selena

26 | Bi | She/her I enjoyer of one direction, dan & phil, gvf, and more!

[sunlightsepa]

i am looking for queer fans in fandoms!

hey! i am doing undergrad research about fandom being places for queer exploration. So if you joined a fandom and that kinda, sorta, or definitely helped you realize your gender and/or sexual identity DM me! I would love to ask you a few questions via DM only. 

[Edit]: this is now closed! I want to thank everyone who reached out and helped with their input on my research! It really means a lot to me :))

[itsgonnabeanofrommedawg]

dan and phil publicly forgiving their audience for ripping their private life apart. chronically closeted dan following that up by asking "phil do YOU forgive me for years of dealing with my bullshit?" and phil saying he doesn't need to forgive him. literally peace and love on phanet earth

[hideousbrother]

insp. by this

[oksanaastankova]

The Kiss™️ - Part 1. (Part 2 - Part 3)

[f-rgetful]

when im all stressed out and im like 'okay let me watch a comfort series for some time' but the comfort series is more stress inducing and i just end up more depressed but atleast i felt something for a while

[saturnvs]

glued together forever

[jiyaneru]

what's this then?

[oksanaastankova]

[layaart]

Mosscap to celebrate A Psalm for the Wild-Built winning a hugo :)

[tri4l-and-t3rror]

“you‘re so quiet” baby i’m not even here. i’m fantasizing about a book i read weeks ago. move on.

[ace-artemis-fanartist]

My piece for @rainbowcrate’s August book box.

Courtney Gould‘s The Dead and the Dark.

[book-and-manga-dragon]

There is something about Under the Whispering Door and The House on the Cerulean Sea that make me keep coming back to them.

I thought about it and I came to this conclusion - they make me feel a sort of soul deep HUNGER. A hunger for the kind of love that is described there - both the romantic & platonic. A love that accepts a person even when they walk in darkness - that sort of love. A love thats says "so you have your dark thoughts/feelings - that's OK.. by all means have them.. as long as you don't push me away. I will be right beside you as you walk your long dark road - that's all I want". I just... it makes a person feel so SEEN.

[its-emimi]

Stranger Things 4 as an 90's anime (video), art by me 🖌️

[pr1nceshawn]

Tips That Can Save Your Kid’s Life.

[hiddlesherethereeverywhere]

THIS IS IMPORTANT 

When I was a child, from the time I was about four and could understand things, my mom told me and my brother that we should have a secret word. That way, if we were ever in trouble or felt unsafe and we didn’t want the people around us to know we needed her to come get us, we could let her know. So she let us pick the word and my brother and I chose the phrase “peanut butter cups.” (I’m happy to share the phrase now since both my brother and I are adults now). 

I used the phrase twice in my life. Once, I was at a friends house when I eight years old. Her dad got really drunk and was throwing things against the wall. I was really scared and I didn’t want to draw attention to myself on the phone when I called my mom to come get me because I didn’t know if he would get more violent if I asked her to come get me. So I called her and was calm and after a couple minutes I asked “Hey mommy, did you get me those peanut butter cups from the store?” And she said “I’ll be right there.” And she came and got me within minutes. 

Second, I was a teenager spending the night at a friends house. Her brother and dad were drinking and they started talking about things that made me uncomfortable - ie: what they liked to do to women. My friend didn’t seem perturbed and said that was normal for them and that I shouldn’t worry. But I was worried because they were really drunk and I was 15 and the only ‘woman’ around that wasn’t related to them. I went in my friends room, told her I needed to call my mom and say goodnight. Before I hung up with her I asked “Next time we go to the store, can we get some peanut butters cups? I’ve been craving them.” And she came and got me, just like that. 

Two incidents, one as a young child, one years later as a teen. Don’t discredit this stuff, it fucking works. My brother used it a few times too. Let your child pick the word and no never, ever, ever, ever get mad at them for using it no matter what it is. 

[titenoute]

DO NOT SCROLL PAST THAT.

[honeybeehusky-blog]

Off topic, but very important! I was taught to yell “this is not my mom/dad.” A young kid freaking out in public is likely to be ignored out of embarrassment, but a kid telling you right out that they don’t know who is messing with them? That will turn heads.

