All the Stuff

Writer, Artist and Mom to an adorable bunbun. Likes posting stuff about Loki, the Doctor, timey whimey science and the occasional political or posts about the environment. I may also post about the stuff that I'm personally writing (both original and fanfiction)

[tarynel]

What’s your fantasy?

[pleasestopandrew]

I wake up, my debt is all paid off, my bank account is full, my relationships with my family are healthy, and I’m able to travel anywhere in the world.

[sophiamariabaeks]

reblog for this ultimate fantasy life to come true

[nudityandnerdery]

I want you to remember:

The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.

[nudityandnerdery]

Thanks to whoever tried, but I knew they'd never allow it.

[library-graffiti]

Let's do it the old fashioned way. Spread it far and wide.

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

ursula k le guin: does a utopia with something rotten and evil at the center that spoils the whole thing seem more plausible to you and feel more real in your gut than the same utopia without that?

everyone: my ideology is good because I want to save the kid. I passed the test. I am a better person than other people. they are going to give me a medal.

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

ursula k le guin: here’s a fucked up little non-story about how people find it easier to suspend our sense of disbelief to accept the premise of a city powered magically by the misery of a forsaken child than it is to accept the premise of a society where exploitation isn’t necessary or inevitable

everyone: how dare this bitch challenge my moral compass

[elbiotipo]

I think one big reason why we don't consider the stars as important as before (not even pop-astrology anymore cares about the stars or the sky on itself, just the signs deprived of context) is because of light pollution.

For most of human history the sky looked between 1-3, 4 at most. And then all of a sudden with electrification it was gone (I'm lucky if I get 6 in my small city). The first time I saw the Milky Way fully as a kid was a spiritual experience, I was almost scared on how BRIGHT it was, it felt like someone was looking back at me. You don't get that at all with modern light pollution.

When most people talk about stargazing nowadays they think about watching about a couple of bright dots. The stars are really, really not like that. The unpolluted night sky is a festival of fireworks. There is nothing like it.

[guerrillatech]

[northern-spies]

Tips from your friendly local woman with a job that gives people vicarious trauma.

- get a creative hobby. Self expression helps and so does practicing skills that use your hands if that's an option for you. Coloring counts.

- schedule downtime. You aren't a bad person if you need a break from the Horrors. You can get up to speed later. Turn off news alerts and stay off social media. Find something engaging to do and immerse yourself. At least a day or two a month. For best results, take your downtime with another human and talk about something other than the Horrors.

- get a physical hobby, if that's accessible for you. It's unfortunately true that exercise gives you endorphins. It's also good to get out of your head and into your body. Swimming is extra good because immersion in water triggers your mammalian diving reflex and calms your nervous system.

- mindfulness is another thing that I'm annoyed works but does. YouTube meditations, walking meditations, restorative practice yoga, etc.

- if you're like me, you may also need your own cannon of readings to fall back on- they don't have to be scripture from your faith (though those also work) but can be passages, poems, and song lyrics from any work where you find meaning. These help ground you and remind you of your role in all this tragedy.

[artisimpossible]

Seconding all of this but also adding:

Don't just sit in all the misery and then log off and try to forget about it for a while just to sit in it again. *Do* something. It is much easier to unplug and take some time for self-care when you know that your time has been well-spent, that you've actually done the best you can do to help out, and that you are now *taking a break* so that you can return to help again. You don't need to do world-changing things. You just need to *genuinely* do what you know is the best of your ability. If you can fundraise? do that. Protest? Do that. Write/call your representatives? Educate your community? Provide comfort to people in need? Do that. Remember that you are part of a community, and your individual actions are not about changing the world, but helping to add another drop into the pool that will ultimately bring about change. Pick 1 cause, maybe 2. Do the things that are fully within your means to do and separate out that time so you can do that work and then give yourself time off. Even if you "only" donate a few hours of your time or a little bit of money or whatever, you are building up to something bigger.

[countesskittymeow]

I finally got around to watching the next episode. My life kinda went to hell after the last post so I didn't feel up to doing much of anything but I'm kinda back on the right track again so here goes.

Shadow and Bone s2 episode 5:

Oh wow, they really went ahead and chopped off his arm. Yikes.

Double yikes on Kaz's flashbacks 🙈

Poor Genya. She definitely needed that hug

Okay, so I don't care what anyone else says. Genya and David are my absolute favourite pair in this show. What he says to her is just 🤌💜

I did not do anything stupid. I said something stupid. Lmao. Also poor Tolya. Nobody appreciates his poetry. And Jes is trying so hard.

Kazzzzz nooooo. Uncle Iroh would be so disappointed in you 😭 warm and wet is NOT a taste.

Never thought I'd see Pekka and Mathias meeting inside the hellgate as fellow inmates

Okay. The sideplot with the sword is pretty cool and I do love a good heist though i wonder how the crows get out of this one.

[countesskittymeow]

Shadow and Bone s2 episode 4. Let's go!

Awww, Bhagra is being supportive in her own way.

Kaz and Inej are murder buddy goals!!

