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Latest Posts by itsaboutdriveitsaboutpower - Page 5
Hot take but I really do think that some of y’all need to consider how/why/when/how often you’re making fun of straight people for being straight
I do it too, I’m not going to pretend I don’t make jokes about the hets, or the down with cis bus, or whatever
But I recently befriended a cis, straight dude and I have watched him be dismissed, degraded, and unambiguously insulted for the perceived “crime” of being straight — all in queer environments where he is allegedly “completely welcome” and surrounded by “friends”
This guy is not a toxic person! But I have seen him be made to feel so small and like his comfort and safety in those spaces are conditional on his silence and acceptance of being treated like a human dunk zone, and I think that some of y’all have had so much shit from straight/cis people that the second you feel like you’ve got an inch, you want to luxuriate in the perceived catharsis of bullying someone who— actually —doesn’t deserve it
And until he very, very carefully mentioned to me in private that it makes him feel bad, I didn’t even clock that I was involved in doing that, that it had become so instinctive for me to make casual jokes like that, and that— well meaning or otherwise —I had been contributing to an environment that made someone I really really like feel like shit
So, I dunno, I think maybe some of y’all should think about that too
something similar happens during part 28!
there’s a part where kayne yells at john and every time i hear it, it sounds like arthur. arthur sounds like kayne as he’s lost in grief as kayne sounds like arthur in billowing anger.
I know this is simply because Malevolent is all voiced by Harlan, but I've rewinded this part in Part 49 maybe 5 times. Right after John reads the letter. Arthur's laugh sounds just like Kayne's.
It's so specific because I thought it was an accident but this isn't what Arthur's laugh sounds like, he has a warmer laugh, he holds it in his nose and resonance, even when it's an uncontained manic laugh like the ones in the faerie ring, those are still usually more of a chest sound. Kayne's is in the back of his throat and less controlled.
It doesn't nessecarily mean anything, but it is really cool to hear a bit of Kayne in Arthur's voice when he's so utterly lost with grief for himself.
had to get a cortizone shot for my back and they did this, and it was so helpful.
they walked me through each step of the process, including how long each part would take, the estimated pain/pressure scale for each part, what to do when i felt something uncomfortable, and things that could go wrong and what we would do about it in the event it happened (like a spinal tap). and during he walked me through each part, told me where i should be feeling everything, etc.
i WISH more doctors were like this. i had absolutely no anxiety compared to many other procedures, or even small things like shots, because they walked me through EVERYTHING.
the problem with autism is sometimes you want to do something (brave) but you need someone to gently walk you through each step so you know what will happen. and people don’t like doing that
You don't even need to edit this meme for it to have the correct meaning it's hilarious to me
On my hands and knees begging adults to allow children to engage in risk play.
And by risk play I don't mean handing them a gun and playing Russian Roulette.
I mean like climbing trees, getting so sick spinning on the swing they throw up, balancing on the curb, sitting in the mud, walking on slippery surfaces, building half ass ramps to ride their bike over, standing on rocks, or anything that involves a smidgen of confidence and out of the box thinking that could result in injury.
Obviously like watch your kids and such, but when we talk about the fun of being an 80s or 90s kid, it's not just talking about CDs and Walkmans or not having iPads. It's about how kids today were robbed of critical learning and experience skills we were allowed to have.
Playgrounds disappearing, helicopter parents, and sue culture really destroyed a child's development in the United States, and I think it's about time we as adults recognize that, because the kids sure have.
multiple thoughts after 49... but most importantly
Arthur facing the KIY vs Arthur facing the Dark Young:
do you think evrard heard the gunshots and was just like,
“wow- that warren fella’s cough has gotten really bad”
SO LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING RQ TO THE MALEV LISTENERS.
ARTHUR LESTER, A CARRIER OF PLAGUE, BOUND TO A BEING FROM THE AFTERLIFE, IS TRAVELLING ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH *THREE OTHER INDIVIDUALS* TO INITIATE THE DAY OF WRATH.
ARTHUR LESTER.
IS A HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE
SPECIFICALLY, THE BIBLICAL HORSEMAN OF DEATH WHICH DOUBLES AS PESTILENCE AND IS FOLLOWED BY AN EMBODIMENT OF HELL.
