#Thistle will be the menace to society!!

[spicythistlesatdawn]

Why Thistle is Thistle

Soap: Why does the cap call ye Thistle, lass? *Is dealing with the gremlin using his arm as a personal chew toy.*

Thistle: MMMM Probably cuz 420 isn't an acceptable call sign in a non smoking household.

*Cue Price suddenly scruffing Thistle and pulling her off of Soap*

Price: Because she's too pretty to be called a weed, and much too difficult to get rid of to be a rose.

*Thistle.exe has stopped working at this time.*

[felixcloud6288]

Dungeon Meshi Chapter 55

Adorable title image. They're all hugging someone or something they love. Chilchuck has a daughter so he probably cares about Izutsumi like one, not that he'll ever admit it. And Shuro's the kind of person to never show he loves his retainers, so we instead see Maizuru hugging little Shuro.

It's funny seeing Thistle getting knocked around so easily. He's been this menacing figure since his first introduction so it's nice to see that he's actually kind of pathetic when he can't use his magic.

The Canaries have several fairies on them and can use them to communicate. I'd guess this one is Mithrun's but I also kind of feel like it might be Otta's.

We've seen that Otta has terraforming magic, and Cithis seems to be a mage, but what are these two doing?

One of them seems to be a beastmaster while the other is a beastkin. Maybe the info from that guy could help out Izutsumi at some point.

Okay so some of the Canaries are criminals. And all the ones grouped together when Kabru thought of that were the ones with those clippings on their ears. So that's actually a mark of them being criminals.

Mithrun teleported Kabru's leg into a walking mushroom.

That is a very nasty splinter.

Mithrun was probably trying to completely sever Thistle's arm but screwed up since his depth perception is poor.

The objects Mithrun teleports keep their momentum so kicking a board and then teleporting it into Thistle's leg means that the board moved around inside him. His leg muscles were probably shredded by that move.

Was it ever mentioned that you have to be willing to be teleported for it to work? Thistle is able to resist Mithrun's magic. Also, I think he's trying to burn Mithrun's arm but Mithrun doesn't care.

I think Mithrun was trying to be compassionate to Thistle when he told him about Delgal being dead. It looks like Mithrun loosened his grip on Thistle's throat before saying anything. Mithrun knows Thistle created the dungeon under Delgal's orders, and he thinks that if Thistle learns Delgal is dead, he'll have no reason to continue serving him. Maybe Mithrun thinks Thistle is a slave needing to be freed.

At first, this makes it seem like trying to convince Thistle to stop won't work, but Kabru mentions that Mithrun did a horrible job explaining things. Maybe it would work if someone more compassionate tried to talk instead. I don't think anyone in Laios's party will be able to pull that off.

Thistle is in denial that Delgal had been pushing him away for all those years.

It should only have been a few hours since the raid fight, but all Falin's injuries are healed. Thistle probably healed her.

Addendum: Mithrun can teleport himself. This will definitely not cause additional problems in the future.

The western elves definitely come from some elf-supremacist place. They have no respect for other races' lifespans at all. If it was an egalitarian society, short-lived races would have an expedited interrogation process since time matters far more to them. Actually, whatever system where a person could be imprisoned indefinitely for questioning because elves don't think much about time would be thrown out.

I wonder if there are some laws that adjust prison times based on a race's life expectancy. Like, if a Tallman would get 10 years in prison, a Half-foot should get 6 years and an elf 50 years. Giving the same prison time sentence would be far crueler to short-lived races but mean practically nothing to a long-lived one.

Kabru's beloved smother mother

Was Rin also from Utaya or some other village destroyed by a dungeon? Doesn't seem like she was taken in by someone like Kabru's foster mother.

Kabru had one of those "To be lawful or good" moments. His ultimate goal is to ensure a second Utaya doesn't happen. Initially, he thought his best bet was to let Laios conquer the dungeon while Kabru keeps the Canaries from charging in and causing problems. But the Canaries have quickly and efficiently handled the situation far and above Kabru's expectations.

Kabru's acting like Laios in this moment. He's asking why black magic is so bad, and he's realized there's more to a dungeon that what the elves let on. If Thistle was some horrible monster rather than a servant trying to help his king, and if Falin were able to be as dangerous on the surface as she was below, Kabru might have let the canaries act. But there's too much inconsistency with the dungeon now and what happened in Utaya for him to just let it go.

And he wants to do his part to save Falin as well.

Oh that eye on the book moves. So the part in chapter 42 is as ominous as it appeared.

No telling what the red dragon's personality was before fusing with Falin, but Falin's compassionate and caring side has definitely become part of its personality.

I'm sure this all happens before chapter 47. I went back through it to see Thistle's outfit and he's wearing different clothes from this one. He's wearing a long-sleeved shirt and his garment seems to go further down his legs as well. He was also visibly tired, probably on edge after nearly dying and also having to think about what Mithrun told him.

His eyes were also in the same shape as the eyes on his book.

We've had so many dramatic chapters with Kabru and it all ended with him falling to an uncertain doom as he entrusts Laios to achieve what he could not.

And then it cuts to this:

So much is happening in the wider world. Meanwhile in the future, Laios and company are still getting into hijinks, completely unaware of anything going on.

Since Changelings transform their victims into "similar" creatures, Marcille's transformation into an ogre implies ogres are in the same taxonic human classification. And Izutsumi has transformed into two different demi-humans now. So despite being born a Tallman, her beastkin status causes the mushrooms to classify her as closer to them.

I kind of want to throw Izutsumi into a changeling ring several times to see what might happen. Would she eventually turn into a mermaid?

And this made me think that maybe orcs and kobolds have a similar origin to Izutsumi. Like, what if there were ancient experiments to fuse human and animal souls, and the results created a large population of beings that were capable of reproduction? Orcs would have been pig-beastkin while kobolds were dog-beastkin.

