Glow Sticks and Tinderboxes

This blog is dedicated to the games Penumbra and Amnesia, by Frictional Games. Although, I might also post some random stuff sometimes, hope you don't mind! If you want to know more about the stuff I fangirl over, if I haven't made it obvious yet, take a look at my about page! About Me :) PS: None of the print screens and fan art I post are taken or drawn by me, unless stated otherwise. But then again, you probably won't see much of my art, as I can't really draw. ;_;

[anemoneee]

BSD X SANRIO

[thememedaddy]

[389]

merry

[lonely-dog-song]

i love when a cat looks up and its head is a funny shape

[dankmemeuniversity]

[elisamaza]

"being autistic is not an excuse for doing/saying something bigoted without holding yourself accountable" and "there are times when autistic people cannot deduce when something they did/said was wrong because something that may not be innocuous to you can be innocuous to them and them asking for an explanation is not the same as dodging accountability" are two things that can and should co-exist.

[allie-leth]

The accountability in this situation really comes down to whether you continue the action.

You don't have to understand why something makes someone uncomfortable in order to not do it again.

[existennialmemes]

Also, it's about how you frame it.

It's one thing to be like "Oh, I didn't know that, thank you for telling me, can you please explain or tell me where I can learn more about this?"

But it's very different when you respond like "I didn't know that! Why you are attacking me?? You're being ableist!! I didn't mean any harm!"

When you immediately frame yourself as a victim, you are not reacting from a place of accountability. You are not acknowledging that, though unintentional, you did cause harm.

You don't have to flagellate yourself for not knowing something, but you do need to acknowledge that impact > intent & refrain from centering your discomfort at being called out.

[lovely-v]

It’s crazy and fucked up that being yourself is actually the solution.

[lovely-v]

It’s like. When I was told to “just be yourself” as a kid I thought it was a passive thing. Like oh easy I just have to sit here and be myself. but the reason so many people think that “being yourself” is bullshit advice is because you actually have to make active choices to do this and it WILL make your life way more fun. You have to wear t-shirts of bands that were popular ten years ago because you like them. You have to do your hair in a way that you find cute or comfortable even if it’s “so nineties”. If your friend says a food you enjoy is gross to them, you can’t be afraid to admit you casually disagree. You have to do hobbies that you’re interested in even if you’re bad at them and you cant feel like you have to get good at something before you tell people it’s an activity you do. You have to read manga and comic books in public and get piercings your relatives think are unattractive. You don’t have to tell people you dislike that you dislike them, but you don’t have to give them your time and attention either. You have to rewatch that kids show you’re nostalgic for even if you’re in your 30s. You have to change your name if you hate it, even if only a few close friends can know. You have to get fun girly drinks at the bar. You have to order hot chocolate when you don’t like coffee and black coffee when you don’t like sweet things. I am still bad at practicing this but it is the only way to make it all tolerable.

[lierdumoa]

First you have to realize that "yourself" is a construct built by the decisions you make. Then it becomes clear that being yourself is a deliberate and intentional practice, not a passive state of existence.

[cheaphalloweencostume]

not to get too deep on main but did anyone else have such deeply rooted issues with their self worth for so long that they thought as a kid/teen that their only redeeming feature was being “low maintenance” and now as an adult you give yourself guilt pangs asking for any more than the barest minimum in virtually any relationship because asking for things might negate your only good quality which is just “doesn’t ask for things”

[splickedylit]

#you don’t believe you can be liked so you settle for being useful 

[servuscallidus]

I'm going to *remembers suicide is often not a desire for death itself but rather an attempt to radically change one's life because the current state of being has become unbearable but the person can't think of any way to change it other than death* kill myself

[vixvigil]

at least sisyphus only had one never-ending task. i have like 50 and all of them cost money

[meatdiaz]

absolutely hate it when the pleasurable activity procrastination hits. i’m going to do something fun that brings me joy but not yet. yeah, not yet. not yet. maybe i shouldn’t do it at all, it’s not that fun

[everythingfox]

The car is parked

[junkfoodcinemas]

“We all knew that he was obviously quite ill, and it was pretty clear that this was going to be the last role he would play in a movie. And the fact that it was one of the Final Destination movies made it that much more poignant. Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, our directors, they made a very shrewd decision to take the last couple of lines that were scripted and say, ‘Tony, just say what you would want to say to the fans. What would you like to impart to them in this moment?' So, everything that makes that scene so emotional is authentic because that was just Tony talking through the camera to the very fans who supported him for so many years. So, it was a very magical moment on set."

Craig Perry, producer for FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES (2025)

[sodiumfreak]

FIRST step to enjoying any media is getting attached to the character whose suicidal tendencies are the most obvious

[vampyre-lesbian]

my local theater is doing a screening of Saw (2004) for Pride month and I need y’all to see what they posted to promote the event

[louthesawgirl]

I love this so much.

[killxbunnyyy]

sorry i never replied. everyday is blending together and im losing sense of time

[meatdiaz]

what’s your “odd” comfort movie? a movie that isn’t stereotypically comforting but does comfort YOU? mine’s conclave (2024)