#i changed it to tort

[hikiclawd]

Thank you for the compliments on my art, I always like looking at you're strawberry shortcake designs did you make anymore?

Hello!! No problem, your art is always very nice to look at ^_^ I actually haven't made too many other strawberry shortcake designs/work, as I've been focused on other things, but I spent all day whipping up some head-shots just to get some vague ideas out...

Thank you for the ask ! ! !

[pixelkip]

LETS GOOOO yet another WIP that may or may not go unfinished but i have confidence in this one i genuinely love how this sounds so far

what hyperfocusing on Dolls In Pseudo Paradise and coming up with an awesome idea for an animatic and remix of a song based on it for 2 weeks straight does to a mf

[emptyapartments]

fills your apartments wys

(note how i didnt say “compartments” which a word similar to but not “apartments”)

stop being FUNNY i DISLIKE this

[karasukarei]

For this Ask Game:

1, 4, 5, 6, 11, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24!!!

no need to ask 12; I already know the answer anyway bwahahahhahahaaha

Wow, looks like a lot!

THANKS @kafkaoftherubble FOR TEACHING ME THAT ASKS ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY OPEN I FEEL LIKE BIG DUMM

1: Favourite drawing from this year - The mononoke movie one!

4: Favourite character you've drawn - Kusuriuri (his face details are super fun)

5: Favourite little detail in a drawing you did - Purah (without her glasses) is somewhere in here, and one of the guardians is not acting the way it should.

6: Longest a drawing has taken to finish: if you include the initial scrapped drafts and multiple rewatches to figure out a workable composition, this one (almost 4 months from start to end, though the amount of time spent working on it was closer to 2+ weeks, which is unusually long for me)

11: Artist(s) that influenced/inspired your art style - NGL I usually follow the style of the source material as close as I can, so in a sense it's all the animators who have worked on the anime for the fandoms I've drawn for, but the period I spent spamming Promare fanart heavily influenced my workflow and colour choice.

19: Any collabs you've done/would want to do - there's that sketch/lineart/colour one ;-; but I have no guts to ask anyone to do it with me orz

20: What do you think you've improved on the most over the past year - Incorporating environmental colours into shading (received a lot of pointers on this from several kind people ;-;)

21: What do you want to work on the most next: Either something from Mononoke or Higgy (not gonna be for a long while though cos school starts next week ;-;)

22: What are you best at drawing/doing: Choosing colour palettes.

24: What do you like most about your art style: I guess the colour choices are pretty nice.

[dravidious]

You're more amazing than a life sized Wartortle plush

Oh wow, a Wartortle plush! I wonder where it came from... Oh well! *hugs!*

[moonstruckme]

need more shy remus. please. begging. hands and knees. ANYTHING. i loved it so much genuinely.

Ask and you shall receieve. Thanks gorgeous! <3

Remus Lupin x fem!reader ♡ 794 words

You open the door to find Remus with a handful of what look to be carnations. 

“Well,” you say, smiling as you hold up your small bunch of dandelions, “this is awkward.” 

Remus blinks. You love to fluster him, amusement mingling with fondness in your chest until you can’t tell which is which, they’re both so big and happy. It’s your three-month anniversary, and despite your agreement just last week that neither of you would make a big deal, he’s clearly put extra effort into his appearance. There’s evidence of comb marks in his hair though it seems to have gotten tousled on the way to your flat (even better, in your opinion), he’s wearing that mossy green shirt you’d once told him makes his eyes look especially handsome, and you’re willing to bet that if you crossed the couple feet of air between you, you’d be able to smell the faintest whiff of his cologne. 

“Remus Lupin,” you tease, “have you put on chapstick just for me?” 

He blushes, rubbing his moisturized lips together self-consciously. “What,” he says quietly, “too presumptuous?” 

You laugh, taking him by his free hand to encourage him inside. You let him get close before stepping back, and there it is—a whiff of what he swears up and down is cedar cologne but has always smelt to you like frankincense and orange. Maybe by six months, you’ll be brave enough to stay right by his collar and take a big sniff, but for now you inhale as subtly as you can before moving out of his space. 

