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My blog will never be more important than your health. I'll still be here when you get back.

I draw and I ramble. Surprsingly, that warrants organization.

Pretty much all I do is make fanart, scream into the void, and reblog posts from people who are much funnier than me.

My art can all be found under the tag #Giraffe's Scribblings, and my text posts are under #giraffe's ramblings! Additional tags and info below the cut!

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sweettoothedtrickster13

[Image ID: A post on I believe blue sky by Heather hogan at heather hogan. The post reads:

'Older lady peeped the rainbow flag on my bike, asked in a thick Russian accent "It's your Pride?" She told me her youngest grandchild is "not she berry or he berry but no berry." I said "Nonbinary?" She got so excited. Yes! Yes! And "Is a secret but they are my" *looks around, whispers* "favorite."

There's a reply by Lyric Rain at rain song dot cloud that reads "Not she berry or he berry but no berry".

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celestial-raposa

I don't think I ever posted this on Tumblr

Zine I made about some removed Minecraft features and stuff :^) U can get here

#barbequeue #god I'm old

srmssmrrchv

quick linguistic history lesson. the term “woke” originates from african american communities to describe being “awake and aware” of the current sociopolitical climate. this term has been used since at least the 1930s. it wasnt until 2014 during the ferguson protests that the term entered the wider vernacular. mainly as a result of black twitter. and as is common with many things coined by the black community. it was repeated and commercialized to death to the point where now most people only using it mockingly. including people on the left. the point is. “woke” is not a bad word. the alt right wants it to be one.

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Recently re-read the Lunar Chronicles and it's really funny how all of the boys immediately lose their damn mind when they're separated from their girlfriend and she's in danger.

Wolf is obviously the poster child for this, but he and Thorne actually lowkey switch attitudes when they get to Luna. Wolf is reunited with his mom and has had some time to mellow, while Thorne gets the Stressy Aggressy Depressy treatment because they lost Cress on the way in. Jacin is known for ALMOST always keeping a level head and a deadpan demeanor, but when he and Cinder are in the terrain cruiser to save Winter from letumosis, he drives that thing with no fear of death, gods, or pissed off cyborgs.

You'd think Kai would be better about it since Cinder can very much handle herself and he assumes she's a genuine criminal for about half the series, but NOPE! SIKE! Even when he's almost convinced himself she's a crazy fugitive who manipulated him the whole time, he still keeps her foot on his desk, thinks about her all the time even when Torin REALLY doesn't want him to, and can't bring himself to be upset that they haven't captured her (just that she can't explain herself to him). He even successfully guesses her plan---overthrow Levana and put Selene back on the throne---but it's only part deductive reasoning. The other part is that he is actually losing his marbles and that hope is his last tie to sanity.

I have to imagine they had a conversation about this at some point. Like

Wolf: No, Scarlet, really, ask everyone else, I sorta lost it when you got captured.

Thorne: He really did. He was moping around staring at canned tomatoes like they held the secrets of the universe

Iko: Awww, cut it out, he had a good reason to be so upset! We were all worried about Scarlet. Besides, I seem to recall you weren't exactly a ray of sunshine when you thought Cress got captured

Cinder: Seriously all of you. I mean I get it, but you should have seen Jacin when he found out Winter got poisoned. I thought I was gonna die just from being in the blast radius. I'm just glad Kai can keep a level head under pressure because I certainly can't.

Kai who deeply admires Cinder for her resilience, resourcefulness, and determination, watched her survive like 10 highly personal murder attempts and lead a whole-ass revolution while keeping herself and the crew together, and who was actively having a mental breakdown for all of Cress and most of Winter: . . .

Kai: Right. I am the pinnacle of emotional stability. I am sure Torin would love to tell you all about how emotionally stable I am.

#oh yeah found this in the drafts #since I went ahead and posted my tlc doodles ya'll can have this too #giraffe's ramblings #the lunar chronicles #marissa meyer #lihn cinder #carswell thorne #ze'ev kesley #prince kai #jacin clay #iko tlc #kaider #I don't actually know that the others have ship tags #plot twist torin thinks Kai is EXTREMELY emotionally stable considering The Circumstances

Things that happen on my canvas when my brother decides to watch over my shoulder cuz he KNOWS it makes me uncomfortable

