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[the-laridian]

Facts about your body after you turn 25, AKA things I wish someone had told me:

you will get hair in fun new places. this is normal and fine.

these places include (but are not limited to) if you don’t already have them: your asscrack, your back, your ears, and moles. it’s fine.

some of you, dick or not, will also lose hair. this is normal, but also if you have ovaries maybe get this checked out for PCOS.

your acne will probably change. some people get better. some people get worse. it’s fine.

your nails will probably get an infection or a fungus at least once in your life. this is fine. (but also let your doc know).

how you gain and lose fat and where you do so will change. this is fine.

how you smell will change. this is fine. (fishy or rotten smells mean doctor time though)

if you have a prostate: it gets harder to pee. prostates enlarge as you age (get this checked regularly). this is fine.

if you do not have a prostate: it gets easier to pee but not in a good way. as in as you get older, your pelvic floor muscles tend to lose some of their strength. this makes it harder to keep pee in. this is fine.

all breasts and pectorals eventually sag, with the rest of your body. this is fine.

a decent percent of the population will experience a cyst at least once. some of you will make up for the rest with multiple. this is fine, but keep them checked out by a doctor. (sometimes this is a condition! get checked for that too!)

almost half of everyone gets hemorrhoids. it’s a good idea to just expect them since your chances of getting them get higher the older you are. your toilet will look like a murder scene. definitely get your booty checked out BUT this is almost always perfectly normal. just eat more fiber. “but I already-” eat more fiber. and maybe suck it up and buy some hemorrhoid cream, you’ll thank me later.

yes, this means you will probably need to make an appointment for a doctor to see your butthole. it’s okay. not only do they really not care but 1. they’ve seen weirder that day and 2. they’d far rather you see them now than later when it’s been going on for forty years and now it might be colon cancer. it’s okay. consider it a rite of passage.

adults need more sleep than children. don’t believe the myth that you need less than they do. that is capitalist propaganda to make you give up more of your life to the work grind, comrade.

vitamins and medicine, something you are more likely to take as you get older, sometimes make the toilet turn weird colors. it’s okay.

if you still have your tonsils and get those little stones and get sore throats more than once a year you should plan on getting those suckers out before the tonsils cause an infection and go septic. if you’re getting stones at all you should get those reevaluated every year, especially if the stones are bigger than a needlehead (or get bigger over time). it’s gross and yucky. I don’t care. get them looked at before you end up in the hospital.

you’ll probably need to add foot support to your shoes if you don’t already do. this is fine.

your body changes. sometimes it can feel sorta weird and upsetting that it isn’t what it used to be. that is okay, and it is okay to be upset. just know that this is normal, it’s normal to be upset or not upset, but don’t let it hinder your quality of life. trans or cis, there is a certain level of acceptance you just gotta give your body and forgive your body for as you get older. it’s okay.

it’s okay. I promise.

[the-laridian]

@lingerie_addict has a really cool thread on ancient fashion over on twitter.

Those source links are here

cambridge.org

Youtube

ucl.ac.uk

#lendbreen tunic #iron age #clothing #history #weaving #spinning #norway

[the-laridian]

You know how sometimes you see a character and you’re like “okay I know I have a type but jesus c h r i s t”

#well now

[the-laridian]

many ways to read this and all are good

puts his arm around everyone as an excuse to put his arm around daphne

puts his arm around members of his polycule

he just loves his friends a lot

#scooby doo #fred jones

[the-laridian]

#ao3 #curate your own experience #and don't be a dick

[the-laridian]

That's it!

Come and take advantage I'm broke and own a shit ton of money to a shit ton of people and grab some juicy cheap art!

Any art, and I mean ANY

Portrait, half body, full body, with or without background, one character, two characters...you name it!

Go before I get a job and won't have time for art anyone :v

#signal boost

[the-laridian]

Something so profoundly fucked up between the inverse ratio of shrinking middle class and ever increasing aggression of advertisement

#advertising

[the-laridian]

(Via Janna Silverstein over on Facebook.)

(grin) ...If only. These I would read.

(ETA: The covers are available as prints from the artist.)

#galaxy quest #janna silverstein

[the-laridian]

I wanted to tell you again, how very happy I am with the Celebradiation piece you did for me! I love it so much. I hadn't changed my phone background in years, but this is now the new background :)

Separate from that, I just - the details in this, the love and care put into all of it - I've been looking at this every day since you released it. The ruffles and fur on Willow's collars. The expressions on both him and the chicken he's holding. The silver bangles!

Beckett and the hen eyeing each other. Beckett's jeans and the folds and shading. The cozy background. I just love all of this so much.

Thank you, thank you!! for this piece. It's wonderful. <3

😭 It’s so sweet of you to reach out about this!! The Celebradiation was such a fun event, and I couldn’t be happier getting your prompt for my end of the trade. I’ll always maintain that making art into someone’s Lock Screen or Background is one of the highest achievements an artist can get, so thank you for granting me that privilege.

I’m glad you also picked up on the chicken and Beckett having a stare down. Raising some myself means I have a great window into chicken personality, and I love how quizzical and intelligent they are. It’s part of why that little detail in the prompt pulled me in right away! Willow understands the depths of chicken companionship. And you know Beckett is getting his head pecked at for insinuating the birds might be dinner.

Thanks again for reaching out to me, this ask made my day <3

#bonefydskeleton #celebradiation24 #so happy with the art #love it #thank you :D #willow ironwood

[the-laridian]

hold on sorry you're telling me the name of the boat was "the terror"?? i always assumed that was a retroactive name! did they WANT things to go horrifically awry???

obsessed with the implication that nominative determinism could have saved them

#the terror amc

[the-laridian]

Slavic Cossack dancing known as Hopak 

Warning: Do not try this at home unless you were born with super Slavic knee strength 

[the-laridian]

he makes me so happy and so profoundly sad at the same time

#blorbo from my shows

[the-laridian]

[the-laridian]

#ooof.... the last entry #:(

[the-laridian]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH omg I love this!!!!! I love it so much! They look fabulous, everything about it - the chickens, Willow's outfit, the guys' expression, all of it! I'm gonna print this out and put it on my wall :D :D

Thank you so, so much for such a wonderful gift!!

“Are you sure we can’t eat these for dinner, Willow?”

My Celebradiation ‘24 exchange partner was @the-laridian! All of the requested characters were delightful, but as a huge Fallout 76 fan myself and an owner of over a dozen chickens, I couldn’t help but be enamored by Willow’s relationship with his hens. Even if Beckett does struggle with understanding 2 chickens for dinner vs a sustainable source of omelettes and scrambled eggs for years to come.

#Celebradiation24 #Fallout 76 #Willow Ironwood #beckett #chickens #i love this so much #<3

[the-laridian]

[the-laridian]

Be Not Afraid (3918 words) by laridian

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Fallout 76

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Mothman Cultists (Fallout 76)

Additional Tags: Mentions of Mothman, Mothman Cult, Celebradiation 2024, Corpses

Summary: Strange things are happening in the Flock's territory, and it starts with the bodies.

Written as a Celebradiation 2024 gift for @strangeomens-sketch, who requested "Cult of Mothman anything".

#fallout 76 #laridian writes #mothman #celebradiation24 #mothman cult #gift fic #celebradiation 2024 #celebradiation