#bar city of the year

[bingsucks]

headcanon that bruce forgot to come up with an excuse for why he has scars on his chest and then in the immediate aftermath becomes the most INVOLVED CISGENDER ACTIVIST because of how the media treats him for being hypothetically trans

[jurakan]

Dou you still give out Fun Facts on Fridays? Can I please have one?

I do indeed! I was out for a couple of weeks on vacation, so the inbox was closed, but we're open today. Possibly not next week, though, as I will be going out of town for a thing.

Anyhow! Today You Learned about the London Dragons!

Alright, so, in the City of London, which is the district of London that is where the old, medieval city was, has dragon statues along the roads in and out, marking the borders. The majority of them are like pictured above: silver, in a rampant position, holding a shield with the city's coat of arms (which notably has a St. George's Cross on it; remember, St. George is the patron of England). Originally, two were placed on the Coal Exchange in 1849, but after that building was demolished, the statues were repainted, repurposed, and replicated into markers for the roads.

That's right; the roads into the City of London are guarded by dragons.

And then there's Temple Bar.

Temple Bar was the old, big gateway to the city from Westminster (called 'Temple' because the Templar church was nearby), and in the late 1800's this memorial was put up, with a bigger dragon to guard the way. The plinth holds several relevant historical sculptures, but on top is the biggest of the guardian dragons.

Pretty cool, right?

The "Dragon at the Bar" appears as a minor but memorable antagonist in Stoneheart by Charlie Fletcher, a book where the statues of London all come to life (which is how I know about these things).

[peachyseen]

Finally got around to watching the first two episodes of Love In The Big City. Can’t stop ‪thinking about how, at its core, this show is about queer loneliness. How Yeong is surrounded by people who love and care for him, but every relationship feels superficial. The toll it takes on you when you spend your entire life hiding pieces of yourself. ‬The anguish when the choice is taken from you on who you share those pieces with.

Nam Yoonsu is doing such an outstanding job bringing this character to life. I can already tell the show is going to hold a special little place in my heart for a very long time. I have so much love for everyone involved in bringing this to life. I don’t think I’ve felt this way about a drama since I was a closeted teen watching Queer as Folk for the first time.

[queernarcissus]

bro i need to go to a gay bar 😔😔😔 my writing isnt going to be realistic enough bc i have never been.

[podcastenthusiast]

Not only do I have Astarion brainrot but I'm also obsessed with his siblings, especially Dalyria, who have a total of maybe ten minutes of screentime.

[sparklehoard]

Happy pride cried thinking about kissing a girl

[fieriframes]

[IT HAS NO CITY LIMITS, NO ZIP CODE. AND ALL THE BOOKS OUR FATHERS WROTE, AND ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I'VE BEEN ROLLIN' TO THIS PLACE FOR OVER 15 YEARS. WELCOME TO JAY BEE'S BAR-B-Q.]

[bunnyboy-juice]

ok my annoyances aside: its the time of year my city changes out all the potted plants for mini trees with decorations and string lights and (hopefully soon) wreaths with pretty big bows and lights on the light poles and the sun is setting so early so everyday i go home i see the pretty pretty lights and i just. (:

[muirneach]

told my dad about the 19+ willi carlisle show and what venue its at and he was like. okay let me get my phone and i’ll text the owner to make him let you in. like HELLO??

[the-lord-of-the-things]

how it feels having survived the concert gauntlet (Orville Peck and then The Longest Johns with only 5 days between) and also my covid/flu vaccination wombo combo

[whiskeyswifty]

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[warmglowofsurvival]

[thetriangletattoo]

how did I manage to attract friends completely different from me I'll never understand

[timdrakesbussy]

Oh God I can't believe I finally did this.

Uh, This is the closest I could get to my vision. Though, I also made one in picrew before this. I’ll put it below.

Anyways, brief information with overly simplified words because I am too lazy to make out complete stories:

Yeah he was in prison and yeah he killed that man but I promise you, your honor, he is innocent (he really killed that man). He did nothing wrong!

Fast forward to five years later and his mother bailed him out. He was fired from Joja since his imprisonment so his mother offered him a deal to either stay with her and get a new job, or, he took over his grandfather’s farm that was inherited for him.

Yuuto was a bit of an enigma when he first stepped his foot on the Valley after twenty something years. Last time he was there, he was barely sixteen and Lewis still had a full brown hair. Nobody knew about his past, even Lewis only knew that he was an inmate but the detail of his crime was left out. Luckily he can keep his mouth shut about it, that doesn’t really stop him from keeping an eye out for him because he was wary that a formal criminal is gonna run around in his town.

He was also pretty reclusive in the beginning, stopping by only to the shops and also to do requests but he hardly ever interact with anyone.

That was, until, Year 2 where he starts to be more involved in the town's life rather than the quiet and mysterious farmer that he was at the start. He even managed to befriend the local depressed asshole, and the rebellious daughter of the shopkeeper. Despite the rumors (damn it Pierre), he has no ulterior motives when he mentored Abigail.

Anyways, here's what I imagined closer to how he'd (and his ex wife) look like.

(He has tanned skin though, but I can't find the right shade for him because the next one is the darkest shade available 😞)

(I cannot get rid of her redness but yeah)

[loveandthings11]

I asked my server at The Nines if she was there for Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway’s Met Gala after-party and she said she started the day after that aksjddjdk

[apostate-in-an-alcove]

I'm lowkey convinced that the majority of people who complain that the LGBTQ+ community is too sexual and too focused on hook up culture, are chronically online people who spend too much time on Grindr and Twitter.