My blog @mythic-magpie - Tumblr Blog

I got absolutely fucked when I was reading the 26th of July Dracula the other day and read the following from Mina

I think dear Lucy is counting the moments till he comes. She wants to take him up to the seat on the churchyard cliff and show him the beauty of Whitby

What do you mean the entry that introduces Lucy's sleep walking contextualises it with Lucy wanting to take Arthur up to the churchyard and she's only restless at night because she can't wait to show him something she loves? What do you mean that she goes to the place she is attacked because she is dreaming of a marriage she will not live to see. It's love that kills her, and love that's not strong enough to save her

#oof #Lucy breaks my heart #dracula daily

albertvictoria-art

"Mina and Lucy"

Illustration inspired by Bram Stoker's "Dracula".

#dracula daily

artofthecatt

oh snap

moaccyrk

REBLOG.

FOREVER.

thepanthercave

This is an actual Therapist Recommended method for dealing with a runaway “inner critic” and this comic is perfect ❤️

beif0ngs

MUSCLE MOMMY TOPH APPRECIATION POST 💪🏻💪🏻

caesarsaladinn

albatrosses will wipe the floor with any species of bird you choose to compare them to. they’re the Most, or at least Extremely, by almost every metric

caesarsaladinn

wingspan. lifespan. intricacy of mating dances. devotion to monogamy. investment in offspring. ability to circumnavigate the globe. literary symbolism that is flexible but not to the point of meaninglessness. eyeliner quality. I could go on

aplpaca

muppetness of said offspring

gremlingirlsmell

which of these your favorite Directly From Kitchen To Mouth snack?

sugar cube

handful of cereal

spoon of spread (peanut butter, jam, nutella, etc)

fistful of grated cheese

stick of butter

dry instant noodles

ice cube

pinch of salt

1 coffee bean

sip of vinegar/balsamico

raw pasta

undiluted syrup

Remaining time: 3 days 18 hours

#chunk of cheese straight off the block

chennnington

I think I should start bragging about my adopted son’s achievements when people around me start bragging about their kids. Ooooh your child can count to 10 in mandarin? Well, my child found 110 landmines! And he’s only 6 years old!

reasonsforhope

I <3 HeroRats, I've been following them for years and they're still one of my favorite things

(I also <3 rats, and used to have pet rats, so admittedly I am super biased, but they're such sweet babies! Forget the anti-rat propaganda!)

Dr. Cindy Fast, APOPO's Head of Training and Innovation, explains how the adorable 'HeroRATS' are saving lives across the globe.

You can adopt a baby yourself here ;)

There are also HeroRats saving lives by sniffing out tuberculosis, illegal wildlife trafficking products, and survivors of natural disasters during search and rescue operations! (source)

leafstem

*while sewing*: you are a fabric. you can stay a fabric. you do not yearn to return to being string.

batbetbitbotbut

*while spinning*: you are a thread. you can stay a thread. you do not yarn to return to being fluff.

strikeslip

*while embroidering*: you are a thread on a needle. you can just exist as thread on a needle. you do knot yearn to become a tangle.

mawofthemagnetar

*while turning wood* you are timber on a lathe. You can stay as timber on a lathe. You do not yearn to become a live hand grenade.

fictionalauthorityii

Finding out AI companies are chewing through - literally, they’re pulping and burning them as they go - millions of books often including 1/1s and old texts that cannot be reprinted

Meanwhile there’s always some dipshit telling me AI is the future and we’ve got to just let companies erase human history and literature so they can train their abomination machines to pretend to think like people because a judge said it’s fine

wageronancap

odessa-edmundson

AI companies are buying and scanning printed books for training data, raising copyright and cultural preservation concerns as rare volumes a

intactics

"rickrolling is mean" rickrolling is the gentle, kind, prosocial descendant of what we used to do on the internet, which was putting a redirect to goatse in every possible misspelling of a url

astercontrol

Rickrolling is deceptive, but it's among the most harmless forms of deception available

in other words, it may tell a lie, but it will never tell a lie and hurt you

mariacallous

thecactifindahome

a-kind-of-merry-war

this is what happens when they cut "When Love is Gone" from the Muppet Christmas Carol smh

durnesque-esque

When we saw this pop up at SDCC this weekend, my friend kept turning to everyone around us going: "Did you ask for this? I know I didn't ask for this..." and it was cracking me up.

As someone who specifically studied Dickens in college, no, I didn't ask for this and did not want it. LOL.

captain-price-returns

the average red state is closer to Sharia Law than Zohran’s NYC

eleilinnrallin

This is a reminder for those who handmake Christmas presents that now is not too early to start. It may in fact be a good time to start if you have a lot to make/your craft takes a long time. You should maybe start it now, whether that's brainstorming or actually doing the crafts!

newtsoftheworldunite

Translating this into tumblr's preferred public service announcement format for this kind of alert:

kimberlychapman

Or this preferred Tumblr announcement system:

noah-wyles

all i want for 2026 is that gigantic rancid AI bubble to finally burst in such a catastrophic way that the consequences will be so good and i'll never have to see another AI generated image ever again

fluoritegalaxy

Like to charge, reblog to cast.

spin-the-wheel-polls

you get a breath weapon like a dragon, and the options go from fire to things like gravel or bees

you have this breath weapon! (also you're a dragon)

are you happy with it?

yes!!!!!

a little

it's okay I guess

no.

NO.

result/other

Remaining time: 2 days 13 hours

derinthescarletpescatarian

Cmon man.

blind-leading

Stomach acid. I will dissolve you.

derinthescarletpescatarian

So I can breathe normal and you can vomit on cue. I rescind my disappointment, mine is better.

#ice!#very cool

wheup

I love the thought of Grace and Rocky slowly figuring out what's an 'alien' thing and what's a 'them' thing. It's mentioned a couple times in the book and it's so fun, because these are two people who have been pushed to their absolute limit both physically and mentally, in unbelievably horrific situations, and they are. the only living example of their respective species. for several years in Rocky's case and probably decades if not forever in Grace's.

Like, Grace thinking that all Eridians are very physically busy because of their brain structure driving them to engage with multiple different lines of thought or even conversation at once only to find out when they get to Erid that Rocky is just the most tightly wound ball of nerves anyone has ever met and if he doesn't have something to do with his hands he gets anxious.

Rocky thinking it's very normal for humans to have large gaps in their memory and/or occasionally dissociate for several minutes at a time and come back crying, then hearing the nannybot mention 'potential amnestic side effects' one day and falling down a WebMd rabbit hole that ends with a very high pitched scolding.

Grace finding out that for all his badgering, Rocky actually sleeps and eats as little as physically possible for a functional Eridian, a habit he picked up out of mingled fear and practicality as the only remaining crew aboard in case of emergency.

Both of them getting much better at reading each other and much worse at lying once they've established what's a normal quirk for the species and what's an alarming stress response. Nobody likes this. Interspecies trauma exchange. So many stones are thrown in this glass biodome.

#phm