ENOUGH ABOUT BOOBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE FUCKING COMET IS COMING

No— it was the sort of seeing that unfastens the lacrimae rerum, tears of things. We drowned, not knowing we stood in water.

— Maya C. Popa, from "The Tears of Things," Wound Is the Origin of Wonder

beware the children of gold

love the word "methinks". like lol. yeah. me sure is thinksing.

never related to authors being like "childhood is such a blessed innocent time", catch me with that jane eyre shit like "such dread as children only can feel" and "I then sat with my doll on my knee til the fire got low, glancing round occasionally to make sure nothing worse than myself haunted the shadowy room"

One thing I noticed is how many of Bungo Stray Dogs antagonists project their beliefs and emotions onto their opinions of others.

Mori expects backstabbing because that’s what he would do.

Fyodor expects Dazai to have the same feelings about humanity as a whole as him.

Verlaine expects anger, both from Chuuya (during the N fight) and from Rimbaud (during the self singularity scene).

Koyo thinks of Kyoka as a fellow “flower of darkness”

Fukuchi expects Jouno to want to join him.

I guess the line “Evil expects Evil of others” is a more important line in terms of analysis than I initially thought

Happy Pride Month to everyone who gets this joke, laughed at it, or isn’t a homophobic or transphobic etc asshole.

Happy Pride Everyone.

Stay Gay.

btw you can use whatever gender seasonings you want. paint your nails, wear breast forms, wear a binder, pack, tuck, dress however you want, whatever. you are adding ingredients to your gender soup.

People often wonder why writers are intricate in describing feelings and sentiments in words. It's because we've experienced the highest of highs, the lowest of lows, and everything in between. This is one of the reasons I can only write about melancholy feelings - I never had an adequate number of happy recollections to expound on, which thus is the motivation behind why I can't portray happiness in words.

in case no one’s told you yet, you feel exhausted and hungover and sometimes even sick after panic attacks/meltdowns/flashbacks/dissociative episodes/etc. because of very real chemical processes that are involved in your nervous system activation and de-activation during those times. it’s chemical dump effects, and no, you SHOULDN’T be able to just brush it off and feel and act normal. you’ve got a bunch of physical things that got activated and that all has to wind down. It’s not in your head, it’s very physical, and you need to work WITH your body during the after-periods instead of trying to curb stomp it. be gentle to yourself, okay?

Happy Ides of March’s Eve! Remember to leave outside your door a knife and a glass of wine tonight for Brutus to collect!