@twinaissance

I’m super tired (yes I spent an hour last night listening to ASMR) and now my boss wants me to come work 😭

balkansoul :

Morena, Slavic goddess of winter, death, and rebirth by Margo Kai

teamjacobthot:

the wolf pack as screenshots I refuse to delete from my camera roll

leah:

jacob:

jared:

seth:

sam:

quil and embry:

paul as a door dash driver:

92m:

l1617l:

yeah i’m shy but i’m not “☺️ 🥺” shy i’m “😐🧍” shy

justasimplegoblin :

musicxmusingsxmemes :

ordeal :

rudelyfe :

nevaehtyler :

26-year-old Jamarion Robinson’s grandmother Beverly Nixon said her grandson was bipolar and schizophrenic. Still got shot 76 (!!!) times. Would a white person get the same treatment?

The witness said he saw more than a dozen patrol cars at the complex where US Marshals killed Robinson on August 5, 2016. Why were there no behavioral specialist? Surely one of them would know how to interact with a bipolar schizophrenic better than the police.

I’m absolutely disgusted.

Here’s Jamarion’s mother’s GoFundMe in case anyone is willing to help.

#JusticeForJamarion   #BlackLivesMatter

Oh god ..

this is how much they’ve raised as of June 26th, 2020.

$48,589 out of $100,000 raised as of September 28th, 2020

$52,212 as of January 19th 2021

This is still relevant. If you can’t offer financial support please do your part and share so it can get to people who can.

#JusticeForJamarian

#BlackLivesMatter

imthatwolfgirl :

Being a Twilight fan is 10% actually being a fan and 90% glaring pointedly at Smeyer whilst fixing her mistakes

Edward: Recent evidence has shown that vampires may not be immune to COVID-19, so you better wear your MASK!

broken-seal :

madamethursday :

angryschnauzer :

You have GOT to be FUCKING KIDDING ME

They’ve done it again

I’ve been thinking about this and how the Simpsons called it and I think maybe they just read the room way better than anyone else. 

1. trump being (the former) president sounds and is and was just absolutely ridiculous, but even back then people knew he was a con man with exactly as much unearned and often pretend wealth as it would take to successfully buy the presidency, the conman’s instinct for finding out what people wanna hear and saying it over and over and the ego to be magnetic to those who are, frankly, pathetic. The Simpsons was a show that started out being reviled by a lot of Middle America. The creators were always aware just how backwards America could be, how much conservative backlash we were capable of. And trump banked on that. And he was the kind of guy that the people who were in a position to stop him would dismiss with a, “pfft, he’s a sideshow, he’ll never make it, it’s absurd”. Right up until he’s dismantling democracy from the Oval. The Simpsons was known for imagining ridiculous but not 100% impossible scenarios and just flying with it. They were the walking definition of “your chances of being killed by a cat are extremely, extremely low, but never zero.”. The chances of trump being POTUS were extremely, extremely low but sadly not zero.

2. Any female head-of-state would have to have a certain look, because misogyny. They’d have to ride the line between not too masculine (so no strong blues or reds, no neutrals) and not too feminine (no pink, yellow or pastels), not too adorned and not too plain, not so rich looking it puts the middle class off (no diamonds or big stones) but appropriately coiffed enough to make her success evidence (so some jewelry must be worn). A cool purple is a good color because it can feminine-to-neutral (a male executive could wear this as a tie color and no one would think twice) while still lending itself to an outfit that’s the spiritual heir to Hilary’s power pants suit. Pearls, as well, ride that line. They’re classy, but not flashy, they’re classic but never outdated. Reasonably good looking fakes can be obtained by the lower classes yet the upper classes continue to wear them so their status as a class marker remains. 

If I were thinking carefully about how a smart, determined woman like a grown President Lisa Simpson would present herself, I’d pick just about this outfit. 

