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[viciousbite]

His servo instantly grabbed the cube from her, as if he'd been starved for days. He brought it to his chassis and held it close. Waited a second before drinking it, due to the amount she'd given him before. He stared at her, and then at the berth. Slowly adjusted his frame so his aft pressed against the surface. Each movement made his helm move with her, and the cube was pressed closer to his derma.

His knees remained up and pedes on the berth. The claws on his pedes tapped along the surface, as a bubbling hiss passed his intake. Energon cube tilted towards his intake. The liquid swallowed down with way more grace than in the alley way. Each gulp made his frame feel more energized. His spark pulsed with joy to be fed so well.

His knees gradually lowered, legs extended along the berth. His injured arm shifted to the side, to rest it beside him and to let the femme do what she needed to do. The energon cube helped lower his guard, but there was minor tenseness that remained as he waited her to start working once more. If he got his frame back to its full glory and his tanks full of energon, he'd survive way longer. So suffering medical treatment was a small prize to pay.

She did her best to ignore what she figured was his instictive reaction to how she came into the room, catching him doing something that probably would've gotten him punished wherever it was that he escaped from. She hated the thought. Sure, the marks and such would be a pain to fix - if she really cared - and if he wasn't careful, he could break something without meaning to, but that's why accidents are called accidents! They didn't mean to do it!

Turning from the desk like counter space, she paused when she noticed how he was sitting, and gave a small laugh - though her attention was immediately drawn to his injury as he rubbed it. Sighing, she handed him the one cube she had in servo. It wasn't one of the bigger ones behind her, but it was still bigger than the few she had given him when she first encountered him.

"To reach your injuries better, I'm gonna need to you sit normally for me, okay?" She paused again, hoping he understood. The moment he took the cube, she turned to bring her repair tools closer to her on a small tray while doing her best to make her movements as slow and open as possible so he didn't get freaked out. Again, this was with the assumption that they had made similar movements where he was from, but with no good will toward him.

[valyrra]

MK4 Liu Kang mod by DazzyAllen on Nexusmods

Winter theme by SHAARYT on Nexusmods

[cantusecho-archive]

{ Was looking back at all my old Symphogear fics, same for videos, and felt a bit nostalgic in missing Miku and Hibiki. I still think about writing them, and I remember wanting to make Hibiki again for a fresh start, to start over elsewhere. Might end up doing that, we shall see. Miku’s blog MIGHT be fine since she’s a bit more lowkey already but maybe I’d write them both in the same place, who knows.

Anyway rambling out loud fff }

[wishfulsketching]

Silco and his terror of a daughter

[spockvarietyhour]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Past Tense, Pt. 1"

[defilerwyrm]

There’s this guy in town who owns this little house, and a while back he rescued a street dog that was going to get put down. Turned out she was pregnant.

Problem is, he has mental health & drug issues and couldn’t afford to get them all spayed & neutered, so now there are 6 grown bitches with 15 puppies total, and they’ve dug under his fence in multiple places but he can’t afford to fix it so they go roaming all around town. (When I say can’t afford it, I mean his house is currently running on a generator because he can’t afford his electric bill.) He’s also a day laborer so he cannot take multiple full days off work to take them to the vet an hour away. He’s in a really rough spot.

He’s not a bad person. He’s just overwhelmed.

And this little conservative town with 6 churches for 300 people, have they tried to help their neighbor? Have they adopted the puppies he’s been trying to give away? Have they offered resources?

NOPE! All they wanna do is talk shit about him and complain about the dogs but never lift a finger of their own. And they come to his house to yell at him and cuss him out about the dogs, which does not exactly engender in him a cooperative attitude, as you might imagine.

So after a while of this going on, my mom gets fed up with all the NIMBY bullshit and starts talking to the guy, because she’s done animal rescue for 20-odd years and has Connections. He’s resistant at first, but when he realizes she’s not being an asshole to him on account of his addiction or the dogs, he decides to let her help.

She gets to work organizing and networking. Finds a non-profit that will cover vaccinations, spay/neuter, and flea treatments for all the dogs. Talks the next-door neighbor into paying for materials to fix the fence, since this guy can do the work of it himself. Gets him in touch with another non-profit that will adopt out the adult dogs.

Less than 2 weeks after she decided to do something, all puppies have been to the vet, 10 puppies and 4 adult dogs have been adopted out, and the second non-profit is coming by next week to pick up the remaining 7 dogs to ship them out for adoption.

