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INCLUDING:
-Spitballs, given as romantic gifts
-Spider Sex Percussionists™
-Bee perfumers
-Lemur Stink Fights
-Springtail females bench pressing males, who then Raccacoonie them to the pile of sperm the males prepared, so she then sits on it (God bless springtails)
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I need 6 more people to sign up or Atlas Obscura won't run the course and this course is SO SILLY and SO FUN and you'll learn so much weird shit I can't even tell you. And JUST in time for VALENTINES day.
This class has no homework, and you can watch it live or later!
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Looking for beta readers for Meat Cute, a queer horror novel. Its got it all! The undead, worms, pig farms, worm zombies, haunted houses, more worms.
FBI Agent David Whitetree has the uncanny talent to attract the weird, the bizarre, and the supernatural.
Freshly returned from a medical leave, David is hoping his life can go back to exactly as he left it. Almost exactly as he left it. Barely 10 minutes back to work and he's assigned to a case where a body has been found: exploded and covered in fleshy worms. In an attempt to outrun his mistakes, David follows the investigation down a trail of pigs, the reanimated undead, and a night full of horror. All leading to a strange little man, standing over a corpse, poking it with a stick.
You don't need to be a pro! I am looking for reader reactions and feedback.
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Weird Medieval Marginalia
So I got to see an epically cool manuscript of Arthurian romance (Beinecke MS 229), written in French sometime in the thirteenth or fourteenth century. It contains many fully illuminated illustrations, but the most interesting thing about it turned out to be the marginalia.
All the big images were the same kinds of scenes of knights fighting, people going into or out of buildings, people lying in bed, occasionally people on boats or talking, etc. After a while they just felt repetitive. But there are these little cartoons in the margins, and they are WILD:
I mean I don’t even know what’s going on here.
Apparently knights fighting snails appear in a lot of manuscripts. We have no idea what they mean. Might be the medieval version of a meme.
What even is that gray thing?
Knight riding chicken.
Derpy horse.
A very weird-looking unicorn.
Rabbits hunting people. (RUN AWAY!!! RUN AWAY!!!)
Balancing act.
Baby Yoda in the corner there.
WHAT
There’s plenty more, but that’s as much as I can fit into one post. And this is all one manuscript!
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TW: Yandere.
Imagine this, you're just an average student in night Raven College. You blend in very well with all the idiots and high-mighty men, thus, being a background character.
But suddenly, a person by the name of "yuu" comes and asks you for help for one of their assignments, you sit next to them and share multiple classes with them.
Soon, you began hanging around this person and grow a friendship with them.
But you always feel eyes behind you, piercing into your back as if you were prey.
After you finished your lunch with Yuu, and go your separate ways. You get cornered in a hallway that's clear of all students.
The infamous brothers, the leech twins, corner you from behind and front, no where to escape.
"Heyyyy small fry, do you have a deathwish?" Floyd Leech, the more aggressive twin pipes up.
"Oh, don't be harsh Floyd. We have yet to question them."
Seems like they have a unhealthy obsession with your newfound friend, Yuu, is what you figured out. They were planning to dump your corpse somewhere, and get rid of you for talking to their "Angelfish"
But you somehow came up with a good reason that let you live... "Uhh.. hey, I can bring you undiscovered information about Yuu if you let me live.." You quietly mumbled out.
Both of the twins looked at each other, seemingly sharing unintelligible words and emotions that you can't seem to decipher.
"We will accept your offer on that, but on one condition, you will not touch them nor handle them in any such way." Jade leech, the more "calmer" of both the twins said.
Although... You wouldn't call that calm.. more like he's just trying to hide his feelings of aggression towards you. He could snap your neck in any second if you so much as make the wrong move.
So it began, you being the "spy" for the twins. Trying to scope specific information from Yuu was hard. Personal information. It really seems like they aren't even THEIR own person. More like they just follow a script on what they like and do.
"what's your favorite color?"
"hmm.. I like all colors!"
"What's your favorite food?"
"it's hard to pick, everything tastes great to me."
You went back and forth to the twins, telling them the information you gathered till this day. You've seen and know how they react to most things, they're obsessive, cunning, possessive people that you don't want to mess with. Being with them, suffocated you a lot. You had to make sure not to get on their bad side, or do anything rash.
You avoid the touch of Yuu as much as you can. You avoid talking to them about other topics except for the topics that the twins tell you to speak about. But for crying out loud, whenever Yuu sights you out from the crowd, you can see them full speeding towards you. Can't you get any rest from this place?
You take safety measures and always find a way to escape from Yuu's grasp.
You really don't understand what your relationship has come to with the twins. Soon, all three of you begin hanging around at Mostro Lounge. In addition, you give them good information about Yuu while they sneak you free drinks. A win win. Their drinks are over expensive anyways, so it greatly benefits you.
You just hope that their house warden, Azul Ashengrotto, doesn't find out. Or you'll be in a deeper hole than you already are.
As the three of you hang out more, gradually growing loose with each other, even asking them for help with homework. You soon see yourself smiling in their presence, actually having fun. You don't know what their thought process was with this sudden change, but they dont seem to mind much.
They call you in for another small meeting, probably telling you what topic to cover with Yuu.
"Alright! What's my next mission impossible?"
Jade shows his infamous "gentleman" smile as he softly places his hand to his chest "We desire to see what you've been up to lately."
You quirk your brow in confusion. "Eh? What do you mean by that?"
"You're sooo slow guppy! It's not that complicated, we want to know what you've been doing these past days!"
Ah shit. Do they think you're plotting behind their back? You really thought that you gained their favor, and maybe became actual friends. Seems like they still don't see you as anything other than their information giver.
"I haven't been doing anything with Yuu, if that's what your speculating..." You address them calmly and seriously. Making sure that you sound convincing.
"No, you've misunderstood. That question is purely for you, Y/n." Jade's hand was boldly placed on the side of your face, as if to caress it. "You know, guppy, we've been bored lately.." Floyd shows his jaggered teeth, resembling a sharks.
They both grin. Floyd donning a smirk, while Jade's sharp teeth was out in display.
"We've grown interest in you, dearest Y/n."
"More than we've grown interest in Shrimpy.. theyve been boring these past few days..."
ANNNNNNDDD THATS WHEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH TWO YANDERE FUCKERS, THE DAMN LEECH BROTHERS, EVERYDAY IN YOUR LIFE!!! GOOD LUCK!! Cause they won't be hiding their affections and obsessive love towards you like they did with Yuu. Well, at least you have two tall, handsome bodyguards right? Not just one, but two. This was longer than I expected it to be..
This was inspired by the manhwa, I Love Amy, go check it out! It's 5 stars!
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