aphelionbruise:

It’s winter, which
means it is negative
seventeen
degrees outside, which means
I’m on the rooftop
burning incense again,
prayer
keeping my lips from freezing off.
I
hear Her tell me to go back inside before
the
cold makes me die up there, but I tell
Her
that She is fire enough- the sketch of
a
lion on a scrap of paper in front of me,
the
epithets scrawled in blue ink on my
forearm
where my long sleeves can hide
them.
Accidentally saying oh gods in class
and
pretending I just really love Rick Riordan.
She
finds me in my dreams and tells me She
will
be here when it is safe for me to worship
Her
but I shrug Her worries off, I am Her
lion
cub, I am young and still soft but I was
built
to survive. Remind Her the Gods-
not
just my Gods but the rest as well- are
always
calling out. This is resurrection
by
worship and my mother’s church does
not
feel holy. I call myself devotee, I call
Her
patron. Somewhere, a girl is learning
to
put claws on, the burden of life as a battle.
Somewhere,
Sekhmet is teaching them how
to
properly slash and stab, how to win a fight,
and
how to forget. Somewhere, a girl is
learning
how to love enough to hold her
family
together. Somewhere, Hethert is
teaching
her that it isn’t her job to keep
wood
from splintering. Somewhere,
Serket
is teaching her to be the stress on
the
beam if she has to be. To survive.
Somewhere,
Bast is teaching a woman
how
to love her strange, wonderful daughter.
Right
here, I light the candles with a lighter
I
stole from my father’s desk. I use my body
to
shelter the flame from the wind.

liaability:

liaability:

everyone says “i forgive but i don’t forget” whereas my dumb, bitter ass is over here never forgiving but always forgetting

once i remember why i was mad in the first place, it’s over for you hoes

beggars-opera:

intothewonderfulunknown:

Bonnie Prince Charlie shows up to the Battle of Culloden 15 minutes late with a Starbucks

deadlydeamonflashmob:

cisnowflake:

I don’t know but somebody needs to explain to the UK and really the whole of Europe that holding everyone to the same standard regardless of their skin color or ethnic background doesn’t make you a bigot.

It’s pretty stupid, we’re way too afraid of being accused of being whatever-ist. Here in Britain, the media is REALLY pushing oppression narratives for women and minorities, to the point where it essentially prevents then from hilighting the trends in the origins of criminals like these gangs of child groomers, or discussing the issue in any depth. Which in turn doesn’t properly inform people of the issues being caused. The general assumption here is that people who don’t want our borders to be open to bloody everyone = racist. 

Honestly, I believe this all came from an honest desire to help… but it’s really got out of hand. Countries where ‘progressive’ ideologies have taken a stranglehold  are the worst affected. Cause, y’know, Europe is full of white people countries, so we have no right to impose our societal values on people who come in from non-white places. 

So yeah, if someone could find a way to explain the whole ‘holding everyone to the same standard regardless of ethnic background’ thing to UK and Europe I’d be very grateful. 

Please hurry. 

bettervillains:

tahthetrickster:

princess-stabbity:

so i’m at the doctor’s again and i see a notecard on the reception desk that asks in bright red ink, Do you want to live forever? 

finally, i think, finally i’m at the start of a vampire novel. i don’t actually want to live forever, but i’m not about to turn down a call to adventure like that. i try to flip the card over as inconspicuously as possible. 

the other side contains a bible verse about keeping jesus in your heart. 

i hate living in the south.

ah yes the age-old struggle of “is this vampires or jesus”

catholicvania

partiallystar:

someone, a fool: video games cause adhd

me, an intellectual: video games provide tactile and visual stimulation and are designed to have a balance between reward (for completing your goals) and challenge (in difficulty of the game) with music designed to motivate the player without being distracting. all of these components work together to create a positive feedback loop that adhd people are more likely to be engaged by and enjoy compared to longer tasks with relatively smaller payoff like chores or even something like maintaining the focus to complete long books and projects 

wollfhard:

me staring off into the void thinking about old rp partners i miss dearly: