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It has been from time immemorial the heathenish custom to sacrifice the greatest fool of the family to the prosperity and naval superiority of the country, and, at the age of fourteen, I was selected as the victim. If the custom be judicious, I had no reason to complain. There was not one dissentient voice, when it was proposed before all the varieties of my aunts and cousins, invited to partake of our new-year’s festival. I was selected by general acclamation. Flattered by such an unanimous acknowledgment of my qualification, I felt a slight degree of military ardour, and a sort of vision of future grandeur passed before me, in the distant vista of which I perceived a coach with four horses, and a service of plate.
— Frederick Marryat, Peter Simple
The British Naval Hero, 1800 print by John Young after Thomas Stothard.
#frederick marryat#captain marryat#age of sail#peter simple#naval officer#thomas stothard#i detect a hint of autobiographical writing#english literature#royal navy#british literature
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miguel just likes dad bods
#atsv miguel#miguel o'hara#peter b parker#spiderman 2099#spiderdads#parkhara#miguel is a simple man#and he loves belly
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Cut and run is an expression used memorably in Captain Marryat's novel Peter Simple, by a sailor who avoids paying for his drinks:
The waiter of the inn, who was attending the coach, brought out the ale, half of which the sailor drank, and the other half threw into the waiter’s face, telling him, “that was his allowance; and now,” said he, “what’s to pay?” The waiter, who looked very angry, but appeared too much afraid of the sailor to say anything, answered fourpence; and the sailor pulled out a handful of bank-notes, mixed up with gold, silver, and coppers, and was picking out the money to pay for his beer, when the coachman, who was impatient, drove off.
“There’s cut and run,” cried the sailor, thrusting all the money into his breeches pocket. “That’s what you’ll learn to do, my joker, before you have been two cruises to sea.”
— Frederick Marryat, Peter Simple
Cut and Run
“Cut and Run” basically means to “get the hell outta here!” It possibly derives from two actions that were necessary to get a ship underway quickly. On a square rigged ship riding at anchor, the sails could be furled and secured by tying them to the yard, in order to set the sails the scuring lines would be cut and the sails would fall into place and catch the wind. Run is to run with the wind i.e. to have it directly behind.
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Another explanation comes from when an anchored ship wanted to make a quick escape from potential danger or enemy action; the anchor cable would literally be cut. The process of hauling in an anchor could be a lenghty process, requiring raw muscle power and time. To much time sometimes; so instead the ship would “cut and run” thereby ensuring a quick get away.
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The great thing about the White Collar OT3 is that at no point does the introduction of Neal into El and Peter's everyday lives never feels like a threat to Peter and El's marriage.
Like from the moment Neal shows up at their house in episode one he and El hit it off.
Within the first 5 episodes Neal and El have figured out they have similar knowledge and interest in the finer things, they're sharing looks over how Peter talks about and will react to things, El is telling Peter to trust in Neal a little, Neal is helping make sure they have a lovely anniversary, and El is calling Neal in to mediate/help prove her point in mini arguments to make Peter do stuff.
They also work really well because while Peter, El, and Neal might all be slightly different flavours and intensities of hyper competent adrenaline junkie weirdos, all three of them are intensely loyal to "their people" so the second El and Neal recognised that they both trust Peter as someone who will always try to do the right thing and respect them they were like "oh green flag."
#chirping wren#white collar#white collar ot3#elizabeth burke#peter burke#neal caffrey#its wild that peter is considered like Just Some Guy compared to them both#cause like he sorta is#he tries so hard bless his heart to just be a simple man with simple tastes and a simple life#and like he kinda succeeds#but also the dude's brain is always going#he stalked his wife prior to asking her out#he has an insane level of attention to detail when he chooses to apply it which is what makes him a brilliant white collar agent#he just struggles with connecting facts to emotions sometimes#el and neal both treat him as like their rock because he is so straightforward and upright#but also the man will leap into the most batshit situations at the drop of the hat if either of them asks him with big wet eyes#like sir that is not normal plain simple guy behaviour#so glad this show came across my dash again and got me on a rewatch#they are all so blorbo shaped and by god do i need that rn
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#columbo#season 2#the most crucial game#the tale of all time told in three simple stills#fun tidbit those boots are clearly backups. og columboots were peter's personal shoes and no way in hell was he gonna risk ruining em#columbo will literally be doing fluid mechanics math in his head while absentmindedly walking into fluid
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Red Robin Au where after Battle for the Cowl, Jason (instead of donning that ridiculous pill helmet) goes back to visit Talia and blow off some steam with the LOA; it's an effective way to do so at first, as long as he keeps Ra's at arms length and has all the Bats away from him. Except is that Timothy fucking Drake working with Ra's al Ghul.
So now Jason's like oh my god are you kidding me why is Tim here working with Ra's of all people??? Last he checked, Dick was Batman now and Tim was part of that gaggle of Robins in Gotham. Not here, in Nanda Parbat.
