#these are all real places in the uk

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

Haddock is making the most of the fact that Tintin now has Chang as a photographer, because there is no way Tintin would have ever agreed to take these for him.

#fanart #tintin #adventures of tintin #captain haddock #archibald haddock #snowy #milou #photoset #these are all real places in the uk #this is haddock's heritage

[cashmere-caveman]

Christian Wiman, Darkness Starts | S1E6, Bad Moon Rising | S2E8, All God‘s Children | Ian Strange, Suburban Intervention | S1E6, Bad Moon Rising | S1E3, Ghost Town | Christina Marie Brown, Ghost I

#being human #annie sawyer #would u believe me if i said i actually meant to finish my 'monsters embody the possibility of failing' mitchell post and instead made this #if it seems incomplete thats bc i only used sceenshots i already had instead of rewatching and taking new ones where fitting bc im lazy #but god i love when being human leans into the whole gothic ~u are the house and the house is u~ storyelling angle #one day i'll make my annie post (this is the annie house post) and then it'll be even more appropriate but !!! #the house as horror !!!! the home as the place of violence instead of the shelter from it !!! #also annie not letting go of the house bc it was the last place she was a real person !!! #the house not letting go of her bc it stores and remembers everything she herself is incapable of remembering !!! #she is the house but also her own person but also that place is so intrinsically hers that to the others it IS her #(to some extend at least) #also owen not taking care of the house as he didnt take care of annie. #but also any and all parallels between mitchells later sometimes v agressive behaviour and owens abuse #the bristol house tainted by annies death and the welsh house tainted by the bt20.... #wheres that one poem thats like if u were raised in a house w an angry man there will alwas be an angry man inside your house #and even if there isnt u invite him in #sickening. anyway these tags have deviated so extremely fucking far from the post sorry lads insomnia makes me ramble #once again i present u: me thinking abt a show that went on air fifteen years ago as if it had finished yesterday. enjoy #being human uk #cavetext #triothesis #caveweb

[shoechoe]

i don't consider myself a punk but the way so many people who call themselves "punk" seem to have no idea what punk is is so... annoying

#rambles #not jojo related #personal #i do like some punk i like the dead kennedys and bad brains (and DG if you count it) but i'm not like a super fan of the genre #my friend just browsed through punk subreddits and stuff and ohh my god what she showed bothers me #why do so many people online think punk just means ''left wing anarchist'' #anarcho punk is a thing sure. but that's very far from all punk in existence #punk is a music genre and subculture with political themes that can skew wildly from artist to artist #the post i saw that annoyed me the most was one calling the sex pistols ''fake punk'' because the lead singer is a trump supporter... #the sex pistols were literally the kickstarter for punk in the UK. are you kidding me. #also the people looking at 80s left wing punks telling n/zi punks to fuck off with ''but n/zis can't be punk!'' #yeah they... can be. and have been for a while. hence why they needed to be told to fuck off in the first place #you can't ignore punk has a very mixed history with both far left and far right groups with ''well i don't think it's REAL punk'' #people getting terms with history wrong bothers me so much

[mwagneto]

okay google how do i move out of eastern europe but stay in the eu but go somewhere i speak the language but somewhere that has healthcare and somewhere where i dont need to become a construction worker and also somewhere that is not germany. thanks

