The Adventures of an Arctic Fox

The arctic fox, also known as the white fox, polar fox or snow fox, is a small fox native to Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and is common throughout the Arctic tundra biome. The fox has a low surface area to volume ratio, as evidenced by its generally rounded body shape, short muzzle and legs, and short, thick ears. (In reality, this fox is a man in his very early 50s, currently living in Hawaii, enjoying random fun on tumblr.)

[spiderwarden]

mental image: little drow girl, grinning widely as she holds a young displacer beast that is almost taller than she is. this is her own cub, and she has to show mama.

[faun-draws]

No one can tell me that she didn’t carry her kitten everywhere! And as soon as possible the displacer beast probably carried her around!

[oldschoolfrp]

FYI: It occurred to me that in that "C6: The Official RPGA Tournament Handbook" illustration, Jeff Easley positioned one of the corners of the icosahedron directly over Lake Geneva, WI.

Good catch:

[theforestofthefae-deactivated20]

by Krasska

[bob-artist]

Thinking about this one day when I was in Chicago and it was so foggy that the buildings turned 2D

[expressions-of-nature]

Squamish-Lillooet, Canada by Paul

[wholesome-animal-images]

[silly-signs]

Official silly sign

[mediocrefantasy]

is this @trochaic-mutant-ninja-tetrameter?

[silly-signs]

Oh yeah that gimmick blog did make it!

[trb752]

Kodak Coquette Camera with matching lipstick and compact, 1930

[gothredy]

Our Lady of the Blind Faith — Emil Melmoth, 2022

[ominous-signs]

Hey I found this on Instagram and I kinda want to know if this is an ominous sign.

I don't really think this is ominous, but it did make me laugh so sending this over to @silly-signs

[silly-signs]

Official silly sign

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

even with watching a movie from like the 90s it’s insane how much everyone looks like a Normal Person compared to anything filmed today

[thatsbelievable]

[talesfromthecrypts]

Sinners // Interview With the Vampire "No Pain" // The Vampire Armand // Bit // The Shiver of the Vampires // The Lost Boys Musical // Inside Broadway's Lost Boys // The Strain // A Dowry of Blood // Midnight Mass

[glvlvukcan]

[depsidase]

[joeinct]

Silent Giants, Photo © Jan C. Schlegel

[fictionadventurer]

One of my biggest literary pet peeves is when historical or history-inspired fiction pretends that "courting" is a synonym for "dating". Usually it's just a one-to-one word swap--in a modern context, these characters would be dating, but this is olden times, so they call it courting instead. Sometimes they'll pretend there's a shade of difference, and that courting is a more serious exploration of marriage or something. But I read a lot of fiction that was actually written during these historical eras, and the word "courting" is never used like that.

Two people do not decide that they are "courting". One person decides to "court" someone else. It's an action, not a stage in the relationship. A man decides to court a woman because he wants to encourage her to have romantic interest in him. He's trying to win her favor. It's not an exclusive relationship--a woman could be courted by multiple men at once. She'll spend time getting to know the guy who's interested in her, but they won't officially define their relationship as one where they only show romantic interest in each other. If they reach a point where they want it to be exclusive, that's when you propose.

There's no middle ground--either you're getting to know each other, or you're committed to marrying each other. This idea of a period where you kind of commit to each other until you decide you definitely want to get married is a modern one, and it occurs in eras where they use the word "dating" to describe it. The closest equivalent I can think of are times and places where they'd talk about a couple "stepping out together", but they're still not calling it "courting". Words have meaning, and the word "courting" has never meant that, so stop using it that way!

[starfieldcanvas]

the other mild historical disjoint i run into is when people talk about dating in the fifties like it automatically meant exclusivity. the whole reason we have the expression "going steady" is because the default was to or "go around with" or "go out with" multiple people. not in the sense of being in a stable polyamorous vee, but in the sense that archie is actively "seeing" both betty and veronica during the entire time the two girls are competing for his attention and they're both seeing other guys to make him jealous, and nobody involved considers this "cheating."

bizarrely, America has in many ways gotten more conservative about dating since World War II.

[everydaylouie]

bull in a china shop