#and orcas are a special interest of mine

[zickmonkey]

In my free time I make really bad memes so here's some to channel my anger in response to Marineland Canada's last surviving orca dying (Kiska)

[bluejaygryphon]

I've been soooo normal about the new robot dragons. btw. so normal

[juliandevorakshonkers]

CITIZENS OF TUMBLR, I REQUIRE YOUR OPINION!

alright so long story short I’m autistic and a special interest of mine is sewing. I make a lot of bags, and I think I’ve finally perfected the design for them. Here’s the thing, I want people, especially other neurodivergent people, to have bags that are:

-Big enough for normal purse things like your phone and wallet BUT ALSO big enough for noise canceling headphones, small stim toys, even a little stuffed buddy, ect.

-Has a keychain holder for any keychains or hanging stim toys

-Is able to be either a tote OR crossybody handle

And finally

-IS IN A PRINT RELATED TO YOUR SPECIAL INTEREST!!!!!

So, here’s the thing. I am on disability. I don’t have a lot of money. I can’t just buy a couple yards of different fabrics for making purses and then have no sales. So I need to know if people would be interested in this. I basically would have an ad on Etsy, with a personalization spot, where you tell me your special interest, under the rules that it needs to be kind basic bare bones. I cant for example find a fnaf printed fabric at my local fabricland (being the only location I can get fabric). I can however, most likely find a marine based fabric with sharks and stingray and orcas and so on. So it would have to kind of be a thing where you say “hey! I really love nature, especially forests!” And then I find a fabric with a lovely evergreen print or something.

The only other thing however, is I don’t know how I would confirm that fabric is acceptable for you, as I don’t drive and I don’t think my parents would be willing to take me there just for me to take a photo of the fabric options and then have to take me back to buy one of them yknow?

So basically : would anyone be interested in a special interest bag, and if so, how do you think I could go about it more efficiently. For example do you know any online fabric stores that would have stuff like this that come rather quickly? Thank you in advance! <3

[kari-go]

As for now, your Emotion and Timekeeper boxes and the Existence duo are special favourites of mine! They feel very interesting power-wise and systematically (such as, how your Timekeeper box is made of mini-duos - Elephant and Crow, Orca and Bear, Platypus and Snow Leopard) For your Emotion box, I just love the collection of feeling/mental-state based powers and the possibilities it gives for kwami personalities and story. Also I love your creative use of various animals, because I love animals.

Awww, thank you!! I'm really happy that someone finds joy in what I do :D It's really fun creating these guys or just doing stuff for my au in general xd

[meaningtotellyou]

Do you have a favorite sea animal? Mine are sharks!! They've been my newest special interest for the past few months, especially whale sharks 🦈

dolphins!! and orcas 🥺 i just feel like orcas are so misunderstood

[myalgias]

Favorite animal besides cats, pigs or cows? 🐮🐷🐱💖💖💖

Orcas!!!! I have loved them so much since childhood when I saw Free Willy. They've been a special interest of mine since then too and have a whole blog dedicated to them @beakillerwhale :')

I was fortunate enough to go whale watching a few yrs ago and saw them in the wild. 😭💚

[shenanigans-academia]

End of Season 3

Last one! Then I’ll shut up until October

Episode 51: Moving Into Dorms

•”I won’t make you worry, Mom” Izuku don’t life to your mother like that

•”She reminds me of my predecessor”

“What why?”

“It’s the hairstyle” All Might asbsjienb

•I LOVE THESE KIDS SO DAMN MUCH

•I genuinely just want like a spin off of the kids in the dorms. Like them just being super powered teenagers living together and being KIDS like. Please. Living with all your friends with powers? What could go wrong...? Think of the shenanigans

•Aizawa laying down the hammer wow

•I. Love. Kaminari. Jirou leave him alone

•BAKUGO AND KIRISHIMA I LOVE THEM OKAY

•Kirishima is Best Boi

•Uraraka falling over from shock the entire time and Iida freaking out is so cute

•MIDORIYA’S ROOM IM CRYING

•Tokoyami’s is badass leave him be he tried so hard

•Mineta no

•Leave Ojiro alone he’s comfortable

•Kaminari’s room is literally any teenage boy room. I knew at least 4 guys who had a room almost exactly like that lmao

•I FORGOT KODA HAD A BUNNY

•The girls are outnumbered. Hate when Mineta’s right

•Bakugo is such an old man he’s already asleep I love a sleepy sad Boi

•Mineta:”I knew I’d get in trouble if just I suggested seeing the girls dorms now I have people to back me up!”

Todoroki:”I’m over it”

•Honestly Kirishima’s isn’t that bad y’all are just mean (except you Uraraka you get it)

•”If I found out my boyfriend had a room like this I’d dump him” HAGAKURE WHAT THE HECK

•Shouji... honey. Your bed isn’t even made. And they thought Ojiro’s was plain

•Okay Sero’s is cool “yup that’s me, always the wild card” god I love you

•Todoroki’s is so cozy

•Sato is so. Sweet lmao we need more of him

•Jirou is so punk I LOVE HER

•Hagakure. So. Pink

•Mina. So. Hot Pink

•Ojiro is so polite he’s so good

•I need Momo’s bed

•LMAO SERO WRAPPED UP MINETA WHEN HE WAS BEING PERVY WE LOVE TAPE BOY

•YEAH SATO WON

•Intervention time

•Tsuyu is so pure she deserves so much

•YALL MADE TSUYU CRY IMMA FIGHT

•KIRISHIMA APOLOGIZING AND SAYING HE WONT MAKE HER SAD AGAIN WARMS MY HEART they’re all so pure

Episode 52: Create Those Ultimate Moves

•Mido forgetting he was in the dorm is kinda cute he’s like wait this isn’t my room at home

•”That’s 2 questions. Calm down” Iida it’s too early for this and Aizawa is a tired man

•Everyone’s so intense. Then Mido is just like...I can’t move my arms what the fuck do you want from me

•”How can I fight with these damaged arms?” Well everybody told you NOT to break your bones, Deku

•ALL MIGHT HAVING A TEACHING FOR DUMMIES BOOK IM CRYING

•Lmao they just blew up Midoriya

•Nobody:

Mido and Uraraka: BOOOOOOBS

•”I’m Tenya Iida, the man you tricked into to being a walking billboard for you at the Sports Festival!”