“I’m sorry, I didn’t even think of what you’d do with yours if you were picking me up,” you say, trying not to skip as you go into the kitchen, grabbing a vase from under the sink. “Do you want me to put them in water and you can grab them before you go home, or would you rather take them with us now?”

Remus looks at you, expression wavering between befuddlement and awe. “Those are for me?” 

You laugh again. You can never seem to stop doing that around him, it just comes spooling out of you like a pulled thread. “Course they are. You like dandelions, right? Or did I get that wrong?” 

“I do.” His voice is soft, tentative. “How’d you know?” 

“You mentioned it once.” You shrug, arranging your carnations in the vase. It doesn’t take much work to make them pretty, all fresh and upbeat and still undoubtedly invigorated from Remus’ touch. They look like you feel. “You said there used to be a ton in the courtyard of your school, so I assumed they have some nostalgia value. So, vase?”

“I’ll take them,” he says, wrapping his hand around the stems tenderly. His forefinger touches your pinkie, and you both let the contact linger a moment longer than necessary before pulling away. The scar on his cheek stands out starkly against his blush, pushed up by a bashful smile. “Thanks, sweetheart.” 

Warmth comes to your face in tandem with your chest, and you beam at him. “No problem.” The carnations look lovely in the center of your table, which reminds you that you’ve forgotten to tell Remus how lovely he looks. “You look really nice, by the way.” You give the words just long enough to find their mark, his flush worsening, before moving on so he doesn’t go mute on you like he has on a couple of occasions when you’ve laid on the affection too heavily. “Where is it we’re going again?”

Even with the subject change, it takes him a second to get his wits about him. “Um, I was thinking the cafe a couple of streets over,” he all but murmurs, doing that adorable thing where he seems to turn his eyes up to yours despite being taller than you. You’d kiss him on his pinkened cheek if you thought he’d ever recover. “We could go somewhere else, though. They have this chocolate torte I thought you might like, but if—”

“You like it there?” you ask, grabbing your keys from off the counter. 

Remus does a funny shrug-nod thing, as if to say Well, yeah, but what good is that?

“Then I’m sure it’ll be great,” you promise him, grabbing his hand to pull him out the door with you. “Chocolate torte sounds amazing, actually. How’d you know I was craving chocolate today?” 

“Figured it was the same as any day,” Remus mumbles, giving your hand a light squeeze. 

Another laugh startles out of you, and you can’t help yourself, going up on tiptoe to dot a kiss just beside his scar. 

Remus doesn’t speak again until you sit down at the cafe, but he never lets go of your hand. 

[gamerwoman3d]

◜ mk1 men using their powers in the bedroom part 1 of ?◞

▸ includes: reptile [mk1 versions] ◂

If you ask Syzoth whether or not Zaterrans are sexual creatures, he will answer that yes, it takes two Zaterrans in order to reproduce. But if you ask him whether he himself has an interest in sex, he would reply with a smile, saying "Pay me, and I might answer you."

[Spicy/Explicit after the cut 🔞]

The answer is that with very few exceptions, he views sex as an opportunity to perform. And he views performance as a way to earn money. You'd certainly not have been the first creature to pay for his honest answer, and you likely will not be the last.

People have paid good money to have Syzoth's freakish powers used for their pleasure. If you want to know details of his encounters with clients, he's happy to share, for the cost of a few koin. The higher the payout, the hotter the tea.

"Or perhaps you would rather we show, not tell," he might say while reaching out an empty palm as an offer to accept payment.

For pay, he will show you his body. His human body, nude, with elegant tattoos that tort and stretch with his movements, is an alluring sight to most. He has never been picky about the shape of his paying clients: all humans seem equally adorable and strange to him, while money makes anyone alluring in his eyes. He would waste no time in giving you whatever you desire from his body. In fact, his professional experience with pleasing others makes it highly likely that he can guess what you want and how deeply you desire it just from the skipping beat of your heart.

He cannot hear your heartbeat from a distance, but its imperceptible rhythm gently rattles the floor beneath his feet, and as his body evolved to detect such vibrations from the earth in order to hunt prey, he will know when the heart's rhythm changes. His eyes would take a slow tour of your body, and when he looked at the parts of you that you're most excited for him to play with, your heart would speed up naturally. The second he figures out what your heart truly desires, it is yours.

