Becoming the Storm

Great Lakes DNI >:(

[enlitment]

spill for me, Muse, the wine-dark tea on a problematic man

[tenoart]

If ur in the epic discord you've seen this dumb thing already but here it is again

[teaboot]

In a fascinating turn of events, my Most Pragmatic Sibling, reader of exclusively nonfiction, interested only in historical northeastern politics, fish recipes, and his dog, who in his bid to "opt out of frivolous nonsense" has worn only the same 3 pairs of identical cargo shorts and 5 free promotional tee-shirts for the last nine years, has recently come to understand that fashion, trends, and fads, are- as difficult as it is to grasp- direct expressions of a given population's political and socioeconomic environment

I, local family's resident literature fine arts and weird dead animals dork, have been having ENDLESS fun at his expense on this

(We both enjoy writing)

[teaboot]

We have, since this monumental epiphany, essentially had the same conversation nine times in a row now, and I am genuinely never going to get sick of it. I hope he keeps texting me questions forever

[teaboot]

Him: Wait but THIS stupid ugly thing was super impractical, so how come everybody wanted to wear it all of a sudden

Me: Well I'd have to do some research to be sure but if it didn't have a practical purpose and it wasn't a spiritual thing then my best guess is that it was either a novelty that had suddenly been introduced and found appealing, or it came to represent an important facet of the culture that suddenly gained relevance

Him: So why did it stop

Me: Fashions swing from one extreme to the other. People seek out what is desirable and unique, which is almost always unique because it's not produced or available very much. If enough people jump onto that bandwagon, demand goes up, so whoever can invent a way to get more or make more will make a killing. Once this innovation meets demand, the rhing will become commonplace, and no longer new or exciting. If it happens to be perfectly suited to a particular niche or image then it will become timeless as long as that niche or image is relevant, but the majority will move in the opposite direction once they hit the greatest possible extreme.

Him: That's stupid

Me: War is stupid. Ask grandma why she doesn't throw out old nylons and keeps turning old rags into bath mats

Him: (nodding sagely)

[the-almost-fashion-historian]

Evening dress, 1855-60 by unknown designer

This dress is made of silk. I would say it's arsenic green, but the webpage does not say if it is.

This dress can be found in: FIDM Museum

[kaijuerotica]

i hate that diet culture means all the tasty drinks everywhere are loaded with stevia now. this isn't even a stance about health, I just think it tastes so fucking bad

[kuttithevangu]

The postal worker who delivers to our building held the door for me and anzu and said “that’s one of those dogs that has a really loud bark isn’t it” and I was like yeah and he’s like “I used to deliver to a jewelry store that had one of those, same size just the hair was longer” and I’m losing it imagining a jewelry store that uses a dachshund as an alarm system

[dogpuppy]

[kuttithevangu]

I’m SO EXCITED to reveal the cover for my next book, this amazing art by Rich Deas! 🤩

TRAITOR’S ALCHEMY is now available for preorder, releasing 4/13/27!

Game of Thrones meets Shadow and Bone in this thrilling medieval mystery from master storyteller Sacha Lamb, about a girl determined to beco

[princefuckyouknickers]

[awritersbro]

if you see a Jabberwocky in an American National Park i cannot stress this enough you HAVE to report them to the nearest Park ranger. I know, I know, they fill human hearts with terror and whimsy in equal measure, but they are an aggressively invasive species in the Americas. Jackalopes are at risk of becoming extinct because during shedding season they have no natural defences against jaws that bite and claws that catch.

You don't have to worry about them killing it, they're actually endangered in England due to Victorian Era overhunting, so the British government's provided the National Park service with Vorpal Tranquilizer Darts so they can safely transport them to their native British Countryside where they can feast on borogroves and jubjub birds to their hearts' content.

[edgar-allan-possum]

Jabberwocks are starting to really intrude on the territory of the Snallygaster and crowd them out. Please report when you see them and help preserve our American monsters!

[tlaquetzqui]

Biologists prefer the term “fearsome critters”, just FYI. They resemble monsters but only due to convergent evolution.

[madebykyra]

Gold time :)

[madebykyra]

My supervisor back at it again :)

[jabberwockypie]

The neurologist the other day explained something to me that I found genuinely shocking.

My mom, who'd had near-constant migraines since she was 16, tried Imitrex when it first came out in the early 90s and thought it was the best thing since sliced bread, it stopped her migraines, it was great . . . and then the third time she took it she had an anaphylactic reaction where she felt her throat closing up.

And she tried a different variant a bit later an had an anaphylactic reaction.

This is what I had always been told, and I went with my mom to a lot of doctor's appointments and nobody had contradicted it.

EXCEPT.

Apparently it's NOT an actual allergy. A small but significant portion of people feel a lot of tightness in their throat and chest with triptan medications.

Apparently the first drugs in that class - like imitrex - are especially prone to that, but they have newer medications with a slower onset so that doesn't happen.

My mom could have had an abortive migraine medication that worked for her.

And either no doctor at any point knew this or no doctor at any point bothered to explain this - including neurologists who DEFINITELY should have known that.

So I just spent years watching my mom in constant pain and years taking her to urgent care or the emergency room because she had a migraine that wouldn't stop and needed to be able to go to work the next day and then getting yelled at for "drug seeking" for NO REASON.

My mom could have had pain relief.

[enki2]

[dragon-with-shitty-wifi]

A German friend of mine (usually a sub) was experimenting with domming me over text message while I was at a work sponsored lunch.

She asked me what I was eating and I told her "a hot dog with ketchup and Sauerkraut" and the idea of putting Sauerkraut on a hot dog so threw her for a loop that she completely dropped her persona

Apparently the German desire for control is no match for American food sacrilege

[sistertaxon]

ladies the dobbys grave thing is fake news that the beeb fell for 😭 its made up by a podcast guy.. rowling is evil and people gotta let those books go but don't get mad and psych yourself out over straight up nothing

[tiredadventurer]

[madebykyra]

My sister took more photos of my dress. I am very happy with how this turned out :)))))

Only one more weekend until the Renaissance Faire!!!!

[wanderingjunkdrawer]

Honey 🍻