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Where I reblog things that I want to find later.

[innerchildabortionclinic]

your cat was an honor to see in the window

[pocketss]

Ummm she's literally sensitive :/

[the-rat-wins]

(source)

[spitelesss]

if you sneeze without covering your mouth on public transit then you deserve *pauses to consider my convictions regarding punitive justice* *nods head resolutely* the death penalty

[northstareclipse]

There's a recurring online tendency to aestheticize consensus itself. The imagined future village is full of emotionally compatible people who enjoy communal gardening, conflict resolution circles, acoustic folk music, mutual aid potlucks, and repairing bicycles together at sunset. Which is nice for the people who genuinely enjoy that lifestyle. But plenty of humans are solitary, prickly, obsessive, urban, nocturnal, sensory-seeking, technologically attached, contrarian, novelty-seeking, private, or just plain difficult. Those people do not evaporate after the revolution. They do not get Left Behind while you are Raptured into the Utopia. They become your neighbors.

[loish]

How to draw underwater settings: make everything floaty and weightless. Done! ✅ Unless you're a geek like me and want to learn all about how to paint the lighting: the highlights of the ripples, the bluish glow, the reflections.. there's a lot to think about but it's so satisfying once you get it right!

I painted these for last month's Patreon challenge on underwater lighting! If you like drawing challenges, join us: we’re studying wrinkles and folds this month. It's time to walk away from those face-smoothing filters and draw some textured skin!

[holohedral]

[thisauthorisscreaming]

Does it count as 'sword in the stone' if it looks more like 'sword in the cairn'...?

[apolladay]

What do you prefer your house thermostat set at, in degrees Celcius?

64 or lower

65-67

68-69

70-72

73 or higher

No preference

What do you prefer your house thermostat set at, in degrees Celcius?

64 or lower

65-67

68-69

70-72

73 or higher

No preference

Voting ended onJun 2

[bbboar]

Anon you fucked up so bad

[sophiemars]

From the notes

[voluptatiscausa]

Temeraire dashboard simulator

☁️ dragonflyer

temeraire the boat 🤝 temeraire the dragon

stolen from the french

😠 angrywinchester

ok for a moment i was going crazy i was like. wasnt it english built. but apparently the battle of trafalgar temeraire was named after an earlier temeraire stolen from the french

😠 angrywinchester

also fantastic move by william laurence, after stealing a dragon egg from the french. “yknow what would be so funny-"

☁️ dragonflyer

the royal navy: rubbing it in since 1759

☁️ dragonflyer

going through the wikipedia for the temeraire-class and I swear like a third of these things were captured by the british lmao

😠 angrywinchester

“should we build a new temeraire?” “no….just wait….wait for the french to build it…"

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🗡️ rolandinthedeep

New South Wales core

😎 kuling-chill-e

:(

🗡️ rolandinthedeep

/affectionate

😎 kuling-chill-e

:)

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🚓 is-william-laurence-currently-a-convicted-criminal

no

#check back tomorrow

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🐉 temer-marry-me

fellow dragonfuckers I’m thinking about those tendrils today

🧚🏽 dragonrider69

#girl I am at WORK you cannot be distracting me like this

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🗣️ morelikeaerialbore

people thinking we can’t let dragons walk around London because of the size of the streets or the citizenry pissing themselves in fear, WRONG, the real reason is dragons talk too loud and you would never escape the sound of Perscitia arguing with the finance bros about bitcoin

#I’m the only one brave enough to say this #dragon rights

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🪽 wingmanbutnotmid

the captain and tharkay are back from yet another harrowing adventure

#the sight of tharkay literally cured his amnesia and you’re telling me I’m tinhatting

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👑 vivelempereur

New chapter of The Emperor’s Greatest Conquest (E, 183,832k, 42/?) is up!

