dreamology

katie | 23 | a reading, dreaming fantasy super-fan ✨

[soft-butch-cassidy]

depression tips™

shower. not a bath, a shower. use water as hot or cold as u like. u dont even need to wash. just get in under the water and let it run over you for a while. sit on the floor if you gotta.

moisturize everything. use whatever lotion u like. unscented? dollar store lotion? fancy ass 48 hour lotion that makes u smell like a field of wildflowers? use whatever you want, and use it all over. 

put on clean, comfortable clothes. 

put on ur favorite underwear. cute black lacy panties? those ridiculous boxers u bought last christmas with candy cane hearts on the butt? put em on.

drink cold water. use ice. if u want, add some mint or lemon for an extra boost.

clean something. doesn’t have to be anything big. organize one drawer of ur desk. wash five dirty dishes. do a load of laundry. scrub the bathroom sink. 

blast music. listen to something upbeat and dancey and loud, something that’s got lots of energy. sing to it, dance to it, even if you suck at both.

make food. don’t just grab a granola bar to munch. take the time and make food. even if it’s ramen. add something special to it, like a hard boiled egg or some veggies. prepare food, it tastes way better, and you’ll feel like you accomplished something. 

make something. write a short story or a poem, draw a picture, color a picture, fold origami, crochet or knit, sculpt something out of clay, anything artistic. even if you don’t think you’re good at it.

go outside. take a walk. sit in the grass. look at the clouds. smell flowers. put your hands in the dirt and feel the soil against your skin.

call someone. call a loved one, a friend, a family member, call a chat service if you have no one else to call. talk to a stranger on the street. have a conversation and listen to someone’s voice. if you can’t, text or email or whatever, just have some social interaction with another person. even if you don’t say much, listen to them.

cuddle your pets if you have them/can cuddle them. take pictures of them. talk to them. tell them how u feel, about your favorite movie, a new game coming out.

[yournudemom]

Circulating. Seasonal depression is creeping around now.

[shadowjag]

Lets keep this moving

[cassianandfenrysaremyboyos]

Isbeth has Casteel! Rigelus has Hunt and Ruhn! It's a tough time in book boyfriend land right now. I am stressed. I. AM. WORRIED!

[tony-stanks]

PLEASE DO NOT THINK FOR EVEN A SECOND THAT YOUR VOICE WILL NOT HAVE AN IMPACT THIS IS LITERALLY THE BARE MINIMUM

I'm sorry for putting this in the BLM and stop Asian hate tag but in the last few days posts tagged with "Palestine" have not been showing up.

[dracogotgame]

So, India is dying.

Look, I know a good number of you are from the US and things aren't amazing there either, but my country is literally on the brink of collapse. So I'd love it if we could talk about that for a minute.

If you can't do anything else, please just read and reblog.

A second COVID wave has taken out the healthcare system. There are no more hospital beds. There's an oxygen shortage. There's a critical vaccine shortage. The Central Government has thrown its hands up and is passing the baton to the State Governments to do what they can.

There are over 16 million covid cases. A record 330,000 new cases reported yesterday - comparable to the US at its peak. 187,000 dead as of today.

There is no plan.

Mass cremations are taking place. The cremation grounds are running day and night and they are short on wood. People are watching their loved ones die while waiting for a hospital bed, and then they're unable to give them the proper burial rights.

Hospitals are overwhelmed. Patients are being confined, two to a bed. They're the lucky ones.

We are on the verge of people dying in the streets.

This is the second-most populous country in the world. The largest democracy. A country that encapsulates over 15,000 years of recorded human history and has endured everything from famine to invasion to colonisation.

We might be at the end. This might be the thing that does us in.

People are dying.

People are dying.

People are dying and there is no plan.

More good news? Variants are popping up. A double mutation strain has shown up. It is resistant to current vaccines. This will not go away. This is the devastation they warned of when the anti-maskers were out protesting the minor inconvenience of covering their face in public.

My country is on the verge of an emergency state. Our government has failed us. This is as dire a situation as it ever could be.

Look. I don't do much with my life. I write fics, some of you have read them and that's pretty much it. I spend my days with my head in the clouds because that's where I like to be.