“NEVER HEARD OF YA” Hatsume has no chill

•Hatsume doesn’t know personal space lmao

•”My quirk is in my legs you mad woman” Iida is done

•AND MIDORIYA JUST REALIZED HE HAD LEGS LMAO

•Mido is so soft for his mom’s costume I love it

•Bakugo is literally trying to kill somebody

•”If I’m so worried about using my arms then I’m use my LEGS” what happens when you break your legs again honey THINK

Episode 53: The Test

•Gotta protect those stupid red shoes

•I live for Kami’s choker. But Kiri you added sleeves. But still. No. Shirt. Honey

•Tsuyu’s hair up is *chef’s kiss*

•The girls talking about boys like regular teenagers I love it

•”ITS A BOY ISN’T IT IS IT MIDORIYA OR IIDA YOURE ALWAYS HANGING OUT WITH THEM WHICH ONE IS IT” Minaaaaaaa lmao she doesn’t mess around

•Cue Uraraka watching Deku lmao “it’s not it” SWEETIE YES IT IISSSSSSS

•Inasa is Iida x1000 and with WAY too much caffeine

•Erasure is too emo for love lmao

•”Think about it Erasure, if I was your wife your future would be a life of constant laughter”

“That sounds like a legitimate nightmare” god I love this grumpy man

•I do love Joke and Aizawa’s “friendship” if you want to call it that lmao

•IT’S DEKUS TWIN

•”This charming pretty boy is going to steal our girls” You’re right Kaminari he is

•”Please date me”

“Shut up” I’m both Ms. Joke and Aizawa

•Aizawa has so much faith in his class he’s like I’m not worried about my little shits just watch

Episode 53: Shiketsu High Lurking

•JIROOUUUUUUU

•”PROTECT THIS PERV” Mina is my favorite 1A girl I’m not sorry

•Shindo is slutty Deku and I love him

•I am the commentator wow

•”I don’t know why but I’m actually getting pretty excited about this” of course you are Midoriya you big quirk nerd

•”In order to help others you have to be able to take care of yourself” DEKU SAID SELF CARE

•”Midoriya what is this enviable situation you fight yourself in” Serooooo why

•We’re gettin some good Sero content thank god

•Lmao there’s a ninja school

Episode 55: Class 1A

•Todoroki is. As you say. A Badass

•Inasa:”Wait what were we talking about!?”

Poor Random Kid:”I don’t know. You just came up and started talking...”

•This is literally Anime Hunger Games

•Shouji holding Tsuyu is. So pure

•SHOUJI YELPING AND TURNING AROUND WHEN MOMO OPENS HER SHIRT TO USE HER QUIRK HES SUCH A GOOD RESPECTFUL BOY

•The power group we don’t deserve: Momo, Jirou, Tsuyu, and Shouji

•KAMI AND KIRI FOLLOWING BAKUGO MAKES ME SO HAPPY they love to annoy him and it works but they work so well together love Bakusquad

•GOOEY KIRI IS GROSS LMAO

•Aizawa basically saying Mido and Bakugo are the leaders who help the class work better the most and that he’s honored to teach them is PEAK

Episode 56: RUSH!

•Sooo Shindo’s a sneaky bastard I see

•”THIS IS WHY EVERYONES TERRIFIED OF YOU YOU’RE WAY TOO HARDCORE” Kaminari’s right and he should say it

•I need more Baku and Kami interactions tbh

•”Those ugly ass gauntlets of his” love sassy Kami

•DEFEND BAKUGO SQUAD IS AIZAWA/KAMI AND KIRI YES I LOVE MY BOYS

•Oof Mido takes no prisoners

•It does suck that if you don’t pass the Provisional License exam do you just never get your Hero License? Do you only get a set amount of times you can take it?

•Iida has grown so much

•Bakugo knows your secrettttt

•Jirou says fuck Kaminari lives lmao

•GO CLASS 1A ALL OUR KIDS MADE IT

•Aizawa shut up you big softie lmao

Episode 57: Rescue Exercises

•Sero why are you starting shit lmao

•Kirishima and Kaminari following Bakugo just because they want to is my favorite

•Momo stopping Uraraka from acting too quickly is great leadership skills. All these kids have what to takes to be heroes they work so well together and in situations like these I love these kids so much

•Shouji and Mineta are a good team because Shouji keeps Mineta in line and I appreciate it

•The fake bystanders are hilarious

Episode 58: Special Episode: Save The World With Love!

•All Might and David Shield (GAY)

•Bakugo why are you like this

•Midoriya is a giant softie romantic and I fucking love it

•All Might as a villain is just funny he gets so into the roll but he’s also just a bad actor lmao

•Mic needs to tone it down but he’s so funny

•I like Cementos a lot and Midnight is an A1 actress go her

•All Might running away and shattering the kids idea of love is so fucKING FUNNY LMAO

•Nice way to set up the movie

•UNLCE MIGHT

•GAY

•The timeline of this episode is throwing me off tho since this is before Midoriya moves into the dorms

•DadMight and Deku family vacation SO CUTE

•”You are the real heroes” THEY’RE SO PURE HOLY SHIT

Episode 59: What’s the Big Idea?

