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Kiss Prompt Scarian 30 âŚas comfort? :3 -đ
ange asked for this as well, so itâs gotta be hhau, right? ft. some unused dialogue from our Big RPâ˘
Scar hates seeing Grian like thisâ curled up and miserable, wings tucked so tightly against his back that they may as well be invisible. His hands fidget with the ribbon tied around one of his wrists, body mostly hidden under the length of his cloak. Heâs pressed up into the wall in a way that canât be comfortable and Scar just canât take it anymore.
He needs to do something.
âGrian,â Scar tries, and though his ears droop slightly when Grian barely twitches in response, he still continues. âDid I ever tell you about my idea for a cookie shop?â
Grian does perk up slightly at that, but itâs mostly to cock an eyebrow in confusion, wondering why Scar would possibly think to bring up such a thing now of all times.
They hardly ever talk about Hermitcraft. And for good reasonâ it usually results in nothing but pain.
But something about Scar making cookies brings warmth to Grianâs frigid, aching heart, and despite his better judgement, he mumbles, ââŚcookie shop?â
Scar smiles, feeling successful already and deciding to ride that high. âYeah, and I was going to bake them myself! None of that villager crap.â
Grian doesnât reply directly, but he nods, eyes now regarding Scar with renewed interest, glad to tether his attention onto something that isnât his own self-loathing and despair.
Scar is happy to take what he can get. He also scoots in closer to Grian, craving the closeness, just wanting to be within his orbit. It takes a moment, but Grian returns the casual affection by idly running his fingers over Scarâs knee, which is more than enough to keep Scar going on with his daydreamy nonsense.
âI was gonna grow out my hair and have this whole elven theme goingâ live in a tree, work right out of my house.â Scar runs a hand through his messy hair, noting that itâs already begun to grow out quite a lot, even if it looks nothing like how he would have intended. He probably looks more like some sort of goblin than a lustrous-haired elf.
Grian chuckles softly, pulling Scar out of his thoughts. âWhat, like a Keebler Elf?â
âWhatâs a Keebler Elf?â Scar asks, entirely genuine.
That gets Grian to laugh fully, and even if Scar doesnât understand why, it makes his heart about melt. He loves Grianâs laugh. He doesnât get to hear it enough these days.
âYou know,â Scar adds, feeling cheeky now that heâs already earned this small victory. âI had a particular cookie in mind that I bet you would have loved.â
âTell me,â Grian says, eager for more of this delightful distraction.
Now that heâs got him, Scar begins a long-winded explanation, theatrical and exuberant: âWell, I make a delicious chocolate chip cookie, of course, but you canât have thoseââ
âIâm not allergic to chocolate, Scar.â
âYouâre not??â Scar gasps, earning a small eye roll from Grian (heâs still smiling though, so still a win). âWell no matter! Because I had an amayzinâ idea for incorporating chorus fruit into the icing for sugar cookie.â
âChorus fruit, really?â Grian replies quietly, now weirdly finding himself craving the odd, purple fruit that he likely would have never eaten otherwise. He feels the edge of doomed nostalgia begin to creep in, but only for a moment because Scar keeps talking, snagging his attention back to this fantasy of a quaint little cookie shop.
âYeah! A treat and a surprise!â Scar exclaims proudly. âOne little bite and zzzzzooooop!â
Grian laughs again, weaker, but still amused by Scarâs antics. He wants to let the daydream linger, to picture bright purple frosting and a fantastical treehouse without feeling a sense of great loss of what could have and should have been. He struggles, but Scarâs smile keeps him grounded, leaves him leaning in, gravitated toward that unbridled joy he somehow manages to hold onto.
But maybe his sorrow still shows through, because Scar leans in closer, presenting that smile so it fills all of his vision. âYou know what I was going to call them?â
Grian blinks, barely able to process anything other than the closeness of Scarâs smiling face. He manages a small shake of his head, eyes still anchored on Scarâs bright green ones.
Scarâs smile widens, seeming incredibly pleased with himself and whatever this answer may be.
âElven kisses,â he coos, closing the distance and pressing their lips together, softly, like a feather brushing over skin.
The name hardly makes sense, if Grian is being honest, but he doesnât care in the slightest. Something about the prospect of a simpler time, where Grian is surrounded by the fresh smell of cookies and a beautifully woven treehouse and the image of Scar presenting him with that name just as proudly, a shy little blush scattered across his cheeks.
He should have kissed Scar a long, long time ago, he thinks, somewhat sadly.
But Scarâs lips are on his now, and itâs possibly one of the only good things left in this wretched nightmare of a serverâ an uncomplicated affection, something genuine and pure. Something gentle and loving when everything else is coarse and cruel.
Grian moves, grabbing both sides of Scarâs head with desperate, yearning hands, and kisses him fully, hungry for the comfort of Scarâs breath against his own, lips intertwined, passionate and unwavering.
Alive. Alive. Alive.
He feels Scarâs mouth curl upwards into a joyous smile, pressed into his own, privateâ theirs alone to enjoyâ and for a moment, everything feels like it might be alright.
For a moment thereâs sweetness dancing across his tongue, and Grian willingly falls into the illusion of its simplicity.
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i just watched kung fu panda 4 and i rewrote one of the final scenes for po/tai lung so spoilers ahoy
âIâm gonna get back my staff, give all of you your kung fu back, and then Iâm going to kiss you,â Po says seriously.
âWhat?â Tai Lung says, taken aback. Poâs eyes widen.
âIâm going to give you back your kung fu,â Po says.
âNo, the other thing,â Tai Lung says.
âIâm going to get my staff back?â Po says.
âThe other thing,â Tai Lung says.
âIâm going to defeat the Chameleon,â Po says.
âNot that, you stupid panda, the last thing!â Tai Lung hisses quietly.
âWha-what last thing?â Po says, looking away. âI didnât say a last thing. Do you remember me saying a last thing? Cause-â he breaks off with a strained laugh. â I didnât.â
âPandaâŚâ Tai Lung says lowly, reaching through the bars and grabbing Poâs face to force him to look at him. âGet me my kung fu back and you can have as many kisses as you want.â
Po flushes, then perks up. âWait, really?â
âYes,â Tai Lung sighs, regretting it already.