'I like to picture the face of the person I want to crush.' i think that's going to be my new motto

Okay. David is one of my faves. I can't recall how he behaved in the books but in the show he's a definite fave

Did Nina 'turn' on the crows in the books? I really need to go back and reread the series again i think

Kaz is really taking a beating.

Alby.

Bwahahaha. The perfect revenge. Got him to kneel without even throwing a punch. And he even got Inej's freedom. Woohoo!

Mal! Oh noooo 😱

No no noooo the murder buddies are breaking up???

But! Alina and Nikolai are so sweet together. So I guess I'll have to console myself with these two.

Baghra is a badass!

What about David?

Oh no no don't die Adrik!!!

Shit. Kirigan is here.

Okay that confrontation was interesting. But Alina! You forgot about David! And Mal. And Nikolai! Seriously, girl, you gotta keep track of ALL the pretty boys.

[countesskittymeow]

Shadow and bone s2 episode 3 here we go

Sky ship. Sky ship. Sky ship. Its kinda smaller compared to how I'd pictured it. Alina's reaction to flying is hilarious though

Oh crap. The flashlight- I meant Saint Flashlight passed out

Lmao, what a perfect punch 🤣

These are their fastest horses? But I suppose they got them there fast. I expected them to have been riding at breakneck speeds though xD

Awwww, Wylan is like the goodie goodie kid being dragged into situations by his not so goodie goodie friends xD

That's a pretty melody. And somebody might be feeling feelings I think xD

'then we destroy him.' Awwww, they're becoming murder buddies 🥰

Nooooo, Nina! Why'd you have to go and interrupt them!

Ohhhh.... Is this the fight? Tell me this is THE fight???

It isssss!!! Though its not in the stairway. Oh well i still like it.

Ding ding. 🤭

Pretty sure in the books Nikolai proposed to her alone. It's interesting that he did it in front of Mal here though.

Ah shit. Genya noooooo

I wonder when the Darkling did the dream walking thing if recognised where Alina currently is. Is there a homing beacon or something coupled with this power of his?

[countesskittymeow]

Shadow and Bone s2 episode 2. I had some technical difficulties with the first 40 minutes of the episodes and was too annoyed to type out anything but here are my thoughts on the remaining episode 🙈

I don't remember them trekking through half flooded caves in search of the Sea Whip.

Don't tell me the thing Alina killed with a light beam through the head was the Sea Whip because if it was... Underwhelming is too mild a term for it. It was tiny. And weird. And not gorgeous at all.

Ohhh Pekka pulling a fast one on everyone. I don't remember this bit happening either... I really gotta go back and reread the books

Inej is definitely a badass though

Jesper figuring out where he met Wylan before while they're being shot at. Lmao. Also Wylan is too precious. Every time he comes on screen, I wanna squish his cheeks.

Seriously??? That was the fucking sea whip???

Oh, so Alina has become a waterbender now? Because those are waterbender moves for sure.

[countesskittymeow]

Shadow & Bone Season 2. Here we go!

Right off the bat. I do like the show version of Mal a lot more than the book version but I'm still more excited to see what they'll be doing with the Crows side of the story. Also I don't recall if Alina n Mal posed as tourists from Ketterdam in the books. I thought they were pretending to be a young farming couple or something? I dunno. My memory is fuzzy though I'm looking forward to seeing how they handle the changes

Poor Jasper and his hats.

Nikolaiiii!!!

We are crows. And that, makes more sense in context xD

Awwwww... They got help from an unexpected place. Nice.

They killed Tante Heleen so early?!? I don't remember her being dead in the books this early...

Wylan is such a cutie!

Also yay, the gang is getting together!

Both gangs are getting together!

Okay so tbh, I didn't feel like pausing the show every little while to type out my reactions but I'm definitely hyped for the season and I can't wait to see how they'll be handling everything going forward. As always, I'm still more invested in the Crows side of things but they're doing fun things with all the crossovers between the ganga and stuff so I'm also kinda interested in seeing Alina's side and how much it'll change from the books.

[whumptober]

Whumptober 2022

Welcome to Whumptober 2022, in its fifth year of running!

To those of you who participated last year, welcome back! To everyone new, WELCOME!

Please make sure to read the Event Info carefully, as most of your questions will be answered there already. For everything else, you are welcome to come to our ask box or ask questions in our Discord server here.

This year’s AO3 Collection can be found here.

With that being said, we’re very excited to see the community come together once more and be a wild, chaotic bunch of creators and consumers of whump. Go wild with the prompts, and support your fellow creators, see what juicy whump they’ve created too! We wish you all the fun!

(All 31 Themes + Prompts, Event Information and FAQs are posted below the cut!)

Keep reading

[countesskittymeow]

Thinking of trying my hand at Whumptober this year. Just need to decide if I wanna torture Loki or the cast from my novel 😅

[whumptober]

Whumptober 2022

Welcome to Whumptober 2022, in its fifth year of running!

To those of you who participated last year, welcome back! To everyone new, WELCOME!

Please make sure to read the Event Info carefully, as most of your questions will be answered there already. For everything else, you are welcome to come to our ask box or ask questions in our Discord server here.

This year’s AO3 Collection can be found here.

