#australian friends

[nathsketch]

Attention to all my beloved Aussie friends!!

I have some great news!! After almost 3 years, I’m now able to resume shipping to Australia! 🇦🇺

The shipping profile on both my shops have been altered and they are now ready to receive your orders!

Thank you for the patience! ♥️🥰

#australian friends #come forward! #no more restrictions #artists on etsy #etsy seller #nathsketch #the art of nathanna erica #thanks for your patience #artists on tumblr #artists support

[ravennowithtea]

Thank you to everyone for your continued support this past year! 💖

I hope you all have a warm holiday season, filled with light and love, and spent with those most precious to you <3

❄️ Happy Longest Night ❄️

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate fanart #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #bg3 gale #tara the tressym #long cat #one long (cat) tressym for longest night <3 #this was this year's yuletide card #happy longest night #also conversely wishing my australian friends a MUCH AIR CONDITIONING on your longest day - stay cool <3

[froody]

some will never understand the sacred bond between a NEET with a fucked up sleep schedule and the world’s most harried nightshift worker that they entertain over DMs every weeknight

#my Australian and nightshift friends <3

[iguessricciardo]

they’re the same picture

#it’s so funny to me how daniel is always the hyper friend #like go girl live your life #daniel ricciardo #liam lawson #australian gp 2024

[f1-birb]

babysitter to babysitter communication

#australian gp 2024 #jontent #jon malvern #blake friend #lando norris #daniel ricciardo

[jimvasta]

Humans will eat anything

But maybe they shouldn't

"Susie, can I ask you a question? I need a human translation."

Susie smiled softly at the small feathered Craksol who reminded her so much of the bantam chickens that ran around the farm she grew up on. They had the small coloured plumage and bouncy stride, all for standing four feet tall and being highly intelligent spacefarers. "Go for it."

"One of the newcomers complimented me, they said I looked delicious," it always pleased Craksols to receive compliments, they worked hard to maintain their feathers. Preening was huge part of their social structure. "But I did not understand the next part. They said they 'have 11 herbs and spices and an air fryer with my name on.' I never exchanged titles with them and we are not at the stage of gifting, did I- Susie, is that your anger face? Why is your warrior waking? Susie?"

"Which of them said that?" Susie glowered at the new human crew lounging by the bar oblivious to the interest as they enjoyed their drinks.

"The one with long face hair."

Susie nodded. "Lukas."

Her fellow human, the towering male who made all the Craksols automatically nervous, had been silent during the exchange but was stood nearby. "I've got it. He'll have a zinger of a black eye when done with him."

"Whatever you do, just make sure it's original recipe regret."

The Craksol took a step back as they witnessed Lukas calmly walk over to his fellows, the first other humans they had seen in months, and swing a punch that knocked the man who gave the mysterious compliment to the ground. "What- Why-?"

"It's better if you don't know. You go back to the ship. Lukas and I need to give some etiquette lessons to the newbie astronauts."

#humans are space orcs #writers on tumblr #haso #humans are space australians #humans will eat anything if you give them a chance #humans will not let you eat their friends

[blumineck]

wait.

I just watched one of your videos with sound on for the first time and heard your accent and now I'm wondering if your username is a phonetic way to spell how australians say "blooming heck" ??

OK, this one tickled me. Did anyone else get Aussie vibes from my accent? Do I need to cut down on watching Bluey? Or should I lean into it?

(I'm actually from Northern England. We don't have a lot of space in the UK, but a lot of our towns are very old, so we cram a lot of different accents into a small area, and mine's a bit of a mix. But Australia is faaaaaaar)

Either way, that is where my username comes from! Great spot!

#like I get it #accents can be tricky #and we get too hung up on them sometimes #I'd happily be Australian #if it wasn't so far from my family and friends

[italiansteebie]

i desperately crave non american steve.

gimme italian stephano

french stephen

damn even Australian steve like can you imagine??

them moving to hawkins steve's freshman year and eddie immediately following steve being all like "oi, im gonna head to the servo for a bevvie. can ah get ya somethin?"

and eddie just... blubbering. "uh- i. im, gnarly. dude."

cut to a few years later steve meets the kids and by that time steve's accent has cut away significantly, and they don't notice until eddie wakes up in the hospital bed high off his ass from morphine asking steve to "talk austria" to him and everyone is highly confused and steve only makes it worse.

