If you come away with me

M. (she/her - they/them). In my 40s. Psychologist. Catmom. Feminist. Ecologist. True Optimist. Gryffindor. Wannabe fanfic author. Wanderer and food lover. Main fandoms: Harry Potter, BBC Sherlock, Tolkien, Teen Wolf, Yuri On Ice, Good Omens, OFMD... though you'll find much more here. OTPs: Sterek, McDanno, Johnlock, Bagginshield, Otayuri, Ineffable Husbands, Geraskier, HL... and more. *Otabek Altin Defense Squad.* Must protect at all costs: Twelfth Doctor, Fili Durin, Derek Hale and Yuri Plisetsky.

[shardlily]

Big thank you to all the creators out there ❤️

[thesweetiepienovels]

Some is better than none. Some is better than none. Some is better than none. Walking for three minutes, is better than nothing. Drinking a glass of water and eating a snack, is better than nothing. Wiping down the counter, is better than nothing. Small things are not nothing. Small things are not nothing. Small things are not nothing. You don’t have to achieve grand things if all you’re capable of right now is the smaller things. They are still achievements. Don’t do nothing just because you don’t think you’re capable of doing bigger things, just do something you’re capable of today. 

[huariqueje]

Forcing the Last Blossoms - Joseph Keiffer , 2018.

American , b. 1952 -

Oil on panel , 8 x 10 in. 20.3 x 25.4 cm.

[the-wolf-and-moon]

Venus, Evening Star

[awesomebutunpractical]

I would like to wish people who will bad mouth someone openly in a language they presume they won't understand a very unexpected bilingual encounter.

[scribeherself]

seeing people say "this trope has been done to death" as if that's ever stopped anyone from eating bread. BREAD HAS BEEN DONE TO DEATH FOR LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND WE STILL WANT MORE BREAD. write your chosen one AU. write your coffee shop meet-cute. write your 47th iteration of "there was only one bed" because guess what??? we're still hungry.

[allthingseurope]

Nessebar, Bulgaria

[depsidase]

[allthingseurope]

Stockholm, Sweden (by Marten Bjork)

[woodwool]

severely deficient in whatever vitamin makes u a person

[shutyourmoustache]

I just came across this website called Reasons To Stay that a man named Ben West created in memory of his brother who died by suicide at 15. If you’re desperate and looking for a kind word to get you through the next 5 minutes or a little something, even a stranger’s words, to help you find a ray of hope, please go visit the site. And if you wanna reach out a hand across the internet to others in need of gentle support, you can write a letter that’ll randomly populate to countless visitors.

As someone who wanted to stop existing for the better part of three years, I can only imagine what this site would’ve meant to me back in college. I couldn’t envision then when the darkness would end, but it did. I’m so lucky I stuck around to see my sisters have kids and to become a speech therapist who gets to help little ones communicate more effectively. My life got so much better cuz I hung in there. I hope if you see this, you’ll stick around to find out how you make your mark on this world and understand how much you can be loved and how hard you can love others. 💓

[allthingseurope]

Zagreb, Croatia (by David Boca)

[landsccape]

[fancsiful]

Happy catto

[angelicdewdrop]

glass mosaic tiles

[ao3commentoftheday]

do you know where "no beta we die like x" comes from and how it is used?

The term "beta" in this context is short for "beta reader" - a person who reads a fic while it's still in the editing stage and helps the writer get it ready to post. Some betas check grammar. Some check canon compliance. Some are sensitivity readers. There are lots of things that betas can do.

So functionally, saying "no beta" means that the writer didn't get this checked by a second person before they posted it. It's a warning that there might be errors or typos etc. It's mostly used when an author has written something quickly and is posting without doing a lot of (or any) edits first.

As for where it comes from? It all started with a bumper sticker.

This image was an internet meme at one point, and it got meme'd on in the form of "no ___ we ___ like men"

Here on tumblr, one of the versions that got really popular was from now-deleted user @grec1a who created this version:

From there, it migrated to AO3 as the "no beta we die like men" tag, and very often the word men is replaced by the name of a character who dies in canon.

[selkienight60]

I did not know this, but it makes so much sense, and it's SO good to learn fanfiction history.

[headspace-hotel]

Is THAT where "No [X], we die like men" comes from?????

[animentality]

[jakeperalta]

13k celebration ★ top 10 tv pairings, as voted by my followers: #1 → jake peralta and amy santiago (brooklyn nine nine)

“today has been a crazy day. but I shouldn’t be surprised, because we’ve had a lot of crazy days. there was our first date, our first kiss, the first time you told me you loved me and the day you told me you would marry me. and yesterday and the day before that and the day before that, because every day that I get to be with someone as amazing as you is crazy to me. I love you.”