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cosmererambles · 8 months

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"So you're saying...it's all mold?" They nodded, continueing to load the shotgun with explosive shells. "Mold that takes over?" "Helps if they drank that cordyceps kombucha." A man next to them added, spinning around in his chair. "Helps get the fungus going." He tapped his forehead with his forefinger. "Never drink that shit. Weird hippie shit, it does shit to ya. Now this is the proof." I scratched at my chin, glancing out the store window. Fires lit the horizon. "So...it's a cordyceps?" "Something like that." They finished loading the shotgun, peering down the sights, pointing it at the opposite wall. It had once been labeled "Produce" in bright neon lettering, but was now torn down, scrapped for parts. The entire Publix was now a safe zone, with decontamination units operating out of the front lobby, a massive wall seperating the Turned from the Infected and the Infected from the uncontaminated. Many of those were immune; I was one of those. No way I haven't been at least exposed by now, but here I am, free from the mind-controlling fungus. I wandered into this area, thrust here and there by crowds of panicked people, stripped naked by officials, sprayed in every orifice by fungicides, and thrust inside wearing nothing but a plain white pair of sweats and a jumper. Humilating experience, that. Here, I met Jack. Jack was neither male nor female. Not that I could tell, and it's not very polite to ask. So I call them them; and they haven't corrected me. Angroyenous, simultaneously badass and effeminate, they oozed the word "dangerous." "So...where do we go next?" "Next bus out is in three days." Jack thumbed over their shoulder. "Rations over there. Bunks in the back hall. Fucking cold there, though." I froze. "Bus out? To where?" "Who the fuck knows?" Jack set down the shotgun, pulling out a knife. "I ain't; going on there. Probably going to send us to a gulag to work or something. I'm taking my city back from the Turned." I smiled. "All by yourself?" "There's a few of us." I paused, leaning against a shelf that still held a few cans of fruit. I'd looked earlier; it was all cranberries. The shelf teetered precariously, and I hurridly stood back up. Jack smiled. "They can't keep us here, Harrison." That's my name, by the way. "Oh? With the armed guards, I assumed they could. I mean, why risk more people getting killed?" They looked at the gun next to them, laying on the table that had been set out, among others, in the remains of Aisle One. "You can't trust them. I'll say no more, only that I'd rather take my chances out there, with the Turned, then with these fucks who think they know whats best for us." I glanced at the gun. "You think one shotgun and a few incendiary rounds are enough to clean out some walking mushrooms?" Jack stood up, suddenly angry. "I'd rather die out there and sit and wait in here, twiddling my damn thumbs, while these assholes in charge ferry us from safe house to safe house. They're the ones that fuckin' caused it! Why don't you get it?" They paused. In my opinion it was a big conspiracy, but there was something, deep in the back of my mind, that told me that Jack knew what they were talking about. They picked up the gun, hiding it under their sweater, their lanking form coming in handy. "Cmon. I'll introduce you to the rest of the group that can tell you better than I can..."

#Long long long overdue mushroom apocolypse original ficlet #Staring a character named Jack #And Harrison #Who is also agender #Pick what they should be

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 4 months

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Hey now, Let her cook!

#dungeon meshi #chilchuck tims #senshi #laios touden #marcille donato #izutsumi #oyasumi punpun #<- In case you are wondering what the source for the little bird guy is.#Yeah that's right. I'm back to my extremely obscure crossover BS.#Punpun is one of those series that falls under the category of 'Good! but I cannot responsibly recommend this to anyone."#If Dungeon Meshi is like a friend asking you to go on a quick errand and you accidently go on a life changing roadtrip -#Punpun is your friend asking to go on a quick errand and they pull up to the vet and tell you your dog is being put down.#Then they explode into sludge. Melting your car. You hitchhike back but the person who picked you up is an axe murderer.#I could not finish it. My friends who did say it was good. But agree it was for the best I did not finish it.#Hey speaking of tone twists...We are one episode away from one of my favourite chapters being animated!#WHO'S READY FOR THE SENSHI BACKSTORY! WHO IS READY TO CRY!#ME! I AM! I spooked my flatmate with how energetic I was this morning. I'm vibrating with energy I was not designed to contain.#I should talk about today's episode here: It was very good. I love how they animated the familiars.#And!!! Anime only people now are in the loop on the Chilchuck lore. Part 1 of many. He still contains multitudes.#They all do to be honest! If this episode told us anything it was that we still don't know these characters as well as we think!#See you guys next week. I'll be inconsolable.

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biggest-gaudiest-patronuses · 1 year

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Of the 19 hijackers who carried out the Sept 11 attacks:

15 were from Saudi Arabia (a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

2 were from the United Arab Emirates (also a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

1 was from Egypt, 1 from Lebanon.