Marcille's outfit is amazingly elastic. The front buttons are barely holding together, but her pants and sleeves are not having any issues despite all of Marcille's limbs now being thicker than her elf body.

Oh, I never took Laios as a fan of muscular women. I guess he really was admiring Zon's wives in MMT2.

Also, Marcille has a new hairstyle. Twin braided tails.

I can't believe the frog suits came back, even if just a little.

Senshi is having such a hard time cooking as a half-foot. He can barely reach the counter and he needs Chilchuck to mix everything cause his hands aren't big enough.

Senshi's worry that Izutsumi wouldn't drink a mushroom tonic ended up being unfounded. Turns out, changing species affects your taste afterall and orc Izutsumi likes mushrooms.

Did someone cut up Izutsumi's hamburg steak for her? She's the only one not using a knife.

At some point during the fall, Kabru realized that he's leaving everything to a group of clowns.

SENSHI FLASH!!

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[villain-in-love]

muahaha so at the end after thistle gets attacked by the winged lion. his desires got eaten right? including his desire to resist any bad thing that someone else wants to do to him. Idk you could probably write something really cruel and sexy about that.

ALSO im so glad we share a source now <3 i was actually thinking itd be so cute if our s/is interacted!! if that’s possible. i dont know what kiera’s situation is (like who is she what is she doing down here how did she meet thistle) but cath is just a normal adventurer hanging out in the dungeon sometimes?

- @minkymeatshop

Ah, the Winged Lion incident... I’ve been thinking about that for quite some time, actually.

But I have to disappoint you – I don’t think I would take advantage of Thistle’s loss of desires. To say that Kiera wasn't happy about Thistle's current condition would be a major understatement.

That is to say, there’s still plenty of suffering potential for this pair post-canon.

But first, I think I should talk a bit about Kiera separately. Good news: if your s/i is an adventurer, then they can surely meet.

To make it brief, Kiera is a 302 year old half-elf mercenary who decided to fight depression by getting addicted to adrenaline. She stands out thanks to her strategic talents, use of magic, and most likely illegally acquired regeneration abilities.

Kiera descended into the dungeon when it first opened, hired by the local authorities to explore it and to hunt down the Lunatic Magician, but it’s been years since anyone last saw her on the surface.

Technically, she also used to have a party – there was an entire team of distinguished warriors and scientists hired alongside her, but her companions long since abandoned her. Kiera doesn't mind it – despite how boisterous and eccentric she is, she has always been a loner.

Anyways, she’s a bit intense, but friendly. She wouldn’t mind hanging out, but probably not for long – she’s doesn’t like taking companions as they just slow her down. From the information you have given, I think Kiera would like Cath, mostly because she would find her interesting. However, she might try to provoke her to a battle... I think it would be fun to imagine how they would interact, but I really need to know more about your s/i first.

Now, when it comes to Kiera's relationship with Thistle, I must say that she never hated him. Her reasons to antagonize him and try to kill him are a bit more complicated. Also there were multiple stages to their relationship, their attitude and approach towards each other changing with time.

No matter how much she didn't want this to happen, by the time of the manga timeline, Thistle is Kiera's only friend, her favourite enemy, and the person she loves the most.

So to answer the question of "why did she try to kill him?" Well, at first she was just doing her job. But in later years she was only half serious. On one hand, she used "I'm trying to kill you" as an excuse to just start a fight because that's her way of entertainment. On the other hand, she was seriously trying to force herself to kill him to sever this unfortunate attachment, to protect her freedom and her peace of mind.

Everything else she did – hurting him, pushing his buttons, or just teasing him – was done because she finds Thistle's personality fascinating and she wanted to study his reactions. And he's oh so reactive. Fun thing about Thistle is how honest he is – he's bad at hiding his emotions, and he doesn't hold back when expressing his opinion.

So when Winged Lion ate all his desires... There's no point in doing that anymore. She sees no point in hurting him when he won't fight back or avenge himself, or even react at all. And honestly, she's scared of doing something wrong that could only worsen his condition. Because she wants her tiny menace to society back, and she will do everything in her power to bring him out of this state.

I can say that there’s still a lot of possibilities for suffering, since from now on things will be… difficult (well, things were already difficult before, but in a different way). Now, to name a few...

First of all, Kiera was also traumatized by Thistle being eaten. Thistle she fell in love with is expressive, powerful and driven. He's got a strong personality and a bitchy attitude. So seeing him so apathetic and passive was disturbing.

Imagine seeing your only friend being reduced to an empty shell. He's breathing, his eyes are open, he's probably even conscious, but he's completely unmoving and unresponsive. I think that when Kiera first saw him in such state she was close to a hysteric, trying desperately to wake him up. Made even scarier by the fact that no one at that moment knew what exactly Winged Lion did to him.

To think about it, if Kiera got really desperate, she could try doing something drastic to try and force some kind of reaction out of Thistle, hoping that maybe some violence might shake him out of his catatonia. But it is likely that she would just make things worse for them both.

Also! Since being devoured by the demon strongly parallels sexual assault and includes violation of the body, Kiera would have to be very careful with any future intimacy because it is possible that the wrong action might trigger him. Made even worse by the fact that Thistle lost his desire to resist so she will have to be super vigilant to read his reactions and know when to stop... And now I want to write a fanfic when something does go terribly wrong like that. Make it a smut that just turns into psychology halfway through.

But that kind of scenario will most likely happen at least 20 years into the future, when he's conscious and functional enough to gain an interest in sexual intimacy.

(Similar to what I said earlier, I'm not into dub-con or non-con, because I'm not interested in sexual activities if my partner doesn't show equal enthusiasm.)

