#the reason? they sold their house

[pollenallergie]

ignore everything i said back in late may/early june. i was hypomanic and, consequently, unreasonably angry for most of that time. 👍👍👍

[whaalless]

Small Destiny doodle dump + wip for a bigger drawing I’m working on

[murmel-malt]

Hedaera at her crowning ceremony, for the meme thing? With the 👗 emoji or something.

Mwah! I am kissing you on the forehead! Thank you!

Daera's coronation is one of the few occassions she wears her house colours, with an over dress made of black silk samite that has a scale texture woven into the fabric; a hem adorned with dark red trim and golden dragon embroidery + light gold silk for the inner lining of the wide sleeves. The underdress is made of red silk and the skirt is pleated per her usual style with gold embroidery along the fitted sleeves.

She is crowned with her grandmother Alysanne's crown (like Viserys is crowned with their grandfather Jaehaerys') and the rest of her jewelery fits her usual style (except the choker) - only with red/dark red/black gems.

[nelkcats]

Not The Blood Son

Damian is not Bruce Wayne's biological son. A fact that no one was aware of, not even Talia herself.

This was because Ra found the DNA of a being related to the Lazarus pits, and was willing to make a clone for further study; However, he lost the sample. On the other hand, Talia, who was trying to created a kid of her and her beloved used the wrong sample.

Talia never realized this due to Damian's resemblance to Bruce. When Damian got to the mansion, Bruce take Talia's word for it, of course, she ran some blood tests but the computer started crashing at that point, showing the result to be 'similar'. He decided to do new tests later, but that result was enough at the time.

Everything Damian was proud of: his heritage, his own as the only blood son, his right to be "Batman", was gone as soon as his mother revealed the truth. His father, of course, said that he was still his son regardless of blood but Damian was not happy with that.

He was supposed to be different from his brothers, he was supposed to be Batman, but if he wasn't... who was he? What was his true purpose? what was the right path to choose?

Determined to find a new purpose, Damian decided to search for his biological father. Something in which his family offered him support. The problem was that the only information they had came from Ra and one of his former business associates. A certain "Plasmius", Damian's father had no other description beyond "Related to the Lazarus pits"

Danny Fenton, finally out of the hero life, and living with his "cousin" in Amity (and the Infinite Realms) had no idea how much was about to change his quiet retirement life.

[sleepynegress]

A COMPREHENSIVE & AUTHENTIC UHURA LOVE/HISTORY POST

The above is where Roddenberry 1st employed Nichelle Nichols [click to watch the full clip]. It was a military show based on Roddenberry's own experiences, the episode is called To Set it Right (I highly suggest reading the wiki article about it).

You should note two other actors, whom he later pegged for Star Trek are in the episode.

They dated briefly and then became good friends way before Trek came about.

Miss Nichols was already an accomplished singer and dancer who performed regularly w/ Billy Eckstine and Duke Ellington

Roddenberry's 1st show, The Lieutenant, was canceled/pulled from the air before these scenes bluntly dealing with racism could air (there's blackface as punishment for the racists at the end of the show, in a case of 'he 'a little confused but got the spirit' for the times, so tw)

He created Star Trek to try to soften the blow of all the social messaging he wanted to insert from his military experience. Star Trek was basically, a submarine drama placed in a sci-fi setting. He made it diverse on purpose because the military helped him travel and serve with all kinds of people. Roddenberry was inspired by that.

Uhura was the first person to read for Spock and in fact, helped to shape the character with her reading and based many of the traits of Uhura (formerly Uhuru) on Spock.

She was basically a glorified secretary. She played the part with poise, joy, and the 60's style womanism she got to play out for those times... Everything from her mini-skirt (which Nichelle herself called very comfortable) to her smile, and teasing lines, and quips were about her playing "big" in a small role. She made every moment, every look, every line, and movement count:

Roddenberry cracked jokes about the fact that the network never figured out that Uhura was fourth in command.

Nichelle was the only main cast member who was not salaried. She was paid by the hour. This attempt at marginalization actually resulted in her being the highest paid at times, because of the long hours.

