Madame Yuki

Old Married Lady. 25. Dreamer, Crafter, Fangirl, Hoop Dancer, Sometime Fanfic Writer.

[lightheartedsuggestion]

I will not let the dread of wasted potential saturate my life with anxiety. I’m capable of amazing things but I do not have to force myself to accomplish every single one.

[bardqueenofgallifrey]

so a racist got utterly demolished in less than 30 seconds on the New Zealand morning news on Monday and it’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen

who knew a white guy could be capable of such an iconic response, he knows what’s up and is having none of that shit, every other white guy take notes tbh

[han-j1]

I love that he said Pakeha

[littlereddove]

Can someone write what its being said in this?

[kc749]

Male co-host: We have had a whole heap of feedback regarding Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis’s proposal to institute a prison run on Māori values into New Zealand. He’s looking at potentially establishing this prison up north. It isn’t Labour policy just yet, it’s just an idea of Kelvin Davis’s. And this has been really really divisive on our Facebook page this morning. (sarcastically) Here I think we have the single greatest email, the single greatest message we have ever had on breakfast.

(clears throat deliberately) “’Janice’ says: Good morning. I’m sick of hearing that Māori need different treatment. If they don’t want to live in our society, then maybe we should put them all on an island and leave them to it.”

Male co-host: “Janice. That is LITERALLY what happened! That is the history of our country. Last I checked, Māori WERE on an island, they were left to it, and then Pākehā (Māori term for white New Zealanders) turned up and look how that worked out. But thank you very much for that brilliant insight. Goodness me. Unbelievable. Unbelievable, they actually-“

Female co-host: “Actually, you can’t even get angry, you just actually need to laugh and then screw it up and put it under the desk. Just when you thought-“

Male co-host: (mimicking letter) “’Put them all on an island, leave them to it.’ Yeah. What a great idea that is Janice.

[dancinbutterfly]

I really need “What a great idea that is, Janice.” to be a meme filled with those stupid complete cognitive dissonance bigoted statements.

[johncribati]

[vbartilucci]

Janice is clearly Karen’s Kiwi Cousin.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[drakomalfoyyy-deactivated202006]

what do u mean i don’t have a social life I just went grocery shopping with my mom

[gluten-free-pussy]

This hits different now

[ltwilliammowett]

Powder Monkey’s

Children were called powder monkeys, who were mainly used on warships and caper ships as runners in the gun decks. Their task was to take the gunpowder from the ship’s powder chamber and bring it to the gun crew during the battle. Boys aged 10 to 14 years, sometimes younger, were often used for this task (“powder boys”), who were still too young or too weak for the regular work of a ship’s boy. Their small height was an advantage in the narrow and low gun decks.

Powder monkeys were at the bottom of the ship’s crew and were often helplessly at the mercy of the whims of some violent sailors, boatswains and officers. The boys concerned - often orphans or runaways - were brought to the ships by the recruiters of the Royal Society partly with tricks, empty promises and sometimes also violently, similar to the widespread practice of pressing or shanghaiing by sailors. Some of them were also given or even sold by their parents to the ship’s captains out of economic need.

However, older men (and sometimes women) also served as powder monkeys in combat. On a three decker up to 90 persons were necessary to bring powder and canonballs to the cannons, but even Nelson’s HMS Victory had only 31 “boys” on board with a crew of 850 men. At the stairs between the decks, stronger men were positioned, while the boys ran from the stairs to the guns. Since mostly only the guns on one side of the ship were in combat, the boys could relatively easily walk back and forth on the other side to fill the powder boxes standing at a safe distance behind the guns, so that two fire-ready cartridge bags were always ready there. The boys also had the important task of immediately rendering spilled powder harmless with water and thus preventing explosions.

Powder Boy was an entry position on warships and thus with the Navy, however, it was rare that someone could reach a position beyond the crew ranks.

[clockadile]

These write ups you’ve been doing have been succinct and brilliant and your choices of accompanying images have been fantastic. Thank you so much for these!

[valtsv]

yeah seeing your favorite band live in concert is pretty great but have you ever been at sea with the boys on a dark and stormy night when old one-eyed willie suddenly strikes up a sea shanty and the whole crew gradually joins in until your voices sound together in rough harmony across the lonely ocean?

[valtsv]

i think the ghost of the cantankerous old 17th century sailor i used to be in a past life just possessed me to make this post

[cerolinda]

I'm off to fight God does anyone want anything?

[cerolinda]

Sorry everyone, God didn't drop anything worthwhile, only soup.

[cerolinda]

It means he only DROPPED SOUP

[kiryma]

Well get out of the INCREASED SOUP DROP RATE universe

[cerolinda]

ALRIGHT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOUT AT ME, I'LL GO KILL ANOTHER GOD

[cerolinda]

The other God ALSO dropped soup?????????????????????

[spinyax]

what do you mean the other god also dropped soup???????

[cerolinda]

It means I killed him and he only dropped soup!

[vinitile-deactivated20210311]

GO INTO THE NEXT UNIVERSE

[cerolinda]

NO MATTER HOW MUCH I TRY TO FARM FOR RARE ITEMS, THE GODS KEEP DROPPING SOUP!

[cerolinda]

I'M FIGHTING THE PRIMORDIAL SOUP GODS!

[cerolinda]

FUCK YOU!!!!

[qwertyjoebob]

Avatar is finally on Netflix!!!

[madameyuki]

Desperately need to actually hang out with people, too fucking depressed and anxious to do it, continues not hanging out with people

And thus the cycle begins anew

[tofublock]

the name is Daisy Mae!

[celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725]

This fanfic I’m never going to write is really damn good.

[avatarsymbolism]

Zuko going into an angst coma because he made the right decision.

[elledix]

That moment when you make so many bad decisions in life that your body thinks it’s a virus when you finally do the right thing.

[filmbuehne]

More like: When your father has told you that everything you’ve done is wrong and that one time you thought you were in the right he burned off half your face and banished you, so you start going into panic mode when you’re right for once because you’re mentally bracing yourself to experience violence again.

[sexy-necromancing-bird]

Oh

[bundibird]

Ok you successfully took this from lol to ouch

[arrghigiveup]

OH NO MY HEART :’)

[link to post]

[killtheprotagonist-deactivated2]

💕💕💕

[pauliedraws]

I really wanted to animate one of these scenes where Ron and Harry are goofing off, because I think it’s interactions like these that make the books fun.

Ron is my favourite character. And you can tell just from watching my other videos. The movies did my boy so dirty, this is my way of giving him the spotlight for once.

[spillingthefarm]

CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING TOLD BY YOUR OWN MOTHER THAT YOU ARE FIVE TIMES MORE PATRONIZING THAN YOUR OWN OLDER BROTHER, “DR. FOWL,” WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY UNDERSTOOD TO BE ONE OF THE MOST CONDESCENDING PEOPLE ON EARTH, EXCEPT HE’S NOT ON EARTH ANYMORE, BECAUSE HE RECENTLY FUCKED OFF TO SPACE, AND YOU’RE JUST LIKE, YEAH, SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT?

[avalencias]

my grandparents have taken over my laptop so i can’t do work so..........a lil kel from the other day, mostly colored :)

[tamorapierce]

Beautiful! That griffon baby as the kids say, is ‘everything’.

[mittenfoot]

[cactusjubilee]