lavender menace

lav. he/they. putting the b&t in lgbtq since 1988. fandom old. also a teacher, writer, community organizer, grouch

[autumn-outside-the-postoffice]

in honor of the best Dropout clip of all time

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Do you like this song? #600

Yes I like it, I already know it

Yes I like it, first time listening

No I don't like it, I already know it

No I don't like it, first time listening

Voting ended onMay 14, 2025

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[kassy-djomunson]

i’ll perform for you

[djotime]

i’m gonna freak the fuck out.

[kinley-cafe]

@yourlavendermenace

@deesarrachi made an order for you! They weren’t sure how you take it so they took a guess and ordered you a Vanilla Brown Sugar Cold Brew with Cold foam, Chocolate Drizzle, Cookie pieces and Oat Milk

After 12 years of marriage, this will simply be embarrassing if I get it wrong 💚

[kinley-cafe]

@deesarrachi

@yourlavendermenace made an order for you! They weren’t sure how you take it so they took a guess and ordered you a Brown Sugar, Hazelnut Cold Brew with Cold foam and Oat Milk

So happy to have been your friend for 22 years, your lover for 18, and your husband for 12

[apolladay]

People who wear glasses, did you discover you needed them because an elementary/primary school teacher noticed you were struggling with work and realized it was because you couldn’t see?

-Yes

-No, but I wear glasses

-No, I don’t wear glasses

-Some sort of nuance?

People who wear glasses, did you discover you needed them because an elementary/primary school teacher noticed you were struggling with work and realized it was because you couldn’t see?

Yes

No, but I wear glasses

No, I don’t wear glasses

Some sort of nuance?

Voting ended onApr 26, 2025

[amwult]

you contradict yourself because you contain multitudes. i contradict myself because i am wrong.

[1marry]

[harpieisthecarpie]

years ago i wrote a poem around a phrase that had been stuck in my head for days and the poem unsettled me so bad i couldn't look at it for long or have it on the same page as other poems. without any logical reason for my fear, mind you, this was a poem ostensibly about a bird. and probably not a good one, though it's hard to recall text i refuse to look at. except for that phrase i wrote it around. it's the most benign thing and yet it consistently evokes a visual in my mind that fills me with prey fear. the chilling, stilling dread of being sighted as living carrion. a corpse in the making. this phrase about a bird repeats in my head and somehow scares me worse than actual horror stories. It makes me feel like a lovecraft-inspired podcast protagonist and lemme tell you it's not a fun sensation.

[harpieisthecarpie]

apologies kitten, daddy is being driven to madness by the Mind Bird

[harpieisthecarpie]

prev I am sorry to tell you the unsettling phrase is literally "There is a heron in the marsh". literally the most benign nothing sentence that was rolling in my head for weeks.

but I dug up the cursed poem. for you. This nothing poem. It was technically for some form exercise i can't remember but the heron was haunting me, you see. i had to release him. and here he is, for you!

There is a heron in the marsh, his eyes and mine are the same. My boots sink deep in the mud I wonder if he knows my voice—

my eyes and his are the same I cannot bear to look away. I think he knows my voice though I haven't dared to speak

I cannot bear to look away. I try to shout so he'll take flight though I haven't air to speak (he knows too much about me)

I need to shout so he'll take flight— my boots are filling with mud ((he knows too much about me)) There is a heron in the marsh,

[rabbitindisguise]

I thought you said the poem wasn't good?? this is hardcore as hell. Strangely cathartic to read. I like the waterfalling repetition of phrases and the parentheses (fave in poetry, underused imo). Plus ending on a comma is *chef's kiss*

unfortunate the poem scared you though :( fwiw I, too, am afraid of the heron. The line is super haunting.

[yourlavendermenace]

Protect the federal department of education!

[griffonatrix]

reblog to give prev a notification

[deesarrachi]

[gyzym]

HELLO TUMBLR 👋 i am ENORMOUSLY excited to say: i've written a book! and i'm writing two more! and they're all queer romcoms! and the first one, FALL INTO YOU, will be out in JUNE. there is a LOT of my heart in this novel, and i absolutely can't wait to share it with you 💜

if you've ever enjoyed my fanfic, particularly stories like What We Pretend We Can't See and I've Got Nothing to Do Today But Smile, then you'll love FALL INTO YOU. it's full of ROMANCE and JOKES but also REAL, MESSY PEOPLE with PROBLEMS and TRAUMA, because those are the stories i love telling! it's chock full of things i adore: set on an APPLE FARM in NORTHEAST OHIO, main characters who hate each other more or less immediately, gratuitous depictions of food, and they were ROOMMATES?, people healing wounds they didn't even know were still open, AND MORE.

i'll be sharing more about this book in the weeks to come (i promise i will try so hard not to be obnoxious about it 🫡 ), and about the next two as we get closer to publication! but until then, i just want to say: the fic stays UP and the author stays GRATEFUL, always. i am honored and humbled by your readership, and really proud of the work i've done for and with fandom, and that's not a tune you're ever going to see me change.

okay, thanks so much for reading!! hope you're all well; i'll just be here having one of the coolest and most surreal days of my life 😂👋💜

[mythtakens]

9-1-1 || Star Trek TOS S1E28, The City on the Edge of Forever

[victusinveritas]

[skybson]

1x17 - The Squire of Gothos

[atomiccollectionanchorme]

Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1 Episode 17 "The Squire of Gothos"

[typhlonectes]