Wasteland, Baby!

Hi, I'm Sage :] Stuff currently on my mind: Earth Science, Project Hail Mary, The Summer Hikaru Died, Dnd, Witch Hat Atelier, con crunching lmao and volleyball. | She/They (but kinda any ngl) | INFP | 🇬🇧🇵🇱 - bilingual, but English dominant | non-binary aroace sapphic | If you see me gushing in comments or tags then hiya :DD (fun fact: the header photo is taken by me! I'm not a photographer but my old secondhand camera lets me actually see birds in relative detail and I love it)

[droodlebug]

fantasizing

[omo321]

finally!!!!

doodle from sunday also hehe

[lewadny]

happy june to everyone, especially my fellow aroaces

[mrsmummifikation]

This time of year can be frustrating for people in the aro/ace community.

I will be here, whenever you need to talk. 

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[fairycosmos]

theres a big conspiracy theory going round that you can be horribly flawed and also genuinely loved. crazy if true

[analog-autistic]

[tokkibean]

"work in progress" is actually so misleading like it assumes that im actually making progress on my work

[eroscestlavie]

I need to stop replying to “how do you make friends in your 30s?” threads because all my answers boil down to “you have to want to know people instead of have friends” and I don’t think people wanna hear that

[eroscestlavie]

It’s like. People can tell if you don’t really like or connect with them. If you aren’t truly enamored with someone you will have a hard time coming up with activities to do together to deepen the friendship. Because you don’t really like that person that much.

[luna-azzurra]

Tips for Writing Trauma!

i love you all and i need you to stop writing trauma as a single breakdown scene in the rain after which the character is Healed and Ready to Love Again. that is NOT trauma :(

⊹ Trauma doesn't announce itself. it shows up as your character suddenly not being able to eat a specific food, or going very quiet in a loud room, or laughing at the wrong moment because their nervous system decided that was the appropriate response. it's mundane and weird and it makes no sense from the outside. the dramatic flashback sequence is the least realistic part. the most realistic part is your character suddenly needing to leave a grocery store for a reason they can't articulate.

⊹ The body keeps score and it keeps it in the strangest places. a particular smell. the quality of light at a certain time of day. a tone of voice that sounds like someone who hurt them. your traumatised character doesn't think "this reminds me of the bad thing." their heart rate spikes and they don't know why. they feel wrong and they can't locate the feeling. they're irritable for three days and only later, if ever, do they make the connection. write the disconnection. it's more honest.

⊹ trauma also does not make people universally sympathetic and wise. it makes some people controlling. some people funny at inappropriate times. some people very good in a crisis and completely unable to handle a normal day. some people are generously kind to strangers and absolutely terrible to people they love. trauma shapes behaviour in contradictory, inconvenient ways that don't resolve into a lesson. your traumatised character can be difficult to like. that's not a flaw in the writing. that's the WRITING.

⊹ Healing is not linear and it is not a destination. your character does not get better and stay better. they have a good month and then something small undoes two years of progress and they have to start again with slightly more tools than before. that's the actual shape of it. the spiral, not the arc. the scene where they finally open up and cry is not the end. it might not even be progress. sometimes it just means they were tired that night.

[malevolentcafe]

Happy pride to black trans people in particular I know it can be tough out here with how often the image of what and who counts as always seems to never consider us

[kittyking445]

HAPPY PRIDE to Black Aros on this site btw. Whether ur Aroallo aroace non-SAM loveless etc I hope your pride month is a good one

[amazoogle]

the enemy drank water today. did you?

[ewoly5]

i drank water three days ago. im several steps ahead of the enemy. this is what it takes to win

[bulkhummus]

rocky gifting loved ones with mobility aids has been on my mind lately

[aroace-ryland-grace]

I took this video at like 3 am last night and I can't stop laughing at it...whatever. go my rocky

[iaynm-jo]

cuties

[saiintofawe]

tshd started out as a seemingly sad manga about a gay teen who lost his best friend and now has to experience the Horrors then BOOM! you were wrong. it's a hopeful story that tells you that there's always a way for you to be happy AND queer. you have a way out even in the worst scenarios. you deserve hope and happiness and to be with who you love. you deserve to exist without hiding. happy pride to yoshikaru

[themoonandmyman]

I haven’t said anything interesting in a long while. this will continue

[lestatfag]

STAY SAFE!! [ID: the Gilbert Baker pride flag with the words “Happy pride to all those who are unable to celebrate openly and safely. You are loved and seen!” in all-caps black text over it. /end ID]