#itt!tots

[theartofeverything]

Baby Turtles!

Decided to do my In This Together itteration boys for this one cuz I haven’t drawn them as little ones in a while and I really really (that’s two reallys) love the artstyle of that flashback scene in Rise.

Thanks @tmaynt for making this thing happen. You’ve officially cured my artblock.

[internetscenarios]

Can we get some more of Nick, Yumi or Isaac x cc! Partner? Loved the last one and I keep re-reading lol

yes ong

yumi ꕥ

- ur biggest supporter

- always in ur chat 🫶

- sending donations being like “Shuatt uppp”

- stuff like that blah blah

- roblox with him

- new larry stream with the group on roblox was so funny

- they played this game where u had to survive till the end, so if it was u and him in the end u would both team up or he would sacrifice himself for u:3

- if hes in ur chat everyone will be like “YUMII”

- if he ever appears in the background he has to join in and have screentime it is essential

- yk how they had the marriage mod on the minecraft server

- u are both married (same with the other two 💓💓)

- i said this in the other one but csgo with him

- would teach you how to play itt

- if u were doing chill streams he would force himself to do chill streams if u were there

- defo has little things that remind u of him near his setup

isaac ꕥ

- married too him on minecraft <3

- feel like he would build a little chappel for u

- if hes streaming n ur sleeping he defo tries to keep it down

- randomly shows u clips from stuff he likes during streams

- talks very gentle to u if ur streaming

- in his videos all the time

- discord prank calls,, he would get someone other than him to prank call u and pretend its something to do with him

- if ur relationship was public obvi

- yk how he would post discord msgs with him and the tgc on twt,, he would do silly stuff like that w u

smthn like

“ru streaming?”

“55 BURGERS 55 FRIES 55 TACOS 55 PIES 55 COKES 100 TATER TOTS”

that video makes me giggle sm to this day i had to add it mb

- in his instagram posts theres always a silly picture, u would be that silly picture

- i saw on a yumi stream he peaked in the door asking if they wanted any food

- so he would always peak in (obviously out of frame) and ask if u wanted food or anything on ur stream

- ok last stream of his was almost a year ago so he would defo just pop up in ur streams all the time so he still has that twitch streamer era yknow?

nick ꕥ

sigh softwilly my love

- just chatting streams w him would be so silly

- bento appearances!!!

- no srsly u would be so focused on a game and bento would just take over the moment

- if hes at bento house on podcast and u walk past everyone on the podcast is like “haiii!!”

- or if u make too much noise in the background u get the occasional “be quiet” (they mean well i promise)

- u would defo be a star on the podcast if u went on it

idk why im mentioning this for nick i apologise

- always posting pictures of you and bento on his instagram story

- itll be u holding bento and also a pokemon card ur holding 😭

- ur either in his chat or hes in urs

- VLOGSS

- taking u and only u random places

- sure there will be videos with u and the group but there will be LOADS of u

im sorry thats its short ive been busy i will try my best to get some requests done but pls take this while i get stuff done😢

[mag-posting]

iimb aldlready beedling out

ooguguhhggbb

[yukiwrites]

Sharing Burdens

THIS IS SO LATE... so so late. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WAITING AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH @spacesmilodon i hope you LIKE ITT ToT)

Summary: Iduun had joined the Companions after a past at the Thieves' Guild. Even if she was the Dragonborn, it did not feel right, to Vilkas, to accept someone with her history in their ranks. However, as they got to know one another, perhaps Vilkas ought to rethink on how he saw those around him...

Commission info HERE and HERE!

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The air was thick with the stench of rotting flesh. Ash, debris and blood rained down from the sky, as explosions above and below shook the very core of the earth.

No matter how fast she ran, there was no escape.

She was out of breath, but there was no end in sight. The sky crumbled above, and the earth squelched with decay beneath her — there was no escape.

With her weapons in hand, she tried to reach the end, to reach the house, to reach him—

But she never made it.

No matter how many times she relived that moment, no matter how many times she went over it in her head, the outcome was always the same.

She never made it.

The sad smile on his lips as putrid blood gurgled his throat.

“No…!” She tried to speak, but her voice never came out. She tried to touch him, but the inherent disgust against what was consuming him stopped her hands. What a fool!

His voice sounded so distant. He said something, but in her ears there were only explosions. Unknown monsters shifted, encircling her. She was trapped. They were trapped.

Dread filled her. The air grew colder, her heart raced, and a sense of impending doom consumed her.

As she turned around —

“Ah!” Iduun woke up in cold sweat, panting. She sat on the bed with a startle, reaching for her weapons by instinct.

For a few seconds, as her eyes shook, she tried to place herself in reality.

“Huff…” She breathed heavily, still getting adjusted to where she was. Seeing in the dark was a meager bonus from her contract with Nocturnal, so it wasn’t as though she didn’t actually know.

She simply had to shove the memories back to where they belonged.

It was over; she had failed. She saved some, but lost so many more.

With each step she thought she gave in the right direction, the world seemed to disagree with her. The more she tried, the harder it became; it was too much to bear, too much to carry.

Too much… too much.

“Hahh…” Iduun sighed, shaking her head to snap out of it, her flowy, bright red hair following like streaks of fire. “I won’t gain anything by berating myself here,” she whispered, since only thinking had been too hard. Careful so as not to wake up any of the other Companions in the room, she got up, finally noticing the weapons in her hands.

An axe and a sword. Her lips trembled and her shoulders hardened as she looked at that combination, once again resorting to shaking her head to do away with the memories.

She left the room as if running away, sheathing back her weapons while not sparing a glance back at the bed. As she went out of the room, she took a few bottles of mead on the way to the mead hall, intent on welcoming the day early.

She embraced the cold embrace of Whiterun in the middle of the night, feeling more awake and grounded as she went up the stairs.

To her surprise, there was someone else still (or already?) awake in the middle of the mead hall, close to the fire, buried in a book.

It was Vilkas.

She didn’t notice, but her shoulders sagged visibly once she realized it was him, her chest feeling slightly less burdened than a moment ago.

Although he had heightened senses as a werewolf, it was still hard for him to feel the presence of one blessed by Nocturnal unless she wanted to be found, so it took until she was close to the table for Vilkas to finally look up from his book to where she was.

Surprise was visible in his eyes, and he almost hid his book on instinct, but managed to control himself and simply closed it as she approached. “Dragonborn,” he said somberly, shifting his weight on the chair, suddenly conscious of his posture.

“Doing some hard reading, I see,” she placed a tuft of hair behind her ear as she sat one chair away from him, placing the bottles she had brought between them. “These are always a great company for a difficult book,” she said, tilting her head to the half-empty bottle beside him.

“Indeed,” he chuckled stiffly, his throat parched for some reason. He wet it down with some mead, feeling a bit of clarity return to the back of his eyes.

Iduun.

A beautiful woman with fiery hair, reserved personality, a strong sense of justice and of self. The last Dragonborn; Former member of the Thieves’ Guild; and also… bearer of Nocturnal’s blessing — or rather, curse — a fact Vilkas recently learned about by pure coincidence.

He had always felt scorn towards her despite her strong arm. A former thief? What was the Companions turning to, if they could resort to allowing anyone to join? Even if Kodlak had approved of her — and even if her strength preceded her — Vilkas was still skeptical of her presence in their leagues.

So he had no right to say that they got along well, not after the way he trained her harder than the others; not when he watched her movements closer than the others… Not when he judged her before getting to know her circumstances.

Thus, they were often seen bickering high and low, no matter the time of the day or where they were. He always found faults in her, and she wasn’t one to take it lying down either, so they always had something to say to one another.