But two days ago, my grandmother tested positive, had to be taken to hospital and the ambulance caught fire.

She barely made it to the urgent care she needs.

So, here I am, using whatever meager platform I have to cobble this request together. Because I have to do something.

If you can, donate.

Or spread the word.

Help. Please.

[wadefeltonism-deactivated202106]

rb if you’d wipe all pedophiles off this earth

[mohawkmama]

It’s sad that there are only 13k notes on this..m

[thiccdaddy-mbaku]

put this on all 3 of my blogs

[boyd-stevens]

anyway, i think john walker is the perfect captain america. he represents exactly what america is. we’re a pro-gun, pro-military, pro-war, pro-capitalist, and ofc pro-racism.  john walker is a better representation of america than steve or sam could ever hope to be.  also some of yall are feeling sentimental over the shield because of what it could represent or what the potential for it is…. ARE YOU GUYS FORGETTING THAT ITS MADE FROM STOLEN VIBRANIUM FROM WAKANDA?? 

lmao i can’t make this shit up. the writers of this show knew exactly what they were doing.

because now, when sam takes over the shield, he’s going to represent everything that america can be, everything that america has the potential to be. 

[crookedlyshamelessnacho]

as a white fan of the mcu, something that’s really disheartening to see after watching the most recent tfatws episode is the disparity between who’s talking about which scenes/lines. a lot of white creators & fans have been solely focusing on bucky’s line during the therapy scene but completely ignoring sam’s reaction to it all and his reasoning. not to mention i’ve only really seen black creators talk about isaiah bradley and the racial profiling scene. the major theme of the show is institutionalized racism and it’s meant to form a direct parallel to how the US is today, but white fans and white creators are shying away from or ignoring some of the most important scenes and lines just bc their white fav had one heartbreaking line. do better.

[butterflypeaflowertea]

i love children’s literature because i always find it’s written with such kindness… like since the books u read as a child are so formative to your entire being i like that so much of children’s lit is abt bravery and empathy and determination, and that it comes outright and states it, is unabashed about it, is emphatic about it. it’s must be so lovely to be able to write stories that are so didactic and meaningful + so enjoyable and exciting for children at the same time

[ilucxfxr]

Y’all really be acting surprised that Princess Diana’s son chose his wife over the people who’ve spent their lives calling him the “spare” and then go around shitting on his little family.

The boy who was forced to walk behind his mothers coffin at the age of 11 being told not to shed a tear.

The boy who felt more alive during his 10 years of active duty in the army until his “people” ended up getting him sent home for revealing where he was based.

The boy who finally, after years of feeling lost, found someone he loves enough not just to trust his secrets with, his life with, but ultimately gave him the family he only ever dreamed of having.

As a wise woman (I saw her on a video, I have no idea what video it was) once said,

Harry is the husband to Meghan that Charles never was to Diana.

That boy watched his world fall apart and now that he’s finally at peace with his lovely little family of three (soon to be four) you’re all prepared to insult him and Meghan just for doing what they felt was right.

Lmao, as if he’d stay in a country where his “people” once referred to his unborn son as a “chimp” simply because he might have been born with darker skin.

And the Brits say the UK isn’t as bad with racism as the USA. 💀

The concept of privacy isn’t to hide away from the world forever. It’s to be able to pick and choose which parts of your lives you release to the public and which parts you keep private.

You know, unlike the assholes who think it’s okay to publish intimate photos of previous partners out of spite or have the belief that they can just take whatever they want from others.

Maybe focus on those people (and the prince who was best friends with a paedophile) instead of a man and a woman who just want to live their lives.

If you want to argue with me on this, don’t bother. I know where I stand. You don’t have to agree but don’t just come at me because I will come back twice as hard.

By the way, if you had the nerve to laugh or makes jokes about when Meghan spoke out about being suicidal, or believe that just because she’s rich she can’t feel that way, fuck off my blog thanks. 😌

Ciao!

[quinnfebrey]

asians: pls care about racism against us

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[quinnfebrey]

like literally the fact that this has 9 notes (and most other posts abt asian american rep i’ve seen, rbed, or written have similar amounts), is proving my point. every time i reblog or post anything about racism agains asians, i can literally see everyone scrolling past it. not even given a performative like. are y’all consciously ignoring it or are you truly just that desensitized to racism against asians?

