#I'm still mad!!

[sayheykid]

Really fascinating to see this morning flying out of [major us airport] that there were numerous étoile ads up. Amazon is still paying to promote it even after canceling it? And it's up for awards which makes it even weirder to cancel now

[chodzacaparodia]

It's frustrating that you can come up with the plot of an entire fic in just a few seconds, but writing it all down can take anywhere from never to forever.

[abandoned-quiche]

I LOVE ALL OF THESE CHARACTERS BTW. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE YOUR HATE FOR THEM ON MY POST

[ministarfruit]

the braid is a team effort

[iwasbored777]

Gerald let Maria and Shadow spend time together. He saw that Shadow won't hurt her and he let them be friends. This is so important. He called them "kids" and also when he says "they want to take Shadow away from us" - he cared about Shadow too and realized that he is just a kid just like his granddaughter. Gerald was definitely a good grandpa and a good guy before Maria got killed.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Don't worry, they're into that.

(Want to know if this ancient sea god of destruction gets more belly paps? Or perhaps...a kiss? Find out in Tiger Tiger!)

[mroddmod]

you'll never know.

[taimanzano]

One of one. One, alone, one.

[rocktheholygrail]

Hannigram + hands

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

The Bronx Zoo has just released Flaco's necropsy results.

He was not thriving, as the people championing the ideal of "freedom" claimed.

He was poisoned.

He was sick.

He was suffering.

"Freedom" would have eventually killed him. A building just happened to do it first.

"Postmortem testing has been completed for Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl that was found down in the courtyard of a Manhattan building a little over a year after his enclosure at the Central Park Zoo was vandalized on February 2, 2023. Onlookers reported that Flaco had flown into a building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on February 23, 2024, and acute trauma was found at necropsy. Bronx Zoo veterinary pathologists determined that in addition to the traumatic injuries, Flaco had two significant underlying conditions. He had a severe pigeon herpesvirus from eating feral pigeons that had become part of his diet, and exposure to four different anticoagulant rodenticides that are commonly used for rat control in New York City. These factors would have been debilitating and ultimately fatal, even without a traumatic injury, and may have predisposed him to flying into or falling from the building. The identified herpesvirus can be carried by healthy pigeons but may cause fatal disease in birds of prey including owls infected by eating pigeons. This virus has been previously found in New York City pigeons and owls. In Flaco’s case, the viral infection caused severe tissue damage and inflammation in many organs, including the spleen, liver, gastrointestinal tract, bone marrow, and brain.   No other contributing factors were identified through the extensive testing that was performed. Flaco’s severe illness and death are ultimately attributed to a combination of factors—infectious disease, toxin exposures, and traumatic injuries—that underscore the hazards faced by wild birds, especially in an urban setting."

The naturalistic fallacy kills animals in horrible ways. The romanticism of what humans want to think of as a "free, wild, pure life" cannot be allowed supplant the reality of injury, sickness, and death. Releasing captive animals (or keeping them from being recaptured) because it's "better" for them to suffer untethered than live a healthy, safe, captive life is inhumane and horrific.

Flaco's life didn't have to end in pain, sickness, and suffering.

Flaco's death didn't have to be tragic.

But once the idea of "freedom" entered the chat, Flaco's fate was unavoidable.

[adamofingolstadt]

So I figured Drawfee was unlikely to ever release merch with an obscure joke from S1 of Drawtectives, but I wanted a cap that said "Stabbed in the front, Died in the back"... The seller misunderstood and accidentally created the hardest piece in my entire wardrobe.

[watermelonsea]

boy, these corporations don't waste any time do they

[chipthekeeper]

"I'm so grateful to be part of the [Star Wars] family. And I'll miss it, and I'll miss the people. It's the people that I'll miss very, very much." - Faye Marsay, Andor Declassified: Farewell

[omaano]

"It's very bold of you to turn up here with such a high bounty on your head. Bold and stupid. Shows that you are no different than any of the other clones."

This weekend my brain has been nothing but Hades2 and Boba Fett, so Happy May the 4th, enjoy the idea of this younger Boba meeting Omega in a spin-off version of my Hades AU

"old" Boba design (with Bobadin) - Boba and Omega WIP

[l4tchk3y]

I love Espio so much. I wish chameleons were real.

[galehowl]

gives my annual "most mishandled and ruined Star Wars villain" reward