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My Top 10 Fat Bear Before/After Photos

#1 at the bottom, #10 at the top. All Fat Bear Week and Fat Bear Junior competitors -- including winners -- are fair game.

Let's go.

#10: 151 Walker, 2021

Skinny (left), fat (right). Both by L. Law

Many of the big boars won't fish on top of the waterfall, but 151 Walker will, and i think he looks really silly up there, especially in the fall.

#9: 482's Lightest Yearling, 131 Marshmallow, 2019

Skinny (left), fat (right). Both photos are Official NPS Photos.

I just really love any cub photo of 131 Marshmallow -- look at her! She's a marshmallow!

#8: 435 Holly, 2016

Skinny (left), fat (right). Both photos are official NPS Photos.

Stanced.

#7: 410, 2017

Skinny (left), Fat (right). Both photos are official NPS photos.

410, sometimes called "Four-Ton", was 28 years old when these photos were taken. She was last seen in 2019, when she was 30 -- making her one of the oldest bears we have record of at Brooks River!

#6: 901, 2022

Skinny (left) by C. Rohdenberg | Fat (right) by L. Law

Shockingly, 901 was only 6.5 years old in these photos -- barely an adult bear! And surprising nobody, she came back with cubs the year after these were taken.

#5: 435 Holly's Spring Cub, 335 Jolly, 2020

Skinny (left), Fat (right). Both by N. Boak

335 Jolly was an adorable fluffy menace, even as a spring cub. But with that face, can you blame her?

#4: 128 Grazer, 2020

Skinny (left) by N. Boak | Fat (right) by A. Ditta

Brooks River had an absolutely massive salmon run in 2020, and boy can you tell! Also, 128 Grazer had two spring cubs (now 428 Studious and 429 Social) in 2020 -- so she wasn't even single!

#3: 903 Gully, 2024

Skinny (left) by T. Carmack | Fat (right) by C. Cravatta

Pubby.

#2: 910jr, 2024

Skinny (left) by T. Carmack | Fat (Right) by F. Jimenez

"Skrungled Goblin" to "Oh Look, A Bear" any% speedrun.

#1: 409 Beadnose, 2018

Skinny (left) is an NPS photo | Fat (right) is an NPS photo by A. Ramos

I feel like these photos speak for themselves tbh. Like, look at them. I love her.

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Myers after Mike, funny guy to like.

Myers after Michael, halloween psychoel

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goddamnit i miss her (the love of my life when i was young)

aka

sometimes losing a friend is the saddest thing ever

@/bloomingtrans on tumblr / trista mateer / anne sexton / unknown / unknown / the laughing man by st vincent / norwegian wood haruki murakami / unknown / ribs by lorde / us against you by fredrik backman / seven by taylor swift

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this animal

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Images from the No Kings protest on Saturday, June 14, 2025:

Minnesota:

Chicago:

San Diego:

Dallas:

Seattle:

San Francisco:

Philadelphia:

Los Angeles:

(source 1, source 2, source 3, source 4, source 5, source 6, source 7, source 8, source 9)

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Haha… yeah… that’d be crazy…

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pnf revival challenge day 4: driver’s license!

Hosted by @howtonerdoutovereverything!✨

I wanted to add a page where they get pulled over by cops but ironically I spent 10 hours driving myself today and I’m falling asleep at my desk kfbshckm anyway here’s a bonus meme:

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Canon/Headcanon likelihood chart

So I've been thinking about @macdenlover 's "levels of headcanon" chart (about how heavily a HC is influenced by canon), so I decided to make my own scale about how likely a HC is to be true (including different levels of canon) using queer cartoon characters as examples :)

I just spent an hour making this because I was bored. Enjoy. Image description under the cut.

Inspiration:

ID courtesy of @hatreds-og-imagedescriptions (thank you!!)

[ID: a chart going from 10 to 1, with explanations of the ratings on the left and images of characters with queer flags and descriptions of said characters on the right.

10: "Explicit canon. Clearly stated in the original media." Trans Barney from Dead end Paranormal Park. "Barney says "I'm transgender"".

9: "Implicit canon. Never explicitly stated, but 100% canon in the original media". Nonbinary Raine from The Owl House. "Raine never says "I'm nonbinary," but uses they/them and is never referred to as a man/woman (also, confirmed by Dana)".

8: "Creator confirmation. Never stated in the original media, but confirmed canon by the media's creator". Aroace Lilith from The Owl House. "While never mentioned/implied in TOH, Dana has confirmed that Lilith is aroace".

7: "Heavily implied. Never confirmed, but likely true (either by canon evidence or creator implication)". Genderfluid Nimona from Nimona. ""Aaand now you're a boy" "I am today" (anyway, the whole movie has trans/GNC themes)".

6: "Possibly implied. Hinted at in the original media, but could be explained as something else". Trans Doofenschmirtz from Phineas and Ferb. "Doof COULD be transmasc, or the whole "raised as a girl" thing could just be for the bit".

5: "Fanon. Never confirmed, but generally accepted by the fandom". Aromantic Alastor from Hazbin Hotel. "While only confirmed to be ace, most of the fandom also sees Alastor as aromantic".

4: "HC with evidence. Headcanons supported by a dedicated fan's detective work". Bisexual Mabel from Gravity Falls. "People have noticed bi flag stickers hidden on Mabel's scrapbooks".

3: "Canon neutrality. Could be true, could be false, but overall makes sense and doesn't contradict the original media". Genderqueer Pleakley from Lilo and Stitch. "Maybe Pleakley is genderqueer, maybe he just wanted to crossdress for the mission, who knows? That's why it's a headcanon."

2: "I made it the fuck up. Based on vibes, has absolutely nothing to do with canon". Bisexual Megamind from Megamind. "No evidence, no explanation, he just has Disaster Bi™ vibes".

1: "Um? No? But go off. Directly contradicts canon (but who cares, that's why it's fun)". Trans Stanley Pines from Gravity Falls. "Even though flashback scenes prove Stan is AMAB, some people HC him as transmasc." End of ID.]

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they’ve been forcing us to write “customized notes” on every drink at work and now they’re having store meetings + coaching us on what we can and can’t write bc someone drew a pig on a cop’s coffee and tbh that’s on starbucks for not foreseeing this outcome.

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people refuse to understand the concept of "this isn't important to me but i understand why it might be important to other people"

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“if supernatural ended after s5 it would be remembered as one of the greatest tv shows ever” is so funny. it really really wouldn’t

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top five suicidal characters ever

hamlet

helly r

irving b

helly r

helly r

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I have some news for members of the united states armed forces who feel like they are pawns in a political game and their assignments being unnecessary.

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it's called a museum because me 'n' u see 'em

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everyone knows that space is very very cold, and the sun is very very hot. so i assume there's a bit of space kind of near the sun which is just right. balmy space