•Bakugo you need to calm down babe

•Gang Orca came to play damn

•Todoroki and Inasa are so chaotic together oh my god

•Gang Orca is just like what is up with these damn kids

•”It was a shock to meet your father because when I looked into his eyes the only thing I could see was an insatiable anger aimed at the entire world” imagine being raised/trying to live with that hatred, Inasa

•Lmao Todoroki triggered Inasa into not coming to UA. Endeavor loves ruining kids lives doesn’t he

•TELL EM OFF MIDO

•Inasa is so. Weird

•”Why didn’t I remember him? He’s so loud and obnoxious” You were so blinded by hate for your father that you were literally blind to other people in your way sweetie

•LMAO JUST CHOKE A CHILD THEY’LL GROW STRONGER

•Highkey love Shindo ngl

•Team Work Boys come on

•Ojiro my fuckin BOYYYY

•OHHH TSUYU THATS MY GIRL WE LOVE POWER MOVES

•Love Hair Dude

•Gang Orca’s actually impressed wow

Episode 60: A Talk About Your Quirk

•Mido passed yesss All Might Jr lol

•Bakugo and Todoroki. Whomp whomp

•B:”Let me see it [review of the exam]”

Kiri:”Ahh how about you worry about yourself”

Kiri’s like please don’t kill me

•Sero:”Hey looks like I’m pretty great at this” I love you Tape Boy

•I love how Iida just picks Mineta up by his cheeks and takes him away from people when he’s being too much lmao Dad Mode Activated

•Inasa and Todo are such an interesting dynamic. I haven’t read the manga but I know the make up exam happened recently and their interactions always make me laugh

•Kinda forgot about Toga but there were hints that it was her the whole time so it’ll be cool to actually meet Camie later on

•Holding his Prov. Hero License:”I have to show my mom and All Might right away” Izuku I love you precious boy

•oh my god One For All shut the fuck UP

•”I won’t be dying any time soon. Especially not by Shigaraki’s hand” if that is foreshaDOWING IM GONNA CRY IT BETTER NOT BE HIROKOSHI

•”We’re gonna have a talk about your quirk” I’m ready to CRY

•Kiri sleeping is so cute I love his hair down. And Iida sleeps stiff as a board I’m laughing reminds me of a friend of mine

•Bakugo please just. Breathe

Episode 61: Deku VS. Kacchan, Part 2

•MY FAVORITE EPISODE YALL

•Kacchan Hon, Deku doesn’t live just to get in your way in life believe or not

•Bakugo DEFINITELY kinda planned on killing Midoriya AHH

•”Why hurt each other when we could just talk things out?”

Bakugo tries to blow him up instead

•The flashbacks are killing me they were so small

•Bakugo’s voice cracking while talking about his anguish and self blame? That shit HURTED

•When he yells like this he looks like a feral wolf oh my god Kacchan

•Kacchan needs a hug. Too bad he doesn’t understand being comforted by other people. So instead Izuku KICKS HIM IN THE FUCKING HEAD WHAT THE FUCK

•Feral Bakugo has been Leveled Up

•”Our relationship to one another is completely screwed up” Oh really Mido what made you think that

•These kids wanna fuckin die

•”It’s obvious you’ve always looked down on me even when we were kids” Bakugo you are a BIG DUMB BLIND BOOMY BOY

•Okay but the animation tho???

•”All Might was my hero but you were the one ACTUALLY IN MY LIFE” WHEN I SAY I SOBBED

•When Bakugo’s crouched and ready to strike, Me:”MA THERES A WEIRD FUCKING CAT OUTSIDE”

•A wild Gremlin is loose Aizawa and All Might come get your kids

•FUCKIN KO BOI

•lmao whoops never mind

•my favorite MHA ship? Bakugou and Therapy

•ALL MIGHT YOU LITERALY JUST WATCHED THEM PUMMEL THE SHIT OUT OF EACH OTHER BRUH

•Bakugo blaming himself for All Might’s retirement? Kill me

•”Sometimes I forget that you’re children” apparently everybody does THEY’RE 15/16!!!

•”Don’t you dare lose again” you are. So confusing

•Baku’s little exhale tho he had so much weight on his shoulders this poor boy

•”If this secret ever got out, people will wonder where the power went. You idiot why did you tell me about it before” Deku’s like I can’t win with him lmao

•THEY’RE PROPER RIVALS NOW I LOVE 2 IDIOT CHILDREN

•Aizawa with his hair in a ponytail and black V neck tho? Oof when I say I love a man...

•Aizawa is done with this class and these 2 problem children in particular lmao

Episode 62: A Season For Encounters

•My boy Twice

•”Your face makes me want to puke” you get used to it rando villain dude...or noT DABI NO

•Dabi. Babe. Bruh. What the fuck

•Twice and Ectoplasm have similar quirks...TODOROKI WHERE ARE YOU

•Overhaul. I’m gonna hate you so much I can tell. Especially for Season 4 I KNOW YOU you creepy Plague Doctor Asshole

•Kirishima trying to comfort Todoroki is adorable

•MONOMA WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS LEAVE PONY GIRL ALONE DON’T DRAG HER INTO YOUR BULLSHIT LMAO

•SHINSOUUUUUU “looks like he’s bulked up a bit since the Sports Festival” my boy gettin BUFF since he knows Midoriya could’ve killed him if he wanted to lmao

•Kami playing with Ojiro’s tail gives me life

•...You ain’t nothin but a Hound Dog Lmao

•BIG THREE. BIG THREE. BIG. THREE. MIRIOOOOOOO

•God I love Present Mic

•Sero and Mineta are asking to die I swear

•IIDA CALLING MIDO “HOUSE ARREST” AND DOING A FUNNY VOICE IM CRYING I love sassy Iida where has he been

•The first time I saw the scene of Mirio sticking his head through stuff to scare Mido was on Tumblr before I watched MHA and I was CACKLING AND CONFUSED

•The broccoli head was strong in that frame

•THE. BIG. THREE. AHHHH

Episode 63: Unrivaled

•Sometimes I forget how fucking gross Mineta is. Then he opens his mouth and it all comes flooding back

•”He didn’t do that great a job at the Sports Festival last year. Definitely left a strong impression” being buck ass naked will do that lmao

•I relate to Amajiki Tamaki so. Fuckin. Much. I feel you sweetheart

•LET! SHOUJI! TALK!

