#before any of yall ask

[anipgarden]

Adding To or Starting a Garden

AKA, the beginning of the Plants-Related section of this series.

This is my third post in a series I’ll be making on how to increase biodiversity on a budget! I’m not an expert--just an enthusiast--but I hope something you find here helps! 

Got an area of lawn you’d like to convert to a wildlife haven? An area you can stick some hanging baskets in? Want to know how your garden of tomatoes and zucchinis is already putting in a lot of work? This is the section for you!

It would be dumb of me to not acknowledge that the act of gardening can come with a lot of costs. Buying seeds, buying plants, buying soil, raised bed materials, mulch, etc. … it can all get a bit daunting, let’s be honest! But there’s quite a few ways to get seeds and plants for free or extremely cheap, which I’ll be addressing in this section! The next section will be all about addressing the other Costs in gardening and how to mitigate or eliminate them entirely.

Also, do keep in mind; there’s no need to try and convert a whole area from lawn to garden or unused to garden at once. In fact, it could actually be extremely beneficial to do it a little at a time--maybe four or five square feet to start out.

Front Lawn (or Managing Principles)

If you live in a place where you’re required to have a grass turf lawn (HOA’s come to mind…), try replacing it with native grasses instead! You could even possibly use a low-growing ground cover plant like clover to a similar effect! Reseeding/replacing an entire lawn can be a big upfront cost, but even just letting the lawn be a little messy and tall helps. If the lawn gets patchy, leave the bare spots for a little while and something different will likely pop up! Pioneer species will fill the gaps and provide benefits to other plants around them, support animals, and more! If you want to take the guesswork out of it, you could always research what the pioneer species are in your area and plant the ones you like most. 

Obtaining Seeds for Cheap or Free

The cheapest way to start a garden is by far via seeds. However, seeds can be a bit complicated to grow, and some sources make them… way overpriced. Fortunately there are ways to get seeds for little to no cost! 

Some places sell seeds for as low as a dollar, 50 cents, or 25 cents! The packets may not have a lot of seeds, but it’s definitely a good start for a low budget! I’ve personally bought cheap seed packets at Walmart--the Ferry-Morse and Burpee brands are not what we’re looking for here. Typically the cheaper ones I’ve found are American Seed (which is owned by Green Garden Products, which also owns Ferry-Morse, Livingston Seed, McKenzie Seed, and Seeds of Change. Do with that information what you will), but they’re rarely stocked near the Ferry-Morse ones in the Formal Gardening Section. I’ve most often found them on end caps near the gardening section, so you may have to weave through a few aisles to find them, but once you do there’s an array of flower and vegetable seeds to select from! Alternatively, I’ve found seeds at Dollar Tree sold 2 or 4 for a dollar in Spring as part of their seasonal product; however, when they’re out of stock, they’re typically out of stock for the year. Try to check them out early in the year!

Otherwise, other seed companies like Urban Farmer or Botanical Interests will often have semi-frequent sales in spring and fall, when people are stocking up on seeds--joining their email lists can help you be the first to know when a good sale is going on!

Some foods from grocery stores will provide seeds that you can use in the garden as well. I’ve had the most luck with store-bought bagged beans, peppers, and tomatoes. Some people have had luck with watermelons, apples, citrus, squash, and more. Do keep in mind that you likely won’t get the same variety of fruit/vegetable as the one you bought--the resulting plant may look different and taste different.

Give it a shot! Pick some beans you like--if they don't grow well, at least you can eat the rest!

If you live in the US, food-producing live plants, bare roots, and seeds can often be purchased with SNAP benefits. But what does growing fruits, veggies, and herbs have to do with boosting biodiversity? While food crops aren’t typically native, they still provide valuable shelter for native insects. Some plants even have intricate relationships with native fauna--like the squash bee, a solitary bee which exclusively pollinates cucurbits like pumpkins, squash, and zucchini. And we get to benefit more directly as well! If you’re planting a diverse range of foods in your garden (as opposed to the swaths of single-plant farms that typically produce what’s sent to grocery stores), you’re supporting high levels of biodiversity by providing a variety of plants for creatures to live and hunt around.

