#great methods

[druidicentropy]

Honestly ya'll I really dislike the Encyclopedia of Fairies by Bane Theresa, she essentially just went through world mythology and just slapped the fae label onto anything that has any sort of connection with nature and it's so INFRIATING how it directly calls something as being apart of the fae but then within the fucking books own energy itself it directly contradicts itself by mentioning they're a completely different nonhuman species entirely, IT REALLY JUST ANNOYS THE FUCK OUT OF ME😭 I've been thinking about kind of creating my own like speculative classification system for mythological beings purely out of spite for this one book tbh

I personally think she's one of the writers that have influenced this idea that some people have about the "fae existing on every single continent" belief that I've seen some Celtic pagans regurgitate and it honestly doesn't really sit right with me since yeah if you're just casting the net as wide as fucking possible and including every single nonhuman being that's even remotely connected with nature then of course you're gonna come to that conclusion 💀

I've been getting into like speculative biology so this has been on my mind for the last couple of days and just how absolutely disorganized all of the actual classifications for mythological & fictional monsters/beings actually is so I might end up just cobbling together my own methods cuz my autism hates how vague it all ends up being and also how it can sometimes be used negatively against other cultures and is kind of a colonization tactic that's been used for a really long time most notably by the Romans and later on by the colonial powers so even though there's no actual intention to do harm it's somewhat rooted in not great methods if that makes sense?

Kind of just wanted to spew my thoughts on this topic a little bit since it's made me realize how unhelpful the overall classification system for what is/isn't fae is just nonexistent so I wanted to prompt everyone with the following question: what traits do ya'll think something has to have either in their behaviors, traits, use of magic, and appearances for it to actually be classified as being apart of the fae?

[sergle]

i feel like you guys only hear about the bad tiktok phenomenon, like Girl Math and stuff like that, bc it prompts more of a reaction. but i want to let you know that i keep seeing one that's called Dinosaur Time, and it's where you SHOVE fistfuls of raw spinach, straight out of the tub, into your mouth and eat it like you're a dinosaur ravenously devouring a delicious tree star. and then you've had a serving of greens. and all it took was 10 beautiful seconds.

[clownowo]

Sisters :]

[froggtogs]

“welcome to Minish Village!”

[kedreeva]

For the past 2 days I have been back and forth with a person that runs a rooster sanctuary, after they posted an infographic about how hatcheries deal with male chicks that was WILDLY inaccurate and incendiary and CLEARLY made by an ARA group. I've had to explain that when you see "asphyxiation" as a euthanization method, it means "they used CO2" not throwing LIVE chicks into dumpsters out back by the thousands to suffocate to death (which is what ARAs love to say every US farm is doing), and that when you see language like "their brothers" this is VERY SPECIFIC propaganda from ARA groups attempting to anthropomorphize animals in your mind. It's 100% meant to invoke the idea of the human bonds often formed between siblings, the familial bonds chickens do not have any concept of.

The conversation ended shortly after I said more than 1 in a million males is needed for breeding purposes (another claim made), and I'm like 99% sure they aren't pulled from the sale stock anyway, they're selected at the breeding facility, and they responded with that actually only one male is needed for every million hens because, and I quote: "The eggs and sperm are collected in a common trough that feeds into a bucket. Water is added to the eggs and sperm to induce fertilization. The excess sperm, ovarian fluid, and blood are rinsed away. The fertilized eggs are gently poured into an incubator tray."

and I had to inform them that they were copy pasting from a first search result on google, and that it was from a SALMON FISHERY.

Anyway. ARAs continue to be fear-mongering fools who will say anything with little to no research if it means they can get a knee-jerk reaction from someone that doesn't know better.

[5-pp-man]

no you don't get it. i literally love stories where they dive into people's hearts/minds (literally or figuratively) sm it's my favourite type of storytelling.

[maladaptiveobsession]

How kinky is each DOL NPC?

Also rated on a scale of 1-10.

Basic (1-3)

Charlie (1), Darryl (2), Great Hawk (3), low confidence!Robin (2), Jordan (1), Mason (3), p!Sydney (1), River (1), Sam (2)

Explorative (4-5)

Anxious Guard (4), Doren (5), Landry (5), high confidence!Robin (4)

Kinky (6-7)

Alex (6), Avery (7), Gwylan (6), Methodical Guard (7), Mickey (7), Relaxed Guard (6), Winter (7)

Nasty freak (8-9)

Bailey (8), Black Wolf (9), c!Sydney (9), Eden (9), Niki (8), Scarred Inmate (9), Sirris (9), Veteran Guard (8), Whitney (9), Wren (8), Zephyr (9)

Profoundly disturbed (10/10)

Briar, Harper, Ivory Wraith, Kylar, Leighton, Morgan, Quinn, Remy

[newbornmoon]

Captain Flint in Black Sails // The Priory of the Orange Tree

[scenic-route33]

For me the icing on the cake for Clive in regards to him being reduced to desperation over the years as a result of his own choices is that he has no choice but to ally with Rebecca, who actually is the person he pretended to be in 2020. She has power over a good many people because they fear her, and she isn't at all hesitant to torture/kill in horrific ways if it serves her purposes. In many ways, he's essentially forced into Gordon's position in 2020: no real power in the situation, desperately trying to get the violent people in charge of him to stop locking people up, and his only friend has even less agency in the world than he does.

[krissis-averted]

Mirage

[aro-culture-is]

Aro culture is knowing EXACTLY who has a crush on you and pretending to be clueless and unresponsive every time they test the waters long enough that they get over it without ever making a move. And no one's feelings get hurt because they got over it themselves and not thru rejection yippee!!!! 🎉🎊 💚🤍🖤 friend kept, romance avoided ✌😎👍

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[piecesofchess]

Tartarus is still a little broken and that's Fun !

[forgettable-au]

How are Wingdings’ cooking skills?

They're okay, he's usually good at following the recipe

But if the instructions aren't specific enough then it will go wrong...

He finds cooking a little stressful, so he would rather not

He doesn't have time for that stuff anyway

[xx-j4nu5-c4t5-xx]

had enough of him. give him a sadness that haunts his eyes forevermore

[mielwriting]

"Inazuma is poorly written" meaning the worldbuilding's great but the plot needs a rewrite. "Natlan is poorly written" meaning the worldbuilding needs a redesign but the plot is great.

[sailforvalinor]

Writing two characters who you intend from the beginning to have a romantic relationship, writing characters for each other, is absolutely fantastic in its own right, but there is something to be said for writing two characters independently, and then a good bit into the writing process seeing them side-by-side and going “GASSSSPP WAIT A MINUTE”