As it was.

he/they/she // 22 // trying to be better - And in some reality, it was meant to be.

[soracities]

when e.e. cummings said “i’ll live my life if it kills me”

[softspringsolace]

when andrea gibson said “i suppose i love this life, in spite of my clenched fist.” & when ellen bass said “to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it”

[malleefies]

Frames I from my Stark siblings Sinking Town meme!!

[kacchanot-fucking-deal-with-this]

So you know when you're writing a scene where the hero is carrying an injured person and you realize you've never been in this situation and have no idea how accurate the method of transportation actually is?

Oh boy, do I have a valuable resource for you!

Here is a PDF of the best ways to carry people depending on the situation and how conscious the injured person needs to be for the carrying position.

Literally a life saver.

(No pun intended.)

[fourquartertoast]

the ballad of songbirds and snakes vs sunrise on the reaping

[ill-crawl-home-to-her]

you are so correct!!

and then there's the combination:

which I would argue is the original trilogy but maybe I'm reaching here

[velartis]

Franz Kafka, 1912

[dirtshack]

SBI writers on losing loved ones 1

All Good Devils Masquerade Under the Light by kyoromii // If we don’t leave this town, we might never make it out by grasstastic (Art: Jonathan Baron) // Summer House by AnnaHay // Goodbye, I Love You. by teeth_eater (Art: inkipri on Tumblr) // For Both Our Sakes, Let Me Go by positivelypitch // All Good Devils Masquerade Under the Light by kyoromii // For Both Our Sakes, Let Me Go by positivelypitch // devil town by hoorayy // passerine by blujamas, thcscus (blujamas)

SBI writers on the cruelty of fate

[grimasrunecasting]

Fenrir and Tyr don’t feel at odds to me, at least not in the way many people may assume.

To me, they are the sides of the same coin. Both representing the same thing, just in different ways.

Fenrir’s binding and betrayal is not just about oath breaking but the loss of the social contract and the rage that wells up from it, to me at least. Depending on the telling of the tale, Fenrir can come across as already suspicious that the Aesir are going to trick him and thus it is why he asks for Tyr’s battle hand. Because he senses something afoot. And depending on the telling, Tyr readily accepts the loss of his hand. He knows that which must be done and to do so requires not only sacrifice but consequence of his actions. The Aesir trick Fenrir into being bound, Tyr offers his hand in recompense, and Fenrir rages.

While in a previous post I noted the consequence and fairness of Tyr losing his hand in order to bind Fenrir, we can’t overlook the trickery in the first place. Fenrir was only viewed as a threat because Odin had visioned it, but in turn trying to prevent Fenrir from becoming a foe Odin seals his fate by tricking Fenrir into being bound.

Maybe it’s just the 3 am thoughts, but Tyr and Fenrir feel like two sides of the social contract conundrum.

[greeksblog]

And so I try to be kind

To everything I see

And in everything I see

I see him.

[janicesopranos]

a hill i will die on is that a little life by hanya yanagihara is not meaningless and is not torture porn and is in fact a very stark and realistic exploration of unprocessed trauma and the inability to talk and how trauma shapes the way you view those who love you and the fact that tiktok has turned it into the "you will cry at the end!!!!" book honestly breaks my heart

[rollercoasterwords]

i'm literally the priest's favorite sacrificial lamb because i am so docile and sweet and i hold very still when they put the rope around my neck and i trot along so happily while they lead me to the altar and they do not even have to tie me down because i lie so very still and only bleat once or twice in my lovely lamb voice and when the knife comes down it cuts through me like butter and i offer no resistance and i bleed so prettily all over my new white wool and my guts all unspool like the most beautiful shining yarn and my eyes are animal and dumb and hold no accusation and every time i die i come right back as another little lamb because the priest loves me so so much and he always chooses me for the sacrifice every time and he always places one hand on my small and twitching nose to calm me while he lifts the knife and he doesn't do it for the other lambs only me because i'm his favorite

[traumasurvivors]

Even if I didn’t have a solid plan, in the back of my head, I always assumed I’d kill myself.

Now I’m an adult and people my age have their lives in order and I’m stuck here, confused, because I never planned to be alive and I’m so far behind.

I feel like I’ll never catch up.

[traumasurvivors]

Hey all.

I want to make an addition to this. I made this post a long time ago.

I’m currently back in university, and I’ve made so much progress with my trauma. I’m in a loving relationship.

Things can and will get better. It’s not too late.

Nothing is perfect by any means. But I’m happy I’m still here and didn’t kill myself. I hope you get to that point, too 💕

[traumasurvivors]

The addition is important! I see the original post circulating a lot, but the addition is important!

[traumasurvivors]

New addition two years later. I’m still going strong!

I’m getting married. I’m still in that loving relationship.

I’ve learned that there’s no real timeline. It’s okay. And while it sucks that I lost time, there’s still so much for me to experience and enjoy.

[traumasurvivors]

Newest addition. 7 years after the original post!

I got married last month! My dog is laying on me snoring. I’ve learned to have healthy friendships and relationships. I’ve learned that I’m not alone and that even when things are hard, I’m going to be okay.

[a-study-in-bullshit]

"I love you , I'm glad we're friends"

[the-poets-might-disagree]

Paul Atreides walking silhouette compilation in DUNE PART TWO (2024)

[zorosnavigator]

[wulfhalls]

rulers of the atreides empire

[heydrangeas]

[dune spoilers]

at the end of dune 2, paul extends his hand to the emperor, and the emperor doesn’t take it right away, and paul stomps his foot. it’s authoritative, but childish. it’s the perfect encapsulation of who paul is in that moment. his naïveté and his grandiosity all tied into one. brilliant

[rylandgracie]

“i want you to know, i will love you as long as i breathe.”

dune part ii / ojibwa / waiting for this story to end before i begin another, jan heller lev