#They Deserve Stories

[otgo-brooklyn]

Nie Xiaohui

The mother of Nie Huaisang, Nie Xiaohui was an artisian that caught Sect Leader Nie's eye one day.

[chloesimaginationthings]

The day FNAF Charlie Emily was shut out..

[bbybluemochi]

[OC] i miss drawing my eldritch monster oc soooo bad 🐙

[reasonsforhope]

"For most people, a rat is at best an unwelcome guest, and at worst, the target of immediate extermination. But in a field clinic in Tanzania, rats are colleagues—heroes even.

Far from a trash bin-dwelling NYC street rat, the African giant pouched rat is docile, intelligent, easier to train than some dogs, and for East Africans, the performer of lifesaving tuberculosis diagnoses every day.

400,000 new cases of tuberculosis (TB) were estimated to have been prevented by these rats, whose sense of smell would make a bloodhound take notice. As [TB is] the number-one killer among infectious diseases worldwide, many of those 400,000 can be translated into lives saved.

“Not only are we saving people’s lives, but we’re also changing these perspectives and raising awareness and appreciation for something as lowly as a rat,” said Cindy Fast, a behavioral neuroscientist who coaches the rodents for the nonprofit APOPO.

“Because our rats are our colleagues, and we really do see them as heroes.”

APOPO uses giant pouched rats to sniff out traces of TB in the saliva of patients. In parts of Tanzania, a saliva smear test under a microscope by a human may only be 20-40% effective at detecting TB.

By contrast, a giant pouched rat like Ms. Carolina, a now-retired service rat who worked for APOPO for 7 years, raised the rates of detection on TB samples by 40% in the clinic where she worked.

Pictured: An APOPO employee with one of their trained rats

It would take 4 days for scientists to analyze the number of samples that Carolina could screen in 20 minutes. For that reason, when Carolina retired last November, a party was thrown at the clinic in her honor, and she was given a cake.

TB is sometimes thought of as a thing of the past—a disease for which doctors used to prescribe “dry air,” leading a modern sense of humor to muse at the antiquated, pre-antibiotic medical advice.

But it remains the number-one cause of death globally from a single infectious pathogen, and Tefera Agizew, a physician and APOPO’s head of tuberculosis, told National Geographic that once people see what the nonprofit’s rodents can do to slow the spread, they “fall in love with them.”

3,000 times in her career did Carolina detect one of the six volatile compounds that can be used to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and she got a hero’s send-off to a special compound to live out the rest of her days with her closet friend and sniffer colleague Gilbert, in a shaded enclosure dubbed “Rat Florida.”

“We’ve made special little rat-friendly carrot cakes with little peanuts and things on it that the rat would enjoy,” Fast said. “Then we all stand around and we clap, and we give three cheers, hip hip hooray for the hero, and celebrate together. It’s really a touching moment.”

APOPO has made headlines for its use of these rats in other lifesaving tasks as well: landmine clearance.

One of the world’s great underreported scourges (a lot like TB, coincidentally) is landmine contamination. There are 110 million landmines or unexploded bombs in the ground right now in about 67 countries, covering thousands of square miles in potential danger. Thousands of civilians are killed or injured by these weapons every year.

GNN reported on APOPO’s demining efforts using pouched rats back in 2020. One rat named Magawa alone identified 39 landmines and 28 items of unexploded ordnance across an area the size of 20 football fields.

If at the start of this story you didn’t like rats, maybe Magawa and Carolina will have changed your mind."

-via Good News Network, March 31, 2025

[yashley]

#I just want to see Imogen happy

[erebus0dora]

eh, you know

the usual

in my reality, the fact they're not willing to reassemble the set only suggests they've already filmed enough within said set, so you can guess the direction of my train of thought, r i g h t?

how many DM fics have i read? how many ideas have i seen explored, including those offered by the cast..?

the answer is: yes

(should have made the pillow look softer tho...)

[berrythefish]

Got more doodles of moon man!! He really took over me at one point <33

[caligatinsole]

team dark.

[otgo-brooklyn]

The Asclepias of Gusu Lan

Asclepias; better known as Butterfly Weeds mean "Let Me Go".

I am on the kick of giving characters (particularly the Mothers) who are really just forgotten recognition, so this is Long Xinyu, who would later become the (former) Lan-furen, and mother to both Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji. While imprisoned at Cloud Recesses she planted fields of Asclepias, showing her unspoken desire to be free.

[anoiximera]

CW: Small blood puddle, implied injury

"Donnie... I wanna go home... can I please go home...?"

It took every ounce of strength for Donnie to not break down in tears. Even when Leo didn't remember them, he still managed to tug at all of Donnie's stupid heart strings. No amount of Bad Boy masking could help with that.

'Yeah... yes, I'm gonna get you home, I promise."

Bonus animation... thingy...:

I created these two fanart pieces for the best bean @angelpuns! They have an absolutely amazing fic idea currently dubbed "50AU" on their masterpost and I highly recommend checking it out. It is amazing and this scene lives rent free in my head. The animation thing was made before the still drawing so the quality is garbage but it was fun heh.

[chloesimaginationthings]

Yarnaby's story in poppy playtime is tragic,,

[isimp4shrimp]

Dnd gang as that olympics shooting meme (one of the squads of all time truly)

Template under the cut

[r3golith2]

Normalize letting trans kids live.

Every trans child on this planet deserves to be safe & supported.

[elvengifts]

if you ever live in rohan, be sure to banish your sexy nephew so he can save the day when you need it most

[samerpal]

Honestly, I’m not asking for much. What would mean the world 🌎 to me and my family right now is simply a message from you—a kind question about how my family is doing or how my children are holding up. This small gesture of care is enough to remind us that we’re not forgotten.

Each of you, whether a well-known blogger or just starting out, has the power to make a meaningful difference. A simple question, a brief message, or even an acknowledgment of our struggles can have a great impact. Your kindness would not only lift my spirits but also bring warmth to my family, reminding us that we’re in your thoughts.

🌹Thank you 🙏 for being here, and please know that your concern, however small, has a profound effect on our lives. 🌹

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[epicfeather]

Mcsm go brrrrrr