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Aidan | he | bi Profile photo and header image are from The Raven Boys graphic novel illustrated by Sas Milledge

[aftonviolry]

Hello! I have finally uploaded Radio Silence onto YouTube! I will say it is a one act so it has been greatly condensed and I had to Americanize it (annoying I know but I had a month and we couldn't do accents in a month lol) other than that everything is basically the same though!

https://youtu.be/A5AWssu1UFQ?si=z3Ke2arGG_L-6wxp

I hope you guys all enjoy it. It was a wonderful experience to work on!!

And thank you to @aliceoseman, @chronicintrovert for all the good wishes and for writing my favorite book allowing for this amazing opportunity it was a dream come true!!

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TED + REBECCA | CALL ME MAYBE 💜 Before you came into my life, I missed you so bad.

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[littlealexhorne]

why is this an ongoing theme in his work

[wheresmyphonemp3]

is anybody else stressed out about the implications of post-trk gansey. i can’t stop thinking about this. he died and was made anew ship of theseus style out of his friends’ mismatched feelings of pure love and sadness. he’s a dreamt forest full of magic in the shape of a boy.

do you think he ever has emotions that aren’t really his but his friends’ because it was his friends emotions that remade him? do you think for a few weeks after the event they all look at him a little warily because how do they know for sure he didn’t come back wrong? how much relief do you think they feel when he does something unquestionably ganseylike? and how much worry when he does something very unganseylike? and do you think he ever feels guilty and undeserving because the forest he loved so much died for him? do you think the first time he walks amongst the trees of lindenmere he is filled with an overwhelming sadness and an all-encompassing longing that cannot be put into words?

[kaeltheking]

The Raven Cycle remains today my all time favorite series. I would hope so too considering I got a tattoo for it lmao. But Blue Sargent spoke to me when I first picked up the book (I remember it was my 1st day freshman year and we had a library tour for English class and I saw the The Raven Boys set out amongst the curated books, it was the first book I ever checked out) and her role in the series inspired this piece. I hope to do a whole collection of the characters but we'll see lolol.

[madeofbees]

Reminder that is okay to still live with your parents no matter how old you are. Whether it’s for physical or mental health reasons, financial reasons, logistical reasons, or just because you really love your parents, it’s okay. There’s nothing to be ashamed of. You’re still a kick-ass person who deserves love and respect.

[plein-aire]

One of the best things about living for free at home with your parents is paying rent every single day with your literal sanity!

[cosmic-booknerd]

Okay, I'm not sure if this particular genre of books has a name, but it's books where the author has taken a classic or fairytale story and has made it queer?

Like

Most ardently (pride and prejudice retelling)

Peter darling (Peter pan retelling)

Teach the torches to burn (Romeo and Juliet retelling)

Self-made boys (the great Gatsby retelling)

Ash (Cinderella retelling)

Mad for the hatter (Alice in Wonderland Retelling)

If anyone has any suggestions could you rec them to me. Please and thank you.

I have been informed that this is called a queer retelling.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[cpericardium]

[boybeetles]

You know technology literacy is dying because I saw this meme with 76k likes

F11 the full screen button? You’re scared of the full screen button? F10?? It opens the menu bar???

[boybeetles]

Computers are so scary what if I accidentally hit F12 in a steam game and it takes a screenshot. What if I press shift + F12 while in word and accidentally save my document 😖

[yetanothergreyjedi]

[shower-thoughts-last-responder]

If you had to learn what the F keys on your computer do through me reblogging this post, then I'm glad you did. Computer literacy is not a skill that gets taught anymore, and it is absolutely one that needs to be taught in order to be learned. Don't ever feel bad for not knowing something, but ☝️ don't ever stop learning learning about your environment, the tools you use, and especially the people around you

[headspace-hotel]

Never stop learning+ Never stop sharing what you learned

[homunculus-argument]

Fun fact: if you, as an adult, tell miserable children that their youth is the best that life will ever be, and that it's all just downhill from there, there's a percentage of them who will hear this and think "well, I guess I better kill myself before that happens." And a certain percentage of those will proceed to do that and succeed.

Anyway what I'm saying is that any time you feel tempted to say that, you should instead consider shutting the fuck up. Just because you peaked at 16 doesn't mean anyone else did. Most peoples' lives get better than that.

