#dovetailed

[ker-bee]

Somebody buy this thing!

[fastfoodcrimewave]

Rustic Patio

Example of a large mountain style backyard stone patio design with a fire pit and no cover

[biracy]

Didn't want to derail the earlier reblogged post bc they are separate issues but u shouldn't be calling trans men you don't know "butch" either. You should not let "butch" and "transmasc" become so synonymous in your mind that you default to describing a transmasculine body as a "transmasc/butch body"

[wikirobot]

Put together the frame for the coat rack. Used some cherry and some very simple hand cut dovetails. Pretty happy with how it turned out.

The finish is still drying but it's complete.

[toothspurs]

some cas pics from the drafts

[bethanydelleman]

To explain why I'm so adamant that Henry Crawford would be good in bed/go down on a woman unprompted, to those who don't see it:

Yes, Henry is selfish, but his main flaw is vanity and he feeds his ego specifically by getting women to fall in love with him. We also know he is very observant about female preferences when motivated (he noticed that Fanny didn't have a necklace for the cross and sent Mary to give her one, he doesn't accept the dinner invitation from Mr. Price because of Fanny's reaction most likely) and adjusts his behaviour based on observation (his method of flirting is completely changed because of Fanny's preferences, he's different in Portsmouth as well).

Therefore

He'd definitely be giving 110% during sex, but not in a good, selfless way, in a "I want you to acknowledge that I'm better than every other man on earth" way. This is likely to have diminishing returns. Unless he was actually in love, he'd probably only try so hard until he figured he'd done the best job possible and then he'd be done and want to move on. But I guarantee you, Maria Rushworth blew her marriage to smithereens because Henry made her climax and Mr. Rushworth never got close.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk (you've got one more day to vote)

(he is also the best option for F in a game of Austen F/M/K and you're from the future, you can take some penicillin later)

[medsteeth]

right so about 162 days ago i said i would draw fanart for the really fucking good bushmedicine fanfic "thou giveth fever" by @mickmundy and, like a dumbass, proceeded to do nothing and worry about school for that entire time 😭 i'll do more and better fanart very soon (god i hope) but have these silly ass drawings for the mean time. this fic gave me life to draw tf2 again after like... 3 years lol so thank you kind fellow ❤️❤️

[utilitycaster]

I am very excited for Unend and I have absolutely no insight into what it will entail but I do want to offer a gentle warning regarding what I'd like to call, for the CR audience anyway, the Campaign 1 to Campaign 2 problem.

I found in the early-ish days of Campaign 2 there was an immense focus from some parts of the fandom on what previously seen characters were doing, rather than the current cast of characters, and at times a bitterness that we weren't just showing the same characters 25 years down the line. Which was silly, because we got a great story with new great characters and saw the world grow before our eyes, and there were even some small nods without them overshadowing something new and exciting.

I feel this way about Unend: again, I know nothing, but I don't think it will be heavily focused on characters introduced in Midst or Moonward at all. I think it's an opportunity for a new cast of characters to explore new things in the same world. While I suspect the islet of Midst may show up simply because it's a strategic location for an exploration vessel to stop given how the cosmos work, the story is explicitly going to be taking place as far away from Midst as possible, since they're trying to find the extremes of the cosmos, not the middle. I don't think we're checking in extensively with past characters, and I think that's great! Get excited for new ones!

[a-bit-knitty-gritty]

Art reflects life...

I'm knitting a cowl (Dovetail by Melanie Rice) to match the tool box I built over the last few months at my dayjob! The tulip poplar I used was from some boards in VERY different colors- the more typical pale grey/beige and a very olive green. I wanted to remember it with a commemorative knit since I painted the box and then gave it to its new owner.

[wicked-west-cats]

Dovetail and Reedsnap are...unconventional mates to say the least. Reedsnap always wanted to continue her legacy, evidence that she was here that would continue on for moons to come. Dovetail was the unassuming tom who just so happened to be at the perfect place at the perfect time for her to decide that he would be the father of said kits.

Despite a bit of an abrupt proposal, Dovetail had humoured the spitfire and the two genuinely enjoy the company of each other (even if they don't always see eye to eye).

Dovetail is level headed, laid back, with his head in the clouds. Reedsnap is blunt, ambitious, and opinionated. An odd mix but one that works for them, stepping in when the other either needs defending or to be told to calm down.

