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ladyoverlord95

Crack That | by michi-gato19

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 AO3 Link (x)

I also posted this on Tiktok (x), so yeah, it's here too it seemed like a good idea in my head, come on now

promptcalender

Types of Flirting

SUBTLE: giving looks, brushing hands, little comments that could be mistaken for an innocent compliment

PLAYFUL: lighthearted teasing & banter, exaggerated reaction, poking fun at behaviours, playful shoves, feigned offense, "Oh, you think you're funny, do you?"

SUGGESTIVE: straightforward, complimenting looks, casual physical touch, dirty jokes, expressing desire, "We could always sneak out somewhere quieter."

ROMANTIC: head over heals, thoughtful gestures, blushing, classically romantic gestures (holding doors, holding an umbrella, bringing coffee in the morning), "My soul knows yours from another lifetime and calls for yours in this one too."

ANXIOUS: freaking out over every text and interaction, discussing every move with their friends,

BOLD: direct, no subtly, relationships always labelled, "I've really liked being around you. Could I maybe take you on a date sometime?"

SHY: nervous, insecure, showing no interest until they are sure the other is interested, fidgeting, daydreaming about what could be if they had the courage to confess, using excuses to be close to them, "Um... you look really good today."

CARETAKING: acts of service, protectiveness, checking in, bringing snacks, offering jacket, fixing things, walking them home, "Brought you coffee; it's still warm."

CASUAL & INTENSE: platonic flirting with no further intentions, way over the top at times, effortless, fun, teasing, maybe eventually leading to more, "You look great, please break my back and reshape my inner organs."

[Prompt Calender: February 9th, International Flirting Week]

abigaillazaar

SAMIRA MOHAN & JACK ABBOT in THE PITT ── season 2, episode 7.

twyllodrus

SER LYONEL "THE LAUGHING STORM" BARATHEON 𐂂 + wardrobe

myriadnarratives

Lyonel about to square up

vhagars-dementia

They did this shot for me

rasputinaillyanna

+ bonus

princemick

he wants that cookie sooo fucking bad

sugurugetos

AERION TARGARYEN — S01E03: The Squire LYONEL BARATHEON — S01E01: The Hedge Knight

gameofthronesdaily

Daniel Ings as Ser Lyonel 'The Laughing Storm' Baratheon in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, 1.04 "Seven"

saywhat-politics

aropride

some birds are very intuitively named. looked up a sparrow going chipchipchip in my yard, it was a chipping sparrow. saw a black bird with red wings, it was a red winged blackbird. gray bird that sounds like a cat? gray catbird. the first time i saw a house finch it was perched on a windowsill. However, some birds are the red-bellied woodpecker

someofusarequeer

I gotta google something real quick

someofusarequeer

who named this bird

aleerak

This is kind of funny considering I’ve never liked a blonde guy IRL

what-even-is-thiss

So the goth family in the sims is fine with some random person saying nothing to them and just walking in and practicing on their piano but cooking something in their kitchen is too far. So my sim going home and accidentally setting herself on fire and dying because there was nobody around to extinguish it is kind of the goth family’s fault if you really think about it

what-even-is-thiss

RIP to Miranda NormalWoman you died on your first day on earth

what-even-is-thiss

I had a plan to have her have seven kids with seven different men and trap each of her baby daddies in the basement with a kitchen, a bathroom, and some paint easels but I guess God saw my plan and was like no I’m gonna put an end to that right now

what-even-is-thiss

Never mind. There was an auto save right before I built her house. Plan boyfriends of amontillado is a go.

what-even-is-thiss

See I normally do make happy sims but at a certain point that gets boring and you need to switch it up once in a while by violating the Geneva convention. There’s also literally an option at character creation to make your sims evil so it’s not like this sort of behavior isn’t encouraged.

katestewartt

Last words

galahadwilder

A sudden, terrifying thought

When you see an animal with its eyes set to the front, like wolves, or humans, that’s usually a predator animal.

If you see an animal with its eyes set farther back, though—to the side—that animal is prey.

Now look at this dragon.

See those eyes?

They’re to the SIDE.

This raises an interesting—and terrifying—question.

What in the name of Lovecraft led evolution to consider DRAGONS…

As PREY?

dorito-and-pinetree

I know this isn’t part of my blogs theme but like this is interesting

haiku-robot

i know this isn’t part of my blogs theme but like this is interesting

kappagecko

@howdidigetinvolved

perfectlygenericblog

The eyes-in-the-front thing (usually) only applies to mammals. Crocodiles, arguably the inspiration for dragons, have eyes that look to the sides despite being a predator.

pyrrhiccomedy

hey what up I’m about to be That Asshole

This isn’t a mammalian thing. When people talk about ‘eyes on the front’ or ‘eyes on the side,’ they’re really talking about binocular vision vs monocular vision. Binocular vision is more advantageous for predators because it’s what gives you depth perception; i.e, the distance you need to leap, lunge, or swipe to take out the fast-moving thing in front of you. Any animal that can position its eyes in a way that it has overlapping fields of vision has binocular vision. That includes a lot of predatory reptiles, including komodo dragons, monitor lizards, and chameleons.

(The eyes-in-front = predator / eyes-on-sides = prey thing holds true far more regularly for birds than it does for mammals. Consider owls, hawks, and falcons vs parrots, sparrows, and doves.)

But it’s not like binocular vision is inherently “better” than monocular vision. It’s a trade-off: you get better at leap-strike-kill, but your field of vision is commensurately restricted, meaning you see less stuff. Sometimes, the evolutionary benefit of binocular vision just doesn’t outweigh the benefit of seeing the other guy coming. Very few forms of aquatic life have binocular vision unless they have eye stalks, predator or not, because if you live underwater, the threat could be coming from literally any direction, so you want as wide a field of view as you can get. If you see a predator working monocular vision, it’s a pretty safe assumption that there is something else out there dangerous enough that their survival is aided more by knowing where it is than reliably getting food inside their mouths.

For example, if you are a crocodile, there is a decent chance that a hippo will cruise up your shit and bite you in half. I’d say that makes monocular vision worthwhile.

Which brings us back to OP’s point. Why would dragon evolution favor field of view over depth perception?

A lot of the stories I’ve read painted the biggest threats to dragons (until knights with little shiny sticks came along) as other dragons. Dragons fight each other, dragons have wars. And like fish, a dragon would need to worry about another dragon coming in from any angle. That’s a major point in favor of monocular vision. Moreover, you don’t need depth perception in order to hunt if you can breathe fucking fire. A flamethrower is not a precision weapon. If you can torch everything in front of you, who cares if your prey is 5 feet away or 20? Burn it all and sift among the rubble for meat once everything stops moving.

Really, why would dragons have eyes on the front of their heads? Seems like they’ve got the right idea to me.