Lionhearted

The iron in our blood was formed in stars, billions of years ago, trillions of miles away.

[queer-twihard]

Autumn in Forks, WA

[amandakaynorman]

Port Angeles, Washington

June 2019

[kaputtsolvi]

What I feel people frequently forget about autistic special interests is that they aren't always information based. They may simply be visual or mental

Someone may have a special interest in a show, but instead of that meaning that they will talk about that show often, it may mean they watch that show extremely frequently.

Special interests are ways of regulating, not simply encyclopedias we have in our heads. Sometimes it's watching something frequently. Maybe only listening to one genre of music, maybe it's a collection, maybe it's an action. I'm tired of it only being seen as autistic people's personal encyclopedias

[stardustmuseum]

girls will be like “this shade of green 😍” about every shade of green they see, and they’re right

[aropride]

[r04ches]

songs and music are so fucking good. do you guys know about songs and music?????????

[bununiii]

happy autism awareness day to all the girls who had “ friends” growing up who were actually bullying them . to the girls who always sat alone in the grass and wondered why nobody wanted to talk . to the girls who spoke to animals like they were listening . to the girls who created a little world in their room . to the girls who always felt ashamed for how deeply they love things and how passionately they enjoyed media . to the girls who covered their ears when they were overwhelmed by everything . to the girls who carrying a special thing around to feel safe . to the girls who never understood what they did wrong to feel so lonely . to the girls who were diagnosed later in life because they weren’t little boys who liked trains. you are so special and beautiful and you’re not worse for it, you love deeply and that is so wonderful please never try to push that down . I LOVE YOU !!!!!

[elly-mental]

I'm a little late to the party, but adding: happy belated autism awareness month to all the girls who told themselves for years that they didn't deserve to "complain" because they were "never bullied," but who spent their school years feeling different, othered, and invisible. To all the girls who told themselves that they should be grateful they weren't getting physically shoved into lockers or having actual insults yelled at them because that was their only understanding of "bullying."

It didn't have to be physical and visible to affect you. Being treated as "atypical" hurts. Being excluded, even if it's not explicit, hurts. And you're allowed to feel that. You're allowed to need time to heal, even if others don't recognize the wound.

[dualityhousehold]

which one of you fuckers turned on hardcore mode and forgot to take me out of the server

[achillesinhighheels]

nobody in the entire world has ever known what to do with me

[willgrahamscock]

of all the phrases we used to say in the 2010s era we need to bring back ‘what the hap is fuckening’ because honestly… what the hap is fuckening lately brother

[willgrahamscock]

not for me I was born on the cob

[hyenaswine]

for the past two years i have been sponsoring a tuberculosis detection rat in tanzania, her name is carolina. she sniffs sputum samples & alerts her handlers when she detects TB. recently she turned 8 & aged out of the program, so they held a retirement party for her & sent me photos.

while carolina moves on to live a life of rest & luxury in the retirement kennels, her role is being passed on to her successor, tamasha. she is 2 years old & was named after the grandmother of one of her handlers.

(with her handler priscus)

here is a description of tamasha:

"Tamasha is also quite playful! She enjoys jumping, climbing, and sometimes does a joyful little dance when placed in the TB evaluation enclosure – as if celebrating her enthusiasm for the work ahead. She’s also a big fan of avocado, her favorite treat for a job well done."

im not afraid to admit that this email made me cry like a stupid baby. you can sponsor your own big beautiful TB- or landmine-detecting rat through APOPO HeroRATS. they send you an update on how your rat is doing each month, including photos.

[angelicdewdrop]

[an-ruraiocht]

why do we even have legal genders anyway. maybe we should not have those

[rimonoroni2]

tomboyism is so funny to me. gender non-conformity for girls is acceptable for like two minutes between the ages of 8 and 10. beyond that it’s appalling and you’re a freak but for those two years…… they could’ve had it all

[mityenka]

when you grew up as a lonely uncool girl it will never stop haunting you by the way. you will meet a cool person at a bar or the train station or at a friend's party and you can wear your most stylish outfit and striking eye makeup and you will swear that they can see through all of the facade and see the lonely terribly insecure teenage girl you used to be who desperately wanted to connect and you will swear that they know that there is like an insurmountable gap between you. this will happen forever

[megairea]

“In the melancholy forest dwells a sick god. In the dark forest the flowers are so pale and the birds so shy. Why is the wind full of warning whispers and the road dark with dismal forebodings? In the shadow lies the sick god dreaming venomous dreams…”

— Edith Södergran, from Forest Darkness (tr. by David McDuff), 1916

[hoahoahoahoahoa]

Tbh I consider it a huge plot hole that Edward doesn't spend more lunch hours in the music room than the cafeteria. Especially when he comes back to school after first meeting Bella.

I have Watsonian and Doylist reasoning:

Edward doesn't have to pretend to eat if he's not in the cafeteria, so that's one less annoyance

He gets a little proximity from everyone's minds for an hour, and he gets to angstily pluck away at a piano and hype himself up for spending time with his crush and mentally prepare to not kill her

Imagine Bella walking in on him playing. She'd freeze and mentally lose her shit. She's gawking so hard it takes her 20 whole seconds to realize the music's stopped, and he caught her staring. The tension

When they start dating they get away from private eyes by going off to the music room together and Edward plays piano for her and even teaches her a little