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You are made to live as a kind of house-pet for one week. You are well taken care of and loved, but you are unable to communicate to the person taking care of you that you are a person. What is your reaction?

Spin the wheel to find out which pet you will spend a week as.

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Reblog to make the person u reblogged this from comfy n cozy

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i personally did not go to mine as a protest because they wouldn't allow students to bring dates of the same gender (my prom was in 2013 and in florida so).

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Inspecting my grean

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This website is too mobile focused these days. Reblog and tell me what your desktop/laptop background is.

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congratulations! you’re now a pirate. your seventh most recent emoji is the symbol on your flag. mine is ™️

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the ham is melting, the turkey is suspended in midair, the salami is hatching from its own egg. why did we even come to the salvador deli

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🌸Mrs. Bracegirdle🌸 (acrylics on canvas, 2025)

Welp. Here we are. 😂 Sometimes you get an idea so silly, the only way to get it out of your system is to paint it. The cultural significance of our dear Mrs. Bracegirdle cannot be easily explained, this is a severe case of "if you know, you know". But safe to say, she is an icon and a queen and we love her - and the stunning Kelly Coughlin, of course, for giving her a physical presence 💖

I was planning to paint her with a piece of plum cake, but first of all I have no idea what plum cake is supposed to look like, and then I made the mistake of googling the symbolism of plum blossoms and discovered that they sometimes symbolise resilience, hope, and beauty in the face of adversity. And after about an hour of staring at the ceiling for complicated Frodo reasons, I got to painting.

I had SUCH A TIME with the hands and the fabric and dimensions with this piece, and at this point I genuinely have no idea if it looks even remotely correct or not, so preemptive apologies for anatomical and botanical liberties taken. All the same, I am very proud of this piece, and I hope @mischieffoal in particular likes it! 🥰 I blame you for everything!

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shoutout to flags that look like landscapes fr gotta be one of my favorite genders

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Happy (late) slow horses day to all who celebrate

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like a fool i have always forgiven the dc metro system every time it fucks me over because the stupid sexy 70s brutalist aesthetic is just too swag i am sorry

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Many folktales throughout different cultures feature a heroine being given the impossible task of sorting through grains/seeds– whether that be picking them from the ashes, from between each other, or from their rotting counterparts.

In this task, she often does as much as she can before submitting to a higher power, whether that power recognizes her virtue or she directly asks for help varies based on the culture and tale.

Featured are eight such tales, most of which can be categorized into “Snake Bride” (ATU 425) type tales or “Cinderella” (Both often ATU 510 in the folklore index– Cinderellas are specifically ATU 510A)

The circle puts them in no particular order, as “origins”  and lineages are muddied, and many of the current incarnations have been influenced by each other, though Ye Xian is the oldest known “complete” version of Cinderella.

Snake Brides:

Psyche, Eros and Psyche (Greco-Roman)

Sukkia, The Snake’s Bride (India)

Donan Sampakang Tale about Gansaļangi and Donan Sampakang (Indonesian)

Cinderellas:

Aschenputtel (German)

Tam, Tấm and Cám (Vietnam)

Unnamed Heroine The Wonderful Birch (Finish & Slavic)

Ye Xian (Chinese)

Neither (ATU 480B– Stepmother and Stepdaughter)

Vasilisa, Vasilisa the Wise (or Beautiful) (Slavic)

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Have you ever accidentally caused a fire while cooking? Even a small one.

Yes

No

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"Blah! It's me, the alien! I'm gonna getcha! I'm the alien!"

- the alien from Alien (1979)