I’m paying to force seven thousand strangers to see a photo of my late husband having fun with his dog. Tumblr Blaze is totally worth it. XD

Dev Patel in MONKEY MAN (2024)

Whimsical guitars

all the information is on the task

Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - Round 1 Side 1

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Shadowgast art by Lap Pun Cheung

just came across this beautiful rendition of siúil a rúin by irish-palestinian artist roisin el cherif. this song has always been close to my heart, especially after it's use in the nightingale, a film that explores the (ongoing) colonial violence on the island that i call home.

i really love the way that she weaves the arabic language into this song, as well as the influences from both irish and palestinian styles of music.

all the proceeds of the release are being donated to the doctors without borders gaza emergency regional fund so if you love her rendition as much as i do i would really recommend purchasing it on band-camp (i've linked it above).

kitten i'll be honest daddy isn't sure he's cut out for full time employment

"I am so proud of you"

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I debated on showing this in progress, since I've already started color on it—but it's been a while (🎶) since I've posted any linework, so here it is! the final version will show up eventually

Painted Schinia Moths (Schinia volupia) feeding on Indian Blanket, family Noctuidae, East TX, USA

photographs by Craig Furr

I found an interesting thread on twitter about how fandom puts the well- being of fictional characters above that of actual abuse victims and I wanted to share it cause some of y'all really need to read

AN EXTREMELY RARE EMBROIDERED 'PEACOCK FEATHER' CAPE QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY

The long cape entirely constructed with layers of overlapping peacock feather shaped panels, each panel finely worked in satin stitch, the silk threads in tones of ivory, yellow and blue on the eye of the peacock feather, and the surround intricately worked in peacock feather filaments, with one cloth button on the collar and another near the waist, finished with Imperial yellow lining.

45 1/4 in.(115 cm) long

Why does "you're a class traitor to want to make money from your art" apply only to artists? it's fascinating. Are you a class traitor to not want your labor stolen in other ways also. Who are you people

Of COURSE Orym doesn't feel like he can talk to the Hells about what he's feeling. Set aside the sense that he's been told over and over that he's the "normal one" the "good one" the "strong one" by the group, but he's also obviously so angry, and he doesn't trust them right now. Every single one of them has repeatedly shown, over and over, that they aren't safe for him to express his feelings to ABOUT THE TOPIC OF THE RUBY VANGAURD. Imogen is obvious, it's her mother, her connection to Ruidus and everything happening is clear, and actually I think Imogen is the one that's been closest to breaking through to him. Fearne is learning about her biological father, leaning into her power, and is also highly connected to Ruidus and the Vanguard. Sure she's his closest longest friend in the Hells but she's also not safe to truly be vulnerable to right now, about this topic (side tangent, I also think Ferne is the person Orym feels the most need to protect and be strong for, but that's not even the topic of this post). Laudnia is obviously to close to Imogen, and has sort of chosen a side of "I don't care what harm the vanguard does, if Imogen wants to support them I will support them" and isn't willing to listen to anything outside of that paradigm. Ashton is hurting so much, and filled with so much of his own pain and feelings that life isn't fair and Orym has seen his reaction to this type of pain is to be destructive and mistrustful and self-destructive, he's not a strong shoulder to lean on right now. I do think that if FCG hadn't just died Orym might be more willing to trust Ashton, but Ashton is also the one who always says that Orym is the strong good one, and even though he's always followed that up with "but you don't need to be alone in that" I don't think Orym trusts that. Chet is the obvious hole in my logic of "Orym doesn't actually trust the Hells right now" logic, since there's no clear ties to the vanguard or being "on the opposite side" as it were, except that Chet has never shut down the "maybe the vanguard has a point" conversation either.

It's FASCINATING that people just want Orym to talk to the others, but are also mad every time Orym brings up his dead family to the others. Now, I don't think that these are often the same people saying these things, but like, it is interesting that those are the two main gripes about Orym right now.

Orym doesn't actually trust the Hells with his emotions because he's spent the last few months LISTENING TO THEM ARGUE ABOUT THE MORAL VIABILITY OF A CULT THAT MURDERED HIS LOVED ONES. He straight up doesn't trust them with his emotional vulnerability and I think that's a BEUATIFUL character choice from Liam. Like, the tension of loving the Hells and wanting to support them and for them to be happy, but also understanding that he might end up on the other side of this conflict from them is so JUICY! Like, YES! Liam! You didn't get your villain arc in C2, set yourself up for the possibility of sitting across from your whole party again, but this time because you have a clear moral line you aren't willing to cross, and be intractable about it. Explore the grey area between trust and love, and what happens when those two concepts don't line up! How beautiful is this little halfling filled with love that he wants to support his friends EVEN WHEN HE CAN'T TRUST THEM!! It's chilling and sweet and painful, and god I love that little guy with all of my heart.

Also props to Liam for always being willing to lean into conflict, and bring the audience along! I think that's why he's often such a flash point for fandom bullshit, because he's so willing to lean into conflict within the table, and so willing to be the one showing the impact of conflict and emotion. He's always willing to go there and I LOVE IT.

I have never seen an animal sleep in such a cursed way what

she deserves to go a little apeshit as a treat