#sea defence

[agavex]

Newlyn, Cornwall. February 2023.

[amp-memories-and-experiences]

[thejaymo]

Today, Venice is safe, but it is staring at a future of excruciating trade-offs, with the sea level so high so often that the city will require constant protection. “At that point, I must decide,” Mr. Papa said. “Do I save the city or do I save the lagoon?”

Venice Is Saved! Woe Is Venice.

[localrants]

Just a political difference, they say.

[grievenotthespirit]

happy birthday luffy …. thank u for saving my life

strong world outfit / fave outfit for the big day :)

[bird-inacage]

Love Sea Episode 2-5 | Protective Tongrak about to throw hands

Yessss Tongrak, defend your goddamn man. On a serious note, when Tongrak expresses concern that Mut may have been taken advantage of in Episode 2, Mut’s quietly delighted and touched, but quickly veers Tongrak’s attention away. He doesn't dwell on any unfair treatment he may have received. As he says in Episode 4, he’s so used to it, it doesn’t phase him anymore. So I need Tongrak to kick up a considerable fuss like he did this episode because this precious boy deserves better.

[robthepensioner]

One of several rings attached to the sea wall in the north of Blackpool. They have been there for decades, but I still do not know what use they are. I have done a search and asked an AI, but come up with nothing. The AI is showing every sign of being completely baffled, just displaying its "thinking" indicator and nothing else.

[pharawee]

Just did the calendar for my July BL watchlist and... I'm not going to survive this, am I?

[tracle0]

Snippet Sunday III

Part three! Here's an older snippet because I've not had a chance to write yet, busy day!!!

Prophet story...

Everything in Theo had broken. 

His throat, definitely, from the screams and sobs that had torn themselves from his mouth. His knees, absolutely, from the collapse to the ground, hard rocks digging into broken bone. His fingers, splintered and seized over his poor, shattered heart, which had sent shards of itself to lodge in his neck and suffocate him. His lungs, torn from the ragged breaths he had taken between each wail. His soul, black and raking at its edges to try and manage this horror, try and refuse the truth his eyes had burst from seeing. His mind, cracked into pieces every time he tried to think of -

A fresh sob welled in his throat, new tears springing to his bloodshot eyes. No, it wasn’t true. It couldn’t be true. He refused to let it be true, stayed on his knees, stayed watching the shore with the desperation of a drowning man reaching for air. 

The storm had finally passed, the lake stilled, the last swollen globs of foam dissolved into the tide. Nobody else was with him yet, nobody noticing Sea had vanished, her tsunami crashing to the lake after so long suspended. He’d watched every minute of its destruction and settling, waiting to see the moment Cain would swim to the surface, kick his way over, explain everything in a way that made sense and eased Theo’s worries.

How long had it been now? An hour? Two? Five? The sun was still up, muffled by the heavy grey clouds overhead. Had it set? Had it risen again? He hadn’t noticed, couldn’t remember. Maybe it had. Maybe it had at the same time as his brother had swum to safety, and he just hadn’t seen it. That was the only explanation, right? Because he was fine. He had to be fine. He had to be okay and alive and breathing, because the dark, looming potential that shadowed Theo’s thoughts was so heavy and so agonising that he might die if its whispers were truthful. 

“Theo?”

Not Cains voice. He stayed huddled. Stayed watching. Stayed still and desperate and afraid. 

[strawbubbysugar]

Agsfsg ok now I get why poor Sunny was embarrassed

Imagine your friend telling your now spouse about how you used to be a total party boy that not only slept around notoriously but also once got so drunk that you nearly fell out of the crows nest but managed to just get tied up in ropes and hang upside down for a few hours instead

And also now your brother knows that too

[awesome-shoes-with-wings]

drags this over to you like i'm a cat with a fresh kill @hedgehodgy

This was supposed to be done days ago! But turns out I still had a lot to learn about light and shade - and then I spent all day today trying to draw a good bookshelf.

This is art for the wonderful fic Mercy Upon Ourselves! At this point, dear writer, you have graced us with the Great Cliffhanger of Chapter Twelve. I will continue hanging from this cliff with utmost patience.

Close-ups and excerpt is below the cut!

As he stepped into the living room, however, Percy immediately wished he’d stayed in his bedroom. There was Poseidon - asleep on the sofa, still wearing yesterday’s clothes. Percy felt almost violently out-of-place as he stared at his sleeping father, whom he barely knew, and watched him snore softly, drool shining at the corner of his mouth. - Mercy Upon Ourselves, Chapter 4

[agavex]

Newlyn, Cornwall. February 2023.

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

The Type 404 Elbe-class replenishment ship  Werra (A514), Baltic Sea, 2024. Source: lsm.lv

On Friday, October 25, ships of the NATO Standing Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) will visit the Port of Riga, the National Armed Forces (NBS) said.

The command of SNMCMG1 has been entrusted to Germany and its Commander is Lieutenant Commander Beata Król. The group currently includes ships from Belgium, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Latvia, and Germany.

P.S. The good news is that all the warships come from European countries! Europeans must prioritize the protection of the Europe!!!

Make Europeans dangerous again!!!

[hughungrybear]

Well, despite its problematic theme (gay-4-u trope), I have always been very vocal of my love for SOTUS (and SOTUS S). I also believed that BLs like SOTUS, along with Love Sick, Make It Right, Gay Ok Bangkok, and Club Friday has undeniably shaped the BLs that we know and love today.

Likewise, despite its flaws, I believe Last Twilight will also open the door for other queer stories to be told: those that involved unconventional heroes (and heroines) and more realistic plots. Sure, the series went the fairy tale route with its last few episodes - however, I do think it's not a bad start for production companies to look at a new wealth of possibilities, plot-wise.

Who knows? Maybe eight to ten years from now, we will fondly look back at these episodes and tell new BL fans that this series started a whole slew of fantastic never-been-told queer stories that we all deserve. 🤓

[leohnoz]

Random Dump 7

1-4: Random Art

5-8: Dragon story stuff

9-10 : Envy and Meep

11: Mushrooms Malice concept characters

12: Moth Flight