Laurence does not turn away from the window as Napoleon enters the room. He must not have heard the footsteps, too absorbed in contemplating the beauty of the Emperor’s work, the gracious pavilions, the broad streets, the well-tended and loyal beasts. That is the only explanation; Laurence is ever courteous, even when held as a guest of honour in a land not his own. It gives Napoleon a chance to study Laurence in profile; the proud raise of the chin, the intelligence in the gaze, the slight frown of the lips. To any other, perhaps, his face would be unreadable. But to the Emperor…he knows. He knows the war that wages in that noble breast, of loyalty and desire. Today, Napoleon vows, Today. Today, I will taste a tongue that has never told a lie. Today, I will have him.

#Napoleon x Laurence #Napolliam #rpf #things are finally getting spicy! #don’t like don’t read #next chapter will post after this one gets at least 500 comments

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👩🏼‍✈️ themainjane

Longwing captains in books written by men: The wind tousled her auburn locks and parted her shirt, revealing the creamy hills of her bosom, as she stood on the neck of her dragon. She sighed, fearing such would be the only caresses she would ever know. When, oh, when would the admiral look upon her, and see, not a Captain of the aerial corps, but a woman? A soft and tender woman, with a woman’s needs and a woman’s heart?

Longwing captains in real life: I think I left my neckcloth in the tent of the courier I pegged last night

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💅 notsolittle

Napoleon if he was @kazilikdeeznuts’s captain

🔥 kazilikdeeznuts

As if my Granby wouldn’t look perfectly splendid with his tits out, I will commission this at once

🧯 longjohns

do nOT

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🇬🇧 ioutrankinyou

@/identifying-ships-in-posts was literally convicted of treason but y’all still reblogging. He is not your “wholesome navycore dad” he’s a fucking criminal. And all you apologists can stop sending me anons, it’s like I’m the only one who has any fucking loyalty to their country

🧯 longjohns

girl….just say you’re pro-war crimes it’s faster

#he’s really out here saying this shit with his whole chest still

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🏳️‍🌈 queerthesky

#just met admiral roland #join the corps they said #it’ll be fun they said #you can wear breeches and hang out with dragons #I am here to warn you that this is a joke they are playing on the sapphics #they want us dead

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☀️ alwaysanensign

look LOOK I’m glad the captain got his memories back too ALL I AM SAYING is it was so fucking funny to watch the most proper gentleman ever invented realize women served in the corps, AGAIN, we got to see it TWICE like you can’t pay for that kind of entertainment

🦅 flyyoufools

I knooooow I’m glad he’s loosened up but remember what he was like when he first got to Loch Laggan idk sometimes I miss that guy

🗡️ rolandinthedeep

petition to hit him on the head once a year and say “it’s ok sir we will take you to meet with the admiral” and re-introduce him to my mom

#please it would be so funny #I would trade christmas for this

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🪽 wingmanbutnotmid

Captain Laurence when you’ve been serving with him since the year 5 but still call everything that floats in water a boat

#he’s not mad he’s just disappointed

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[kedreeva]

Mantis is SUCH a pretty bird, and because Bug raised her, she's also the best of both worlds- wants to be pet by humans, easily hangs out with the other birds. Lets me put 4-leaf clovers on her head like a hat so I can take cute photos of her.

[kaenith]

Felt compelled to draw this magical scene <3

[kedreeva]

my goodness your artwork is beautiful! It's GLOWING!

[ot3]

i've reblogged parts of the comic a few times but don't think i've ever really said anything about it so i'll take a moment to do so now. if you're not already reading max graves' What Happens Next then you really should be. in the about section, graves describes his own comic as being about:

the aftermath of a murder

posting on the internet

the midwestern united states

being gay and transgender

which is completely accurate but also does not do a lot to convey just how good of a job the comic does at being about these things. It's able to deftly interrogate the relationships between queerness and isolation, isolation and criminalization, criminalization and sensationalism, sensationalism and Posting, and Posting and queerness with a sort of resigned lucidity that never devolves into preaching. not an easy feat when working with this subject matter.