So, I think that’s how we got to this place. Perceptive writers in the past, keen design sense, America being exactly as fucked up as they imagined and yet containing enough people determined to keep marching forward so that a woman could be President or Vice President. 

I totally agree with your analysis but also please consider the much funnier alternative:

Kamala Harris saw this episode and did it on purpose.

hallowedhuntress :

pathokinessis :

volturialice :

stephenie meyer wanted bella to be Not Like Other Girls but she also wanted her to have nice clothes and a fancy wedding and that’s why she made alice Like That

How dare you leave this to the tags

It’s not just fashion, SMeyer did the same thing with the Cullen’s wealth, honestly. Bella constantly says she doesn’t want Edward’s money but then… spends paragraphs raving about the cool cars and the private island and all the other perks. Which makes it really transparent that she does, in fact want those things. 

The source of both of these paradoxes, I think is that SMeyer probably believes that it’s wicked or selfish or whatever to want things for yourself, so she can’t have Bella be “materialistic” or “frivolous” by caring about money or fashion, but SMeyer herself wants those things. So to reconcile her wish-fulfillment fantasy with her beliefs she comes up with elaborate scenarios and excuses so she can basically say “oh it’s okay for Bella to have nice things because she doesn’t actually want them.” 

Which might seem weird, but like… she’s Mormon. I grew up Mormon and I can tell you as a Mormon girl you’re not allowed to want like… anything. Sex? Nope. Not until marriage, and even then it’s mostly only for reproduction. Nice clothes? That’s vanity. And probably also immodesty. Money. You’ve gotta give 10% of everything you make to the church so… also no. 

Basically, a lot of why the narrative is so weird and contradictory is it ultimately is a wish-fulfillment series written by a woman who cannot, ever, admit she’s ever wanted anything in her whole life. So yeah, it’s not Alice’s fault.  

carllisle :

esmecvllens :

carllisle :

the way esme turns to look at carlisle………. uno he eats her so good. no unsatisfied woman smiles at her spouse like that. happy for them tho

is it possible for you to stop talking about carlisle eating her out for five minutes

esmecvllens :

carlislesscarf :

esmecvllens :

writing fanfiction be like, one time you google about treating broken bones in 1910s, the other time you search american geography because god forbid your fic is not geographically correct

Esme: *jumps off a cliff in Ashland*

Ashland:

YOU’RE SHITTING ME JAJFKSKSK oh my god smeyer really put 0 effort didn’t she

esmecvllens :

carllisle :

the way esme turns to look at carlisle………. uno he eats her so good. no unsatisfied woman smiles at her spouse like that. happy for them tho

is it possible for you to stop talking about carlisle eating her out for five minutes

No <3

maximum-marrs :

bellas-orange-jansport :

1953swan :

esmeanne :

vampires really should be able to get drunk they literally have to be alive forever let them have this

hc: vampires have no blood so they get drunk faster than people

charlie pulling over a shirtless carlisle at 4 am: dr cullen your blood alcohol content is literally 100% how are you not dead

carlisle: au contraire im absolutely dead

I did not expect a decent twilight joke on my dash in 2019, but nevertheless there it is and it’s hilarious.

jessicanjpa:

guacas:

do you think the cullens would wear masks right now

They LOVE wearing masks. Emmett is baring his fangs at people right and left and they don’t even know it

Rosalie is finally able to whisper-shout at ignorant people all she wants

Edward can lip sync with whatever song is stuck in people’s heads

Alice is debuting a new brand of fashion masks every week

Jasper can hold his breath all day long and no one notices

greekmuser:

emmett2wavy:

According to Edward, Carlisle is the Beyoncé of the vampire world.

twilight-af:

:/

cringeytwilightsideblog:

jalicewhitcock:

hallowedhuntress:

queencatradora:

do you ever wonder why stephanie meyer had the cullens live in a small town to preserve their “anonymity?” has she ever been to a small town??? small town people got nothing to do all day, other than to gossip and think about those weird people that live in the forest. if anything, they’re getting the opposite of anonymity. you want real anonymity? live in a big city. you could live next to someone for 5 years and never even learn their name. they’re up all night? they’re beautiful, looks like they had some crazy good plastic surgery? you never see them go outside? somehow hella fuckin rich? yeah. That’s LA

