOVE!!!!!!!

I've been one of those people that makes a distinction between loving someone and being IN LOVE with someone. I've loved people before. I've never been IN LOVE before. That's changing in real time. It's really cool, and fun, and nice. This woman hung the fucking moon, I swear.

I've never felt so safe with someone, and so secure. That I can trust her with anything, that I want things to work with her so badly. That I could spend forever with her, build a life with her, start a family with her. I wanna take care of her, and I know she wants to take care of me. She writes poetry about me, and inspired me to write again. We make each other better. It's so tender, and real, and warm.

There's not a lot more coherence to this update. I just think it's important to celebrate that even when the world's on fire, people find each other. It's still possible.

#personal #:)

goddidntdothis

THE STRINGS [ a Pathologic fan comic ] PG 1-8/8

Lara Ravel has been rehearsing this for long enough.

#YEAHHHHHHHHHH #back on my patho shit bc Quarantine is finally out #pathologic

long overdue life update

WOW i have not been on here in AGES and it feels right to do a lil year-end wrap for the one (1) person who may possibly read this

Partly because I'm sentimental -- this is my second account but I've been on tumblr since I was freshly 14. I grew up here. I made a home here. And now I feel like I may have moved on. I'm not sure how much I'll be back on in the future.

Which is sad in some ways, and a relief in others. Since deleting this app and many off my phone (to avoid spoilers lol) I've just been happier and healthier. Without the constant reminders of what dreadful stuff is going on (even tho i still get news app headlines) I have found myself blossoming. Is there a little guilt for being so unplugged? Yeah. Am I demonstrably happier in every conceivable way? Absolutely.

To make an extremely long story short: I'm doing fantastic. I love my life so deeply and thoroughly -- my apartment, my job, all of my friends. Every single day I wake up grateful. This year was a gauntlet of growing pains -- dealing with several flavors of grief, navigating a huge life transition, and finally confronting a painful and deep seated part of my psyche (which my newfound stability finally afforded me to do). But it's resulted in *the* best year of my entire life.

I got an actually-fulfilling full-time job that gives me health benefits. I'm heading a project at that job that's putting into practice *everything* I've studied and worked on in my career up til this point. I taught myself financial literacy from the ground up and am fully on track to retire myself and my future wife. I go to bars and concerts and meet people and feel part of the world again. I've worked on healing the shame and self-loathing that always made my life harder than it needed to be. I got some scary health news and still moved through it -- capping a nearly decade-long battle I've had with myself. I tried shrooms, got birthday kisses, became a kitten auntie, rewrote bad memories, and proved to myself that I'm deserving of everything I worked so hard to achieve. I even have a date next week :^)

So to you (the girl reading this): I hope you got to stretch and grow and enjoy like I did this year. And if not, I hope that 2025 is kinder to you, and kinder to everyone.

#:)#probably not going to delete my account and i'll probably poke my head in occasionally #but if you want to keep in touch you're welcome to dm for my discord #i do miss the familiar faces on here -- trust me when i say i think of you fondly #but the winds of change etc etc and god DAMN dude im just so much happier #happy new year!!!

kovir

DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD (2024) dev. Bioware

#veilguard #i know ive been awol but all you need to know is ive been in neve's room. looking respectfully

booksinmythorax

Ok, real quick, speaking as a librarian, you absolutely cannot despair about the adult literacy crisis and shame adults for reading fiction books you do not personally care for or think are "challenging" at the same time. It doesn't work with kids, and it doesn't work with adults.

Here's how to increase someone's reading level:

1) Let them read whatever they choose without shame or judgment. Maybe get them talking about it using open-ended, non-leading questions to encourage critical thinking and comprehension.

2) Let them get bored after a while and seek out different books.

3) Repeat.

somberoath

just sittin' and thinkin'

hikariposts

“One flesh, one end”

Yes my brain is currently rotting because of these two thanks for asking. The idea for this illustration was so vivid in my mind after reading the first book that I decided it was worth the time and effort I put into it!

I told you there were going to be more fanarts ;)

(Tap on the pic for high quality and pls do not repost without credit)

cyan-fly

Miku suit😳

#😳

rovermcfly

proud to say that I have never once in my life figured out the whodunit in any crime story I've read or watched. I just let the facts and clues wash over me, absorbing absolutely none of it. I am the audience they think of when they throw in red herrings, in case you've ever wondered "who would fall for this obvious false lead". it's me. I am the idiot viewer/reader. not once has an obviously framed clue revealed anything to me. my head is completely empty when I consume these stories.