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Buffy the vampire slayer was sometimes a bit fun. we weren’t certain if the show was going to continue so we killed off the protagonist in our season finale and then when we continued we had her friends bring her back from the dead though in the wake of her resurrection she seems incredibly depressed, what her loved ones might attribute to “i died” trauma, and then we have a monster of the week musical episode where a demon that makes everyone sing and dance until they combust comes into town and the protagonist reveals to her friends in a musical number she can’t help but pour her heart out during that she was happily in heaven before she was pulled out and now being alive on earth again feels like hell and everyone just has to watch in horror. I used to listen to the Buffy musical numbers over and over and my friend would be like pleeeeeease listen to phantom of the opera or Les miserables instead. And for that I’m sorry.

Imagine you've needed glasses most of your life. And you're a girl dating another girl. This girl is your childhood best friend and the love of your life. She's really lovely and helps you out sometimes when you don't have your glasses on. She's been with you through your transition and means the world to you. One day she dies in a tragic car accident and over the course of the next few days your vision starts getting better. Soon you don't even need your glasses at all. You go through her possessions after the funeral and find a notebook, in which she wrote down a recipe for a "One day blinding stew". suddenly everything clicks into place. She'd been cooking for you *every* night since you were kids. It was always the same thing, she said it was a sensory food restriction thing. You loved her so you accepted it. She never once thought to scale up the recipe to turn it into more than just a one day blinding stew. You miss her so much.

can you put that thing on a fucking leash *pointing angrily at a butterfly with beautiful iridescent wings thats not flying anywhere near you*

When you pick up a sword for the first time you will be slow and awkward. This is frustrating, but refuse the temptation to try and become a “faster” fencer. Chasing after speed is like trying to catch smoke. If you try and pursue speed, all you will accomplish is haste. Haste is the enemy of 1st class fencing.

Speed is a lie the untrained mind tells itself when it sees an action it cannot follow. The truth is a combination of timing, control, and fluidity. Fluid motion, even done slowly, will always arrive before a hasty strike. Control will allow you to move without wasteful motion that will slow you down. Timing will eliminate the need to move fast almost entirely. There is no need to get somewhere fast so long as you get there at the right time.  

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abbleremorse

Tip for mymutuals who engage in bladed armed combat

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This is true for plenty of other things too!! When you’re learning anything that involves moving your body, don’t forget that quality of movement is more important than speed!

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast

THEYRE LYING JUMP AT YOUR OPPONENT JUMPSCARE JUMPSCARE BACK FOOT FORWARD AND LEAP AT THEM!!

send them to HELL!!!

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