There's also some misery reserved specially for Thistle: post-canon Kiera stayed in Melini, refusing to leave his side, yet she obviously misses the battlefield and is bored staying in one place. I imagine that realizing that now he finally has a person who loves him and will not leave him, but at the same time being stuck here because of him makes her miserable... Yeah, there's definitely quite a lot of guilt and maybe even self-hate here. Especially considering how Thistle always seemed to hold the happiness of his loved ones as the highest priority (even thought with time he stopped understanding what makes them happy)...

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Anyways, here's a cute picture of Kiera made in picrew because I'm too depressed to draw:

(The face of a girl who will sneak around your house, drink your liquor, and read your diaries when you aren't looking)

[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday our longest running comic, first published on July 30th 1938 the Beano is 85 years old today!

An ostrich called Big Eggo was the front page star, and the comic only cost 2d. The central composition was also different. While the modern Beano is entirely based on comic strips, the early Beano had stories told with pictures with text beneath explaining what was going on, and stories told only with text. It also lacked many of the characters that are synonymous with it now, Dennis, Rodger and Minnie only arriving in the golden years of the 1950s.

A few months before The Beano came its sister paper, The Dandy, and a year after another sister, The Magic comic. Due to the Second World War however, only two of these were to survive. The war meant that comics had to use fewer pages, by printed in lesser numbers and less often. This meant that the Beano and Dandy were made smaller, only available to those who pre-ordered them, and were only printed on alternate weeks. They provided a vital service in the war, warning children to leave alone things like mines on beaches and printing stories to outline the difference between Nazis and normal Germans and so teaching children not to demonize people based on nationality. They also pictured the enemy leaders as bungling fools, such as in The Beano strip, Musso the Wop and in the many times that Lord Snooty and pals went to give the Fuhrer a piece of their mind.

The 1950s is thought to be the golden age of The Beano as so many of the most popular and long running characters were created then, such as Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Rodger the Dodger and the characters that would eventually become known as The Bash Street Kids, whose original incarnation was a basically identical story called When The Bell Rings.

As well as it’s regular characters, the Beano also had it’s supply of irregulars, who popped in every so often for one off-stories. These were usually less cartoony, the characters looking more realistic and detailed, and the stories themselves were often more serious. These stories included General Jumbo and The Iron Fish. A more recent example would be Billy The Cat.

Of course being a Scottish publication there were some characters who were based here, most notable were two from the 1970's Wee Ben Nevis T\and he McTickles., the latter involved Chief Jock and his highland clan fought a comic war of attrition against their rivals the McNasties, while avoiding the pranks played on them by the "McHaggises", small round animals with a similar shape to a haggis and with long noses and thistles for ears. Some McHaggises had legs of different length on opposite sides of their bodies, allowing them to remain horizontal while walking around the sides of mountains.

More recently The Beano has been moving with the times n recent years there have been a number of tweaks and changes made to some of the principal characters and now, to mark the publication’s 85th anniversary, five new characters have been added to the Bash Street Kids: Harsha, Mandi, Khadija, Mahira and Stevie Starr to better reflect 21st Century life.

One of the new characters suffers from anxiety while another wears a hijab and they have already been scrutinised by some sections of the media. Beano bosses are prepared for accusations of ‘wokery’ and yet another so-called politically correct assault on our heritage, but insist that we all have to move with the times and that, prior to the changes, all ten of the original Bash Street Kids were white and nine were boys.

This outdated picture, they quite rightly argue, doesn’t reflect the society that today’s Beano readers inhabit and, if they want to retain existing readers, not to mention attract new ones, they need to move with the times. It was the same motivation which prompted management at the comic to rename key characters Fatty and Spotty, Freddy and Scotty a couple of years ago.

While Freddy still looks like someone who wouldn’t ever say no to extra chips, there is no need for his old, outdated nickname, which quite frankly, has been outlawed in playgrounds across the land for the past three decades at least

Of course there will be thosde who disagree with the newer characters and name changes, but I wonder how many of these folk have actually picked up a copy of The Beano since the 1970's?

If being respectful of others’ beliefs and feelings makes me woke then I’m guilty as charged and, quite frankly, I would be worried if I wasn’t considered to be as such.

Tens of thousands of copies of The Beano are sold every week which, in this digital age, is very impressive and is testament to its enduring relevance. We live in different times to those of our grandparents and recognising that fact is a strength rather than a weakness.

[onemanscienceband]

Thank you for the info! I'd forgotten that detail about the dungeon masters being different aspects of the same being.

I also was reading the Monster Tidbits 14 post-story chapters and they mentioned that dungeons form naturally and monsters form where wild magic gathers - which actually clears up some of the haziness I was feeling about dungeons in their society. Clearly small "dungeons" are possible without being a full-blown manifestation of the demons. They probably represent a slower or unsuccessful attempt at intrusion? But regardless, if dungeons just Happen even without an inciting incident like what happened with Thistle's whole thing, that brings a lot of clarity to their place in society.

I think a better way to express what was I feeling in my first post was... if capital-D Dungeons are Rare, how is "adventuring" a thing? The impression I get is that everyone knows about exploring dungeons for loot, they just need a dungeon to explore, and those are either hard to come by or they're really dangerous. But if that were true, there wouldn't be any infrastructure, no pre-existing sets of skills, no concept of what it would mean to build a society centered on dungeoneering. But if "dungeons" are mostly just small cave systems where monsters appear, and you just have to go clear them out or they will menace the nearby town, that makes a lot more sense to me.

The one thing that's always puzzled me about Dungeon Meshi and its titular dungeons is the relationship between the Lion's dungeon and the rest of the world.