•Kaminari you dumb

•”The futures gonna be!?... Awful” Wow. Mirio gets it

•Tamaki if you could get off the wall you could do what Mirio’s trying to teach these kids I love an anxious boy

•Big Tough Boi Kiri is both badass and soft I love a Rock

•Aaaannd Mirio traumatized a bunch of kids with his dick. Mostly Jirou lol

•Aizawa your whole class was just murdered by a wild naked man

•Mirio has a baby face TinTin but is fucking JACKED

•”I tried to make it so that you didn’t see my willy. Sorry if you did” Mirio you’re so cute I’m going to bawl in Season 4 I’m not ready

•Mirio walks so funny

•...who the fuck is Sir???

•Kiri bringing Baku his trash: “Sure I’ll take it!”

Anybody else bringing Baku their trash:some kind of aggressive phrase

•Oh, you. I heard about you. I know what happens to you... this is gonna hurt, huh?

Whelp that’s the end of my rewatch. I can’t wait for Season 4! Is it October yet???

[loroparque-orcas]

MORGAN'S DAUGHTER WILL BE CALLED ULA

On Sunday, December 3, 2017, this newspaper EL DÍA offered through El Cotarro, in scoop and exclusive, the great news that the already popular and beloved orca Morgan del Loro Parque, was pregnant (4 months). And we said that the tireless Wolfgang Kiessling, founder and president of the Loro Parque Group, ordered the development of a super special protocol and operative, to properly and specifically attend to what would be a "first-time mother". From the first moment and during the 17 months! that the pregnancy has lasted, Wolfgang Kiessling himself, along with the Doctor of Marine Sciences and director of the Loro Parque Fundación, Javier Almunia, kept an eye on Morgan until September 22, 2018, the day on which a wonderful baby was born from orca that, over time, has been known to be a female and that today, also in scoop and exclusive, I can announce that it will be called Ula, a name of Celtic origin that means "jewel of the sea". Remember that Morgan was rescued after being found dying on the coast of the Wadden Sea (Holland) and that Loro Parque welcomed her at the request of the Dutch Justice. Today Morgan and Ula live happily.

255 KILOS AND ... 12 LITERS OF MILK A DAY!

The "little" orca Ula, who will turn 4 on January 22, weighs a whopping 255 kilos. During the first three he was sucking from his mother Morgan (who now weighs 2,200 kilos) and who gave him just over a liter of milk a day. But since Morgan had little milk, and to complete his diet, Ula did it (and still does) with a milk specially designed for her and that every day she makes the great Orcas Team of Loro Parque, formed by 15 caregivers and 3 veterinarians In addition, they have the support and advice of several experts from international consultants (Belgian, American, etc.). The head of caregivers Rafael Sánchez, who is also responsible for the care of Ula, tells me that they have created a formula based on two special milk powders for animals, herring sheets without crushed thorns, cream, salmon oil and calcium, among other ingredients. Between 7:00 and 24:00 hours, Ula eats eight times a day and, in each of them, takes a liter and a half of milk!

GAMES, LEARNING AND ... WANTING MOM

As of the third month of life, there is no longer a caregiver watching 24 hours a day, but this is done through cameras and periodic checks. During the day, Rafael Sánchez and the other caregivers of Loro Parque take great care of the Ula baby, with apprenticeship sessions, games and, above all, affection, without forgetting their relationship with Mama Morgan, with whom the as long as possible. Javier Almunia told me that Morgan's pregnancy was 50% successful and that the delivery and the first three months were critical to Ula's survival. Today they study the behavior between mother and daughter and the whole Loro Parque team, with Wolfgang Kiessling at the helm, is happy and proud of the happy reality that Ula represents, without neglecting to take care of her in the first year of her life, according to experts It is also delicate and key. Congratulations for all this!

THE TRUTH MAKES FREE ... AND MAKES WIN

That, a phrase of the Gospel of San Juan, "The truth will set you free", the complement today with one of mine that would say "defend the truth will make you win". That has happened in the bosom of the Pontifical, Real and Venerable Slavery of the Most Holy Christ of La Laguna, which last Thursday has renewed its Governing Board and where, for the second time, the lawyer Francisco Jose Doblas González de Aledo is again the Greater Slave Undoubtedly, he has earned deservedly for the work carried out during his first term, marked by the rehabilitation of the Royal Sanctuary, the restoration of the altarpiece of the Christ and the significant increase in social and charitable actions, without forgetting the opening of the process for the entry of women to Slavery and the interesting idea of ​​promoting and developing a project for the creation of a funeral vigil, to build on Slavery grounds and legally fit for it. Managed by the company Mémora (which has acted with a respectful discretion that is appreciated), sure to generate extra income to Slavery, in the face of better conservation of heritage, as well as further increase social and charitable work.

FRANCISCO DOBLAS RENEWS HIS POSITION

This last project of wakefulness, I sincerely believe that very necessary and beneficial for all, starting with the lagoons and lagoons, has been the subject of an unnecessary and petty controversy, based on erroneous data, false photographs and dirty tricks, moved, very possibly, by Hidden interests (at the moment) by some people who make a lot of noise, but who have little flight. Francisco Doblas and his Board of Governors have managed to weather the storm of undeserved insults, malicious criticism and shameful actions with a patience and a knowledge to be worthy of recognition and praise. Therefore, surely, no other slave was presented to the elections. And that's why they asked Francis Doblas to stand for re-election to finish his projects. And for that reason it was presented. And there was no need to vote because, among applause, he was elected again, Slave Major by acclamation. As they say, this is what there is, the truth makes you free, the truth wins, life is like that, the future is to come and, for sure, will put everyone in the rightful place. And, if not, to the parrot ... Amen.

Spanish article translated to English. Source: click.

