fond of ladybugs on the sidewalk

queer artist, writer and maker of shit posts. 21, she/her. Art requests are welcome but please understand your request might become only present in my mind as a lingering dread. I post a lot of oc stuff just a heads up. I'm open to message any time! I love making friends!

[werewolf-transgenderism]

irritating as fuck when people get mad at Black people existing in premodern historical fiction/fantasy media. like first of all, you're racist. and second of all, you are acting as though Black people didn't exist in premodern Europe which is simply false. especially when we're talking about the Mediterranean, like what the fuck do you people think is along the southern half of the Mediterranean Ocean?? everyone's on boats, there are GOING to be interactions with Black people in Northern Africa, and there are GOING to be Black people in Mediterranean Europe. stop being stupid. your imagined homogeneous white European past is not historical reality, get over it you massive losers

[nodudeshutup]

my favorite type of song, no matter the genre is a song about a woman. the criteria for a Woman Song are; 1. must be about a woman.

kenny rogers' The Gambler could be a Woman Song if the titular gambler were a woman.

2. if the singer is a woman, she must not be singing about herself. madonna's Material Girl is not a Woman Song.

classic examples include Jolene by dolly parton, Billie Jean by michael jackson, and Ruby Tuesday by the rolling stones

[nervebynerve]

“The child teaches the adult something else about love: that genuine love should involve a constant attempt to interpret with maximal generosity what might be going on, at any time, beneath the surface of difficult and unappealing behavior. The parent has to second-guess what the cry, the kick, the grief, or the anger is really about. And what marks out this project of interpretation—and makes it so different from what occurs in the average adult relationship—is its charity. Parents are apt to proceed from the assumption that their children, though they may be troubled or in pain, are fundamentally good. As soon as the particular pin that is jabbing them is correctly identified, they will be restored to native innocence. When children cry, we don’t accuse them of being mean or self-pitying; we wonder what has upset them. When they bite, we know they must be frightened or momentarily vexed. We are alive to the insidious effects that hunger, a tricky digestive tract, or a lack of sleep may have on mood. How kind we would be if we managed to import even a little of this instinct into adult relationships—if here, too, we could look past the grumpiness and viciousness and recognize the fear, confusion, and exhaustion which almost invariably underlie them. This is what it would mean to gaze upon the human race with love.”

— Alain de Botton, The Course of Love

[nodudeshutup]

my coworker was an extra in a movie about forty years ago, so my other coworker screen grabbed the one scene with her in it and made her a movie poster. coworker 2 surprised her today by bringing several copies for her to sign :)

[nodudeshutup]

didn't expect brigham young to show up as a villain in the original sherlock holmes books, but i am with it

[insightfulllama]

Just started reading Sherlock Holmes and all the adaptations are wrong. This man is a delight. He gets excited about hemoglobin and is ecstatic at the thought of Watson as a roommate. He purposefully forgets how the solar system works so he has more room in his brain for crime. He shows Watson the dirt stains on his trousers and he can tell what part of London they come from based on color and consistency. (As far as i can tell Watson didn't ask, Sherlock just gets back from walks and tells Watson about the stains unprompted.) The text specifically says "Holmes was certainly not a difficult man to live with." Why does every adaptation make him unpleasant and rude, he's literally just eccentric. He's such a goober, I love him.

[greykolla-art]

Some things you can only ask your mentally ill friends about later in life.😅

[nodudeshutup]

i present without comment..... digital shirt

[shegiles]

POKER FACE A New Lease on Death (2x09)

[no1-angel]

[general-george-washington]

[everythingfox]

Opoosums eating bananas

(via)

[bellablueb]

I just love them so much ❤

[nodudeshutup]

if you think about it cleaning supply companies and permanent marker companies are in an eternal struggle over whether or not you can erase something

[afemalesebastian]

"Sewing is a gateway drug to thinking through complex problems. It seems really simple; culturally, we make it women's work. Let me tell you: real sewing at any kind of level of proficiency is a bloody magic trick. Sewing, like mold making, involves mental frames that require one to think inside out and backwards. It requires one to work on an order of operations that is often taking into account the reverse. It's a really, really important skill, and if you learn how to sew, you're mostly on your way to carpentry and welding and sheet metal work. I'm not kidding: these are planar forms meeting under rules and conditions. And if you can make a sleeve work, I swear to God, you could build a house."

--Adam Savage

[penguinithefirst]

i really appreciate that tobs lets the camera linger on the characters/actors without having to immediately cut away to another scene. it perfectly supports their every micro-expression, thus capturing the yearning™ perfectly 🤭

[oscarspascal]

[austenacious]

The Other Bennet Sister ~ Text Posts [7/?]