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

notbecauseofvictories:

also palpatine knew leia was anakin’s daughter from the moment she made planetfall on coruscant.

of course, was more generally aware of bail and breha’s daughter; when the threat comes—and it will come, he would not be a sith master if he could not feel the force gathering like a storm—he knows alderaan will be the tip of the spear. accordingly, he has armed himself against it. why else would palpatine have pressured bail to retire from the imperial senate, and send his beloved daughter in his place?

(children are weaknesses, children are the softest, most vulnerable place, where any blunted knife can cut. he has known this since anakin came to him, wracked with nightmares of birth and death.)

but being generally aware of bail and breha’s daughter is very different than knowing leia organa, feeling her drop like an ion bomb through the atmosphere of coruscant, so screaming-loud and shiveringly powerful through the force that palpatine stops dead. it’s been over fifteen years since he last felt that raw, unchecked, untaught power—since anakin skywalker returned to coruscant after so long away, all of nineteen and long-limbed, something animal have taken up residence under his skin. palpatine had taken one look and wanted to leash it.

and now his daughter is here.

(palpatine has been making do with such puny, stunted specimens lately. crippled things, taught in the dark by vader and then presented to him as though they were something to be proud of. but a skywalker daughter, who did not even know enough to shield herself from him—)

palpatine is patient. (he has always been patient.) he does not reach out, he makes no overture; instead he gives her his glittering planet with all its pleasures and strangeness. he even pulls his spies and guards back, to give her more room to run. aldera is hardly a backwater swill, but there is nothing in the galaxy like coruscant.

on the fifth day, the junior senators are presented to the emperor.

leia organa looks so very much like her mother, that for a moment, palpatine is back on naboo, standing before another little girl with a crown of braids. but her expression is all anakin, a badly-hidden contempt behind her eyes.

“leia organa,” emperor palpatine says, extending his hand for her to bow over. “we are gratified by your coming. may you serve us as loyally as your father has.”

DEAR TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS BECOMING SEXUALLY ACTIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME:

abadmeanman:

the-apples-were-monitored:

flameysaur:

latenightcornerstore:

1. DEMAND condom use
2. Hold your partners accountable for what happens in the bedroom. None of this “baby I can’t control myself around you” or “I just wanted you so bad” bullshit.
3. Coercion is real and it’s very scary and hard to identify in the moment. Establish a dialogue with your partner. Be clear on what you both want. Be clear on what you don’t want. Your boundaries should ALWAYS be respected.
4. Sex can be really emotionally and physically over-stimulating the first few times; don’t be afraid or ashamed to ask your partner to slow down, take a break, or even stop.
5. Focus less on pleasing your partner and more on exploring your partner. Everyone’s body is different and there are no “tricks” to better sex. Chances are, if you psych yourself out worrying over how well you’re “performing” then nobody’s going to have a good time.
6. Ask questions, offer suggestions. Despite what porn has probably taught you, talking during sex isn’t weird or taboo. Your partner isn’t a mind reader. They don’t know what feels good to you. [Pro-tip, a looot of people without clitorises aren’t fully aware of just HOW sensitive a clitoris is. They can be a little rough with them. Tell them to chill!!!!]
7. Your sex life is YOUR business. Don’t ever feel ashamed of how many or how few sexual partners/experiences you’re having. Do what you want, touch the people who want to touch you back, forget the rest.
8. DON’T FAKE YOUR ORGASMS!! Don’t fake your orgasms!! DON’TFAKEYOURORGAMS!! If your partner isn’t getting you there, let them know! Tell them how!!
9. There is more to sex than orgasms. Sex is a really cool way to establish intimacy and trust, to have a fun time, to relieve stress, to explore a person’s body and bring them pleasure. Don’t get me wrong, orgasms are really cool and good, but your sex life is going to be a lot better if it doesn’t revolve around them.
10. LEARN ABOUT YOUR BODY!! This goes for everyone, but ESPECIALLY if you are a person in possession of a vulva, you have been discouraged and even actively kept from vital knowledge about your anatomy! Do some google searches, buy a human sexuality textbook, masturbate.
11. Virginity is a useless concept. It’s completely okay if your virginity is something important to you and I’m not trying to belittle that idea. Just, for the record, in the grand scheme of things it’s not a big deal. Literally nothing about you changes just because you bumped uglies with someone else.

This has been a public service announcement from your friendly internet poet.

Talking about sex when not being sexy is the best first step to having sex. Don’t talk about it to turn on your partner, just discuss it casual. Talk about your thoughts and feelings, what you think you want, what scares you, what interests you, etc. Like anything you can think of. It makes the act easier and can help you establish boundaries before the act starts. Try doing it on a phone or over text so you know sex won’t start. Sometimes the distance helps you be honest.

i like how positive this post is and how it isn’t gender specific <3 <3 <3

Some solid stuff here!

