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Misplaced Lens Cap
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
we're not kids anymore.

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Kaledo Art

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When the big evil scary monster pauses and starts to observe you out of curiosity, gently grabbing your chin and turning it side to side to look at you. Soon moving down to your hands to observe how small they are against its own.
Worldbuilding: Questions to Consider
Government & authority:
Types of government: What type of government exists (monarchy, democracy, theocracy, etc.)? Is it centralised or decentralised?
Leadership: Who holds power and how is it acquired (inheritance, election, divine right, conquest)?
Law enforcement: Who enforces the laws (military, police, magical entities)?
Legal system: How are laws made, interpreted, and enforced? Are there courts, judges, or councils?
Laws:
Criminal laws: What constitutes a crime? What are the punishments?
Civil laws: How are disputes between individuals resolved?
Cultural norms: How do customs and traditions influence the laws?
Magic/supernatural: Are there laws governing the use of magic or interaction with supernatural beings?
Social structure:
Class/status: How is society divided (nobility, commoners, slaves)? Are there caste systems or social mobility?
Rights & freedoms: What rights do individuals have (speech, religion, property)?
Discrimination: Are there laws that protect or discriminate against certain groups (race, gender, species, culture)?
Economy & trade:
Currency: What is used as currency? Is it standardised?
Trade laws: Are there regulations on trade, tariffs, or embargoes?
Property laws: How is ownership determined and transferred? Are there inheritance laws?
Religion/belief systems:
Religious authority: What role does religion play in governance? Are religious leaders also political leaders?
Freedom of religion: Are citizens free to practice different religions? If not, which are taboo?
Holy laws: Are there laws based on religious texts or teachings?
Military & defense:
Standing army: Is there a professional military or a militia? Who serves, and how are they recruited?
War & peace: What are the laws regarding war, peace treaties, and diplomacy?
Weapons: Are there restrictions or laws regarding weapons for civilians? What is used as a weapon? Who has access to them?
Technology & magic:
Technological advancements: How advanced is the technology (medieval, steampunk, futuristic, etc.)?
Magical laws: Are there regulations on the use of magic, magical creatures, or artifacts?
Innovation & research: How are inventors and researchers treated? Are there laws protecting intellectual property?
Environmental/resource management:
Natural resources: How are resources like water, minerals, and forests managed and protected, if at all?
Environmental laws: Are there protections for the environment? How are they enforced? Are there consequences for violations?
Cultural & ethical considerations:
Cultural diversity: How does the law accommodate or suppress cultural diversity?
Ethics: What are the ethical foundations of the laws? Are there philosophical or moral principles that underpin them?
Traditions vs. change: Does the society balance tradition with progress? How?
Happy writing ❤
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a list of 100+ buildings to put in your fantasy town
academy
adventurer's guild
alchemist
apiary
apothecary
aquarium
armory
art gallery
bakery
bank
barber
barracks
bathhouse
blacksmith
boathouse
book store
bookbinder
botanical garden
brothel
butcher
carpenter
cartographer
casino
castle
cobbler
coffee shop
council chamber
court house
crypt for the noble family
Random + angst prompts:
By @me-writes-prompts
Yearning prompts
Character A gets hurt/injured ft. Character B’s feral response
Situationship prompts
Reuniting angst prompt
“What are we?” Prompts
Ghost x vampire prompts
More ghost x vampire prompts
Close proximity prompts
Crush prompts
Navigating through new relationship prompts
"Please don't leave me" prompts
Lovers in "denial" prompts
Reunited lovers prompts
Grumpy x sunshine prompts
"You're too good for me" prompts
"I think...I'm in love with you" prompts
Fake dating prompts
Betrayal prompts
"What would I do without you" prompts
Roommates to lovers prompts
Ice cream prompts
Underrated trope list
First date prompts
Oblivious x pining prompts
Break up prompts
Marriage of convenience prompts
Jealously prompts
OTP bonding with their children prompts
Secret relationship between two boys prompts
Denial of feelings prompts
Internalized homophobia prompts
Sunshine vampire x grumpy human prompts
Party game prompts
Family fluff prompts
Hero/warrior prompts
Lovers to friends prompts
Childhood friends prompts
Self-esteem issue prompts for your ocs
Nervous/awkward couple prompts
Forced proximity but one of them is claustrophobic prompts
Went ahead and finished the free anthro deer base i said I wanted to do, so here's that along with the antler and antler free png versions for anyone on tumblr that wishes to snatch em.