[madsinactivelol]

May I add:

Dont fetishize asians.

Dont make coronavirus jokes about asians. (Yes, it’s still happening, and it’s still a problem.)

Dont like?? Stereotype asians? Not every asian you’re going to meet is good at math or lives on a diet of rice, that’s just rude as hell and wrong

[reihara-deactivated20220417]

Exactly. Speak up for everyone.

Keep the same energy for racism against all asians as we do with other races. That includes more than just east asians. Asia is more than China, Japan and Korea.

And I see y'all, you’re really selective about the shit y'all reblog from me. This should have more than one reblog.

[mrs-lockley]

There has been a sharp increase of AAPI hate crimes ever since the pandemic (especially in the Bay Area if you live in the United States). If you’re going to be an advocate for Asians, please don’t forget to include Southeast Asians, South Asians, Western Asians, Central Asians, and our Pacific Islander cousins in your activism. As well as mixed Asians, too, especially if they’re not white passing

[simpingfornestaarcheron]

Things I liked about acosf

I LOVED acosf. Maybe it’s becasuse I’m a hardcore nessian stan and they’re the main reason I got through acowar idk but I loved it and I finished it in 24 hours. Granted there are some things that I would have changed and done differently but overall I really think this is the best acotar book.

I LOVED every single scene with Azriel. Azriel making fun of Cassian, teasing him, always knowing exactly what’s going on lmao

Azriel and Nesta’s friendship and mutual respect. The solstice scene was so cute I almost cried.

The sexual tension between nessian. I live for that stuff. 

“The book is about a book” lmaoooo Nesta being flustered is everything

Every single nessian smut scene. 

Everything about Solstice night. I cried so much when she opened his present and everything that happened after.

Protective nessian. Nesta being worried for Cassian and coming back to save him from Lanthys. Cassian ready to die for her, Nesta ready to die for him, checking if the other one is hurt, worried glances, hand holding, everything. 

NESTA DANCING. That was everything. 

Cassian secretly taking dancing lessons.

Everything about the Valkyries. 

Nesta Emerie and Gwyn’s friendship.

“your story is worth telling” 

The fighting scenes during the blood rite with the 3 of them being in perfect sync and absolutely destroying those Illyrian males.

CHAPTER 50.

Rhysand kneeling in front of Nesta.

Nesta hugging Rhysand

Nesta saving Feyre and the baby. I know most people didn’t like that she gave up part of her powers but she still has some of it left so she’s still powerful. Besides, Nesta never once said she liked her power and she isn’t sad that she lost part of it.

Nesta finally having a place she can call home where she feels safe.

Nesta finally learning to love and forgive herself and to let go of the past.

[romaisamaria]

Repeat after me:

NESTA HAS NEVER USED HER TRAUMA TO JUSTIFY HER BEHAVIOUR.

NESTA HAS NEVER TOLD A SOUL WHAT THOMAS DID TO HER.

NESTA HAS NEVER TOLD ANYONE WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH UNDER THE CAULDRON.

NESTA HAS NEVER TOLD ANYONE THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAR.

NESTA HAS NEVER TOLD ANYONE ABOUT THE NIGHTMARES, ABOUT HER FEARS.

So stop saying that Nesta's traumas shouldn't justify her behaviour because SHE HAS NEVER USED HER TRAUMAS TO DO IT.

She has never sat down and retold her story again and again to gain any favours or empathy.

In fact, in Wings and Embers when Cassian asked her who hurt her, her first reaction is to ask:

"Would it change anything if someone had? Would it make you see me differently, treat me differently?"

She never say anything about herself, she never tell people about her misfortunes.

So stop fucking saying that she cant use her traumas to justify her behaviour because SHE ALWAYS PRETEND TO BE FINE. She always pretend that nothing affects her, even though she's feel things x1000 more than anyone else but she suffer it in silence, away from people.

That's the reason she left Feyre's house after the war. Because she could be alone, away from her sisters, away from anyone that would judge her every move and force her to keep pretending that she's okay.

Some of you have never experienced shit and it shows.