Like, the dungeon we see was created because Thistle wanted to freeze the kingdom as it was instead of letting it change. That means stuff like resurrection magic worked really well, because the dungeon's magic kept their souls from straying too far.

but what about the other dungeons? We see a dungeon outbreak in Kabru's backstory - was that from another aspect of the Lion? Another being entirely? If (as seems likely to me) Kabru's dungeon was born of a different desire entirely, then is resurrection magic similarly as useless in other dungeons as it is outside the dungeon? (I'm assuming it kinda works outside, but probably has a time limit of a few minutes or something before it fails. i forget what exactly the manga said)

I guess a better way to put it is, the importance of the Lion's Dungeon to the island it's on makes it seem like society centers around dungeons and exploring them. But the impression I got was that truly valuable dungeons are prime Canary-bait and that a dungeon, and a dungeon outbreak, are unexpected events. Having a dungeon makes, then breaks, a country. Most civilizations probably don't have a dungeon (or have one that barely counts).

and the dungeon outbreak in the manga's case had potentially disastrous effects globally. the whole world was at stake, and the whole world is changed. the others seemed more like... regional catastrophes at best. Was this just coincidentally the most important dungeon? were similar crises averted in other outbreaks? Or is this dungeon just the one that the biggest baddest unknowable outer realms asshole touched down in?

re-reading this I still don't think I'm really expressing the tension I feel. It's not a Plot Hole, more just puzzle pieces where I don't see how they fit together.

[angie-serpant]

—My irl friends out of context—

-TAKE YOUR PENIS BOOK AND BAKED LAYS CHIPS AND GET OUT

-Who’s that Pokémon? It’s always the gingers.

-Gingers (derogatory)

-Try for the backside of the donkey

-is it normal to want to platonically fuck your friends

-NASA's still fucking looking for that dick Niki

-I’ve actually just become god

-anyways that william afton guy was doing what he had to do to become immortal and yk what i don’t blame him🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 like sure he killed kids but like he unlocked immortality so🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

-shyummy

-this was payback for my Marcus Lopez rambles

-THATZ ILLEALY

-CHRIST???

-Does anyone else’s sneezes sound like explosions

-william afton is way too old. mans could sneeze and turn to dust. who’s letting peepaw run around killing people.

-Good for fucking you

-Wulti level warketing

-Demigirl? More like Demigod

-Emma you are a walking tiktok section

-The penis in the butt

-I’m educating you on kinks

-It’s okie you guys have socks

-He just randomly starts throwing people

-I wanna make out with some zombies

-I missed the ✨hole✨

-I’m not thinking I just don’t wanna do it

-My brother just walked in the door and called me a turd what in the Disney Channel Original Movie

-the yassifying of me, a 3 part series

-Mkay so should they talk more before that happens or just get straight into the chaos like a YouTube intro?

-G̶̬͌̈́́̄͝͠e̴̡͙͎̙̦̻̲͈͓̹̍͑̈̎̽̐̕͘ͅȯ̷̗͉̭̤̘͇̦̗̀̈́̌̏͑͝͝ḑ̸̧̙͈̖̬̣͚͇̖͔̲̲̳̓̌͂̉̀́̈́͝e̶̹͈͒̄

-ITS A SUSSY CHICKEN NUGGET

-I’m fucking one of our tables many holes

-STOP MAKING UNDERWEAR SEXUAL

-You are the thistle in the tender and sensitive arse crack of my life.

-reaperussy

-Look at his cute little butthole

-I saw gay I’m happy

-What the FUCK milk man!?

-I like big titties

-Who’s ginger is this? Somebody come get their ginger child!

-Cumtext

-We’ve adopted the ginger, say hello

-Thankedr

-Emma I’ve wanted to fuck to grim reaper too

-It’s like a magnifying glass but smarter

-HELLO POLICE IVE WITNESSED A MAKEOUT SESSION

-Ah yes, the color of horn-e

-You can touch my ass if you want

-Being gay IS fantastic!

-Why do we have those stupid ankles!? They’re useless!!!

-We have different temperatured fingers

-You’re not a very roomable person

-shush you’re a secret undercover ginger

-Wait what’s the ferrets gender?

-All hail the stinky noodles

-Foot emoji

-I LOVE TRUCKS AND BEER AND GUNS AND ALCOHOL AND WOMEN TIME TO SHOVE A FIREWORK UP MY ASS FIR FOURTH OF JULY

-I was scrolling through Tiktok and I did not expect to see a shirtless Bruno but here I am, utterly shocked, and needing soap for my eyes

-GUCK

-SIFRY

-The chess hierarchy

-I used to date my father

-New suicide method; shoving a firework up my ass

-*gasp* WHAT THE FRICK FRACK TIC TAC SNICK SNACK CARDIAC QUARTERBACK DUDE NAMED JACK BIG MAC LICK LACK BIG BACK DID YOU JUST SAY???1?1?1?1???1??1

-Either baby or menace to society

-I have committed vehicular manslaughter once

-their head? gone. their eyes? scooped. their hair? ripped out. their mom? fucked by me. their limbs? separated from their body. their soul? sent to hell. their neck? broken.

-only reason i’m not is because it’s cold and my dad would question me

-demigod more like i am god

-Fuck now im thinking of dirty shit

-should i write the most heart wrenching saddest thing ever and send it to a friend who did nothing wrong i’m just a writer with evil sad writing? The correct answer is yes brb

-how many sins can one commit in a family friendly game the answer is all 7.

-The lord cant help you here, this is horny jail

-snuck out. went out into the freezing cold. played in the snow rolling around yk like normal. men were staring at me. tried to call people. no one was awake so i did what any sane person does. flipped them off and continued playing in the snow occasionally showing i had a weapon on me and went inside when my hands were numb.

-I’m so cold my metaphoric dick could fall off

-Stop being Scottish

-……Would I fuck that?

-michigan was actually kind of a bitch

-I’m the sewer rat of the table monarchy

-Spit on the skeleton man

-Guys I just accidentally called a demon mama

-it was really quiet too and i just went “dick!”