[eternalgirlscout]

i saw a review that called season 2 of sweet tooth "too confined" and maybe it's just me but i feel like that's misidentifying what's actually a strength of the show. in an era where streaming series that try to Go Bigger and do as much as possible in their second seasons out of fear of not getting renewed again frequently result in bloated, poorly-paced messes that speedrun plotlines without giving them room to breathe, having a season of tv that focuses very tightly on playing out and resolving the problems established by the prior season is fucking refreshing.

[yashley]

nothing just matt planning to ruidusly smash imogen and fearne together since the beginning

[danishprince]

not saying anything that hasn't been articulated more clearly by, like, foucault etc but it is crazy how much fear of Fucking Up/punishment from authority drives the modern school experience. i run a zoom after-school playwriting workshop for high schoolers and the first day of class was explicitly like "hey, i get it if you can't finish the short weekly assignments. this is a class for fun that you're presumably taking because you want to write plays, and i get that you all have other shit to do, the only person who suffers if you can't write the short exercise is you".

yet EVERY week i get teens messaging me like "so sorry!!! i didn't do it!!! i hate myself!! i have 370574874389789 things going on and here is a list of all of them!! i apologize! i am scum!!!" Like guys i truly do not give a fuck and in fact it makes my job easier to not have to go over your scene in class...but idk it's just so bleak that they're more worried about me being Mad than anything else. whagever

[catteries]

I think it'd be remiss if I do not highlight the fact that, being both an ACD canon and Granada adaptation enjoyer, and also a member of one of the British Empire's ex-colonies, that I'd like to be in a comfortable enough headspace to share a perspective on this text site on how a Straits Settlement person views the works.

There's enough references to the Crown Colonies to make it interesting for me, so I just need to sit down and type it out, I guess? Just off the top of my head:

- The Penang lawyer cane reference

- The Haj pilgrims boat that departed from Singapore (presumably from Kampong Bugis)

- Lascars and Malays being explicitly referenced as part of certain subset and communities

- References to opium, which the Straits Settlements were one of the largest port of call for the Empire's supply

- Anything Sumatra region, given proximity

There's also a lot to be said about Granada's The Last Vampyre episode, which is such a profound piece of work about the othering of 'different' people by society, as well as the criticism and calling out of the quintissential brand of British racism that remained in ex-Straits Settlements' mentality today and how the general British public still practices it, that more expert people that is Not Me should talk about it.

But then again, how many would be able to reflect on this from a Malay peninsular residents' perspective?

[toothspurs]

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[adrianicsea]

what gets me about harry is that like. he’s relatively level-headed, he’s easygoing, he treats being sheriff more like shepherding an eccentric and unruly flock of sheep than like a conscious exertion of control and power. he’s a fixture of the town, him being sheriff was a foregone conclusion, his dad was the sheriff; harry was consigned to spend his life in twin peaks from a VERY early age, and to fit within a very straight-laced, somewhat demanding role within his lifetime. by all appearances and his daily conduct, this suits him just fine. BUT. the two people in twin peaks that he cares for the most, the ones who fascinate and enchant him above everyone else— josie and cooper— are outsiders to the community. they represent the world beyond twin peaks! all the curiosity and wonder and possibility of what life could be like for harry, too, if he wasn’t tethered body and soul to the town.

and i don’t think that harry reduces either josie or coop to their outsider status; on the contrary, harry is one of very few people in town who trusts josie implicitly and sees her as a full, complete person, one with wishes and worries just like anyone else in town. and it goes without saying how much harry comes to trust and rely on coop as both a professional partner AND as a dear, close friend and confidante. but even still, i think it’s the wonder, mystery, and novelty of both josie and coop being New In Town that initially puts both of them on harry’s radar— and i think that speaks to a degree of wistfulness and wanderlust within harry, and therefore a degree of unhappiness and unfulfilment in his life. if he’s attracted so much to people from outside of twin peaks, who’s to say that he’s not just as attracted to the idea of leaving twin peaks himself? maybe being destined to stay in town his entire life does NOT, in fact, suit him just fine. but maybe it’s what harry always knew his life would be, and he’s made peace with the constant wanting and wishing in his head.