Thoughts

as they bang around inside my head (26 and feeling like I'm too old and too young for this shit)

[rowein1102]

My first xicheng 🥺💙💜 This was the entrance to a dead-end road 😆

[soursoppi]

baby is baby no matter the size or age

[artmagine]

The amazing concept art of Beauty and the Beast (2017) by Jama Jurabaev,  Ioan Dumitrescu, François Baranger and Karl Simon

Artbook: Tale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Disney Beauty and the Beast

[cyakox]

[ikiotomiya]

what words could not express

[727leo]

花怜 (2021.12.26)

[mini-godzilla]

Okay so we if we gotta break these characters down by DND classes

SQQ: While one may be tempted to say wizard based on how he relies on book learning (and his wisdom score is in the toilet) he doesn’t actually do much stuff with qi! Most of what we see him do in the books is obfuscate, act, and when necessary, use his martial ability. I’m going to go with rogue, specifically one of the charisma based subclasses

LBH: Super tragic backstory, powers inherited from his lineage, charisma based build— yeah he’s a sorcerer. And Xin Mo is the mega cursed magic item he will not put down and has never succeeded on a saving throw against.

Wei Wuxian: Now this is an interesting case because I think the answer differs pre and post resurrection. Before he died WWX was most definitely a Necromancer Wizard. He got his skills through study and not an internal magical source. Post resurrection though? I’m going to go with bard. He doesn’t have access to big fancy magic anymore and is mainly relying on dizi playing and small tricks he remembers. Fucker probably has his own special homebrew subclass

Lan Wangji: Paladin. Highly devoted, skilled with a sword, adheres to a set of rules— none of this is surprising. However, I would make the argument that Lan Wanji is actually an Oathbreaker paladin. On account of the whole… you know. Plus it makes him sexier. Win win.

Xie Lian: Monk. No question. Monkiest monk to ever monk. Doesn’t wear armor? Moves at crazy speed? Favored weapon is his hands and maybe a sword if he’s feeling fancy? Monk. Full stop.

Hua Cheng: Now you may be thinking swashbuckler rogue on account of how well he uses his sword and charisma— you could make a solid argument there. However, Hua Cheng’s true powers lie in his devotion to his God— therefore I’m going to go with Cleric. Anyone who says “nooo clerics are boring and healers and—“ have never had a trickery cleric in the party.

This PSA has been brought to you by a giant nerd.

[partlysmith]

domestication is bimbofication for animals

[reggiemess]

Not entirely wrong.

[gallusrostromegalus]

You know? I think you're onto something here.

Domesitcation brings on a host of behavioral and physiological changes in affected species, including:

decreased aggression/fearful behavior

Increased curiosity and friendliness

smaller teeth and weaker jaws

Novel and more varied coat colors, esp dilution and piebaldism

smaller brains and reduced spatial reasoning skills, but increased social skills

changes to the endocrine system that cause increased sexual behavior including using sexual activity as conflict resolution and the ability to breed all year-round.

Bimbofication is a kink scenario in which the person being bimbofied undergoes extensive behavioral and physiological changes, including:

Decreased aggression, up to the point of forgetting perviously hostile relationships

Increased friendliness and curiosity in the interests of others

more "femminine" features including smaller, less angular jaws

changes in hair color, especially becoming blonde or developing novel colors like neon pink

"IQ Loss" or "Dumbification" in which complex logical reasoning becomes harder for the subject but social situations get a lot more navigable

A notable increase in Sexual Behavior, in terms of frequency, duration, number of partners, variety of acts and the use of Sex Acts as conflict resolution. The resolution to all their problems, really...

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[departmentofonepieceyaoi]

[wallaceevolution]

The central tenet of the theory of evolution as it is today, is that all life on earth descended from a common ancestor. Going by this logic, every organism is related to each other. In a way, all life belongs to one giant family tree. By this logic, the claim "Humans and chicken share a common ancestor, and thus are related" is a reasonable one.

But is there any direct evidence for this? Actually...yes. If we are asked for the biggest differences between us and chickens, laying eggs would probably come on top. Since humans give birth, it is a fact that they don't produce the building blocks of said eggs. Then, why does the human genome contain bits and pieces of such genes that code for these building blocks? The most reasonable explanation is that humans inherited these genes from an egg-laying ancestor, that also happened to be an ancestor of chickens. Otherwise, specially-created humans have no need for such broken genes.