Some, like his brother and Iduun’s friend, Rannah, would say that they actually got along really well, but that couldn’t possibly be the case. Not when he treated her like that. 

And yet, she approached him with a weary face but a friendly smile, as if it was actually true.

Vilkas bobbed his head to her, then to the bottles. “Hard night?” He dared to ask, wondering if he was prying too much.

Iduun popped one bottle open, gulping half of it down at once, making Vilkas flinch and wave his hands apprehensively. After she put it down, she dried her lips with the back of her hand and sighed. “Yeah.”

He hardened his jaw at the regret dripping from her voice. 

She, too, had a past he did not know about. She, too, carried burdens he couldn’t possibly imagine.

She, too, was the bearer of a curse she wanted to escape from, though had no way of knowing how.

It was unfair that she was going to help them with their own curse with Hircine, while still bearing her own against Nocturnal.

Therefore, Vilkas wanted to do at least some research on how to help her with her own woes; the book he had been reading was regarding Nocturnal, though it was worded more like a fairy tale rather than anything concrete.

Still, if he kept it up — if they worked together, perhaps — he was sure they would find a way. Kodlak found some clues after years of searching alone, but if she and Vilkas were of a mind to do it together, then…

Noticing Vilkas’ hesitation, Iduun glanced at the book under his hand.

“Ahh, so you know,” she said simply, leaning back against the chair.

As if caught in the act after trying to play it cool, Vilkas flinched, lowering his head. “I… apologize. I did not mean to intrude; I came upon it by coincidence,” his voice was hoarse, but his tone was firm. “I’ve no right to have treated you the way I did…”

“Oh? Whatever might you be referring to?” Her lips went up at his attitude. He had always been a principled man who was hard on her due to her sketchy background. And yet, still, he was sincere in his praises and did not hesitate to give out the proper rewards to any of the jobs she had taken. It was natural that he would look at her with scorn, but Iduun could see where he was coming from, so she was not affected by it. “I thought we were getting along just fine, weren’t we?” her smile was weak, as her mind was still reveling from the nightmare, but the feelings were true.

Looking at his surprise and seeing his countenance relax to the point of leaning back to the chair made her appreciate the moment even more. It felt like a new memory was being created; a new moment was painting over the terrible happenings of her past, allowing her to look forward instead of inward.

He chuckled, perhaps remembering something or the other about how Rannah and Farkas were always teasing them about that very subject, setting her off as well.

“We were, were we not? We were… we do…” he breathed out, picking up his bottle and raising it to her. In turn, she lifted hers, clinking them together in a toast. “To breaking our curses.”

“To breaking our curses,” she repeated in a lower voice, her chest filling with warmth even as she downed the rest of the chilled bottle. She sighed after the last sip, placing the now empty bottle amidst the full ones. “There are many more where that came from, will you join me?”

“Anytime, Shield-Sister,” he answered promptly, moving to the chair that was empty between them. As they drew closer, so did their whispers.

Iduun smiled more brightly this time, exhaustion slowly being lifted from her countenance in the face of pleasant company, while Vilkas’s perpetual scowl easened as they grew closer.

“Would it be too bold of me to ask regarding your… situation?” He tried to be as mindful as possible, but although he had a good head on his shoulders, he was no minstrel. There was only so much a man who had been raised a warrior from infancy could accomplish, especially regarding interpersonal relationships.

Noticing the awkward sincerity in his expression, Iduun closed her eyes as the smile that did not seem to go away grew in her lips. Even though she was about to talk about the unspeakable things she did not dare utter in the past, she felt that it would be okay, if it was him.

She shared details she left out even when she opened up to Kodlak, a few days ago.

Back then, he had asked her to go find the Glenmoril witches and behead them in the name of the Companions, so as to lift their curse laid by Hircine. Feeling a bond of trust between them, Iduun told him that her own soul was also snared by a Daedric Prince, one whose hold she also hoped to break free of.

To Vilkas, she whispered more details regarding the contract and the happenings within the Thieves’ Guild, under the ever-constant cracking of fire and the slow break of dawn.

He listened to her closely, at times patting her shoulder in solace, other times keeping silent in a way to allow her to continue at her own pace.

She spoke of things no other soul had ever known, but still, he listened with great care, chipping in with his own experiences regarding Hircine’s curse. He, too, was plagued by nightmares.

Nightmares of hunting; of tearing flesh apart, of destroying any and everything he ever cared about only to return to his senses and see their blood dripping from his own hands.

The madness of the Wolfblood, the inability to ever feel rested after a night’s sleep; the bloodthirsty need to butcher one’s enemy and— and the herculean control one needs to suppress these urges.

They found solace in each other’s experiences, drawing closer with each tale. Their whispers were barely audible to anyone but themselves, as the mead around them ran dry and their lips loosened.

Topics that started somber and, quite frankly, rather depressing, turned brighter as their moods lightened. After a while, they were speaking of amusing or befuddling memories, dissolving into quiet laughter together.

Most of Vilkas’s stories referred to times Farkas had put his fist where his mouth was, or times he had to save his brother from near-death experiences — which turned out to be funny in the end; while most of Iduun’s stories were about her failing some perception checks and having to run away in the most impossibly embarrassing ways possible.

The change of pace was gradual, yet so very welcome. They had never spent so much time talking together before.

It was, perhaps, their first positive interaction ever since Iduun joined the Companions.

Truth be told, it was a wonder they hadn’t hit off sooner.

Under the cover of night and the warm embrace of the fire, with the pleasant atmosphere of the twilight… it was as if Jorrvaskr was their secret place.

For those few hours, there were only the two of them.

“This may be the first time we’ve discussed something other than the Companions — or related matters,” Vilkas confessed as light started to filter in through the gaps under the doors. “To be honest, I appreciate it.”

The Dragonborn leaned on her arm over the table, looking at him with a warm gaze and a fond smile. “We should spend more time together,” she said slowly, sizing him up for his reaction.

Vilkas’s eyes perked up and his shoulders rose slightly, making him appear bigger. A smile could barely be contained upon his lips as he nodded, turning away to take another sip of mead. “You said that.”

As Iduun opened her mouth to say, “so I did,” the door to the dorms downstairs swung open, ever so quietly, but it was loud enough to break the idyllic bubble the duo had clustered themselves in, being suddenly thrown back into reality.

The steps going up the stairs were swift and quiet, fit for a hunter, and sure enough, the one who graced them with her presence was none other than the altmer hunter, Rannah.

“Oh, I thought I was the first one awake,�� she scratched her cheek as Vilkas stretched himself to appear farther away from the Dragonborn than he really was. “Did I come at a bad time? I can juuuuust slip away,” she openly showed motions of sneaking, making Iduun giggle.

“Nonsense,” the Dragonborn replied, getting up from her seat, under no shortage of creaking from being in the same position for so long. “We were just about to leave as well, weren’t we?”

Vilkas cleared his throat, mechanically getting up. “Indeed we were. Yes. Just about.” He nodded, quite proud for playing it cool as he turned around to tidy up the empty bottles.

Rannah lifted one eyebrow in doubt, looking from him to her friend. Iduun winked with a smirk, then turned back to the stairs, making Rannah cover her mouth so as not to guffaw.

“If you’re going out to hunt, may I come along? I feel a bit stiff,” she asked, not waiting for the reply as she went down the steps.

The altmer bit her lower lip, still trying to contain her laughter, and a weird sound came out when she tried to say, “sure.”

However, after she cleared her throat to give a proper response, the door opened even before Iduun could touch the handle, revealing none other than Farkas.

