Jade Pincer Crew

Kolleh is a professional cute alien enthusiast. Currently reading: The Witch Roads.

[mikeyfuckinway]

"cozy bookstore" "cozy cafe with a bookshelf" "omg imagine if there was a place you could just sit and read at" we have this its called the library. you guys want to go to the library. the two college libraries near me have cafes inside and they are open to the public. people need to go to the library

[slowlikehoney1996]

If your lover lives in Hong Kong and cannot get to Chicago, it will be necessary for you to go to Hong Kong. Perhaps you will spend your life there, and never see Chicago again. And you will, I assure you, as long as space and time divide you from anyone you love, discover a great deal about shipping routes, airlines, earthquake, famine, disease, and war. And you will always know what time it is in Hong Kong, for you love someone who lives there. And love will simply have no choice but to go into battle with space and time and, furthermore, to win.

James Baldwin, Nothing Personal

[torchickentacos]

one of the best pieces of advice I've ever heard (for myself, at least) is that if you're in a terrible mood and NOTHING is helping, then start doing the chores/responsibilities/job stuff/etc that you've been putting off. Will it put you in an even worse mood temporarily? Probably, but you're already pissed off, so you might as well double up on it at that point 😭 there's no loss. It's not like finally getting around to cleaning the house and scheduling appointments is going to ruin the good day that you aren't currently having to begin with 💀 And then, when the bad mood passes, you'll have gotten shit done and you'll feel a lot better later, even if in the moment you're having The Worst Time Ever about it.

[jeffgoldblumsmulletinthe90s]

I bought "Network Effect" in Japanese because of who I am as a person.

Anyway, I will be sharing things, but the first thing is that upon meeting Three,

Ratthi calls Three kimi きみ

（バリッシューエストランザ社には、きみは死んだと伝いる）

Amena calls Three anata あなた

（あなた、名前はあるの？）

And ART calls Three omae おまえ

（この人間たちに害意を待っているなら、おまえを分解して）＊

That's like...

You (friendly!)

You (textbook)

(FUCK) You

*Also that threat is SO MUCH MORE SICK (to me) IN JAPANESE. Also just... so rude. I love that Japanese has so many levels of politeness so ART can use none of them.

[mayasaura]

Needed OP's tags bc that is exactly ART no wonder this translation won awards

[mdzs-owns-my-ass-i-guess]

MXTX characters & ships as things on my beach vacation:

Shi Qingxuan: the sign at the beach bar that said: "A tan makes you look better naked. So does a cocktail. Your choice!"

He Xuan: a guy floating on a large flamingo shaped inflatable with a bag of chips in one hand

Feng Xin and Mu Qing: two guys came to the beach and immediately and efficiently dug a deep hole in the sand, jumped in and began to argue whilst drinking beer.

Hua Cheng and Xie Lian: a woman was complaining to her partner that she was hungry and he went to the beach bar and got every single snack they had for sale, plus two fancy looking cocktails and a seashell necklace.

Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe: a guy caught a bunch of still living snails in their shells and offered to pluck them out so his partner could collect the shells and make herself bracelets - much to the woman's horror, who insisted he put them back.

Liu Qingge and Shen Qingqiu: a guy collecting seagull feathers for his partner who got so annoyed doing it that he yelled to his partner that he might as well hunt a whole seagull

Lan Xichen: very sunburnt lady who, upon being applied sunscreen to help, said that "the sunburn is the least of my suffering right now".

Lan Wangji and Lan Sizhui: father showing his son different species of seashells on the shore and having to comfort his crying upon answering why the seashells had no living creature inside anymore

Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling: son was building a sandcastle and proudly asked his father to take a photo of it, to which father said "do you really want to remember this?"

Lan Qiren: man reading Sun Tzu while occasionally sipping from a flask, wearing a pair of flamingo patterned shorts

Jiang Cheng: man who saw a jellyfish in the water, picked it up barehanded and chucked it as far as he could in the sea

Lan Jingyi: kid who caught a fish and asked if he can gut it and eat it now because he hated the hotel breakfast

Shen Jiu and Liu Qingge: couple argued loudly on the beach at 7 am while applying sunscreen on one another very carefully and sharing a kiss before continuining to argue

Wen Ning: guy laid on the shore with hands on his chest like a dead person and his son put a bunch of seaweed on his chest

Shi Qingxuan: woman who wanted to tan topless and upon her friend telling her there are kids around, she said "good, it will remind them of their childhood".

