#madtag

[thethiefandtheairbender]

tumblr / lena-oleanderson /Trans. Anne Carson, An Oresteia, Euripides / NeedtoBreathe, I Am Yours / a 60 year old detective novel / Gracie Abrams, Packing It Up / Albert Camus, (to René Char, 1957) in “Camus-Char: Correspondence 1946-1959) (Gallimard, 2007) / Wicked, For Good / E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

[raayllum]

when your best friend who's not in the fandom at all / has aaravos as a favourite character / never caught up after arc 1 finally starts catching up and likes s4 the most out of the seasons they've seen so far and thought it was a great season, and then also loves s5 and how the show is pacing / going into depth with everything:

[mmadwhy]

music tag game!! ty @sunnysaystuff

tags: @burnatthecrossing @stupendousfancypants @thurio-edau @ladycalleddella @cable-salamdr @potatolord-69

fav non-english song = right now it's Oriunde Ai Fi by O-Zone (they have other songs guys come on!!!)

a song from your childhood = Ai Se Eu Te Pego dude thats like my peak childhood song. or The Final Countdown by Europe i was like super into it as a kid

an album cover = dude. maneskin's Rush (are you coming?)

a song you associate with a loved one = Piu Che Puoi (my parents's song)

a song you like coz of the lyrics = Lorelei by Scorpions. like dude. the story crafted is soooo good. and . jst. gah. 74'-75'. The Connells. real good stuff. Life is Too Short & Dust In The Wind but like the live cover from the acoustica album from scorpions when they sang it live in 2001.

a song you like coz of the instrumentals = You give love a bad name by bon jovi. duuude holiday by scorpions. so many songs by scorpions like wind of change?!? still loving you?? you&i??? also like. vienna, billy joel. i could go on im a slut for instrumentals

guilty pleasure song = i dont? usually have any? but honestly any musical fits here. i havent listened to it in a LONG time (4?ish years) but My Grand Plan from TLT the musical. or Great Expectations from The Outsiders

an artist you discovered recently = uhh. The Beaches are really cool!! Seb Lowe makes some real great stuff i was listening to him for a While recently

song you would like to hear live = scorpionssssss dude anything by them but like. ugh what even. i would kill for lorelei live dude its unreal (im going on one of their concerts while theyre on tour WHICH IM SOOO HYPED FOR but they NEVER play lorelei coz its one of their more undercover songss its a stab in the heart for me)

song you connect to an interest of yours = sorry for scorpions overload (theyre like my favourite band i think) but/ When You Know (where you come from) is so F1 coded it s crazyyyy to me honestly

[qualitykpopmemes]

Mingyu meme pack

[thethiefandtheairbender]

i hope everyone gets the experience at least once, but ideally many times, of walking into a room / popping into a call where all your friends were just talking about how much they love and appreciate you

[thethiefandtheairbender]

& how many times have you loved me without my asking? how often have i loved a thing because you loved it? including me

—Acknowledgements, Danez Smith

[thethiefandtheairbender]

honestly my biggest piece of advice in life might be to create a life that is sustainable. not just in an environmental sense, though that too (as much as you can anyway), but in your day to day life and choices. for example:

have more than one friend group so that if one is going through a rough patch for whatever reason you have other people to hang out, discuss, and regulate with till shit gets back to normal. do different activities with different people. meet different people through doing new/different things. find people who also enjoy your various hobbies. cultivate biweekly / monthly / daily hangouts and catch ups depending on everyone's availability and interest. i have some friends i talk to every week or day, and friends i see in person at least once a month.

if/when you don't like or respect someone, do you still reflect an inherent dignity back towards them? when you end relationships (exes, family members, friends, etc), do you do so in a manner than honours the relationships you want to keep? ie. if you or your ex break up with each other, and then you burn all their stuff over giving it back to them, are your friends really going to feel like they can safely lend you stuff without you potentially destroying their stuff if you get pissed off and/or you or them choose to end the friendship too? would you (within reason) keep a secret someone entrusted you with even if it was from someone you didn't like? (hi, me in first grade with a girl who'd only ever been mostly mean to me.) etc. do your best to be someone who is always a good friend, and barring that, a good person.

you don't have to love your job, but if you consistently feel like you don't have enough energy or time when you get home, it's at the very least a sign you should look for a new job if not a sign of rapidly approaching burnout. post-graduate me was really struggling to balance school and work at the same time but felt in my bones the issue wasn't the amount of hours at hand but that what i was doing was so draining i was losing my mind; quitting and/or finding something better is possible and rejuvenating.

have hobbies and games you can play without anyone else. download apps you can play against. read books or articles. make some kind of art or something with your hands. if you get bored of what you're doing, try something new. read a new genre you don't usually or watch a movie you've been meaning to see for forever. one of my friends is really enjoying muay thai; i've done fencing and i've been drawing every day for the past two months and am steadily figuring out new things every week.

eat food that makes you feel good about eating it, both in fullness and in attitude towards it. i try to have at least one snack a day and i have a dessert every day no matter what. often times my snack ends up being healthy but not always, and either way it keeps me from feeling hungry or too full.

all of the above also makes it easier to have at least one thing to look forward to every day. for example, every day i look forward to gaming and/or watching something with my partner, working on whatever writing project i enjoy, chatting with my friends over call, queuing up videos i'll enjoy or find interesting, drawing, and my dessert. bonus things include a weekly movie night, yummy meals, planning a group hangout once a month and what we're going to do (ren faire, board game night, cozy holiday party, etc), and any other thing you enjoy doing.

you can build a life you truly enjoy that also feels solid and secure, and it's beautiful, tbh.

[thethiefandtheairbender]

endless list of otps: Link and Princess Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Bit by bit, I've gotten Link to open up to me. It turns out he's quite a glutton. He can't resist a delicious meal! When I finally got around to asking why he's so quiet all the time, I could tell it was difficult for him to say. But he did. With so much at stake, and so many eyes upon him, he feels it necessary to stay strong and to silently bear any burden. A feeling I know all too well... For him, it has caused him to stop outwardly expressing his thoughts and feelings. I always believed him to be simply a gifted person who had never faced a day of hardship. How wrong I was... Everyone has struggles that go unseen by the world... I was so absorbed with my own problems, I failed to see his. I wish to talk with him more and to see what lies beneath those calm waters, to hear him speak freely and openly... And perhaps I, too, will be able to bare my soul to him and share the demons that have plagued me all these years. // I've visited all thirteen places and remembered everything that was between me and Zelda. It's hard to imagine how she overcame all the hardships fate had in stock for her... I must save her soon, to see the smile on her face again.