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[somethingcorenotsure]

I think it's so adorable that early humans took wild gourds - a tiny fruit that hollows out as it dries, making it float - and decided to make something out of it

they thought the tiny fruit was so good that they bred it for thousands of years, making it larger to form into bowls and cups, and different shapes to become bottles and spoons

and musical instruments

And then, people took the hollow gourds they farmed, and they turned them into houses for birds. We adapted them into the perfect houses for birds, and now there are specific breeds of birdhouse gourd just for making into birdhouses

And humans dedicated gardening space and time and thousands of years of breeding to make the gourds so absolutely perfect for birds, that there is a species of bird that lives almost exclusively in them

#yes I KNOW i posted about this the other day but *crying* i just love plant domestication and the history of agriculture #and humanity's positive affect on the ecosystems we live in #mine #image IDs in alt text #hmm. I'm gonna tag this #permaculture #just to pspsps @ that community to look at how cool gourds are please everyone grow birdhouse gourds and give cavity nesters places to live #i don't think mine will become fully ripe before i get my first frost :( next year i need to start gourds indoors #i didn't want to grow them before because i didn't have much garden space but now i do and i need to grow all of them #i might be. a little obsessed with gourds. but also i saw a pair of purple martins flying by the road last year #and i had never seen one before then! and i need to see more of them #i have a few hundred barn swallows but i need more birds flying around my house. more!! #and also i have a ton of invasive cavity nesting species around here. house sparrows and starlings. #gotta make up for those things competing with native birds for nest dites #*sites #the invasive birds very often win :/ #that's why they're invasive #i really do need to start trapping them....

[fordford]

so you know how in psychonauts you can use clairvoyance to see how other characters see you

yeah

#gravity falls #fiddauthor #doodles #5 second later reupload bc i accidentally messed up the original's formatting SORRY #image ids in alt text

[hiis-theme]

heehee fun gang. :3 i went slightly overboard on kris i think but that's partially just cuz i don't have any real ideas for susie's design and ralsei is already perfect. <3

#puppy draws #deltarune #utdr #safe utdr #utdr fanart #deltarune art #kris #kris dreemurr #kris deltarune #susie #susie deltarune #ralsei #ralsei deltarune #player deltarune #(as in kris' soul) #fun gang #i've drawn a good amount of deltarune stuff recently tbh. and a couple undertale things too #i just slightly forgot about tumblr outside of funni joke posts <3 and overanalyzing funni video games- #image ids in alt text

[the-avaricious-meddler]

Full ref of "Alizaben"! Both normal and in Parabola.

#image ids in alt text #fallen london #fl #fallen london oc #fl oc #“alizaben thomas” #“the reliable doctor”/the avaricious meddler #my art #oc tag #*looks at parabola form* good lord they're naked #light fingers oc #ambition: light fingers

[baratrongirl]

Pokémon Klavier and Apollo

Pokémon Violet and Scarlet have been released, and the Beans have been very busy playing. Pokémon Klavier and Apollo

Klavier does "the gay lean" towards a strange purple motorbike Pokémon.

Klavier rides Miraidon like a motorcycle. (For the love of Arceus, don't refer to it as a "hog".)

We caught our favourite derpy Pokémon!

Daryan, is that you?

We fought Team Star for the first time, and Klavier wondered if he might be on the wrong side.

At this point, we've played for 36 hours 15 minutes, caught 151 Pokémon, done 2 gyms, 1 Titan, and 1 Team Star base. Some of my friends are already finished - I have no idea how. The Beans and I play together for 2-4 hours a day and we are nowhere near done!

#klapollo #pokemon violet #pokemon klavier #klavier gavin #capcorom #fuecoco #miraidon #dunsparce #klavierbean #apollobean #capcom bean plush #image ids in alt text

[chungledown-bimothy]

Honestly really proud of these teams.

Currently workshopping trans and the rainbow, but balancing them without relying too heavily on the same handful of pokemon is proving to be harder than anticipated, which is fun ^_^

#pokemon #nonbinary #lesbian #pansexual #pride 2023 #image ids in alt text

[cuddlytogas]

I've been thinkin the last few days about how Stede was fully committed to just giving Jim the petrified orange and not saying anything about how much he wanted it, because it is their land and they absolutely have the right to it.

Like, yes it's one of those delightfully obtuse Stede moments. He's unrepetantly silly and petty and selfish, not wanting to give away the cool thing he found at the end of the fake treasure hunt that he embarked on to try and impress his crush, even though it's potentially Jim's only physical connection to their dead family and stolen land.

(same, mate)

But it's only after Jim throws back the orange that Stede gets excited again and admits that selfish desire. He was prepared to do the right thing, and yeah, he'd probably have moaned about it later, because he wanted the Cool Thing, just... not in front of Jim.