At first, he uses his tongue mostly for talking. He tells about past patron's kinks, such as the one who liked him to ride them reverse cowgirl style in his human form, only to strangle them with his tail during climax. Or the one that preferred to be pinned face down and very lightly scratched with razor sharp talons all down their back. He might tell cautionary tales of the ones that begged him to use his tongue on their genitals, not realizing that removing it can feel like tearing duct tape from the skin without the appropriate lubricants. Syzoth has an ulterior motive - while telling his stories, he's sensing your temperature. He knows when you're aroused because no matter what you have between your legs, it will emit heat.

He may move his face closer, hinting and teasing that he could go down. The tips of his forked tongue might flicker in the air just between your thighs, fanning the air towards his nostrils so he can better smell and taste the heat that rises from your body.

If you become a beggar in these moments, the same as many other patrons have done, he will insist that he's first allowed to test his tongue against less sensitive parts of your body. If you can tolerate the feel on your chest, perhaps you might enjoy the things you've proposed he do to your most sensitive spots.

He would eject his tongue to catch your nipple, then pull the tender tissue up as his face is drawn down to your chest by the tension in his tongue. He would suckle and mouth at this spot for a while, feeling your heartbeat rattle throughout his entire skull. He's gentle when he comes up for air, but it does indeed feel like ripping a bandaid off. He's only chosen this moment to risk causing you pain because he believes you're too aroused to care about or even feel pain.

He would tell you that for his most requested trick, he requires a funhouse mirror - the kind that makes everything seem bigger. He has no hesitation in telling you that he had one while in the circus, and that he'd put it behind him before fucking certain patrons. He'd hold them in a very specific way that would force them to look at their own reflection... *through* his invisible chest, angled so they could practically see inside themselves as he worked them open with the invisible phallic objects of their choice. For some, fingers sufficed. For most, seeing his cock disappearing inside them over and over again was the pinnacle of pleasure. Still others preferred invisible toys, or the tongue, or even something more creative.

His favorite thing is the look on a patron's face when he's suddenly visible again. By the time he drops the invisibility, both he and his patrons are fuckdrunk and often have cute, dumbfounded expressions on their faces. Syzoth knows his open mouthed grin is cuter when his face flushes at the brink of his orgasm. He knows he's as adorable as he is silly looking when he's slackjawed, panting, and pressing the tips of his tongue weirdly to the roof of his mouth.

He's still performing, and would work you until you get what you paid for.

The final upsell he pitches to his wealthiest clients is a territorial marking - a visible acid brand. At his most extreme, and reserved only for the healthiest, wealthiest patrons, he has, as a service, permanently branded the bodies of his highest paying clients. Even Outworld royalty can be found with his mark - the scars of a human-sized bite wound, carved deeper by the use of a strange acid. The meaning of these brands are clear to the others that share in his profession- "This one pays the most, and both he and his wallet are mine. Touch my man or my money and you will suffer my bite." A less drastic, less permanent brand might be the reddened imprint of a forked tongue, which lets the competition know that "we are just starting out and testing the waters - try me again later to see if I stuck around, or if I've healed and moved on."

He readily admits that just as many patrons refuse the branding service as there are patrons who find it of interest. As long as you are satisfied, Syzoth has no preference for which acts you chose to pay him to perform upon you.

[End for now]

For Part 2 - subzero - click here

Also thanks to @visionsofmagic for inspiring this writing with a similar set of imagines at https://www.tumblr.com/visionsofmagic/729107508174651392/mk1-men-using-their-powers-while-fcking-you?source=share

[Need more MK1 smut? Check the pin 📌]

[distort-opia]

hey tort, what you didn't like about Batman caped crusader new design? And apparently with what I seen of the news, Joker was left out of this one hahaha

Mm, well... there's some stuff I like the sound of:

"A cold, remorseless avenger of evil, seemingly more machine than man." It's funny to me he's talking about this as if it's that new of a take, Bruce has been weaponizing Alfred and Alfred's been enabling him in the comics for a while. But I am excited about an intentional approach to Bruce as a dark spooky offputting freak. Timm has been talking elsewhere about how he wants to depict a Bruce who's not very heroic and much darker, who's wearing a "person suit" over his true self which is Batman, and I think that could be quite interesting.

