tea and sympathy

Madi, she/her/hers. Interests include podcasts, D&D, cooking, interior design, and cosmic horror.

[starsandsupernovae]

"there's no platonic explanation for this" some of y'all need better friends

[starsandsupernovae]

"there's no platonic explanation for this" some of y'all need to be better friends

[liberalsarecool]

Cosign.

[greater-than-the-sword]

My toxic trait is that if I find a product I like I want to keep using the same product forever. It's not even brand loyalty. It's called stop changing and discontinuing everything.

[quietwingsinthesky]

the draw of arranged marriage AUs to me is really the way the dubcon of it all binds them together. neither of them have a choice in being here, something else is foisting this upon them whether that’s their parents or the political situation around them or expectation or something else, but the point is that they don’t get that one choice. so they have to make a choice somewhere else, that now that they’re here, they’re going to make it work. they’re each other’s only allies, in this cage built around them. they may have been coerced into swearing to stand by each other through anything, but they did swear.

[quietwingsinthesky]

it’s not love at first, or second, or third sight. it’s not love in the wedding bed the first time, whether they grit their teeth through it or decide together to forgo that binding step and try to get around it as long as they can. it’s about sharing a bed with a stranger while you learn their nightmares and how they hog the covers. it’s about sharing a name before you even know each other’s hobbies. the appearances you have to keep up, and the connection you find in both being exhausted by them, laughing together because isn’t it ridiculous how you not only have to be married but you have to act like it’s perfect and lovely for everyone else watching. it’s love that creeps up quiet and slow, between shared secrets that make your wedding bands mean something for the first time, and trying to protect each other from the trap you’re both in. and it’s about having the mortifying thought of “oh my god, i have a crush on my wife.”

[madenthusiasms]

The draw to me is that the people forced together have to talk and negotiate like actual grownups about boundaries and expectations and each other. Real communication between adults is so damn RARE in fiction!

[dragon-in-a-fez]

wait, you mean that by spending decades joking about how schools are disease vectors because children are just naturally disgusting, adults were ignoring a structural problem they had created? how surprising and not at all precedented

[covid-safer-hotties]

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[eternalgirlscout]

extreme heat warnings and air quality so bad that it's actively hazardous to all life. i need every single oil lobbyist who has ever lived to be [THIS POST VIOLATES TERMS OF SERVICE]

[lamusebrune]

I cannot stress enough how important it is to do silly, frivolous things that serve no other purpose than making you happy.

[natural-blogarithm]

all my haters turn into tomaters in my mysteriously well-fertilized garden of success

[dongstomper-deactivated20161230]

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER 2 ANNOUNCED

THE ALBATROSS IS BACK………. AND HES FUCKING PISSED

[simply-a-dream]

“don’t take it personally” how would you like me to take it then? professionally? romantically? academically?

[creative-anchorage]

[suriandtaal]

[avidrambling]

[kirby97]

defusing a situation = calming a situation down, like defusing a bomb

diffusing a situation = turning a situation into a vapor that spreads aimlessly through a space

[winedark-maverick]

i love you green. i love you forests. i love you smell of damp earth. i love you feeling before the storm breaks. i love you moss. i love you rivers. i love you streams. i love you thunderstorms. i love you sunlight shining through leaves.

[perfectday1972]

[cobalt-mist]

[glendathegoodone]

[enchantingcheesecakepersona]

[knightofverity]

I always recommend handwriting anything you have to remember (ex. test material) to cut down on overall study time

[redstonedust]

its probably a normal sign for the economy that all of my adulthood fantasies are like "imagine having your own kitchen living room and bathroom to decorate" "what if i could get on a train" "maybe one day i could purchase a sturdy pair of shoes" "i should save and invest in a single bicycle"

[saltedsnailstudio]

how-to, linocut print on lokta paper

to love this land is not to stand stricken as the flames engulf every branch, every thrush, every bud, every twig, every hare-hollow

your tilled & tended acreage, your neighbor’s -

eyes wide, bent low, skin-licked, sweat-speckled.

to love this land is to pull the grieving mound of your body -

toe-stubbed, bramble-bled, stumble-struck

to the well to fill the bucket

to the fire to empty the bucket

to the well to fill the bucket to the fire to empty the bucket to the well to fill the bucket to the fire to empty the bucket

to the well, to the well, to the well to the well.

to fill the bucket with your grief until it overflows -

hold it there in a vessel that knows what to do with it so that it will not pool up & tie knots about your ankles -

to save every branch, every thrush, every bud, every twig, every hare-hollow that you can.

and you cannot save them all.

and you can know this.

and this does not empty the blisters of their hot-clear-juice.

but you love this land by trying to save it all

long past realizing that you cannot.

[whosname]

[id. A twitter post by @/Bennieeexyz Jury duty letter came addressed to my cat. Not a mistake. "Felix Martinez" - that's his full name according to his vet records. My last name. His first name. Somehow he's a registered voter now. Called the county clerk. Me: My cat got summoned for jury duty. Clerk: Is the name correct on the summons? Me: Yes, but he's a cat. Clerk: Is Felix Martinez a legal resident of this county? Me: He's a legal cat. Clerk: Sir, if the name matches our records, he needs to appear or file an exemption. Me: He can't file anything. He has paws. Clerk: You can file on his behalf. Me: Under what exemption? There's no box for "is a cat." Clerk: (pause) Check "unable to serve due to medical reasons." Me: What's the medical reason? Clerk: He's a cat. Me: That's not a medical condition. Clerk: It is if it prevents him from serving. Sent in the form. Got rejected two weeks later. "Insufficient documentation. Please provide medical professional's statement." Took the letter to my vet. Me: I need you to write that my cat can't do jury duty. Vet: Why is your cat summoned for jury duty? Me: Excellent question. No good answer. Vet: This is the weirdest request I've gotten. Me: Can you just write that he's medically unfit to serve? Vet: On what grounds? Me: He's a cat. Vet: (started typing) "Patient is unable to serve due to species-related limitations including inability to speak, read, or comprehend legal proceedings." Me: Perfect. Sent it in. Got another rejection. "Summons is mandatory. Failure to appear will result in contempt of court." My roommate thought this was hilarious. Roommate: Felix is going to jail. Me: This is serious. Roommate: Bring him to court. See what happens. Decided that was actually the only option left. Day of jury duty, put Felix in his carrier. Brought the entire paper trail of rejection letters. Checked in at the courthouse. Clerk: Name? Me: Felix Martinez. Clerk: (looked at the cat carrier) Is that Felix? Me: Yes. Clerk: (long stare) He's a cat. Me: I've been saying that for six weeks. Clerk: Why didn't you file an exemption? Me: I filed three. All rejected. Showed her the letters. She read through them, expression shifting from confusion to disbelief. Clerk: Someone rejected the veterinary documentation? Me: Twice. Clerk: (called her supervisor over) You need to see this. Supervisor read everything. Looked at Felix. Looked at me. Supervisor: How did a cat get registered to vote? Me: You tell me. Supervisor: This is a data error. Me: Took you six weeks to figure that out. They dismissed Felix immediately. Apologized for the inconvenience. Supervisor: We'll remove him from the voter registry. Me: Appreciate it. Supervisor: (pause) Out of curiosity, how would he have voted? Me: Probably whatever party supports universal treats. Got a formal apology letter a week later and a voter registration card. For me this time. Apparently I wasn't registered, but my cat was. Roommate: Felix committed voter fraud. Me: Felix committed nothing. He's innocent. Roommate: That's what they all say. Felix is sleeping on the jury summons now. Fitting end to his legal career. end id]