“Ah,” they said in unison, almost colliding.

“My bad,” he said as she nodded and made way for him to pass. “Thanks.”

Seeing how he barely looked at her, almost too anxious to go up the stairs as if he was after a certain someone, it was Iduun’s turn to bite her lower lip to avoid laughing. “No problem. Hey, Rannah?” She raised her voice on purpose, making not only Farkas but Rannah flinch all the way up there. “I think I’m passing the hunt for today, I’ll go back to bed for a bit.”

“Oh? Sure, good night, then.” Rannah’s voice replied from above, and Iduun saw how Farkas got a spring in his step as he went up. Just before Iduun closed the door, she heard Rannah’s tone sweeten considerably as she let out an exclamation of surprise. “Oh, Farkas… I didn’t know you were awake.”

“Yeah, I usually wake up at this time to train,” he scratched his head, his hands sweaty for some reason.

Iduun closed the door behind her, still hearing a bit of their conversation through the gaps.

She slowly made her way back to the communal room, enjoying each step she took through the hard wood floors, taking in even the slightest smell.

It was striking the difference of her mood between when she had left earlier that night to how she came back at dawn. Then, she could barely place herself in reality, let alone realize where she was stepping; now, she vividly saw each book, each misplaced sweet roll, each scratch on the wood.

By sharing her burdens, they had lightened their weight on her shoulders so much she felt on cloud nine. Her steps bore no sound at all and her chest was light as a feather.

Truly, they should spend more time together.

Even she was surprised at how well that meeting had gone, in spite of all that had happened between them.

Vilkas was a good man; a man with a good head on his shoulders, with a great sense of responsibility and a strong arm to have around in battle.

She looked up to him, as a person, as a Shield-Sibling, as a warrior and as a woman.

Not even realizing she was smiling as she sat back on bed, Iduun lay back down and closed her eyes thinking only that yes, they should spend more time together.

[valkyrayn]

hi my love how are you doing ?? i‘m currently at work, watching brooklyn 99 and writing an alhaitham fic on the side hehe

i was just thinking of what filth i could write for marius soon and i was thinking something on the rails of marius wanting another kid heehee i need to figure out the deets but im hyped to write it 🫶🏻

also i want to die, im hungry but im fasting (cuz ramadan) and i can only eat in two and a half hours 🥲🥲 wish me luck (and patience)

have a nice evening / day, i don’t know what time zone ur in and what difference we have LOL

hiii ml!!! same old same old still busy af. can’t catch a fucking break that’s why i’m hardly around these days 🥲

omggg b99 is literally my fandom before tot lmao like i was obsessed!! hope you’re enjoying itt.

and yesss omfg definitely write another baby daddy marius PLEASEEE I LOVE IT SM like mmmm after seeing you embrace motherhood so beautifully, all he wants is to knock you up again 🫦🫦🫦 he can’t help but want a big family with you 🥹

omg happy fasting bby!!! i’m in malaysia, so yep my muslim besties are fasting too so i know how you feel! i sometimes fast with them on occasion. you can do it!! 1 more week left hehe

[talktotom]

i was t tlakingggg about somETHING else god da mnit! but .ye ah whatever who cares sright live f ast die younr or howev er the fuck that quote goes. o H you knew y huh? okay whathever apollo fuc jing. gift of foresight. bitc h

Sixthhgd blueeeeberry chin! gin! thus shit is so good. @goaskgreg thank gof you have me and so havee actual Goojd acholol. alcloll. drink. that’s words hard wtf

[kampeszino]

Radnóti: Első ecloga

Quippe ubi fas versum atque nefas: tot bella per orbem, tam multae scelerum facies;... Vergilius

  PÁSZTOR: Régen láttalak erre, kicsalt a rigók szava végre? KÖLTŐ: Hallgatom, úgy teli zajjal az erdő, itt a tavasz már! PÁSZTOR: Nem tavasz ez még, játszik az ég, nézd csak meg a tócsát, most lágyan mosolyog, de ha éjszaka fagy köti tükrét rádvicsorít! mert április ez, sose higgy a bolondnak, - már elfagytak egészen amott a kicsiny tulipánok. Mért vagy olyan szomorú? nem akarsz ideülni a kőre? KÖLTŐ: Még szomorú se vagyok, megszoktam e szörnyü világot annyira, hogy már néha nem is fáj, - undorodom csak. PÁSZTOR: Hallom, igaz, hogy a vad Pirenéusok ormain izzó ágyucsövek feleselnek a vérbefagyott tetemek közt, s medvék és katonák együtt menekülnek el onnan; asszonyi had, gyerek és öreg összekötött batyuval fut s földrehasal, ha fölötte keringeni kezd a halál és annyi halott hever ott, hogy nincs aki eltakarítsa. Azt hiszem, ismerted Federícót,* elmenekült, mondd? KÖLTŐ: Nem menekült. Két éve megölték már Granadában. PÁSZTOR: Garcia Lorca halott! hogy senki se mondta nekem még! Háboruról oly gyorsan iramlik a hír, s aki költő így tünik el! hát nem gyászolta meg őt Európa? KÖLTŐ: Észre se vették. S jó, ha a szél a parázst kotorászva tört sorokat lel a máglya helyén s megjegyzi magának. Ennyi marad meg majd a kiváncsi utódnak a műből. PÁSZTOR: Nem menekült. Meghalt. Igaz is, hova futhat a költő? Nem menekült el a drága Atilla* se, csak nemet intett folyton e rendre, de mondd, ki siratja, hogy így belepusztult? Hát te hogy élsz? visszhang jöhet-é szavaidra e korban? KÖLTŐ: Ágyudörej közt? Üszkösödő romok, árva faluk közt? Írok azért, s úgy élek e kerge világ közepén, mint ott az a tölgy él; tudja, kivágják, s rajta fehérlik bár a kereszt, mely jelzi, hogy arra fog irtani holnap már a favágó, - várja, de addig is új levelet hajt. Jó neked, itt nyugalom van, ritka a farkas is erre, s gyakran el is feleded, hogy a nyáj, amit őrzöl, a másé, mert hisz a gazda se jött ide hónapok óta utánad. Áldjon az ég, öreg este szakad rám, míg hazaérek, alkonyi lepke lebeg már s pergeti szárnya ezüstjét.

[ahazanemlehet]

mindenkinek alkotmányos joga hülyének lenni

Simicskának tulajdonított mondás, ebben a formában, vagy "mindenkinek alkotmányos joga, hogy hülye legyen". A Simicskáé ma már egy közkézen forgó név, de a G-napot megelőző időkig egy rejtőzködő ember volt, egy háttérember, aki nem közszerepelt, nem szólalt meg nyilvánosan, fotó is alig készült róla, nevét sem említették nyíltan. Nem is találtam - nem komoly kutatási módszerekkel, csak hétköznapi, bár kitartó netes turkálással - konkrét hozzá köthető idézetet, pláne nem hangfelvételt.

Az idézetet idéző néhány idézet (nagyon meta):

Az ügylet [a Dolomit Kft. körüli biznisz, Orbán-érdekeltség] a Fidesz gazdasági tevékenységét ismerô forrásaink szerint "magán viseli Simicska Lajos keze nyomát, akinek az volt az álláspontja, hogy mindenkinek alkotmányos joga, hogy hülye legyen"

ÉS, XLIII. évfolyam, 33. szám, 1999. augusztus 6.