Meanwhile, Harley Quinn is now a serious psychiatrist who only fakes being bubbly... and actually a serial killer going after the rich of Gotham? The more you read about the changes, the more she's just a whole ass new character. I do get wanting to reinterpret things or bringing novel elements, but going "let's make everything about her the opposite" doesn't really land you in the realm of interpretation. Harley now sounds like a new person, with the only things in common she has with actual Harley Quinn being the name, profession and the harlequin-themed suit... which isn't even red, black and white.

And well. While the description of Selina isn't too flattering, I can't say she hasn't been depicted this way before. I just don't really like it:

Making her a rich person who's stealing because she wants to keep being rich... [sigh] I prefer the Selina who grew up impoverished, and who's got much more complex motivations to her being Catwoman.

Alas, Harley might be hard to recognize, but then there's Harvey:

The "let's take character traits and turn them opposite" approach strikes again! And once more, it makes the character very different, because Harvey being disfigured by acid after trying so hard to be good and save Gotham, and the disfigurement bringing Two-Face to the surface... it's such a core tenet of him.

I know some people might prefer these extreme changes over how the original characters were written, or even argue that they've gone through so many different origins and versions-- this is just another one of those. And I agree that this is just how things go, when a story that's almost a century old gets readapted, again and again. But well, especially when it comes to Harley and Harvey, I personally feel that if you're changing the core traits so much... at least don't call them by the same name, dammit. I'd feel similarly if they made a show about Batman and then went "oh we put a whole new spin on him by making everything the opposite!" and you find out he doesn't give a shit about his parents' murder and he kills people.

But who knows! The show isn't out yet. Maybe it'll be super well written, or these things have been blown out of proportion in interviews, and so on. We can only really tell once the show is out, so I'm waiting until then to truly form an opinion. And to be honest, I'm not that upset they left out Joker; DC has been overusing him for a while, and Joker fatigue is sadly not that hard to understand. Plus, keeping in mind all these major changes... they'd probably give us a Joker we can barely recognize, too.

[normal-internet-user]

Same thing (I don't know if the last one said 'x reader' or '& reader', but the difference is platonic versus romantic, as an fyi)

Rottmnt & female!reader where Y/N has the sort of big-sis presence April has, but she basically adopts everyone she meets, and her thing is to give them nicknames that relate to something they do or reminds her of them (and she gets mad if anyone else uses them). Torts kinda short-circuit the first time she refers to them by the given nicknames, and she doesn't even realize (but when she does, she kinda blows it off)

~Can be Raph x reader also because he would absolutely melt at a s/o as protective over his brothers as he is~

This is definitely not because I often see Raph angst and think "Nooo bubby it's ok!"

Or Donnie is Tinker. Cuz he likes tinkering

Mickey is also bubby but also lil'Mike

Leo is Baby Blue

Don't bully me this is my head it controls me I don't control it

~🌺👸

This is INCREDIBLE Anon! Don't worry, I'm working on your other asks, but this one CALLED to me! (I did make it romantic with Raph, because he is my favorite boy 😌.)

RISE BOYS WITH A BIG-SIS READER.

Leo:

Leo adores you.

He loves spending time with you,

And it's kinda a competition between him and Donnie to see who can keep your attention.

Raph is winning by default though.

Leo loves that even though you're like a big sister,

You nowhere near as over bearing as Raph.

But he knows you still worry,

So he trys to tone it down a bit.

He gets so genuinly happy when you laugh at his jokes.

Like he will literally, hug you everytime you laugh.

Without fail it makes his day.

As for his nickname,

He's totally not a supporter.

At least that's what he tells everyone.

"Hey, Baby Blue, help me with these boxes, will ya?"

*Dramatic sigh*

Leo goes to you for advice on things he doesn't want the others to know.

Like if he's nervous about how they'll react to something,

He'll go to you.

Because you don't judge.

You just listen, and once he's done talking,

You'll tell him what you think, and how to go about the situation.

Leo loves you, and the second you stepped into their lives, he dubbed you, "Big Sis (Name)."

Donnie:

Donnie likes having you around.

At first he was kinda apprehensive,

But the minute you took on the role of older sister, his vision kinda changed.

He enjoys spending as much time with you as possible.

