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Jasper: Piccolo Mom

I don’t know when I realized I hated this comic but it was probably after the first EIGHT HOURS

that episode didnt surprise me at all and im just gonna sit here and be dead inside

why are bats stigmatized as being creepy?

I mean

look at these things

they’re like tiny

fluffy

dragons

but instead of breathing fire they squeak and cuddle 

in caves

and leaves

and they have funny ears and noses

I mean really

bats are amazing

Stevonnie

This looks like a scene straight out of a Dr. Seuss movie (x)

Jesus Christmas...

Holy shit

I would like to share with you for a moment why I love this scene.

Some years ago, when I was 16, I had a best friend. She was my only friend at the time, and while she was a bit eccentric I loved being around her. Every day when I got home I would talk to her until I fell asleep- she was my world.

But she was a friend. Only a friend. 

One day when we were talking she jokingly said she would date me if she could. Hesitantly I said the same in return, not wanting to be rude and tell her that she wasn’t my type- she took this as a confession. Despite me trying to stammer out a response she squealed, telling me how happy she was to hear that, how much she loved me after all this time of just being friends.

She knew I was a lesbian, so she didn’t think that there was a possibility that I was just not into her. I, faced with the threat of losing this person I was so dependent on, went along with it. 

Fast forward two years. 

I resented her. I hated her for keeping me in this relationship I hated. I tried to break up before, only to be met with threats of suicide- please don’t do this now, please, I am in a bad place right now. I was abusive to her. I liked hurting her. She gave me the power to tear her down, and I was angry enough to take advantage of that every time. I just wanted her to leave me. 

Eventually I gave her that ultimatum. I was hurting her, and it made me feel terrible. It was bad for both of us. She told me she could change, that we could fix things. We had been together for so long that the idea of change scared both of us, but for her it was petrifying. 

She told me she had cancer, she got her friend to hit her with a car, all to convince me to stay. To convince me that she couldn’t live on without me, that she needed me to be strong.

I cut contact.

All this time I have only been told the story of the abuser and the victim. Pictures of a woman being yelled at by a man, who is battered and bruised and weak. Our relationship was not that. We were both the abuser and the abused.

It is so important to me to see this now. To not be coddled or condemned for my actions. To feel I am redeemable even after how I treated her. 

It means the world to me. 

That’s all.

artist friend: *is quietly doodling*

me: YESSSSSSSSS! FUCK! 👏 IT! 👏 UP! 👏 PICASSO!! Show that pencil who's a bad bitch!...leave that notebook paper SHOOK

TONIGHT SHIT’S ABOUT TO GET REAL.

Now that the most obvious pun is out of the way, let’s get elbow deep in this fine AsS mineral: Realgar.I didn’t know a whole lot about it, so I decided to correct this egregious oversight and educate myself. I immediately realized I’ve definitely wasted my entire life, and I could have been spending it ‘mirin Realgar. What a fucking failure. But now you don’t have to make the same mistakes I did.Realgar is half sulfur and half arsenic, and it’s sometimes called “Ruby Sulfur” or “Ruby of Arsenic”. Which is hilarious because it would actually make really shitty jewelery, unless Organ Failure is the look you’re going for.As you’re probably aware, Arsenic is the a̶c̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ fun ingredient in Rat Poison. People have been poisoning all kinds of shit with Realgar for thousands of years. Spain even used it to exterminate rats in the Dark Ages. England followed suit in the Renaissance. But the ancient Chinese went a different route and decided to use it in medicine. Bold strategy Cotton. Realgar can be mixed with potassium chlorate to make impact explosives. It was also used to make white flames in fireworks for awhile. Fucking baller.In ancient times Realgar was used as a pigment for paints. It actually produces Reddit’s favorite color: Orangered. Oh Realgar, you silly whore.Unfortunately, this color fades to a less riveting yellow shade over time because of one particular instability in the mineral. When exposed to light, Realgar decays and crumbles into a different mineral called Pararealgar, and then eventually further degenerates into a powder. Museums can’t even display it for extended periods of time.

FUN EDUCATIONAL FACT: Realgar forms in hydrothermal veins and can be found in Volcanic Sublimations and Hot Springs. Go for a soak in a natural Realgar-Infused hot spring to rejuvenate your body and mind.

FUN EDUCATIONAL FACT: Realgar used to be utilized by leather tanners to remove hair from pelts because Arsenic makes things bald. You can use this on your pets to reduce unwanted shedding on your furniture.

FUN EDUCATIONAL FACT: When you heat Realgar it smells like Garlic. Prepare a meal to impress your friends and family with your knowledge of exotic ingredients.

So as you can see, Realgar is basically the super villain of the mineral world. Formed in a volcano. Has to live in darkness. Makes fancy explosions. Stupidly poisonous. Unstable. All of these are traits I really admire. Goddamn tease.

[stolen and modified without permission from imgur]

*deep breath*

BISMUTH IS A MORALLY COMPLEX CHARACTER AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I REALLY HOPE WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE HOW SHE ISN’T FULLY GOOD OR BAD WITHOUT GETTING ANGRY AT EACH OTHER

blackmormon:

i think Paulina from danny phantom is the older Trixie tang

I wouldn’t be surprised

Sometimes when I’m feeling down I like to remind myself that once, on /v/, I sang A Whole New World, as Jigglypuff, with a guy doing a solid impression of Professor Oak.