Harlan had to make Arthur “I fucking hate cultists” Lester and Lord “I routinely lure cultists to my castle to kill them” Evrard circumstantial enemies because if they had met at any other time then they would have become immediate besties
if you are ever in Moldova let me know and maybe we will shag
you guys seeing this? i got hoes in moldova
You can't even lay in bed cuddling your girlfriends all day anymore.
Because of work
Fascinating is one of the cuntiest words.
Responding to hatemail? A poorly envisioned and understood argument? Someone who is "cooking" but with gunpowder on a propane grill?
It's "fascinating." Followed by a deft "surely" to drive the knife home.
Fascinated by the implications of this conclusion you've drawn. Surely this hasn't been destructive to specifically your cause in the past... [cites 12 discrete instances with sources attached where is has been destructive specifically to that cause]
Ohhhhhh that sucks so hard for you, don't it? Makes you clench your teeth and draw a shallow breath through them for a limply worded retort borne on sour emotion and chagrin.
Oof. God. That's not a good look, but it's absolutely fascinating.
I'm not usually one for schadenfreude, but hitting them with that "fascinating" gets me wet like a slip'n'slide.
when i have a crush i dont kick my feet or twirl my hair instead i am in my kitchen at 3am pacing in circles with my hands clasped behind my back like a middle-aged divorced detective haunted by a cold case he just cant crack
i had dream you were a plum instead of a fish and you were arguing with a grape
any grapes out there looking to start some shit?
i seriously cannot comprehend the sex drive that makes one exclusively horny for captain america looking movie hunks or the victorias secret angel archetype of tall underweight women with generically pretty faces in bikinis. that shit is like carbon monoxide or infrasonic noise to my libido like my sexual senses cant even clock it
when i was sixteen and insane for my shakespeare class final i had to do the “alas poor yorick” monologue at a competition and while i was doing it i had this insane thought of like. i’ve never been and never will be closer to experiencing hamlet’s mental state than i am right now. like of course all that stuff didn’t happen to me but when you’re 16-19 you kind of feel like all that stuff is happening, all the time, constantly
“If you have time to watch Netflix you have time for a side hustle” my side hustle is relaxing so that my body and brain can heal from by this nose-to-the-grindstone bullshit. I refuse to feel guilty for being a human with the need to relax sometimes. my side hustle is no.
collection of useful things tumblr has taught me:
even if you can't fall asleep, laying down with your eyes closed will still rest your body
you don't have to brush your teeth standing up
you don't have to do any chore standing up, from dishes to showering
you don't have to shower with the lights on
if you can't brush your teeth, flossing and a tongue scraper gets rid of plaque and bad breath
if you can't do that, mouthwash kills a lot of bacteria
eating "unhealthy" food is better than eating no food
you can make the same meal everyday for however long you still want it
some pills come in syrups or chewables if you can't swallow them
kids nutritional shakes can be a quick way to get fuel if you can't eat/don't have time
if walking hurts/exhausts you on a regular basis, canes and rollers are for you, no matter how young you are
we have free will—if doing something "out of the ordinary" makes life easier for you, do it
if you have even a dollar to spare, please consider donating to Alaikum's family.
they're a large family at only 10% of their goal to evacuate, and could use any help you can give!!
i hope that in 2025 u get to take more walks, read more books, connect with more people whom u love and who love u, achieve ur goals (even if ur goals are having no goals and just living in the moment), exercise fun hobbies, move from a place of self-direction, and weave together a beguiling assortment of beautiful little moments. remember that no feeling lasts forever. love u
Really need to blame @ryannorth for all my parenting successes. My six-year-old grabbed To Be or Not to Be off my bookshelf at random. She likes to show me all the murders. She asks me if things in daily life are "super rad." She wants a sword for Christmas so she can drop her old one and say "it sucks now." She made me do math in the car to find an alternate timeline. I have explained words like "debris" and "badass" to her. Yesterday we spent an hour fighting pirates together in choose-your -own-adventure format.
It's been two months since this started. Don't send help. It's awesome. Like totally awesome. Though the book is getting worn out.
old-ish dandadan fanart i made
Need help
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The reason Harlan had to wash away Oscar's letter was because he couldn't physically write a version of it where he didn't graphically describe passionately making out with Arthur with tongue and censoring it wasn't an option. He had no choice but to destroy it
arthur lester is such a pathetic whimpering little man. i want him carnally
oscar malevolent save me... save me oscar malevolent....