Shi Wudu and Pei Ming: lady sipping champagne from a crystal glass next to man drinking beer from a huge plastic cup he rinsed with seawater

Liu Mingyan: lady watching Heated Rivalry on full volume right next to me

Shen Jiu: lady whose kids were being rowdy and noisy and she lowered her sunglasses a bit and they immediately shut up

Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian: man who kept carrying his partner bridal style in the water because the sand was too hot

[thememedaddy]

[the-final-sif]

So! This is a perfect case study in situations where you should be wary of misinformation.

Take a moment and ask yourself, a project like this requires a lot of time, money and dedication of resources, why would scientists dedicate that time to something that could just be done by a tree?

The answer is they wouldn't. So that means this claim requires further investigation!

This project is called LIQUID 3, and it's not meant for cities with wide open spaces, it's meant for cities like Belgrade in Serbia. These cities are densely populated and heavily polluted, to the point where pollution actually chokes out current trees and makes creating green spaces difficult.

Liquid 3 was a PhD scientists answer to these problems. The microalgae tank is intended for spaces where you either:

Don't have enough space to plant full trees, or

Don't have enough time to plant trees and wait for them to grow up.

The tank is extremely efficient when you consider the amount of space needed compared to the amount of CO2 turned into oxygen. The tank can operate throughout the winter. And most importantly, it can be quickly set up in areas that desperately need relief from air pollution NOW not in 10 years when trees are done growing. Children currently suffocating on polluted air can't wait for trees to grow, they need to be taken care of now, and Liquid 3 is one of the ways to take care of them. Depending on the species of microalgea used, a number have shown a pretty amazing capacity to pull heavy metals out of the air which is something trees can get choked up by.

The tanks aren't just tanks either! Liquid 3 have solar panels placed on top, they have lighting and mobile phone charging, and they work as public benches. The designers of it want to encourage green spaces where there's room, but where there isn't room or time, Liquid 3 can step in. Realistically, this isn't a replacement for trees. It's replacing boring metal city benches with new, cooler benches that also clean the air (and have at least some heating during the winter).

Not only that, but the microalgea that grows is native to Serbia and all that microalgea has a ton of great uses! It makes for great fertilizer, compost, wastewater treatment, cleaner biofuels and even for helping create new tanks for further air purification. They only require a quick algae divide once a month, and the produced algae can be carted off to where ever it's needed. This makes them effective solutions for areas that can't sustain complex installations.

So yeah, there's actually quite a lot of places that would like these. Lots of people currently breathing in terrible quality air would much rather have their boring city benches replaced with really fucking cool algae tanks that clean the air and can be used to help create + sustain future green spaces in cities. I dunno about you, but I'd take that over a dumb metal bench any day. Put these at every bus stop and I'd be delighted.

[straawberries]

can ppl pls reblog this version

[obsidian-flame]

Serbian here living in Belgrade! This is all true and I've actually seen some of these around the city a few times. They're amazing at what they do and really cool to watch up close because you can see pretty swirling inside them. It's not only functional but aesthetically pretty nice as well!

[beesandrikishis]

Tl;dr, the best time to set up an algae tank is now

[screenshotsofdespair]

(via tumblr[.]com/spin-the-wheel-polls/824225614978564096/you-wake-up-one-day-and-discover-youve-lost)

[kolleh]

An excellent curse to inflict on blorbos.

The original link provides even more curses to inflict on blorbos, for our collective enrichment.

[chimerafeathers]

pressure

redraw of one of the first pieces i posted for Ship in a Bottle now that i have some experience constructing more impactful compositions! and using brushes. and proportions. and drawing in general.

also closeup:

[loop-lover-central]

Bonnie who wakes up a 6am vs Siffrin who hasn't gone to bed yet at 6am

[heatherwitch]

Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” that was written in 1950 is set on the day of August 4th, 2026 (tomorrow)!! Now’s your chance to read it around the time it’s based in!

Audio: A recording of Leonard Nimoy reading it on Internet Archive.

Text: A PDF version.

Graphic Novel: On Internet Archive.

[gracekraft]

Have you been curious about this little game called In Stars and Time I keep drawing fanart of?