Az egykori fideszes pénztárnok, APEH-elnök, majd MFB-tanácsadó, Simicska Lajos útravalóját az államot megkárosítani szándékozóknak, miszerint mindenkinek alkotmányos joga hülyének lenni, az Orbán-kormány kiterjesztve értelmezte: azaz szerintük az államnak is joga hülyének mutatnia magát. Mindez akár még érthető is lenne, csak az nem érthető, hogy köztársaságunkban a törvényesség legfőbb őre, az ügyészség miért hunyt szemet mindefölött.

Gusztos Péter (SzDSz) felszólalása Mit tesz a törvénytelenség ellen az ügyészség a 12 agrárcég eladásánál? címmel a parlament 103. ülésnapján (2003. 11. 03. )

Mindenkinek alkotmányos joga hülyének lenni. Simicska Lajos válaszolta ezt egy újságírónak, aki aziránt érdeklődött, mennyire életszerű, hogy Schlecht Csaba 1995 tájékán egy Kaya Ibrahim nevű töröknek, illetve egy Josip Tot nevű horvátnak egyetlen napon tucatnyi Fidesz-közeli céget adott el.

Ez egy egyenesebb idézet, de forrás nélkül, a Pécsi STOP egy rokonlelkű kulcsmondat-gyűjtögetőjétől (2022. október 29. 07:45, forrás: hirklikk)

Valószínűleg a Kaya Ibrahim–Josip Tot-ügyhöz kapcsolódik tényleg a mondás, ezért álljon itt az ügyet kirobbantó Népszabadság-cikk Rádi Antóniától és Ungár Tamástól, 1998. augusztus 8., szombatról.

Mivel a 20 éves évfordulón az index.hu-n jelent meg az az írás, amelyikben a kép szerepel a már kivégzett Népszabadság cikkéről, ideteszek még egy screenshotot:

Ezt tartotta szükségesnek kiemelni az index, aminek aztán 2021. augusztus 16-án vágták el a torkát.

Jó éjszakát, gyerekek.

requested by @technowiking

[dappersautismcreature]

can anyone get me clear pics of the problem? i wanna solve itt its been so long since ive done math pelase ToT

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4:    1842 1908 abdo able ably acce acin acru acti actu adep ages ainf ajor akes akin alis allo alls ally almo alog also amil ampl anal anat ance ands andu aneo ange anim answ ants anus aped appa appe area aren arge arki arks arly arms arou arra arsa arte arti arts ased aske atar ated ater athe atid atio ativ atom atte atty atur avit awar aybe babl back ball base bdom bear bedd behi belo betw beyo biof bitt blog bodi body bone boun boyl brat brev bsta bula burr bute call cavi ccen ccyx ceed cent ceps cept cher chiu cial cien ciet cing cles cloa clus cocc comp conn cons cont cosu cret crib crum ctio ctua ctus cula cuta dard ddar deal deed denb denc deos depo dept desc dfis died dies diet ding disp dnes does dome domi dors dula duri eaki eall ears eart ebra ecia ecre ecti ectu edda edin edis eedi eein eems efer egio ehin eing eith elat elet elop elow elvi emal emel emen emor empl emur enbo ence endi ends engt engy enhn enop enor enti entl entu enve eous epos epti eque eral eran ered eres erio erly ermi erru erse ersi erte erti erto erus escr espe esti esty etal etat eton etwe ever evic evid ewha excl exem exte extr exus eyon fami fatt fema femo femu fest fibu fied fift find firs fish form foss frac frog from furt fuse gely geme gest gica gion gird glan glue gold gona gous grea grou gyst hape have head hear heir here hert herz hese hich high hims hind hing hips hird hite hium hnac hole hoto houg hroa hume hyme hymu iall ibed ibio ibul ibut ical icep icks icky icul idea iden ideo ides idfi ienc iety ifes ifie ifth ight ilar ilia illi imag imal imil imse inal incl inde infr ings inky inse insi inst inte into ints inuo iofi ions ious irdl irst isch ishe isop ispo issu ists ites ithe itio ittl itty ivel join jori just juts kele king kink kive knee know ksch land larg larl late lati latu lden legs leng leta leto lexu liar lier life lifi litt llie llow lmos loac logi logo lond loos lope lops lowe lowi lung lusi lvic lymp lypm mage majo make male mall many mark mass mati mayb mely meno ment meru meta mewh mila mili mina mite moot mora most moun mous mple mpli mpri msel murs musc must mygo naci nads nali nalo nato nboy nclu ndee nder ndin ndne ndon ndul nect neit neou ness next nfro ngem ngth ngys nhna nima nnec nopt norm nost note noxi nsec nseq nsid nsis nste nswe ntai nter ntin ntio ntly ntri ntua nuou nusu nvel oaca obab occy ocee ocie odie oesn ofib ogic ogou oint olde olog omat omen omew omin ompr onad ondo only onne onse onsi onta onti ontr oolo oose ooth oped oper opte oral oria orit orma ormo orsa oses osit osso oste osto osty osus otal oted othe otic ough ound ount oups outs ower owin oxio oylo pare part patt pear peci pelv perl phot pica pine plex plif poin pose posi post ppar ppea ppos pred pris prob proc prop pter ptid pubi quar quea quen ques quit ract rain rang rans rapp rate rath rawr rdle real reat rect redi refe regi rela reme rent rest rete reve revi rgel rges rial ribe ribu righ ring rior rise rity rkiv rksc rmat rmit rmou roat roba roce rogs rope rost roun roup rowe rpri rran rrou rrow rruc rsal rsed rsio rstl rteb rter rthe rtic rton ruco sacr sacs sals same save sche schi scie scle scri scul secr sect seei seem self sequ shap shes side sidf simi sion sist siti sits sive size sked skel skin smal smoo soci soft some sopt sori spec spin spos sque ssor ssue stan stea ster stic stin stio stly stom stot stud styl sual subs such supp surp surr swer syno tain take talk tanc tane tars tata tead tebr tend tera tere teri term tern than that thei them ther thes they thig thin thir this thou thro thus thym tibi tica tick ticu ting tinu tiny tion tips tiss tive toma tomy tons tota toti trem trib tsid tter ttle tual tuat tudi ture turn twee tyle typi uall uart uate ubis ubst ucos udie ueak uenc uest uite ular ulat umer unde undi undn ungs unus uous uppo urin urns uros urpr urro urth uscl uscu used usio usiv usua utan utsi velo vely verr vers vert very vice vide vill vity ware ween well were wers what when whic whit whol wing with xclu xemp xiou xten xtre ygol ylou ymen ymph ymus ynos

yond ypic ypmh ysto zool    815/1679616    (813/456976)    (2/10000)