[uta-no-knb]

Could I request Aomine and his / S/o having super powers? Like how would it impact their daily lives?

Ooh! This will be fun!!

Note: this is rough and I apologize; I was at work when I was writing this and my co-workers....while I love them....they’re a handful; but I love them .

Also...I think this went in a slightly different direction....

Aomine Daiki and (L/N) (F/N)Super Power = X-Ray Vision

“I’m surprised that you decided to take me out on a date, Dai-chan,” you said, as you looked up at your boyfriend.

“Haaa? What is that supposed to mean?” he countered.

It was extremely rare for Aomine to initiate dates with you; usually you’re the one who has to initiate them. He caught you off guard this time, and you couldn’t be happier.

“Its just that its really rare for you to ask me out on a date,” you stated.

“I’ve asked you out plenty of times before-“

You glared up at him as you jabbed him in the side. “The last time you asked me out on a ‘real’ date was when you admitted that you liked me-and it wasn’t even a legit date at all!”

“It was a basketball game-“

“You were more obsessed and interested in the actual game rather than me,” you started. “Hell, you didn’t even do the “Kiss Cam” when it panned on us. How embarrassing.”

“Tch.” He stopped and with a gentle yank on your arm, he brought you in for a quick kiss. “Shut up, and lets go,” he added, once he broke the kiss.

With a goofy grin on your face, you trailed after your boyfriend, for once enjoying the silence.

Sadly, that changed when you decided to take a quick look up at him. While he wasn’t moving his head, you noticed that his eyes were moving back and forth; his blue eyes widening a bit-just like how Izuki Shun’s eyes changed when he would use his “eagle eye.”

This son of a bitch was using his X-ray vision... and it wasn’t even on you, his girlfriend.  

“Are you fucking kidding me, Daiki?!” you exclaimed. “Stop looking at that girl’s bra!” You jabbed him in the side once again and he yelped in pain.

“I can’t control it-“

“Bullshit,” you growl. “If I can control it, I know you can!” With a ‘huff’, you took off ahead of him.  “Since its apparently alright for you to look at other women’s breasts, then I don’t feel guilty of using my vision on Kagami’s dick-and let me tell you that his is way bigger than yours.”

“OI! That’s not cool!” he exclaimed. “I’m way bigger than that Bakagami. The only person’s dick you can look at other than mine is mine.”

“Too late for that, Ahomine.” With yet another ‘huff’ you walked further ahead of him. “The date’s over! I’m going home!”

“(F/N)! Oi!!”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(L/N) (F/N) Superpower = Telekinesis

“ACHOO!”

You lost count how many days it has been since you caught this cold. It might’ve been weeks…. but it feels like months.

“Stupid immune system,” you growled as you blew your nose.

“Oi! Don’t get your snot on the couch!” Aomine hollered from the other room.

“Not my fault that I got sick, Aho,” you exclaimed, as you sneezed once again. This time, however, the coffee table in front of you levitated briefly and fell to the ground again.

“And stop breaking shit!”

You recently discovered that you had the ability to control items with your mind, and while it was a cool ability of yours, you still didn’t have full control of it. It appeared that anytime you were startled, your ability would activate-and you had no idea what would levitate.... or even explode.

“It’s your fault for making me go to that street basketball game, while it was pouring rain!” Before you could continue your rant, there was suddenly a bowl of soup right in front of your face. Looking up, you saw Aomine holding a bowl of soup. “... Thanks,” you mumbled, as you accepted the soup.

“I just want you to stop sneezing, so don’t let this gesture get to your head,” he stated, as he too sat down on the couch and pulled out a magazine (You let out a groan, when you realized it was one of his... special magazines).

You let out once again, another sneeze (surprisingly your soup didn’t go everywhere). You jumped a bit as a strangled cry erupted from your boyfriend. “What happened-“

“Are you fucking serious?!” he exclaimed glaring at you.

Turning to look at him, it turned out that this time, your power had torn his magazine into pieces. You let out a loud laugh-being interrupted by a mini coughing fit. “Oh my gosh.”

“Control that power of yours, damnit!”

“Nice scream,” you grin, completely ignoring his statement.

“It was a manly yell-“

“.....It was a scream, Daiki.”

With a click of his tongue, he went back to his torn magazine, trying to repair it...but to no avail. 

“Don’t make me ‘blow’ it up again, Aho!” 

There you go! Again, its rough, but once I get sleep I”ll edit it more. If you want a part 2, just send it in when the ask box is opened again. 

Also, due to the tumblr app being stupid as fuck, I sadly cant add “Read More” dividers because one of my friends can’t access any content on my blog at all with them, so I apologize again.

Until next time

~Orca

[2251bluewhales]

“I calls ‘em like I sees ‘em. I’m a whale biologist”

Well, almost.

When you ask a kid what they want to be when they grow up, usually their answer shifts around a couple hundred times throughout their lives before entering adulthood. I saw it happen to others all around me as I grew up. I’m a senior in college now, and I still observe my peers frustrated and scrambling to find purpose or personal meaning in what they do. Those things can surely take time to feel out and understand. I feel like the minority in this situation though, and I suppose I got lucky in that regard. As a child I always had a firm grasp of my so-called calling, or, at the very least, a general idea of what I wanted to do.

I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, both on the Canadian and American sides of the region, and I’ve been spoiled to live constantly within short distance of coastlines. The beach has always been a second home, whether swimming in the ocean or gazing into intricate and colorful tidepools. I quickly traded bedtime stories for field guides as I found solace in a book of sharks and rays as a toddler, thanks to a quick-thinking father of mine who successfully distracted a restless three-year-old me while in the seat of a shopping cart as he picked up our groceries. The ocean and the marine life within it were quite prominent in my life from the get-go, and my parents surely did their share to condition me into an advocate and lover of nature. What really ignited the passion was my first encounter with a killer whale at the Vancouver Aquarium; a spectacular moment in the underwater viewing galleries where I watched all three tons of this sleek and powerful animal glide by in front of me like a locomotive. I fell in love that day.