"right babe. as soon as we shoot through here we can get you right. maybe stop by maccas. good on ya almost dyin' babe."

"what the fuck was that."

"that was worse than when max first showed up from california."

"you can do an australian accent?"

steve scoffs. "gimme a pash and go back to sleep. you must be rooted, love."

their audience is still standing in confusion and steve pays them no mind, waiting for eddie to fall back asleep.

"steve." robin hisses once eddie's eye flutter closed. "explain."

they're all looking at him expectantly.

"i was born in australia. a real true blue. freshman year as youse call it."

he can almost see the moment it clicks for robin.

"oh my god! you're the australian guy everyone was freaking out over in 8th grade? shit. i was wondering what happened to him. that makes so much sense."

there's a grimace on little wheelers face.

"what pissed in your cheerios, mate?"

the grimace worsens.

"my sister talked about you ALL the time. it was gross when i didn't know it was YOU. now it's even worse."

"oh piss off, wheeler."

the rest of the group giggles, quietly launching into questions about australia, like can he surf? is everyone really always drunk? does the toilet actually flush backwards? what's the outback like?

steve sighs. thanks a lot, eddie.

#steve harrington #eddie munson #robin buckley #best friend robin #australian steve harrington #non american steve harrington #steddie #established steddie #the party #dustin henderson #mike wheeler #steddie fic #steddie ficlet #eddie lives au #steve and eddie #soft eddie munson #soft steve harrington #established steddie au #stranger things #best friend robin buckley #stranger things ficlet #steddie drabble #soft steddie

[humijpg]

I've been thinking about them too much so have a small dump of various things

#charlie is annoying to draw #pim pimling #his name is so dumb #charlie dompler #charpim #smiling friends #when are they gonna be canon? #i will still only be one of the two people who call this ship parsley #and yes australians call them zooper doopers im just as concerned

[just-whump-and-suffering]

Pirate Islands ep 07

#pirate islands #whump #stabbed with a poisoned dagger #disoriented #sudden collapse #need to be supported #feeling the forehead #worried friends #australian show

[neon-d0rk]

Y’all ever think about how Lewis was there for Nico’s first podium and his last?

#late night thoughts with my best friend who doesn’t watch F1 #I rant to her about brocedes all the time #brocedes #nico rosberg #f1 #lewis hamilton #2008 Australian Grand Prix #2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

[spookberry]

I always feel bad when I move my little dog away from a big dog thats in our path especially if its one with a reputation like pit bulls or german shepards cuz i stg everytime the other owners like "oh dont worry my dogs super friendly" cuz like, its not you.

#she super finicky about whether shell like another dog or not #so its overall safer to just stay on her path and avoid other animals best i can #she never likes puppies or golden retrievers #but she does pretty well with german shepards? #and she loves poodles #but not doodles #other little dogs she tends to be more neutral with but ill avoid em just in case #she gets on great with other hound dogs tho #beagles bassets whatever #those are usually all friends to her #Australian sheperds on the other hand never mix well with her

[fluffer5]

How Protective Terrans Are

So... I might've dropped a few trauma bomb in my previous entries... but we won't further open those particular can of worms *smiles brightly while throwing the proverbial can at the traum-- ehem, garbage disposal*.

Anyways, this is my 5th entry to Humans Are Space Orcs! For today's human documentary, we're going to talk about what adult Terrans can and will do to you if you touch their young, family, close friends, pets, or special mementos given to them by a special someone (which doesn't have to be from a dead anybody or a romantic somebody). We all know people wouldn't hesitate to throw hands just to keep their people or stuff safe.

So, let's refer to my list, cuz it's easier to do lol. Again, I've used movies, series, podcasts, and a writer's angst-filled mind to type this. Should I warn the rest of you for further reading? I guess I should (I was so used to reading things without the warning that I'm sometimes confused of the TW tag on some stuff lol).

TW: Gore, violence, theoretical bodily harm even though I censored most of it, death, stabby people, bullying, the insanity train.

