Beware the Ice

Hi I'm Ice, or Ember, either one works. This blog is a mix of personal, fandom, and writing things with assorted others occasionally thrown in. If I need to tag something so your blacklist will catch it, please do message me about it! I will gladly tag...

[keatsgay-deactivated20200126]

foreshadowing done well makes me go feral like there’s NOTHING better than getting to the end a book or an important storyline moment and realising that the author laced information so intricately into their writing that weren’t noticeable upon first read but when you read back sections they’re light giant red flags like wow writing is amazing

[positiveautistic-deactivated202]

Just do what you can today, ok? It’ll be enough.

[shitpostinguniverse]

[the-memedaddy]

Meirl

[nikeypapi]

[cluster-b-ullshit]

I really can’t stress enough how uninterested I am in people telling me that I’m actually secretly capable of empathy. I’m not interested in people trying to discover the empathy “hidden away” in those of us with certain personality disorders. I don’t want anything to do with those conversations and I don’t think they’re worthwhile to have in the first place.

It’s ironic to me that in order to be seen and treated as fully-formed human beings by others, we have to secretly have empathy. Empathetic people are so keen to psychoanalyse us and tell us that no, actually, we do have empathy, because we are good people, really! It’s just locked away because of trauma or illness! It’s still in there, we promise!

People need to acknowledge and accept that some people do not have human empathy, and never will, and that empathy isn’t actually a reliable metric to decide whether someone is a good or bad person. Empathise with us, if you will - isn’t that a funny thought. Accept that our brains are the way they are and that our treatment needs to allow for this. 

[miraclemanmichael]

It’s called sociopathy you crazy bitch

[plantanarchy]

Consider: you’re an asshole

[anxietyproblem]

oh no

[theonion]

[irresponsible-black-unicorn-dea]

One of the MOST frustrating things is when a DM asks if the session was frustrating for anyone and you give your feedback first about what was frustrating and then no one else has any issues, everyone is just like oh no I'm fine it was a good time!

The last few sessions have just been bad stuff consistently happening over and over and over again and it's not fun after a while. 😅

[irresponsible-black-unicorn-dea]

Tragedy after tragedy just isn't fun to me.

That's just real life.

I play games to escape that.

[trip-and-stumble]

Back at it with the John Mulaney memes ✨✨✨

[radicarian]

it is past time we jettisoned the useless false dichotomy of introversion vs. extroversion and just accepted that everybody has a minimum amount of social interaction, failing which, they get really weird. and everybody has a maximum amount of social interaction, exceeding which, they get really weird. these levels are different for everyone, for a variety of reasons, and have no moral dimension. and that is all.

[inevitabletony-deactivated20220]

[quietdoppelganger]

For anyone unaware literally every one of those dancers is a child

[saint-batrick]

HOLY SHIT

[spenshi]

To the trans kids starting their name change: It’s hard. You will refer to yourself as your deadname. You might even forget your new name once or twice. You will hate that you still respond to your deadname, and you won’t be sure what to write down on the top of your school papers. Even when you leave your old name behind, you may find yourself in a weird gray area where both names are equally yours and equally not, and you’re not sure what to respond to. But please don’t worry. Because one night in a dream you will call yourself by the name you chose, and when you wake up you will realize that your subconscious has accepted this change, and that even in sleep you are who you want to be. Hang in there.

[zhuanghongru]

1400 year old ginkgo tree.

 地點：陝西省西安市古觀音禪寺 

Photography: Han Fei

[recaption]

[magicalgirlpropaganda]

The whole self love thing is good and all but some people can’t fathom being loved. They can’t imagine there being anything good about them. So they can’t simply just stop doing unhealthy things, there’s a process.

[sandersstudies]

Before self love you have to invoke self tolerance and self neutrality.

[sandersstudies]

If you can’t say “I love my body!” say “my body gets me from place to place.”

If you can’t say “I’m beautiful,” begin by shutting down the “I’m ugly” thoughts and saying “I’m a person.”

If you can’t say “I’m valuable” begun by shutting down the “I’m worthless” thoughts and say “all people deserve basic respect, and I’m a person.”

If you can’t say “I’m important,” or “I’m kind” say “I am the one who waters my plant every week” or “I am the one who tips the kind barista down the street” or “I am the one who makes sure my dog does not eat plastic” or “I am the one who leaves long comments on people’s fan fictions.”

[closetedguyy]

I’ve genuinely never seen a way to bridge the gap, especially body-wise. There’s loads about self-confidence and loving your body EVERYWHERE, but no one really explains how to get there. It’s great to have the former, but I’m glad this info is out there.

[karadin]

it may take decades, but you’ll get there

[sapphicambitions]

‪I want my LGBT stories to have high stakes but I want those stakes to be escaping pirates and surviving a post apocalyptic world and fighting in a magic war, not like………. homophobia ‬