#eat a fig

[heytherecentaurs]

You know how Flamingos are pink because of the shrimp they eat. That's also why Fig's skin is pink. It's not her fiendish heritage. It's her sheer shrimp intake. Yeah, she's a fiend. A fiend for shrimp.

[samcarter34]

Since people seem to once again be having trouble remembering the order of operations, let me just remind everyone:

The ability Laudna possesses to feed Delilah is Hunger of the Shadow. In the fight with Bor’dor, Laudna used that BEFORE Orym’s head nod. Bor’dor attacked them and her response was to do the thing she knew would give power to Delilah. Matt even makes the sound of Delilah’s heartbeat.

The spell she used after the head nod? Whither and Bloom. The same spell she later attacked Orym with, which isn’t even a warlock spell.

And speaking of the head nod, you want to know what’s it’s prefaced with? ‘Laudna you can do whatever you want.’ And Marisha responds by saying that Laudna is ‘barely present’ because she’s having ptsd flashbacks to all of the times something horrible happened to her and she couldn’t do anything about it. So she kills Bor’dor because it makes her feel in control of the situation.

And yeah, the 4SD where Liam says Orym thought Delilah might come back. Except y’all somehow took that and made it seem like he’s the one who shoved Laudna over the edge when what actually happened is that Laudna flung herself off it because betrayal is triggering to her.

And the sword. The sword which apparently wasn’t triggering enough that Imogen contemplating whether the Vanguard were good guys didn’t cause any reaction. Or for that matter, make her object to Ashton’s ‘this is permission statement.’ But she saw Orym wearing it, got uncomfortable and then all it took was one sentence from Delilah for her to decide to steal it. Delilah, who mutilated her, murdered her, has been possessing her for decades, and who basically held her soul hostage when BH wanted VM to resurrect Laudna. But what Delilah didn’t do? Tell Laudna to steal the sword.

I wasn’t around for campaign 1, but in campaign 2 I definitely noticed a trend that people who were all ‘I love women! Female characters rock!’ would, the second one of their alleged faves did something controversial (or just something they didn’t like) would find a way to shift the onus onto someone else so she could remain blameless. And that is definitely continuing this campaign, and if anything is getting worse (which, not to get into speculation, but I wonder if it’s because all of the female characters this go round are more traditionally feminine than last campaign.)

I think the reason Orym’s been getting raked across the coals so hard by certain parts of the fandom is actually because of this. Because Imogen’s repeatedly gone ‘what if the Vanguard have a point’ and Laudna agrees with everything she says, whereas Orym’s been pretty consistently ‘no, the murder cult that murdered my family are bad guys.’ And well, can’t go around admitting that our faves did something wrong.’

And so we have a situation where Laudna attacks Orym, but somehow that’s Orym’s fault because the possibility of Laudna doing something wrong ruins people’s lesbian cottegecore fantasy. But the thing is, that whole thing was all Laudna. She chose to listen to her first murderer when Delilah said ‘maybe it’s cursed’ and then she chose to blanket the room in magical darkness (sorcerer ability, not warlock) chose to cast an area of effect spell to destroy the thing Orym was using to sheath the sword (sorcerer spell, not warlock) and, upon hurting Orym, chose not to drop said darkness, which meant Orym couldn’t see who attacked him. And when she got caught, she tried to downplay what she did, tried to say that because she didn’t mean to hurt him it didn’t count, refused to apologize for actually hurting him, kept shifting her argument (and even low key got called out on it by Imogen when she asked Laudna why she’s want its power inside her if she thinks it’s so evil.)

There is an alternate universe where Laudna wakes Orym up and they have what probably would have been an intense discussion about the sword (and that might even have been what Marisha was aiming for before Delilah got involved) and THAT truly would have been the ‘both sides are equally right’ scenario, but that’s not what we got. And you can say Orym shouldn’t have taken the sword unilaterally (but somehow Laudna’s allowed to unilaterally steal and absorb it?) or that she’s being manipulated by Delilah, but the fact is that Laudna’s an adult and is responsible for her own decisions. Yes, Delilah is a powerful and malign presence that they all downplayed/ignored, but, to use Marisha’s addiction metaphor, making amends with those you’ve harmed is a part of recovery for a reason. Because ultimately, you are the one who did that. Yes, it does immensely suck for Laudna that she’s been handed the cards she has been, but it’s up to her to make the best play she can.

