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Aspiring author. Should be writing, probably sleeping.

[filmnoirsbian]

August Peaches

[incomingalbatross]

That first Polish-language encyclopedia was right about dragons. "It is hard to defeat a dragon, but you have to try." That is in fact a definition of "dragon" that cuts to the heart of the matter and covers all the essentials.

A dragon is something that A) is very hard to defeat and B) must be fought. That's it. That's all you really have to know when approaching the subject.

[fanchlebu]

Said encyclopaedia is also the source of famous definition of the horse - Everyone can see what a horse is. (pol. Koń jaki jest, każdy widzi

[enthusiastic-moss]

@howeller553 we really gave zero shits back then 😂

[vaspider]

sometimes I'm like maybe you should go wander the moors about it when ppl are just wildly inflicting their feelings on others but honestly being alone with your feelings and getting a chance to really feel your feelings and think things through is so rare, our world is so hectic and overscheduled

so like please do go wander the moors about it and then call your therapist, the internet does not need to deal with your unwashed, unwandered opinions

[saltydorkling-deactivated202503]

man, the most valuable thing my therapist taught me was just to go for a walk. upset? feeling like being an ass to someone? about to take my issues out on someone else? feeling like quitting my job because i’m having a bpd moment? go outside and walk. think things through. it helped me every time, even in the dead of winter when all i could do was sit on my patio and watch the snow.

[edoraslass]

[vaspider]

Pffft. Did you make this?

[theacecrimes]

[ID: a stylised drawing of a woman wandering the moors. she is white, with long brown hair and is wearing a long black dress with a red ribbon. everything looks windswept. there is text along the bottom which reads "why don't you wander the moors and maybe you'll calm down" /END]

[idkinsertfanreferencehere]

Hey art credit! That’s Rovina Cai, I’d recognize her work anywhere. You may know her from the illustrations in Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series

[idkinsertfanreferencehere]

Specifically, it’s from an illustrated edition of Wuthering Heights https://www.rovinacai.com/portfolio/wuthering-heights/

[vaspider]

Oh thank you so much!

[sushigal007]

A book where people wander the moors and very much do not calm down.

[littledeconstruction-deactivate]

okay but just think how much worse they’d be WITHOUT the moors

[enthusiastic-moss]

@howeller553 can you confirm the last 2 reblogs? 😂

[howeller553]

Can confirm, the moors did very little to alleviate the fuckery of Wuthering Heights

[inky-duchess]

Cold tea!? Who actually enjoys cold tea????

confused as an american

I only drink tea with fry ups. It has to be at very least warm 😭

[howeller553]

Hot but sweet, milky tea with an Ulster fry up is the best thing ever and no one can convince me otherwise

[inky-duchess]

An Ulster fry up?

[howeller553]

For some reason up north we call it an Ulster fry 🤷🏻‍♀️

[inky-duchess]

Cold tea!? Who actually enjoys cold tea????

confused as an american

I only drink tea with fry ups. It has to be at very least warm 😭

[howeller553]

Hot but sweet, milky tea with an Ulster fry up is the best thing ever and no one can convince me otherwise

[memories]

I’ve been silent for too long and can no longer bear to keep this inside: @black-masquerade is a good person and deserves many good things.

[howeller553]

Wow @black-masquerade can you believe it

[poisonerrose-deactivated2024110]

I have this headcanon, that whenever Kat is drunk she becomes a lot like Arsinoe and will do a bunch of stupid or really dangerous shit if not supervised. 

[gemathest]

Genevieve: At least we have her tainted brandy to remember her by- *opens the cabinet to find it empty*

Genevieve:

*a shadow falls outside the window before a thud*

Genevieve: when i get my HANDS ON HER-

[poisonerrose-deactivated2024110]

Kat: I WANT TO HOLD THE COBRAS!! 

Pietyr, physically trying to restrain her with tears in his eyes: KAT please no 

Kat: THEY NEED TO BE LOVED!!!

[howeller553]

I see this fabulous idea and raise you all this: Mirabella gets super like Arsinoe while drunk

[artofthecatt]

You better fuckin believe it [x]

[campfire-whisky]

Exactly how I like my affirmations, vaguely threatening

[obeekris]

[starfirelove]

@irritating-lady-knight @sirrriusblack @spoopyghostbones @thefantasticsuperouatgirl @wolfstsrshipper

[residentauggust]

AHHHHHHHHH

@ohheavenlylord @wolfstsrshipper @plutodecay @international-dissapointment @theantisocialghost @ u reading this

[obscureshipsandchips]