[thisiseverydayracism]

SIGNAL BOOST

[wuh2k]

90% of all child molesters are members of the family, close family friends, or an adult in a trusted position of authority. All of this is important but one more thing:

Never instil an unwavering “respect for their elders” in your child, and never chastise them for “tattling” on or feeling uncomfortable around an older relative/family friend/teacher .etc.

[19492idjwnckwofw-deactivated202]

My dad always warned me that kidnappers will sometimes try to ask for help in order to grab a child. Please don’t forget to remind your children that strangers who “need help finding my lost puppy” are still strangers. Your child should point them in the direction of an adult who could help them search more efficiently than a kid could.

The thing about having a safe word is SO important. Say someone approaches your kid, claiming something like, “Your parents are in the hospital and sent me to pick you up!” If they don’t know the safe word, your child knows not to go with them.

And this is kinda off topic, but PLEASE warn your kids about drugs! Children almost never seem to be able to resist the thought of free candy. Tell them that the candy offered to them by strangers could be the kind that kills!

[sandwichrin]

This is so important omg. The way it could save so many child these days. I honestly wish i was taught these things when i was younger but then again, I’m just grateful for the awareness of this. It really helps, thank you for this. Bless.

[hyunsuks-beanie]

This is legit the most important thing I’ve seen all day, and I just wish that it makes its way to someone who would get help from it. It’s never too late and never too early to learn these things, and I hope people would take something away from this.

Thank you so much for posting this.

[peace-in-my-garden]

Please reblog!

[naughtyprophet]

ALWAYS A REBLOG!!

[cemetery-circus]

There's a lot of things about Encanto that make me emotional, but by far, Casita is the character that made me cry. Casita loves its inhabitants, its family, as much as any of the human characters do. She helps them, often without being asked, plays with the children, shows off for the townsfolk, and even treats the kids how the adults might, such as knocking Camilo for misbehaving or worrying about Mirabel going into the places where it can't help. Casita has such a fun personality, she's such a genuinely enjoyable character in the movie, and adds so much to the film without ever having a single spoken line. She's so playful and kind and cares so much so deeply about a lot for a living house lol

When she's falling and breaking and literally coming down, Casitas only priority besides helping Mirabel get the candle is protecting the Madrigals from harm. It softens Camilo and Isabela's falls before throwing them all out and letting the damage come down in front of the door so they can't come back in. 100%, I believe that it purposely weakened the wall Bruno smashes through so he could escape, wanting every single Madrigal to be safe. She knows that Mirabel wants the candle for a good reason, but the moment she has it, Casita immediately rushes to shield Mirabel from harm. If things started to go south before Mirabel could grab the candle, there is no doubt that Casita would have forced her to leave it and thrown her out to protect her even if the complete loss of it meant that Casita really could never return. AND THEN, in its actual final moments, Casita fucking waves goodbye to Mirabel and the other Madrigals.

Casita falling apart doesn't just feel like a house coming down, you really are watching another living member of the Madrigal family crumble down to nothing but broken bricks and chips of plaster. It feels so incredibly real and you get to panic for Casita as well as the Madrigals because you aren't just watching a house fall, you're watching another living being straight up die. She not only dies, but she uses the very last bit of her strength to say GOODBYE before she does and it makes me bawl my eyes out

God and when it comes back and she's so incredibly happy. She's singing! She's making music! She's pulling her family back inside as fast as it can and celebrating alongside them!! It missed them. Casita even sets up the photo to be taken and includes itself in it!! She's so fucking happy to be back and for everyone to be home and it's so CUTE, Casita is so precious to me

I love all of the Madrigals, but Casita is definitely my absolute favorite of them all. She's one of the best living object characters I've ever seen. She was created to protect the Madrigal family and does everything in her power to do so, no matter how big or small the danger might be

[vkelleyart]

I am slowly making my way through the cast of T.J. Klune’s wonderful story, The House in the Cerulean Sea. 🥰 Meet Sal, the sensitive, sweet, and tender-hearted poet of the orphans on Marsyas. I have plans for another image when he is in his were-state, but for now, enjoy him in his element: hanging out with Theodore and cuddling Linus’s cat Calliope!

[kidovna]

This entire book played out like an animated movie in my head so i had to draw the characters as if they were in one 🌊✨