#wendi starling

[disney-is-mylife]

Now that we've got the salt out of the way..... here's to POSITIVE votes on the live-action remakes!

Once again, I'm only counting DIRECT remakes, not spin-offs or sequels. I decided to cut Cinderella since most people agree that it is the One Good Remake lol. Whether or you not you agree with that is besides the point: which OTHER remake is second-best to Cinderella 2015?

Happy voting! ❤

[lilyflowerhere]

I don't have type

Also me when she is a traumatized female detective

[spending-life-pretending]

Starling Birdsong my problematic fave unlikeable complex female character I love y—*remembers the random ‘fixing’ of her infertility that somehow solves all her problems and makes her a happy wife at the end of fool’s fate* oh. uh. um. anyway! Starling Birdsong my problematic fave unlikeable complex female character I love you.

[chess-blackmyre]

Second Star Academy

Located on Ever Island, SSA is a well-respected four-year arcane academy.

Headmage - Kaniehtiio Óhonte (Twisted from Tiger Lily)

Faigaléon - A house based on the Iron Captain’s spirit of good form.

House Captain - Juana Henriquez (Twisted from Captain Hook)

Bo’sun - Esme Williams (Twisted from Mister Smee)

Trulysium - A house based on the Flying Maiden’s spirit of bravery.

House Captain - Gwendolyn Lovelace (Twisted from Wendy Darling)

Bo’sun - Nina Starling (Twisted from Nana the Dog)

Dustwing - A house based on the Eternal Child’s spirit of playfulness.

House Captain - Piper Young (Twisted from Peter Pan)

Bo’sun - Titania Chime (Twisted from Tinker Bell)

[sillydames]

YOU GET IT

that image that’s like RAAHAHAKDBDJAJSBD coming out of the mouth of the person thinking about coherent media analysis is me with ozark

[twoa-plus]

hello gravity falls fandom i am going insane and putting everyone into monsterfalls. i cannot be stopped. i’m on mobile so i can only post 10 at a time but here’s the first 10 + explanations :3

mermaid mabel is cool and all but i think she should be Weirder. also the idea of her not being able to frolic makes me sad. so she’s a wolpertinger now

i like cervitaur dipper he can stay. gave him a lil saddlebag for the extra pocket space & turned the spots on his back into more constellations :3

BEAR WITH ME OK dragon stan. PLEASE PLEASE HEAR ME OUT PLEASE i pulled out the monster manual for this and everything & copper dragon suits him PERFECTLY they’re funny and charismatic and like having company around and get annoyed with people who don’t like their jokes and are very protective of their hoards and

i like sphinx ford i think it suits him but i don’t really like how everyone just makes him a lion furry with wings like c’mon get WEIRD !!!! give that cat a jarringly human face

tbh my justification for this one is mostly just that i think it’s funny but. fur bearing trout wendy. they come from lumberjack lore so it’s at least kind of on theme

listen i usually just draw twinks and pretty girls im fighting for my life here dont @ me. anyways fairy soos comes from a post by @/year2000electronics :3

GRENDAAA i wanted her to be both pretty/cute and also strong bc like. yeag. so i settled on peryton with a violet-backed starling as the bird :) c’mon man it’s a deer pegasus with cool colors what’s not to love

when i first started doing these my bestie said candy would be a fresno nightcrawler and i have not looked back. i dont know why but it suits her so much

someone in my tiktok comments said mothman robbie and i was just like. yeah sounds legit. and then my bestie said he’d be a rosy maple moth who dyes himself black/red to be emo or whatever and now we’re here :3

gideon is a kitsune bc they’re tricksters or whatever and also easy to turn into a marketable plushie. he would totally be plushie-able

ok now i am off to make the sequel i’ll put a link here when it’s done :D

edit: IT HAS ARRIVED

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌙 What to Read After Watching Agatha All Along 🌙

❓ Who is your favorite fictional witch?

🦇 Enjoying Agatha All Along on Disney? Check out these books featuring witches, covens, chaotic queers, & everything in between, perfect for fans of Agatha All Along! List below!

