a large cat, or possibly the shroud of turin

I like fantasy, scifi, comics, and history. It is possible I have an unholy love for stories about space people having space adventures in spaceships traveling through space. I post on AO3 as clarityhiding. Ask me stuff! themandylion writes | themandylion arts (infrequently)

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

you are now a cat in the warrior cats universe! Spin these wheels for your name!

Do you like it?

YES!!!

yes

eh it's okay

no.

IM MOON MOON

results/other

Remaining time: 5 days 23 hours

note: I (the owner of this blog and maker of wheels) am not into warrior cats! I just thought this would be fun to make

(prefixes and suffixes from @yarrowleef)

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

I DON'T WANNA BE DEAD WOLF

[nkogneatho]

telecom service providers in india are getting orders from government to shutdown our internet. they might also mass delete the posts and videos online. i know this is not the content you followed me for but please raise voice for the people in india if you can. if you find any posts about the brutality that the police inflicted upon protesters, people seeking legal or medical attention, people needing donation for sanitary pads, food, water, masks, etc. on twitter or instagram, please share it. it's my humble request. this is our last day. they're applying emergency alerts and new rules from tomorrow but today we are standing here in rain raising our voices and we will continue to do so.

[sickest-saddest-worldliest]

Censorship Tracker: Live list after New Delhi protests

Indian authorities block and restrict online content documenting police violence at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar protests.

[ao3org]

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[mumblesplash]

it’s so magical and beautiful that there are sprawling interconnected cave systems carved deep into the earth by various geological forces and you don’t have to go in them. there are miles and miles of stone passageways in total darkness that require you to exhale all the air out of your lungs to squeeze through parts of them and you don’t have to be there. some of these squeezes are underwater and require cave divers to take off their oxygen tanks and push them through ahead of them and me i am above ground looking at the sky as we speak. there are untold subterranean wonders no human has ever seen and i will not be the one to discover them #grateful #blessed

[mumblesplash]

so true there could be any number of undiscovered species down there all of which are none of my business and never will be. peace and love on (the surface of) planet earth 💕

[ragdollnetic]

JTW Day Nine: Red | Cigarettes | First Kiss

[thepplprty]

What is it with diabetes that makes people think they know more about it than the people who have the disorder. People hear the word diabetes and flock to compete with who can be the most ableist.

Found a video of a girl showing off Diet Soda detector strips (if there's any diabaddies that see this and want it I can link them, they're super helpful), and half of the comments were "you're diabetic you should just be drinking water..." First of all, not only are you just wrong, but you seriously expect diabetics to just never enjoy themselves? Ever?.

Saw another comment under a video about type 1 saying "you did this to yourselves. you ate too much sugar and you got yourself into this situation." And it's just so funny because they're Wrong™️. Type one diabetes is autoimmune and fully hereditary, and not at all effected by diet.

I mean, I know the answer. It's diet culture. People on their fancy diets think they're a superior human being because other people are "unhealthier" than them, and they hear diabetes and think "big fat and lazy with a bad diet" and think they're allowed to walk all over them since they're so superior. Despite the fact that it's a completely false stereotype that doesn't apply to most diabetics.

And btw please do not come under this post saying "but other disorders have that too" this is a vent post about diabetes. Do not derail.

[alarajrogers]

The other thing about diabetes type 2 is that what the evidence actually suggests is that there's an underlying metabolic disorder that causes weight gain and sugar craving before actual diabetes develops.

A lot of type 2's start out as hypoglycemic -- their pancreas is over-producing insulin, causing blood sugar crashes. Insulin stuffs sugar into fat cells, causing people to get fat, if there's too much of it. The overproduction of insulin is a response to slow-growing insulin resistance. Because sugar is a vital part of human energy, people who cannot easily process sugar due to insulin resistance and insulin over-response may crave sugar in order to have enough energy to function.

So you didn't get diabetes because you got fat. You got fat because you were on track to get diabetes. and nobody is addressing the metabolic disorder. Hypoglycemics can be quite skinny -- I was for years. But if you're skinny, nobody is concerned about the fact that you are passing out when you haven't had enough to eat. Because only being fat is ever a medical problem. People who are "normal" weight obviously have nothing wrong with their metabolism whatsoever. :-(

[grace-williams-xo]

To add somewhat to the above, type 2 is genetic. You can’t get it solely from diet alone. As a specialist nurse crudely but not entirely incorrectly once said to me “if it was just diet then every fat/unhealthy person would have diabetes”.

And now going back to the top point, I know exactly what video op is referring to and she made a different video a few weeks prior specifically about harmful comments to t1d’s and instead of getting the point, heaps of comments were basically to the effect of “but we can bully t2ds bc they brought this on themselves, they deserve to be mocked”. HUH. DO YOU HEAR YOURSELVES.

I have many chronic conditions. T1D is absolutely the worst by the landslide it’s not even close. I would not wish this on anyone. If you ever think you’d like to make a comment on someone else’s diabetes, of any type, do not do it. If you are a diabetic I trust you to be sensible, otherwise, keep your mouth shut.

