#and I'll edit and reblog as I update it

[the-hilda-librarians-wife]

Relationship: Kaisa/Johanna

Category: Teen and up audiences

Word count: 27.3k

Chapters: 7/7

Tags: 5+1 Things (loosely); Misunderstandings; Lack of Communication; Romantic Comedy; Idiots in Love; Fairies; not a single braincell in sight

🧚🏻‍♀️🍄Read it on ao3✨🔮

Preview:

Kaisa knew what she was as soon as her eyes landed on her for the first time.

The woman, who at the time had been strolling aimlessly around the library, might have looked inconspicuous to the untrained eye. She presented herself with a fairly human constitution, aside from the fact that no ordinary person could be quite that beautiful. But, with the standard way she carried herself, and the clearly extensive knowledge on how humans should behave, someone who didn’t know better might have shrugged the woman off as just a uniquely gorgeous person.

But Kaisa knew better. The newest patron in her library, and there was simply no way around it, was a faerie.

It was a good thing the librarian saw her first; not that she was in any way under the illusion that the fae couldn’t sense her, didn’t know she was there and watching her. But the lack of visual contact gave Kaisa a chance to gather her bearings, to identify why the energy coming off of this “person” was so much stronger than she’d see from any human, why it made her think of a golden sunset on meadows and drizzle on the canopy of trees.

Her energy imprint wasn’t as strong as Kaisa had felt from faeries before; there was something tame about it, something domesticated. Something that, even if it hadn’t been originally human, had been sufficiently squeezed and bent into a shape resembling it. Out in the woods, when any witch had to call for help from the good folk for whatever practice they were hoping to work on, this was not the energy they felt; Kaisa had witnessed enough of such workings to recognize the wild and boundless spirit of most faeries, like a tsunami that each of those witches brought unto themselves and could easily drown in were they not careful.

Comparatively, the woman gently running her fingers across the wooden carvings on one of the ceiling high bookshelves, smiling at it with the same gentleness of someone greeting an old friend, felt positively docile. Not a monstrous wave. Not an avalanche after the breaking of a dam. Rather, a river that ran with enough strength to carve its path in the rocks, but one inviting enough that children would play near it during summer – only getting hurt if they were a little stupid.

Yes, Kaisa thought, there was something about this faerie that was distinctively human.

Which didn’t do a single thing to change the fact that this was a faerie. In her library.

[project-sekai-facts]

Here are the main illustrations for the game's 3rd anniversary taken from the site! They will also be used on the title screen for the next year.

[layalu]

he can even spin! 🎉

[drrutherford]

❖ Timeline ❖

April 16th 1984 — Born to Natan & Mikaela Weiss, of Israeli and Irish origin, respectively. Both parents are doctors, living in Yeovil (Somerset) UK, and raise their son with warmth and stability in a happy home.

1990 — Parents die in a car crash when he’s 6 years old. Grief-stricken and unable to cope, his aunt abandons him in a London orphanage where he meets wee lil Damon (@damon-rutherford​), who’s only 4. Takes him under his wing, and a few months later they get adopted by Andrew and Cerys Rutherford. 

 1994 — Cerys falls ill and dies, the boys ( aged 10 & 8) are broken-hearted. Lara (@lararutherford​), who’d been adopted before that, is still too baby to remember much of it. Andrew uproots the family (+ Adriana @amaroadriana who’s basically a foster sister at this point + her mother, who continues on as the family’s nanny) to Porto Velho in America. Connie (@constance-rutherford) enters the picture shortly (contentiously so) thereafter, and Yvonne (@yvonne-rutherford) is born. 

 1997/8 — Aged 13/14, discovers the truth about Andrew’s line of work. Fractures his relationship with his father and Johnathan (@johnathan-parsons​), who was something of an uncle figure to him. Partially motivated by this event, partially by his dislike of PV, he sets his sights on Med School in Oxford, to get as far away from his father, and follow in the footsteps of his biological parents before him. 

2002 — Graduates highschool at 18, accepted into Oxford University’s School of Medicine, moves back to England. 

2002-2008 — Med school days, these years give rise to Team Posh, giving rise to his long-standing friendships with people like Spencer @spencerberkeley​, Harrison (☠️), and Cassandra @cassandra-acton​​, among others. Also meets his first steady girlfriend, before moving on to Diana (@diana-sehgal), and then Mila (@milaxkorshunova) during these years no more dates bc fuck that i’m confused.

