You See, I'm Sort of Independent

I like books, movies, and plays, especially ones about awesome ladies.  Read my fic here: http://archiveofourown.org/users/MyOwnSuperintendent  

[blushingbloom]

Kermit and his human friends Fanny and Shola in 1972, and reunited in 1989.

[grapnel]

An example of why one should use the Oxford comma.

[only-cat-memes]

[muzantropic]

Abandoned Planetarium (Pink Planet House) Solnechnoye Sanatorium. Leningrad Region, Russia

Lenproekt, 1965

[leonardcohenofficial]

excellent prev tags

[fakegamerjamiee]

i love the design of this building :O

[printsofyesterday]

Shropshire News (Wellington, Shropshire) - Thursday 06 August 1868

Source: British Newspaper Archive

Love that both jobs were included, being a tinman is just as important as being a wizard. But being a wizard is better.

[michaelnordeman]

A very young Mountain Hare/Lepus timidus/skogshare. Värmland, Sweden (3 July 2021).

[twiststreet]

"The Fencing World Championships will introduce the "Sword Tip Visualization System." This system was developed by Japanese engineers, used at the Tokyo Olympics, and can track and display the sword tip's movement trajectory without any markers." (X)

[themysteriousmurasamecastle]

[aiweirdness]

finally i have learned how to type laser sounds//

[halles-comet]

was having a complaining competition with my friend about how even liberal environments don't seem to be able to process gay relationships when you're both pretty feminine and always default to thinking you're just friends and then she whips out "when me and [wife] checked into the honeymoon suite after our wedding reception, still in our white dresses, the hotel clerk went 'you know it's only one bed, right?'"

[originalleftist]

Well, its official:

We have a winner for Most Oblivious Person Ever.

[benjaminmcphail]

[setulose]

Trace amounts of Monica in my life

[setulose]

A statistically insignificant level of Monica in my life

[setulose]

My life manufactured in a facility that also processes Monica

[ozempicofficial]

[frontmansdefender]

RIP to the legend

[silvermoon424]

This goose fucking rocks and had a crazy life!

I really just have to summarize Thomas's entire life:

He was in a committed relationship with a male swan named Henry for 18-24 years before a female swan named Henrietta showed up and mated with Henry.

Thomas was initially jealous of the pair and attacked them, breaking 2 of the 5 eggs Henrietta had laid. However, once the remaining eggs hatched, Thomas warmed up to them and helped raise them.

Henry couldn't fly because of an injured wing, so Thomas taught the cygnets how to fly.

When they needed to reduce the goose population in the pond where Thomas and the swans lived, they dyed Thomas's feathers red so he wouldn't be separated from Henry.

Henry, Henrietta, and Thomas remained in their happy throuple for years and raised 68 cygnets before Henry died in 2009. After Henry's death, Henrietta found another swan and flew away, leaving Thomas alone.

Thomas finally met and mated with a female goose in 2011 and had his own babies. However, another goose named George stole them and raised them himself.

As Thomas grew elderly and blind, he was relocated to a wildlife center where he raised orphaned cygnets.

His caretaker at the center described him as "pretty high maintenance."

Thomas died in 2018 at the age of around 40. He had a funeral that included a small coffin and a procession that was led by a bagpiper. He was buried under the stone where Henry was buried, the two finally reunited in death.

Before and after his death, Thomas has been celebrated as an icon of the LGBTQ+ community for obvious reasons.

[thememedaddy]

[bayesic-bitch]

Starting my speech at the Omelas city council with a child acknowledgement statement

[questionableadvice]

~ A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding, by Daisy Eyebright, 1852

[trash-fuckyou]

Audience note from test screening of VIDEODROME, 1983

[palebluepixel]

This person hated videodrome so much they forgot their gender