#In The Tropics Dies

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[aroaceleovaldez]

Today on doodles i forgot i drew: Bryce Lawrence scene my beloved. Nico's dumb little dog harness in BoO my beloved.

[chuchu666yay]

found cool bug on floor

[pgfone]

Comunque la cosa delle piante anti zanzara è una grande cazzata.

[garf-lover96]

help i think i have a fun fic concept (for julian obv) but the last story thing i wrote was literally like the modern version of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth for a school assignment when i was around 11 likely?? (it was such a banger though, i got a very good grade for it) i'm the most worried about my english vocabulary when it comes to it i guess but maybe i'll do it! maybe i will

[nameification]

classes just got suspended bc of thunderstorm advisory 💀 singapore gp is gonna be WET

[anipgarden]

Oh yeah possibly a dumb question from someone claiming to be the Milkweed Queen of Tumblr but like

Swamp milkweed is supposed to die back in Winter in North Florida, right????

Because mine hasn’t died back. Im not doing anything to protect it from the cold either! But its still here! What’s going on????

[graveyardfullofstars]

[transingthoseformers]

with that overlapping territory thing the other asker talked about

could that then mean that optimus and megatron's tarritories are autobot and decepticon territories with them protecting all of their faction within

I thought about that, yeah!

Because in the area (from what i can see) the mecha with the biggest territories are Optimus and Megatron, with there being waters that aren't either of theirs sure but they've got the biggest ranges.

I hadn't really considered faction into any of this, because i mean they're not in a war they're mers so it's more like this tangled web of individual dynamics.

Such as Megatron getting along well with Soundwave who lives at the buttfuck bottom of the sea 87% of the time, Ratchet getting along well with Optimus and probably primarily sticking away from Megatron's territory because those two have beef, Optimus and Megs maintaining separate territories but getting along rather well😏, Starscream and Megatron having known each other for quite a long time now but not having the same connection as megop, i think? I mentioned the pod of dolphinmers that are the autobot younglings that follow around Ratchet often times?

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

why are like the last bits of previous adventures or throwaway lines about previous adventures always the most interesting parts of episodes

[soliel-et-lune]

spoken word poetry is a religion and my gods are blythe baird, phil kaye, andrea gibson, sabrina benaim, kait rokowski, olivia gatwood and most other performers on button poetry. i love and respect them so much. fuck concerts if i ever get to see these people performing in person i’d cry so hard i love them so much of course they’re on youtube and here are some of my favourites on spotify

[shsenhaji]

📚 April and May Reading Round-Up 📚

I wasn’t able to post my April round-up, so have both April and May together! I am glad that I was able to read more books for both of these months than in March.

I started a few new series (Tiffany Aching, Maisie Dobbs, the Craft Sequence), and continued a few other series (the Memoirs of Lady Trent, October Daye).

In April, I read:

- The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan (very good, enjoyable and compelling, liked it even better than the second book, great relationships and character growth, liked the way motherhood and grief were tackled, touched on themes such as colonialism and research ethics)

- How Not to Marry a Prince by Megan Derr (cute, fun, somewhat heart-wrenching but with a lovely ending, liked the themes surrounding class and privilege)

- Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (good, interesting, liked how it tackled healing and war and trauma, definitely cried at the end)

- Derring-Do for Beginners by Victoria Goddard (read it in one sitting, very relatable protagonists, loved the worldbuilding and the themes, happy to see younger versions of favourite characters, much growth and introspection, some of the emotional fulfillment will have to wait for the next book)

- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (listened to the audiobook read by the author, compelling, kind of horrifying and depressing, very funny, great prose, banger chapter endings)

In May, I read:

- Half a King by Joe Abercrombie (read it in one sitting, bittersweet, good, interesting worldbuilding and politics, great character relationships and interesting character growth)

- Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear (good, enjoyed it more than the first book, engaging, bittersweet ending, liked the themes)

- A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire (very good, read it in one sitting, a bit less depressing than the first one, sad but with a hopeful ending, good character growth)

- Clary Sage by Victoria Goddard (amazing!!! delightful read, loved all of the characters, so very heartwarming, Hal my beloved)

- Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (read it in one sitting, loved the MC’s motivations and character growth, interesting magic system, loved the themes at the heart of the book, commentary on justice and policing and belief, taking on the patriarchy)

- Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Vol. 1 by Alexandre Dumas (good, very political, very grounded in the societal issues and references of the time, thoughts on morality and justice and the prison system, poor Dantes, liked the different perspectives)

- The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (amazing, read it in one sitting, loved the themes and Tiffany’s entire character and character growth, felt very much like the books I used to read as a child in the best sort of way, the frying pan!)

- Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear (highly enjoyable, compelling from the very beginning, better than the two previous books, much character growth and nuance)

[brothfan1997]

me fretting about my autistic swag/lack thereof but then i remember that the hoes LOVE my 3 gallon aquatic bug jar i keep in the kitchen that has been sealed for two months allowing 5 identified species i scooped out of roadside scum to flourish including 2 kinds of isopods, 1 insect, and 2 invertebrate species

[i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end]

I have watched "The Dying Detective" yesterday - does anyone here remember that game the gentlemen are playing where they are jumping on a rug and sliding across the floor? Well, my siblings and I used to do that ages ago with my grandparents' doormat in their hallway. No idea we were playing such a posh game. XD

[wild-at-mind]

Any time a bird is in captivity of any kind without fail there’s someone who shows up and goes ‘:( so sad, it should be FREE!’ Which, I’m very aware of the problems with cagebirds, but someone does this every time including when the bird in question is very clearly a genetic freak of some sort. For example, a rescue aviary near me used to have a lovely fantail dove, who according to volunteers was extremely friendly and loved cuddles and sitting on people’s heads. She’s passed away now, sadly, but on the aviary facebook there’s an old video of her and someone has put one of those comments along the lines of she should be in the wild. But she was so visibly a product of human selective breeding it was unreal. She had a huge, bulgy chest and her neck was bent so far back that the resting position of her head was on her back. If her eyes weren’t on the sides of her head she wouldn’t have been able to see over her own chest. Not all fantail doves look like this, but this one was so extreme looking that they had a little sign on the aviary reassuring people she was alright. I just wondered where exactly this commenter imagined she would belong if all the birds in the aviary were released into the wild and somehow back into their ideal habitats. There’s nowhere in the world outside of in the care of humans where a bird looking like that would be remotely ok.

[gettingnowherefaster]

I am at war with the bugs on my rattle snake calethea. I've had this plant for YEARS and it's grown sooo much some leaves are over a foot long. The bugs cannot have it!