#tw: eye trauma #giraffe's ramblings #babbles with brothers #If you can’t tell what it is #first off that’s a you problem because he knew EXACTLY what it was and grinned like the shithead he is #secondly it is a dismembered eyball with optic nerve still attached spurting blood and getting stabbed by a knife with the caption #‘keep staring yard boy’#which I called him once as a joke about his job at a tree and landscaping service #and it was overheard by one of the counselors at church who took great offense on his behalf #despite the fact that J-Dog took no offense because he calls me a whiner and crybaby and a loser and a freak like 5 times a day #and in exchange I call him a loser and a nerd and dork and a dingbat and sometimes yeah ‘yard-boy’#because we are siblings and legally obligated to insult each other before expressing any form of appreciation or affection #so anyway now I use yard boy with some more regular frequency because it makes us think of our one church counselor who doesn’t understand #how siblings work and it makes us both laugh #generally we try to come up with creative insults and epithets but most of them don’t stick compared to the generic ones

redundantz

Original meme

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aw-dag

You know every show that the premise is like “people find out ghosts/monsters/demons are real and are charged with stopping them” appeal to me way more now as a post-graduate not because I believe in ghosts more or whatever but because can you IMAGINE just being handed a job that you don’t even need to apply for? Like just being told “basically there’s this bad thing and all you do is make sure it doesn’t do what it wants” that’s just customer service baby and I worked that for 6 goddamn years! Just TRY getting past “I have a job to offer you” before I can jump down your throat agreeing.

aw-dag

some idiot with a dumb ghost-hunting name who joined the Cause because they love the paranormal: oh fuck oh shit this is really scary guys I’m having second thoughts

me, who knows that if we run away I have to apply to like, a real actual Jobbe again: wakey wakey demons it’s this or retail so guess who’s got nothing to lose

meret118

#barbequeue #sigh #yeah #I really like my job now but back when I worked customer service or when I was job hunting I woulda def preferred #The Great Burden of The Cursed Blade or whatever shit #I already have a shoulder devil telling me everyone hates me and I'm worthless and evil and need more power #and that if I embrace the dark side then everything will suddenly start coming up wither roses for me #and I have yet to turn totally evil so I don't think another one would be that bad actually #wonder if it would get too tired to hate me if I fed it lexapro. . .

mushroomminded

#peachy being adorable with Realistic Knife is always gonna be fabulous #barbequeue

slightly-gay-pogohammer

pokèmonize yourself!!!!

spin this wheel to see your pokemon type

spin this one to see how you'll look like

how did it go!!!

literally dream scenario

it's good!

i can live with that

could be better

hate. let me tell you how much i've come to hate this since i began to live.

Voting ended onFeb 18, 2025

slightly-gay-pogohammer

welp this is getting notes again so yknow what that means

POLL AGAIN how did it go

dream scenario

good :)

okay i guess

eh

nightmare scenario :(

i'm literally a [ insert pokemon in the tag ]

Voting ended onJun 30

#ghost electric “something fucked like idk a coral or a sponge”#yeah this is cool #although on the first poll I voted that I hated my rolls more than life itself #so I'll have to go back and see if I reblogged what I got lol #barbequeue

justtjuggie

Well, Now that you Mentioned it, Care to Draw up Rattleshake?

Rattle Shake is soooo goated i love him so much, especially when he has the black scales ❤️‍🩹

#MAH COWBOY #barbequeue

genderkoolaid

little discussed piece of transmasc history is that one of the previous oldest living pair of conjoined twins (who died in 2024) was a trans man! his name was George Schappell & he came out in 2007; unfortunately his family had him deadnamed and misgendered in their obituary, which is part of why he deserves to be talked about more.

he had a career as a country artist, traveled around the US performing, and won an award! his sister considered herself a big fan of his and enjoyed his concerts. he also had spina bifida & used a mobility aids pushed by his sister. PinkNews recently posted this short quoting George on his transition & shows a clip of them talking about respecting one another's autonomy and privacy.

here's some pics of him & his sister Lori:

they died at age 62, which is tragically young but far beyond the life expectancy they were given at birth of only one year. they shared 30% of their brains and were the first known example of a pair of conjoined twins with different genders.

femininomenon01

I love you disabled transmasc country singer, I love you

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pontipines

You are now the lead writer of the EAH books, what concepts would you be itching to execute on? - @a-big-bad-bitch

So, I have a clear idea of all the story arcs I'd like to give the characters if I were in charge of a remake of the series, which characters to cut, which subjects to renew.

If you want me to talk about that in detail, just ask (both you and the others)!!

However, you're talking about the classic framework of the EAH books, so let's work with that.

-> General rule: Each book has a dual Royal/Rebel POV.