This base is free and the full downloads can be found on my ko-fi and gumroad (Links in my pinned)
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Unsplash - photography, illustration, & art
Pixabay - same as unsplash
Pexels - stock photos and videos
Getty Images - photography & illustration
Veceezy - vectors and clipart
Gumroad - photoshop brushes (and more)
StockSnap.io - stock photos
Canva - needs login but has lots of templates
Library of Congress - historical posters and photos
NASA - you guessed it
Creative Commons - all kinds of stuff, homie
Even Adobe has some free images
There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without plagiarizing! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own.
Please add on if you know any more resources for free images <3
recently found out about openverse which i think aggregates a bunch of creative commons images from flickr, wikimedia, nasa etc… pretty handy
I’m shocked so many people don’t know about my go to – Morgue File.
It’s full of searchable, rights free images uploaded by photographers.
Dicks and sand aren't usually a good mix but this is a mood.
Dicks and sand aren’t
usually a good mix
but this is a mood.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
I will pretty much instantly distrust a fellow leftist if they paint the enemy as being ugly (’all terfs have bad hair’, ‘all far-right bros are fat people with neck beards’, etc). It shows me they haven’t done some of the most basic work of un-linking appearance from character, which leaves them open to a vast array of bigoted tropes, from fatphobia, ableism and classism to homophobia, transphobia antisemitism and racism, because who we see as ‘attractive’ or looking ‘wholesome’ and who we assume to look ‘untrustworthy’ or villainous’ has been coded by all these things.
lots of people in the notes pointing out that this is also true about:
Dismissing people because of their age
Pretending that the people who disagree with you are ‘unintelligent’ and the people who agree with you are ‘smart’
Accusing the people you disagree with of having some mental illness.
Accents and speech patterns
Mocking personal hygiene
Mocking someone not getting laid or mocking genital size or shape
Mocking lack of productivity and independence (’you probably live in your moms basement’ stuff)
And YES. You are all right. These are all bad reasons to claim superiority over someone and every time someone brings up this stuff their ageism/ableism/classism/sexism/etc is showing.
And ya know, 99 out of 100 times, the person(s) that you’re insulting either can’t hear you or doesn’t really care what you have to say. But the fat people, disabled people, mentally ill people, etc. in your own community do hear and feel a little less safe in that community because of you. Do better.
Ok sorry you probably have already answered this a bunch but do you have a masterlist of questions broken up by topic?
I don’t. It's a good idea but I need to rethink what topics I tag before I create something like that and that's gonna take some work.
In the meantime, I've got a masterlist of questions in chronological order on google docs.
I've also stuck a list of tags I use under the cut. Lots of questions are tagged with multiple topics so it doesn't really work as a masterlist but at least you can sort by topics.
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I’ve been told by dozens of agents that there isn’t a market for my #ownvoices series about a group of queer kids surviving the apocalypse.
please reblog this if you’d be interested in an LBGT+ sci-fi YA book, I want to prove a point
JUST FUCKING LISTEN.
THIS IS HALLOWEEN BUT NOT LIKE YOU KNOW IT
reblog so others can hear it!
Where the hell are the Victorian Goths they should be all over this.
*SMASHES REBLOG BUTTON*
this is some insta-reblog shit, my friends, i’m like 20 seconds in
HELL YES I LOVE THIS
What is this masterpiece?
10000000/10
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// HOLY MOTHER FUCKING SHIT
YESPLEASE MM//
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MY SEX SONG BITCH
Before listening: I’m a little scared of how into this people are.