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✨ Payback's a Witch - Lana Harper 🌑 How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) - Marie Cardno 🌒 These Witches Don't Burn - Isabel Sterling 🌓 This Spells Disaster - Tori Martin 🌔 The Scapegracers - H. A. Clarke 🌕 Beetle & the Hollowbones - Aliza Layne 🌕 The Twice-Sold Soul - Katie Hallahan 🌖 In Charm's Way - Lana Harper 🌗 Brewed with Love - Shelly Page 🌘 Carry On - Rainbow Rowell 🌑 So This Is Ever After - F. T. Lukens ✨ Spells to Forget Us - Aislinn Brophy

✨ Basics of Spellcraft - L.C. Mawson 🌑 How To Succeed in Witchcraft - Aislinn Brophy 🌒 Sweet & Bitter Magic - Adrienne Tooley 🌓 The Midnight Girls - Alicia Jasinska 🌔 Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova 🌕 The Shattered Lands - Brenna Nation 🌕 Otherworldly - F. T. Lukens 🌖 Coven - Jennifer Dugan & Kit Seaton 🌗 The Dark Tide - Alicia Jasinska 🌘 Queen B - Juno Dawson 🌑 Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson ✨ Wild and Wicked Things - Francesca May

✨ Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas 🌑 The Last Sun - K. D. Edwards 🌒 The Jasmine Throne - Tasha Suri 🌓 The Sun and the Star - Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro 🌔 The Witch and His Crow - Ben Alderson 🌕 Lord of Eternal Night - Ben Alderson 🌕 The Crimson Crown - Heather Walter 🌖 Tonight, I Burn - Katharine J. Adams 🌗 Witches of Ash and Ruin - E. Latimer 🌘 The Severed Thread - Leslie Vedder 🌑 Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist - Ali K. Mulford and K. Elle Morrison ✨ Love and Other Wicked Things -Philline Harms

✨ Off With Their Heads - Zoe Hana Mikuta 🌑 Practical Rules for Cursed Witches - Kayla Cottingham 🌒 Two Broke Witches - Kate Starling 🌓 Bitterthorn - Kat Dunn 🌔 The Honey Witch - Sydney J. Shields 🌕 The Witch and the Vampire - Francesca Flores 🌕 Spell on Wheels - Kate Leth, Megan Levens, Marissa Louise 🌖 The Witchery - S. Isabelle 🌗 The Hummingbird Coven - Augusta Owens 🌘 Children of the Night - Cara Malone 🌑 The Hex Next Door - Lou Wilham ✨ Malice - Heather Walter

✨ Mortal Follies - Alexis Hall 🌑 The Balance of Fates - Raquel Raelynn 🌒 Edie in Between - Laura Sibson 🌓 Doughnuts and Doom - Balazs Lorinczi 🌔 A Spell for Heartsickness - Alistair Reeve 🌕 Evocation - S.T. Gibson 🌕 The Spells We Cast - Jason June 🌖 An Education in Malice - S. T. Gibson 🌗 Rise and Divine - Lana Harper 🌘 Not Good for Maidens - Tori Bovalino 🌑 A Dark and Starless Forest - Sarah Hollowell ✨ Netherford Hall - Natania Barron

✨ The Poisons We Drink - Bethany Baptiste 🌑 This Poison Heart - Kalynn Bayron 🌒 Over My Dead Body - Boo Sweeney 🌓 Girl, Serpent, Thorn - Melissa Bashardoust 🌔 The Bewitching Hour - Ashley Poston 🌕 Pushing Daisy - Isla Winter 🌕 Daughter of the Bone Forest - Jasmine Skye 🌖 Keep Your Witches Close - Colette Rivera 🌗 Mooncakes - Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu 🌘 Snapdragon - Kat Leyh 🌑 Runaways - Rainbow Rowell & Kris Anka ✨ Witchlings - Claribel A. Ortega

✨🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑✨

[slashaer]

like this for a starter from one of my primary muses, listed below. specify muse or you won't get one. mutuals only. if you would rather plot with one of the muses below, comment let's plot + with who.

alex jacobs, the alien code / gallnerverse.

ayda augefort, dimension 20.

barbie roberts, barbie.

candice kline, oc hitwoman.

carlisle cullen, twlight.

clarice starling, silence of the lambs.

clayton riddell, stephen king's cell.

cliff pantone, bring it on.

colin gray, jennifer's body / gallnerverse.

dana polk, cabin in the woods.

daniel molloy, iwtv.

delloso de la rue, dimension 20.

evan kelmp, dimension 20.

furiosa, mad max.

garthy o'brien, dimension 20.

hannibal lecter, nbc's hannibal.

hank anderson, d: bh.

him, powerpuff girls.

honey harrington, oc matchmaker.

julian 'jules ' reeves, bcs oc.

kugrash, dimension 20.

mike schmidt, fnaf.

michael 'riot' espinoza, oc punk band drummer.

riz gukgak, dimension 20.

sam winchester, supernatural.

simon / john q, dinner in america / gallnerverse.

shavonna, d: bh.

wendy christienen, final destination 3.