5:    abdom accen acing acrum actio actua adept ainfr ajori aking allow almos alogo amili ample analo anato andul aneou angem anima answe appar appea arent argel arges arkiv arksc aroun arran arsal arter artic asked atars atera ather ation ative atomy atter ature avity aware bably balls based bdome bdomi bedda behin below betwe beyon biofi bitty bodie bound boylo brate brevi bstan burro cally cavit ccent ceedi centu cepti cherz chium ciall cienc ciety cloac clusi coccy compr conne conse consi conta conti contr cosus crete cribe ction ctual cular culat cutan ddard denbo dence depos descr dfish dings dispo dness doesn domen domin dorsa dular durin eakin eally earts ebrat ecial ecret ectio ectus eddar eding edisp eedin eeing egion ehind eithe elati eleta eleto elope elops elvic emale emely ement emora empli emurs enboy endin ength engys enhna enopt enorm entio ently entua envel eposi eptid equen erans erest erior ermit erruc ersed ersio erteb ertic erton escri espec estin estio estyl etata etons etwee evers evice evide ewhat exclu exemp exten extre eyond famil fatty femal femor femur festy fibul fifth first fishe forma fosso fract frogs furth fused gemen gical girdl gland golde gonad great group gysto haped heart herto himse hnaci hough hroat humer hymen hymus ially ibiof ibula ibute icall iceps icept icula ideal idenc ideos idfis ience ifest ified ilarl iliar illie image imila imsel inali inclu indee infro insec insid inste inter inuou iofib irdle irstl ischi ishes isopt ispos issue ither ition ittle ively joint jorit kelet kinky ksche lands landu large larly later lativ latur ldenb lengt letal leton lexus lifes lifie littl llier llowi lmost loaca logic logou londo loose loped lower lowin lungs lusio lusiv lymph lypmh mages major makes marks matid matio maybe menop menti merus metat mewha milar milia minal mites mooth moral mount mplex mplif mpris mself muscl muscu mygol nacin nalis nalog natom nboyl nclus ndeed nding ndnes ndula necti neith neous nfrog ngeme ngyst nhnac nimal nnect nopte normo nosto noted noxio nsect nsequ nside nsist nstea nswer ntain ntere ntinu ntion ntrib ntuat nuous nusua nvelo obabl occyx oceed ociet odies ofibu ogica ogous oints olden ologi omati omewh omina ompri onads ondon onnec onseq onsis ontai ontin ontri oolog operl opter orial ority ormat ormou orsal ositi osits ossor oster ostot ostyl other otica ounde oundi oundn outsi owers owing oxiou oylou paren parti patte pears pecia pelvi perly photo pical plexu plifi point poses posit poste ppare ppear ppose predi prise proba proce prope ptera pubis quart queak quenc quest quite racti rainf range rathe reall rectu redis refer regio relat remel rentl resti rever revic rgely rgest ribed ribut right rkive rksch rmati rmite rmous robab rocee roper rosty round roups rower rpris rrang rroun rrowe rruco rsals rsion rstly rtebr rther rtica rticu rucos sacru scher schiu scien scles scrib scula secre seein seems seque shape sides sidfi simil sists sitio sivel skele small smoot socie somew sopte soria speci spine spose squea ssori stanc stead steri stick sting stion stoma stoti studi style suall subst suppo surpr surro swere synos tance taneo tarsa tatar tebra tendi tends teral teran teres terio termi their there thert these thigh thing third thoug throa thymu tibio tical ticks ticky ticul tinuo tions tissu tomat total totic treme tribu tside ttern tuall tuate tudie turns tween typic ually uarte uated ubsta ucosu udied ueaki uence uesti ularl ulatu umeru under undin undne unusu uppos uring urost urpri urrou urrow urthe uscle uscul usion usive usual utane utsid velop verru verse versi verte verti vicep viden video villi wered which white whole xclus xempl xious xtend xtrem ygold ymeno ynost ypica ystom zoolo    622/60466176    (622/11881376)

6:    abdome abdomi accent action actual ainfro ajorit allowi almost alogou amilia amplex analog anatom andula aneous angeme animal answer appare appear arentl argely argest arkive arksch around arrang arsals articu atarsa ateral athert ations attern bdomen bdomin beddar behind betwee beyond biofib bodies boylou brevic bstanc burrow cavity ccentu ceedin centua ceptid cially cience cloaca clusio clusiv coccyx compri connec conseq consis contai contin contri cribed ctions ctuall cularl culatu cutane denboy deposi descri dfishe dispos domina dorsal during eaking ebrate eciall ecrete ection eddard edings edispo eeding either elativ eletal eleton eloped emoral emplif enboyl ending engyst enhnac enopte enormo ention entuat envelo eposit equenc eresti ermite erruco ersion ertebr ertica escrib especi esting estion estyle etatar etween everse evicep eviden exclus exempl extend extrem famili female femora femurs festyl fibula firstl fishes format fossor fracti furthe gement girdle glands glandu golden gonads groups gystom hearts herton himsel hnacin humeru hymeno ibiofi ically icepti icular idence idfish ifesty ilarly illier images imilar imself inalis inclus indeed infrog insect inside instea intere inuous iofibu irstly ischiu isopte ispose jority keleta keleto kscher landul largel larges latera lative lature ldenbo length letons lifest lified little llowin logica logous london lowing lusion lusive majori marksc mation menopt mentio metata mewhat milarl miliar minali mplexu mplifi mprise muscle muscul mygold nacing nalogo natomy nboylo nclusi ndness ndular nectio neithe nfrogs ngemen ngysto nhnaci nnecti nopter normou nostot noxiou nseque nsists nstead nswere nteres ntinuo ntribu ntuate nusual nvelop obably oceedi ociety ofibul ogical oldenb ologic omatid omewha ominal ompris onnect onsequ onsist ontain ontinu ontrib oologi operly optera ormati ormous ositio ossori osteri ostoti ostyle otical ounder oundin oundne outsid oxious parent partic patter pecial pelvic plexus plifie points positi posits poster pparen ppears predis probab procee proper pteran quarte queaki quence questi ractio rainfr rangem rather really rectus redisp region relati remely rently restin revers revice ribute rksche rmatio rmites robabl roceed roperl rostyl rounde roundi roundn rowers rprise rrange rround rrower rrucos rtebra rtical rticul rucosu sacrum scherz schium scienc scribe scular sculat secret seeing sequen shaped sidfis simila sition sively skelet smooth societ somewh sopter sorial specia sposes squeak ssoria stance sterio sticks sticky stomat stotic studie sually substa suppos surpri surrou swered synost taneou tarsal tatars tebrat tendin terans terest terior termit therto though throat thymus tibiof ticall ticula tinuou tissue tomati totica tremel tribut tually tuated tudied typica uarter ubstan ucosus ueakin uestio ularly ulatur umerus unding undnes unusua uppose urosty urpris urroun urrowe urther uscles uscula usivel usuall utaneo utside velope velops verruc versed versio verteb vertic viceps vicept videnc videos villie xclusi xempli xtendi xtends xtreme ygolde ymenop ynosto ypical ystoma zoolog    446/2176782336    (446/308915776)

7:    abdomen abdomin accentu actuall ainfrog ajority allowin alogous amiliar amplexu analogo anatomy andular angemen answere apparen appears arently arksche arrange articul atarsal atherto bdomina beddard between biofibu brevice bstance burrowe ccentua ceeding centuat clusion clusive compris connect consequ consist contain continu contrib ctually cularly culatur cutaneo denboyl deposit describ dfishes dispose dominal ecially ections edispos eedings elative eletons emplifi enboylo engysto enhnaci enopter enormou entuate envelop eposits equence erestin ermites errucos ertebra ertical escribe especia etatars eversed eviceps evicept evidenc exclusi exempli extendi extends extreme familia femoral festyle firstly formati fossori fractio further glandul goldenb gystoma himself hnacing humerus hymenop ibiofib iceptid icularl idfishe ifestyl imilarl inclusi infrogs instead interes iofibul ischium isopter isposes keletal keleton kscherz landula largely largest lateral ldenboy lifesty llowing logical lusivel majorit marksch mations menopte mention metatar milarly minalis mplexus mplifie muscles muscula mygolde nalogou nboylou nclusio nection neither ngement ngystom nhnacin nnectio noptera normous nostoti noxious nsequen nswered nterest ntinuou ntribut ntuated nusuall nvelope nvelops oceedin ofibula oldenbo ologica omewhat ominali omprise onnecti onseque onsists ontinuo ontribu oologic opteran ormatio osition ossoria osterio ostotic oticall ounding oundnes outside parentl particu pattern peciall plified positio posteri pparent predisp probabl proceed properl pterans quarter queakin questio raction rainfro rangeme redispo relativ resting reverse revicep rkscher rmation robably roceedi roperly rostyle rounder roundin roundne rrangem rroundi rrowers rrucosu rtebrat rticula rucosus science scribed sculatu secrete sequenc sidfish similar skeleta skeleto society somewha soptera special squeaki ssorial sterior stomati stotica studied substan suppose surpris surroun synosto taneous tarsals tatarsa tebrate tending teresti termite therton tibiofi tically ticular tinuous tomatid totical tremely tribute typical ubstanc ueaking uestion ulature undness unusual urostyl urprise urround urrower uscular usculat usively usually utaneou veloped verruco version vertebr vertica vicepti vidence villier xclusiv xemplif xtendin xtremel ygolden ymenopt ynostot ystomat zoologi    297/78364164096    (297/8031810176)

