#( u like birds

[inkskinned]

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

[bird-everyday]

360!!!! (text by @homoidiotic )

#bird #bird every day #art #bird art #crowcore #crow #e #once again a reminder that i will block you if u even breath the words tradwife on my posts. like wtf? this is a bird blog

[unitedstates0fdakota]

At some point a gal has so many posts labeled “Harry Du Bois coded” saved on her phone that she starts to think she might be the problem

#disco elysium #harry du bois #I think trying to name urself “tequila sunset” is trans coded #t4t kimharry is kinda real when u think about it #but i digress #if Harry had a cell phone think of the possibilities #he would accidentally uninstall flappy bird and cry about it #anyways last post like this I promise 🙏 #I just had so many images saved I wanted to share em

[hinamie]

it's an icarian curse

p2

#my art #jjk #gojo satoru #jujutsu kaisen #fanart #jjk fanart #not me being like ohhhh nooooo i cant draw jjk unu #only to have the sL*TTIEST GOJO CRAWL HIS WAY OUT OF MY SKULL #file name 'i hate him i swear ok liSTEN' #u kno for a self-proclaimed gojo hater i sure draw him like someone who worships the ground he walks on #disgusting . disappointing.. sighs #even worse im in my draw male chest anatomy era smh #also i like how my last jjk piece was gojo with messed up birds #and my return is . oh wow wld u look at that.

[cozylittleartblog]

had a(nother) nightmare

#deltarune #rouxls kaard #lancer #queen #art #lancer had a bad dream. rouxls comes in to fall asleep in the floor like he always does. queen followed because she needs to #Familiarize Herself with The Rituals and also hey her boy is sad #and then they ALL fell asleep in the floor literally right next to his bed #-- i had tire marks on the bedsheets but they vanished somewhere. damn it #this one isnt old btw i just drew this This Morning HEHEHEHE #its kinda scrungy but thats ok #ok 2 tag ship but not explicitly ship either if ur not into it #i love that half my 'qk' art can very easily be read platonically #i think thats an important aspect of their relationship is that they are good friends and coparents. and THEN they're kissing sometimes #this is hardly the first family cuddle and or sleep pile ive drawn. i never posted my favorite i dont think #i am just all about sleep and cuddle piles. did u know swatchlings love to sleep in piles (headcanon) #if one bird falls asleep in the cafe the odds are very good that one or two more will join them #theres a pile of birds in booth 4 all shoved in there haphazardly and eeping. swatch is coming with pots and pans.

[suntails]

the weight of family and the pull of gravity

#those are song lyrics listen im running out of dramatic one liners to use as captions HGFJKD #i like the DRAMA!! the DEVASTATION!!!! if it doesnt feel fitting to the emotional weight i feel then i will DISINTEGRATE ON THE SPOT #the pic looks more saturated as i post it than it does in photoshop so hmmmgh not sure how the balance will be? c'est la vie it's j for me #u can rip those fuckign birds from my cold dead hands. i wont give them up. sleepie made fun of me for my bird motifs BUT I LIKE THEM #I NEEDED THEM FOR THE COMP IT GGRGAGAHAHHH #twst #twisted wonderland #twst silver #silver vanrouge #twst spoilers #ch 7 spoilers #oh yea i wanna make an animatic to that song once ch7 is done. maybe.. i fucking HATE making animatics but its SOOOOO SILVER #blame lettie its her fault #suntails

[sighcomics]

#finished to kill a mocking bird... ive never read a better childhood novel. truly one of the greats #anyway the colouring took way too long. hope u like it #my art #my comic #comics #artists on tumblr #indie comic #illustration #webcomic #original comic #cute art #childhood #sighcomics #art of the day #comic art #cartoon #doodle #digital illustration

[wispscribbles]

Your art style is just so delicious!!! It’s got such low key Ghibli vibes, especially in the eyes, and your color control is fantastic. You’re amazing, keep rockin it! ✨

aw yay, Ghibli vibes!! I grew up on those movies, they've definitely inspired me to create. Thank you sm <3

wanted to draw some small ghibli ghoap after getting this ask. 'Ghost's moving castle'

#ask #anon ask #ghostsoap #my art #cod fanart #doodle #ive actually thought about ghibli ghoap before so you're just feeding the fire #feel like their roles could easily be reversed in this au #with ghost being cursed and moving in with chaotic wizard soap #but then i thought about Howl's bird/creature form and I just really like imagining ghost like that #oh ghost youve enchanted me with ur phantom of the opera pathetic mystery man vibe #feel like a princess mononoke au would ROCK with these two #anyway thank u for mentioning ghibli bc i love ghibli

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

#and in her quest for truth... alya has set a dragon loose upon a ballet studio #tho Kagami's anger is a bit selfish and that's okay too #she knows Alya and Marinette were like. trying to do the Right Thing and Help #but she sort of. hm. doesn't care abt Felix? LMAO #she's like. i care not for this delicate snowflake. #marinette come back to fencing against the rules so i can hold hands w/ u #the rituals. the rituals!! of holding another girl's hand!! helping them up off the floor! #you dont GET IT FELIX #the RITUALS have been COMPROMISED!! #birds of a feather #feralnette au #my art

[hyunpic]

hyunjin on bubble: my dad took these for me

#hyunjin #skz #stray kids #🧼 #feeling like a disney bird wanting to circle around him like he’s the princess #he looks like he’s in deep thought like hmm how will i make their heart skip a beat today #idk why he said his dad took these when these are literally our wedding anniversary pics 😔 sorry to break it to u like this..

