#Sectioned Ammonite

[uk-fossils]

Fossil Limestone Ammonite (Sectioned) Jurassic Somerset UK - Genuine Specimen w/ COA

Discover a remarkable Fossil Limestone Ammonite (Sectioned) from the Jurassic period, unearthed in Somerset, UK. This stunning specimen offers a glimpse into prehistoric marine life, showcasing intricate internal structures preserved in limestone.

Each ammonite is 100% genuine and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, ensuring its authenticity and historical significance. The precisely sectioned fossil reveals the fascinating inner chambers that once housed this extinct marine mollusk, making it a captivating piece for collectors, educators, and fossil enthusiasts alike.

The exact specimen in the photos is the one you will receive, ensuring no surprises. A 1cm scale cube is included in the image for reference—please check the listing photos for full sizing details.

Why Choose This Fossil? ✔️ Authentic Jurassic-era specimen from Somerset, UK

✔️ Sectioned to reveal internal structure

✔️ Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity

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[rainy-rain-duck]

if anyone knows of any really good resources on ammonoids (ammonites) please tell me about them thanks

[geologyjohnson]

A small 2 cm #ammonite from the #Jurassic of #Morocco with a nice internal cross section. Also an improved version of the ammonite from yorkshire I photographed the other day.

[yanderefreak1213]

Vee's World! pt 3

Tws: Kidnapping, Forced affection, bondage, constant spying, Villain Vee, Murder, possible gore, Body horror,Abusive relationship, Manipulation tactics, yandere themes, Obsessive thoughts, Possessive thoughts. All around this is gonna be a heavily dark fanfic.

These acts shouldn't be supported in real life, I just wanted to try my hand at horror and my own version of One-sided Shellvision that involved Vee being the one inlove.

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helly leg throbbed, her head throbbed...It all hurt. It wasn't...An unbearable pain or anything. Even still, Sprout suggested Shelly be on bed rest for a while, which yeah, makes sense. Her leg is broken...And it's a little hard to focus when you got a crack in your head! Thankfully it'll heal up as nothing broke off, sprout said it'd heal just like a normal bone!

Vee was nice enough to let Shelly use her room, her logic was that if Shelly needed anything it'd be easier for Vee to pop in, though Vee had control all over Gardenview, which means she had control to all the electronics. Vee was the one often using their tv screens or electric alarm clocks or even computers to pop in to tell them she needs them for a meeting, or something of the sort..Still, Shelly admits it was kinda nice having company...Even if it's Vee's.

See Shelly had no issues with Vee...Infact she even has a tiny crush on the Gameshow host! But after all of Vee's rejections Shelly figured she'd give up on befriending her, after Vee took over though...She's been more..Friendly? Was that the word? Vee's always been friendly enough to her, just..A little too honest.

Shelly huffed as she shifted on the bed, Vee was nice enough to get similar looking Sheets to Shelly's so she atleast felt some comfort..Vee refuses to talk about Shelly's section in the moment, all she would say was that her area was under investigation...It made Shelly uneasy, but she trusted Vee.

Cosmos and Sprout would often bring her food, or even Vee brings it sometimes if she's not too busy. Astro stopped by to talk to her, and even though Vee doesn't like her, she let Tisha come see her too! It was nice...All the toons would come visit Shelly every now and then, but Vee got a little bit..Picky on whose allowed to come see her after Shrimpo made a comment on the crack in her head.

Shelly groaned laying her head back "I'm sooo bored!" She huffed, she was hoping Astro would've stopped by or someone so she could've gotten out for a bit...Vee wouldn't let staff do it...She was being..weirdly overprotective, but the ammonite knew she had a reason for it..She appreciated it..Really!

Shelly jumped as Vee's room opened, and there stood the gameshow host herself as she shuffled through some papers, Shelly smiled "Vee! I was starting to lose my mind!" Vee looked up at her letting out a small hum before answering "Sorry, Shells.. Had alot on my plate today, I guess no one else stopped by?" She placed the papers on her desk before getting to sit on the edge of the bed, giving Shelly her full attention..It made Shelly feel a little special truthfully.

"No.." She sighed "I mean Sprout stopped by to give me food and talk for a bit, but he said he was too busy to be away too long." Shelly sighed leaning back again. Vee nodded a bit "Well, Once I'm done with the rest of the paperwork I can spare some time if you'd like and we can walk around Gardenview for a bit...Sprout wants to get you use to crutches, since you've never broken anything before." Vee stood up grabbing her paperwork "Just give me..Maybe an hour at most? It won't be that long exactly..But it's a good time frame.." She looked over at the television "You..Do know you can use that...Right?" She looked over at the ammonite...Who just stared at her.

They stared at eachother for a long while before Vee let out a disappointed sigh "Shelly, do not tell me you just sat here in complete silence.." Shelly wouldn't look at her now as she found the bed spread MUCH more interesting "Er...No?..." Vee stared for a moment again before grabbing the remote from the stand the tv was on as she brought it over to Shelly. Shelly's tail wagged a bit thumping against the bed.

"I didn't even know you watched TV.." Shelly looked at Vee, who just Shrugged "I don't, but it's easier to have it incase I need to pop in and see what's going on here." Shelly nodded a bit fumbling with the remote...Vee didn't pop in to check on her did she? Shelly never really though on that ability of her's..But Vee could pop in at any time and they wouldn't know..

Vee waved a hand in front of her face "Shelly? Hellooo." Vee bent down a bit to be eye view with the fossil toon "You okay?" Shelly nodded "Yeah! Sorry, just zoned out.." Vee jsut rolled her eyes in more of a playful manner "I was saying, you should have access to any channel, I'll come back once I'm done and we'll go for a little outing around the center. It'll be closing soon anyways so you'll be able to interact with the others without too much stress." Shelly smiled "Thank you, Vee that sounds good."

Vee nodded before leaving, Shelly sighed sinking back against the bed as she turned the tv on, She found a cute little child show having to do with Dinosaurs and a train, she thought it was cute so she continued watching...

