#letter 26

[shisasan]

26 September, 1880 Leo Tolstoy in his letter to Nikolai Strakhov

[chic-a-gigot]

L'Art et la mode, no. 48, vol. 19, 26 novembre 1898, Paris. Initial letter. Bibliothèque nationale de France

[littlefankingdom]

The Batman fandom infantilizing a near 30 years old white man taking in a child, saying he was a brother more than a father as if he wasn't a full grown adult taking in a child he could have birthed, but parentifying a brown young adult taking in his brother pre-teen for less than a year, saying he was a father more than a brother (only a year is barely enough but ok), or saying he was more a father to his other brothers than Bruce, when he met them when he was 18 and 21 is making me uncomfortable, ngl.

Like, Bruce is a "kid" when he became Dick's guardian when he canonically was over 25 (he started being Batman at 25), and a brother to him when he raised him for 10 years (and Dick probably has not many memories from before Bruce now), but Dick is a "father" to Damian he only had as his charge for less than a year, half of which they were fighting each others??? Make it make sense???

[percivalias]

The Maniraptoran Alphabet (Part 1)

This past week I researched and illustrated a dinosaur alphabet book! I researched and illustrated 26 maniraptorans for the project, specifically limiting myself to species that went extinct before the Eocene to exclude modern birds. This project was a huge amount of fun for me and I'm very proud of the result, so I hope you all enjoy them too! Please look forward to the rest of the series, which I'll be posting over the course of the coming week or so.

[astrolotte]

Honestly it's amazing how good of a name 'Periwinkle Fairywinkle-Cosma' is for Poof.

Like the most obvious bit is that periwinkle is a shade of purple. And Peri is purple. Makes sense, and is somewhat unique to him as a person. Neat.

Fairywinkle-Cosma is his parents og last names smooshed together, and Wanda has the same. I mean this happens with the vast majority of children so it's not that notable... but still. Nice to see the hyphenated name at least.

What's interesting to me, though, is the extra layer of connection here in that Cosmo's full name is Cosmo Cosma, which Periwinkle Fairywinkle(-Cosma) mimics. And Fairywinkle is, of course, Wanda's maiden name. Making him more connected to his parents than just sharing a last name.

I'm just surprised they didn't think of 'Periwinkle' the first go around, or at least didn't chose it. Poof is cute, but Periwinkle just shines in how it's able to connect him to his parents while also highlighting a unique aspect to him. Great choice in the end.

[alphabetcompletionist]

18/27+

[candyheartedchy]

@daisydays-26 @wisp-herr @eltingvilleocxcanon BOOPING ALL OF YALL!!!

[theplantbish]

Hopefully this will be enough for two gigs because I'm running out of beads 😅

[dark-twist-fairytales]

Round two: Electric Boogaloo, we've got: Zion!

Or, Experiment 26-15-13-06

He was a skin I made around 2020/2021 during a pretty high rise of SMP's, and he may look pretty alive and well, but...

He's a zombie. Or, originally a zombie. He's now a run-away that escaped the lab he was forced to work in. The experiment was a semi-success, turning Zion from a zombie to half of one. Half of his body (his left side (I put the bracelet/monitor on the wrong side)) is a zombie, while the other half is human.

His coloring has a typical green for the zombie side and red eyes, as well as half of his hoodie turned red while the other purple. And yes, he has some zombie attributes. He can't stay up all night like typical zombies can (unless his sleep schedule is flipped around) or even 24/7, but he does hurt in the sun light. He has night vision in one eye and is more sensitive to light because of it. He can understand other zombies and some skeletons, but can't understand/communicate with every undead creature there is.

He broke himself out of the lab he was worked on at with little issue, but finding help became a lot harder to do. He can speak both English and Zombie, but had to learn it via others to truly understand it (and did so in the lab).

He would have a pet, if he could, but animals either see him as a threat, or otherwise dangerous. His main weapon would be an axe, and probably what he used to escape, and would probably be seen more in caves or forests due to their covering.

Zion, folks!

[12345-numberblocks]

Headcanon: Twenty-Six is the agent in charge of communicating with Alphaland.

[yisanged]

tagged by @oceanfossil to pick a song for every letter of my url and tag that many people! yayyy funsies thank u ^_^

Y: your knight by damons year I: i'm not a vampire by falling in reverse lol S: stay with me by better love A: antifreeze by the black skirts N: nausea by the black dresses G: gold by wave to earth E: emergency contact by pierce the veil D: do 4 me by epex

and i will tag in turn.. hm @enashinonome @marrellidae @noelashe @deerinstinct @cicadangel @divinewires @honeyviscera and @valentinesweetheartspecial. only if you would like to of course... Smiles sweetly. and if anyone else would like to. take my hand. let's play a tag game together..

[shisasan]

26 September, 1880 Leo Tolstoy in his letter to Nikolai Strakhov

[badolmen]

I’m trying to find a way to parse this but like:

Make up culture is bad because of how capitalism has twisted appearance to be a basis of worth and social value. However, humans have been putting stuff on their skin since our ancestors started losing hair (maybe even before?) and ornamentation does have significant historic cultural value outside of modern late-capitalism induced self loathing.

Like. Make-up is not a thing in my immediate family. My mother and older sister? Nothing. My little sister is going to be so lucky to grow up in a space where she won’t have any expectation or support for make-up culture. I know make-up culture a shitty phenomenon; I know it steals time and money and self-worth from people at its worst and at its best feeds back into an appearance based cultural hierarchy.

But. But. There is such a rich and vibrant history to cosmetics outside of what is sold to reinforce that inevitably toxic culture. So many forms of art in face paint and more permanent and interesting body modification! There’s history and traceable evolving styles and intentions! And it fucking sucks that it’s been so corrupted to the point of no longer reflecting it’s original intent of being creative and unique and interesting!

Sometimes it just sounds like ‘don’t have tattoos don’t you know those annoying punks and degenerates have those?’ has just been repackaged as ‘don’t wear make-up don’t you know those annoying preps and conformists do that?’ Like I get what you’re trying to say but there is nuance to these conversations and willfully ignoring that nuance makes you sound ridiculous at best and outright hostile to any deviation from your standards at worst.

[eldritchw1tch]

love is wanting you to be there, a dtcfdp web weaving for @saintmouthed

desperate times call for desperate pleasures by gopuckurself | "everything, everywhere" by @afterawordafteraword | "John Wick Is So Tired" by Kyra Wilder | Tenderness and Love, Joseph Lorusso | "Having a Coke with You" by Frank O'Hara | “Having ‘Having a Coke with You’ with You” by Mark Leidner | Memorial to a Marriage, Patricia Cronin | "John Wick Is So Tired" by Kyra Wilder | Le Lit, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | "everything, everywhere" by @afterawordafteraword | tweet by @/planetgraves on twitter | Sunday Afternoon, Joseph Lorusso | "Having a Coke with You" by Frank O'Hara | desperate times call for desperate pleasures by gopuckurself

[babacontainsmultitudes]

Alright I know we already got an MCR intro but

I really think the intro for the next episode should be Taylor singing a parody of “Mama”

[grotesquism]

decided im going to kms the day before my 28th birthday if i don’t get a diagnosis and some actual fucking treatment for this illness by then. at least then i’ll have actually accomplished something (joining the 27 club)