Those Two Men, They're... I Shan't Say

Bugs, all of them. Call me Dill or Dillbugg! Pansexual, She/They/He. I should be posting my art, but I'm shy 🥺 Background by @bethfuller.

[pmamtraveller]

A woman and her pet dragon.

Illustration from 1912 by German/Czech artist, Anton Robert Leinweber

[pmamtraveller]

Allegory of Summer (1905) by František Bohumil Doubek

[taurzza]

and a little borzoi design

[mark-gently]

"baby names" is a real misnomer because they're often permanent

[iamthemaestro]

found this at an antique shop the other day and was immediately like oh this belongs on tumblr. sniles sneetly. fwowns fwangry.

[industrations]

Kiss thy knights

[fairycosmos]

i don’t even care about getting the curse lifted anymore

[pmamtraveller]

Jane Fisher

[pmamtraveller]

Victor Nizovtsev

[all-pacas]

do you ever find something that is so funny and you want to share it with everyone but it also requires 18 layers of context spanning things like. 90s anime. aviation history. europop. canada. in order to even remotely understand why it is so funny

[all-pacas]

in the late 90s there was an anime called initial d which was all about street racing and drifting. naturally every single drift was played for great drama and excitement.

in 1999, an italian named giancarlo pasquini released a europop song under the alias dave rogers called Deja Vu. this song was picked up as the theme song for the above anime. it in turn became a meme, a shorthand for drifting and Cool Moves as a concept.

in 1983, air canada flight 143, a full sized 767, ran out of fuel halfway to edmonton, alberta. this is not something you want to have happen to a huge airplane. the flight chose to try and make an emergency landing at a nearby decomissioned airforce base (as they were falling fast and could not make it to a proper airport), where they ran into a second problem: they were falling out of the sky at 500 feet per mile, but reached gimli (the base in question) while still too high to safely land. normally a plane would just do a big loop-de-loop to lose altitude, but they had maybe three minutes of airtime left before they hit the ground: not enough time to make any kind of circle. the pilot, therefore, decided to execute a side slip to lose speed and altitude. this is Not a move you want to do with a massive 767, because airplanes are not built for that and if you screw it up that plane is hitting the ground at a high speed at a weird angle and breaking into a million pieces. nevertheless, the captain tried it... and succeeded. the plane landed perfectly, and there were no major injuries! (a couple of people did get minor injuries when evacuating the plane after.) he did it so well, in fact, that the plane was refueled, flown out of gimli a couple days later, and continued to fly for another 20 years with the nickname "Gimli Glider."

what is a side-slip, you ask?

it's drifting.

the guy goddamn drifted his 767.

in 2008, the tv show Mayday: Air Disaster featured the gimli glider with full reenactments as an episode on season five of their show.

and so, in conclusion, the thing i have been giggling to myself about all weekend:

[fwizard]

all i need is a sweet treat. and six thousand dollars

[insert-witty-user-name-here]

[bahari-official]

i wish drawing was a real thing that you could actually do

[linktoo-doodles]

I always look back

[linktoo-doodles]

and art process!

[thewhisperingwyrm]

The Planestitcher

"Foul enemy of mine. Passing down Elnan's Needle, barring me from my true throne. The Order fights in Vain. My Acolyte Venvaris was a fool to let herself be defeated, but the legacy of her blood is just as strong as Elnan's and his ilk, who pace the pit and pour their blood as offering to the damnable Weave." - The Whispering Wyrm

The Planestitcher is the head of the Trenchkeeper order. The first Planestitcher was an elven man named Elnan. After the pit opened and the continent of Kadira was beset by monsters, he appeared with the magnificent and powerful Wyrmneedle. He weilded it and led an army of powerful mages called Planecasters to stem the tide of the monsters. Later, he was forced to open the trenches to contain the monsters. He did this with the power of Wyrmneedle, and also cast a powerful ritual to try and seal the damaged weave. This damage led into other plains like the Hells, full of monsters who lust for the surface and for power. Some monsters still slip through, so the Trenchkeeper order was formed to tend to the pit and to the trenches, as well as maintain trade, peace, and other relations between the four nations of Kadira. Their role keeps peace and order on the continent and the Trenchkeepers do not answer to any one governing body. The Planecasters remain as leaders in the order, answering only to the Planestitcher. The casters act as leaders and magical experts. They help tend to the pit and trenches, and form magical bridges that allow travel between the nations. Many also act as ambassadors between nations, viewed as unbiased parties. Planestitcher Elnan disappeared a little over 300 years ago. Since then, Planecasters took up the needle and took the mantle of Planestitcher. As the original planecasters died out, other means of finding a planestitcher were sought out. This also came amid fears that a Planestitcher from any one nation, with family or other connections may be swayed and biased to one nation, affording them more power on the continent.

The Order, along with leaders at the time, formed a new plan. The youth of Kadira would further its future, those with potential to wield powerful magic and withstand the danger of Wyrmneedle and the Pit would be given from their homes and their families, and raised by the Trenchkeeper Order for a chance to become the Planestitcher. Every generation of planestitcher, these apprentices are chosen and raised, mentored by influential Planecasters with important knowledge and experience. Along the way they are trained harshly and tested. those who fail early return to their families. Those who fail later might return to their families, but often join the ranks of the Planecasters, as they are still formable spellcasters. When the time is right, one apprentice is chosen above the others to fulfill the role as the next planestitcher. They are often trained under the planestitcher before the current one retires, but previous planestitchers sometimes die before this secondary training is complete. Each apprentice is also mentored by a Planecaster through their youth, another important role that they fill. The current planestitcher is Planestitcher Adrienne. He took up the mantle in 423 Post Siege, after Planestitcher Thealace sacrificed her life at the pit. He is the first tiefling Planestitcher, and one of the youngest planestitchers to take up the mantle. He is currently 28 years old in the year 427 Post Siege. There was some concern across Kadira over his infernal heritage, but the Trenchkeeper Order has assured the populace that he is trustworthy and no less holy than any Planestitcher before him. He has already made many strides, as he is powerful and skilled with Wyrmneedle.

[thewhisperingwyrm]

Introduction

"Little adventurers skitter along the surface. I watch them skulking along the corner of Epireon. Shifting in the trenches, my scales will devour the sun again." - The Whispering Wyrm Ambrose A tiefling sorcerer of mysterious origin. he seems kind hearted, if a bit directionless in his travels. Brilliant Boltz A tiefling artificer, hailing from the militaristic land of Lidor. He seems to be on a mission of vague detail. Skree A'Roo A steadfast Aaracockra warrior from the Ameridan Jungle, question through the Epireon Countryside to hunt monsters.

[clingyduoapologist]

Your friend’s unpublished fic idea is kind of a dead wife