Hello Friend.

I started tumblr when I was 18. I left for some years and I’m 27 now. I’ve overcome at least one thing I was afraid of from that age and I’ve become a bit more confident since then but still insecure. I’ve become more bitter at life. I lost my mom and my uncle to this pandemic and now my view of life and faith has been shaken.

[marthadanielle]

So I'm back to my old bullshit...it's been years

[marthadanielle]

Repeat after me:

I do not live and exist for male validation. 

[marthadanielle]

I’m going to fill this with my favorite merthur fanfics and redbubble fan art stickers. The beautifully made journal and artwork by @faninthebox

[doesnotloveyou]

Living in a city with superheroes

[theroundbartable]

so, i know i know, some words had different meanings in history and their meanings changed or they were invented later on.

But, er, consider this fun little concept:

Arthur has been sheltered by his father all his life. And Uther made sure that some things just never got through to Arthur. Like knowledge on magic.

So, imagine Arthur doesn't know what the word gay means.

Merlin comes to town, challenges Arthur and Arthur overhears some of his knights say: wow, that peasant. have you seen how he talked to the prince? So GAY.

Arthur is like: what? what's that word? he probably means brave. That peasant WAS very brave. That's what that word MUST mean. Yes. That's it. new slang word. i understand it.

so, Arthur has a galaxy brain moment and thinks he can use it all the time now.

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Merlin steals a dress from Morgana.

Arthur tells a random night.

Arthur: that's SO gay, right?

the knight: *surprised that Arthur knows the word* oh a, yes my lord. It sure sounds that way.

Arthur: *relieved that he apparently understood the word correctly*

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A knight outs a commoner to humiliate him.

the knight: look at this man *points sword at him but looks at arthur* he is gay! he has to be punished for it

Arthur: what do you mean, you want to kill him for being gay? why?

knight: because it's wrong my lord?!

Arthur: are you living under a ROCK? You're a KNIGHT for gods sake. All my knights should be gay.

knight: O.o wut

Arthur: in fact, the gayer you are, the better! Haven't you proven your gayness to become a knight?

knight: *stutters scandalized* no, my lord. I'm NOT gay!

Arthur: then your knighthood shall be removed. i can't have knights who aren't gay.

knight: *mouth drops open. helplessly turns to the other knights who are stiffling their laughter*

Gwaine: you heard the man.

knight: Sire, are YOU gay?

Arthur: i would like to think myself one of the gayest knights camelot has ever seen.

town people:........ (ꏿ﹏ꏿ;)

Lancelot: and i thought Merlin was -

Arthur: oh yes. Merlin is THE gayest man I've ever met. He has proven it to me many times.

Lancelot: (@_@)

Gwaine: this is the best day of my life

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Arthur at Merlin: Merlin, I just wanted to tell you, you are the gayest man i've ever met

Merlin: *blinks* erm....

Arthur: you okay?

Merlin: you don't sound angry or anything, are you okay?

Arthur: why would i be angry? i am PROUD of you.

Merlin: oh O///O thank you, my lord. i didn't think you'd accept me for that.

Arthur: why wouldn't I? Being gay is the best quality a man can possess.

Merlin:....... are you drunk?

Arthur: no?

Merlin: Are YOU gay?

Arthur: i'd like to think so, yes.

Merlin: ⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄-⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄

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Arthur at Morgana: i'm starting to think gay does not mean what i think it means.

Morgana: *sputters*: what?

Arthur: gay means brave, right?

Morgana: *eyes wide* erm...... *thinking: omg that explains so much*

of course it does, Arthur

Arthur: oh, thank god. I think you are very gay too, Morgana

Morgana: *laughing* i mean, you're not wrong

Arthur: Gwen is too!

Morgana: THAT I can confirm

it continues like that. please add more, this is hilarious.

[thecollectibles]

Art by Surendra Rajawat

[boonki]

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

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Merlin (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwen/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), (but in the background) Characters: Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), Hunith (Merlin) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Merthur - Freeform, Pining, Slow Burn, Idiots in Love, Arthur finds himself, healer Merlin, Merlin’s Magic Revealed (Merlin), this is set somewhere after season four??? middle of five? i have really no idea, Gwen and Arthur are married, merlin left, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, hunith is the mother we all need, Slash, Friends to Lovers, no beta we die like men, physician Merlin, POV Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Canon Era, Ealdor, someone get poor Merlin a cup of tea, Rating will change, we gotta let the plot advance before it gets spicy

Summary:

Two years after Merlin had left with only a goodbye letter as evidence of their bond, Arthur is still crumbling. When Gwen proposes a break from being King, he takes it, to everyone’s surprise. When he later shows up at Merlin’s doorstep unannounced, he is unaware of the secrets that will be revealed, the old wounds that will split open, and the tenderness he’ll learn to give and receive.

