Hellebore

Hello this is Birch He/Him, Indigenous.

[helleboresblog]

HelleborePlays's wishlist

No one ever has to get me anything obviously, but I thought since I'm back on tumblr and if you want to support me in some way, anything off my wishlist would be nice 👉🏽👈🏽

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[classycookiexo]

[capricorn-born]

Oddly specific. Got a deposit for 6,837 today

[weaselle]

fuck it, i never ever do those “reblog for X, this one really works!” posts, but this one doesn’t have any of that BS, this is just straight up wishing us good things; and then the comment doesn’t even say any of that either. Zero claims on this post, all positive vibes

May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love

[vmohlere]

May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love

[incorrect-guilty-gear]

Happy Chaos, in an aroused voice: Did I just feel someone grab my ass?

Nagoriyuki: I don’t know what’s more disturbing, the fact that you think I did it, or that this is your reaction to it…

[helleboresblog]

[sapphosewrites]

Teaching creative writing to 8 to 12 year olds this summer, a demographic whose stories include a shocking amount of murder. The use of "unalive" was so egregious I had to tell them, "if you aren't comfortable using the words death, die, and kill, you aren't mature enough to be writing about them yet". Kiddo asked me if that applies to adults as well, and I told them it very much does, so here's a PSA.

If you aren't comfortable using the words death, die, and kill, you aren't mature enough to be writing about them yet.

[armeleia]

Reminders for the Anxious/Depressed Creatives

You’re more than what you make.

Your productivity does not determine your value.

It’s okay to do nothing sometimes.

Not everything you do has to result in a product.

Not everything you make has to be important, significant, or even good.

You can make things just for yourself.

You can keep secrets for yourself, whether it’s not posting some of your projects or not sharing your techniques.

You’re allowed to say no.

You’re allowed to rest.

[armeleia]

2023 Updates:

Inspiration doesn’t cure burnout. Rest cures burnout.

People will wait for you; take your time and come back when you are ready.

It’s okay to scrap projects that no longer excite you, even if other people like them.

It’s delightful and excellent to be openly proud of your work.

Afford yourself the same gentleness that you would afford another creative - negative self-talk is counterproductive and frankly cruel.

Self-indulgent creations are satisfying to others as well; don’t apologize for your own pleasure.

Actually, don’t apologize for your work at all.

[parliamentrook]

yes yes yes yes

[vamptits]

you're all joking about not wearing earplugs to concerts, right? we're not out here rawdogging 120dB. right.

[vamptits]

to be clear i'm not trying to be moralizing or anything it's just important to me that people at least know they should be protecting their ears at concerts and clubs. repeated exposure to loud enough music will lead to hearing loss. you will get tinnitus. you don't want tinnitus.

[vamptits]

[angleofmusings]

[garfield meme edited to read “you are not immune to hearing loss”]

[vamptits]

I understand tinnitus can sound really vague and inconsequential to someone who hasn't experienced it, I really get where everyone making jokes about it in the notes is coming from. that said:

tinnitus can be extremely debilitating. mine still sometimes keeps me awake for hours at night, despite having gotten better over the years. it can make it difficult to concentrate on anything else.

the more you are exposed to loud sounds, the higher the chance of getting tinnitus, and the worse it will get. even if you already have it, or already have hearing loss, you should be wearing protection in places like concerts and clubs.

you can have both hearing loss and tinnitus.

there are many ways to find relief for tinnitus, and it may fade on its own, especially if you take care of your ears, but there is no known cure.

If you've never had it, I really recommend looking up videos of what tinnitus sounds like, and just imagine that, always. or go through the tags and read through what people have said about their tinnitus. wear earplugs!!!

[i-believe-in-u]

I have severe tinnitus and hearing loss from attending and working concerts without proper hearing protection for the past eighteen years or so.

