Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

Jul 28

Anonymous asked: i think I like a girl. A straight girl. H el p m e I m a wr ec k :((

Oh, babe, trust me, I wish to God I could show you a switch to flip to not have crushes on straight girls.  I feel you on a visceral level, as I too have landed myself in that position this summer (she’s just so pretty, guys, and her accent does stuff to me).  But, alas, no such switch has presented itself to me.  That being said, here are some things I can tell you for sure about it.

• You’re going to be fine, even if it feels a little like you’re dying in the moment.
  
• If they figure it out, they’ll either
• move on with their life and treat you as well as they ever have, which means they’re going to be a valuable friend,
• be a dick about it, in which case they didn’t deserve your affection in the first place, or
• turn out to be less straight than you thought, which is unlikely but a nice fantasy.
• Life is too short to pine away over someone who can’t return your feelings.  That sentence will come back to bite me in the ass with my roommate the next time I insist on keeping my mouth shut to a crush, but it’s true.  
• Let yourself look at other people, see the line of their jaw in the sun and the way the tendons move on the back of their hands, the way their eyes look in the light, hear the way their voice makes the air tremble, and let yourself like those people too.  You’re not betraying her by moving on.
• Moving on isn’t something you can force yourself to do.  It’ll happen when you’re not paying attention.  One day you’ll realize that you don’t feel that swooping twinge in your chest when you look at her, and you’ll miss the feeling a little, but it’ll be gone.
• You’re going to be fine, babe, I promise.  It’s not fun, but c’est la vie.  One day this will be a distant memory, time moves on and so will you.

• Marius: ...to conquer the world twice, by conquest and by resplendence, that is sublime. What could be greater?
• Combeferre: To be free.
• *pause*
• Grantaire: mmmm whatcha saaay
• Rest of Les Amis: mmmm that you only meant well, well of course you did

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Jul 27

jifty asked: I want to be convinced, I really do, but I just see as much danger, long term, with voting for Hillary. If we give in to the guilt trips and fear-mongering, we are sending them the message that their tactics work. That they can abuse us and silence us and we'll still fall in line. That all they have to do is hold up a right-wing boogieman and we'll come to heel. If we vote for her without any real change in the way things are run, liberals will be no better off in 2020. Convince me, please.

wilwheaton:

If it was anyone other than Trump, I’d agree with you. Trump is that dangerous, and the movement he is leading is that destructive.

Someone who is a GOP writer, I forget who, said something like, “Hillary is wrong about everything, but she’s wrong within acceptable parameters. Trump is wrong about everything and truly dangerous.” 

Now, I don’t agree that she’s wrong about everything, but she’s wrong about some things that are important, like Iraq and her embrace of neoconservative foreign policy.

But Trump is a clear and real threat to America and the world in a way we haven’t seen in almost 100 years. 

This isn’t about tactics and rewarding a system that is gross and really needs to be changed. This is about stopping not just Donald Trump, but all the white supremacists and radical right wing nationalists he’s leading. 

And remember that we can still exert influence in Congress, and at the state and local level.

And and AND remember that Reagan inflicted Scalia on us for OVER THIRTY YEARS. Who the hell knows what kind of whackjob Tump and Pence would nominate to SCOTUS? I doubt Clinton will nominate someone who is liberal enough for me, but I know with absolute certainty that she will nominate justices who won’t be a catastrophic nightmare. 

This election is about so much more than Clinton vs. Trump. This is about what we want America to be, and who we want to lead it. We don’t have the luxury of waxing philosophical about tactics and sending messages. We must defeat and destroy Donald Trump and the movement he leads.

slyrider:

exactingleverage:

I’m not crying you’re crying

@words-writ-in-starlight have you seen this?

I HAD NOT.

toocooltobehipster:

to my younger followers: if u ever have questions u want answering but arent sure who to talk to you can ask me. i am ur honorary big sister now ok

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senatorgana:

shout out to the porn blogs that follow me i hope you’re enjoying all the star wars

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No One Loves the Light Like the Blind Man

just-french-me-up:

Now, I know the blind man is supposed to be Grantaire and the Light is Enjolras, Hugo has weaved enough light/darkness symbolism into his hell hole of a novel for that to be clear

but consider

Enjolras keeps dismissing Grantaire. All the time. He never realises the extent of Grantaire’s feelings and faith for him. Not until the very dusk of his life, when darkness is closing in around him, when Grantaire manages to make him smile.

Then, truly, no one loves the light like the blind man

ALL RIGHT ELISE.  I DIDN’T NEED TO FUNCTION.

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Don’t kill yourself, please.

dayanknight:

sprinkle-dicks:

piercethefvck:

If you’re suffering from depression and are looking for a sign to not go through with ending your life, this is it. This is the sign. We care.

If you see this on your dash, reblog it. You could save a life.

Just in case you don’t think it can actually save a life, this is a message I got in my inbox after reblogging this post

Please to any of my followers who might be thinking of this in light of the recent events, I care about each and every one of you!

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hiddles-and-a-cuppa-tea:

portraitoftheoddity:

Ok, so, here’s what I think Marvel should do:

Eventually, the current Avengers cast is gonna age out. RDJ is in his 50s now, and by the end of infinity war a lot of contracts will be up and cast members may wanna move on to new things. Marvel will have made a shit ton of money by then, so, of course, they have the option to slow down and take a break. They also have the option to make more solo title films, and miniseries with Netflix (which I hope they do, starting with a BLACK GODDAMN WIDOW MOVIE). 

But if they want a superhero team, well, it’s way too early to reboot the Avengers. (especially seeing what a disaster the premature Spider-man reboot was).

So instead, plant some seeds for the next generation – Easter eggs, or cameos in the current films.

Give us more Cassie Lang, playing with her dad’s gear.

Give us a muslim girl in Jersey looking out her window in excitement as Carol Danvers flies by.

Give us a young black boy handing Cap back his shield with a smile and a salute.

Give us a dark-haired girl with a Hawkeye t-shirt picking out a bow and arrow at a sporting goods store.

And at the end of infinity war, kill Loki off. Let him go out in a grand fashion, a sacrifice play in a game played by his own rules, with a smirk on his face as he burns.

Then, in the post-credits scene, give us a shot of a street in Paris. A little boy picks a tourist’s pocket, then slips away into an alley before he’s spotted. The boy looks at his ill-gotten gains, then looks up at the audience and smiles, before waving his hand and prompting the screen to go dark in a flash of shimmering green. 

Give us the teaser:

Loki will return with the Young Avengers (2022)

THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GOD PLEASE I NEED THIS

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