#heres more then

[tiodolma]

Merlin: Women and children are dying! The city will fall!

Morgana: Good!

Merlin: No you don't mean that!

Morgana: Watch me randomly fire arrows at citizens to get the Knights to follow me.

Merlin: You are evil. I have given you many chances. You are beyond saving.

Arthur: I may have massacred entire druid camps before and after you arrived in camelot all for the sake of them having magic or harboring my adoptive sister. I'm only apologizing to a ghost now because my life and a beloved soldier's life is at stake.

Merlin: That's okay Arthur, you were just following orders. You have a good heart.

Arthur: I implore the help of a sorcerer to heal my father but when my father dies instead of getting healed i will blame everything on magic and sorcery. It is evil and should not be tolerated.

Merlin: Long live the king.

Arthur: I am now king and still let my Knights arrest druids and sorcerers if they cross the border. They can kill them on sight if they retaliate.

Merlin: That's okay Arthur I don't blame you.

Arthur: I will not listen to you and I will not give a fuck about the culture surrounding these shrines. I will impose my will upon these other culture either way. I can't bear the thought of my father being wrong about how dangerous sorcery is. If i bring magic back, they will overrun us all and cause ruin.

Merlin: I see. I cant say anything when you are already convinced magic is evil whether you bring it back or not. I don't think magic should be allowed either. I'd rather keep you alive. I'd rather see the young Knight die instead of you.

Arthur: I blame the Druids for their own oppression. If they kill me for my policies then maybe they shouldn't just enter Camelot.

Merlin: You are valid. They were trying to kill you anyway.

Arthur: Merlin if you don't come to this battle I will be horribly disappointed with you, I will lash out and I will not give a fuck about what you feel.

Merlin: It's okay. I understand. You are the king anyway. Happy to be your servant always.

Arthur: Wow the sorcerer killed all our enemies.

Merlin: that was me.

Arthur: gtfo

Merlin: pls. here are other ways i can be of service to you. Here are the different ways I kill.

Morgana: Helloo brother i can finally kill you once and for all.

Merlin: I cant believe you are so bitter so full of hate. And now you're a pyscho who took my powers away for half a day. It's my fault you became like that. I blame myself. But this has to end.

Arthur: All your magic Merlin and you still cant save me

Merlin: no no dont die, ive saved you countless times before i cannot fail.

Arthur: I want you to stay as you. Thank you.

[nyancrimew]

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

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[girldraki]

this is insane

[mischa-makowka]

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

License to Kitty.

[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

[emjaydoubleyou]

this post is fearmongering. the results of this study are concerning and should definitely be a matter of public discussion, but this is certainly not the conclusion the researchers came to.

the point of the study was to assess the risks of exposure to toxic metals- something one of the co-authors notes are “ubiquitous” fwiw- via menstrual products. Their research confirmed that these metals are indeed present in tampons, but no further conclusions are drawn. it is possible the metal entered into the cotton from the soil, which is a well-known phenomenon; cotton is so good at lifting heavy metals that it has actually been suggested as a part of the solution for revitalizing polluted ground.

the authors conclude with an acknowledgement that the study should be repeated- their sample size was 60 tampons- and a suggestion that further testing ought to be done to indicate whether or not these metals can even leech out of the tampon in the first place, let alone whether or not such leeching could occur at levels deleterious to human health.

there is, in fact, a body of research- too small, for sure, but much larger than this single study- indicating that long-term proper tampon use has no observable negative impact on health. i am grateful and thrilled that more research is being done and i hope that this study is the first of many on this line of questioning, but i am really frustrated at this post and the response it got.

obviously, if this study alters your approach to menstrual health, more power to you. consumers should be informed-risk-takers, and menstrual health is double-obviously a very personal choice. but it definitely wasn't the researchers concluding that you ought to “avoid using tampons at all cost," only this tumblr user did. the lead author of the paper, in fact, specifically says that she hopes people do NOT panic about the results.

(the notes of the post were disappointing. people affirming that they knew they were right to be suspicious of tampons all along, or even recommending alternatives that actually have very little to no research regarding the safety of long-term use, etc. it’s a different conversation, but categorical distrust of tampons is old-school misogyny. you certainly shouldn't wear them if you don’t want to, but there is nothing inherently scary or wrong about them, and people who prefer them are not being reckless or crass.)

((if you're really worried about exposure to heavy metals, you may want to turn a critical eye to fast fashion, as an aside))

[rish-you-were-here]

Happy pride

[madeleinefjall]

Knitted a moth sweater ✨ bought the pattern for it here!

[lesbianralzarek]

"life doesnt get better, you just get stronger" does NOT include ages 11-17. life does in fact just get better from there. those years are dogshit. like, you do get stronger but its mostly just a factor of not being 11-17 anymore. positive thinking helps but it doesnt fix whatevers going on at 15, you have to brute force through that one raw

[dovesick]

endless night

[minigenos]

[alexbutrandomthoughts]

"Can't two guys be just friends?" If they stop looking at each other like that then sure

[stemmmm]

one more one more

same au thing as last time