Most of the time, when we think of boosting biodiversity with a garden, we think of a colorful flower garden teeming with pollinator species. However, if we’re striving to use native species, it can be a bit difficult to find some species in stores. I can say from experience that trying to find any wildflower seeds other than butterfly weed, purple coneflowers, and black-eyed-susans is… challenging, if you limit yourself to stores like Walmart, Home Depot, and Lowe’s. You might occasionally get lucky with an ACE Hardware or a local nursery, but even then sometimes it can be hard to track down who in your area is selling what--let alone if you live in an area where no one really is selling native plants or their seeds. Not to mention, even once you find a local or online store selling the seeds you want, they can sometimes cost a pretty penny. So what do you do?

If you have the option to, consider gathering native seeds yourself! Get good at identifying the native flora and fauna--or at least, a few target plants and their lookalikes--and get ready to go! Learn where they tend to grow, when they’ll be seeding, etc. Try to identify the plant before it goes to seed (for most plants, it's easiest to identify when flowering), then check back regularly to gather seeds. Typically, if I want to learn how to collect seed from a specific plant, I just search it on Google or YouTube--oftentimes, I'm lead to the GrowItBuildIt Youtube page, so it may be a helpful resource for you as well! Of course, make sure to leave plenty of seed behind so the wild population can repopulate, and seed can feed other creatures in the area. A good rule of thumb is to take no more than 1/3rd of what's available.

Buying seed in bulk is an option if you can afford the upfront cost. Try teaming up with a few friends to buy some bulk seeds and split them amongst yourselves--you’ll get tons of seed! Prairie Moon is a popular site that'll sell seeds by the pound if you can afford the price--though they're in the US, and I believe they focus on Midwest and East Coast natives.

If you want to cheat the system, don’t buy bulk sunflower seeds--buy bags of sunflower seeds being sold as birdseed. They’re typically all black oil sunflower seeds, but they’ll sprout, and they’re fairly cheap for the amount you get!

However, beware generic wildflower seed mixes! Many brands like to sell wildflower seed mixes in big box stores like Home Depot, Target, or even Dollar Tree, but they’ll often include flowers that aren’t native or possibly even invasive in your region! Before you make any purchases, double check to make sure the contained seeds won’t do more harm than good! A quality source of native seeds will provide English and Latin names for all seeds included, and will be native to the region or at least non-invasive. 

See this? I don't trust this.

There’s a good handful of programs online that’ll send you free seeds if you’re planning to start a native habitat project! Poke around online and see what you can find; you might get lucky! The best time to start looking for these is fall and winter, I find--by early spring, many of them are either done or beginning to wind down... though some also start up in spring. Ultimately--just check regularly! You never know what you can find!

Other Ways to Get Plants

Don’t want to start from seed? That’s fair! You can try cuttings! Just be sure not to take too much of the plant while you do so. Make sure you’ve gotten a few leaf nodes on your cutting, and cut any flowers you may have gotten. Make sure to leave some blooms and foliage on the original plant for the creatures in the current habitat--you don’t want to destroy one habitat to make another in your garden. There’s tons of methods of rooting cuttings, many of which have different efficacy rates for different plants, but that’s a topic for another post.

If you find seedlings growing in a place where they won’t be able to sustain themselves long-term, or are in danger of being destroyed, consider relocating them! You may be able to gently dig up and transplant the seedling to your garden. Don’t do this if they’re in a place where they can easily survive--ideally, you’ll be taking plants from sidewalk cracks, heavily maintained public gardens, roadsides, etc. Do be careful while doing this--ensure your safety first!  

You’re totally allowed to join gardening communities like clubs, facebook groups, and more before you’ve even put a trowel to the dirt. These are great places to learn information and advice! Many gardeners are more than happy to help out a new gardener, and will eagerly provide seeds, cuttings, or even baby plants! Talk to some people about your gardening journey and what you’re hoping to do, and you just might find some kindred spirits--or at least get more people interested in the topic! 

Seed and plant giveaways and trades happen all the time in gardening clubs, as well as online! Just poke around and see what you can find! Some are explicitly trades, meaning you’re expected to send something in return, but once you get your feet on the ground with some plant knowledge you’ll be stellar! You may be able to explain you’re just starting out, and someone may send you seeds without expecting a trade, but I’d suggest trying giveaways first. 

Poke around online and see if there’s a local chapter of your state’s native plant society. From there, you’ll likely be able to find a calendar of events--many of them will host plant sales in the spring, with a bunch of native plant seedlings ripe for the pickings if you can make it out and have some money to spare! Fair warning, though, you’ll want to get there early if you can. If they say they’re starting at 10, try to get there by 9:45. Year after year, there’s always record turnout, and they sell out of plants faster than ever. Just trust me on this. I’ve been let down; hopefully you won’t have to be.

Some libraries are beginning to host seed libraries! Check around and see if your library has one! Ideally, the system works best if you also have seeds to contribute in return, but if you’re just starting out I’m sure they won’t mind you taking some seeds! Just consider saving some seeds to contribute in the future and pay it forward. If your library doesn’t have a seed library? Consider asking if they’d be willing to start one! Community interest is a great way to get the ball rolling on projects like these, but they’ll only know the community is interested if the community tells them they’re interested!

Volunteer to Garden for/with Someone Else

Maybe someone in your area wants to garden, but is struggling to find the time/energy. Many elderly people who used to garden simply can’t anymore but still would like a garden. Other people may love to have a helping hand in their garden. You might even find a few people in your area interested in renting and sharing a community garden plot with others, so they don't have to handle it all on their own! They may be interested in increasing biodiversity right now, or may be willing to if it’s brought up to them. You might be just the kind of person someone needs! Since it won't be your garden, you’ll likely need a bit of permission and collaboration to get anything in particular going, but it’s worth a shot and a way to maybe even make friends! 

Again, your mileage may vary with some of these. You may not know where there's a bunch of wildflowers growing in your area, or maybe your local library doesn't have a free seed library. That's okay! Do what you're able to, find what you can find, get what you can get! And there's never any shame with starting small--in fact, starting small can make the project easier to manage and expand when you're able!

That's the end of this post! My next post is gonna be about ways to start growing plants cheaply--low cost seed starting set ups, essentially. There's a lot of good options, many of which I've used myself even! Until then, I hope this advice is helpful! Feel free to reply with any questions, success stories, or anything you think I may have forgotten to add in!

#biodiversity #solarpunk #gardening #outdoor gardening #growing from seed #ani rambles #out of queue #the biodiversity saga #i will be honest I have never flat out approached people to offer to help them garden #HOWEVER. People HAVE approached ME asking ME to help THEM with/plan THEIR garden #granted it was after I'd been gardening for a good few years. and its mostly family or family friends but yknow #people would be like 'oh wanna help me with my veggie garden?' even before I tried growing vegetables #i don't think the library near me has a seed library but you just wait until i. get the courage. to go to the library regularly. #i've seen people also make their own little seed library structures kinda like a little free library but like #i dont think my neighborhood is about that life. #if any of yall have those though it could be a great resource! also send pics because I love seeing them #not to say that this post should become a giant seed trade but if it did become that i would be the opposite of mad #if there's any typos blame my sister shes got the hotel room at like 60-something degrees and I am FREEZING #welp time to shut up now bye

[betweenblackberrybranches]

First meetings part 2

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In which Sun has a panic attack and Y/N tries their best to help.

Sun and Moon do not share the same memory pool, if they are "sleeping" when the other is active they do not automatically know what happened in that time. Though they do usually tell eachother everything imidiatly after "waking up". They often stay awake when the other is active though to keep eachother company.

But yea seems like Moon was the last one active before, well, whatever happened to them, while Sun had a lil nap.

#dca fnaf #fnaf sun #daycare attendant x y/n #sundrop #automaton au #my art #tw anxiety #tw panic attack #dunno what else to tw if you have any additions tell me #i know that update is a lil more cartoony and has no nice backgrounds im sorry #i hope yall still like it #i just wanna hug sun in this #y/n also wants to hug him but isnt sure if thats a good idea #asking before touching someone is always a good thing #well atleast sun is not naked anymore with his blanket not that there was anything to see anyways but it seemed to really stress him out

[voidcat]

I am attracted to this why am I so attracted to this

#edit: before any of yall rb this w a ‘bc ___’ MAYBE CHECK MY ADDITIONAL RB I KNOW WHY THIS IS HOT OK #sir sodo dew…. j am kindly asking #but I Will resort to violence if I must #one chance?.. #ghost band stuff #sodo ghoul #dewdrop ghoul

[myymi]

Today was a beautiful day.

It was calm. Chao were having fun playing around with each other, eating as much fruit as they desired. Rivers flowed peacefully, offering itself to any critters that needed to wash themself or just simply wanted to play or cool off in the cold water.

And, most importantly, the Master Emerald was safe.

It was perfect.

Until he saw the red biplane land.

He groaned as the engine shut off and the familiar blue ball bounced out of the plane. Not necessarily at the hedgehog–not entirely, anyway–but at the fact his arrival meant something happened.

He was sure Eggman had gone on another rampage, threatening some poor city to surrender themselves or he’d take over himself. Same old routine.

Knuckles briefly wondered why it was Sonic driving the plane and not the little fox who seemed to be attached to the hedgehog’s hip. He’s still surprised Sonic owns the plane, considering how it’s Tails who always takes care of it.

With a sigh, he jumped off the shrine and used the gentle wind to glide himself over to where the biplane was. He didn’t care for the contraption all too much, but the red was nice.

“Knuckles!” The echidna’s brow creased as he landed, put off by the tone Sonic used, “we’ve got a problem!”

“I figured. Why else would you–” Knuckles was in the middle of rolling his eyes when he saw the fox cub. The thing was so tiny, it looked no more than a year old.

And then he saw the two tails.

#listen #yes. i started a new fic #but in my defense #i asked yall to write a tails&knuckles fic before i caved so #i can't be blamed #miles tails prower #sonic the hedgehog #tails the fox #sth #sonic #knuckles the echidna #wip fic #brain and brawn #tails and knuckles #tails and sonic #sonic and knuckles #unbreakable bond #dynamic duo #team sonic #if you see any typos. blink

[introspectivememories]

literally can't stop thinking about mafia!bernard and police informant!tim

it got too long for the tags

bear's in the mafia for whatever reason

and tim is part of a police team called idfk the bats

anyway bear's mafia is getting too big and they need sm1 on the inside. enter tim.

tim is a police legacy. his dad was a policeman and so was his father's father and on it goes

and he might've made it onto captain wayne's team but he's desperate to prove to the force that he's not a fuckin nepo baby

so he takes the job. enter bernard who only meets tim after he's been on the mission for a year now.

bear quickly takes a liking to this new recruit who's efficient and smart and has the tiniest waist he's ever seen.

and tim goes along with this liking cause hey information from the top will be more valuable right?

and they fall into this fuckbuddies relationship that quickly becomes way more. because like fuck bear looks at tim like he's worth smth

like he's more than what his parents have set out for him. like he's somebody. like he loves tim for tim. and not for what tim can do for him.

and fuck he loves bear and his smiles. the way his eyes crinkle and his gums show. he loves the way bear looks with a gun in his hands and he knows that's fucked up but the first time he saw bear with a gun in his hands and blood splattered across his face he had to actively stop himself from jumping bear in front of the mafia. and no matter how rough bear is when he's on the field he always caresses tim's cheeks with a softness tim didn't know was possible

and fuck his dick is massive and it's really not helping tim's feelings. and he knows he's compromised and fuck cpt. wayne probs knows too

but shit bear holds him like he's precious. bear looks at him like he loves him. bear twines their bodies together like he'll die if they part

bear whispers sweet nothings into his ears as they fall asleep and it'll break him when he has to give bear up but he's always been selfish

he'll keep this for as long as he can. (please lord let him have this.)

and on bear's end he really only becomes interested in this new recruit when he watches the boy deliver 10 backhanded compliments in a row

and nobody pick up on it. it takes 3 months before bear figures out that tim's a spy and still he keeps seeing him

bc it doesn't matter that tim'll be his downfall. it doesnt matter that tim doesnt really love him or care about him. that it's only a mission for tim bc tim is the best thing bear's life.

he is the sun to bear's moon. the first word on his lips when he wakes up and the last when he goes to sleep.

and he loves every version of tim -- when he's caustic and biting, when he's blissed out in bed covered in the marks bernard left, when he's laughing, when he's crying

every version on tim is a version he likes. and one of these days, his pretty bird is going to have to leave their nest but at least bear can hold tim until then

at least bear can press promises into his thighs. at least he can whisper his devotion into the crook of tim's neck. at least he can leave marks on tim -- lovebites on his neck, handprints on his thighs and hips -- a tapestry that says "i was here. and i loved him. i love him and i am here."

but until that day comes, bear will work on quitting smoking and turning his favorite safehouse into a home for them.

(please lord, just let him have this. just let him have tim.)

#honestly if i was to sum up this au in one sentence it'd be #'dick so good you'd let them commit war crimes' #he quits smoking cause his baby has no spleen. tim nearly cries when he hears that #bear always kisses tim before he leaves in 3s. one to the forehead. one to both cheeks. and one to his lips. #the first time tim says 'welcome home!' to bear he has to take 3 business days to recover #the first time bear comes over to money-laundering coffee shop front tim's been assigned to with a bouquet of flowers tim spends the rest #week giggling to himself. also tim and bear get relentlessly teased by their coworkers. #and when all is said and done and the mission comes to an end and tim has to arrest bear he does it with a tremble in his hands and tears #in his eyes. and bear's eyes are so sad almost mournful with the way they look at him in his police uniform #'hey pretty baby. here to lock me up at last?' bear asks #'you knew?' tim whispers. bear nods slowly like doing it any faster will spook tim off. the hand holding his gun trembles. #'then why-' #'why do you think tim?' bear responds quietly 'i love you.' #tim chokes on his sob. 'i did too y'know. i do too.' #bear smiles sadly 'but the job comes first right?' #and tim has nothing to say to that. tim loves bear and bear loves tim and it's not enough. maybe it was never enough. #anyway #how yall doin #i'm so normal about them i swear #bernard dowd #tim drake #timbern #timber #dc

[jorvikzelda]

its 10:15 pm. i really shouldnt sit down to write a jorvikpov right now. i know they take me like 45 minutes to vomit out. i really should go to bed before 11 pm. i am not even ready for bed. i quite frankly might change into my pyjamas and then write a jorvikpov. i think i will

#z talks #i only have 2 left to write before i get to write the one that i really really really really am looking forward to #and then after that it’s #oh boy #…oh my god i didnt realise. i . help #m so close #i am a biiiit closer than yall though because i am as they say Ahead Of Myself #so dont worry its not as soon for you #still fucking soon though #on the minuscule off chance that any of yall are seeing this and internally going AAA #feel free to send me a dm or ask or something going AAA #and i will go AAA right back at you because me too friend

[becausewhatiam-iswhatimnot]

I wnt to find the book i was named after but my mom FORGOT

how do you name your kid after a fictional character THEN FORGET WHERE THE FICTION CHARACTER IS FROMMMMMMMMMM

#if yall know any books about a werewolf named nadia please let me know so i can ask my mom if thats it #it has to be 2007 or before

[jacksoldsideblog]

Where are u from?

I've been in a few places. I did my undergrad in Florida. That's about the extent of what I'd like to say!

#asks #im sure one could piece together more from stuff I've said but generally I value my privacy #i've had people threaten with evidence to dox me before #so I'm a bit antsy about it #not that i'd expect any of yall to do that #but i didnt expect it from that person either

[bucephaly]

Seeing people who claim to be cherokee ignoring my post abt actually proving it 😒

#genuinely if any of yall are confused abt it and have questions you can send asks or a dm and i can try to help #no ones gunna get mad at people who have claimed being cherokee before when they come forward to learn if thats true or not #id definitely much rather help someone figure that out than have them be unsure or continue to claim it without research haha #plus if you cant tell. this topic is super interesting to me and i enjoy helping

[pieces-of-memories]

Do you have any of your Overseers left? Maybe you could send some out to check on your local group, and see why no one’s responding?

