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puts things into perspective, even if I don't get the library burning part.

Waking up from your decade long enchanted sleep to learn that, not only is sharing your True Name with the fae okay now, but there's actually a rule against using a false name when entering the faerie market.

Your friends admit that this causes some problems— it's way easier to fall victim to a false deal, or get stolen away now— but everyone goes to the fae market to buy their goods so what are you gonna do? Not see your friends? Go out of your way to buy more expensive stuff from the human market? Yeah right.

Also yes they still perform their light-footed fluttering dances under the silvery light of the full moon, but in order to get in you have to first watch the dancers perform two short plays about why you should shop at certain local businesses. Also if you want to talk about the performance afterwards then you need to trade them your True Name, your home address, your date of birth and your personal interests.

You do this so that the fae can this information on a scroll and give it to local business owners.

Another part of the deal they broke is that nobody may talk negatively about those businesses within the market walls. In fact, your friends say, the enchantment is so effective that it's very difficult to talk negatively about anything at all.

“I know it sounds un-good,” your friend admits. “But there are loopholes.”

“In retrospect,” another friend says, “I wish the town had voted un-yes to teaching the fae about money.”

“On the plus side,” the first friend says, “I hear the market is investing in one of those enchanted statues that responds to questions with deliberately ambiguous riddles, so long as you trade it your memories of secondary school.”

“Oh, cool. Is that why they're burning down the library?”

You wonder if it's too late to go back to sleep.

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good to know guys

For all of the northerners that stood up for Texas during our freeze and said, "Don't make fun of them, they've never dealt with this before. Their infrastructure isn't made for snow and freezing."

This one is for you.

Where I live 108°F with 80% humidity with no wind is normal.

Pacific North West is dealing historic best waves 35-40°C or 95-105°F.

First of all. Don't make fun of them for bitching about the heat. Just like Texas isn't built for a freeze and our pipes burst, Pacific North West isn't built for heat and a lot of their homes don't have AC.

If you live somewhere with a high humidity like 80+ HUMIDITY IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. The "humidity makes it feel cooler" is a lie once it gets beyond a point.

If you live somewhere with a lower humidity, misters are nice to cool off outside.

Once you get over 90°F (32°C) a fan will not help you. It's just pushing around hot air. (I mean if you can't afford a small AC unit because they're expensive as hell, by all means a fan is better than nothing).

If you have pets, those portable AC units aren't safe. If your pets destroy the outtake thing, it'll leak CO2. Window units are safer.

Window AC units will let mosquitoes or other small bugs in. Sucks, but that's life.

Now is not the time to me modest. If you have to cover for religious reasons, by all means. If you don't, I've seen people wear short shorts and a swim top. It's not trashy if it keeps you from getting heat stroke.

If you do have to cover up for religious reasons, look for elephant pants or something similar. They're made with a breathable material.

Shade is better than no shade, but that shit it just diet sun after some point. Don't think shade will save you from heat stroke.

I know the "drink your water" is a fun meme now, but if you're sweating excessively you need electrolytes. Drink Gatorade, Powerade, or Pedialite PLEASE. I don't care if you're fucking sitting in one spot all day. That shit WILL save you from heat stroke.

Most importantly. RESEARCH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION PLEASE!

If you're diabetic and can't drink Gatorade, mix water, fruit juice, and either lite salt or pink salt

If you can afford it, cover windows with thick curtains to insulate the house

If you have tile floors, lay on them with skin to tile contact. If you don't, laying your head on cool counters works too.

If the temperature where you're at is hotter than your body temperature, don't wear heat wicking clothing. Moisture wicking is safe though.

Check your medication labels. Many make you more susceptible to sun and heat

-Room temperature water will get into your body faster. This is something I learned doing marching band in high summer in Georgia, and it saved all of our asses. Sip it, don't gulp it, especially if you're getting into the red; same goes for whatever fluid you're drinking. And just in general drink during the day.

-If you are moving from an air conditioned space to an un-air conditioned space, if at all possible try to make the shift gradual. When my dad and I were working outside and in un-ac houses a few years ago, he'd turn the air down to low in the truck about ten-fifteen minutes before we got where we were going. This way your body doesn't go from low low temps to high temps. S'bad for you.

-If you can, keep your lights off during the day. Light bulbs may not generate a lot of heat, but the difference is noticeable when it gets hot enough. I literally only turn my bedroom light on in the evening when it gets too dark.

Don't be afraid to just like... pour water on yourself if you need to. The evaporation will cool you off.

Put your hand to the cement for 15 seconds. If you can't handle the heat, it'll burn your dog's paws. Don't let them walk on it.

Dogs with flat faces are more prone to heat stroke. Don't leave them out unsupervised.

Frozen fruit is delicious in water.

Wet/Cold hat/handkerchief on your head/neck will help you stay cool.

Pickle juice is great for electrolytes! You can even make pickle juice Popsicles!

Heat exhaustion is more, "drink water and get you cooled off." Heat stroke is more "Oh my god call 911."

Image Description provided by @loveize

[Image description: an infographic showing the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke. The graphic is labeled "Heat Dangers: First Warning." Signs of heat exhaustion: faint or dizzy, excessive sweating, cool, pale, clammy skin, rapid, weak pulse, muscle cramps. If you think you or someone else may be experiencing heat exhaustion, get to a cool, air-conditioned place, drink water if conscious, and take a cool shower or use cold compress. Signs of heat stroke: throbbing headache, no sweating, red, hot, dry skin, rapid, strong pulse, may lose consciousness. If you think you or someone else may be experiencing heat stroke, call 911. End description]

Be safe.

-fae

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need some luck right now, hopefully this helps

so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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Dudes healthcare is so fake. My ADHD meds are $940 without insurance. But they gave me a website of "coupons" which straight up looks like a scam website, and I got it today for $60! Just a coupon from a random website and it was $900 cheaper. America, I am confusion!! America explain!!

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Ugh, was having a great time mocking my recently imprisoned rival when I noticed the camera positioning makes it so that I appear behind the bars, thus framing me as trapped in a metaphorical prison of the narrative, now my whole day is ruined. Fuck.

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laundry, dishes, dog walks, taxes, eating, sleeping, breathing, dusting, calling your mom, going to work, washing the car and watering the plants all has to be done over and over and over again so why would finding happiness be any different

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This is Amazing

I've just discovered browser extensions now tumblr is in comic sans I am having the time of my life

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These are great recommendations

Do you have any recommendations for Undertale fic? I especially love things focusing on Frisk, Asriel, and Chara. But I’m scared to just dive blindly into the tags on Ao3 or something. ): Thanks!

oh great question! here's some kid-centric fics I like a lot:

Be Good, Alright? by @smells-like-mettaton. Frisk stays with Toriel in the Ruins instead of leaving, and Flowey and Chara are there too. Ongoing and very cute. Contains some references to child abuse. You should probably just follow Tali on tumblr if you haven't already, Tali posts a ton of great stuff.

And Whither Then? I Cannot Say by ohjustdisarmalready on ao3. Frisk get launched across time and space and travels through several AU versions of the underground. This one focuses a lot on AUs like Underfell and the skeleton brothers are a huge part of it, but it's still fundamentally a story about Frisk, and the way they're written is REALLY good, they're such a good kid. Might want to avoid it if you don't want to see Frisk getting hurt though

rename the fallen human by brushstrokesApocalyptic on ao3. The fallen human can't decide on a name. This one is Chara-centric and it's classic. Really funny and sweet.

high score by @knifehecker. The three kids reflect on their time in the underground. This one takes place post-pacifist but it's primarily about the no mercy route. I really like the dynamic between the kids here, and the tone is both funny and poignant.

