#Ask Oil and Water

[bonesblubs]

Could I get a Shang Qinghua with his hair down, with or without Mobei Jun please?

Yesss I’ve wanted to draw this for a while…. I think it’s a pretty rare sight bc it’s easier to put it up than to take care of it. I like the idea of SQH and LBH having the same hair texture, but LBH’s is just way better maintained and healthier. MBJ likes to play with it anyway.

[anniflamma]

Poseidon oiled up. And I promise that you will have 1k new followers in an hour

How dare you to say such a preposterous thing....

[purplebehittindifferent]

I like it when people sit down to get to know me, and they’ll ask a question, and they realize that I know WAY too much about EVERYTHING.

“Oh- you’ve eaten raw horse?”

“Yeah it gave me E-Coli”

“What’s E-coli?”

*EXPLAINS THE ENTIRETY OF HOW YOUR BODY REACTA AND WHERE IT COMES FROM AND HOW IT WORKS*

“W-wow you know a lot about that- what else have you eaten that’s weird?”

“Uni, which- actually do you know the only edible part of a sea urchin is: *MORE EXTREMELY RANDOM INFO*”

“That’s crazy! Ew- I don’t think I’ve eaten weird things before.”

“Did you know in Japan they eat live octopuses? They started just doing the little ones that fit in your mouth but now they are FULLY eating ones that fight back- which is neat because even after you bite a limb off they- *INFO ON MARINE LIFE SYNAPSES AND THAT OCTOPUS TENTACLES SUCTION IS STRONG ENOUGH TO LEAVE A HICKEY*”

“How do you know this??”

“Uhhh- a Chuckle sandwich podcast, and a lot of experience fishing with my dad, that led to more research. ALSO DID YOU KNOW THAT DOLPHINS FEEL LIKE WET HOTDOGS??? OH AND WAIT TILL YOU HEAR ABOUT THE WAY THEY HALF SLEEP WITH THEIR BRA-“

I talked for an hour.

The way I acquired this completely random and oddly specific/complicated information was by NO NORMAL MEANS.

People have started ASKING me questions about random stuff because they KNOW I’ll know SOMETHING about it

IS THIS MY SUPERPOWER? I MEAN ITS SÚPER ANNOYING TO OTHERS BUT IM SO SMART AND SO DUMB AT THE SAME TIME??? LOL????

[magnificentmicrowave]

Are you well groomed? i see the way you draw women and think to myself "wow, you should brush your hair." Also please be sure to use shampoo and conditioner when you shower.

im soooo groomed

[talos-stims]

oil rig in the middle of the ocean at night | source

[evenasyoungastheyare]

Louis 

[giantenemyrobot]

yo! Its the anon that called heatwave a stud (he is)

so the doodle req is just.. heatwave taking an oil bath

So oiled up the USA wants him

[lxgentlefolkcomic]

Trick or Treat! :D

You get: What the hell was IN that salad

[smilesrobotlover]

"Wet feathers can prove disastrous in cold weather. But with the wet winter weather, how do birds stay dry? The answer lies in the oil-producing glands birds have. They preen to coat their feathers in this oil to waterproof and insulate their down feathers."

"In addition to providing the ability to fly, feathers help to insulate and waterproof a bird’s delicate body."

"...deep water would cause the birds to become soaked, which would prevent them from flying properly. This is one of the reasons birds prefer baths that are shallow – they splash around until their bodies are just wet enough – and opt for taking many short baths rather than one long bath."

"The majority of bird species will drown if they fall into deep water, as they lack the mechanisms required to survive, most notably their feathers are not waterproof and would quickly become sodden, dragging them down, their wings aren’t the right shape or be strong enough to use them as paddles, and their legs and feet lack the structure and strength to help them out."

"Most bird feathers are somewhat water resistant, and in light rain, you may see birds fluffed up, just as they would in a dry cold....Heavy rain calls for a different tactic. Fluffing up your feathers keeps you warm, but if the rain is heavy enough, water will get in between your fluffed-up feathers and chill you faster. Instead, in heavy rains birds sleek down their feathers to reduce their wettability."

"Most birds are mostly waterproof. Their feathers, combined with oil from preen glands, keep them pretty watertight."

This is some information from different articles I found. If I'm understanding it correctly, many birds are somewhat water resistant but would still drown in deep water due to not being waterproof enough; feather, wing, and foot shape; etc? So maybe your idea could still work somewhat?

Gosh idk when you sent this but thank you for this information! In fact, thanks everyone who shared thoughts on this!! I’m glad everyone is sharing scientific information that I can still keep for my hc >:))

[surelysilly]

Okay but phanual running into castial, and-

to stab or not to stab, that is the true question...

or, alternately:

[hosuuuus]

riewritten guys..........................

[puppyeared]

puppy you are insane for wanting to put ice cubes in your milk!!!!! unacceptable!!!!! it melts and then thins the milk and then it mels some more and then you;re not longer drinking milk it;s just milk flavoured water!!!!!! /lh

i bet you use water to make your hot chocolate (also highly unacceptable) (booooo)

-brainrotbot

i was witness to @crow-cap slapping hot sauce on an orange for "character immersion" purposes so i think i have reason to believe putting ice in milk wouldnt be out of the question /j

[scavengerssuccotash]

How do Clint and Natasha deal with nightmares?

