My socks are holding me to ransom, send help

[tomb-mold]

the problem is i really do love staying up until one billion o'clock. it just cant be helped

[kragehund-est]

problematic rage gap. one partner tries to bring nuance and understanding to a tough situation. the other wants to blow up the earth about it.

[birdplushie]

i love a morally grey ruthless woman who will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals (that she believes are for the greater good) and is also constantly wracked with guilt about what she's had to do but can't show it so she just comes across as cold and unfeeling to everyone

[rhibbet]

top tier character trait will always be “I care about you deeply, even though I betrayed you. even though I would do it again” I don’t make the rules

[margelmargaret]

character by @bb-bebii

[probuccalfat]

i have a Persian agenda where i encourage every man i know to grow the longest and prettiest hair possible

[probuccalfat]

personal agenda. Personal.

[argentcochon]

[probuccalfat]

i’m speechless. there’s a guy for everything.

[no-one-offical]

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[the-bar-sinister]

unenforceable shipping boundary:

you're not allowed to ship that

actually enforceable shipping boundaries:

I will not interact with material about that ship

if you ship that I won't interact with you

if you ship that I will block you

The same applies whether you are a creator, or a member of fandom. You cannot stop people from shipping something, all you can do is change how you interact with people/do not interact with them.

[skleaves]

btw works both ways

[swagvo1d]

i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live

[ua-memes-poorly-translated]

U know, that's my fave pic, more people should know about it

being gay is not your choice, it's mine

you're gay now

[Image ID: The Ukrainian text "Being gay is not your choice, it's mine. You're gay now", is placed on top of the photo of the fifth president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko. Poroshenko examines you with a smug and knowing expression. He just decided your fate. /End ID]

[tigerdrop]

if you dont decouple your drive to create from your desire for attention you will go insane. simple as. you will never feel satisfied b/c you will always want more and you will feel perpetually bitter that you did not get what you are “owed”

[sinsbymanka]

It’s an unpopular opinion but it is absolutely and completely true. I’ve never seen someone who creates for engagement happy with the engagement they get. I posit they can’t ever be happy that way because it will NEVER be enough

[thevikingwoman]

I agree with OP and Manka so very much.

You have to rest in your own desire to create.

But, because I see statements like this turn into a sort of general notion of “it’s bad to want validation or attention or engagement”, and to me, that’s not what this means.

It’s perfectly valid to want people to like and engage with what you create. In a general sense, when you create anything, you do it to share with other human beings. Art, craft, food, anything you create is a way to connect with others through our shared humanity.

And wanting someone to like you fanart or read your fanfic is part of that.

the words used by OP is decouple, and this is important. Nothing wrong wanting engagement. But it cannot be tightly coupled with the drive to create.

[tlirsgender]

Being critical of your interests is sooooo fun when you have the critic gene & then you sound kind of insane to the average tv watcher when you're like "this is my favorite show, It's Racist" & then you try to clarify what you mean & get that [Speech (legendary) - FAILURE] "the racism is really interesting though"

[tlirsgender]

[Speech (legendary) - SUCCESS] I find the sociopolitical context of pulpy old sci-fi born circa the civil rights movement really fascinating to analyze especially when it was progressive for its time but still reveals the writers' unexamined biases in the subtext

[sqbr]

Them: So you're saying its bad and I shouldn't watch it?

Me: I mean depends on your tolerance for this type of racism, but like I said it's my favourite show, it def has some great parts if you're up for it.

Them: Oh so it's not racist.

Me: It absolutely is.

Them: So you're saying racism is ok??

Me: No.

[mikkeneko]

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

always some new bullshit in the ocean

[thedoormann]

so called free thinkers when Kim Kitsuragi:

[kingcriccket]

you CANNOT read too much old timey fiction because I was playing Raft with the lads this morning and without a THOUGHT said we could sail over to another island "if the wind would consent to blow" & let me tell you. This did not pass by unremarked.

[rainyydoves]

[pathetic-gamer]

sent this post to my spouse

[wellen-katze]

*Boogie Street* Shakes - Disco Elysium comic

[doomtemparts]

one of my friends in a discord server was talking about how they were nervous about their first scheduled acupuncture appointment. another friend offered to do a tarot reading for them. sent this picture.