I just had a bird bump into my window for the first time since I moved here in 2018. It didn’t hit hard and it flew away fine.
Still, I don’t want to risk a real window strike, so I just ordered myself some Window Alert decals.
A lot of retailers and online stores carry them, and they very much do work. It’s worth it. I’ve had them in places I’ve lived before, and the last time I worked at a small office, we had them there as well.
@todaysbird - I know this isn’t about a bird in particular, but this may still be something you want to see.
And yeah, the “uv tech visible only to birds!” assertion seems a bit silly, but these are pretty and fairly unobtrusive. If you live with folks who would object to gel window clings or something, these are a good alternative.
Do Gabe and v1 ever adopt a pet or anything? Like one day V1 brings back the cancerous rodent and just starts taking care of it? Or like a drone they found that's little gun was broken so it couldn't shoot so now it just floats around the house?
oh!!! pets!!! i talked a little about v1 adopting "succulents" in the form of weird little hell masses which are....kind of....alive? it both waters them and sprinkles them with blood because it has no clue what demons eat or if they need to eat, but they seem to do ok lol but now i'm in love with a little broken drone buzzing around their apartment...drones have much more limited ai but the terminals do say they're curious...and can you IMAGINE....gabe and v1 sitting on the couch together....a little drone resting on gabe's lap.....GUAHHH
one more Speculative Post (by an american, usually) about what shelties may actually have been used for originally since they're nothing like a modern border collie may end me.
Mecarevainen, Mecare or Meca for friends. Pronounce the "c" like a "sh" and you're golden.
This bird brought magic to Neseah. There's many ways to channel magic - drawing power from the things around you, from yourself, from a magical creature. These kinds of spells are often done through sheer willpower, and can be highly dangerous.
According to legend, Mecarevainen sought out Ulevan of Neseah, the nation's founder, because she was a powerful mage looking to protect her small territory from their larger neighbors. Linking their very souls together, he gave her the gift of runes - birthing the modern magical system most wizards use to this day.
It is unclear whether or not Mecarevainen is still alive today.
After all, the easiest way to kill a phoenix is for them to be soul-bonded to someone, and have that person die.
The plot of Knock at the Cabin was an elaborate hate crime
Redmond was the only one of the group who wasn't doing it for someone he loved. Instead he was the one that rounded everyone up from that online server and fucked with them to convince them to do it. He was the only one that knew they were gay. He even called himself Redmond to taunt them with the name of the city he attacked them in
The news reports were doctored, well known to be something people will do to convince vulnerable people of something of this magnitude.
The first reports made a point to say everyone had already been evacuated. Since the report was on something that only happened 4 hours ago, that would mean people were given an emergency evacuation warning. Which someone could easily look up or see on the news.
The virus already existed before any of them even arrived at the cabin.
In the tsunami footage, the tide didn't pull away from the beach, and no one ran away until seconds before it allegedly hit, even as the wave was forming right in front of them.
700 plane crashes, complete with footage of them going down in ways that are not physically possible for an airplane? I don't think so. Most airplane accidents occur upon takeoff or landing. NOT mid-air. Yes, yes, I know. What about the one they saw when they went outside? You just answered yourself: they saw ONE plane crash. Not to mention, it crashed in an area with a high survival rate.
Again, literally any weather phenomena they experience can be easily tracked by weather reports. It also implies just how long Redmond had to have been stalking them, just to know when exactly they would be there and what the weather was going to be like when they got there.
And right at the end, when they're watching the news reports in the diner: all of them were coming from places where those disasters would've happened anyway.
And you know the saddest part? The guy got what he wanted and got away with it.
June 30th, 1973 at Atlanta's Omni Coliseum: Just before the first show of the day, someone told Elvis that a five year old Robbie Barnes was attending the show and that he would be dressed up like him in his own lil' jumpsuit. During the show Elvis asked to turn the spotlight on the boy and at the end of the concert he gave Robbie the cape off the Thunderbird suit he was wearing that night. The Thunderbird's cape is regarded as one of the heaviest and most expensive of all of Elvis' jumpsuits. And in addition, J.D. Sumner mumbled to Elvis, "Elvis, give the boy your belt too!" and naturally Elvis did.
Relationships weren't always going to be perfect, and Leofard and Kiyo's was no exception. Oftentimes conflicts arose between them from the man taking unnecessary risks and refusing to take care of himself properly. And Kiyo fussing over him constantly due to his devil-may-care attitude and being a bit too stifling at times
But even still...
True love would always find a way to resolve these things
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Bonus - on a less serious note, trying to get the stubborn ass to eat his veggies was like pulling teeth