Right? the whole small town thing never made sense to me. The best place for vampires is obviously in a HUGE city and/or a college town. You can be awake in either place at any hour of the day and no one will question it. Refuse to eat? Must be on the new fad diet. Best doctor in the world who had to have been a child prodigy to be so young and so experienced at the same time works at your hospital? Well, no duh it’s one of the fanciest hospitals in the nation. Young and beautiful and super rich and quirky and nocturnal? All of this is pretty normal in a big city. And if sunlight’s an issue, Seattle is right there. 

Thid is what I’ve been screaming into the eighth eldritch terror

sneezing in a small town

vs riding a unicycle in a darth vader costume playing a flaming bagpipe in a city

hallowedhuntress :

I think we’ve all talked at length about why it’s problematic that SMeyer made werewolves like… a racially-tied thing. Especially by tying it to a real-life Native American tribe and wildly misrepresenting them and disrespecting their culture. But I’ve been thinking lately, what if instead it was just kinda random? What if whenever the Cullens come to Forks, random teenagers just start randomly changing into wolves, and there’s no discernable pattern (Carlisle studies it and can’t figure it out) but it’s definitely like… triggered by the proximity of vampires. 

This way, I think there’s a lot of potential for natural resentment. I mean, imagine being an average highschooler having no clue supernatural creatures exist, and suddenly, BAM! You’re a werewolf, and a small group of your classmates that are also suddenly and randomly becoming werewolves are pretty sure it’s the new Cullen kids fault somehow. Like… I just think that would be neat!

All the canon werewolves can stay werewolves if you want, (or not, you can pick and choose I guess). But in addition to Leah and Jacob and Seth we also get like… Mike Newton, and maybe Jessica Stanley (it’s not restricted by gender either, thanks), and a handful of others of diverse backgrounds. Oh and they can all keep their hair whatever length they want (that lore is dumb and colonialist) and there’s no imprinting. 

I don’t know, YMMV but I kinda think that it would be better? Like basically the whole series would have to be re-written. So much of the plot hinges on the connections between the wolf pack and the Quileute tribe. Hell, even Bella figuring out Edward was a vampire required a reference to that. But I personally feel like a lot of the worst racist implications of the series could have been avoided if being able to change into a wolf wasn’t only for Quileute characters. 

amazinglybeautifulphotography :

Burkina Faso, country never posted to /r/EarthPorn before. Domes de Fabedougou, Banfora. [2048x1365][OS] (photo by Bruno Vanbesien) - Author: tupungato on reddit

Take this with a grain of salt but some Twitter user said When she met smeyer at a book signing she asked if Jacob was based off a real person and smeyer told her Jacob was based off a native boy from a reservation in Utah she danced with as a kid ( I’m guessing this was when she was at byu)

https://twitter.com/inkylabyrinth/status/1330665400191762433?s=21

HUH… okay I honestly can’t put into words how I l feel about that.. but interesting to know!! thanks anon!! Imagine being that poor boy and ur like “oh I remember dancing w a weird Mormon girl called Stephenie wonder what happened to her?” And then u google her and find out shes a supernatural romance writer who based one leg of a love triangle off you..

neoliberalismkills :

xenosagaepisodeone:

xenosagaepisodeone:

the longer I’m parenting-aged the more I realize how disciplinary oriented parenting styles are significantly more deranged than initially assumed

me as a teen watching a parent storm across a room to scream at a child for accidentally spilling paint: hm. This is not good.

me as an adult watching another adult storm across a room to scream at a vulnerable and still developing child for accidentally spilling paint: This is my villain origin story

as a parent now, it blows my fucking mind how terrifying, abusive, and straight up ineffective that parenting is. I’ve got a 2 year old. she’s a smart little fucker. when she does something wrong, I tell her, “baby, that wasn’t okay. here’s the reason it wasn’t okay - (hurt feelings, hurt other people’s stuff, etc). I know you don’t want to (hurt feeling, hurt stuff, etc), so next time, let’s (insert appropriate behavior) and that way, we won’t hurt people accidentally.” and you know what happens?