[slash-aaa]

also - like for a starter from one of my horror muses ( listed below ). specify muse.

anita lesnicki - jennifer's body. billy loomis - scream. beetlejuice - beetlejuice. carrie white - carrie. camille preaker - sharp objects. clarice starling - silence of the lambs. clayton riddell - cell. daniel le domas - ready or not. dana polk - cabin in the woods. dennis rafkin - 13 ghosts. graverobber - repo! the genetic opera. sheriff hassan - midnight mass. hannibal lecter - hannibal. hugh crain - the haunting of hill house. jason dean - hearhers. jeremiah hackett - the quarry oc. joel miller - the last of us. john kramer - saw. josef - creep. lee - bones and all. margot - the menu. maxine minx - x. mike schmidt - fnaf. nathan wallace - repo! the genetic opera. natalie scatorccio - yellowjackets. nathaniel james carson - serial killer oc. owen sharma - haunting of bly manor. parker nash - fbi agent oc. richie tozier - it. stu macher - scream. travis hackett - the quarry. warren hawthorne - grim reaper oc. wendy christensen - final destination 3.

[wolfy-star1401]

Headacanons of Wendy darling as a CG and a little please

I may not much into the disney Peter Pan movie nor fandom but I can try

Cg! Wendy darling & Little! Regressor

Super caring & loving Caregiver

She would tell you stories of Neverland & the adventures of Peter Pan

She would sing you to sleep

would remind you of your health

Your nicknames she gives you are; sweetheart, love, dear, starlight/starling, little adventure, sunshine, little blossom, little one & any favorite animal related nickname

Her nicknames from you are; Wendy,sister, mama & Mami

Would play a lot of make believe games with you

Very well when your a adventures kid, very gently encourage you when you’re a shy kid

You would have much fun with the darling boys & the lost boys

Be careful not to be caught by pirates

She loves both you & her brothers very much, and nothing will change that

Would stay with you until you fall asleep

I hope you like this 🌟

@nottapossum @sw124 @thedreemer-artrequestsopen @i-ate-your-children

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

Read in September 2024

I have never had a reading month this good before 🙈 36 books in 30 days, I really don't know how I managed to do that on top of being a) depressed and b) busy. but I'm having fun and I hope I can carry this energy into at least some of October

Series read: The Clown in a Cornfield trilogy by Adam Cesare

Clown in a Cornfield - reread

Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives! - reread

Clown in a Cornfield 3: Church of Frendo - 3/5

The Betrayal Prophecies duology by Adrienne Tooley

The Third Daughter - 3/5

The Second Son - 2/5

Graves Glen trilogy by Erin Sterling

The Ex Hex - 4/5 (audio)

The Kiss Curse - 3/5 (audio)

Backlog books:

Starling by Isabel Strychacz - 1/5

Familiar authors:

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - 5/5 (audio)

Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg - 4/5

Beach Read by Emily Henry - 3/5 (audio)

How You Get the Girl by Anita Kelly - 5/5 (audio)

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw - 3/5 (audio)

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King - 3/5

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune - 4/5

The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo - 5/5

Flawless Girls by Anna-Marie McLemore - 4/5 (audio)

The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag - 4/5

The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling - 4/5 (audio)

Behind the Scenes by Karelia Stetz-Waters - 4/5 (audio)

Second Night Stand by Karelia & Fay Stetz-Waters - 4/5

Have You Seen This Girl by Nita Tyndall - 5/5 (audio)

Other reads:

You Won’t Believe Me by Cyn Balog - 3/5 (audio)

Lockjaw by Matteo L Cerilli - 3/5

Bones and All by Camille DeAngelis - 4/5

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due - 5/5 (audio)

If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie - 4/5

The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores - 4/5 (audio)

The Pale House Devil by Richard Kadrey - 4/5 (audio)

This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin - 4/5

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy - 3/5 (audio)

The Meadows by Stephanie Oakes - 3/5 (audio)

Don’t Be A Drag by Skye Quinlan - 3/5

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens - 4/5 (audio)

The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 4/5 (audio)

Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao - 4/5 (audio)

[afaims100arrowversefavs]

