The Tragedy of Dreaming

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” –Winston S. Churchill

[catchymemes]

[igorafvckassbowlcut]

there are days where NO ❌️ video games are played and there are days where video games are played for 10 or maybe 14 hours straight

[predatory-lesbians]

wait, isnt NSFW the letters on the compass

[yeenobabino]

So close.

[the-foolish-fool-who-gets-fooled]

north south FUCK west

[nekokotatsu]

Human: I don't get this whole "Earth is a death world" thing. Like, obviously it wouldn't seem like one to us, but why is it one to you guys? Are your home planets *that* much more free of disease and predators and stuff?

Alien: Oh, yes. Earth is far more hostile than our home worlds.

Human: Huh. Wonder why.

Alien: I suspect it's due to Earth's high iron content blocking the fae from disposing of such minor threats.

Human: Yeah, I guess that

Human:

Human: what

Tiny fairy in alien's translator headpiece: Shut up, they think we're mythical, it's *hilarious*.

Alien: I mean... Sure is a mystery, huh?

[apoemaday]

It Was Like This: You Were Happy

by Jane Hirshfield

It was like this: you were happy, then you were sad, then happy again, then not.

It went on. You were innocent or you were guilty. Actions were taken, or not.

At times you spoke, at other times you were silent. Mostly, it seems you were silent — what could you say?

Now it is almost over.

Like a lover, your life bends down and kisses your life.

It does this not in forgiveness — between you, there is nothing to forgive — but with the simple nod of a baker at the moment he sees the bread is finished with transformation.

Eating, too, is a thing now only for others.

It doesn’t matter what they will make of you or your days: they will be wrong, they will miss the wrong woman, miss the wrong man, all the stories they tell will be tales of their own invention.

Your story was this: you were happy, then you were sad, you slept, you awakened. Sometimes you ate roasted chestnuts, sometimes persimmons.

[yesterdaysprint]

The Kansas Industrialist, Manhattan, October 18, 1916

[shadow-ravin]

Click-Clack-Moo: A Podfic Rec List

Podfic: Alone in the Universe Podficcer: Crackfics _Georg Fandom: Original Work Summary: Arc discovers a civilization who lived and died hundreds of thousands of years before her time. Rec: Since the first time I listened to this story, it has stuck in my head and filed for permanent residency. georg does such a absolutely amazing job of narrating it and then there is music and I don't have words.

Podfic: Horse Sense Podficcer: korechthonia Fandom: Tortall Summary: Peachblossom and Tobe talk about Kel and Neal. Set during the inn scene at the beginning of Lady Knight. Rec: I love the way korechthonia uses a subtle reverb effect to indicate mind speech versus the narration and she does a fantastic job of voicing Tobe and Peachblossom.

Podfic: It's the Little Things Podficcer: LittleRedRobinHood Fandom: Murderbot Diaries Summary: The little luxuries mean a lot when you've never experienced them before. Rec: I love LittleRedRobinHood's voice. I love how clearly she reads. I love the way she stops and pauses and paces her podfics just right. I could listen to her all day.

Podfic: Domino Podficcer: Mousek Fandom: Batman Summary: There are plenty of things Dick Grayson thinks the subsequent Robins should not thank him for. He was the guinea pig for everything from Bruce's attempts at parenting to the current Robin suit. Especially the current Robin suit. Rec: I really love the deadpan way that Mouse reads even the most ridiculous lines. It really adds to the fic; it's like, this is what happened and it makes the Dick (the narrator) sound almost traumatized by his many ordeals in the best, most canon-typical perfect way.

Podfic: "You're welcome, asshole!" Podficcer: mybelleclochette Fandom: Stormlight Archive Summary: Adolin's help is rarely appreciated. Rec: mybelleclochette's reading is so clear and smooth. I know nothing of this fandom, but love the podfic anyways.

Podfic: glory shines down on our tears Podficcer: Ravin Fandom: Star Trek Summary: What Jim knows about his father is that George Kirk was kind and brave and funny and smart and went out in a blaze of glory, sacrificing himself for the crew, and Mom, and Jim himself. Rec: Since I'm making a team rec list, I'm going to shamelessly take the opportunity to rec own of my own. This one was a lot of fun to read. It's like a while bunch of emotion and angst and childhood confusion all packed into one tiny ficlet and I think my recording of it turned out really well.

Podfic: S-cow-lpture Podficcer: supermandy Fandom: Stardew Valley Summary: Elliott is surprised by the subject of Leah's current sculpting project. Rec: supermandy does a great job at character voices. Her Leah, and Elliot, and narrator voices are perfectly distinct from each other, and clear, and amazing.

