ordinary creature

home of whatever this is. miphlink fic. general legend of zelda stuff. other assorted trail mix treats. she/they. only_by_the_stars on ao3. icon by the inimitable taffybuns

[only-by-the-stars]

places I can be found if this site fails:

dreamwidth

pillowfort

I've also started miphlink communities on pillowfort and dreamwidth

and if we're mutuals, you can ask for my Discord!

[shieldmaidenofsherwood]

READ MY BOOKSHELF | wildwood dancing by juliet marillier

"You must learn to trust your instincts, or you are doomed to spend your life blinded by duty while beside you a wondrous tree sprouts and springs up and buds and blooms, and your heart takes no comfort from it, for you cannot raise your eyes to see it."

[vruba]

“I don’t like this expression “First World problems.” It is false and it is condescending. Yes, Nigerians struggle with floods or infant mortality. But these same Nigerians also deal with mundane and seemingly luxurious hassles. Connectivity issues on your BlackBerry, cost of car repair, how to sync your iPad, what brand of noodles to buy: Third World problems. All the silly stuff of life doesn’t disappear just because you’re black and live in a poorer country. People in the richer nations need a more robust sense of the lives being lived in the darker nations. Here’s a First World problem: the inability to see that others are as fully complex and as keen on technology and pleasure as you are.”

— Teju Cole  (via feminizt)

[marshayame]

afternoon swim (ig: marshayame)

[safula]

favorite side quests in the legend of zelda: tears of the kingdom

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

"we cut the nobody scene from the odyssey" "we cut the religious trauma and parental abuse from carrie" i'm starting to think that studios barely funding original films is starting to have an effect where directors make up a story and then slap an IP on it in order to sell. or maybe some bitches just can't read anymore idk it's one or the other

[wyrmicelli]

me tongue-deep in a sandalwood candle: 🤤

the tjmaxx employee loading a fourth tranquilizer dart into their blowgun: i need backup

[snowown]

[south-africa-official]

i never really got it when people made posts about light pollution and seeing all the stars for the first time and crying. i always assumed that everyone has gone on a road trip to a bortle 1.0 place and seen stars like that, and it's fantastic, but not like life changing. and then i went to europe last month and was in a mountaintop village of like 300 people and could see about 5 stars in the sky. like fewer than i can see from my home in a big metropolitan city.

my apologies to the non-africans, i did not realise how fucked your sky is

[cazort]

the thing that makes me mad about light pollution is that so much of it could be fixed by downward-facing light fixtures and doing that would also massively reduce energy usage bc all that light cast upward is wasted energy

[lesbianpombon]

begging fellow nonblack people to take antiblackness seriously. this includes digital blackface. why are all your memes and reaction images depicting Black people showing any sort of emotion. why do you find it acceptable to use AAVE as a "joke". remove your head from your ass and ponder that for a moment.

[userparamore]

SINNERS 2025 | dir. Ryan Coogler

[holidayslaughter]

whenever i see people call random edgy but not-at-all harmful artists "degens" i would like to refer them to the first sentence of wikipedia's "degenerate art" article

[aetherograph]

Reminder that this is the type of art the nazis were referring to:

(Kandinsky)

You cannot "well but I'M not referring to that kind of art, I only mean Dirty Pictures" your way out of this. You are being harmful and need to stop, not rationalise why it's okay for YOU to be doing it. You need to understand

censorship violates the universal human right of free expression and freedom of speech.

fiction is not reality. Fictional characters are not real people.

if someone SAYS a work of fiction inspired them to do bad things, that is not the work of fiction's fault. The person who did bad things is STILL at fault, because they have free will and must be assumed to understand the consequences of their actions.

discomfort is not harm. If a piece of art makes you uncomfortable, that's actually fine. That's the POINT of certain pieces of art. You need to learn to tolerate discomfort.

It is not in fact the government's job to enforce a set of morals on people. That violates people's universal human right to freedom of religion and creed.

There is no such thing as "just a little bit of" censorship.

[animentality]

[wonderstruck]

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

[vanessagillings]

Anyone else already dreaming of Autumn? 🍂

[kaijuerotica]

whenever people try to act like harry potter being comfort media for them matters at all i'm just like. cool i also grew up with it, i also have incredibly fond and nostalgic memories attached to it. but i'm also a complex individual capable of basing my actions on more than just immediate comfort and enjoyment

[seracadash]

crazy concept. imagine

[hotvintagepoll]

HELP HELP IM TURNING 25 IN LESS THAN EIGHT HOURS WHAT DO I DO FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

shot of liqueur of your choice. drink it fast

gigantic slice of flourless chocolate cake with the raspberry drizzle

get off the internet and lay in a field somewhere. realize you are very old and very young and most importantly very you

notice what the bottom of your feet feel like

make three resolutions you don't intend to keep

sit in the bottom of your chest for a bit

decide to do one crazy thing

kiss that friend you've been thinking about

decide to trust yourself