A Lost One's Thoughts

@nunyo-bizznez with the truest tags I've ever seen

hey there LGBTQ kids who are also Christian/Jewish! If you feel like you’re disobeying God, questioning your faith, or feel wrong and dirty for loving who you love, there’s this fantastic site I found today called hoperemains that accurately and thoroughly combs through scripture and its (many) mistranslations, validates your orientation, and basically let’s you know that you’re not pissing off God. It’s insanely thorough and after reading through every page on the entire site it’s super helpful. Go check it out!

No no no! Jewish LGBTQ kinderlach! Go to Keshet! 

hoperemains is completely from a Christian perspective, and not pluralistic or interfaith at all.

If you reblogged the first post from me please reblog this amendment so the Jewish peeps can access this resource too! 

Trans Jewish kids, you can go to TransTorah as well!

Muslim LGBTQ kids, you can go to iamnotharaam! It’s run by a mod squad of different genders and orientations, and they take submissions from everybody!

–BB

MAY ANYONE WHO REBLOGS THIS BE ELEVATED TO THE EQUIVALENT OF SAINTHOOD IN THEIR RELIGION BLESS ALL OF YOU OH MY GOD.

REBLOGGING THIS AGAIN BECAUSE IT’S SO FREAKING IMPORTANT TO ME AND ALL MY FOLLOWERS TO READ THAT DEAL WITH GRIEF AND GUILT WHILE BEING LGBTQ AND RELIGIOUS

ok!

Reblogging things I like feels a lot more goblinesque than upvoting ever did. The upvotes felt like "hmm yes, I approve *golf claps*" while reblogging feels like furtively staring at something before shoving it in your mouth and scurrying back underneath the nearest piece of furniture.

Which isn't to say that I don't like it. But I definitely find myself going "maybe I shouldn't reblog this because I've already reblogged a bunch of things today and I don't want to look like I don't have a life," I say as I close the app and reopen it like one of those little automatic box toys with the switches.

Bruce Wayne, sitting in a cute eco-friendly cafe while on a video call with Tim: Oh Noooo, are you sure there’s no way the board of directors will let us get rid of this old decrepit Wayne Factory building that is unsafe for our workers and also for the surrounding environment?

CEO Tim, with equal gravitas: No, I’m afraid they just won’t budge. It technically meets legal requirements on paper, and we can’t prove that the chemicals affecting the local ecosystem that have no other possible source are from the out-of-date drainage system… they’re saying it would cost too much to fix the place up too, which is ridiculous, because we’re us, but our hands are tied…

Bruce, full Brucie himbo mode: Oh I just feel so SAD for all the sweet fluffy animals and the pretty flowers and especially our hard workers dealing with such unsafe conditions… I think I’ll give them all a nice short vacation this weekend, so the ENTIRE PLACE will be EMPTY and SHUT DOWN from FRIDAY TO TUESDAY, the SECURITY SYSTEM WILL BE DOWN because it’s just so GLITCHY, I’m sure no one will do anything about the ENVIRONMENTAL STAIN ON OUR COMPANIES NAME THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY ABANDONED FROM FRIDAY TO TUESDAY- Timmy do you think I’m being too subtle?

Tim, snickering: no no you’re doing great Bruce I’m sure they’ve got it

Poison Ivy, on a date the next table over: ( ‘-‘)-☕️

Harley, through tears of repressed laughter: so… we doing anythin’ this weekend?

I've seen this before, but it's been years and it just came across my Twitter in its dying days. The words are from a favorite author of mine, Maggie Stiefvater, and they are the words I most need to hear when it comes to dealing with chronic pain and illness. I didn't need this the first time I saw it, six years ago. I need it now. Maybe you do, too.

this is maybe the funniest thing to happen, ever. thank you spacex for once again pushing the boundaries of trashy scifi

every time i see those posts like ‘what food from a show did YOU always wanna try’ i go lol none? but i just remembered im a liar

i always wanted the fucking soup brock made in the pokemon anime

Hello OP, i don’t have anyway to prove this is the same recipe they make in the shows but i make this to calm my inner kid from wanting the fictional soup:

Make sure you have all your ingredients ready and at hand for this one to make sure it comes out nice and tasty!!!