-Well I would assume from the womb

-Don’t tell the Christians I said that

-I don’t think ghosts have genitalia

-fuckerino but okie

-Cleansed but casually

-The bar is low and they’re limbo dancing with Satan

-You are no longer the Virgin Mary

-White people scare me

-I think my dog hates white people

-Is that a picture of two robot toys having sex????

-Do not do anything related to genitalia

-water so cold my metaphysical dick had disappeared

-hath thou mother lie in bed with i? yeseth. yeseth she hath.

-fuck the celestial nap

-Holy shit godsona

-Penis

-Texas chainsaw yassacre

-Would getting your eye holes fingered feel good if you didn’t have eyese

-pussy poppingly good

-Why does he look so hot when he’s bloody?

-Fucking boogie woogies

-“i am vengeance” yeah ok i’m horny. next story.

-My underwear smells like orgasms

-cöckenbållen

-You just kneed my vagina

-You put the pp in the arse

-I’m almost done with that drawing of the pregnant lady

-Nah I’m gonna go listen to sad music and cry over dog shit some more

-I just imagined your father having sex *wails*

-I’m not touching your penis water bottle

-you pray to god in your hair routine?

-quench it deep

-I DO NOT HAVE A ROBOT FETISH

-i’m fucking one of our tables many WET holes

-Nah bitch is my love language

-I think it was the penis

-The angels are looking down on us in disappointment

-müsic mæn

-You are a gremlin you stole the wand of an all powerful wizard

-I can do the worm but I’m too embarrassed to

-My bed is in the sky now

-I think I stepped in old cum

-Ah yes, Oinherest and Ponterist, my favorite medias of the social

-That’s still repeating it dumbãss

-A sexy inchworm

-I know what skin feels like

-I promise I won’t moan again

-I DID NOT ASK ABOUT CAR GENITALIA!!!

-What if we’re all just sperm swimming in gods balls

-Keep your crouch away from my fucking ass

-I FEEL VERY GENDER

-i have rubbed off the gender

-Happy awakening hour

-i want death in the form of sex so that i can die an unvirgin

-As a person with a dick

-“Sexy” mmmmm dishwater😍😍🥵🥵🥵🤤🤤🤤

-I have a serotonin inducing concept

-Would you rather eat oven baked rotten potatoes or ask Jesus why he has no bitches

-That’s the last time- OW-

-I want it! BALLS!

-You have very disproportionate balls Killian

-Why are we talking about dick hair

-I want abs, I have a squishy girl body

-you should play the sexaginta-quattuordle

-I think a ghost just tried to fuck me

-titty stress balls

-i live paralyzing fear that im going to hit a grandmother with a car

-guys killian is thinking about tactical advantages to shoot me

-killian gets turned on by among us

-Oh it’s on the floor I’m gonna kill myself

-i would fuck myself- YOU ARENT ATTRACTED TO YOURSELF YOU ARE JUST SELF CONFIDENT

-oh no i forgot how to human

-I’m going to combust into a column of flame

-Imagination goes crazy when it’s 12.30 in the morning and you’re 📯🦵 it just goes to 100% percent

-I’m thinking about your mom

-i need someone to just take my spine out and play with it like a fucking cowboy rope

-That’s awkward❤️

-i’d rather solve one of the seven greatest wonders then solve my mental issues

-I feel my thigh bones expanding

-Oh my god kill. YES

-i’m a pussy, a bitch if you may, a coward as the youngins say, a weakling also

-dying is fatherless behavior

-minty bread

-It’s cuz your torso’s longer then mine

-THIS IS CRANBERRY ABUSE

-Oh I do Desire for that😙

-like ok oui oui baguette go fuck yourself

[jodybouchard9]

Adios, Alvin! How to Get Rid of Chipmunks—and Keep Them Away for Good

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Sure, they’re adorable, with their nut-filled cheeks and fuzzy tails. But unlike Alvin and his band of singing brothers, chipmunks can be a menace to your property. The small, striped critters eat everything from insects to garden plants and can damage electrical wires and dig under your home.

Chipmunks mainly live in trees, shrubs, logs, and underground burrow systems. But you can also find them scampering across patios, under brush, near garbage, and close to homes.

“Chipmunks rarely damage property, but they might occasionally injure ornamental plants in the process of harvesting fruits or nuts, or they may burrow in flower beds or under sidewalks and porches,” says John Griffin, senior director of urban wildlife programs for the Humane Society.

In general, chipmunks are cute and tolerable little creatures. But if you find them wreaking havoc on your property, there are some things you can do to shoo their little tails away.

Identify an infestation

There are a few signs that these furry creatures have taken up residence on your property. If your yard suddenly has holes in several places, foundational damage, chew marks, waste trails, and stockpiles of food, then you probably have an infestation.

Chipmunks also have been known to make a mess of the garden. They will eat flower bulbs and seeds and leave nutshells behind.

Listen carefully, because you may also hear chipmunks scurrying around your property. There may be scratching noises above ceilings, behind walls, and under floors, or sharp chirping noises among chipmunks to signal danger.

Make your landscape less attractive

The natural habitat of chipmunks is in open wooded areas with trees and bushes. But your property can make a nice home, too. Chipmunks are attracted to yards that have objects they can hide under and an abundance of food sources.

“They typically burrow in the ground, so keeping the landscape simple will help to not hide their dens,” says Drew Cowley, president of Cowleys Pest Services and Little Rascals Nuisance Wildlife Removal Services, in New Jersey.

Shrubs, logs, and stumps may serve as good hiding spots for chipmunks. Clearing yard debris and ground clutter near patios, decks, and foundations can discourage chipmunks from digging under structures.

Trimming shrubbery that can provide food sources and removing rock piles and wood can also help.