Podfic: Fontaries (Diaries of Various Fonts) Podficcer: swirlingflight Fandom: Original Work Summary: Four different fonts introduce themselves through their diaries Rec: Swirling took the "crack treated seriously" tag and ran with it. This is pure crack, but swirling reads it sooo seriously is it perfect!

Podfic: before we were strangers Podficcer: whimsicalmeerkat Fandom: Teen Wolf Summary: The first emotion Stiles feels when Derek yells into his phone that Peter is the alpha isn't terror, like would be reasonable in the situation. No, what courses through Stiles is a bone-deep, albeit unwarranted, profound betrayal. Rec: There is an entire novel written into this short ficlet and the meerkat recorded her own work and added even more meaning into it. The pauses and pacing, the subtle inflections, the everything give the few words even more life.

[toastbutteregg]

[gotterhag]

This is an EXTREMELY blessed post! And accurate! When I first moved out I was so excited for my new place I slept on the floor and had my tv there and that was it. Loved it. You grow and you build and you gain and you lose. I lost that place and everything in it. Now I have a new place with new things and it’s very much home.

[dexdefyingstunts]

In the future, there is a small, quiet room that is just yours, where you are safe and you are free. In that room your shoulders will finally start to come down from around your ears.  Nobody can come into that room unless you let them.  In that clean quiet place, you will work and you will study.  You will love and you will heal.

-Captain Awkward, “Should I Move Away From My Abusive Family?”

[bitchesgetriches]

Leaving Home before 18: A Practical Guide for Cast-Offs, Runaways, and Everybody in Between

Ask the Bitches: “I Just Turned 18 and My Parents Are Kicking Me Out. How Do I Brace Myself?”

{ MASTERPOST } Everything You Need To Know About Living Independently for the First Time

[lxvespxffy]

“We do not joke about eating people in this house!”

oh okay Buffy but when he made a joke about eating a decorator in his crypt you were giggling at him like a little girl

[lxvespxffy]

then you’d be absolutely right

[rotsnovelization]

—Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover

[feluka]

some words you can only spell on autopilot. once you stop to think about it you've already lost the fight

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

“If I had time travel I’d kill Hitler” “If I had time travel I’d stop my favourite politician getting assassinated” you’re all thinking way too small. If I had time travel I’d stop Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from dying on the moon due to Soviet sabotage, kicking off the Great Nuclear War and devastating half of the planet.

[stavarosthearcane]

Good Job.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#this post gets me every time 

It’s from two days ago fam how many times could there have been

[heroofthreefaces]

do you think no one else has time travel

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Happy one month anniversary to this post that has not allowed me a single day of fucking peace since I made it.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#surprise reblog!! 

STOP IT’S BEEN MONTHS. MONTHS!

YOU CAN STOP.

[roach-works]

wow if only you had a time machine

[transdaughterofthesun]

Honestly having reached a billion notes I think it’s safe to say that in the Year of our lord 2041, this is the most popular tumblr post out there.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I’m killing your parents before you’re born

[iforgotmyfandom]

:)

[idiototheinternet]

Still here, why’d you hesitate @derinthescarletpescatarian

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Your mum’s ability to hold up under active gunfire was really hot. I’m your dad now.

[lizyarikus]

Isn’t that the plot of Terminator

[anexperimentallife]

Where do you think the plot for Terminator came from?

[what-if-i-just-did]

This is such a classic trainwreck post that has the vibes of a 2014 screenshot posted to Pinterest and then the last addition is just last Tuesday I can’t even

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Imagine how I feel

[mrsjdavis]

POST, LIVE FOREVER!!!!!!

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

It doesn’t have to

[smegorl]

Yes it does.

[type-blaze0]

Of course it has to, it gets a billion notes in 2041

[angels-haven-official]

We all know who needs to be @’d

@hellsite-hall-of-fame

[onlywayin-deactivated20231101]

[yebisu]

I work cybersecurity, this is like half my job.

[fiddlertoad]

the whole vaccine deal tbh

[i-am-emily]

antidepressants

[wizardavid]

Yes these are all the work of wizards

[remanence-of-love]

[smashcut]

[tizzymcwizzy]

for the final project in my riso & letterpress class i created an artist's book about the last few weeks of my final semester at school! there was this very special collision of the artemis II mission, watching project hail mary, and spending time with my friends that gave me some really precious memories that ill treasure forever :)

[importantcatpics]