What happens when you then throw Free Willy, a few scattered summer whale watch excursions, and regular visits to the aquarium into the mix?

Actually, an aspiring whale trainer. 

Yes, I’ve always wanted to work with whales, but not always as a biologist. My first aspiration was to train orcas at an aquarium facility or marine park, and for a while I actively sought information that would lead me to that job, even considering internships training Pacific white-sided dolphins at the Vancouver Aquarium where my identity took form. But later on down the line, I would find myself exploring activism through the opposition of the captive whale and dolphin trade, educating myself and others on the ecological, biological, and ethical impositions of the industry, while slowly refining my career choice to study and advocate for the animals in our natural spaces that, now more than ever, need our attention the most. Which brings us here.

Welcome to my independent learning contract. I’m a senior at Evergreen State College and have opted to devote my summer to an internship I’ve been striving for and have now been honored to participate in. I’ve developed this blog to highlight my weekly activities at Cascadia Research Collective, a marine mammal research facility based in Olympia, Washington. This non-profit organization, established in 1979 by John Calambokidis, specializes in cetacean research (cetaceans being the order of marine mammals which contains whales, dolphins, and porpoises), and our US West Coast branch, which I’m involved in, takes special interest in monitoring humpback whales, grey whales, and blue whales in the East Pacific.

My internship will involve tons of work analyzing photos of blue whales specifically, and identifying the individuals our biologists photograph during the year. Essentially, I get to play a game of spot-the-difference. It’s called photo identification, the process by which you can identify individual animals in a population by unique physical characteristics. This is a vital method in monitoring whale populations, as it can give us insight on their movements and geographical ranges, their behavior, health, feeding patterns, and the robustness of their communities. Over time, we can use this information to build family trees, determine unique populations, promote better conservation, predict and monitor migration routes, among other things.

Our database currently recognizes 2251 individual blue whales, categorized by their pigmentation (or coloration), and the condition of their dorsal fins, whether damaged or undamaged. 

For now, I’ve been assigned to 20 trial photographs and access to CRC’s digitalized historical identification catalog. I’m tasked with matching the whales in these photos to the corresponding catalogued whales in their database. In my youth, and to this day, I’ve done photo identification work in my free time, learning the individual orcas within the Northern and Southern Resident populations of British Columbia and Washington State respectively. Identifying killer whales is super easy compared to blue whales. The markings of orcas are conspicuous and apparent if you know what to look for. With the subtleties of coloration in blue whales, this means I’ll be spending copious amounts of time frying my retinas behind a computer screen. As we speak, I’ve identified just over half of the blue whales in my trial photos, and it’s only day two. Whether or not I’m 100% successful will be later determined by my supervisor upon total completion.

In addition to photo matching, I’ll hopefully have some opportunities to join the biologists and my fellow interns on whale watch expeditions and strandings, in addition to developing my own personal projects with them and composing a research synthesis on one of their recently published studies. 

I’ll be posting weekly every Friday, so stay tuned for some wild research shenanigans this summer. During this time, feel free to interact! Ask me about how to get started in the field of marine biology, what a necropsy is, how to tell whales apart, how and where to responsibly watch whales, environmental issues, conservation, captivity, or any relevant curiosities you may have.

 Enjoy the ride, I know I sure will!

[shadowkirby2]

LET'S DO THIS

ok thank you @of-coffee-and-sunshine for this Wonderful Thing to do

hmst this grew a little long but IDK how to do a read more so if you don't want read this just scroll really fast probably

Nicknames: oh that'd be shad/shadow, though I'm also called Aranea

Gender: right now I'm goin' with female

Sign: Lepia! (Leo+Light+Derse)

Time: when this is posted it'd be way past this but right now it is 11:04 PM and I should really be doing homework but EH (time I finished this post is 11:28. WOOPS.)

Favorite Bands: what's a band

Favorite Artists: Artist Kirby?

Song Stuck In My Head: that'd be Hopes And Dreams from Undertale, solely because I saw it in your list, orca. why would you do this to me

Last Movie I Saw: the latest Star Wars (8)

Last Show I Watched: this really weird and boring show called Wormwood that I think was also part documentary or something?? idk it was confusing and I stopped

When I created my blog: I'm thinking it was... March 2015? I know it was before the first Stevenbomb

What I Post: literally anything, ANYTHING that I see and have a positive reaction to

Last Thing I Googled: lol, it was homestuck hex color codes

Do You Have Any Other Blogs: well yeah I've got a couple theory blogs here and there, and an rp blog I think? but those have been dead for months/years

Do I Get Asks: solid sometimes

Why Did I Choose My URL: oh boy. here we go okay. so I'm pretty obsessed with Kirby right? ever since I was young. my first made up ability was called "Shadow Kirby": he could shoot black lightning at enemies to steal their power, and do this as many times as he wants. for example, eventually it could make fire sword cutter beam ice shadow kirby or something. his body was pure black without even facial features, and the enemy lost their ability Forever when stolen. so, when I discovered there was an ACTUAL character named Shadow Kirby, you can imagine how excited I was. and ever since then, he's been my default URL/icon.

...and 2 is just because idk shadowkirby was probably taken??

Number Of People I'm Following: that'd be 278

Followed By: everyone who's following me!! what is this question

Average Hours Of Sleep: what's a "consistent sleep schedule"?

Last Book I Read: 1984. it was for school but it's really good

Lucky Num8er: 8 :::;)

Instruments: Euphonium/Baritone and used to play the trumpet

What I'm Wearing: shorts and T-shirt. I can't stand wearing anything else to bed

Dream Job: well this is interesting. I really like sciencey things, but there are a lot to choose from... if I had to choose one, I'd try to fuse as many as possible, maybe a geologist who specializes in paleontology?

