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iamtoothandclaw · 3 months

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Cerberus, 2022

I cannot believe I never posted this, as it's one of my favorite art pieces I've done in years. A painting of my darling nephew, Buckley.

#yeah my family has entirely embraced the pets as children thing #we're never having kids #my mom has to cope with having no grandchildren somehow #that and adopting neighborhood kids as honorary grandkids #anyyyyyyway #artists on tumblr #pet portrait #my own art #watercolor #animal art

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inkskinned · 1 year

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probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.

we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."

at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.

the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.

the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.

what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.

here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.

#this is true #writeblr #warm up #relatedly for some reason one of our Favorite Jokes #amongst the Siblings #is like - ''this is so good u will love it''#while we are reacting to something we OBVIOUSLY find viscerally disgusting #like we will be actively retching and be like ''nooooo it's so good''#to the point that i sometimes get nervous if someone outside my family is like oh u should try it its good #(obvi we never force each other to eat anything. we are all just curious birds and #like. we're GONNA try the new thing.)#edit to answer why we had so much vanilla:#my mom is a very good cook and we LOVE to bake. so she just had a lot of staples in the house.#it's one of those things that's like. have u ever continuously thought ''ah i should get butter im probably out''#even tho u are not out of butter. so u end up with like 5 years of butter.#my mom would do that in a costco but like with vanilla extract #to be fair we WERE always using WAY TOO MUCH bc we were kids #so like she was right to stock up #ps. yes we were VERY sick after this lol i just didn't want to include it in the post in case ppl had an ick about that #u can tell it's real bc we knew "oh no we fucked up that's too much vanilla to waste'' but our reaction was to just. keep drinking it #> sibling understanding that vanilla extract isn't free > knowledge mother doesnt mind if we use it for milkshakes #> sibling choice to maybe get in a loophole of ''not wasting it'' if we drink it bc that's the same as using it (not throwing it out)#listen bud i was like 13 and my sister was like 9 #when my mom discovered this we. got in. A LOT. of trouble. a lot of it. a LOT of it.#3rd edit bc i guess it isn't clear - i am 1 of my brother's 2 little sisters #i am the middle child #out of all the ways i have had to explain a post before being like ''did u forget a middle child can happen'' is my favorite

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catmask · 15 days

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what is it about trying to learn health facts or hygeine or body care that after a certain point it tailspins into online fanaticism. why does my mom believe gut health powders meditation and sunlight mean she will never die or age. girl i just want to find a good yogurt brand

#we're trying different yogurts bc our kid (also has autism) is super super food picky #moreso than i ever was as a kid #forrest never had issues with food more sensory things like sound and heat/textile stuff #whereas i was super super picky BUT. i was always introduced to something of at least diff food groups #so even if i onyl atelike 6 things id always have One vegetable. One probiotic. One protein source. u get the deal #we only recently got our kid to start eating fish sticks and chicken and even beef!#so hes got protein down. before he only at chips and frozen mini pizzas. like thats literally it #and he eats bananas and strawberries. we got him vitamin/protein drinks for the time being so hes not nutrient deficient #and he likes those theyre chocolate #but we're trying to find a yogurt he doesnt mind bc he doesnt have like. any. digestive or fiber ro like anything ot help him #i dont want him to feel sick and sluggish all the time . we've had a lot of success with the drinkable yogurts #but talking abuot this made my mom start talking about gut health.......

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just-your-average-tangerine · 9 months

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Was forced to watch a truly incredible (derogatory) thing recently.

A young person on twitter, adamant that transandrophobia doesn't exist on the grounds that 'no one is killing/raping/assaulting trans men'.

Several people responded, including some linking articles about murders and assaults on trans men and a couple op-ed style pieces of trans men talking about their own experiences.

Said young person responded with "I'm not reading those its triggering and I'm a minor"

So let me see if I've got this correct, you are knowingly refuse to acknowledge reality because it's upsetting to you and then you're going to turn around and deny that very reality because you refuse to acknowledge it because it's upsetting?