AHHHHH

@ohheavenlylord @irritating-lady-knight @e-of-west-glendia @sirrriusblack @questofnonsense @justmebeingtheweirdmeiam @justdyingontheinside @tryingtolivethroughtheday @wxlfstxrx @riookazakisblog @kingfoxjellyfish

[justdyingontheinside]

THANK U ❤️💜💕💞

@brokenwordsarehard @wolfjumpedoverthemoon @unexpectedcronchiness @fuckthisshitimoutyall @multifacetedfangirl @idomtknowhelp

[fuckthisshitimoutyall]

AAAAAH❤️❤️❤️

@madamm004 @star04525 @upsidedownvanilla @unexpectedcronchiness @books-crushed-my-soul @justdyingontheinside

[mewhenhorrormovies]

Thank you-I really needed this. 🥺 I love you✨

@ritzfentton @dc-marvel-fanatic @randomfriends @shylocksstuff117 @danniscure @queer-x-destroya @one-weird-book-adict @all the people who deal with my annoying crap

[punchlinetothejoke-deactivated2]

THANK YOU!!!!! <3

@art–school–wannabe @petewentzfrommychem @wonderful-spooky-snek @bee-suit-twink @thesecondfloor @wildeyed-j0kers @im-extremely-scottish @thekidsfromyestergay @disenchanted-killjoy @be-afraid-of-what-i-am @mymyfangirlsidedontlie @anmcrtist @cocky-little-sonuva @rebelwhodoesntknow @does-existance-exist @action-viv @i-am-thevoid @joeymarahart @joanistooqueerforyourbinary @kittenwithaquirk @cashmereorkashmir @carryonsimoncarryonbaz @hxuse-of-wxlves @/all my mutuals!!

[decimateddreams]

:o !!! thank you! (you tooo)

@ktragic @stressed-and-sleep-deprived @be-afraid-of-what-i-am @cxmeterydrxve @dragonsblowingoutbirthdaycandles @notevenaefa @funky-gay-fey @caffeinatemymusic @neo-neo-neo @thesecondfloor @earthmorguedesert

i’ve probably forgot some people but all my mutuals and followers

[freesciencelessons]

AHHH THANK YOU!!! RIGHT BACK AT YOU <33

@bangerdays @vampiresandmoney @visible-disappointment !!

and all my mutuals whether or not we’ve interacted before <3333

[visible-disappointment]

akajsjjdjsjsjdj ily <333

@my-chemical-rmnce-frnk @hecking-homo @punk-in-roll @drumstick-bitch @shoot-me-with-a-nerf-gun @socks-crocs-and-flipflops @syrup-relatable @thatemogrrl @dream-boyyy @bee-suit-twink @anmcrtist @prolonged-eyecontact @hxuse-of-wxlves @your-mighty-words-astound-me

and all my mutuals <<333333

[heavyplum-deactivated20250928]

This is Spectacular askcjhakfjejgwocj and I’ll now be thinking of this post whenever I feel badly about my body for any reason 💖❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

@froggybassist @gravegraffiti @hiddenagender14 @spiderway95

And to everyone else that so much as sees this on your dash 💕💕 you’re all amazing and deserve support, confidence, love, and happiness

[gravegraffiti]

ajslskals thank u so much!! same to u too @prolonged-eyecontact ily!

@pan-nicked-pansexual and anyone else who sees this ily <3

[queer-as-frikc]

@gravegraffiti   efugdyshukjhkdhs ilysm thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@orca-whale-blues @flowerchild338 @breakthecistem @justaconfusedqueerkid @aunt-kat @feistyfandomshipper @star-crossed-shipper @starkidding-around and all my amazing mutuals <3

[smallballz-deactivated20240713]

^_^ thank you! 💖💙💖💙

@twisted-songbird @imaketheladiesmcswoon

[apffee]

@label-maker-of-doom @just-a-side-kick @joe-bee-richter @enbeeluhwuh

✨💖✨

[weirdrouter]

bRO TYSM

@one-time-i-jumped-off-a-cliff @phox-129 @lesducks @t00-gay-to-function @ather-does-things

[one-time-i-jumped-off-a-cliff]

🥺🥺💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

@thatboleyngirlreads @t00-gay-to-function @lesducks @musical-stan-first-human-later @thebeautifulmushroom @just-another-thespian @i-want-anne-hathaway

[lesducks]

Can I just…steal all your tags, you did like 80% of people I was gonna do-

And then also!

@wakabi-kawa @silverpetals97 @extra-spoopy-anon @questioninganon1

[questioninganon1-deactivated202]

:D I’m not, but thank you anyway

@thenameisnoone @theatergirl06 and anyone who sees this!

