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Everyone I give my knitting to carries a piece of me around with them
Its my hair that got caught in the project and knitted in
new top contender
i love that we and cats share pareidolia (seeing patterns where they dont exist), but instead of seeing faces in everyday objects like us, they see snakes
that computer cord? snake. string? small snake. cucumber? short fat straight snake
snake pareidolia is one of the strongest things in human minds too! people report freezing mid-stride before being consciously aware of a snake in front of them, and the same happens with coiled rope, etc. in humans and other primates. it’s even been proposed that the need to detect snakes was a factor in the development of primates’ insanely good color eyesight
It’s because snakes are wonderful and we must stop and admire them at any cost
this is helpful to getting started on anything regardless of what you call it (from this post)
problem solving steps
IMPROVE distress tolerance skill
Hey kids, you need to start worrying a little less about getting “#mogged” and a little more about getting “#smogged”. This is an Air Quality Index public service announcement.
i wish mosquitos didn't make you itchy and give you horribly infectious diseases. i wouldn't begrudge them a humble nibble were it not so
Today at work a girl at my register was heatedly explaining to her mother that wearing a dinosaur costume to her school’s decades day was, in fact, perfectly acceptable because her teachers did not specify any particular decades.
the kids are alright
SCA garb guidelines say “before the 1600’s” which includes like. The Ice Age. Catch me rolling up to Pennsic on assorted pelts and the latest in attatl technology.
personally I'm annoyed by the socioeconomic conditions that made words like "unalive" necessary but simultaneously impressed by the linguistic adaptations young people have made to continue talking about important things while subject to those conditions and I think if you can't hold both of those thoughts in your head you might just be old man yelling at cloud
she's the best of us
I passed a flower shop next to a tattoo shop and at first I laughed because I thought it was ironic and then i freaked because IMAGINE YOUR OTP IN A FLORIST/TATTOO ARTIST AU
OMG I COULD TOTALLY IMAGINE THEM LIKE THAT IT WOULD BE SO PERFECT
I cannot BELIEVE a post I made when I was 13 is circulating! And also apparently started this trope? I thought somebody had the idea separately and it blew up that way😭
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Pre-Mass Effect 3 be like
Here is almost 6 minutes of Garrus being absolutely sweet, needy, protective, and flirtyyyy.
hosea 100% knew arthur was projecting his own trauma w/ eliza and isaac onto abigail and jack, which is why he was so gentle whenever he tiptoed into the subject of arthur’s big angus beef with john. it’s also why when charles asked about the feud, hosea immediately deferred to arthur to give an answer instead of giving it himself, despite being staunchly in Camp Forgive Your Fucking Dumb Brother and spending the entire rest of the ride playfully picking at arthur for other things. hosea respected arthur’s trauma while also wanting to keep it from ruining his other relationships and in this essay i will
Analysis: Garrus Romance (Part II)
Part two of two - for now. I hope you’ve had as much fun reading these as I’ve had writing them! Thanks, everyone!
Analysis: Garrus Romance (Mass Effect Series)
Part II: Body Language, Your Turian, and You!
Ah, body language and physical contact. Here we have the bread and butter of the Garrus/Shepard relationship. It’s where everything really takes place, the most important aspect that goes flying under so many peoples’ radars because of how understated and subtle it is. This is where the magic happens, people; look here, and you will be rewarded with the deepest satisfaction. Let us begin with ME1. …there isn’t any. No, really: Garrus and Shepard do not touch a single time in ME1. There is one and only exception, and that is under very specific circumstances: you recruit him after becoming a Spectre, in which case, you’ll get a professional, respectful handshake. Other than that (and someone please correct me if I’m wrong), I have never once seen a time in which Garrus and Shepard have touched in ME1. And it makes sense. Garrus looks up to Shepard as a mentor and beacon of guidance in the first game - he admires her, and respects her, but he isn’t really on her level. They aren’t equals. To engage in physical contact at that stage would be unnatural and give off a comfortable edge to their dynamic that just doesn’t belong there. No, they don’t touch at all, but there wasn’t a reason to. Mentor and student, respectful, maybe even friends, but not quite casual - a good, healthy presentation of their relationship as it was.
