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This moment is so interesting. Nie Huaisang is so happy to see him, so glad he’s alive and just runs for his friend. Then when he reaches for him, Wei WuXian flinches away and his face falls, not like he’s hurt or confused, but like he’s sad. Like “oh.” and he has a small idea what happened to him.
And on the other side, Wei WuXian just goes blank, staring into nothing but the darkness of his too-recent memories, before looking right and dragging himself back to the present moment and smiling at his friend. And I really love that he grabs Nie Huaisang’s hand. Like “no, no, I’m not scared of you friend”.
This is the first person not Jiang Cheng or Jiang Yanli to touch Wei WuXian after he escapes the Burial Mounds and it’s because Wei WuXian reached out in spite of his trauma because Nie Huaisang is his friend.
Nie Huaisang, the ultimate bro, then goes with it. Smiles and says something he knows will cheer him up and make Jiang Cheng drag him away so the moment is funny instead of awkward.
A+ friendship moment.
once you hit adulthood a day will come when you’re suddenly like VEGETABLES 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 and it never goes away
HONESTLY also like. part of combatting misinformation is just accepting that you'll fall victim to it sometimes. no-one can be an expert on every imaginable subject and most people don't have the time to factcheck every single piece of information that comes their way. the key thing IMO is responding appropriately when someone points misinfo ie not doubling down and being like 'no there's no way I could be wrong about this'.
like a big part of studying history is learning that your previously held beliefs are hotly debated or even outright wrong and sometimes it feels bad bcos you realise you bought into what was, with the benefit of hindsight, an obvious lie.
and other times it feels bad bcos it's actively disappointing!! often the lie feels better than the truth! historical myths get popular bcos they are, typically, better, punchier stories than what actually happened.
it’s so fucking embarrassing to find a conventionally attractive man attractive every time it happens. like oh you think the handsome man is handsome? you find the attractive guy attractive? derivative. passé. pedestrian
the layer of frizz around a girl's dry wavy hair is actually her halo
LOVE PEACE AND FRIZZY HAIR <333
MULTIFANDOM MEME: 3/9 MOVIES ➤ GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (2022) “Nobody tried to kill you, you vainglorious buffoon!”
The disabled people who can't work at all aren't "lucky" that they don't have to, just like the disabled people who are forced by circumstances to work despite severe symptoms aren't "lucky" that they can... Instead of idealizing one of two equally challenging situations, what about a little solidarity and compassion?
i hear you friend :( i had to remove a lot of foods from my diet and it’s been really hard and the feeling of it truly feels like a sort of grief? i think it would’ve been wayyyy harder if i did it before i voluntarily went vegan though. living with allergies/food restrictions really makes you realise how much food means to you? i think even a neurotypical person would have a really hard time changing their diet as well because it’s so close to the soul in a way? idk i have a lot of thoughts and feelings on food lol.
honestly it's also about routine for me as well. having to cook or prepare different foods alters what little routine i have that gives me comfort, and i deeply hate the thought of doing that - especially when it's to make food i will hate eating
i can make myself do a lot of things i don't want to do for the greater good, and if it's for someone else's benefit it's even easier to make myself do it, but the one thing i cannot seem to force myself to do is eat food that i dislike even if it's going to help me. i feel like such a child because of it, but i just cannot do it.
aswiftsunrise replied to your post:
as an autistic person that makes a lot of sense tbh, especially if certain foods that you would need to limit or cut out have been a source of stability and/or comfort for those 15 years (or longer)
that's exactly it like. i am disabled and the food i eat, i eat because i enjoy it and it's easy to make. those are my two requirements for food, so i have been eating a lot of the same food for a very long time, and changing that would fuck me up
wondering if i'm autistic because the solution to a lot of my pain and physical problems is to completely change my diet, except i would honestly rather be in pain than do that? i've been in chronic pain for 15 years, i know how to handle pain, but the idea of eating foods i dislike bothers me so much more
If you haven’t changed your url in years tell me why as someone in your same boat it’s for science
A few months back, I read about a study that found that people who were told to regularly think about things they’re grateful for reported significantly improved physical and mental well-being at the end of the study. So I started going for a walk every day before work and making myself come up with 5 things that I’m grateful for. And I know it sounds like the most cornball shit ever, but it has fundamentally changed my brain chemistry.
I was aware that I was becoming a little bit too much of a sarcastic little hater before I started this experiment. Now I am almost startled to catch myself saying shit like, “Wow, look at the flowers on that tree, I am so grateful I decided to walk this way,” unironically, completely unprompted, and outside of the specific time in the day when I do the gratitude practice. I’ve rewired my brain to look for things to be grateful for, and so I look around me more and find more of them, which makes me feel happier, which makes me find even more good things.
For the record, I’m not saying, “Only think positive thoughts! No bad vibes!” Toxic positivity is probably about as unhealthy as only thinking negative thoughts. Sometimes shit does just suck. I’m not telling you to be grateful for the bad things around you. Being a sarcastic little hater definitely has its place. But setting aside like 2 minutes per day to come up with 5 things you’re grateful for will genuinely improve your outlook. It doesn’t have to be big stuff—sometimes the best I can manage is simple shit like, “I’m grateful that zippers were invented,” but even that forces me to be in the present moment and deepens my appreciation of the world around me. Try it, even if you have to do it badly or sarcastically at first. Even if you only do it so that you can come back and tell me I’m wrong in 3 months. Set a daily alarm on your phone and give it a try.
Developing an overall positive attitude doesn't make the bad things stop; it makes the bad things manageable.