Mostly because of how good you are at listening.

Never, not once, have you ever interrupted his rambling, or explainations.

You just sit there, and wait untill he's done to ask questions.

And he loves that.

That's another reason why you're the first to see a newly finished project.

Because every single time, you wait for him to stop talking,

Then you tell him how cool it is, and how proud you are, and ask questions about it.

Ngl,

The first time this happened, he teared up.

But don't worry, they were happy tears.

As for his nickname,

He is not a fan,

He will scoff everytime.

"There you are Tinkerbell! I thought I lost ya."

"Scoff!"

You didn't think I meant an actual scoff did you?

Lol.

You have to try and keep Donnie from doing stupid stuff to test his inventions.

And if you aren't there to prevent the stupidity,

You're always there to bandage him up, and scold him.

But he doesn't mind, he knows it's just because you care.

Mikey:

Mikey absolutly loves you.

Whenever you come to visit,

He'll stop whatever he's doing to give you a hug.

Doesn't matter what it is he's doing,

You will get that hug.

His favorite thing is drawing you pictures.

You have so many, you can barely see your wallpaper anymore.

But who cares?

You probably have the best decorated room in all of New York thanks to those drawings.

Mikey LOVES his nickname.

It makes him feel special.

"Where's my Little Dumpling!"

"That's me! I'm her Little Dumpling!"

Mikey does his best to impress you,

He just wants to make you proud.

So he likes to show off when your around,

And it scares the crap out of you.

Just make sure you don't turn your back for to long,

Because he will accidentally hurt himself.

You have pretty much taken on the role of mother around Mikey.

Raph:

The second, Raph met you he was whipped.

Poor boy short circuted for like a full 5 minutes.

He loves how much you care for his brothers like their your own family.

He thinks it's amazing that someone else can love them like he does.

If they ever stress him out,

He'll talk to you about it because he knows you can relate.

The two of you are pretty much parents to three extremely chaotic children.

Raph loves that you give everyone nicknames,

He thinks it's cute.

He loves his nickname,

And he gives you one of your own.

"Big Red! come help me look for my backpack, I lost it!"

"Sure thing Cutie Pie!"

Raph invites you over as often as possible.

Movie nights,

Just some regular old quality time,

Anything he can do to have you over.

He just loves spending time with you.

You two are always trying keep the younger ones from accidentaly killing themselves.

And it is not an easy feat.

But hey,

You two are trying your best.

.........................................

There you go Anon! I hope I wrote this to your liking. It's kinda rushed, but I personally love it.

[kayhi808]

Pretty 3

After seeing Billy at the bar during trivia night, he's been hitting up your phone, asking if he could drop by. If you didn't know better, you would think that he regretted losing you after treating you so poorly.

Or was it the fact that someone he thought so little of, would end things with him? And then to find you on a date with another man. The audacity! Its hard to believe that you once settled for his shoddy treatment of you.

You do have Matt Murdock to thank for opening your eyes to the cruelty beneath Billy's model good looks. The following day, after trivia night, you got to the library to find Matt had set up his laptop at "your" table. Matt was handsome, smart, funny and kind. He had a kindness that Billy was lacking. Over the next few weeks, your study dates often ran over into dinners.

With Matt's hand gently gripping your arm, his cane in the other, you both make your way to the pizza parlor a couple blocks away from campus. "I don't know how you do it! All those cases & torts you need to remember. How is there enough space in your brain??"

Matt chuckles, "It can't be that bad."

"I know I need Constitution Law. It's a required course, but it's the worst!" You groan and lean your head against Matt's shoulder, inhaling his cologne from his sweatshirt & giving a soft sigh. That was not missed by Matt's keen hearing & it brought a blush to his cheeks.

His hand slides down your arm & entwines his fingers with yours, "I could always tutor you." Shrugging, "If you need help."

You lift your head off his shoulder to look at him, checking to see if he's serious. Smiling, "You'd do that for me?"

A smile crosses his lips as well, "I'd do that for you," bringing the back of your hand to his lips to kiss.

"I don't have much money, but I can pay you in pizza. Starting tonight, my treat."

Matt's stomach rumbles & you laugh, "Sold! I can't pass up an offer like that."