Well my friend Gabe and I made a zine to recommend In Stars and Time to people. I made the art and we collaborated on the writing! These are just our opinions as fans of the game. Similar to the Odile zine I made, I have put it up on my ko-fi if you would like to print and fold your own copy!

Also now is a great time to play because there's an In Stars and Time Book Club happening leading up to the game's 3rd anniversary in November!

[imjusthereformyfandoms07]

I can't play ISAT right now so I made these to cope

[chimaerakitten]

One thing that drives me nuts is when stories draw a sharp divide between “our naïve heroes who would never do a political scheme” and “consummate political schemers who are always antagonistic”

Especially when the logistics of the universe would indicate that the heroes should be smart and savvy enough to both play political games and recognize when they’re necessary.

Like actually. I don’t admire when a story seems to say “The only way to be good is to be naïve, and only evil things that can be accomplished by smart subtle means.”

A single naïve hero is fun and interesting. A universe that says that’s the only way someone can be heroic is boring, flat, fundamentally broken, and dismissive of the real work that goes into incremental good.

[oatmealaddiction]

So I've seen the post going around that's kind of like "kids should be able to read whatever they want and not have their choices censored by adults" and I largely agree with one caveat which is that children need to be able to opt in. I remember being 12 and sneaking some dirty books, and being interested and excited to read a book with something more sexy in it, and no one died, and everything was fine, and I was not forever scarred. However I do remember being shown a a horror film at seven by a babysitter and not being able to sleep for three weeks, and if I'd known how scary the movie was I wouldn't have wanted to watch it.

Kids can usually know what they can handle. Kids cover their eyes at scary points in films, kids read past stuff they aren't ready for. But it is good to be clear like "Oh that book might have some scary parts you might not like, are you sure you want to get that one?" Or "Oh this book has some grown up things in them that you might have a hard time understanding, I want to check that your okay with that." Like give kids the warnings and options and they will probably make a safe and informed decision. It doesn't have to be either or.

[helloiamacashier]

I also think kids should be allowed to be wrong about what they can handle without getting in trouble for it. They should be able to go to the adults in their life and ask for help processing what they saw or read without fear of judgement or punishment.

[liveandletrain]

And kids (and anyone) should be allowed to change their minds at any point.

[kolleh]

It's also worth mentioning that a book is quite different as a medium from a movie or a television show, especially one that you're watching with another person (which might be harder to pause or make you feel like you're not "allowed" to call for a break).

Yes, you can cover your eyes for a movie, but books require more active participation from you, and it's much easier to stop and reassess whether you want to keep going, or choose to skim an upsetting scene (which I do frequently even now).

That isn't to say that books can't be traumatizing, or that kids can't handle films/shows outside their age bracket, but I'd say it's much more important to be cautious going into a shared watching experience with a kid than to monitor what they're picking up for their bookshelf.

[ailesswhumptober]

Prompts for AI-less Whumptober 2026

As always, picking what prompts to include was really hard thanks to you guys' wonderful brains, but we hope this list will excite many of you! Additional info + plain text versions of the prompts can be found under the cut. Please check the FAQ below before sending asks.

FAQ and Rules

What sort of content can I create for this event?

You can create whatever you want (fic, art, edits, etc). Any fandom is allowed, as well as OC stuff. NSFW is allowed, but please tag your content accordingly! The only thing not allowed is AI-generated content. You're also free to combine these prompts with the prompts of any other event.

Do I need to make 31 things to participate?

Oh heavens no! You can make as much or as little content as you like, skip days when desired, or combine prompts (so for example, write something that covers a prompt from day 1, 2, AND 3). You don't have to do the days in order either, go wild! To be considered a 'completionist', you only have to make sure that at the end of the month, you've covered 31 prompts from 31 different days, but whether you do that in 31 works or just 1 is up to you. Your works can be separate oneshots or one continuous fic, or something in-between.

How do I interpret these prompts?

Creativity is the name of the game here! If you don't understand a prompt, feel free to send us an ask about it. However, the important thing is you can interpret the prompts however you want. For example, 'heat' could be literal (fever, heatstroke, burn wounds) or figurative (somebody getting heat for something). The dialogue prompts are allowed to be slightly rewritten to fit better for the character whose mouth it's coming out of, be that the whumpee, whumpter, or caretaker. As long as you're having fun!

