#but I've failed at that so far

[bisthefairy]

Old art, I really need to find the time to draw stuff like this again

[hedgehog-moss]

I lost one of my chickens :( she was caught and carried away by a fox... I’ve been growing complacent about my chickens’ safety I think because we’ve only had one other attack before, a goshawk that swooped in abruptly (unsuccessfully), but no fox sightings nearby so I’ve been assuming Pandolf was a great deterrent. Which he is, just not foolproof. I’ve talked to some people in town about this and they were pretty philosophical about foxes stealing chickens, like “it’s the tribute we pay to woodland animals, it’s just a few hens here and there.” I don’t begrudge the fox for being a fox, if anything I have a renewed respect for foxes because everyone I talked to proceeded to give me their best / worst fox stories, and most of them involved foxes outsmarting humans (learning people’s habits / timetables, opening latches, faking a limp...) Still I feel terrible for my hen, she was only three. RIP Cordy :( You’ll be remembered fondly... (except by the cats.) I feel bad for the other hen too, who just lost her pal!

When I said that last thing, one of my neighbours jumped on the opportunity to try and convince me again to accept a rooster from him. He had a rooster baby boom last summer and I’ve been telling him for months that I don’t need a rooster, I don’t want to raise chickens I just want eggs, and his new argument was that a rooster would protect my hen (or if it comes to that, would heroically sacrifice himself rather than let the hen be eaten—I’m sceptical...) I asked around for a young hen but there aren’t any to be had in this season, so my remaining one is going to be alone until the spring, and my neighbour said she’d get stressed and male company is better than no company. (I wish I could ask my hen what she wants! Maybe she’s penning A Coop Of One’s Own as we speak.) I said the rooster was more likely to stress her out and harass her and he said nah they’re free ranging all day, it’ll be fine, and he’s young so your adult hen will boss him around. I was like, but then will he be any good at protecting her? etc. etc. and after a while I caved in.

When I told her about this on the phone my mum sighed “you’re terrible at saying no”—excuse me, I said no so many times and the guy just kept ploughing on until he could foist a rooster upon me. I’m good at saying no, other people are terrible at hearing it! I reassured her that I had only agreed to take the rooster for a short probationary period, and if he bothers my hen too much I’ll drive him back to his native farm. My mum was like “Drive him back? look I’m sorry I raised you as a city kid but there’s no need to waste gas on driving a rooster around, I’ll have no qualms about wringing his neck for dinner if he’s more trouble than he’s worth.” The rooster’s fate is not sealed though, if he is anywhere from vaguely useful to not actively problematic I’ll keep him, so we’ll see...!

[ichthyorelationships]

an idea i invite anyone else to write about / run with lol....

the premise that The Change gets all messed up for alberto, say it's something that can happen from stress, &/or happens rarely and you just have to wait for it to resolve itself....used as some parallel to struggling through some emotional turbulence / upheaval / questioning / Realizing Things, etc etc

[flo-n-flon]

You don't mess with the Bashere ladies

Quick Deira Bashere after a long and eventful train journey because she's pretty badass and hot

[villanellecter]

welcome to another episode of "I've got Hannibal nbc brainrot!" !! in today's episode I'll try to read Homer's Iliad for my classical studies class without thinking about Hannibal telling Will about Achilles lamenting the death of Patroclus and how Achilles wished all Greeks would die so that he and Patroclus could conquer Troy alone

[thatrandomlemononyourcounter1]

Kinda feel like I'm going to cry

[doedipus]

a large amount of time I've been spending on -untitled undefined scope original fiction project- since the last time I posted about it has been trying to develop the protagonist concept I came up with last summer or whatever into like, a character that would feel real and era appropriate.

it's fun research to do. naturally a lot of the details I assigned to her are things that I already think are cool, so it's been a lot of fun trying to trace her traits back through the relatively recent past, getting reminded of how much things have changed, or where the gaps in my intuition are, and then doing a flurry of reading to get a sense for exactly how someone like her and the people around her could have happened and what her life was probably like leading up to her present day. hopefully this results in some good good verisimilitude.

[juneviews]

honestly kudos to only friends for making me dislike force & neo this much in it when I've loved them both for years, but goddamn are they insufferable in this show lmao

[front-facing-pokemon]

[starsuncounted]

Saturday Snippet

@tortoisesshells tagged me a while ago to share a bit of a fic—thank you! Here's some more of the Timeless Titanic WIP:

"Well, on the bright side," Rufus said with forced optimism, "it should be easy enough to find the sleeper agent on a ship. It's not like they can go very far." Lucy shook her head. "There's over two thousand people on this ship, and we only have two days to find and stop the sleeper. Not to mention that navigating the ship is like navigating a maze." "The sleeper would most likely be part of the crew," Flynn put in. "That should narrow it." "Maybe," Lucy said, "but it's a matter of who on the crew would have the power or influence to change the trajectory of the events. But that's the thing—the Titanic receives six ice warnings the day before, and Captain Smith still doesn't reduce speed through the ice field. If he won't listen to ice warnings from other captains, he's not likely to listen to the warning of a crew member—and his word is final." "Well, what if he's not the captain now?" Rufus asked. "What if the sleeper is the captain?" "Unlikely," Lucy said. "Captain Smith was chosen to captain the Titanic because of his experience and his rapport with the first class passengers. At the time, passengers often chose ships based on who would be captaining them. White Star Line had Captain Smith take most of their ships on their maiden voyages because he was so trusted by passengers. The sleeper would have to have been planted decades ago to have gained the kind of respect and trust that Captain Smith had. And even if Rittenhouse had wanted to do that, it'd be too risky to have a sleeper work through the ranks; sinkings were too common. That's why the Titanic was special. She was supposed to be the dawn of a new era of unsinkable ships." "Look how well that turned out," Rufus muttered. "What if the sleeper's one of the telegraph operators?" Flynn said. He had been leaning against the deck railing listening to the conversation but now stepped closer. "The sleeper could get word to the Californian before their telegraph operator goes off duty for the night, and then they might actually show up to help." Lucy glanced at him, quirking her eyebrow in surprise. "I didn't know you knew so much about the Titanic." Flynn shrugged. "Let's just say I took a special interest in this mission."

Tagging @hobbitwrangler @dreamingthroughthenoise @aloveforjaneausten @afaramir if you'd like to do this!

[fragmentedblade]

Boothill's presentation being entirely on the twitter post makes me think he will be irrelevant in the story in the long(ish) run, and that the game itself won't dwell on him almost at all

[sekwar]

I will no longer repress my interests

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

Sorry, I know this isn't really what you asked, but on the topic of toners and other skincare I really recommend reading this: https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/skincare-science-cleansing-dermatology-truth.html

and other stuff by Jessica Del Fino! She's a former beauty industry writer turned beauty industry critic and her writing about how the "beauty industry" (insane concept if you think about it) is a predatory money-making machine that preys on women's insecurities has been eyeopening for me (and has saved me a shitton of money haha). Again, feel free to ignore, but this topic has become a personal soapbox of mine and I do love to spread the good word of JDF whenever I can!

Yes!! This reminds me that I actually read the first few installments in that series and was really enjoying it before I lost track of it! Thank you! :D

[look-at-the-stars-tonight]

i've been thinking about simon heap a Lot during this reread

[coquelicoq]

today is the first time since i started playing that i think i might not be able to solve le mot wordle...i've got the first and last letter and i'm running through all the french phonotactic rules i know and i'm coming up with nothing. got two rows left but i don't even have any guesses. ô dictionnaire ne me déçois pas quand je suis dans le besoin...

[raspberrybluejeans]

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