âAlright! Okay!â Po nods, dislodging his hands without even noticing, and dances away, giving a âno take backs!â and finger guns over his shoulder, nearly tripping as he does. Tai Lung settles in to watch the fight, not even dreaming about taking back his words to this strange, excited panda who he once thought he hated.
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âCâmon, Vet, itâs just a scratch,â
Twilight tries to reassure the fussy Veteran as he presses his hands against the recently acquired puncture wound in the Rancherâs abdomen.
âThis is hardly a scratch, Rancher,â Legend snaps, switching to just one hand as he rummages around in his bag. âYouâre bleeding out.â
âThatâs a little dramatic,â Twilight teases, and itâs true. âIâm not bleeding out, just bleeding a little much for our comfort.â
âIâd rather you werenât bleeding at all,â Legendâs face is set in a grimace as he pulls his hand out of his bag with a thick square of gauze. âNo potions; think I gave my last one to the champion.â
âFine, itâs not a potion-worthy wound anyways,â Twilight replies. âOther people will need one more than me.â
âYouâd better hope not. If Iâm out of potions, chances are everyoneâs out of potions.â
Twilight winces at that. Heâs right; Legend always carries more potions than everyone else, true to his nature. Movement behind the Veteran catches his attention and he sees a bokoblin drawing back its bowstring.
âVet, watch itâ!â He yanks Legend down to the ground, flinching at the thwack of the arrow against the tree heâs leaned against.
âGood catch,â Legend thanks him quickly before pulling out his sword and charging at the âblin. âDonât you dare stop applying pressure to that!â
Twilight grins. Ever the worrier, Legend is, and heâs been worse after the rancherâs brush with death back at the inn. Well, everyone has, but heâs noticed it most in Legend. The prickly, snarky Veteran, who has out-adventured them all before the age of eighteen, has turned out to be quite the caretaker.
Even now, Legend doesnât stray far from Twilightâs position against the tree. After killing the bokoblin archer, heâs fallen back to a defensive position just in front of Twilight, and none too soonâanother wave of monsters bombards teh once-peaceful clearing and the Veteran has his hands full defending the vulnerable Twlight.
As for the Rancher himself, he quickly begins to feel guilty. The stab wound isnât anywhere heâs ever been stabbed before. Even if he is tasting blood and bleeding a tad bit profusely, he should be able to fight. But when he tries to stand up, he ends up getting dizzy and sitting back down heavily. It takes him back to when the dark lizalfos first hurt him, further urging him to get up and fightâhe doesnât like having to sit here as the anxiety of past events nags at him.
It becomes unbearable when Legend gets thrown across the clearing by a moblin and doesnât get up immediately. Twilight is on his feet faster than he realized, almost sprinting towards Legendâs position, sword drawn. His wound throbs violently but adrenaline masks it well. Twilight yells as the Moblin raises itâs club above the Veteranâs stirring form, and throws his sword at the creatureâs back, effectively catching its attention.
It turns, looming over Twilight and obviously burning with rage. Twilight, having lost his sword and being remarkably unprepared to be barreled over by a creature twice his height, turns to at least distract it long enough for Legend to get up. He leads it back towards the tree he was just under, and is almost there when a sharp stab of pain through his gun sends a shockwave through the rest of his body. He must black out for a second, because when he tunes back into the world, heâs lying on the ground and the Moblin is dead.
He sits up and almost immediately regrets it when the world starts spinning and his gut erupts into searing pain. He inhales sharply, triggering a coughing fit that ends with blood on his hands and dripping down his chin. He hates the why his heart races at the memory of the last time he was coughing up blood.
Evidently, he isnât the only one having flashbacks. Sky is kneeling in front of him, gently slapping his cheeks to get him to focus. Twilight smiles at him reassuringly. This has nothing to do with the dark lizard. He wonât resist potions or fairies this time, because itâs a regular wound. He grasps Skyâs hand, trying to get him to realize this isnât like last time and thereâs no need to worry. Not as much, at least.
âIâm fine,â he rasps. âYou have to help the Veteran.â
âCaptainâs got him,â Itâs Skyâs turn to reassure. âJust hang in there, okay?â
Twilight can do that, easy. He must be more drained than he realized, though, because the next thing he knows heâs being woken up, despite not recalling when he fell asleep. Thereâs a bandage wrapped tightly around his middle. The battle is over by now and the clearing is silent, everyone gathered around him.
âWeâre ready to move on,â Sky says softly. âCan you stand?â
Heâs quick to nod, and even though it hurts heâs able to get to his feet. He searched around for Legend, and finds him, seemingly asleep, and being piggy-backed by Time. The bandage hides the wound on the side of his head but not the blood that runs from it.
âIs the Vet alright?â Twilight asks, and Sky nods, and then hesitates.
âWellâŚheâs not dead, but heâs got a pretty bad concussion. Weâre out of potions and fairies, so weâll need to find a town, and soon.â
âPortal,â the call comes from up ahead and only Wind seems to have the energy to bemoan it. One by one, the battle-worn and weary heroes resign themselves to their fate, and walk through the portal without a word.
* * *
Hylia herself must have decided they deserved this break, because they were let out at the front gate of Twilightâs very own Kakariko Village. Theyâre able to get their hands on a couple potionsâit is unfortunately in the middle of the night, so theyâre only able to get a few using Twilightâs reputation as the town heroâand several peopleâs conditions are improved. For the first time in awhile, the heroes spend the night in beds and no one is in too much danger of dyingâalthough, Legendâs concussion is bad enough that Hyrule insists on watching him through the night, even after heâs given a bit of potion, just to be sure.
The night passes without incident, however, and the next day they purchase almost every potion Kakariko has to offer and Twilight finds himself, completely healed, sitting on the edge of his bed, enjoying the peace and quiet.
A knock on the floor interrupts the silence, and Legend enters. He leans against the bedpost next to Twilight, and is quiet for a moment.