You turn the corner & Billy Russo, steps out onto the sidewalk with a couple of his friends. Fellow Marines, by the look of them. Not knowing whether to turn around and leave to avoid him, you come to a complete stop. Matt, sensing your unease, "What's the matter?" His grip on your hand tightens.

"N..nothing." Matt can tell by the way your heart races that, that's a lie. Quickly scanning the area, he tries to pick up what's troubled you & tucks you behind him.

"Hey, Sweetheart." Billy's NEVER called you Sweetheart or any other endearment before. "It's been a while. You're looking good."

"Bill." It's easy to tell from your tone that he's the person, who's making you uncomfortable. Matt tries to move you towards the door to the pizza parlor, but Bill blocks his path.

"What's the rush? Can't you SEE we're having a conversation here? ...OH. You might have missed that." Billy gives you a smug look. "Who's your new friend?"

You roll your eyes & sneer, "What do you want, Bill?" You try to pull Matt back, but he's not budging & with his grip on your hand, he's still keeping you tucked behind him.

"Getting deployed soon. I thought we could get together before I leave. Ya know, relive old times."

Shaking your head, "No thank you. I'm busy."

"Aw, c'mon. Don't be like that." Bill brings his hand up to tuck a strand of hair behind your ear. Matt quickly drops your hand & eerily accurate, knocks Bill's hand away before he touches you.

"She said no."

You quickly get between the 2 men. You weren't sure if Billy would pick a fight with a blind guy. You face Billy & his friends, "I hope you all have a quick deployment & return safely." You back up into Matt & feel his hand at your elbow.

"If you change your mind, give me a call." He gives you a wink & his pretty smile. As he turns to walk away, he trips over Matt's cane & stumbles into his friends.

Your eyes widen in shock & fear. You turn and shove Matt through the pizza parlor door with him calling out, "Thank you for your service!" You look over your shoulder, terrified that Bill will follow you back in, but he's gone. Matt's completely unruffled with a big smile on his face.

You stand in line to place your order & once you get your number you head back to an empty table. Once settled, Matt asks, "Are you going to tell me what that was all about? Who is he? Old boyfriend?"

Scratching at the label on your beer, "He wasn't a boyfriend. He was a mistake... no. He was a life lesson."

"What's the difference between a mistake and a life lesson?"

"You may repeat a mistake. You learn from life lessons. There's no need to repeat them."

Matt holds up his bottle to you, "Here's to learning valuable life lessons."

@imagine-a-fictional-boyfriend @ayme301

[hunterbunter3000]

OH OH OH!!! MAKE THE BOYS EAT SOME OF SWEETHEARTS GUMBO SHE MADE

Nothing can go wrong with gumbo 😌

AHSHRJAAJ NOT ONE LIE BABES

She makes a BIIIGG Ol' pot of her great-great-grandmother's gumbo recipe (it has chicken, sausage and shrimp in it 😋😋) and the whole dorm hall smells like gumbo and MY GOD THE MEN WERE FROTHING

König dashes out his room, with the hood she made him and his eyes are so big and sparkling

König: Süße Torte! (Sweet pie) What is this? It smells amazing!

Sweetheart, laughs: It's gumbo! And it's almost done. Can you set the table, please?

GIRL DONE AND DONE

König practically listens like a dog and sets the table, with his tail wagging LOL

(Task Force 141 has a dinner bell. No I won't change my mind.)

Sweetheart rings the bell, yelling "Dinner's Done!" Down the hall. The heard of bulls come running down with drooling mouths and they see König already eating with a smile on his face.

Soap: Awh, what the hell! How'd he beat us?

Sweetheart: He helped set up the table, so he got first spoon.

And the men groan and mumble.

They all sit down and start eating and MY GOD???? THIS IS AMAZING OMG

Soap and Gaz kept talking with full mouths and Sweetheart got after them

Sweetheart, smacking their arms: Would you QUIT trying to talk with food in your mouth!? It's unmannerly!

Soap and Gaz, snickering: Sorry!

