[lookatmeenoww-deactivated201301]

Okay seriously. Reblog if you're OLDER than 11.

[danisontnonfire]

why is it that not more than 1/20 of Tumblr haven’t reblogged this

[sorry-i-panicked]

Jonathan is very family oriented because it's the only thing he's ALWAYS had. Money, things, those weren't a guarantee. But his family was always there.

Steve is very family oriented (ie. the nuggets dream) because it's the only thing he's NEVER had. He had money, things, more stuff than he ever needed. But he never had family, they just weren't ever there.

[catnippackets]

for real once you realize that you can actually wear whatever you want and call yourself whatever name and pronouns you want and have whatever interests you want and be whatever gender you want your life gets so much better and more fun

[yellowpie]

[mf-dooom]

[yetanothergreyjedi]

that is the face of a man worried he will be next

[ashtraythief]

Good news, he was not next! In fact, she accepted him as her mate, he learned the crane mating dance and now every year, he artificially inseminates her with crane semen to expand the very endangered crane population. True story.

[luulapants]

Sorry, he WHAT? Imagine being this man's boss and having to sit him down like. Listen. Brian. We need you to fuck the bird. You have to act like you're excited about it.

[whetstonefires]

crane husband.....

[roach-works]

this is the diametric opposite of all those awful swan wife stories and i love it.

[alex51324]

(WalWaPo makes you jump through like three separate hoops before you can read the article, so I will share some of the highlights:

Walnut was born in a species-recovery breeding program in the 1980′s.  The program had crane chicks hand-raised by human volunteers, and at that time they did not fully understand the measures necessary make sure that the chicks do not imprint on humans and retain their identity as cranes.  

As a result, her keepers believe, Walnut does not recognize other cranes as members of her own species.  

It has not been proven that Walnut killed her previous suitors; however, there is a persistent rumor in the white-naped-crane-conservation community that she did.  

Because this species is highly endangered, and the gene pool of the captive population is small, it’s pretty important for the survival of her species that Walnut A) mate, and B) not kill a bunch of other cranes.  

The actual name of the keeper is Chris Crowe.

They both arrived at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in 2004.   

Walnut immediately began paying special attention to Chris--and ignoring the eligible male crane in a nearby enclosure.  

Walnut initiated their courtship, performing the opening moves of a mating dance.  

Chris realized that if he reciprocated the mating dance, it might be possible to artificially inseminate Walnut with her participation and consent.  (The process normally involves restraining the bird.)  

It worked!  

Chris and Walnut have had five children, who were raised by other crane couples at the facility--sometimes the biological dad and his mate--both because it’s unclear whether Walnut would accept the chicks as her own, and because Chris is not equipped to be a Crane Dad.  

However, the Institute provides her with artificial eggs to sit on, and Chris takes his turn looking after them.  (This would not work with real eggs because he can’t sit on them properly, but Walnut seems to feel that he is on the job if he just stands over them.)

Chris accepts that he is pretty much married to this bird.  White-naped cranes live to be about 60, and they mate for life, so he knows he can’t retire while Walnut is alive.  (At the time of the article, Walnut was 36, and Chris 42.)  

[thesylverlining]

Legit cannot pick the funniest part of this

she has not been PROVEN to have killed her exes, but there is a PERSISTENT RUMOR (really officers she's simply DEVASTATED, she sobs, wearing a new feather boa unfortunately resembling her most recent deceased husband)

His name is Chris CROWE. (Mrs. Walnut Crane-Crowe?)

the mental images of a whole human man learning and performing the crane mating dance, and "sitting" on artificial eggs so she thinks he's performing his duties as a husband and father (and apparently OBJECTS if he does not?)

"chris, buddy, you gotta marry the possibly-murderous crane lady for the GOOD OF THE SPECIES." (alternately: "chris, my man! good news! we found you a very interested lady! She's 36, she's very spirited and independent, she holds a very important and rare status in her society! ...Is there a downside? WELL...")

chris sits any potential human partners down, like "my love, you must understand before we wed,,, i am already... Attached" (camera drifts wistfully to the above photo) "Lady Walnut and I have an,, Understanding... the relationship is open, but very committed"

[anais-ninja-bitch]

just had to explain this post to my father bc he thought my stifled laughter was a signal of illness.

well done, everyone, good game. hit the showers.