Tim, fresh from a splenectomy: Jason?!
Jason: What the fuck are you doing here?
Tim: ??? I could ask you the same question??
Jason: No the fuck you couldn't?? I trained with Talia and now I'm back here for a bit, and I'm not the one missing an organ right now?! Why aren't you back with Dickbat in Gotham??
Tim: Well. Let's say I'm not Robin anymore
Jason: ... Not... Robin?
Tim, scowling: Dick gave it to Damian.
Jason: Dick is Batman for like a month and already gave the traffic light leggings to a mini assassin? Nice.
Tim: Ugh
Jason: And... this was enough reason to run away and get impaled by assassins in Iraq? While working with Ra's al Ghul?
Tim: Well, not really. I need to find Bruce, and Ra's is the only one who will help me. Even if he's a freak of nature.
Jason: Bruce... are we talkin' about another Bruce or did I miss a memo? Bruce is dead, Timbo.
Tim: He's not. He's trapped in the timestream and trying to get back. And don't- don't tell me I'm going insane with grief or in denial. Laugh all you want, then leave. I don't need this shit again.
Jason: Trapped in time? Damn motherfucker can't even stay dead?
Tim: ... You believe me?
Jason: Sure. Not the craziest shit we've seen. I have a feeling you wouldn't go as far as Ra's if you were actually going off nothing. (mumbling) stealing my schtick. What a bastard.
Tim, blinking: Wow. That... just wow. That was easy. Dick thought I was losing it with grief and so has everyone else.
Jason, shrugging: B is definitely stubborn enough to get lost in time instead of dying and, frankly, I know what being off yer rocker looks like, and this ain't it. I climbed out of my grave, for god's sake, is time shit really off the table? Wouldn't hurt t'look if the old man's still kickin'.
Tim: Uh-
Jason: First stop: away from Ra's, preferably. Talia's not bad, but Ra's is a whole other can of worms. Get up or I drag you.
#dc comics#batfam#batman#tim drake#jason todd#red robin#dc red robin#red hood#league of assassins#red robin comics#i just think that if i could take away jasons pill helmet era#and make him believe tim for the simple reasoning of#batman is too stubborn to die. ofc he has to steal my gimmick#mf.#cue red robin run except with jason's sassy commentary#jason: can i just shoot that guy#tim: no we're not killing anyone#jason: i thought your whole name change thing was bc u wanted to be more unhinged#tim: that is a gross misinterpretation of what i said#i love them lol#tim: ok i can get you a fake passport#jason: why#tim: ? to travel borders? youre not gonna travel as Jason Peter Todd#jason: why not#tim: well for one you're LEGALLY DEAD#jason: oh right. and u?#tim: alvin draper#jason: what#also ik tim wasnt in nanda parbat when he got spleen yoinked but shut up my au i do what i want
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Coffee Bean Gang ☕
#my art#marvel#spiderman#flash thompson#mary jane watson#peter parker#gwen stacy#harry osborn#something “”“simple”“ to get back into drawing digitally cause it's been a month without really doing so 💀
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Season 3 Juno is healthy enough to do eyeliner daily. He's grown.
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#I LOVE HIM#Think about him all the time#His makeup routine would he simple messy eyeshadow and a quick eyeliner#But on some days he gets perfectionist with it and shows up 40 minutes late to breakfast#Nureyev doesn't understand his pain#Hes naturally good at the liner#When juno gives up sometimes reyev will just do it for him#Headcanons over anyway#juno steel#my art#wizzart#the penumbra podcast#tpp juno#tpp peter#tpp#penumbra podcast#jupeter
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honestly, i think you are the coolest
and you don't even mind that i'm a broken lost soul
and i don't wanna sound all sweet and sappy
but all i wanna do is make you happy
#.png#jrwi#jrwi apotheosis#just roll with it#peter sqloint#jrwi elena#jrwi rumi#< just for tagging purposes lol#angelstone#fanart#i loved this campaign man#also kinda bullshitted elena’s dress i just wanted something simple but still like. nice for him#idk it might be kinda ugly but too late to change it#oh yeah the lyrics are from eternity with you form d.istant l.ands obsidian
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our little family is growing up 🩷
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anddd that's the end of my lovestruck gameplay! thank you to everyone who followed these posts <3 I had so much fun with these sims, it's so difficult to stop playing with them 😭 but perhaps this isn't the end for them...