Prevent access to easy food sources

Like other rodents, chipmunks often rely on humans to get their food, water, and shelter. You may be inadvertently inviting them to settle down by leaving easily accessible pet food or spilled birdseed on your property.

Bird feeders will also attract chipmunks, and Griffin recommends picking up spilled seeds and securing feeders from access. But there are seeds they don’t like.

“Chipmunks certainly will not favor thistle seed as much as they do sunflower seed, and they’re not wild about safflower either,” says Griffin. Certain birds, on the other hand, prefer those seeds.

Seal holes, close gaps

To keep chipmunks out, experts recommend sealing as many points of entry as possible, no matter how small they are.

“Close all gaps around plumbing and HVAC pipes and under doors,” says Cowley. “Don’t only think low, but high. Chipmunks love climbing gutters and ladders to access food and water.”

Caulk any holes where internet cables, air-conditioning lines, and gas lines lead to the house. Keeping the chipmunks away also means keeping a tight cap on chimneys and sealing vent lines and rain gutters with hardwire mesh. This will keep critters from building nests and prevent potential water damage.

Use repellants

Commercial repellents labeled for use against squirrels, deer, and rabbits can be effective. Taste-aversion repellents, like Thiram, can be applied to landscape plants to discourage chewing and eating.

If you’d like to go the more natural route, Griffin suggests planting bulbs like daffodils (for spring flowering), garlic, and onions.

Put up proper fencing

Chipmunks are known to be good diggers, but they are also good climbers. So, fences aren’t 100% effective, but they can work if done right.

Experts suggest installing tall fences deep in the ground. It’s a good idea to place a few chipmunk traps around the fence, using seeds and fruit as bait. Netting over the top and sides of your fence can further discourage chipmunks from climbing fences.

Set up traps

Trapping is probably the most effective method of removing chipmunks from your property. Homeowners can use snap traps, box traps, and mesh traps placed at burrow openings. Traps can be baited with peanut butter or other enticing foods.

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The Daily Thistle

The Daily Thistle – News From Scotland

Wednesday 8th August 2018

"Madainn Mhath” …Fellow Scot, I hope the day brings joy to you…. where ever you are, as we spin endlessly through space and time on this little blue planet we call Earth.. Bella my 3 year old Black Labrador and my constant companion, had a great walk this morning around the quiet street of Estepona our home town, the smell of the night blooming Jasmine was very heady this morning as we had a very light shower before we went out and that seems to increase the intensity of the smell 100% .. not that I'm complaining, I love the smell it hides all the other pongs that you find in a small town... Our walk over it's back to the house, fresh cold water for Bella and Hot fresh Colombian Coffee for me.. a look at the news and then I'm ready to write, You ready to read..? good then let’s go!

SCOTTISH MAN YOUNGEST PERSON TO ROW THE PACIFIC…. A 23-year-old from Moray has become the youngest person to row the Pacific. Michael Prendergast completed the crossing from California to Honolulu with his three American team-mates in 49 days, 23 hours and 15 minutes. They were the first team to cross the finish line at Waikiki in the annual Great Pacific Race Michael undertook the challenge to raise money for Down's Syndrome Scotland because his younger brother, Andrew, has the condition. More than £7,000 has been raised for the charity so far but he hopes to reach his target of £40,000 following his achievement. Reflecting on his experience, Michael said: "Mentally, it was the toughest challenge I could ever do. "There was never a chance to relax and if I was lying down for more than an hour-and-a-half, I was having a lie-in! "I knew that we all have good days and bad days and that it was all temporary, even though the nights at sea were the longest, hardest, wettest, coldest nights you could imagine." Michael learned to sail while attending Gordonstoun boarding school in Moray. Staff and pupils at his former school have been following his progress. Lisa Kerr, principal of Gordonstoun, said: "This is an incredible achievement and we're really proud of Michael. "All Gordonstoun pupils learn to sail because it's a great way to teach team-work, resilience and confidence, although we didn't expect anyone to go on to row the Pacific."

SOVIET-ERA TOY PIECE FOUND IN MUSSELBURGH BEACH CLEAN….  Part of a controller for a game made in the former USSR in the 1960s has been found during a beach clean in East Lothian. The plastic was from a Novo Raceways set. The game involved racing toy cars on a track. It was among items of rubbish cleared from the shore at Fisherrow Harbour, Musselburgh. The Wild about Scotland beach clean was organised by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS). Organisers said the controller was another example of plastic waste in the marine environment. The Russia-led federation of the USSR ended in the early 1990s. A lighter made for the 1986 World Cup was found in another beach clean earlier this year. In January, merchandise from a FIFA World Cup held more than 30 years ago was among piles of rubbish cleared from a Highlands beach. Organisations Plasticatbay and Durness Active Health carried out the beach clean at Balnakeil, near Durness, in Sutherland. Lotion bottles from Russia and jam containers from Newfoundland were also among the 450lbs (204kg) of litter tidied away.

ARMED ROBBERS IN KNIFE RAID AT GREGGS SHOPS IN SHETTLESTON…. Two armed robbers escaped with a four-figure sum of money after threatening staff at a Greggs bakery shop in Glasgow. The thieves produced a knife after entering the store in Budhill Avenue, Shettleston, at about 17:50 on Thursday. They made off in a gold or orange-coloured car. Police said two members of staff were badly shaken but not injured during the incident. The first suspect is described as white and of thin build. He was wearing a blue hooded top, pale blue jeans and black trainers. The second suspect was wearing a blue hooded top and jeans. Both men had blue scarves covering their faces. Det Sgt Colin Kilgour appealed for any witnesses to come forward. He said: "Officers have been out in the area carrying out house-to-house inquiries and studying CCTV footage to gather more information on this incident and trace the two men responsible."

