#hmmm what to do and where to put this

[koipalm]

having fun with writing....

[yourgamemasterthewhiterabbit]

Of my 2% capacity to be attracted to anyone, my type is like 90% women, 5% pretty men and 5% men you would swear are super fucking manly, and never questioned being straight and cis, but are now suddenly *stressed* that they can't figure out why their attraction to me [fully socially interpreted as a woman and labelled that way up until relatively recently] feels incredibly fucking gay

[kijosakka]

au where through training for the,,, fuckin skate olympics or whatever alejandro did he realizes how shitty his family is and manages to leave the situation (probably getting disowned,, living off of money won through skate competitions or smth idk) and years later reunites with josé on ridonculous race to try and rekindle a real family relationship

[13eyond13]

one of the lesser talked about fun things about intentionally reading more books is finding new stuff to be a bit of a hater about tbh

[keeps-ache]

[staring out the window but it's just a sticker on the wall] i actually need to make something right now or i'll espode

[bmpmp3]

when drawing i spend a lot of time. like a LOT of time blurring my eyes because I used to be a huge perfectionist and doing that helped me picture what it might look like to someone who is not me (especially to someone just passing by or not super familiar with art in general) AND it does help a lot with that but I've also noticed sometimes I focus so hard on what my art looks like blurry and from afar that I forget. what it looks like normally. it's made me really pay attention to tonal distinction at least LOL

[resolvebound]

#𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑶𝑳𝑽𝑬𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑵𝑫 | 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 & 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 | ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 | 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒐 (𝑠ℎ𝑒/ℎ𝑒𝑟, 28, 𝑁𝑍𝑆𝑇)

𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐶𝐴𝑅𝑅𝐷 —— 𝐼𝐶 𝑀𝐸𝑀𝐸𝑆 —— 𝐻𝐶 𝑀𝐸𝑀𝐸𝑆 —— 𝑂𝑂𝐶

𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐒: 𝑅𝑂𝐺𝑈𝐸 —— 𝑀𝐴𝐶𝐵𝐸𝑇𝐻 —— 𝐹𝑅𝐸𝐸𝐷 —— ��𝑅𝐴𝑌 —— 𝐿𝐸𝑂

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐒: 𝐹𝑅𝑂𝑆𝐶𝐻 —— 𝐿𝐸𝐶𝑇𝑂𝑅

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒: as at 30/06/2024

𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎: (if our thing is not here, please let me know)

jana - rogue & ur,

dia - olexa & freed, leo & lucy

vyn - freed & laxus,

jackie - leo & lucy,

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎:

jana - rogue & rena (apartment AU)

vyn - rogue & laxus (raven tail verse)

aurora - rogue & erza

remi - leo & lucy (bridgerton au)

𝐌𝐘 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐒: 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 — 𝑘𝑎𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑎, 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎, 𝑗𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑦, 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒, 𝑏𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑎, 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑛, 𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑦𝑎 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝 — 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎, 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑦, 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑦 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 — 𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒, 𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑏𝑒𝑡ℎ, 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑, 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑦, 𝑙𝑒𝑜, 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑐ℎ, 𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 — 𝑗𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 — 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑒 (𝑂𝐶, 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒-𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟) 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 — 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑠 (𝑂𝐶, 𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝑠𝑝𝑦) 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐞��𝐬 — 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑎 (𝑝𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛) 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐝 — 𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 (𝑂𝐶, 𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 & 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑜𝑙𝑓)

[mechahero]

lambda vc: save me highly specific summer aesthetic in my head... save me...

[yoshistory]

got this weird thing always where im always wondering if im a gay man or a bi dude-kinda or a bi girl-a-little-bit or a gay man-also-woman-a-bit, and its like. whenever im like "OKAYY I DONT CAREEEEE MAYBE I DO LIKE GIRLS" .... IMMEDIATELY my thoughts about liking women are gone like. when im trying to appease that. and then im like "hmm maybe i DONT like girls??" the thoughts about liking girls comes back

[devilishdelights]

dame mammon wip + first time drawing in clip studio paint

[florenceisfalling]

don't worry guys if you're ever in a bad place emotionally and seeking guidance some woman with an entirely different outlook on life than you will thrust shitty advice upon you whether you like it or not and then make you feel completely fucking awful about her wealth of wisdom that she is so genuinely convinced she has despite not having any idea . this will make the bad place so much more bad also

[nothingbutalgae]

Long rant post bc ugh doctors and weight.