âThank you,â he says presently, âfor saving me.â
Twilight smiles. âOf course. Iâm always happy to help preserve your life.â
They fall into a slightly awkward pause.
âI should also thank you,â Twilight remarks. âFor taking care of me.â
Legend shrugs. âIt wasnât much. Just a piece of gauze. Didnât even do that much to help in the battle, I managed to get myself a concussion and if Sky hadnât stepped in, youâd be dead.â Twilight hears the bitterness in the statement.
âYou did a lot.â Twilight says. Legend raises an eyebrow, and Twilight is ashamed to say he canât think of anything regarding that particular battle that would disprove Legendâs point. âIt meant a lot to me, anyways.â
âGlad to help,â Legend nods.
Another pause.
âIâŚguess I should say sorry.â
That catches Legend by surprise. âWhat for?â
âI could have been more accepting of your help. You were just looking out for me and I tried to reject it.â
âBecause you wanted someone else to get that help,â Legend shakes his head in disbelief. âYouâre apologizing for protesting out of selflessness.â
âWellâŚno, no one really needed the help at the time. I was just in denial, I didnât want to admit Iâd gotten hurt and couldnât fight. Again.â Twilight frowns, once again remembering the last battle that nearly killed him.
âWater under the bridge,â Legend says breezily. âIâve done it before, weâve all done it before, we still do. It isnât in our nature to be useless, especially not in a fight.â
âAinât that the truth,â Twilight snorts. âAnyways, Iâm sorry.â
âYouâre forgiven. Donât let it weigh you down.â
The ease with which the Veteran gives out his grace makes Twilight smile.
âYouâre a big softy, you know that?â
Legend glares at him sharply, feathers obviously ruffled.
âShut up,â he mutters. âI already have the Sailor calling me soft, I canât have you doing it too.â
âItâs technically too late.â
âShhh.â
âAt least I know why your dark world form is a rabbit.â
Legendâs glare turns murderous. âIâm going to bury you.â
âI love you too.â
âAlmost dying has made you almost as insufferable at the Captain, you know that?â
Twilight just laughs.
#this has been sitting in my writing app for awhile#it isnt the best thing Iâve ever written#but itâs sweet#enjoy!!#linkeduniverse#linked universe#lu legend#lu twilight#link writes
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the promised hhau confession rp/fic
this got a bit out of hand. as per usual.
here's 21k words of raw rp between me and link about these idiots. <3 spoiler alert: they have Feelings. they're also very gay for each other.
#ange writes#link writes#we both write!!#our rp#which we never thought anybody will see kxcjbnkjb#hhau#you voted for this well here it is#took me a while but#I DID IT#we also figured out a title#somehow#i had other titles lined up#then i heard a song#mmmhm#(don't mind that there's no actual confession in this fic shhhhhh)#please please please if you manage to read all that#come tell us#we'll be so happy and grateful#<3333
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Ya know what?!
FUCK IT WE BALL
TURN THAT POV INTO A PROMPT, LET'S SEE HOW YOU WRITE ONE OF THESE BAD BOIS.
FUCK IT WE BALL
It wasn't supposed to be this way. You weren't supposed to be here right now, not when he was certain you had left the building almost an hour prior.
In truth, you had, but upon arriving home you realized you had left your charger at work, so you made your way back, knowing Dave would still be there to let you in of needed. You should have called first, let him know you were coming back, maybe then you wouldn't be in this mess.
The building had been awful quiet when you walked in, but that wasn't out of the ordinary. Freddy's was closed right now, and the night guard was the only person in the building. What was out of the ordinary, was that Dave hadn't made it around to locking the front door yet, though you brushed it off as simple carelessness on his part. He always did seem aloof around other's, always hanging around quietly, eyeing the room and the people in it with an almost scrutinizing gaze. Everyone always said there was something a little off about Dave Miller, but you never saw it, not until tonight at least.
Dave wasn't a man of many words around others, but he always found time to talk to you. It was incredible really, how he seemed to come to life when it was just the two of you alone. The normally quiet and reserved night guard would become animated and theatric in your presence, with a bizarre sense of humor you found endearing. He had really grown to like you, and you him. If only you had known the man he truly was, but then you'd leave him, wouldn't you?
So he kept his secret as far away from you as possible, at least he had.
Until tonight.
Now he met your wide eyed gaze as blood covered himself and the floor behind him, his latest victim lying lifeless on the ground behind him.
"Oh Darling..." came his frighteningly calm voice. You couldn't help but notice the drop of his accent, or rather, the invitingly smooth addition of a British accent you didnt even known he had.
"I really wish you hadn't seen that."
You both knew what would happen next, and you both knew that you should be running for your life right now, yet you stayed planted firmly in the same spot in shock.
It really wasn't supposed to be this way, and what he had to do next would haunt him for the rest of his life.
#surprisingly short for a dave fix tbh#but the cringe is after me#dave posting#link's asks#link writes#five nights at freddy's#fnaf#william afton#fnaf william afton#fnaf dave miller#dave miller#william afton x reader#dave miller x reader
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I've begun rewriting an old SidLink fic I wrote back in 2017. I've posted two chapters already, here's the link! -> The Hero of Hyrule
I'll also add in the link for the older fic, in case any of you want to reread/revisit that. -> The Hero of Hyrule (2017)
#sidlink#loz fanfic#legend of zelda#breath of the wild#link rambles#link writes#check them out ive been on a writing kick these days#i have abt 7 chapters of this done so im doing pretty good imo
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The problem wasn't the mythical creatures. The problem wasn't the currency they paid with. The problem wasn't finding a way to hide how much money I was making from the government. The problem wasn't even trying to protect my late night clientele from the government.
The mythical creatures were incredibly polite. They only paid what they considered fair. One of them runs a pawn shop that specializes in helping late night businesses like mine keep the government away from them.
No. No, the problem was the guilt. I was making so much money off of these folks. They gave me jewels worth my entire stock, plus some, for a baker's dozen of cookies. The ghost pirate paid me in doubloons! Old, actual doubloons! Just ONE of those things sold to the right collector helped pay off my house!