I don't wanna go so far as to say it's, like, ~radical anti-colonialism~ or anything, but it does feel like it fits with the broader anti-colonial attitude of the show, and the theme of Stede recognising his privilege and unlearning his entitlement. This is Jimenez land; it's already been stolen once. (Twice, really; the Jimenez family can only have it by virtue of Spanish invasion.) Now Jim's family is dead and their home in ruins, and the petrified orange is potentially the only thing left of that, a preserved memento from their tree. So Stede gives it back.

And there's something niavely, revealingly honest in Stede's response when Jim offers it back. He could've kept up the solemn act and thanked Jim for their gracious, selfless generosity in giving him the orange, but he doesn't. He just grins.

"Oh, thank God. I didn't want to give it to you!"

"Thank God!" It kind of speaks more to his good heart than solemn thanks would, even if it's a bit blunt and obnoxious. He wanted it that much, he is that excited to get it, that he just lights up and brushes off the moment. Even so, he gave it to Jim in the first place and let them make the decision. He selfishly wanted to keep the Cool Thing (honestly, valid, we've all been there)... but he wasn't gonna be a dick about it.

#Our Flag Means Death #OFMD #OFMD meta #Stede Bonnet #OFMD Stede Bonnet #Togas does meta #image IDs in alt text #i just.......... oof. what beautifully deft efficiency of writing! #anyway #the vaguely anti-colonial theme is all the more ironic considering stede's awful fucking outfit in this episode XD #the like..... military/colonial explorer's khakis -_- #worst outfit of the season right next to the stupid theatre blacks lol #my man cosplays as both a pirate and a colonist and i don't know which one's worse

[mccoalminer]

Pretty sure this is a post with a target audience of one (1), however if anybody is compiling a list of Kate Fleming Lesbian Evidence pls consider the following cameo:

#its me im the target audience #image ids in alt text #kate fleming #line of duty #flemson #lod6 #vicky mcclure #gay turtleneck you saw it here first folks #dykes to watch out for

[juniperhillpatient]

Return to Omashu Re-watch

No thoughts, only mean teenage girls who could & would kill me

This is the episode where we get to see the formation of the Dangerous Ladies™ & it's exactly as iconic as I remember it. (To be fair, this is another episode that I've re-watched pretty frequently on its own.) The Girls Are Fighting & you should be scared!

So, Omashu has been taken by the Fire Nation & the Gaang are horrified. I think it's interesting that Katara & Sokka were basically like "Bumi is probably dead. Oh well, let's move on." Sokka is practical & always focused on moving ahead so it's not a surprising reaction for him but it's a little surprising from Katara. The trend for her character is to try to help everyone who might need it, & that would include a potentially lost or hurt Bumi. I'm theorizing that Katara's lack of interest in this project is a combination of her belief that Bumi is dead (although Katara is often more of an idealist) & her heavy focus on finding a new earth-bending teacher now. Also, this mission is personal to Aang. He's had so much taken from him. All he has left of his old life are Appa & Momo. So, of course, he wants to find the only friend he has left from the life he left behind.

Sokka's plan to fake 'Pentapox' is pretty funny & smart. Also, the Fire Nation guards yelling "PLAGUE!" when the earth kingdom citizens were heading toward them holding their hands out and groaning hit a LITTLE too close to home in light of recent years 😂

Azula's manipulative prowess is targeted at someone other than Zuko & Iroh & it's fascinating to watch. Azula's recruitment of Ty Lee is such a mind game. The audience is getting an ongoing introduction to an entirely new & much more dangerous type of villain than anything we had last season.

We would never see Zhao or Zuko subtly threatening someone the way Azula does Ty Lee, having the net set on fire at her show & the animals released then talking about excitement for the "next show." No, the other two main antagonists of the show thus far - Zuko and Zhao - are much more in your face. Azula could have ordered Ty Lee to join her, or she could have outright threatened to set her on fire, but she took a more careful and calculated approach. The only other character I could see taking a more subtle approach like this is Iroh.

In light of later revelations - that Azula believes "fear is the only way" to relate to people & that "trust is for fools" - as well as the knowledge that Azula does view Ty Lee & Mai as friends (I think this is shown clearly in their dynamic, but it's also proven by Azula's hallucination saying "your friends, Mai and Ty Lee") - I think that in a twisted way, Azula wanted this to seem like Ty Lee's choice. She didn't want to order Ty Lee to join her, she wanted this to feel like a friendship. Could she have understood that about herself or articulated it? I highly doubt it, but sometimes we don't understand our own emotions & motives. And of course - a disclaimer that this is my interpretation/theory.