With that being said, we’re very excited to see the community come together once more and be a wild, chaotic bunch of creators and consumers of whump. Go wild with the prompts, and support your fellow creators, see what juicy whump they’ve created too! We wish you all the fun!

(All 31 Themes + Prompts, Event Information and FAQs are posted below the cut!)

Keep reading

[countesskittymeow]

I'm thinking of trying my hand at this. I just need to figure out if I wanna torture Loki or the cast from my novel

[countesskittymeow]

Ms Marvel final episode! Eeep! I'm so excited!!!

She's telling them about her powers! Yayyy. And their reactions! Rotflmao 🤣 i love these guys so much!

Her outfit is in the toffeebox!

Better take your shoes off agent lady!

I seriously love these guys at the mosque. And Nakia's cover is absolutely hilarious!

Rotlmao! The Haram/Halal caps as disguises are killing me 🤣🤣🤣

The gang is all together (oh and Zoe is there too) Yayyyy

Also I'm really really hoping Kamran doesn't turn evil by the end of this 🤞🤞

Guys I'm loving every moment of this episode so far. Like its high stakes but it's still making me laugh. Also, Amir is there to chaperone the kiddies 💜💜 that is such a desi parent thing to do.

Amir feeling so betrayed about the great British bake off thing 🤣

Did I mention how much I LOVE this episode? Because its fucking awesome! And Kamala's plan is absolutely brilliant!

I mean, at least he didn't walk in on them while they were already snogging?

No Kamran! Nooooooo! She left you behind.

Oh shit! Her whole family is watching her take a beating.

I really do feel for Kamran in this.

Rotflmao. Aunty Ruby knows what her biggest struggle will be 🤣🤣🤣

Oh look. They fixed the subtitles in this episode.

Kamran meets Kareem.

Every part of her identity came from the important people in her life! Her mom got her the outfit and her dad got her the name! OMG this episode is absolutely perfect! I cannot find a single problem with how they executed this and how they wrapped up everything.

Did they ... They just played the X-Men theme in the background!!! Omg! Omg! Omg! She's a mutant?!? She's a djinn AND a MUTANT?!

She teleported! Or switched places with Captain Marvel? *flails*

I loved loved LOVED this episode guys!

And now I'm really excited for the Marvels movie

[unicornspwnall]

MS. MARVEL | 1.05 Time and Again

[countesskittymeow]

Lmao, this scene was just 🤣 but also, poor Kamran looked so out of his element here.

[thebibi]

So others have mentioned that Kamala has been collecting different parts of her superhero identity from different people in her life. The bangle from her Nani, the blue shirt from Waleed, the scarf from Kareem, the mask from Bruno, and the lightning bolt symbol from her broken necklace.

But you know who she hasn't gotten anything from? Nakia!!

I bet you anything Nakia will help complete Kamala's outfit. She hasn't heard back from her since the wedding and we saw Kamala scrolling through her unanswered texts on the plane. NAKIA is the last piece she needs in order to become the best version of herself!

[deesi-academia]

Finally got to watch the new episode of Ms Marvel, prepare thyself for my fawning-over-rant.

5th episode spoilers ahead!!!

1. This was basically a historic episode. (Wordplay here hah). WE GOT TO KNOW SO MUCH.

2. India's history was shown so well. The riots, the hate, the divide-and-rule, the trauma!!! I'm so glad Marvel didn't sugarcoat it, and displayed actual events.

3. I FELT Kamala in that scene where she walks around the station hopeless and in despair. The tears the shouts the urgency the chaos the hope the well-wishers - I was so close to crying </3 </3

4. A very minor thing but I love how they use 'British Occupied India' and not 'British India' like yeahhhh it was India. And wrongly occupied. It wasn't British, no sahab ji.

5. Aisha, my love, she found a new home outside of her origin and I'm just so sjdkdksjsjsjs for her <33333

6. FAWAD KHAN CAME UP AND NOT JUST AS A PICTURE CAMEO HOW COOL. I WAS SO HAPPY I LOVE HIS MOVIES.

7. The desi actors speaking hindi/urdu was more wholesome and connecting than them speaking English. It's a universal fact.

8. Najma had her whole character arc aaah I went from ugh-najma to ohmygod-wtf-najma to SHE-DID-NOT-JUST-NAJMA within 20 minutes i-

"There is only 1 way. I can close it. Kamran-" *heart cracks*

9. And now Kamran had powers yeeeesssss!!!

10. Kareem better return in the next episode, I like that guy (*_*)

11. LASTLY, yes ofcourse Muneeba being a desi mom MUST KNOW about Night Light or its just....not desi. "Spyware for parents" is a desi mom's blood.

Muneeba and Sana and Aisha and Kamala and basically the whole Khan family supremacy. 👑

[countesskittymeow]

Everything about the partition and najma and aisha and Kamala's mom finally finding out and Kamran getting powers and just... Everything!

[tampire]

“Eid Mubarak!”

[countesskittymeow]

Eid Mubarak! Technically they're enjoying Eid-ul-Fitr in the show and today is Eid-ul-Adha but it's still Eid sooo yeah