#and clear skies

[demongirlgarlicbread]

I don't like cities. Just, as a personal thing. I don't like the concrete and the glass and the lack of green. Brick and stone by the sea is the most I'd be able to tolerate in the long term. When it comes to what urban spaces are available nowadays, at least.

Now, this isn't an argument for suburbia. It isn't an argument for decentralized rural living everywhere. My stance on urban vs suburban vs rural is that the higher population density we can get while still maintaining physical and mental health and happiness, the better.

So why complain about the concrete jungle? Because to fulfill that bit about health and happiness, we need to shape the spaces we build to live in to better accommodate that. Solarpunk, to use a vaguely applicable buzzword. Alongside the destruction of car dependency, we need to start a revolution in architecture and aesthetic. Flowers, trees, grasses, shrubs, vines, and of course all manner of food producing plants. All native to the region, providing habitats to little beasties and bugs, as well as greatly increasing the amount of color and life in the city. Color is important. Hang out fiber arts made to weather the outside. Paint murals on the walls. Make the world we live in art. Clean up the air and let it stay clean. Work to reduce light pollution. Let the wild places grow wilder, and bring nature into our homes to rest on the doorstep.

It's a pipe dream today and tomorrow and the day after, especially if you're taking inspiration from solarpunk concept art. There's a lot of infeasible ideas floating around there, ones with far more aesthetic than sense. But as we reduce urban sprawl, and build denser, more environmentally friendly homes for ourselves, they don't have to be ugly. They don't have to be depressing hunks of concrete and steel. That's all I'm saying.

[turtleblogatlast]

I’ve remembered that colors exist

[heartnosekid]

yakko207 on ig

[seagiri]

merry smissmas! wish i had time to do something better

[charmed-n-zesty]

The bluest blues.

Uusimaa, Spring 2024.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 256

Look, Bruce had had no plans to be a cryptid, he swore. 

Vigilante? Yes. Dark abomination of the night? No. And he was, he was technically just a dude. A well trained (and maybe feral) human, but still just a human! Apparently not to the rest of Gotham, and he honestly should have nipped those rumors when they first started. 

But like, it was also perfect for his secret identity. No one exactly expected an undead shadow-beast to have a secret identity after all. Or an undead shadow beast and some sort of ghost child to have ones, as the small child- which turned to small children- he’d taken in discovered. 

Which, look, he had tried to get Dick (and later Barbara, and Jason, and Tim, and Steph, and by the time of Duke and Cass had given up) to stop. He had tried everything he could but no, nothing could stop them. Literally nothing that he had done could stop any of them, so he had trained them instead. 

And the children were all little shits. At least by the fact that Nightwing had lead the newly-made Justice League right where he was perching, continuing to chitter and giggle near hysterically as he ducked behind him. 

And somehow they were here to try and recruit him. Great. 

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Leon Dolice, Clearing Skies, Chrysler Building, 1930s. Pastel on paper.

Photo: 1st Dibs

[getousatoruu]

I think about this every few days…

[fairweathermyth]

ECLIPSES IN CINEMA AND TV

Mr. Sunshine (2018) Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Dickinson (2019-2021) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) Dolores Claiborne (1995)

[nemoys]

AAAAA neuvillette being the hydro dragon freminet mentioned (mere 'fairy tale') he's such an emotionally interesting character to me i don't think i've ever wanted to write a 30 page google doc over a character like this since venti?? i'm so curious as to what he was upset over the day we arrived and met up with the siblings

[screampied]

happy birthday to my man 😙😙😙

actual footage of me giving him the sloppiest jaw breaking head but it’s cropped out

[tornado1992]

“One way dream” but it’s a lullaby Sonic sings or hums for Tails while hugging him whenever there’s a thunderstorm so he doesn’t get too scared.

[lewanarta]

Club 500 Members 🌟🌟

[notmoreflippingelves]

[adam-trademark]

Limestone Glade Trail

(2/3)

(November 11, 2022)

[sophibeans]

Clear Skies Ahead: A Novel

Hi! I wrote a book about a twentysomething burnout henshin hero using their secret identity and homemade power suit to explore their gender and pay the bills through social media! Now I’m posting it online! You can read it at this link!

Synopsis:

When early-20s burnout Alice tries to track down the local Portland superheroine Sky Horizon, she finds out that the heroine's true identity is none other than her old classmate Oliver, another early-20s burnout who uses the transformation to volunteer and survives off his Patreon. As he sheepishly explains, he designed the suit after his favorite tokusatsu superhero shows like Kamen Rider or Power Rangers.

When the suit's design gets leaked, however, he'll have to fight in earnest to keep his creation out of unscrupulous hands, and confront parts of himself he didn't think he was strong enough to face.

A YA-ish superhero story about shame, about responsibility, about how loving an idea enough is all you need to make it real. If you're curious, have a sample of a new chapter under the read-more!

In today's update, we have heated drama between women as Sky Horizon's sidekick runs interference to protect her.