#thrilled y'all

[heretherebedork]

Guess what i get to see? @benkaaoi !

[livixbobbiex]

You know what's fun?

They seem to have made Percy more on the inattentive end of ADHD than hyperactive. Aside from the capture the flag scene, we mostly just see him zoning out, 'daydreaming', the line "I don't think it's the marshmallow's fault I never pay attention".

ADHD barely gets good representation as it is, but I don't think I've ever seen the inattentive type in media like this before. This is going to be huge for a lot of people who don't fall under the hyperactive stereotype umbrella.

I'm just really excited that more people will get the chance to see themselves.

[slushyseals]

Hooray, my mail order pup-scription is here!

In reality this little pup got lost and ended up on someone's porch. Not to worry, the home owner did the right thing and the little guy is now at the Marine Mammal Care center who can evaluate them for any necessary care before release back into the wild. Source for more context: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3im2QYybiF/

[mobius-m-mobius]

#like deja vu 🤩🥰

[annwayne]

Y'all look at this amazing commission I got from the fantastic @mothiepixie of Alice and Todd! I totally recommend Mothie if you're looking for a commission!

[bookwyrminspiration]

It's fun to bemoan the odd lines and such, and I was gonna make a joke, but I do think it is genuinely sad how much of Unraveled's promo is leaning so heavily into shipping.

Not because I hate sokeefe or Keefe, but because this is such a massively popular story that has so much to offer outside of a single ship, and it's such a disservice to the years of work Shannon has put in to crafting these characters' stories and world. And to the countless fans who adore the story and characters outside of this single ship.

Both Sophie and Keefe are more than sokeefe, and the way this story about injustice, and rebellion, and loss of self, and grief is being overshadowed by a relationship? See the kiss scene! sokeefe art! foster-related quote! These things themselves aren't bad, but there's no balance; they should be part of more, not the whole thing. KOTLC deserves to retain its complexity in marketing! The readers, including young, deserve to have the story not watered down for them when it's being pushed!

There's also something about how publishers told Shannon KOTLC wouldn't sell because Sophie's a girl, and she pushed through that, only for Sophie to become almost an accessory to Keefe's story here? Making appearances that focus on what Keefe thinks of her instead of Sophie herself. I don't have this fully articulated, but hopefully you see what I'm getting at

Shannon's said for years she hates love triangles, didn't mean to write one, and tries to stay firmly Team Sophie. And I believe her, which makes it worse seeing how despite Shannon's efforts, her story about a brave, stubborn, reckless, passionate girl trying to find herself and do what she can to right the wrongs she sees in the world is getting pared down to a love story.

Now we do have six more weeks to go, so we could get some variety in the future. it's just frustrating so far, and as fun as it is to make silly little jokes about it, I do think there is a genuine critique here of publishing and marketing and treatment of female led stories (yes, unraveled is about keefe, but Keeper is about Sophie), and I wanted to say something

[cuoredimuschio]

super excited to finally announce a stout heart, a good bow, and a merry life, my project for the @steddiebang2024!! and even more excited to announce that i'll be working with the supremely talented @hereforanepilogue!!

summary:

after faltering under the weight of expectation and failing to live up to his family’s formidable reputation once more, steve is sent away from the kingdom of hawkins. to where, his father doesn’t care, so long as it’s far enough that he cannot inflict any more damage upon the now-sullied harrington name.

but steve and his fellow travelers don’t make it more than a few miles into the gruesome, shadow-bound woods that surround hawkins before their pilgrimage is set upon by thieves: the sort with sharp knives and little qualm about using them. tossed from his horse, without a weapon, steve is certain that he’s a goner. until, that is, a bow-wielding stranger, who happens to be the current biggest thorn in the kingdom’s side, steps in and saves steve’s life, changing it forever in the process.

when he’s offered a place among kas the betrayer’s merry band of ne’er-do-wells, he knows better than to accept it. but he has nowhere else to go and nothing left to lose. little does he know, as he takes kas’—or rather, eddie’s hand and allows himself to be pulled into the world cast to the outskirts of the kingdom’s consideration, that far more than a new home is in store for him. forced to adapt to an entirely unfamiliar way of life and waging a losing battle against his rapidly developing feelings for a certain infamous archer, he soon learns there are far worse things lurking between the trees than thieves, murderous or otherwise.

-🏹🏰💰⚔️-

coming this fall!

[hilariousness142]

I don't know about y'all, but I'm sick and tired of seeing "the world is over bc Orange Man is going to throw me and my lgbtlmnop friends into concentration camps, nooooo, everything is so awful and i'm going to die bc Nazi or sumthin" posts.

Listen to me.

Please - go touch grass. Get off social media. Take some time to breathe (I do, believe it or not, understand how disheartening it can be when your preferred candidate doesn't win).

The world is not going to end because Trump is back in office. The world is going to keep on spinning. You will be fine. Do you know how I know that?

Because (again, believe it or not) you have more control over your life than Trump does.

Grow in virtue. Abhor vice. Love God and your neighbor. Go get involved in a soup kitchen - something that involves giving yourself and not stewing in selfishness.

I need you to connect with reality and get off the news. Get off socials. Trump is not a dictator. Never was, never will be.