Shelly eyes wandered over to Vee's desk...The whole time she's been in here and she'd sometimes wake up to Vee doing paperwork over there but Shelly never did see what was she was keeping in there.

After some hesitance she grabbed her crutches and moved over to the desk sitting in the chair laying her crutches on the side. She felt..Bad. She shouldn't be doing this..It was an invasion of Vee's private info..But she also didn't say not to..

Shelly sighed before opening the first draw...Not much other than some pens and blank paper, so she moved on to the next draw...Nothing much other than paperclips and other supplies like that. Finally she reached the final draw though Shelly didn't have much hope on finding anything interesting...However when she opened it, she froze a bit...It was a note. From the previous owner. She blinked a bit..Thinking about Dandy made Shelly sad... But she took out the note. It must've been to Dandy as it was signed for him..Why did Vee have it?

'Dandy, Vee is a very intelligent toon. I understand you already said you trusted her...But recently she's been showing concerning behavior. She's constantly moving away from her programming and acting out. I know she's your friend but we need to do something before she-"

The note was cut off from there, Shelly perked hearing the door jiggle so she quickly stuffed the note away and shutting the draw before pretending to look around the desk a bit as Vee entered, the gameshow host blinked at her a bit "Shelly? What..Are you doing?" She asked curiously, but there was caution in there..It was subtle, but Shelly caught. Shelly jumped a bit before smiling at her "Oh, Sorry I wanted to doodle a bit...Is that okay?"

Vee seem to study her for a minute before coming over "I see, that's fine...I only have pens though, we can stop by the gift shop and we'll grab you some colored pencils so you can do that." Shelly nodded "Alright!" as she grabbed her crutches to stand up, wobbling a bit as Vee steadied her.

Shelly felt more uneasy around Vee, what was the note suppose to say? it was ripped..Is Vee hiding something? Why did have a note meant for Dandy? What was the note trying to warn Dandy about... Shelly looked at Vee, she seemed normal...And ever sense she took over things have been nicer.. Vee turned to look at her "Shelly, are you alright?" Shelly forced a smile "Y-yeah! Just...Happy to be out I guess, it gets a little...boring sitting in a room all day."

Vee nodded a bit " I understand, but the good news is, Sprout did say you'd be able to start doing things again..Sadly with your section being...Under investigation, we'll need to find something else for you.You could always help me again if anything." Vee offered, Shelly hesitated, did she want to be around Vee more? After seeing that note..?

Shelly shook her head before nodding to Vee "Yeah sure! I'd like to keep busy so it'd be nice." Vee looked satisfied with her response as the two continued talking, but throughout the whole time...Shelly couldn't shake the weird feeling on Vee.

Astro and Goob watched from the distance, Goob tilted his head at his boyfriend "Astro?..You okay?" the fluffy craft asked, Astro just sighed "I'm fine, I'm just..Concerned." Goob seemed even more confused "Why? I think it's nice Vee is spending time with Shelly, I think they're cute together."

Astro just smiled at Goob "Usually I would agree..But..I don't know Goob, something just feels..Off she's even been avoiding me.." He looked down, before letting out a suprised yelp as goob pulled him into a suprise hug "Relax, Astro! I'm sure it's fine. You just need to talk to her." The sleepy toon smiled "You're right..I'll try and pull her aside to talk to her.." Goob giggled "Yea! I'm sure it'll go back to normal."

Astro nodded a bit "I hope so.."

even though he wants to agree with Goob...Still..He knew something was off about Vee.

As Vee and Shelly moved through gardenview, Shelly still couldn't help the sinking feeling she had about Vee but Vee did stay true to her word as they stopped by the gift shop to get coloring pencils

, though there was an uncomfortable silence between the two....Why..Why was Shelly suddenly so scared of Vee? They're friends!....Aren't they? Shelly couldn't really recall Vee having much interest in her.. Until suddenly.

"Shelly!!" A familiar voice called, Shelly perked up as she saw Tisha making her way over to her and Vee, Tisha stopped staring at Vee "...Vee." She huffed out, Vee kept the smile, thought Shelly could've sworn Vee's eye twitched "Tisha.." They stared eachother down for a minute before Tisha finally looked away "Hmph! Anyways..Shelly, hows the leg? Are you comfortable with Vee? You know you can always move over to my room. I could even grab some of your fossils so we can clean them together!" Tisha offered and fussed over her friend, making Shelly blush a bit...It was nice that TIsha cared about her so much..

She didn't notice the dangerous flicker to Vee's eyes as Shelly answered Tisha "It's going fine! Sprout says it's healing fine and soon enough we're gonna start putting pressure on it! And I'm very comfortable with Vee! Look she got me coloring pencils!" Shelly happily showed off the gift Vee had gotten her, it made Vee relax a bit seeing Shelly happy.

Tisha giggled "Well still, maybe i can bring over some of your fossils tomorrow and we can clean them." Shelly nodded "That'd be great- Oh! That'd be okay..Right Vee? It's uh..Your room." Vee seemed suprised she was being involved "Huh?..Oh yeah, I'd rather her come to you than you move too much, Sprout says to rest up as much as you can off it so.." Shelly nodded then looked at Tisha again "Then I'll see you tomorrow! Ohhh I can show you the cute dinosaur show I saw!"

Shelly and Tisha kept talking as Vee walked off seeing Astro to talk to him figuring Shelly would be fine with Tisha...

And everything went fine too till Pebble decided he wanted Shelly's attention and started excitedly running around Shelly's crutches...It wasn't the poor pet rock's fault. He was so excited to see Shelly again! Ever sense Dandy disappeared he became more of Shelly's companion in a way. However, during his excitement he accidentally rammed into Shelly's crutch causing her to fall over letting out a yelp, Tisha trying to catch her ended up going down with her.

Pebble took this as a chance to jump into Shelly's arms licking her cheek. Shelly and Tisha looked at eachother before giggling but it was intrrupted when the light was suddenly blocked, a very...Un-amused Vee standing over her.

