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When youre a kid youre like wtf adults are making themselves sick with poisons and when youre an adult youre like i need more poisons ASAP

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Of all the tags on this post this is the one that worries me most

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Hey guys.

Contact your reps and senators at full volume right fucking now about KOSA. This

Senate Unanimously Advances KOSA With Duty of Care; SCREEN Act Collapses on Quorum

Kids Online Safety Act passed the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously on August 5 with its platform duty-of-care provision intact, setting

I am not joking. Pick up the phone after dark and talk to the voicemail if you have to, but MAKE SOME DAMN NOISE.

Oppose KOSA (UPDATED 8/5) ⭑ 5 Calls

Updates August 5, 2026: The Senate’s version of KOSA, S. 1748, cleared the Senate Commerce Committee with unanimous support, and will now a

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Texas forces Discord to implement UK-style age verification and safety rules

Texas and Discord have agreed to a temporary injunction requiring the platform to roll out its UK-standard age verification and teen safety

Eyyy, America's joining the age verification turbo Panopticon hellscape, starting right in the Texan groin

To those who think this shit is going to stay down south, please don't kid yourself

Make Noise Now

Oppose Age Verification Mandates for Internet Access ⭑ 5 Calls

Various federal and state bills have been introduced to require age verification for internet platforms. While the purported purpose of thes

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Panel 2 Ligeia: The Nautilus…That ship?

Panel 3 Ligeia: Did it recover the book?

Panel 4 Ligeia: Or did they overlook it? And leave it below the waves,

Panel 5 Ligeia: Down, down, down, to the ocean floor?

Panel 6 Ligeia: …Regardless if they have it or not, they could find it, if sufficiently motivated. Its captain does not venture on land. However…his professor does.

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Panel 1 Lord Henry: In that case, I will take my leave and leave you to your masterpieces.

Panel 2 Basil: If you’re sure. You did take the time to come over here, and I’d hate to— Lord Henry: Don’t think so much, Basil; it’ll give you lines around your eyes, and they have yet maintained their beauty in spite of your intellectualizing.

Panel 3 Basil: *Sigh* In that case, I could certainly use more time with my brushes. Lord Henry: There you are! Although do make sure you are not holed up alone all day.

Panel 4 Basil: What of you? I assume you have plans? Lord Henry (voiceover): Oh, dear Basil, don’t you worry.

Panel 5 Lord Henry (voiceover): I will simply be as I blissfully always am…utterly irreverent.

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Panel 1 Basil Hallward: —And they seemed just as alive as you or I! Lord Henry Wotton: It is rather a shame that the gossip-mill ignores my habit of phasing through walls, or how I’m as see-through as glass—

Panel 2 Lord Henry: —But I suppose these are common traits among living people. Basil: Harry, you are being deliberately obtuse. Lord Henry: Why, thank you.

Panel 3 Basil: They sprang back to life through their paintings, the last visual remnant left of them. Basil (voiceover): What each painter saw in them, the soul of the work, made manifest. And I…

Panel 4 Basil: …And I am now one of those painters.

Panel 5 Lord Henry: In that case, perhaps you should paint me a portrait for you to hang on your wall.

Panel 6 Lord Henry: After all, Heaven wouldn’t take my soul, Hell does not suit me, and I think haunting you would be far more interesting than lying in the dirt. Basil: Please, take this seriously for once. Lord Henry: …

Panel 7 Basil: I would love to capture what it was like—the spirits all together, the past coming to life again in art. It may be a departure from my usual work, but— Lord Henry: —when you see a glimmer of inspiration, you must take it.

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Panel 1 Basil Hallward: —And they seemed just as alive as you or I! Lord Henry Wotton: It is rather a shame that the gossip-mill ignores my habit of phasing through walls, or how I’m as see-through as glass—

Panel 2 Lord Henry: —But I suppose these are common traits among living people. Basil: Harry, you are being deliberately obtuse. Lord Henry: Why, thank you.