Apple/Raven have a big space in books, but I would have liked a real "book three" where the two really confront their mothers, Grimm, and truly resolve the issue of Destiny. A sort of big block with Thronecoming/Spring Unsprout/Dragon Game. For me, it would be essential to have at least one section where the White Queen family story is addressed in an intellectually honest way, with Raven actually having the chance to speak to Snow White as her sister.

I'd also keep Cedar/Lizzie with the same POV, but FINALLY give them the resolution they deserve, with a proper "Book 2" for them too. Ideally, it would be a remake of Book 2, but on paper, where the girls harness the Jabberwocky's magic used in the previous book to heal Wonderland, which in my vision has been tainted in a much more horror-filled way. The plot would parallel that of Apple/Raven, with Cedar as the definitive human and Lizzie's coronation as queen.

Blondie/Cerise Oh, now let's get to the interesting stuff. It's my established headcanon that Cerise and Blondie were childhood friends, having grown up, along with Sparrow and Hunter, in the English countryside. Their friendship ended when Blondie abandoned them to become a royal. The book would certainly play on the most obvious gimmick, that is, Cerise hiding a secret and Blondie being nosy, but the parallels would be more subtle because both girls have a "mysterious father" for different reasons. The plot would therefore see Blondie as an investigator who reveals Cerise's secret, only to have a reversal and have to help her. The book would end with the media exposure of the girls as illegitimate by Badwolf/Charming and the bittersweet consequences that follow.

Maddie/Kitty, okay, I know, in theory the marketing positions them both as Rebels, BUT: I think Kitty and Maddie are two sides of the same trauma and bearers of the same theme: loyalty. Loyalty to one's friends, to one's home, to one's ideas. Kitty is someone who repeatedly chooses to be true to herself at the expense of her friends, while Maddie is faithful to her friends at the expense of her role. Their story therefore parallels that of Cedar/Lizzie (since they're on a mission) and will see Kitty learning loyalty to people and Maddie completely rejecting her role in Wonderland, for in the end her true home is with Raven.

Ashlynn/Hunter: Very basic, I know, but we'd finally have the resolution to their love story. Think of a THD, but much longer and more complex, where the social aspects of their relationship are analyzed; the particular social position in which BOTH of them find themselves; as well as an exploration of their family lives. With the confirmation of their wedding, the "classic" Cinderella fairy tale dies, and the Ellas can finally live peacefully.

Sparrow/Duchess I'll never stop saying it: Next Top Villain should have had Sparrow's point of view! Here too - so much social commentary on how similar people have grown up differently in their environment. Both are abandoned by their parents, but they become cynical in different ways. Duchess, who doesn't want to give up her status, doesn't rebel and romanticizes her pain by hurting people, versus Sparrow, who knows true poverty, both his own and that of his people, and wants to redeem himself even at the cost of disregarding others. The plot picks up immediately after NTV with them teaming up, but of course there's Sparrow's POV as well as Duchess's, and essentially we see them form the code we know. In particular, Duchess learns black magic to break her curse, so she must ask Sparrow for help. I'm a romantic in that sense, so I like the idea of Sparrow finally doing his first good deed on screen here, and in the finale, Duchess is confirmed that there's "something deep" between them, and the subcontinent shifts between Daring and him in her heart.

Faybelle/Ginger: GingerBelle is Sparchess Yuri, and with the added complication of being childhood friends! They MUST have a book together. The plot is a 50/50 Kiss & Spell, but with the two essentially locked in a black magic contest. Ginger starts out as Faybelle's lackey but learns to detach herself, and Faybelle has to deal with the fact that the only person who truly loved her is abandoning her because he's tired of her. Candy and Dark Fairy are obviously here too, and in fact, there's a change of setting here because it all takes place in the witches' town.

Dexter/Darling is banal ASCKOL retelling, but from Dexter's point of view, as he reflects on the complicated relationship back home. Unlike Darling, he also manages to solve a mission, BUT thanks to his ingenuity.

Briar/Rosabella THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE EXPECTING! The Briar/Rosabella book would be It would be particularly long because it would deal with a lot of the historical family drama at EAH. The plot is pre-W2W, so Briar still has the book thing, but in this scenario, throwing the book away has led to magical constructions that the two cousins must uncover since ROSABELLA has been accused of the crime and must prove her innocence. So obviously Briar is conflicted about this. Also because Briar is still a nominal royal, but Rosabella is a rebel. The Beauty family's past would be addressed, with its problematic implications and, in reality, even their affiliation with the Dark Fairy to prevent Beauty from sleeping for a hundred years, but with major repercussions.