Notes:

I personally prefer to use chicken, love how it goes with potatoes and veggies. Also the tight is very tender and flavorful. With beef you have to be careful not to overcook it or it’ll get gummy and hard to bite, so make adjustments.

VEGAN: could also skip the meat, cheese and heavy cream for a vegan option.

I make it for my younger sister and she loves it. Instead of meat i add some diced, toasted nuts when served. Cashew, pecan and pistachios work nicely.

You’ll have to use 5 tbsp of flour to thicken up the broth a tid bit more without the heavy cream but you can still use a vegan milk.

You can totally skip the coriander, but it adds another dept of flavor.

Do try it with the cheese tho, i promise it’s GODLY. Gouda and manchego are my fave, the melt nicely and have a strong after taste, but i guess any cheese that melts could work.

Finally, if you are like me and like spicy food you can add chopped chili. Serrano and arbol chiles are my go to’s, freshly chopped sprinkled just after serving my bowl.

Hope y'all give it a try and if you have any doubts do ask!

Provecho!

this is literally the best addition i’ve ever gotten to any of my posts thank you so much

Hey I tried this recipe out and I can confirm that it tastes heavenly!!

Can confirm this soup is absolutely divine!

Substituted spinach for broccoli because my partner is not a fan of the latter and used chicken and bacon. Gonna try it again with a nice Italian sausage in place of the chicken next time.

as is traditional

This is how I found out. God Bless America. Love Wins.

Never change, Tumblr, never change.

It is really important to me that all of you learn about Al Bean, astronaut on Apollo 12 and the fourth man to walk on the moon, who after 20 years in the US Navy and 18 years with NASA during which he spent 69 days in space and more than 10 hours doing EVAs on the moon , retired to become a painter.

He is my favorite astronaut for any number of reasons, but he’s also one of my favorite visual artists.

Like, look at this stuff????

It’s all so expressive and textured and colorful! He literally painted his own experience on the moon! And that's just really fucking cool to me!

Just look at this! This is one of my absolute favorite emotions of all time. Is Anyone Out There? is like the ultimate reaction image. Any time I have an existential crisis, this is how I picture myself.

And then there's this one:

The Fantasy

For all of the six Apollo missions to land on the moon, there was no spare time. Every second of their time on the surface was budgeted to perfection: sleeping, eating, putting on the suits, entering and exiting the LEM, rock collection, setting up longterm experiments to transmit data back to Earth, everything. These timetables usually got screwed over by something, but for the most part the astronauts stuck to them.

The crew of Apollo 12 (Pete Conrad, Al Bean, and Dick Gordon) had other plans. Conrad and Bean had snuck a small camera with a timer into the LEM to take a couple pictures together on the moon throughout the mission. They had hidden the key for the timer in one of the rock collection bags, with the idea being to grab the key soon after landing, take some fun photos here and there, and then sneak the camera back to Earth to develop them. They had practiced where they would hide the key and how to get it out from under the collected rocks back on Earth dozens of times.

But when they got to the moon, the key was nowhere to be found. Al Bean spent precious time digging through the collection bags before he called it off. The camera had been pushing their luck anyways, he couldn't afford to spend anymore time not on the mission objectives. Conrad and Bean continued the mission as per the NASA plan while Dick Gordon orbited overhead.

Fast forward to the very end of the mission. Bean and Conrad are doing last checks of the LEM before they enter for the last time and depart from the moon. As Bean is stowing one of the collection bags, the camera key falls out. The unofficially planned photo time has come and gone, and he tosses the key over his shoulder to rest forever on the surface of the moon.

This painting, The Fantasy, is that moment. There have never been three people on the moon at the same time, there was never an unofficial photo shoot on the moon, this picture could never have happened.

"The most experienced astronaut was designated commander, in charge of all aspects of the mission, including flying the lunar module. Prudent thinking suggested that the next-most-experienced crew member be assigned to take care of the command module, since it was our only way back home. Pete had flown two Gemini flights, the second with Dick as his crewmate. This left the least experienced - me - to accompany the commander on the lunar surface.