Risen Up (or, Of Fallen Children and Mountain Kin) by @riverpersonn. Frisk and the gang put on Undertale: the Musical! This one can get pretty intense and gets into Frisk's backstory and some violent routes, but overall it's a really touching story about them and their new family.

i still hesitate in the hopes i'll save some face by Princex_N on ao3. This is a series of snippets about autistic Frisk journeying through the underground. We love autistic Frisk in this house

Frisk Learns Some New Words by Rakkogaki on ao3. Despite the title this fic is actually more Sans-centric but it's the fic I was talking about a couple days ago where Sans goes several weeks without standing up by teleporting between different chairs. It's an absolute classic crack fic.

Floweytale by @andreabandrea. A series of fics about Flowey's resets before Frisk showed up. Absolutely essential reading for all Flowey fans. But watch out because you'll feel every emotion at once. Contains references to violent routes.

My Big Fat Fish Holiday Party also by andrea. You probably know this one if you follow me but if not you should check it out, it's everything to me. Ultimate crack fic.

All We Left Unsaid ALSO by andrea. Frisk ends a no mercy route while fighting Sans, and the underground rebuilds. This one is Flowey-centric, but there's a ton of side characters in it and it's really sweet and sad. If you like Flowey and Sans not trying to kill each other, this is a great example of that.

memeing across time and space by threefourthstime on ao3. Another classic crack fic, this one's about Gaster trying and failing to prank various characters.

If you like the kids I'd also rec a couple of ask blogs! There's @redsoul-kris which is a Deltarune ask blog that involves the Undertale kids in a certain way, and @dont-forget-to-ask which is for the post-paci Undertale kids. @friskibitz also sometimes writes really sweet ficlets about the UT/DR kids on his blog.

This is in no way a complete list, but there ya go!

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I like this

a fools guide to not wanting to die anymore

by me, a fool who doesnt wanna die anymore 

never make a suicide joke again. yes this includes “i wanna die” as a figure of speech. swear off of it. actually make an effort to change how you think about things.

find something to compliment someone for at least 4 times a day. notice the little things about the world that make you happy, and use that to make other people happy.

talk to people. initiate conversation as often as you possibly can. keep your mind busy and you wont have to worry anymore

picture the bad intrusive thoughts in youe head as an edgy 13 year old and tell them to go be emo somewhere else

if someone makes you feel bad most of the time, stop talking to them. making yourself hang out with people who drain you is self harm. stop it.

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Saw this going around twitter, looked like fun. What? I'm not procrastinating (I am, I really am)

Make this picrew of yourself

Take this uquiz

Post the results side-by-side. No pressure tags: @alypink, @revnah1406, @madefordvarka, @deadbranch, @welldonekhushi, @kaitaiga, @applbottmjeens, @froglights-and-pearls

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I like this result

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5 posts!

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Reblog if you're not homophobic

Every url that reblog’s will be written in a book and shown to my homophobic dad. 

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Is the common cold the best virus?

There is no vaccine against them due to the virus not harming us.We go places and do stuff while we have caught it, effectively spreading it everywhere.It doesn't kill it's host.

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My friend and I were doing one word stories for funsies. At first I was saying stuff like kumquat and pineapple but then she got offended, so I just said the first thing that came to mind after her words and this happened=>

Why do words fail me? 

Fire is destroying, all-consuming 

Trees are ash and dust

I lay here despised 

Why did I start this fire?

Sharp edges and words shatter me 

Corpses surround broken dreams

They all fueled the fire.

Silica becomes statues.

The abysmal cycle of destruction.

Dark onyx skies are stormy at the equator. 

The moon is frightening, it is enraged. 

Why do things die? 

The darkness is consuming. 

The water is leaving. 

The Army of Death marches tonight 

All the soldiers welcome me 

Maybe I belong here 

They crown me 

They shunned me now they burn

(bold is me italics is my friend's)

We our now wondering what our personality would be like if we were fused together and are concerned for our fusion.