far from prudish but just got blazed porn of someone's pussy spread out so hard and up close like it's a map of the polish-lithuanian commonwealth and I'm king and grand duke sigismund II augustus inspecting his lands to plot defense against the swedes

This might be the funniest reply I’ve ever seen in my life

I AM WHEEZING

PLEASE STOP REBLOGGING THIS OMFG

"it's all in your head" correct! unfortunately I am also in there

i hope you write (i hope we both write)

hand in unedited hand

Ok I have to add that this is such a good scene to depict with this expression in particular and it’s exactly what I was going for, because the ease of that conversation and the way he realizes she just needs the distraction is *the* reason things evolve as they do, so this is truly perfect on so so many levels @smocksmocksmock

The care and attention you’ve clearly paid to my little words truly touches me so much and makes the time and effort spent on them worth it.

alicent trusting criston so much that she had sex with him after sex had been used against her for so long and criston letting her and trusting her and protecting her still even after she rejected him.

THEY LOVE EACH OTHER but they don’t because alicent is gay and criston is hopeless and the ideas they represent don’t exist and alicent accepts that and wants more and criston accepts that and wants to die.

and ITS GROSS because criston simply sees her as a woman to be protected despite being by her side all those years and knowing she’s smart and powerful and capable but he can’t let go of the system, and alicent consequently must let go of him.

but simultaneously alicent learns her body is hers and she can use it how she likes and it’s not the property of someone else anymore and that’s in part because the bits of love that did shine through the duty but ultimately get redirected (alicent) or suppressed (criston).

and that’s part of why the dragonstone scene is so “when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, you want the rest of your life to begin as soon as possible” coded because alicent interacting with criston as an interface of romance in part opened her up to love.

and in doing so, alicent realizes what she actually loves, and it’s bittersweet because it isn’t criston and never could be criston, but criston was a part of the story and criston's love mattered, and criston's love, not his duty, will be in part what saves alicent.

There are still some understanders left in the world and that makes me so happy.

fucking hate it when the stuff everybody says "actually works" does actually work.

hate exercising and realizing i've let go of a lot of anxiety and anger because i've overturned my fight-or-flight response.

hate eating right and eating enough and eating 3 times a day and realizing i'm less anxious and i have more energy

hate journaling in my stupid notebook with my stupid bic ballpoint and realizing that i've actually started healing about something once i'm able to externalize it

hate forgiving myself hate complimenting myself more often hate treating myself with kindness hate taking a gratitude inventory hate having patience hate talking to myself gently

hate turning my little face up to the sun and taking deep breaths and looking at nature and grounding myself and realizing that i feel less burdened and more hopeful, more actually-here, that i am able to see the good sides of myself more clearly, that i am able to see not only how far i have to grow - but also how much growth i have already done & how much of my life i truly fill with light and laughter and love

horrible horrible horrible. hate it but i'm gonna do it tho

Another question to add on to the previous anon because I also reread the second one recently:

Is Laenor still alive?! I could sworn he was in the first one but the wording of a sentence in the second one has me hella worried

words cannot describe how much i love showering. my wet contemplative box

Hey everyone how's it going

redownloading grindr was not a mistake. this is poetry

sometimes home is a person

please don't say that

hi, a lot of you need a perspective reset

ALICENT HIGHTOWER and GWAYNE HIGHTOWER 2.06 "Smallfolk"

I think there's something that needs to be said about encouraging readers to leave feedback.

For me it's not about "tell me my writing is amazing and stroke my ego"

It's more about "please engage with me so that I can experience your joy secondhand and foster a connection with you"

I understand that not everyone wants this in their reading experience, some people are shy and a million other reasons why maybe someone wouldn't want to engage and that's perfectly fine!

But what I'm trying to steer away from is being a passive content creator with passive consumers. What I want to steer toward is fostering a community that is essential to fandom. I want to see your reactions because it makes me feel like I'm a part of something.

On encouraging reblogs —

I understand that not everyone is comfortable reblogging, especially explicit content. This is ok!

But just consider that the only reason you were able to enjoy a fic or fanart is because someone else shared it, and by not sharing it yourself you are potentially robbing someone else of the opportunity to enjoy it as much as you did.

As OPs our reach only goes so far and this website relies on reblogs in order for anything to truly get seen by a wider audience.

So that's really it! That's why I encourage these two things at the end of every story I post. Not because I'm trying to be demanding and "make people feel bad" if they don't do it.

I know most other social media sites encourage mindless content consumption and that's just the way of the world nowadays, but I am from a time when community was at the heart of fandom and I just don't want to lose that.

But what I'm trying to steer away from is being a passive content creator with passive consumers. What I want to steer toward is fostering a community that is essential to fandom. I want to see your reactions because it makes me feel like I'm a part of something.