Carry On Wayward Witch

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[acutelesbian]

A lot of people ask me what my biggest fear is, or what scares me most. And I know they expect an answer like heights, or closed spaces, or people dressed like animals, but how do I tell them that when I was 17 I took a class called Relationships For Life and I learned that most people fall out of love for the same reasons they fell in it. That their lover’s once endearing stubbornness has now become refusal to compromise and their one track mind is now immaturity and their bad habits that you once adored is now money down the drain. Their spontaneity becomes reckless and irresponsible and their feet up on your dash is no longer sexy, just another distraction in your busy life. Nothing saddens and scares me like the thought that I can become ugly to someone who once thought all the stars were in my eyes.

[fat-thin-skinny]

this fucks me up every single time

[acutelesbian]

I never expected this to be my most popular poem out of the hundreds I’ve written. I was extremely bitter and sad when I wrote this and I left out the most beautiful part of that class.

After my teacher introduced us to this theory, she asked us, “is love a feeling? Or is it a choice?” We were all a bunch of teenagers. Naturally we said it was a feeling. She said that if we clung to that belief, we’d never have a lasting relationship of any sort.

She made us interview a dozen adults who were or had been married and we asked them about their marriages and why it lasted or why it failed. At the end, I asked every single person if love was an emotion or a choice.

Everybody said that it was a choice. It was a conscious commitment. It was something you choose to make work every day with a person who has chosen the same thing. They all said that at one point in their marriage, the “feeling of love” had vanished or faded and they weren’t happy. They said feelings are always changing and you cannot build something that will last on such a shaky foundation.

The married ones said that when things were bad, they chose to open the communication, chose to identify what broke and how to fix it, and chose to recreate something worth falling in love with.

The divorced ones said they chose to walk away.

Ever since that class, since that project, I never looked at relationships the same way. I understood why arranged marriages were successful. I discovered the difference in feelings and commitments. I’ve never gone for the person who makes my heart flutter or my head spin. I’ve chosen the people who were committed to choosing me, dedicated to finding something to adore even on the ugliest days.

I no longer fear the day someone who swore I was their universe can no longer see the stars in my eyes as long as they still choose to look until they find them again.

[conceitedtrash]

This is so fucking important and I think it’s something I needed right now

[cinnabonngene]

me, the entire day: oh my god i’m so tired, i can’t wait to go to back to sleep

me, at 3 AM: 

[pleaseexorciseme]

John Mulaney, a man who is iconically known for loving his wife, after being told by Jerry Seinfeld that his wife only thinks shes good at something

[jackironsides]

Well done OP, you’ve managed to capture the moment John’s spirit left his body

[ryrosryhoe]

Jerry’s lucky that John is too polite to throw hands

[bonepoem]

Okay but I just went and watched this for myself and it’s WORSE

He’s. So uncomfortable. It’s obvious. I cut out the part where John kind of muttered, “That is true, isn’t it” about how all men think they’re funny, but his face is just screwed up in this ‘oh god what have i done what have i signed up for this is not good and this will probably go into my next comedy special of awkwardness’

[jukebox-head]

Just watched this omg bless john bc jerry just keeps trying to do some “take my wife” bullshit and john very politely goes no, no.

[cryptiboy]

proud of John for restraining himself from murdering a man on camera

[wintersoldierfell]

What’s so horrifying about this to me is that this is literally Jerry Seinfeld trying to teach John Mulaney how to gaslight his wife.

Look at that dialogue. “She thinks she knows.” He’s trying to get Mulaney to see his wife’s expertise as instead a weird misperception. He’s coaching him to undercut his wife’s confidence in the truth and her own abilities.

And Mulaney replies exactly the right way: “She does know.” He asserts not only that she’s perceiving the world accurately, but that she is an expert at something he’s not good at.

Dudes, don’t take this shit from other dudes. Mulaney isn’t by any means perfect but he aced this. Stand for the truth. Defend women’s objectivity. Promote women’s expertise.

[randomthingsthatilike1]

Doesnt his wife also work with antiques too?like. Isnt that part of her actual job?

[thechy-fychannel]

I reblog this every time because I don’t think people understand that Anna is literally an interior designer. She makes absolutely stunning Victorian Lampshades. Which she designs.. for the interior of a home… she’s literally an interior designer. She doesn’t think she’s good at it, she knows she’s good at it because it’s her fucking job

[wilwheaton]

“Okay, Jerry.”