"I was the rookie. I had not flown at all; yet I got the prize assignment. But not once during the three years of training which preceded our mission did Dick say that it wasn't fair and that he wished he could walk on the moon, too. I do not have his unwavering discipline or strength of character.

"We often fantasized about Dick's joining us on the moon but we never found a way. In my paintings, though, I can have it my way. Now, at last, our best friend has come the last sixty miles." - Al Bean, about The Fantasy.

There’s also Alexei Leonov, writer and artist and first person to conduct a spacewalk!

This is his art.

You can't forget this, the first art made in space.

March 1965, Alexei Leonov made this drawing only moments after narrowly surviving the very first space walk.

Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

Want to learn something new in 2023??

Cooking with flavor bootcamp (used what I learned in this a LOT this year)

Beekeeping 101

Learn Interior Design from the British Academy of Interior Design (free to audit course - just choose the free option when you register)

Video on learning to read music that actually helped me??

How to use and sew with a sewing machine

How to ride a bike (listen. some of us never learned, and that's okay.)

How to cornrow-braid hair (I have it on good authority that this video is a godsend for doing your baby niece's black hair)

Making mead at home (I actually did this last summer and it was SO good)

How to garden

Basics of snowboarding (proceed with caution)

How to draw for people who (think they) suck at art (I know this website looks like a 2003 monstrosity, but the tutorials are excellent)

Pixel art for beginners so you can make the next great indie game

Go (back) to school

Introduction to Astronomy (high school course - free textbook w/ practice problems)

Principals of Economics (high school course - free textbook w/ practice problems)

Introduction to philosophy (free college course)

Computer science basics (full-semester Harvard course free online)

Learn a language

Japanese for Dummies (link fix from 2022)

Ukrainian

Portuguese (Brazil)

American Sign Language (as somebody who works with Deaf people professionally, I also strongly advise you to read up on Deaf/HoH culture and history!)

Chinese (Simplified)

Quenya (LOTR fantasy elf language)

【SURFACE PRESSURE | Kingdom Hearts Animatic】 -「March Caprice 2023」

Leave whatever you’re doing and come watch this amazing animation.

Incredible work.

Edit 27/03/23 : Just a clarification, I saw someone in the notes thinking I made this, and so I wanna get it clear in writing that i did not in any way make this, all the credit goes to the author espurr roba, I don’t know if they have an accont here on tumblr, I just saw this video and how little views it had and that nobody had shared it here, so i did to spread it. Please give the author your love.

watch this right now holy MOLY

Enough of the trope where memory loss undoes the damage or the corruption or whatever. More content where removing memories just removes the context.

The tragedy of needing to grieve and not knowing what or who you lost or why. The angst of having trauma and being denied the awareness that it's trauma. The suspense of being different somehow and left to wonder how and when. The tension of knowing that something is off and you can't find where it hurts. The Adventure Zone gets it. Kingdom Hearts gets it.

There is an aching inside you and you don't know how it got there.

Danny is panicking.

Not to say that he isn’t usually in this state of mind but it has became very clear that he had fucked up as he looked down at the two unconscious vigilantes in his living room.

He had just moved to Gotham for a scholarship.

He can’t go to jail!

Glancing around Danny threw the creep stick behind the sofa.

‘Think Danny think! Fuck who to call?Should I even call?? I can’t loose my scholarship, I’ll have to move back to amity!

“Uuhhh-“

Dragging two unconscious men into his bedroom was not how is Thursday morning would go.

But here he is!

He gently plopped the two on their sides and closed the door.

“Fuck.. fuck.. ah fuck.”

Grabbing his phone he scrolled through his contacts and pressed call.

“Pick up pick up come on don’t be the first time you sleep in-“

“Yo man what’s up?”

“Hey- Tim! This Danny from film class!”

“Kinda figured man, caller ID and all. Why are you awake anyways you said we would continue our call tomorrow?”