8:    abdomina accentua actually ainfrogs allowing amplexus analogou angement answered apparent arkscher arrangem articula atarsals atherton bdominal biofibul brevicep burrower ccentuat ceedings centuate clusivel comprise connecti conseque consists continuo contribu culature cutaneou denboylo deposits describe disposes dominali edispose emplifie enboylou engystom enhnacin enoptera enormous entuated envelope envelops eresting errucosu ertebrat escribed especial etatarsa evicepti evidence exclusiv exemplif extendin extremel familiar formatio fossoria fraction glandula goldenbo gystomat hymenopt ibiofibu icularly idfishes ifestyle imilarly inclusio interest iofibula isoptera keletons landular ldenboyl lifestyl lusively majority marksche menopter metatars mplified muscular musculat mygolden nalogous nclusion nections ngystoma nhnacing nnection nopteran nostotic nsequenc nteresti ntinuous ntribute nusually nveloped oceeding oldenboy ological ominalis onnectio onsequen ontinuou ontribut oologica opterans ormation ossorial osterior ostotica otically oundness parently particul pecially position posterio pparentl predispo probably proceedi properly queaking question rainfrog rangemen redispos relative reversed reviceps revicept rkscherz rmations roceedin rounding roundnes rrangeme rroundin rrucosus rtebrate rticular sculatur sequence sidfishe similarl skeletal skeleton somewhat sopteran speciall squeakin stomatid stotical substanc surprise surround synostot tatarsal terestin termites tibiofib ticularl toticall ubstance unusuall urostyle urroundi urrowers usculatu utaneous verrucos vertebra vertical viceptid xclusive xemplifi xtending xtremely ygoldenb ymenopte ynostoti ystomati zoologic    189/2821109907456    (189/208827064576)

9:    abdominal accentuat analogous apparentl arkscherz arrangeme articular bdominali biofibula breviceps brevicept burrowers ccentuate centuated clusively connectio consequen continuou contribut cutaneous denboylou described dominalis edisposes emplified engystoma enhnacing enopteran enveloped errucosus ertebrate especiall etatarsal eviceptid exclusive exemplifi extending extremely formation fossorial glandular goldenboy gystomati hymenopte ibiofibul inclusion interesti isopteran ldenboylo lifestyle markscher menoptera metatarsa musculatu mygoldenb ngystomat nnections nopterans nostotica nsequence nterestin oceedings oldenboyl onnection onsequenc ontinuous ontribute oological ormations ostotical particula posterior pparently predispos proceedin rainfrogs rangement redispose revicepti roceeding roundness rrangemen rrounding rticularl sculature sidfishes similarly skeletons sopterans specially squeaking stoticall substance surroundi synostoti tatarsals teresting tibiofibu ticularly totically unusually urroundin usculatur verrucosu vertebrat xclusivel xemplifie ygoldenbo ymenopter ynostotic ystomatid zoologica    112/101559956668416    (112/5429503678976)

10:    abdominali accentuate apparently arrangemen articularl bdominalis brevicepti ccentuated connection consequenc continuous contribute engystomat enopterans especially etatarsals exclusivel exemplifie formations goldenboyl gystomatid hymenopter ibiofibula interestin isopterans ldenboylou markscherz menopteran metatarsal musculatur mygoldenbo ngystomati nostotical nteresting oldenboylo onnections onsequence ostoticall particular predispose proceeding redisposes reviceptid roceedings rrangement rticularly stotically surroundin synostotic tibiofibul urrounding usculature verrucosus vertebrate xclusively xemplified ygoldenboy ymenoptera ynostotica zoological    60/3656158440062976    (60/141167095653376)

11:    abdominalis accentuated arrangement articularly breviceptid connections consequence engystomati exclusively exemplified goldenboylo hymenoptera interesting menopterans metatarsals musculature mygoldenboy ngystomatid nostoticall oldenboylou ostotically particularl predisposes proceedings surrounding synostotica tibiofibula ygoldenboyl ymenopteran ynostotical    30/131621703842267136    (30/3670344486987776)

12:    engystomatid goldenboylou hymenopteran mygoldenboyl nostotically particularly synostotical ygoldenboylo ymenopterans ynostoticall    10/4738381338321616896    (10/95428956661682176)

13:    hymenopterans mygoldenboylo synostoticall ygoldenboylou ynostotically    5/170581728179578208256    (5/2481152873203736576)

14:    mygoldenboylou synostotically    2/6140942214464815497216    (2/64509974703297150976)

Why are rain frogs so round? What's /inside/ of them around such an itty bitty skeleton?

So it turns out this is a really interesting question.

The first thing we must be aware of is that rainfrogs as we see them in videos of them squeaking are not quite the same shape as they are when at rest:

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But you are quite right, they are very round. This is exemplified by the skeletal photo you refer to:

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So what are we seeing?

Well, firstly, note that the body cavity in these frogs actually envelops the femurs, such that only the tibiofibula (fused in frogs) and the tarsals and metatarsals are outside the body. The arms are quite similarly enveloped, but a bit of the humerus does extend outside the body cavity too. This predisposes them to a rounder body shape.

Next, note the ilia - the U-shaped bone in the pelvic region. These in some breviceptid frogs are synostotically fused with the sacrum - that is to say, they are bound by bone-based connections to the bow-shaped vertebra at their tips. This whole joint seems to be quite smooth, and as a consequence, the back of the frog is quite smooth. The other thing we can see here is that the urostyle (i.e. the frog version of a coccyx) juts quite far beyond the ischium and pubis. This extends the body cavity beyond the hips. Note also that the pelvic girdle seems to be largely below the spine, rather than the typical position for frogs behind it and continuous with it. This makes the legs sit below the spine, rather than at its end, enhnacing the vertical roundness of the animal.

Next, let’s talk some soft tissue. Now, I’m not as familiar with soft-tissue in frogs as I am their skeletons, so you’ll have to bear with me a bit (rawr). Beddard (1908!!) studied the soft tissue of Breviceps verrucosus Rapp 1842. It seems that the majority of the body of these frogs is actually muscle. Beddard noted that muscles join the leg at the knee that extend into the body cavity, such that the inclusion of the thigh in the body cavity is further accentuated by musculature. The rectus abdominalis muscle is unusually large, extending from the lower abdomen up and around the sides of the body. Indeed, this large size appears to be the pattern with all of the major muscles, though in the throat the typical arrangement of large and small muscles is somewhat reversed. On the lateral side of the head, there is a substance that is not muscle, but appears to be loose tissue in which sits what is apparently the thymus gland.

