Stardust and Strawberries

Jules, 36, she pronouns, UK. Of science, social justice and superheroes. Once a vaguely coherent Marvel fandom blog, now mostly pictures of people I find attractive, cute animals and feminist rants. Likes/follows as Sceptical Hippie I'm an entomologist IRL so fair warning, there will be insects. I can't guarantee I'll never miss one but I tag pictures #insects, #spiders or #invertebrates.

[carrionthrash-deactivated201904]

draw some fat elves you cowards you tepid fools

[draconym]

okay

[spiroandthelacktones]

yes good 

[hattedhedgehog]

Hope it’s not too late to join the elf pudge party

[steffydoodles]

Did someone say fat elves…?

[nekogirltail]

@bace-jeleren, have you seen these high quality elves yet?

[bace-jeleren]

I haven’t seen the third elf and let me say that this post just keeps getting better and better!

[ratdrawz]

beep

[slack-water]

hello yes i would like to add some chubby elves (whut about them dude elves tho)

[cinco-cabezas]

inktober day 10

cool propt dude

[titanite-stormcrows]

God I fucking love this post and it gets better and better with every fat elf

[blueskittlesart]

This is the best thing

[rachelillustrates]

💙💗💙

[neshtasplace]

The BEST addition! YAY!

[dndnd-memes]

Accurate

[kravkalackin]

i think i finally figured out why magnus being put into a parental role for angus doesn’t sit right with me, but i’m much more willing to put taako into one 

their interactions towards angus when judged against their own internal characterization are wildly different. 

Magnus is objectively a nicer person than taako, so his interactions with Angus from that viewpoint seem to highlight the negative aspects of it. Magnus teases and mocks Angus a lot, and a lot of the time they don’t come off as jokes. at least, no more than any ‘teasing’ type of bullying can come off as a joke. it’s not particularly over the top, it’s keep away and kick me signs and just stereotypical mean stuff to do to a kid. which isn’t horrible, mind you, it’s the kind of stuff an older brother would pull, which is how magnus sees himself to Angus. 

Magnus is the ‘Good’ one out of thbs tho, (good in the most hilarious and loose of ways of course) and so it sticks out when he treats Angus like this. Furthermore, he never apologizes to Angus and never seems to reflect on how his actions make him ‘kind of a turd’ in Travis’s own words. so there stands to be no reason to expect magnus to really change in the way he interacts with Angus, still keeping up a teasing, playful older brother who will wrestle with you and steal your stuff, but ultimately cares about you 

Taako on the other hand, taako is not a nice person. Taako knows he’s not a nice person and has no real desire to change that about himself. So comparing that to how he treats Angus, it stands to highlight the good by contrast. Taako teases Angus along with the rest of the boys at first, but is also the first to take him seriously and defend him against those goofs. The ‘monologue’ during the magic training is so over the top and dramatic it’s much more clearly a joke than magnus’s constant prods. Taako is also an incredibly encouraging teacher i could get into taako and teaching but let’s save that for another day. encouraging and patient are not normally things you would ascribe to taako, but he proves himself to be both of those things when teaching angus magic 

finally, taako attempts to apologize and make up for the way he acts towards angus. not in words, mind you, taako’s not emotionally honest enough to do anything like that, but it’s canon that he starts teaching angus magic because he feels bad about how he treated Angus. he sees the teasing as ribbing, so it’s not so much that, but also, with the way taako teases angus it’s a lot more like that? he doesn’t go as far as magnus or merle does, and consistently does treat angus as as equal. this isn’t to say taako would be a good dad, he’s certainly not a dad type of guy, but he seems to take angus himself into consideration a lot more than magnus does. 

having either character as a parental figure to angus can be fun, but i’ve seen posts saying that people thinking taako would be a good guardian must’ve had their fingers in their ears while listening to the podcast, and that’s just plain ain’t true. taako consistently goes out of his way to be good to angus when it would’ve been more in line with his perceived characterization of being selfish and uncaring to not, much more than magnus does 

[wretchedhorse]

“Witches just aren’t like that,” said Magrat. “We live in harmony with the great cycles of Nature, and do no harm to anyone, and it’s wicked of them to say we don’t. We ought to fill their bones with hot lead.“

The other two looked at her with a certain amount of surprised admiration. She blushed, and looked at her knees. “Goodie Whemper did a recipe,” she confessed. “It’s quite easy. What you do is, you get some lead, and you—”

“I don’t think that would be appropriate,” said Granny carefully, after a certain amount of internal struggle. “It could give people the wrong idea.”