Dream Trip: meeting up with my online friends from around the world, it doesn't matter where

Nationality: I mean I'm American

Favorite Song: no clue, but probably homestuck

Top 3 Fictional Universes I Wanna Join: oh BOYO... I have some contenders for this. first up would probably be Dream Land or Planet Pop Star in general? this should probably be higher because Kirby is my favorite thing, but ehhh.

next up is Pokémon, any region, I really don't care. everything about that universe is better than ours, as stated in many posts and analyses, I don't need to go over all of it. I just want to,, be a trainer,,,

and finally, the one I most want to join, not a surprise at all: homestuck. or, more specifically, literally just our universe but sburb exists and I get to play. destroying this universe and my completely worthless life in order to actually matter in something, that's what I want to do most. the chance to become an actual god, to perform heroic feats impossible in any other way, to meet up with up to 11 other online friends of mine- really, it's the best thing that could ever happen to me, even if the session turns out to be doomed to fail.

alright that's all that was on there. wow that took a while to type. I'm gonna tag uhhh @drossghoul @redsteck @radiozap777 @go-fuck-a-dead-protagonist @f1rstaidkit @xephyr-does-shit I guess?? however you don't have to, and anyone else who wants to Can Do It

[parktrashpod]

Episode 8: 2019 Theme Park Gift Guide

It’s a holiday special episode and Rosie and Miya are thrilled to present their first annual theme park gift guide! What are the best  strange plushes, elegant avian footwear, magical lanyards, and essential Minion wear from America’s theme parks to gift the loved ones and VSCO girls in your life? Rosie and Miya have hand picked 5 items each to help you make magical holiday memories. 

You can listen to the episode here or on Apple & Spotify.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! It’s our first ever holiday special and we begin by bringing you some very old news: Disney Plus!! [1:44] 

Rosie’s first watch was High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and mine was the first 15 minutes of Treasure Planet and then Noelle, which was bad. Let Anna Kendrick sing though!! 

Next up, would Rosie eat these? [8:00] We’re finally past the Halloween menus only to be faced with Thanksgiving menus - turkey, turkey, turkey. First up: this Thank-Mas sandwich, basically a leftovers sandwich. Then we have a turkey and stuffing tamale with cranberry relish. 

For our holiday special, we’re changing our format a little. This week, Rosie and I, having thrown it all way and become successful Disney influencers in Episode 1, are pleased to present our theme park gift guides -- something magical for everyone in your life! [13:22] 

My gift guide: 

1. The flute from Toydarian at Galaxy’s Edge, which I first saw on Gabriel Grundacker’s Instagram 

2. The sad plush bundle: The chocolate bar plush (he is no longer available, but can be seen in the photos for the graham cracker plush) & this fancily bearded Merlin 

3. The slime bundle: The Pumbaa slime & sounds play set and this Spider-Man slime lab set 

4. The disappointing wizard bundle: This ugly burlap wizard cap and Hogwarts alumni lanyard 

5. The theme park self-care bundle: This Haunted Mansion perfume and Hershey’s spa set 

6. BONUS: I just wanted you all to see these Fast & Furious hoop earrings that I accidentally had spoiled for Rosie before this episode and therefore didn’t want to include in my guide 

Rosie’s gift guide: 

1. This character plush bendy Twizzler 

2. The Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique Deluxe Knight Package 

3. The Hashtag the Panda full body costume 

4. The Seaworld VSCO girl bundle: These reusable whale straws, this Seaworld Rescue long-sleeve tee that is definitely not a spirit jersey and these flamingo slippers 

5. The Minion BBQ bundle: This Minion towel set, a Minion visor, and a reliable Margo plush

Then Rosie and I pick gifts for each other. [43:07] For Rosie, I have a hauntingly beautiful animatronic doll head from It’s A Small World complete with no hair and a half exposed head (on page 206-207) from the Disneyland auction. You can also find a small jar full of candy corn from the 1970s on page 100 and the robot on page 248-249. 

For me, Rosie picked a Seaworld steampunk box and this 36 x 18 Seaworld Orca wooden wall art which says, in classy, disparate fonts “The World Is Ours To Explore Together.” 

Heartwarming! 

Do we have other interests? [49:00] 

I’m obsessed with tiny toy Instagram, a rabbit hole which began when I read this Jezebel article by Hazel Cills and got into this account called polly_pick_pocket. The algorithm will do the rest from there if you want to see more tiny toy content. 

Rosie watched the weird but kind of delightful Emilia Clarke/Henry Golding Christmas romance Last Christmas. Is it good? That is not the point. Please get in touch with us about your opinions re: Last Christmas (2019). 

Follow us everywhere: @parktrashpod.

Our theme music is by Milan Music (@milanmusicofficial) and our cover art is by Jonathan Flores (@jonnytheartist). Sound assistance by Adam Brown (@digzep). Special thanks to Brit Wigintton (@thehalfblackprincess) and Ikya Kandula (@IkyaKandula).

[michaelsongrace]

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[doujinshijo]

Free! Eternal Summer - Makoto Tachibana Chara Ani review

Today I received a hot new item that I’ve been waiting on for a while - Free! Eternal Summer Makoto Tachibana Chara-Ani (Toys Works) figure. This is the 3rd figure in the series, with Rin and Sosuke being released last year. Haru’s Chara-Ani incarnation is due to launch later in 2017. I haven’t quite decided whether or not I will buy him too, as he’s never been a favourite of mine and I wasn’t totally blown away by the prototype model...but I’m pretty weak and open to influence, so we’ll have to wait and see what happens.

Chara-Ani have latched into a super-popular concept here - the water fight special episode aired during Free!’s second season. I mean, who wouldn’t love a bunch of figures of sopping wet, gorgeous athletes stood on their shelf, right?

In line with the school-based setting of that episode the figures are all wearing uniforms; Rin and Sosuke are wearing some kind of Samezuka casual sportswear (I don’t remember their black and pink polo shirts from the series, but they’re really nice); Mako and Haru are in Iwatobi school uniform. I kind of wish they’d mixed up the outfits a bit more and had the guys in personalised clothes, but that’s just me. On with the pictures!