[azure-firecracker]

@questioninganon1 ❤️❤️❤️ @panicatthelafayette @letalloursingingfollowhim @irreplaceable-ecstasyy @its-totes-gods-will @lilreadergurl @arwenthecatdog @ihavenoimaginationfornames @djts-arts @colorfulregret-21 @much-brighter-ink

[much-brighter-ink]

Most of my mutuals have already been tagged but I’ll tag the rest!! ♥️ 

@just-violet-flowers @iinkdumpling @howeller553 @sapphic-theatre-fan @got-my-heart-in-my-hand @imawake-butatwhatcost @frogs-in-clogs

[howeller553]

@much-brighter-ink you own all of my heart right now

[someemochick]

[howeller553]

@timely-rogue

[nowyoukno]

[fangirling-so-hard-rn]

Crows are scary They

use tools

Can be taught to speak (like parrots)

Have huge brains for birds

like seriously their brain-to-body size ratio is equal to that of a chimpanzee

They vocalize anger, sadness, or happiness in response to things

they are scary smart at solving puzzles

some crows stay with their mates until one of them dies

they can remember faces

SIDENOTE HERE BECAUSE HOLY SHIT.  They did an experiment where these guys wore masks and some of them fucked with crows.  Pretty soon the crows recognized the masks = douchebag.  But the nice guys with masks they left alone.  THEN, OH WE’RE NOT DONE, NO SIR crows that WEREN’T EVEN IN THE EXPERIMENT AND NEVER SAW THE MASK BEFORE knew about mask-dudes and attacked them on sight.  THEY PASSED ON THE FUCKING INFORMATION TO THEIR CROW BUDDIES.

They remember places where crows were killed by farmers and change their migration patterns.

Guys I’m really scared of crows now. (q) 

[doctormemelordmd]

Yeah but have you seen this 

[stultiloquentia]

A colleague of my dad’s lives next to a lake, and looked out the window one morning to see a duck trapped in the ice. A crow swooped down. “Oh hell,” she thought, expecting carnage, because crows are opportunists. But the crow chipped at the ice with its beak until the duck was free.

[warwyrd-deactivated20170724]

Idk of this counts but a few crows saved me from a magpie swooping attack once ,they’re bros who can tell when magpies are being unreasonable and need to chill

[reallymisscoffee]

I love crows so damn much. When I was fifteen, I hit a pretty serious bout of depression, to the point I was in my room for months. Well, a family of crows made a nest in a tree outside my window. There were two parents and two chicks. One chick was healthy and strong. One was weak, and had a caw like something being strained. It sounded more like a rooster crowing and so my parents jokingly named him ‘Buck’.Well… months passed and Buck’s sibling was taught to fly. His parents focused on the sibling because the sibling was strong. The father stayed behind to try and teach Buck, but I saw him try to fly, fail, and crash to the floor. His father helped him back up into the tree.

Every day, I would watch Buck from my window until one day I opened it and started talking to him. He was small and gangly and he couldn’t caw right. His feathers were all over the place and I felt a kinship. So I made a deal with him. I told him that if he could do it, if he could fly, then I could find the strength to get up. Well… near the end of the season, after talking with him every day, I finally saw him get out of the nest. He went to the edge of his branch, braced himself, and jumped… and just before he hit the ground, he soared back up into the sky. I cheered harder than I ever had before.

That winter, Buck left the area. I was crestfallen. I felt like I’d lost a friend. But I was so damn proud of him. 

Cut to the next spring? I’m walking up the driveway one day when suddenly I hear a sound… a broken caw. I look up, and Buck is sitting in a tree above my head. He stared at me and puffed his feathers, then hopped down in front of me and cawed again. I was so damn thrilled, and I told him how proud I was of him. He ruffled his feathers and then soared off into his old tree. 

That summer? I heard two broken caws. One from Buck… and one from his chick.

Cut to ten years later? We have a family of crows who all have a very distinct caw and they come here and spend every spring, summer, and fall on our property. Buck still greets me every spring.

[ruggie-bucchis]

that last reply made me wanna cry. that’s so beautiful.

[avianawareness]

Don’t forget the Russian Crow SLEDDING DOWN A ROOF not once, but twice. 

[odpixel]

this one morning i kept hearing really loud caws, i remember it was like 5am, LIKE REALLY LOUD AND ANNOYING AND AGGRESSIVE, so loud that i could hear it through a closed window, and i eventually went outside to check it out. there was a crow on my front lawn, it had an injury on its head and couldn’t fly and there were two other crows circling right above it, and they were cawing like mad. 

i tried to get close and take a better look and one of them dived super low and tried to attack me. so i went back in the house and chopped some sliced raw meat and tossed it at him from a distance.

a few more times later, very soon after, they could tell i was trying to help, and did not attack me. i was “allowed” to walk up close and pick him up, he couldn’t drink water properly so i had to dip my finger in a bowl and stick it in his mouth.

i did this few times a day and it went on for about a week before he disappeared, i thought he recovered and left, but he came back the next day and lands on me, and i see him around the block quite often, and he would come sit on my shoulder for a few minutes and then fly away again. i feel like i’ve adopted a son.