#i wanna go to aotearoa I've always wanted to but it's so FAR AWAY. also i need somewhere cold also i #love authentic gothic buildings too much to leave europe. but omfggggg #like it's truly so. i dont want to move somewhere where english isnt a main language but the #uk is out and ireland is unlikely and canada is just somewhat nicer french usa and nz is 4 days travel away. blows up #whatever i have 4 semesters of uni left to think about it. it just feels like im #hurtling full speed at the inevitability of living the rest of my life in Germany #i dont want to live in germany idek why but im sooo. like omg nooo 😭😭😭 #partly because it's such a cliché but also coz it's such a vacation country for me like we #went there for vacation like. unironically at least 3 times every single year #insert joke abt *getting back at the 10000000000 german tourists that come to hungary every day* that I'm too sleepy to make #it's so . like i used to have a specific goal in mind (uk ☹️) but then SOMEONE had to go and leave the eu #and also the uk sucks fat shit like csöbörből vödörbe omg. but now i have no #real goal so im just drifting w the vague knowledge that any second now I'll have to pack all my #shit up and escape before it's too late. but where 😀😀😀 #i have no qualms abt leaving my f*mily behind but I'll miss budapest #and if i left Europe I'd miss it too especially coz even canada feels really far let alone nz which yknow. 3-4 days of travel #it's the lack of goals that's killing me like OMFGG HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WORK HARD AND #STRIVE FOR SMTG WHEN I HAVE NOTHING SPECIFIC IN MIND... #i mean ''get the fuck out'' is something but it's not Enough. i need to be insane about a #place that's accessible. all the cities/locations im crazy about are inaccessible for one reason or another #bristol and wales are in the uk. nz is on the exact opposite side of the planet. life so sad. #canada is the most likely one honestly but like omgggg. godddddjfdnffnfjfmmf #they should invent a budapest that's not in hungary. they should invent a hungary that isn't comically awful #barking #ok to rb #eastern europe #like im fluent in 3 languages and i can get by in like 10 other ones i Could brush up on any language relatively quickly if it came to that #but it's like. 1. I'd have to pick a location 2. learning a new language also means #getting an entire new personality as well which yknow. idk if i have the capacity for another one rn #i should just become fluent in the ones im somewhat good at but idk which to pick

[mycological-mariner]

Hmm… Cornish Western story… hm

#OKAY BUT THIS HAS SOME HISTORICAL VALIDATION #bc okay. in the 1830s there was this MASSIVE Cornish emigration #Cornish tin and copper was drying up and the mining business overall in the uk was coming to its heat death #so boom. no more work for a VAST MAJORITY of Cornish folk #so a lot went to South and Cebtral America and a lot went into the US west and Midwest #because westward expansion was also happening (fuck) and so hey #there’s more work out west and in the Americas #just grass valley Cal. was 3/4 Cornish by descent by 1911 #so there was a huge Cornish diaspora group in the American west #there were tons of places labelled as “’little Cornwalls’ all throughout the west #and in mexico too!! real de monte! #that’s the only place I can think of atm that retained the status #now clearly there’s way more nuance to it and a far more complex history #especially when talking abt Manifest Destiny and the suchlike #ik that Cornish miners were being PAID to leave Cornwall for Australia to work but I can’t find anything about anything like that happening #re: immigration to america. it’s an incredibly fascinating history bc it did help out the Cornish economy in ways #still quite a few men went over and sent money back to their families #but anyways. to bastardise an entire period in history #cornish western #(multigenerational story? classic revenge ie escaping a past?) #I should be banned from thinking I don’t do anything good with this ability #its actually an idea I’ve had for a while but only in vague shapes #I just think Cornwall is pretty and I’m deep in its history. I also think the American west is pretty and I’m fascinated by ITS history #kicking a tin can around in my brain with my hands in my pockets #anyways

[highlyintelligentmoss]

a friend of mine is a trans woman and she keeps talking about wanting to move to the UK and I'm like.... girl.... ://///

#the uk seems like a real bad place to be trans in that's all i'm saying

[vulpinesaint]

I love you. I don't know anything about you except for the post about buying the hp game and donating to a trans org don't cancel each other out. I love you so much.

(Also it's v telling of those people because the extensive transphobia isn't even the issue about the game, just about *part* of the author of the series. It doesn't even mention the literal nazi who headed the development of the literal blood libel game)

Anywho. Thank you for putting yourself at risk for serious harassment by making that post.

this ask is from literally forever ago (it's been ten days but i did not mean to leave it that long sorry babe </3) but god i love you too 🥺

nd yeah absolutely. the way that people continuously try to boil it down to one issue is sooo telling. saying "oh trans genocide isn't real so i can buy the game" when it's built off of a mountain of antisemitism? there's just no way to justify buying this game without saying that you don't care about both trans and jewish people.

and of course beloved. happy to block people and delete anons from my inbox for the sake of letting people know that there is someone on their side. sending so much love always and forever to everyone unless you're buying this game and then i hope you die <3

#it's absolutely a multifaceted issue with MULTIPLE avenues of harm that are being taken. there's so much fucking wrong with that game #i personally do not like the phrasing that i see sometimes of 'the Real issue ab this game is the antisemitism' because. #money to jkr is absolutely a problem. she's actively campaigning against the existence of trans people in the uk. #so. there are Multiple issues that need to be spoken about and all of them are really fucking important in different ways #^^ unless they're talking about the problem With The Game Itself cause then they're absolutely right #the content of the game AND the people behind it AND the place the proceeds are going to are all significant in the culture of harm #that it's perpetuating #anyway. anyway anyway #all love to you obvi obvi #and transphobes in my inbox: kill yourself #ask

[my-name-is-daniel-yes]

yeah okay sorry i suddenly come to the realisation im not normal about this white guy and the stuff he designs

#did you know he managed to combine different metals together using freezing techniques? #he placed them in snow to make them shrink and then let them regain heat in the holes of a 'sheet' of metal so that it would be stuck there #his team did it with tables and benches #he made a sculpture of paper flying away. multiple times. to make it look light because sculptures are normally heavy. #there was a penny sculpture he did that was magnetic so people could stick their own pennies onto it. #there were typographic statue things to symbolise 104 people getting diagnosed with blood cancer daily in the uk #all the statues are someone's real name. and built to their height. perfectly their heights. there were kids there too. #there is a chandelier. it's made out of light. once the light is gone the chandelier is gone. #the centre's a single crystal. it catches the light and shines brightly #he uses light a lot in a lot of his projects they're always so pretty #please be seated/time loop are both public structures. they're for people to sit #for people to sit and rest. maybe lie down. it's friendly architecture. it's made of reclaimed scaffolding boards. #please be seated was the temporary one. time loop is permanent and in hong kong. #coalsence uses an exact volume of anthracite that a single light bulb that was left to burn for entire year would consume. there's over 250 #he drilled holes into the floor of his studio when he was getting evicted. he won't explain why he drilled holes into the floor at the news #he made a table with the floor pieces. #he's nearly 50

[melodyvibes-blog1]

Clueless, Lying Cops Escalate Simple Encounter

#youtube #I Would Love All This Officers To Be Fired Give Place To Real Good Cops They Remind Me Of UK Merseyside Police Got Loads Of Bad Officers Lik

[hbma]

Simon Riley x F!reader; cw: pregnancy, mentions of birth

A/N This is my first “real” piece of writing. The last time I wrote non-academically was my 2nd year of high school when I was like 16 lmao. I’m american, I’ve never been to the UK, I don’t know anyone from the UK, I don’t really consume UK media (unless COD fics count), so dialogue from Simon might be inaccurate!

Thinking abt a little trend of pregnant women posting vids talking about “before marrying/having children check the size of your husband’s head because it ain’t gonna be nice in the delivery room”. Someone also commented to check the size of their shoulders too

This would apply to reader and Simon.

Simon’s a big man. That’s part of the reason why he’s so attractive to you, and now you’re having his baby. According to the doctor, baby is gonna be big. Existing is getting rough and you’re ready for them to come out.

You’re with Simon, casually scrolling social media when you come across the video. You digest the videos message, and now you’re kinda pissed off. Even a bit fearful. Why’d he have to be so big?

You glare at him.

Simon looks over to you and sees your irritated face. He’s gives you a questioning look and you can practically see the question marks above his head.

“What now?”

“This is all your fault.”

“What?”

“Why do you have to be so big!”

“What?! As if I had a choice! Why?”

“This baby is huge! It’s gonna be hell when i push them out! Should have measured your head and shoulders when I met you.” You huff.

“So now you’re saying you wish you didn’t meet me?Don’t be daft.”

“Of course not! It’s not like that-“

“-You weren’t complaining when we met, or in bed, or when I put that baby in you. In fact, I’d reckon my size is a kink-“

“Shut up Riley!” You cross your arms and turn away from him. He huffs out a laugh.

“Don’t worry, love. When the baby arrives, I’ll be with you every single second.” He gives your belly an affectionate pat.

“I’ll be sure to build my strength so when I hold your hand I crush it.”

“Sure, love.”

He gently caresses your chin, turns your head to face him, and places a kiss on your forehead. Whatever you were feeling begins to dissipate.

(Let’s be fr any threat you make to him he’ll laugh it off) I need him

#call of duty #simon ghost riley #simon ghost riley x reader #call of duty x reader #simon riley x reader #cod imagine #call of duty imagine #call of duty fic #ghost x reader #ghost x you #simon ghost riley x you #ghost x female reader #ghost x f!reader

[shouldbewriting]

Pokémon Emerald isn't real. If every single cart out there is fake, that implies the Game is fake.

#seriously can someone poke me yowards a good place in the UK for genuine carts? #CEX reviews section is all people with fakes or thinking they're real and comments then explaining the reviewer's cart is fake #dont get me started on ebay... #I just wanna get a shiny Eevee call it ribbons and collect all the ribbons :(

[niqvassieart]

Painting I was commissioned to do for an upcoming book about my local nature reserve here in North Yorkshire, UK.

All the digital paintings i made for the book are of real places. It was so lovely to be asked to illustrate my home and fun trying to capture the seasonal light and mood of somewhere I know so well!

Here is a lesser spotted woodpecker visiting the area in winter. Pictured with barn owl, roe deer and gulls coming into roost on the floodwater.

#artists on tumblr #digital art #painting #art #photoshop #yorkshire #north yorkshire #lower derwent valley #ldvnnr #national nature reserves #natural england #yorkshire wildlife trust #roe deer #lesser spotted woodpecker #barn owl #british wildlife

[canmom]

So a little over a month ago I was reached out to by @peterkats, a gay refugee currently living in a camp with a small group of other gay and trans refugees.

Peter has, to put it mildly, had a fucking time of it. In his home country, Uganda, his partner was murdered for being trans. He stayed for some time in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya with a group of gay and trans people (pictured above), but violence from police forced them to move, and they're currently in a refugee camp run by the UNHCR. (I've been asked not to explicitly name the country but you can probably figure it out.)

Unfortunately this has not in any way been a reprieve. They've managed to flee right into an impending famine, and if that's not enough, they're still facing violence from police and other refugees, and general indifference from the UNHCR medical staff - who are also facing supply shortages. But it's not completely hopeless. When Peter contacted me, he needed money for food - I sent him some via an intermediary and he was able to get quite a bit (the exchange rate seems to be favourable). With help, things can be quite different.

We've stayed in touch since then, talking about our respective lives, the lgbtq situation in different countries, even videogames and music. He's a really sweet guy, despite it all still trying to find a place he can live free. For real, I would not survive any of this shit.

Recently a couple of people in Peter's group have caught malaria. They are currently sleeping on bare mats without mosquito nets. There seems to be some confusion about the exchange rates but as far as I have been able to gather, about €150 (~20,000ssp) gets a mattress and €10(~1000ssp) a malaria net. The UNHCR have not been able to provide any medication except paracetamol, and it's raining which promotes mosquito activity, so this is kind of an emergency.

I would very much prefer if the new friend I've made doesn't die of starvation or malaria. Unfortunately, I do not have the money to support Peter and his group alone. I've sent him money for one mattress (via PayPal for expediency, it won't show up on GFM), and I would be immensely grateful if you would be able to contribute a bit to getting them another (which would be just about enough to keep six people safe from mosquitoes if sleeping three to a mattress).

Beyond that, these guys are prohibited from working so they would definitely benefit from food money. And if anyone has an idea for a long term plan to get them somewhere safer where they're less likely to get bashed, I am sure Peter would appreciate hearing about it. We talked a bit about the UK asylum process but getting everyone here would be very difficult (passports, flights etc.).

But still like, I can only do so much on my own, and I want to give these guys a fighting chance. So if you could pass this around and donate if you can spare a bit? I'd be insanely grateful.

#signal boost #lgbt #gay #refugee support

[shotmrmiller]

since i'm rambling about self inserts? (is that it?) now you're miserably turning over on the bed, pulling the comforter over your head because you wasted a whole whopping 70$ for MW3 only to get an unfinished game and a piss-poor half-assed shock value main character death.

You fall asleep thinking about what you'd do differently- how johnny wouldn't die so needlessly, maybe even convince Captain Price to let Johnny put a bullet in Makarov's head in that helo.

And when you wake, your surroundings are different. The bed is too small when yours is a king, the innerspring mattress creaks when you sit up, even though you explicitly bought a memory foam.

The walls are spartan instead of the personalized decor you had. Looking over the edge of the bed, the floor isn't carpet. It's an ugly, white vinyl tile.

