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+lila. a girl with her feet on the ground, head in the clouds, and nose in a book.

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❝ there’s some good in this world and it’s worth fighting for ❞  

☺ lila. she/her. 31. anthropology major. washington, dc (usa)

❀ black/lebanese/cherokee. disabled (pots &me/cfs). neurodivergent (adhd squirrel girl)

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my favorite media of 2025 [4/?] ↝ the raven scholar by antonia hodgson

life is a puzzle with no answer; a game with no rules; a maze with no exit, except death. and still we stumble on through the dark, creating form where there is none, seeing patterns that are not there.

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my favorite media of 2025 [4\5/?] ↝ you started it by jackie khalilieh

axel: "i'm lebanese." me: "oh. that's cool. i'm half arab." axel: "i don't believe in that." me: "in what?" axel: "being half of something. it trivializes your identity."

as a mixed race arab/black/indigenous girly, this scene made me feel so incredibly seen and understood. i'm lucky in that all of the arabs, black folk, and indigenous folk i've met/in my community have always accepted me as one of their own and never questioned my identity, but i see online that a lot of mixed folk feel like their identity is constantly being questioned, even within their own communities. i will always stand 10 toes down that i am not conglomeration of percentages of anything; i'm 100% black, i'm 100% arab, i'm 100% indigenous---and they are all 100% me. i feel like i'm lucky to have been around people and communities that accept that, and i wish i could give that to other mixed folk, especially mixed kids and teens. anyhoo, this scene from you started it by jackie khalilieh reminded me of that, and it was so lovely to read.

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read in 2025↝ the raven scholar by antonia hodgson

We are here, exactly where we should be, at exactly the right moment, because we are the Raven, and we are magnificent.

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read in 2025 ↝ a dark and secret magic by wallis kinney

as a hedge witch, premonitions come to me shrouded in the mists of dreams. but when I’m awake, I watch the forest.

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blood over bright haven by m.l. wang

truth over delusion. growth over comfort.

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read in 2025 ↝ our infinite fates by laura steven

i love you, and i have loved you, and i will love you

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BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN a playlist

everybody wants to rule the world lorde. another love tom odell. for my help hayden calnin. kettering the antlers. couldn't stop caring the spiritual machine. waiting game banks. knocking on heaven's door raign. to ashes and blood woodkid.

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as the rest of social media comes crashing down, i;m reminded of just how much i love tumblr. i love you my silly little pals

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blood over bright haven by m.l. wang

because good people can turn desperate when the horrors are upon them—especially people whose culture of plenty has left them with no systems to cope with scarcity or cataclysm. good people will turn monstrous when it’s down to their survival or someone else’s.

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MAKE ME CHOOSE BETWEEN...

two ships

two friendships

two characters

two shows

two actress

two actors

two movies

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between earth and sky by rebecca roanhorse

i am the only storm that matters now, and there is no shelter from what i bring.

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currently reading ↝ what the river knows by isabel ibanez

in egypt? we're all looking for something.

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characters like me: stevie bell (truly devious by maureen johnson)

the wonderful thing about reality is that it is highly flexible. one minute, all is doom; the next, everything is abloom with possibility.

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characters like me: nina zenik (the grishaverse by leigh bardugo)

you aren’t a flower, you’re every blossom in the wood blooming at once. you are a tidal wave. you’re a stampede. you are overwhelming.

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lit meme: series or books [4/10] ↝ forest of a thousand lanterns by julie c. dao

she knew her own worth. she would seize her destiny with all the strength and spirit within her, and bend them all to her will: every man kneeling and every woman overshadowed.

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the invisible life of addie larue by v.e. schwab

"a dreamer," scorns her mother. "a dreamer," mourns her father. "a dreamer," warns estele. still, it does not seem such a bad word.