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I took my little brother (autistic, mostly non verbal) out and he was using his voice keyboard to tell me something, and this little boy (maybe 4 or 5?) heard him and asked me "Is he a robot??" I tried to explain to him that no, he isn't a robot, he just communicates differently, but my darling brother was in the background max volume "I am robot I am robot I am robot I am robot"

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Exciting time for Miss Malkin because I found her favourite honey dipper which has been lost under the sofa for ages.

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I think if you're mostly familiar with Pop Culture Sherlock Holmes and then read the stories, one of the biggest pleasant surprises is that he gets snarky with the bullies, police and the aristocracy (especially when those categories overlap) but with people who are vulnerable he does his best to be comforting even if he doesn't feel it comes naturally to him.

I love the bit in Illustrious Client where he talk with one of the many distressed women called Violet in the canon:

"I was sorry for her, Watson. I thought of her for the moment as I would have thought of a daughter of my own. I am not often eloquent. I use my head, not my heart. But I really did plead with her with all the warmth of words that I could find in my nature. 

“Sherlock Holmes pushed him down into the easy chair and, sitting beside him, patted his hand and chattered with him in the easy, soothing tones which he knew so well how to employ”

Dr John Watson on Sherlock Holmes, the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet

Adding to my evidence of sherlocks empathy and capacity to comfort the destressed

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We're proud to present... our artists and writers! 🎉

Keep an eye out for all our talented contributors, we're looking forward to what everyone will create! 🏡🐝

Links to all our contributors under the cut:

Artists:

@4thelneyj0nes

@artaudmatic

@contact-guy / mollyostertag

@creaturasol / creaturasol (IG) / jonk.md (IG)

@ghostbees

darc.la.farse (IG) / darclafarse (Bsky)

@eronposts / mustachecat212 (Twt)

@haedraulics

@jabbage

@kagilasgilas

@diogenesprintco

metmarfil (IG)

@naimu420 / _naimu420 (IG) / naimu420 (Bsky)

@pangaeastarseed / pangaeastarseed (IG)

@petitcroc / petit_croc_ (IG)

@pitayaparty / pitayaparty (Twt)

@prosodi / prosodi (Bsky)

@melonsharks / melonsharks (Twt) / melon.sharks (IG)

@sealbug

@soussune / soussune (Bsky)

smorescake (IG)

@slwtawn / slwtawn (Twt) / slwtawn (IG)

@svetlacreates

@Tchoupiraterie / pinny_1212 (IG)

@steel-peach / steelpeach (Bsky)

@the-art-of-a-lemonwedge

@thenoman-sland / thenoman.sland (IG)

Writers:

@bedheaded-league / the_bedheaded_league (AO3) / rosiealbrecht (Substack)

@daisyyydaisyyydaisyyy

@detectivehdbholmes

@estelraca / estelraca (AO3) / awritinghope (Bsky)

@fruitviking / fruitviking (AO3)

@hechiima / hechima (AO3)

@inevitablies / inevitablies (AO3)

@motorghost / motorghost (AO3)

@mistyzeo / mistyzeo (AO3)

@sonderlivra / elivra (AO3)

@rudbeckiasunflower / rudbeckia (AO3)

@louieclamlent / oorsprong (AO3)

@paverage-blog / average138 (AO3)

@orelsemystery / lufairchild (AO3)

@i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end / nuthatch_in_a_nutshell (AO3)

@twentytwo-onebee / beamkatanachronicles (AO3)

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I want to be friends with them.

maybe some things are better left unsaid.

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Sound designing a vampire being hit in the face with a shovel is... challenging. Who would've guessed.

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doctor, soldier, poet, lover

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So my problem with most ‘get to know your character’ questioneers is that they’re full of questions that just aren’t that important (what color eyes do they have) too hard to answer right away (what is their greatest fear) or are just impossible to answer (what is their favorite movie.)  Like no one has one single favorite movie. And even if they do the answer changes.

If I’m doing this exercise, I want 7-10 questions to get the character feeling real in my head. So I thought I’d share the ones that get me (and my students) good results: 

What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/resturant)

What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)

What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)

Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory) 

What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.) 

Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things were ‘normal’ for them growing up is important.)

Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)

Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)

What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is least favorite holiday.) 

What objects do they always carry around with them? (What do they need for their normal, day-to-day routine? What does ‘normal’ even look like for them.) 

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Hide and seek ✨

I 've been doing this for so long…..

I tried to come up with the name of Aragorn's daughter, in theory it means "to see" and "the sun (sunlight)" if there are mistakes, I'm sorry, my English is even worse than my Elvish.

Thank you for paying attention to my work :3

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Never-before-published model sheets for canned Amblin Cats movie 🐈‍⬛✏️👁️

Hi all. As promised, I am sharing a comprehensive .PDF of model sheets that were created for the Amblimation Cats movie that never saw the light of day. Most of these model sheets have not been published or posted anywhere on the internet as far as I'm aware. I'm going to get ahead of some questions for the good of the order:

Are these real? I certainly didn't sit and create all 117 pages myself for the sake of an elaborate hoax!