After listening: IF THIS SONG WAS A PERSON, I’D LET THEM FUCK ME
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I REBLOGGED IN LIKE A FEW SECONDS OMG
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Oh my god this is amazing
Holy fucktarts
g o o d s h i t
i could actually fall asleep to this lmao what a bop
thunder woofs
inspired by this neat storm cloud outside my house. 👁👄👁
“I want to thank every single one of you for coming out. This is very important, this is very vital. Black lives have always mattered. We have always been important. We have always meant something. We have always succeeded, regardless. And now is the time. I ain’t waiting! I AIN’T WAITING! I’ve been born in this country. I am 28 years old. Born and raised in London. Every black person understands and realizes the first time you are reminded that you are black. You remember. Every black person in here remembers when another person reminded you that you were black. I need you guys to understand- I need you to understand how painful this shit is. I need you to understand how painful it is to be reminded every day that your race means nothing and that isn’t the case anymore, that is never the case anymore. We’re going to try today. We are a physical representation of our support for George Floyd. We are a physical representation on our support for Sandra Bland. We are a physical representation on our support for Trayvon Martin. We are a physical representation of our support for Stephen Lawrence. For Mark Duggan. It is very very important that we keep control of this movement, and we make it as peaceful as possible. We make this as peaceful and as organized as possible. Because you know what, guys? They want us to mess up. They want us to be disorganized. But not today! NOT TODAY! Not today! This message is specifically for black men: black men, black men we need to take care of our black women. We need to take care of- They are our hearts! THEY ARE OUR HEARTS! They are our future. We cannot demonize our own. We are the pillars of the family. Imagine this, a nation that is set up with individual families that are thriving, that are healthy, that communicate, that raise their children in love have a better rate of becoming better human beings. And that’s what we need to create. Black men, it starts with you. It’s done man, we can’t be trash no more. We have to be better. You don’t understand? I’m speaking to you from my heart. Look, I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this, but f**k that! Today is about innocent people who were halfway through their process. We don’t know what George Floyd could have achieved, we don’t know what Sandra Bland could have achieved, but today we’re going to make sure that that won’t be an alien thought to our young ones. You lot came today, you left your kids, and when you see your kids they’re aimlessly playing, they don’t understand what’s going on. Today is the day that we remind them that we are dedicated and this is a lifelong dedication. Guys, we don’t leave them stop you now. This is longevity. Some of you are artists, some of you are bankers, some of you are lawyers, some of you own shop stores. You are important, your individual power, your individual right is very, very important. We can all join together to make this a better world.
Thank you for coming out today. Thank you for your support. To us. Black people I love you. I appreciate you. Today is an important day, we are fighting for our rights. We are fighting for our ability to live in freedom. We are fighting for our ability to achieve. We are fighting for equality. And you are the physical representation of that. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE! Today is the day that we stand. We walk. It’s not about career, it’s not about money, it’s about your right to live as a human being.”
— John Boyega’s full speech during the Black Lives Matter protest at Hyde Park in London, England (June 3, 2020)
Humans are weird: Logistics of war
The war council was a collage of chaos and grandeur the likes of which were rarely seen.
Set deep inside the coalition’s flagship, a massive Imperial Pyramid ship of the Nosva, the leaders of the allied races disused the next steps of the campaign against the Rimward Federation. A stalemate had persisted since the last failed offensive of the Coalition against the fortress systems of Dul’vo, Rigmar, and Sulivin which had left the front more or less stabilized for the moment. Though the assault had been a disaster it had forced the Rimward forces on to the defensive as they began fortifying key systems which in turn gave breathing room for the Coalition to regroup and rearm.
The coalition leadership had gathered in a private antechamber and began laying out the direction they felt was needed. Though the coalition was made up of at least a hundred varying species only the nine most powerful races had been allowed into the meeting. Their individual contributions towards fight, either in terms of military force or war material, had ensured that were they not kept happy the coalition could fall apart.
One by one the leaders spoke to the gathered assembly and laid out their plans. the Draxic wanted to use their newly rearmed might and form a spear head that would drive straight for the Rimward homeworlds while the Altan’s put forward a similar idea but in favor of the Rimward staging planets closest to the border.