First, some gratuitous box art. The boxes for these figures are unnecessarily gigantic. 

This version of Makoto came from Hobby Link Japan and doesn’t come with any replacement parts; you can choose whether or not to put the water gun in his right hand, but that’s it. There is a variant available from Chara-Ani’s website which has a replacement head (eyes closed)...I would kind of liked to have that, but the fact that you don’t have to pay for pre-orders at HLJ until the item’s ready to ship always wins me over (I almost always seem to be broke when new figures are announced).

Tadaaaa - here’s the man himself:

Let’s get a little closer...

There are a couple of really nice details I want to point out here. First let’s start at the anatomical features; Mako’s collar bone is exquisitely sculpted, and I love the indication of muscles under his shirt. Next, look at his left arm - there’s a prominent vein running along it. Same with his right hand - you can just about see the veins running back from his wrist. I adore this attention to detail; the more slender figures have much smoother arms, so this really is a really personal touch for Makoto. Check out the close-up below:

And here:

Now, in the pic above, I want to talk about the next detail I love - his shirt. Can you see the slight transparency of his shirt on his right shoulder? Beautiful. Chara-Ani have done a great job of evoking a water-soaked shirt through the paintwork. As a (possibly) interesting aside, Makoto’s shirt sleeves are made of a rubberised material; the rest of his body is hard plastic.

Finally I want to talk about this...

i.e. his zipper. What did you think I was looking at?

All kidding aside, the striations around his hips are a sight to behold, and I commend Chara-Ani on their work. It’s a tiny bit too obvious for me and I found Rin and Sosuke’s poses sexier since they gave less away (I guess I like a tease), but y’know...I’ll take it.

Anyway, back to the zipper. I really like that they’ve painted it silver as a little extra detail. It’s weird though, because Mako’s belt is the same colour as his trousers - I find that kind of odd. I don’t know if this was done as a bit of a short cut or if his belt (if it’s even visible in the series - I can’t remember) was actually exactly the same colour as his trousers. Either way, it’s really not the end of the world. BUT - and again, this may be me being picky, but I’m the consumer so I must be heard - I’m displeased by the tiny bit of orange bleed from his underpants hem onto the blue. Come on Chara-Ani - you KNOW we’re going to be checking out his boxers. They should be perfect.

Perve-rant over. Back to the review. One final shot of his front and then we’ll head round the back.

In this full front-on shot, I want to talk about Makoto’s mouth. Now, I know a lot of people have issues with the way that Mako’s mouth tends to be sculpted; he almost never has teeth visible in any of his open-mouthed figures, so he look a bit gormless. This is the case here. I mean, it’s not the worst, but could have looked a bit less like he has his tongue right behind his lips.

Final nice details to check out: the Iwatobi badge, his tie and his shirt. Love the buttons and the bunching of the fabric.

Now for the side view:

Here you can more clearly see the transparency of his shirt and the attention paid to the folds. I really like his face sculpt in profile as you can see less of that disappointing mouth.

Now, let’s turn to the side. 

You can see more of the delicious tucks in his shirt, and also the creases in his rolled trousers. Now, I have to say that the sculpt of his clothes is spot on; it really is great, and clings to his ripped frame just enough to give you the impression of muscles and movement. You can get a better look at his hair too, faithfully recreated with just a little added mussiness to show that Makoto’s not afraid to let loose and get a bit rambunctious from time to time. I should add at this point that I really like his left arm and hand - such a nice pose. You can rotate that arm to remove the head if you have a replacement one.

Here’s a close-up on that arm. There’s a sense of vulnerability that I love about this shot - I think it’s in the slightly self-conscious placement of his hand, his exposed ear and hidden eyes.

Just above Mako’s left buttock is his Orca tattoo. All of the Chara-Ani water fight figures have their spirit sea animal tattooed on them somewhere. It’s a cute detail.

View from the opposite side:

Now, you’re probably going to think I’m making a big deal over nothing...but I’m gonna say it anyway. As well as that annoying bleed on the paint on Makoto’s boxers, there’s another sloppy paint issue and that’s on the blue lines on his sleeves. Now, technically this isn’t paint since these lines are transfers, but if you look in the picture below you can just about see where the ends of the transfer meet and (don’t quite) line up. It’s a shame that the ends weren’t hidden under his arm where mistakes like this would be less obvious.

Aaand the back view. I can’t fault his shirt sculpt or paint in the slightest - the hint of skin under the wet fabric is exquisite.

About the pose as a whole; I think it feels a tiny bit over the top and unnatural, but to be honest all of the Chara-Ani figures I’ve got have this problem. It’s like they’re all posing for a catalogue. Again, this isn’t deal-breaking stuff and I feel like I’m whinging for nothing...but I prefer the laid-back Altair/HobbyStock Mako.

I know I’m probably boring you about that hand now, but you should note that even Mako’s nails have been picked out in a different finish to show that they’re not the same as his fingers. Love it.

And, while we’re already going overboard on minute details, ogle these ankles and toes for a bit:

So, in conclusion; this is a very worthy addition to the existing Free! Chara-Ani water gun series. His face isn’t quite as on-point as Alter’s ALTAiR Mako in my opinion, and there is a feeling of laziness in some of the details, but the sculpt of his body is very, very good, and the suggestion of transparency on his shirt is fantastic. As a die-hard Makoite there was never any doubt that I would buy this figure, but part of me feels like a few small tweaks could have made it even better, and that saddens me a little. If you love Makoto, face it - you’re gonna love this regardless of his small cosmetic flaws. If you’re on the fence...at the current exchange rate this figure costs around £70-£80 pre-shipping and VAT, so you may not want to take the plunge this time round. Spend your money on the ALTAiR figure instead - you will not be disappointed.