Daring/Hopper: We need an all-male book, because we need a perspective that's so "alienated" compared to the usual. Very simple plot - the boys are sent on a mission to fight a dragon, but along the way they end up on daring adventures. The idea is that both experience a sense of detachment: Hopper from Daring's masculinity, and Daring from the real world. If Hopper becomes more of a man during this adventure, Daring must become more humble.

Holly/Poppy: A good remake of True or Hair, where Poppy is Mother Gothel and causes trouble at school.

Alistair/Courtly: I talked about it here!

#this one goes in the queue too because genuinely if we could've gotten shannon hale style split royal-rebel POV book #with a specific bonding mission for each pair to accomplish #for all of the main characters #then I would never complain about this series ever again #the fandom plenty cuz goodness knows nobody would read the books when the cartoon is there #but not the content no sir #barbequeue

specialagentartemis

my petty gripe about anachronism in historical/fantasy/spec-fic worlds is attraction language.

We’ve all heard the “should you use modern queer labels or not” argument but honestly even when people go “true, they wouldn’t use the labels ‘aromantic’ or ‘asexual,’” so often the characters describe their experiences as “I never felt romantic attraction” or “I don’t feel attracted to anyone” in ways that makes me go. You are stilllllll thinking about this in an extraordinarily modern online way. That 19th century steampunk detective man will NOT be angsting about having never felt romantic attraction, he would be angsting about being unable to feel moved by the beauty or charm of a woman, or something. And I do think that “attractiveness” language is different from the identity-level idea of experiencing attraction—Sherlock Holmes does not talk about not experiencing attraction, but when Watson says “What a very attractive woman!” Holmes responds “Is she? I did not observe.” (And then Watson calls him an inhuman automaton and calculating-machine and Holmes calls Watson’s judgement biased). Never swayed by the attractiveness of a man or woman, never desirous of marriage, never charmed by the delights of love, all of these feel like some of the variety of ways that someone in this milieu might describe an ace- or aro-spectrum identity more than “never felt attraction” does. Mostly because, like the terms for aromantic and asexual themselves, nailing down an exclusively attraction-based definition of a-spec identities is a relatively new and extremely post-AVEN thing. And yet in fiction everybody knows to articulate their experience as feeling sexual/romantic attraction. And I always want to go nooo how would THIS character think about it?? Not how you think this character SHOULD think about it, how would THIS person in THIS context articulate their feelings?

#babes it's so modern that I don't even use it to describe myself when talking to people unfamiliar with the concept #I start with “I don't fall in love” and if they're pushy enough about the “but you will someday” for me to explain to them #that I REALLY most likely won't #and that spirals into explaining that it's a queer identity #then I might start busting out the attraction words MAYBE #but since the vast majority of people I have to explain this too are barely familiar with the concepts of gay and bisexual and trans #usually I get to use more vague terms like “the concept of sex disgusts me” or #“I'm happy YOU'VE found romance. I don't want it though”#and before I was aware that my identity was a shared experience of many people and not just me being a freak #I was more likely to describe it as simply “I hate love”#which I think led some less interested bystanders to assume I was a jilted ex rather than a non-participant #barbequeue

internetgiraffekid1673

Everyone: "Oh chihuahuas are so hyper and aggressive they're so mean and yappy and loud for such tiny bodies"

Meanwhile the chihuahua

ace-of-hats

This really spoke to me…he’s so polite…

internetgiraffekid1673

OH MY GOSH IT'S HIM IT'S THE POLITEST CHIHUAHUA!!!

twofingerswhiskey

"oh food now has so much added to it, past food was so pure and untainted" victorians used to cut bread with chalk and aluminum powder. romans put lead in the wine, which was made from dirty feet mushing unwashed grapes covered in horse shit and road dust. i think our species will survive a few additives in food. our food systems have never been cleaner and safer. it has room for improvement, but we're not putting fucking plaster of paris in the milk

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rockybloo

The Beloveds now new and improved!

I love when magical teams have unity to their outfits but still manage to have some unique touches that let each team member's personalities shine through so I'm happy to finally update the team's outfits to better reflect everyone.

For the curious about their specific loves and weapons:

🩷Sweetheart's love is Eros, Passionate Love. She wields the Pitter-Patter Pistol.

💛Honey's love is Storge, Familial Love. She wields the Heartbeat Hammer.

💚Dear's love is Philia, Friendly Love. He wields the Doki Doki Dukes.

💙Baby's love is Philautia, Self Love. She wields the Ba-Dump Blades.

#barbequeue #oh my god their weapon names are hysterical I love them so much

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