#with useless hands

[rowanisawriter]

this what im going thru rn. if anyone gaf

[egophiliac]

(looks at upcoming card releases)

I'm in danger :)

[lazylittledragon]

what if i broke all the bones in your legs actually

[chalkrub]

attack for @byrobird and @vencifer !

[ffcrazy15]

There's this way of doing female-ness in Christianity that I call "pastel flower journal Christianity." I've got nothing against pastel flower journals per se, but for some reason people believe it's the end all and be all of female spirituality, and I think it's a real disservice towards young Christian women.

One of these days I'd like to start a prayer-and-reading group or something for young women, but there would be no floral themes or over-focus on how "God thinks you're beautiful even if the world doesn't" (a true statement, but it's wayyyyy too often the focus in women's spiritual reading). Instead we would be reading:

Seneca's Letters from a Stoic

Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning

Sheed's A Map of Life

Portions of Pieper's book on leisure

Kreeft's Three Philosophies of Life

Guardini's The Lord (or something similar)

Therese's Story of a Soul

and some select portions of the Nicomachean Ethics.

(Also they're all getting the porn talk. I don't know why we give the porn talk to young men but not young women. There's this idea that women don't use porn and they only need the talk about "guarding their heart." Bullshit. There's porn on the YA shelves of Barnes and Nobles and before that there were bodice rippers. Young women need the porn talk too.)

Every young woman needs to be getting a basic grounding in virtue ethics, logic, natural law, scholastic philosophy and Biblical hermeneutics if they're going to get by in today's spiritual landscape. Enough faffery and emotionalism in young women's spiritual education! Give them real food to chew on, not pasty sentimentalism!

[benevolenterrancy]

For the art prompt, Shen Qingqui and/or Luo Binghe in a DTBPF scenario as a pet cat or Bingpup? Or even one or both of them as pet fish, what colors do you think they would be?

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whatever, if his quests are going to be impossible then the least he can do is take preemptive revenge for the tea incident!

[bacchuschucklefuck]

space sweepers but they're delivery people and are at no point on screen through the entire movie

[chaotic-cheese-blog]

But with my head up in the clouds I can see so much ground/And from up here, you look like ants in a row

[annikasevenshots]

security they're being lovey dovey again

Janeway and Chakotay's reunion + hand detail (Star Trek Prodigy S2E14)

[mistfallengw2]

How do charr hands function? Here's my headcanon (with drawings!)

So I made this poll earlier today and I ended up making some sketches to explain how I headcanon charr hands and their supposedly retractable yet too big claws. The idea is that both the game and the books are partially right: claws can be big (not as big as the models), and they're semi-retractable (so fully-fluffy paws). [Disclaimer: I am bad at anatomical drawings and did not try to make them super accurate :')]

Basically charr fingers are made of three phalanges, but functionally they're just two, with the 2nd and 3rd being much shorter and sort of "merging" with the claw itself, which is mostly supported by the 3rd and starts very close to the knuckle between them. The palm is covered almost entirely by a skin pad/paw pad, which usually extends to the first phalanx of each finger, and the fingertips are covered by pads as well.

The claws are semi-retractile, though the exact range of motion depends on the individual's genetics (claw size and shape + hand anatomy) and preferences (how much they trim the claw). The ability to retract their claws is managed by specialized extra tendons and muscles in the hand's structure, and they can lock the claw in place or move it, even while the fingers are bent, though with some limitation at the extremes of movement. While the claw at rest will stay at a "safe" angle, the claw's bed can shift on the cartilage structure when pulled, sliding back into a "sheathed" position or be pushed outwards. [note: I was too scared to go too far with the "x-ray" sketches and probably the claws could go a bit further back in the finger lol]

Ancestrally, this system kept the claws from always digging into the ground and losing sharpness when running on all fours, while still allowing for extra grip when necessary (similar to cheetahs) and the use when fighting or taking down prey. During the evolutionary transition in which charr started walking upright most of the time and using tools, it lost some of its ancestral necessity and functionality. However, instead of turning into something vestigial, charr evolved the ability of controlling each claw's movement independently from the rest of the finger, allowing for greater precision, fine motor skills and dexterity.

The pad grants grip and softer manipulation of items, while the claw handles movements finer and more precise than the pad allows, and other races find it complex, fascinating or a bit freaky. Some say that charr are as dexterous than humans, if not more, which is quite an accomplishment for creatures with such big hands.