2009 — Some time after graduating med school, he (aged 25) heads to the US to start his long-ass surgical residency. This is followed by an amicable, mutual decision to split with then-girlfriend, Mila, due to the pressures of being long-distance, and some meddling by her v. Russian father.

2011 — On one of many sporadic visits back to the UK, Damon introduces him to publicly adored British actress Katherine Mayfair, and a whirlwind romance ensues, devotedly followed by the press.

2014 — Marries Katherine (aged 30), partway through residency, prompting a transfer back to England to complete his surgical training in London. Despite indulging a hidden drug habit, Katherine promises to stay clean.

2017 — After three years’ worth of a struggling marriage and multiple lies, the dam finally breaks when he finds out that Katherine’s still using drugs while pregnant with their child. This is the same year as he completes his surgical residency and becomes a fully licensed neurosurgeon/consultant (aged 33).

2018 — As soon as his son is born (June 6), Gideon (aged 34) files for divorce. Katherine punishes him in the worst way possible for this decision, and paints him as a cheating scumbag to the media to cover up her own infidelities and continued drug use. This poisons the public’s opinion against him and a bitter custody battle ensues. Easily the worst year of his life, the results of which have lingered through the ensuing years.

Some time in between idk bear w me ok — Befriends his apartment neighbour, Elene Dadiani. The lines blur between friendship and something more, but before it can flourish she’s gunned down outside the apartment one horrible night. The event scars him and puts him off the prospect of romance for a few more years. Also there are many attacks on his family in between and mob life is pervasive as shit and the Ruthas are constant drama rip, but y’all know this already

2024 (Present day) — Gid is 39 going on 40, and still goin’ thru it. Felix is 5 going on 6, and goin’ thru it somewhat less. He is currently in a bid to launch another appeal against his ex for full custody of their child.

[sysig]

I have to draw his tail as a heart, it’s the rules (Original)

[danggirlronpa]

Thanks to the delightful and Much Appreciated donation of a ton of sprite edits by @severalsmallwizards, the number of ships I don't have visuals for is a very reasonable 14 ships!! Which is WAY DOWN from the 55 I thought I'd have to do, and perfectly possible to get done!

If people get back to me about permissions I'll trade their art in, and if anyone wants to take a crack at the remaining ships without visuals noted here, they are more than welcome to. But I'd say we're more or less ready!! So keep an eye out at around 6:30-ish EST on the 2nd (today, lmao) for the full schedule!!

[wingsyliveblogs]

Lactose intolerance and dairy allergies are different!

Lactose intolerance is well. An intolerance to Lactose (or is it lactase? One of them is the sugar, one is the enzyme you can lack which makes you unable to digest the sugar)

Dairy allergy is well. An allergy to dairy, and all the dangers and unpleasantness that that brings

Also you can have dairy with lactose intolerance if you're willing to face the consequences (just digestive issues), but you shouldn't eat things your allergic to at all really since you might have a bad reaction (like not being able to breathe).

(In reference to this post.)

Thanks for the clarification, you guys! So I was definitely way off on that one. Good to know!

And this definitely adds some helpful context to Luz counting her lactose intolerance as a greatest fear: if it's unpleasant but not exactly deadly for her to consume something with lactose in it, then it does put that fear more or less on the same level as the others she listed. While there is a bit of a difference between "causes extreme physical discomfort", "causes mental discomfort but only if you're on the internet" and "existential horror", none of them quite qualify for a greatest fear.

...though it's possible that there really is someone out there in the world who does fear one of those things more than anything else. You never know!

[tytoalbatross]

oh yeah i did This finally

i'll be streaming The Stanley Parable again on 3/29 at 3PM EST! find me on twitch under the same username

[avocado-frog]

dylan is a "would you still love me if i was a worm" character by the way

[carhammerexplosionmatt]

hello everyone!! this is a burner account to share this:

as photomatt deletes everything, me and a few others are trying our best to compile screenshots to spread the word of the situation. most of the screenshots in the dropbox feature a comment by one of our helpers containing context. if you have any screenshots you'd like to add, please dm me. there is a high chance this account will get banned, so please save this dropbox and the screenshots included and continue to spread the word.

thank you!!

edit: thank you to all the people sharing and reblogging this! please note that this dropbox is being constantly updated (as i type this, files are being processed) so be sure to check in frequently for updates.

edit 2: as this gets more popular, i'm getting more and more worried about the probability of getting banned. to send me screenshots, please feel free to add me on discord (@mit_skies). i'll try to keep everyone updated on there + it'll be easier for me to see and document screenshots.

[kolkaslove]

Was on a like (????) hike thing with Sal yesterday. Was sorta ment to be just a regular picnic , brought gingerbread (some decorated some not) , lychees that turned out to be underripe and some Japanese candies. The gingerbread turned out to have nowhere near enough ginger for our tastes, the ginger was a small aftertaste lol.

After something like 5/10 minutes ended up walking about. I have a bunch of photos on my camera but there's a lot of unused film so it probably won't be developed for a little while (⇀⁠‸⁠↼⁠‶⁠) ,,,,(hence a photo of me at the top of this post from when I got home instead of photos of where we were).

Was pretty slippery and muddy because had been raining day before and stuff. Bugs. Tipped over rusted shopping trolley. Abandoned military base. Trees trees trees trees. Near beginning slipped and got my trousers in mud <\3 some point managed to climb up a thing tree bottom roots and went up like 3 metres from where I started then 5. Went onto the top of a massive tree's tipped over stump.

Later felt stupid when realised I didn't need to climb and if I walked leftwards could've just walked up and gotten there -3-.

So then like we went back to where my bag and the picnic blanket was and we went in the opposite direction, downhill and got to this like big tree with bare ground around it and we found a small animal skull (⁠´⁠⊙⁠ω⁠⊙⁠`⁠)⁠！(⁠´⁠⊙⁠ω⁠⊙⁠`⁠)⁠！(⁠´⁠⊙⁠ω⁠⊙⁠`⁠)⁠！(⁠´⁠⊙⁠ω⁠⊙⁠`⁠)⁠！. We wanted to take it but neither of us wanted to touch it so I grabbed it with tissues and wrapped it in them, then put it in the empty tissue packet lol. Did not find any more of its bones <\3.

Some point on way back t'was an (abandoned?) maintanence shed we went in. Got spooked because looked like a place you'd find a dead body.

Went like on the way back to his home made like a diversion thingy and I saw a little (door?)mouse but it was really wet so we just went back hahahah. Went to a small playground on the way back but there was only one swing and it was really creaky. Went to his home and saw a black cat but could not pet it on the way <\3 . Got there and Sal's dog was going nuts 😭😭😭😭 he does not like strangers and was afraid <\3 ,,,, went to the kitchen thingy and we like cleaned the bone. Sal looked up how to clean it and it said you need to soak it in fresh water and dish soap so we did that but we also like put on gloves and washed it with a toothbrush 😭😭😭😭. At somepoint the realisation was made that we couldn't actually like seal the little tub it was in because Sal couldn't find a lid that fit it so it got transported into a container that did have a fitting lid except I was kinda laughing during it and he had to touch the bone without gloves and he said he was gonna kill me <\3 I did nothing I swear (⁠~⁠‾⁠▿⁠‾⁠)⁠~(⁠~⁠‾⁠▿⁠‾⁠)⁠~(⁠ノ⁠^⁠_⁠^⁠)⁠ノ(⁠ノ⁠^⁠_⁠^⁠)⁠ノ(⁠ー⁠_⁠ー⁠゛⁠)(⁠ー⁠_⁠ー⁠゛⁠)(⁠ー⁠_⁠ー⁠゛⁠)(⁠ー⁠_⁠ー⁠゛⁠)

After that it was still like 20/25 minutes until my mom would arrive so we went upstairs and he put the container somewhere like , safe. I got to see Spamton plush in person. Magnificent (??????????????).

Did not know what to say so paced around fiddling with Lessie for 20 minutes and was explaining my porcelain dolls 😭😭😭😭(⁠；⁠^⁠ω⁠^⁠）. I didn't know what to say and dolls are something I can talk about for literal hours so yeaaaaa. Idk man. I mildly apologised for it later and was told it was "liked listening to it" and that it seemed like I enjoyed talking about it. Idk I think it did .

Overall very fun, did not expect to go on a hike and clean a small animal skull but was interesting (⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠)⁠つ⁠⊂⁠(⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠)(⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠)⁠つ⁠⊂⁠(⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠)(⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠)⁠つ⁠⊂⁠(⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠)(⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠)⁠つ⁠⊂⁠(⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠)

Edit a few months later- (8/10/2014) why did I use that photo of myself 😭😭😭😭 it looks so odd and there are more normal ones I do have I'm wheezing

[rosewheresheshouldntbe]

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[perfectdagger]

🤡🤡🤡

[rjalker]

[ID: A three panel, almost black and white comic for the show Babylon 5.

The first panel shows Ambassador G'kar, a bipedal alien with black spots on his skin, holding up one hand to examine his long claws as he says, "You wanna fuck me so bad it makes you look stupid".

The second panel shows Ambassador Delenn, Commander Sinclair, and Ambasaddor Molari sitting at the counceil table. Delenn is frowning in reproach, Commander Sinclair has a deadpan expression, and Londo is looking down and sweating.

Commander Sinclair says neutrally, "I'll remind you that you are addressing an open meeting, G'kar."

The fourth panel zooms out behind G'kar's shoulders, showing the head table, as well as one of the rows of tables on the opposite side of the room, filled with ambassadors, with one empty spot. Commander Sinclair continues, asking, "would you like to revise the official Kha'ri position for the record?"

The last panel shows G'kar first holding one hand to his chin thoughtfully, then gesturing away with a shrug, saying, "The statement stands." Off screen, Commander Sinclair says, "Noted, Ambassador."

End ID.]

season one

[fairuzfan]

Emergency Fund for an Artist in Gaza

A family friend reached out to me to ask about raising funds for her friend, an artist in Khan Younis. Mariam, who is the family friend, is a poet and a songwriter herself and is very connected to the art community in Gaza. Her tumblr is @mariampoetry.

The friend in Gaza, who requested to stay anonymous, urgently requires funds within the next few days to stay in the home she's currently seeking shelter in. The family she's staying with are demanding a payment of $1000 USD "rent", or else the artist will have to pick up her family and stay outside in the sweltering heat.

We will be raising $2000 USD for her. This includes potential paypal fees, wire transfer fees, and other fees that banks in Gaza place on the money, which can go up to 30% of the money received. If any extra funds are left over, then they will be transferred to the artist for anything she might need.

Please send money to @/miriampoet on paypal. Mariam is a very trustworthy individual and I've personally known her very well since I was a kid, so I can definitely vouch for her.

EDIT: End of Emergency Fundraising!

Mariam asked me to turn off reblogs a little before midnight on Thursday EST. She said any difference she'll be able to make up, and that she'll send me a screenshot of the final tally ASAP.

If anyone sends money to her paypal, she said she'll try to refund/resend the money back. Please DO NOT send her any more funds! I'll be turning off reblogs to this post right now.

Thank you so so much for all your help these past few days! Please know that you helped a Gazan stay housed during an ongoing genocide while she was continuously displaced from Rafah, where her home is. Mariam will update me when she's able to contact me, and I'll make another post about that. Thanks again everyone!!

[talisidekick]

In the case you missed it. In United States Politics, the Biden Administration (current government) has updated Title IX to reword the regulations to include the line "sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics." in the "Protections against sex-based harassment and discrimination." section.

Meaning, the same protections afforded to cisgender children in schools against discrimination are now to be afforded to transgender and intersex children.

Full document here:

These protections were previously added by the Obama administration, then revoked by the Trump Administration.

So why is this different?

How it was done. The previous protections afforded to transgender students a part of the federally funded public school programs were done by a guidance document release by the federal government. These guidance documents can be revoked, or edited by subsequent administrations. The Biden Administration has updated the regulations on how the law can be enforced meaning it will be much harder to repeal those restrictions by subsequent administrations. Not impossible, just much harder. This is to take effect August 1st, 2024. Right at the start of the new school year.

So way to go USA. After years of attacking trans and intersex kids on every possible angle, this is a step in the right direction.

Edit: I made an error in my interpretation ...

.. and was spreading a bit of unintentional misinformation. This isn't a law change, it's a change in the regulations of how Title IX can be enforced. The changes are stronger than a guidance document but not as strong as a law change that would need to pass through congress to be officially changed. Please excuse my mishap, I was corrected in someones reblog. Please reblog this version.

And here's the link to the post calling me out who shared deeper context info!

I've update the original wording to be more factually correct. Again, I'm sorry. My bad. I'll do better next time (and maybe not write political info pieces when I'm feeling ill).