There is a very large gap between the end of the urostyle and the anus (one fifth of the total length of the frog), in which there are almost no muscles, save for the one surrounding the lower cloaca. On either side of this area, between the posterior-most muscles of the thigh, lie two large ‘lymph-hearts’, as described by Beddard. These are between one quarter and one third of the total length of the frog. A further lypmh-sac sits between these lymph-hearts and the skin of the femoral region, and they are thus probably analogous to the femoral lymph-sacs of other frogs.

I find it interesting that Beddard (1908) did not mention any glandular formations in the dorsal region. As is evidence from many images (see below), these frogs are able to secrete a white, sticky, noxious substance from their skin (which they actually have to use during amplexus, as the male is too small relative to the female to mount her properly, and so he sticks himself to her with his glandular glue… kinky).

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These glands do not apparently take up a great deal of the cutaneous tissue, and so I suppose are of no consequence to the size of the frog, especially relative to its enormous muscles.

The diet of these frogs consists almost exclusively of hymenopterans and isopterans (ants and termites). Neither of these insect groups are particularly fatty, so it is little surprise that their bodies appear to contain no large fat deposits - fatty bodies extend from the gonads up to the lungs and heart, but these comprise only a tiny fraction of the frog’s mass, and don’t contribute to the round shape. Instead, their bodies are extremely muscular, allowing them to be adept burrowers, ideal for their fossorial lifestyle.

So TL;DR: rain frogs are little balls of muscle (maybe the largest muscle mass relative to body mass of any vertebrate? science just doesn’t know).

Ref:

Beddard, F.E. 1908. On the Musculature and other Points in the Anatomy of the Engystomatid Frog, Breviceps verrucosus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1908:11-41 [x]

[theartofeverything]

B5H-P (Bishop)

Named Bishop by Donnie after teaching him to play chess

Philosophical Scientist

Enjoys studying things to find the beauty and meaning

Joined TCRI to fund his research and study earth biology

Fascinated by human culture

Tries out human customs with his creations

Reads stories to them

Approaches his work almost as an art

Creativity and care put into each of his creations

Curious to watch them grow and flourish

Enjoys interacting with his creations to find out how they think

Still has to fulfill the Invasion Force’s demands for super soldiers but isn’t all that interested in the militaristic side

Quiet, inquisitive, observant

Never quite sure if he really cares about them emotionally or is just intellectually interested, but compared to the rest of the Kraang he was kind

[eltortaszilvafa]

ELSŐ ECLOGA

Quippe ubi fas versum atque nefas: tot

bella per orbem,

tam multae scelerum facies;...

Vergilius

PÁSZTOR

Régen láttalak erre, kicsalt a rigók szava végre?

KÖLTŐ

Hallgatom, úgy teli zajjal az erdő, itt a tavasz már!

PÁSZTOR

Nem tavasz ez még, játszik az ég, nézd csak meg a tócsát,

most lágyan mosolyog, de ha éjszaka fagy köti tükrét

rádvicsorít! mert április ez, sose higgy a bolondnak, -

már elfagytak egészen amott a kicsiny tulipánok.

Mért vagy olyan szomorú? nem akarsz ideülni a kőre?

KÖLTŐ

Még szomorú se vagyok, megszoktam e szörnyü világot

annyira, hogy már néha nem is fáj, - undorodom csak.

PÁSZTOR

Hallom, igaz, hogy a vad Pirenéusok ormain izzó

ágyucsövek feleselnek a vérbefagyott tetemek közt,

s medvék és katonák együtt menekülnek el onnan;

asszonyi had, gyerek és öreg összekötött batyuval fut

s földrehasal, ha fölötte keringeni kezd a halál és

annyi halott hever ott, hogy nincs aki eltakarítsa.

Azt hiszem, ismerted Federícót,* elmenekült, mondd?

KÖLTŐ

Nem menekült. Két éve megölték már Granadában.

PÁSZTOR

Garcia Lorca halott! hogy senki se mondta nekem még!

Háboruról oly gyorsan iramlik a hír, s aki költő

így tünik el! hát nem gyászolta meg őt Európa?

KÖLTŐ

Észre se vették. S jó, ha a szél a parázst kotorászva

tört sorokat lel a máglya helyén s megjegyzi magának.

Ennyi marad meg majd a kiváncsi utódnak a műből.

PÁSZTOR

Nem menekült. Meghalt. Igaz is, hova futhat a költő?

Nem menekült el a drága Atilla* se, csak nemet intett

folyton e rendre, de mondd, ki siratja, hogy így

belepusztult?

Hát te hogy élsz? visszhang jöhet-é szavaidra e korban?

KÖLTŐ

Ágyudörej közt? Üszkösödő romok, árva faluk közt?

Írok azért, s úgy élek e kerge világ közepén, mint

ott az a tölgy él; tudja, kivágják, s rajta fehérlik

bár a kereszt, mely jelzi, hogy arra fog irtani holnap

már a favágó, - várja, de addig is új levelet hajt.

Jó neked, itt nyugalom van, ritka a farkas is erre,

s gyakran el is feleded, hogy a nyáj, amit őrzöl, a másé,

mert hisz a gazda se jött ide hónapok óta utánad.

Áldjon az ég, öreg este szakad rám, míg hazaérek,

alkonyi lepke lebeg már s pergeti szárnya ezüstjét.

1938

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if you ever find that one music online that was made be a youtube user named @KanadeOrNymphia. DONT LISTEN. TOT ITT SOUNDS LIKE CRAP

[the-firebird69]

Judge Engoron Denies Trump Lawyers' Request: 'No Way, No How' (msn.com)

this is a saga and trump a severe loser and yes they go to GA when our sons delivery most likeley will be there. and yes the two fight but bja is there and clobbers the sob and y es trump is to debase society for macs partially and he does and did. and hey instruct him. and this is it we say it he does it. we have a paralell of course and take over using him. and they say they think not and we say so what your daft too. and we took ten spain sized areas added in five portugal sized areas. and that is huge ok. not including the three states plus five spains and purtugals of the other day. and we have it we have a lot of area. soon more. tons more. and we do guage success by it. and need to due to it working on you s. yes. it works. weakens you. your resolve your technique and more andtrump falls flat regardless and is a flopping fish and fights only ou ppl and our son. we hit the faggot. tonos of times shortly

and garth is a faggot and laughs and more says he will tamper with the pb8 and tons hate the faggot. and our son says we need to ready for when he falls soon the ss administration will need shoring and we have it. bja moves in. trump and garth dead soon. and he knows it. sherry too and stan but sherry takes over. not for long and ok he saw it. flattened.

and we havenotes and the state wll county takes it no. mac daddy does no. and trump nope he dies. jason no. ok bja and true. recovers. well ok no. we do know what happens. and it is sad no. not bad. and the county does it no. the community no our lawyers do it no. the empire well they use it. own it nope. so what happens. morlock retake it eventually believe it or not and devistate the psudo empire fully. and yes due to numbers and get tot he ship refueling. and trump is pushed out other morlock are in. not jst bja. and he is upset starts they threaten him. tightly. and it goes on. but he manages to take over andtons look at him and no he is apig too. and make him kneel.. and he takes over for months ok no. he is repulsed by psuedo empire it falls and misc and minority morlock fill in. sorta. forgieners. nope

the empire does it. and fills the morlock full of lead.

and teh house is in limbo. and he send checks to sherry as stated. then she is out....others all fight over it. and has a month or so and then this e cant do this sh anymore. and then this. i send it to the biz and cant. sherry announces it and to all the renters. and has cards. and she has to knows itt too. and is there at tehhouse to accept rent yes. and does. and reparis it renovates. wont have himlol and good damnit and she sys it what am i going todo watch and all ive ever done and tries nope. wont. no. cant. and too hard roofing and stuff no.