I keep telling them what these things are worth here, but they wave me off. The one fae who comes by just smiled kindly and said, "Maybe these trinkets have immense monetary value here, but we do not trade them because of what money they are worth. We trade them because we find your goods to be worth the trade."
This... actually did help with the guilt.
Although, now I have a new problem.
That fae, a siren, and the pawn shop owner are now all vying for my hand- to date me, not marriage, I'm SO not ready for that- and the ghost pirate has decided he's my new dad. So, he's playing referee or some shit?
I keep telling Ed he doesn't have to, but he justs pats my hand and asks for another lemon bar.
I'm a little afraid to tell them I'm polyam.
You run a Bakery, just a normal bakery, the only problem is that your customers at midnight to 6AM are mythical creatures who pay with gemstones and ancient gold and silver coins
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Planet's Fucked: What Can You Do To Help? (Long Post)
Since nobody is talking about the existential threat to the climate and the environment a second Trump term/Republican government control will cause, which to me supersedes literally every other issue, I wanted to just say my two cents, and some things you can do to help. I am a conservation biologist, whose field was hit substantially by the first Trump presidency. I study wild bees, birds, and plants.
In case anyone forgot what he did last time, he gagged scientists' ability to talk about climate change, he tried zeroing budgets for agencies like the NOAA, he attempted to gut protections in the Endangered Species Act (mainly by redefining 'take' in a way that would allow corporations to destroy habitat of imperiled species with no ramifications), he tried to do the same for the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (the law that offers official protection for native non-game birds), he sought to expand oil and coal extraction from federal protected lands, he shrunk the size of multiple national preserves, HE PULLED US OUT OF THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT, and more.
We are at a crucial tipping point in being able to slow the pace of climate change, where we decide what emissions scenario we will operate at, with existential consequences for both the environment and people. We are also in the middle of the Sixth Mass Extinction, with the rate of species extinctions far surpassing background rates due completely to human actions. What we do now will determine the fate of the environment for hundreds or thousands of years - from our ability to grow key food crops (goodbye corn belt! I hated you anyway but), to the pressure on coastal communities that will face the brunt of sea level rise and intensifying extreme weather events, to desertification, ocean acidification, wildfires, melting permafrost (yay, outbreaks of deadly frozen viruses!), and a breaking down of ecosystems and ecosystem services due to continued habitat loss and species declines, especially insect declines. The fact that the environment is clearly a low priority issue despite the very real existential threat to so many people, is beyond my ability to understand. I do partly blame the public education system for offering no mandatory environmental science curriculum or any at all in most places. What it means is that it will take the support of everyone who does care to make any amount of difference in this steeply uphill battle.
There are not enough environmental scientists to solve these issues, not if public support is not on our side and the majority of the general public is either uninformed or actively hostile towards climate science (or any conservation science).
So what can you, my fellow Americans, do to help mitigate and minimize the inevitable damage that lay ahead?
I'm not going to tell you to recycle more or take shorter showers. I'll be honest, that stuff is a drop in the bucket. What does matter on the individual level is restoring and protecting habitat, reducing threats to at-risk species, reducing pesticide use, improving agricultural practices, and pushing for policy changes. Restoring CONNECTIVITY to our landscape - corridors of contiguous habitat - will make all the difference for wildlife to be able to survive a changing climate and continued human population expansion.
**Caveat that I work in the northeast with pollinators and birds so I cannot provide specific organizations for some topics, including climate change focused NGOs. Scientists on tumblr who specialize in other fields, please add your own recommended resources. **
We need two things: FUNDING and MANPOWER.
You may surprised to find that an insane amount of conservation work is carried out by volunteers. We don't ever have the funds to pay most of the people who want to help. If you really really care, consider going into a conservation-related field as a career. It's rewarding, passionate work.
At the national level, please support:
The Nature Conservancy
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Cornell Lab of Ornithology (including eBird)
National Audubon Society
Federal Duck Stamps (you don't need to be a hunter to buy one!)
These first four work to acquire and restore critical habitat, change environmental policy, and educate the public. There is almost certainly a Nature Conservancy-owned property within driving distance of you. Xerces plays a very large role in pollinator conservation, including sustainable agriculture, native bee monitoring programs, and the Bee City/Bee Campus USA programs. The Lab of O is one of the world's leaders in bird research and conservation. Audubon focuses on bird conservation. You can get annual memberships to these organizations and receive cool swag and/or a subscription to their publications which are well worth it. You can also volunteer your time; we need thousands of volunteers to do everything from conducting wildlife surveys, invasive species removal, providing outreach programming, managing habitat/clearing trails, planting trees, you name it. Federal Duck Stamps are the major revenue for wetland conservation; hunters need to buy them to hunt waterfowl but anyone can get them to collect!
THERE ARE DEFINITELY MORE, but these are a start.
Additionally, any federal or local organizations that seek to provide support and relief to those affected by hurricanes, sea level rise, any form of coastal climate change...
At the regional level:
These are a list of topics that affect major regions of the United States. Since I do not work in most of these areas I don't feel confident recommending specific organizations, but please seek resources relating to these as they are likely major conservation issues near you.
PRAIRIE CONSERVATION & PRAIRIE POTHOLE WETLANDS
DRYING OF THE COLORADO RIVER (good overview video linked)
PROTECTION OF ESTUARIES AND SALTMARSH, ESPECIALLY IN THE DELAWARE BAY AND LONG ISLAND (and mangroves further south, everglades etc; this includes restoring LIVING SHORELINES instead of concrete storm walls; also check out the likely-soon extinction of saltmarsh sparrows)
UNDAMMING MAJOR RIVERS (not just the Colorado; restoring salmon runs, restoring historic floodplains)
NATIVE POLLINATOR DECLINES (NOT honeybees. for fuck's sake. honeybees are non-native domesticated animals. don't you DARE get honeybee hives to 'save the bees')
WILDLIFE ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER (support the Mission Butterfly Center!)
