Like a tree, but not

soft aries | writer | they/them | 30s | "Apfelessig" on AO3

[sleepytrain]

Night at the Fish Bar

Toshima CIty, Japan 2026

[nobrashfestivity]

You whom I could not save Listen to me.   Try to understand this simple speech as I would be ashamed of another.   I swear, there is in me no wizardry of words.   I speak to you with silence like a cloud or a tree. What strengthened me, for you was lethal.   You mixed up farewell to an epoch with the beginning of a new one,   Inspiration of hatred with lyrical beauty;   Blind force with accomplished shape. Here is a valley of shallow Polish rivers. And an immense bridge   Going into white fog. Here is a broken city;   And the wind throws the screams of gulls on your grave   When I am talking with you. What is poetry which does not save   Nations or people?   A connivance with official lies,   A song of drunkards whose throats will be cut in a moment,   Readings for sophomore girls. That I wanted good poetry without knowing it,   That I discovered, late, its salutary aim,   In this and only this I find salvation. They used to pour millet on graves or poppy seeds   To feed the dead who would come disguised as birds.   I put this book here for you, who once lived   So that you should visit us no more.   - Czeslaw Milosz, Warsaw, 1945

[buginateacup]

Every single fic update there is an author trying frantically to find the right balance between a nonchalant aside of "leave a comment if you enjoyed =)" and clinging desperately to the coat tails of a random stranger, dragging along behind them on the street wailing "Please, please! I have to know what you thought! I'm desperate to talk to people about this! Ask me about the alliterative repetition! Ask me about the symbolism!"

[transformativeworks]

The TikTok Team is back again with a Tag Wrangler Hear Me Out Cake.

(YouTube link)

[enchi-elm]

@transformativeworks #they made this cake y'know #it's sour cherry compote on an olive oil sponge with a white chocolate ganache #i asked because i knew y'all would wanna know

[argumate]

you bottle Miette??

[dhavaer]

You crush Miette like the grape?

[digitaldiscipline]

brick up mother in basement for ONE THOUSAND YEARS

[tzikeh]

The Cask of Miettellado

[hasufin]

Y'all are just absolutely committed to creating humor I cannot explain to my spouse, aren't you?

[ladyofmelk]

wake up adso! deodamnatus, you went too hard with that communion wine yesterday. what? homosexual encounters in the abbey? secrets in the library? boy you still reek of your mother's milk and can barely read greek, everything is a secret to you! now make haste, we must reach padua as soon as we can

[pocketss]

he’s sensitive

[enchi-elm]

maybe if I scroll Tumblr ever faster I can outrun the Scrivener file waiting patiently in my menu bar

[pocketss]

Ummm she's literally sensitive :/

[devincastro]

[tguzz]

I will always reblog this

[bradspace3000]

still remember how revolutionary this ad felt 10 years ago

[annesophiewashere]

excuse me but it still feels revolutionary

[stevviefox]

Keep reblogging until it feels normal everywhere.

[ruffboi-mags]

For context: this came out in 2011 in Australia. Same-sex marriage would not be legalized until December 2017.

It was only legalized in 8 US states (the 8th only a few months before), and wouldn’t be legalized nation-wide until 2015.

It was only legal in TEN COUNTRIES in 2011. We wouldn’t hit 20 countries until 2017. (Australia was 23rd)

As of today (April 14, 2026), I believe only 38 countries have fully legalized same-sex marriage. Out of somewhere around 200 countries in the world. That’s only ~19% of countries.

This is still revolutionary.

[estrogenesis-vaporeongelion]

the staccato trumpet trills from the end of TANK! but they just keep going

[estrogenesis-vaporeongelion]

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[rose-blumen]

Visit Original Link

I have been prepared for this moment for like 2 months

[estrogenesis-vaporeongelion]

holy shit i am in tears

[raccooncomic]

143. April Showers

[deepwaterfiction]

Big huge blog news (book news)

Hi y'all! 

For about a year now this news has been officially [redacted], but now it's free. My debut YA novel, BORDERLINE, was acquired by Union Square Kids, an imprint of Hatchette Book Group, and is scheduled to hit shelves next summer 2027. Also they mentioned my blog in the official announcement, as you can see, which is hilarious. Anyway. 

I'm really excited to have a book out in the world soon! BORDERLINE was actually kind of built by the blog, considering my beta readers were all followers who volunteered. (Beta readers: expect a separate email). So many people have been so kind about my work here, my future work, and this whole process, so THANK YOU, first and foremost. 

If you've liked what I do here, it would mean the world to me to have your continued support! Tell your online friends, tell your real life friends, tell your library, etc etc! My instagram will shortly be transforming into an author page, so if the mood strikes you, please give me a follow @lilia.vc ! This alone would be an enormous, enormous help. 

Finally, if you have any questions please send them my way! Thanks again, keep writing, and as always, stay weird. 

- Lilia

[lackadaisycal-art]

Trying to find the face of a character who's been rattling around in my head for months - love this profile!

[lackadaisycal-art]

Andy at 13, 31 and 46 (close ups below the line)

[lackadaisycal-art]

COMMISSIONS OPEN

I'm opening a few slots for character illustrations (without backgrounds)!

Price between 60€ and 100€ depending on specifics

Please feel free to dm me with questions!

Reblogs much appreciated as my normal job winds down for the summer

[lackadaisycal-art]

OPENING MY COMMISSIONS AGAIN 🗣🗣🗣

Pls consider sharing this post!

[ratuszarsenal]

very petty pet peeve but it annoys me when, in their music videos, european folk artists haul their hurdy-gurdies or dulcimers or whatever into a 'natural' looking forest clearing, a wind-swept hill etc. very cheap and counter-productive way to evoke historical authenticity. can you imagine hauling an expensive musical instrument into the middle of a forest in winter to play all by yourself. this is village idiot behaviour

[parkchanwoohoo]

The world could be so beautiful