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╰┈➤ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭

✦ “𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬.”

╰┈➤ 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐔𝐩, 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐬—𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬!

✦ 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧" 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧” 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫.

𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫... 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬! 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬. 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐮𝐧-𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞́𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧—𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰.

╰┈➤ 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐤, 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠

✦ 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥—𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 “𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩.” 𝐀𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 “𝐮𝐰𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧.” 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 “𝐡𝐨𝐭, 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲.” 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦—𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐚 (𝐧𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭) 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲 “𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲” 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬.

✦ 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝:

✎ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 = 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠.

✎ 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥—𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬.

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫.

╰┈➤ 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬

✦ 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 “𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲” 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 “𝐏𝐓𝐒𝐃” 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚... 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤.

𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐢𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲.

✦ 𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧:

✎ 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬—𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬, 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐬, 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬, 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐢𝐫𝐬.

✎ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐒𝐌-𝟓, 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜, 𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐇.

✎ 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞).

✎ 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞—𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐌𝐃 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲-𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 “𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.”

╰┈➤ 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐁𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬

✦ 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞: 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬... 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 “𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞” 𝐨𝐫 “𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟.” 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐚𝐦. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞.

✦ 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬:

✎ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞?

✎ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠?

✎ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟?

✎ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡?

✦ 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

╰┈➤ 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠

✦ 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐲, 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠.

✦ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬:

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧” – 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡?

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐭” – 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐲—𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐲.

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥” – 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, “𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐡𝐞𝐫.” 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫” – 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞! 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬! 𝐍𝐨. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨.

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” – 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧.

✦ 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝:

✎ 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥.

✎ 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬.

✎ 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡, 𝐣𝐨𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐤.

╰┈➤ 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠

✦ 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫.

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫—𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐭. 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲!

✦ 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰:

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 “𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧”

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫

✎ 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐲

╰┈➤ 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞

✦ 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫—𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.

𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐦, 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞.

𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 “𝐥𝐨𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞.” 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠.

╰┈➤ 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐲, 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐚𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧

✦ 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐬.

𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐬.

╰┈➤ 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫

✦ 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬:

l “𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.”

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭.

╰┈➤ 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 (𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫)

✦ 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲:

✎ 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

✎ 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 “𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭” 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲.

✎ 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭—𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧. 𝐀 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐠, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦.

✎ 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞́𝐬—𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭.

✦ 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐲, 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝, 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭, 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

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bitchesgetriches

The Library Is a Magical Place and You Should Fucking Go There

cyko-tik-tabaxi

Every library I've ever been to also has free wifi that won't track you like the corporate wifi spots at restaurants do

teaboot

My local library has an online movie and audiobook catalogue that you can access from home with your membership! And it’s free!!!

frankthesnek

MOOD!

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odinsblog

Wow. Talk about attention to detail.

Video here: https://twitter.com/javi_draws/status/965260617790738432?s=21

spookyold-saintjm

I will probably reblog this every time I see it on my dash because it’s absolutely stunning

onyxai

This is literally insane. How did you have the patience. Tell me your secrets o’ art god.

i-say-ok

ok!!! :0

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Part of me is like “neat. Reblog,” and part of me is like “I understand now why impressionism took off, because there’s a 0% chance the artist wasn’t like ‘fuck this shit’ by the halfway point.”

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This is fucking amazing 👏

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(ʘ‿ʘ✿) “what you say ‘bout me”

(ʘ‿ʘ)ノ✿ “hold my flower”

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✿＼(｡-_-｡) “Kick his ass, baby. I got yo flower.”

kahguyaht

i found it

the original post

i found it

eviesrealitychangesdaily-deacti

this should have the opportunity to be on everyone’s blog.

luna-azzurra

Tips on Writing Breakup Scenes

✦ People don’t always cry. shocking, I know. sometimes someone just sits there like a polite zombie, nodding and saying “okay” while their soul quietly packs a bag and moves out the back of their skull. They might want to cry, but also they might just go numb and stare at the salt shaker for ten minutes. Both are valid guys.

✦ Most breakups aren’t a single moment, they’re a slow unraveling that ends in a conversation, so even if your character feels blindsided, it should still carry that surreal “I should’ve seen this coming” haze. Because breakups rarely just drop out of the sky.

✦ The dumbest details stick, like seriously, no one remembers the whole speech, but they’ll remember the scratchy napkin, the weird buzz of a light, that their ex had mustard on their cheek and didn’t notice.

✦ You can always feel a breakup coming. no one says “we need to talk” out of nowhere, because people act different right before. overly nice. extra distant. weirdly cold or weirdly warm. characters should notice that, even if they can’t quite name what it is yet.

✦ Sometimes people still love each other. like, actually still love each other. it’s not always about the love being gone, no. It can be timing, fear, baggage, a hundred other things that get in the way. let your characters say “I love you” and still not stay. It hurts and it’s real.

✦ Closure? lol. most people don’t get it. a lot of breakups end with “wait, that’s it?” or a message that never gets sent or that one thing you almost said but didn’t. There’s rarely a satisfying ending.

✦ No one speaks in perfect sentences mid-breakup. people ramble. they say sorry three times and mean something different every time. Someone’s trying to keep it light. someone else is cracking. sentences trail off. someone forgets how to use words entirely.

✦ After it’s over, people don’t always sob into a pint of ice cream. Some people shut down, some go out and party, some clean their entire room, rewatch a comfort show, or post a spicy selfie with “new era” energy. Everyone breaks differently, so let your characters be weird about it.

✦ And if your character is the one doing the breaking up, let them feel complicated... just because they’re ending it doesn’t mean it’s easy. They might feel guilty and relieved, or they might cry after. Maybe they might mourn the version of the relationship that only existed in their head.

#writing help #writing tips #writeblr #writings