INVASIVE PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES (this is everywhere but the specifics will differ regionally, dear lord please help Hawaii)
LOSS OF WETLANDS NATIONWIDE (some states have lost over 90% of their wetlands, I'm looking at you California, Ohio, Illinois)
INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE, esp in the CORN BELT and CALIFORNIA - this is an issue much bigger than each of us, but we can work incrementally to promote sustainable practices and create habitat in farmland-dominated areas. Support small, local farms, especially those that use soil regenerative practices, no-till agriculture, no pesticides/Integrated Pest Management/no neonicotinoids/at least non-persistent pesticides. We need more farmers enrolling in NRCS programs to put farmland in temporary or permanent wetland easements, or to rent the land for a 30-year solar farm cycle. We've lost over 99% of our prairies to corn and soybeans. Let's not make it 100%.
INDIGENOUS LAND-BACK EFFORTS/INDIGENOUS LAND MANAGEMENT/TEK (adding this because there have been increasing efforts not just for reparations but to also allow indigenous communities to steward and manage lands either fully independently or alongside western science, and it would have great benefits for both people and the land; I know others on here could speak much more on this. Please platform indigenous voices)
HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (get your neighbors to stop dumping fertilizers on their lawn next to lakes, reduce agricultural runoff)
OCEAN PLASTIC (it's not straws, it's mostly commercial fishing line/trawling equipment and microplastics)
A lot of these are interconnected. And of course not a complete list.
At the state and local level:
You probably have the most power to make change at the local level!
Support or volunteer at your local nature centers, local/state land conservancy non-profits (find out who owns&manages the preserves you like to hike at!), state fish & game dept/non-game program, local Audubon chapters (they do a LOT). Participate in a Christmas Bird Count!
Join local garden clubs, which install and maintain town plantings - encourage them to use NATIVE plants. Join a community garden!
Get your college campus or city/town certified in the Bee Campus USA/Bee City USA programs from the Xerces Society
Check out your state's official plant nursery, forest society, natural heritage program, anything that you could become a member of, get plants from, or volunteer at.
Volunteer to be part of your town's conservation commission, which makes decisions about land management and funding
Attend classes or volunteer with your land grant university's cooperative extension (including master gardener programs)
Literally any volunteer effort aimed at improving the local environment, whether that's picking up litter, pulling invasive plants, installing a local garden, planting trees in a city park, ANYTHING. make a positive change in your own sphere. learn the local issues affecting your nearby ecosystems. I guarantee some lake or river nearby is polluted
MAKE HABITAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY. Biggest thing you can do. Use plants native to your area in your yard or garden. Ditch your lawn. Don't use pesticides (including mosquito spraying, tick spraying, Roundup, etc). Don't use fertilizers that will run off into drinking water. Leave the leaves in your yard. Get your school/college to plant native gardens. Plant native trees (most trees planted in yards are not native). Remove invasive plants in your yard.
On this last point, HERE ARE EASY ONLINE RESOURCES TO FIND NATIVE PLANTS and LEARN ABOUT NATIVE GARDENING:
Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Resource Center
Pollinator Pathway
Audubon Native Plant Finder
Homegrown National Park (and Doug Tallamy's other books)
National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder (clunky but somewhat helpful)
Heather Holm (for prairie/midwest/northeast)
MonarchGard w/ Benjamin Vogt (for prairie/midwest)
Native Plant Trust (northeast & mid-atlantic)
Grow Native Massachusetts (northeast)
Habitat Gardening in Central New York (northeast)
There are many more - I'm not familiar with resources for western states. Print books are your biggest friend. Happy to provide a list of those.
Lastly, you can help scientists monitor species using citizen science. Contribute to iNaturalist, eBird, Bumblebee Watch, or any number of more geographically or taxonomically targeted programs (for instance, our state has a butterfly census carried out by citizen volunteers).
In short? Get curious, get educated, get involved. Notice your local nature, find out how it's threatened, and find out who's working to protect it that you can help with. The health of the planet, including our resilience to climate change, is determined by small local efforts to maintain and restore habitat. That is how we survive this. When government funding won't come, when we're beat back at every turn trying to get policy changed, it comes down to each individual person creating a safe refuge for nature.
Thanks for reading this far. Please feel free to add your own credible resources and organizations.
#us election#climate change#united states election#resources#native plants#this took 3 hours to write so maybe don't let it flop? i know i write long posts. i know i follow scientists on here#that study birds and corals and other creatures#i realize i did not link sources/resources for everything. i encourage those more qualified to add things on. i need to go to work
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GUMROAD IS BANNING NSFW CONTENT IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS
I haven't seen anyone talk about this yet, so I might as well.
They've updated their content policy to comply with payment processor Stripe and Paypal's censorhip. They gave 24 hours. On March 16th 2024, Gumroad TOS will no longer allows sales of any written or drawn nsfw content.
This is going to hurt for so many creators. Giving that little time leaves people's source of income wildly unstable, especially with such a huge overhaul of what content is allowed.
I hate this. I hate what censorship is turning the internet into. I hate that nsfw content creators keeo getting pushed to the fringes, that they need to digitally migrate so often, because nowhere can be trusted to allow their art for long.
I don't know what to do next, there isn't some sort of "here's what you can do to help!" People just deserve to know.