Shelly let out a nervous laugh before Vee spoke "I told you to be careful, Shelly." She sighed before helping the fossil toon up and taking the pet rock from her before setting him down. Tisha was quick to get up too dusting herself off "No one got hurt, Vee it's fine." She argued crossing her arms but the tv show host was having non-of it as she argued back "But she could've gotten hurt, Pebble should've known better and you should've been quicker to stop it."

Shelly looked at Vee "Pebble was just excited Vee.. And Tisha tried we just..Kinda both well fell." She giggled a bit, but stopped when Vee kept the harsh look.

Vee eventually sighed "I think it's time we head back anyways, I have to set up for my gameshow..." Shelly seemed disappointed, Astro however smiled "I'll take Shelly back, me and her can hang out then." Vee nodded, Tisha gasped "Ohh maybe i can get some fossils to bring over now! Then the three of us can clean them together." Vee didn't seem to like the idea but she waved her hand "Yeah,yeah whatever gets her resting is fine by me."

And with that Astro walked Shelly back

though Shelly remained quiet...Astro was keen though and picked up on this, he looked around a bit clearly looking...For something before he spoke "You...Found something, didn't you?..." Shelly's eyes noticeably widened but she was quick to cover it up with a laugh "No, no! Sorry..I'm just..I'm tired.." She wasn't sure if she could turn to Astro..She wasn't sure if she could trust anyone... "Ohh! Did you wanna hear some dinosaur facts maybe? I got to learn some new ones today~!" Shelly said in a sing-song voice,Astro was quiet for a while studying Shelly's obviously fake cheeriness...Before deciding to smile softly toward her "I'd love to, Shells...Lay them on me." He chuckled as she started listing off the facts on the way back to Vee's room.

Once Shelly's leg healed up, she started helping Vee with her work, she'd visit her attraction room every now and then but sadly it was still shut down...It wasn't like it was a major incident but Vee insisted on keeping it under investigation...The worst part is Shelly couldn't even find any of the employees working under her! Vee wouldn't tell her what happened to them, they might've not been the nicest to shelly but she still cared about them.. Eventually Vee finally told her she relocated them and decided to put them under...Intense training. Despite Vee ressuring Shelly they were still in the facility, Shelly still had no clue where they were.

Vee also started keeping Shelly on a tight leash in a sense, having become more protective over her...The shell was surprised too. But also concerned with this change..It happened so fast.. Shelly use to have a crush on Vee, for the longest time.But once Vee took over Gardenview,

, she started accepting that Vee was not interested in her...Infact she started spending alot of time with Sprout, for the longest time alot of toons in gardenview thought Sprout and Cosmos were a thing..As it turns out they were really just friends...Which...Came as a shock to Shelly..However she ended up starting to spend more time with them to pick up baking as a hobby, Which lead to Shelly getting closer with both of them...She was already friends with them and even introduced them...But now she was actively spending time with them, and they kept hunting her down to drag her to the kitchen for taste testings...

Sprout even started coming to hang out with her more as she was able to walk more, this day was a day Sprout decided to hunt her down to drag her to the kitchen...Much to Vee's annoyance, who stood with her hands on her hips as she looked unimpressed to a Sprout who looked equally annoyed "You can't hog her all day, Vee. Come on, she's probably dying of boredom being with you all day." He huffed out, causing vee's digitail eye to twitch "Sprout.."She huffed out, but Shelly was quick to step in, seemingly being one of the only toons to calm Vee, along with Astro as she spoke "I actually wouldn't mind getting away...I already finished my part of the paper work, and you're not giving me anymore of your's...All I'm really doing is just...Watching you.." She smiled a bit "So maybe I can go make myself useful with Sprout?" Vee softened hearing Shelly speak as she sighed "Fine, fine.." She muttered "Don't go pushing yourself though, you're still limping." She warned before walking back to her chair as Shelly made her way to Sprout smiling brightly as he held out an arm for her "Come on, lil lady lets go." Shelly let out a giggled amused by his antics as he lead her away...Little did the two know Vee was steaming....Silently, but she was angry...She focused back to her work, but she couldn't shake the anger.

As Sprout lead Shelly to the kitchen, he excitedly lead her to the counter which already had some prepared cookies "I have some recipes I wanted us to make, but first I wanted you to try these new cookies me and Cosmos made. They're S'more cookies, we figured it'd be fun to add something new to the menu." He picked one up handing it to Shelly, who happily took it "Thank you, Sprout." It was still warm, the chocolate was melting onto her hand and she could even see the marshmallow melting a bit, it smelt amazing! It reminded her of the camping trip vee decided to make every take part in...Bonding is what she said. Even pulled out a check-list to make them follow..It was frustrating at the time but now a funny memory to look back on. She blinked as she stared at the cookie, hoping she hadn't stared too long as she took a bite, enjoying how the marshmallow and chocolate melt in her mouth.

She hummed in enjoyment, swallowing her mouth full before speaking "It tastes amazing!", Sprout noticably blushed a bit as he smiled "I'm glad you like it, Cosmo isn't going to be able to help me make the rest of them...So I was hoping you'd help me make a couple batches for the day...Cosmo is a little busy babysitting toodles right...And while she could...Help us, Rodger kinda banned her from the kitchen..Heh.." Shelly decided it was best not to ask "Yeah I can help you!

Sprout smiled “Great! Cosmo said you were learning fast when you two were doing baking lessons so..” he hummed “hopefully it won’t be too hard for you to keep up.” He taunted, Shelly elbowed him slightly “oh hush you..” he chuckled a bit as Shelly went to get ready to help bake.

Sprout watched feeling his cheeks flush, in a way- he wasn’t lying. Cosmo is busy but he purposely did so, he wanted to give Sprout an opportunity to be alone with Shelly, knowing the strawberry toon had a crush on her for a little while now. Vee just kept hogging her though, so if Cosmo was busy and stout needed help in the kitchen..well Vee wouldn’t want product to lose quality!

