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* &. METANOIAHS.
there it was. MALIVORE. the thing that she wanted to forget. the thing that haunted her every dream, her every waking moment. lips part slightly at the question, head turning slowly to look at josie. her right shoulder comes up in a half shrug, tiniest of a smile playing out on her lips. if only to mask the pain. “ it was lonely. even lonelier than everyone forgetting who you are. i always knew i wasn’t meant to exist, but this was different. this was somehow worse. ”
THE WORDS MAKE HER FEEL WORSE, teeth biting down on her bottom lip. it sounds nerve - wrecking & heartbreaking / the type of thing only one hope mikaelson filled with bravery could endure. yet, she should not have to. she has been through so much & it never seems to end ( when will it end? ) hand reaches out to squeeze the other girl’s. ❝ that sounds... exhausting. i’m so sorry to hear that, hope. ❞ she whispers, thumb brushing against smooth skin. ❝ and i’m sorry i forgot you. ❞
* &. TRAQEDEIS.
“ oh i definitely can ! i told you to take my hand ! ” a smile breaks out across lips , coming to a stop on the ice in front of her , hand outstretched . “ hm , graceful : 𝕊𝕌ℝ𝔼 . but pretty ? i think you’re competition . ”
pout settles on delicate features, hand reaching out to finally grab ahold of hers. ❝ i just wanted to be able to do it on my own! ❞ she whispers, head shaking slightly as a chuckle breaks out of her. ❝ me, pretty? please! i’m no competition at all. ❞ the brunette adds, smiling bright at the other. ❝ you’re like... sunshine sparkling on ice, you know? unique & stunning. ❞
‘ ALL OF THIS WAS TO PROTECT MYSELF. ’
to protect myself. funny, isn’t it? how those three little words carry enough weight to change everything? josie has been trying to understand it all ever since coming back / why her aunt would keep him alive? why risk all of their lives for someone like kai parker? a mystery she cannot wrap her head around. perhaps she would have forgiven her aunt & talked to her. except now all has changed. she is not herself ; face to face with bonnie & filter is down / the answer to the problem crystal clear ( to be free of a monster’s prison, you must become the monster. ) how did bonnie manage to remain good for so long? resist the temptation. no wonder her mother spoke so highly of the bennett witch. except she is not bonnie. she gave in / a shadow of her former self in order to protect everyone else. the irony tastes bitter in the back of her throat.
❝ i know, auntie. you never protected yourself before, did you? ❞ she whispers, knowing the stories by heart now. bonnie bennett / synonym for selflessness, for sacrifice. ❝ but what is it about uncle kai that just gets you so... worked up and scared? i mean, he gets the same way about you. it’s almost like you’re bitter exes or-- something. ❞ the realization hits her like a train, smirk blooming in dark lips. ❝ is that it? ❞
@iwasburning : bonnie bennett.
‘ I MISSED YOU. ’
shy smile blooms in glossy lips, mocha hues focusing on her hands as she begins to form a coherent sentence. how does one even express in words all that she has been thinking? everything that she has been feeling ever since hope was forgotten and came back? there is so much that josie wants to say & yet... logic fails her once more. like when they were kids & preteens. everything is just easier with actions rather than words. ❝ i missed you too. ❞ she whispers, gaze softening as it meets the other. ❝ i missed you so much. ❞
@metanoiahs : hope mikaelson.
‘ SINCE I’M NOT A RABBIT, NO, I DON’T WANT A SALAD. ’
she is speechless for a second, awkward chuckle breaking out of her. never did she expect to get such a reaction out of sawyer. yet, she remains there, forcing a smile on her lips as she sits down across from her. ❝ so what do you like to eat? i mean, since you’re not a rabbit. ❞
@galaxiqs : sawyer blakesley.
‘ I WANTED TO SEE YOU. ’
scoff breaks out of glossy lips, glancing at her phone before shutting her eyes for a second. of course the girl would not stop trying to keep in touch even now, even far away. ❝ well, you have & now you can stop facetiming me, penelope. ❞
@conquerlove : penelope park.
I know I don’t do a good job at showing it, but I love you. Even more than I love myself.