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favorite stan twins characterization is that they're both equally insane. stanley just gets more air time to show it off. loosely inspired by a post i read earlier but here's some absolutely insane things both of them have done
stanley:
drugged a person and turned them into an exhibit in the mystery shack
had a vegas wedding to a prospector-themed novelty dispenser
gave mabel a grappling hook
failed to steal an animatronic badger
chewed his way out of the trunk of a car
punched at least three bald eagles
is multiply divorced, possibly even with the novelty dispenser
committed premeditated murder on a llama
faked a heart attack to get on Wheel of Fortune
took his clothes off in front of a live studio audience on Wheel of Fortune
has a rivalry with a fifth grader, a grandmother, and a man who exclusively dresses like a corn cob
stanford:
pulled a gun on a bus driver when he wouldn't let a pig on board
directly assisted in mind-controlling ronald reagan during his election in 1980
gave mabel a crossbow
got bitten by a vampire bat and subsequently began sampling human blood
owns contraband outlawed in 9000 dimensions; keeps it in an extremely flimsy plastic case
"accidentally" set a hawk on fire
has exes ranging from as normal as his old college buddy to as weird as a triangle and an alien with 7 eyes who put a metal plate in his head
wears turtlenecks because he's hiding multiple tattoos he regrets, including one themed around "all star" by smash mouth
is an Extremely wanted criminal across hundreds of dimensions; was completely kicked out of one for card counting
is, bizarrely, super into the band Eurythmics
can see shrimp colors
#bluposting#gravity falls#stanford pines#ford pines#stanley pines#stan twins#yeah thats right we're maintagging this. this post took me an HOUR to write#link to some stuff from the blacklight edition in the notes#tried to pick ones people dont talk about very often#the first stanford one i first wrote down in the tags of the other post#stanley's 8th one is implied by the phrase ''first degree llamacide'' in stanchurian candidate#kinda pushing it with ford's ''exes'' but the oracle does hit on him through the soothsquitos#sorry i keep editing this post lol
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i was told to torture the blonde man more so here's an old never-posted whumptober warmup for jaune with the 2019 prompt "isolation"
Jaune has never been alone. It sounds weird and even to him sounds like something that should ring false, but itâs true. Throughout his entire life thereâs always been someone else. Mainly Marion. That was the price of a large family. The price of being so close to your twin. Lack of privacy⌠and lack of being alone.
So he feels unprepared now. Because now⌠he is alone.
Utterly alone.
The cave seems to stretch on for miles like a yawning mouth. It's dark. His footsteps echo off the walls like a constant reminder. Youâre alone, youâre alone.
The thing is, he chose this. The thing is, his team was gone, and the world was shit, and he chose to be alone.He chose to be alone because there seemed to be no other choice. Itâs been months and this cave is only another stop, another temporary home on an endless walk. The silence was loud these days. Weighty. Crushing and suffocating in ways he didn't know silence could actually be. In ways he hadnât been prepared for. Not that heâd been prepared for any of this. There was never a time heâd known heâd have to be prepared for this. Jaune sighed and the noise seemed to echo around the cave walls but he wasnât sure if that was true or just something his mind decided. At least, just for a moment, his world wasn't so quiet anymore. And for just a moment, he could pretend he wasn't so alone anymore.
torture the blonde man some more
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scarian 34 maybe.. but theyre in love..
#34 âŚto pretend.
Scarâs honestly not sure what Scott is on about with his whole Relationship Ranch thing. Heâs not as obtuse as Grian is about it, pretending like their relationship isnât mangled and strained, like the idea of coupleâs therapy is entirely unfounded for the two of them, butâ the goats? Really? Even at their worst, he and Grian arenât stupid enough to get hit by a goat.
Even at their worst, theyâre still a team. None of these trust-building activities are of any use to them.
The only reason Scar is going along with it at all is because of Scott. Scott who might know the most about the ins and outs of his and Grianâs complex relationship throughout these life games. But heâs beginning to have his doubts. Scott seems distracted.
Grian seems to have the same idea, because this time he calls Scott out when he pulls out his communicator for about the dozenth time. âWho do you keep talking to?â
Scar instantly dogpiles onto the accusations. âAre we not important enough for your undivided attention, doc?â
âNo, youâre very important!â Scott protests, stuffing his communicator away. Scar narrows his eyes in tandem with Grian.
âMaybe he realizes we don't need this after all, G,â Scar says with a shake of his head, eyes flicking upward to watch for Scottâs reaction. As expected, Scott twitches nervously and immediately begins to wave his hands in placating disagreement.
But Grian speaks before Scott can. âYeah, weâve passed all your little tests, so what are you on about anyway?â With a disgruntled huff, Grian slots in beside Scar and crosses his arms, looking Scott up and down with the same level of scrutiny. âScar and I are fine.â
It almost feels true when Grian is leaning into Scarâs space like this, taking his side like they have a common enemy, playing up the charade as much as Scar is to push at someone elseâs buttons. On that rare occasion theyâre on the same page, things do actually seem fine.
Thatâs possibly the worst part of it allâ the almost fine.
Scott takes a moment to compose himself, now on the defensive as he speaks slowly and calmly. Unfortunately for him, however, he chooses the wrong words:
âBut back in the desertââ
Both of their faces sour instantly, for different reasons perhaps, but they can both agree on one thing: that those words do not belong on Scottâs tongue.
Grian is partway through muttering a bitter âthatâs none of your business,â when Scar chimes in with a theatrical twirl of his hands and solemn shake of his head, stepping forward so Grian is behind him and doesnât have to address the unfinished accusation.
âOh, Scott, come on now,â Scar says with a twinkle in his eye, slipping on the mask of a man not-scorned in order to pry himself from this situation. âThat was then and this is now! People change! Relationships change! That isnât always a bad thing, is it?â
Scott blinks, trying to keep up with Scarâs rapid-fire string of almost nonsense. âUh.â
âExactly!â Scar says, as if it were an agreement. He turns to face Grian, but keeps his feet pointed toward Scott, ever the actor, never fully turning his back to his audience. âBut weâre perfectly happy, arenât we now, Grian?â
Scar loops an arm around Grianâs back, tugging him closer and lowering his face so itâs level with his soulmateâs, a mischievous glint in his eyes.
His words pose a challenge, one Grian is intimately familiar. Scar rests his hand just beneath the base of Grianâs wings, where he used to hold onto when they embraced, when he would scoop Grian up into his arms and kiss him senseless while the scorching sun beat down on their necks. Thereâs that same level of firmness Grian had grown accustomed to paired with the gentle graze of fingers over his cheek from Scarâs other handâ that strong sense of security combined with unparalleled tenderness.
Grian doesnât even realize heâs parted his lips, leaning forward in dizzying anticipation, acting on instinct alone, leaving all his senseless doubts behind as Scar slowly leans in closer, lips only a breath apart.
Scarâs hand trails over Grianâs cheek, ghosting over his jaw, then settling perfectly in place to hide both their lips from Scottâs prying eyes.