How did you get these? I work in the animation industry. A senior coworker caught wind of my cats obsession and said he had the Xeroxes and asked if I wanted him to bring them in. Internally, I flipped my shit. And then I digitized his hard copies.

How did your coworker get these? They were found in the library of the university he used to go to. (Not super unusual at an arts school in southern California.) He made photo copies back then and has been holding onto them. The thing is he knows nothing about CATS; isn't a CATS fan, never seen it, etc. I guess he just felt it was something worth holding on to!

Can you upload better quality? Unfortunately what you're seeing as good as the quality gets. These are scans of photocopies from the 90s. There is nothing to be done for the crunchiness.

What about (missing characters)? I'm showing you everything I was personally given!

Which character is (nondescript drawing of a cat)? If the image isn't labeled, your guess is as good as mine! I put all the misc./unlabeled cats in the back of the PDF. The only exceptions are ones that I felt were abundantly obviously supposed to be a specific character.

Who are the artists? Unfortunately, there's no way I can tell for sure. None of the sheets are signed. I wouldn't even go about guessing because many concept artists can perfectly emulate more "well known" illustrators whose styles were sought after. My coworker said he might be able to figure out who the draftsmen were; until then it's a mystery! If I find out, I will come back to this post and update it with that information.

Are these all the model sheets ever? No! In fact, there are model sheets that have been posted online that are not in the bundle I was given. I have no idea of the sum total of model sheets in existence.

Where's the link?! Here it is! Have fun kitties!

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decentralize and clean up your life!!!

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

last updated: march 18th 2025

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ADHD Lunch Thoughts

A few weeks ago I decided I was sick and tired of inflicting the worst lunches imaginable on myself. My general modus operandi was to be running late for work, make a wonky sandwich, shove it in a bag, and maybe bring a packet of crisps if I had any. Or just buy expensive junk food during the day. Or forget to eat anything at all because the lunch waiting for me was so miserable.

I think it was partially because I didn't see a middle ground between the squashed sandwich and elaborate lunches requiring intense amounts of forward planning.

My new revolutionary discovery is a 'little nibbles' approach, utilising products aimed at busy parents making pack lunches for picky kids. It's possible to keep in stock a wide range of these, and choose a few to quickly put into a lunch box with minimal prep time.

Some of my favourite choices at the moment:

Little wrapped cheeses

Little crackers and crisps

Rice cakes

Mini sausages

Edamame beans

Things to dip. You can buy frozen carrot sticks and baby carrots, or little mini bread sticks.

Dips like hummus or cream cheese. Sometimes you can buy these in mini pots, I've also bought some recyclable disposable shot glasses for making my own little dip containers.

Grapes, raisins, little oranges.

Cut sandwiches in half diagonally, that makes them fancy.

Is it always the cheapest way? Or the most environmentally friendly way? Not always. And I have an extra chore now of having to clean the lunchbox, so I got one that is dishwasher safe.

But eating is kind of an important thing, and I figure I'm better off in the long run!

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Woaaah this is gorgeous, and also considering the timing of when this was posted @slayknif There's a non-zero percent chance that I saw this and ended up being inspired by these lovely Holmes and Watson designs for a computer game I made?!

I don't actually remember seeing this before, but those little glasses on Holmes...

As the gifts from the 2025 Summer Holmestice are being revealed (until the 14th), I felt the ghost of my Holmes obsession return like a vengeful spirit...

Winter @holmestice 2022 happened three years ago, and this was my gift for @jeremys-come-to-bed-eyes! :D

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May turned out to be a bumper month for reading, although I am utterly failing my casual goal of trying to read more fiction published within my own lifetime.

Winnie the Pooh - I didn't think I'd actually read this much as a child (or had it read to me) but there were parts where every single line was viscerally familiar and my early-childhood bedroom came into absolute clarity in my mind's eye, so I wonder if I went through a phase where I asked for it on repeat.

The Prisoner of Zenda - I somehow went into this thinking it was going to be a kind of Wodehousian farce, where an ill-suited Englishman ends up swapping places with the King of a tiny European nation and wacky shenanigans ensue. Cultural osmosis got it wrong for me, it's actually a classic adventure story, and the Englishman in question is the most heroic, capable and slightly unhinged man imaginable.

Writing for Games - Hugely inspirational, big recommend. I ended up buying a copy of this because I wanted to stick lots of my own notes in it and use the workbook sections.

Useful Verses - I picked this one up from the library after the cover caught my eye. An eclectic mix of poems with a dry and slightly dark sense of humour, often relating to ecology, foraging and the natural world. Quite enjoyed them!

LOTR and All Creatures are comfort reads I've read lots of times so I wont go into detail with them, but I enjoyed both immensely - on to Return of the King!

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All Creatures Great and Small 2020 Wallpaper

Absolutely love the Skeldale house set/s- these are all the wallpapers used that I've managed to source (under the cut which I pray works lol)