driven by clockwork

Kim or Clark. She/her. 29. my art tag - my ao3 - I post literally whatever I want

[little-grey-dowitcher]

So many people never learned to live with harmless discomfort at any point in their lives and holy fuck does it show

[little-grey-dowitcher]

“But I wanna know!” You’re gonna have to learn to be ok with not knowing some things, especially when those things involve personal details about strangers that they’re not comfortable sharing.

“But it’s confusing!” If you take the time to educate yourself it’ll no longer be confusing. Otherwise you’re just gonna have to learn to be ok with being confused.

“But it’s weird!” You probably do weird things all the time. Everyone does weird things sometimes. Life goes on.

“But it scares me!” Is it hurting you? No? You’ll be fine. Being scared and being harmed are not always the same thing. Learn to tell the difference and then act accordingly.

“But I want it!” And I want a million dollars. You can’t always get what you want.

[breelandwalker]

Addendum:

"But it makes me uncomfortable!" The world is an uncomfortable place and complete strangers are not required to fix that for you. Learning to endure harmless discomfort is a life skill for existing in public.

"But I don't like it!" There's plenty of things in the world and not all of them are fun or enjoyable or For You. This applies to everyone and we all have to deal with that in a mature fashion.

"But I want to do the thing!" You can't always do what you want. Most people learn this in preschool. Wanting something does not entitle you to be inconsiderate to the people around you.

[clarkthetimed]

“Once I picked her up, I wouldn’t let go.”

Short comic depicting Lem’s story of finding Mina. I still adore them so much.

[autistobrat]

this too shall pass but the fuck was that for

[spiribia]

no way they just killed off enkidu... gilgamesh x enkidu heads is it worth continuing through the other tablets 😭

[foresteeyes]

i think love is stored in nighttime conversations and “did you eat yet” and books left outside your door and “i waited to watch this with you” and splitting something in half to share and “im proud of you” and folded towels and “you can pick” and heads on shoulders and “you’re right, that was shitty. im sorry” and knocks on doors and “DINNER!” and stupid jokes and “hey i got this for you” and coffee made just right and… there are so many ways people say i love you silently every day over and over again if you only listen

[0ddoblivion]

[kg-clark-inthedark]

Lost one of my closest friends to cancer two nights ago. I’ve written a lot about it, but nothing I feel comfortable sharing. Just want to say he was an incredible person. If you have a moment, please send positive energy out for his wife and two young children.

[kg-clark-inthedark]

Ya’ll I know I never post on here anymore anyway but heads up to the readers of the fic, definitely gonna be on another hiatus for the foreseeable future.

That’s because my partner and I were asked to take custody of our nephew again. It’s been over 5 years since we’ve had him, and unfortunately the original success of the last family reunification didn’t last. He’s been having a tough go of it lately so we’ll need to be locked tf in on him and his needs for a while.

But as shitty as the circumstances are that led to this, we are honestly so relieved to soon have him back in a stable and loving home with us. We’re looking forward to returning to the fulfilling work of raising him.

But yeah definitely gonna be in auntie/mom mode moving forward, so writing’s only gonna get done in those 5 minutes in bed before I pass out from exhaustion each night lmao. Anyway, wish us luck on the 17 hr roadtrip to go pick our nephew up and keep him in your thoughts! He’s got a lot of adjusting and healing ahead of him.

[kg-clark-inthedark]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter 11 of my Lem/Sleeper fic is up! Thanks for all the support on the last one 💛

[calordelverano]

DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

[hartlesshart]

i just wanted to draw them being cool and maybe kind of in love idk

thank you for reading!! I love these two characters so much and they are so much fun to draw.

big big shoutout and thank you to @kestrelgreys for not only helping me with the dialogue but also giving me a much better idea for the ending. collabing with you is a DREAAAM!

[kg-clark-inthedark]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

New lem/sleeper chapter aleeert. Sorry it’s been a while!

[fuckyeah2000s]

what's the first movie you remember seeing in theaters? don't try and be all edgy and cool and say like tetsuo: the iron man. be honest.

Go!!

[maxpawb]

It's scary to be transgender in the world right now but if you're transgender I love you and we have to stick together and keep fighting and keep living and keep loving

[praguegirl]

let’s settle this shit but do NOT reblog if you’re gonna be modest about it like a little BITCH. anyway privilege check tell me which ones apply to you: hot, funny, can dance, can do math, can spell, can drive, can cook

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[crimeronan]

people who let me wake up to this get a special place in heaven. firefly_fox how does it feel to hold my life in ur hands....

[crimeronan]

my favorite thing about this post is that a handful of people have gone "oh wait! this is tangible proof that i don't need to be embarrassed about leaving a lot of comments!! i'll stop being so ashamed!" YES!! ao3 authors basically universally will die for people who comment spam. we love to see it and we do not find you weird or annoying At All.

think about it this way: we ourselves are weird enough to have spent several hours, days, or Months writing down this story. we are weird enough about the content to do that! why on Earth would we be mean and judgmental toward people who care enough to get excited about reading it?? we shared it Specifically For You To Get Excited About!