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[bonebrokebuddy]

happy birthday!!! i give to u some sleepy little creatures 💛

:0!!! Sleepy creatures indeed! Y’all have been so kind in sending me lovely pet photos, thank you!

[spinejackel]

What are dead man walking tornadoes? :O

it’s a multi-vortex tornado. i dont remember the tribe it originates from (i think it was cherokee), but there’s a native american legend…? saying? that goes “if you see a man in a tornado, you are about to die.”

the most infamous shot of a dead man walking tornado hit jarrell, texas in 1997

it did so much damage to the town it caused the scale that tornados are measured by, the fijita scale, undergo revisions, and it made anchoring buildings in the tornado alley region pretty much mandatory. (it took the entire town off the map. only those who had taken shelter outside of the town or in underground bunkers survived.)

two more examples of dead man walking tornadoes looking like a person are a tornado from 2011 that hit cullman, alabama

and a tornado from 1975 that hit xenia, ohio

edit: it has been brought to my attention that the native american “legend” part of this post was a rumor spread by a documentary.

i have been asked to remove it, but i believe in letting my errors stand because i’m not perfect. i make mistakes

[bonebrokebuddy]

hello! I was sent here by @bjurnberg! Basically, I’ve been following her for a while and that’s made me really want to get into the Batman fandom. I’m already a big fan of comics so this seems like a good idea for me. And so my question is this - do you have any particular favourite runs of Nightwing that you’d recommend?

P.S my favourite comics thus far are Lemire’s Moon Knight, all of Jodorowksy’s Incal stuff, Delano’s Hellblazer run, and I really like Frank Miller’s work on Batman Year One and Daredevil Born Again!

Many thanks!

If you like the modern version of Nightwing, read the Tom Taylor run starting at Nightwing #78-present. I’m currently loving the heck out of the run, it’s delightful. The comics vanish off of shelves quickly so be sure to snatch those up quick if you want to collect them physically.

But if you like the older version of Nightwing, go with the Chuck Dixon run. Its very 90s and very good. Its fairly difficult to find the physical comics for the run & it’d be a case of finding and very very slowly collecting it issue by issue. You’re much better off finding this run online or at a local library.

Either way, I’d recommend reading both. They’re different flavors of Nightwing as a character but both very worth reading.

Oh, Robin: Year One ain’t bad either. It’s a great comic to read about the origin of Dick that’s not from the 1940s. It’s a Robin title and not Nightwing but also would recommend.

Hope this helped:) if you ever need any other comic recs, please let me know!

[mattscoquette]

me pretending to not gaf if matt responds to my questions so it actually happens

[padfoot-lupin77]

Time for the debate of the century: what music does Kaz Brekker listen to?

[ash-and-starlight]

Do you have any really specific and/or personal Zukka headcanons that you’d be okay with sharing? I eat up every hc you put into your drawings like they’re candy, I was wondering if you had any others :D :D

OH boii i sure have,,, nothing coherent is coming to mind atm so ill just expose my Extensive backstories of zukka bethrotal armbands that idk if i will find a way to sneak into art.

sokka’s armband for zuko is forged back at Piandao’s mansion, and it's one of the most fine stunning pieces of jewelry ever crafted. it’s not the usual southern ivory but metal, more similar to the armbands worn as an accessory in the fire nation. it’s made of intertwining bands of gold and black meteor metal, with patterns of waves and dragon scales that seem to ripple and move when the light catches on them just right. and the pendant is a traditional blue stone from the swt.

There are no particular engagement gifts traditions in the fn, so zuko goes on a deep dive into southern water tribe ones, asking sokka’s family and friends about jewelry making and learning to engrave over the course of several trips to the swt. He makes sokka’s armband with ivory from his own first (successful) solo hunt. i’m not sure abt the material of the pendant lmao maybe gold? but amber would also be cool methinks

as for the pendant engraving they display a unique single braincell moment (untrue i just want them to match). love the fact that both of them are sea savvy navigators, love to think that in their pining era they spent a lot of time watching the stars and showing each other the different constellations and navigation pointers of their nations, so in both of their armbands’ stones are depicted the constellation used to guide sailors back home, sokka engraving the swt’s one on zuko’s armband and vice versa.

if they were sun’s out guns out kinda guys before this only gets worse during the first weeks of their engagement. shirts are banned. everyone look at the bethrotal armbands NOW.