Sprout was snapped out of his thoughts when Shelly came back, and so the two go on to baking

, the whole time though Sprout can't help but admire Shelly. At first he really only focused on Cosmo when she introduced them....It was never a crush, Cosmo was just...His best friend. He couldn't deny the cake roll was cute and totally his type, but frankly he could only ever see a friendship with Cosmo and he knows Cosmo feels the same. Shelly however, made Sprout feel...Different. He didn't pay much mind to her. They've always been friends, but the he use to think the dinosaur facts were annoying, till him and Shelly got trapped in an elevator together, Shelly was the only one who kept her cool despite the fact that sprout knows she was freaking out too. But She still kept Sprout from Spiraling by telling him interesting facts and all around just being the reassurance he needed....Thats when the crush started, he was sure of it. He started actively seeking Shelly out when Cosmo was busy, he finds her reactions cute and the big gestures she makes when she's talking about dinosaur facts. She even tries to mimic what dinosaur sound like sometimes which he finds even cuter.

A part of him wished Vee would've stuck Shelly with him and Cosmo instead of just keeping her near her. He didn't...Really get it, Vee never actively hung out with Shelly before, even when Dandy was around, it kinda annoyed him a bit...He's vee's friend ofcorse! But how can she sit there and act like she's always been friends with Shelly! Either way, they were here now.. Sprout looked over to Shelly, who was now covered in flour, he smiled a bit to himself and chuckled "Shelly, you're a mess." He teased a bit, going over to her "I think we have enough cookies now, why don't I help you to your room so you can wash up?", Shelly's tail wagged slightly in excitement as she smiled "Sure!" She didn't hesitate to take the strawberry's toon's arm as the two made their way to her room so she could wash up...Little did they know the little tv on the kitchen counter lit up as Vee's unimpressed face popped up, before it disappeared. ///// Vee flipped her desk out of anger as she felt herself anger. Why was Shelly so intent on spending time with others?! How did she miss on the hint that Sprout liked Shelly?! Why can't he keep his mits off whats her's.. Vee's felt herself overheating, meaning she needed to calm down before she crashed out, her tail finally stopped it's lashing as Vee grabbing the microphone before she felt herself calm a bit "Nothing to worry about,Vee.." She sighed "Shelly probably doesn't return his feelings, I'm sure.. " She looked over to her now messed up desk "Hmm...Okay we should fix that first... THEN I can focus on what to do.." She muttered, Shelly was her's. Vee didn't really understand what that meant, but she knew Shelly is her's and she needs to keep it that way. Regardless of what the shell toon wants or thinks..She'd eventually come to accept it.

[enchantedchocolatebars]

Could you write something about how Luz and Lilith get stuck in the Edwardian era, and Luz becomes a daughter like figure to Philip?

Deadwardian Era Dad

Summary: In the process of setting up a time pool, Luz and Lilith lend a hand to Beardo Philip.

Enjoy!

Thank you, @talisman975, for the help!

Beardo Philip began tracing a large concentric circle in the wet sand on the beach's berm with a stick.

Upon doing so, Luz and Lilith (Aunt Dirtrude) stood behind him, holding the ingredients needed to open a time pool. While watching, they also kept vigilance.

Luz especially watched Philip draw in the sand with a sparkle of youthful admiration in her eyes.

'Eeee, he's so cool!' she squealed in utter delight in her mind.

The sharp and spirited human she saw portrayed in his diary was a person she truly identified with.

After the circle was completed, Philip crouched down in the sand and extended his flat hand out.

He motioned for something to be given to him.

"Magic algae?" he gently requested, and Lilith handed over the protist slathered in Titan's blood.

Philip set it on the circumference section of the circle.

He then asked, "Wrinkling oak bark?" Luz happily placed the piece of tree bark in Philip's palm.

He placed it alongside the algae and requested two more crucial ingredients. "Barnacle crusted clam? Seaweed? Ammonite?"

He was like a modern father asking his children to pass him specific tools while he worked on a project.

Once the items were properly placed in the perimeter of the circle, Philip raised his gloved hand and promptly shoved it into the sand.

Genuine shock and a sprinkle of disappointment grew on his features as his hand failed to sink into a time passage.

"I-I don't understand," he said incredulously, standing up. "We collected all the ingredients that were needed. Could it be that we're missing some? Perhaps more?"

Philip was unsure if that was the case or not.

"I think I know what we're missing," Luz giggled as she reached behind her back and retrieved a light glyph.

Philip let out a small gasp, blue eyes glowing with realization. "A picto-glyph!" he quietly exclaimed.

How could he have forgotten to include that in his notes?

Luz nodded with a smile. "That's right," she said, setting the glyph down in the center.

A soft glow was generated by the magic in the sandy circle before it expanded into a tiny bubble of shining light.

Poking her head into the sand, Luz's eyes lit up in sheer delight when she saw the same beach that she and Lilith were at before going back in time.

After pulling her head from the pool, she starts to share her discovery, with joy radiating in her voice.

"The time pool! It's working!"

She hadn't been this proud since the first time she drew a successful light glyph.

Lilith gasped. "It is?!"

Philip gently ruffled Luz's hair as if he were a proud father doing it to his child.

"Splendid job, Luzura!" he complimented her with a chuckle.

"Thanks!" Luz laughed, giving the bearded man a gentle hug.

After Lilith approaches the time pool, she and Luz are ready to return to their correct era.

As she looked back at Philip, Luz offered out her hand to him with a gentle smile. "You coming?" she asked.

The expression on Philip's face was like that of a surprised cat as he looked down at Luz's hand.

He shakes his head. "Oh, no. I wouldn't fit in."

"So?" Luz said with a soft laugh. "I don't really fit in either. Not fitting in with someone else is better than not fitting in on your own."

Philip went back to gazing at Luz's hand once more, still hesitant to take it, but when he slowly did, he felt a small smile flicker on his face and tears welling up in his eyes.

[littleeyesofpallas]

Yes, yes.... these one game appearance breeds are much more pleasant to be combing over than some of the long standing franchise favorites that just go for ever...

NITON[ナイトン] seemingly taken from "ammonite"

ARABIA(N) NITON[アラビアナイトン] I assume it was meant as a play on 1001 Arabian Nights. I like how they totally broke model and just gave it the whole Bajarl pot instead of a shell.

KNIGHT NITON[ナイトナイトン] Another silly pun as the japanese phonetics for Knight[ナイト] and Nito[ナイト] are identical. So it reads like Nit-Niton or Knight-Knighton.

METAL SHELL[メタルシェル] straight forward enough

TORA-GAI[トラガイ] Japanese for tora[虎]: "tiger" and gai[貝]: "Shellfish"

SUKASHI-GAI[スカシガイ] is the Japanese name for the binomial family Fissurellidae, which includes a variety of sea snails. the sukasu[透] means "transparent" and gai[貝] is again the word for "shellfish"

AMMON[アンモン] the other half of "ammonite", i think it was clever to make it the fossil remains

BAUMKUCHEN[バウムクーヘン] named after the style of German pastry lit. "tree cake" for the many layers evoking the rings of a tree cross section. The Niton/Mock owever is just actual wood. Baumkuchen is also particularly popular in Japan.

Then we get this funky little set of Disc monsters salvaged from MR1.

DISC-NITON[ディスクナイトン] is obviously the replacement for the purebred Disc.

DRIBBLER[ドリブラー] replaces V-GOAL[ヴィゴール] which named after V GOAL SOCCER'96, another game by Tecmo, and is part of kind of a running thing with different /??? monsters referencing Tecmongames, usually sports ones.

RADIAL[ラジアル] is still named Radial

oh wait I somehow missed TIREN[タイヤン] that's "TA-I-YA-N" but it's just the phonetics for TIRE with an N' on the end.

oh and I didn't realize before but the MR1&2 DX added a bonus DISC type monster,

DISCALMER[ディスカーマー] I'm not clear on this one... It's been localized as Diskarma but that strikes me as incorrect. For one it's not how the Japanese word write Karma; the write it ka-ru-ma[カルマ]. But other than that I feel like something has to make more sense of the red color and the star pattern. by itself the KAAMAA/KERMER[カーマー] bit can definitely read as "CALMER" but I don't see the meaning there related to the design. (I feel like there's something I'm missing. I feel like I know that design from something but I can't put my finger on what... For a moment I thought I remembered it being the yoyo from Sukeban Deka, but that's not right...)

[jovianaquarium]

ok so my lovely mutual @icarrymany dared me to post proof of my rock/min collection so this is his fault >:)

im not gonna go into depth on all of the samples bc 1. i dont remember the details on all of them lol and 2. it would take. forever

so instead ill talk a little abt one or two of them per section :3

first up: tumbled minerals!

i have a bunch more of these but after becoming a geology student they kind of piss me off bc raw minerals often look way cooler and tumbling removes the crystal habit (and also makes them harder for me to identify hgjhfd)

first image, from left clockwise: (possibly) blue lace agate, chrysocolla. labradorite, snowflake obsidian, moss agate, brown agate, and two samples of tigers eye

2nd image: up close picture of one of the tigers eye crystals, showing its lighter banding

3rd image: up close picture of the labradorite from a different angle, showing its pale green luster

my absolute favorite mineral ever is labradorite also!! i think its luster is gorgeous and ive heard it represents transformation and change, and i first got this sample back when i had just come out as trans :)

i dont really have a lot to say abt these unfortunately lol

anyway. next is fossils!!

1st image, clockwise from bottom left: trilobite cast fossil, tumbled stromatolite, dinosaur bone (? got this one at a mineral stall and the dude said it was a dino bone, didnt think to ask details lol), plant fossil, coral fossil, assorted fossil molds (mold as in taking the shape of something, not spores) in wackestone, mosasaurus tooth, crocodile (?) tooth, 2 ammonites, a turtle scute, a crinoid stem, and a (broken) orthoceras

2nd image: up close pic of the assorted fossil molds, which include horn corals (circular with ridges toward center, hole in middle), crinoid stems (cylindrical with ridges perpendicular to long sides), and shells

3rd image: up close pic of larger ammonite, with iridescent luster due to aragonite (a polymorph of calcite) replacing the calcite of the shell

4th image: up close pic of dubious tooth. i found this on a field trip about a year ago while looking for shark teeth. this is not a shark tooth. idk what it is. i think it might be from a crocodile but i havent been able to fully identify it lol

now.... raw minerals!!!!!

1st image, clockwise from left: moss agate, talc, serpentinite (this one is a metamorphic rock but i accidentally put it with the minerals and dont want to retake the pics. other geologists you may come kill me), two calcite samples, and a tiny topaz @ramones2 gave me

2nd pic: close up on the topaz crystal, which is light orange (if u leave these in the sun they get bleached and lose their color </3)

3rd pic: close up on one of the calcites. its crystals are a bit more squared and close-knit than the next calcite, and appear more white in color. there are also some small purple fluorite crystals mixed in. i traded with a classmate for this one lol

4th pic: close up on the other calcite. this ones crystals are more rounded and transparent.

5th pic: close up on the serpentinite. serpentinite is metamorphosed from peridotite, which makes up the earth's mantle (if youve ever heard that the mantle is actually green, that is true!! the green comes from olivine mostly, but also some pyroxenes). when peridotite is lifted up to the surface and comes into contact with water, olivine gets very unhappy and serpentinizes, or hydrothermally metamorphoses (water + some heat + olivine = cool as fuck snakeskin rock)

6th pic: another close up on the serpentinite, this time wet. you can see the serpent-like pattern a bit better.

finally: rocks :3

1st image, clockwise from bottom left: amphibolite, sedimentary rock with calcite vein (i dont remember what this one is lmao), malachite-bornite ore, iron-stained sandstone(?) with chalcedony/agate, phyllite, sandstone trace fossil of a burrow, and meteoric rock possibly with iron

2nd pic: close up on the ore, showing the malachite vein. it's almost powdery, with a gradient of light blue on the edges to teal in the center

3rd pic: another close up on the ore, showing the bornite vein. it's iridescent like an oil slick, with the main color being purple. this one is often called peacock ore for its colors :)

4th pic: . im gonna be honest i have no fucking clue bro. i think the mineral in it is agate/chalcedony (the lighter gray/white areas) and the red parts are an iron-stained sedimentary rock, but i forget if its siltstone or sandstone or smth else. idk. it looks cool.

bonus: extra pic of my rocks for further proof of collection

hope u enjoyed o7

[warrioreowynofrohan]

Then, having strayed and gazed their fill, They closed around the fire; And all, in turn, essayed to paint The rival merits of their saint, A theme that ne’er can tire A holy maid; for, be it known, That their saint’s honour is their own.

Then Whitby’s nuns exulting told, How to their house three barons bold Must menial service do; ... And how, of thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone When holy Hilda prayed; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found.

Nor did Saint Cuthbert’s daughters fail To vie with these in holy tale; His body’s resting-place of old, How oft their patron changed, they told; How, when the rude Dane burned their pile, The monks fled forth from Holy Isle; O’er northern mountain, marsh, and moor, From sea to sea, from shore to shore, Seven years Saint Cuthbert’s corpse they bore.

This is the part of Marmion where I really started to love the poem, and it's still one of my absolute favourite parts. It hearkens back to the ancient sagas, where heroes contested with each other in boasting about their deeds of prowess. In Beowulf, a side character, Unferth, challenges Beowulf by running down one of his past deeds, and Beowulf bests him by describing, in detail, his heroic achievements; it can be summarized as Unferth saying "You're not all that" and Beowulf returning, "Yes, I am all that." Another one in a different style is when, in the Kalevala, the young man Lemmenkainen unwisely challenges the ancient Vainamoinen in, essentially, an intellectual duel of telling the things they know - Lemmenkainen's knowledge and experience is trivial next to Vainamoinen's, and he is utterly worsted (summary: "You know nothing, kid".) You could consider this type of verbal duel the ancestor of the modern rap battle.

And this section of Marmion feels like that ancient poetic device being brought forward into a an entirely different setting, era, and applied to an extremely unlikely group of people: two sets of nuns from different convents. But the basic pattern of it, each setting forth in turn the great achievements of their saints, is essentially similar. The poem is set in the 1500s, the early modern era, and much of its setting and style (knights, jousts, and chivalry) hearkens back to the medieval times, but this moment connects its to a far older tradition (ironically, one connected to the same Vikings whose sack of Lindisfarne is mentioned).

The realization that, as noted by @animate-mush, the "serpents changed to stone" by St. Hilda are in fact fossil ammonites, just puts the finishing touch on this fantastic section.

[spikemd]

The Blu-Ray Project Master Watch List

In which my wife and I watch (almost) every movie on our shelf in alphabetical order. Skips allowed for movies we know I can’t handle like most horror or thrillers. Titles are linked to my thoughts after finishing each movie.

Update: we’re still in the A section and I can confidently say I had no idea what this experience would be like. I’m watching so many things that are way outside my preferred genres and it’s such a bizarre time.

Update April 2025: sometimes a movie is so bad or weird that we have to take a long break before we come back. Or we play through the entirety of BG3. Regardless, we’re still in the B section and are about to enter the Batman Zone.

9, 10 Things I Hate About You, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, The 355, 42, 500 Days of Summer, 2012

About Time, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Adam, The Addams Family, Addams Family Values, The Age of Adaline, Aladdin (live action), Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Alien, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, American Dreamz, American Hustle, American Pie, American Pie 2, American Pie Wedding, American Ultra, Anaconda, Angels and Demons, Annihilation, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Aquaman, Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom, Armageddon, Atomic Blonde, Avatar, The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame

Baby Driver, Baby Mama, Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, Bad Moms, Barbie, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever

Skipped movies that my wife will be watching without me because she’s a completionist and also enjoys much scarier things than I do (or the occasional skip because we just weren’t in the mood): 28 Days Later, Abigail, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien: Resurrection, Alien: Covenant, Alien vs Predator, Aliens vs Predator: Requiem, American History X, American Pie Reunion, Ammonite (we’ve watched it together before and are just not in a frame of mind for sad lesbian drama; please someone make more fun queer shows), Annabelle, Annabelle: Creation, Annabelle Comes Home, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, The Babadook, Bad Times at the El Royale

Did Not Finish: Aloha

[uk-fossils]

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[icka-the-goth]

Agate, Pearl, and Ammonite fossil necklace for Zoe.

I made the dark agate sections first, then gave Zoe her choice between pearl, amber, sapphire, and amethyst to go inbetween the agate.

She also had three fossils to chose from and decided she wanted to emphasise the grey tones.

[geologyjohnson]

I've been learing macro photography to help image the fossils I'm studying. Been trying it out at home by turning the camera lens around. It's difficult to get a things right doing it manual hand held but I still like how these turned out. To give you a sense of scale, the ammonite is about 5 cm across, the image of the cactus spines is about 3 cm across, and the bryozoan, and coral fossils, and pyroxene crystal images are about 1 cm across.

The fossils I am trying to photograph at work are about 1 mm across. I can see them in regular optical microscopes with acid extractions and thin sections. But these methods take a long time to prepare, and require nasty chemicals. They also only let us look at very small areas so the fossil is out of context, we also lose a lot of details with each preparation process.

There is a whole scale of fossil detail we are currently missing and I am hoping that using these photography techniques I can access that information and learn more about the mysterious organisms that were living on our planet over a billion years ago.

Also making tiny things big is a lot of fun and makes me happy.