Arthur grieves for a life that he was never allowed to lead, finds his inner child in becoming a regular villager of Ealdor, and grows up in a way he never could’ve in the halls of Camelot. An all too true story about falling in love at the wrong time, and how to mend a relationship that had never even begun.

[catchymemes]

Snowing at sea

[thecryptocreep]

Why do I never think about the possibility of snow on the ocean??? Now I see why, because it’s too ethereal

[random-jot]

I think more people need to be aware of the wholesome backstory behind the song Jolene

Dolly Parton and her husband were at a bank and the teller was a red-haired girl named Jolene who seemed to be a little flirty with her husband. They both found it quite funny and it became an inside joke in their marriage. Like Dolly’s husband would be like ‘thats it im leaving you and running away with jolene from the bank’ and stuff like that

The song Jolene is basically just one giant inside joke. it’s great

[justcatposts]

What is dat *aggressively scuttles* 

(via)

[thehappymediumsteapot]

I still contend that this is, in fact, the best video on the internet, period. The sheer comedic timing. The knowledge that it cannot possibly have been constructed. The very human expression Pallas cats’ round pupils give them. And the backstory that this was literally the first footage captured by this camera in this placement, that this is the cat immediately noticing his environment has been changed and investigating with all the suspicion of a grumpy old gardener whose gnomes have been moved again…. *chef’s kiss*

[visual-infinity]

Fire burning inside of a tree due to a lightning strike

[manrippedapartbydogs]

keebler elf gender reveal party

[ampervadasz]

[pikaglove]

NAKEY!!!!

[a-fools-stone]

THEY HAVE NO PANTS!!!

[graduallywatermellon]

SIR WHY DID YOU PUSH YOUR BROTHER???

[thesnadger]

Since once in a blue moon I actually discover a decent rule for adulting, and since I know I have followers a few years younger than me who are just entering the workforce, I want to tell you about a very important phrase. 

“I won’t be available.”

Imagine you’re at work and your boss asks you to come in on Saturday. Saturday is usually your day off–coming in Saturdays is not an obligation to keep your job. Maybe you were going to watch a movie with a friend, or maybe you were just going to lie in bed and eat ice cream for eight hours, but either way you really, really don’t want to give up your day off.

If you consider yourself a millennial you’ve probably been raised to believe you need to justify not being constantly at work. And if you’re a gen-Z kid you’re likely getting the same toxic messages that we did. So in a situation like that, you might be inclined to do one of three things:

Tell your boss you’d rather not give up your day off. Cave when they pressure you to come in anyway, since you’re not doing anything important.

Tell your boss you’d rather not give up your day off. Over-apologize and worry that you looked bad/unprofessional.

Lie and say you’ve got a doctor’s appointment or some other activity that feels like an adequate justification for not working.

The fact is, it doesn’t matter to your boss whether you’re having open heart surgery or watching anime in your underwear on Saturday. The only thing that affects them is the fact that you won’t be at work. So telling them why you won’t be at work only gives them reason to try and pressure you to come in anyway.

If you say “I won’t be available,” giving no further information, you’d be surprised how often that’s enough. Be polite and sympathetic in your tone, maybe even say “sorry, but I won’t be available.” But don’t make an excuse. If your boss is a professional individual, they’ll accept that as a ‘no’ and try to find someone else. 

But bosses aren’t always professional. Sometimes they’re whiny little tyrants. So, what if they pressure you further? The answer is–politely and sympathetically give them no further information.

“Are you sure you’re not available?” “Sorry, but yes.”

“Why won’t you be available?” “I have a prior commitment.” (Which you do, even if it’s only to yourself.)

“What’s your prior commitment?” “Sorry, but that’s kind of personal.”

“Can you reschedule it?” “I’m afraid not. Maybe someone else can come in?”

If you don’t give them anything to work with, they can’t pressure you into going beyond your obligations as an employee. And when they realize that, they’ll also realize they have to find someone else to come in and move on.

[yournewapartment]

IMPORTANT!! PLEASE READ!!

[kagetsukai]

Just like with many other parts of life, learn to say ‘no’ to people. You are important. Don’t kill yourself for another person, esp. if they are your boss.

[kngshxt-deactivated20180831]

any size titty is lit

[buteur]

any booty size is lit

[robynforever-deactivated2022031]

any belly size is lit

[jjsupremacy-deactivated20230913]

PLEASE don’t have children

-If you are not financially independent.

-If you are mentally ill without consistent means of treatment

-If you cannot afford doctor’s bills

-If the thought of having a gay, trans, or nonbinary child makes you upset.

-If the cant accept having to care for a child with a disability or special needs.

-If the thought of having a fat child makes you upset.