#like I'm sorry but willful ignorance is not a winning argument?#transandrophobia #its things like this that really have me convinced that we're never actually going to fix this shit #i was talking to the woman who runs the lgbt center i was going to #shes been running it in some capacity for about 30 years now #and she was saying that ever since they reopened after covid they have a problem getting people to keep coming #and its mostly because young people will come a few times and then something makes them uncomfortable and they never come back #but the things that make them uncomfortable are things like 'a homeless kid came to get a shower and a meal'#or 'the donated instruments in the music room arent good enough quality and they dont want to use poor people instruments'#those are both real examples btw #i hate to be the one to say it #but you cannot form community if you refuse to be uncomfortable sometimes #op

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mortiscausa · 1 month

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i can't stop thinking how funny it would be if gareth's brothers did in fact recognise him and were just like 'well clearly he has his reasons so let's all be good big bros and pretend we don't know him' and then spend the next few weeks before he goes off on his quest pretending extremely badly that they have never ever met this kitchen boy before nope not at all even while other knights are looking at them and looking at gareth and going 'hmmm'

#gawain can't resist giving weird brotherly pep talks every time he passes him like 'keep up the good work kid! we're all rooting for you!'#and then turns to ragnelle to whisper loudly 'that was ok that was normal and convincing right' while she rolls her eyes #gaheris bumps into him in a corridor and startles like a deer and is like 'hahaha random kitchen boy i certainly have never met before what #fine weather we are having in these parts hahaha i shall be leaving now through the door over there good bye' and then #walks into a broom cupboard and has to awkwardly back out again while gareth stands there #holding a broom that he was just about to put back in the broom cupboard #agravaine nearly manages to pass by without incident while gareth is scrubbing floors but at the last second brotherly instinct takes over #and he kicks the bucket of suds over yelling 'you missed a spot dickwad!' before sprinting away #gareth is just 'wow my brothers are bigger freaks and weirdos than i remember i don't want to be associated with these losers'#meanwhile arthur is like 'kay can you please just tell them all that you know who he is because i cannot take this farce much longer'#kay: ... oh so now im not allowed to have fun am i? fucking tyrant

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golyadkin · 1 month

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Long road to Colorado

#accidental child acquisition? no. intentional teenager acquisition.#the venture bros #pete white #billy quizboy #billy whalen #the invisible hand of fate #fanart #art tag #sorry i'm like obsessed with their backstory there's so much to dig into with it #the sort of kidnapping... the cocaine... the roadtrip... the media coverage... the aftermath... it's just so tasty #tonight we're thinking about pete taking this kid in and discovering only after that surprise! a teenager still needs to be parented #even the genius ones #also like was pete still high out of his mind during all this? was he still doing blow? or had he run out by the time they were on the road #also like... the necessity for immediate trust and reliance on one another because if they didnt have any other choice #and like why didn't billy ask his mom to take them? why did it have to be a secret thing?#i have... so many questions that will never be answered the whole thing was so fucked up #also i ignored their scooter design because it was dumb they're riding a vespa here whatever

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front-facing-pokemon · 7 months

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#manaphy #THE BABY… and i don't mean baby in a Woah A Baby kind of way. i mean this is a baby child. who eats only blue gummis #we ever think about that? we're feeding this kid exclusively blue gummis. i always save three of 'em for postgame just for this guy #mostly 'cause i still have no idea how the types work on gummis and i just know that the best ones are the same type as you #i've read the guide on them before. like. supereffective types do this and that and whatever #but it's always explained so unclearly that i just never fuckin try it #like i have blue gummis. and a fire-type hero and electric-type partner #partner is supereffective AGAINST water. water is supereffective AGAINST hero. which one would be better to eat the blue gummi #whose perspective is it from!! i have no idea so i'll just feed every type of gummi to manaphy

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imminent-danger-came · 1 year

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“The curious thing about legends is the way we can continue to be moved by the same stories. We’re comforted by familiar tales of friendship, courage, redemption. At times, the path of the hero might seem unclear, and the stories chaotic and directionless. Sometimes it may seem as though we’ve ended back where we began, but it’s clear to see how much we’ve grown on the journey—for although the story is over, there’s always room on the shelf for another.”