Kill the threat. Bit of an extreme one for the first thing to pop in my head, yes? But it is true. Wars were waged for lesser things. See this news article for one example: "Mom fatally shot home intruder to defend kids, she says". This one was published on August 18, 2022. In 2012, cuz I'm too lazy to search recent ones, there's another news articles featuring the same thing but focuses on a mother shooting an intruder to protect her 3-month-old baby. In 2015, an 11-year-old boy also shot an intruder trying to defend his 4-year-old sister from possible harm. I could go on and on about this but in countries where guns are not accessible, the next possible thing to use in defense would've been something sturdy and blunt or something extremely sharp. Actually, if we were in a time wherein tribes or kingdoms exist instead of cities, I can surely say that killing their young would definitely put you and your family in said people's sh*t list.

Fight the threat. Whether is be physically punching them on the face of the place where the sun doesn't shine, nobody cares as long as the deed of letting them know their place is done. Exhibit A that a lot of us know would be bullies ganging up on a younger sibling in school. We know that younger sibling are the proverbial pain in the *ss of older siblings. It's a love-hate relationship between them. But it's also an unsaid rule that only the older siblings can threaten or push around younger siblings. Anyone else touching them aside from the close family ties should be prepared to taste someone's fist. Or feet. Or the pavement. You get the gist of it. Though as long as the child in question can take care of the bullying on their own (which I did in my experience) then the parents or older sibling would gladly back off until the time they notice that things are going too far. Though, sadly, some kids prefer not to talk about their problems which leads to behavioral issues in the future, sorta trying to get attention from their elders but in a negative way.

Threaten the threat. I see this as the tamer version of protection actually lol. I don't know about other countries but in my country, the smart kids in school can threaten your life as a student. We have the usual bling-bling kids with the money and huzzah but they don't last long in the face of being a social pariah at school. They can throw money all they want but the smart kids wouldn't be threatened at all cuz they hold the key to higher GPA. Even the teachers complain about them nerds but action speaks loud and their compilation of evidence speaks louder lol. You'd be lucky if the nerd assigned to you has the patience of a saint cuz if not... well, I've had to stop fights from breaking out from simple arguments. Not just in school though. If you've got connection in higher places then that could also be a way to threaten someone (it does happen in real life so it isn't far-fetched). Though it is more effective to threaten the threat if you're in the same place as them. Another thing would be holding blackmail on said person (though that only works if they're not an immediate threat). If you have enough social influence, well, you can destroy their entire life without touching them even once.

Torture the threat. A friend says I'm too kind for ending their lives easily. Well, watching too many action and horror films prepared me for this part lol. I don't know which one would be done but interrogators have done the worst to get information from their victim. Too gory for this though and I don't know how many kids or emotional teens are in here so I have to censor a ton of the juicy details. Let's say it would be a bit similar to Saw, Jigsaw, and war interrogations. Chemicals, acids, peeled skin, salt, knives, and hammers might also be in place. Just know that it would be a bloody, unforgiving event that would take place in that particular room with that unfortunate victim.

Play the long game. Another said killing them quickly was... well... too quick XD. This one centers heavily on having money and patience. Know who the threat is, where they live, who they interact with, and what makes them tick. For this to work, you need to give up who you were before and settle on anonymity. This is... a bit more drastic than torture but works well if you have too much hate in your chest or the deed done was something you can never forgive. It's more on watching them physically suffer with their injury or doing the threatening on their family (gets messy very fast), but since this threat had amassed A LOT of enemies, they won't exactly know who did the evil deed on them. Shoot them on their legs, feet, and shoulder. Their spine if you're a good shot and know where to hit. Places that aren't close to their vital organs but would render them disabled. You'll let them live, but it will be a life of pain and agony.

Talk to the threat. The most peaceful type and probably the most boring out of this chaotic list > v <. This should be the first thing we do and not escalate to violence if some of us can help it. Again, your patience and wit will be tested here. If your threat is minor (like another child), then talking to their guardian would help with keeping the problem from going through a rollercoaster ride. Sometimes that doesn't work and the problem turns into an adult fight.

