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[ficklesprite]

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[sharksharkdesign]

(Fonts: Ahsing, Campfire, and Alfa Slab One)

I bite :)

[hadranok]

i found one in the wild

[thirty-twoorfewercharacters]

I just realized I can post Literally Anything and nobody will see

[halmalproductions]

The Ultimate Frog Champion - Halmal_Productions

This is my submission for the Smallishbeans HC Art Gallery!

Liscence: The Ultimate Frog Champion by Halmal_Productions is licensed under CC BY 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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[samsammysamson-archive]

Triggering content under the cut; We need to have a talk.

Ask blogs are not your therapists. We are not trained or liscenced councelors in crisis prevention.

The first time I was sent a crisis mode ask, I wasn't angry. I was upset and panicked, but not angry. I made a post with some hotlines and explained that I couldn't help any more than that.

The second time I got sent a crisis mode ask, I wasn't angry at that either. It had been almost a month since the first time, so that post got lost under the hundreds of things Sam says every day.

So I made another post with some more hotlines, explaining that as much as I'd like to help more, I'm not a therapist and not capable of doing so. I set that boundary.

And only a few hours later, even after I clearly set that boundary, it happened again. NOW I'm angry about it.

Ask blog mods are not your therapists, and it is extremely unfair to drop problems of that explicit of detail onto us without out permission. Hell, I even specifically DENIED the permission, and I still got sent that stuff.

DO NOT explicitely detail how you've s/h'd, attempted, or ⭐ved yourself. Not to me, and not to other ask blogs.

I feel for you, I do- But those are things I too actively struggle with, and having vents that extreme dumped on me out of nowhere without my permission will just put me into that crisis mode too. So don't fucking do that.

To the people who sent those asks, I sincerely hope that you're able to get the help that you need. But I am not that person.

[lurafita]

Inspired by No Way Home, Alec’s deal with asmodeus is instead that Magnus will get his magic and his immortality back but in exchange Alec Lightwood will be wiped from Everyone’s memory.

Bonus if Alec is made immortal in this, to suffer eternity as a stranger.

I’m just not sure how we get back to Malec or if they have to meet again.

Or if we say that just like the books, Ragnor hid in a pocket universe and when he comes back his phone has messages from Magnus pining for an Alec Lightwood perhaps with an image attached?

To be honest, I'm in favor of most things that change the "Break his heart for his own good" plot. (I believe I have posted here already why I hate it so much, so I won't bore you with it again. XD )

Immortal Alec is always a goal for me, because I need immortal Malec, because I cannot stand the thought of Magnus having to lose yet another person he loved so much.

And the memory wipe thing, I mean, I may be a little too blazé about this, but I don't think that needs to be such a bad thing. (though my personal dislike for big drama plays into this, so I'm probably just gonna think in far too simplified terms about this)

But, I mean, come on. It's not like Alec was blissfully happy with his lot in life, right? Magnus and his siblings, as I see it, were the only things he truly cherished. And with them, he can simply rebuild his relationship. Maybe not to what it was before where his siblings are concerned, but still something good. And with Magnus, he can strive to be even better.

And the immortality thing, maybe, since wiping Alec from everyon's memory is such a big scale operation, since it also invovles rewriting the memories of all those involved to make things make sense without Alec being a factor in all that had happened. Maybe that means that there is a balance kinda thing, where mortal Alec cannot exist where the memory of him doesn't exist. So his being needs to be made into something different. And so Alec becomes ... I don't know, an unseelie, or a dark fae, or a warlock, or a vampire, or whatever else is immortal, or maybe some kind of higher demon. With his own memories intact, but inaccessible to anyone else.

And then he can meet the group after that, while they are out closing a rift or whatever, and help them. Make a whole new entrance for himself. Start out as an ally, and then get absorbed into the group again.

Or meet Magnus first. Who would most likely still be single and having had his heart closed off for centuries. Meet him on more even footing, under better circumstances (like, not right after Magnus had lost some of his warlock friends to the circle members. I can't believe the show just hand waved that away. An apartment full of traumatized people who had just been attacked by murderous fanatics, but the shadowhunters needs came first, of course...)

Anyway, I think a setup like this could be made to do something really neat, without having to wade through too much drama.

Many thanks for this message. This is really fun to think about.

Hope the driver's liscence thing all works out. Though anything that has to do with departmental work usually takes way longer than it shouuld ..