None of the hijackers were from Iraq.

None of the Sept 11 hijackers were Iraqi.

None of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq.

#9/11 #serious post #not a shitpost #this should be one of the first things kids learn when they learn about the 9/11 attacks #politics #this is just...it's such an essential and brazen fact and i rarely see basic outrage over it #i want outrage. i want fury. i want disgust over the way fundamental facts are disguised and discarded and downplayed #because there are things we should KNOW. basic fact we should ALL KNOW. and they are tucked away in the footnotes.#and no this is NOT to put the blame on other middle eastern countries #we know this was carried out by a specific terrorist organization not a national government #but King George the Second decided (and was encouraged by his cabinet!) to invade a nation!#a nation that was not at all related or responsible!!!#a dictatorship to be sure--but a dictatorship that King George the First had been happy to support #so what changed? why did we go in guns blazing to DEMOLISH a country *we had NO PLANS OF REPAIRING*???#well. because they wanted a villain didn't they. a nice clean war. clarity of purpose. us the heroes against them the villains #and when you're in that mindframe--truth is irrelevant. you can pick your villain (your victim) by rolling a roulette wheel #truth is irrelevant #worse: to the people in charge #truth is a HINDRANCE #'Alternative facts' existed long before it became a catchphrase #facts don't matter. truth doesn't matter. the impulses of a handful of volatile & rich & power-high people--that's History. congratulations

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wasabi-gumdrop · 5 months

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Kabru has a secret admirer in the castle!

#running from my responsibilities (drawing armour) by imagining post canon Kabru fashion #minor spoilers in the tags!#royal advisor Kabru’s office is probably overflowing with gifts from foreign dignitaries eyeing him up for marriage #and sacks of perfumed letters from Melini citizens #Marcille would be so sick of it #Laios also has his fair share of proposals #Yaad is like … boys spare us all and pick a suitable candidate already #well Yaad there’s a saying that goes two birds one stone #anyway lol #someone might have suggested to Laios ‘hey Kabru works so hard. you should show your appreciation.’#Laios (blushing sweating): uuuh how do i do that #Marcille probably: i hear it’s customary to give your royal advisor flowers the same colour as their beautiful blue eyes #Laios: well if you say so #but he starts having second thoughts bcs what if the gift is too romantic #so then Laios is like oh i know i just won’t sign it (:#fool proof plan Laios good job #totally not taking into account that Kabru can recognize his penmanship at a first glance #so at their next meeting Kabru is like ‘i wonder who my secret admirer in the castle is 😉’#and Laios sweats so hard he falls out of his throne #doesn’t Kabru of Melini have a nice ring to it #better yet …. Kabru Touden #much to consider #dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #kabru #kabru of utaya #labru #if you squint #wasabi doodles

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technically-human · 3 months

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Edwin after the confession is a menace

Bonus Charles being normal about it:

#payneland #edwin x charles #dead boy detectives #dbda #give a man a warning Edwin smh #what is he doing anyway? is it on purpose? he just can't help himself now thta he accepted his feelings? he just likes saying it?#not even he know methinks #honestly charles should hear how loved he is often #i think edwin would agree #also I think it would be funny if they had to deal with a specific kind of creature at least once a year #i picked the church grim because there truly are a lot of stories about them #and it felt fitting

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mayhemspreadingguy · 5 months

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Someone was sobbing. After a moment, Anakin realized Oh. That's me. And then his knees were buckling and he was heading for the ground. Obi-Wan caught him. "It's all right. I've got you." -K. Miller

#I haven't read the Clone Wars Gambit - Siege but this quote fits so nicely. My thanks to Magnusbae for helping me to pick the perfect quote.#This background gave me so much grief. -laughs- I painted Obi-Wan and Anakin in a day and then paused for a whole week because I didn't kno #what the hell should I do about the background X'D. It went through so many filters and gradient map changes before I finally settled on th #s. -shudders at the memory of eyes getting burned by bright colors-#mayhem art #obikin #obi wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #star wars #sw art #anakin skywalker fanart #obi wan kenobi fanart #obi wan and anakin

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mazeyphaedra · 6 months

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was rewatching fabian’s baron moment on account of it being the most delicious piece of pvp in my recent memory and ally beardsley’s growth as a player just shone through so brightly and with such clarity. after dusting off their shock they immediately asked about the nemesis ward, had enough knowledge about fellow pcs stocked to remember adaine’s ac with such like frustrated confidence and certainty, suggested to siobhan to dimension door out of adaine’s room, like. they came into this making a character with 4 dex. and now the dice deity offered to roll a check to sense if adaine was in danger. making decisions, asking questions, getting invested in the story, trying so hard with the tools they have to save characters from danger; ally beardsley is an incredible d&d player.