“Yeah.. about that uh this going to sound a bit odd but I’m a transfer so I don’t really know much about Gotham rules and stuff so there might be a code for this or something but-“

“Danny, you’re rambling. Just spit it out and-“

“IMAYHAVETWOOFTHEVIGNETTESONMYBEDPLEASEHELP!”

.

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“Come again?”

Danny took in another deep breath,

“I was getting a glass of water, and someone broke into my apartment so I knocked them out. Turns out it was a vigilante. And he was not alone. So now I have two vigilantes in my bed. Please help.”

There was another pause and Danny heard what he thought was a snort through the speaker before Tim cleared his throat.

“Ok, don’t panic, I know a guy. He’ll come over and take them out of you hands. Just need an address.”

~~~~~~~~

There was a tap at his fire escape half an hour later.

Danny unlatched the window to let in Batman and Red Robin.

“Birdy retrieval system; you bag em’ we drag em’. How may we help you?”

Danny scuffed his slippers against his rug with a weary chuckle,

“I am so sorry I-“

Batman gently rested his palm on Danny’s shoulder,

“The two of them were supposed to do surveillance in the area and had the wrong complex. You did nothing wrong, this entire situation is on their fault and they will be properly dealt with for their actions.”

Before swiftly walking into Danny’s bedroom and slinging Red hood onto his back.

Red Robin for his part was holding back laughter as he shouldered the larger nightwing like nothing.

“Yeah man, it’s not everyday someone gets the jump on one of us let alone two.”

And before he could even begin to comprehend how weird his life was, the four left Danny to his own.

With a shake of his head, Danny grabbed to creep stick and leaned it against his radiator before locking his window once more and headed to bed.

“It’s too early for this..”

~~~~~~~~

Meanwhile in the batcave:

Tim: YOU GOT TAKEN OUT BY A TWINK!!

Just let you guys know that every time you reblog this post this is what I see:

Dick was waiting for Jason in his apartment. They had planned to go over a case after patrol.

Little wing was running late. Babs called in a drug bust on the edge of his territory, so Dick just started without him.

Jason’s apartment was one of one’s that were recently renovated. That being said, it was still Crime Alley.

The walls were thin.

So Dick could hear everything going on next door.

Including a terrified shriek, glass breaking, someone hitting the floor very hard and something meaty being repeatedly hit with something.

Dick made his way to the window and opened it, hesitating because he had already stripped out of his suit.

Just in time to hear one more thunk of something falling to the ground and a panicked man’s voice exclaim.

“Oh god… That’s Red Hood… I just beat Red Hood with the creep stick!”

Dick hurriedly suits up because the entire situation could result in the neighbor questioning why exactly Red Hood mistook the apartment for his own and personally he does not want to be the one to explain it to B, which means Nightwing has to be the one to cover his brother’s ass. Also because Jason would be pissed if he had to move right after renovation.

Honestly, he should’ve thought it out more because the moment he went through the window, he’s faced with a civilian hyped up on adrenaline and fear which results in what seems to be a glow-in-the-dark bat swinging down on him with a crack!

Meanwhile Danny stares in horror at the two vigilantes now unconscious on the floor of his apartment.

I love seeing Danny Phantom showing up and being like ‘don’t ask too many questions but John Constantine I own your soul. All of it. Lmao sucks to suck bitch’, and he’s usually all Ghost King Full Regalia as he does it, at least in front of the Justice League, but consider—

He just shows up as Danny Fenton.

“yeah I got bored and collected the pieces like Pokémon. Gotta catch ‘em all” says the 5’2 teen who looks like a stiff breeze could trip him. He denies being a sorcerer, or a magician, concedes he’s maybe psychic but mostly he’s just…. The kid of two mad scientists—who have a basement lab where they opened a portal to what he SAYS is not hell but no one is frankly CONVINCED, by the way—and he hasn’t decided what to do with Constantine yet besides getting Danny into some r rated horror movies, but figures he should tell the dude probably.

“What’d you even trade for some of his soul contracts?”