[trashmouthrichietozier]

[rosieposiepuddingnpie]

That was January... of this year??

[belovedgoofball]

[77zcr-deactivated20240609]

well i’ll be damned

[kaiiwooo-deactivated20180323]

welp

[thelovelybones124-deactivated20]

SHE DID THAT !

[taurusgodmother]

IF YOURE NOT GOING THIS HARD FOR BLACK WOMEN YOU ARE NOT AN ALLY

[stephrc79]

Every time…every TIME this is on my dash, I read it all the way thru before reblogging. And you should too. THIS is how you ally. Respect yourself by raising the women around you who deserve that same level of respect.

Respect yourself. Respect your sisters. Never settle for the fuckboys who look to drag us ALL down. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

[whitepeopletwitter]

[homopower]

Like to charge, reblog to cast…

[steveandbucky]

turkey and azerbaijan are attacking armenia right now, and it's 1915 all over again because the world is distracted and people are too busy wondering if they're gonna live or die, and who gives a shit about my country anyway? my mum told me to tell my friends and explain to them what's happening and that we are the victims in this war because azerbaijan is spreading lies and people are believing their lies and i told her, what good is that going to do? do you think anyone's going to come to our aid? is russia going to help us? is america? is england? erdogan said they will finish what their ancestors started, and he means genocide. he means ethnic cleansing. he means to massacre every last one of us. and in doing so admitted to the very same thing turkey has spent 105 years denying. i don't know who to tell and what good telling people will do because we're a small, insignificant country, and we have nothing to offer to the people in power, the handful who rule the world. so i sit here with my pain and i feel helpless. i know there's twitter threads and links to petitions and people being urged to contact their senators, and sorry if im being pessimistic, but azerbaijan has been attacking us for the last 22 years, and though we defend ourselves, we can't do anything to stop them. they've violated ceasefires (and geneva conventions) multiple times. i don't think they'll rest until every last one of us is dead.

we just want peace. we just want to live peacefully. we're not asking for a lot here.

[steveandbucky]

hey either reblog this or unfollow me

[az-a-thot]

Watching this happen I've been so scared there is going to be another genocide and nobody would notice. My whole life I've hated how forgettable armenian people seem to be to the world. Protect armenian people or rot, please don't turn a blind eye to us again. And same as above, reblog or unfollow.

[oracuyc]

here are some cold hard facts for those interested:

1. after losing the war in 1994, the az government spent the next nearly 30 years on a) dehumanizing armenians, b) blaming armenians and losing the war for the terrible socioeconomic state of the people in this oil-rich country while president and his family steal all of the money their oil produces, c) pushing armenophobic propaganda on the population since kindergarten age, d) oppressing and humiliating the other ethnic minorities living on its territories, e) regularly violating the ceasefire of 1994 whenever the internal situation get tense and the ppl get angry, f) selectively sending the youths of said ethnic minorities to the bloodiest parts of the frontline whenever said ceasefire violations happen, g) suppressing free speech, arresting journalists, harassing and threatening those who dare to voice their discontent, etc.

2. in early 1920s, josef stalin, in order to appease the new turkish "republic" and its leader ataturk, with the hopes of using turkey as the base for spreading the communist revolution further into asia, passed artsakh (also known as nagorno karabagh) with its 95% ethnic armenian population onto the new created turkic azerbaijan republic (a country that did not exist before 1918, that's what newly created means), despite the opposition from the people of the region in question and the republic of armenia.

3. during the 70 or so years that artsakh was part of the azerbaijan republic as an autonomous region, the gov of azerbaijan did everything they could to a) suppress the development of the region, b) change the demographic of the region by moving turkic population to artsakh

4. in 1980s, the people of artsakh, utilizing their rights stipulated in the soviet constitution, petitioned both moscow and baku to be allowed to reunite with armenia. as a response to this, the azerbaijan government started large-scale repressions against the organizers and activists of the reunification movement. arrests on made up charges, threats and violence followed (more info on all that in the link provided below)

5. the people of artsakh then held a referendum as was their right under soviet constitution, and more than 90% of it's population voted in favor of seceding from the azerbaijan republic. the response to this were the anti-armenian pogroms in baku and sumgait ( https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-18-mn-305-story.html)

