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Have any nightmares lately?
This figurine represents the Baku (獏 or 貘). The baku’s story originated in Chinese mythology as the mo (貘), believed to resemble a giant panda. It later evolved into a nightmare-warding figure in Japan.
Early depictions illustrate the baku as a chimera with the trunk and tusks of an elephant, the ears of a rhinoceros, the tail of a cow, the body of a bear, and the paws of a tiger. While this version was said to ward off pestilence and evil, its dream-devouring ability emerged later in Japanese culture. By the late 18th century, the baku as known as the guardian of sleep. One legend describes how a child waking from a bad dream could call out, “Baku-san, come eat my dream,” repeating it three times to summon the baku.
Folklore warns that calling the baku too often could have consequences—if left unsatisfied, it might consume not just bad dreams but also the person’s hopes and desires.
Image: Baku, Mythical Animal. 18th century. White porcelain (Hirado ware), H. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); L. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
As the stars fall from the sky I catch them in a wicker basket to weave into your hair and make you shine Polished, perfect, like diamond prisms catching a lazy sunbeam Rainbows refraction Beautiful in every way Who needs the sun? I've got you to warm up my life
I look at shooting stars and think "take me with you!"
Sharpless 2-190, Within the Heart
This gif is so niche. If you know where it came from, then let's get married in paris
Margarita Karapanou, tr. by Karen Emmerich, from The Sleepwalker
[Text ID: "The terror of true love was beginning."]
EXACTLY 👏 💯
But get tf away from me if you wanna talk abt "daddy" and "kitten." I'm sorry I just cant😭😭😭
Also, no Aaron is not a sexy name to me. Aaron got me thinking about parting the red sea and -- wAit...
(Lmao jk, still not sexy)
seeing straight men be disgusted by booktok smut recommenders has actually radicalized me to the side of booktok smut recommenders. girls your taste may be atrocious but i will never disparage you for exposing mainstream discourse to the concept of soaking through your underwear. spent my whole life listening to men talk about penises it’s about time they get jumpscared by women talking about pussy in crude detail on social media. go forth and goon my warriors
It's not an act of love if you make her
"All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid
Nymph then a virgin, nurse then a servant
Just an appendage, live to attend him
So that he never lifts a finger
24∕7, baby machine
So he can live out his picket fence dreams
It's not an act of love if you make her
You make me do too much labour."
- Labour by Paris Paloma
Happy Women's day to all beautiful women who continue to be brave even after the world tries its best to shut down their efforts, their voices.
Brb-gonna-go-have-a-solo-acoustic-guitar- sesh-while-the-birds-sing-with-me-core
(That's my baby btw^)
I have made no sin in loving. I have made no sin in caring for the wellbeing of others. For believing in a better future. For hoping and striving to do better, even if no one else cares. Even if everyone else is doing the wrong thing, it doesn't make it right.
I have decided to reject the coldness of the world no matter what.
And if i die from loving, I would have died at the hands of something beautiful.
Goodbye Isha, we carry you with us.
I was watching Spiderman: far from home the other day. When Mysterio told Peter "you're not selfish for wanting a normal life" I almost started bawling my eyes out.
One thing I noticed is how Iron man brings out the worst in many people. There were multiple times when someone wanted to present him with something that they thought could change the world, and instead of trying to make the best of it, he ended up being dismissive or completely ignoring them, resulting in a traumatic event that triggers the worst aspects of their personality to come forth. Now ofc I'm not excusing their own bad choices, but I thought it was interesting how it seems like Iron man has inadvertently sabotaged Peter in several ways.
Mysterio could have been the perfect mentor for Peter. But he chose to be a terrible person. And that just makes me so sad.
Even still, a broken clock is right twice a day. And that speech "you're not selfish for wanting a normal life" means alot to me.
18+ bi. Poetry, rambles, and descending into madness
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