My 250 Favorite Arrowverse Episodes: Part 10: 25-1

Taken from „Arrow“, „The Flash“, „Supergirl“, „Legends of Tomorrow“, „Constantine“, „Black Lightning“, „Batwoman“, „Stargirl“ and Season 1-3 of „Superman & Lois“:

In honor of Seaosn 4 of "Superman & Lois" being the end of the Arrrowverse, the end of DCTV like we knew it and the end of The CW like we knew it, a final time before the final season all Seasons ends of all the 250 best Arrowverse Episodes (according to me):

I did include "Stargirl" this time, since it has as much connection as "Superman & Lois" to the rest of the Arrowverse, but One Hit Shows like "Gotham Knights" and "Naomi" (anyone still remember this one?) are not on this list, neither are Arrowverse unrelated DC shows:

25. Haunted (Arrow 4x5)

The One in which: John Constantine gives Sara her soul back.

74, Written by: Brian Ford Sullivan, Oscar Balderrama, Directed by: John Badham

 24. Kapishon (Arrow 5x17)

The One in which: Adrian breaks Oliver.

109, Written By: Brian Ford Sullivan, Emilo Ortega Aldrich,Directed By: Kevin Tancharoen

23. WVRDR_Error_100 Not Found (Legends of Tomorrow 7x3)

The One in which: Gideon’s memory is corrupted.

100, Written by: Phil Klemmer, Matthew Maala, Directed by: Caity Lotz

22. The Bottle Episode (Supergirl 5x10)

The One in which: There are multiple Brainys.

97, Written by: Derek Simon, Directed by: Tawnia McKiernan

21. Welcome to Earth-2/Escape from Earth-2 (The Flash 2x13-14)

The Ones in which: Barry and Cisco go to Earth-2.

36-37, 36: Written By: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Katherine Walczak, Directed By: Millicent Shelton, 37: Written By: Aaron Helbing, Todd Helbing, David Kob, Directed By: J. J. Makaro

20. Out of Time (The Flash 1x15)

The One in which: A tidal wave hits.

15, Written By: Aaron Helbing, Todd Helbing, Directed By: Thor Freudenthal

19. Bizarros in a Bizarro World (Superman & Lois 2x10)

The One in which: We see what the other half lives like.

25, Written by: Brent Fletcher, Todd Helbing, Directed by: Louis Milito

18.  Starling City (Arrow 8x1)

The One in which: Oliver is back in Starling City.

161, Written by: Beth Schwartz und Marc Guggenheim, Directed by: James Bamford

17. Flash VS Arrow (The Flash 1x8)

The One in which: Oliver comes to Central City just in time for Barry to break bad.

8, Written By: Ben Sokoloswki,m Brooke Eikmeier, Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Directed By: Glen Winter

 16. Worlds Finest (Supergirl 1x18)

The One in which: The Flash lands on Supergirl’s earth.

18, Written by: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Michael Grassi, Directed by: Nick Gomez

15. Myriad/Better Angles (Supergirl 1x19-20)

The Ones in which: Maxwell, Cat and Kara team up.

19/20, Written By: Yahling Chang, Caitlin Parrish; Ali Adler, Andrew Kreisberg, Robert Rovner, Jessica Queller Directed By: Adam Kane; Larry Teng

14. Camelot 3000 (Legends of Tomorrow 2x12)

The One in which: Ray becomes a knight of the round table.

28, Written by: Anderson Mackenzie, Directed by: Antonio Negret

13. Meet the Legends (Legends of Tomorrow 5x1)

The One in which: There is a documentary about the Legends.

69, Written by: Grainne Godfree, James Eagan, Directed by: Kevin Mock

12. Invasion! (Arrow 5x8)

The One in which: Every dream comes true.

100, Written by: Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Wendy Mericle, Directed by: James Bamford

11. Raiders of the Lost Art (Legends of Tomorrow 2x9)

The One in which: Phil is very confused.

25, Written by: Keto Shimizu, Chris Fedak, Directed by: Dermott Downs

10. Beebo the God of War (Legends of Tomorrow 3x9)

The One in which: The blue god is hungry.

42, Written by: Grainne Goodfree und James Eagan, Directed by: Kevin Mock

9. Elseworlds 1-3

The Ones in which: Oliver and Barry switch idenities and meet Batwoman.

