now gods, stand up for bastards

Mandy, she/hers/her, running on spite and coffee. DO Summer 2025.  icon from @yayee-prsp. mandilorian on ao3

[srsfunny]

Goodluck Pikachu

[wayward-quartz]

[macabrekawaii]

Sailor Moon is so important

[rainyydoves]

did you guys know wikipedia has several pages dedicated to last words

[rainyydoves]

actually there's separate ones for each century after the 17th which i feel might be a little overkill

[relevant-wikipedia-articles]

List of last words - Wikipedia

[knightbell]

[yellownightshade]

cute girl thinks i’m being sweet reading to her but i’ve actually tricked her into learning about my fav dragon x vampire yaoi

[rainbowrowell]

This is basically the plot of Fangirl.

[lhoandbehold]

The full saga of Margie and the Nuns (so far). Realised I never compiled these in one place.! Also, bonus Margies!

[pigeon-butch]

newfound love for sandgrouse. they have specially designed belly feathers that soak up and hold onto water for transport back to their chicks so they can get a drink

[girlsjustwannahaveadegree]

Me at least twice a week

[pointlesscandies]

Like in Smokey Blue // Episode 8

I believe there must be something. Something that won't easily disappear

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[godkissedme]

The thing about being mysterious is sometimes you’re just dehydrated and replying tomorrow

[aceinthetrap]

Dynasty Flowchart (Extended) – Nüwa Hanfu

An ultra extended flowchart for identifying dynasties! Even identifying sub-periods of each dynasty. As always, this is a general guide ther

does the makeup look sad or happy? >>> goth & sad >>> middle tang dynasty [lmao]

[welcomingdisaster]

what level of skin care do you perform regularly*?

none

just sunscreen

just lotion/chapstick

sunscreen + lotion/chapstick

sunscreen + lotion + exfolliant

sunscreen + lotion + exfoliant + serum/toner/primer

several different kinds of the above/more than the option above

Voting ended onMay 28

*by this I mean genuinely a part of your routine, not just once in a blue moon -- things you're doing at least half the time.

[leebrontide]

I keep seeing posts claiming that x y or z action you can do to build a better world won’t matter. That capitalism doesn’t care, and your own actions dont amount to much.

It’s so painfully individualistic. Of course me doing that thing isn’t going to save anybody or anything.

Im not trying to be a superhero who personally saves the say.

I am one leaf making oxygen in a massive forest of other trees making oxygen. I am doing my best and having faith that millions of others will do their best as well.

Because that can and has made big changes over time. Like. That is just how change happens. Thats cultural shifts. Thats political shifts. Thats how lasting changes happen.

I don’t plant milkweed because I’m personally gonna save monarch butterflies. I plant milkweed because I know thousands of us are gonna plant milkweed and send money to the people fighting horrible pesticides in court.

The standard for change isn’t “is my doing this going to change the world?” The standard is “is my doing this part of the shift I want to see my community make?” And if the answer is yes, I do my best.

[naniiebimworks]

Chirrut: The Force did protect me!

Baze: I protected you!!

[sashayed]

has anyone figured out how to turn off the thing where you love your pet so much it slides inexorably into grief-borrowing

[boomstab-papa]

[your-cosmic-creature]

“For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, ‘Of course.’ When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.”

[depsidase]

[brightlotusmoon]

[liberalsarecool]

"That’s what makes Zohran Mamdani’s election in New York so unsettling to the old order. New York City is not just another municipality; it’s a sovereign-scale entity. Its population surpasses 38 states. Its metropolitan GDP trails only Texas and California.

It is, by any metric, a small country masquerading as a city.

It governs more lives and more wealth than most nations. If democratic socialism — housing reform, public banking, equitable taxation — functions here, it obliterates the myth that such governance can’t work at scale. The fear isn’t ideological. It’s empirical. Because if Mamdani can keep the lights on, reduce homelessness, and maintain economic growth without catering to Wall Street, then the capitalist gospel collapses under its own dead weight.

What terrifies the establishment isn’t failure. It’s feasibility.

If it works in New York, there’s no reason it can’t work in Nebraska. If it works in Queens, it can work in Kansas City. And once proof exists, belief becomes irrelevant. The ship of democracy, fully refitted, will keep sailing — and no one can claim it isn’t American."

- Jackie Summers