(3x14 Destiny Fulfilled)

#I've never made a gif set #tumblr does NOT like high quality gifs I had to butcher my babies #ummmmmmmmmmm I really like the end of s3.#yeah #lmk #lmk gifs #lego monkie kid #monkie kid #lmk mk #lmk swk #lmk macaque #lmk sun wukong #lmk mei #story motif #like bro the modern day lego version of Journey to the West did NOT have to fuck so hard but we're glad she's here #'we're comforted by familiar tales' familiar tales. familiar tales!#let me rest #have not gone this insane since tdp s2 I swear #my gifs

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fortunatefires · 9 months

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Also if you compare Hermione to a character like Annabeth functionally they have the same role within the story. They are there to drive the plot and be a walking encyclopedia for the reader/main character. And yet where Hermione gets shoved aside and all the cool shit she does happens in the background you get Annabeth doing badass shit right up front. Like, if Annabeth did any of the shit Hermione did it wouldn't be brushed off the way it was. If Annabeth made her family forget her, turned someone into a bug and trapped them in a jar, knitted hats to free elves, any of that shit then Percy would be beside her 100% he would be in awe and absolutely terrified at her power and dedication. But what we get from Harry basically amounts to "Thanks nerd. Anyways, what's my next task?"

#I'll never not be mad about how jkr treated hermione #She deserved better #Draco deserved better too #Because he's so fucking flat #We never fucking learn his true motivations #And how he acts doesn't match up with what we're told about him #That shit doesn't make sense #That's why in so many headcanons Draco is abused or manipulated by his family #Because a child with a healthy family dynamic doesn't act like that #And a kid that grew up in a neglectful household doesn't fucking act like harry #He's confident and outgoing and charming #Ain't no kid that comes straight out of neglect gonna be like ~time to piss off my teachers~#That's where people pleasers and perfectionists come from #I'm done ranting lmao #I just have feelings about this #Harry potter #Hp #Percy jackson #Annabeth chase #percabeth #pjo #Hermione granger #Text #Text post #Rant #Bookblr

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squiffed-then-sozzled · 1 month

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As soon as I heard black and orange I knew what had to be done 😩

#just remembered this one time when I was in Peru and it was New Year's #So we're shooting bottle rockets right?#but then this random ass kid who we did NOT know #Started shooting rockets at us so now we're having a full on WAR #But this kid like #NEVER ran out and we were so confused as to how until we chased him #And saw his dad owned a FIREWORK STORE and the kid had been stealing from it #Also my cousin shot a nun with one and she called the police on us so we had to hide for a bit 😔#red vs blue #rvb #rooster teeth #felix rvb #rvb felix #issac gates #edit #edits

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mudcasper · 7 months

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MK was born a star

So consider this as I have yet to see someone made this theory or if someone did then I want to bring it up to light again-

What if MK was a fallen star? Hear me out, we get plenty of scenes where MK fall so many times throughout the show that my red flag starts waving at the implication. There are two noticeable scenes that spikes my inspiration to create this theory:

From (2x00 - Revenge of the Spider Queen) to (4x00 - The Emperor's Wrath)

And he's constantly saved either by one of his gang or monkey king himself. What if it's implied that he might have fallen off from up above somewhere and landed on flower fruit mountain wherein he was born, then he continues his journey down to megapolis (probably literally tumbling over hence was covered in mud in that one shot lol) and that's where he met Pigsy

If let's say we are going to follow the Goddess Nüwa theory that MK was made from her

In this scenario, she was making a clay molding of a little monkey because it was her duty to keep creating and it slipped off from her fingers that it fell right off from her place. Here's my evidence:

(4x06 - Show me the monster)

We get a cutscene of a clay molded lion hitting the floor which could possibly represent Azure Lion that he fell from grace when the gang defeated him or when he got the powers from the Jade Emperor but this could also be a direct representation of MK falling off from his place up above but in a sad tragedy, it broke in half which pops out little MK - I also think it ties in his amnesia where he couldn't remember where he was from or his parents are.

And that's where the end of my theory goes. I have so many things I wanted to add but I need to form my thoughts before publishing them cuz it's a mess-

“Without question, you were not born from the stone as he was. Who or what you are, even I do not know the answer. But of one thing I am certain. Fate has plans for you. Great plans or foul? Time will tell. ” ―Master Subodhi

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fbwzoo · 6 months

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Make that 2 days in a row for Ed eating arugula & bugs on his own, followed by willingly eating his syringe food!! He took almost the full 2cc today too, before he closed his eyes at the final offer.

He's been mostly really good at taking his pain meds too, he only fought it a bit last night. The rest of the time once I get his mouth open, I can shoot it in quick & he's fine. Hasn't even really black bearded over it at all!

He's such a good lil dragon. 🥺 We're all fully in love with him already.