Now in ME2, the shift in dynamic is immediately palpable. No longer is Garrus the wide-eyed, idealistic cop from the first game - in Shepard’s absence he’d commanded a team in Hell and emerged the only one left. He’s walked two years in Shepard’s shoes, and instead of a mentor, he now hails her as an equal - someone who knows hardship and pain, someone who showed him the way when he was younger and softer yet sees him as the adult he’s matured into. Garrus is always going to hold Shepard’s opinion in high regard, but he’s seen more of the galaxy and realized just how little he can do within it - that’s why it helps to have someone “closer to home”. Someone to fight for that has a face. It’s why their dynamic changes from mentor and pupil to a true, trusting friendship. And this is where you begin to see the smaller indications through brief, passing moments of physical contact. And yet, still they don’t touch intimately - “intimate” being defined as a touch simply for the sake of touching, rather than using it as a device for a different purpose - until a very key point…and it’s not where the romance begins. In fact, when Shepard first makes the proposition, she approaches Garrus - and he quickly moves out of the way to make room for her, surprise apparent in his movement. No, the first time that happens is quite a bit more significant than that: it’s in the romance dialogue in which Shepard is telling Garrus that she isn’t trying to make him uncomfortable.
Yes. This is the first time there is any “intimate” physical contact between the two - and it’s a simple shoulder touch. Shepard steps forward, reaches her hand out, and lays it on Garrus’ shoulder. That’s it. And she didn’t do it to stop Garrus from shooting anyone, or to force an explanation from him. She did it just because she could. Here’s why is this significant: when Shepard is touching Garrus, it’s the very first time in the whole romance that Garrus conveys an emotional interest in the relationship. It’s the smallest, tiniest gesture, but the easy tone in Garrus’s reply is immediate and such a far cry from his anxious stammering. Instead of awkward jokes, he gently opens up and says she’d never make him uncomfortable. Instead of nervous pacing, he stands in place and allows her hand to rest. It’s not coincidence. There is true power in the physical contact between these two. Not enough evidence? Consider the romance scene. It’s good for a few laughs, sure, but when you consider what Garrus did rather than how he did it - he changed into nice clothes, bought wine, got music he thought Shepard would like, tried to compliment her. He may have done poorly at all of the above, but there’s no denying that he put a lot of effort into preparing things when the point was only ever a quick lay. And when it all goes south? When Garrus is reduced to a humiliated, stumbling mess? When he stutters out his concerns, his lonely desire for things to go right? Shepard quietly steps forward, reaches her hand out, and touches the side of his face. Garrus goes silent immediately, and Shepard’s hand trails down his scars. Then, simultaneously, they lean forward to touch foreheads. Garrus lifts his hand to touch her shoulder. And when they speak in actions rather than words? He just knows what to do. This is less evidence-based and more speculative, but as I mentioned in Part I, I honestly believe that this is why Garrus focuses so hard on the physical aspect of the relationship at first, rather than the emotional part. Actions, Garrus knows what to do with - the plumbing isn’t quite the same, but maybe it isn’t quite the sex itself he was counting on. Maybe he just wants the warmth of something close to home. And over the course of the relationship, he slowly has that awful, heart-leaping realization - he’s invested emotionally. But he doesn’t know how to use words. Other body language that isn’t limited to romance is present as well. For example, when choosing Garrus for the Suicide Mission fire team leader - he stands up straight and gives a single, wordless nod. Is there any possible way he’d forget what happened on Omega? Not a chance. After all Shepard did to help him deal with that, would he think that s/he forgot? No. When Shepard tells him to lead the team, s/he is telling Garrus that s/he trusts him and is challenging him to get over his past. And he accepts.
When he’s shot as the fire team leader? Instead of the other viable candidates, who verbally assure Shepard they’re all right, Garrus simply straightens up and wordlessly meets Shepard’s eyes. Here’s how it goes: Garrus is shot, Shepard rushes over, he straightens, eye contact, Shepard pats his shoulder and moves away, he follows. All this happens in a few moments, and all without words. Because none are needed.
That’s the thing, isn’t it? Whether Shepard is male or female, romanced or un-romanced, Paragon or Renegade, none of it matters - they don’t need words, because Garrus is the first, the last, the loyalist, the friend.
And he’ll always be there if you need him.
By: AngelDormante (AlphaDormante @ BSN)
*fixed “first touch” segment; correction provided by selphiefairy @ tumblur
superheroes try too hard to be cool these days when nobody can ever beat "his name is spider man and he dresses like a spider because he has the powers of a spider"