“Why am i locked up exactly?”
happy birthday to the love of my life.
i wanna explain something about this week’s ep -- the idea that josie was on the edge of a breakdown and letting her dark magic take over. let’s just note one thing: at first, jo.sie dealing with dark magic does not mean that she lost her sense of self or her emotions. this isn’t vampirism, her dark magic did not turn off her humanity and it does not control her ( not until the end of the episode when it somehow “kills” her other side. ) it did give her power and that made her feel more secure about certain things but she would never risk her sister’s life. she even saved it when she first broke the hourglass thingy. not every dark magic is bad.
sure, it makes her lose control of her temper sometimes. it might also push her towards a darkness that will whisper bad ideas into her head ( especially now that it has taken over ), but she would never plot to destroy the school and kill liz/zie herself. now, it’s important to note that she was battling the dark magic until the experiment & after the experiment it took over because she is weaker than it and she was vulnerable being left unconscious.
now the real jo is gone. she’s trapped in her unconscious somewhere. the dark magic and the worst parts of parts of who she is are mixed and in control. her feelings are gone now. now the promo shows dark!jo pushing liz/zie to have the merge and that... kills me. because her dark magic took over & the real jo is trapped somewhere inside her mind and watching all that happen and slowly dying. she will feel.... so guilty when she comes back.
BASICALLY WHAT I MEAN IS: there was only one jo in the beginning of the ep. she was using her dark magic as she saw fit, but it never took over. it was trying to, but she wouldn’t let it. in the noir world, josie was forced to face it and she lost because her dark magic self killed her. now, she is not herself. and she is about to do horrible things. and i’m not saying josie is an angel because she does have a bad side which has been shown before, but she no longer has a filter to stop her. her filter is trapped alongside her emotions and goodness somewhere. do not hate josie for what she is about to do. she got all that dark magic to herself to save everyone & she will hate herself enough when it is all over. i know she will have to redeem herself, but remember she is not herself.
Hope always reassuring Josie.
“secretly we all love angst” Sentence Starters
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dont deny it DONT DENY IT
“It never works for us, and it never will.”
“I’m done. I’m done trying so hard only for you to never even look in my direction.”
“I can’t fall in love with you. I don’t want all the pain that comes with it.”
“My roommate had to go into my room and throw the sheets away because I haven’t been able to sleep in that bed since you left.”
“I keep asking myself “why isn’t the sun bright anymore” but then I remember you’re not in my life anymore and realize it’s just my own eyes.”
“I regret it all. I really do, I swear. Please, please– let’s fix this, please.”
“Remember when you promised we’d always be together? Because I remember when I thought you meant it.”
“I can’t move on from something that wasn’t supposed to end!”
“The phone calls aren’t the same… I can hear in your voice that it’s not the same anymore.”
“I’m trying to avoid talking because I know what it’ll lead to, and I don’t want that to come.”
“Don’t you think you can fall back in love with me?”
“This whole time I’ve been using you to make me feel better, and you never caught on. You never caught on. I want you to hate me now, but I don’t think you’re even able to.”
“Kissing me breaks the promise… remember?”
“Every time we fix things something else ends up breaking.”
“Why don’t we stop pretending we’re not on a road to destruction?”
“It wasn’t even fun at first, honestly. It was just like… Morphine.”
“You’re just not enough anymore.”
“It’s been too long since you’ve really smiled.”
“Ah, it was all my fault. Wasn’t it?”
“To think, we thought just the sex would be enough to keep us in love.”
“Back then, I lied when I told you I didn’t love you. You needed to move on from me– I needed to protect you from me.”
“You never had that shine in your eyes when you were with me.”
“Quit trying to fix me when you need to just fix yourself.”
“I’m so tired of everything about us, and about how we thought we were in love, and how we think forcing it can make us be in love– I’m so tired of it.”
“This whole time you’ve still been in love with him/her… Not me.”
“I couldn’t make you fall in love with me. I thought I could do it, I really did, but… But I know you… And this isn’t love.”
“Did you really think I needed that kiss back then when all that you conveyed in it was pity?”
“To think I’ve changed so much to get you to like me, and you still never really look my way.”
“I know I deserve better than you. I realize that, but you were so broken… I didn’t want to be the one that made you shatter.”
“All of this was to protect myself.”
“I feel like I’ve been looking for who you used to be… Back when you were actually happy.”
“I never want to even hear your name during my life anymore.”
“Your lips used to be sanctuary, but now I just feel trapped.”
“Isn’t it time we both stopped pretending we make each other happy?”
“The thing I regret the most is giving you so much hope by agreeing to this date.”
“We have the kind of history anyone would never want to think about again, and you’re hear asking me on a date?”
“What makes you think I’ll be any different this time?”
“I’ll let you down. I will always let you down. I’m not enough for you to be satisfied.”
“Are you satisfied with the mess you’ve created out of me?”
“I should have listened to everyone who told me this was a bad idea.”
“I’ve never met someone who can so gently destroy me the way you do.”
“I can’t forget about him/her! It’s not in my power to forget how he/she felt when they loved me.”
“The saddest thing is that when I told him/her I loved him/her, he/she thought I was lying. He/she never believed someone could fall in love with him/her.”
“Listen… You’re his/her best friend… and I completely fucked up– it’s over between us, but… please, punch me, or punish me, or do something to me because he/she just… cried. He/she wasn’t even angry, they were just so sad– Please, be angry at me, please. Give me what I deserve.”