She gives some bowls to Krueger and Graves and they love it (Graves didn't want to compliment her but Krueger forced him to)

She saved some for Alejandro and Rudy and they wanted to kiss her right then and there (Alejandro kissed her cheek TEEHEE)

[woolandcoffee]

I haven't seen anything about this in non-legal media yet, but it might interest you all to know that 19 Republican-led states are currently attempting to get the Supreme Court to prohibit Democrat-led states (currently California, Minnesota, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island) from bringing climate-related tort litigation against fossil fuel companies for concealing the risks of fossil fuel production and use. The Republicans claim that such lawsuits brought by Democrats are unconstitutional attempts by states to dictate U.S. energy policy. Now, this is obviously a ridiculous argument that should, on its face, be thrown out for being bugfuck stupid. But since SCOTUS is filled with bugfuck stupid people there's a good chance they'll agree to hear the case.

There's a lot about this that's concerning. Obviously and maybe most concerning is the clear attempt by Republican-led states to restrict the sovereignty of Democrat-led states. This isn't about energy policy, this is about powerful Republicans attempting to prevent certain states from filing lawsuits against fossil fuel companies full stop. But if they're successful here, who knows what will be next. In that regard, this is a massive crisis.

But, just as concerning, this would have a massive impact on the use of courts as tool for holding fossil fuel companies accountable for their many misdeeds. I've spoken on this blog before about how courts are, in general, not the best tool for combating the climate crisis and crimes committed by fossil fuel companies. These companies are intertwined with the U.S. government to such a degree that courts are not super willing to go as far as they need to. However, that may be starting to change - not fast enough, and not enough to make courts the best tool for combating these crimes, direct action is still our best bet - as evidenced by some Democrat-led states initiating tort actions against some fossil fuel companies. But, if this attempt by Republican-led states is successful, that would likely mean that the courts will be even more useless than ever.

The case is called State of Alabama v. State of California and was filed with the Supreme Court on May 22, 2024. It's definitely possible that SCOTUS will decide not to hear this, but let's not put anything past them.

[aquamarineglow]

Do you know about the French translation of PL. Do you know Bishop and Rook are called Buse and Bécasse, meaning "Buzzard" and "Woodcock" because French Targent has a bird theme going, but also both words are slang for "moron"

(Listen to French Descole too) (as a treat) (in the games) (they changed his VA in the movie) (terrible choice)

This is hilarious but can you believe the disrespect!

Imagine starting your first day at work and your boss says, "Welcome to Targent. From now on you will be known as Idiot and Moron."

On a more serious note, I love how each version of Azran Legacy sticks to the bird theming, but chooses birds that have different meanings.

UK Azran Legacy calls them Rook and Bishop, which are birds but also chess pieces to show that they are only seen as pawns by Targent.

French Azran Legacy calls them Buse and Bécasse to show that they aren't very smart.

Spanish Azran Legacy calls them Tort and Olito, which combines to make Tortolito, showing that they literally complete one another.

Idk I think it's neat.

[lisbeth-kk]

An eventful and busy day for a certain landlady.

January 5

It’s been another eventful day. My hand is steadier tonight, due to said events. Sherlock’s playing a piece I’ve heard before. Probably something played at the New Year’s Concert from Vienna. A Strauss waltz, I think. It’s beautiful. I must say I prefer it when he plays like this rather than assaulting his violin. 

Tim has, as mentioned, changed his mood alongside mine. He was quite considerate and cuddly when my bad mood struck, but now he’s found a skein of yarn to fight with. I haven’t the heart to scold him about it. It’s not that I’m in need of it anyway. I can’t remember the last time I knitted. 

John surprised me just before lunch, and that was the end of all the ache my body and mind had bestowed me with the first days of this year. 

“You know what day it is tomorrow?” John asked me when we sat down at my kitchen table with a cuppa. 

“Of course, dear. It’s Sherlock’s birthday. And Epiphany, but I guess it’s the former you’re referring to,” I answer cheekily. 

John chuckles and blushes slightly. He clears his throat before he comes forth with his request. 

“Indeed, Sherlock’s birthday, Mrs. Hudson. And you know that he normally doesn’t celebrates it, but…”

John trails off, seeming uncertain on how to continue.

“Go on, John,” I urge him. 

“Well, it’s a bit different this year, I think.”

The blush gets deeper by the minute, and I find it adorable.