The story centers around a cast of characters in proximity to a murder that has already been solved. There is no mystery here, other than 'how did it come to this'. Our main character is Milo, twentysomething my little pony enthusiast and murderer's accomplice, now struggling to stumble into early adulthood after 8 years of institutionalization in the wake of his conviction. As a teenager, Milo dismembered the corpse of fellow homeschooler Hayley Gorski at the behest of her murderer and his best friend, Griffin. Other prominent people of interest are the true crime youtubers making content about Milo's situation, the victim's younger sister who is converting her grief into misguided political activism, and the serial killer-stanning penpal/boyfriend of the still imprisoned Griffin who takes an interest in Milo in no small part due to his fixation on the intimacy of sharing a murder with someone. The rest of the cast is fleshed out with these people's friends, families, partners, colleagues, and acquaintances.

It would be difficult to describe any of these characters as likeable, but it would impossible to describe any of them as unsympathetic. With it's heavy reliance on extended flashback sequences, WHN has a real knack for introducing characters that could easily come across as hyperbolic caricatures in less skilled hands, and then retroactively contextualizing them into completely grounded and believable depictions of types of people that are not often afforded that honesty. The comic's unflinching portrayal of the nastiest aspects of many of these characters and the subcultures they reside in is never at the expense of compassion or humanity. It always feels that we are wallowing alongside them, rather than ogling at them from above. At least, to me it does.

As of posting this, the comic has 1,325 pages, but it's drawn in a single-panel format with a relatively very low text density, which makes it an impressively breezy read despite the heaviness of the subject matter and quality of the writing. Check it out if that sounds up your alley, and maybe even check it out if it doesn't sound up your alley because i think this work has the potential to provide a lot of bang for your buck in terms of horizon-expanding.

[zosnap]

Fresh book bingo post for April/May!

I've decided I'm doing Bumps, as in, if I read another book that fits a square and like it better, so -- Idlewild. Fucked-up queer teenagers grapple (poorly) with their gender/sexuality in 2002 New York (and looking back on everything from their 30s). I'm about 10 years younger than these characters and did not go to Quaker school in New York, but the mid-aughts teen-ness of it all was so real. Highly recommend.

2026 Debut: Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die -- I'm only a little embarrassed to admit that I bought the cat blog old man yaoi Snape/Lockhart book BUT it was really funny. Very unique voice/concepts, and characters that are endearingly strange and committed to their bullshit. Would recommend.

Historical Fantasy: The Fox Wife -- kind of a detective story following a grieving fox spirit mother looking to avenge the death of her daughter. It's set at the tail end of the Qing dynasty (early 1900s), so that informs the setting/background, but honestly I would've liked more history! It wove together a lot of intersecting threads from different characters, and I loved the protagonist's fox energy - she's curious and determined but also often impulsive and reckless. My one criticism would be that sometimes it felt afraid to be too subtle, like it would create this beautiful subtle implication you'd only catch if you're paying attention to details, but then turn around a few pages later and state outright what it was implying. But overall, would recommend.

Read it & do it: Braids, buns & twists! -- I wandered through a small library branch recently and wanted to check something out to support their circulation numbers, and wasn't vibing with any of their scifi, but I DID find this hair tutorials book and I did learn how to do a fishtail braid from it. I can't say that I "read" every tutorial in it, and many of them were repetitive and/or strange-looking (imo), but I did learn something new. And it gave me my first bingo!

Romance: Heated Rivalry -- I libby'd this to see what all the fuss was about and honestly am still not sure I get it. I guess the smut is well-written, and the characters are funny. I hear the show is better?

Honorable mention: Cinder House, a very sweet Cinderella story by Freya Marske. Atmospheric, with a strong main character and a solid bittersweet ending. Not quite gothic enough or romantic enough for either square.

[wisedreamdelusion]

festival of carrot make us all right mind and sight

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[mellific]

haven't done a comic in AGES but i whipped this up for a buddy's 4 panel comic anthology (submissions open til june 1st! i had a really fun time making this, recommend 👍)

[a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay]

would you still be alive without modern medicine? looking back at your life, would you survive without any to the moment where you are now?

yes

no

barely

yes but it would affect me for the rest of my life

results

Voting ended onJun 2

I'd have my knee fucked up forever 🫪 alive but yeahhhhh