And then Scar smiles, and something about it is askew, something Grian canât quite placeâ itâs too crooked, almost self-satisfied, almostâ
And just like that, Scar pulls away.
âSee?â Scar says, eyes flicking over to Scott, who, according to Grianâs short-circuiting brain, no longer existed at all. âPerfectly happy.â
It takes Grian far too long to realize those words were directed at someone else, or that there was not, in fact, sand at his feet and hot air brushing through his feathers. Scar is still speaking, and none of it is directed at him, because they arenât alone atop a mountain of sand, in their own private corner of the world. Theyâre in a new game entirely, one where things are far too similar, yet not the same at all.
One where he definitely didnât expect Scar to kiss him for real.
One where he definitely wouldnât have let him.
âGrian,â Scar calls, snapping him out of his dazed state, and Grian hopes to god he doesnât look too desperate when he glances up at him. âIâm pretty sure the rest of the server is tearing up our base looking for sugar cane.â
âTheyâre what??â
#MORE DL SCARIAN PROPAGANDA!!!#this time featuring cheeky vengeful scar#but donât worry theyâre both still very in love just very stupid about it#scarian#link answers#link writes#I already drew dl scarian so nothing for this one#I will however post the hhau art that goes with that prompt tomorrow!!#kiss prompts
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Imagine if Tai lung and shifu reconciled in the spirit realm and tai lung calls shifu dad
There are a few things Shifu was planning to do once he made it to the spirit realm. First, take a breath because heâs finally free from dealing with Po for hopefully a few decades. Then heâd find Oogway and talk to his old friend again. Finally, he would find Tai Lung wherever he is, and he would apologize again. He will hug his son like he shouldâve when Oogway said he wouldnât be the dragon warrior. The second he enters the spirit realm, all of his plans fall apart, but by this point heâs used to it. This time itâs not so bad, anyway. Tai Lung looks at him, his eyes wide and just as young as the last time he saw him. Unlike the last time, when he runs to him itâs to pick him up in a bone-crushing hug. Shifu laughs awkwardly at the affection. âDad! Youâre here!â Tai Lung says, dropping him and stepping back, posture straightening, going rigid like when he was in training. His tail sways back and forth, just barely a calm pace. âIâve been waiting for you.â âI can see that,â Shifu says with a light smile. He has the feeling Tai Lung has already forgiven him. He can see the way peaceâ true peaceâ softens the line of his shoulders, the curve of his smile. It settles something in Shifuâs chest, something he tried hard to not acknowledge for many years. Maybe his damage wasnât as irreversible as he feared. Maybe, just maybe, they can be okay again. Better than okay. Tai Lung reaches for him openly and Shifu reaches back. âOogway will be excited to see you again,â Tai Lung says. âYou seem sure of that,â Shifu says and Tai Lung smiles back at him, bright and knowing. Eventually he will say his apologies, but for now he thinks they should wait. His son is in front of him, and happy, and they have time now. Time he will not waste again.
I think it could be pretty cute
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â twt nsfw links. â
ăstarring ăďźblue lock, tokyo rev, and jjk men!! đŻď¸
a/n: i loooveee these fine men . i could just eat them
mommys good boy, always melting at your touch<3.
heâs your own little princess seat âĄ.
heâs such a good boy, mommyâs lil slut<3
he loves how you use him for your pleasure!!
naughty boys deserve punishments..
CHOSO, yuji itadori, bachira meguru, ALEXIS NESS, KAZUTORA HANEMIYA, takemichi hanagaki, shinichiro sano, CHIFUYU MATSUNO, (your fav)
using his big fingers to get into those nice places<3
he loves overstimulating u!!! so mean:(
heâs so big.
heâs so big pt.2
hes HUGE
size kink..
TOJI FUSHIGURO, sukuna ryomen, KUNIGAMI RENSUKE, shidou ryusei, oliver aiku, DRAKEN RYUGUJI, taiju shiba, rindou haitani, HANMA SHUJI, (your fav)
fucking you like the brat you are
you love how rough he is<3
he loves facefucking his fav doll.
your punishment for being such a slut
teasing his cute girlđ
geto suguru, gojo satoru, YUTA OKKOTSU, isagi yoichi, CHIGIRI HYOMA, michael kaiser, MIKEY SANO, ran haitani, kokonoi hajime, SANZU HARUCHIYO, (your fav)
your punishment for being such a spoiled brat
he thinks youâve been a bad girl.
making you beg for it
loves fucking you dumb
something he would do to make fun of you
Nanami kento, Higuruma hiromi, SUKUNA RYOMEN, GOJO SATORU, TOJI FUSHIGURO, SAE ITOSHI, shidou ryusei, karasu tabito, (your fav)
he loves your soaky cunt<3
his fav postion!!
making his pretty princess do all the work:(
he pays such close attention to your holes<3
letting him use your mouth
megumi fushiguro, INO TAKUMA, inumaki toge, Rin itoshi, REO MIKAGE, Barou Shoei, Inui seishu, chifuyu matsuno, KAKUCHO HITTO, (your fav)
he fucks you so good
heâs so sweet to you and ur cunt<3
he luvs toying with you.
he lives to pleasure you and only u!!
what was supposed to be a tutoring sesh..
yuta okkotsu, kashimo hajime, KOKICHI MUTA, higuruma hiromi, NAGI SEISHIRO, otoya eita, YUKIMIYA KENYU, reo mikage, MITSUYA TAKASHI, izana kurokawa, HAKKAI SHIBA, (your fav)
:3
#smut#geto smut#gojo smut#toji smut#nanami smut#yuji smut#choso smut#ino smut#sukuna smut#smut links#yuta smut#bllk reo#bllk shidou#bllk nagi#bllk x you#bllk smut#blue lock smut#tokyo rev smut#mikey smut#kazutora smut#twitter links#draken smut#jjk#blue lock#tokyo revengers#mitsuya smut#rin itoshi smut#sae itoshi smut#kakucho smut#mikgreo writes
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This... this is a whole different kind of psychic damage here. When nightmares got Marcille, we get to knew that her's biggest fear is outliving her friends. This isn't even canon probably, but look at this. This isn't a "I don't want my friends to die" kind of dream. This is a "I'm terrified of loosing my daughters, of something killing them, and being incapable of stopping it" kind of dream. It's so simple yet it explains perfectly the whole of chilchucks character. He loves, he cares, deeply. But he, or doesn't acknowledges, or doesn't know what to do with that knowledge.