CREEL FISHERMEN WANT FASTER ACTION OVER TRAWLER BAN CALL….  The Scottish Creel Fishermen's Federation (SCFF) commissioned a report into the potential benefits of banning trawlers from inshore waters. Its findings suggested 400 new boats could join the fleet if a ban covered the first three miles from the shore. The Scottish government says pilot projects are planned, as well as more research to guide fishing policy. It also says it does want to develop the inshore fishery. The SCFF says "little progress" has been made since the report was presented to ministers in May 2017. Alistair Sinclair from the SCFF said: "Time is of the essence if we are trying to protect the marine environment and the fishermen that make their living from the inshore waters. Creel fishermen say the method of laying pots on the seabed to catch live prawns means the shellfish can be sold for more money than those caught by trawlers. The creel industry says its "low impact, high value" fishing method is better for the environment and say that even a more limited, half-mile ban would be beneficial to local communities, particularly on the west coast. But such a move is resisted by other sectors of the fishing industry. The Scottish Fishermen's Federation has insisted the industrial scale method of fishing is sustainable and that trawlermen would be out of business if inshore waters were closed to them. Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, said: "Last year, the Scottish government made a reasoned response to an advocacy paper from one sector of the Scottish fishing industry calling for another sector to be banned from areas of the coast of Scotland. "It was noted politely that 'there is more work to be done' and some trials are now planned. "The arguments made in the paper do not bear much inspection and if executed would be damaging to fishing communities in the west of Scotland."

MEET MACCA: THE UK'S FIRST STOAT DETECTION DOG…. Orkney has a stoat problem, and Macca the Fox Terrier has been flown in from New Zealand to help get rid of them. It is the first time in the UK a dog has been used for the task. Stoats are native to the British mainland but are a menace to small creatures like voles, hen harriers and short-eared owls in Orkney. Macca does not kill stoats, but indicates their location to his handler. This helps conservationists to decide where to set humane traps. He has been finding stoats in New Zealand, the only other place where the animal is an invasive species, for over two years. Sarah Sankey, from the Orkney Native Wildlife Project, told BBC Radio Orkney: "Stoats arrived in Orkney in 2010 and until recently had been confined to the mainland and islands linked by bridges, but we are now getting reported sightings from other islands. "We put traps and cameras onto these islands, but the presence of stoats is really difficult to confirm. So a dog is a failsafe way of finding out whether they're there or not." Stoats are can swim up to 3km (2 miles), so there is a risk that even if they're completely eradicated from the mainland, others could swim back from smaller islands. Macca, and his handler Ange Newport, will make sure there are no stoats living on islands like Hoy and Shapinsay before a full removal can take place on the mainland. It would be the world's largest island eradication project.

On that note I will say that I hope you have enjoyed the news from Scotland today,

Our look at Scotland today is of Ange Newport who has been working with Macca for over two years looking for Stoats… I do like the fact that the Stoats are not killed but relocated….

A Sincere Thank You for your company and Thank You for your likes and comments I love them and always try to reply, so please keep them coming, it's always good fun, As is my custom, I will go and get myself another mug of "Colombian" Coffee and wish you a safe Wednesday 8th August 2018 from my home on the southern coast of Spain, where the blue waters of the Alboran Sea washes the coast of Africa and Europe and the smell of the night blooming Jasmine and Honeysuckle fills the air…and a crazy old guy and his dog Bella go out for a walk at 4:00 am…on the streets of Estepona…

All good stuff....But remember it’s a dangerous world we live in

Be safe out there…

Robert McAngus #Scotland #News #Spain

[spicythistlesatdawn]

If dark stories aren't your taste please skip this one

Pairings: poly!141 x oc (Thistle)

CW: torture, ptsd, inaccurate medical and military stuff. dead dove do not eat. Angst. I am literally planning to hurt your feelings with this one. There will be some comfort because I'll be hurting my own feelings to write this as well

This fic has to do with how Thistle met 141 and why she's with them.

"Ach, cannea believe it's been six feckin years cartin yer ass aboot with us," Soap was slurring slightly, the third pint he'd been nursing was loosely gripped as he looked at Thistle. The dark-haired woman frowned and mulled that over. Six fuckin years. That was a long time to know people. It'd been five years of living with them, and four that the five of them had agreed to a tentative relationship. Today, they were celebrating her "birthday".

"Six years to the day," she said softly, watching how Simon settled into the booth and crowded Johnny closer to the middle. Keep the little shit from sprinting off as he tended to the deeper into his beer he got. Gaz was on her right, leaning his head on her shoulder as he simply mellowed out with the buzz in his veins and humming to whatever little tune played in his mind. Currently Hot to Go was the favorite of the hour.

"Does bein a year older feel much better this time 'round?" Simon asked as he hooked his arm around Johnny, the younger man mumbling something a tad incoherent. There was something to be said for this night, with each passing year the memories faded just a little more.

The room she was locked in was cold, dark. The only sound she could hear was an insistent drip of water meant to drive her out of her own head. There had been screaming earlier. Her throat was raw, so maybe it had been her screaming. She couldn't remember. She couldn't remember much currently. Shifting from the spot she had taken on her knees, a strangled noise left her. She must have been in this position for a while. Her knees had locked, and the slices up her right thigh had crusted over. Her entire left thigh felt like flames were eating at it, deep divots having been taken out of the flesh. She knew better than to make a noise, and noises made them mad.

"-le. Thistle." Her head snapped up, mind pulling from the trenches as she blinked rapidly. Price was staring at her now, concern etching even more wrinkles into that handsome face. "You with it, lovie?"

"Aye... yeah. I'm here, Cap..." she was not with it. Too much alcohol, it was wearing her mind down. Nagging at dormant memories. "The youngins look like they need carried home." She said even if she was barely older than Soap and Gaz by three years. The thirty year old numpties were by classification: lightweights. Soap more than Gaz.

