#thanks grayface

[sanddollarpoems]

Enjoying the company of yourself, propels you towards freedom;

Free of doubts,

Free of manipulators

Free of self sabotage

Free to say am enough

Free to be by yourself and be entertained

Free of invalid validation

Free of invasive clearance.

Free of intoxication

Free of emotion hunters

All am saying is, we are destined to be happy but true happiness comes when it’s not tied to anything or anyone.

And only in accepting ourselves

Faults and failures

Beauty and wisdom

Combined into only one "us"

Can we find the kind of freedom

That isn't in need of approval

Isn't begging for validation

Isn't aching for praise

Doesn't need any followers

Because the only one who holds power over us

Is the voice we allow to speak in our head

Crush the venom that drains our confidence

Come to terms with ourselves

Cut away the dead branches

So that new and stronger growth takes root

And our leaves can reach the sky

[inappropriate-drill-usage]

Historical Accuracy™ and booze (and fire?)

What’s my writing trademark?

I strive to provide only the most accurate and detailed historical accounts of drunken debauchery and arson! 

[calculus-and-orgo]

For Rabka: what do you think of Bea?

“Bea? Ah, well, you know. We only met a few times. Most I ever saw of her was when we were on the same panel at a SWM conference. Small woman. Loud woman. We spoked and she was…not polite, not exactly. Said some things to me that made me say, ‘I hope she only says that because she is too ignorant to know any better.’ But she shook my hand, so maybe her heart was in the right place? Still, I am glad she is on Team Fortress and not Team Vanguard.”

Rabka looked left and right, as if half-expecting to see a recording device perched in the window. She leaned forward and spoke again, voice lowered.  

“You want to know one more thing? Those few times when I was in the same room with Bea? I can never take my eyes off her face. You look at her, and you see something is wrong. It’s not about the, the, ah, the burns. Her face changes, you know, to show emotion, but her eye does not match the rest of her face if she smiles.  When I see her, I think, ‘here is a woman who does not smile because she is happy, but because she wants others to think she is happy.’ She should not play make-believe like this. Too much pretending is bad for a person.” 

[the-swordsmaster-sokka]

What’s something you dislike about rping a canon character?

//Hmm. I think it would have to be the fact that it’s hard sometimes for me to create a reaction for Sokka to something because I think way too much of how he would react to certain things, like, would he be happy about it, or would he rub his neck. On the show, it didn’t show his reaction to ALL things in life, so when I come across something that he didn’t react to on the show, sometimes I think way too much about how he would react to certain situations.

[the-scrappy-stinger]

EVERYTHING FEELS WRONG

[saroux]

I'm being anonymous because I'm afraid of being creepy. I don't mean anything by it, like I'm not going to expect any reaction out of you or whatever, but I just want to say that you are an awesome sexy cool person. Hope that isn't off-putting.

I appreciate your taking the time to say something incredibly kind, thank you; not received as creepy - just very flattering and considerate of you to say as much.