#rain world #rain world oc #aaaand that's why the overseer was a surprise :) #and why memory has been cut off :)) #might have the poll thing tomorrow also? #there's still a few specific things left that yall need to figure out/ask abt before i can do any events

[incorrect-ikevamp-quotes]

Hi there! This is out of the blue, but whenever I remember that the game calls Comte "hedonistic", I think of the Björk song, "Venus as a Boy" which is... *fans self*

Hiya! Welcome welcome 🌸

And man, I had to look this song up (I am but a young and new gay in this world) and now I'm just staring at the wall, sighing a little. I especially love the implications of it because I'm just not really all that femme, like Comte is definitely prettier than me and honestly? I love it for me, pop off gorgeous I'll be here to carry your shopping bags and bask.

I also just love the sense of humor line, because I really do love how silly goofy Comte is--he never fails to make me laugh! It's a big point of attraction for me, and he definitely makes me melt 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

#asks #minnie mumbles #ikevamp #ikemen vampire #ikevamp comte #ikevamp saint germain #fair warning yall this song has some spicy implications #otherwise should be sfw in terms of just sound #i do love it when songs remind me of him though #lately a few of hozier's songs keep bringing him to mind #like angel of small death? makes me think of a younger comte #nfwmb is present comte to me #im also v partial to sunday morning by maroon 5 (before adam levine was revealed to uh.......*gestures vaguely*) #take me to war by the crane wives makes me think of his mcs in certain aus #if yall think of any songs that remind you of him feel free to add #i honestly live to hoard more music--esp if it makes me think of him #there is one song ik in another language that is so terrifyingly accurate it lowkey scares me #im like COMTE!? every time i listen to it #basically the singer (woman) describes her love as a kind of social butterfly #the center of every conversation--the most captivating dancer in the room #that everyone stays at the party if only for a moment of his time #chorus reads 'you are so much like gold / you glitter like a sapphire (yellow) / it breaks my heart in two' #LIKE THIS WAS PERFORMED IN 1969 #HEWWO #who out here with a crush on comte share your location i just wanna t a l k #apparently she walked so i could run damn

[angelnightrose]

Okay so because it's still rotting my brain I'm going to just do a little introduction-type info dump about the infiniteship fallout au and if yall are interested maybe I'll try and figure out something to do with it, lol.

Jougo is 18 in this au. Before the war he lived and grew up in Sanctuary Hills with his dad (a us war veteran) which is how he got into Vault 111. The opening is mostly the same. Bombs fall, run to the vault, get in the tube, surprise! It's a cryo facility. Sleep for 200 years or so and at some point Jougo gets woken up and sees some people show up and take his dad away before putting him back to sleep again. Wake up again an indeterminate amount of time later, head out into wasteland to find dad, maybe deal with some trauma about the whole world you knew being gone and stuff.

Yubel is here! They're a ghoul. They were childhood friends with Jougo before the bombs fell and have kind of just been hanging around Sanctuary doing their own thing for over 200 years. They're the first person Jougo runs into after escaping the vault and helps him out trying to find his dad. (no Codsworth here, sorry.)

Somewhere along the way they run into Mamoru. Mamo has amnesia and can't remember anything about who he is, where he is, or anything that's going on, all he could remember was the name "Mamoru" which he just assumes is his own name. He just woke up somewhere in the wasteland one day all alone with a laser pistol sitting nearby. Most everyone he meets in the wasteland don't trust him or want to help him until he meets Jougo. He joins Jougo and they try to find some clues about his memory while also trying to find clues about who took Jougo's dad.

Soooo yeah. I guess that's the main characters and some basic overview. Some of the fo4 characters would show up here and there but it would be mostly these guys and honestly while Yubel does get some focus and story, but it's mostly about the boys and their relationship. The story would be mostly the same as fo4 up until somewhere around Fort Hagen.

#angel rambles #infiniteshipping #fallout au #if any of yall are interested feel free to send asks or something i'd be happy to talk about it #like i said before i have most of the story planned out i just don't know what to do with it lol #i'm so torn because my brain just wants to write the things that are after the plot twist i have planned #so i don't have to spend however long just retelling the beginning of fo4 whith slight changes #but also wanting to do it all from the beginning so i can foreshadow the plot twist and see who figures it out lol

[shadows-coffeebeans]

For the intimidating thingy magic

🦊

It’s cuz you can’t stop fake punching me with your short ass

Not my fault you're so punchable

#before any of yall say anything #they're a friend of mine I swear 😭 #hashtag ask shadow™ #lilsillyguycentral #friend ask :]