In summary, you have 2 kinds of Terrans. One would shoot before asking; the other would talk before shooting. Which is why you should never step on this particular deathworld if you were thinking about making Terran slaves or using our young in experimentation. We haven't given chase on aliens yet. Don't make yourselves the first intergalactic specie the Terrans would obliterate.

Meanwhile in a fast approaching spacecraft...

This alien reading this How To Deal With Terrans manual : Why did we want to go to this deathworld again?

Another alien turning yellow from anxiety : To befriend them and learn about the resident Terrans?

Yet another alien wilting as they feel faint from the information : Oh, thank the stars we won't be terrorizing them.

The alien commander whose frills are flaring in alarm as they read through the unredacted version of the manual : They will torture and skin us for taking their young and their pets?!

This particular scientist whose skins are changing colors in excitement : See? I told you their famous quote of "If predator not friend, why friend shape?" also applies to them!

#earth is space australia #humans are crazy #humans are space orcs #humans and aliens #humans are deathworlders #humans are space australians #humans are space oddities #humans are weird #humans are terrifying #humans are strange #humans are awesome #humans being humans #why humans friend shape with pudgy appearance but can kill you in seconds? #no man is an island #humans waged war for lesser things #our families are part of the no-touchy rule #rational yet feral terrans are terrifying #have you been maimed yet? #we are gentle #just don't start a fight with us #know your terrans #read your manuals thoroughly #happy holidays everyone

[tarotmantic]

🥕🎾🧸

AO final. if u even care

#guys we have already won #tennis #ao24 #australian open 2024 #jannik sinner #daniil medvedev #fun fact i started learning russian in 2022 so when i first saw medvedevs name i was like unreasonably excited #telling all my friends THAT MEANS BEAR!!!!!! #i am in fact quite annoying ❤️

[jpitha]

Humanity is old.

Streaked between the stars at relativistic speeds, trips taking decades, or in rare cases centuries.

Tried out every different kind of travel method, governance, and community group. Wrote what happened down too, so when people next thought of it again, they were able to iterate.

Found no friends between the stars, so made their own. They gave their AIs agency, authority and sapience. They declared them people and gave them a part in civilization.

They had millennia of learning how to live with people back when they were thousands of disparate tribes, towns, cities, countries and so - with a few growing pains - were able to live with their creations in harmony - most of the time.

They fought, lived, loved, and died under strange suns.

All millennia before we met.

And still, when they met us, we had things to show them.

They never learned about the Warp Gate system; their worlds were too far away from it. They didn't even know it existed until we showed it to them. Their engineers swarmed it, learned all they could, dutifully built a few and installed them around their worlds to assist in transit...and then mostly continued to use the wormhole generators they've been using for the last seven hundred years.

They learned that their world is larger, heavier, harsher than most other sapients' worlds. Their bodies evolved to live on that harsh world and as a result their reflexes are excellent, they can eat nearly anything, and they can withstand almost an unimaginable amount of damage while continuing to fight. To watch a human do these things seemingly without even trying is an amazing thing to watch.

By pure coincidence, our worlds have similar enough day cycles that we're comfortable with each other's day/night cycle. We're awake when they are, they sleep like we do for about the same amount of time. We live around the same time, and so we can share lives together.

Like others have said, really it's amazing that they and us have so much in common, being originally hundreds of light-years apart. It's probably why we get along so famously. For nearly the entire time we have known about each other, we have been close.

They tell us that the greatest thing we have shown them is friendship. Humans crave it. It's odd to see. They'll make friends with anyone. They'll bond to inanimate objects, to sapients, to ships. Humans work in groups and if there aren't groups already they will make their own, the minute they arrive.

We are a social creature too, perhaps not to the extent they are, but being social as well meant that we understood their overtures, wanted to be in groups too and were able to help them meet that need they had.

The need to be friends.

Humanity is old. They are old, old friends.

#humans are deathworlders #humans are friends #humans are space orcs #humans are space australians #humans are space capybaras #humans are space oddities #worldbuilding #sci fi writing #scifi writing #writing

[roipecheur]

The brat that what

Robin 1993 #67

#brutim #comic scans #this guy is supposed to be australian but I'm pretty sure that's not how you say friends lmao