What are these alts about?

If none of the three prompts of a particular day are your cup of tea, you can swap them out for an alt prompt of your choice. This will count as having covered that day for completionists.

How do I tag my works and is there an AO3 collection?

It suffices to tag your work with #ailesswhumptober for us to see and reblog it! Please also tag nsfw content, since we'll be using that tag on this blog too. Tagging the day is optional but does help the mods along.

There will be an AO3 collection like every year. It will be linked here once created (closer to October).

What's this I hear about badges/achievements?

For those who want an extra challenge, we come up with a set of achievements each year in addition to the 'completionist' one for you to strive for. Each achievement you complete comes with a cool little badge, hand drawn by our very own Mod Radio, which you can claim at the end of the event. A full list of the achievements will be linked here once created (closer to October).

That should be all. If you have any additional questions, check our pinned or hit us up in the ask box. Or join our discord maybe, whumping can be a great group activity!

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Plain text versions of the prompts:

October 1: Used like an object - Sacrificial lamb - "Can't you see you're hurting them?!" October 2: Pulled underwater - Electrical burns - "I never expected this from you."

October 3: Magical affliction - Struggling to breathe - "Pain makes you taste sweeter."

October 4: Substance withdrawal - Moments too late - "Shhh, shhh, you're okay."

October 5: Life altering injury - Pushed to the limit - "Go to hell!"

October 6: Arranged Marriage - Misunderstanding leads to whump - "I deserve this."

October 7: Trapped in a small space - Dehydration - "How many fingers am I holding up?"

October 8: Sibling caretaker - Whumpee trivializing their own trauma - "Me?! What about you?!"

October 9: Forced to fight - In the nick of time - "What happened? You look half dead."

October 10: No sedation - Flinching - "Just hold on a little longer."

October 11: War prize - Gilded cage - "You'll live to regret that, I'll make sure of it."

October 12: Psychological torture - Hallucinations - "This is where you belong."

October 13: Human shield - Surprised at being offered aid - "You're hurt because of me."

October 14: Thrown into a wall - Blood draining - "Look at you. Pathetic."

October 15: Last one left of a species - Raised in a laboratory - "Whatever happens, just remember that I love you."

October 16: Moment of softness - Losing a comfort item - “I hate you"..."I love you too.”

October 17: Apotheosis/Deification - Resurrection - "I'm saving you from yourself."

October 18: Collapsing from exhaustion - Hunted like an animal - "This is how you repay me?"

October 19: Nonconsensual body modifications - Unconventional limb removal - "Be good."

October 20: Bridal carry - Weakness - "Sweet dreams, whumpee."

October 21: Refeeding syndrome - Allergic reaction - "Don't move. Please, don't move."

October 22: Unconscious for days/weeks - Classic sickfic - "Hey, open your eyes. Stay awake for me."

October 23: Unwilling witness - Blindfolded - "I miss it more than I can ever explain."

October 24: Everybody you once loved is dead - Scar torn open - "Please don't lie to me."

October 25: Living weapon - Forced to hurt somebody - "If you love me, you'll do it." October 26: Fever causes a seizure - Can't see straight - "I thought it was just a cold."

October 27: Infection spread through bite - Rash - "Don't touch it, you'll make it worse." October 28: Flogging/Whipping - Hanging - "I just want it to stop." October 29: Stabbed in the back - Untrustworthy - "At least I never pretended to be anything I'm not." October 30: Public humiliation - Involuntary tremors - “Takes one to know one, hm?” 

October 31: (Found) family but they suck - Reading the will - "You actually thought I cared? That's hilarious." ALTS: 1. Haywire instincts

2. Shaving

3. Forced bitching

4. Time loop

5. Döppleganger/Changeling

6. Tampering with food or drink 7. Eldritch horror

8. Fight/Flight/Freeze/Fawn

9. "Let me protect you for once!"

10. "You don't have a home left to go back to."

[luckydicekirby]

sometimes a fic can just be about the age old question 'how emotionally bad for everyone involved can a threesome be when they all did in fact agree to be there'

[qwinkle]

he spotted a pun opportunity

i made this comic intending to tell one (1) joke but ended up with at least six puns. i've shared bits of it before, but it's all together below!