#In Defense of Plants

[garadinervi]

Lichens on a single Ilex vomitoria (yaupon holly) (southeastern North America) (via Lili Ken, via In Defense of Plants, January 12, 2023)

#botany #biology #chemistry #photography #lili ken #in defense of plants #2020s

[banalhorrors]

It is impossible for me to listen to In Defense of Plants without crying at the most simple and obvious statements about whatever plant they're gushing about and the work they're doing

#in defense of plants

[brightgnosis]

Red Maple (Acer Rubrum) from bplant.org; from the In Defense of Plants podcast on FaceBook:

Red maple (Acer rubrum) has entered the chat. This eastern North American tree is polygamodioecious, meaning trees can produce only female flowers, only male flowers, or sometimes a mixture of both. Early blooming trees like this can offer important food resources for early emerging pollinators 🌳🐝

#Red Maple (Acer rubrum) #bplant #bplant.org #In Defense of Plants #Seed Wishlist #The Trees Speak #Prairie Magic & Medicine #Bookshelf #Tumblr Staff Has Ruined Links Now And I Hate Them For It

[feathersandothersoftthings]

4/? books read in 2023

In Defense of Plants by Matt Candeias

#photos #bookblr #br2023 #in defense of plants #notes on the fridge

[goldencrownofsorro]

#in defense of plants #instagram #leaves #autumn leaves #autumn leaf

[doctorsiren]

Day 21 of Sirentober / Doctober

Memory / Plant

Charley’s been there through it all

#doctorsiren #ace attorney #phoenix wright #mia fey #charley the plant #ace attorney fanart #NOT A SHIP lmao it sorta looks like it so just to CLARIFY #old man nick and then rookie defense attorney mia connected by this office plant 😭😭😭 #art #digital art #my art #fanart #procreate #sirentober #sirentober 2023 #doctober #doctober 2023 #a bit later than I usually post them bc I was busy

[housecow]

the problem with me working around fossils is that when i see a mollusk my first thought isn’t “wow how did this thing live” but “holy shit that would’ve been delicious”

#i wish i could be a taste paleontologist #like. especially during the mesozoic when plants didn’t have defenses against mammals #like can u imagine what herbs are delicious but have gone extinct #sad #i would eat a mammoth if they brought them back btw #talk

[elftwink]

one thing thats so interesting about being a vegetarian is you get to hear all about everyones hypothetical activism that they care about very deeply when talking specifically about your diet and why it's stupid, but literally will never bring up ever again in any other context

#good idea generator #ppl will honest to god hit me with a 'well what about the dmg caused by plant agriculture' when i say im vegetarian for the environment #oh please tell me more about all the things youre doing to try to minimize your impact on the environment #and all the things you know about agriculture. in your infinite wisdom of [checks notes] doing the exact same thing you always have #or is the argument that because individual choices make little difference that we shouldnt even try or talk about it in case its annoying? #its not necessarily that these people arent making good points also #its just that when you have these same conversations 75 times over and over and over and OVER and get nowhere #it starts to become obvious most people learn these arguments in order to avoid genuinely interrogating their eating practices #either on an individual or communal level. am not asking you to cut out meat or go vegan (not a realistic demand of everyone on earth) #but i AM asking that you please do some self reflection on why the idea makes you so defensive #and about what exactly is so terrible of the idea that we may need to produce and consume less meat #i thought about 75 disclaimers i could put on this post but honestly if they become necessary it would prove my point

[bobosbillionsknives]

this kids got issues

#I wish the body horror weird plant shit was played up more especially when vash and knives were kids #I always interpreted the wings representing strong powerful uncontrollable emotion and the wings being a biological “defense” response #with any strong emotion positive or negative #and knives has a horrible time controlling his emotions and everything he feels is explosive (bpd lol) #while vash can control and hide his emotions much better and rarely ever gets wings unless hes really fucked up #and knives would grow to wear his wings (his unstability) with pride as an attempt to take back the power always feeling like the #broken version of vash who was easier for rem to love #RANDOM ass rant but those were my thoughts abt this #trigun #rem saverem #my art #millions knives #millions knives fanart #also rem being dissmisive AS USUAL ! #love herrr #knives is not the favorite child

[puppetmaster13u]

Danny Phantom Crossover

Where Amity has been near abandoned for years, untouched and unaged if not for the destruction from long ago, when (GIW, Ecto-Contamination, the Portal, Whatever or Whoever) demolished it.