That said, variety is huge among charr. Some have stubby paws with big, wide claws, while others have long, slender fingers with narrow claws.

Claws are still used as a natural weapon by many soldiers, but it's totally not uncommon for charr to file their claws down or keep them blunt, as there's a huge variety of reasons for not wanting sharp knives on one's fingers (job requirements, handling of delicate materials, safer interactions with cubs or creatures with softer skin, personal preference, etc), and some even keep their claws at different lengths for specific uses.

That said, claws can't be trimmed beyond the quick without bleeding or potential damage, and since it extends out of the sheath it's not possible for a charr to fully sheath their claws. Claws grow quite fast to make up for the daily wear and tear, so upkeep must be done regularly, as trimming too much might temporarily impact coordination. Declawing can happen during combat or following injury, and those affected might wear prosthetics/fake claws to make up for it.

[cautiouslyyyoptimistic]

Everytime SQQ mentions how much of a lazy pretty boy he is an alarm in my head going "NO NO FALSE THATS SO WRONG" goes off in my head. Like, you're lying!! You're such a lier!! The moment you transmigrated you jumped head first in going above and beyond with your second life!! You know how I know?

...He hasn't done it because he had a twisted hobby inflicting corporal punishment upon the great male lead, but because he just couldn't endure it any longer. After taking over Luo Binghe's education, he'd mulled it over and decided that since he was to be a role model and worthy teacher, he ought to at least do some proper teaching. This way, after they fell out in the future, he would be able to utter the phrase, "Within a master-disciple relationship lies the grace of knowledge passed down," without reddening from shame before the words left his mouth. Volume 2 pg. 234.

SQQ went above and beyond, and honest to goodness, BECAME an actual attentive teacher. A good one at that apparently! His students adore and respect him, his colleagues see no fault in his teaching, no faults found among his community for years!

And we have proof that his teaching paid off with Luo Binghe specifically. Because earlier in volume 2 there is this whole thing about Shen Qingqiu being particular on teaching Binghe proper footwork and how to outmaneuver his enemies, which then cuts to Binghe using these particular skills against Shen Qingqiu and he's like "shit! He's using the stuff I taught him against me! And doing it flawlessly!"

Like, he didn't have to go all in and *literally* become a teacher/scholar/peak lord hybrid like SJ, and then also do every aspect of it ten times better. For funsies. For the immersion. But he did. Lazy my ass!

I mean, we already knew that SQQ was a lying lier who lies, but heres another example lmao.

[no-place-to-be-happy]

Hellerby before going to sleep

[andaniellight]

"kys" oh that's fucking rich coming from a guy who'd rather take all kinds of shit and sacrifice himself than letting others die on him

[rowanisawriter]

hans after being beaten by henry in their little archery contest after meeting him literally earlier that day and calling him a traitor who should be punished and chased out of the town: her e you can have my . Bow… yeah take it i don’t want it anymore lol

[waywardstation]

Just saw that today is Cyndaquil day and I felt like sharing it with you.

We have Akaris Partner in crime Ember who is with her through thick and thin and in PMD if you blink Ingo technically was a Cyndaquil as well (I bet a cute one given how you adjusted the design)

Hope it’s ok I shared this news with you and I’m looking forward to any updates from you

Hey anon!! It’s cyndaquil day today?? AH!! Thank you for telling me!!

PLA honestly made cyndaquil go from a starter I didn’t even pay much mind to to my #1 favorite starter. Seeing Hisuian Typhlosion’s design when the leaks first started popping up really made me go WOW that’s so cool. And doing several PLA playthroughs with cyndaquil as my starter (including my Akari playthrough with Ember) got me super attached to cyndaquil as a partner pokemon.

This ask got me thinking about PMD Ingo as a cyndaquil. In my AU, he shows up as a fully evolved hisuian typhlosion, so I never thought about what he’d actually look like as a cyndaquil! So I wanted to draw it!! Hope you like the interpretation! ^^

What a great pokemon, cyndaquil does deserve a day to itself!!

Thanks for telling me anon, and I’m glad you look forward to my updates!! I have stuff to share soon, I just need the wifi connection to work with me a little bit more haha.

[governmentmandatedryujinstan420]

I FORGOT TO THROW OUT AFTER THE EPISODE RELEASED NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO