temple of shame

36, queer/gray-ace, hiding where I can fangirl all I want. Find me on ao3 & spotify. also eatfreeordie (foraging/free food) and unstyleable (fashion)

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Italia

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Feldberg im Schwarzwald {via}

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Chinese news has sign language in the corner! I'm mostly surprised because even big tourist attractions and train stations seem largely inaccessible to wheelchairs (or people with suitcases)

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original drawing of a bonsai treehouse, takanori aiba

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Off-brand soot sprites?

Off-brand totoro

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Whammed in June???

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Political rebrand of the century: from Jill Stein to Chinese Claire's

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I never buy enough gifts traveling so now I might be erring on the other side... just gotta stay under that suitcase weight limit

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Might beat out anthocyanin berry just because the scientificness seems so unnecessary?

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also on the topic of Cozy Fantasy: I feel like the Circle of Magic books by Tamora Pierce are criminally neglected in this conversation. Like that series has so Many of the popular hallmarks: found fantasy! A magic system based on crafting! Psychic soul bonds! The two main mentor figures are literal cottage core lesbians.

But, crucially, the books manage all of this while having stakes. There are the relationship, personal level ones-- will these orphaned kids become friends? Will they learn to overcome the traumas of their respective backstories? Will they learn to master their magic?

And then there are Larger, life-threatening stakes... but crucially, not 'save-the-world' level. Pierce made the excellent choice for the first quartet (when the kids are like ~10-12 ish) to generally have the threats be natural. An earthquake, a forest fire, a pandemic; there's a pirate raid, but even then the framing feels more like a force of nature. As the kids age, the threats do become more human, but remain generally localized. A crime syndicate, a serial killer. The focus of the story remains what can we do to improve things, here, now, where we are?

They really are such delightful reads and I think they could offer a lot of insight into how stakes don't need to be End of the World to still be tense and impactful.

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Cascades de la Sauffaz & Pleureuse

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By Jeroen Taal - In Scotland

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falling in love with her art all over again...

Starfall by Anastasia Trusova, Acrylic on canvas

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Helene Wyss - Maerchen zum Malen - 1904 - via Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

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We're not even in the same province but a random restaurant is telling us to cherish grain (I think the translation is swapped with the one with grain in the picture though)

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[zinesbycee]

(nods sagely) (nods basily) (nods rosemarily) (nods saltly) (nods star anisely)