Where the fuck are you?

Your hands are callused but the only time you even got one was when you tried your hand at gardening, only to eventually realize you could kill a cactus with your brown thumb.

Hopping out of bed, you beeline to your bathroom and look at yourself in the mirror. Almost everything is the same. Eyes, hair, body, height.

Only difference is your flesh. It's littered with scars- both old and new. A thick, pink jagged line across your clavicle (a blade?), a puckered star shaped keloid above your hip bone (A gunshot wound?)

Stepping back out into the room, you carefully survey the space around you. A tac vest you swear you've seen before hangs on the back rest of your small chair.

Two black glock-19's sit on the desk. How do you know that? You don't know lick about weapons.

There's a large sheathed blade by your nightstand table. Didn't Rambo have one of those?

Suddenly, it hits you like a ton of bricks. You're dreaming. Jesus. Maybe you should start reading some smut fanfiction before bed to get Simon in your-

A knock at your door pulls you out of your degenerate thoughts.

oooookay.

Padding quietly to the door, the metal of the handle feels shockingly cold. How wildly vivid.

"Ye- what the fuck?"

What the actual fuck?

"Language."

...

Your mouth gapes in utter disbelief. "Simon?"

His dark eyes narrow behind his skull mask. "Chummy, are we?" He steps forward, forcing your neck back at an uncomfortable angle to keep your eyes fixed on his. "You and I, Sergeant, ain't friends. It's Ghost to you. Clear?" he snarls.

You swallow thickly. "C-Crystal, sir."

He tips his chin forward. "Get decent, I'm to take ya to the debriefin' room."

what?

"Now."

Spinning on the balls of your feet, you hastily dress, and grab the vest on the chair. UK flag on it. Tactical. Heavy as hell.

Your hands move on their own, and fingers smartly clip buckles, pull up zippers and close the pockets- as if you've been doing this your whole life.

What is happening?

When you get to wherever it was you were going, you're met with more recognizable faces.

Captain Price stands in front of Laswell, bulky arms crossed as he speaks to her in a hushed tone.

Gaz sits on a chair with his head hanging back as he blankly stares at the ceiling, trademark cap in place.

And then there's- "Bonnie!"

Johnny.

"Good to see Simon dinnae eat ye on the way here."

Simon Ghost doesn't react to the jibe at all.

Why are you sitting in the middle of the 141 listening to Laswell debrief about Hassan? Why aren't you waking up yet? You're lucid. The sharp sting of your nails digging into the palms of your clenched hands isn't dulled.

"Good hunting."

This can't be happening.

This isn't real. The heavy helmet strapped to your head. The weight of the bulky tac vest full of equipment. The painfully tight straps around your thighs. The way the rifle feels in your hands, solid and dense.

Not real.

Until you're offloading with Bravo Team in Al-Mazrah on the search for Major Hassan. The tall grass grazing your pants, the NVG's over your eyes to help you see in the dark. The harsh recoil of a weapon you've only ever used in a video game. The gurgling sounds of the enemies as they choke on their blood by your feet. The bullet whizzing past you, clipping your cheekbone. The burning sting of it, white-hot pain.

Real.

It feels fucking real.

#call of duty #simon ghost riley #johnny soap mactavish #cod mw2 #cod mwii #cod #kyle gaz garrick #john price #is it self insert? idk

[cameron-s-gaskins]

It's 1980. The night before a big rain storm. The night before Sam's car skids into the canal. ...Except Sam opens a fob watch. A fan comic.

Chapter 2 will take place in 2007, after the 'death' of Harold Saxon.

So, this is just a fun little project I decided to do in my spare time :) It's not Ashes to Ashes complaisant, I'll admit that way way way back when Ashes first started airing, I was pretty salty about the explanation that Sam died in a car accident. I know how that show ended, and what they decided to go with, but I'm still just ignoring it all together. I guess this could be a 'fix it,' I'm not sure. Just suspend your disbelief. I'm going to estimate that chapter 2 will take about two months to finish, depending on my real life work load, but the script is already written.

