grumpy wizard hangout corner

We all sit at my kitchen table and complain about such pressing issues as the rising price of eye of newt and the inconvenient alignment of celestial bodies. Header art by David Mattingly (@davidmattingly on twitter)

[guerrillatech]

[aflo]

posting this on twitter will get you put into witness protection

[truestoriesaboutme]

The magic of childhood is that you were constantly encountering new things. The best way to feel that way again is to fill your life with new experiences.

[terminallyonlinecat-deactivated]

The magic of childhood is that you were constantly encountering new things. The best way to feel that way again is to fill your life with new experiences.

[wizardarchetypes]

Learn to identify bugs 🫵

[iguanodont]

So, you got any more notes on Scalebug biology? I find them fairly interesting.

Sure! I’ve changed some things about them since I last posted anything about them here. (You can see more of the workshopping process and other species on my patreon). One of the main things has been in their overall bauplan, in which the core body is now very small and much of the organ mass is distributed across their 12 appendages (one antenna at each end, ten legs). Scaley-winged species still exist, but I think the single-feather-wing forms as shown in the sketch are a more diverse and successful family. In many crawling species, the flexibility is limited mostly to lateral movement, similar to brittle stars. A thin but tough bristle or rod supports the core of each appendage.

Also, to avoid confusion with real life scale insects from earth, I’ve started calling these creatures “leglings” instead. They are not as diverse as insects due to competition with motile feathervanes. In terms of niche, a majority are detritivores, a most of the others are predators of othe leglings, or have some kind of symbiosis with a feathervane.

[desert-love]

[a-book-of-creatures]

When you see an adolescent saguaro 👍

[sketchbot9000]

Through advances in Magical Sciences, it has been determined that Demons can be made into a kind of "blank scroll" through various purifications. This "scroll" can then be inscribed upon with directives, and when inserted into a suitable vessel, will act only upon these directives.

Mostly.

[ladyvictoriart]

The Sumiciu is a peculiar house-spirit from Asturias. These ravenous creatures are often blamed for the disappearance of household items and are known to swallow and disappear whatever they get their hands on. With an all-consuming void for a mouth they eat and eat and are never sated. Their true, ghostly form remains a mystery as they are never seen by mortal eyes.

[kabber]

[cinemamind]

Killer Klowns From Outer Space✨💫

[uberdoot]

Birthday girl is my favorite ever I think

[catchymemes]

[evergreen-femme]

im just so happy i live in a time period where actual meaningful biological transition is possible. even if we lose rights or the ability to exist in public, nothing can turn back the clock on that, and just by having any sort of access to that our lives are made immensely better. millions of our sisters throughout history would never have dreamed of a day where they could have what HRT does for us.

please don't lose the plot of this. if you're a trans person on HRT you're a living miracle, the dream of hundreds of millions of your ancestors. your lives are all deeply meaningful no matter what anyone says.

[t4t4t]

תפילה להפך – מאבן בֹחן | Prayer for Transformation, from the poem "Even Boḥan" by Rabbi Ḳalonymus b. Ḳalonymus ben Meir (1322) • the Open Si

A prayer by Kalonymus b. Kalonymus ben Meir that appears in his poem ספר אבן בוחן, יג Sefer Even Boḥan (§13), describing the author's wish t

[unabashedllamamusic]

Cursed be the one who announced to my father: “It’s a boy!"... ...How could he twist the course of the stars so much? How could he have erred so in his astrology? A lying tongue, a fool’s mouth it had given him For he foolishly transformed justice to poison He altered the law and transposed the lines

Oh, but had the artisan who made me created me instead – a worthy woman... ...I would say "how lucky am I"

Father in heaven who did miracles for our ancestors with fire and water... ...Who would then transform me from a man to woman? Were I only to have merited this being so graced by goodness...

What shall I say? why cry or be bitter? If my father in heaven has decreed upon me and has maimed me with an immutable deformity then I do not wish to remove it. the sorrow of the impossible is a human pain that nothing will cure and for which no comfort can be found. So, I will bear and suffer until I die and wither in the ground. Since I have learned from our tradition that we bless both, the good and the bitter I will bless in a voice hushed and weak: blessed are you [HaShem] who has not made me a woman.

I think I'm gonna go lay down for a little while.

[blankboyo]

tigers are so fun to draw

[mossworm]

I like when Pheidole ants do the thing with the head

[bloodandichorandmemes]

I was curious about how accurate this is and am pleased to report it is extremely accurate

[fivetrench]

*Whimpers*

[pitchburgh]

saw someone trying to roast this guy on reddit but all the comments were just like "fuck off, that's based"

nature is healing

[augustdementhe]

FUCK YEAH.

[anachronistic-cat]

FUCK YEAH!

[mousidy]

"if I ever say something transmisogynistic you have the right to smack me" ok but like. can we maybe just have a conversation about it instead

[mousidy]

I know it's a jokey funny thing to say but like I hope the people who say this sort of thing do realize that transmisogyny is not, like, a sin for which they must repent by suffering. we actually just want you to understand your mistake and adjust your future behavior. no suffering necessary

[mousidy]

like this goes doubly if we're friends! if I'm your friend I would take no pleasure or sense of justice in your suffering. I want you to be happy! I just want to know that I can trust you enough to have a conversation with you if something you do doesn't sit right with me. if we can do that it will lead to a happier and lovelier friendship for us both. I don't want to smack you I want to frolic through the flowers with you and sing lalala

[mousidy]

see this is another common attitude that I find completely ineffective. you cannot simply disown and wash your hands of any potential transmisogyny you might perpetuate by saying you "didn't mean it." not even us trans women are immune to internalizing and reproducing the transmisogyny that pervades the culture we live in. if you assume that you are somehow immune, that the only way you could possibly perpetuate transmisogyny is via some slip of the tongue that wasn't representative of what you actually believe, that does not make me feel safe. it only shows me that you will not be willing to reflect on your beliefs should they actually come into question. you cannot own your mistakes by disowning them

[mousidy]

"that's a lot of work"

yes, it is! it's a lot of work for us too! lucky you, though, there are basically no consequences to simply choosing not to be an ally to trans women. you have the option to simply ignore us. take it if you like! there's nothing we can do about it, despite how loud we may be on the internet. I imagine you'll find that nobody will care, you won't be #cancelled, and you'll just move on with your life. it may feel scary to take criticism from a marginalized group, but there's no gun to your head. doing this work is a choice, and it's all yours!

[milanesa42]

“The employees need a larger salary” “hmmmm large celery”

[giggling-kitten]

IDK if this is going to interest anyone, but I just finished painting my first miniature. It's an Urbanmech from Battletech. I based it off one of my tea cups

[morinorarts]

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