[lycanthropicture]

hey can you elaborate on the jordan peele filmography horror villainization comment? I'm not super familiar with his work and haven't heard this perspective before (peaceful intentions) (genuine question)

[context]

hi!! so in that post i was talking abt basically how just. a lot of horror movies, while fun and really interesting and revealing wrt views of marginalized and oppressed groups, can be like. a little exhausting for people in those groups to watch. so the example i used was Sleepaway Camp (1983). movie that i love, movie that is really silly and fun for most of its runtime. but (spoiler alert lol) the big twist at the end of that movie is that the killer is a trans girl (or like. depends on how you interpret ig but for our purposes and simplicity's sake. she is trans lol). her transness is regarded as part of her monstrosity. the cause of it yes, but also the physical manifestation of it. (pspspsps read this essay by jeffrey jerome cohen which outlines what a monster is and how you can read a culture from the monsters it creates) so very interesting from a Reading Of Culture perspective, but very jarring and hurtful as a trans person trying to watch a movie LOL.

basically all i meant was that when you are a horror movie fan, you end up watching movie after movie where your community (for me, transness, queerness. but also in terms of class, race, disability, etc) is basically portrayed as monstrous. both through their actions and thru the way they physically appear on screen. and SOO at the end of that post in the tags i just left a little list of horror movies that intentionally do the opposite of this. horror movies that are like. imo really good and do a great job of kind of tackling the politics of monstrosity in horror. so that's all i meant when i mentioned jordan peele :) as a compliment truly. A+ filmography, jordan peele's movies are not only like. beautifully written and shot and scary and gutwrenching and funny and soo good. but they also center black characters and dont portray blackness (or queerness or disability etc) as monstrosity. thematically slaying. if you will. everyone stream Nope (2022).

#sorry this is so long i wasnt sure exactly what u were asking so i just covered all my bases i guess LMAFIUHDS #yeah truly nothing but wonderful things to say about jordan peele!! #love all jordan peele horror and every one that comes out is even better than the one before it #raising the bar when it comes to horror AND uplifting other black horror creatives and promoting and financing their projects! #love to see it forever and ever amen. #there were other movies on my lil list yall can go see the post if ur interested. BUT if you have any recs too i would love! love. to hear!

[ssreeder]

Sreedy I miss you :)

Always looking forward to your next update and love reading your responses to your asks!

AWWWW YOU ARE SO SWEET!!!!!!!!!!! I am posting the next chapter now - just gotta click the B U T T O N!!

#jk I need to finish my authors notes #which is usually just me button smashing and hoping I come off coherant #I swear I am an adult with adult-like responsibilities #but in my authors notes I am a wad of bubblegum stuck to your shoe #just suishing along #idk that does kind of seem easier than real life though #JUSSS SAYING #anyway sorry ok this is the last ask I will post before the chapter #SORRY SCROLL ANON #PAIN ANON #FRAGIL HEART ANON #I love you all but I am just going to wait for any new asks you send #past sreeder cant be bothered now that future sreeder is here #love yall #liab #ITF #ask

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Wait does anybody have a list of verified artists for PA levels? I left the VG server a long while ago and I have no idea if anything has changed and of top of that I started a level and then realized i forgot to check : (

#project arrhythmia #does anybody know if kotori is allowed #i know there are levels like anomaly similar outskirts remix but 😬😬😬 #better safe and sorry #HRJRGRJRHJR i made a banger bg for the level and there's a chance i might not be able to use it because its a synced one #should have checked :/ #im using hummingbird btw #or not . depends #if its not allowed i might just scrap it #i can find a replacement #hopefully #is any of yall in the vg server still #wasnt there a doc with verified artists or something #or a website #i think i heard that in the past #god this is so embarrassing im so sorry #honestly glad im asking before i started doing some actual boss animations tbh #imagine if i did good progress on it and then boom its not verified #happened to me once #i had a level almost finished #and then one of the artists wasnt on the list so that killed my motivation #so I didn't work on actual levels for a while #i would like . use an actual discord server with other pa fans to ask for this kinda info but like #i kinda left the community a while ago lmao #and idk if i wanna join the vg server again :/ #maybe one day #maybe