Of course nowadays it's long forgotten, a city laid to ruin, slipping from the minds of those that left. Until someone finds it again, and finds a place of forgotten dreams, the living dead, and a towering figure cloaked in red with a large needle-esque weapon to their neck.

"Leave now, while you still can, stranger. You won't find anything here. All that lies in this place are ghosts and broken towers."

#hollow knight crossover #danny phantom au #prompts #honestly this could be any sort of crossover but i am thinking #dcxdp #Jazz akin to Hornet just with more self-care ideas towards her siblings #Dan is like the Pure Vessel (sealed away but should someone open the portal he shall be awoken) (the final line of defense) #Danny is like Ghost- all exploratory and fighty and honestly give him a void-space wail for fun #Ellie is like a lil Grimmchild exploring with Danny and causing mischief #Sam is probably similar to Unn in the sense of causing an area to become overgrown and creating plant creachurs #Tucker akin to Lurien the Watcher but with hive-esque drones keeping an eye on the city #amity park is weird #and liminal #gives off dead fae vibes #Are the rest of the ghosts there? Probably yeah #There's several husks and ecto-contaminated *things* from the GIW also wandering around #Maybe there's chunks of the Ghost Zone leaking through with floating platforms and islands and such #Maybe the fact the city was once pulled into the Zone already had an effect on it over time #Those who were liminal can't leave- they'll always find their way back as though the city- the portal- calls to them #Those that stay away for too long are driven mad and come back as gibbering husks of themselves #I like to think the liminals wear skulls or masks so they can tell who each other is at a distance and if its safe #Give Jazz a big metal needle to go with her bat #how many tags until tumblr eats them

[idiopathicsmile]

deepest apologies to my rl friend who has helped me process it multiple times by this point, but the above image, which comes from a sign in a greenhouse in Kew Gardens, forever remains at the forefront of my mind, specifically the phrase “innocent insects,” which is the funniest piece of editorializing I have ever encountered in a museum-like setting, absolutely hands-down world-class unreliable narrator shit.

“innocent insects” like. ok I see what you’re going for, you wanna up the drama to hopefully get readers excited about science but still. why so judgmental against a plant that is just trying to get its nutrients? and even buying into this weirdly moralistic framing of a natural process, how do you know the insect is innocent? innocent of what, exactly? off the top of my head, ants and bees both live in highly organized groups governed by what you might call rules of a sort; do we seriously think there are zero transgressions? like, are we as a species fully prepared to assert that there are no bug crimes? at the very least, lots of insects eat other insects, which is after all the very so-called sin for which we condemn the pitcher plant; are these insect-eating insects truly more innocent than a plant which performs the same act? and even if an insect survives solely off of plant matter, wouldn’t a death by devouring from a separate piece of carnivorous flora constitute not a crime but a perhaps-brutal act of utterly justifiable kingdom-on-kingdom revenge?

“innocent insects” i just. did an ant ghostwrite this?

#some days pass like others and sometimes circumstances transform you #into a pitcher plant’s criminal defense lawyer

[sluttylittlewaste]

One super fascinating thing about Kristen's current arc in JY is how much it reflects real-world conversations I've been following about effort and consistency and reliability in relationships. Specifically, I've been reading about the resentment in (primarily het) relationships caused by uneven distribution of mental load and repetivite, constant labor between partners.

Follow me now-

I've seen a few posts on here from people who have ADHD highlighting how realistic it is to their experience that Kristen is SO GOOD for doing grand acts and big miracles, but struggles so deeply with "the boring stuff". Upkeeping social media for Cassandra/YES!, consistently holding meetings to maintain whatever following she does develop for her gods, even just bi-weekly essays. I can't speak to the ADHD experience myself. However, from my relationships with people who have it and a decent amount of the posts I see on this website, that is a consistent manifestation of the disorder.

Dovetailing from that is the very real conversation I've heard time and time again about people whose family/friends/partners refuse to help with the little tasks of keeping a home in order or a project on track, but will pull through for big events under the assumption that it balances things out. It's a conversation that occurs a lot in spaces of studying gender dynamics in relationships - i.e. In a dynamic where the wife is responsible for doing all of the cooking/cleaning/grocery shopping/organizing, the husband will do a singular, high-effort task or grand gesture, "I built you an armoire!", "I took the kids out for a full day so you could relax!" and reference that singular event or task as a counterbalance for smaller tasks they do not aid in (daily dishes, laundry, running errands). This can also take the form of one partner doing grand gestures on occasion, but not showing up in smaller ways throughout the relationship on a day-to-day level.

-Ex. Partner A indicates that would appreciate more frequent affection in the relationship, such as date nights, flowers, non-sexual physical contact, etc. Partner B responds by planning a fancy dinner, gratuitous non-sexual contact/complements, and buying a lavish gift - but they do not increase displays of affection in their daily lives. Partner A mentions that though they appreciate the gesture, it didn't solve the initial problem, and Partner B doesn't understand why all of the obvious effort they put in isn't enough. The cycle continues and resentment grows as both people feel like their needs aren't being met/their efforts aren't being appreciated.

(Sorry if that's an over-explanation, I'm trying to be clear lol)

I think a lot about two things Cassandra said to Kristen:

"You're unreliable." and "It's not fair." in the context of these dynamics.

I've seen a decent number of people talk about how mutually unfair bringing Cassandra back was for both her and Kristen. I have also seen a lot of very valid arguments about Kristen being a LITERAL CHILD who makes a lot of impulsive (re: bad) decisions because she cares so deeply about specific things. We've also seen that Kristen CAN be so good in the little ways (Giving Lydia Barkrock the Help action, supporting Tracker through her bullshit, trying to do okay in school to help Riz). For all intents and purposes, there is no actual lack of effort on Kristen's part - she very obviously cares deeply. However, those efforts are more occasional and case-by-case than something constant, like going out every day to spread the word of Cassandra or doing something boring like homework.

Cassandra, whose entire thing is that she's always there to offer support -"I'm there holding your hand in the dark"- knows these things as well. She knows what Kristen is capable of. The hurt, then, doesn't come from the fact that Kristen can't but because, for some reason, she won't.

In conversations about how certain partners... underperform in relationships, one theme that often arises is that of, "I know he can do it, he simply doesn't." Whether that be daily chores or consistent acts of affection, Partner A has seen Partner B be helpful or put effort into things that they find interesting. There is no question of capability - Partner B can do whatever it is Partner A requests. Partner A thus concludes that Partner B doesn't because they don't want to. -Ex. "He refuses to help me because he doesn't care about me/He doesn't think I'm worth the effort."

While I obviously cannot make a true 1-to-1 comparison between this particular manifestation of Executive Dysfunction in people with ADHD and lackluster partners in relationships (I am aware that it is deeply harmful to imply that being a "bad" partner is in any way correlated to any singular disability), this is a degree of parallelism to be found in the Kristen/Cassandra dynamic and the type of dysfunction I reference in above examples. There is the caveat that if you have ADHD and know you struggle with doing things that are smaller or more tedious/repetitive, you can work with the people in your life to accommodate that. Additionally, men (at least in the US) are traditionally socialized to undervalue the traditional female labor that is caretaking.

That said, in universe, Kristen doesn't seem to know she has ADHD and thus could not articulate her limitations to Cassandra - and even if she could, it might not have solved the problem ( though it could have kept Cassandra from getting so upset).

The entire reason I wrote all of this is that I've seen several responses to the most recent preview for FHJY wherein Kipperlily Copperkettle accuses Kristen of not caring (and, to be clear, Kristen fully does not care about the Presidency. That is very likely what KLCK was referring to, and she is not wrong in being upset if Kristen wins this thing she hasn't even bothered to campaign AT THE SCHOOL for). The trend in the responses has been people listing Kristen's miracles more than anything, and while those do prove that she does CARE about SOME THINGS, it doesn't address the fact that for most people care is displayed through active, consistent, reliable effort rather than big dramatic displays: While the shrimp jump was cool, it does nothing to prove that Kristen gives a shit about student government.

#this is barely coherent #there's just this wild juxtaposition that I feel like comes up a lot on Tumblr #it seems to happen specifically with ND characters that people see a lot of themselves in #where even if the flaws and complications of that Neurodivergence are being assessed and deconstructed #people will plant their feet on “she can do no wrong!” #and sometimes it's whatever because it's just a fictional character #but other times #like with Kristen Applebees #where the defensiveness has the flavor or being deeply honest #which concerns me #like I truly hope y'all are putting more effort into handling real world criticism than you do with fictional shit #the instantaneous demonization of anyone who isn't tooth grindingly supportive of the Bad Kids (namely Kristen) is worrying #kipperlily is allowed to be mad at Kristen for winning! She may have done some shifty shit #but you can't say she didn't try really hard to win #and Kristen didn't even do her own shrimp jump. she only ran because she immediately disliked kipperlily #and ever Kristen's reason for disliking Kipperlily isn't fair??? #Like it started before they realized the whole rat grinder conspiracy #she just didn't like that Kipperlily was a Type A overachiever #which has nothing to do with Copperkettle #and everything to do with Kristen's own insecurities #as for the relationship aspect #i have a lot of concerns about how people on Tumblr talk about relationships #let me die #if i die #d20 fhjy #fhjy #dimension 20 #rant #kristen applebees #i guess

[punkeropercyjackson]

Hunter antis are sooooooo threatend by him it's so pathetic i love it.Toh crew choose to make him disabled rep and have tooth gap and hooked nose swag so he could be a white boy but the kind that would be your geeky and lowkey edgy friend who's also an absolute sweetheart and does his best to respect and appreciate your culture and identities and uses his privilege to protect you and all them white fandom toxic parents got uncomfy at having to confront that maybe they're not the perfect flawless allies who know what offends poc more than we do and started hollering about how we should bring back segregation but right this time and that abuse victims and mlm should only exist in media if they're cis women and white twinks because otherwise it's ProblematiqueTM

#hunter they could never make me happy you babygirl #hunter noceda-deamonne #hunter defense squad #willow park #willow tag #gus porter #luz noceda #darius daemonne #camila noceda #huntlow #t4t huntlow #hunter is disabled #trans hunter #autistic hunter #blasian willow my beloved #grimwalker dad and plant mom #edric blight #toh #💌 #antihuntric #summerposting #mattholomule #gustholomule

[machathecat]

twomp shitpost I did instead of sleeping even though I return to school tomorrow yaaaaaaay

#In my defense I only start in the afternoon #Twomp #the world of mr plant #mr plant #mr plant twomp #I JUST REALIZED I DID I MISTAKE IN THE EDITING #FUCK #Ok it's fixed now

[midethefangirl]

it’s been long since I made a pro Tony Stark post but seeing someone try to blame the events of Civil War going south on him had me heated. look, I will admit that some of Tony’s actions in the movie where not okay at all like wanting to kill Bucky for killing his mother while under HYDRA’s influence but maybe Steve stans and a lot of pro team cap folks should realize that Steve’s actions also played a huge role in the movie as well.

for one, maybe Steve should have realized that 119 countries banding together to make a document, you feel is threatening your rights, is a serious matter. 119 countries is almost two-thirds of the countries in the UN and the world, if a great part of the world thinks you are doing more harm than good, maybe as a superhero, you should try to reason with them.

two, Steve chose to do nothing when he thought his rights were threatened by the accords. I do think there were some human rights violations in the accords that should not have been avoided, however, Steve chose to do nothing. anyone who has done a bit of activism know how ineffective that strategy is.

three, Steve’s actions were proving to the UN even more reasons why they felt the accords were necessary. interfering with law enforcement when they were out for Bucky who was potentially dangerous was a bad idea. sure, Bucky was his best friend and I don’t blame Steve for wanting to save him. however, let us remember that Bucky had killed people while he was the Winter Soldier and the Romanian government didn’t have the perspective we have and they had every reason to see him as a huge threat.

