Stars And What They Could Be

Mondstat: the number one best nation in Teyvat for human rights and general quality of living

Liyue: the second best nation in Teyvat for human rights and quality of living because if it was any lower they’d have to deal with Mondstats archon pressuring the people of Liyue into starting a rebellion against his own husband

"Humans as space orcs/space Steve Irwins" is always a fun worldbuilding exercise, but imagine if our behavior is fairly normal but something we take for granted is utterly alien to the galaxy at large.

Like, what if Earth was one of the handful of biomes to crack photosynthesis but none ever saw it adopted and adapted to the scale we see it one earth.

Chemotrophic tree analogs that fill the role of mushrooms on earth, whole forests of the dead just how things are done.

The idea that the forest can be a living place is utterly shocking to the august civilized peoples.

Sure, says the galaxy's archivists, photosynthesis works on the cellular levels and there are some impressive bacterial mats on Cestus XI, but a field of wild grass is beautiful and terrifying simply because it's so far out of their experience and context.

being kind to kids is so important! they learn by example and kindness teaches kindness. being aware of their emotions and teaching them how to handle and respond to them is a huge part of parenting that people often seem to ignore.

There’s a reason lots of good parents say to babies stuff like

“You’re excited to go to the park!”

“Oh, it makes you mad that we can’t go outside.”

And then when the babies get a little bit older the parents can say

“You seem upset. Are you sad?”

“Are you excited that gramma is coming over today?”

Which lets the kid (who is learning to utilize speech) respond with yes or no, which may prompt more questions, like

“So you aren’t sad, are you angry?”

“Yes, does it make you happy when gramma is here?”

And then, finally, when the child is learning to use language in a more complex way, the parents can say,

“How does it make you feel?”

“Why are you feeling like that?”

And it’s all about teaching emotional awareness. I really reccomend using the process on yourself. Learn to ask, “am I happy?” “Am I sad?” “Am I anxious?”

Then practice identifying, out loud or on paper if you can, “I’m happy.” “I’m upset.” “I’m sad.” “I’m anxious.”

Final step: “Why am I feeling anxious? I’m still thinking about that awkward conversation earlier.” “Why am I happy? It’s such a beautiful day outside.” “Why am I sad? None of my friends are responding to my messages.”

It really helps you notice patterns (“I’m more likely to be happy when I’m around this person.” “When I haven’t eaten, I often feel angry.” “If I don’t plan ahead, I get anxious.”) which is the first step in avoiding things and people that are bad for you and encouraging things and people that are good.

Pokemon Legends Arceus is the game of all time. You’re technically working for the bad guys for most of it. God gives you a cell phone. They sent a guy that runs trains hundreds of years into the past and do not elaborate. You play a song for a Pokemon that makes them shove you in a basket. Melli is there.

pretty sky from a few days ago

ur first and last recent emojis are ur gender now. mine is 🅱👨‍❤‍💋‍👨

music teachers: i’m going to simplify the terminology for these teenagers so they’re not intimidated by a swarm of italian and french

dance teachers: if these 7 year olds don’t know it’s called a pas de bourrée pas de chat fouetté plié en deuxième coq au vin what’s the point

he's so prettyyy

Dual ego

(You can tell I liked Seele can’t you)