[lilith-knight]

Best birbs !!

[221cbakerstreet]

your son is Beautiful and Strong

[solitarelee]

every time I see this post it has different crow stories and every time I reblog it again because all crow stories are good stories

[betheothergirl-deactivated20180]

Like, I wouldn’t want to be on bad terms with a crow, but they are a really smart animal, they aren’t scary You just want to be nice to them because they will know and they will remember, and they will pay you back if you treat them a certain way.

As a side note, I volunteered at a rehab (Hope for Wildlife), where they were rehabbing a crow with a broken wing–who was named Russell Crow. He kept pulling his bandage off so a sleeve was cut off some old clothing and put on him like a little sweater. 

[blackwoolncrown]

!!!!

[birbiebabies]

I don’t think I’ll ever not reblog this. This posts makes me cry and smile at the same time.

[gaymerlvl-pharmercy]

He’s so handsome!!

[junkyard-deactivated202308]

Birds . . I like em

[vixen-uchiha]

[maskingfragility]

I love crows.

[speedmaximoff]

Rebloging for the aesthetic and emotion

[cogesque-deactivated20210410]

searching for a literary agent with cog

after the big long post i made about narrowing down my “maybe list” of agents, i got some interest in how exactly i go about that (and how i go about building a list of potential agents in the first place)

first thing’s first

where should you start

the main tool i’m going to show you how to use is querytracker.net (i’ve said it 50 times and i’ll say it again: if you’re querying premium is more than worth it).

there are a handful of different places you can source agents. here’s a few …

querytracker.net - a comprehensive tool for finding agents/publishers and tracking queries and submission

duotrope.com - same features but i found it less valuable

mswishlist.com - a compiled list of agents’ twitter #MSWL requests

manuscriptwishlist.com - a big database of agents and the “profiles” they’ve built to let you know exactly what they’re interested in

publishersmarketplace.com - roughly the same thing, for our purposes

aaronline.org - database of agents belonging to association of authors’ representatives with their interests

duotrope is the only site that requires a subscription, and querytracker is the only one that offers extended features with a subscription.

so let’s get started

Keep reading

[brutus-red-xiii-deactivated2021]

Irish Tesco worker nails church acoustics in work stairwell

[star-anise]

This is how Gregorian chant was meant to be sung.

[the-oncoming-glowcloud]

the kicking of the handrails is what makes this

[enthusiastic-moss]

I love ireland 😂

@howeller553 have you seen this?

[howeller553]

Omg wtf 😂

[diotimamantinike]

heroes react to Black Canary and Green Arrow getting married

THIS IS THE BEST THING I’VE EVER SEEN

[draconian62]

Detective Comics #1000

[speedmaximoff]

You may ask why does the dog need a mask. Ace needs the mask more than anyone so the dog criminals don’t learn his secret identi-dog

(I said this to my brother @timely-rogue and it annoyed him so I’m posting it 😂)

[numberonetyrantwonderland]

[howeller553]

@timely-rogue @speedmaximoff @black-masquerade

[speedmaximoff]

Roll to deal with the disgruntled hoMEOWner

[howeller553]

Somehow you made it better

[numberonetyrantwonderland]

[howeller553]

@timely-rogue @speedmaximoff @black-masquerade

[inky-duchess]

Hey!!! I hope you're keeping well through this whole virus thing. Your alphabet posts are really passing the time for me anyway 😂 I was just wondering if you had any information on 1890’s Victorian fashion, specifically 1897 to 1899 and women’s hair/dressss? I thought I had a good idea until I watched that Dracula series with Katie McGrath in it and now I'm just confused because some women are wearing their hair down in public/short sleeved dresses which don't fit with what I thought I knew

A good example of Victorian clothes can be seen in Netflix's The English Game (despise the title love the show). Victorian married women almost always had their hair up in public and only took it down when going to bed. Short sleeves would have been more for more formal wear such as a visit to Potato-Stealer Queen Victoria's court or at a dinner at a friend's house (upper class mostly). The whole jacket and hobble skirt ensemble was for more day to day wear. Here are two very different styles representing a formal photo and a casual walk.

(Also I'm fine in this virus time but I miss work. On the plus side the WIP is getting edited. Glad your are enjoying the ABC)