Part 1: The Flash Episode 5.9/101, Written By: Eric Wallace und Sam Chalsen, Directed By: Kevin Tancharoen und Tom Cavanagh, Part 2: Arrow Episode 7.9/147,  Written by: Marc Guggenheim und Caroline Dries, Directed by: James Bamford, Part 3: Supergirl Episode 4.9/74, Written by: Mac Guggenheim, Derek Simon und Rob Rovner, Directed by: Jesse Warn

8. Legends of To-Meow-Meow (Legends of Tomorrow 4x8)

The One in which: John and Charlie break time. More than once.

59, Written by: James Eagan und Ray Utarnachitt, Directed by: Ben Bray

7. The Scientist/Three Ghosts (Arrow 2x8-9)

The Ones in which: Barry Allen comes to Starling City.

31/32 Written by: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns, Ben Sokolowski, Directed by: Michael Schultz, John Behring

6. Resist/Nevertheless she Persisted (Supergirl 2.21-22)

The Ones in which: Cat returns just in time for an invasion.

41/42, Written by: Derek Simon, Jessica Queller, Andrew Kreisberg, Robert Rovner, Caitlin Parrish, Directed by: Milicent Shelton, Glen Winter

5. Reset (Arrow 8x6)

The One in which: Oliver has to watch Quentin die a lot.

166, Written by: Onalee Hunter Hughes und Maya Houston, Directed by: David Ramsey

4. Fast Enough (The Flash 1x23)

The One in which: Barry makes a decision.

23, Written By: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Gabrielle Stanton, Directed By: Dermott Downs

3. The Faithful (Supergirl 3x4)

The One in which: Supergirl learns there is cult that sees her as a goodess.

46, Written By: Paula Yoo, Katie Rose Rogers, Directed by: Jesse Warn

2. Duet (The Flash 3x17)

The One in which: There is a Crossover Muscial.

63, Written By: Aaron Helbing, Todd Helbing, Greg Berlani, Andrew Kreisberg, Directed By: Dermott Daniels Downs

The One Where We're trapped on TV (Legends of Tomorrow 5x13)

The One in which: Charlie put the Legends in our TV.

81, Written by: Grainne Godfree, James Eagan, Directed by: Marc Guggenheim

[most-screwed-by-writers-tourney]

Tentative list for best horror and thriller girls:

1. Maria from Mad Father

2. Reiko Mikami from Another

3. Bridget, from the webtoon Nonesuch,

4. Ha-Im, from webtoon Never-ending Darling.

5. Riot Maidstone (from Hello From The Hallowoods),

6. Martha from Ravenous 1999

7. Grace, from Ready or Not (2019).

8. Regan Abbott (A Quiet Place)

9. Ava (Ex Machina)

10. Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall)