-If you have a bad/short temper

-If you’re in an abusive relationship

-If you’re not ready to put someone else’s needs first, EVERY SINGLE DAY, for 18 years.

-If you have an ideal of what this person is going to be like and anything other than that image makes you upset. 

-If you need to have a quiet and tidy home at all times.

-If you need to control all aspects of their life even into adulthood.

-if you believe they owe you unconditional, unquestionable respect regardless of your own behavior. 

-If you don’t believe they have the right to privacy in their own home.

-If you’re unwilling to change your lifestyle to accommodate the demands of parenthood.

-If you do not believe ALL humans of every race, gender, sexuality, religion, and career deserve the same rights and respect. 

Look. Your baby could be fat. Your “son” could actually be your daughter; or both or neither. They could be a lawyer or a porn star. You could have a boy who loves makeup and grows up to be an athiest that brings home an alaskan lumberjack named Boris and the two make a living doing gay camshows . You could have a daughter with blue hair, pierced tits, who is a YouTube rapping sensation called Krispee Kareem and marries a black man and wants 8 kids with him

YOU NEVER KNOW

But what I DO know is that parenthood isnt Build-a-Baby; you get what you fuckin’ get and if you’re not prepared to love and support the shit outta that baby; WHOEVER they grow up to be–

Do. Not. Have. Kids.

[sparklejamesysparkle]

“If you want to do the Steve Urkel dance, all you have to do is hitch up your pants, bend your knees, and stick out your pelvis; I’m telling you, baby, it’s better than Elvis!” Golden Girls star Bea Arthur and Jaleel White from the ABC sitcom Family Matters do the “Urkel” dance on the American Comedy Awards, 1991. Bea’s Golden Girls co-star Betty White makes an appearance in the audience at the end. To watch the performance in full on YouTube, click here.

[litterallydying]

Hey I’m not sure if anyone is going to see this but I’m going to tell my story. My whole life I’ve had to deal with abusive and neglectful parents. When I was younger my mom beat me here and there but not anything different from what many african parents do. Things began to change when I was around the age of 8. My mom married and brought a man and his daughter from africa with almost all of her money sacrificing her kids eating and even her home cause we were evicted soon after she started the process. We had to go with very little food and lived in very terrible places. When he finally came to America it was shown to my mom that he didn’t truly come for her and he was using her as a gateway to a better life. When this happened a lot of problems arose in the household and my mom became even more broken. When I was around 11 we were finally able to move to the suburbs in a shabby little 3 bedroom apartment full of 9 people but this is when the serious abuse started. My mom was the only person working in the house which put her under a lot of stress. There was a division in my household my mom had come to despise the girl that she brought to America cause she was disrespectful but I felt bad that everyone ganged up on her and would usually try to stand up for her. This caused my mom and my two sisters to despise me and they would find ways to either get me beaten by my mom or make fun of it to me after the fact. Because of this I was the main target and usually the beatings would take place after my mom came home from work and they would be very severe. After years of this I decided that I couldn’t live with my parents after highschool and I would have to find a way out. I started working in my junior year as soon I was of legal age but my parents started taking my paychecks and telling me it was for my own good sometimes even beating me to take it. My senior year of highschool I was very excited cause it was finally going to be over and I was going to be graduating with a scholarship that would allow me to go school for free and get enough money back to buy myself a car. But things took a turn for the worst possible outcome when my stepdad graduated college and said that he was going to get a nice job in Connecticut. I begged my mom not to move or at least move after I graduated but she said no and that I could “get another scholarship” even though this is one I’d been working towards since freshman. My mom quit her job and put our lives in the hands of my stepdad someone who had never worked and didn’t understand how things really worked in America he moved us to a “nice” neighborhood that was in the middle of nowhere and impossible to go anywhere without a car so I usually stayed inside my room. Since now my stepdad was the only person with a steady stream of income our lives were in his hands and he said because he was paying the bills he never had enough money to buy groceries so we would go very long times without food. But in reality he was actually sending money to his illegitimate children in Africa and their mothers and it was all a lie. While this was happening my mental health took a severe toll cause I was completely isolated and hopeless and I wasn’t sure if I was ever going to be able to leave. I also lost my scholarship cause I left the school district and lost my job which even though my parents were taking most of my check I would a least scrape off 20$ so I wouldn’t have to go hungry. I would love to leave this place and I have a plan to I’m going to be getting my associates in biology in the spring/summer and I’ll be able to move away and get a real job. The only setback is that I don’t have a car and I can’t get a job where I live. The only place hiring around me is amazon but I can’t work there because they give 11h30m shifts that makes it very hard to do my schoolwork. I have a gofundme and I’m hoping that I could please get some donations so I can finally leave this hellhole and make a home for myself thankyou for taking the time to read this.

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