Besides that. Someone had to wake him up after this. Imagine the devastation in this man after he wakes up. He just saw his three little babys murdered corpses (or maybe he saw them die, wich isn't better). He would possibly not talk about it, and that would worry the hell out of the party, because we'll, they see him all down and only one of them knows what he saw. Imagine being the one to pull him from that nightmare. Seeing this man, usually so composed, fuking staring with tears and terror in his eyes to the composes of what you can only assume are his daughters. It would be heartwrenching.
Idk, I love this man so much...
#dungeon meshi#chilchuck#chilchuck tims#if someone wants to write a fic on this#@ me#PLEASE I WANT TO SEEEE#or dm me so i actually see it#please#if someone makes something of this post...#swnd me an ask with a link#this post exploded i cant with all the notifs#i wouldnt know if someone @'d me#i did a tags recap down on the notes and wrote a bit of#chilchuck angst#for the simps out there#my shit
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H E R E â¨
I'd say his backstory is relatively the same as canon, the only thing that changes is that he decayed realistically.
I don't think this one needs any warning, but you can still ask to tag
Had he known the morning prior would have been the last sunrise he'd ever see again, William would have admired it longer. Now he was trapped, in a prison of his own making no less. It wasn't his fault, was it?
No. No he was only trying to gather the rest of the family... the rest of the lost souls.
Perhaps this was for the better, perhaps this was exactly where he needed to be. They would be together now, until the end of time. Never aging, never dying. Finally, he could put them all back together except...
He wasn't sure where he was.
He had known, at first at least, despite his sudden loss of vision, something the springlocks must have taken of course, or perhaps the years of decay is what took his sight from him. Whatever it was, it didn't matter now, not when there was still work to be done.
He had been moved, that much he knew, away from Freddy's, away from the family he had finally managed to gather. The voices that took him were unfamiliar, but undoubtedly young. Too young to have ever remembered his name, too young to know what they were dealing with.
Too young to know that they never should have taken him to something involving Freddy's.
Fazbear Frights. That was the name of the location he had been brought to. At least, that is what he was certain he had overheard. It was true what they said, that losing one sense heightened the rest. His hearing had become incredible after decades of living in darkness, so much so that he was certain he could hear their heartbeats quicken in fear as they approached his seemingly deactivated form if only he'd focus hard enough.
Disgusting. Authentic. Springtrap. That was what they had called him. How... fitting, the name had been, although they wouldn't know just how on the nose the nickname truly was. No one seemed to notice the mummified remains that made their home inside the old suit, writing off the smell as nothing more than years of abandonment. After all, it wasn't unreasonable to assume mice had found their way inside the contraption to make their home, right?
William, no. Springtrap spent his nights acclimating himself to his new surroundings. An old arcade cabinet here, a hallway there, an entrance to the ventilation system next to what he assumed was an emergency exit door on account of the alarms that would blare whenever he tried to open the door. He had been able to get a good lay of the land before their first nightguard had been hired, though he didnt stick around long once Springtrap decided to have his fun.
Then of course there was the next one, slightly older than the last, but still unwilling to put up with the animatronic's games.
Then there was Hudson, his favorite little play thing by far. How he wished he could see the look of terror on that one's face. Hudson wouldn't even approach him during the day, while he was feigning inactivity, for fear that the animatronic would come to life and hunt him down.
No, he couldn't hunt him while the lights were still on. Where was the fun in that? How was it fair that Hudson could see what Springtrap couldn't?
It wasn't. So he'd wait, until the clock chimed and alerted him that it was midnight. Six whole hours to make the nightguard regret applying to this job.
He hadn't even meant to kill Hudson, then again, he never really laid his hands on the kid. How could he? The closest he had ever gotten was during a chase in the hallway one night, but the kid had thrown so many objects in his panic, masking the sound of his retreating footsteps... Springtrap never did figure out which direction the kid had ran. The next morning was when he had discovered that he had hid in an oven in the makeshift kitchen area. Someone or something had turned it on while the kid was hiding inside, burning his favorite nightguard alive.
Of course, Springtrap had a certain... inclination towards who could have been to blame, but he could never be sure. He could feel her presence, the same as he had the night he had been springlocked, but he had no way of knowing if the Marionette was in the building with him currently. Seeing was believing after all, and Springtrap didn't exactly have vision on his side. He could feel his way around the various decorations on the walls all he wanted, but nothing would tell him with absolute certainty that the thing he was touching was connected to the proper vessel.
Before the new nightguard had been hired, a sound system had been installed throughout the building, "to heighten the customer's experience with these old tapes" the manager had said. It, however, only served to disorient and distract Springtrap while he tried to navigate his way around. Between the new audio cues and the incessant sounds of the subpar ventilation systems, he wasn't sure how east his next hunt would be.
The new nightguard did eventually show up for his first shift, and Springtrap knew the faulty ventilation would go out eventually, giving him a brief moment of blissful silence to try and locate his new prey's location. He had made it all the way to the room just in front of the fake office, a thick piece of glass being the only thing standing between him and his new playmate. He brought his hand up and loudly slammed his open palm against the material, if only to confirm his location based on the sound the two materials would make when they collided, but the startled shriek of terror that tore from the nightguard's lips told him everything he needed to know.
In the distance, he could hear the quiet question:
"Hello?"
It successfully drew him away from the office, if only to try and find where the noise was coming from, or more importantly, whoever had made the noise.
Had he been able to see through the glass in front of him, he would have been met with the familiar face of someone from his past.
#dave posting#link's asks#link writes#blind springtrap au#fnaf 3 springtrap#fnaf 3#fnaf michael afton#five nights at freddy's 3#five nights at freddy's#fnaf#fnaf what we found#fnaf william afton#william afton#michael afton#fazbear frights
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