[laurasimonsdaughter]

Dear Domestic Dragons Trust, I’m writing about my recent experiences with my new “pocket dragon”. Which I’m starting to suspect might not be one.

About six months ago I acquired my dragon after years of wanting and saving for one. He’s a male with scarlet red scales, blue highlights and large pointed horns. The breeder at the time seemed reputable and had official paperwork for him upon purchase. He’s been a darling little menace so far, but I’ve been noticing some very bizarre traits of his that don’t add up. First off, he’s Huge! He’s almost quadrupled in size since I got him and his growth is not slowing down. He’s refuses to eat any fruit or cream, only wanting meat and poultry (which he incinerates upon receiving). He’s much more aggressive about his hoard and especially gold, to the point I need welding equipment to separate things from him he’s not supposed to have.

Did I get some bizarre off breed of pocket dragon, or is he something else I need to be concerned about. I love the little guy dearly either way but I’d like to know if he really is a pocket dragon or not?

Hello,

I'm afraid it does sound like your dragon might be a crossbreed. This does happen sometimes, even with breeders who are careful, because dragons are quite crafty and wild dragons do still roam about in some places. It sounds like your dragon might be half firedrake.

We recommend going back to the breeder and asking for their help. If they care about their reputation at all, they will be willing to help you figure out how this could have happened. Knowing what type of crossbreed your dragon can help provide you with the necessary information to keep taking care of them.

It's not illegal to keep a crossbreed dragon like this, but unlike pocket dragons you do need a liscence for them, and you can only keep them in urban areas under the following conditions:

The dragon has been treated with a fire safety spell.

The dragon is no larger than a horse.

The dragon has been (magically) chipped.

Of course you'll also need to be able to house and feed him, which can certainly be a challenge for bigger dragons. If it turns out keeping him at your home is too difficult or too risky, you could house him at a Magical Menagerie, but renting a stable or kennel there can be very expensive.

If worst comes to worst you can bring him to us and we can figure out how to house him at one of our locations. Hopefully close enough for you to come visit and possible train with him!

Best of luck,

~ The Domestic Dragon Trust

[aandvarchaeology]

Hello! I wanted to ask what kind of sites do you work on in Germany and what are the conditions like when you excavate? Also are there some artefacts that are more common to find then others?

Hi @ioniccolumns, thanks for the question and sorry for the delay!

Again, Mod V supplying the first part of the answer, since Mod A is currently still huddled under 1000 blankets and drinking vast amounts of tea.

EDIT MANY WEEKS LATER: Double sorry for the double delay, Mod A answered his part, I wanted to edit some things in mine, and then Term Paper Hell happened. Ask me about medieval slate roofing if you want to hear the rant of a lifetime, I dare you.

The short answer to your questions: It depends. 😅

The long answer:

We have a vast richness of time periods in Germany, and pretty much the whole country is covered in archaeology one way or another. It is entirely possible to start a dig going through 1920s scrap metal hoards, dig your way through a high medieval road, an early medieval settlement, and a roman villa rustica and end up in a neolithic causewayed ditch enclosure. In general: If you are digging in a city you'll probably find a latrine and/or a graveyard. You will find medieval ceramics and some kind of crop marks on many many fields. If you are within the bounds of the Roman empire you will most likely find Roman stuff, be that architecture or something else.

As to the conditions: How do you mean? Working conditions? (Imagine your average construction site, only with vastly more nerds.) Preservation conditions? (It varies greatly, we have everything from peat bogs to gravel plains to brown earth, it really depends on where you're digging. Though I WILL mention the Rhenish mining area for its particularly spectacular wood preservation. We literally got paleolithic hunting spears in pretty much working condition out of there.) Soil conditions? (It varies greatly, have a look at the Bodenatlas Deutschland if this particularly interests you!)

And artefacts - again, it depends xD. Though, most medieval digs will turn up incredible amounts of ceramics (my beloved), and it would be terrible of me not to show you our prime example of a find, especially if you're digging in prehistoric time periods: The Glorious Post Hole.

Foto by Brigitte Schlüter, liscence: CC BY-SA 3.0, online here [last viewed March 25, 2025].

~ Mod V

ETA: Mod A (that's me) Has Risen From The Dreadful Pits Of Illness!