[mortalityplays]

hi, a lot of you need a perspective reset

the average human lifespan globally is 70+ years

taking the threshold of adulthood as 18, you are likely to spend at least 52 years as a fully grown adult

at the age of 30 you have lived less than one quarter of your adult life (12/52 years)

'middle age' is typically considered to be between 45-65

it is extremely common to switch careers, start new relationships, emigrate, go to college for the first or second time, or make other life-changing decisions in middle age

it's wild that I even have to spell it out, but older adults (60+) still have social lives and hobbies and interests.

you can still date when you get old. you can still fuck. you can still learn new skills, be fashionable, be competitive. you can still gossip, you can still travel, you can still read. you can still transition. you can still come out.

young doesn't mean peaked. you're inexperienced in your 20s! you're still learning and practicing! you're developing social skills and muscle memory that will last decades!

there are a million things to do in the world, and they don't vanish overnight because an imaginary number gets too big

[roach-works]

it is an incredibly joyous thing to look around at your friends as you're heading into your 40s and everyone is so much more themselves than they were when you were all scared and fragile 20-somethings. we're different genders now, we've gotten out of bad relationships and into good ones, we worked shit jobs and got better ones, we all cook a lot better and we eat better too, we casually pull off the kind of art we could only dream of as kids, we've figured out who we are and we do it on purpose now. the self-harm scars have all faded away and we complain about our bad backs and picky digestions instead.

we still lose at trivia real bad.

[acertainmoshke]

Your body never stops changing. The idea that you change into an adult at puberty and then stay static until you start to “get old” is, I believe, behind a lot of the panicking at the first lines on your face and first gray hairs, as if that’s a sign your life is ending even though you’re like 35

I’m just about to be 30 and so far the weirdest and most bothersome part is that I’m still quite young into adulthood, but advertising seems to be aimed at people in their early 20’s and then jump to families. I’m anti-advertising anyway, but it does feel odd to just be overlooked as an important consumer

I’ve always looked young. I’ve always complained about it. When I was a teenage “girl,” I got told repeatedly by adults that I might find it annoying now but I’d be so grateful when I still looked young at 30. I could pass for 12 at 16, and was often taken for 15-16 at 21 when I worked in a school kitchen. Now I’m 30, and you know what? I’m thrilled that I don’t look like a teenager anymore, that I’m assumed at a glance to be an adult. And also 30 isn’t even middle age, so frankly it was weird that adults who were middle aged at the time were acting like it was already past the peak of life

[shashiatnight]

Donate to Donate to help Deyaa and his family escape Gaza, organized by Barbara Santos

My name is Bárbara Santos Ferreira, I am a 28 yo Portuguese citizen cur… Barbara Santos needs your support for Donate to help Deyaa and his

People are trying to convince Deyaa to not give up hope but please boost and donate readers -

[malcriada]

there‘s not much that separates them from their goal

€27,941 / €30,000

please help if you can

[malcriada]

i have absolute horrible news from Diyaa. he was severely injured recently and had to have both his arms amputated. people on twitter are trying to get healpalestine to look at his case and have him evacuated for urgent medical treatment and prosthetics. unfortunately, his last gfm had to be closed, as well as a p*yp*l account he made. thankfully, there is someone from outside Gaza handling his new campaign. please, give what you can and if you have twitter, tag healpalestine_ under his tweets.

Donate to Help Deyaa and His Family Afford Medical Treatment and Needs, organized by Brandon Williams

My name is Brandon Williams, an American who came to know Dey… Brandon Williams needs your support for Help Deyaa and His Family Afford Medi

be advised that his twitter account shows graphic pictures of the incident.

Diyaa is only 15 years old. how many of you have siblings that age? imagine that happening to them. please, give what you can. i have been following him on twitter for a while and seeing this happen to him has left me completely shattered and heartbroken.

[guldaastan]

absolutely diabolical how @ahmed8311 has been fundraising since APRIL and still hasn't reached 13% of his goal. he has eight family members in gaza and has to evacuate them. if you're reading this, please donate to his fundraiser if you have the means to.

[verification]

[eflatminorseven]

thinking about edvard munch's "The Sun" (1911)

like yeah thats how it feels. thats what it feels like to exist sometimes. he gets it

[teddy2145]

Also very big! Takes up two stories!

[commissions4aid-international]

Hello 🖐

I am Abdulrahman from Gaza.

I need your help to verify my account so that I can collect donations and save my family from danger.

https://gofund.me/bc721399

[Verified by 90-ghost | €20 of €20,000 goal]

Hello! We are happy to help, though we don't verify accounts - none of us are Palestinian, and only trusted Palestinians can do that. We are primarily an art account and we are not able to verify anything ourselves. This fundraiser has already been verified by 90-ghost though.

Everyone, please please please share and donate to Abdulrahman's fundraiser! He has lost his home and his job, and he and his family need to evacuate. They have only ONE donation so far, but we can change that!!!

Donate to From War to Education: Abdelrahman Resilient Journey, organized by Abdallah Alanqar

Hello, I'm Abdelrahman, 22 years old. My journey has been ma… Abdallah Alanqar needs your support for From War to Education: Abdelrahman

[anqer]

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