It's bad. It is so bad. Not only does it suck now, it sucked then! If you don't wear earplugs, you aren't getting the full sound at a show. There is too much noise for your ears to filter. Earplugs will help you to get the best out of your experience, you won't feel like you shoved cotton balls into your head the next day, and you will still be able to hear conversations when you are 30.

It's a win all around.

[lastoneout]

If you're like me and can't wear earplugs for whatever reason you can get a decent pair of these pretty cheap online and tbh even if they aren't perfect any protection is better than no protection!!

I've had tinnitus for literally as long as can I remeber(modern problems I guess 🙃) and I am determined to ensure it doesn't get worse, so I always wear these when I go to concerts. They really are life savers!

Just look up ear muffs for concerts and some should turn up, but they might also be sold as ear protection for construction/yard work or shooting ranges, since that's what this sort of thing is usually intended for. (They also work if you have noise sensitivities in general. Honestly, it's just good to have a pair on hand imo, concerts are just the main thing I use them for.)

So yeah, get some ear plugs or muffs and protect your hearing!! Tinnitus sucks, save yourself!!

[dunkstein]

I will be 70 years old and I still will never have gotten over the time the Mythbusters used a rocket powered steel wall to - and I use this word as literally as possible - vaporize an entire car into red mist

[dunkstein]

https://youtu.be/Nl8xTqTUGCY

If you haven’t seen this episode of Mythbusters I feel so bad for you because “What car?” remains to this day as a defining moment of my adolescence and my entire life

[theotheristhedoctor]

That was a near-religious experience 

[outburstsoftheordinary]

I made a gif of it for those of you who cant watch the video in your country. Or if you know you just want to stare at it mesmerized like me

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Oh wow they sure did vaporise that car into red mist

[thirdwizard-who]

@identifying-cars-in-posts?

[identifying-cars-in-posts]

1994-1996 Ford Aspire

[e-6000]

Not anymore

[donnatellaamoss]

PRAYING that barbie sweeps the oscars not because i have anything against oppenheimer but because one of the few joys in life is seeing film bros melt down when movies primarily made for women are lauded as serious and important works

[hapalopus]

I do have something against Oppenheimer! Go watch one of these movies instead:

[memewhore]

[bananahomo]

I reblogged this last month, tagged it, and said “might as well see if it works.” I used this video as a reference to find all the forms that i needed (which is A LOT, especially if you’re a dependent) and sent them through the mail, not really allowing myself to hope.

dude.

$2,714 of medical debt from my top surgery - gone. im shaking this was such a weight on me for 2 years and it fucking worked. what the fuck.

[cloviepops]

re-reblogging and thinking about when i have another collection agency calling that i can just do this

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

Stop! Releasing 2 minute songs!! Idc about TikTok!!! If it's a banger it needs to be at least 3:30.

[capacity]

6:50*

[starkid256]

UGH! NO I HATE ANY AND EVERY SONG LONGET THAN 4:00 BY DEFAULT!!!

[capacity]

You’re not a music lover you’re a music tolerator. this is a conversation for music lovers only, which you are not. Remember that

[helleboresblog]

[creativepromptsforwriting]

For anyone worried because they write the same trope more than once: I love that shit. I will love that first one and I will still be excited for the thirtieth one. Let these idiots do the same thing over and over again. We deserve that.

[langernameohnebedeutung]

show of all times

[pawthorn]

Tapping the “If art cannot be made without abusing those that make it, I do not want it” sign vigorously once again.

[disabled-dyke]

i feel like we dont talk enough about how distressing and disturbing memory loss issues are. forgetting what you were talking about halfway through a sentence, putting something down and instantly forgetting where you put it. having to reread one paragraph over and over again because by the time youve moved onto the next sentence you dont remember what the one before it said. always doubting if your memories of things are real, not being able to remember important life events.

its so incredibly scary, it feels like your mind is constantly playing tricks on you and you start to doubt whats real and what isnt.

“i forgot” is treated like a lazy excuse when it’s genuinely such a big issue for so many people.

[kiwinatorwaffles]

comic i never posted for some reason