#I can get the special common

[twotailednekomata]

The first thing I see when I moved to the next page is Jon screaming for his dad to wake up...

[puhpandas]

Tony and Vanessas relationship through Gregory can be something so personal

[the-busy-ghost]

Alright uninformed rant time. It kind of bugs me that, when studying the Middle Ages, specifically in western Europe, it doesn’t seem to be a pre-requisite that you have to take some kind of “Basics of Mediaeval Catholic Doctrine in Everyday Practise” class. 

Obviously you can’t cover everything- we don’t necessarily need to understand the ins and outs of obscure theological arguments (just as your average mediaeval churchgoer probably didn’t need to), or the inner workings of the Great Schism(s), nor how apparently simple theological disputes could be influenced by political and social factors, and of course the Official Line From The Vatican has changed over the centuries (which is why I’ve seen even modern Catholics getting mixed up about something that happened eight centuries ago). And naturally there are going to be misconceptions no matter how much you try to clarify things for people, and regional/class/temporal variations on how people’s actual everyday beliefs were influenced by the church’s rules. 

But it would help if historians studying the Middle Ages, especially western Christendom, were all given a broadly similar training in a) what the official doctrine was at various points on certain important issues and b) how this might translate to what the average layman believed. Because it feels like you’re supposed to pick that up as you go along and even where there are books on the subject they’re not always entirely reliable either (for example, people citing books about how things worked specifically in England to apply to the whole of Europe) and you can’t ask a book a question if you’re confused about any particular point. 

I mean I don’t expect to be spoonfed but somehow I don’t think that I’m supposed to accumulate a half-assed religious education from, say, a 15th century nobleman who was probably more interested in translating chivalric romances and rebelling against the Crown than religion; an angry 16th century Protestant; a 12th century nun from some forgotten valley in the Alps; some footnotes spread out over half a dozen modern political histories of Scotland; and an episode of ‘In Our Time’ from 2009. 

But equally if you’re not a specialist in church history or theology, I’m not sure that it’s necessary to probe the murky depths of every minor theological point ever, and once you’ve started where does it end? 

Anyway this entirely uninformed rant brought to you by my encounter with a sixteenth century bishop who was supposedly writing a completely orthodox book to re-evangelise his flock and tempt them away from Protestantism, but who described the baptismal rite in a way that sounds decidedly sketchy, if not heretical. And rather than being able to engage with the text properly and get what I needed from it, I was instead left sitting there like:

And frankly I didn’t have the time to go down the rabbit hole that would inevitably open up if I tried to find out

[vellichorom]

Where does Thierry get his clothes please I need it ple

IF YOU ASKED HIM, he'd say he got his wardrobe at some UK retailer; Harrods or a more men-centric department store ( also he'd be a big Macy's shopper! as a matter of fact, some of his clothes (( his iconic cardigan, for one )) would probably be from Macy's " women's " section! ) & had them slightly tailored or hemmed;

IN ACTUALITY, he made them along with his body! it's all code & game assets, baby!

which he might ALSO reveal on a different occasion, but it's infinitely way harder to say " i made these clothes but not because i know how to sew- yes i know it feels like actual cloth, but because i can code " than just " oh yeah i bought these at abercrombie.... "

[derpinette]

TBH i kind of am into phonetics in a freak pervert way

[theadventurek9]

I'm feeling a little extra about this nationals issue. To be honest this could very well be Aayla's last chance to do a nationals for agility. At least all the classes. I keep feeling the bitter let down of again having a nationals ripped from our grasp, again.

In 2020 we were qualified to go to Cynosport, and it just happened that they were holding it only 2 hours away from our home. It got cancelled due to Covid and Aayla started limping the month before Cynosport would have happened. So even if Covid wouldn't of happened, I would have scratched her from competing.

With ASCA having a 12" category and smoother courses there is a chance for us this year. But, Aayla is turning 8 next month, has elbow dysplasia in both elbows with some mild arthritis. Agility is strictly a just for fun and on occasion sport for her now. Anything we enter I am on high alert for how she feels before, during and after and scratching her is always on the plate. Will she be okay to compete at 9 years old? I don't know, but the likelihood drops each year.

She is so good at this sport, she is fast and loves it. I want a nationals to show everyone. I know she doesn't care but I want everyone to know how amazing she is. We didn't get her MACH or ATCH with any venue. I'm not even considering an ASCA ACE title (like preferred agility champion). Yet I have this panic filled dread that without championships to her name, that I will have failed her potential. As long as something drastic doesn't happen, she will get her RACH. Yet I want more for her.

