#shambles

[shambletime]

〚 Commission 〛Gorls kissing......

[vintage-tigre]

[lickthecowhappy]

elevatorposting

[kosatsatosh]

folks i swear i want to reply to asks and draw a bunch of stuff but term time has started and right now i have the same constitution as those quails who die of a heart attack when a storm is too loud

[breelandwalker]

whats shambles?

A shamble (or shambles) is a magical object from the Discworld book series by Sir Terry Pratchett. They were introduced in "The Wee Free Men," the first book in the Tiffany Aching cycle.

Shambles are used by witches for a variety of magical uses. They can detect or amplify magic, send a spell, protect a dwelling, or really whatever is needed. (Some shambles are also purely decorative, because a proper witch ought to maintain a certain level of ambience. Unless, of course, your name is Esmerelda Weatherwax, in which case the darn things just get in the way.)

There are no hard and fast rules as to what EXACTLY a shamble should look like, or even what it should be made of, only that it must be able to hang like a wind chime and must contain something living (or once-living) at the center).

A capable Discworld witch should be able to put together a shambles from whatever materials are at hand and the most powerful and effective shambles are the ones you make when there is the greatest need for them. It's all about capturing the moment and following one's intuition and sense of need during the construction.

Illustration by Hedgefairy (Deviantart)

I may or may not have had shambles in mind when I created the tutorial for Witch Webs for one of my books, but they certainly capture the same feeling - a woven hanging with no definite pattern which can include whatever feels right and may be used for whatever purpose one has need for at the time. Plus they make fabulous decorations.

[asmimir]

contrary to popular belief (which isn't popular) I drew a LOT of Shamura back then, I just don't post them bc they use @ice3-waters' design- hope ur ok with this btw aawugahheugah anyway here's some old doodles of 'em!

I- okay I think most of them were drawn with this silly owl oc I had in an RP KDNKJAHNDSJ- the more I scroll down the more I bury my face in my hands- these two were insufferable I'm thinking of changing Sham's design to this old one I made of them but it just doesn't feel right dsjadjsa

[krumpkin]

The Shambles in York . I met someone there once and when I asked which pub they were in they said the old looking one 🤔

[tomorrowusa]

Trump's inept FBI Director Kash Patel had nothing to do with the apprehension of murder suspect Tyler Robinson. That was the work of Utah law enforcement. "Wild Eyes" Patel simply flew out to Utah to photobomb Utah authorities. He spends much of his time illegally going after Trump's supposed political enemies or hiding the Epstein files.

Even usually servile Republicans are growing wary of Patel.

‘It’s unacceptable’: Inside growing concerns about Patel’s FBI leadership

[I]t was Patel who had posted on Wednesday that a “subject” was in custody, a claim he had to walk back less than two hours later. Patel’s style also struck the FBI employees as not in keeping with how previous FBI directors handled similar situations, normally trying to credit employees instead of themselves. Other FBI employees found it ironic that Patel thanked some of the bureau’s support staff key to investigations — since he has overseen moves to decimate those ranks. Patel’s response during the rapid-fire series of events surrounding Kirk’s horrific murder has led some allies of President Donald Trump to question both publicly and privately whether he is equipped to handle the country’s top law enforcement agency. [ ... ] Christopher Rufo, an influential right-wing activist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, posted on X Friday that it was “time for Republicans to assess whether Kash Patel is the right man to run the FBI.” “We would be wise to take a moment and ask whether Kash Patel has what it takes to get this done,” Rufo wrote. “I’ve been on the phone the last few days with many conservative leaders, all of whom wholeheartedly support the Trump Administration and none of whom are confident that the current structure of the FBI is up to this task.” Conservative commentator Erick Erickson responded in support of the sentiment. “He’s right. The FBI situation is concerning,” he wrote on X.

If rookie cops acted like Patel, they would soon be looking for new work.

EDIT: An unrelated new idiotic FBI failure under Kash Patel...

Workers taken to hospital after FBI uses furnace to burn seized meth