[kit-williams]

So I read your piece about Honsu. That would be great. And you know, we joke and analyze about fetishes, kinks and sexual attraction in Astartes.

But! I think it's pretty weird that traitors didn't return sexual attraction to Space Marines…

Since the lack of sexual desire is due to the fact that the Emperor did not want a new species to appear. But traitors consider themselves above mortals, so why not return sexual desire to them? GW has lost so much potential.

Well, yes, it will be very funny to watch how traitors would cope with new emotions. Those who have had sex or know about it, will immediately figure it out.

But the rest… I imagine how they look at women like crazy maniacs, not knowing what to do or what to say. Given their psyche and testosterone, their heads will simply explode from emotions.

If before they simply killed and tortured mortals, they were irritated by weakness. Now they suddenly started to like it. Are you crying? Your tears will be wiped away and you will be told that you are beautiful. In the most horrible way.

Are you pregnant? Will you name the child after him? Have you given birth yet? Now breastfeed quickly, and the Astartes will watch.

And courtship?

The Night Lord will give you human hearts and cloaks of leather.

The Emperor's Children will read you their poetry and sing. But since this is Slaanesh, prepare for vulgarity.

Iron Warriors: romance is kidnapping you and locking you in a cage.

And yes. All. All Space Marines will make you watch them fight and kill. Because it is sexy.

And so begins the Space Marines' Human Husbandary. An extremely creepy and scary thing…. I'll write about it one day.

Listen Honsou was just speeding things up when he was making the Demonculaba; you can't look at that thing and be like "there's some psychosexual things to be unpacked here."

Did you know that there's roughly 350ish generations within the span of 10,000 years (I have a feeling if chaos wasn't fucking around there would be a new species... then again Bile made his New Humans and basically unleashed them into populations

But you are right the traitors will have to deal with it first and I can imagine that it hits them suddenly since its so new and Space Marines are experts in handling new sensations.

But it might also be a difference between falling to chaos and simply turning traitor which one might activate that feeling earlier while the other is more of an ability to indulge that curiosity. Either way I hope these satisfy I know for some of them I could write something longer... it's probably obvious what ones I could

(1) sorry it took so long to do these and 2) sorry I went fuckin ham as there are 6 blurbs here )

tw: dubious consent, noncon, bone breaking, abduction, every single one of these is a traitor/chaos marine so that general unpleasantness so please let me know if I need to tag something

The Plague Marine could not figure out why his eyes remained on the female thralls and cultists... he didn't trust himself not to hurt them anymore. He was thankful for his helmet being on most of the time as the intense look in his eyes surely made them all cower and fear till...she got too close and he couldn't stop. He at least stopped before he fully broke all her bones... Grandfather would help him... Grandfather knew what was afflicting him. As while she was this pathetic mewling and weeping thing in his grasp he wanted to crush her again.

She was desperately crawling away as of course she would get hurt and have to be left to die. Oh she didn't want to die in the torturous way they would think up for her. He knew she didn't want to die... all prey didn't want to die and yet they knew all up until that last moment of life. He could practically hear the wild heartbeat and the way her wide prey like eyes locked onto his form as she let out the most beautifully frightened scream as the fallen Raven Guard barrels toward her. But before his claws sink in he skids to a stop and he watches her bite her bottom lip till it bleeds to stop the shrieking. His black eyes are fixated on the tears rolling down her cheeks like raindrops... his mutated palm wiping away those tears with the wet skin feeling so soft to him. His warped voice croons softly, his voice a breathy whisper, "You're so beautiful." He grins as she just starts to scream again.

He didn't need a bed slave... he was beyond that as blood shed was all he needed but he took you for a moment of relief... frail and weak thing that was destined to die in a myriad of horrible ways. But he liked the feeling of you around him... he liked you being a pathetic sad thing. He liked the way you bled and cried... till you stopped bleeding one day and grew fat with his young... he didn't need you... and yet you feel so good around him... and whatever you leaked from your breast felt good upon his tongue.

Courtship? I think you mean them just doting upon you and giving you attention.