Nichelle was not let in the front entrance at times, her fan-mail was kept from her, and she grew frustrated with the constant cutting of her scenes, lines and storylines. This is why she justifiably attempted to leave. The bigots in production did not like her being there (and if we're being real, were it not for Janice Rand's actress Grace Lee Whitney having gone through so much and thus losing her job in the 1st season...Uhura might have had even LESS presence)

The lost context in MLK convincing her to stay was that YES she was minimized and could make more money and be more fulfilled on broadway, but her symbolism and presence meant so much at a time when Black women weren't on TV unless as a racist caricature cleaning a house, and even that was rare...that she stayed.

One of her best allies was DeForest Kelly, who threatened to quit if they fired Nichelle. George Takei was her absolute best friend on the show and in life (she served as his Best Woman at his wedding).

There was an unfilmed episode in which Uhura and Deforest would have played reverse roles in "racial dynamics" on a planet they visit

Spock and Uhura were originally supposed to kiss in the alien mind control episode, but Shatner demanded to do so for the publiicity.

Her work to recruit marginalized people as astronauts, as in personally going to colleges and talking to candidates after the show is a staggering achievement that arguably is the most potent of any castmember in any of the Trek series post-show. Sally Ride, Guy Bluford (she personally recruited the 1st woman and 1st black astronaut), Mae Jemison (the 1st black woman credits her for inspiring her to become an astronaut).

Uhura did finally command the ship in the animated series. She would not have gotten to voice the role, but for Leonard Nimoy making it an obligation that all the original actors voice their parts for him to come on.

Scotty and Uhura in the film was definitely a pair the spares situation, in which both were the leftover senior citizens with the writers just going "why not?"

it was beyond insulting and she did protest about the scene where she's bumbling through a giant translation book to speak to klingons for laughs in trek 5 ...but her best moment IMO is her pulling a gun on the young ensign in the transporter room in Trek 3...sadly her ONLY scene in the damn movie.

Miss Saldana got to play to MANY corrections in JJ Abrams rebooted Trek, from being amazing at languages to having an actual life & love, to confidently turning down Kirk at every turn.

FUN FACT!! Both JJ and Bob Orci both expressed disappointed shock that the love story between Spock & Uhura got more hatred from fans than BLOWING UP PLANET VULCAN.

another FUN FACT!! The love story between Spock & Uhura is what grabbed the old school Star Wars fan (JJ Abrams) enough to come aboard to direct. Yep. JJ ships Spock & Uhura.

Zoe's iteration became the 1st version of Uhura to speak confidently in Klingon

Celia Rose Gooding becoming Uhura brings around a lot of Uhura's qualities full circle, IMO. As she is also from theatre (like Nichelle) and has a beautiful singing voice as well as the charm. Zoe's iteration was sharper, and much more protective, professional, & mature, about her life and love.

Celia Rose has the youthful curiousity and stars in her eyes and had vulnerability from her first intro... I loved the eagerness the crew showed to being in her orbit, seeing the glow of her talent and being drawn to that, to have a part in nurturing that.

As I've said... Celia IMO has the most dazzling smile, giant warm brown eyes, fantastic curves, and an energy that feels essentially Uhura, & that is all light, joy, a bit of uncertainty, -from the light singing (!) and the growth to her joy in discovery... I'd love to see her writing move away from serving and be more about her wants needs and growing in friendships/loves.

But Celia is a gift and is perfectly cast.

Essentially Uhura = femininity, graceful carriage, gorgeous smile, excellence in engineering and translation (canon!), ability to sing and play the Vulcan lyre, sharp womanist wit, love for her U.S. of African-Kenyan culture and being beloved by all crew...

When Miss Celia hummed those gorgeous notes to the alien entity on that comet?? That Solidified that she IS Uhura IMO.

I 100% think they fucked up by killing Hemmer, because that mentor-mentee relationship was giving marginalized coming together and bonding over everybody else's bullshit and I was here for it...it was giving me Data and Geordi updated...and since then, IMO they've lost track and given us the same kinda backwards wingwoman role BS, that people who like to pretend to be her fan shoehorn her into.

...but I have high hopes that they'll course-correct.

All this to say ALL OF THE ABOVE is Uhura and anyone calling her ugly, bossy, pushy, annoying, whatever is just sad little hater who doesn't know wtf they are talking about.

