a worthy adversary, but you are still no match for me
OP if you don’t change your url i will appear in your house at 3 pm central time to decorate your shoelaces with my tears
i will be awaiting your arrival
a worthy adversary, but you are still no match for me
OP if you don’t change your url i will appear in your house at 3 pm central time to decorate your shoelaces with my tears
i will be awaiting your arrival
“how do you keep your pants up when you’re performing it’s incredible”
belt
Behold
the best cat pokemon
also
thank you for coming to my TedTalk
wolfydrawings-deactivated201901
First thing I want to say is that it is not necessary for fiction to be good for people’s mental health.  Art for art’s sake has value, so does individual autonomy, and people can create and consume fiction based on what they want and what they value without having to make it medicinal so they can justify it as a social good.
Second thing I want to say is that it is not possible to create fiction that is universally good for people’s mental health.  Tumblr fandom tends to treat certain mental health needs as implicitly the most legitimate, and inherent universal needs, but it’s way more complicated than that.  Many people will absolutely thrive on stories of loving, supportive families, while some people will need to avoid them due to their specific family history.  Some people are helped by reading about characters they enjoy practicing healthy communication and getting positive results, while other people might come away hearing, “Everyone can do healthy communication and get helpful responses if they try hard enough, so therefore the problem must be you screwing it up!”  Some people might find “Destroy the evil abuser” revenge fantasies a helpful way to process anger, while other people might find they do more harm than good.  A lot of people find stories of a character being gently nurtured by someone else, while some people have negative associations with other people trying to take care of them and have bad psychological reactions to these stories. (And let me tell you, if you have a bad associations with soft pastel nurturing that mean it can put you in a bad headspace, Tumblr can be pure hell.)
Mental health needs differ. They’re not always soft. They’re not always predictable based on a diagnosis, or a few details of someone’s history. They’re diverse, individual, and sometimes mesh poorly with stuff that most people would consider healthy and wholesome.  Your story might be helpful for a specific person, or for a number of people, but there’s no such thing as the universally healthy story or the universally unhealthy story. It is literally not possible to write something for the general public and ensure it’s healthy for everyone who reads it.
“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all.”
-Oscar Wilde
[leaving a Smash Mouth concert]
Nines: Did you really think they’d play All Star for the entire hour?
Gavin, visibly agitated:Â I guess not.
thegracefulace
As a mostly closeted ace, I just want to give a shoutout to those not out. It’s okay if you don’t come out yet. It’s okay if you only want to come out to a handful of people. It’s okay if you want to come out but feel like you’re trapped. It’s okay if you never want to come out at all. It’s okay if you’re not out for fear of rejection. It’s all completely your choice. No matter what you choose to do or who you decide to come out to, this blog and I will be there for you. I love you all. Stay strong.
you ever start rereading your WIP to get in the mood and write more and you get so caught up that when you get to the end you’re like “bitch? where’s the rest?” and you realize you’re the bitch and you have to write it
When your head hits the pillow tonight, remind yourself that you’ve done a good job. You are headed down your path at your own pace, and with every obstacle you are trying your utmost best. Be patient with yourself, and remember that big things are achieved not all at once, but one day at a time.