11. Jennifer from Jennifer’s Body

12. Rozy from the guy upstairs

13. Rachel (Rachel Rising comic book series)

14. Amanda Young, SAW,

15. Wendy Torrance, “The Shining” movie

16. Pannochka - Viy

17. Blind Mag (Repo! The Genetic Opera)

18. Sasha from the magnus archives

19. Mina Harker (Dracula

20. Lex Foster from Black Friday.

21. Charlotte from Hello Charlotte!

22. Carrie White, Carrie

23. Scarlet, I’m the Grim Reaper

24. So Jung-hwa, Strangers from Hell

25. Dana Scully, The X Files

26. Akane Tsunemori, Psycho Pass

27. Mima Kirigoe, Perfect Blue

28. Nina Fortner, Monster

29. Eva Heinemann, Monster

30. Edith Cushing, Crimson Peak

31. Lucille Sharpe, Crimson Peak

32. Ellen Ripley, Alien

33. Clarice Starling, Silence of the Lambs

34. Lisa Reisert, Red Eye

35. Laurie Strode, Halloween

36. Kayo Hinazuki, Erased

37. Hondomachi, ID Invaded

38. Yonaka Kurai, Mogeko Castle

39. Ib, IB

40. Re-L Mayer, Ergo Proxy

41. Kyun Yoon, Bastard

42. Jisu, Sweet Home

43. Lauren Sinclair, Purple Hyacinth

44. Nita, Market of Monsters series

45. Rose the Hat from Doctor Sleep (2019 movie and Stephen King book)

46. Sidney Prescott from the original Scream movies,

47. Jade Daniels, Indian Lake Trilogy/My Heart is a chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

48. Villanelle, killing eve

49. Harrow from gideon the ninth/Locked Tomb

50. Maggie, Everything is Fine

51. Chaerin Eun, Surviving Romance

52. Finn, I’m Dating a Psychopath

53. Rayne Liebert, Homesick

54. Ha-im Yun, Never Ending Darling

55. Ashlyn Banner, School Bus Graveyard

56. Chae-ah Han, Trapped

57. Jeongmin Choi, Dreaming Freedom

58. Frankie, Stagtown

59. India Stoker, Stoker

60. Nam-ra, All of Us Are Dead

61. Ji-woo, My Name

62. Nanno, Girl From Nowhere

63. Emerald, Nope

64. Jessica Jones

65. Susy, Wait Until Dark

66. Margot, The Menu

67. Vera, Just Like Home

68. Rosemary, Rosemary’s Baby

69. Gertrude Robinson, The Magnus Archives

70. Alex, Oxenfree

71. Margaret Lanternman/The Log Lady, Twin Peaks,

72. Audrey Horne, Twin Peaks,

73. Su-an, Train to Busan

74. Ji-a, Tale of the Nine Tailed

75. Cha Ji-won, Flower of Evil

76. Coraline

77. Helen Lyle, Candyman

78. Nancy, Nightmare on Elm Street

79. Mrs. De Winter, Rebecca

80. Mrs. Danvers, Rebecca

81. Shiki Ryougi, Garden of Sinners

82. Kirsty Cotton, Hellraiser

83. Pearl, Pearl

84. Take-ju, Thirst

85. Suzy Bannion, Suspiria

86. Lain, Serial Experiments Lain

87. Asami Yamazaki, Audition

88. Naru, Prey

89. Eli, Let the Right One In

90. The Girl, A Girl walks home alone at night

91. Cecilia, Immaculate

92. Evie Alexander, The Invitation

93. Maren, Bones and All

94. Michelle, 10 Cloverfield Lane

95. Thomasin, The VVitch

96. Emma, None Shall Sleep

97. Contestanta, A Dowry of Blood

98. Brigid O’Shaughnessy, Maltese Falcon

99. Sandra Voyter, Anatomy of a Fall

100. Lisa, Rear Window

[insipid-drivel]

This is why we shouldn't use night vision CCTV in the swamp

As is probably well established by now, I live in a swamp that's in the same region as a lot of Bigfoot sightings. I've grown up in this wilderness my whole life, seen and experienced a whole lot of weird crap that is filed away in the "Hey, don't worry about it," part of my brain with the rest of The Horrors.

My mom also did most of her growing up here, but more in the woodlands and plural spaces around housing developments and cities. Basically, where you're more likely to encounter a homeless person or a pigeon in the underbrush than a cryptid or some cool wildlife.

I grew up so deep in these forests and swamps I stay the hell inside after dark and live in blissful ignorance of what goes on outside my bedroom window every night. Some shit I've seen looking in at me. Sometimes it's animals (which was how I found out a storm had knocked over our neighbor's horse fence one night - I suddenly had a Welsh pony pull up to my bedroom window like it was a Wendy's) - sometimes it's just eyes in the shadows that may or may not speak, who cares? Definitely not my little brother's girlfriend who confirmed she sees them too whenever she's here and goes out after dark for a cigarette and runs inside panicked every time they appear. Let's not dwell on it. Moving on.

My mom decided, after becoming thrilled with the huge amount of bird and squirrel traffic I get with my small seed-and-pollinator garden outside of my bedroom window, to set up a motion-activated night vision camera pointed at my feeders to see what may visit in the dark.

Fully-bragging here, but I pretty much have every single species of native bird (and a couple of fucking starlings) that isn't a raptor visit my garden every day. Yesterday I completed my Pokedex when a family of quail came visiting. It's not weird for there to be 15-20+ birds in my garden at once with at least 5 or more individual unique species eating and (mostly) getting along (which some of us could learn from by example, starlings).

I made the tactical decision to bite my tongue about the camera, because this morning, I found I actually wanted to see some of the footage.

Everything was fine when I woke up this morning; my feeders were still rapidly being depleted of birdseed I spend too much of my disability checks on so I can delight my cat and feel like I'm taking care of some of my local wildlife. I use a small trough that I fill will feed for squirrels and the occasional deer that usually takes a couple of days for the locals to empty.

This morning, after having just ROUNDED OFF the ground-trough-feeder with a fresh supply of food the day before, I found the trough completely clean and empty, and dragged several feet away from where I usually leave it. So I asked my mom if she'd review the camera footage, figuring it was probably the same derpy yearling buck with slightly wonky baby-antlers that I've seen eating out of it before.

