わからへん

I like pretty things... and things in general. I live in Japan. @pearmooncake on Twitter

[prinnay]

Telekinesis

[plumadesatada]

just remembered a fic on AO3 (or more likely LJ because it had that distinct late 00's experimental vibe) that appeared double-spaced oddly, in that some paragraphs would be spaced normally and others would have double or even triple spaces in between. it was about one half of the otp getting over the other's death (or coma, can't remember which), so all the comments were about how poignant the use of visual spacing was as a means to convey all the emotional holes in the character's life.

and then the author replied like... *giggle* guys it's NOT double spaced. try selecting the whole text

and we were all like "no WAY"

but we selected the text, and yes!!!

the "holes" in the story? they were actually lines and actions from the dead/coma character's ghost, rendered invisible to the eye by the simple trick of coloring the text the exact same as the background, revealed by nothing more than a click and a drag of the mouse

a story about the profound loneliness of losing your the partner of your life and having to make do without them, without anything to fill the holes they'd left behind, suddenly became a story about the profound helplessness of seeing someone you love suffer from your absence while you are right there, unable to do anything about it, unable to communicate that you love them enough to suffer unseen and unheard with them, just to keep them company they'll never know about

it was then that I truly realized how *superior* the digital medium is to plain printed paper, how the medium and the format can add to a story.

I think about that fic about once a year. I wish I could find it again

[evilkitten3]

ok but imagine being one of the people who found that out on ACCIDENT

[artfully-wayward]

Linda Pastan, from a poem titled, "Why Are Your Poems So Dark?"

Image ID: "Ask the moon.

Ask what it has witnessed."

[emmastory]

alla mingalёva

[lionfloss]

Lauterbrunnen–Mürren Mountain Railway Mürren, Switzerland

[duchessofsarcasm]

It’s been a while lol I’ll be back from time to time since I got into otome games recently

[tohokutoritabi-deactivated20200]

岩手県、一関市

みちのくあじさい園

池に浮かぶ紫陽花を見たいと思っていましたが、浮かんでいる紫陽花は7月26日までと聞き最終日の午後からバタバタと行ってきました。 この紫陽花を見て撮って満足でしたが、公園はすごい広く、まさにあじさいだらけでお見事でした。紫陽花好きには是非オススメのスポットです。

[bikinibottomtwitter]

[aesthesiamag]

People Matching Artworks: An Unusual Photo Series By Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks: An Unusual Photo Series By Stefan Draschan More info: Website | Instagram…

[cynicalbitchmuppet]

I was really hoping these weren’t staged and the artist just spends weeks in art galleries and days in front of paintings to make these

Well guess what… That’s exactly what he did!

[1dietcokeinacan]

Lynda Barry, 2016

[refinery29]

This is what a real, qualified OBGYN will tell you about what women feel when they get an abortion

Dr. Willie Parker, who is trained as a gynecologist and OBGYN, is a hero for the pro-choice movement because he’s honest about the undiscussed aspects of getting (or not getting) an abortion. Watch how he gives a consultation.

[afunnyfeminist]

That last statement about regret is so important, because so many people don’t understand what it is or what causes it. Anti-choicers exploit this by manipulating pregnant people and creating doubt, which only increases the likelihood of regret, no matter what decision the pregnant person makes. You know what is best for you, even if it takes some time to figure it out.

[profeminist]

[profeminist]

More posts on Dr. Willie Parker

[outforhealth]

Willie Parker is a HERO among common people! 

[eclecticmuses]

Dr. Parker is one of the few things I like about Alabama and we are so fortunate to have him here.

[thepuppyclub]

I’ll be honest…I don’t want a career. I don’t want to work. I want to be LEFT ALONE and paid for it. 

[sailor-moon-rei]

by helium__raven

[six-tin]

Chihiro and Haku

Spirited away, 2001

Fan art

[sailor-moon-rei]

by  未命名

[veinsofmantra]

“I wonder which is preferable, to walk around all your life swollen up with your own secrets until you burst from the pressure of them, or to have them sucked out of you, every paragraph, every sentence, every word of them, so at the end you’re depleted of all that was once as precious to you as hoarded gold, as close to you as your skin - everything that was of the deepest importance to you, everything that made you cringe and wish to conceal, everything that belonged to you alone - and must spend the rest of your days like an empty sack flapping in the wind, an empty sack branded with a bright fluorescent label so that everyone will know what sort of secrets used to be inside you?”

— Margaret Atwood (via bloomsbury)

[archae-heart-deactivated2021012]

Prague by night

[motleyfolk]

[nerdlingwrites]

Well, this looks Deeply Cursed™

[patrickdiomedes]

I have a feeling that your worries aren't all the faeries would take away

[tflatte]

well, it’s not wrong. once the fairies take you you stop worrying about what you used to worry about. granted, you start worrying about the fact that you’ve just been turned into a deer and are being chased by the wild hunt, but you know. not technically a lie.

[lakidaa]

honestly at this point just fucking do it. 

[digitaldiscipline]