Xilos

They/them artist and mapmaker. Don’t let me create more characters. I already have an infestation.

[xilos]

Pitch: Trans girl trucker and her dog (puppy boy. Also trans.) go on a trans-American road trip to deliver hormones to underserved communities.

[cherryhatter-deactivated2015072]

KICK THE CAN!

Let’s play the biggest game of kick the can on the internet.

To kick the can, reblog it. I wanna see how long this can go on for.

[visibun]

the oldest reblogs for this post that i can find are from january 2nd of 2013. this can has been getting kicked around tumblr for almost 13½ years now

[drtanner]

And yet somehow this is my first time kicking it!

[oneefin]

number theory* diagram

[michaelrotonal]

these relationships are always increasing numbers as well. so obviously we need six eleven to mean somethimg

[ovenroastedtwerkey]

imagine if that's the date it finally happens

[katjohnadams]

Like to charge

Reblog to cast

[theres-a-body-here]

Having a Minotaur Boyfriend would be so fucking funny

Like imagine crying on the couch and you hear his thunderous, big body SUV built ass footsteps approach you.

"Baby, what's wrong," he says tenderly as he rubs your shoulder.

You look up to explain how bad your day was with tears in your eyes and you fucking see this:

I made a small drabble based on this

[fxdizzyie-deactivated20260219]

I had to draw it HELP

[cryptotheism]

You can make birds so simple

[im-mender]

oracle bone script

bronze script

seal script

[cryptotheism]

I literally applied for access to a chinese digital repository of Zhou era pottery artifacts to make this.

[cryptotheism]

We can make birds simpler than our wildest dreams

[donjuaninhell]

I swear, some of you people somehow manage to possess all of the three most unfortunate character traits someone can have: a) kinda stupid, b) obnoxiously contrarian, c) deeply annoying.

[tockthewatchdog]

stuff you say when you don’t give a fuck about women quite frankly

[cardassiangoodreads]

Hence the not-uncommon adage that the washing machine did even more for women's liberation than the birth control pill

[figtreeandvine]

Dishwashers also sanitize dishes! My old UU church, which had a dishwasher but not a commercial one, had to boil the silverware after large events when we ran out of space in the dishwasher--wash by hand, then boil in a pot on the stove. Because otherwise one sick child at Thanksgiving could potentially kill an elderly or disabled member of the church. (My current UU church has a commercial dishwasher.)

Even residential dishwashers use high enough temperatures to kill bacteria and viruses before they can pass between roommates or family members. They also sterilize food containers, extending the time you can keep meal-prep or leftover items in the refrigerator.

So...you have a device that saves time, water, energy, food waste, and lives, but you refuse to use it because it's "lazy"?

[naamahdarling]

"Dishwashers are lazy" ah another self-righteous labor-worshipping asshole.

[snakes-in-mirrors]

It's a spooky month, so it's time to treat yourself with something cute! How about some bat prints? 🦇🍷 [links below!]

Also you can find more there!

🦇 PRINTS 🍷 OTHER MERCH

[snakes-in-mirrors]

By the way... ✨ B A T S ✨

[wifegideonnav]

“bits to use in everyday conversations”

[pangur-and-grim]

[findchaos]

We visited an old glass factory that was converted into a park and the photos can get very surreal.

[xilos]

A little drawing of some stuff I’ve been working on for my world. Been trying to figure out where/how to place demons in my cosmology. So behold, Hari: Demon of Distraction. Had a lot of fun with this one. Might even color it at some point.

[blumineck]

When your blacksmith buddy says “hey man do you want a bardiche?”, the answer is always yes!

I have a website now!

[xilos]

Wow! I was actually mostly unfamiliar with this thing but apparently wound up recreating it from principles in my fantasy setting. Neat!

(My elf-adjacent folk use something between an axe and a glaive to take advantage of their oversized reach and to be a useful woodsman’s tool)

[pupucino]

follow your dreams at a sustainable pace

[alhilton]

500 words a day gets the novel written

[grimeclown]

I don't know which of you needs to hear this but "narc" is not short for "narcissist" when someone calls you a "narc" for snitching they are calling you a "narcotics officer"

[gaesnek]

[monkey-mulch]

technically narc isnt even short for narcotics officer its just cant for Cop, I believe Roma in origin

[red-mercer]

I read years ago in a book that it was derived from nakk, Romani for nose, as in someone who always has their nose in other people's business

[grimeclown]

ITS DERIVED FROM "NARCO" AS IN "NARCOTICS" WHAT FUCKING BOOK

[grimeclown]

Okay you know what pulling back on my derision because i can see how this mistake would be made but narc and nark are etymologically unrelated

[headspace-hotel]

Etymology is always doing some shit like this

[bogleech]

Convergent evolution.

[bisexual-engineer-girl]

Linguistic crab

[backofthebookshelf]

Two entire linguistic traditions have merged to remind you not to be a fuckin narc

[mawofthemagnetar]

What do you mean “chat” is now referring to ChatGPT and not twitch chat? What? What? What the fuck? No?

When I address chat I am speaking to a presumed Greek chorus of real human people shitposting on their lunch break, not a machine that devours lakes to covert electricity into slop.

[halondrus]

[cutecipher]

can you put that thing on a leash?

[halondrus]

ok

[cumpriest]

so funny to me when white american christians are like “ooh i incorporate my religious trauma into my art and thats why i draw these stained glass gothic church gold multi eyed reneissance sculpture angels agnus dei” like i know your protestant southern california ass didnt have any of that. go make some art about this

[deoidesign]

ok

[arsonsara]

Damn way to read the assignment and go above and beyond.

[sunshine-tattoo]

the bleakness and sanitized feel of most American protestant churches really is an underused medium.

[sketchy-scribs-n-doods]

idk why tf the images were deemed to be ‘violating community guidelines’, but here’s what this post used to look like