Ugly animals
Awkward gay characters
People calling me Boss, or Sir
Wine, tequila, very cold vodka
Ceiling fan noises but only sometimes
Cloaks, blankets
Jackets with inside pockets and they’re big
When all the laundry’s done and your very favorite clothes are clean and competing to be worn.
Zoloft
Doing something borderline embarrassing and pulling it off so it’s a power move
The fact sluice is a word
Hurricanes and everyone goes to the basement
Flying dreams.
Drinking water after eating something salty and having to Wait
When you’ve had a craving for a while and you finally get to eat it
People who initially fit a stereotype but that totally changes once you find out more
Basically whenever someone’s personality pleasantly suprise you
Platonic goofball friendships. Friendships where people get each other and bring out the best and interact smoothly and hilariously.
Sheriff of Babylon by Tom King. Read it here: http://readcomiconline.to/Comic/The-Sheriff-of-Babylon
BAMF characters who happen to be female but that’s just a detail and no one makes it a Thing
Boys looking up in awe to cool female role models
Birkenstocks. But like, cool Birkenstocks. Metallic Birkenstocks. They’re really comfy ok
Remembering great personality details about Harry Potter book characters that didn’t make it into the movies.
Gun holsters but people use them to carry random stuff, like window washing tools, or carrots for horses
Platonic physical affection. Friends messing w/ my hair.
Villains w/ musical numbers
Kids excited about stuff and adults being excited with them
Relaxing but it’s after an unusually long day so it feels extra good
Fingers brushing your skin lightly and you get goosebumps
Watching people care about each other.
Finding a new song and knowing you can play it on a loop for ages and it will be satisfying every time
When there are a lot of people around but the cat/dog chooses me specifically
When a song that was just ok intensifies and suddenly makes you Emotion
When you’re doing a new book/movie/anything and the characters make you feel strong things you haven’t felt in a while
That feeling when a story rushes into your head in incredible detail and just keeps going
Those moments when you’re falling into sleep after being awake for too long.
Getting into that imagination space that you used to do easily as a kid, and you can daydream a story and it’s super real and satisfying
Finding something new that makes you happy.
When groups without much in common support each other anyway. When differences draw people together.
When people let good things happen.
Things that used to make you afraid, but now they excite you
Telling a joke assuming no one will laugh, but they do and it’s genuine.
People who pay attention when you’re talking, and respond to you, and are present
Being tired and calm after being put through the emotional wringer
That feeling of giddiness when you meet someone and it’s Good and sort of wakes you up.
Being excited to hang out with someone.
Those bits of books/shows where there’s not much action just characters and dialogue, and it’s like you’re just hanging out with them, and they become a second family, to the point you genuinely miss them if you go without re-reading/watching for too long.
Wanting something in a way that motivates you.
When certain worries stop worrying you
When you need a hug and you get one.
Being in bad pain but suddenly it ebbs.
That feeling when you discover you’re good at something you assumed would be harder
That feeling when a moment feels profound and you can see it as a scene from a tv drama where a song is playing or about to start
When people are important to each other.
Noticing something new about your personality and liking it. When your self-image changes in a good way. Realizing you like yourself.
When you’re a person with low-key emotions and you go into a rare super happy mood and have to lie down after
Also those rare moods where something’s so funny you literally are unable to stop laughing even if you wanted to, and the next day your ribs are sore
Remembering the refrain of a song you haven’t thought about in years.
That feeling when you’re zooming out and instead of seeing the last day, week, month, you see your whole life, and the world, and the universe, and you’re hovering above it, watching
Feeling sad and being able to cry instead of arresting & going into Numb Mode
That feeling when you realize something that was hard a year ago isn’t so hard anymore.
That feeling of knowing you are getting better, and suddenly the future opens up.
That feeling of believing you are going to be okay.
