You know-          I’m saying, we’re 44 hours away from the State of the Union, and he doesn’t look so good.

Some unrelated bits

My name Bono And wen I sing My soul up to the stars I fling Over to Adam I like to run He plays the bass I pat his bum

Bono I am I have some fans At end of day I’m just a man and when it’s peace Or love I need I go to Edge with all my speed

I am the Edge Guitar I play and when I do fears go away Not just mine but Bono’s too I lift him up He lifts up you

My name is Edge I play the show but after that with him I go We stay up late all through the night We watch the stars he holds me tight

A silver fox I play the bass Grief and joy writ on my face I face the world with brothers three I lean on them they lean on me

I tilt my head and take my stance The ladies scream and wet their pants But they don’t know I don’t need them I have my drummer I just want him

Larry’s me I play the drums I sit behind I see their bums in front of me but only watch the nice one on my silver fox

On the board I post the note Around the world my drums I tote Adam plays bass and Bono sings Edge plays guitar I hit the things

No you spent half an hour in a grocery store parking lot looking for this because you knew you posted it SOMEWHERE

One of the biggest power moves I have here in the midwest when someone is being racist, sexist, homophobic is that I tell them that I’ll pray for them so that god can grace them with empathy, or that “I feel sorry the devil has made his home in your heart” cause you have not felt joy until you’ve flipped the script on a suburban house mom or an old racist white man.  The joy of watching their face in shock and confusion while they’re called out in Christian Standards the same way they try to cover for their homophobia is amazing.  100% suggest it, at the very least it gets them to shut the fuck up.

a quick pride month PSA @ all my fellow gays who are still on the fence about watching black sails because they don’t want to be queerbaited for the 800th time:

listen. LISTEN. i know what you’re going through. i know tumblr (and fandom in general) loves to wax poetic about the secret queerness of fundamentally hetero stories. i know we’re all confused about a bunch of shows/films/ships because we can’t tell if the characters are ACTUALLY gay or only gay in the fandom’s imagination (or only after the thought to pay shitty lip service, like d*mbledore). i know it’s exhausting. i know it’s annoying. i know you’ve been hurt. i know you’re afraid to love again. 

so let me say this once and for all–black sails is undeniably and inextricably gay, and it’s gay in all the ways that you want. it’s gay in ways you didn’t know you wanted. it’s gay in ways my lesbian ass didn’t even think to demand from the media that i consumed. it’s literally that gay. 

here’s a quick list of how that plays out in the actual show: 1) many of the characters themselves are explicitly either gay, lesbian, or bisexual (and i don’t mean throwaway side characters who get one speaking line and die, i mean pivotal main characters whose actions dictate the course of the story and plot) 2) you can’t change or ignore their identities and end up with the same narrative, the same conflicts, the same resolutions. you won’t have the same characters if you erase their sexualities. you simply won’t have the same story. not even close. and 3) on a more meta level, the storytelling itself is gay, dude. it’s magnificent. it’s chock-full of the kind of hefty dramatic symbolism and imagery that we have been denied in mainstream media for so long, it’s complicated and life affirming and revolutionary and empowering, it makes you feel seen and heard and validated in more ways that i can fucking count. it makes you shed gay tears. it fills your heart with gay love until you feel like it’s going to fucking burst. 

so, in the spirit of pride month, i would ask that you trust this lesbian. i would ask that you give black sails a chance. and honestly given the amount of trash that we all watch because we love that one (1) background vaguely queer-coded character, i don’t think there’s a chance in hell that black sails will disappoint you. anyway that’s it thank you for your time i love you all watch black sails 

important edit: before watching be sure to ask about trigger warnings! s1 is pretty rough, and the show is kind of violent in general. but everything else still stands!    

some tag testimonials: 

as you can see we’re all pretty chill about how gay it is. we’re all fine we’re doing great 

not to sound like jane austen or anything but if ur fic is labelled slow burn those two fucks better not even touch pinkies until like chapter 57 by the time they are even in a room alone together i want to be half dead of blueballs and i want their heated gazes to revive me im js 

why would you say “not to sound like jane austen” and then quote her directly 

Love them so much :3 ♥

controversial writing tip

open a document and start writing

unrealistic. blocked,

(785): That reminds me…we need to get swords