You were so alone at this point that it was hardly safe to simply exist... ever since you got that first heart and the entire perfectly skinned human cloak everyone started to avoid you and the hearts and leather didn't stop... you're going to die... you know it you're going to die and you think it as you're hiding and weeping when behind you comes a Night Lord. He coos to you petting your head as you feel so numb you take the comfort just praying to anyone bothering to listen to have him make it quick. "Mmm you're clinging to me so tightly... are you scared? Do you need someone to protect you?" You don't know why you nod as you just hope you die soon. "At least I know you've enjoyed my gifts," He croons watching you finally react with dread horror as he just grins down at you and yet you do not struggle to pull away. Its over for you and you just accept your fate....

He sings to you as you lay there a quivering mess... just a tryst he tells himself as his fingers move up your spine having claimed you as his prize from another brother. He had grown tired of the cacophonous noise that spewed from his now dead comrade and he was only now just indulging in the soft noises you made. The panting and whimpering as his song was soft and low with tantalizing lyrics interspersed. You looked prettier covered in blood... with that fight left in your eyes as you rage against the inevitable end and he at the end of his perfected blade would have given it to you had that battle brother not interrupted. You should have died in such perfected death but he supposed it had been far too long since he indulged himself. And instead of quivering from blood loss and pain you quivered from overstimulation and pleasure. He deserved a nice little treat for his centuries of perfection...

You looked so sad simply attached to the repugnant mortal how your pretty eyes were dimmed and glazed the smile on your face fake. But not to him. You only tried the half hearted attempts to seduce him as you were ordered. You looked so relieved when all he wanted to do was hold you... that breathy thank you. Oh he was certain you would thank him soon enough. You didn't bother to run as you hid in the room that you could never seem to escape... no one would bother to save a body slave much less one of your rank you were at most a warm body to be enjoyed. You had hidden yourself in the back of the closet amongst the gaudy and billowing fabric outfits... you had seen the Astartes check the room before leaving and you had hopped that he was gone. But what luck did someone like you have as he came back and you recognized that crooning voice, "What a good girl... staying right there." It was the Iron Warrior that simply held you instead of fucking you... you hugged your knees tighter as the chains in his hand looked heavy and all you could do was watch in horror as he got closer... and closer... and the little voice inside of you hoped he wouldn't hurt you.

Oh if you do write the human husbandry please tag me I dont think I've got it in me to do it justice.

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@nekotaetae @sleepyfan-blog @remembrancer-of-heresy

[bonebrokebuddy]

Found it! It’s DC's Legion of Bloom #1 - “We Just Have to Make it to Spring” (2023)!

To answer your question: it depends on the writer. But in the specific comic linked above, it does say that Clark gets a little weaker during the winter from the lower levels of sunlight. It’s also a very good comic that I’d highly recommend you to read as it’s done very well.

bruce does some regifting

[lakecountylibrary]

Can you recommend a cosy historical mystery series? I’d prefer a female protagonist if possible

We can! Historical cozies are a little harder to come by than ones set in modern day, but reader's advisor Susan has some suggestions!

Susan says:

You should try Rhys Bowen. She has two series that would be good; The Molly Murphy series and The Royal Spyness series. Start with Murphy's Law and Her Royal Spyness, respectively

Victoria Thompson writes the Gaslight Mysteries series about a detective midwife set about 1900 in New York City. Start with Murder on Astor Place.

Stephanie Barron has a series with Jane Austen as the detective. Start with Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor.

The Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear might work for you, too. It is set in 1929. Book one is just called Maisie Dobbs.

You might try Mary Roberts Rhinehart. She was often called the American Agatha Christie, so if Agatha Christie is a winner for you then definitely give Rhinehart a try.

And finally, take a look at The Cadfael Chronicles about a mystery-solving monk from 12th-centruy England. If you like them, you're in luck: there are a lot. These were written by Ellis Peters (pen name of linguist Edith Pargeter). Start with A Morbid Taste for Bones.

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I hope there's something on that list that works for you! We don't actually have many cozy mystery recs in our backlog so I don't have a tag link for you, but I invite others to share their own recs on this post as well!

[thelunarsystemwrites]

do you know who Killer and Dust are, Sans?

do you realize how merciful Muffet is to have enslaved you?

you should be.

You should be fortunate it was her who got to you first.

Textbox: ..Yeah. could be worse.. Still, wish it wasn't happening at all.

my silly little depressed man... reblog to give him some love 🥺

[capinejghafa]

So what I’m hearing is……. Matthias is canonically alive in the Netflix universe

Since we didn't get to the IC heist and Matthias never escaped Hellgate at the end of s2.... yea, that's true. Matthias lives to fight another day...