“Don’t worry about it”

They worry about it

Ajhsjdks can you imagine if he didn’t even have to trade anything for it?? Like a bunch of demons, ghosts, n creatures offering their piece of John’s soul during his coronation to gain the favor of their new monarch

A dude’s whole ass soul was dropped in his lap the moment he became king and he finally got around to meeting the poor guy with the overcomplicated soul custody issues

I feel like this particular version of Danny would grab Constantine whenever he runs into magic stuff (not ghost stuff, or ghost magic stuff) he doesnt know how to deal with on his own... of course, anything beyond Danny is also above Constantine's skill level, and it's alway the most bizarre, horrible, complicated stuff he's ever seen, and why oh why is this seemingly normal kid even involved???

Actually, on reflection, the more normal Danny seems the funnier this is.

Wait, wait, no, what if he got Constantine's soul through something entirely or mostly unrelated to his ghost shenanigans? Like, idk, some kids at Casper High giving demon summoning a try, to mixed results, and then Danny khuman version) shows up and bullies the demon into bribing him to let them leave... with a ludicrously small bribe (a piece of Constantine's soul), of course. And stuff like that just keeps happening. Doesn't even have to be demons. The soul bits could have circulated like bad pennies. Maybe Jack or Maddie buys an old soul contact off ebay to do experiments on, and Danny asks if he can have it when they're done.

Thought: Danny collecting pieces of Constantine's soul for the express purpose of blackmailing him into taking Danny to the Watchtower, because SPACE.

It's easier for him than becoming an astronaut at this point.

Gosh darn it, I'm going to have to write something.

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"Ooooh, Maddie! It came!" Jack picked the thin package up and spun around.

"Okay. I will admit, that maybe it wasn't very well thought out." Danny fiddles with the cup of milk (seriously?) they provided him with, for lack of a better view.

Seriously. They let him on the super-secret space station for this conversation, but the meeting room they stick him in doesn't even have a window.

"In my defense, my intentions were pure." well. "My intentions were 80% pure." he admits, maybe exaggerating by an amount between 15 and 30 percent, "But! My intentions were 100% non-malicious, and I think that's what really counts."

Mr. Constantine pinches the bridge of his nose, "Right. Sure. Of course. You're, what, 12?"

"16." Danny interjects.

"What the ffffheck is a kid your age doing getting into the soul trade?" Mr. Constantine continues, like he hadn't said anything.

And, well. Danny had promised to give this guy problems. It helps that he's annoying. Sucks for him, though, because Danny can do annoying too.

"Are you familiar with Phineas and Ferb?"

"What."

"Phineas and Ferb. The cartoon."

"What."

"Alright, that's fair. It's an American cartoon and you're British or something. I wouldn't expect you to know it. The basic gist is that there are one hundred and four days of summer vacation, 'til school comes along, just to end it." he recites, not singing, "so, as you can imagine, the annual problem for our generation is finding a good way to spend it."

"By collecting nearly 2000 soul contracts from various demons?"

"And eBay vendors. Yeah." Danny nods, "As you do."

Mr. Constantine inhales very slowly, and exhales even slower. "As you do. Y'know what? forget I asked; I don't care anymore. Second question: how?"

"How what?" If ever there was a time to play dumb. It's now.

"How did you collect nearly 2000 soul contracts from--"

"From the eBay vendors?" Danny interrupts, "It was pretty straightforward. I have a rich friend who is always up for shenanigans."

"From the demons. The very dangerous demons with armies of the damned who like to eat the souls of stupid little kids for breakfast?"

Well Danny doesn't appreciate those implications.

"What, like it's hard?"

silence.

"I mean, really, it was more tedious than anything."

Nothing.

"Like, did you seriously have to sell your soul one thousand nine hundred forty-eight times? I gotta say, it gets old."

ugh. This guy.

"Anyways. The small-fry, I asked politely. The medium-fry, I kicked their butts until they asked politely. The big-fry... I mostly just stole from."

"Stole from."

"Yeah. They seriously need to upgrade their security. It was like the magical-slash-demonic equivalent of the guy-with-a-clipboard walking-with-purpose thing?"

"You know you've probably just made some very powerful enemies?"

"Eh." Danny waves a dismissive hand, "I'll kick their butts eventually."