Ohhh the nightmares! The kinds of nightmares that plague are duo pale in comparison to our own. It’s only natural that their fears would manifest in truly frightening ways.

This will not be a happy read unfortunately. :(

Clint’s nightmares before Loki were a walk in the park. Memories of his foster father and the abuse he dealt jolted him from sleep so many times over the years that he’s had to develop a way to catch sleep wherever he could. Cue the power naps. (Thanks Jeremy!) The aftermath of his Pre-Loki nightmares usually meant a change of sheets since he sweat through them and a quick shower. He always keeps a cup of water by his bed too, getting ripped out from his dreams makes him parched. Once him and Natasha started sleeping together his return back to reality was less of a cinder block to the face and more of a pat on the cheek. Literally. While it’s generally advised to not wake a highly trained assassin in the throes of a nightmare, Natasha’s able to dodge the haymaker and bring him back to the present with a firm and quick, “Clint!”

The after-Loki nightmares are Clint’s own personal hell. His imagination, supplemented no doubt by Loki’s promise to have him kill Natasha “slowly, intimately in every way he knows you fear”, is far too powerful for a slap to the cheek to overcome. They had to get creative as a necessity. Even though she wants to touch him when he cries out she can’t. Of the times she did she ended up on her back and Clint woke with his hands on her. Natasha’s usually able to slip out of his holds, but there’s something about the abject pain in his voice that decimates her and overwhelms her better nature. She has to let it play out, and watch on the other side of the room with her face in her hands until Clint fights out of it on his own. She knows he’s awake by the time he falls out of bed and sobs into his hands.

Eventually, through time, patience and a lot of observation they figure out the triggers that induce these nightmares. It’s usually after a particularly difficult mission, one where he makes a mistake or slips up or the ones where he can’t keep her in his line of sight. After those, and afraid that it can trigger a nightmare they prep him with calming teas, long cuddles sessions and even longer assurances that she’s safe (and more importantly safe with him). They switch the bedding together, all soft sheets and even softer pillows. Calming scented candles are lit and weapons are removed from their bed side drawers. Once he’s asleep Nat waits outside the bedroom for a good thirty minutes, if she doesn’t hear Clint thrashing around it’s safe to say that he won’t be having a nightmare that night. On the good days when he wakes without a nightmare they make very gentle very tender love in the morning hours. It’s painfully tender and breaks Clint’s heard every fucking time. (Yeah, Loki really fucked them up both. I wish this was happier but it’s just not. It’s sad and angsty and it makes me incredibly sad. But they still have each other and that somehow makes it easier to bare)

The aftermath of Natasha’s nightmares is scary at the least and downright terrifying at most. Clint’s woken up more than a few times with her hands around his throat. Clint’s forced to get physical, which he hates because unlike on the mats Nat doesn’t pull her punches when she’s in the throes of her nightmares. She goes for the kill and fights like hell. Gradually though much like what they’ve discovered with Clint’s they find the triggers. Strike Team Delta will only take the child trafficking missions if it’s a last resort, the aftermath just takes too much out of the both of them to be fully operational the day after. They tried the teas, they tried meditations but they aren’t that effective long term. Strangely enough white noise seems to help though they don’t know why. Nat alternates between rain and nature documentary. Natasha’s a crier after, completely soaking her pillow with snot and her eyes are puffy and swollen by the time she’s able to calm down. Before Clint she had no one to talk to so she just bottled it up and let it fester. Now though Clint will force her to talk it through and she’s grateful even if they are both dead tired the next morning. Clint’s always comforting too, all hushed warm tones and hair brushing with the occasional dropped kiss to her forehead. They don’t have sex after but he does shower with her in the morning and help braid her hair.

Sleep doesn’t come easily for either of them, but it gets better with time, patience and most importantly with understanding that their nightmares are just their brains working through the trauma. It will pass with due time and as long as they have one another at the end of it they’d gladly sacrifice their sleep schedule in the meantime.

(Hi, yeah that was sad! But hey don’t worry it gets better I promise, now here’s a tissue. Good. Now blow! Good! See all better!)

[pigswithwings]

ok so the greasefire got bigger but it thanked me and now we're friends ^_^my house is gone

what did i tell you. never fails.

[townofcadence]

"I think you smell nice" he's not sure why he's whispering, but it feels too awkward to say it out loud- the Crow

Whisper in their Ear

"Oh--- uh---." Artair shudders at the soft words against his ear, but he recovers just as quick, rubbing at his neck. The Crow doesn't know any better, and was just being nice. "Thank you-- I know the shampoo I use is like.... rain and ocean? And I like these oils I throw on after a shower... haha. I guess I'm glad the combo is good?" His grin turns sheepish.

[javiersprincess]

thoughts about toji 🎤 what kind of bf/spouse do you think he'd be like?

toji is lame to me….hes kinda awkward at being loving but he’s actually quite doting when hes around you. does small acts of service that build up over time. if you ask him how toji getting up from the sofa so you can sweep lead to him picking it up with one hand so you can get underneath it he wouldn’t know what to tell you. he can’t really say he loves you - the word is still to heavy from the grief but he shows it a lot. pats your head and ties up your hair for you. makes you tea when you sound a little strained. skips betting on boats or horses and goes to the store to buy you the bodywash you like but are running out of