doesnt askever. is odd.

and the events coming up are soon not later. tehempire will be under attack shortly. and will tak e overr but not here. and they take over their areas ok....so yousee

Thor Freya

Olympus what canwe say they are goiong tob e attaced soon

[dagboekliesa4d]

04/01/2020

- Ik voelde me de afgelopen dagen echt heel goed in mijn vel. Ik voelde me zelfzeker en trots over de stappen die ik heb gezet. Ik wist mezelf goed bezig te houden met uitpakken en meubels in elkaar zetten. Nu dat gedaan is voor het grootste deel, lijk ik weer minder concrete (en makkelijke) doelen te hebben en ga ik me meer verloren voelen.
 - Gisteren was ik ook een hele dag alleen binnen, 2 mailtjes gestuurd naar mama maar verder niemand gesproken en ik voelde me echt sterk. Vandaag heb ik enkele boodschappen gedaan en ik voelde me in alle contacten heel awkward en inferieur. Wat dan alsmaar erger werd naarmate ik me er meer bewust van werd. Ik passeerde Jelle bv en zei iets van dat ik “net op weg was naar mijn dinge” (studio dus). Ik kwam ook (neef) Tim tegen die m’n studio wou zien. We hebben dan wat gebabbeld over m’n studio en onze levens. Hij zei een paar dingen die belerend en betuttelend overkwamen, wat hij wellicht niet zo bedoelde, dat is gewoon zijn persoonlijkheid, maar dat deed me extra inferieur en onzeker voelen. 
Bv als hij vroeg waarom ik therapie volg, voelde ik al snel dat ik mij moest verantwoorden voor mijn daden. Ik belandde erg snel in zelftwijfel. Terwijl ik weet dat dat goed is voor mij, maar ik voel dat ik toch snel beïnvloed word door anderen hun meningen. Ik wéét dat ik de juiste dingen doe, maar toch heb ik nog schrik dat anderen op mij neerkijken. Het is wat teleurstellend als ik dan merk dat mijn zelfvertrouwen toch nog niet zo stabiel is.
 En als ik me dan inferieur voel, straalt dat ook uit in alle contacten die ik heb. Ik val in die rol en kan het dan niet meer van me afschudden of snel terug mijn zelfvertrouwen oproepen.
 - Ik voel me nu wel echt goed in mijn studio, ik ben ontzettend dankbaar, het voelt echt als mijn privéplekje. Tim ontvangen als bezoek voelde dan ook raar, omdat ik het hier wil houden als mijn verborgen plek waar ik helemaal mezelf kan zijn zonder dat iemand over mij oordeelt. (Misschien extra omdat ik voelde dat Tim mijn spullen wat aan het keuren was, en ik me niet op mijn gemak voelde - bij bezoek van mama was dit niet zo omdat ze net positiever was dan mij en mij geruststelde) > ik heb nood aan mensen in mijn leven die me wat bewuster maken van de positieve dingen in mijn leven ZIJNDE IKZELF. 
Tim vond wel dat ik goed bezig was en positief veranderd was maar dat verbleekte wat met zijn kritische vragen (wat trouwens typisch familie P. is, zo’n argwanend perspectief van naar de wereld kijken. Mama heeft dat wat afgeleerd denk ik)
 Het is nog moeilijk om vanuit positiviteit naar de wereld te kijken ipv angst. 
- Ik ben nu ook echt trots over hoe mijn leven er nu uitziet: gezellige studio in centrum Leuven dat ik zelf heb ingericht naar mijn smaak, zelf onderhoud en voor betaal, met een fulltime job die ik graag doe met aangename mensen, lopende conversaties met mensen die interesse in me hebben, enkele interesses waar ik wel mee bezig wil zijn, ik kan vrijwilligerswerk doen, en ik voel me eerlijk gezegd niet meer afhankelijk van Flor zijn emotionele steun.. Ik geloof omdat ik geen overweldigende emoties meer heb gehad ivm mijn mentale gesteldheid. Wel ivm wat ik had ontdekt over het gebouw, maar daar kon mama me beter mee gerust stellen omdat zij veel weet heeft van praktische zaken. Flor weet daar veel minder van.
 - Ik sprak hem nu voor ’t laatst 2 dagen geleden ’s middags, en ik heb tot nu toe niet de behoefte gehad om hem te contacteren, itt voor mijn verhuis moest ik die behoefte echt enorm onderdrukken. Ik weet niet hoe dat zal zijn als ik me weer vaker verveel en ga werken.
Ik voel dat ik nu ook makkelijk ons mama kan aanspreken als ik het moeilijk heb - misschien steunt zij mij al beter dan Flor. Mama vind het ook net leuk om wat vaker af te spreken. Van Flor lijk ik nog amper iets te kunnen verwachten gezien hij geen noden meer wil of kan vervullen. 
Ik heb het gevoel dat daardoor ook mijn gevoelens voor hem vervagen - misschien hield ik toch vooral van hem voor wat hij mij gaf in plaats van wie hij was. Hij duwde me ook weg, dus ergens logisch dat ik me dan losmaak. 
Ik maak me wel wat zorgen om hem omdat hij zich zo verloren voelde in zijn vrije tijd. Ik denk dat hij me wel gaat missen, maar dat hij zich niet over het praktische kan zetten of het feit dat hij niet aan mijn noden kan voldoen. 
Wanneer ik er over praat met anderen, bevestigen ze ook dat Flor op zoek is naar die ene partner die een specifieke nood vervult maar hij dat waarschijnlijk niet gaat vinden. Ik hoop eerlijk gezegd dat hij niet verliefd wordt op één van die dates - al gaat hij die waarschijnlijk na een paar jaar ook beu worden.
 Als het gebeurt, is het dat het zo moet zijn. Hij weet dat ik hem niet zo snel mogelijk wil vervangen. Ik wil vooral focussen op mezelf, en zelfliefde en zelfcompassie, en mijn talenten benutten (fotografie, comics, advies geven..)
 - Ik voel me nu ook veel vrijer dan vroeger om mijn avonden zelf in te vullen door bv radio op te zetten ’s avonds, dat heb ik echt gemist, ik word ook minder op mijn vingers gekeken. Misschien is alleen wonen sowieso beter voor mij op lange termijn, wat betreft vrijheid? 
- Sinds mijn verhuis voel ik me ook veel minder angstig. Misschien omdat ik het appartement ook nog associeerde met Flor en dat niet als “mijn” plek voelde? Nu voelt het alsof ik echt opnieuw ben begonnen en de ballast van mijn schouders is gevallen. Vooral de ballast van alle zware beslissingen die we/ik moest(en) maken, zoals samenwonen of niet, waar in Leuven wonen en krijg ik alles verhuisd. Nu is dat werkelijk allemaal achter de rug. Ik heb wel schrik om een nieuwe leuke job te vinden, maar ik heb wel vertrouwen dat dat zal meevallen. Ik kan voorlopig nog naar Essensium voor minstens 1,5 weken. Daarna is het solliciteren en hopen dat ik ergens terecht kom met een even goeie sfeer. Dat kan ik pas ondervinden na er een week te werken. En ze kunnen mij altijd opnieuw vragen bij Essensium. (Grappig als ik terugdenk aan mijn eerste contact met Huub en onze band nu). Ik kijk er wel al naar uit om Huub terug te zien, ik weet niet of dat gezond is maar whatever. Het motiveert me alleszins.


[wittespin]

AAAA- Thank you!! TOT I am glad you like itt!!

Though you die... La Resistance lives on! What if Kenny never made that wish?