(via johanirae)

textsfromsuperheroes:

Texts From Superheroes: The Best of Luke Cage (No spoilers) 

  

 

   

  

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captnsulu:

[deep sigh] ok well…….here’s part three of paladin memes bc my children are just. so memeable. drill per usual; hope u enjoy !!!

part 1 here / part 2 here

• [voltron falls] / “parkour”
• “i need you to be straight with me” / [muffled laughter]
• “i love you” / shiro: WHAT / “sorry i was talking to ur biceps lol”
• the rest of the paladins forming a Leave Shiro Alone squad (complete with pidge making loud siren noises & a stop-sign that keith procures out of nowhere)
  
• [shiro getting singled out by the galra] LEAVE SHIRO ALONE
• [shiro gettin’ his ass beat] LEAVE SHIRO ALONE
• [shiro being self-deprecating] LEAVE SHIRO ALONE
• “does this make me look smexy?” / “what does the m stand for” / pidge, from across the castle: SLOPE
• lance: [talking to the back of keith’s hair like it’s a person]
• “dtf means down to fight right?” / “………….keep him safe”
• “WHY ARE U TEXTIN G MY LION FROM UR LION WE HAVE A COMMS UNIT” 
  
• [2 people standing in the same room] / (yelling): SAVE ROOM FOR JESUS
• lance: [opens his mouth] / pidge: wow i just got a really bad migraine
  
• “shiro why is ur eyeliner so perfect” / “it’s bc i’m a raging homosexual” / “yeah that sounds- wait what”
  
• [hunk using his bayard to summon that huge-ass voltron gun] / pidge, screaming: PULL THE TRIGGER PIGLET!!!!!!
• [someone fucks up] “OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS”
• [castle getting enemy attack alert] / [spongegar]
• [halfway through battle] / [points at alien] / “need me a freak like that”
  
• hunk is the only one who’s safe from the memes. it’s bc he’s too good and loving and kind. he can’t be touched. he’s unmemeable.
• shiro: “please stop playing the history of japan video okay im jAPANESE I KNOW-” / “-HOW BOUT I DO IT ANYWAY”
• constantly quoting hamilton songs
• “i demand you to tell me where you’re from” / “…unimportant there’s a million things i haven’t done”
  
• “pidge…don’t you think those are enough bombs for the-” / “I WILL NEVER BE SATISFIED”
  
• [abandoned settlement] / “…..it’s quiet uptown”
• [allura walks in] / “HERE comes the GENERAL”
• allura having the body temperature of an ice cube and exploiting it on a daily basis
• “big eraser for big mistakes” / “give it here” / “why?” / “i’m gonna use it to get rid of lance”
  
• [grand entrance into enemy base] / “squad”
• pidge/shiro/keith tying up their bangs when training
• purposely talking about Earth Things in front of coran so he’ll ask about them
• coran: what’s a “lap dance”? / “shiro can show u” / shiro: WHAT
• coran: how do you “drop the bass”?
• coran: what is whipping? isn’t it painful?
• (lmao he’s like an old grandma, bless him)
• [gets stabbed] “yikes”
• alternatively: [gets stabbed] “can i keep this?”
• keith is disproportionately good at making noodles and it really bothers everybody
• [forms cheerleader pyramid] / pidge, while climbing over everybody’s asses: u know when i said this would be a fun team bonding exercise, i didn’t mean it literally
  
• [keith struggling to get his helmet off] / “free him”
• [lion malfunctions] / “get up bitch ur fine”
• shiro starts using the clapping meme to give orders. but like,..,, with actual clapping (via @spaceshiro)
• lance: [rickrolls someone] / “tHIS IS A VERBAL CONVERSATION”
• the valor/mystic/instinct discourse
• [alien makes eye contact with shiro] / lance: [sings “every time we touch” by cascada]

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Humans Are Weird

crazy-pages:

radioactivepeasant:

arafaelkestra:

arcticfoxbear:

So there has been a bit of “what if humans were the weird ones?” going around tumblr at the moment and Earth Day got me thinking. Earth is a wonky place, the axis tilts, the orbit wobbles, and the ground spews molten rock for goodness sakes. What if what makes humans weird is just our capacity to survive? What if all the other life bearing planets are these mild, Mediterranean climates with no seasons, no tectonic plates, and no intense weather? 

What if several species (including humans) land on a world and the humans are all “SCORE! Earth like world! Let’s get exploring before we get out competed!” And the planet starts offing the other aliens right and left, electric storms, hypothermia, tornadoes and the humans are just … there… counting seconds between flashes, having snowball fights, and just surviving. 

To paraphrase one of my favorite bits of a ‘humans are awesome’ fiction megapost: “you don’t know you’re from a Death World until you leave it.” For a ton of reasons, I really like the idea of Earth being Space Australia.

Earth being Space Australia Words cannot express how much I love these posts

Alien: “I’m sorry, what did you just say your comfortable temperature range is?”

Human: “Honestly we can tolerate anywhere from -40 to 50 Celcius, but we prefer the 0 to 30 range.”

Alien: “……. I’m sorry, did you just list temperatures below freezing?”

Human: “Yeah, but most of us prefer to throw on scarves or jackets at those temperatures it can be a bit nippy.” 

Other human: “Nah mate, I knew this guy in college who refused to wear anything past his knees and elbows until it was -20 at least.”

Human: “Heh. Yeah everybody knows someone like that.”

Alien: “……. And did you also say 50 Celcius? As in, half way to boiling?”

Human: “Eugh. Yes. It sucks, we sweat everywhere, and god help you if you touch a seatbelt buckle, but yes.” 

Alien: “……. We’ve got like 50 uninhabitable planets we think you might enjoy.” 

(via cthulhu-with-a-fez)