#preparing for the posting year

[unopenablebox]

@gimmickbird replied to your post “people who talk a lot about the special Natures of...”:

36 is for postjng though

​damn. can't wait

[bluegiragi]

christmas miracle.

early access + nsfw on patreon

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This comic was shamelessly inspired by tender by prettyunhinged on ao3. go ahead and leave the original author a comment and kudos if you haven't already!!

[lemonboyjosten]

— the foxhole court (2013)

— the sunshine court (2024)

[anbaisai]

Happy New Year!! 🎉🐍

It's the year of the snake, so who better to celebrate it with than our resident snake boy?

I may not be the best with words, but I really appreciate everyone that has showed me support in the past year. You guys have been amazing, and I hope to see you around in the new year too ❤

Thank you for an incredible 2024, and wishing everyone a wonderful 2025!

[mizgnomer]

David Tennant as Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company

for Tennant Tuesday (or whatever day this post finds you)

[pigeon-princess]

When Oswick "Redtusk" Crakehall first kidnapped Tobiah Martell and Gwyndon Pyke, I don't think he realised what he'd be getting into. I'm finally compiling a bunch of my sketches from earlier in our ASOIAF TTRPG campaign!

🐗Oswick belongs to our GM @oneirotect ☀️Toby belongs to Nico Mclaughlan

[silkjade]

by the time his eyes drift from the realm of ink and paper, the late afternoon sun has long seeped through kaleidoscope glass, dancing in threads of gold, as it weaves a crown of light and shadow atop her head. the air shimmers with hazy opalescence, and the beguiling tricks of his heart, echo the words penned by his late-grandmother, ‘may my child alhaitham lead a peaceful life.’ ….and he thinks this might be it. for love lies within the transience of time: in the fleeting daylight and the quiet solace, in the comfort found of a life unadorned. and so he makes a decision he dares not say aloud just yet, but a smile curves the corner of his lips, as he endeavors to imagine the tranquility of a life with her — forever.

illustrated by @/_hui.an on instagram; this was my second time working with them, and it was just as lovely as the last ! reblogs are okay, but please do not save or use — thank you ♡

[fossilprep]

Preparing a Lambeosaurus

Jacket 2: articulated cervical series

Second jacket containing four articulated cervical vertebrae

There was a liberal application of thin, medium, and then thick Paraloid B-72 followed by supporting the broken surfaces with Carbowax strengthened by cheese cloth. Matrix removal was mainly done with a Microjack #3 under a microscope.

Steve Clawson applying carbowax to cheesecloth with a brush so it adheres to the cross sections of the centra

Cheesecloth coated with Carbowax functions similarly to rebar in concrete - it strengthens the Carbowax, which has the advantage of dissolving in warm water.

Lateral view of the vertebrae with portions of the centra missing

Part of the vertebrae were broken off and situated in a rock that also had some tendons and a quadratojugal.

After being carefully removed and cleaned, the missing piece was glued on with thick Paraloid B-72 and left to dry overnight.

Finally, gaps in the bone were filled in with Apoxie putty and the whole thing was given a coat of Paraloid.

The jacket lines up with the neck elements in the skull jacket. The vertebrae were compressed post-burial making them look smaller than they were in life.

[khaoala]

❝A place is what you can own, but a space is where you feel comfortable to be in.❞

HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY, THE ECLIPSE!

[aurantiumred]

fuck it i would give you a 10 page essay on how Waving Through A Window is jason coded but YOU'RE NOT READY FOR THAT CONVERSATION!

[barbieaiden]

1. Kas: Did I tell you there’s a curfew. 

Tristan: A curfew?

Kas: I agree it’s stupid. You don’t have to follow it if you have a key. 

Tristan: Where does one get a key then?

Kas: If you prove I can trust you, I’ll make sure you get one.

Tristan: The structure seems sturdy enough to keep out creatures. Humans could break through a window. Why lock the doors?

Kas: It’s not a matter of keeping people and creatures in or out, Tristan.

Tristan: Right.

Kas: Communal dinners on Monday and Sundays. Nadine is strict with that. Fail to attend, and you get no food.

Tristan: Any other repercussions?

Kas: Passive aggression.

Tristan: Scary.

2. Kas: If they really wanted power, I’d expect them to use violence. But I suppose they don’t want it badly enough.

Tristan: Is that how you’d run this place if you were at the head?

Kas: Not over something as meaningless as a curfew.

3. Kas: What about you, Tristan?

4. Tristan: …what about me?

5.  Kas: Do you like power?

6.  Tristan: No.

7. Kas: Most people say that. It’s what they’ve been conditioned to think. What you’re forgetting is that if you’re not the one in power, someone else is.

8. Tristan: Power and control aren’t necessarily the same thing, are they?

Kas: Hmm.

9. Tristan: You don’t have to rule by fear. You can be in power because people put their trust in you willingly.

10. Kas: Does it make a difference? Loyalty is as much a leash as being under someone’s power by force. And having someone’s chosen loyalty gives you just as much control over them—if not more.

11. Kas: So?

12/13: Kas: Do you like power?

Tristan: I guess I prefer to have it.

14. Kas: Good.

15. Tristan: ...is this some sort of test?

Kas: [Smiles]

Tristan: Did I pass?

Kas: Yes, Tristan. You did.

[mumuscae]

Wip work of the beautiful princess and spica

I'm really proud of how I drew their faces but I know myself and that by tomorrow I'll scream at myself and say that theyre hideous and never let the drawing see the light of day. So I'm posting them now. someone give me a pat on the back for facing my fears pls

[hawkfrostandmudclaw]

mustard don't you know how to knock ?!

[housecow]

i’m so happy y’all like my writing ngl 🥺 for a long, long time i wanted to be an author and part of what made me okay w gaining this weight was knowing that even if i get too fat for many things. i won’t be too fat to write :3

but fr i wanted to write a horror/fantasy novel. paleontology and body horror. i still dream of this but im BUSY and writing is hard when u have to write academically constantly

[somegrumpynerd]

One whole year of Pigeon my friend Pigeon!! :D

@pigeonstab you're so funny and cool and I've never had a bad time talking to you and I'm super duper glad we're friends <3

Also get bear hugged >:3c

[angel-hole]

SUPTOBER DAY 01 - liminal in the beginning

4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance;

— Ezekiel 1:4—5