#commitment to nature

[delicatelysublimeforester]

A Celebration of Fresh Beginnings and Deep Connections

Renewal Day: A Celebration of Fresh Beginnings and Deep Connections May 4th marks Renewal Day, a holiday that aligns with the vibrant spirit of spring, ushering in new possibilities and reviving the various facets of our lives. As nature undergoes a rejuvenation, so does Renewal Day become a time for rebirth, regeneration, and the restoration of connections with nature, the environment, family,…

[bluismie]

they probably had a bunch of inside jokes after working together for a decade

[acediscowlng]

the funniest part of the new archon quest is everyone in mond was just dropping the pretenses, every single person there was just going, "YEAH I KNOW YOUR SECRET IDENTITY BECAUSE I'M NOT STUPID AND YOU'RE NOT SUBTLE" and it was chill because Mondstadt still is the Certified Most Chill Place in Teyvat

[cavalierzee]

Israel Is Committing Extermination In Gaza

VIENNA, June 10 (Reuters) - U.N. experts said in a report on Tuesday that Israel committed the crime against humanity of "extermination" by killing civilians sheltering in schools and religious sites in Gaza, part of a "concerted campaign to obliterate Palestinian life."

[professorfcknmoriarty]

I've seen/heard the take about Vic Squid Michaelis being as competitive as Brennan Lee Mulligan a couple of times...and I don't think that's true?

Brennan is committed to doing his absolute best at any given prompt and is willing to score points at just about any cost as long as it falls into the parameters of the prompt.

Squid Michaelis, though? Squid Michaelis will happily and readily forfeit points at any given opportunity for the purpose of a bit whether it's funny or not (often to the point of making it funny by sheer determination). They will commit to interpreting a prompt in whatever wild way they do and triple down on it and often refuse to give it up just to earn a point, instead arguing over the unfairness of their interpretation of the prompt being considered "not acceptable" or "not what they're asking for" and through it all it's clear that winning isn't the game for them.

[palmettoshenanigans]

I'm not even gonna write an essay on this one, I'm tired and it's rapidly approaching the witching hour so imma just-

Neil is constantly shadow boxing with his fear of being Just Like My Father NOT because he fears that Wesninski Blood but because he fears the fragility of choice. Everything he knows how to do, all of his skills, combined with his natural disposition and temperament really do put him on par with his father - potentially even worse than his father if you think Nathan lacks Neil's ability to meticulously execute a long con.

Ruthless. Manipulative. Intelligent. Sneaky n Stealthy. Fast. Quick learner. Violent. Cut throat. Selective empathy. Observant. Skilled with weapons. Crime prodigy. Improv. Etc etc etc - Nathaniel truly is Nathan's son when you look at Capacity. Neil had very good reason to fear that - he really is a Wesninski in more than just name.

He just chooses to be kind. Chooses to care. Chooses Exy and friends and family and Andrew and Love.

But choices are both iron clad foundations and flimsy whisps in the wind

Neil isn't different from his father because of difference in Capacity. Neil is different from his father because of difference in Choices. And "Is that enough?" is such a scary question when it suddenly involves people he dared to care about.

[bonefall]

Big question cause I’m so mad about how they were used: any ideas on changing Berryheart and Curlfeather from this book?

I have ONE controversial opinion and you must allow me this;

Curlfeather not apologizing to Frostdawn kinda rocks as an idea.

Obviously it reads as insulting because of how they gave Berryheart a Tom the Wifebeater ass Redemption Death in this book, and the general way that they've not approached her with the nuance she deserves is frustrating. I agree.

But hold my hand and walk with me. Imagine Curlfeather, mauled and bloody before the daughter she died saving. Frostpaw's gone through so much fixing the damage she caused, furious at the state her mother's in, the mess she made of RiverClan, all the suffering everyone's gone through... and Curlfeather says,

"I don't regret anything."

"Really? REALLY? I go through all of that, I come ALL this way, and you won't even give me a rotten little sorry?"

She doesn't give her mother a chance to respond, lashing her tail towards the grimmace that hangs off the side of her shredded cheek, "You're not sorry for how you lead to yourself looking like THAT?"

Frostpaw shoves her scarred throat foward, "You're not sorry for THIS?"

She claws dig into the sodden black earth of the Dark Forest, "You're not sorry you're HERE?"

Curlfeather is quiet, her remaining eye stoic like a stone. Frostpaw begs furiously, "NOTHING?"

