when I game, Pangur drapes herself across my shoulders like a mink stole
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Me looking around my room now that ao3 is down
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The sailing master's quarters on HMS Warrior (1860)
via reddit
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In short, if all the matter in the universe except the nematodes were swept away, our world would still be dimly recognizable, and if, as disembodied spirits, we could then investigate it, we should find its mountains, hills, vales, rivers, lakes, and oceans represented by a film of nematodes. The location of towns would be decipherable, since for every massing of human beings there would be a corresponding massing of certain nematodes. Trees would still stand in ghostly rows representing our streets and highways. The location of the various plants and animals would still be decipherable, and, had we sufficient knowledge, in many cases even their species could be determined by an examination of their erstwhile nematode parasites.
Nathan Augustus Cobb, a nematologist working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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On Alfred's Laugh
A very underrated part of American culture, especially amongst Americans ourselves, is how we laugh. No matter where I've gone in the world or who I've talked to, in French or German or English, when my nationality hasn't come up, and sometimes I'm demurring from answering if I don't want to explain myself, I'm caught as soon as I laugh. Immediately pinned as American. Immediately. Even if it's only a single half-snorted chortle, we open our chests, speak through grins, and make our joy heard. We smile with our teeth, and we laugh with all our hearts, and I fucking love that about us. I'm sure it's not entirely unique to us, but people worldwide know our laughs.
And I think about that with Alfred, how he's gotten good at languages. He's absorbed and speaks several languages and understands several more. He's probably learned how to adapt his behaviour overseas, but the essence of him, the honest, distilled Alfred, is in his laugh. Always in his laugh. He can be as duplicitous as the day is long, play two sides, and wear his self-righteousness on his sleeves as much as he wants, but he can't change that laugh. Not the real one. It's too distinct.
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will you put a version of monk hatsune miku with the original backgroud too? i like it better cause it has better contrast compared to the new blue on blue though i also really like the new background!!! but having the other option might be good too if you want :) if not thats ok!
of course! uploaded on inprint as well :)
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thinking about van now and forever, like cmon her first question during a seance was did oj do it. she wears khaki shorts. shes a religious fanatic. she told her girlfriend that she loved her for the first time by writing it in her own blood. she saw cats on broadway at seven years old and hated it. she not only owned a shirt that said coed naked soccer on the front but also decided to take it with her to nationals. she banged on the ceiling of the plane when her oxygen mask didn’t come down. she has mommy issues. she has multiple ear piercings. she has been bitten on screen three separate times and also survived three different fires. she gives queer movie recommendations to the youth and she hates cell phones. she organizes the back room of her video store by which movies she thinks are good and which are bad. she is dying and did not intend to tell anyone about it. shes butch!! shes silly!!!! shes eaten people and afterwards claimed not to feel ashamed of it!!!! whats not to love. i could talk about her forever forever forever forever
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the inherent magic found in people playing post-apocalyptic games like the fallout series as a homestead simulator. focusing on the aspect of building your own community, embracing your found family, creating safety and coziness despite the antithesis. to birth warmth where previously thought barren
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I was trying to draw something else, but this sketch was too cute not to finish
#1340 has a pouch by default, so he might as well use it by letting one of Pea Pod's twins snooze in there, and let the tired Mama have a nap too
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