Author: michellegruppetta8387

hippiee:

date someone that makes you roll your eyes and smile after

saintalia:

saintalia:

actually the best part of the lotr cast commentary is getting to hear about sir ian mckellen’s gay agenda

i phrased this as a joke because it is pretty funny but its also worth reading what he said:

IAN: When I suggested to Sean that he took Elijah’s hand it was because I thought anyone who knew the book would care about the deep friendship, often of an innocently physical nature, and that might’ve been missed by two resolutely heterosexual actors who mightn’t appreciate that gay people like myself saw in a touch something perhaps more meaningful than others might. So to persuade him to touch Elijah, I’d say, “Well look, it’s in the book.”

[Sean & Elijah in a separate recording]

SEAN: Ian brought the book to me right before we shot it and he said, “Now look here, it says that Sam runs over and grabs Frodo’s hand,” he said. “The fans of the book are going to want to see that.” I sort of—I believed it, and I got a fan letter the other day that a neighbor friend handed to me, and it said how much it meant to her that Sam holds Frodo’s hand at that moment because it was something that she—it was one of the most important moments to her in the book.
ELIJAH: Oh, that’s fantastic. It’s those subtle little nuances, man.
SEAN: So thank you Ian.
ELIJAH: That’s unbelievable.

azzandra:

butchcommunist:

kropotkitten:

thejesusandmarxchain:

do tumbleweeds actually blow around in the southwest or is that a myth…?

!!! They do!!!

Tumbleweed is actually an invasive species from Siberia. What happens is when the soil gets too dry the roots come out of the ground and the plant curls up into a ball so that it can blow to a new spot. When it comes into contact with wet soil its roots will unfold and it will settle down. 

That is ten times more fucked up than I thought. They plant themselves again? That’s neat. I always thought they were just dead leaves and twigs in a bunch.

I like this. Tumbleweeds just fuck off when they don’t like a place, they are not like other plants who have to respect your plant rules, they are rebels.

littlestarlolo:

write-like-an-american:

laylainalaska:

One of the things that really gets to me about Tumblr fandom’s view of relationships is the idea (sometimes stated outright, often implied) that there’s some kind of clear dividing line between healthy and not-healthy, between abusive and not-abusive, that people never slide back and forth between those things or slip over the line, and that’s just … not how human relationships work. And it’s one thing when you’re holding fictional characters to an absurdly high standard, but it makes me worry that a lot of people are internalizing the idea that human relationships aren’t messy and complicated and sometimes painful, and that’s really going to make life hard for you. You’ll either end up beating yourself up way too much for doing utterly normal things, or beating up on other people for doing utterly normal things, and you’ll let a lot of things that could have been good slip through your fingers because they aren’t perfect.

Look, I’m not saying anybody should stay in a relationship that’s toxic for them, and ideally we should all be in happy supportive relationships with people who make us happy all the time, but human emotions are a mess.

You WILL do terrible, awful things. You’ll be selfish. You’ll hurt people. Sometimes they’ll forgive you and sometimes they won’t. Every long-term relationship you have will end up being littered with the memories of times you were both awful to each other.

You’ll fall in love with people who don’t love you, and be loved by people you don’t love. Sometimes you might try to make a relationship (or a friendship) work anyway. Sometimes it’ll even work out.

You’ll end up loving some people you never in a million years thought you’d feel that way about, because you got a terrible first impression and misjudged them. You’ll look back and think, How could I not have known how awesome they were? But you didn’t, then. And you’ll walk away from other people who could have been just as beloved and never know it.

A lot of times you won’t be able to tell how other people feel about you at all, and you’ll just have to keep going anyway.

You’ll break up friendships by doing stupid, selfish things.

You’ll put your trust in the wrong people, and the wrong places, and have it broken.

You’ll do some things thinking you’re the good guy at the time, and realize in retrospect that you weren’t.

You’ll change your mind about a lot of stuff. You’ll realize that some of the things you used to believe were kind of messed up. Sometimes you’ll change your mind because of people around you and then realize that you were right all along. Sometimes you’ll realize that nobody’s right or wrong, but have to make a decision anyway.

You’ll interfere where you shouldn’t and get your ass handed to you. You’ll fail to interfere where you should have, and feel guilty for the rest of your life.

(Not everyone will do all of these things. But it’s humanly impossible not to do at least some of them.)

And none of that makes you an awful person or undeserving of love or bad to be around?! It’s just how people are. It’s how EVERYONE is, even the ones who seem like they have it together. Life is messy and complicated and confusing, and it hurts. People can do awful things and be forgiven. In fact, if that weren’t true, none of us would have any relationships at all.

I don’t know, I’m just thinking about this today, because expecting perfection of fictional characters is one thing (they’re fictional, it doesn’t hurt them) but it’s going to mess you up in all kinds of ways if you think that’s actually how real life works.

yes. ❤

this is such a good post

one thing that never sat right with me about this website is that a disturbing number of users are under the impression that people cannot change. that what you did years ago defines who you are now and forever

guess what. are you the same person you were five years ago? I’m sure not. I had some shitty opinions and did some shitty things when I was younger. but I’ve changed since then and those problematic things are something I’ve worked to get rid of. I know there are people out there who don’t grow, but applying that mindset as a default to every single person ever is unhealthy. people grow and change and learn from their experiences, and forever judging them for what they did before and not what they’re doing now to rectify the before is not only exhausting but also an impossible standard to hold someone to.

for a website so passionate about character development and growth in fandom, a lot of you are sure quick to cast that aside when it comes to actual people.

drferox:

awsogmm:

drferox:

the-ol-homosexual:

Can we talk about how in zombie shows/movies/books they always find a veterinarian and not a surgeon? Are veterinarians deemed more likely to survive the apocalypse?

Yup.

• One of our professional skills is ‘not being bitten by patients’
• We actually have a good broad knowledge base for both surgical, medical, and GP things
• We’re used to improvising equipment because a lot of stuff is just not made for animals
• Meat safety is part of our training
• Our cars are often full of equipment, especially in mixed practice
• We probably weren’t in the human hospital at the initial outbreak

I like how the confidence of this answer implies that we as vets have at some point sat down and discussed why and how we would survive the apocalypse 

You mean you haven’t?

rising-fandoms:

Becoming re-obsessed with fandoms/ships/character is the best feeling in the world, it feels like coming home, you’re like oh yeah this is why i loved you so much