I'm happy but also annoyed. So I stopped weighing myself as much this year because fuck it, I don't care anymore. I'm overweight and always have been and I'm pretty active and always have been, so what gives?

Every time I go to the doctors they go well you need to eat less (I eat 2 meals and a few snacks a day, just want me to do 2 meals?). Eat more veggies/leafy greens! "You can cook up spinach in some oil on the stove and that would be a good way to get more leafy greens in!" I'm a very picky eater, always have been, but I've been getting better as the years go on, but I'm not frying up spinach and eating just that. I snack on carrots, sometimes cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, etc. Not leafy greens but at least they are veggies. Work out: "have you tried working out? how much do you work out each day? you need to be working out every day". Last time I went to the doctor in June she went "so have you been working out?" and I was like "well no, but I haven't really had time or energy because I've been working 12 hour days a few times a week, but I'm literally always on my feet and moving at work" she literally looked at me with the most unamused/annoyed expression and was like "so that's a no to working out" and I was a bit pissed off. I work as a floor person at a pet store aka constant walking around, regular lifting and carrying heavy bags up and down ladders/out to people's cars. I work as a massage therapist aka constant movement there. I started working at a garden center where they have me do random odd jobs (moving clay pots, cleaning shelves, watering or moving plants, etc all without air conditioning) or just stand at a register occasionally. Well my cholesterol is high. Yeah I know, it's been high for a while but I stopped eating fast food except for rare occasions now so I was hoping it would go down (I did start eating more chips however after that so....). With the results of the test she was like "you need to be eating less, smaller portions, more veggies, and you need to be working out for an hour a day, every day." and I was like fuck okay fine. So I started going on the treadmill for like.. 15 to 30 minutes a day, but stopped again because I really don't have the energy or time. I also have depression that idk if we ever got fully under control because I struggle to get out of bed unless I have to go do something which is actually part of the reason I started working at the garden center because at least if I'm working a 12 hour day or morning shift somewhere I have to get my ass out of bed in the morning. I do not have the energy to work out, especially when I'm working. But I figured I would gradually start with 15 to 30 minutes a few times a week and then get to 60 a few times a week (yeah that lasted like maybe two weeks and I haven't worked out since). However, despite not working out still and going down to one day a week at the garden center (so only one 12 hour day a week), I've lost 12 pounds since June without working out. How you may ask? I cut chips and egg yolks out of my diet. Literally that's the only real difference. I still eat the same portions, I may have a few more veggies because it's summer and we have the garden going (so plenty of zucchini and cherry tomatoes), but literally I still eat just as much sugar as I have, I still snack quite a bit (just not on chips) AND I'VE LOST 12 POUNDS GRADUALLY IN TWO MONTHS. LITERALLY THAT'S ALL IT TOOK. THAT'S ALL I CHANGED! I've literally struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember, and while I will have to see how far it goes down if I keep this up/maybe also start working out, I've always been classified as overweight. I got the short and stocky genes from my mom. My mom works out 30 minutes to an hour a day almost every day, in addition to being on her feet from 6am to 2pm plus whatever she does at home, she is still classified as overweight. This lady is pure muscle, she doesn't eat a ton, but nope she's still overweight. I hate that even at my lowest weight as a pre-teen/teen (which is about 35 pounds lighter than I am rn), I was still overweight. I'm happy I've lost weight but also am sad and frustrated because even if I lost 40 pounds it wouldn't be good enough to not be overweight.

[dynasty889]

Okay so these doodles are both meant to be Odysseus. The first one is like teenage Odysseus. The second one I’m thinking is Odysseus post-spending seven years against his will on Ogygia (yes I know the hair is a little f’d up on the second one gimme me a moment)

(I was gonna try to also draw a body for the second one but I gave up as usual)

[0fps]

idk if anyone plays reverse 1999 here but i might upload the "journey in the rain" album in a hot sec

[tidepoolalgae]

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[why-animals-do-the-thing]

There's a viral video circulating from the Fort Worth Zoo, of two keepers who ended up in a habitat at the same time as a silverback gorilla. Spoiler for good news: neither the humans nor the gorilla got hurt. It's a bad situation that ended extremely well, and that's why I want to talk about it.