Panel 3 Basil: They sprang back to life through their paintings, the last visual remnant left of them. Basil (voiceover): What each painter saw in them, the soul of the work, made manifest. And I…

Panel 4 Basil: …And I am now one of those painters.

Panel 5 Lord Henry: In that case, perhaps you should paint me a portrait for you to hang on your wall.

Panel 6 Lord Henry: After all, Heaven wouldn’t take my soul, Hell does not suit me, and I think haunting you would be far more interesting than lying in the dirt. Basil: Please, take this seriously for once. Lord Henry: …

Panel 7 Basil: I would love to capture what it was like—the spirits all together, the past coming to life again in art. It may be a departure from my usual work, but— Lord Henry: —when you see a glimmer of inspiration, you must take it.

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Panel 1 Aronnax: <If I had only known why you pulled away, why you sent us off—>

Panel 2 Aronnax: <I…I do not know if it would have made the separation better, but I doubt it would have made it worse.>

Panel 3 Aronnax: <It was a harrowing ordeal we found ourselves in, and true, we were your prisoners during it. But my love…>

Panel 4 Aronnax (voiceover): <...I almost lost you as well. And afterward, you turned cold. You released us, with hardly a word or a glance spared.>

Panel 5 Nemo: <I did not realize…I…It is against my nature to be so open, but I hope to never keep such a secret from you again.>

Panel 6 Nemo: <I cannot, however, promise anything but to try, and I can only hope you will be patient with me.> Aronnax: <I have waited for you for years, my captain. I can exercise a little more patience.>

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Panel 1 Aronnax: <If I had only known why you pulled away, why you sent us off—>

Panel 2 Aronnax: <I…I do not know if it would have made the separation better, but I doubt it would have made it worse.>

Panel 3 Aronnax: <It was a harrowing ordeal we found ourselves in, and true, we were your prisoners during it. But my love…>

Panel 4 Aronnax (voiceover): <...I almost lost you as well. And afterward, you turned cold. You released us, with hardly a word or a glance spared.>

Panel 5 Nemo: <I did not realize…I…It is against my nature to be so open, but I hope to never keep such a secret from you again.>

Panel 6 Nemo: <I cannot, however, promise anything but to try, and I can only hope you will be patient with me.> Aronnax: <I have waited for you for years, my captain. I can exercise a little more patience.>

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“They sat down upon the grassy bank of a brown stream. The warm, soft air and the scent of roses calmed and soothed Mr Segundus. His eyes closed once. Opened. Closed again. Opened slowly and heavily… He began to dream almost immediately.”

I’ll call this part one, as it’s only really the first page.

Going back to reread the scene made me a little teary — okay maybe very BUT I was having very sudden memories of when I first read it. I would continue it now but I left my book at a friends house (the one I’m reading it to) and I cannot begin until I have it back!

But here, enjoy the beloved Mr Segundus once more <3

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the evil amulet is a classic but have we considered The Good Amulet . villain who switches sides because they put on The Amulet That Makes You Good and fell too deeply under its spell to ever take it back off and the heroes are trying to figure out how they feel about that ethics-wise

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Panel 1 Aronnax: <The glacier…when we were all trapped beneath it.> Nemo: <We were all suffocating, for days on end.>

Panel 2 Nemo (voiceover): <I watched you succumb bit by bit, hour by hour, and on that last day, when we were so close to escaping, I—>

Panel 3 Nemo (voiceover): <I spent it wondering if we would make it in time. I marked each hour with the growing dread that you were already dead.>

Panel 4 Nemo: <If my life has been a bitter brew, that was the moment I knew poison slipped in. Not only was I keeping you hostage, I knowingly put your life in danger while you had no say in the matter.>

Panel 5 Nemo (voiceover): <I could not bear it anymore after that. Even with the risk you might reveal me and the Nautilus, I could no longer hold you hostage.>