[leadshootingcupid]

Rate my car

I went bone hunting with him.

That looks like a bone hunter alright. ...10/10. 'M sure he helped lots, heh. Ya found anythin' good?

'S a bonny li'l bugger. Tell him nice job from me.

[bunabi]

Especially with Merrill's eluvian, her understanding of elven history, and love for her people. And Fenris?? Like how cool would it have been to have a whole thing with him and the lyrium tattoos? Don't get me wrong, giving Harding the "magic is back" thing is fine but it seemed really vital to Fenris' story. In particular after his whole "I'm in Tevinter" comic line. Idk, just seems like a lot of set up for nothing and a waste of a good lady.

I knowww

I still feel Fenris and Dorian are almost guaranteed to return despite all this. And my guy Cole Thee Spirit. It doesn't make sense for them to not be involved.

There's absolutely no world where Solavellan gets closure but not multiple key companions. That would not happen. That's silly. I will keep repeating it to myself until release. 24 more days!

[stromuprisahat]

The extremely slut-shaming, almost Puritan attitude that Leigh Bardugo has towards her characters, especially the female characters, makes me so angry. On one hand, it comes across as hypocritical, and on the other hand, the way a character's sexuality is portrayed is based on how much Leigh Bardugo actually cares about the character in question. What infuriates me the most in regards to this is Alina being slut shamed by Baghra for clearly having sexual and romantic desire for Aleksander, and even Aleksander is shamed for having sexuality in general (though Aleksander as a character overall is treated very awfully in general by Bardugo). I especially get enraged for Alina, because not only does Baghra shame her, even Malyen shames her for clearly being drawn to the Darkling and being comfortable around him. Mal gets very angry when he leans in to kiss Alina and she flinches. I wanted to slap him so badly in this scene, because he just automatically assumes that she doesn't like him and wants her to feel bad about that when she doesn't even need to feel bad. He didn't even ask her if she was okay, and he's never done anything to make her feel comfortable or at ease with him. Compare this to Aleksander, whose moments with Alina always have a tenderness to them, even when the moment is painful for both of them. That moment where Alina gets the collar put on her, you can tell it killed Aleksander to do that, more so in the show (Ben Barnes, I love your stupidly cute romantic face). Also he did pause while kissing Alina because Alina sensed that he was angry and wanted to pause in the book (in the show they made this moment so much better). The fact that Alina was shamed for flinching when Mal came close to her, when flinching is a normal reaction when you've either never been kissed before or that often or just a reflex people have if someone comes very close to them (I do this, so I'm particularly mad about it) makes me so incensed. Sorry for how lengthy this got, but I get so mad about this crap. What are your thoughts?

I bitch about specific parts, when I get to them (some of Baghra's slut shaming, Winter Fete, Malyen's episode after WF, The Collaring, Malyen's tantrum about Alina flinching), but this ask reminded me of older thread, esp. the part by @thewillowbends that might be written mostly about the show, but applies to the books too.

Oh, and I found a pretty good post about Alina not really wanting the Darkling in their book!make out scene (Don't worry- it's nothing about her "One True Love", but Alina not allowed to ~want~ carnally.).

It's all really about the author's disturbing views on female sexuality.

[trek-tracks]

To paraphrase Dr McCoy, in all the billions of planets in the galaxy there is only one of YOU. Take care of yourself 💙

Thank you <3 <3 <3

Unless there's a Mirrorverse Bev out there...I don't know, spreading illiteracy and denouncing theatre or something

[dogtoling]

bounced this around in my brain for a few days as a coping mechanism for how the hell every inkfish in the games glows, despite photophores absolutely NOT being a structure that even near every squid has, and a structure that other cephalopods that are not squids do NOT HAVE AT ALL

I've been meaning to make a thing on the logistics of ink glowing, I think a type of bioluminescent bacteria (potentially a terrestrial evolution of Aliivibrio fischeri) evolved to have a symbiotic relationship with inkfish and they have colonies in the ink sac. compatible with every type of inkfish. So, controlling the amount of bacteria that gets deposited into the ink lets Inklings control the luminescence of their ink at will and also indirectly gives every cephalopod the ability to glow if the glowy ink is on the skin

(this post is ignoring and fighting against octolings having visible photophores. Why the fuck do they have those other than wanting to be squid sooooooo bad)