no sleep all fixations

99% reblogs of things I like and find interesting.

[howlslife]

loved to the point of invention

[celestial-fang]

Instead of the new dogshit Odyssey film you should watch Iphigenia (1977). It’s made by actual Greek people and focuses on a mother-daughter relationship to explore how women are sacrificed by powerful men in times of war. Also the main actress has the face of an angel 🙏 the whole movie is available on YT with English subtitles.

[rikorisu]

[silima]

it's always funny to me when ppl act like it's somehow incestuous for characters who consider each other found family/chosen family/whatever u wanna call the trope to date each other, and it's funny for many reasons, but most specifically it's funny because irl when you meet a person and get really attached and decide that you want to be family with them, there's a very popular legally recognized way of doing that & it's called marriage

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Marriage promotes incest because then you end up having sex with a family member

[xricky]

Oh wow I haven't drawn her in so long

[pillowspace]

There are many people who don’t share this sentiment, but I have an appreciation for when a fanfic is so separated from canon that it could’ve easily been its own original novel, and yet the author was only ever going to put that much energy into it if their favourite characters got to be there

[pillowspace]

I think there’s a difference between “the author stripped the media of everything it had to replace it with something easy” and “the author thought up a concept they really really like and are bestowing it upon the character like a medal”

[as-asya-talks]

Oh. My. God. My Agott. I'm dying

[emiartse]

“How much I love you.”

[hallumonn]

In the purikura booth! 💋

[garaks-gay-garderobe]

let's work ourselves to the bone with papa

[arupinishere]

One of my favorite narrative aspects of the Qifrey tree reveal is how it turns the power dynamic between Olruggio and Qifrey on its head.

It's clear from nearly the start of the manga that Qifrey has an obsession with controlling other people, and also that he is very good at it. His use of the memory-wiping spell on Nolnoa and his gaslighting of Tartah already prove him to be an effective manipulator, but the level of ruthlessness he is capable of for the sake of his goals is established when he wipes Olruggio's memory; after all, if Qifrey is capable of performing a physically and mentally violating act of this magnitude against even his closest friend since childhood, no one else could possibly be exempt.

After establishing him as someone who is so terrifyingly willing and capable of controlling the people around him for years upon years, chapter 93 completely flips this entire aspect of Qifrey's character on its head. Every single action and choice that Qifrey has made until this moment, has been made out of his devoted promise to the weakest possible entity---a child. Even as a grown adult, even as a witch, even as someone who is so capable of controlling and manipulating to get his way, Qifrey is utterly powerless before the memory of Olruggio that only exists inside his head and inside the ribbon on his cap. For the entire series, Qifrey has NEVER been the one in control; since day one, Olruggio has had all of the power over Qifrey, and he doesn't even know it.

You can even see this symbolically in the elements that they represent: Qifrey's water which traditionally quenches Olruggio's fire, becomes Olruggio's fire burning Qifrey's wood. And even in their animal representations of the scalewolf and the liongoat, there's a power dynamic where the "wolf" should be able to predate on the "goat", but a "lion" can easily best a wolf.

[perplexi]

the dragon arc be like:

[sakura-spells]

Just accept it, Olly. They are your daughters.

(and Qifrey's)

[jaynovz]

Anyway so I think Qifrey needed a home and Olruggio needed a family and they found those things in each other. They gave those gifts to each other.

But they also mutually do not recognize that they provide that for the other person, and so just feel lucky to be allowed to stay. Because they're stupid 🥰🥰 And also because they're medically not allowed to have a fully honest conversation. 🫩

[packageboyswag]

Why is Olly 3ft tall

Is this why he likes perching on the roof like a bird

[artyphex]

Qifrey helping Olruggio with his coat and everyone on Twitter going insane about how in love they are is fantastic. This is the panel. I love it here

[caseyscraftycorner]

watching my husband get diagnosed with and treated for sleep apnea over the last year was not the thing that radicalized me re: weight and healthcare but my goodness it has solidified my stances.

sleep apnea is more common in people who are fat.

society decided for some reason that this meant that being fat causes sleep apnea. its often difficult to get referrals for sleep apnea treatment if you are fat, because some PCPs will tell you try losing weight first.

turns out!! having untreated sleep apnea causes weight gain in a not-insignificant number of people. it also makes it fucking impossible for many people to lose weight.

my husband worked out the same amount before he got a cpap as he does now. there have been no major diet changes either. yet he has been losing weight -- and gaining muscle tone -- consistently since he started using a cpap in january.

also, his blood pressure -- which was high, which docs blamed on his weight/diet -- went down significantly within one month of starting cpap treatment, before his weight changed significantly.

ANYWAYS. this is getting long. two final thoughts.

- I Want To Strangle Medical Fatphobia With My Bare Fucking Hands

- if you are exhausted constantly for "no reason", and especially if you snore, you should probably ask your doctor about getting tested for sleep apnea. it is extremely common -- estimates are around 1 in 10 people -- and is also wildly under-diagnosed. like, some estimates suggest that 80% of people with moderate-severe sleep apnea are undiagnosed.