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[governmentofficial]

🎁 + an answer to a letter Oceanne sent him from the boarding school? @imprvdente

𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄 (🎁 + any idea you want!)

Océanne,

While I congratulate you on your recent academic success, I must remind you that it is not particularly becoming to overtly brag - especially when your scores appear to be high, but not uniquely exceptional.

I was interested to hear of Lord Henley's financial situation. I was aware that his estate was struggling, but I had not yet heard the news that he could no longer afford his daughter's schooling fees. His debts have clearly progressed to a worse state than they were in when his Diogenes Club membership fees were due.

Though I recognise that you are eager to return home, I'm afraid I must inform you that you will need to remain at school over the upcoming holiday. A situation has developed abroad, and I will have to spend a number of weeks dealing with it. This situation is an active and sensitive one, so I cannot tell you where I will be going.

If you will need additional belongings during this period, respond to this letter with a list and I will see to it that they are delivered to you. You must do this quickly as I will be leaving the country next Monday.

I will speak to you when I return, Mycroft Holmes

[obscurushydrae]

Things older agents can embarrass Kar's potential partners with stories of:

Spent her first week or so at BPRD headquarters fascinated with flushing things down the toilet, and flushing them in general (I mean you wake up tens of thousands of years later and advance plumbing exists...)

Was terrified of motor vehicles for a few months

Had a habit of eating without utensils, took a bit to pick it up

Ran face first into a few of the glass doors thinking they were open (shattering one of them)

Spent some time communicating in onomatopoeias

Had a dinosaur phase and pretended to be a dinosaur and spoke in nothing but roars (and only ate dino nuggets)

Had a custom Ghostbuster costume for Halloween and refused to wear anything else for bit after

Learned how to pick the non-keycarded locks by the age of 11

Was a notorious pickpocket of guests if bored enough, plenty of senators and academics visiting wound up as marks

Once openly discussed the macabre funeral practices of several cultures over dinner

Tormented family and agents alike when she received a Creepy Crawlers oven

And More

[solitariusdeluna]

🌟 💫 😊 💖☀️

🌟 ― i love how you portray your muse(s) 💫 ― i enjoy writing with you 😊 ― i enjoy talking to you 💖 ― you seem like a genuinely nice person ☀️ ― your posts always bring me joy

aww you're too kind and good to me omgosh!!! UNO REVERSE

[rielzero]

Ohh, so I was looking at my storage and found these! I originally shared them on twitter before yeeting the platform. Anyway, feel free to use! Art memes for your oc :D

[infohazardouz]

they liked this on twitter im thinking you would too

[haniishu]

Broadway, Cotswolds, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom

This wisteria drenched Manor House, outside Broadway, is the dream romantic Cotswolds getaway. ~ James Lloyd Cole

Broadway, Cotswolds, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom

[seobot]

[fatalexmonstrum]

Kar is pretty good with kids. They're at that stage where her appearance looks cool without understanding the implications of her appearance, so there's not too much fear. She's been known to kick around a ball in the streets. (Footie doesn't exist per se but that's what I mean.) Or make little toys/trinkets (folded paper animals and such).

How many adults will stop to help collect rocks or share in the wonder and excitement of finding a really cool bug? Kar's the adult ankle deep in the marsh sharing her frog catching tips, or showing them how to make temporary reed baskets to keep them. Knees and hands covered in chalk helping in the collaboration on the cobblestones. (Not to mention all those neat science tricks she can pull off for entertainment.)

The closest to being a parent she has been was as a governess to a Lady Sybil, a daughter of some pastoral Baron way too far away from the line of succession to be important or noticed. (The girl has aunts so Kar wasn't the SOLE maternal influence, but she was there near daily.) She was a fair type of governess, being both patient and supportive, but giving enough space to allow them to get scraped knees and have a bit of independence. No doubt there were nights where she was left to read by the girl's side, or share her bed. Likewise she was there to teach the girl most of her skills. Reading, writing, arithmetic, the sciences of plants and animals, and dare say how to use a blade if need be.

(Again one of her lives was an entertainer; so she is used to pulling tricks and giving a show.)

(The lady grew up to be both a kind and shrewd steward of her lands, no thanks in part to Kar Miss Moira's lessons.)

She's probably more of an auntie than a mom, at the moment, being fine watching children that aren't hers. Given how she hasn't gotten past the casual dating stage with anyone, I don't think she's been in the situation to even think about kids and a family, so even she's not sure.

Pregnancy might be more her issue, if I had to say, but again if she was in a situation with a stable and understanding partner, she might be inclined, but that's something to explore down the line here. However, she might just be more the sort to adopt some feral foundling that reminds her of herself and raise them if in a situation to.

[littleguysdaily]

[paragonrobits]

some important calvin and hobbes facts in case you haven't read the original comic strip in a long time or only absorbed stuff on it from memes and out of context bits on here:

Calvin's last name has never been given, and neither has any of his parent's names. This was actually why his uncle Max only showed up for a brief storyline; the creator of the comic, Bill Watterson, ultimately felt that while it was fine to have him as someone for his parents to talk to, it felt far too awkward to never have Max refer to them by name and he never made a return appearance.

The general tone of the comic is fairly light-hearted, with a big emphasis on goofy slapstick comedy contrasted by clever wordplay and often surprising adult-centered jokes that'll hit you like a slap. A big part of the comedy is, as Watterson put it (paraphrased) "It's really funny to me when people express deeply stupid ideas with really fancy terminology." One notable example you might have seen is that one bit where Calvin asks his mom for money to buy a Satan-worshiping rock album and his mom replies that there's nothing genuine about them and they're just putting on the attitude for shock value, and comisserates with Calvin as he deplores that mainstream nihilism can't be trusted. He concludes that childhood is disillusioning.

