#laura wills

[spilladabalia]

Pony Up - The Truth About Cats And Dogs (Is That They Die)

[willtheweirdrat]

conservatives' "God makes no mistakes" vs Against Me's "what God doesn't give to you, you've got to go and get for yourself"

[elle-thereafter]

Also, finding out in 4SD that Matt told Laura secret Matron stuff makes me take that look back over her shoulder in the Downfall prologue as the predecessor to the Matron way, way more seriously. If I may borrow the immortal, ineffable words of Taliesin Jaffe: I have ideas.

[laurasimonsdaughter]

How do you feel about the idea of vampires using blood bags and donor blood to sate their bloodthirst rather than drinking directly from living people? Cause its seen in a lot of more recent vampire stories as a “ethical/safer” alternative to feeding on people directly to make the vampire characters seem more sympathetic cause their “not hurting someone directly”. Personally i see it as horrid idea, a “road to hell pathed in good intentions” kinda thing. Bringing up awhole lotta ethical dilemmas around how this blood is acquired and used. Cheifly in that this blood could be used to save human lives rather then sate vampires hunger. Among several other ethical and logistical issues which could probably make interesting stories of their own.

I think that depends completely on the kind of world the vampire operates in.

Is this a world in which it is possible for the vampire to explain to an open-minded human what the situation is and obtain their informed consent to be bitten and fed on? And is it possible to do so safely and without (permanently) harming them? In that case doing that would probably be the most ethical solution to the need for blood.

But if its a world in which a vampire’s two options are “steal blood that has been collected from humans” or “attack and overpower a human to feed on them (even non-fatally)” then I honestly cannot fathom how the latter would ever be seen as the more ethical choice. How could taking (even stealing) something freely donated to be given to those in need of blood ever be worse than the violent assault of another person?

Of course, the traditional idea of a vampire is that they are monsters, parasites, their entire existence and need for blood is meant to be unnatural and, I guess, unethical. But stories that introduce the “drink bottled blood” solution are usually showing vampires trying not to harm people. The logistics and ethics of that solution are usually also a subject of debate. From the questionable: in Only Lovers Left Alive the vampires bribe a blood bank employee who is clearly making a lot of money off of them. To the horrific: in Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines the blood bank is run by the ghoul of a powerful vampire and it turns out he tops up the supply by kidnapping people off the street.

But if we think of a normal blood bank ran by normal medical professionals, who have dedicated their time and effort to helping people. Why would they not want to help someone with a permanent dependence on blood? I do not think for a moment they wouldn't notice if blood suddenly went missing without explanation. Of course they’d notice. And they probably wouldn’t be pleased. But I also think they would infinitely prefer their blood supply being stolen, to having to use it in emergency transfusions on a slew of traumatised, terrified people bleeding profusely from the neck after being dragged into a dark alley by an unseen assailant.

Now, if you ask me what would be the most ethical thing to do? Strike a deal with a blood bank or hospital to get the blood they are going to have to dispose of. In general the medical world is always eager for more blood donors, not because there is never enough, but because blood does not store well. Sadly, a lot of it goes off before it can be used. So why not make sure it fulfills its intended purpose to help and heal anyway?

But even if none of that was possible, if vampires had to remain in the shadows, and the blood bags had to be stolen. I would personally prefer to donate my blood and have it stolen, than be dragged into the dark.

[cellard0ors]

@cbrcbbr made new hackearney art and it just made me remember that these actually happened:

And that they're one of the greatest things that ever happened to me and that I'm truly blessed.

[daneelsolivaw]

the chetter hummin of it all

[missmouse43]

For future reference, any Rudy specific hate/shade sent to my inbox will immediately be deleted.

Kindly keep it to yourself or go somewhere else. I don’t want to see it.

[see-arcane]

Castlevania Anime Carmilla meets Book Carmilla, how does that encounter go down?

Considering Anime Carmilla is all juiced up on extra supernatural bells and whistles and Book Carmilla's big tricks amount to 1) Be a cat, 2) Bite tiddy, and 3) Stuck making anagrams of her own name, I would have to give Anime Carmilla the win if they were ever to actually fight.

However, considering Anime Carmilla is 1000000000 miles away from literally any comparison to Book Carmilla beyond being Girl and Vampire, I'd wager they could be treated as just two vampires with similar names. Hell, Book Carmilla's name isn't even Carmilla! It's Mircalla! So if they met under 'oooh scary vampire tyranny time' environment, I think it would go along the lines of:

Mircalla sees Carmilla. Mircalla is 👀

Carmilla proceeds to talk. Mircalla is :/

???

Profit*

*Mircalla turns into a cat halfway through Carmilla's conquest speechification and lets herself out a window

[scriptmyworld]

“Are you going to set him free? Predathos?”

“You deserve to be free.”

“At what cost, Mama?”

[ursie]

To note as far as I know none of the main cast of Critical Role have issued a statement calling for a ceasefire or a free Palestine-I think it’s imperative that everyone who applauds Brennan and other members of dropout for doing so to increase the pressure on them. They must issue a statement and we as a fandom must push back on said statement if need be. Spam the chat, their hashtags, @ them, they must make their stance clear now. There is no excuse otherwise

[patetemult]

she's gonna kill me

[alexbkrieger13]

Did you see if Pou and Stace wearing matching necklaces on the red carpet?

They're using different chains but it is definitely the same pendants. I cannot get a great shot of Laura's one but in video footage you can see that it's an L while pou has a M

[willtheweirdrat]

laura jane grace the woman you are.

[certifiedceliac]

King Arthur Flour is my go-to 1:1 flour replacement, and they have a new line of GF bread and pizza flour that's made with (gluten free) wheat starch; the kicker for me is that while their GF all-purpose and premade cake/bread mixes all have GFCO certification, these two new products do not.

According to their site, they go through the same allergen screening process as their other GF products, but I feel like if they're claiming it meets the FDA standard for >20ppm, having a third party confirm that gives your customers better peace of mind.

I really wanted to try their bread flour mix, but I just dont know how much trust I can put into a mix that contains wheat (even scrubbed wheat) that hasnt been tested externally.

[softandwildx]

Hey I don't know enough about Laura Dern's career to know about any other movies like this and I'm afraid of the Google search it would take to find any but if you wanna see her being hot af you should watch Lonely Planet on Netflix. It's a cute lil flick and also. Laura Dern 🥵

[torchmlp]

ask for an ask - Laura, Nick, & Dylan!

who would you mug in a dark alleyway, trust to hold your place in line, & go into a genuinely haunted house with?

God I love thinking about these blorbos so much! Thank you for giving me an excuse to imagine them in situations <3

Who would I mug in a dark alleyway? Nick. No questions asked. Laura would straight up murder me and I would feel too bad about mugging Dylan. I'm taking Nick's legs out with a metal pipe and stealing his wallet and all his clothes for good measure.

Who would I go into a genuinely haunted house with? Definitely Dylan. One, it would be absolutely hilarious. Two, Dylan has good intuition, so if things do get hairy, I trust him to figure it out before I would and help get us out of the mess. Three, I do better at being brave for other people than for myself and I would definitely want to be brave for the tall, scared twink. Also, I used to work at a haunted place so depending on how violent the ghosts were I don't think it'd be too bad lol.

Who would I trust to hold my place in line? I would trust Laura with my life. Holding my place in line is trivial compared to that.