unfortunately inclined to resign to maturity

Ask me about my Fullmetal Alchemist thesis (or tell me to get back to work) Writer/Christian/Diabetic ~ late 20s ~ Kabaleena on ao3.

[biancalattei]

fist my bump

[tombombadilsboots]

To Do List

Quell the rising panic

As friends outstrip my pace.

Appreciate the present,

Feel the sunshine on my face.

Find a man who’ll promise

That in sickness or in health,

He’ll come with me to parties

So I won’t stand by myself.

Let others’ joy be my joy.

Let no bitterness take root.

Gently sit with sorrow,

But self-pity, turn to mute.

Write a legal contract

And get somebody to sign

That if he ever moves away,

He won’t leave me behind.

Learn to trust God’s timing.

Learn to track the things He grows.

Learn the skill of patient asking,

And learn to love the ‘noes’.

Buy a skein of lamb’s wool

Or merino-possum blend.

Knit a tiny beanie

And don’t give it to a friend.

Look over my shoulder

When I reach the finish line.

See the story fit together,

Know I never was behind.

[marsipanart]

my shaylas <333

[penguinipasta]

Maomao MD

[dedicatedfollower467]

i can't fully articulate my thoughts rn but like. have i ever mentioned that maes hughes, as a character, fucks me up like nobody's business.

he's a loving husband and a doting father and a loyal best friend and a goofy photography nerd who just wants to share his happiness and make everyone as happy as he is.

he's also an intelligence officer who actively participated in a genocide.

i love that these are things which are simultaneously true about him at the same time. i love that fma makes it VERY CLEAR that there isn't a neat delineation between the Good People and the Bad People.

most of our good guys actively participated in a genocide and chose to survive and save their own lives instead of refusing orders or deserting. and maes hughes is one of the people who picked his own skin over countless ishvalans.

and he's. happy. he has a loving wife and an adorable daughter and he teases his best friend about getting married and settling down some day. he's a good guy who did horrible, horrible things.

and he's not, like, actively tortured every minute by the thoughts of what he did, even though he clearly regrets it all. in other words, he's not tim marcoh. he doesn't spend every waking second atoning for his crimes. he allows himself to be happy. to laugh and love and joke.

and i find it so fascinating that the entire fandom latches onto him and wants to give him a happy ending. nobody wants maes hughes to be dead.

even though he's a soldier who participated in a genocide. who maybe questioned his orders, but ultimately still followed them.

i don't think enough fma fans really look at that hard enough. for any of the amestrisan military characters, but especially for maes hughes.

(also on the subject of tim marcoh, i love how every person who was involved in the ishvalan genocide chooses to cope with what they did in their own totally unique ways. no two characters make the same choice when it comes to how they cope and how they atone and i fucking ADORE that about this manga/show)

[synth3xanh]

Altair and Vega 💫

[ikohiki]

You are my poison

[supertaliart]

GUESS WHOS BACK AT TEMP WORK!

Time for Post-it Apothecary Diaries!

[pruhledna]

My fave recent art of JinMao by @/lacampanule on twitter

[houujin]

A relatively messy study/fanart for project hail mary, the last month has really awakened my inner space loving child again

Also fun fact, while drawing Man of war by Radiohead started randomly playing which i think is very veru fitting for this

[vividplanet]

fairy glen, scotland

[kissed1996]

If you had to sing a child to sleep RIGHT NOW what would you sing and it CANT BE a lullaby it has to be a regular song

[nutmargaret]

tis the season

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haruhis

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HAPPY HARUHI DAY

[silentwalrus1]

“FMA is bad because it portrays war criminals as sympathetic, likable people” bro that’s the point. That’s the whole point. That is THE point. Did you think Ethnic Cleanser is some kind of special category of person that gets separated away from all the Good People at birth? Did you think there’s some kind of barn full of Genocide Doers that only gets deployed into the general public during world wars? Did you think assholes who do terrible shit in real life are never charming or likable or capable of doing good things and helping people? One of the best parts of FMA is how we the audience realize that some of our core protags have made irredeemable choices, and we have to reckon with the fact that they’re still people, with the unalienable rights and qualities thereof. Sorry if the Problematics aren’t constantly wearing a dunce cap and a list of all their crimes and this makes the media incomprehensible to you  

[astraltrickster]

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role reversal 💞

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