#blahblah tried to fly with a ribbon dancer SHUT UP. SHUT UP THEY HAD A VISION.#margaret encino’s call to the guards in battle of the brands is also a good moment #‘bonus action pick up a turtle and kiss it’ is CHARMING and FUNNY and APPRECIATES the art team #i swearrr to god if anyone comments abt them trying to railroad other players' actions. what the fuck do you want from them.#u hate when they play kristen as unserious when she’s literally a teenager with adhd + when theyre literally a comedian on a d&d comedy sho #but if theyre invested in other pc’s welfare youll shut them down too? bffr #ally beardsley you are so special to me #fully aware theyre an adult who likely does not care about people on the internet talking abt how theyre doing their job. as they should #they dont need defending they shouldnt need it people should just be normal abt them and until they are beardsley get behind me #yna.txt #fantasy high junior year spoilers #fhjy spoilers #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #dimension 20 #d20 #ally beardsley

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dailyhatsune · 3 months

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hatsune miku enjoying a burger and beer in the esplanade theater while watching a musical

#hatsune miku #vocaloid #piapro studio #doodle #i’m not giving the context #also bonus points for anyone who knows what the musical in question is #not that it should be a hard question i did pick a pretty iconic image i think

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dawndauce · 9 months

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he doesn't have to choose

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bobbinalong · 2 months

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konbart zine pitches. the blacked out one is the one i ended up working on (it's still not done, ugh). go follow @konbartzine to get the zine once it's finished

#it could already be done i just keep falling into holes of depression #but i have like ten days it should be fine #dc #dc comics #bart allen #kon-el #bartkon #konbart #i hope it's cool to post this #none of these are too close to what i'm actually working on so i /think/ it's fine #impulse #superboy #i lowkey wish i'd picked one of the first two lol #i like drawing faces i'd have finished it ten times over if it was just faces #but the one i have now's more fun

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moonkhao · 2 months

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WE ARE | EP16

#we are #we are the series #we are series #tanfang #aou thanaboon #aouboom #boom tharatorn #my edits #weareedit #AOUBOOM MAIN LEADS WHEN???#i do appreciate them and the way they’ve been portraying tanfang #i know tan was a bit over the top 99% of the time #but every scene and touch felt so genuine #and i’m not gonna credit that to new #bc he wasn’t able to direct ppw in a way that didn’t make their kisses look a bit awkward #i know scenes have to look aesthetically pleasing in some way #and that’s why we keep having to deal the ‘no one would kiss with this much space for jesus between each other’ complaints #but like look at aouboom here #this is mostly them and their acting choices in my humble opinion #and don’t get me started on the pecks #ppw BARELY touched the other one’s lips when they had to do a peck kiss #like cmon the difference between ppw and aouboom pecks is insane #i’m sorry for picking on ppw but i’m a bit sad that some of their romantic scenes were a bit lackluster #especially that very last kiss which tbh i rather wouldn’t have seen bc it felt a bit awkward to me #but that may be just me #i need new to get a bit more frisky with kiss scenes when it comes to his directing #bc i feel like friskier kiss scenes only happen when the actors mostly do their thing after finding out what the director wants #(maybe i’m completely wrong about new but tkdkfdkddkdk)#and don’t get me wrong idgaf if there are kisses or not but if there’s a kiss scene you should commit instead of holding yourself back idk #and ppw definitely need a better director to help them achieve that bc jojo was definitely better at directing them

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endykelopaedia · 5 months

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that laios/shuro (toshiro?) argument means a lot to me because on one hand i have been laios and i have been excited to be around people who just would. not. say. that they didnt like me around until they did it in a way that was incredibly painful and confusing when that could have been easily avoided by a short conversation at the time of offense.

on the other hand i have been shuro experiencing that naive racism from someone who doesn't know much outside his bubble & its really hard to confront directly because its not coming from a bad place necessarily, but it is truly drenched in the racial biases that a culture has baked in. and that can be very exhausting to try and explain to someone after being bombarded by such, especially if they seem completely unaware of it being a problem.

its a situation where both characters are sympathetic to me, at least a little.