[petitesmafia]

hc thinking about Dazai practicing how to control his heartbeat around Chuuya except Chuuya doesn’t know that, so every once in a while when he unknowingly causes Dazai to slip up Dazai would glare at Chuuya and Chuuya would be like. tf are u looking at. are u tryna fight with me

Dazai, steadying his heartbeat: okay this is easy Chuuya, leaning over Dazai to grab a pen beside him: 'scuse me Dazai, heartbeat speeding up: Dazai: UGH. what is your problem Chuuya: ??? Chuuya: what the fuck is YOUR problem

#ena.hc #enarchive: skk #bungou stray dogs #skk #Chuuya picks up on the slight irritation in Dazai's tone and he's immediately like so u wanna beef... #like if u wanna fight we gonna fight #meanwhile Dazai can't let Chuuya know what he's doing exactly bc how do you explain that. #so he just says some bullshit thing like ur vibe suddenly ruined my day #and Chuuya's like ?????? #queue from the bird app

[cubbyhole-for-flea-bee]

what if NMJ just poofs into an owl when qi deviations loom tho

Bonus from a later reblog:

FWUMP

#turning nmj into an owl to incite brother shenanigans :3 #he has three didis and he can't get them to FIT under his wings!! he can't protect them! #you YEET the da-ge?? you yeet him like the soda can??? #JAIL FOR HUAISANG #lil bro is a bird-lover u know he'd be delighted #and overly invested in teaching da-ge how to fly via flap power #until the owl sleep schedule conflicts with canary song-time and da-ge is chasing his songbirds around at the ass-crack-of-dawn o'clock #it'll wear off eventually no worries chifeng zun #buuuuut u keep losing ur temper? then u keep poofing into a flying feathery marshmallow bird that has to hack up pellets #giving chifeng zun the power to be a flying pillow with claws that can double in size and make people piss themselves with demon screeches #he gets to keep his mind intact but he has to be a bird first and suffer indignities #such as various brothers needing soft owl hugs Right Now #altho the ability to harass and prank a-holes and blame it on owl brain is a perk #jgs says something in-character and owl-nmj swoops him and Yoinks some jewlery #nie mingjue #nie huaisang #nie brothers #lan xichen #jin guangyao #zewu jun #chifeng zun #lianfang zun #mdzs #the untamed #fanart

[b4kuch1n]

siren

#bakuspecial #cw: nudity #cw: body horror #monster #siren! I think. they're bird to me #I think this has been brewing since that stream mim did of drawing dnd monsters only from official text description #and when the official art for the sirens were shown I was like. oh thats just a woman with wings #lmao like. granted. its an official dnd book available for all audience. you cant make it too Bad To Look At #(I do not agree with this but it wasnt about me. if its about me its gonna be about very few people lmao) #but yeah. after that I got slightly too into the idea of putting more bird into birdwoman #but I also do genuinely love monsters that are Rearranged Human Parts so. I couldnt commit too much to the bird scales Im so sorry #I wanted the fleshiness. the feel. textural experience of holding her hands and being like oh that's a human #even when ur eyes tell u otherwise. mmm #...I looked to my right as I was typing these tags and saw. the fucked up pikmin I tried to sculpt the other day along with the pin #and got startled #its so. its so fucked up. gods. dusty white naked grainy parsnip #I used to have that one doll I butchered wanting to customize in a box next to me and thats way less upsetting than this. man #its perfect actually I will never throw this thing away. anyways #now. now I go to bed. its sleep time for the baku #have a good night lads! you CAN have it both way easily you just need a big bat

[fisheito]

at last....yakumo with CHIKEN

#i have finally achieved Goal. i drew yakumo with a happy chickcen #legitimately there were several moments of me redrawing yakumo's eyes and yelling #nO! THEY'RE NOT UWU ENOUGH (makes the irises bigger) WAIT . TOO UWU (makes irises more oblong) #WAIT!! NOT MONSTROUS ENOUGH (narrows the pupils) SHOULD NOT HAVE MORE EYELINER THAN FOXY GRANDPA (shrinks the lashes) #did u know that chickens like to sleep on tall things? the higher they are the safer they feel? (according to my cursory internet search) #so i imagine when yakumo finally grew taller than the chickens' roosting spots #some of them started just napping on yakumo any time he came to clean the coop #and he'd be so scared of waking them up that he'd try to do his chores in the tiniest movements ever #several hours later grandma checks in on him bc hmmm! he's taking longer than usual! #sees him covered in birds+bird poop and he's aaaallllmost done cleaning with his restrained broom sweeps #(birds don't stop pooping just cuz they're sleeping u see. how productive) #that's a cue for grandparents to move the roosts higher . bc yakumo doesn't have the heart to shoo the birds off him #he needs to get things done! becoming impromptu bird bed for 3 hours a day is not sustainable! #it's all for the good of chiken anyway. happy chicken happy life #yakumo

[blended-ice]

A fun little sketch. Open wide!

#peas n guac #feeding each other is a quintessential love language methinks #u ever try to draw arms and be like. how fucking long are you supposed to be. #and then foreshortening is a thing #wild #college is done for the summer which means my ass gotta catch up on the things I’ve let slide #so I am SO!!! TIRED #I’ve moved like a bajillion (approximate estimate) bricks these past few days #may have ducklings in a few days though v excited abt that #mimi has been obsessively sitting on the nest #and attacks me when I make her leave the coop #but mimi unfortunately your stank ass gotta bathe #sorry ab rambling about my personal life in the tags #I get very excited about my birds #yuri on ice #yoi #katsuki yuuri #viktor nikiforov #viktuuri #id in alt text #fanart #food #tw food

[corvidshadow]

Season of the Piñata

#shash draws #destiny 2 #destiny osiris #saint 14 #savathun #this is how i view next season #it better be like that #u big moth stay away from the birds