90% of the time, that behavior stops.

when the behavior continues, it’s when she’s extremely frustrated that she’s not getting a communication across. while she’s incredibly smart, there’s going to be some lapse in understanding between the two of us, and she lashes out by doing the things that she knows creates frustration in me, almost like she’s trying to make me understand she’s frustrated just like that.

so, I sit back down on her level. “baby, I can see that you’re mad/frustrated/upset/sad. let’s work this out together. I really want to understand what is bothering you.” if it’s something that can’t be done (stay awake from nap, eat sugary things before bedtime), then we find a compromise: you want to stay awake from nap to play with toys? let’s dig out an old toy you haven’t played with in a while after your nap! we’ll do it together and have lots of fun. you want something sugary right now? that will keep us awake for too long, but here’s some *really tasty favorite fruit* for now, and tomorrow, let’s bake cookies together when you wake up.

she’s two fucking years old. and she understands that shit. and now, often times, when she climbs into bed and she still wants to play, she’ll tell me, “tomorrow can we play with these toys, Mommy?”. she already understands compromise, and her behavior is fucking phenomenal.

I totally understand that it can be frustrating to parent. sometimes it feels like you’re hitting your head against a brick wall. BUT KIDS DON’T HAVE THE FUCKING ABILITY TO TURN ON THEIR LOGIC BRAIN WHEN THEY’RE HURTING EMOTIONALLY. WE, AS ADULTS, DO. and it is our fucking RESPONSIBILITY to help them turn their logic brain back on, and help them work thru that strong emotion, instead of punishing them by letting out our anger on them.

you know what would happen if I were to yell at my kid? she’d yell back, louder, and now know that this is an acceptable way to react now, and I’d effectively have made it hypocritical to tell her not to yell at me. bam.

you want to express extreme anger at a child for not having the emotional control that you aren’t capable of even showing right now? not gonna help. at all. my kid comes to me to find compromises now. she’s amazing. and she’s not even 3 years old. if you, as a grown ass adult, are not fucking able to see your children as developing humans that need GUIDANCE, not BRUTAL, AGGRESSIVE ANGER, then you prob shouldn’t have a goddamn kid.

should-be-sleeping:

red-mercer:

autisticexpression:

pocfansmatter:

Hey I’m happy that Twilight is coming back but I can never get over the fact that Stephanie Meyer thought it was a good idea to write in that the werewolves have to cut their hair or else their fur would be long & shaggy to maintain.

As if most Native Americans literally don’t cut our hair for spiritual reason. We literally believe it’s an extension of our spirit. Its painful to cut, it’s the evaqulant to cutting out your soul.

That’s why we literally only do it when someone dies. Because its to show your mourning. Only to show your love and how much pain you’re in.

Not all tribes do this but enough do. I literally went 3 years without cutting my hair once. Some have gone decades.

But naw turn to doggy cut hair regularly. The first set of Native actors they had literally got recasted because they refused to cut their hair. What did you THINK was gonna happen Meyer?

Notice how Booboo Stewart has always had long hair since his Twilight days?

Anyway heres a little clip about braids.

I did not know this and it’s a fucking stupid piece of world-building tbh. No other werewolf media has this. Sounds like she was deliberately disrespecting indigenous culture.