#fbw rambles #my pets #ed beardie #bearded dragon #reptiblr #considering the last owner was a kid #guessing he was never really listened to body language wise and all #so we're trying hard to be gentle and that and quick to listen #I'm really glad he's feeling good enough to willingly eat from the syringe so we don't have to force it #if he's eaten a good amount and tries to leave or closes his eyes #we go with it rather than push #idk if it's making any difference but hopefully it is

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sonknuxadow · 2 months

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society if when people said fleetway sonic they meant the sonic comic series published by fleetway or the version of sonic who appears in those comics instead of their version of super sonic who is never even referred to as fleetway in universe

#i have to wonder how this misconception became so widespread #ive seen some people blame it on . whatever those sonic.exe people are doing these days #but thats not the source. i know its not . because the name misconception had been going around for years before that #i think that when those people started latching onto stc super sonic they called him fleetway because it was already a #widespread misconception. they didnt come up with that name and cause it to be widely accepted #well i think it could be to blame for little kids who get all their sonic info from whatever youtube shows them thinking thats his name #but its not to blame for the internet as a whole thinking that thats his name #maybe it has to do with fleetway's take on super sonic being different from what we're used to #so when actual fans of those comics referred to him as fleetway super sonic to differentiate him from game/archie/etc super sonic #people who never read the comics saw that and got confused thinking it was a completely different form ? and not just super sonic ?#and that its called fleetway? idk.#also when people make super forms inspired by stc super sonic for other characters and call them ''fleetway (character)''#like nooo that doenst make sense. that s not his name #aynway ive been thinking about reading stc . well ive been thinking about it for a while but i keep forgetting to do it

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anendoandfriendo · 3 months

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"Fuck your online discourse" actually, no, we do think the halloween DID flag shouldn't be used but it's not because of some bullshit like "waah it's just a recolor" it's because the system that created that flag is a huge fucking racist and ableist last we checked, and we never saw ant kind of apology for being racist and ableist to endogenic systems. We never saw them stop being anti-endogenic or anti-Black (because let's be honest, Black endogenic systems specifically would be the ones most affected and hurt by this).

Like, we know people have forgotten by now, but we were THERE just before TPA became a thing, when systems like The Entropy System were fully mask-off in their bigotry (we call anti-endogenics facsists because of the personal experience of having the not-pleasure of seeing shit like the above link lmao), and such other things. We used to be very visible on Twitter as an endogenic system who's seen this shit but it was kind of taking over 99% of our focus when we were working retail instead of working at home, so we ended up tapering it away.

#to be clear. this IS an actual opinion of ours.#it is also a vent & we are fully aware we will never be able to get people to stop using it entirely.#like that would be rude/mean at best we guess.#but we're kind of in that liminal time/space where we came out as an endogenic system pre-TPA but just barely.#researching niche bullshit was a REQUIREMENt for us...until it wasn't #which we thought was supposed to happen in your 50's -- not like...somewhere in the 20's to 30's range yall #we remember niche bullshit in the plural communities that you woluldnt even DREAM of if someone gives us the correct recall trigger if your #newer than like 2 years to plurality #“the plural pride world conference did not even exist yet and then existed within like two years of us coming out” levels of transition #we're so glad the kids will be okay but we're a kid ourselves if were using that metaphor. the older teen-quasi-parent specifically. :')#if were going with that metaphor/those vibes that is #we wont always understand but we do try to at least be kind #does anyone else remember that guide to “so youve slipped into another world” or smth like that???#you had to dig for hours and hours if not DAYS/WEEKS and you could still be fucked #if your system friend did not also have it to share with you all #yeah that system popped in and said “hI” to us on our twitter when we talked about that there too and is glad people have been helped by it #iwrc that is

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fiannans · 10 months

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Yearning (noun): a strong feeling of wishing for something, especially something that you cannot have or get easily.

#wednesday #wednesday netflix #wednesday addams #xavier thorpe #wenvier #otp: ravens mate for life #we're really going through it right now kids #also you have to have respect for xavier #he probably never intended for her to see the painting #but he still took the chance to shoot his shot anyway #if this wasn't basically a love confession i don't know what is #boy offered her his heart #and she couldn't run away from him fast enough #even though wednesday NEVER runs away from anything #because she doesn't know what to do with the feelings he evokes in her #and that unsettles her more than anything #they're so endgame coded

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