Imagination, Take Me There!

Hi, I'm Anneliese! I love children's books, graphic novels, animals (especially whales), terrible puns, traveling to new places, museums and bookstores, and avocado. I post my art, as well as neat, beautiful, cute, and nerdy things I find around the internet here! You can see more of my artwork at AnnelieseArt.tumblr.com

[teddyrocker]

best feeling in the world is when you draw something and you’re so proud of it you have to stop and stare at it every few minutes to remind yourself of its beauty like narcissus with his reflection in the pond

[catchymemes]

They supporting

[aweekerfuffle]

You're a doctor. You've been taught the phrase "first, do no harm."

A patient comes in with a flesh eating bacteria that is rapidly spreading up their leg. The only way to save their life is to remove their leg.

So what do you do? To help the patient is to accept that you must also harm them.

You're a good doctor. Of course you remove the leg and save the patient's life, because trying to exercise a choice that will result in no harm is impossible where there are only two bad outcomes, but one is unquestionably worse.

This post is for for leftists in the US who still think either not voting or going with a protest vote in the next two major election cycles is an acceptable choice, when you know full well the Republican will cause more harm.

[nudityandnerdery]

Sub-Radio, the band that did Stacy's Dad, coming out with another banger for Pride.

[kandelyabr55]

[bon-bonsai]

Happy pride month to everyone! and to my fav genderfluid, agender; demon and angel.

[catchymemes]

[montereybayaquarium]

Fish as fluid as the ocean. 🌊

All California sheephead start life as female and move through an array of colors and body shapes as they mature. Some female adults may transition to male as social and environmental factors shift, balancing the delicate ratio of individuals in their population.

While male California sheephead are largest and easiest to identify at a glance, a closer look at the lively waters of our Kelp Forest exhibit reveals a variety of female sheephead swimming through these fascinating life stages. 

Stream our Kelp Forest Cam and find peace in the beauty of a thriving underwater community. 🫶🌈 

[only-cat-memes]

[amnesiaguy]

best m/f dynamic is a flamboyant bisexual show-off desperately in love with an extremely practical girl who’s difficult to impress 🤩

[varijacija]

[arbeaone]

Birding

From how to get started to what you need and where to go.

[scratch-meowt]

my hottest take

[keeper-of-the-flames]

Counter point, those machines can make me a peach sprite.

[pusheenthenerdcat]

guys did you know the tech in that nefangled machine revolutionized preemie healthcare

[maimonideznuts]

[pusheenthenerdcat]

yeah the guy who invented them made incredibly precise infusion pumps (as opposed to gravity fed ivs) which not only meant they could give medications to teeny tiny babies safely, it's also used for insulin pumps and portable dialysis machines. the key element is that it's a peristaltic pump so the liquid stays in sterile tubing for safety

(unholy drink cloaca uses it to dispense precise amounts of flavored sugar syrup)

[hedgebotherer]

Then how the haters loved him,

As they shouted out with glee,

"Unholy Drink Cloaca

You'll go down in history!"

[naamahdarling]

You DON'T get this on any other site in quite this format.

[tboytummmy]

Ocean date

[ampervadasz]

[mangoriottt]

SILLY SHOWS ARE IMPORTANT TOO

Silly shows can be deep!! Silly shows can teach us things!!

I'm extremely late to the party, but after finishing Good Omens, I watched Our Flag Means Death for the first time and I'm really sad that not one but TWO great shows didn't get the endings they deserved.

GO and OFMD are comedies that start off with very silly premises. An angel and a demon team up to stop the apocalypse. A wealthy man abandons his aristocratic life to pursue his dream of becoming a pirate. These premises alone are enough for some people to dismiss a tv show in its entirety, but that's because we often forget to take a closer look.

Why go against Heaven and Hell in order to stop the apocalypse? Why would an angel and a demon care about the fate of humanity? Because they love it! After living among us for thousands of years, they found something that was worth saving! They realized that we always have choices and that things CAN be better, and in doing so, Aziraphale and Crowley found love in each other, too. (Which is why the "free will" universe in the finale makes no sense, but I won't get into that.)

Why give up a wealthy life? Why risk everything for a silly dream where Stede will most likely die a horrible death? Because he wanted to be happy! Because even though people made fun of him, he believed in himself! Even his crew didn't have faith in him, and it took Ed a little while to really SEE Stede, but while doing the impossible, Stede found love and friends and family. And this helped Ed realize that he was unhappy, too. Stede's journey of self-discovery grew far beyond just him because his dreams brought his crew together.

These shows are about love and forgiveness and hope and patience. They encourage us to form our own identities and to find family everywhere we go. They remind us that we CAN fix our mistakes, our relationships, our systems, and ourselves. We can choose love and kindness over violence and hatred! We can and should ask questions and be curious! We should tell others that we love them and remind ourselves that we are loved as well!

I'm aware that GO and OFMD faced different obstacles. (Screw N*** G*****) I can only hope that the writers did the best they could with what they got. Personally, I'm okay with the ending of OFMD while I didn't really like the GO finale. However, in both cases, I really believe that we (audience, creators, and characters) deserved better. Queer shows with older protagonists deserve better. Silly TV shows deserve better.

[goth-queen]

[luisonte]

Sin cgi pierde mucho

[tiredspacedragon]

Sound on

It looks like it can't get any better, but I am begging you, turn the sound on

[greatmountainfloofsquatch]

I don't know this sport.

[glorious-spoon]

anyway the thing about fanfic is that it's not essentially bad or good; it's essentially amateur. some people are absolutely out there writing award-worthy prose (some fic writers ARE award-winning writers IRL!), but that's not the point. the point is that we're all telling campfire stories. it's a community, and it's a way to spend some more time in the worlds and stories that we love.