inkpots and lyres

peach :] Hyacinth || they/them you are loved by something more than human and that’s forever

[lazer-exe]

I'm gonna say it, I do think that even the laziest person imaginable should have a roof over their head, food in their stomach, and access to healthcare

[shop5]

let’s be real the pressure to use AI as an adult is exactly what they said the pressure the do drugs as a teenager would be like but the people that told us that caved immediately for the AI and definitely did not just say no

[inkpot-sympathies]

Hello! I finally joined Art Fight! For whoever comes across this, here is my card!

Please link your Art Fight usernames below so I can attack you!!

Art Fight

An art gifting game

[enigmaticpink]

I firmly believe what ever you’re obsessed with at 11/12 years old becomes a core part of who you are, regardless if you lose interest in it or not. Maybe some of you were lucky and were obsessed with warrior cats or smth, and if you’re real unlucky it was probably twilight.

[inkpot-sympathies]

..Hetalia

[reistkult]

A life sketch with Dante

[super-jump]

Devil’s Kiss 💋✨

[hejee]

late night accidental meeting

[cannibalcaprine-deactivated2024]

masks and helmets that hides someone's face in such a way that they become the face themselves my beloved

these are all creatures to me

[ancient-debris]

Angel of War, angular and strange, gleaming silver and gold, Angel of Wonder, pure and one-eyed, looking to stars new and old, Angel of Harvest, simple and hidden, bring nature's sweetness to all, Angel of Health, mysterious and fine, beacon when life starts to fall, Angel of the Deep, crooked and cage-like, guide us across the sea, Angel of Solace, protect us from evil, lead us to where we are free.

[omnybus]

Was inspired by the previous post a while back, and had been working on this on and off for a long while.

You can see the full-resolution versions on My Patreon.

[captain-acab]

I love all of these. The angel of the the deep's wings are canvas, held up by an anchor. The angel of war's wings are blades, and its shield is a coffin. The angel of solace is a mutant, its arms deforming into wings. Geiger counter in hand, it guides us through the danger only it knows. Was this angel once a man? Corrupted now beyond hope, he can at least save others from the same fate.

[youve-got-a-roman]

this shit is so incredibly cool that i cannot and refuse to attempt to properly articulate it

[inkpot-sympathies]

dmc au where it’s hadestown. dmc au where Dante is Orpheus and Lady is Eurydice. dmc au where Hades and Persphone are Vergil and LIR. and Vergil is jealous of Dante (like always) and just…

the devil yet again tempts a lady…like…like with satan and eve and the apple…like…like when…when you….hough

[inkpot-sympathies]

this is so bad and so quickly made I swear I’ll draw it myself eventually

like come on…put an apple in his hand. or maybe a slice of pizza.

on second thought, maybe not the pizza.

[miss-este-eye]

me listening to the Hadestown soundtrack for the 600th time: maybe it will end different This Time

[inkpot-sympathies]

dmc au where it’s hadestown. dmc au where Dante is Orpheus and Lady is Eurydice. dmc au where Hades and Persphone are Vergil and LIR. and Vergil is jealous of Dante (like always) and just…

the devil yet again tempts a lady…like…like with satan and eve and the apple…like…like when…when you….hough

[pukicho]

heafache.

[inkpot-sympathies]

[i-am-a-fish]

I love my friends and I love my friends i love my friends and I love them: my friends

[fagrrot]

starting to think some of yall arent serious bout finding beauty in the grotesque

[tropicalscream]

they cant even find beauty in fat ppl

[sdqubeley]

[mimosa-sex-tea-people-contrsf]

I always forget there are maga people on tumblr, this doesn’t feel like a website you’d find them on, so to keep them away:

Reblog if your blog is a maga free zone because if it wasn’t clear enough fuck ice, fuck maga, fuck Trump, Fuck Rowling, and fuck all the other bigots I missed

[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

A frustrating part of the mainstream vegan “love all animals and protect the environment” mindset is the fact that things need to die in real-life ecology all the time but deer hunting season makes icky feelings and carp culls aren’t cottagecore

[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

The vegan “any animal death ever is morally wrong” mindset doesn’t hold up when:

We don’t have any of the large predators we used to (black bears, mountain lions, or gray wolves) but still retain large deer populations. If nothing is removing animals, they’ll quickly overload the carrying capacity of the environment and have massive losses to starvation and disease that can also pass on to livestock. Human hunters replace the large predators that our landscape can no longer support.

It’s kinder to euthanize an un-releasable hawk rather than try to find it a permanent home with humans. Wildlife rehabs have extremely limited space and resources and are usually run entirely on donated money and volunteer time. Only a few are large and stable enough to care for permanent residents long-term, and those spots are few and far between.

An invasive species poses a danger to threatened native wildlife. I will admit- Australian possums are adorable. But not in New Zealand, where they’re an invasive species that eats the eggs of ground-dwelling birds that previously had no such predators. The landowners I worked with replanting native bush, all native Maori, had no qualms about setting the dogs on them.

I don’t know how to end this except. Sometimes things just gotta die and acting otherwise just isn’t a realistic expectation.

[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

Highlights from the notes over the past 6 months include a lot of angry vegans saying “you’re blowing things out of proportion, no vegans actually think like this!” and a lot of people who work in conservation and education saying “Every day. I have to fight people who think like this.”

As a bonus this post was originally inspired by the vegan who called me racist for saying we should kill invasive species

[white-throated-packrat]

As for deer, in the USA you want there to be culls to prevent the spread of Cervine Wasting Disease – it’s a prion disease, it means that the dead deer is dangerous to eat for humans and wild animals, and culling as many afflicted deer as can be found would mean less suffering for deer as a whole.

[inkpot-sympathies]

CWD is the WORST and yes, it is absolutely necessary for hunting seasons to cull large populations of herbivores. There is a whole Game, Fish, and Parks service dedicated to keeping everything in check. Yes, things slip through the cracks. Yes, I’ve known other families that will go out and shoot a deer whenever they feel like it instead of following with the hunting season. It sucks. And we all hate it and look down on them.

The biggest threat to native and diverse populations is the expansion of interstates and highways, and clearing out ditches and cities and removing native plants that local animals rely on. Why don’t we have as many butterflies? Well, that’s because the milkweed is almost GONE. The main food support for many butterflies (mostly monarchs) is disappearing because of growing cityscapes and “only grass is good, everything else is bad” mentalities. Plant wildflowers! Everywhere! Bring back the food sources! And we won’t have major issues like this!

But people want easy things to blame. They want to be able to say “the guys with guns going out and shooting animals whenever they want are the problem” when…that’s not close to the truth (besides those 1% of assholes who do that), and instead the issue being that monopolization is ruining our biodiversity. Read a study. Open a book. Observe your surroundings.

And for the love of god support local agriculture. You want ethical industries? It starts with local agriculture. Not huge corporations that buy up farmland and treat animals like dog shit.

I mean the farmers that raise crops, and the ranchers that make sure to breed healthy stock, and do everything they can to keep everything healthy.

Support your local ecosystem. Support local businesses. And ranches. And farms. And stop blaming what seems easy and ignoring the larger problems. That’s how they get us. Don’t let them get you.

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#my car