neverland

escapism (n.) the tendency to escape from daily reality or routine by indulging in daydreaming, fantasy, or entertainment.

[marvels-universe]

For August prompt REFERENCE in @mcuchallenge

[marv-el-spot]

“No. My sister saved the world. Natasha Romanoff saved the world.“

GIFTOBER 2022 (+ @mcuchallenge) | Day 6: Heroes.

[linusbenjamin]

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff — Marvel Cinematic Universe (2008-)

[ashes-and-dusts]

“She’s stuck in the hours while he begs for seconds.”

—

because time stops for someone who can’t remember and runs from someone who can’t miss the last train home.

by changdictator. slightly edited by me.

[kevindewong]

1926. If Harry Potter Was An Anime.

[fahrlight]

I’ll always reblog it when I see it because this is the COOLEST THING I EVER SAW!

[vegasdarcy]

THE NON-JUDGING BREAKFAST CLUB

[sebastijanstan]

“The Upper East Side was like something from Fitzgerald or Thackeray. Teenagers acting like adults. Adults acting like teenagers, guarding secrets, writing gossip all with the trappings of truly opulent wealth. And membership in this community was so elite, you couldn’t even buy your way in. It was a birth right.”

[tonguewick]

We don’t judge.

We’re the non-judging Breakfast Club.

We’re your best friends.

[allthingsneruda-blog]

“That’s why I love you and yet not why. There are so many reasons, and yet so few, for love has to be so, involving and general, particular and terrifying, joyful and grieving, flowering like the stars, and measureless as a kiss.”

— Pablo Neruda

[poetryandthesea]

“Writing is actually such a lonely thing to do. Sometimes you spend hours and days just within your own head, without even realizing that you haven’t spoken to a living soul in ages. And from time to time it scares me how much I enjoy to do just that: Get away from everything by spending time with these people in my mind, in worlds I created, with ever purple skies and never fading summer nights.”

- // someone once asked me if people would get addicted to dreaming if it wasn’t a natural mechanism and I have found exactly that kind of drug in writing

j.d.m.

[a-misanthropist]

“There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.”

—

David Levithan, The Lover’s Dictionary (via wordsnquotes)

wow, this is so strong.

[kay-emm-gee]

I love how bitter you are about Zutara b/c honestly like same. So much same

F O R E V E R  B I T T E R.

i mean…

classic ‘enemies to lovers’ beginning

also ‘opposites attract’ to the max…. “you rise with the moon, i rise with the sun” coME ONNNN

aLSO both have SECRET IDENTITIES that mirror eaCH OTHER AS HERO / ANTI-HERO whose COLOR THEMES are the OTHER ONES main COLOR JFC

“zuko kept her necklace to track her” UH-HUH “TRACKING” PURPOSES suuuuuuuuure (this little moment for sure launched a thousand fics of him starting at it wondering why he didn’t want to give it back uGH my heart)

um LOCKED TOGETHER IN A CAVE?? WHERE THEY START TO UNDERSTAND WHERE EACH OTHER ARE COMING FROM / HOW THEY HAVE STRUGGLED AND/OR MESSED UP??? AND HOW ZUKO HAS CHANGED???

um um uMMMM then he betrays her / them and it is heARTBREAKING and aAAAANGST AF (which is just *kisses fingers* shipping perfection)

and tHEN zuko EARNS (***EARNSSSS****) her forgiveness for all of his mistakes and then teaches HER about how to know the difference between justice and revenge…THEY COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER SO WELL DAMNIT

zuko becomes part of their Found Family and lOOOK AT THEM FIGHTING PERFECTLY AND COMPLIMENTARY IN SYNC AHHHHH

and then.

AND THEN.

AAAAANNNNNDDDD.

TTTTHHHHEEEEENNNNNNN.

This sequence in the finale. This stunning, emotional, heartbreaking sequence that in addition to be just UNBELIEVABLE animation also has Azula pinpoint that Katara is a WEAK POINT for Zuko and targets that weak point and zuko juMPS IN FRONT OF A DEADLY LIGHTENING BOLT TO SAVE KATARA I CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT

EVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

BELIEEEEEEEEEEEVE

them my goSH !!!!!!!

If there is ONE ship I will fight to the death for, it is them. 

we. WERE. R O B B E D.

[ashes-and-dusts]

Same sentiment. I feel you, sista.

[scorpiusrose]

My Ramblings on Scorose

Admittedly, I haven’t been very active on this site for over a year, and now that I’m back, I decidedly to go take a look at the Scorose hashtag. I was looking forward to seeing great artwork, graphics and fanfics from the time that I’d been gone, but I was surprised by what I had seen instead.

I remember before my hiatus, the Scorose tag was alive and full of enthusiastic shippers, but now, I see so much hate for this once popular next-gen ship. Posts that were tagged #scorose, sprouted nothing but disapproval and anger for this ship and it had apparently been because of The Cursed Child.

Some of you may be wondering whether or not I’ve read/seen The Cursed Child. The truth is, I haven’t, and I don’t intend to. After I’ve read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I’ve fully accepted that the series was over and this had been for case for many, many years. So many years, that I’d started being really fascinated by the Next Generation characters. 

I’ve been shipping Scorose for the last six years and the thing that I love so much about them, and the other Next-Gen characters, is that you get so much freedom with them. They can be whatever you want them to be, with just enough background information to make them unique. Over the years, the more fanfiction, graphics and fanart I’ve seen, the more captivated I was by this ship and I’d already fabricated my own version of Scorpius and Rose in my mind.