“I…uhm…well…I want this year to be the start of something new, you see. Nothing big, he wouldn’t want that. At all. Just the three of us. Maybe Molly, Greg and Mike as well, but I haven’t asked them. Mycroft…I think he…”

“Maybe next year,” I say, hoping to be helpful. 

“Yeah,” John breathes and seems relieved. 

“Do you want me to bake something?” I ask innocently, knowing that’s exactly why he’s come down here. 

“Would you mind?” he asks a bit anxious. “I know you’ve been…”

“Nonsense, John! There’s nothing wrong with me. Not anymore at least. That Austrian chocolate cake would do nicely, I think,” I say and start to scribble down a shopping list. 

John inhales sharply and looks at me with awe. 

“You know how to make the Sacher Torte?” he asks incredulously.

His perfect pronunciation astounds me, but I guess it’s Sherlock’s doing. I can’t help but roll my eyes at him. There are so many things John doesn’t know about my past. Sherlock too, for that matter. I’m tempted to test my Austrian accent on him but decide against it. Best not give him a heart attack on top of everything. 

“Leave it to me, dear,” I tell him. 

***

My second visitor today was Sherlock. What he had deduced about John and his plans for the next day, didn’t surprise me one bit. I wonder if he knows how attuned he is to John and his every doing. Perhaps not consciously. By now, I guess it’s out of habit. Natural. Like breathing, which he finds so boring. I can’t help but smile at his childish behaviour. My precious boy. 

“What can I do for you, dear?” I ask when Sherlock walks into my sitting room. 

He doesn’t bother with knocking today, knowing that I’m mostly back to my normal self. 

“I hope you granted John’s wish about tomorrow,” Sherlock starts. 

When he opens his mouth to speak again, I hold up my hands to stop him. 

“Of course, I did, Sherlock. Why wouldn’t I? Honestly, my dear, sometimes…”

I huff and beckons him to leave so I can start baking his cake. He takes my hand, brings it to his lips and kisses it tenderly. It brings tears to my eyes and when he thanks me in his most sincere tone, I spot a bit of moisture in his eyes as well.

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[empressgeekt]

Challenge Branch: My Creek never did any of that! You're telling me that if he hadn't changed his ways and stopped listening to his parents, he'd might have betrayed us all!?

FOF Branch: Without any remorse.

B. Branch: I didn't even get to meet the guy u til after everything went down, and even then, he betrayed everyone. He's a total snake.

Char: Same as Bergan dude over there. He's a slimy toad of a troll who is only out for himself.

Challenge Branch: Well I wish I could re-tort that but considering how shitty our family is...I can't say something like they wouldn't happen.

FOF: B*tch I live it! You think this scar is for show!!?!?!

[stereax]

I’m particularly mad at Verbeek because it really does sound like a JD trade has been in the books for a while (re: him not playing the last few games last season that would have given him more ability to decide where he was traded), yet it really does sound like he was blindsided by this because he was on the plane to Nashville with the ducks when he was told. Torts and Danny B. said this trade has been in the works for months. Idk if they were talking about trading Gauthier or the trade with the ducks specifically, but even so I can’t get over the shadiness (mostly on Anaheim’s side, I get that the Flyers were doing what they could in a bad situation— also I’ve seen a tweet that says Kevin Hayes had some hand in Gauthier not wanting to play with the flyers 👀). I get that it’s a business, but that’s no excuse to be so cutthroat to young players who were fully committed to the team.

Right??? Basically everyone is cringe here except Drysdale. And, like - I get trying to move Drysdale as an injury prone asset who may be being forced out the pipeline by other prospects (Mintyukov, Zellweger, Luneau). I even get trying to move on as a sort of change in regime (moving away from the JDTZ new era and to a McTavish, Carlsson, Gauthier, and even Dostal-led one). But damn this feels SO fumbled on Jamie's side, like - if you knew a trade was going down, why didn't you leave Jamie in Anaheim at least? Tell him he's getting traded? I don't get it. Gauthier was being shopped for a while, too, so Verbeek probably had an idea he was gonna try to move Jamie for him.

(iirc Hayes and Gauthier both said Hayes didn't say a damn thing about the Flyers, sounds like Gauthier just thinks he's a little entitled to NHL ice and the Flyers think they didn't want to pay the bonuses in Gauthier's contract and they pissed Gauthier off.)