I’ve learned a lot of things from my mom—some good, some bad—but I think the most important positive message she lives as an example of is this: sometimes, when something needs done and no one else is willing, you gotta stand up and say “I’ll do it.”

[starridge]

from the same six hour drawing session where i devolved into hyperfixation-based madness

[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

[anipgarden]

Some of you may have heard about Monarch butterflies being added to the Threatened species list in the US and be planning to immediately rush out in spring and buy all the milkweed you can manage to do your part and help the species.

And that's fantastic!! Starting a pollinator garden and/or encouraging people and businesses around you to do the same is an excellent way to help not just Monarchs but many other threatened and at-risk pollinator species!

However.

Please please PLEASE do not obtain Tropical Milkweed for this purpose!

Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)--also commonly known as bloodflower, Mexican butterflyweed, and scarlet milkweed--will likely be the first species of milkweed you find for sale at most nurseries. It'll be fairly cheap, too, and it grows and propagates so easily you'll just want to grab it! But do not do that!

Tropical milkweed can cause a host of issues that can ultimately harm the butterflies you're trying to help, such as--

Harboring a protozoan parasite called OE (which has been linked to lower migration success, reductions in body mass, lifespan, mating success, and flight ability) for long periods of time

Remaining alive for longer periods, encouraging breeding during migration time/overwintering time as well as keeping monarchs in an area until a hard freeze wherein which they die

Actually becoming toxic to monarch caterpillars when exposed to warmer temperatures associated with climate change

However--do not be discouraged!! There are over 100 species of milkweed native to the United States, and plenty of resources on which are native to your state specifically! From there, you can find the nurseries dedicated to selling native milkweeds, or buy/trade for/collect seeds to grow them yourself!!

The world of native milkweeds is vast and enchanting, and I'm sure you'll soon find a favorite species native to your area that suits your growing space! There's tons of amazing options--whether you choose the beautiful pink vanilla-smelling swamp milkweed, the sophisticated redring milkweed, the elusive purple milkweed, the alluring green antelopehorn milkweed, or the charming heartleaf milkweed, or even something I didn't list!

And there's tons of resources and lots of people willing to help you on your native milkweed journey! Like me! Feel free to shoot me an ask if you have any questions!

Just. PLEASE. Leave the tropical milkweed alone. Stay away.

TLDR: Start a pollinator garden to help the monarchs! Just don't plant tropical milkweed. There's hundreds of other milkweeds to grow instead!

[planetary]

[viciousbite]

His field-- Ah scrap. Field which only continued to layer itself with delighted emotions. It felt nice, to have someone else give his tail such thorough attention. As much as he loved his tail, it was a lot of work to keep it fully clean, especially in organic territories or places with plenty of little pieces. As long as the mech didn't go too far up his tail, he was going to be comfortable with him preening it.

"Guess I need to keep my optics online and my subspace away from anyone with eight tendrils then." He chuckled, quite amused by the image, as long as he wasn't the one suffering such a fate. "A shame a Snake only has one tail, but I put the one I have to enough uses." Any more tails, and he'd look like a mutated creature, which he rather not have.

The tip of his tail curled partially around the Mech's thigh, while resting on his lap. A mere instinct to hold onto something, even if he wasn't going to fall through the floor unlike if he was high up. "Any other interesting crew member I should look out for?"

Don't let one of their crew know you have venom. He already produces his own and uses it for a freebie high due to its psychedelic effects. We didn't need him testing other people's venom or toxins for a new high.

"Mm, you say that, but your field says otherwise" Echo hummed, tail moved to drape over his lap to better pet, using claw tips to gently preen around each 'scale', clearing away grit and rubble with each deft little flick of a digit.

"We have someone on our crew who has eight tendrils, alt mode is a cephalopod, and he does the same thing. He uses his to hook around an ankle in passing to overbalance people, 'catch' them like a good citizen, and in the process loot their subspace in the same motion."

[valyrra]

⭐ Johnny Cage ⭐

mods used: ermaccer • nvidia ansel

Tagging: @sinimake

[wishfulsketching]

I know you’re probably super busy but I HAVE to share this with someone. I found this absolutely insane shirt at my job (thrift store) and it’s been killing me to imagine Silco in it

You can't drop something like this to my askbox and not expect me to draw something

Moms usually drop the kids off to their playdate, time for the dads to meet.

[elwenyere]

— Ursula K. Le Guin, from “A Rant About ‘Technology’”

[valyrra]

@flekh

Oblivion Affirmations part 1

[artsymeeshee]

The magic 8-ball