#And big and a bit aggressive

[zadsterr]

I like to think im a werewolf thats just very adjusted to human society

[dejyn]

Something to mafia au.

Big Jack is a big smoker🚬

[gt-scribbles]

I love smaller companions, who are very used to their larger or size-shifting companions, being abruptly reminded sometimes of just how large and powerful their friends/partners are.

If you hang around a giant enough [especially one that usually is about your size because they're a size-shifter], eventually you get comfortable with them. Casual. Sometimes you forget, in the midst of their kindness and gentle-ness towards you, that they can level whole buildings. Crush boulders with a single hand. Let loose a beastly roar that shakes your bones and makes even the earth tremble beneath you.

You forget that a lot when you're so used to them laughing with you, taking walks, enjoying nature, letting you ride their shoulder or in their pocket.

And then sometimes, when they go to pick you up under your arms, you're sharply reminded of just _how_ big they are compared to you. Those moments of clarity keep you humble. Keep you... excited, almost.

After all, life with a giant requires a healthy level of self-awareness and respect. But it makes that deep trust and the special treatment you get from them all the more special.

[inchidentally]

Oscar has absolutely grown again but also the way this emphasizes Oscar's broad muscular back and height compared to Lando

[the-magpie-archives]

I like to think that outside of the archives Elias was known only as the silly, overenthusiastic, eccentric boss who enjoys paperwork way too much. Realistically he was equally feared by everyone but it makes the idea of Tim trying to expose the whole plot a lot funnier.

"Elias is evil and hes masterminding a terrible plan and if we don't stop him we'll all end up dead!"

"Elias....? Like, Elias Bouchard? The guy who religiously does his paperwork on the same day every week... The guy who once sat me down to ask if that weird plant in the hall was freaking me out?"

[ltcdrmcgarrett]

Unnecessarily big gifs of Steve McGarrett [39 of ?]

[sidereon-spaceace]

torn between wanting to make all my ocs Specialest Little Guys and overpowered VS. the fact I just finished watching all three extended editions of Lord of the Rings and am deeply moved by the struggles and worth of the common man

[pikkish]

For as much as I love Doom, I think we can all agree that modern Doom's writing is a bit of a dumpster fire of questionable choices and TAG especially so. So,

I'm gonna play Dark Ages when it comes out, and probably even enjoy it, too, but boy, do I have next to no faith that they're not gonna somehow totally screw over the story they themselves already established...

[subsequentibis]

must say again that mgs3 ocelot is so so compelling to me. in my head he's the perfect little prodigy boy who has his position as a major at just 20 yrs old thru a combination of nepotism and real skill, real gifted kid who's excelled at everything he's ever tried, triple agent fooling absolutely everyone, trying out combat techniques he's only read or heard about in the field bc he knows he'll just Get it right away, and it's like partially true that he's very good but he's not That good, there's people pulling strings behind the scenes to get him there, but he doesn't see them and thinks he got this all by himself. and i need to put this smarmy little man in my mouth and shake him like a dog with a toy.

[smorgasbort]

AC6 Girlboss Alignment Chart

[marklikely]

just sharing a collection of some pics that i really like of mac <3 unfortunately he got very sick this past month and we lost him this morning. rip to a very sweet and curious boy who loved to explore and was the only one smart enough to learn a trick so far you will be missed <3

[salty-software-engineer]

Man I just finished Babel and I was excited to read discussions online because there's so much going on in it with so many little things and just....angry white people. Everywhere. Truly a dead dove moment.

[thatfrenchacademic]

It's kind of annoying to me that so many Americans think that knowing where a particular European country is is the same as knowing where a specific US state is. Like yeah I can't identify Idaho on a map, but I don't think that's comparable to Americans who can't identify Ukraine on a map???

Hi Anon!

I... will assume this is in response to the "can you name all European countries?" game going around ! And I have exactly two (2) thoughts about it:

1.Devil's advocate argument:

I agree with the general sentiment, BUT [pulls out my nerdy academic glasses], a fun thing I have noticed is that instead of

"knowing where a European state is (for USAmericans) = knowing where a US state is (for Europeans)",

what comes up is more often is:

"NOT knowing where a European state is (for USAmericans) = NOT knowing where a US state is (for Europeans)"

Like, this is the type of argument USAmericans pull out only when they fail to identify European state and we point it out. On the other hand, there is not such a strong expectation that I would ACTUALLY know where Idaho is, in my experience. A few times people have assumed I know where some State is, I point out I don't, and they go 'oh, yeah, it's in North/East/...". Very rarely has an American that I talked to in person truly, actually been in disbelief that I can't place a US State on a map.

"You don't eve know where Idaho is" comes up only once they have been faced with THEIR inability to place a European State. It feels to me like a cognitive (or just rhetorical? idk, not my field) defensive move, more than an actual expectation that I would even be able to name all US State, let alone place them.

2. They are straight up not taught.

I know the instinct is to point it out and laugh at it because the irony of coming from a regime that lords its superiority over all other countries with a population that cannot, actually pinpoint where the other countries are, is STRONG.

But like.

Whose fault is it that Mark, 20, WY, thinks being able to place Utah is much more important than being able to place Albania. Or even that it is equivalent.

I know it's tempting to tell Mark that he is being a fking idiot, especially if Mark is also an asshole. But sometimes, you just need to take a breath, look at someone who is the predictable result of a shitty system, and remember that you gain nothing by confronting them aggressively like it's solely their fault they turned out like that.

Even when they are an asshole.

And just... walk away. Especially if it's online.

[adhd-merlin]

In the end, it's less of a hunting trip and more of an amiable jaunt through the woods with the occasional game sighting. Stupid of Arthur to expect otherwise, really, given that Merlin on a hunt is more a hindrance than a help — much like old Cavall, whom Arthur also brought along because of sentimental reasons rather than his actual usefulness.

Arthur himself, though he never mentioned it to Merlin, has grown a distaste for shooting deer after learning what truly happened on his dreadful hunt with Princess Mithian. Not entirely rational, but he seems to be getting a bit soft with age.

They cross paths with a boar on the first day. It emerges from a thick shrub on the side of the trail and stops some way ahead of them, well within shooting range, its snout twitching and its tail swinging from side to side as it looks around. Arthur signals for Merlin to stop.

As he takes aim, something rustles in the underbrush. A piglet trots out of the shrubs to its waiting mother, followed by another. And then another.

Arthur makes the mistake of glancing at Merlin's face.

"Oh, for goodness' sake." He lowers his bow.

He and Merlin watch in silence as the boar and half a score of piglets scuttle safely to the other side of the trail.

Entirely too soft.

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[buddhaamitabha]

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[sysig]

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