Panel 6 Nemo: <Not when you might die from it, not when I lo—>

Panel 7 Nemo: <...It would have made me more horrible a captor than I could stand becoming.>

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Panel 1 Nemo: <...I was wondering if you would bring that up.>

Panel 2 Aronnax: <When you set us free, I did not think I could ask…> Nemo: <Not without risking your freedom, you mean.>

Panel 3 Aronnax: <That’s not—> Aronnax: <...I wasn’t willing to risk their freedom.>

Panel 4 Nemo: <There is no need to explain yourself. Not with what I put you through.>

Panel 5 Aronnax: <With what you…?> Nemo: <It was because we almost died.>

Panel 6 Nemo: <Because you almost died.>

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Panel 1 Nemo: <One hardly sees these velella at the depths the Nautilus often takes, and the act of surfacing often disrupts them.>

Panel 2 Aronnax: <Ah, how I had missed discussing the wonders of the ocean with you.> Nemo: <Is there any other subject you would rather speak of?>

Panel 3 Aronnax: <Well, that is…there is something…> Nemo: <It would not be difficult to construct a small container for a few of them for study. Most of these are drying out and dying, but as they are not one organism, but a colony—> Aronnax: Mon amour—

Panel 4 Nemo: <—then many may be able to be revitalized if returned to water—> Aronnax: Dakkar.

Panel 5 Aronnax: <Why did you let me go?>

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Panel 1 Aronnax: <—And the creature’s head resembles that of a member of the testudines order more than most eels which—> Clock (offscreen): BONG BONG BONG

Panel 2 Aronnax: <Oh my! Is it already noon?> Irene: <Indeed. Would you like to join us for lunch, Professor?>

Panel 3 Aronnax: <I’m afraid I will have to decline. Captain Nemo and I were going to visit the tide pools.> Irene: <I see. Have you met again much since your reunion?>

Panel 4 Aronnax: <Oh, well, I have been fortunate to go on a few outings with him…>

Panel 5 Aronnax (voiceover): <Since we had last seen each other, it seems as if an entire lifetime had passed, and yet no time at all. We have both had time to evolve and flourish in different respects, to reflect on the past, and even still we can pick up old debates as if they occurred only yesterday.>

Panel 6 Aronnax: <It is as if we have known each other for far longer than we have. You and Mr. Norton may understand this feeling, although this may seem like nonsense to you, Doctor.> Jekyll: <That is…well, perhaps not quite.>

Panel 7 Aronnax: <Well, I must be off. I will try to visit more often! Perhaps I can convince mon Capitaine to join us, or invite you to the Nautilus.>

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Credits for Interlude 3:

Art by @mayhemchicken-artblog

Story by @kouvei

Edited by @dathen

Image descriptions (alt text) by @dathen

SCHEDULING NOTE: For Interlude 3, we're switching our update schedule from twice a week to once a week. Updates will be on Thursdays. The regular posting schedule will resume with Episode 4.

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Panel 1 Professor Aronnax: <I see you’ve had nearly as exciting a time as I.>

Panel 2 Irene: <Speaking of which, Dr. Jekyll, how has Mr. Utterson been? He strikes me as the type not to handle sudden revelations well. At least, not of the sort we’ve encountered.> Jekyll: <I wouldn’t underestimate Utterson. He may not seek out thrills or scandal, but he is steadfast. I have known Gabriel a long time, after all—>

Panel 3 Jekyll: <—And how has your voyage fared, Professor?>

Panel 4 Aronnax: <Oh, extraordinary! We found a new species of eel while crossing the Atlantic that stretched nearly half the size of the Nautilus—>

Panel 5 Aronnax: Ah! Je suis désolé! S’il vous plaît, permettez-moi— [Ah! I am sorry! Please, allow me—]

Panel 6 Irene: Oh, ne vous en gênez pas. [Oh, don't trouble yourself about it.] Rowena, could you handle this? Maid (Rowena): Of course, madam.

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