In addition to So Many Time Periods in regards to sites, I feel I should mention that most excavations in Germany are so-called Verursachergrabungen (lit. person responsible [pays] excavations) meaning that whoever dug up the monument needs to pay for its excavation. Specific laws surrounding this differ by state, but usually the state office for heritage management will get involved. As V has mentioned, we also have a decent amount of rescue excavations, mainly associated with open-pit mining for gravel and coal, and numerous excavations of scientific interest - the big ones are usually focused on the formerly Roman parts of Germany.

The most common artefact is definitely pottery, followed by flint flakes and stone tools of all kinds. There is one find category that didn't get much attention for decades that actually should be really common though: burnt loam, also known as Hüttenlehm (lit. hut loam). This category covers daub, plaster and mud bricks, but for a long time only painted plaster was recognised because the others look too similar to normal soil - especially when wet. Only the impressions left by the wattle and the temper used to bind the clay of the mud bricks will give them away and all too often those are missed in non-university excavations.

Which brings me to the last part: work conditions! The excavations run by an university on its own are usually comprised of a team of students working towards their Bachelor's or Master's degree, headed by either a PhD student in cooperation with a teacher (who may or may not be a professor) or just a teacher (more likely not to be a professor). Occasionally there may be volunteers from the local archaeological society, but around here they are more closely connected with the state office.

On the excavations run by the state office or in cooperation with them you'll have excavation techs (aka shovelbums) and such fancy things as an excavator who takes care of the topsoil for you. So while the former is the "building site with an accumulation of nerds" V mentioned, the latter is more "building site with a few nerds and the usual annoying foreman who tells you that you're on a tight timetable". [Mod V would also like to mention that the state office does not do its own digs in all German states. If it does, you have to hire them if something turns up on your construction site. If not, they're technically involved from a legal standpoint, but you have your pick of commercial dig companies to do the actual excavating. The annoying foreman is a fixture of both versions.]

University excavations usually will work with more care for the preservation of artefacts while state department (and private excavation companies) will be able to cover more ground, but sometimes lead to damage on pottery and the like.

(In fact, getting an excavator license and specialising on archaeological digs is a very lucrative job because they are always needed, highly recompensated and some excavator drivers can work with mindblowing precision. Those are worth their weight in gold and will get recommended to the head archaeologist's colleagues.)

More specific conditions like accomodation, pay and adherence to OSHA depends on where you're digging (middle of nowhere, near a settlement, middle of the city, etc.), your degree, how much money the organiser was able to secure for financing the project, whether you're there as an intern (usually paid a pittance (i. e. my last intern dig was 3,13€/h paid as lump sum of 500€ at the end of the four weeks)) or as a hired worker (minimum wage, which currently is 12,82€/h). Student interns will usually get free accomodation of varying quality but have to do their own shopping, cooking and cleaning. Hired workers are expected to commute, so they'll usually be chosen for how close they live to the excavation site or will move there for the duration of the dig.

That's all I can think of for now! I hope I was able to answer your questions, let us know if there's more you'd like to know!

~ Mod A

[tubapun]

hey, you just reblogged a post abt rudolph from me, and i have to ask. what the FUCK do you mean it was legally released in 1124. what kind of bizarre ass rudolph lore is this.

Ooh this is one of my favorite things to talk about actually!!

So Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is an animated Rankin Bass special based on the book series and song of the same name. It's the second animated adaptation of Rudolph. The first book is from 1939. These are all important things to note for US Copyright/Trademark reasons.

When Rankin Bass made their special, they hadn't read the whole series, and so many of the characters are original. This is also important.

Because this film was created for US release (though it was animated largely in Japan), it had to, at the time, have a Copyright Declaration physically in the film, with the year of copyright/production. Given the fantastical themeing of the movie, it was decided to render the year on this disclaimer in Roman Numerals. Except, the year of release is 1964 (MCMLXIV) and the title card looks like this

The second M is missing. Meaning it's no longer 1964. It's 1164. And as such, the year of copyright claim is about 800 years old at time of release. Meaning you could fairly competently argue that this special, and characters created for it, are public domain at time of release.