There is a LOT of criticism of the extreme materialism and selfish mentality of the late 80s, when the comic was initially written. This may go a long way to explain how its aged so well; much of what it criticizes resonates well with people today.

Bill Watterson views comic strips a legitimate form of artwork, and repeatedly fought to have more space to draw more beautiful and artistic backgrounds, which was a very hard fight and unpopular even with other comic strip artists. He eventually did win some compromises and a lot of Calvin And Hobbes' artwork shows it, with the use of space to indicate time as well as a sharp contrast between the often plain environments of mundane life contrasted by the wildly beautiful imagery of Calvin's imagination (which often sports realistic depictions in an art shift of sorts).

Hobbes is explicitly not an imaginary friend, by word of Watterson himself. We don't know WHAT he is exactly, and Hobbes is apparently unaware of the strange nature of his reality; people look at him and only see an ordinary stuffed tiger plushie, but he has a tangible effect on the world that would be physically impossible for Calvin to do on his own. He's apparently been around for a while, and was apparently around when Calvin was a young baby.

On that note; Hobbes has implicitly killed (notably treated as both a gag and also with the vibe of 'he's a tiger, duh') and while he doesn't do it again on-screen, he doesn't have any moral issues about it. Calvin claims that he's never had trouble bringing Hobbes to school because the last time he did, Hobbes killed and ate a bully named Tommy Chestnut and simply comments that it was gross and he needed a bath. Calvin's tried to repeat this again, but Hobbes was grossed out at the thought having to eat a kid raw and not being allowed to use an oven first, or complaining that children are too fattening.

Hobbes became gradually less human-like in body language and more like an actual cat in both body language and behavior; this was due to Watterson drawing more inspiration from his cat, who also inspired a lot of Hobbes' running gags, such as pouncing on Calvin when he got home. Several years into the syndication of the strip, Watterson's cat passed away, and he did a tribute to her with a comic strip of the two of them agreeing to try to dream together so they can keep playing when they have to sleep; Watterson's commentary (if I recall right), remarks on his cat: "We can see each other again in dreams."

[governmentofficial]

@imprvdente continued from [x]

Guests had to follow the correct procedure too, though. At Christmas, there was a societal expectation to bring a gift for somebody who you knew was going to give one to you, and therefore it only made sense that you should bring multiple if you knew they were going to give more than one!

Of course, Mycroft hadn't known that, and he assumed that the Lecters trusted that he wouldn't lie about that. If he had known he should bring more presents, he obviously would have! Because of that, he in turn trusted that he would be forgiven for his mistake.

Now he knew that there were multiple gifts for him, Mycroft couldn't help but wonder what they were. His looked back to the presents, looking over them with his observational eye. He couldn't work out many details, though, as they'd all be wrapped in neat, nondescript boxes.

"Okay," Mycroft conceded. "As long as he knows that I wasn't fully aware of what to expect." He really didn't want to risk getting into trouble. Mycroft knew that Fish's father was very keen on good manners.

"Don't make it sound as though I am neglected or any nonsense like that, though," he then quickly added, realising the risk in how his lack of familiarity may sound. "It's just different customs, that's all."

[imjustanauthor]

"We've got off on the wrong foot, haven't we?" for Jeremiah, from the Horned One :)))) @hvbris

First Meetings Sentences, Vol. 2

It was getting towards the end of Jeremiah's working day and, before returning to his cabin for a shower and some dinner, he'd decided to stop by one of the visitor centres to take advantage of the shop there. They'd just got some new pet products in, including bandanas for dogs that said 'Bark Ranger' on them. Picking one up for Dog was just too tempting to resist.

As he paid for the item, he noticed Dog begin to bark outside. That was odd. Jeremiah had left him in his car, and he was usually so good at staying quiet. If he was barking, that usually meant that somebody was bothering him.

Figuring it was rowdy kids knocking on the car window or something like that, Jeremiah hurried out of the shop. However, once he left the building, he noticed that this wasn't the case. Maybe whoever it had been had run off? That wouldn't be too unusual - Dog could be pretty intimidating once he was riled up.

As he started to walk towards the car, a voice towards his side stopped him. Usually, he'd ignore it, but for some reason, Jeremiah found himself pausing on the spot.

"Sorry, but I just got off duty, sir," he said, turning towards the stranger. "You'll have to ask another park ranger for help, or if you go into the visitor centre, the help desk is still open."

Dog, meanwhile, kept barking, getting more frantic with each moment that passed.

[the-acid-pear]

The wonders of technology... Back in the day I had to keep howling on the headspace for anyone else to take the wheel when I got overwhelmed and insane. Now it happens on their own. We truly live in the future.

[solitariusdeluna]

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―  𝑺𝑴𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑺𝒀𝑴���𝑶𝑳𝑺 𝑶𝑭 𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑫𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑺.

🌟 ― i love how you portray your muse(s) 💯 ― your headcanon posts are always on point

thank you so much! we've been following one another for over a year now and it's amazing that we haven't interacted much but i do enjoy having you on my dash <3

[beaft]

a small child came into the café today and asked to buy a chocolate truffle. he tapped a credit card on the reader and it did not go through, mainly because it was not a credit card but in fact a junior cinema pass. i gently explained he couldn't use that to buy things in shops and he looked so gutted that i was like "...but just this once you can have it for free, don't tell my boss though" he said thank you and walked out with his truffle and as he went i heard him chuckling to himself and saying "yes..... yes!!!!!" like the sickos comic

[infohazardouz]

another queued mw post with dad swansea and the only curly ive ever drawn. this is old and i dont draw any of them like this anymore except maybe swansea because he was born perfect