Alexander Gulanerian heard the mob pounding down the hall seconds before his door was broken down and they stormed in, brandishing knives, b

6. all this grew into the first artsakh war, which azerbaijan lost, as mentioned in point 1.

to sum it up: artsakh was never a part of the independent azerbaijan republic, during it's brief 70-year forced az control its indigenous armenian people were oppressed via various government policies, the people of artsakh deserve to live a free and happy life in their homeland, free of threats and fear of annihilation that is sure to happen if azerbaijan takes control of the region

to them, it's just a territory and they want that territory without the people.

for further reading, check out this comprehensive timeline of the artsakh history up to 2017( when it was written)

https://www.evnreport.com/spotlight-karabakh/spotlight-karabakh

then, this: on what actually happens to armenian lands and cultural heritage when it's in azerbaijani hands

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-11-07/armenian-monuments-azerbaijan

Historic Armenian monuments were obliterated. Some call it 'cultural genocide'

For centuries the sacred khachkars of Djulfa stood tall along the banks of the River Aras — hulking and ornately carved 16th-century headsto

while you are at it, read up on the armenian genocide and keep in mind that turkey, specifically for this war, moved syrian jihadists to azerbaijan to fight against armenia and artsakh. read up on the kind of internationally banned ammunition azerbaijan has been using against the civilians in artsakh capital, and then maybe make your judgement.

oh, and if anyone tries to frame this as an islam vs christianity thing, send them to hell, regardless of the side they claim to support, bc this isn't it.

[killerchickadee]

I reblogged a post about this yesterday, but is there something we can do other than spreading awareness?

[steveandbucky]

spreading awareness is HUGE because azeris are spreading lies (mainly on twitter bc apparently thats the only social media they're allowed to use atm? i haven't verified this but it checks out with the dictator in powet lol) and it's really really really important for us to counter their lies with FACTS. like there's far few of us and we don't have any bots lmao so it's really hard to get people to listen to us.

cardi b apparently made a post about it, talking about how there's a genocide going on in armenia, and azeris started harassing her so she sort of backtracked and said something like "i didn't know there was two sides to this" and like it's not the only person they've done this to!

this video on twitter actually explains their tactics (the girl in the video is basically translating azeri post) how they target people who speak out in support of armenia and make them rescind their support.

so yeah. it's important for us to fight against the misinformation. and i think i have no respect for any armenian person who chooses to not engage because the internet is our battlefield. this is where we fight because it's the least we can do. (note i said armenian person, because i don't think its fair to ask this of people who don't have a personal stake in this war).

you can also donate here: himnadram.org

[steveandbucky]

terfs do not interact

[steveandbucky]

update: genocide watch has declared emergency in Artsakh, placing azerbaijan at stage 9 (extermination) and stage 10 (denial)

when we say we are being threatened by genocide, we are not exaggerating

source: genocidewatch.com

[grrlcookery]

Please help - urgent

We’ve been given the opportunity to buy a sublimation printer to custom/commercial print mugs, plates, T-shirts - and we have the contacts to start selling them.  The previous owner died, and we’ve been offered the equipment at a massive discount, but we don’t have the cash for it, nor the access to traditional funding.  If you can help us out, please do.  This is work I can do, that doesn’t have to stick to office hours, I’m physically capable of it.  I’m just not employable in a 9 - 5 business.  We need R12 000, which is approximately USD 750.

We’re behind in our rent and facing eviction in weeks without help and any assistance to help me earn some income will be greatly appreciated. Please help, or signal boost if you can’t.  My ko-fi is ko-fi.com/grlcookery  and paypal paypal.me/grlcookery Thank you so much.

[grrlcookery]

Oh gods. Literally 1h after posting this I’ve been called to a meeting with the landowner. I’m panicking so hard.

[deadcatwithaflamethrower]

Reblog and help save a good family who’s been struggling for a while now.

@thebibliosphere, @copperbadge, @seananmcguire​ If you guys could, please?

[deadcatwithaflamethrower]

Reblogging again because the last @ tag didn’t take, wtf. @seananmcguire sorry if this bops you twice <3