A Sharp Wit is no Defense Against a Sharp Blade

Silver Thorn here, Elsewhere University alumni, and licensed veterinarian. Feel welcome to ask about either experience! - ((Out of character disclaimer: this is a fictitious character blog. Any discussion of veterinarian activities is non-professional and should never be taken as advice!)) - The header image was made by the talented Drosera Sundews, check out their work on Sundewsart! - My avatar was a commission from the ever wonderful CharminglyAntiquated, check their comics out!

[we-are-knight]

I may have Knight-ed a little too close to the sun with Squire Jess tonight.

I decided to teach her armoured dagger. I like harness fencing as I want to fight like a knight, she likes wrestling whenever she can, it's a good combo.

So I decided to teach her a few plays from Czynner's fechtbuch.

Remember that Knight is 6'2, Squire Jess is 5'0. My knees are really close to her reach. No prizes for guessing which of the above figures was me by the end. 😅

If armoured sword is the knightiest art of fencing on foot, is armoured dagger the squire-liest...?

[screenshotsofdespair]

[wearepaladin]

[windsroad]

Just finished a cross stitch of this!

[justnoodlefishthings]

The way people demonize seagulls is actually unreal. Almost all of their natural habitat has been destroyed (almost all coastal areas have been developed, destroying natural sand dune ecosystems) and they're doing their best to adapt. They're literally just trying to survive. You're in their home. The vitriol some people have for these gorgeous sea birds just because they're not shy about snatching food if you're not cautious is insane

[targetedknowledge]

[littlealienproducts]

I Brake for Lil Guys Car Decal by TheGingerAndTwineCo

[angelicdewdrop]

[dozydawn]

[two-goblins-in-a-trench-coat]

a CRITTER? Carrying a BERRY?? Across a BRAMBLE VINE?????

[ghw-archive]

A Pair of Victorian Reverse Painted Crystal Intaglio Earrings, 1870

[etriva]

from The Memory Palace, by Nate DiMeo

[rurinnfane]

The post about angel wings not needing to be purely white to be beautiful reminded me of a picture I LOVE

This pigeon is an angel

[embervoices]

If anything, the colors add contrast so the individual feathers are emphasized! Gorgeous!

[liivn]

Three Barn Owls at a quatrefoil church window. Photographer: Richard Brooks. Date: July 2009. Shot at a local church in North Norfolk, England.

[bogleech]

The owls three !??!!

[monsterbrush]

Knight Light

This is my DnD Homebrew character named Reingard. He is an animated suit of armor powered by a soul trapped inside a magic lantern. 

Crossposted on my Artstation account. 

[elemei]

Carved in Stone by Stout Stoat Press is a visual encyclopedia and setting guide on early medieval Pictish society.

Earlier in 2025, I lent my hand in illustrating a wide array of real artifacts, speculative penannular brooches, and even the animals that would have inhabited their world.

[arcane-of-meraki]

Red Fox skull with Asian Swallowtail and Red Lacewing butterflies 🦋 🦊 in a bed of moss, columbine and lilac 🪻

Etsy

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[books-in-order]

Sampson is a service dog for a researcher who works in a lab. He has his own lab coat and safety goggles

[obeekris]

He’s practicing lab safety

[shmreduplication]

He has little booties!!!!!!

[tanoraqui]

this is the most Pokemon Professor-looking person I’ve ever seen in real life

[fripperiesandfobs]

Coronation dress of Queen Alexandra by Morin Blossier with embroidery by Manick Chand, 1902

From the Royal Collection

[dreadpiratemegatron]

Steller’s jay stealing sweetener packets

National Geographic photo contest 2011

[zanmor]

Those are clearly complimentary and thus this isn’t theft. A social faux pas perhaps but that’s all.