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Remember Harpy

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Man, everyone would probably assume me growing up as like a toddler watching Final Destination series was a sign of my parents being shit or what not, and I mean - to some level it probably is - but unironically like.... its by far a favorite and such a comfort media for me now its insane. Its one of those things that like... I think I internalized as a large part of my family's "culture" and my a genuinely immensely positive part of my childhood cause I think it was one of the few things that ever actually made me feel like my family was ACTUALLY a family for a moment.

And unironically Final Destination - I really stand to this claim - is not a horror movie as much as it is an immensely fun and creative piece of artistic gore.

I was hosting a long attempted-to-plan watch party with some co-workers of Final Destination Bloodlines and one of my coworkers commented "Yeah you will rarely see Feathers happier than when watching Final Destination" and like..... honestly??? Yeah.

It's a REALLY fun movie and even if the plot is always questionable and sometimes dragged out its just always such a damn fun thing.

Like, it sounds insane out of context but growing up I unironically would flee my parents house to my partner's place and while having flashbacks and panic attacks, one of the main things I'd ask to have to help calm down was to have "best of final destination deaths" playing.

They're just so much fun. I'm glad to see the creators are having fun, and that the series is probably going to continue cause its one of those films that I REALLY don't think will depreciate much every time it comes out because NOBODY goes into Final Destination looking for a Good Plot TM. I honestly think Final Destination gets more complaints when it tries to put too much plot into the story. People watch Final Destination for the ART that it is.

Final Destination is more of an Art than it is a Movie to me, and like looking at the visual art of a famous painter or artist, I don't really think I can put a cap on how many times I can see reiterations and variations on the core concept sparing them reusing the same deaths too much.

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Will confirm this from my dad's experiences and stories.

I was today years old when I learned the Dutch incited an anti-Chinese pogrom in Indonesia in the 1700s by comparing them to Jews

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slightly unusual gryphons

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Ah yes, you know, we haven't dealt with insomnia in a minute and I can tell our brain is off cause 1) were plucking (pretty standard "brain / body is tired but isnt asleep" self soothing "habit") 2) cause its mostly me (Aderis) out here rn lol

See in the past Id be like "Oh its my turn out lemme go be a night owl lol" but like... nah man Ill put us back to bed and try sleeping again lol

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To white people out there, if there is a POC open and willing to call out racist and problematic behavior, the best thing to do to be an anti-racist ally is to support the POC trying to speak and limit the amount of which you add your two cents.

While the intent is good and appreciated and actually helpful when there isn't a POC around to speak for themselves, white people talking about the complex issues that POC bring up in mixed spaces will always make space for misunderstanding, removing nuance, and distorting the message POC are trying to say.

Always remember, as much as you care and try to learn about the issues POC have, you will not know the topic more in depth, more personally, and more intensely than someone with lived experience.

This also applies to POC that disagree with what most POC say.

If a POC disagrees with what you've heard other POC saying, it is not your place to tell them that they are wrong - you don't have the life experience to understand the topic enough to argue at other POC. Leave POC discourse with POC to other people who have the lived experience.

Know your place and stay in your lane, else you run a huge risk of being a white knight and speaking over POC and derailing the Point of any complaints that POC are trying to get heard.

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i know this isn't the reguar theme of this blog but i need to share it somewhere because today someone called my local fire department because they found

a horse

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i would like to introduce you all to my favorite genre of photo: nightjars being grasped firmly

all photos sourced from inaturalist, links in the image captions. these guys are being held for banding by professionals

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>Me playing FF7 rebirth, finding the Rufus Shinra fight to be stupid difficult.

>Looks up people talking about it. People say it sucks / is bad design because its the opposite of how the game encouraged you to play

>"They make you play [FF7 and KH style combat] and then suddenly make you fight like its a soulsborne game"

>'Soulsborne game'

>Wait I can play soulsborne game, lets try that

>Easy first try the boss

>lel

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I actually spent a lot of time just esotetically thinking of this, but most robins and finches have probably experienced predation either on themselves or being near another and yet the males often perch in plain sight with bright colors knowing that there are actively predators around, and they still BELT at the top of their lungs regardless. Its hard to say they don't know the risks or what might happen - theyre prey animals targeted by most predator species - and yet they still sing and put themselves out there

you have to admit it: most if not all animals are very brave. they do a lot of things and dont always know whats going to happen. they have beautiful eternal souls because of this

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This makes so much sense

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There are gonna be people who won't like hearing this but if you want to live in a world where mixed marriages, families, and adoptions (particularly POC adopting outside their "race") aren't maligned and discriminated against, then you have got to get more chill about seeing someone partaking in something cultural that you don't think fits the "race" you perceive them as.

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Man I hate when my body says "We need to be physically active we should move" and my mind - for once - goes "We should be lazy and just chill today, simple activities, brain break"

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Just lost a few braincells reading an nyt article about gen z "treat culture" and I can't even fathom that this is a thing. We're living in a dystopian hellscape where someone spending $5 a week on a cookie is considered a wasteful brat because they should have just gone for a nice free walk instead and saved the $250 a year that roughly equals four days' rent. That's why these ungrateful kids can't buy a house, naturally.

I am ALL for free treats, like hiking or reading in the park. But at some point you can't budget your way out of poverty, and you will literally go mad if you deny yourself basic pleasures that are literally all around you. They even lamented that little treats could snowball into doing something absolutely unforgivable like learning how to play the guitar or buying concert tickets.

At what point do we just start saying out loud that living an enjoyable and fulfilling life is now only acceptable at a 100k+ salary, and if you're one of the millions of people unlucky enough not to be in that category you should just eat dirt and be grateful?