#fan comics #fanart #simm!master #life on mars uk #life on mars #sam tyler #gene hunt #tenth doctor #tensimm #thoschei #pre slash #life on mars doctor who crossover #Sam Tyler is The Master #john simm #david tennant #Phillip Glenister #master redemption #the master #the doctor #doctor who #new who #whovian #doctor x master

[moonwoodhollow]

HOHENZOLLERN ALLEE 72-76

a German-inspired 1950s apartment build + a furnished flat

A build download that was in the works for almost a month and made me realise how much I love building local architecture even though it's not the easiest within the constraints of TS4.

It's meant to represent a realistic German apartment build, that is a bit run down and yet still feels homey and nostalgic to those of us growing up near or in these buildings. There's one furnished flat that is ideal for 2-3 sims and furnished in a retro 60s-90s look, that I hope you'll enjoy! This is also a BIG 1K followers gift, with which I want to show my deepest appreciation to all my followers, thank you so much!!

More info, screenshots + DL link behind the cut!

First a little history/backstory to this build:

This build is something you'd see very often in Middle to Northern Europe, less so in the UK, because brick builds there look similar but also different and I based my build off of Northern German brick builds.

The red brick used for these builds dominates the townscapes in quite a few cities where I live and has been used for a few centuries (see Brick Gothic). This build that I based on a real building, however, is more modern and was probably built after WW2, as the design choices, like using tiles on the facades of brick builds is something distinctively 1950s. I know there are older examples, but these buildings usually have more design and decor elements on the facades. These red brick builds were built en masse starting with the 1920s and were usually meant for low-income households. The same goes for the 1950s brick builds, which were built on top of ruins of older buildings destroyed in the war and oftentimes were cheaply constructed and usually don't receive the same appreciation that older pre-war brick builds get, so quite a few are already being demolished for more modern builds.

So what do you get with this build?

Hohenzollernallee 72-76 is a 40x30 lot that I placed in Evergreen Harbor on the Sprucewood Square lot. I created 2 versions of the building, one as a normal residential lot and another as a residential rental. Just choose whatever you want! There are 6 different flats, that have been renovated at different times, which is apparent from the condition of their kitchen and bathroom.. Each flat has its own basement room and the garden is shared between all tenants and there's a shared laundry room in the basement as well.

You'll also have a restaurant shell, the Burger Lab that is not functional currently, but you could make it so if you want.

The furnished flat is playtested and ideal for 2-4 sims max and is heavily 'lived in', meaning very cluttered. I personally see an older woman living there, whose husband already died and her daughter left as soon she turned 18, but the interior was never changed or renovated. I don't know, you could probably come up with a lot of story ideas!

CC is mostly included. You'll find an Excel file with the specific file names and the dl link for all CC that is not included. The build will probably still look okay-ish without the excluded CC but I strongly recommend downloading it, if you do not already have it.

Thank you, especially to these lovely creators: @budgie2budgie, @sforzinda, @surely-sims, @pluto-sims, @syboubou.

@myshunosun, @charlypancakes, @peacemaker-ic, @kkbsmm, @leaf-motif

@awingedllama, @kirsicca, @baufive, @lumenniveus, @kiwisim4 and many more!! it's because of you that this build looks the way it does <3

Uses items from the following packs: For Rent, Growing Together, High School Years, Cottage Living, Snowy Escape, Eco Lifestyle, Discover University, Island Living, Get Famous, Seasons, Cats and Dogs, City Living, Get Together, Get To Work, Werewolves, My Wedding Stories, Dreamhome Decorator, Strangerville, Vampires, Dine Out, Tiny Living, Laundry Day, Backyard Stuff, (Kits): Party Essentials, Basement Treasures, Greenhouse Haven, Bathroom Clutter, Everyday Clutter, Desert Luxe, Little Campers, Décor to the Max, Industriel Loft & Courtyard Oasis

Download: Google Drive | also up on the gallery: aeromantica (but you'll need the cc files from the Drive folder!)

-> Info: I tried to not include merged files, but there are about 3-5 that I missed, sorry :(

TOU: please don’t claim as your own or put behind paywalls etc. If you find any issues (wrong files, etc.) please let me know + tag me if you’ll use the house, I’d love to see it in your games.

#ts4 #sims 4 #the sims 4 #sims 4 build dl #showusyourbuilds #show us your builds #sims 4 lot download #sims 4 lot dl #sims 4 build #sims 4 interior #*mine #*mydownload #sims community #sims 4 screenshots