[franmadaraki]

Reasons why i love rats

- small hands that grab with greed

- big round ears like satellites

- long tail that loops around your wrist for safety

- Small tongue giving softest licks

- Chompers that cronch stuff satisfyingly

- the little pit pat of their feet when they scurry around

- finding them in weird places, such as snoozing in a hamper

- when they hoard snacks behind a bookshelf

- b e l l y also belly kisses

- their little peeps of anger when you grab them when they’re somewhere they shouldnt

- when they try to carry people food and its too big

- when you catch them when they try to be sneaky

- when they fall asleep on you and you cant move anymore

- when they put their paws on a touchscreen

- when they groom your hands

- their whiskers tickling

feel free to add

[thelaughingrat]

- when their eyes go boggle woggle

- when they smoosh too many rats into a tiny space but everyone is comfy somehow

- when they stick the nose in your ear and go “SNOOF SNOOF!”

- tiny little talk-squeaks

- when they fall of off things and land on the floor like ‘WHOMP’ and they look around like “Huh?”

- tiny slap fights

- when everyone has to drink out of the water bottle at the same time

- begging for treats with a treat already in the mouth

- sticking one paw waaaaaay out far when they yawn

-yawns in general

[littlepatchofhappiness]

- the lil hop-skips they do when they run around all happy

- when their lil tails quiver with happiness when being stroked

- ticklish tummies!

- when they try to grab as many foods as possible with their tiny hands to hoard them away

-finding things they shouldn’t have nibbled, nibbled, but it’s ok because it’s a lil reminder that they were there

- when they try to grab whatever it is you’re holding because what’s yours is automatically theirs

- when they insist on exploring your nostrils, mouth or ears even though they know those aren’t for them to be sticking their rat noses, tongues and paws into

[weaverwitch]

The bird says he's a murderer!

my Pathfinder Witch to the party after talking to an undead raven about a crazy homeless man

[spider-hands-mannos-deactivated]

There is a specific and terrifying difference between “never were” monsters and “are not anymore” monsters

“The thing that was not a deer” implies a creature which mimics a deer but imperfectly and the details which are wrong are what makes it terrifying

“The thing that was not a deer anymore” on the other hand implies a thing that USED to be a deer before it was somehow mutated, possessed, parasitically controlled or reanimated improperly and what makes THAT terrifying is the details that are still right and recognizable poking out of all the wrong and horrible malformations.

[spider-hands-mannos-deactivated]

hey I totally fucked up and forgot the 3rd type, which is “Is Not Anymore And Maybe Never Was” monsters “The thing which was no longer a deer and maybe never was” implies a creature that, at first glance, completely appears to be a deer, but over time degrades very slowly until you realize (probably too late) that it is not a deer anymore, and had you seen it in this state first, you wouldn’t have recognized it as a deer at all, and there’s a decent chance that it was never actually a deer to begin with but only a very good mimic, and what makes this one scary is the slow change from everything being right to everything being wrong, happening slowly enough that you don’t even notice it until its too late, as well as the fact that something now so clearly not a deer could have fooled you to begin with.

[endreal]

No idea if this commentary adds anything or not but since monsters are generally couched in terms of danger and threat, and therefore fear, in my mind these posts broke themselves down kinda like this:

The “was not a deer” monster speaks to fear born of deception, dangers that approach under the guise of familiarity, with varying levels of success to infiltrate the familiar before lashing out

The “not a deer anymore” monster speaks to fear born of coercion. Whatever it is was once familiar and perhaps even comforting but through the action of another agent the familiar has become grotesque and dangerous.

The “…and maybe never was a deer” monster speaks to fear born of self-doubt. Most people spend most of the time in a sense of vague assurance that they’re doing the right thing, or at least a right thing, in the situation they find themselves in. This fear lies in the danger of *thinking* you understood, only to be eviscerated by the cruelty of “no…you were never correct, and this is your consequence.”

[hamenthotep]

[tlbodine]

Yes this. Good analysis. 

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Actually, in light of this I’d like to propose yet one more type of monster to this list. The monster is a deer. But you realize you were very, very wrong about what deer are like.

The deer itself has not changed, you were just wrong about deer from the very start.

[darksaphire2002]

This was horrifying to read while high and now I have an unhealthy fear of deer in general so thanks for that.