[metaphysicalpistolsoraclemine]

Benevolent ET and Extradimensional Entities:

Guardian Benevolent ET and Extradimensional Entities advocate for a open source, free information society that is evolving towards supporting humanitarian goals for the possibility of advancing spiritual Ascension, thus restoring the possibility of granting Cosmic Citizenship to earth inhabitants through the re-education of hidden human Galactic History and practicing the Science of Right Living, the Law of One. The Law of One is the comprehension that all things are made of intelligent energy and are a part of the All-One. The Law of One is a Sacred Science of the mechanics of Christ Consciousness and are the Natural Laws governing our Universal Creation. All-One is the recognition that Eternal Truth is Eternal Love and Eternal Love is the organic consciousness of Infinite Creator or God Source.

In the interpretation of the Law of One in Spiritual Ascension context, it is a egalitarian philosophy for evolving humanity towards humanitarian goals. Ascension study is made as an evolutionary model for our planet and humanity to achieve spiritual freedom. The main focus is upon the inner spiritual study and reflection made upon the personal commitment to expand one's consciousness and benevolence towards life. As we expand our consciousness we shift perspective to feel our interconnection with all Life and become orientated to be of service (Service to Others) thus, reflecting inner truth. When we experience this all encompassing spiritual-energetic connection, we inherently desire to practice human kindness and seek to collaborate with developing higher structures that place value on life, as well as all human beings, a value system of a World Humanism.

RA Confederacy

The specific RA Guardian group that acts as the active principle in working to fulfill the Covenant of Paliador on the earth, is a section of the RA Confederacy that exists in the Seven Higher Heavens in the next Universe and contacts us through the Gold Ray or the 14th dimensional Stargate. The RA Confederacy has segments of root races that are referred to as the Azurites, Aton, Ammonites, Viriagian Masters and the 5D Guardian Pleiadian Groups called Aztaras. The Pleiaidian Groups such as Aztaras and Mayans are taking most of the load in helping to heal the earth soul groups loading out and moving into 5D evolutionary potentials, such as reintegrating the astral body, healing the heart complex, healing the shadow and pain body of deep trauma, and assisting with single soul occupancy embodiment. This lightbody and consciousness rehabilitation support may occur while incarnated in the physical and when actually going through bardo process while dropping the body.

The Guardian previously known as Akhenaton while incarnated, is from the Aton group and is intimately involved with the reclamation of Christos mission, the Paliadorian Activations on the earth. His mission is designed to protect those who are from the original Yeshua bloodlines, which he was involved in bringing to the planet, while working with the Azurite teams over 2,000 years ago. He is the original family patriarch as it is his bloodline that propagates in the Krystic bloodlines still today, although much misinformation is still propagated about him

Sirians, Sirius B

The Sirians are the original builders of planetary architecture, and this is why some higher factions of the Sirian races (the Lyran-Sirian Councils) that live in the Law of One are also called the Guardian Host. The Sirius Star in the Canis Major constellation acts as the transmission agent and higher self principle for the planet earth in Universal Time Matrix. 

The Sirians have both positive and negative impacts to the earth evolution, as the Star Sirius is a planet in higher dimensions and portions of the timelines of Sirius B planet were corrupted though Orion Group and Reptilian invasion. During the second seeding phase of planet earth, renegades from Sirius that were influenced by the Luciferian Marduk races decided they wanted to create their own host bodies, and get away from the administrative structure of many ambassador bases that exist in the Sirius Star system. 

Sirius B in the highest dimension (24th) acts as a Cosmic Outpost for multiple federation bases in the Interdimensional Free Worlds Systems. It is through these corridors that representatives from the Free Worlds, such as the Krystic human races of the Oraphim communicate or return to the humans on planet and those existing on parallel earths. Thus, through the anti-human agenda on earth, these communication links and portals have been attempted to be shut down and terminated from use as entry points into the lower dimensional timelines of earth.

Christos Sirian Blues

The Christos Sirian Blues, or Blue Dragons incarnated into this Harmonic Universe to help heal the DNA template of these fallen Dragon races. They came to work with bringing the Aurora Body to help repair the genetic mutations and to be the evolution safety net during the Ascension hosting cycle. These complex networks of the Aurora Portal Systems and Aurora hubs are the safety zone platforms brought to the earth in 3D as a part of Ascension Plan B.

Sirian High Council of 12

The Sirian High Council serves as the administrative body for the Interdimensional Federation's Task Force to maintain freedom based evolutionary agreements and agendas between all Star Nations.

[ithisatanytime]

6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

this section of lamentations describes the israelites being taken to captivity and their progeny coming back unrecognizable because in captivity they had race mixed, they are described before in verse seven and after in verse eight in what is clearly meant to be a contrast. i just had a "jew" tell me that modern milk is treated and sickly white and that regular unpasteurized milk is yellow and jews are slightly whiter than yellow so that explains that.

i read the bible regularly cover to cover you know, and i just finished nehemia and in nehemia the israelites are returning to israel after a long exile in foreign lands and they find the laws of moses in the temple and are astonished about what they find this is how THEY interpreted the law of moses at that time and this is what they felt they needed to do after finally being reminded of gods commands.

13 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

and therein was found written that the ammonite and moabite should not come into the congregation of god forever, they are referencing this verse from deuteronomy

2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:

now i have told you that "bastard" is in the hebrew here "MAMZER" and i showed you that it did not mean a fatherless child and it actually makes no sense if you try to interpret it that way a child of an illegitimate marriage cant enter the inner temple unto ten generations what does that even mean? his great great great great great great grandson cant enter the temple because his mother was unwed? of course not especially considering elsewhere in that same law of moses it says again and again to shew kindness to the fatherless but strongs concordance rightly says mamzer means mongrel, mixed race, a racial alien. and the people of israel upon finding this exact verse decided they needed to separate themselves immediately from the "mixed multitudes" and what is interesting about that is in the hebrew what is translated as "mixed multitudes" is "ereb reb" or "erev rev" the b and v are interchangeable in ancient hebrew, "ereb" meaning "mixed, night, dusky" is in my view where the term ARAB originates. but nemiah 13 doesnt end there it goes on to say

23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

he is referring to this section of kings when talking about solomon and his foreign wives.

