If You’re Like Me You’re Going To Be Crying About Jacobi And Maxwell’s Friendship Until The End

““You’re not a monster,” I said. But I lied. What I really wanted to say was that a monster is not such a terrible thing to be. From the Latin root monstrum, a divine messenger of catastrophe, then adapted by the Old French to mean an animal of myriad origins: centaur, griffin, satyr. To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once.”

— Ocean Vuong, from On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.

I'm not friends with you because you serve a purpose to me, I'm friends with you because I just like you. That is to say, there is no one who can do what you do for me because what you do for me is just be you

this is what actually happened in canon at some point and you can’t convince me otherwise

[speedpaint]

I hate that people can make you feel as if what you say does not matter because it does matter so much; your words, your thoughts and everything that is going on in your mind deserve to be heard. It is not okay when people treat you as if what you say is not important enough and leave you thinking that you should not talk at all. I hate that people can make you feel this way - because I cling to every word you say, to every tale that comes out of that beautiful mouth and is created in that wonderful brain. Your words and your thoughts, they matter so much.

In honor of Day of the Dead, here’s a repost of my comic about the San Francisco Columbarium and the man who spent 26 years restoring it.

This comic originally appeared on Medium at The Nib. Go check out my other work there.

touch is a primal language, like thought, or pain. we learn it before we can walk - being held by our parents, shoved by other children, licked by friendly animals. it is our first interface into the world around us, our first way to communicate.

Such an insufferable little wretch you are

I dare you to push that knife harder against my neck

date someone who is interested in you. i don’t mean someone who thinks you’re cute or funny. i mean someone who wants to know every insignificant detail about you. someone who wants to read every word you write. someone who wants to hear every note of your favourite song, or watch every scene of your favourite movie. someone who wants to find every scar on your body, and learn where they came from. someone who wants to know your favourite brand of toothpaste, and which quotes resonate deep inside your bones when you hear them. there is a difference between attraction and interest. find the person who wants to learn every aspect of who you are.