The audio for this video is mostly someone praying loudly, so if you need to turn the audio off to watch it, you won't miss anything relevant. If you don't want to watch it, here's the summary: it starts with a keeper running around the corner into the main exhibit, pursued by a large male gorilla. She is quickly able to get into a doorway at the back of the exhibit, but does not completely close the door because the gorilla is standing across from her, watching. He eventually moves off to the right hand side of the exhibit, where we can see a keeper is trapped in the corner at the front. She was trying to move towards the exit as he moved to the right, and she stops, standing very still behind a tree, while he stays along the far right wall. They stay like that for a minute, and then the gorilla runs to the front right corner, and the keeper is able to run to the door in the back of the exhibit and get to safety.

Let's start with basic information. Even though it's just going viral now, this video is from October of 2023. It was taken not by a guest, but by the zoo security officer responding to the situation. Hmmm, seems like he maybe should have been doing something else during that situation, instead of than taking a phone video. It's going viral now because the guy (who is no longer employed at the zoo) decided to post it on TikTok for his five minutes of fame. This guy immediately started giving all sorts of media interviews, answering questions like "why no tranquilizers" inappropriately, making memes out of his own video, generally distasteful shit.

Zoo spokesperson Avery Elander gave a public statement that "thankfully, there was no physical contact between keepers and gorilla, and all staff and animals are safe." A comment from the zoo has also indicated that the incident was due to keeper error. (As opposed to, for instance, something in the fencing breaking.) According to the guy who posted the video, a lock was left unsecured and the gorilla was able to open the door to the habitat. I don't know if I buy it, and again, this just... is probably why he doesn't have a job anymore. By sharing that detail - real or not - he places a ton of public scrutiny and blame on that keeper team. (If that's what happened, I can promise you it will have been dealt with internally.) He also was nice enough to say he wouldn't name the women in the video... but verified they're still staffers at the zoo... which means they're eminently identifiable! Excuse me while I ragequit for a second.

So there's two reasons I wanted to talk about this. The first is to make sure it is well known that this guy is purposefully and intentionally exploiting the worst day of someone's life for media attention. Their lives were in danger, and he's using it for fame. His name is in the media articles - I'm not going to share it because he doesn't deserve that attention. The second reason, though, is because this video is a masterclass on how to survive if you end up sharing space with a gorilla. Every zoo person I've spoken to or seen comment on the video is so, so impressed with how the keepers handled themselves.

The gorilla in this video is 34-year-old Elmo. All apes in AZA zoos are managed in protected contact, so keepers are supposed to be separated from them by a barrier at all times. The zookeepers were in the habitat putting out a mid-day meal when he got out. Watching the video, you can see he's not actively being aggressive towards them - he's not making threat displays or trying to approach them. Mostly, Elmo seems like he doesn't know what is going on and he's kinda freaked out about it. (This is confirmed in the zoo's press statement, too). The staff stayed calm, and importantly, watched and waited to see how he'd move and act.

The zoo did say one thing, though, that's a bit misleading. In one article, their press person I quote as saying “In general, gorillas are considered the “gentle giants” of the great ape species.” Just because this may be true in comparison to other great ape species doesn't meant gorilla aren't still incredibly dangerous. This type of messaging always worries me, because I think it leads people to misunderstand the risks of being close to megafauna. Gorilla are extremely strong animals, and their social norms/behaviors are very different from that of humans. That's why it's such a big deal any time people end up in gorilla habitats, and why sometimes in those circumstances lethal measures have to be taken to protect human life.

These keepers are incredibly lucky to be unharmed. These women stayed safe specifically because they're trained professionals who knew how to act around gorilla, they knew this particular animal well, and they'd learned the escapes from the exhibit just in case this ever happened. We should applaud them for their cool heads and quick thinking.

As for the guy who posted the video? As a colleague put it, may he always step on a Lego.