“It would have been better if we never met.”
“You’re my regret.”
“I’m not angry at you, just at myself… Because I knew this would happen, but I let myself fall in love with you anyways.”
“Don’t tell me to give up like everything is meaningless.”
“This is why I don’t let myself fall in love.”
“Somewhere deep inside me, I still have hope that you’ll fall in love. How pathetic.”
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“Expect nothing. Only then can you be prepared for anything.” “Have you always been such an asshole?“ “And how do you decide who deserves to die?“ “I have to admit that I have a grudging admiration for you.” “Sometimes I come up here when I have decisions to make or difficulties to face.” “I don’t know… how to be in this world without you.“ “Peace is an illusion. And no matter how tranquil the world seems… peace doesn’t last long. Peace is a struggle against our very nature. A skin we stretch over the bone, muscle, and sinew.” “This is not how normal people start the day. Coffee, cereal maybe. Toast. Maybe even toast with another person…” “All this trust is just making me tear up.” “I’ll never see her again, not even to say goodbye. Do you know what that’s like?“ “What the fuck? What did you do to my goddamn door?“ “See, friends are overrated, ‘cause eventually, someone will come along and shoot ‘em. You’re better off alone.” “You twirl your fingers when you’re nervous, you know that?” “If I were afraid, would you save me, [NAME]?” “We stick together, [NAME]. Never face the monsters alone.“ “For just a few hours, stay out of trouble, okay?” “You look so thin. Are you eating enough?“ “There are some things you can’t kill your way out of.” “You should know there’s nothing I won’t do. Nothing, if it will save you.“ “Divide et impera.“ “When everyone lies, telling the truth isn’t just rebellion. It’s an act of revolution. So think carefully when you speak it, because the truth is a weapon.” “I told you before, we’re not friends. I don’t owe you a goddamn thing.” “Don’t talk to me again unless you have something useful to say, okay?” “The guards’ll be fine. Well, except for the broken jaw and shattered leg.” “I could get you a car if you’d like. Or you could stay a while. With me.“ “I believe I’m the one offering to do the saving. Think about it. But don’t take too long. We’re running out of time.” “You know, it’s getting easier to imagine putting holes in you every time you open your mouth.“ “I appreciate that you are no quitter. But there is a time for letting go.“ “Stay with me, [name]. Hey! Hey, I’m talking to you.” “Don’t worry about him. He’s fine. Just concentrate on staying alive.” “Hey, hey. Stay awake! Stay awake! Open your eyes!“ “This is what you do, love. Stride across the centuries, and death follows, churning in your wake.” “Love isn’t finite. Maybe life shouldn’t be either. Maybe we should keep living, forever.“ “How could you believe that I would shoot you?” “I cannot speak for you, my friend, but I am here to kick great amounts of ass.” “I hate it when you’re smug.“ “The danger of living too long: you forget to fear death. We dismiss the Grim Reaper as a quaint metaphor. But fearing death… it’s good for you.” “I missed you so much.“ “This is the weakness of weapons. They are tools to kill and destroy. They are not what gives you power. You are the weapon. You are the killer and destroyer.” “I don’t wanna die. I wanna live. I want us to see a million tomorrows.“ “That’s the hardest thing to get used to. Nothing survives. Nothing but us.” “You look good. I could have sworn I broke your back.” “So, what? I just… forgive you, like nothing’s happened?” “Whatever you think was happening between us… it didn’t matter. It meant nothing to me.” “Throwing blades is an excellent way to increase one’s hand-eye coordination.” “I think your relationship with honesty is passing at best.” “Do you love me? It’s not a complicated question.“ “I’ll burn every one of them down, if that’s what it takes to bring you back to me.” “I can’t ever expect your forgiveness.“ “You got a lot to lose. I don’t. Why don’t you listen?” “I don’t see the point in going through this sober.” “Fair is for dead men and losers.“ “You can say goodbye later, when one of us is dead.” “You lied to me. To me, [NAME]. The only person who’s ever truly loved you.” “It’s gonna be okay. It’s gonna be okay. I promise, it’s gonna be okay.” “I skipped over worry and went straight to full-on panic.“ “I’ll never give you up. If I ever give you up my heart will surely fail…” “It’s time for you to evolve. Transformation is always painful. But I changed to make myself stronger. You can, too.“ “This is real power. Cutting away the things that make you weak one at a time. Embrace that power. Be on the winning side.” “They were raw material. A means to an end to get the respect I’m owed.” “You’ve become everything we fought against.” “The look on her face. The look on her face when I pulled the trigger. It was almost relief.” “I may be many things, but I am not a murderer.” “We have ruined each other. Haven’t we?“
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