#i noticed a lot of people treating shuro like the defacto bad guy of the situation #and i just dont think thats the case #like yes he should have said what he was feeling #but to me its very evident that like with laios picking up on queues thats just not easy for him #not to be shuro defended but i would be pissed off in either of their shoes i think #laios touden #toshiro nakamoto #shuro #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #.txt

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 2 months

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Flower Empowered.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #lan wangji #wei wuxian #lan wunian #The absolute chaos that ensued when Lan Wangji showed up...those girls went wild.#We have to give kudos to narration that takes the form of a bunch of suitor seeking ladies.#They were so loud about being here for the hotties and whispering gossip. You go girls.#Wei Wuxian most likely just picked up a already tossed flower to throw. Second hand flowers...are still flowers I suppose.#Can you imagine if LWJ had allergies? Poor lad.#Okay it's time for the real gritty discussion point. The one everyone is waiting for me to talk about:#So...from where we are in the timeline...what the hell is WWX supposed to be wearing?#I'm serious. Put all the fanart out of your brain for a moment.#We are post burial grounds and sunshot campaign so he's had his little goth moment reveal.#*BUT* he is still with the Jiang sect. And by proxy of this flashback talking about his disrespect - they never bring up his attire.#meaning he is likely in some kind of Jiang Purple.#Continuity wise it really feels like this scene should have been *before* the burial mounds.#I understand why it's post - we need to build up on the mystery of how he became the YLLZ.#But also his personality feels way more 'pre-burial mounds WWX'. I think this was probably a 'I don't want to kill my darling' scene.#(The Phoenix mountain flashback is a lot of people's 'darling'. I am knowingly putting myself in the line of fire here).#I'm willingly putting him in Wen Qing's borrowed cloak and assuming people take him wearing it as like...a war trophy.#Historians will revise this moment later on but for now he *is* a hero of that war.

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ryllen · 7 months

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zayne and his carrot nemesis x 🥕

#can anyone who picked 'your cafetaria should be bigger' reply on zayne's squirrel post tell me what zayne said #love and deepspace zayne #i really wanted to pick that choice initially #lads zayne #lads mc #love and deepspace #carrot is the easiest vegetable for me to eat rather than the green vegetables i don't understand characters who dislike carrots :^(#love and deepspace mc #fanart #zayne #mc #windy carrot #especially if made into chicken soup

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chibishortdeath · 1 year

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Don’t u hate it when you draw something and then ur like “wow uh no one follows me for this fandom” haha lol anyway

Undertale is a pretty cool game, I may have a favorite character from it uh—

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ionlydrinkhotwater · 5 months

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OK but I really love how unhinged Neil comes off in other people's POV cause looking back at the first three novels he was so damn weird

Take what happened in Colombia

Imagine what Andrew was thinking

Holy crap this binder WTF?!?! OK he's sus as hell I've gotta test him, I'm gonna mess with the tags when I refold his clothes but like...I doubt even he's THAT crazy

*Neil barges in and starts shouting in FRENCH*

OK so he IS that crazy (and French?!)

OK I'm gonna spike his drink and get some answers in a minute just gonna leave him with Aaron and Nicky for a sec while I satisfy my Gay panic this runaway has inspired in me with Roland and then I'll just...WTF DID HE JUST PAY A GUY TO KNOCK HIM OUT?!

OK I'm gonna pick up some breakfast and when I get back to the house I can interrogate the....OK ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME THIS DUBIOUS TWINK CRAWLED OUT OF THE BATHROOM WINDOW?!

OK so he's not around let's get back to Palmetto he probably got a ride from one of the upperclassmen

OK he didn't...did he run away? I guess that makes some sens... OK wait he HITCHHIKED?! THE FUCK?!

OK THIS ASSHOLE SPEAKS GERMAN TOO?!

OK he's on the run from the mob...there are a lot of holes in this story but at this point I'm gonna take his word for it that he's isn't a danger to my people cause I don't have the energy to continue to pursue this anymore. This fucking guy is more unhinged than what I was prepared to deal with this weekend.

#aftg #all for the game #tsc #the sunshine court #neil josten #andrew minyard #andrew was more tired than Neil was after that weekend 🤣#you won the batttle kind of andrew but neil won that war #not to shade nicky and aaron but wingus and dingus were not the ones you should have left neil with TWICE #also its cracker dust not truth serum it was a weird plan to start with and nicky and aaron were more high and more drunk than neil was #they were not the ones who should have been left in charge #also by letting neil out of sight for all those hours he hitchhiked let him come up with a plausible lie #that held up until BALTIMORE #like my dude you had the binder you should have hid it and threatened to burn a page wverytime neil lied #cause if the money was from riko paying neil to be a mole he would NOT want it burned #and what hes gonna go to the cops about his ill gotten cash and fake ids? you could have had him andrew #ps i imagine neil saying all of this to Andrew when that first time in Colombia is ever brought up #just critiquing his methods #andrew isnt one for regret but neil picking holes in his plan and pointing out what HE would have done makes him feel pretty damn close #he probably finds it annoyingly attractive too tho

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