lysanderlark

he / they. side blog for nerd stuff and bird stuff

[spinus-pinus]

Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna

3/10/2024 San Joaquin Marsh, Orange County, California

[asamis-jodhpurs]

Started showing my wife Orphan Black last night and god. Maybe it's because I watched in high school but I really did not appreciate enough the fact that Sarah Manning is a Protagonist Of All Time right out of the gate. Amoral ruthlessly resourceful grifter. Absent mom. Willing to chug soap and make herself throw up to maintain a con. Saw a woman identical to her jump in front of a train and leapt straight to identity theft and faking her own death with zero hesitation. Like yeah I'm probably a clone being hunted by a shadowy organization but I got a scam to run so I don't have time for that. Absolutely no notes complete banger of a character.

[castigatedcast]

soon I will be euthanized due to my various behavioral issues and also they just don’t like me

[depsidase]

[deadpowol]

[normal-with-adhd-is-a-joke]

Conservative beauty standards are back with a vengeance which means it's especially important to go out this summer with bellies out and bodies unshaved. Also be unapologetically disabled with mobility aids and wearable medical devices and stim toys and ear defenders and all that stuff. You need it. People need to see it. Everyone needs to be reminded that life is unquestioningly more enjoyable when you're not living inside an arbitrary set of rules created by people who are offended by all the wrong things.

[pansylair]

A great place to donate to First Nations groups impacted by the ongoing wildfires 👇

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[charl0ttan]

im reaching my fucking limmies bro. im almost at my limmies

[ramalamacreatures]

Handmade polymer clay Bird of Paradise Parotia sculpture painted with acrylics

[tanoraqui]

TRPG Liveplay is a Uniquely Engaging Storytelling Medium, Incident #256: Primus Tachonis killing Hannan the Druid is even more shocking & terrifying if you know D&D 5e spell & character mechanics. Minutes before, Laura and Brennan were describing fairies being able to cast Enlarge on themselves as “a myth.” The savvy know that’s a level 5 species ability—“a myth”! This world is overall low-power, and our heroes are already becoming legendary in it, at character level 5!

Then Primus Tachonis walks in and slams out instantly-recognizable 9th level spell Power Word Kill, which can only be cast by a character level 17 or higher.

Like, fuck.

[your-turn-to-role]

i mean hell even from the start this was a really cool part of the world, bc yeah, our level 3 pcs aren't (like most dnd parties) still finding their feet, they're mostly decorated war veterans and people who invented new magic and those who've spent their lives working to be as good as they are! and it's not for nothing, brennan straight up called out in ep 4 that their exceptionalism in that regard is why julien and vaelus and thaisha survived the circle of death (when all the attendants in the house aren't even level one, so died instantly) - level 3 is what you get to after 20+ years of fight training. after decades of spellcraft. level 3 is what you get from being an 800 year old paladin.

(hannan himself, also at least that old, an active druid this whole time, couldn't have been more than about level 12 or the PWK wouldn't have worked, and i'd guess that he was somewhere more in the level 5-7 range)

and then just in the overture we saw primus use two 7th level spells on the same day (upcast bestow curse on murray, plane shift to find occtis) and a level EIGHTEEN sorcerer ability (umbral form, to steal raimond davinos' skull)

(and while i agree with you wholeheartedly that nothing shows the level of power more than the casual use of power word kill, the 5th level telekinesis on your sister just to make a point is also nothing to sneeze at)

brennan was not at all kidding when he said trying to push amariya cormoray (who is not the head of her house and not yet on primus or yanessa or otto's level) down the stairs was like starting a fight with a dragon

sundered houses are on some next level shit

[lowpawly]

people foolishly dismiss desserts and treats as having no nutritional value when they actually are necessary for refilling your sanity stat. to prove my point please observe the emotional stability of the next person you meet who doesnt let themselves ever eat any form of dessert

[herpsandbirds]

The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Texas could lose 715 acres to SpaceX under a federal land exchange proposal.

Congress created this wildlife refuge in 1979 to protect its diverse wildlife, including rare species like ocelots, aplomado falcons, and migratory birds such as piping plovers, red knots, green jays and Altamira orioles. The refuge protects some of the best habitat in the United States for the endangered ocelot and is one of the last remaining expanses of public lands in south Texas. SpaceX’s rocket launch activities have already been impacting nearby habitat and destroying shorebird nests, and wildlife can’t afford this lopsided deal.

The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to stop this harmful land giveaway, and we need your support.

Give Now to Save the Wild

Join the fight to protect wildlife and wild places with a gift to the Center for Biological Diversity.

[fairyinthetrees]

going with the flow in a face down in a river kinda way

[elucubrare]

i wish my brain were not full of gludge. i would like to be using it & because of the gludge i cannot do that.

[screechfoxes]

CRITICAL ROLE 4.31 Trick of the Light

[sandersstudies]

Every time you go in a public place and something ISN’T disgusting it’s because somebody cleaned it. Every time you feel comfortable using a public bathroom or sitting at a restaurant table or setting something on a gas station counter or playing on a playground it’s because somebody cleaned it.

Thank you to everyone who cleans the world, especially those who are underpaid and under appreciated.

[feraltrenchcoat]

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