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One of the most dangerous things in the world is not being able to say no to people because you don't want to upset them or dissapoint them. This will completely ruin your life in every way possible, at work, in your private life, your sex life and your friendships. It's a way of removing your own consent in your own decisions and go against your wishes, it is always a crime against yourself. Let yourself have a say. Upsetting people is better than traumatizing yourself.

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L&C x high school yearbook superlatives

LOCKWOOD & CO. (2023)

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you look like the kinda girl who'd open up ms paint back in the day select the spray paint tool and click and hold to watch it slowly turn into a perfect circle

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Patreon / Print Store

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Saw someone reading hobbes' leviathan on the ubahn today and I keep thinking that this cannot be what we base our understanding of humans and society on because that is horrifying.

But also. Wars. Why?

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Every day I lament the fact that – to the best of my knowledge – there is no one-on-one indie micro-RPG titled If There Were Two Guys on the Moon and One of Them Killed the Other With a Rock Would That Be Fucked Up or What?

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This manual is inspired by @lucy-j-carlyle 's plastic bag idea

The Lockwood and Co. Ghost-Hunting Manual

by Lucy Carlyle and George Cubbins, transcripted by George Cubbins and edited by Holly Munro. (Anthony Lockwood? He's too busy flashing his pearly-white teeth on the front page of every magazine in London.)

Handy Agent Tool-Kit for Defence Against Ghosts

Remember, the three principle defenses, in order of effectiveness, are silver, iron, and salt.

Rapier — an agent should never do without one. If you forget yours, you're a wimp. Admit defeat (something I agree on, for once)

Iron fillings — used to create protective circles, mostly against type one manifestations, as stronger type twos can often easily move them. Agents also run the risk of damaging the circle by accidentally stepping on it. (Haha, guess who did this) (it's not me, it was you, Lockwood.) (I'm living with maniacs.) They can also be thrown, causing similar effects to a salt bomb.

Magnesium flares — works well against type twos. Explodes into a shower of beautiful light and temporarily neutralises the apparition or drives them away, until you realise that you're indoors and the whole place is on fire. (Totally not based on experience, totally.)

Iron Chains — for stronger ghosts (Type Twos). At least one per agent to create a protective circle, number of chains depending on the strength of the ghost. (If you do not bring this along with you, well, I hate to recount the details of my second case in Lockwood and Co again. To say a hefty fine is the least of your worries.)

Salt Bombs — causes minor explosions of salt that drive them away or even cause them to dematerialise for a short time. Weak form of defence, usually used against weaker ghosts (Type Ones). Bring at least four of these or lavender sticks, if you want to keep your teammates and yourself happy and healthy.(Safety is never an option, too bad, thou artless, beef-witted coward!) *winks* (shut up Tony, thou bawdy, pottle-deep popinjay!)

Sufficient Lavender sticks/Lavenders - smells nice, works... not so nicely for stronger ghosts and when the smell fades. If you don't know what it means, you can figure it out yourself. Though we are not liable for any of the acts of stupidity you are about to commit. (they mean it's best to always pack fresh lavenders, and avoid old stalks as their scent may not be strong enough to contain the source.) (Oh shut up, Holly)

Ghost-seeing goggles for the old codgers experienced supervisors and field operators (geez, Lucy, really)

Candles, full box of matches, torches, lamps with the shutters, the likes

And lastly, but most importantly, Plastic bags (see note here*)

*This is the latest tool for defence against ghosts, discovered by formidable agent Lucy Carlyle. (she's just under five feet six inches 🤨) (LOCKWOOD!!) Bring at least 5 plastic bags, wrapping them around your agent duffel bags, your backpack, and the occasional annoying teammate or supervisor. At least they'd no longer be a useless pile of ghost-cow droppings an obstruction (George! Lucy! Censored for, well, sanity purposes)

Gosh, I do need to make a Lockwood and Co Ghost Hunting Manual on ao3 or sth (published after teg)

(read the tags, if you'd like)

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At the gate for my flight home from visiting friends and there's a woman here with a service Shiba Inu. No pics because he has a Do Not Disturb vest and taking pics of strangers is illegal but I need to stress how ON DUTY this animal is. Ears up. Eyes doing Lazer scans of everything. Examining everyone who passes within 10ft like a security guard. Ass planted on her feet. I have never seen a dog with such intense chivalric guardian energy before. He has tiny eyebrows and they are FURROWED with concentration.

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As a person who is dying for book recommendations: What is a book you picked up randomly that you heard nothing about previously that blew you away?

I feel like we all have at least one hidden gem we stumbled upon.

Please reblog with your books in the tags :)

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why aren't there more mysteries that take place in nursing homes & retirement communities. i want to watch a group of deranged retirees-cum-amateur-detectives combine their powers of:

decades of life experience

boredom-fueled busybody shamelessness

access to the most gossipy next-door-neighbors in existence

"I am too old to be arrested and/or give a shit" attitude

and solve crimes. this should be an enormous subgenre.

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the picrew of dorian gray

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thinking about the guy who bought his fiancée the Dyson Airblade instead of Airwrap (so a hand dryer instead of a multi-styler for hair) and the guy who got his gf the toy Dyson Airwrap set for children thinking it was the real thing on a huge sale

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My girlfriend (who has adhd and has trouble reading) just promised me that she will read a book I give her!!! So I gave her "The perks of being a wallflower" because it's beautiful and quite adhd friendly because of the letter format it's written in.

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did you read the book i recommended to you so you could understand that i want you to understand me and i crave your approval or do you want me to die?

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i put “All I Want for Christmas is You” through a MIDI converter, and then back through an mp3 converter

the result is this garbage