#fredposting

[fredlikesrats]

there is nothing I would rather do less than weave in my ends as I work, except maybe weave in my ends when I finish the project

[look-gang-traysure]

finished watching mystery inc and this was my main takeaway

[commanderfreddy]

im the guy sneaking into the white house to clicker train bidens dogs to bite more secret service goons

[letsgoyoufools]

why did he do that

[freddyh-art]

chara designs for a comic one-shot! :) 🕯️🍎

[threedeebeetle]

how do I tell her casually that I would move the moon and stars for her and that being able to just do nothing with her for a while sounds like being able to breathe for the first time in a while. how do I say that casually

[jesslovesboats]

Something that people tend to ask me after they visit my blog and see *gestures wildly* is "what's so compelling about the Karluk in general and Fred Maurer in particular?"

The answer? Bestie, I wish I knew.

Sometimes the universe randomly assigns you a character that will consume you, and that's exactly what happened to me a few years ago. At the time, the only polar subject I cared about was the Franklin Expedition. I was scrolling through a historic photo colorization account on insta and I came across a picture of Fred. I read the caption, learned that he was from a city very near where I grew up and where I still have family connections, learned that he survived one ill-fated polar expedition only to die on another, and that was it- I was hooked.

The bitter irony of this is that, objectively speaking, he isn't that interesting or that compelling. He is endlessly fascinating to me because I'm insane, but the more I learn about his personal life, the more boring he becomes.

Anyway, here's to you, Fred, the boring man I was assigned. May I always find joy in this situation.

[fred-the-lizard]

what is your favorite food?

mrrrp! (the jumpy thing!)