“But not for long,” said Nanny wistfully.

- Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett

[cutekittensarefun]

I was looking for my cat for a while and then a little face popped out to judge me

[outofcontextdnd]

important item for your next campaign

[pussiesaregod]

ok but why is ‘potato’ always used negatively in phrases? ‘couch potato’ and ‘he looks like a potato’……… what the hell have potatoes ever done to you? potatos are the mvps of the food world, the backbone of many dishes. they never let u down. potatoes are the real winners here and we should feel honoured to be described as one

[absurdcachinnation]

I can think of at least one time potatoes have let down a very large group of people.

[archdemonsblood]

That was not the potatoes’ faults! That, like most things, was on the British.

[higgsboshark]

The thing about knitting is it’s much harder to fear the existential futility of all your actions while you’re doing it.

Like ok, sure, sometimes it’s hard to believe you’ve made any positive impact on the world. But it’s pretty easy to believe you’ve made a sock. Look at it. There it is. Put it on, now your foot’s warm.

Checkmate, nihilism.

[trainwreckgenerator]

got a bad case of the mondays

[the-time-lord-of-the-rings-deac]

I have watched the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy just focusing on Legolas. And it is pure gold.

[asexualarkhamknight]

Orlando Bloom is a gift to mankind 

[okellyjaneo-blog]

I will now watch the trilogy and purely focus on the elfboy. Just because this gifset makes it clear that this is a thing that should be done.

[taythrill]

Could you draw Cassidy from the 11th hour? I don't see too much fan art of her

sunshine miner

[oscarwildeboytoy-deactivated201]

[Start ID: The adventure zone fan art of Cassidy. A light skinned half orc woman with short red hair. She is grinning brightly wearing a yellow tshirt and flexing her bicep. /end ID]

[witchyautumns]

💚 🌿 ausgefuchst_art 🌿 💚

[stormandrout-deactivated2018091]

concept: an austen-inspired tabletop rpg where there are five classes

single man in possession of a large fortune who is in want of a wife

young woman with low connections who must marry so that she can secure her future

cad whose main goal is to convince someone to elope with him

wealthy, scheming woman whose goal is to ruin the happiness of the aforementioned young woman

tiresome & vulgar elderly busybody (can be either a man or a woman)

[lawfulgoodness]

I’m gonna split this out a little farther, because I feel like we’re blurring the lines between classes and stats. First you should pick your Austen class:

Bachelor/Bachelorette

Cad / Floozy

Husband/Wife

Matriarch/Patriarch

Busybody

Then you roll for your stats across the 6 basic Abilities:

Money

Intelligence

Connections

Manners

Looks

Snark

[kowabungadoodles]

10/10 would kickstart

[kowabungadoodles]

I’ve written this up as a quick-play version! You need a d6, a d20 and 3+ friends who are as into Jane Austen as you are, or at least willing to have a go.

Working title, Sense & Snark-ability.  

I’ll make it up into a proper printable with illustrations if I get a chance next week, but in the meantime if anyone wants to playtest it I’d love to know how it goes!

[radimudio]

✨GO - GO - GO - STORM✨

[jeremy-ken-anderson]

I don’t know where I saw it, but there’s a picture somewhere of a cat showing preference to the inside of a box shape drawn on the floor.

Which begs the question: Are summoned demons actually being forced to show up or are they simply creatures who like to sit in circles if presented with them?

[strixus]

[spider-bones]

it’s pride week where I live, so I had to draw my fave LGBT twins!

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EDIT: had the wrong symbols on taako’s necklace haha holy shit

[keplercryptids]

[image description: a drawing of Taako and Lup, sitting next to each other against a white background. They’re skinny twin elves with brown skin, freckles and blonde hair. Taako’s hair is chin-length and he’s wearing a rainbow striped tank top, denim shorts, a short necklace with a heart on it and a longer one with two Mars symbols interlocking. He’s leaning close to Lup with a smile and one eye closed. Lup’s hair falls past her shoulders and she’s wearing a long-sleeve shirt with the trans pride stripes and black leggings with white constellations on them. She’s smiling happily with her eyes closed.]

[allofthedoodles]

Inktober day 24; I want Kim-Joy to win GBBO ✨🍩💕