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[wildeandunspeakable]

i’m a simple person. i see media where the setting is a masqueradle/ball with mysterious and/or paranormal things afoot and i lose my fcuking mind

[unclefather]

me in the mcdonalds drivethru: i would like a virgin long island iced tea

[unclefather]

[valtsv]

my favorite thing about the moomins is that their domestic cottagecore aesthetic is basically just a cover for the fact that they’re actually like 2 degrees of separation from going full feral at any one time and literally everyone knows it

[valtsv]

it runs in the family

[raudrfox-remaking-deactivated20]

[tyrannosaurus-rex]

thats just how finland is

[crayfishcoffee]

Whenever people see an intelligent animal with a witch, there is a common assumption that it is the witches familiar. And while true, many of them are simply magical animal helpers… 

Others are actually young witch babies.

Since witches have no womb and are a byproduct of wild magic, whenever a witch wishes for a child they might one day find a young animal lingering around the house, much like receiving a familiar. An easy way to tell the difference between a youngling and a familiar, however, is that once bonded a familiar will soon begin speaking thereafter. Younglings will not develop speech until much later in their development.

The 2 year mark is when familiar and youngling dimorphism begins. While familiars will simply grow into an adult animal, younglings will enter into a “troll” stage, in which they will develop traits that separate them from ordinary creatures but do not yet resemble a human. It is towards the end of this stage that they will begin saying words, and simple sentences. Minor jinx magic is to be expected.

The “troll” stage will last for ~5 years, and the next stage can happen anytime within the next 3-6 following years. They will encounter a sudden “growth spurt,” where they will suddenly come into distinctly human shapes, while still retaining vestigial traits from their troll years. This transformation can happen overnight, or take over a year to complete. They can begin practicing simple spell magic at this point.

Finally, usually around the 18 year mark, they will fully shed any last vestigial traits, and appear as any other mature witch.

[crayfishcoffee]

While some claim that the animal a youngling starts off as influences how they look as an adult, that’s largely been debunked. Witch children actually tend to generally resemble their parent(s).

Because names are of great importance to witches, some traditional households will follow the custom of waiting for the youngling to arrive at speaking age to let them choose their own name. Until then, often they refer to the child as their animal: Kitty, Crow, Frog etc.

If a witch parent posts a pic of their troll kid and anyone comments “cursed,” that’s an INSTA-BLOCK.

[askldfjhaskljhfdklasdjhf-deacti]

@no-mi-torta

[no-mi-torta]

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!

[wtfisgoingonews]

[link] 

[article]

[crying-elf-lass-deactivated2020]

Hey, remember when yall couldn’t shit the fuck up about Chinese propaganda on tik tok? Hope yall warriors against propaganda have the same energy ready for Instagram

[simonalkenmayer]

Russian propaganda has also infiltrated YouTube. So has GOP propaganda. They advertise on there too now

[shencomix]

[ventusvibrio]

Wait, why not?

[charleythehouseplant]

TL;DR: Tattoos are associated with organized crime in Japan.

Longer explanation: While tattoos in Japan may have originally been considered to be a status symbol and have religious importance (we have accounts of tattooed Japanese people from Chinese diplomats during the Yayoi period, 300BC-300AD), during the Kofun period (300-540AD), they became a tool used to mark criminals, coming to a head in 1720 where full-arm tattoos were used exclusively for ‘minor’ offenses instead of cutting off noses and/or ears.

All of this led to tattoos getting hugely stigmatized. Until fairly recently, the only people you could find who did have tattoos were generally part of the yakuza (Japanese mafia), who often chose hugely elaborate tattoos based off of traditional Japanese art. Here’s a few of them:

Tattoos in Japan are still so controversial that in 2012, the then-mayor of Osaka, Toru Hashimoto, launched a campaign to get companies to get rid of their employees who had visible tattoos that was very well-received, with many companies siding with him.

Many swimming pools and onsen still ban tattooed people for all of this. During the 2019 rugby championship in Japan, the government effectively begged the foreign players and supporters to please cover up in public because people will react badly, and with the 2020 Olympics in Japan, apparently the government has tried to launch an awareness campaign amongst the public that tattoos on foreigners aren’t considered a sign of criminal conduct in their home countries, because the press backlash would be a nightmare.

[squided]

Athletes: *arrive with tattoo sleeves and openly brandishing it*

The Japanese: “oh my god they just sent us all their murderers”

[4threset]

[meltmyhotchoco]

“You saw my number  And my number wasn’t good enough” A dtiys by @digi_doodles on IG!!!

[suppermariobroth]

Unused animations for Mario punching, found in the data of Super Mario Galaxy. In the finished game, Mario attacks by performing a Spin Attack rather than punching. Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source

[rosygloomart]

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

this will be the best anime of this season I can feel it.

[rahafwabas]

you cant run from them anymore steveeen

[rahafwabas]

L E A V E  M E  A L O N E

[pupppylover-deactivated20181221]

Director Brad Bird talks about how they came up with the name for “Ratatouille” 

[kronosa113]

He’s so great

[oodblood]

why does this sound like a mcelroy bit

[connanro]

it’s

FRENCH

it’s

FOOD

and it has

RAT

in it

[infamouslydorky]

Imagine: Spy vs Mirror. He takes longer than necessary to realize he's holding his own reflection at gunpoint and can only stare at himself as his spirit leaves his body once he does figure it out.

did he draw up a contract with the fae or did he go the Mulan route and his reflection finally showed who he was inside?

[kaispeakshermind]

This is all I can think of man

https://youtu.be/JNwBi1Vdf_A

[infamouslydorky]

Spy’s reflection at himself:

[eggsaladstain]

a good take

[houndswillneverlie]

My therapist has said this many times, it’s good advice

[tvshou]

[tvshou]

[capshino]

oh yeah first draw of the year it’s kitty