found family: awesome
found family but they fight crime: AWESOME
found family but they commit crimes: A W E S O M E
Claire Keane
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pixel skylines

shark vs the universe

#extradirty

Kaledo Art
"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
noise dept.
Show & Tell
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Product Placement
Not today Justin

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Monterey Bay Aquarium

if i look back, i am lost
Mike Driver
Sweet Seals For You, Always
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@vespidolive
found family: awesome
found family but they fight crime: AWESOME
found family but they commit crimes: A W E S O M E
Wild
i wanted this to never end
the human stress response seems so maladaptive!
To be fair 99% of our evolutionary stress response was meant to deal with far more immediately conclusive scenarios than the tedious bullshit we put up with these days.
very very slow tigers are chasing me
not to leave a serious comment on a silly post but one of the best pieces of advice I ever got about stress was to SLEEP but secondly, when overwhelmed, lay in a bed and intentionally hold all your muscles clenched. clench EVERYTHING. hold it for a few seconds, then let go. It tricks your animal fight-or-flight monkey brain into thinking it had, and won, a fight, and some of the stress response will leave you
#turn a slow tiger into a fast tiger with this fucked up trick
Me: *Removes my cat from my lap to do something else.*
My cat: Father is...evil? Father is unyielding? Father is incapable of love? I am running away. I am packing my little rucksack and going out to explore the world as a lone vagabond. I can no longer thrive in this household.
The spiritual successor to Miette
Might I also add
May i add the piece from artist Verbal Vomit
Glad to see we’re all in agreement that cats talk like disparaged victorian children
I am so incredibly glad we finally moved on from "i can has". Cats are clearly smart enough for advanced sentence structure and dumb enough to draw entirely incorrect conclusions about what they're talking about.
My cat, banging the cabnet door over and over and over: bang bang bang
Me: you will not earn what you desire by banging the cabinet door.
My cat: This is a test of wills, is it not? We shall see if your ability to put up with my incessant banging outlasts my eternal lust for snackie treats. Years of conditioning have hardened me for this purpose. bang bang bang
Me: ksst!
My cat, throwing herself to the ground like she's been shot: Oh! Oh I have been assailed in my own home! Have mercy, have pity! Surely in the cruel darkness of your heart there is some mote of goodness that might stay your hand! Do not strike me, I pray you!
Me: ok
My cat, after waiting about 3 minutes: bang bang bang
Can haz snackytreat
(source)
@icedcatte
character teaching their love interest to fight >>>>> flirting
actually,
character teaching their love interest how to fight = flirting
character: *comes up to their love interest who they're teaching how to fight and gently adjusts their posture and stance, or shows them how to use a weapon by standing directly behind them and holding their hands as they guide them through it*
me:
Leliana: where’s Morrigan? I haven’t seen her in a while
The Warden: she turns into a spider when she doesn’t want to walk anymore
Alistair, holding up a black widow: Well can you have her ride on someone else for a change? She’s been crawling all over my arm for the past hour
The Warden, alarmed: Alistair!! that’s not Morrigan!
Alistair: What?
The Warden, pointing to a MASSIVE spider in the tree on top of them: THAT’s Morrigan !!
Alistair: THEN WHO HAVE I BEEN CARRYING
Q&A: The Khopesh
Do you have any tips on researching historical fighting styles? I’m specifically interested in writing fight scenes involving a khopesh, and I’d really like to be able to include tactics/techniques accurate to the weapon and its historical users (rather than go the typical Hollywood route of giving every swordfighter kali moves and calling it a day). However, the khopesh isn’t particularly common/popular, and I don’t think it’s used in any living arts. Where should I start my research? Thanks!
captain-acab
This wasn’t a rare or unpopular weapon. Several khopesh have been uncovered in the tombs of Pharaohs, among the grave goods. The khopesh was used the Egyptians for over a thousand years. This isn’t a popularity issue. This wasn’t an exotic weapon. This was over three thousand years ago, and the weapon hasn’t been used since.