[sigeel]

aaaand that is as much as I can show. It’s a very long strip :) The rest is for my patrons only as this comic wouldn’t exist without them.^^ https://www.patreon.com/sigeel

[jeansybaby]

I see you Obsidian

I see you with the mechanic and the preacher, and the very familiar ship design with kitchen and cargo bay. Just one question how long did you think it would take someone to work it out?

[anisetheapothecary]

We are multiple generations now with no experience with strikes, and I see a lot of confused, well meaning people who want to help but don’t know strike etiquette.

1. Never cross a picket line of striking workers.

2. Never purchase or take free goods from a company who’s workers are striking

3. Honk to support strikers if you drive by a picket line.

4. Join strikers on the picket line even if it’s not your strike, but follow their directions and defer to them while there.

5. Say “that’s great, the strike is working, the company should negotiate with their workers” whenever someone complains about profits lost, inconveniences or other worker-phobic rhetoric. Always turn it back on the company, who has all the power and money.

[heychastain-deactivated20211107]

Captain America: Civil War | Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

[closet-keys]

the worse climate disaster gets, the more you’ll see closet eugenicists start to advocate for letting people die. you need to be prepared to combat the ideology wherever you see it, because it’s only going to get worse and worse Read everything having to do with climate disaster critically. If the central argument underlying what’s being said is that the death of disabled and/or racialized people is inevitable, natural, or desirable– that’s a fascist.

they might be appear to be a garden variety republican or liberal or even a leftist at first, but know that if that argument is being made, their underlying ideology is one of supremacism, and given additional climate stress, they will become more blatant about it.

[closet-keys]

Here’s a great article I saw today on this mainstream eugenics rhetoric: https://www.forbes.com/sites/imanibarbarin/2019/11/02/climate-darwinism-makes-disabled-people-expendable/#4387e4573d5a

[dreamingflight]

Here's a reason I'm not "safe" in pagan spaces:

Comments like, "if I could push a button and make the Abrahamic religions no longer exist, I would."

Which of course would wipe out an entire ethnicity of people, and my entire family, or it would mean forcibly undoing their beliefs, and that's not "woke," that's just straight up anti-Semitism, but somehow it's okay in even "we're NOT Nazis! Down with Nazi pagans!" pagan spaces.

Straight up occultist spaces that also are cool with Christian occultists and that also have ethnically based magic practicioners (such as the board I'm in which has a number of ATR practicioners) have actually been better spaces. I run into a few weirdos there - there are a lot of conspiracy theorists in that general community.

I wish I could really be open about my shit somewhere irl, but I'm pigeonholed by the pagans I know. I am in a hugely pagan social world and deeply closeted about my practice.

People assume anything I wear is because I think it looks cool, not something I believe. People assume I must not have any history with paganism. I'm never invited by even my pagan friends to anything pagan, and the reason is 100% because they know I'm Jewish. Even though I've been doing this shit for 30+ years.

(And lots of people just don't understand how Jewish identity works! Even if I have other beliefs and practices, my FAMILY is Jewish, I grew up in a deeply Jewish environment, and regardless of my own choices, I am always going to defend idk my whole fucking blood family's right to be alive!)

Basically, it's okay to be openly anti-Semitic as long as you also have Christian baggage.

And this hypocrisy is in every pagan space, including the ones who insist they're not Nazis. EVERY SPACE.

[onceiwashere]

i cant believe its daylight savings time and i havent seen the “hello its me your cousin oskaar from iceland” video on my dash yet you are all slackers

[onceiwashere]

i guess i have to do all the work around here dont i

[parakavka]

[devourfrombeneath]

“hey karli did you ever make any more of those weird motivational animals?” well friend

[nabokovsshadows-deactivated2018]

This is beyond glory

[gwinny5k]

@finelay

[themegalosaurus]

Wow sure is nice to see Sam feeling some good old fashioned shame about his sexuality (12x02)

[trasheddie]

Okay, but this made me so mad. Sam was basically forced into a sexual situation via mind control, meaning that he had his consent taken away yet again. Sam constantly gets kissed or verbally taunted in a sexual way by his female captors and it makes me want to punch something. You can just see it in his face, in the fourth gif especially, how uncomfortable and hurt and ashamed he is. God this boy deserves so much better.

[daughterofsarenrae]

New intro!!