Gaz was currently playing with her free hand, admiring the scars over her knuckles and on her fingertips as he flipped it over. To and fro. She turned her head and nuzzled her nose into the twists she had pain stakingly helped him manage over the last two months. "M'not in need of carryin' lovie..." he murmured tiredly. Giving a blissful sigh when Price pressed into his other side. Thistle was effectively caged in by her four burly men and felt an odd peace settle in her shoulders.

They'd managed to get everyone home, Kyle and Soap had been placed in a shared room with the ensuite bathroom in case the poor fuckers puked. Simon and John took the other shared bedroom down the hallway, and Thistle was curled up on the couch. She wasn't ready to crawl into bed, and while it irritated Price, Si seemed to understand. This day wasn't exactly easy. On this very day, they'd found her, lost, broken, couldn't even remember her own name.

It was raining the men who'd been in charge of "cleaning" her were being loud. Sneering something at her. Something she couldn't understand because she didn't know what language they spoke in. When they manhandled her to clean her, she didn't fight, said nothing, she was a limp doll. The limp doll was still kicked around. Spat on. Demeaned and degraded. It had been like this for so long. She didn't even have the strength anymore to scratch a line into the wall. She couldn't even remember why in the world she was scratching into the wall. What the lines meant. The only thought in her pretty battered little head was her favorite weed. The one that stung and bit and left pain in ones fingers for days. A simple little Thistle.

Head empty. It's quiet. There used to be more screaming, but she couldn't say when that had been. How many voices there might have been. Someone had been screaming a name, "Kassandra!!". That was dangerous. Names are weapons and knowledge that let's someone dig deeper. Sink their twisted claws into your skull. Rip it open and sip at your own personal being. It felt like someone was ripping into skin. The stench of blood was clogging her nose. Head empty. No thoughts.

She jerked hard in someone's arms when she was scooped up. Her fist flew before her brain could register the arms that held her. Gaz let out a yelp and dropped Thistle when she blinked her eyes open she saw the poor man cupping his nose. She could smell blood and had to smack a hand over her mouth. Turning away from the poor man as he backed away. Whining about his nose. "Mah nose... jesuhs fuck.."

"Christ, Thistle, what did ye do to poor Kyle?" Thistle wasn't able to respond, vaulting herself over the couch because her stomach would not fucking stop rolling. She was heaving now because she'd seen the crimson on Gaz's dark skin. Had caught another whiff of that vile copper. She didn't make it to a bathroom. Hands and knees wretching on the floor as Soap called for Price.

Distantly, Thistle was aware of more feet. Heavier steps. Someone calling her. Hands and knees, heaving until her stomach was emptied. Head throbbing.

Price was there in an instant, scooping up Thistle. Speaking lowly to Soap to get Kyle to the guest bathroom to clean up. He was aware of the way that Thistle went limp when he scooped her up. Clutching her that much closer as he took her to the master bedroom. Simon had put himself on clean-up duty in the end. Getting the rags and the scented cleaning supplies. Anything but bleach, knowing the lingering burn of it would make matters worse once Price managed to bring Thistle back to them.

"I didn't mean to startle her so bad.. I just wanted to bring her to bed with Tav and I," Simon listened quietly as Gaz explained softly. Johnny was currently in the process of starting laundry for Gaz. Making sure all signs of blood had been scrubbed away. She'd gotten Gaz pretty good with her flailing arm. He was touching his sore nose gingerly and looking it over with a down turn of his full lips.

"You know she'll be pleadin f'r forgiveness the moment she sees ya. Won't let you take none o' the blame," Simon soothed gently. They'd all startled her at one point or another. Hell, he'd scared the daylights out of her so badly once he was sporting a stab wound in his thigh. Gaz looked right wrankled about it, though. To some extent, the man was reasonably upset that he'd been whacked hard enough that now his nose looked slightly puffy, and his eye lids looked like he'd taken the brunt of a fist. But he was also beating himself up for scaring their Thistle so badly. None of them could actually predict when Thistle would come out of it. Price had gotten her bathed, dressed, and into the master bed. She'd yet to respond to the soft plea of their captain.

It's cold again. Her toes are sinking into snow, and she's running. Someone made a mistake. Someone left the door open. She'd been so motionless for so long. Nothing but a pile of mutilated flesh and blood. Reeking of infection and so still. The copper tang of blood clogged her nose. Not even fresh snow could clean it. Not even water when she fell through the river. Body shaking and mind reeling. Where was she. Who was she. Was this real? It must be. Red was staining the snow where she lay. Spreading its cruel tendrils and using her life force to soak into the soil. If she died here, she hoped thistles would bloom. She prayed that thistles would bloom in the hearts of those who wasted her blood. Wasted the blood of faces she no longer had a name to.

"Cap! Steamin' Jesus... Cap we goot a boady!"

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Feck it. This is part 1 my guys.

:) swearsies there'll be more.

[spicythistlesatdawn]

Soap: Remind me how we ended up with that again?

*gesturing vaguely to Thistle, who is attempting to coax a very wild wolf towards her.*

Price: I think Ghost pulled 'er out of the dumpster.

Ghost: No, Gaz picked 'er up ou' of the pound.

Thistle: Actually. Laswell sided you lot needed some actual brains.

(Keep an eye out for Thistle's official introduction to the 141! (And how they became the poly!141)) 😈

[spicythistlesatdawn]

It sucks and I actually hate it but here have some thistle and Simon

[spicythistlesatdawn]

Thistle: Kyle-

Gaz: I can't hear you.

Thistle: hows the flu?

Gaz: it's killing me.

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Is Thistle an OC just for COD? Yes. Will I maybe make a fic specific to her? Maybe. Will I have more blurbs for Thistle? ABSOLUTELY 💯 (send me some asks if yall wanna see a specific blurb!!)