She’s a Mormon and it’s literally in the Book of Mormon that Native Americans were turned that color because of the sins of the ancestors

So it’s at least partially racism, and part being the kind of basic who gets wet for khakis and Volvos and crew cuts

I’ve been growing my hair for like 9 years…

jsperhales :

twilight (2008)

tintind:

needahugfromesme:

needahugfromesme:

A stupid question🥺Does anyone know if there were bars and knickers wearing under 1920s step-in chemises?

Got it🤣 females lingeries in the 1920s can be decided into two major types, separated and one-piece

a) separated: brassiere+ knicker/bloomer+ camisole

b) one-piece: called cami-knicker or teddy which combined a camisole and a knicker. some people wore it as the only piece of underwear and a few wore a brassiere under it.

in the early 1920s quite a lot women still wearing girdles or corses like this

and light waist girdle corsets didn’t appear until the late 1920s

a large proportion of young girls chose not to wear any girdle or corset. Therefore, instead of girdle straps, garters were used to fix their stockings.

And I just found out that in man’s shorts did not exist in the early 1920s. So on their wedding night carlisle was wearing something like this

That’s why I prefer thinking about Carlisle wearing smth from 30s

notquitetwilight :

carlislesscarf :

thebluetint :

heytherejulietx :

gcdric :

Tag Game!

thanks for the tag @writingsomewrongs :)

slow burn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt-comfort or amnesia// fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high school romance or middle aged romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbors or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or gender bend // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

no pressure tags! @vogueweasley @slytherinsunrise @wandsandwheezes and @lumos-barnes @lumosandnoxwriting anyone else who would like to do this!

I wasnt tagged but this is cute so I’m doing it anyways!

slow burn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt-comfort or amnesia// fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high school romance or middle aged romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbors or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or gender bend // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

No pressure tags // @lathyrusodorxtus @anarchyaesthxtic @bucky-j-barnes @riverdaleimagines1 @kpopgirlbtssvt and anyone else who wants to! 🤍✨

i wasn’t tagged but i thought that this was really cool and wanted to do it

slow burn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt-comfort or amnesia// fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic //arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high school romance or middle aged romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbors or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or gender bend // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

i’ll tag @powered-by-notes @drinkingcroissants @carlislesscarf and anyone who wants to do it💛

thank you for the tag! this was actually so difficult damn

slow burn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt-comfort or amnesia// fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic //arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high school romance or middle aged romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbors or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or gender bend // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

tagging @stregoni-benefici @carllisle and @notquitetwilight as well as anyone else who wants to join in ♥️

Thanks for the tag @carlislesscarf @rebekahncullen // I tag anyone who wants to join! 🖤

slow burn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt-comfort or amnesia// fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic I don’t know whether this means they are kids in the fic which is no or they have kids in the fic which is yes depending on which couple it is //arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high school romance or middle aged romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbors or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or gender bend but only if it makes a het couple gay // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

No one tagged me but I’m bored so here:

slow burn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt-comfort or amnesia// fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it depends on the ship // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic //arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high school romance or middle aged romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbors or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or gender bend // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

I tag @stregoni-benefici @blanca-diablo-eternally-endgame @carlesmeislife @carlislesscarf @carllisle

rosalies-wap:

“Fuck you my child is completely fine” Your child cries with the breaking dawn part 2 end credits.

notquitetwilight:

Twilight characters as random tweets I saw: Wolf Pack & Co Edition

Jacob

Leah

Seth

Sam

Quil

Embry

Paul

Jared

Billy

Sue

mylovemymadness :

embyrr922 :

t00muchsoul :

destinyrush :

Since we wanna do this, as a girl I think pain from getting hit in the balls is a myth 🤷🏾‍♀️

As a guy, here’s my opinion on what it’s like to have a uterus

The only guys who get an opinion on having a uterus are guys who have a uterus.

stregoni-benefici:

Twilight is about Edward, with daddy issues, who has a suppressed crush on his creator, Carlisle. Edward became repressed dramatic angsty teenager who found himself a human to put Carlisle into a mortal danger and avenge his broken heart.