Mai's recruitment is much more straightforward. Mai is miserable in Omashu. Her parents are busy doting on her baby brother, and she's constantly expected to act like a quiet good girl. She's bored, & she doesn't say it but probably lonely. Also - Mai loves violence. Mai's first encounter with the Gaang isn't even with Azula & Ty Lee, it's on her own, & she is excited to fight. Another interesting aspect of Mai's character is that she's 100% onboard right away with abandoning Tom Tom. I could see an argument that Mai was afraid to argue with Azula, but I don't buy it because there is no evidence for it. Ty Lee has clearly been intimidated into joining Azula, but we haven't seen that with Mai. So, I think that Mai just doesn't seem to care about her brother at all. This isn't a moral judgment on her by the way, just an observation.

The Dangerous Ladies Vs. The Gaang has to be one of the most exciting fights we've seen so far. Everyone's different styles are showcased & it's just amazing to watch. I think it's super interesting that Ty Lee almost kicks Sokka & Tom Tom off a building. She was ready to murder a baby & it's only cartoon logic & luck that she didn't!

Speaking of ready-to-murder - I'm fascinated by the different Fire Nation characters' approach to fighting Aang. I can't recall Zuko ever trying to kill Aang. He's been set on the whole "capture" thing. Zhao spells out to Aang that he won't kill him because it would just trigger a new Avatar. But there's no argument I can see that Azula is not trying to kill Aang during their fight in this episode. She is actively shooting fire at him, again & again. So, does she know that if he dies a new Avatar will be born? If Zhao knew, I have to assume Azula does. Of course, she does kill him (sorta) later, but we'll analyze that when we get to it. For now, I'm just saying that this is interesting. Azula is capable of a fighting style that doesn't go for the kill, or Zuko would've died during their last encounter. But, she chooses to go after Aang by shooting him with fire which would kill him if he failed to block or dodge her attacks. Super interesting to me.

Anyway, Aang's conversation with Bumi is very interesting to me. We learn about three of the apparent eighty-five 'jings.' Fighting is positive jing and retreating is a negative jing. Aang knows this, probably from his teachings with Gyatso, but Bumi explains that there's a third jing - neutral. I'm not sure how I feel about the argument that "doing nothing" is sometimes the best call. Bumi is a very interesting morally gray character. I understand what he was trying to say, & what the narrative was getting at, but still, Bumi abandoned his people when they needed him. I have a feeling I'll come back to the quote: "Your teacher will be someone who has mastered neutral jing. You need to find someone who waits and listens before striking." For now, though, those are my thoughts on the episode!

#return to omashu #atla book 2 #atla re watch #image ids in alt text #long post

[rainbluealoekitten]

whatever i win

also me rn

#blue screams into the void #image ids in alt text

[toomanystoryideas]

SOMETIMES twitter is entertaining

#twitter #love island #image ids in alt text

[fordford]

bhgbjkdljkfghdksjfgiuhgbdkjfg here. wedding outfits i designed months ago

#doodles #gravity falls #fiddauthor #image ids in alt text

[fearthefuzzybear]

oh uh. scuse me. just a lil snail crossing your dash

#snail #pixel art #artists on tumblr #animated gif #fuzzysprites #image id in alt text #bugs

[artsybi]

heyyyyy reminder for other cane users.

don't forget that cane tips need to be replaced.

i've been using my cane for almost two years on a near daily basis and i JUST switched out the tip and

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the new tip versus the old tip. i'm not sure how clear it is but, YEAH, there's like. half a millimeter of tread left on the old tip, if that

the replacement was LITERALLY 2 dollars. i bought two to justify the four dollar shipping but. TWO BUCKS.

i had noticed that i was having slipping issues on linoleum recently, but i did not realize how bad the issue had gotten until the new tips came so. PLEASE check your cane treads and if they're notably worn out PLEASE get yourself a new tip they're SO cheap and the grip i get on the new one is INSANE

please don't forget to replace your cane tips!

#cane user #cane stuff #cane #disability #original #i ramble #image id in alt text

[baratrongirl]

Lately, I have been somewhat obsessed with Picrew. Due to my utter lack of drawing ability, I really love making pictures of my favourite characters because it's the only way I get to create them myself. Of course, these are the very lovely Klavier Gavin and Apollo Justice from Ace Attorney.

These Apollo and Klavier dolls are from the Be Plushpollo Picrew by https://www.instagram.com/alpyna27/.

These two actual humans are from Cool Kid Maker by @exbestfriends.

Since Apollo's hair is, uh, quite unique, very few Picrews can manage anything remotely like it. So here he's wearing a hat.

Here's a Klavier made with Murmur Character Creator by @wervty.

I do actually have several more Picrew pictures, but I'll spam them later if people are genuinely interested.

#picrew #klavier gavin #apollo justice #klapollo #ace attorney #bisexuality #bi pride #pride flags #lgbtq+ #queer #pride month #pride 2022 #image ids in alt text #feel free to reblog with descriptions in the text body

[thinkingabout-girls]

#this is the most correct ive ever been in my life. he would say this #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #chilchuck #chilchuck tims #image id in alt text #meme #i might draw this at some point. we’ll see