#northern Maine

[inadlzbth]

I wrote Stockholm in my college dorm room in 2021 while daydreaming of a place that my partner and I visit on a yearly basis. It is truly one of the most breathtaking and peaceful places I know so I felt compelled to write a song about it.

Learn more about the songwriting process, recording process, and inspiration for this song in my most recent blog post.

[drafty-castle]

It has been raining EVERY DAY since May 30th. And before that it was SNOWING.

TODAY is the first day of full sun and above 70*F weather we have had this summer.

YESTERDAY was the Summer Solstice which means the Dark will begin to Return without there ever really being Light this year.

Happy winter solstice! The light begins to return tomorrow!!

[jadafitch]

Northern saw-whet for Superb Owl Sunday

[t-u-r-n]

Finally. Bucket list item checked off.

[seahortensia]

northern lights hunting

[honeyrosepetals]

[dopescissorscashwagon]

Just getting back from an amazing aurora display in a location he's always wanted to see it at, Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park. This was the first night of their photo workshop and the whole group got to experience this together! So amazing!

📸 by @benjaminwilliamsonphotography

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[canisalbus]

I just recently started following you so i don't have the full lore of your murderous gay religiously traumatized doggos, BUT, from my understanding, they are Italian and i don't know what part of Italy they are from, yet i can't help headcanoning Vasco as Tuscan, while Machete is probably from some part of Veneto. And as an Italian who has heard Tuscans and Veneto dialet, well it's an hilarious mental image.

Vasco is indeed Tuscan, Florentine to be specific. He comes from a wealthy and influential noble family that has lived in Florence for centuries. He's proud of his roots, and it's usually easy for strangers to tell where he's from. He's a resonably successful politician and has worked as an ambassador and representative of Florence on numerous occasions.

Machete is originally Sicilian (ironically about as far from Veneto as possible), although he was taken to mainland at young age and has lived in several places since then, before ending up in Rome. The way I see it, he exhibits very little local color, his demeanor and (even though Italian hadn't become a standardized language yet) way of speaking are formal, neutral and scarcely give away any hints about his personal history, at least in the 16th century canon.

[altocat]

Write as if you don’t know a THING about ff7

PSHHH Cloud's just a generic anime edgelord. I mean he's just there to be stoic and have the women fight over him. What, does he shed a TEAR at some point in the story? Does he learn the meaning of friendship? Big deal, so does Kirito from Sword Art Online. Cloud's just the sword guy. AND he's a mary sue since he's a First Class soldier. He's probably the chosen one of some dumb prophecy. He's so boringgggggggggggggggg

[ellynneversweet]

Not to rag on Americans but when Americans wonder why there’s Asian influences in Australian (inferred ‘Britain but hotter’) cultural exports my eyelid tends to start twitching uncontrollably. Look at a map, guys. It’s like wondering why there are Brazilians in the US.

[inadlzbth]

I made a short little woodsy playlist on Spotify

[ayrennaranaaldmeri]

the fact is, if varric lives (and that's an if bc maybe solas does kill him lmao idk how much to trust that minimap reveal) it IS weird that you can't customise a hawke or account for the decision because it would be a little weird if a man who has lived through a wannabe god + blight dragon attacking warden fortress has nothing to say about ghilan'nain and her blight dragon attacking a warden fortress, especially if he potentially lost his best friend (Hawke). It's not outlandish for people to be a little disappointed to not get some customisation there because the choices are not equal to varric. the loss of hawke is obviously a bigger impact on him than whichever warden is there. given varric's personality, it's not outlandish to expect him to talk about it with Rook either especially considering weisshaupt is a thing that happens in the game. if he dies beforehand it doesn't matter, but if he's going to be around? yeah you'd think he'd be talking about it here.

speaking of weisshaupt, A PLACE YOU GET TO GO, a hero of ferelden who made the ultimate sacrifice IS FUCKING INTERRED THERE. But it's just "whining" to expect a nod (esp one that you can customise so it's your hero of ferelden) i guess.

regardless of whether morrigan has mythal or not, who she is as a person does change based on whether she was romanced and whether she had a child. it is natural that this matters and people aren't stupid to be tentatively concerned that nothing of her history is "required" but she's apparently this important vip character who will have more involvement in the game than you expect. like you are allowed to ask: okay what does this mean, what will she be like, will she be the same character i've loved across multiple games?

people are allowed to be upset or concerned that a game series that historically took your choices and your decisions into account has watered that down to 3 choices when certain choices that WOULD impact characters that appear in THIS game aren't. (and to be clear being upset does not mean harassing the devs, don't do that).

[shits-movin]

The gorgeous sky in Maine tonight!!!🌅

[inatungulates]

Northern sei whale "Balaenoptera" borealis borealis

Observed by urobleps, CC BY-NC

[mainemama207]

Northern Lights 💚🌝

York,Maine

10.10.24

[santmat]

Quite the show in the sky last night, northern lights, purple and green auroras: https://youtu.be/GUAW9LJ1nkE?t=7327