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[malicious-gay]

doomed by the narrative but not in the dying way in the "you will live a full, long lifetime full of regret and anger you will love and love and love without stopping for years to come and that is far worse than anything death could ever do to you" kind of way

[gyroshrike]

Sorry for the wait @mewangie ! I’m your gifter :D Happy to present you with this for the @mlsecretsanta exchange!

I had so much fun drawing this, I hope it brings you as much joy as it did me!

[weaselle]

okay i work with dogs and i have licking rules and the licking rules are that dogs are allowed to lick my face a couple times in greeting BUT NOT MY MOUTH. Because gross. And my own dog is allowed to groom my face with his tongue to express his feelings, because he lets me hug him to express mine and fair is fair, but even he knows he is not allowed to lick my mouth. Because gross.

However. I've seen people react pretty strongly to videos where wolf caretakers let wolves lick the inside of their mouth, and i gotta say

if instead of dogs i worked with a pack of actual wolves, i would totally let them lick inside my mouth in greeting, because it is a social bonding exchange, and when i am working closely with a group of large undomesticated carnivores that could easily kill me, i definitely want to do whatever i can to bond closely with each of them. It would still be gross. But i wouldn't hesitate. It's like a safety thing, you really want them to consider you that close of a friend. That's part of the cost of working with those wolves.

[vodika-vibes]

I had an amusing thought (brought about by the truly staggering amount of medicine I've taken today)

So, Obi-Wan shows up on Kamino and he has no idea what's going on. And he's like, "I should ask some questions about this whole affair, but, like, on the down low. Subtle Kenobi. You remember subtle, right?"

And he's shown the clones, and Obi-Wan's nodding and bullshitting his way through the conversation (he was trained to bullshit by the best of them, after all) and he's like, "So they've had, what, 20 years of training?"

And Taun We laughs and says, "Oh no, the large majority of the clones were decanted 10 years ago."

And Obi-Wan, who was once ten years old and recently raised a ten year old boy, points at the full grown men and says, "I understand that human biology is dumb, but those are grown men, not ten year olds."

Taun We laughs again, "Of course Master Jedi. The Clones have accelerated aging to ensure that they're ready for the war."

Obi-Wan nods, as though this is sensible and not bat-shit insane, "And you've since removed that?"

"I beg your pardon?"

"The accelerated aging? You've since removed it?"

Taun We blinks his large eyes at Obi-Wan, the only indication that he's confused, "Why would we do such a thing?"

And Obi-Wan, who learned to think on his feet at the heels of Qui-Gon Jinn and Quinlan Vos, says "Why would the Republic want an army that's only viable for half the time of a natural born soldier?"

"You must understand, it is a very time intensive procedure-"

Obi-Wan nods again, "In that case, I want a half refund."

Taun We looks thrown for a moment, "I...beg your pardon?"

"If I'm only getting an army that's viable for half the time, then I want half a refund. Honestly, I think I'm being very reasonable in this."

"...I need to speak with someone, Master Jedi. Would you care for some tea?"

"That would be lovely." Obi-Wan replies with a bright smile. And the second he's alone, he starts sending increasing panicked texts to Quinlan and the Jedi Council.

[lilyystarr]

regulus black died 45 years ago

[sophieswundergarten]

I was thinking about how people always say that "execution is everything" with telling a story.

And it's true

If you come at your story sly and malicious, hacking at with a butcher's knife until it's a bloody mess that you then lay proudly at the feet of your audience as the spoils of a kill, it isn't likely to be any good

The bits are mixed around, the bones shattered and fragmented. There is certainly blood everywhere, staining your clothes and dripping from your hands as you try and cajole people into stopping by and taking a look

It doesn't quite work

But, if you look at your story, and understand the grace and fluidity of its life, then you may execute it elegantly

Because it is still a death. It is still a sacrifice, to have your story out of your hands and no longer living and growing and changing according to your whims

Because, when the tree is felled and the pulp is bleached and the ink has dried and the binding set, you can't control it anymore. The story is now in the hands of your audience, and it's up to them what happens to it

A properly executed story is laid to rest in the peace of the wild, left to allow the ecosystem to explore and reclaim it as their own with moss and lichen and mushrooms and carrion eaters and leaf-litter dwellers

That is the only way a story is properly executed; dead by your hands, yes, but constantly feeding the life of others and fueling their own stories

[sketch-mer-6195]

imagine supporting a horrible person. gross.

https://www.tumblr.com/dlivee/754431555426992128/jon-bernthal-one-of-the-biggest-zionists-in?source=share

As someone who has followed Bernthal (as best as I can as I don't have Twitter, Instagram or Facebook), everyone is entitled to their own opinion and ideas.

