The Lily Queen

Life, Fashion, Makeup, Fandom

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Watch: Latina journalist Maria Hinojosa epically shuts down a condescending Trump adviser on the word “illegals”

[fundipp]

EAT HIM ALIVE

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When my time is up, have I done enough? Will they tell my story?

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Ugh, my Peggy feels... she actually did get to see Steve again, and was recognized in her own right (we’re explicitly told Hydra didn’t DARE come out of hiding while she was in charge), but IMHO one of the saddest lines in the MCU is hers - ‘I’m afraid we rather mucked it up’.  She’s reaching the end of her life and doubting whether she actually managed to preserve both her legacy and Steve’s.  And, much as we know she did everything humanly possible, we find out later she wasn’t entirely wrong. 

[fuckyeahnerdstuff]

[kirstengillibrand]

“and then he said, his temperament was his strongest asset”

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Just had a plot bunny glom on like an octopus, please let me know if you use it... what if *Natasha* was the one with a hidden wife and kiddos, rather than Clint?

[sebstanclan]

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I need to talk about the fact that Bucky’s still got his right hand 100% free and could be punching Spider Man into next Tuesday already. But he still stood frozen, looking shocked as all fucks and lemme tell you right now that that was not because someone’s managed to block his metal fist because lbr the metal arm was never unstoppable before, especially when super-enhanced/-equipped people are involved – so basically he doesn’t take that punch cus he’s actually just now able to hear the other guy’s voice and it clicks that this is just a fucking k i d

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I’d add a side of ‘is he actually <i>fangirling The Arm?!?!</i>

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Just bought my Cap:Civil War tickets.  Have approximately 12 days to gird my mental loins for this.

[dunwall]

the angrier men are about star wars featuring another female protag the more powerful i become

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Me when I’m getting over being sick

[unfuckyourhabitat]

True confessions:

I’m a messy person. I think a lot of people–most people, probably–think I’m a “neat freak.” I’m not. The reason most people think I’m a neat freak is that almost everyone who writes about or gives advice about or has any kind of authority whatsoever about cleaning and organization is naturally neat and tidy. Which is great, because “naturally neat and tidy” is a great thing to aspire to!

However, people who are naturally neat legitimately don’t understand how or why people are messy. They can see the result, sure, and give good advice on how to fix it, but they don’t understand the mindset or reality of those of us who aren’t naturally neat. There’s always this sort of undertone of, “Have you ever tried not being messy?” And that’s not super helpful, because, yeah. We’ve tried it. For them, neat is something they just are. For us, being neat is something we’re always working at. And those are two very different realities.

I’m a (mostly) reformed messy person. But I will never pretend that my house looks like a magazine spread or that occasionally, my stuff doesn’t get out of control. I have friends who say, “Oh, man, I’d better clean up before you come over!” which is nonsense, because A) I don’t give half a shit if your house is clean, I’m coming to visit you, not your baseboards; and B) there are absolutely times when I would be embarrassed to have people in my home. I have a couple of jobs, a couple of dogs, a mental illness or two, and a life. My house often reflects that. To be honest, I just finished writing the UfYH book, which was incredibly time-consuming (but totally worth it) and have spent almost every free moment since trying to reset my house back to normal, because it devolved into some kind of post-apocalyptic hellscape in the meantime.

So I get it. I get what it is to be messy. To be overwhelmed. To be embarrassed. And I think I can help, because I’ve been there. I go back there from time to time. And that’s why I’ll never be OK with people negatively judging themselves or others about their mess. Because I know that who we are as people is more than what our homes look like. But I know that our homes can get better if we want them to, because I’ve done it and I continue to do it, every day. And I think I can help you do it, too.

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This is all so true.  My mother is one of those naturally tidy types, and it led to a lot of frustration on both sides when I was a kid (we’ve since come to a better understanding, thankfully).  To her it seemed as though I was being deliberately difficult, and to me it seemed as though the efforts I was making were never good enough for her.  There’s still a certain level of mental/emotional tension around housework for me as a result, but I decided to start working past it after I moved out - I wanted a neat, safe environment for myself and my pets - but yes there are still times things get away from me.  The important thing is, as the old saying goes, ‘fall six times, stand up seven’.

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... what the kind of... REY IS *THE* CENTRAL CHARACTER in SW:TFA, and probably for the rest of the trilogy.  It is HER story.  Why wouldn’t we want merchandise of her over Crylo Ren?

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Marvel Headcanon

Peggy brought a fair number of women into the newly formed SHIELD, but still needed a break from the men at times.  To this day, there is effectively an unofficial club among the women of SHIELD and pairs or groups will get together regularly to ‘go to Carter’s’.  None of the men have figured out the code yet, and many a male analyst has wasted a slow hour or twenty at work trying to locate such a bar or pub.

[boopifer]

Random ask. If you could make a movie about Bucky's life what would you call it?

‘Damnit, Steve!’

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Mah new skincare blog.  Please visit and comment!

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Cats: Attempting to make you feel bad for moving them so you can make the bed since, like, 4000 BC

[thevioletprincess]

Reblog if you want a Black Widow movie.

“Do You?”

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That is some primo danseuse realness from Seb, ISTG.