The Flinchestet, Draul, Qwivil, and Wonta were in favor of opening a dialogue with the federation leadership in an attempt to sue for peace before things escalated further.
The Polip felt that they should see what the enemy would do first before anything else to which the Zefillem were of a mind to agree with, though were as the Polip saw it as a chance to expose the enemy’s true intentions the Zefillem saw it as a chance to prolong the war and continue to sell goods to both sides raking in a fortune.
When it finally came time for the human representative to speak their plan was the most strange of all. The humans plan was to detach several dozen small strike forces from the main fleet and hit various industries far behind enemy lines.
The Draxic and Altan’s were against the plan from the moment the human stopped talking, proclaiming the intended targets were not even military sites nor industries that produced machines of war. The Flinchestet argued that such a rash and random attack could cause untold retaliation across the entire front and those that they had gathered into their corner agreed. Even the Polip and Zefillem couldn’t find merit in attacking such facilities.
Once they had all finished the human reached into their pocket and pulled out a small sphere of metal. They rolled it over to the Draxic representative and asked them to pick it up and tell them what they see.
Calmly picking up the metallic sphere, the Draxic could find nothing out of the ordinary and stated that it was simply a metal sphere. They passed it around between the delegates who all in turn observed it and found nothing remarkable as well.
Finally having the ball passed back to them the human began their speech. “There was a time when these metal balls, ball-bearings we call them, were the most crucial part of our machines of war. A tank’s turret would not move, a fighter plane could not lift itself off the ground, even some machine guns would not fire without these tiny devices.”
He reached into his pocket and pulled out several more. “When people think of war they think of the tools and soldiers of death; but they hardly take the time to consider how such destructive forces come to be.”
They began pacing around the table, calmly dropping a ball bearing on to the table they all sat at as he passed a delegate. “Weapons are not cut from stone, nor sheen from the fabric of space. They must be forged, manufactured, refined, and then delivered to those who can implement them properly to the destruction of their enemies.”
The sound of a bearing bouncing off the table made some of the delegates twitch their heads nervously.
“So many components go into manufacturing a single rifle that some find it hard to believe that if a single piece is missing or misaligned that the entire rifle will not function; but that is what happens. One missing piece no bigger than the nail of your finger and the greatest weapon the universe has ever seen stops to function.”
Another bearing hit the table as the human passed the Altan who snatched it off the table and began reexamining it as if the humans words had triggered something in him.
“Our enemies are so focused on defending the weapon factories and mining operations that they have left secondary facilities virtually defenseless. Crippling these industries will bring their entire operation to a halt.”
The human stepped close to the Draxic and spoke softly beside them. “Imagine weapon factories silent, imagine enemy soldiers deprived of ammo and supplies, imagine entire armies being taken off the front line to defend facilities far behind their lines that gaps open as wide as the breath of stars themselves.” His pace continued as he saw the Draxic picturing their grand offensive against far weaker enemies and claiming far greater territory then they had pictured before and let lose a toothy grin.
The human spoke of how their plan would set of a chain of events so far reaching that it would exceed merely delaying production. Foremen, business leaders, industrialists, and even military personnel would be called forth to account for the destruction of the facilities. Some would escape ridicule while others would suffer from it. Old rivalries brought to the surface. Factory workers laid off at other factories now lacking the needed material. Loss of income for families that was used to support them leading to angry. Anger leading to protests, protests leading to riots, riots leading to revolutions.
For the Flinchestet who prided themselves on political manipulation they could respect the domino effect the facilities destruction would trigger. They could map out the projected retaliation routes the enemy would most likely need to take if they felt their honor was called into question and needed to prove themselves.
Even the sly Zefillem now seemed to be accepting of the idea as the demand for materials would skyrocket allowing them to price gouge on the black market like never before.
At the end of the speech the human asked if their plan was agreeable to which the majority of the council switched their initial vote and agreed that it was the best approach and in the coming days the following offensive would later be dubbed by historians as the “Ball Bearing Blitz”, the final campaign that broke the back of the Rimward Federation.