[door]

as someone who has had to look up the value of random objects across 3 careers, this is my biggest tip: never take the amount that something is being sold for at face value. learning that someone has a book priced at $2000 tells you nothing except that they want $2000. the real info is what people are actually spending for it. a lot of places let you filter search results to only see sold items—above is a screen shot of ebay’s. you often have to scroll down a ways to find it. and if you’re trying to sell an item, price it around or under whatever that number is. and pay attention to when the past sales happened—just because someone was willing to buy something for $50 in 2010, doesn’t mean anyone is now.

[acourtofquestions]

“She had no magic to wield, save for the keen eyes of the goddess at her shoulder and an uncanny ability to remain unnoticed, to play into expectations.”

[kingtankgirl]

i mean like. lrb, they literally Are ceding the election to trump. that was the whole point of running biden again. and its crazy that ppl r like Get Out There And Vote! as if trump wasnt always going to win 2024. as if project 2025 wasnt Always going to be enacted (regardless of the talking head we call president). like this is very much the goal of the united states government at large, not any particular administration. once you can accept that its reality you can start working on your anxiety and actually start having a game plan. fascism can, will, and is coming for the imperial core of the world. It Can Happen Here. please get fucking real

[echo-s-land]

That moment where you remember a random place from your childhood you'll probably never go back to

[driftwooddestiel]

art class is so strange because i practically roleplay being a generic cis guy during it on account of who i sit with (3 generic cis guys). like we talk about the most ‘normal’ stuff its wild…

[tittyinfinity]

My mother confuses the fuck out of me

[windsroad]

there's also, like, a weird feeling, like "up the wolves" kind of feeling, knowing how you grew up and knowing the screaming from the house was audible to the neighbors and knowing no one ever did anything or called anyone

I know it wasn't physical abuse (at least, not that I am aware of, though there are a few memories where I do not know what happened when the people in question left my sight) but it still makes me feel some type of way. like they didn't know it wasn't, you know

[steviescrystals]

there is no feeling worse in the world than missing your grandma :/

[nexus-nebulae]

it's kinda funny how similar to my grandpa i am considering my birthday was three days after his

[p2ii]

Motorola startac 70 my beloved <333

[therealsinnohdawn]

in the case of house 2x02

little girl: i’m dying. i’m nine and i’ll never experience romance or be kissed.

i had my first real kiss in my mid-20s. i was so so convinced that i was just broken somehow. i’m not on the aro/ace spectrum, i wanted it so badly. was i ugly? did everyone secretly hate me? how can everyone else be so good at this and i’m so bad? 

i have an anxiety disorder. i’ve never been hospitalized or had any real near-death experiences, but i’ve always been afraid. not of death, not really. but afraid that i’d die before i ever got to experience what everyone else seems to. if i had had some kind of terminal illness, that’s what ultimately would be the most upsetting to me. 

so maybe it’s just because i relate to the patient that i feel this way. but i cannot see what chase did as anything other than a man trying to comfort a dying girl. obviously it wasn’t any kind of fetish for him! obviously he wasn’t getting anything out of it! he tried to convince her not to give up. but he knew that ultimately, she might die, and she’d die feeling rejected and unloved and unhappy. she’s fucking 9. 

here’s the thing about fiction. if something like this happened in real life it would be very very sus. but in fiction, we have the benefit of knowing the character’s real motives and thoughts. why would it be creepy in real life? because that’s a grown man kissing a child, probably a p***phile. but we viewers are omniscient. we can see chase’s trepidation. we know his entire history, and also his future. nothing that happens or will happen in the show suggests that he gets off on kissing children. we see no indication that he poses any danger. what do we see? we see that he cares for patients, we see that he weighs risks, we see that he makes calculations. he decided that giving this poor, sad girl a moment of happiness, possibly the last one she will ever have, was worth the side-eyes he might get if he were found out. and he did, and he did try to defend himself. that doesn’t imply guilt, it implies that he does care about their view of him. but he cared about the patient more. 

everyone hates on chase because of this. there are actual, legit reasons to hate chase, real character flaws that can’t be justified. his fatphobia early in the series, his level of calculation and manipulation to rival house’s, the excuses he made to stay with cameron, how much he loses his brain when he’s trying to flirt with someone new. but “a dying child was sad that she’d never experience kissing a cute boy, so he kissed her on the lips for 3 seconds rather than rejecting her to save face”? nah fam.