11 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:

2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

the reason why i harp on this stuff so much is not because i am EXTRA racist, i am as racist as everyone else in a sense we all have a common sense level of racism that is tempered by a common sense of JUSTICE, race is real and important but ultimately we are to judge a person by the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, by their DEEDS, the content of their character. and that is just what the bible says. this common sense of justice has been perverted by jews into an insane race blindness that serves no one but them and would destroy us utterly if we allowed it to fully take root. so why then do i harp on this racial stuff in the bible so often? because it shows the bible is TRUE. what the bible says about race is 100 percent true and the so called jews have spent hundreds if not thousands of years lying against this truth and that more than maybe any sermon ive heard from the pulpit has convinced me that god is alive and the bible is the literal truth that these obvious enemies of all good things of all truth would lie even about the color of milk in order to bury the truth contained therein

[eschatclcgy]

basic information:

character name: chris whittalker

nickname (s): kit

face claim: robert sheehan (as vladek klimov)

mutation status: mutant gen ii

birthday: unknown

sexuality: bisexual

moral alignment: chaotic ~~good~~ neutral

occupation: bartender /escort

work sector: 10

affiliation: nobody

3 positive traits: playful, energetic, empathetic

3 negative traits: impulsive, unserious, irresponsible

questionnaire:

how do they feel about living in sol city? have they always lived there or did they travel from another settlement?

Born in Ireland, Kit had enough time to develop a thick, soft, Irish lilt to her voice before circumstances brought her eventually to Sol City. She did her time as a research subject before needing to get out. He left in his twenties, and has only recently returned, and has been drawn into the arms of the Bearded Lady out of a need for something to do as well as the energy of the crowd, and the promise of lots of necks to bite.

do they trust the council’s leadership? why or why not?

Why should she? They're all humans, how can they know what she's dealing with?

if they chose their sector and profession, why did they make that choice? if they didn’t, why not? were they happy with their assignment or not?

He chose it, and is very pleased with it so far..

what’s one object that they always keep on their person?

A opalized ammonite that she found on her adventures.

(mutant only section)

what is your character’s ability (or abilities)?

Kit has been blursed with vampire physiology, including what appears to be immortality. If she stops eating, she will gradually age, and who knows what happens after that, but when she's been feeding well, her healing factor raises higher and higher. Her fangs contain a mild venom that causes euphoria and slows clotting, while her saliva can promote clotting.

are they gen i or gen ii?

Gen ii

what can your character do? what are their strengths?

Kit hides what intelligence he has behind a mask of impish mischief. He's a hell of a scrapper, but his main advantage in a fight is his vampire physiology and the healing and immortality it provides.

what can’t they do? what are their weaknesses?

He cannot do math. Do not trust him with balancing tabs. Also, don't ask him to tie a knot.

is there anything else you’d like to specify about them?

She loooves to hang off people. She's long and lanky and cannot stand straight to save her life.

[marysittingathisfeet]

Shallum's Daughters

"Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired the next section with the help of his daughters." Nehemiah 3:12

So often we think of woman in the old testament as quiet submissive woman. Woman like Sarah or Rebecca who were woman of strength, but their presence is primarily in the background. But there are some woman in the Old Testament who had a nontraditional role. Example Deborah the prophetess who led her people to battle. Huldah the prophetess who prophesized the fall of Judah to King Josiah. Jael who drove a spike through Sisera, the commander of the Canaanite army. Or Rahab, an ancestor of Jesus, who hid the Israelite spies and saved their lives as well as her family's lives.

Why did the wall have to be repaired? Seventy years earlier when Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem after a long siege, the walls were torn down and the gates were burned. The Jews lived in exile for seventy years until King Cyrus allowed them to return.

Why did the walls have to be rebuilt? Walls were not only a protection from wild animals like lions, but they offered safety from marauders and other criminals. The walls of a city were closed at night and during the day could be guarded to limit who could enter the city. In addition the walls provided safety from invading armies. Even if the army surrounded the city, strong walls could keep out that army for years. Sometimes the army would give up and go home.

When the Jewish people returned to their homeland, the broken walls and burnt gates made them very vulnerable. So the governor of Judah, Nehemiah, set out to repair the walls. But he was met with resistance. Some of the neighboring political rulers were unhappy with Jerusalem regaining her political importance.

"When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very much disturbed that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites." Nehemiah 2:10.

Why did they not want the wall rebuilt. Their positions became weaker as Israel grew stronger. Consequently some of the provincial governors tried to sabotage the rebuilding efforts. First they tried mockery.

"When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, “What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble—burned as they are?”

Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, “What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!” Nehemiah 4: 1-3

When the mockery failed to deter the Israelites from the repair and when the walls were half built, mockery was replaced with violence. Sanballat, Tobiah, and others threatened to attack them.

"But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.

 Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is giving out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall.”

Also our enemies said, “Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work.”

Then the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”

Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows. " Nehemiah 4: 7-13.

This was the atmosphere that Shallum's daughters were working under. I see the woman dressed modestly yet practically carrying stones together to the wall. Their strength may not have equaled the men's, but their desire to safeguard their home and city was unmatched. They ignored the bullying and worked despite the threat to their very lives.

We really don't know anything about them like how many there were. If some were married, some single, some with children. Were they strong tall woman or tiny woman? What we do know is that their contribution was significant enough that Nehemiah mentions them. He respects what they have done, and honors their memory. No other women are mentioned as in helping to build the wall.

Their story reminds me of Zelophehad's daughters. Unlike Shallum's daughters we are told their names.

"The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. " Numbers 27: 1B.

Zelophehad had no sons. He had no one to inherit his property. The woman approach Moses and lay a claim to the property. "

"Why should our father’s name disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives." Numbers 4:7

God agreed with the woman. -“What Zelophehad’s daughters are saying is right. You must certainly give them property as an inheritance among their father’s relatives and give their father’s inheritance to them. " Numbers 27:7

Because the sister's were bold enough to speak up for their rights, a law was made that declared if a man had no sons, his daughters were to inherit.

Although their contributions may have seemed small, it truly changed a lot. Never underestimate what you can do.