I, personally, don't see Jon in such a light as you have shown in that link. I have watched his podcast with Shai and Marylin. But he also has episodes with all types of people! From different walks of life, careers, lifestyles, and so forth. Do I sound like I'm supporting him wholeheartedly? Probably, and I still see him as a rather decent human being.

Whether you support those in Gaza or Israel, or both. We can't discriminate against people because of who they see is in the right in the Middle East. If they support the Palestinians, good for them. If they support the Israelis, good for them too!

For the directors and LAPD.... seriously? And from what I saw... most of those Twitter posts came from one guy who we don't know is telling the truth or not. In today's day and age with technology and people splicing and putting together what they want to hear or have their viewers/listeners/readers want to know. We have to take things with a grain of salt.

Especially from social media! Really, people grow up. Watch actual news channels on television. Or even better, Google it or read about it in a newspaper. We can't take people's word for it on social media. Especially if it's just some random dude and not an actual reporter from a known newspaper or news channel.

In the end, just do your research. Don't take Twitter so seriously. And if you like Jon Bernthal, keep being a fan and supporter. If not, just go find someone else and leave the guy alone. He's already had enough shit happen to him.

[lightning-macrine]

People claiming they’re tired of the Izcourse and constant arguing around Izzy, but IMAGINE HOW TIRED WE ARE 💀

We’re just out here trying to enjoy a character and make our fancontent and constantly get bombarded with people calling us abuse apologists, racists, homophobes etc. and people “reminding” us he’s not a main character. WE KNOW!!! We know at the end of the day it’s Stede and Ed’s story, that’s not going to stop us on focusing on our most special boy though so…wasted efforts really 🤷🏻‍♀️

[brainicusrotticus]

continuation of vace’s first medical appointment—

sol: okay. and your augment, please?

vace: well-endowed.

sol, regretting everything: …what the fuck does that mean.

vace: *leans back, smirks, subtly increases the manspread*

vace: …i think we’d both prefer i show you.

sol: …

sol: so, in about *checks watch* four minutes, i’m going to be squeezing your balls and asking you to cough. are you sure you want to lose this much dignity ahead of time?

vace: …what?

sol: great. i’ll step out of the room while you get changed. *sets the holofolder down in plain sight and leaves*

—and then, a few hours later, while sol is checking the announcement board—

tang: …why did anemone come into my lab to ask me all about penile fractures today?

sol: oh, vace tried to put the moves on me by claiming he’s above average. so i made sure to include in his chart that he’s at an increased risk for penile fractures.

tang: …the difference would be completely negligible, if one exists at all.

sol: yeah, i know that.

[secretly-larry-daley]

Honestly, I think we should ship Mike with Matpat’s character, Ness. I don’t know I think there’d be some benefits /J /J /J

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

so i was out with my sister the other day, we went out to buy some things to decorate my room for when i move into my new place, and we were talking about albums we've been really into recently, and then out of the blue in the middle of a vintage shop my sister just goes 'oh hey - i didn't know those shadow puppet guys you like dated' and i nearly DROP the lamp i'm holding and say 'what?' and basically it turns out this video compilation of them turned up on her insta feed and she just assumed they were together 😭 (she also said that she had to stop watching it before it ended because she was in a cafe beside a very nice elderly lady at the time, and what miles and alex were doing was, in her words, 'basically soft p*rn' 😭) and i just - yeah. i felt like you needed to hear that story. personally, i'm still processing 😅

[blindecho6]

I have nothing against Argenti's new VA, but some of his deliveries don't have the same confidence as the old one's. I was just fighting him in MoC and "Put forth all your might" is probably the worst offence of this. Like... Where's the enthusiasm. It's... It's gone...

[darkacey]

So, uh, for no particular reason, none whatsoever, my editor brought up the idea of cutting Lucas’ hair short. And I—

Well, my hand slipped.

[thatsnotmygunflash]

Reblog this if you would join a signal ColdFlash group chat

[iamthecomet]

Rain immediately after filming:

EXACTLY!!!!! YOU GET IT. Aether's back at the Abbey dying laughing about it. Definitely texts Dew about it when he recovers. Something like "Didn't know you were so into being the damsel in distress." To which Dew responds with a very simple: "fuck you."