i was thinking about that post comparing Jessica Rabbit as an asexual to Barbie and an asexual and then i thought of the Neil Gaiman post (was it a post?) about Crowley and Aziraphale being asexual and then this happened.
I heard so many people talk about romanticizing your life and at first it was annoying but then I was eating an apple and it was red and sweet and I was making an effort to conciously and slowly enjoy my apple because that’s what my therapist told me to try to be more in the moment and it was the best apple I ever ate. I ate it slow and really payed attention to the sweetness and the sourness and I was sitting outside under some trees and there was a breeze and I thought: This is a perfect moment, and one day I will wish I had the opportunity to sit here and conciously eat this apple and be happy. Anyways. Try making a big deal out of small things.
“Samwise is the real hero-” “Frodo alone had the power to resist the ring-”
Neither Frodo nor Sam could have made it to Mount Doom alone, and they would have been caught if Aragorn hadn’t been pitching a giant futile distraction battle in the west which wouldn’t have succeeded if they hadn’t recruited the Ents, Rohan, and the Dead Men of Dunharrow, Lord of the Rings doesn’t *have* a hero, it has many flawed, imperfect individuals all doing what they can and knowing on its own it won’t be enough, and trusting other people to do the same.
“I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.”
i think that ghosts can and should decay. i think they should blur and fade, like a tape rewound too many times, or a photograph taken out and unfolded and then refolded again until it’s nothing more than a vaguely recognizable smear of what was once a snapshot of time and memory. i think that clinging too tightly to a ghost should only destroy it faster, eroding it away until there’s nothing left to hold on to.
I’m guessing this might be a country/regional thing, as here in my part of the UK I’ve only ever heard wiv-ern (but it’s more wiv-vern, I guess? Wiv being kinda like with?), but in FE3H which is US voice actors they all say why-vern
So if you answer and reblog, say which one and where you’re from? Pretty please?
there are 2 Ethans in my daughter’s class. you’d think they’d go by Ethan L and Ethan M, but they decided together that they would like to be called Lethan and Methan and I think that’s fantastic
I hate correcting customers who call me ma'am and miss and honey over the phone, because only about 30 percent of the time do they apologize and start calling me sir, while 70 percent of the time they double down assuming I was trans and continue misgendering me on purpose to show how little respect they have for me as a human being. “Thank you, MISS.”
I’m a cis man, for the record.
Whenever I correct someone and they keep it up, I simply refuse service. “Oh, I’m sorry, we’re completeley booked up the day you wanted. Yeah, no, we’re booked up on your backup dates too. Looks like our next opening isn’t until, hmm, mid-November. Oh, but it doesn’t have enough beds for your party. We could probably fit you in around New Years, but you’d have to change rooms every day. You might wanna try [more expensive motel] a few blocks north of us, they might have vacancies. Have a good day.”
I’ve been able to dodge what few complaints we’ve gotten so far because they all tell my boss that they just spoke to a very nasty woman, and she has no idea who they’re talking about. “You must have dialed the wrong number, because I’m the only woman here, and I didn’t talk to you.” That PISSES THEM OFF, and she doesn’t understand why they respond with “well we’ve been staying there for years, but we’re never coming back.” They think she’s protecting me, an afab trans man, and are disgusted by it, but from her perspective they’re just crazy people who are complaining about made up bullshit; it doesn’t even cross her mind that they’re talking about me. Why would it?
My boss is like 70 or 75, and was a Republican until 2016. It’s never come up in conversation, but something tells me she wouldn’t exactly be a trans ally. I’m in a weird position here, and it’s hilarious.
Wouldn’t you know it, it’s still happening a year later. I’ve updated my strategy by pretending they’re cutting in and out and then just hanging up on them. When they call back, I pretend I still can’t hear them, “thank you for calling [motel name], how can I help you? Hello? Hello?” CLICK.
ALT