That said, remember how I mentioned the special is an adaptation? Well because of that, Rudolph himself is definitively still under copyright and trademark and so unlike Dawn of the Dead (which is public domain becayse they fully forgot to declare the year of copyright), the special can't necessarily be released in full for free by anyone. And because the characters are tied to Rudolph, they may or may not fall under derivative copyright protection. It's up to the courts and the holding company for both Rudolph as a liscence and Rankin Bass as a company (Rudolph has a holding company just for it and I think the RB library is largely held by WB at this point).

But yeah!! Legally speaking, the Rankin Bass Rudolph was released in the year 1164 and will become public domain the minute Rudolph himself does (though the songs will take longer)

[kazuichii]

the pixels make me insane, this is the smallest I can make it... anyway congrats on being back to back to back king, Joel

Size: 593 X 591

Artist name: kazuichiii

Title: Frog King

Common Liscence: Frog King © 2025 by kazuichii is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International 

[eggcellentpufferfish]

Is the magnus archives really a podcast distributed by Rusty quill and licensed under a Creative Commons non commercial distribution share-alike 4.0 international liscence, or is it perhaps several geese producing this podcast and distributing it? (Satire)

Definitely several geese producing and distributing it. How is this even a question?

[mazerblast]

I need the entirety of the tma transcript printed out and put into a book so i can just speak in the archivist voice and go “ Statement of Jane Prentiss regarding… a wasps’ nest in her attic—“ and the bit where it goes “The Magnus Archives us a podcast distributed by the Rusty Quill and liscenced under a creative commons non-commercial sharealike 4.0 international license” better be in there too

[rat-rumpelstiltskin]

Long post ahead, personal rant/vent. You dont have to read if you dont want to.

(Tw. Terrible spelling, english not first language and too stressed and tired to care)

I feel like I am failing so hard in life. I am 22 yrs old I dont have a drivers liscence, and I am not at university, on top of that I have never had a real job (only internships through high school) I job searched all of last year and only got 1 interview. Which when I showed up, turned out they didn't know I was going to show up. Or the fact that I had an interview to begin with!

Luckily I manged to get a summer job, and I am taking some courses to be able to go to university.

I guess I cant blame myslef too much for not being able to go to university. I did break my leg in the last year of high school and had to have three different surgeries to fix it, which meant a lot of bed rest and being away from school. Which meant I had to drop my extra courses that would make me elligble to immedietly go to university.

However I did recently (last year) pick up those courses (and I spread them out over 3 terms so I would have time and I wouldn't have to pressure myself) and I am finished with 2/3. But now I am about to FAIL the last one purely because of reasons I feel are so stupid.

The course is almost over and I have only handed in like 2 assigments, I havent even started so many of the ones we're supposed to do! The fucked up thing is that I want to write these essays and be finsihed with the course and go to university and have my life be sunshine and rainbows, but I physically cant force myself to write them! And I hate that when I ask for help people tell me to "just start to write and go from there". Which should be great advice (considering everyone says it) but when I start to try to write nothing comes out!! Then I just sit there staring at my computer. And I do try, but it doesnt seem like enough. Probably cause it never is.

I have started therapy this year aswell, which is kind of a huge deal considering my horribly abusive mother is a phycologist, and I know a lot of the ins and outs of therapy. But I dont know how to bring up the fact that I am activley screwing myself over. My therapist is very kind, but I dont think she fully understsands my problem (?) we have talked about the fact that I have horrible social anxiety, which may be a result of my mother always criticing me and constantly saying nasty things which also leads to a performance anxiety, because I dont want to be observed/known or some other term that may descibe what I'm feeling. But the problem isnt that I cant hand in my essays, the probllem is I can never start them. But I dont know how to bring it up. Hell I dont know how to even bring up everything I am thinking about ina session.

Currently the time is 22.37, I have an oral exam in 13 hours on a book I havent read (which I was supposed to write a litterary analasys to use as a script) and I am freaking out.

And now because I am a lazy (if what i suffer from is lazyness) i am setting myself back an entire year. Its easy to just retake the course and try again next time. But I have sort of lied to everyone in my vicinity that it's going great (probably a coping mechanism).

I also think some of it may be stress, (considering how behind I am in everything, and the fact that I am constantly stressed) i have noticed that occasionaly when i get very VERY stressed (like this moment now) i become paralyzed by action and am just unable to function. But I should still be able to force myself no?? So why cant I?!! Maybe everything is paralyzing becuade everything is stressful?

