#the underneath

[charlie19091219]

Sir, is that sexual tension？

[haveyoureadthisxenofiction]

The Underneath by Kathi Appelt - have you read this xenofiction?

Yes, I've read it

No, I've heard of it but haven't read it

No, I haven't read this or heard of it

Voting ended onOct 5, 2025

There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road.

A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. She dares to find him in the forest, and the hound dares to befriend this cat, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. They are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch, to raise her kittens there because Gar-Face, the man living inside the house, will surely use them as alligator bait should he find them. But they are safe in the Underneath...as long as they stay in the Underneath.

Kittens, however, are notoriously curious creatures. And one kitten's one moment of curiosity sets off a chain of events that is astonishing, remarkable, and enormous in its meaning. For everyone who loves Sounder, Shiloh, and The Yearling, for everyone who loves the haunting beauty of writers such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Flannery O'Connor, and Carson McCullers, Kathi Appelt spins a harrowing yet keenly sweet tale about the power of love — and its opposite, hate — the fragility of happiness and the importance of making good on your promises.

[Goodreads]

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[diopsidez]

Hello, back with another drawing :)

Pur pur fancy man who's called red?

Story with @afishnamedvish @dragonbma @thegreatnure @travelingtothefarlands @zuliuli-main @ivormybeloved very lovely people :]

Based off the block Pur Pur ↑↑

[ithurtstolookatwhatitusedtobe]

Transtic Nerve ⁜ OVERHEAD RUN (1999)

[lurkingismypastime]

I’ve been thinking about Minecraft: Story Mode’s worldbuilding lately, specifically what else can be built in.

There are Admins and dimensions already, but what I’m thinking about is all of the players who find exploits and ways around the impossible.

Like people who have the math of the world down to a science, who know how structures generate, are able to predict where they’re likely to spawn, or can figure out things like the old trick of using clay to find diamonds. Or people who can make dupers and farms and build machines to break bedrock, the substance that’s supposed to be unbreakable. People who build entire hubs on the Nether roof. Hell, we can even throw in modders who can change the very mechanics of the game, anything from how something looks to entirely new dimensions.

There’s so much potential, especially with the worldbuilding already in place. Idk it’s just so interesting to me. We can play around with the differences between modders and admins, the fact that because bedrock can be broken, it’s possible for some people from the Underneath to make it out. There’s also the old builders, who could be involved in many of these things, but it’s not explored, so they could be involved or they could be suppressing the knowledge, or they could just have a vague connection or not know about these things at all.

Just the fact that people have been finding ways to do the impossible, and discovering new ways around fixes, is a super interesting part of the Minecraft community and would be super cool to explore in MCSM even if it’s just fanworks/headcanons/ocs/theories yk?

[parsley-draws-art]

I enjoy extracting the backgrounds from screenshots

[pamietniko]

This year I'm really trying to make more of an effort to mindfully consume media. Its difficult but my hope is that with perseverance I will learn how to better fill my time with what I find interesting, as opposed to doomscrolling. One thing I'd love to do is read more about the deep south. I live here and genuinely find the history and culture interesting, so I figure its a good place to start.