Wow this got long, but my overall point is that Laudna is a character with her own agency and makes her own decisions (well, Marisha makes them, but at this point y’all should know she’s not conflict averse and is willing to have her characters make controversial character choices). And really, take all that away, what’s left? How much onus can you take from a character before you might as well go look at a painting?

[the-faultofdaedalus]

follow up question. if it’s ok to eat figs bc the wasp was already digested by the plant exactly /how/ digested to things have to be for their consumer to be considered vegan

[suchawrathfullamb]

I need this Will and this Hannibal falling in love and fucking tenderly hard in this aesthetic

[pantheonfixations]

Not only was Sandra Lynn fresh out of highschool when she met Bobby Dawn, she was likely the same age as Buddy’s parent.

She likely knew his kid/s and grew up with them and he still had a relationship with her

And she was somehow the bad guy

Im boiling about it

[purrassicjet]

Sandra Lynn's little moment with Adaine at the party I'm going to CRY. She loves those kids so much. She thinks she failed Fig, but she keeps trying anyway. She immediately switches tone when she thinks Fig is overworking herself. She wants to talk about Mom stuff with Adaine. She's stressed at work but still makes time for the kids.

[its-where-the-wild-things-are]

[a-cat-in-toffee]

from this post

[seasonalwonderment]

~ Summer Salad With Greens, Figs and Raspberries ~

[ewwww-what]

Hey girl, what the fuck is your problem?

[joy-drops]

Needy Girl Overdose - Chouzetsu Saikawa Tenshi-chan - 1/7 (Apex Innovation) Figure

[unoriginal-and-dumb]

what's Kaspers favorite animal? and why? :0

The basic dumb answer would probably be cats (I think he like actually goes insane whenever he sees poptart he loves that cat so unbelievably much)

but if we’re talking specifics, for the other favorite Im gonna say the emerald cockroach wasp (he would pull one of them weird cards when it comes to animals like huehuehue they’ll never guess this one)

As to why,

The wasp itself is just very pretty, it’s also called a jewel wasp cuz of how shiny and colorful they are

It’s a parasitic wasp, which is both absolutely disturbing to look into but very interesting

The cool thing about his particular parasitic wasp is what it does in comparison to other parasitic wasps. They go specifically for cockroaches, and almost surgically sting its brain. They don’t kill the cockroaches and make it much more docile, so it isn’t tweaking tf out. Then it creates a little tucked away hold for it, lays an egg on the cockroach, and closes the entrance. The cockroach just kinda chills there until the egg hatches then it’s life gets significantly worse because the larvae eat it from the inside out, non-important to vital organs so it stays alive for the longest amount of time. Then the full grown wasp hatches from the empty cockroach shell isn’t that just wonderful

Not saying he would ever want a jewel wasp or anything, I just think he would find them really interesting and pretty because LOOK AT THEM they are so pretty and they are so awful it’s COOL

The jewel wasp was actually one of the wasps that inspired the way xenomorphs function in the alien franchise too!!

Definitely not biased as to why I chose it for him at all.

[loveisinthebat]

Panic Glove

[marlynnofmany]

"Picture a plant that's all roots, except for an occasional fruit popping up above-ground. No stems or leaves. It gets all its food from the dirt. Got it? Cool, that's what a mushroom is. Mushrooms are the fruits of the fungus underground."

"That can't be right."

"Oh, not if you ask a real scientists; fungus aren't really plants any more than they're animals, but it's functionally accurate."

"Huh. So I can call a mushroom a fruit?"

"Sure, if you want to piss off the real scientists. Cucumbers really are fruits though, at least going by plant categories instead of food categories. Vegetables don't exist."

"What??"

"Carrots are roots, lettuce is leaves, broccoli is flowers. Vegetables are just edible plant parts that aren't sweet enough to be called fruit. Or berries. Though there's some overlap."

"Right, I heard strawberries aren't really berries; something about the seeds?"

"Yup. Though the real freaky weirdos are the figs."

"...Do I want to know?"

"Not during mealtime! Enjoy."

[travelingsprinkle]

So all the rat grinders so far have the possibility of being brought back to life, with the exception of Ruben, whose body burned away in lava and was immediately dragged into hell by The Archdevil of Rebellion herself. He's forced to be a polka band's roadie forever more, and I love that for him.

[jelliebeanbitch]

(Chappell Roan wearing “Eat Me” outfit for Coachella, April 2024 // Kristen Stewart wearing “Eat Me” t-shirt for photoshoot with Rolling Stone, promoting Love Lies Bleeding, March 2024)