#.happy new year folks.

[dreamerdrop]

something about how garak and julian both lead with their worst foot forward as the first impression.

which is why The Wire works so well for them, because it’s both of them on full display in a way that forces them both to accept they either like each other at their most infuriating or they don’t. and turns out, they do like each other, even when they’re both being incredibly aggravating to each other.

julian contends with the reality that garak has likely killed and tortured countless innocent people, will likely never be truly honest with julian about anything ever, and that he can be incredibly venomous and cruel at his worst, and julian decides he still cares about garak and will still be his friend in the aftermath.

garak gets to see how impossibly stubborn and reckless julian can be, how frustratingly dedicated to his ideals of looking after other people he is, how utterly annoying julian can be when he’s got his mind set on something… and garak absolutely walks away deciding these are also julian’s best traits, even if garak thinks they might need tempering for julian’s own good.

they don’t actively consider each other proper friends until they have been forced to look at the parts of each other they might find most off-putting, and they both see that and go “… yeah, i still like him, even more now actually.”

idk there’s something about how they find themselves endeared to each other for the exact same traits that would normally drive others away. they fall in love with the whole picture right from the start. of course, julian can joke about garak having murdered people. he knew that from the word go and decided he liked garak anyway. of course, garak falls deeper in love with julian when he demonstrates his near-suicidal levels of dedication to protecting others, that determination was what sparked garak falling in love to start with.

and they can still dislike parts of that whole, garak definitely wishes julian would be more selfish (for the sake of self-preservation, mostly), and julian doesn’t exactly *approve* of garak doing morally reprehensible things, but… they knew exactly who they were falling in love with and went all in anyway.

something about falling in love with someone from their worst parts so that every time you have to reassess your view of them, it only makes them more lovable.

[luxmoogle]

"None of this…makes sense to me…I've been having these weird thoughts lately. Like, is any of this for real or not?"

1.1.2024 00:13

[without-ado]

Happy Year of the Dragon

l 운룡도 Dragon in Clouds l Joseon l 19th Century l National Folk Museum of Korea

[artofalassa]

Late as always, but another year of wings, swords and the absolutely best bois <3

[magentasnail]

happy undertale anniversary!!!

I am very busy and really shouldn't have worked on this for as long as I did, but the desire to make undertale art was unstoppable

at least i got a new wallpaper

[wigglebox]

Happy New Year! 🎆✨🌈

I hope 2024 is a gentle and kind year for all!

[mars-ipan]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ONE VERY SPECIAL HAJIME HINATA !!!!!! new year's kisses for the birthday boy :)

[dreamingpartone]

the joys of an unhurried sunrise, a slow dawn ⛅

[winds-of-zephyr416]

!!!!!!

[about-faces]

[canisalbus]

I'd like to say that I love your art but never really saw the older stuff where Machete is just getting the shit kicked out of him by a homophobic universe so I only know your cute gay dogs as operatically dramatic dudes getting into Situations that only homosexuality can save them from.

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[fallstaticexit]

Runey poo has aged up! He loves music, still a tad bit skeptical but is also a know it all- like most teenagers. He aged up with level three romance (oh brother, poor Aries and Nora lolol) and he's itching for more adventure.

Bonus: he's such a show off lolol

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

🎆🎇🎊🎇🎆

[doodlejoltik]

happy new year from ingo and emmet Pokemon!!!!!!!

[fannoona]

HE IS ALIVE!!!

[useless-catalanfacts]

Here’s some rhyming expressions in Catalan that have to do with the months.

Al gener, la palla al paller. In January, the hay in the hayrick.

Al febrer has de llaurar el que al març vulguis sembrar. In February you must plough what in March you want to sow. (It means that you must plan things ahead of time)

Març, marçot, mata a la vella i la jove si pot. March, March, kills the old lady and the young one if it can. (Because of the changing and cold temperatures typical in March.)

L'Abril té cara d'abat i urpes de gat. April has an abbot’s face and a cat’s paws. (The weather in April seems nice, but it can suddenly change and hurt your crops or health.)

Cada cosa per son temps i pel maig cireretes. Each thing at its own time, and in May little cherries.

Al mes de juny, cada gota com el puny. In the month of June, each drop like a fist. (This refers to the fact that it doesn’t rain much in June, but when it does it can be a lot and hurt the fields.)

Pel juliol, beure, suar i la fresca buscar. In July, drink, sweat, and look for the cool breeze.

A allò que ha de madurar a l’agost, a l’abril se li veu el nas. It that has to ripen in August, in April you can see its nose. (You can see someone’s intentions.)

La lluna setembral és la més clara de l’any. Septermber’s moon is the clearest one of the whole year.

De l'abril al setembre navega sense témer, de l'octubre al març no vagis a la mar. From April to September, sail without fear. From October to March, don’t go to sea.

De novembre enllà, agafa la manta i no la deixis estar. From November on, get the blanket and don’t leave it.

Which comes to mean the same as Per Tots Sants desa el vano i treu els guants. For All Saints’ Day (November 1st), put the fan away and get the gloves.

Dies de desembre, dies de malura: tot just es fa dia que ja és nit obscura. December days, bad days: the sun just rose and it’s already dark night.

There are dozens of rhymes for every month, most of them reminders of what agricultural work must be done in each moment of the year, predictions about the weather (what to expect if x animal sings in this month, what does it mean for the harvest if this month is cold or windy or rainy, how will it change the next months’ weather, etc) or advise to keep good health in that month’s expected weather. Rhyming expressions have been used for centuries, when most people’s jobs were dependent on nature (agriculture, farming, fishing, sailing), to remember this folk knowledge based on observation.