#lovestruck with clementine#*clementine darling#peter padgett by theosconfessions#*valentine darling#*venus darling#ts4#ts4 gameplay#sims 4#sims 4 gameplay#simblr#i wanted to do more for the last post but also i think just a simple family picture is cute
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Ughhhhhhhggghhgg school's beating my ass have this
#kebb's art#saw#saw movies#saw franchise#hoffstrahm#coffinshipping#peter strahm#mark hoffman#sawposting#something QUICK and SIMPLE because i am doing this instead of school work because i am an idiot and an asshole. good lord
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It was then about an hour before sunset, and in the West Indies the sun does not set as it does in the northern latitudes. There is no twilight: he descends in glory, surrounded with clouds of gold and rubies in their gorgeous tints; and once below the horizon, all is dark.
— Frederick Marryat, Peter Simple
Aquatint from Scenery of the Windward & Leeward Islands by John Herbert Caddy, 1837.
#frederick marryat#captain marryat#age of sail#peter simple#west indies#maritime art#british literature
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spider-man is so funny because his upper bound of strength is however much he needs to hold out. he needs to throw cars around? hes got it. he needs to land a (small) plane because his aunt is on it? he's got it. he need to act as a support beam for the daily bugle so it doesn't collapse? somehow he's also got it.
someone asks him how much is his actual max bench press and he just goes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#peter parker#spider-man#marvel#its very simple i can lift however much i have to to finish the job#'what do you mean it doesn't work like that? sounds like you need to put more effort in smh'#note: not saying he doesn't have a base level of super strength but like.#yk its funny how he has a *given* max weight that he just. ignores bc he needs to
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can i say something. about the way you people talk about dungeon meshi. i find it extremely... interesting how headcanons about laios being nonbinary are framed exclusively as a way to shoot down other people's headcanons about laios being transfem. like you are aware when you have a hc that a character is nonbinary you can just... say it... and you don't need to preface it with "well i don't think they're transfem BUT".
and also i think its interesting that i never actually uhm. see anyone discussing their nonbinary laios hc in literally any detail. obviously i can't read anyones mind but it comes across to an audience like you saw someone hc laios as a trans woman, got irrationally irritated about it, found a 'progressive' and 'trans friendly' way to shoot it down, and then proceeded to continue treating him like a cis man in every post, meta, fic, etc, only ever bringing up the fact that you think laios is nb when someone else thinks laios is a woman. almost like you don't actually think that at all, and keep the idea around exclusively because transfem hcs make you uncomfortable for reasons you refuse to interrogate.
i don't think this is necessarily intentional on anyone's part, but i do think considering the discussions we have been having about transmisogyny on this website its not unreasonable to ask (especially of fellow tme trans people) that you have a long hard look at the way you respond to things like transfem hcs. while obviously fandom is #notthatdeep, it does not bode well for your ability to make room for your trans sisters for things that actually matter if you can't even do it regarding gender headcanons for anime characters
#good idea generator#ive only seen a few eps of the show am watching slowly with my sister#but i have seen A LOT of posts. many of which have been extremely... interesting. and not in the good way#also to be clear this post is not saying youre problematic for not having a transfem hc (for laios or anyone else for that matter)#but rather that the impulse to immediately shoot transfem hcs down (even if in favour of the character being otherwise trans)#THAT is whats transmisogynistic. if you don't think laios is transfem dont respond to posts abt that hc & dont mention it in your own#extremely simple solution!! and yet this is beyond the reach of tme fans and always has been#sorry for getting snippy in the tags i find it extra annoying bc like. ok remember when transmasc peter parker was a popular hc#and a bunch of cis people on here went into hysterics trying to 'prove' he was actually cis using canon#we all recognized those people are transphobic. this is the exact same thing as that#transmisogyny /
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i bless everyone who kissed you here
#spider man: across the spider verse#spider punk#spider noir#hobie brown#noirpunk#plus a simple of the sketch#pete's spine is contorting UNGODLY but i like it so its going up#went fuckin ham w my fav comic brushpack#tried a new flavor of lineless. kinda into it#ive been holding onto that poem for so long you have no idea#scarred skin boat............#hobie tummy real. peter tummy real too#do u get how much i love them or nah
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yo, @bennydunbar, check this out
#he tried dying his hair blue on his own for the first time. he went to professionals all the other times#ignore the fact he doesn't have lip piercings in the bottom three#I forgot them and it was too late to draw them#plus who fucking cares I'm the boss around here hehe uhm um actually he took it out because he felt like it#these are simple designs but fun to draw nonetheless#also I've been doing these types of backgrounds lately because I'm too lazy to figure out how to do a proper one#sue me#I draw shit late at night when I've got shit the next day#keeps me entertained#that and also I always feel so inspired during the worst times#but that's a different story#HOPE YOU LIKE THEM BENNY <3#I will DEFINITELY draw you another design if you send me on you wanna see him with :3#my art#your boyfriend game#yb fandom#yb game#yb peter#yb fanart#yb art#yb#your boyfriend peter#your boyfriend fanart#your boyfriend#peter dunbar#peter your boyfriend#peter yb#ybg peter#ybg#I don't think I like the heart dyes actually but oh well. I'm already at 30 tags
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