I mean I haven't gotten my period in 17 days which is NOT normal for me, and I havent noticed anything off about my hormones (other then the extreme stress I am under). And there is NO WAY I am pregnant unless it's the next coming of Christ, considering I'm a virgin.

Which is also something I am weirdly stressed about (?) I dont despretly want a boyfriend, but I would like to be loved/have someone be attracted to me. I do however not think I am attractive enough for a boyfriend, dont get me wrong I have a pretty face, nice smile, great laugh etc. But I am fat, not overly so but I am 170cm and weigh around 90-100kg (thanks broken leg and bed rest) I am on a diet and I do work out and I am despretly trying to lose weight because I am sick of being the ugly friend. And also people online are really mean to fat people.

Another insecurity is that fact that I have tubular/tuberous breasts (type 1 and type 2, huzzah for asymetrical bobbies) I dont hate them as much as I used to, and I pretty sure I dont want to get surgefy to get them fixed. But I still worry about losing the weight (and my boobs probably getting smaller, which I am going to hate, but atleast I'd be skinny ig) and looking so good and getting a boyfriend and then going to have sex for the first time and him being disgusted by my boobs.

Idk, my life just feels like a mess. Which is ok, because who has everything together at 22? But I just feel like if only I put more effort into things (even when it is physically impossible for me) my life would be better...

I have no one else to blame. Why do i do thsi to myself? Why cant I force myself?! Why cant life work out for me the way it works out for others!!

If you read all this, thank you.

No one evers listens, so if you did. You are th first in a very long time. And I appriciate you.

[pikabysss]

I'm still mad about the time I scratched someone's car. (Like, paint level scratch, nothing big). Then they came out the car very angry, calling me stupid and whatnot. I always had trouble figuring out my dimensions when I'm in a car. Each time I park, it's tilted one way or another (I usually always park faaaaaar away from other cars because I'm THAT bad. No matter how much I practice too. I need to get out of the car and check the dimension each time. I never saw someone else do that. I've had my liscence for more than 4 years, btw. T^T)

So, yeah, of course, a little scratch was going to happen one day. But, like, the girl is frustrated as heck. So, I'm dissociating to fight tears (when I'm dissociating, I start speaking like a child, so... yeah, awkward)

She calls the police. Police arrive. She talks nicely to the police officer (she hates me, 100%). So, the police officer asks for my license and stuff to help us make the accident report or whatever that's called. I think he saw my distress because he told me. "It's fine, it's just a bit of plastic." Then I could almost FEEL the glare the girl gave me.

So, I'm still dissociating, having trouble speaking and stuff. So, the police officer explains to her how an accident case work. So, more or less, if the value of the car's damage is under 300$ (CAN) (I might be wrong, don't quote me on this), the person who made the accident doesn't pay for the damage they caused.

So, the police officer checked what I've done. It's like an ugly scratch on the corner of the car. Nothing bumpy, just a scratch.

He says something like: "yeah, this'll only need a bit of paint. It's not expensive to paint your car unless you want to do a full paint job, then maybe it'll cost more than 300$."

Oh, can you guess what the girl said? "Oh yeah, my mom had thought about re-painting the car fully someday." So, obviously trying to convince I don't know who that I (or my parents, I guess) has to pay for the expenses...

TO. MY. FUCKIN. FACE. I. CAN. HEAR. HER.

Yeah, this is, and still is, my mortal enemy. :>

(Thank fucking god the police officer was compassionate with me and tried to reassure me. The police officer told her the paint's price to cover the scratch would be a maximum of 50 bucks.)

Another driving story, just to put emphasis on how difficult it is for me to park. I try to park next to a car, I'm pretty close from it, but I manage to get between the lines and be straight. So I get out and say. "Yay! I did it!"

My grandma says "Yay! Good job!"

The person that owned the car next to mine is there, near us, hearing us. And say, in a very bitchy tone: "No, not really good job..."

...

Of course, I was about to cry, and my grandma reparked the car for me because I was already having a breakdown and near tears before the person arrived, sooo.... yeah.

So, huh, hey, guys...Moral of the story: I don't think I'm neurotipycal.

[shark-making-soup]

if i opened poster/banner comms, would y'all be interested?

examples under cut

these are made in canva. all images are either from canva under their free liscence or from wikimedia commons.

i could possibly do stickers or youtube banner.

i cannot draw well, so any image you want would need to be either provided by you, a stock image, or clipart.