[largishcat]

[eshlimoriarty]

[lazorsandparadox]

Not only is he 'married' to walnut, this has apparently happened SEVERAL times, so he has MULTIPLE crane wives, none of which know about any of his other crane wives. This man is, for some unknown reason, irresistible to cranes

[queersatanic]

the “this content has been removed for violating Tumblr’s Community Guidelines” notice really adds a lot of flavor to this post and somehow makes it MORE obscene than whatever that actually was

[morningsaidthemoon]

They are running errands for Camilla!! First stop is the ice cream aisle

[new-ronantics]

i’m participating in wip wednesday because i’m in DESPERATE need of motivation to work on this.

[not-a-dis-a-ppointment]

Can we talk about the double standards when it comes to wlw relationships and mlm relationships? Two girls can literally kiss and cuddle and people see it as platonic

El and Max literally switch ice creams, when have you EVER seen someone do that platonically

sorry, someone just called me delusional for shipping them. I needed to rant

[booklovercmbyn]

This is my all time favorite pic of them. They look so cozy and adorable 🥰

[meintheworld3333-deactivated202]

The only argument Melvins, or anyone for that matter, really have against byler is that they will never believe a straight couple will be broken up for a gay couple. That’s it. There’s not literary proof they have, it’s only their outside bigoted beliefs that give them this confidence. Straights have never once not gotten what they wanted, why would they believe it’s gonna happen now? Why would anyone risk upsetting them because they’re the main characters, they’re the most important, they get every single thing they want and will continuously belittle anyone who thinks that they will not forever and always have the last laugh. There’s no proof in stranger things that Mike/El are endgame, people who understand storytelling and media can see that. It doesn’t matter to them though because they don’t give a fuck about the characters or the story, they care about having their straight ship be the center of attention because they are so desperate to put themselves in the center of every fucking thing in the universe.

Fuck straight people I never liked them. I want to see them cry so bad.

[andrrreathefangirl]

Fandom makes me happy and giddy to the point where it’s embarrassing, like hello why am I giggling like a maniac to myself in my bed in the middle of the night? Because of characters that don’t exist? Humiliating

[supergraphicultramoderngirl]

while jatp having been cancelled is sad (fuck you netflix), there is something poetic to be said abt the show about people whose stories have been cut short being cut short

[mariacallous]

The fight for abortion and reproductive rights [handshake emoji] the fight for trans rights

[stephenroot]

[daydur]

Can someone with editing skills add disability rights please?

[antisocial-transfag]

Ask and ye shall receive

[anarchistmemedistro]

[soredtherose]

         “Until we are all free, we are none of us free. ”  -  Emma Lazarus  

[mioakem]

Everyone would be shipping Jargyle if argyle was a skinny white boy and you all know I’m right

[azuries]

platonic madwheeler platonic madwheeler platonic madwheeler platonic madwheeler platonic madwheeler platonic madwheeler platonic madwheeler platoni

[spacevirgil]

Reblog if you think trans women:

A. Are women

B. Can be lesbians

[sixratsinatrenchcoat]

Reblogging every time I see this

[haystarlight]

I love how, at first, everyone thought the appeal of Hunter was "Oh, he's a Bad But Sad Boy™, he's so cool and scary and mysterious, he wears leather jackets and boots and shirts with skulls on it, his hair is all long and perfect, he never smiles and he's emotionally distant"

But, in reality, it's more like "No, he's a huge, HUGE NERD, he wears crocs and Hawaiian shirts in the middle of autumn, he wears matching homemade Star Trek costumes with his little brother, he dresses like a giant chicken, his hair is a mess".

Y'all though you were getting a hot bad boy but you're getting a wet cat. And he's so much better.

[pedanticat]

It just dawned on me that in a full third season, Vee probably would have gotten character focus along with her relationship with the gang being explored in depth. But now that potential screentime got severely cut. I'm never not going to be mad over how the show got screwed over.