You need to stop injecting CNN into your veins and take an actual look around. Life is so much better when you're not being lied to about what's going to happen now that Trump's back in office.

[muzzlemouths]

We got “poor thing”ed!!! AHHHH

"Oh, yeah, it's all coming together" said with an increasingly panicked voice

[artfulacrostic]

memes for The Bad Batch 3x06, "Infiltration"

*SPOILERS*

[starheirxero]

If I dropped my little brother's artfight would u guys draw his characters btw

[handsomethrowrug]

Headcanon: So what exactly are the "Outsider" Lions?

Short answer: They are lions with mixed heritage of Pride Land and Kavu lions.

What is a 'Kavu' lion?

These are lions that live in the area we know as the K.alahari Desert. 'Kavu' is the S.wahili word for 'dry', and hail from a desert area known as the Dry Lands. This would be an area further to the south than the desert that appeared in the original movie.

The difference in appearance is stark compared to a Pride Lander lion. Kavu lions are slightly smaller than their bulkier cousins, but their lean build and longer limbs make them look almost malnourished in comparison.

Read-more because this is getting super long!

In terms of physical characteristics, their fur is thicker and longer, often giving them a 'scruffy' appearance to help them regulate the extreme temperature changes of the day and night. There have been cases of manes or tail tufts being curly/wavy. Some Kavu lions develop spots or 'freckles' as they mature, different from the spots lion cubs have, though it's unclear whether it's a long-forgotten aesthetic reason (akin to 'beauty marks'), or another way to protect them from the sun. Their noses are angular and slender to lessen the risk of sand irritating the nasal chambers. They can be black or pink.

Their pelts are normally darker and muted in colour as another sun-protecting adaptation (though they look 'washed out' compared to Pride Landers). Normally, they would be in tones along the lines of sand-brown, warm greys, or russet. There have been cases of darker tones appearing that are nearer to a dark brown or black. Tail tufts for lionesses are usually dark brown. For male lions, they are black, and they grow a black mane to further protect them from the blistering sun. The eye rims are normally darker on the upper half, and usually darker on the lower half, though this is not always the case. Finally, their eyes are normally somewhere on the blue-green range. When having cubs with Pride Landers, the eye colour is usually a recessive gene, meaning that most cubs would have red eyes. However, there can be some rare mutations, such as Vitani's purple eyes.

So how do the genetics work? Aside from the eye colour, as previously mentioned, nothing is recessive. However, the Pride Lander genes are naturally stronger, and they are better suited for the environment (the bulkier build for larger prey, pelts to better camouflage in the tall dry grass/bolder colours to look more intimidating, etc). However, another interesting mutation is the pelt colour being a mix of Kavu and Pride Lander. S.car himself is actually a really good example of this.

(I tried to quickly find screenshots in a similar lighting. I know they aren't perfect xD)

Compared to K.ovu and N.uka, he's actually more saturated, almost terracotta in tone. The other two are defintely more muted, or 'earthen' in comparison. In other words, he inherited the brown from the Kavu side, but it's a bolder, more orange tone because of the Pride Lander side. (Of the above three, I would argue that N.uka is actually the closest to the best example of a Kavu lion, aside from the weak mane from his poor upbringing and his red eyes.)

I was going to try and explain how many there were, but truthfully we all know that's a case of not knowing the sequel was going to exist in the first place. I would imagine it was a case of there being a few, but having mostly Pride Lander genes (with S.car presumably being the most obvious outlier), but then those that were born once S.car took over and the drought began took on the Kavu genes to have a better chance of surviving the harsh weather?

EDIT:

I forgot my main sources for information, whoops.

( ^ for that one, it's point 11)

[dipplinduo]

Ch 17 of Sweet & Sour Dipplins is dropping in a few hours. In the meantime, here's some out of context photos for your enjoyment lol

[ihaveonlymydreams]

Went to see the Broadway tour of My Fair Lady and you guys

They fixed the bad ending

[sibylsleaves]

also semi-related to my last post but there's a lot of rumors/speculation about LFJ potentially being done after next episode (thus necessitating a Buck/Tommy break-up of some sort or some way he gets written off the show) and idk I take the whole "4 episodes" thing with a grain of salt because it's very possible his INITIAL contract was for four episodes and they asked him back for more episodes after that.

It's probable that he won't be in the majority of the back half of the season without some big plot reason to write him out--very possibly he's just not there because we're focusing on other characters/storylines in those episodes. (Like how Gabrielle Walsh and Megan West were both missing from 4-5 episodes during their main arcs on the show because there were other storylines taking center stage). This is an ensemble show in case you guys forgot and Tommy is a side character, not part of the main ensemble (as much as I do love him!)

Anyway I guess all of this is stemming from my own frustration at this fandom's willingness to like...work yourselves into a little tizzy about things that are probably not even that likely to happen. I can see it getting worse with a 2 week hiatus and the slow trickle of spoilers/news that we're getting but can we all just. be chill. enjoy the ride. etc?

[foodtruckery]

me, desperately trying not to crash someone else's post to wax poetic about the potential of that fucking "stan's el diablo is a goddamn transformer" post because it's the perfect crossover of my current hyperfixation and my oldest hyperfixation