"I will vow on our blood that I will not lie to you anymore," the demon's tone is soft and honest, "and I hope that means more than the insincere apology I could offer you otherwise."

Just when it feels like Frostpaw has so much anger that her body can't handle it, pain stuffs itself inside her in equal measure. Her stomach is sick with love, throat choked with affection. It takes her a minute to form the word,

"Why?"

"When my father, Reedwhisker, was taken by the Kin, I saw how they broke him. His uncle, Stonefur, did not buckle under Tigerstar. My grandmother Mistyfoot quietly rescued the Clan from his accomplice, Leopardstar, while Mistystar willingly worked alongside a vicious impostor."

Now that Frostpaw is the one who's waiting quietly, Curlfeather's voice flutters hopefully, "I was willing to do anything to restore my Clan to greatness," the specter pads foward, touching her nose to her daughter's trembling forehead, "except sacrifice you."

She didn't expect to feel the harsh sting of her daughter's paw smacking her across the nose. She reels back.

"You don't get it! It's not about YOU! It's about everyone you hurt! Dont try to pretend it was all worth it, you didn't make anything great, you just broke it!"

"I had to break it so it could be set back stronger. I gave you the chance for the power, and now you are making it better than it was."

"That was in spite of you! You told me to trust no cat and I had to unlearn that!"

"I saved you when I could have escaped with my life."

"From a situation you caused in the first place!"

"It was a warrior's death!"

There is a silence that settles over them. Curlfeather is snarling in offense. Frostpaw looks, again, at her mother's fatal wounds, the defensive stance. She's reminded of how the cats of other cultures don't always see scars as rewards for a fight survived-- just reminders of pain you've gone through.

"...it was a warrior's death," she agrees, gently, watching tattered hackles smoothen out, "...and now you're dead, while I'm still alive."

The emotion in Curlfeather's face is solemn, but otherwise incomprehensible to her daughter. The expression on Frostpaw's is equally unreadable to her mother. This is the only thing they will ever understand about each other-- that there is an irreconcilable difference between them, steeper than the divide between sky and earth.

The last words the demon speaks to her daughter are, "I love you."

It's only years later that Frostdawn can say, "I love you too."

[clonehighdoublehelix]

[corsairspade]

Shout out Haleth. The It Girl of the Edain. Centuries later and all these shield maidens have posters of you on their walls. Showed up, served no nonsense badass, refused to elaborate, left.

[peace-hunter]

i know i just said megop is endgame for the haunted au (and i stand by it!!!) but do know i do dabble on a little bit of everything when it comes to OP. i'm sorry i just think everyone should love my wife as much as i do. and he deserves as many partners as he wants <3

so like. yes he is still hung up on megatron and they will end up together but also he has a dozen boyfriends and a girlfriend in the meantime. and maybe even after he gets back with megatron. he only has two hands but he runs a tight schedule he can manage it.

[akkivee]

FOOLS GOLD TL IS LIVE!!!! ENJOY THE BAT FLAVOURED ANGST!!!!!!

[jamiethebeeart]

#14 for @green-with-envy-phandom-event with lineart by @furiarossa // Ok but "Circus Masters" as the title is??? so so good, I love a pun/double entendre and this one is so good

[cavalierzee]

Gaza Aid Activists To Be Shown 7 October Attacks Footage

Yes,show them how the IOF Killed their own people by using the Hannibal Directive.

Also, really show them how the IOF mass-murdered Gazan civilians (mostly women and children), since October 7th.

Show them how the IOF rapes and tortures Palestinian Hostages at Sde Teiman.

Show them how the IOF targets hospitals, schools, first responders, etc.

Show them how the IOF targets aid distribution areas, after instructing civilians to cluster there.

Show them how the IOF instructs civilians to gather at "safe havens" so they can be easily massacred.

[whenthewallfell]

Doing another wooly round up because I can and I'm super happy with how they all turned out!

The patterns are: Easy V by Caitlin Hunter, Rift by Jaq Cieslak, Retro Autumn Sweater by Off The Hook (crochet), Halibut by Caitlin Hunter, and Dreaming Cat by StuffTheBody (crochet)

[bennetsbonnet]

Oh to deliver such a thorough rebuke of a man and get so in his head that he reflects on his abysmal behaviour during the first twenty eight years of his life before he met me and consequently improves himself... *dreamy sigh*