“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.” -Kurt Vonnegut
can we collectively agree that ending a relationship is not synonymous with said relationship failing? calling every ended relationship failed completely undermines the good times, the growth, the learning, the memories, the joys of those relationships. something isn’t necessarily a failure because it ended. sometimes things have a lifespan and something running its course is not necessarily a bad thing.
i think a lot of this, too, comes from this societal ideal that the only successful non-platonic relationship is one that seals itself in (heterosexual) marriage, and only if that marriage lasts your whole lifetime. that if that isn’t your end goal, then something is fundamentally wrong with you. that serial daters are some kind of broken, often pitied, almost universally shamed. that divorced people are failures of society.
it’s all a product of purity culture bullshit.
for extra fun, consider this through the lens of who so-called traditional marriage is available to, and who gets the brunt of the blame when relationships end.
My god this is applicable to so many situations: this is in no way a WE situation.
I love all this. So good. And I once saw a friend pull out the ONLY ACCEPTABLE PARENT LINE in a situation like this: “Are you hurt, or just scared?” IT WAS LIKE MAGIC. The kid paused, inhaled, looked down at the body part in question, then looked back up and said, all calm again, “Oh, just scared!” and back to business as usual.
I’m sure someones already said this but I often see Tumblr described as a hellsite. This is fundamentally incorrect.
Tumblr is the faesite. Everybody is super confused and lost, you keep running into random places. Somehow you end up stuck there forever after interacting a couple of times. The people are all strange, everybody simultaneously seems to be from the future and the past as if time is meaningless.
YES
also technology breaks at random, and sometimes you just suddenly feel a thousand years old
everybody has a half dozen names and none of them are their “real” name.
which name(s) you know gives you different powers over them.
there are Rules but you mostly have to figure them out for yourself.
getting the Rules wrong or breaking them can cost you more than you ever even knew you had.
Maximum Horny at all times
be careful what you wish for or you just might get it
This is prime Geralt. Smiling while splattered with the blood of his enemies, in a simple and practical outfit that suits him and gives him a soft silhouette.