four, infantilizing Wanda by calling her a kid because Tony decided to put her on house arrest. and yes, I agree that Tony not telling Wanda was a very bad idea but let us not forget that the Avengers were still under public scrutiny after a disaster of a mission in Lagos and the accords. Wanda could have been attacked by outsiders who could have gone the Zemo route because a family member was in Lagos and that would have caused her to try to defend herself which could get twisted by the media and turn more of the public against her and the avengers as a whole. mind you, the Avengers were facing enough mistrust from the public.

also, Steve, calling a huge comfortable compound with a swimming pool an internment is a bit tonedeaf to those whose ancestors have been to actual interments. as someone who had an Asian American on his team, I’d expect he know better.

five, accords or not, maybe the Russian government has the right to know about a man controlling dangerously brainwashed men within their country. sure, it latter turned out to be a false alarm but considering the fact that this was a security threat which many countries would take seriously, Steve for some reason never considered the fact that the Russian government should be alerted to something like that. if this didn’t scream arrogance, I don’t know what else did.

six, resisting arrest and trashing public property while on international borders in the bid of resisting arrest would piss off the very people who are already pissed at you and your American passport would not bail you out of that one. even international passports come with a warning about their holders committing a crime in other countries. the fact that Steve acknowledged that his team could get arrested for that made it even worse.

this one is actually addressed to the whole of team cap, not just Steve, but seven, you cannot commit a crime on international soil with full knowledge that it is a crime and then blame somebody else for why you ended up in jail. sure, the rift and Thaddeus Ross are sketchy in nature but Scott and Clint blaming Tony for why they ended up there was funny to me because they made the informed decision to commit a crime.

eight, which is a major part being that it was the climax of Civil War, hmmm, maybe keeping the secret of the death of the parents of your rich teammate whose money was funding the search of their killer from him is a very bad idea. idk, man, I would be angry too if it were me. sure, wanting to kill Bucky was wrong but if we didn’t fault the Mayonnaise twins, T’Challa, Peter Parker and later Shuri for going after their parents’ (perceived, in T’Challa’s case) killers, maybe we could give Tony too some grace because brainwashed or not, I would have gone after Bucky too.

nine, the apology letter was the shittiest letter ever and I don’t blame Tony for not wanting to speak to Steve during the events of Infinity War. like how can you even write that type of letter to someone you offended and expect the relationship to still be intact?

there was one part I almost forgot but that quote that emboldened Steve is also dumb the more I look at it. oh yeah, plant yourself in front of the 119 countries you didn’t even bother to address at all and tell them “no, you move” is the ultimate height of hubris. when you are already on thin ice with the public? and Steve thought this was a good idea? yikes 😬

#pro tony stark #tony stark defense squad #steve rogers critical #i’m still bitter about civil war #the more i look at it the more i hate it #and yeah i agree that the accords had their own problems too so i am not fully on board with them #but this post is less about the accords and more about steve’s response #the part that had me angry the most is the “plant yourself like a tree as say you move” quote #like my brother in christ #you didn’t even bother to address these countries in the first place #y’all didn’t even bother to have a word with the public and this is the route you want to take?! #now that im thinking about it #this is arrogance at its height #what was steve thinking when he decided to roll along with this quote? #if civil war was trying to get me to support team cap they failed woefully at that #one part was from having steve acting like this. #the fact that even chris evans was not on steve’s side should say something

[follfoxes]

Noah is like a cactus...makes it difficult for people to get close to him. You wouldn't hug a cactus. But those that play their cards right and are willing to navigate around the needles may find the sweeter side to him. A sweeter more vulnerable side...

It's probably why he gets along so well with people like Owen and Izzy. Two very chaotic individuals who aren't put off by his general prickliness...and so he's a little more open with them.

Incidentally....Cody also tends to be drawn towards cactuses. He was on a team full of them, and up until the episode, they synergized fairly well...when they weren't busy bickering with each other.

#total drama #total drama island #tdi #total drama cody #tdi cody #total drama noah #tdi noah #total drama owen #tdi owen #total drama izzy #tdi izzy #idk why cactuses are such a good analogy for so many people #they're not evil plants...far from it #the thorns and thick skin are just a defense mechanism #I'm not including Sierra in the cactus comparison #obviously #nowen #noco #tagging cause...why not