Seriously. Hyper-powerful torture-happy maniacs just running loose? Not contained in magical coma-coffins? Seems like a problem that needs fixing sooner or later. And unfortunately, Danny is most likely the one for the job. Ugh.

Besides, It was Clockwork who told him to steal from them, so there's probably a Greater Good to work towards in the immediate future. And it never hurts to have help from the guy who controls time itself.

"Right, great! Well if you're just the world's best bloody demon-wrangler I guess I'll leave you to it!"

"Alright, sure. Sounds good." Danny sips at his milk.

Ah gross, it got warm.

"Jesus fucking Christ up a chimney." Mr. Constantine mutters darkly, making to storm out of the room.

Sensing their meeting's imminent end, Danny sets down his lukewarm milk and shifts to his feet, "Right, well. I'll keep an eye out for loopholes to give you your soul back. If I cross paths with an angel I'll be sure to ask."

Mr. Constantine does the full-body equivalent of a stutter, "If you 'cross paths' with a bloody angel."

"I'll ask around. See if I can't figure out where they hang out." It'll probably be good to have a few on his side when he inevitably ends up fighting the bigger demons.

"You're mad, aren't you? Just completely batshit insane." The door to their meeting room slides open, "Oh! Perfect! One batshit to another! I'm out!"

Mr. Constantine elbows past the figure in the doorway, and oh holy fuck it's Batman.

"Daniel J. Fenton," Batman, the Batman, knows his name, "Amity Park, Illinois, 'the most haunted city in the world.'"

"It really is."

"I'd like a word."

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"Jazz Holy Fuck!"

"Danny! Don't kick my door open! And language!"

"You'll never guess who the Justice League's new Junior Paranormal Consultant is."

My dad and I once had a disagreement over him using the adage "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

I said, "That's just not true. Sometimes what doesn't kill you leaves you brittle and injured or traumatized."

He stopped and thought about that for a while. He came back later, and said, "It's like wood glue."

He pointed to my bookshelf, which he helped me salvage a while ago. He said, "Do you remember how I explained that, once we used the wood glue on them, the shelves would actually be stronger than they were before they broke?"

I did.

"But before we used the wood glue, those shelves were broken. They couldn't hold up shit. If you had put books on them, they would have collapsed. And that wood glue had to set awhile. If we put anything on them too early, they would have collapsed just the same as if we'd never fixed them at all. You've got to give these things time to set."

It sounded like a pretty good metaphor to me, but one thing I did pick up on was that whatever broke those shelves, that's not the thing that made them stronger. That just broke them. It was being fixed that made them stronger. It was the glue.

So my dad and I agreed, what doesn't kill you doesn't actually make you stronger, but healing does. And if you feel like healing hasn't made you stronger than you were before, you're probably not done healing. You've got to give these things time to set.

Hello friends from Twitter I am here too 😭Here is zagreus hadesgame, I hope the hellsite lives!!!!

Thank you everybody who taught me how to make the text small on mobile, I have gotten used to having little agency in my formatting lmfao

Okay fuck it if this post reaches 666k notes by the end of 2023 I'll practise basic self care

Why 666k? Because it's funny and impossible so good fucking luck

Well, OP, I’m officially invested in this shit. Your whiny ass is doing self care if I have to drive to your goddamn house and do it for you.

By Talos this can't be happening

reblog this everyone i wanna see what happens when op’s reverse-hubris forces them to practice basic self care.

why? because it’s funny and completely possible actually so good fucking luck op

I figured out roughly how many notes it's been getting per day and multiplied that by the number of days left until the end of 2023

If we keep it going at this rate we'll be far past 666k

IMPORTANT

Okay so clearly I've underestimated y'all

So how about we make this more interesting?

I will practise self care if this post reaches 666k BY THE END OF 2022

Op you have fuckethed with the devil this post has gained 30,000 notes since I reblogged it last night

Anyway rip to anyone who follows all 15 of my sideblogs that I just reblogged this to.

Shoutout to @lily-sunder who is also very invested in getting OP their self care and is destroying my personal replies notifs in order to do it, godspeed, you're doing the lord's work

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