#literally just took these pictures like

[potatobugz]

objects loving objects baby!!!!

[sneez]

family portrait :D young sam and sybil are behaving themselves and vimes is throwing a hissy fit because they tried to make him wear the helmet

[id: a digital painting of three people sitting for a portrait in a domestic interior. young sam is standing with his hands behind his back and beaming proudly. vimes is standing behind him with his hand on his shoulder, wearing a shiny military uniform and a surly expression. sybil is sitting on the right with an arm around young sam, smiling at the viewer. a plumed helmet is sitting on a table on the left. end id.]

[wooldawn]

[dizzybevvie]

the worsties ever

[b4kuch1n]

making of a feathered thing

[daisywords]

what is it with people complimenting you on your art, then asking if you used a reference, and going “…oh” and looking substantially less impressed when you say yes

like how do you think this works

[godofidea]

I'm so normal about Him

[camels-pen]

Usopp took a sip of his coffee and sat back with a satisfied sigh, the steaming liquid warming his insides pleasantly. It was half steaming milk, four teaspoons of sugar, and a good helping of cream; perfect, no matter what Zoro said.

A lingering kiss to his cheek reminded him of the last ingredient and he sighed again, a different warmth filling him.

Love.

"Right in front of my breakfast?" Zoro said with a grimace.

"Shut the fuck up, mosshead."

The galley was suddenly silent.

The words registered in his brain.

Usopp stared at the wall across from him, frozen. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Sanji tremble, a quivering smile on his face.

"Oh my god," Usopp moaned, putting his head in his hands as the galley erupted into raucous laughter.

"It was just like- just like-" Brook cut himself off with more laughs. Next to him, Chopper was grabbing his stomach and tipping close to the edge of his chair.

"Super cute bro," Franky said, grinning stupidly. Nami had her hands covering her mouth, her shoulders shaking.

"I suppose it's true what they say about couples taking after each other," Robin said with a little chuckle. Luffy was losing his mind next to her, easily louder than everyone else.

Usopp put his head in his hands, whining, "Robin."

Sanji hugged him from the side, face pressed to Usopp's shoulder to muffle his own laughter. "It really was" -Sanji snorted- "cute. Really."

"I'm breaking up with you."

"Wait- no, come on, Darling-"

[crossbackpoke-check]

Why I Am Not Coming In To Work Today [abridged], Jess Zimmerman

part one | part two

[hannibalismos-jaaneman]

the sole and devastating problem with monkey man is that it will literally never be able to push past the people who think the concept of the film disrespects hanuman ji to be exposed in an environment where people see it for more than its name.

[whatthefuckisasweep]

Sad that the movies never created a Neibolt version of Ben. Probably because Ben could never be scary even if he wanted to

He really, really couldn't.

Designs partially inspired by @sunshinereddie's amazing fic to build a home!

[hidingoutbackstage]

Why the fuck are hairdressers so fucking reluctant to do the job you’re paying them at least $50 to do? If I’m telling you to go shorter, I’m not telling you to ask me five times in a row “Are you sure?” I’m asking you to go shorter. If I show you a picture of a haircut that I want and say “I want to look like that” I’m not asking you to cut it how you think will look better, I’m asking to look like that picture. If I tell you “I’ve gotten it cut like this before, I know what I want” I’m not asking you to tell me how hesitant you are to cut my hair in the style that I asked you to, I’m asking you to do the fucking service I’m paying you for

[femmeidiot]

it's crazy to me that people can't touch their toes actually that's crazy I can fold in half and put my hand under my foot if I want to

[sheepthatgobaa]

WOAH

WOAH???!??

[hella1975]

ive never felt more rural than i have in the past few weeks since hanging out with a lad who has only ever lived in cities. what do you MEAN YOU'VE NEVER DONE A MORRIS DANCE

[imagitory]

Okay -- so my visual aids for this post are very limited since Disney+ will not let me properly screenshot this and there are no good quality versions of this on Youtube anymore...but I need to talk about Disney's The Little Mermaid TV series for a second. Specifically, one episode very near and dear to my heart called Metal Fish, which features a human explorer going down in a fish-shaped submarine to the bottom of the ocean, getting stuck, and being found by Ariel and her friends.

Now honestly, watching the episode again, there's a lot I don't love about it. Sebastian's whole subplot with the crab scouts is really kind of annoying, and I skip every bit of it. But I love the character of Archimedes (even if he never appeared in the show again! Boo!), and -- more importantly to today -- there's this wonderful moment right toward the beginning of the third act of the episode where Ariel and our human explorer lay eyes on each other for the first time, and there's just this electric connection.

Something that bypasses words -- this sense of wonder, enchantment -- almost enlightenment. And is it surprising? No! Ariel is the spitting image of what the human explorer had in his mind, when he was dreamily sketching out what a mermaid could look like, back on land.

And of course, at the end of the episode, what else should the explorer end up being named, but Hans Christian Andersen? And what else would he do, after being rescued by a mermaid, but use it as inspiration for one of his most famous fairy tales?

Okay, yeah, admittedly Hans Christian Andersen was a much sadder and more dysfunctional brown-haired human being IRL (just watch this video for a nice deep-dive about this disaster gay/bi/honestly-maybe-even-romantic-ace)...not to mention he wasn't even half this dashing nor close to being vocally similar to the great Mark Hamill...but one thing I absolutely love about this episode, and the aspect I personally respond to most, is the choice the series' creators made to have their interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen and Ariel have a very striking visual similarity, as well as similar personalities.

Many theorize that the original little mermaid was a self-insert character for HCA, with his fairy tale being a fantastical lament about the one-sided love he felt for the son of his most significant patron, Edvard Collin, who -- like the mermaid's prince in the original -- fell in love with and chose to wed another. There's even preserved correspondence by HCA where he writes of his feelings for Edvard being "those of a woman." And although this is more likely about HCA struggling to express romantic feelings that felt out of place in the very religious, heteronormative world he was a part of than about HCA himself identifying as transgender, I still think it was such a sweet little gesture for this episode to highlight Ariel and HCA seeing themselves in each other.

And this is where I wish SO MUCH I had some good quality video so I could truly share this piece of the episode with all of you -- because the moment where Ariel and Hans see each other for the first time gives me such life.

When Hans first sees Ariel, he's lost for breath, and he sounds and looks almost bereft when she disappears from view. When Ariel first makes eye contact with Hans, she clutches her face and hair, almost as if seeing herself clearly for the first time. And the whole time, they're looking at each other not fully face-to-face, but through glass and water -- almost a reflection of each other. Because...they are.

I'm sorry, I fail to articulate how utterly beautiful this is. No love story could ever capture the emotion this short scene instills in me. A platonic connection so powerful that it transforms you and how you see yourself forever. Meeting another person and, in doing so, truly knowing yourself for the first time.

However much I might praise The Little Mermaid TV series primarily for its music, there are also moments like this that remind me how wonderful Disney's adaptation of Andersen's story really is.