[temaenianpuzzle]

some tags you may find useful:

#references

#mental health

#organizational praxis

#conflict resolution

#direct action

#writing

also, here's a link to Crips for eSIMs for Gaza

[spiribia]

a lot of stories treat romance like it makes the relationship between two characters self explanatory and to be honest it doesn’t

[enonem]

story: they're in love :)

me: why?

story: what do you mean? they're in love :)

me: what do they bring to each other's lives? what do they admire about one another? what draws them to each other?

story: love :) :)

me: ok... so what is that going to look like now?

story: like love :) :) :)

me: are their personalities going to clash at all? are they going to have arguments? learn to compromise for each other? will they need to adapt to sharing their life with another person? is it going to be smooth perfect harmony from day one? are they going to be always together? see each other sometimes as their occupations allow? how does this relationship affect their lifes.

story: they're in love :) :) :)

[milfsisyphus]

“it’s circus work.” not to me. not if it’s my monkeys.

[lacnunga]

There are some characters where giving them therapy and cleaning them up is the fanfiction equivalent of buying antique furniture and painting it white

[lovely-v]

It’s crazy and fucked up that being yourself is actually the solution.

[lovely-v]

It’s like. When I was told to “just be yourself” as a kid I thought it was a passive thing. Like oh easy I just have to sit here and be myself. but the reason so many people think that “being yourself” is bullshit advice is because you actually have to make active choices to do this and it WILL make your life way more fun. You have to wear t-shirts of bands that were popular ten years ago because you like them. You have to do your hair in a way that you find cute or comfortable even if it’s “so nineties”. If your friend says a food you enjoy is gross to them, you can’t be afraid to admit you casually disagree. You have to do hobbies that you’re interested in even if you’re bad at them and you cant feel like you have to get good at something before you tell people it’s an activity you do. You have to read manga and comic books in public and get piercings your relatives think are unattractive. You don’t have to tell people you dislike that you dislike them, but you don’t have to give them your time and attention either. You have to rewatch that kids show you’re nostalgic for even if you’re in your 30s. You have to change your name if you hate it, even if only a few close friends can know. You have to get fun girly drinks at the bar. You have to order hot chocolate when you don’t like coffee and black coffee when you don’t like sweet things. I am still bad at practicing this but it is the only way to make it all tolerable.

[yugiohcardsdaily]

[thedarksideofdimensions]

cause of death: THE FINAL SCENE OF THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS

[etct-deactivated20240208]

this is so fucking funny

[etct-deactivated20240208]

[gothammite]

i have something to say 

[renthony]

I have to finish reformatting everything and adding an updated conclusion, but I'm working on getting this posted as a free guide on my Patreon page. I'm busy as hell today so I won't say exactly when it's going live, but I'm aiming to have it up by the end of the week. Patreon's text editor doesn't like it when I paste in big blocks of text, so everybody cross your fingers it doesn't keep freezing on me.

[renthony]

It took me longer than I meant it to, but this guide has officially been posted and is free for all to read! It also includes that NPD Jams playlist I was talking about in another post. 😀

Creating Characters With Narcissistic Personality Disorder: A Sensitivity Guide

If you like it or get anything out of it, I would be super stoked if you could reblog this post and help share it around. Thanks! <3

[renthony]

People have been so nice in response to this, omg??? Thank you all SO MUCH. I spent a long time on this and I'm so glad people are already finding it helpful. 💜

[temaenianpuzzle]

18.6 ARKADY I’m not doing this to grow as a person. Something is wrong. This can't all be about Campbell. (Pause. Arkady realizes she has no idea if it is about Campbell or not.) Uh. Is it about Campbell? 18.7 SANA We're out here making enemies, getting noticed, and we still don't know what the Regime was trying to do with the Iris, with Brian's friend--any of it. 19.1 SANA CONT’D I make one bad call, and we're all dead. Maybe I’ve already done it, and we just don’t know it yet. 19.2 ARKADY Have you ever been led by somebody who had absolutely no doubt? 19.3 SANA I get what you’re saying but-- 19.4 ARKADY Because I have, Sana.

[godlessondheimite]

i’ve seen so many stories where revenge is awesome and cool and the best thing you can possibly do. just once i would like to see a story in which revenge has two victims, the target and the pursuer. but i guess society has not yet come as far as i have in deconstructing destructive notions of honor and valor entwined with hate. maybe someday someone will write this. not me, though.

[greelin]

if you’ve been following me for 4+ years i’m certain you could make a chart of every character i’ve gotten attached to and it would tell you more about me than any therapist’s notes ever could. but we don’t have the time for that. there are other things at hand. do not even worry about it. next exhibit. we’re moving along. we’re walking

[starrynightsxo]

[ceruleanheaven]

i love being prevd its like getting a good grade in thoughts

[ryebreadedd]

im a protected species you fucking asshole

[scribeherself]

I think one of the gentlest things in the world is when a friend just gets your weird little brain. like you say half a sentence and they finish it. you reference something incredibly niche from seven years ago and they’re already nodding. they understand your strange vocabulary for emotions that don’t have real words yet. it’s being seen and known and still loved. maybe especially because you’re known. god. what a gift.