When an elderly person comes down with a serious illness, for the sake of their recovery, indeed their survival, they are supposed to avoid anything that may strain their weakened systems.
They are meant to avoid stress.
Which is probably at least part of the reason why Pope Francis sent his second to speak to JD Vance instead of doing it himself.
And Then... JD VANCE INSISTED TO SPEAK TO THE POPE HIMSELF.
Knowing that the pope was still recovering from PNEUMONIA at his advanced age.
Still, like an entitled american, he demanded to speak to the pope himself. Despite having been met by his political equal in status, it wasn't good enough for JD Vance.
It just might have been the final straw for an elderly man who was fighting off a serious infection to have to take the time out of his already busy schedule.
The complete lack of empathy that JD Vance brought to the Vatican, that he had already been scolded for by the leadership of the religion he claims to follow, can very easily be considered a contributing factor at the very least.
It's not a stretch to theorize the pope might have survived had JD Vance not come calling.
The jokes are funny and all... but...
@nyxia-rose
the movi
"You should celebrate!"
"For doing what I'm supposed to do?"
"Not everyone gets that far. You should be proud!"
"I don't think I can do that."
i never stop blogging even when im really upset i just sit there sobbing hitting buttons and reblogging everything
sometimes i lock in too hard when writing that it feels like the spirits of the characters are possessing my body.
oh damn yea i kinda just gave up on that too what were they thinking giving us an assignment to do towards the end of the term
me to people online: rest and take ur time, don’t burn yourself out <3
me to my friends: it’s ok, one fail is not the end of the world <3
me to this one specific person secret third thing friends-lovers thing: you’re amazing and deserve better <3
me to myself:
“work your ass off until you win. until you’ve surpassed all of them. tired? HA! the others are getting ahead. keep working, dumb bitch.”
“do you see how close that grade is to failing? you passed? wow, how cool! it’s still really fucking far from perfect.”
“you’re absolutely horrible to everyone. they’re just sticking around. they never loved you. you don’t deserve all this. get better and you might. emphasis on might.”
or hell if you're too lazy or don't want to spend time or money just lay in your bed imagine your favorites kissing and giggle thats what i do when i have no motivation
i’m going to hold your hands when i say this and i am only going to be kind about it once: ai does not belong in fandom spaces, ever. not in writing, not in art, not in video, not at all. it does not matter how bad you want to see your favourite characters kiss, or how much you need a bit of help finishing a chapter, or whatever.
make friends with artists. commission somebody. learn to draw yourself. ask for a beta read. try a writing partnership. fandom spaces are communities, so engage with them! it is about the journey and the fact that we all love something enough to create and build together about that thing.
spending 30 seconds to kill a tree and get an AI to push out some soulless empty piece of “content” is antithetical to the entire point of being engaged with fandom, and if you’ve taken to doing this you should really reconsider if you belong in these spaces with the rest of us.
rescue
the problem with "tumblr is dying add me on discord" is that posting on tumblr is like jovially walking down the street chatting to no one in particular and dming on discord is like having a sleepover conversation with one specific person both are good but theyre not substitutes
im actively waiting for the collapse of humanity • any prns unlabelled arospec
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