I know that this is stupid and doesn't really matter, especially not to Aayla. She is just happy training and playing. Yet out of all the dog's that I will have in my life, I know that she is going to be that one special one that no one else will come close to. Yet with my experience and ability to train and trial more, its likely I will have dogs that will get MACHs, OTCHs and so on. Yet none that will be like her and I don't want that overshadowed. I know in my bones that she could have gotten all of it if her body had allowed and I had the money to trial her more often.

Its such a silly thing, but I feel like it's not fair.

[daz4i]

how and why is there discourse about whether or not certain queer identities exist/if people should be allowed(???) to use them. why is "people know their own identity better than you ever could, and they're the only one who get a say on what they are" such a tough concept to grasp

i think if you find yourself offended by the label someone uses (especially if they're a stranger) or think it invalidates your own, it's a good idea to look inside yourself and question why that may be. more often than not, it's a result of insecurity or uncertainty of your own identity (or many other things, but i won't make a whole list here). whatever reason it is, until you resolve it, you shouldn't take it out on people for having an identity you don't understand

many have said it before but it's worth saying over and over. infighting only helps our oppressors. conservatives don't care if you're a cis gay or a xenogender aegosexual aplatonic lesbian, they hate all of us either way. trying to fit in by going for people who are easier targets for them isn't gonna help you, it'll just alienate you from your own community, and you're never gonna please them. the momentary rush you get from hearing you're not like "one of /those/ gay people" is not worth it and is gonna do more harm in the long run, i assure you

also, it is important to me to say this, but having some less than nice kneejerk reaction caused by confusion about an identity you don't understand doesn't mean you're a bad person or anything. as long as you aren't mean to that person, and you take a second to think smth along the lines of "wait a minute, this isn't any of my business" after having said reaction, you're good 👍 a lot of reflexive reactions we have to things are ingrained into us simply by. well. living in a society 🤡 and you're not terrible for having those thoughts. it's your actions that matter, and your second thought (the "wait, why did i just think that?") is more defining of your actual character and morals than your reflex. i know that having thoughts like this, even tho they're unwanted, can very easily make one spiral, so it's important to me that whoever needs to hear this knows this doesn't make you a bad person 🙏 you're good, keep taking actions to be good, accept other people even if you don't understand them, and you're on the right track :)

[mejomonster]

I would like. To be in mutual love

[merge-conflict]

at least whenever I get caught up writing stuff so self-indulgent it's not worth sharing I learn things: like that valentine is surprised when kerry and rogue and alt are concerned or looking out for her because she doesn't really have "friends". she has contacts or allies and occasionally lovers. she had jackie, but she considered him her brother.

there's not really a hierarchy but she still feels compelled to earn her place, so she creates one in her head. she considers herself the bottom of the heap, which would mean she's the one who performs acts of service, and shouldn't expect any in return. when they do look out for her, her internal running pov is her wondering what she's going to have to do to make up for it. what price she'll have to pay. heartbreaking.

[coquelicoq]

Une petite houle, venue du large, imprimait au canot un léger roulis, et quelque crêtes de lames clapotaient à son avant. (Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, 2e partie, chapitre III)

today in sentences that would have made me weep quietly into my dictionary if i had read them a year ago before jules verne expanded my marine vocabulary by ~1700%.

[straightlightyagami]

guy who has only ever seen religion seeing his second ideology:

[no27-autonation-honda]

not to be a colossal fucking cowabummer about everything but it really does suck that like. my really chill and like. supposedly more realistic type of career goal feels about as unattainable as like a kid saying he wants to be a singer or something

[sarabyfleetwoodmacmp3]

💭

[deoidesign]

hey just wanted to say your art’s amazing (i binged your comic, it’s so good, v well written) thanks for being a creator!

Thank you so much!!!

Thank you for being a reader and for being here and sharing with me.

Things like this really help keep me going <3 It's a real reminder of why I do what I do, which is just to make people have a good time haha

So I'm glad!!! Thank you!

[identityarchitect]

would anyone in the lockwood & co fandom be interested in hyper-detailed notes about the world building taken directly from the books? pls comment if so

[carnivorouswillgraham]

ray and emma are t4t to ME