[regina-george-russell]

the best part about reading RPF is reading something that sounds so “fanfiction-y” only to realize that it actually happened IRL and the author was simply incorporating historical precedence in their writing

[zealotarchaeologist]

i stepped on the scale today and it said “bat”

it took me a few seconds to realize it meant the battery was out, but before i realized that i just said “i am not a bat” out loud

[mousegirlheart]

[milowing]

sometimes u headcanon a character as a sexuality but then also ship things that contradict that. sometimes you ship things you would NEVER EVER want in canon. this is because these things are fun and silly and not legally binding.

[apolladay]

Favorite type of pie?

* apple

* cherry

* key lime

* lemon meringue

* meat

* mince

* peach

* pecan

* pumpkin

* strawberry

* something else

* see results

Favorite type of pie?

apple

cherry

key lime

lemon meringue

meat

mince

peach

pecan

pumpkin

strawberry

something else

see results

Remaining time: 4 days 10 hours

[apolladay]

If you went to high school, did you actually have a "homeroom" period that you went to every day?

Yes

We had designated homeroom classes but only went there for special occasions (eg. before an assembly)

Our first period class doubled as homeroom

We didn't have a homeroom class

Other (please explain lol)

Didn't go to high school

If you went to high school, did you actually have a "homeroom" period that you went to every day?

Yes

We had designated homeroom classes but only went there for special occasions*

Our first period class doubled as homeroom

We didn't have a homeroom class

Other (please explain lol)

Didn't go to high school

Remaining time: 3 days 11 hours

* (eg. before an assembly)

[soleminisanction]

Golden Age sidekick backstory: Well I'll be chuffed, that Dickensian orphan boy I watched bravely stand up to his bullies on the street corner has stowed away in my Marmot-mobile, and now he's seen my secret identity! I suppose I'll keep him as an ambiguous pet of sorts. Here child, put on these tights. You are now MarmoLad.

Modern Age sidekick backstory: Remember your high school sweetheart from that one flashback adventure in 1973? Well she's dead so you don't have to worry about it, but guess what: the one time you did it, she ended up pregnant and didn't tell you. The baby was raised by a shadowy conspiracy of your most marketable villains, who kept them in a hyperloop bubblespace so they grew up super fast while also going through unspeakable torture and being raised to hate you. It's okay though after one appropriately dramatic fight you hug it out and the new Marmolad is instantly born.

[dykeseyelmao]

The Subterranean Saviors this city needs

[soleminisanction]

#what happened to Marmolad II tho

@archhaven @dykeseyelmao

Marmolad II was the result of a very unfortunate early 2000s continuity reboot, where they decided his name was actually Marmalade and he was orange-preserve themed. They retconned him out of existence five years after he was introduced. The fandom doesn't like to talk about it.

[themandylion]

I feel like Mamolad II Marmalade is going to come back one of these days, probably when readers least expect it.

Only now he calls himself Toast.

[todaysbat]

Bragging about it to you, as offered– I'm trying to get back into the habit of brushing my teeth. Only once a day, at the moment, but I've kept it up for 5 days now, which is better than I've done for a while.

That's amazing, good job (I struggle with brushing my teeth too, I feel you).

Here's your cute bat picture:

image description: a small brown bat hanging out head down on the side of a wooden wall or rafter. image source: Merlin Tuttle, via the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources

This is an evening bat and I learned something new about them today: according to the VA DWR, evening bats are distinguishable from other species of bat in Virginia by their "acrid odor".

[looceyloo]

A thing about archery!

No one asked for this but I have a LOT of feelings about archery. I see so many mistakes when people draw archers that look awkward or just straight up don't make sense, even in like, really technically good professional art. So, I put together a guide!

Obligatory disclaimer: I'm an amateur artist, and this guide isn't to teach you archery! It only touches on some aspects of archery technique, and doesn't even go into other important stuff (like arrow rests, or over the top impossible fantasy bow designs). I just wanted to highlight what I consider when I draw an archer!

FYI, this is part of my March Patreon pack! I'll be doing one of these every month or two, and I'll always make them publicly available. If you'd like to support me or help me decide what my next topic will be, check out my Patreon!

[movementnudge]

Movement nudge, hand mobility! 🙌

X

[ruffboi-mags]

1) do this even if you're under 40. seriously. I definitely should have been doing something like this for years and I only turned 40 a month and a half ago

2) if you're like me just now trying this going "oh god i've only done 15 and i think my hands are cramping" start lower than 30 and increase by 5 once whatever number you're doing no longer makes your hand cramp up. I can manage about 15 per exercise at the moment.

[creations-by-chaosfay]

If you're hypermobile, be especially gentle.

[robinminustherichard]

This year is my 15th AO3 Anniversary! How long have you been on AO3? (hint: the day you joined is in your Profile)

1-2 years

3-4 years

5-6 years

7-8 years

9-10 years

11-12 years

13-14

15+ Years

Voting ended onJul 21

[belladonnabedlam]

Okay. I was on my beloved AO3 and I saw something that made me do a double take. So, now I really want to know…

What is your AO3 user ID?

I’m an OG user 5 digits or less

Six figures baby!

I’m in the millions…

Remaining time: 2 days 17 hours

I’m so curious to see how long people have been on AO3! I know some people have been on there since beta/invite only, but I would love to see what the number is on tumblr!