#puns cw

[proustianrevelry]

my python drag queen fursona, American Woma

[captious-solarian]

You jest, but the calque "dévivanter" is in actual use. I'm sorry you had to find out this way.

Beautiful tag from @gender-euphowrya: #simone de beauvoir's famous essay ''le deuxième seggs'' — is also not entirely a joke: this youtube video uses it in its chapter index, presumably to avoid censorship of the word "sex" (but pronounces it normally in the video itself).

Beautiful tag from @scoldedmilk: #my friend Unalivimer really hates tiktok #i dont know why

I find this censorship-avoidance register fascinating and I'm curious to see what happens with it, especially in places where it's used even though there isn't actually a filter. Back in my day we just used l33t 5p34k.

Frequently asked questions in the comments:

How did "the little death" come to mean orgasm? It originally meant a brief loss of consciousness; or the cold feeling and shivers caused by dread. Loss of consciousness and shivers can both be caused by orgasm, so "little death" was applied to those in the context of orgasm, and to orgasm itself.

Do French people actually call cumming "the little death"? Not usually; it's rather flowery and literary. If you're writing an essay on the meaning of sex, sure; if you're telling your mates about last night, no.

the french have a term called « la petite unalive »

[captious-solarian]

Magical Girl Lyrical 10 mm²

[artilite]

fuck you *lethal companies your in stars and time*

(long) exposition under cut (spoilers for ISAT + lethal company logs)

This au takes place around the time of sigurd's logs/before them (i haven't decided if Sigurd's crew exists here or not yet)!

Siffrin was someone who used to live on the Golden Planet before it got eaten. They may not remember anything beyond being found in an escape pod, but they're still paralyzed by fear when getting close to the selling window. He's always first in the facilities, making jumps, braving traps, and heading as deep as he can for scrap.

Mirabelle and Isabeau are the medic and fighter respectively, who both came from the same moon colony. They were both pressured into taking jobs by a work-based society, and applied for the company under the impression that it was a short, high-paying internship with nebulous risks.

Odile is their resident ship manager. She keeps a watchful eye over everyone and relays information about monsters, scrap, etc. In absolutely dire situations, she may come help with scrap. Despite claiming to be a first-timer, her badge says Leader??

Nille and Bonnie ended up with the crew after taking a chance to run away from their parents. Seeing a high-paying job that provided everything and would take them far away sounded too good to pass up. Nille lied about Bonnie's age to take them with her. After seeing the reality of this job, though, she regrets not finding another way out. Bonnie is permanently on ship-duty; they mainly type in whatever numbers Odile tells them. Nille is also a fighter, though she prefers the weighty stop sign as opposed to Isabeau's shovel.

Loop, after hundreds upon thousands of quotas, dying every possible death, learning everything they could- even the real identity of The Company- realizes there was one thing they've never done before. They've never died to The Company. Desperate for a way out, and haunted by the whispers and screams beyond the wall, they give themselves up. Maybe that would finally satisfy the monster- to have devoured every last piece of the Golden Planet. Maybe their crew could finally rest easy that way. Well, they didn't loop back. But through the dark and damp, there's static on the walkie talkie. Loop picks up, and hears their own voice just beyond the wall.

(Loop's design is the most different by far, since instead of consuming a star, they themselves are slowly getting digested. They're inspired by the visual of red crying faces from the logs :D)

[toffeebrews]

Wouldn't you trust him? :)

based off this post (and my ramblings on it as well)

[captious-solarian]

[Photo of a roundish bird with an extremely long tail. It's standing on the ground, with its tail dragging behind it. The tail is about three times the length of its body, and is also very broad and curling on the sides.]

[1680/10977] Broad-tailed paradise whydah - Vidua obtusa

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Passeroidea Family: Viduidae (indigobirds and whydahs)

Photo credit: Charlotte Morris via Macaulay Library

[crabsnpersimmons]

somehow coordinated an all-yellow outfit for my cave attire and thought, i'm living my sun life

[heartless-aro]

Being a cold heartless spinster who loves no one is such hard work! I spend all this time spinning silk, and weaving it into intricate patterns, and catching hapless prey in my webs, and sinking my fangs into them, and yet no one ever appreciates my efforts!!! It’s so hard to be aro ::::(

[luck-of-the-drawings]

THIS THING IS SCUUUFFED AS HELL & ITS ALSO THE BEST THING I HAVE ANIMATED THUS FAR. IM SO IN LOVE WITH EMIZEL. JUST WISH I GAVE HIM MORE STUPID TATTOOS. NEXT TIME THO. NEXT TIME. I ALSO LOVE VEX&VIV SOOOO MUCH. charlies flavor of Deranged is my FAVORITE!!

[captious-solarian]

Do it for the Vine.

— John 15:5

[braisedhoney]

been on an utdr kick. occasionally i feel the snag of old fandoms… but tbh i blame gaster, because he never left in the first place.

also i know almost nothing about horrortale sans pls forgive me. i’m basing it off the game demo i saw like six years ago.

bro you could totally fit the whole axe in there. question is where would it go.

[punskiii]

10 year redraw! Our Bloody Prince, Belphegor <3

I really needed a confidence boost, so I dug through my archives and did this...makes me glad I never gave up in improving my art :')

Here's the comparison to the original:

[captious-solarian]

Marine biology as a branch of army medicine

it should be illegal to send an email titled "marine internship opportunity" and have it be about the army guys and not, like, ocean exploration

[nemaria]

nan feng + fire 🔥

[ello-its-slimegoat]

DAY 10: VIRUS

Happy birthday, Anti! Hope you have a knife day. Haha…

[ambeauty]

Contrary to popular belief, I think s4 being the final season is not necessarily a bad thing. The first season was 8 episodes and they told a complete story. Through their success, they have gotten to expand on that story and the characters throughout the past two seasons, mileage may vary.

For me, next season the important things to touch on is Sydney’s backstory, all of Carmy’s conflict resolutions, and whatever they decide lies ahead for Sydney and Carmy as business partners and hopefully a realization that everything they have felt for each other is on a deeper level than just professional admiration. There is a lot to wrap up but I trust Chris and Joanna will be able to carry this very complex and dynamic story home and stick the landing as they say.

I will forever be grateful to Chris Storer specifically for seeing Ayo, and giving her this star making opportunity. Not only has she been given the opportunity to show range, not just comedic, but dramatic, introspective, ambitious, anxious, talented, intelligent, and discerning. Something we rarely get from Black women leads on television. Also providing her the opportunity to flex her creativity and mentoring her through direction was beautiful to watch and she flourished. Her episode was one of the most highly rated in s3.

What I love about the creatives behind the bear, including (og) cast and crew is that they all recognize the greatness in everyone. They have a genuine respect for each other and what their show represents and what it means to people. I feel they will go to the ends of the earth to support each other and they work they have done together and individually. They really seem like a family despite any perceived mess and drama. I look forward to supporting what they all do when this era comes to an end, celebrating their wins or losses, and how this wild ride concludes.