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

May 04

my requirements for sleeping at night: is the pillow cool enough? are my legs positioned so they don't put too much weight on each other? are my arms tucked in nicely and not at odd angles? can I stop thinking about the day's events? is enough of my body out from under the blanket that I won't overheat? are my toes safely tucked in to hide them from monsters?
my requirements for sleeping in the morning: is the surface vaguely horizontal and not made entirely out of hornets

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swearydroid:
Okay, so we all know that Poe went around the Resistance base telling everyone about the Handsome Stormtrooper that saved his life – but what about BB-8? Imagine BB-8 coming back to base and promptly telling everyone about the good brave human who saved his Poe. This is Finn he is so lovely, he is the best of all humans, look at him, be nice to him – he’s a little bit slow – doesn’t understand droid at all but he’s a quick learner.
And imagine ALL THE DROIDS falling into line, looking after Finn, and Finn is just so nice to them because he remembers what it’s like to be treated like you’re nothing, like you don’t have a personality. And they just adopt him: Finn the best human, they designate him, and R2-D2 – battle-hardened war vet that he is – teaches him binary but teaches him the bastardised sweary binary that all the older droids speak and BB-8 is innocent and oblivious and C3-PO is scandalised because Finn is going round saying things like fuck me this is hot in this little whistle-beep.
And whenever Finn sits down he’s surrounded by happy young droids who absolutely adore him, and he is just so nice and all the droids go out of their way to do things for him.
And yes. Give me sweet lovely Finn with his droid ducklings.
And when the base is attacked, it’s the droids who turn the base into a deathtrap for the invaders - doors that trap or crush, sanitation systems that break explosively, power that reroutes itself on the fly to keep one squad in the dark while on the other side of the base another entire squad is electrocuted courtesy of a misfiring sprinkler system - and at the helm coordinating everything is Finn, knee-deep in young droids chanting reports from every part of the base in between best human, best human, BEST HUMAN.

(Source: peradii, via keeperofthehens)

toukos:

u ever have that friend where ur like. yes lets get an apartment together. lets adopt 200 cats. lets DO IT

(Source: toukos-moved, via starwarsisgay)

Book Questions!

1: What is your favorite book?
2: What was the last book you read?
3: What is the worst book you've ever read?
4: Top 7 book characters.
5: What is your favorite genre?
6: Book you cried the hardest reading?
7: Book you laughed the hardest reading?
8: Which book character(s) do you most relate to?
9: Favorite author(s)?
10: Do you judge books by their covers?
11: What is your favorite quote from a book?
12: Which book do you recommend to friends and family most?
13: Which book is so special to you that you don't share it with others?
14: Do you have any signed books?
15: Have you met any authors?
16: Buy books new, used, or go to the library?
17: Where is your favorite place to read?
18: Prefer books set in the past or the future?
19: What 5 elements would your ideal book have?
20: Do you ever hope to publish your own book?
21: Prefer stand alone or series?
22: Do you mark/highlight/dog ear your books or keep them in perfect condition?
23: Hardbacks or paperbacks?
24: Do you watch any booktubers?
25: Have you read _______?
26: Do you like twist endings?
27: Do you reread books?
28: E-readers or physical copies of books?
29: A book that makes you feel comforted?
30: Would you rather read any ending that makes you feel happy or sad?
31: Favorite villain in a book?
32: Do you like to write reviews when you finish a book?
33: Do you experience "book hangovers"?
34: Favorite book cover(s)?
35: Send me a book recommendation?
Ask me bookish questions on this fine Sunday afternoon.

ninemoons42:

barefootdramaturg:
omgpurplefattie:
the-night-nurse:
namrekeya:
I needed this today. [x]
I don’t know about other fields, but this is epidemic among new medical professionals.
Famously epidemic among IT people, especially the older self-taught set; also famously epidemic among women professionals.
And everyone in academia.
I know a lot of creative people who might want to see this.
Especially my writer friends.

(via johanirae)

ideas for research

etruscanaesthete:

why are literally all short people so angry
how do all the gay kids group together before any of them come out
is emo hereditary

You’re on your own for two out of three, but let me tell you a thing: short people are angry because our compacted physical forms compress and harden grudges and rages until they surpass the feeble coal-stuff of tall folk and the half-assed graphite of average heighted people, into pure and glistening diamond fury.

(Source: calebwmmichaels, via yea-lets-do-this-shit)

me, talking about gay people in history: people who we would define as gay, lesbian, or bisexual have always existed, but it is important to remember that different cultures in different time periods view ideas of gender and sexuality in different ways, so we should be careful not to project our concepts and terminology onto them and make sure not to make assumptions without evidence when talking about them academically
a homophobic historian: there's no way these important historical figures could ever have been gay
me: wow guess what i've changed my mind, all of my historical faves are gay now, time to go write a dissertation about how gay my faves were, excuse me as i publish 50 articles about my gay-ass faves