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Today’s aesthetic is “I want to talk about a thing, but organising my thoughts on the thing into a coherent sequence of words feels too much like work.”

Fairy tales are more than moral lessons and time capsules for cultural commentary; they are natural law. The child raised on folklore will quickly learn the rules of crossroads and lakes, mirrors and mushroom rings. They’ll never eat or drink of a strange harvest or insult an old woman or fritter away their name as though there’s no power in it. They’ll never underestimate the youngest son or touch anyone’s hairpin or rosebush or bed without asking, and their steps through the woods will be light and unpresumptuous. Little ones who seek out fairy tales are taught to be shrewd and courteous citizens of the seen world, just in case the unseen one ever bleeds over.

S.T. Gibson (via sarahtaylorgibson)

The Baby Is Fine

For sale baby shoes never worn. Oh he's not dead or anything he's just massive and they don't fit

For sale baby shoes never worn. They're Gucci, my sister got them for me and I'm not putting $600 shoes on a newborn Why the hell would anyone buy these? She's an idiot.

For sale baby shoes never worn. At least I don't think so. I found them in the eggs at the grocery store and they look pretty clean $20 obo

For sale baby shoes never worn. She doesn't have any feet but it's hardly slowing her down, honestly. I guess you can't miss what you never had.

For sale baby shoes never worn. Bought them and forgot about them for like six months, never even took them out of the box and now they're way too small. My brain is fried.

For sale baby shoes never worn. Fair warning though, they've got fucking minions on them.

For sale They were a gift from my great aunt and I don't want anything from that wretched harpy.

baby shoes I thought I could put them on my dog so he doesn't slip all over the kitchen floor but yeah it didn't work

never worn. I don't know. They're just ugly. Do I need a reason?

An Annual Tradition 🎆

Edit A Month: Killing Your Darlings

Edit-A-Month is resumed!

Eveyone has to cut something they love. It is inevitable, the burden of being a writer. In order to improve the general story, you have to remove bits that drag it down. Making those decisions, though, is a tough choice, and sometimes it’s tougher to even know where to start. Here are things to look for when killing your darlings:

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We've had a go at reworking some festive songs for Fallen London, what do you think?

Foxfire candles and jars full of honey, Urchins that carol, then steal all your money. Besuited devils that offer brass rings, These are a few of my favourite things.

We welcome any delicious friends to take a stab at it themselves! There are also plenty from last year.

original theory: succubi are always women, incubi are always men 

facts: in fact succubus comes from the latin word “succubare” which means “to lie under” and incubus comes from the latin word “incubare” which means “to lie on”

new improved theory: incubi are always tops and succubi are always bottoms. gender doesn’t matter at all.

01. the king’s arrival - ramin djawadi 02. goddysey - two steps from hell 03. streets of rabanastre - hitoshi sakimoto 04. touring the city - james newton howard 05. the burrow - jeremy soule 06. meikyuu toshi orario - jin aketagawa 07. the shop of curiosities - david and ben stanton 08. diagon alley and gringotts vault - john williams 09. ding dong dell - joe hisaishi 10. the moreska (saltarello) - city of prague philharmonic orchestra 11. the blitzers - nobuo uematsu 12. play after play - thomas wander 13. queen of the gaels - adrian von ziegler 14. the launch - james newton howard

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There's something magical about old pictures of stars

Andromeda Galaxy, 1925 Around The Pleiades, 1932 Cygnus Wall, 1910 North America Nebula, c. 1920

highly recommend keeping a small portrait of a historical figure who met a grisly end on your work desk. for perspective.