I’m shaky on some of the details, but there were three major, interlinked, elements.
First, the khopesh was a bronze weapon. It was possible to manufacture iron khopeshes, and some were produced. However, because it was a bronze weapon, it was also quite short. Historical examples were around 20-24 inches long. While you could produce longer bronze weapons (like the Celts did), those weapons would be considerably weaker. The Kopesh was reportedly used to pull enemy shileds, something you couldn’t do with a flimsier weapon.
Incidentally, you can’t simply make a bronze weapon, “heavier,” to compensate, as bronze is already a very heavy alloy. Weight becomes a serious issue.
Second, Egypt had limited wood resources. This may sound like a strange detail to include, however, producing iron required charcoal. Very importantly, this was a regional problem. By the final centuries of the second millennium BCE, Egypt was facing enemies who were outfitted with iron weapons and shields, while struggling to equip their own soldiers with similar arms.
That’s the third problem. The khopesh fell out of use during The New Kingdom. I can’t say with absolute certainty, but it looks like the khopesh was caught between the decline of the Egyptian military, and being rendered obsolete by superior arms.
Martial methods are very difficult to study historically. This stuff is a living art, and if it falls out of active use, it can be very difficult to reconstruct. Sometimes, there are surviving illustrations which can offer some insight, but that’s still limited.
For example: modern HEMA is not the same as historical European combat techniques. Some of the techniques may be accurately reproduced, but the system as a whole is, “a best guess.”
We don’t know how the Egyptians used swords 4500 years ago. We don’t know how that usage changed over the next 1200 years. All we can do is guess, and look for, “hints.”
There is a hint, but it’s a limited one. Tahtib is not a sword combat style. It is an Egyptian stick-fighting martial art that dates back to The Old Kingdom. It still exists as a sport, and as a dance. There’s been an effort in recent years to reconstruct the original combat form, but no guarantees that’s how it was actually used. There’s also no certainty that the stick fighting techniques matched the contemporary sword techniques, though it’s likely that there were similarities.
So, all that’s left of the historic khopesh use is a 4500 year old sport, that may have originally shared elements with sword training from that era, assuming it didn’t significantly change over time. However, given the nature of martial arts, it’s almost certainly changed beyond recognition in that time, and there are elements of Tahtib that simply wouldn’t work with a sword style.
That’s the best I can offer.
-Starke
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Q&A: The Khopesh was originally published on How to Fight Write.
Three months ago I pitched an idea for a party game. Today, ‘WHAT THE PLOT?!™’ is a real game and available for pre-order! I am so excited. Thank you everyone for your support!
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omg they actually did it!!
guys ive been waiting for this. If I get it will you guys play? @folklorefairyqueen @moonxchaos
YES OMG I WANNA PLAY THIS RIGHT NOW @cyhyryth
this by itself already makes me wanna play this game 😂😂😂
UPDATE: Friday 27, March, 2020
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mom said it's my turn to hand out the ominous and vague warnings
that wasn’t mom
What gets me is not only do these two cats look damn near identical, one of them decided got picked up by a total stranger and immediately decided ‘this is my human and I’m gonna keep ‘em’.
The Prince and the Pawper
every time i think, i take 10 damage
and everytime we kiss I swear I could fly
pissbabies: I hate that they’re making Bloodlines 2 so political, keep politics out of games!!!
Literally Bloodlines 1:
Bartender: Confess your deepest, darkest sin and I will absolve you A Murdering, Stealing, Building-Exploding Vampire Terrorist: I voted Republican one time Bartender: Oh fuck I can’t help you
“We all choose our path, even when it seems there is only one direction we should go.”
(insp)
cowboy advice
be rootin
be tootin
and by god be shootin
but most of all
be kind
“it’s that time of the year for butterflies in Mexico”
(Source)
Reach INTO your local blankey and you will find…
A friend and a girl
Reblog the Cookie of Warm Snuggles for a good snooze tonight…
I believe in Cookie
Cookie believes in YOU.
I believe in Cookie.
Cookie believes in YOU!!!!