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Originally published at Sarah Rees Brennan . You can comment here or there . I have been asked quite a lot of times a) what the heck the Turn of the Story is, b) how they are supposed to read all of it where is a post with all the parts! and c) why I have done such a thing. So I decided to make a…
All of Turn of the Story. A master list of every part, plus an explanation of what I thought I was doing, plus fanart and questions answered and music. Everything. Link at will! Enjoy! Maybe!
*falls over*
Wings in the Morning, Elliot PoV
Let’s try this again…
I know it’s been a while since I told you I’d written a (loooong) sequel to Wings in the Morning, and I am still trying to work out the best way to get it to you.
I am so sorry for the wait! But I thought you guys might like to know that I am working on it, and working on something else. Once the wait is over, there will be TWO long stories awaiting you. For I have been asked several times what Wings in the Morning looked like from Elliot’s PoV, and I try to listen and give the people what they want… specially as said events lead directly on from Turn of the Story, and I thought that might be fun. ;)
You decide for yourselves if this seems fun! And thank you for your patience: I hope you enjoy this little prezzie as you wait.
“Elliot!” Dale screamed. “Stop!”
“What?” Elliot asked defensively. “I’m just making a scheme for your future happiness. You don’t want to be happy in the future? What’s your objection to the future? What’s your objection to happiness?”
“I don’t have an objection to happiness,” Dale said. “It’s just—Luke.”
“You have an objection to Luke?” Elliot snapped. “What possible objection could there be to Luke? He’s smart—and he’s champion—and he’s radiantly good-looking–”
“He’s great,” said Dale.
Elliot frowned. “Well, I don’t know if I’d go that far.”
Congratulations on your new book! I'm so excited to read it. :) Although, I also wanted to ask, will any of the extras for Turn of the Story, such as Adara's side story, be left up? I want to know so I make sure to save it ahead of time.
Thank you so much for the congratulations, my sweet! I so hope you will like IN OTHER LANDS.
Any side dishes I prepared are generally left at the table for my beloved guests of the mind to nibble at! Definitely the side story about Adara, one of Elliot’s classmates and a beautiful warrior lady born in lands fantastical, is still up. I have located it and put it right her for you!
LOVE FROM BOTH SIDES
Honestly, in my work as a therapist, I’m seeing this A Lot, and tbh I still don’t have a satisfactory approach to it. A heavy dose of Existentialist “create your own Purpose” tempered with “when the plane’s going down, put your own oxygen mask on first”, but… yeah, there is no ethical way to work on individual emotional distress without acknowledging the systemic socioeconomic, geopolitical fuckery going on at the moment, and the sheer grief that comes with it.
This is one of those areas where like on the one hand as a chronic moderate-severe depressive this shit hits me hard and on the other I’m watching people technically more mentally healthy than me struggle with the vast pointless mess of existence for the first time and it’s a trip.
Some tips from the inside, in case they help:
- life has always been pointless. Or rather, we have always been unable to control the relative point-fulness of life. The factors involved in opening the possibilities of who can have a large scale impact where are so insanely complex that they can at best only be pieced together imperfectly in retrospect
- the only thing that has changed is your awareness of this fact. No, seriously. The sun will eventually swallow the planet; at any moment without our knowledge or control the sun could flare in weird ways that will kill us all; etc. There was geopolitical and socioeconomic fuckery as bad or worse going on before: you just didn’t see it. Promise.
- you do what you can with what you have. You do what’s in front of you. Humanity has survived all of this before; it may survive it again. It may not. You can only do what you can: take what lessons exist from the past and apply them.
- sometimes it is just that bad and they are totally out to get you. The question is, what do you do about it?
- almost without exception in human history the answer has been “build community; support the one you have; reach out to connect MORE and to make the world more kind and less hateful than before.”
- recognize you’re trying to tackle god-level problems with a brain originally meant for keeping small proto-fish from being eaten. Treat that part of your brain like a very anxious toddler or rescue pitbull. Give it small measurable victories and successes even if you have to make them up. Make sure it’s fed and watered and has enough rest. Medicate it if you have to - there’s nothing wrong with that. The opposite, in fact.
We are hairless plains apes living in a thin skin of atmosphere between spinning liquid superheated death and the void of absolute cold, sustained by the radiation of a supermassive explosion that will kill us at the slightest excuse. We have always been unlikely and implausible and probably doomed which means every moment we are able to live, thrive and help others do so is an incredible victory. Don’t quit now. ❤️
Holy fuck I needed this
Kindle the Light, Shelter the Light, Protect the Light, Be the Light.
We can none of us save the world alone, we can only save each other: by thus is the world saved. Everyone helps someone.
I really think JRR Tolkien - who, remember, lived through WWI and WWII - encapsulated the feelings here the best:
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
Ppl without ADHD be like “oh if I get rid of all possible distractions then you’ll be forced to focus on the boring task!” Fool… You underestimate my Power
My partner: dear it’s time to get up
Me: but distractions
Partner: I have removed them
Me: sleeps
Person: we have removed all possible distractions
Me: but have you considered this?
Me: *zones out and daydreams*
Person: I have removed all distractions so you can do [insert task]
Me: *chuckles* Silly neurotypical. So naïve… Don’t you see? I AM the distraction.
The distraction is coming from inside the house
i’m “house phone” years old
i'm "computer room" years old
I'm "VHS tapes" years old
I’m “portable CD player” years old
I'm "rotary dial" / "television set with legs" years old
I'm “TV rabbit ears” and “CD-ROM games in cereal boxes” years old
I'm "getting spanked by your parents was only frowned upon, not worth calling social services" old.
ily, menswear guy
Mountain weasel (Mustela altaica)
#it fucken sumny (via @mindfulwrath)
the wemther brothers
some loser: humans are innately selfish creatures
my psych book:
My sister is doing pet play with women on roblox and I don’t have the heart to tell her it’s probably a kink for the others involved
No, I can’t emphasize enough that she’s totally clueless about anything that could be weird about it, she just thinks it’s funny. I had to sit there with a straight face as she told me about how she made this girl eat off of a plate on the ground (in roblox) and sleep in a dog bed (in roblox) whenever she misbehaved and go “oh haha that’s so funny” and pretend like everything’s normal.
maybe
how old is she
She’s in college, she isn’t like, a child
she looking for another dog?
Hey is your sister single (obviously not counting her harem of dog girls)?
No she’s straight (but says she’d go gay for Taylor Swift) and has a boyfriend, sorry petplay girls
Volunteering to stand in as this person's sister during this time of need
I have a name
This post really makes you take a deep breath and ponder...
I swear to god if this blows up enough that it gets reposted on other social media and my sister sees you all wanting to be her roblox dog…
this will be 100k notes. I feel it.
Sorry liberals, despite 400 tags saying “posts that have 100k to me,” we’re capping out at a nice cool 11k. My white ass is not making it onto tiktok, no robot lady is going to read this text, and my sister is not seeing it. Thank you all for playing
Don’t sell yourself short just yet
Everything is fine. I’m going to live forever