Nope.

Just a mom with kids to feed. My mom was appalled at the number of them (one of the ways I know she's still domesticated), but I quietly approved and told her that it was probably a mother raccoon and her adolescent babies. I've seen raccoons raising up to 5 kits at a time in places where food is plentiful and the predator count is relatively low. I let my mom know it's totally fine; that the ground feeder is there to feed the nocturnal as well as the diurnal.

The morning quiets down for a few minutes, and I get ready to snooze to the birdsong outside. My mom is still on her phone, half-birdwatching at the foot of my bed, half-scrolling through clips of footage from the rest of that night (which usually is just moths and a stray cat or two setting the camera off), and that's when I heard what I like to wearily call the "There's A Cryptid On My CCTV Gasp".

Look. If you set up cameras in a place like this, you're GOING to see weird shit you can't explain. Part of why I like living out here is because only other people that understand this also live out here. My neighbors and I are all out of our fucking minds, but that's why The Swamp embraces us. If you don't have the psychiatric diagnostic equivalent of a ghost pepper in your brain, you probably won't do well out here. The Swamp is nature's Void: If you gaze long into it, it will gaze back into you. My System of alter personalities smile like idiots and wave into the Void while some of them full-on make out in front of the Void with reckless abandon.

My mom just stammers at first, and and then is like, "I... don't know what that is? It looks like a cat? But I've NEVER seen a cat that big..." Ironically ignoring my cat, who I rescued as a tiny "standard size" kitten from a shelter and found out the hard way that she's actually very much a Maine Coon.

My mom, shaken, shows me the best still she could get from the clip the camera took of The Creature:

She's pale, and visibly unnerved as she brings me her phone with the actual clip of this animal in it. Of course the footage is shittier than when we just had raccoons out there. Didn't you read what I just wrote? The Swamp will not abide your attempts to spoil its fuckery.

But I nevertheless watched this 2-3 second clip of this animal walking by the ground feeder. It's about the size of a medium dog, has no tail, and walks with a very feline gait. My mom is practically freaking out at this point, her voice actually trembling when she keeps asking me "What do you think it is?"

There's a long, heavy silence as I replay the clip a couple more times, just watching this thing move and confirming that, indeed, it's too big to be a domestic cat, but too small to be a mountain lion, and has no discernible tail.

"Mother, it's a bobcat."

"That can't be!"

>therewere5raccoonsthereandit'sabobcatgoodlordmom.mp4

So I pulled up a google search and showed her:

"Oh."

[cuethemulti]

hmm...

top five desserts

top five video games to play or watch playthroughs of

top five movie characters (any movie)

top five subjects to learn about

top five species of birds

Ooo good ones (these are not in any particular order)

Top 5 favorite deserts

1. Strawberry Cheesecake

2. Flan

3. Rice Pudding

4. Nestle Crunch Chocolate Bar

5. Frozen Yogurt Bars

Top 5 games to play (playthrough edition)

1. The Last Gaurdian

2. Detroit: Become Human

3. Subnautica

4. Little Nightmares

5. Little Miss Fortune

Top 5 favorite movie characters

1. Loki (Thor movies)

2. Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Rocky Horror Show)

3. Stu Macher (Scream)

4. Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

5. Jace Wayland (Mortal Instruments)

Top five subjects to learn about

1. Space (fun fact: there is more stars in space for each grain of sand in all of Earth)

2. Psychology (another fun fact: a human head stays conscious for around 20 seconds after it’s been beheaded)

3. Performance Ethics

4. Screenwriting

5. Spirituality

Top five birds

1.Oilbirds

2. Black-necked stilt

3. Wallcreeper

4. Amethyst Starling

5. Red breasted parakeet

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I was tagged by @2oppositesidesof1coin :)

1. Dana Scully from The X-Files

2. Norma Bates from Bates Motel

3. Wendy Byrd from Ozark

4. Clarice Starling from Silence of the Lambs (books or movie)

5. Ellen Ripley from Alien

6. Carmela Soprano from The Sopranos

7. Laura Palmer from Twin Peaks (Fire Walk With Me specifically)

8. Elaine Benes from Seinfeld

9. The Lady from The Black Company Chronicles

I'm tagging @wikipedie and @jjohnnyutah and @lisbonsteresa and anybody else who wants to :)