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eat an entire can of sweetened condensed milk. you deserve it.

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Halegrapha mucronata 

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Best Pokémon Villains Tournament- Organisations Bracket- Round 2: Match 6

The galaxy versus the cosmos, it's Generation 4 against 8, and who will win?

First up, it's Team Galactic, Sinnoh's resident villains! The group has a goal on a grand scale- remaking the entire universe, to remove what Cyrus, their leader, calls 'spirit'. A serious man who seems to hate emtions, Cyrus nevertheless commands Team Galactic with ease, despite many of the fanatics not actually knowing what the ultimate goal is! That's some dedication. As you'd expect based on the name, the group has a running space theme, with all the high ranking members being named after galactic bodies- the planets Mars, Jupiter, and Venus, then the moon of Pluto, Charon, and even Cyrus himself is named for an ancient Persian word for the Sun. The team's uniforms resemble astronaut outfits as well, and grunts are referred to as 'spacemen' many times throughout the Sinnoh games. With a goal as lofty as they have, they certainly need to reach for the stars! In pursuit of said goal, Team Galactic are ruthless, with them going so far as to bomb a lake, an act of destruction unlike what we've seen from other villains! We also know from a trainer in the Lost Tower that they're unafraid of outright killing- they're responsible for the death of his Clefairy. Their villain status is indisputable, but will that win them the match?

Well, Team Galactic must get through Galar's Macro Cosmos! On its surface, Macro Cosmos is a mega corporation- and that's mainly what it does, with many subsidiaries running everything from rail, to energy, to even banks across Galar. It's chairman, Rose is also in charge of the League challenge in the region, so Macro Cosmos really has its hands in everything throughout life in Galar. Like the Aether Foundation though, there's more going on under the surface, and this comes down to the passion project of Chairman Rose and his desire to solve the energy crisis 1,000 years in the future. To try and save Galar's future, he unleashes chaos on the present with disastrous results, the damage only being contained by the new heroes of Galar. With only 2 named characters being known members of the organisation, Macro Cosmos had one of the smallest presences in the last bracket, making its popularity in this bracket possibly difficult to predict? If you want to ensure the schemes of Macro Cosmos go recognised in the tournament, you'd better get voting!

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Best Pokémon Villains Tournament- Organisations Bracket- Round 2: Match 1

Team Dim Sun's initial appearance.

Round 2 gets started, introducing the favourites to win the tournament judging by their seeding- Team Skull! But it's not over before the votes come in.

Team Skull, whose boss Guzma took victory in the individuals bracket, hail from sunny Alola! One of the villainous organistions of Generation 7, their group consists of misfits and troublemakers from across the region who failed to complete their island challenge. Unlike many other groups in this brakcet, Team Skull on their own don't necessarily have a main goal they seek to achieve, instead just causing problems and stealing Pokémon when they feel like it! They also, unlike other teams again, have a whole town to their own- they took over Po Town on Ula'ula Island, and use it as their base. This speaks to the attitude that sets Team Skull apart, they're a family. The group is close, with grunts forming close bonds, and calling the second in command, Plumeria, 'big sis'. It's a different kind of team, but Guzma leads them all with tough love, and despite his failures with dealing with the Aether Foundation, he commands respect. can the team live up to how their leaders did last time?

Meanwhile, Team Dim Sun have the momentum of a win behind them, having taken down a fellow Ranger team last Round. As a side game team, they have the disadvantage of less name recognition, but don't underestimate the passion of their fans. Are you going to help them in this David and Goliath match?

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viewing queer identities as “this is the label that makes me happy and feels most accurate now” rather than “this is who I am, was, and always will be” will definitely take the pressure off, friends. changing your mind is proof that you have one.

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starting a collection

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cute guy refill some ink and his boobs are like woah

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God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers and I'm dodging the draft

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having a giant phobia was never relevant to my life until mobile game advertisements

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Also ☝️ it's interesting to me how despite fading more into obscurity the further we get from 1947, the ~ vibe ~ of the Old Hollywood Diva was such an iconic flavor of femininity that she still persists as sort of an echo in certain speech patterns and mannerisms, mainly found in gay people, miss piggy, and this horse

[ID: Rarity from my little pony: friendship is magic. /end ID]

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Just updated my Ao3 profile and realised it’s old enough to legally drive in the US. 😂

Got it in March 2010 and the user ID is four digits long.

Reblog with when you got your Ao3 account and how long your user ID is.

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Havdalah spiceboxes made of silver and brass

Vienna, Austria, 1810-24

Kaschau (Košice), Austria-Hungary, 1872

Nuremberg, Germany, 18th century

Istanbul, Turkey, 20th century

Munkács, Hungary, 1820-50

Austrian Empire, late 18th - early 19th century

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RIP to everyone killed by the gods for their hubris but im different. and better. maybe even better than the gods

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Scientists have developed a diesease to make you have fun! ❤️