There’s something so profound about the lack of uniqueness in the human experience. You are never alone, because someone once has had the same thought as you. Someone at some point or other has felt your fear, anger, sadness, or joy. Sometimes I wonder about the girl in the 70s scribbling in her diary, afraid of a nuclear war. And the boy in the 40s asking everyone he knew about the draft. And i wonder if they knew this fear had been felt before and would be felt again for generations. I wonder if in a real way anyone is ever truly alone in this universe. If all time is relative and happens all at once then someone has been in your shoes and shares you burden whether you can see them physically or not.
As an aroace person, friend crushes are INSANE. And I don’t mean this like “oh I want my friend romantically” I mean like “I need to be this person’s friend so bad they are so cool!!!!” Like there’s this mutual I have on tiktok who I have been sending cat stickers to back and forth all day. The day we have an actual conversation about something will be the day I’ve won. Like is this how allos feel when they have romantic crushes on people???
Some day I want to see a show that does the “no filler episodes” thing from the opposite direction. Just a whole season worth of low-stakes character pieces that seem to move the overall story absolutely nowhere, then episode 26 pulls all the triggers at once and this massive Rube Goldberg machine of a plot the show’s been quietly setting up in the background the whole time hits you like a truck.
the real reason adaine couldnt predict this part of the party happening is because k2 british kristen applebees divine intervention pregnancy scare blimey is an event so cosmically baffling that it blacks out the visions of any divination wizard who attempts to scry on that chunk of time
Quotes that will get you hooked on my new WIP novel. Pt. 1
My new WIP is a Percy Jackson style, middle-grade, fantasy story but with Arthurian legend! Here's some of my favorite (funny and serious) quotes.
The only ways to not pass inspection were being found with contraband or being found with a room that looked like a tornado had blown through it. Archie was now facing the latter. Typically Archie didn’t care about failing the inspection but if he failed it this time it wouldn’t just mean scrubbing the dorm toilets for a week (which he considered himself pretty darn good at.)
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“It doesn’t say drummer on here.”
“An astute observation! That’s because I’ve already found one.” James smiled at him but Archie still wasn’t getting it. Archie rolled his eyes.
“Well thanks, but I don’t play anything but the drums. And trust me I’ve tried. You do not wanna hear my guitar skills, and I swear my singing would cause an avalanche.”
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“We’ve been friends for a while, and I’d totally understand if you want it to stay that way but…uhm…” Sammie pushed up their glasses, trying to get the words out, and for once in his life Archie wasn’t oblivious.
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“Oh look Archie’s here!” One of the girls giggled. Marley rolled her eyes.
“You still cool to help me with my math homework tonight? I am totally stumped on it, man!”
Marley had never been more ready to leave. “Yeah definitely.”
“Oh come on, Archie can come too! You have all of tomorrow to finish your homework.” The same girl said.
Now Archie was eager to get away from them too.
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“Is that your imaginary girlfriend from America?” Marley leaned forward on the table, trying to sneak a peek at Archie’s phone.
“Partner,” Archie corrected. “And they are not imaginary.”
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The moment dragons and magic came up Archie turned into a child, wide-eyed and filled with wonder. Archie was almost bouncing with energy as they reached the street performer, Marley lagged behind looking like a tired mom.
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“Eat my…sword?!” Archie realized he had no clue what he was in for. He’d only ever fought monsters in video games, the best creature he killed were bugs. But obviously you couldn’t just stomp on an elephant sized dragon, or hit it with a book. Well he could hit it with a book but it probably wouldn’t do very good.
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The dragon thrashed its wings back, attempting to throw Archie from itself. Archie stabbed his sword in its back and held on for dear life. He came back down on the back of the dragon with such force that he was sure he would have scale-shaped bruises for weeks, but he managed to hold on. He yanked the sword out, straddling the creature’s back. He began to crawl further.
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“You called me something at the lake, Archie Pendragon. That’s- that’s not my name.” Excalibur glowed in Archie’s hand, emanating a weak golden light. It hummed with magical energy. “And is this really…”
“Yes, young hero. I have entrusted this sacred weapon in your hands. You are its rightful owner now. Merlin will teach you, do not worry.”
“Merlin? Wouldn’t he be dead?”
“Ah,” She smiled. “You have much to learn, young one. Something stirs in Camelot, a great evil is reawakening. I can feel my sister’s presence. She is closer than we think.”
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But now Archie was walking through an actual Medieval kingdom, well that or he was dead. But he figured at least if he was dead he would have the sickest afterlife if it were anything like this.
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“Excalibur?” Archie drew the sword with pride. “Yeah, I just happened to find it after I fought a dragon.” Archie smiled, leaning the blade back on his shoulder casually.
Okay, so he was bragging a little bit. But hey, he did just defeat a dragon. Not alone, and mostly because of luck. But still, after such a life-threatening experience he deserved to be a tad cocky.
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“That leaves our last matter. Merlin’s apprentice.”
Archie fought the urge to raise his hand and volunteer. He wanted to jump up and down and say ‘Me! Me! I wanna learn magic!’ but, he knew better than that. He already had the legendary Excalibur, he was not going to get greedy now.
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The first thing Marley did was slap Archie square in the face.
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“Aw, you cared that I was gone!” Archie teased.
“¡Por supuesto! No, obviously you just died and I was okay with it! Of course I cared, you’re my best friend. And if you ever dare to suggest that I do not care-”
“Okay okay! Sorry-” Archie had only been trying to lighten her mood but Marley looked even more upset than before. So he decided to just shut up for the time being.
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Archie was happy to be dreaming about Sammie. Especially now that his dreams were so vivid.
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The next tapestry depicted a young boy pulling a sword from an anvil. The boy had golden blonde hair, and bore a remarkable resemblance to Archie. The boy was so scrawny, and it was crazy to think that he would become the great King Arthur.
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“No,” Queen Guinevere studied the tapestry. “Her mother was hopelessly in love with Lancelot, he entertained the idea for a while. She was Lanetta’s mother, but Lancelot would not stay with her. A week after bearing her child, she died of heartbreak. After her mother died, Lancelot felt responsible for her care.”
“Great guy…” Archie muttered.
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For a while Marley hated them, and she tried to run away three times in the first year. Eventually she came to terms with her new life, pouring everything into her football. Then of course the moment she had finally gotten used to everything, it changed again.
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“How long have you been training?”
“Pretty much all my life. Once I was big enough to hold a sword, my father taught me how to swing it.”
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It was approximately five minutes before Archie decided to go in after her. For the most part he wasn’t worried but he’d lost sight of Marley so quickly, god forbid if anything were to happen to her on his watch. Plus, after she’d left, weird things began happening.
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“Here, put these on.” She said, pushing the armor into his arms. “Then meet me in the courtyard. Your training starts now.”
“But it’s so early!”
Lanetta rolled her eyes, “You’re never going to become a proper successor to King Arthur if you keep complaining like that.”
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“I need to see your skill now. Think of it like an evaluation.” She said, settling into her fighting stance.
“But-”
“You defeated a dragon did you not?” Lanetta raised a brow.
“Well…” Archie sighed. “Yeah, I guess I did.” He wasn’t feeling so confident about that fact now.
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