To me, The Cursed Child feels nothing more than a fanfiction. To me, the Harry Potter series ended at Deathly Hallows. I will not read The Cursed Child, and even if one day in the distant future, I decide to, I will not see it as Canon. This play “sets to stone” these next generation characters and to me, it ruins the very reason why I loved them so much in the beginning. 

From the things that people have told me, I also find it very unbelievable that Rose would be depicted in such a way. I personally cannot believe that Ron and Hermione would be capable of raising such a child, and in my mind, I’ve always seen them as great parents who can be a role model to their children.

I have nothing but respect for JK Rowling and I’m not trying to disrespect her work in The Cursed Child, but to me, it doesn’t feel right, and for that, I choose not to read it. 

Just as a final thought, seeing all this hate for Scorose actually reignited my passion for this ship and I feel that we, the Scorose shippers, can turn it around with positivity, and hopefully, haters can stay out of our tag and this was the very reason why I created #thescorosenetwork in the beginning. 

[ashes-and-dusts]

I feel you :')

[ninelittledevils]

I never understand the hate between Scorose and Scorbus shippers. Scorose grew as a ship after the epilogue because many of us saw it as subtle foreshadowing, perfect as a beginning of the story of two characters we felt could mix together. Scorbus rose more prominently after TCC because of well, obvious reasons; they are adorable together! But just because I don’t ship a pair does NOT mean I ridicule or hate on them! None of the characters or JK deserves it. We should be mature enough to be respectful towards other ships. You ship someone, GOOD. But that does not give you a right to TRY AND PROVE that the other should not exist!

[ashes-and-dusts]

tHIS

[blogginghaley]

If things feel helpless:

You are loved. 

Reach out to that support system of yours- maybe that means family, maybe it means friends. Call them, talk to them in person, do whatever you can do. You’ll be surprised by how much talking it out can help. 

There is no shame in getting help. 

Do something for yourself. Maybe it’s little, maybe it’s big. Take a mental health day, workout, go get some coffee or tea. Read your favorite book, watch a sitcom. Clean, take a shower, get work done. Take care of yourself. 

Your feelings are valid. 

There are always options, even when it feels like this is the be-all and end-all.

Things can change. Things will change. It won’t be consistent, there will be ups and downs. Through it all you are strong and beautiful.

You are not alone.

[mrsweasley]

[ashes-and-dusts]

Rest well.

[scorpiorules]

Pisces (m) Scorpio (f) - The passionate witch and the romantic prince

“Having a strong, understanding Scorpio woman by your side can be a life saver, literally a lighthouse on the shores of a stormy sea.  Whereas the soft, dreamy fish takes the sometime bitter vindictive edge off the scorpion’s sting.  There may be no better match than this one.”

[When these two connect for the first time, there will be a deep, unexplained mystical connection. The Pisces man is immediatly drawn to the Scorpio woman because he reconizes a kindred mysterious soul. The Scorpio woman is drawn to the Pisces’s man spirituality, sensing that he can take her to places even she has never been. This could be love at first sigh.]

[The Scorpio woman can bring a depth of passion few other signs can match. The Pisces man can bring a tender romance wich is new to her, and she will adore it. Pisces and Scorpio are very mesmerizing water signs and capable of captivating each other.]

[From before the first date there was a telepathic connection so strong between the Scorpio woman and Pisces man that it’s downright eerie. They may have dreamt of one another before actually meeting.]

[The Scorpio woman helps her Pisces man embrace a sense of self while he helps her recognize she truly cannot control everything.]

[Scorpio and Pisces are comfortable which each other and will spend their years in love. It becomes emotionally intimate almost right away. Pisces experiences such a feeling of peace and relief.]

[Pisceans understand Scorpios perfectly and will always try to make them happy. In turn, Scorpio also show loyalty and devotion to their love.]

[With both the Scorpio woman and the Pisces man being such deeply emotional souls, there’s always a danger that either or both can get lost in their feelings or fears. Pisces man is a caring and loving partner for whom the association of love is an emotional bond. When he wins trust of his love, he turns out to be the most loyal and supportive partner.]

[Scorpio female and Pisces male share an intimate bond of love. They both have lots of similarities which keep them strongly bonded to create an intense and interesting love relationship.]

[The attraction between two water signs far transcends language, even body language, and relies heavily on instinct. Pisces man can enjoy the deep soulful connection he feels as she looks into his eyes—unlike other women, she doesn’t look away but meets his steady gaze.]

[Even though she likes to be mysterious, he understands her in a different way that she admires and appreciates.]

[The Pisces man doesn’t play games with his emotions or hers, and she receives the emotional balance she wants from him.]

[Pisces is likely to marry a Scorpio. Their relationship and marriage are a union of love and respect. There is no more romantic combination in the zodiac. Pisces courts a lifetime with music, candlelight and flowers, personal poetry and an adoration approaching ecstasy. Scorpio understands and willingly receives. Their long term goals may be different, but they are able to understand each other and overcome rocky spots in life. They are powerful together.❤️]

⟨Note: As a scorpio, I can tell this may be 100% true. Pisces and Scorpio really are the best match ever, no other signs can complete them as they do together. They can of course both date with someone from another sign, but they may never find what they trully need. They’ll never really get what they want. Also I didn’t choose these 2 actors randomly, I choose them carefully because they both really ARE scorp (w) and pisces (m): October 24 1994/March 13 1992. She has the deadly/cold scorpio stare, and he has the charming and caring pisces personality and dreamy eyes. Also their chemistry is amazing, it really shows how this pair can work and bond irl.⟩