A question might be asked : Why are these genes broken? All genes are subject to mutations at a fairly constant rate. A fact of physics and chemistry. When a gene is vital, then any mutation that makes it lose its function will be selected against. If a chicken has a mutation of the VIT2 gene, it won't be able to make the yolk. Without it, no reproduction. So the gene kept its function, because all members who had a negative (said "inactivating" or "loss-of-function") mutation, had no descends. Now imagine a human or an ape having an inactivating mutation in the VIT2 gene? Nothing happens. No natural selection stops this mutation from spreading, because the gene isn't needed, and we get a pseudogene or gene fragments.

[radishning]

Wei Ying 1! The first design in the Nie Huaisang Collection

[disneys-desi-child]

Elan Bridal - Le Doux Poison

[tenderpoints-deactivated2021120]

some of my favorite video essays

lady bird, fences, and why you don't need to forgive your parents

racebaiting, queerbaiting, colorism, featurism, and performative diversity

girlhood disrupted : the pseudo-maturtiy of traumatized girls in film

let's talk about the japanese school girl

the coraline bug theory

breaking down true womanhood & black girlhood in media

bill cipher : one fatal mistake

the philosophy of mob psycho 1000

why only goblins matter

soul eater : beneath the surface

perfect blue : the fear of yourself

the villain of edith finch

art vs the artist

how regular show saved cartoon network

big plotholes in reality

detroit : become human retrospective

[emsie-belleguarde]

things that just are Chaotic Academia (2)

turning the music up to full volume and yelling along to it whilst jumping around and waving your arms in their air

buying a vast amount of books in one go and then never getting round to reading them 

owning a large amount of funky mugs 

pretending black coffee is the only thing you’ll drink but in secret loving anything with cinnamon and whipped cream 

baking at midnight 

you: “halloween is the superior holiday don’t f.cking argue with me on this one”

someone stupid: *argues with you on this one*

you: “alright you asked for it!”

your friends: “oh god here we go…”

you: *pulls out the worlds biggest binder organised alphabetically with sub sections containing all the reasons why halloween is the best holiday*

commitment? who is she?

you procrastinate studying, you have basically zero organisation but you will do the following:

- the halloween binder 

- writing someone who dumped you a 3000 word essay entitled ‘it’s your loss. discuss’ 

- creating a complex five page quiz with scoring system for each of your friends so they can assess if a person they’re dating is good enough for them 

- staying up all night to read (only if the books got you hooked)

something about chaotic academia screams ‘I listened to story CDs as a kid’ 

crushing hard on Draco 

you definitely started out wanting to be Dark Academia, and still now the pictures of dusty corridors and old books on pinterest occasionally draw you in, but in reality you use the phrase “fuck off you fucking fuck” too much to truly fit as DA. besides, you just get bored of it every time you try

the biggest ‘ride or die’ attitude 

going on a walk then, for no reason, just starting to run until you can’t breathe

not knowing how to tell people that you’re hurting 

[feytouched]

cannot stop thinking abt the paris review’s essay series on the history of significance of certain colours, hue’s hue:

Periwinkle, the Color of Poison, Modernism, and Dusk

Eau de Nil, the Light-Green Color of Egypt-Obsessed Europe

Marian Blue, the Color of Angels, Virgins, and Other Untouchable Things

Incarnadine, the Bloody Red of Fashionable Cosmetics and Shakespearean Poetics

Jonquil, the Light Yellow of Early Flowers, Mad Painters, and Dust Bowl–Era Pottery

Scheele’s Green, the Color of Fake Foliage and Death

Lilac, the Color of Half Mourning, Doomed Hotels, and Fashionable Feelings

Hooker’s Green: The Color of Apple Trees and Envy

Blaze Orange, the Color of Fear, Warnings, and the Artificial

Chartreuse, the Color of Elixirs, Flappers, and Alternate Realities

Living Coral, the Brutal Hue of Climate Change and Brand New iPhones

Mustard, the Color of Millennial Candidates, Problematic Lattes, and Aboriginal Paintings

Russet, the Color of Peasants, Fox Fur, and Penance

Verdigris: The Color of Oxidation, Statues, and Impermanence

[gildedshivers]

Draco Malfoy in uniform

[oshun67]

We Exist- we go waaaaaay back

[wanksy]

hi the artist is ryan long, these are just a few pieces from a larger series…i’ve seen this post so many times but never once with an actual artist credit :-(

[jeanjauthor]

These are all wonderful, and I’m doubly grateful to see the artist named & recognized!