#congrats

[attex]

this is horrible

[themenacewhowrites]

This one Montreal player holding Shane’s arm and looking at Scott like, “What did you even say to him to get him like this? I didn’t know he even had a button for this, but you sure mashed it. Jeez. Thanks. Now I have to go readjust my whole outlook on life, because of you. Because I really needed more work on my plate. And now my captain is homicidal. I hope you’re proud of yourself.”

[fortuneaday]

[punksrhea]

EST is having a baaaaby!

[howtotrainyourdragonprince]

Sry I’m a little late to the party, but congrats @mkthedingus for winning the TMNT AU Comp!! Your art is so styled and refreshing, let alone the awesome writing behind it. You definitely earned this honor! 👏❤️🏅

I don’t do this too often, but I felt the urge to make some fanart for the occasion. 😁✨

I give you: Dinosaur Suit Mikey 🦖🧡

The scene hopefully speaks for itself (like your art) but just in case ppl want a little context:

Big Mikey: Thought it would be an awesome surprise

Lil Raph: Absolutely loves it

Lil Leo: Absolutely terrified

Lil: Donnie: Can’t decide if he’s afraid, interested, or indifferent

(and yes, my little MJ is there bc I thought it would be hilarious if she also got de-aged bc she’s 5 years younger than the bros and would be an actual fetus 🤣🐢)

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

The Bronx Zoo has just released Flaco's necropsy results.

He was not thriving, as the people championing the ideal of "freedom" claimed.

He was poisoned.

He was sick.

He was suffering.

"Freedom" would have eventually killed him. A building just happened to do it first.

"Postmortem testing has been completed for Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl that was found down in the courtyard of a Manhattan building a little over a year after his enclosure at the Central Park Zoo was vandalized on February 2, 2023. Onlookers reported that Flaco had flown into a building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on February 23, 2024, and acute trauma was found at necropsy. Bronx Zoo veterinary pathologists determined that in addition to the traumatic injuries, Flaco had two significant underlying conditions. He had a severe pigeon herpesvirus from eating feral pigeons that had become part of his diet, and exposure to four different anticoagulant rodenticides that are commonly used for rat control in New York City. These factors would have been debilitating and ultimately fatal, even without a traumatic injury, and may have predisposed him to flying into or falling from the building. The identified herpesvirus can be carried by healthy pigeons but may cause fatal disease in birds of prey including owls infected by eating pigeons. This virus has been previously found in New York City pigeons and owls. In Flaco’s case, the viral infection caused severe tissue damage and inflammation in many organs, including the spleen, liver, gastrointestinal tract, bone marrow, and brain.   No other contributing factors were identified through the extensive testing that was performed. Flaco’s severe illness and death are ultimately attributed to a combination of factors—infectious disease, toxin exposures, and traumatic injuries—that underscore the hazards faced by wild birds, especially in an urban setting."

The naturalistic fallacy kills animals in horrible ways. The romanticism of what humans want to think of as a "free, wild, pure life" cannot be allowed supplant the reality of injury, sickness, and death. Releasing captive animals (or keeping them from being recaptured) because it's "better" for them to suffer untethered than live a healthy, safe, captive life is inhumane and horrific.

Flaco's life didn't have to end in pain, sickness, and suffering.

Flaco's death didn't have to be tragic.

But once the idea of "freedom" entered the chat, Flaco's fate was unavoidable.

[hotmandrivefast]

Charles beat max to marriage bc he had to be P1 one last time

[stillebesat]

Your Vote Matters.

One of the individuals I voted for tonight won by just 7 votes.

SEVEN Votes.

Your Vote Matters.