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lookinghalfacorpse · 1 year

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so i took a butterfly pinning class today. u didn’t think the butterfly propaganda was over did u?

they’re stronger than u think. i expected to be tearing wings up, dropping legs everywhere. my hands were shaking with the first butterfly because i was so nervous to destroy it, but i didn’t. (the aim isn’t destruction; it’s change. you will stay in one piece, but you’ll take the position i say.)

if you DO mess up, fixes are easy. an antennae falls off? you flinch and tear the upper wing? glue that sucker back on once it’s dry. (quick fixes and cheap answers. only has to be healed enough to hold position and Stay.)

(and taking the legs off completely is a good way to make sure it stays still in the display)

the pins are temporary. you take some time re-hydrating the body, and then while it’s more malleable, you use the pins to stretch the wings and hold them there. let the body dry again, and when the pins are removed, they hold the shape. (permanent adjustments and a remake of natural form. he DID go back to the prison, like sam knew he would.)

first step: the instructor held the body in front of me and squeezed at the thorax, showing me how the wings spread with the motion and how i can use it to insert the first pin. (confidence and familiarity. i know how you’ll react to this.)

pinch the thorax, insert the pin through the back. i pricked my pointer finger with the needle the first time. the rest was easy; stretch and hold with the pins and wait. the ones with thicker wings were a little harder.

(set behind glass when you’re done.)

#:)#sorry for the brainrot but hey #local bug enthusiast engages in new hobby and also does fic research #call that multitasking #dreblr #killing butterflies #awesamdream #c!awesamdream #(implied)#cdream

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