#colonial grey

[shelleyhennigg]

Fiberboard Exterior in St Louis Large elegant gray two-story concrete fiberboard exterior home photo

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was playing Gandalf the Grey in an impromptu interactive theater production set in a replica of Bag End in the woods reading off a script given out by the guide but instead of a canon lines for Gandalf to say I read a speech about the evils of British colonialism.

I was as confused as anyone in the room.

[angsttronaut]

one of the weird things about life expectancies in warrior cats stretching out as the series goes on is that lionblaze is 8 years old with adult grandchildren and showing no signs of age or even retiring, while yellowfang was depicted as old af when she died at the age of 8.

[seph-on-an-irrational-planet]

It’s actually really annoying they didn’t film Boom in an actual quarry. It’s too sterile looking. Go watch any classic who episode set in a quarry and watch how the actors get dirty falling down rock piles and into mud and how smoke from the pyrotechnics looks so good in camera. Yeah the downside is you can see the tire-tracks from work vehicles on supposedly alien planets, but everything else looks 100x better than that LED soundstage. Let doctor who actors go outside

[acgames]

I cannot wait to explore Shay's turning point to templars. I only had read about it and kinda have my own view onto the situation based on what I see Shay as person currently (as assassin).

Of course I am already on Shay's side. Colonial brotherhood does seem to be as power hungry as templars tbh...

[fiercestpurpose]

im never not thinking about eidolon helen. mostly bc it amuses me greatly that a dramatist in 412 bc and comic book writers in 1985 came up with the same solution to the problem of having a problematic fave: "actually it was a magical double of her and the real her was safely secreted somewhere else the whole time"

[oysterie]

got three hours into a book and quit god bless you were kinda boring. sorry butch lesbian mc you couldn't save it

[moodycarcass]

Upgraded the catfood colony to a 15qt container a lil while ago as a severely late 1st birthday/very early 2nd birthday present.

They hated the move but seem to be enjoying their doubled soil amount, they also finally have some random mites and springtail roommates because I didn't bother disinfecting the gravel and leaf litter.

[brotherhoodoftheblade]

I'm reading The Myth of Normal by Gabor Matè, M.D. right now and this passage that brought Percy to mind leapt out at me:

"In many cases specific traits can be traced to particular kinds of wounding. For example if we don't receive the agenda-free, unconditional attention we all require, one way to guard against that deprivation is to become concerned with physical attractiveness, or other attention-getting attributes or accomplishments. A child who does not experience himself as consistently and unconditionally lovable may well grow up to become preternaturally likable or charming, as with many a politician or media personality. Someone who is not valued for who she is early in life may develop an outsize appetite for status or wealth. If we are not made to feel important for just who we are we may seek significance by becoming compulsive helpers..."

Unsurprisingly, given Percy's tumultuous upbringing, we can recognize many of his superficial personality traits in this excerpt.

DG has pointed out that, of course, the characters of OL don't have the same understanding of psychology as the average 21st century reader. But why then is there still so much dislike and misunderstanding in the OL fandom regarding Percy Wainwright??

The inherent biases of men like Lord John Grey, Hal Grey and Jamie Fraser are understandable (if somewhat contemptible) given the cultural mores of their era (mores I might add are often the very definition of toxic masculinity), but what of the incongruous bias of the 21st century audience reading these books? Are they so unable to see beyond the confines of the other characters bigoted POVs to recognize what's really happening, and how cruelly maligned Percy is by both the narrative and the society he lives in??

Percy isn't a saint, he's imperfect and deeply troubled, as are many other characters, and yet the narrative doesn't go out of its way to repeatedly paint them in such a contemptible light. (The gender bias and homophobia here speaks volumes.) He's a kindhearted and loving man who's inherently vulnerable in a way most of the other male characters aren't, has been so all his life, and has long been very much alone in the world.

And unlike men like John, Hal, and Jamie he hasn't had wealth and position handed to him from birth --- he had to find a way to achieve those things for himself. Even Jamie was helped at every turn by family or friends. Even Fraser's Ridge was property handed to him by the British government for colonization -- yes, Jamie Fraser and the rest of his family and friends are colonizers. Yet somehow it's okay for all of them to be selfish and take what they want even though they're professed to know what they're doing is wrong. But they just don't care. Not enough to actually DO something about it, or at the very least stop compounding it by being party to it. Where are all the allegations of dishonourable conduct and unconscionable behaviour that ought to be laid at their feet? And the Grey family is no better, despite all the airs they give themselves to the contrary.

I mean, honestly, people, think for yourselves!! Whatever happened to media literacy??

Percy is no more guilty than any of them, and in many respects he's far less so. The only thing he's really looking for, that he truly needs, is unconditional love and understanding -- too bad for him it's the one thing both the characters of OL and its fandom are incapable of giving him. Oh, and his creator, too, let's not forget about her. 💀

[bodiesoflight]

hey just to let you know op of this post:

https://www.tumblr.com/bodiesoflight/733794261873655808

is an endo and endo safe (just check the tags). i assume you’re anti-endo so just to let you know. if you arent i apologize for bothering you.

[link above]

thanks for letting us know!

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Gray-headed Flying Foxes live in groups known as CAMPS, which may contain many thousands of individuals. (...) Livingstone's Fruit Bats appear to have a polygamous mating system, in which males mate with multiple female partners but do not participate in raising their offspring. Vampire Bat colonies may contain up to 2,000 individuals, although most have 20-100.

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

[clonememesfrikyeah]

In literally any au where Rex has an apartment he would have so many cats. He would have foster kittens and last chance elderly cats, hairless cats and fluffy cats and short cats and giant cats, special needs cats and cats he found on the streets, strays he feeds off the porch and the neighbors cats that just kinda show up at his house and just hang out for a while.

[ms-march]

Wait. This is the dunmore family?!? I thought this was NC not VA but technically lord grey is VA governor so sure why not dunmore NC

[lillianforest22]

Origins ender colony au headcanon

The reason O!Aimsey and O!ranboo seem to not care is because in there ender colony people have what they need because idk it’s easy to actually get stuff.

The colony is a place where you can be more carefree. Everyone helps each other but they don’t have to struggle to get food or shelter wich means a carefree attitude is the goal. When you Arnt focus on survival you can focus on comfort. So the ender colonies would have been grate and making comfort for each people and compromising.

The other people on the origin smp are more used to our way of living where you mostly focus on the individual so to outside eyes Aimsey and ranboo and being dirsrispectfil but to ran and aims this is how it would have gone back from where that can from

[strigops]

was giving the bumblebee millies and the a. vulgare a substrate change and not only do i have BABY MILLIPEDES (!!!!!!!!) i also have a random orange isopod!! they wasted NO TIME throwing off fun color morphs!!!!

[webnovel-liker]

I want to read a novel like Doctor's Rebirth so badly but without the heavy racism/xenophobia that is present in like. Every single chapter.

That novel was so good. The characters, story and premise were so interesting and fun! But then something happened and the author decided to spend every single chapter talking about how POC and their medicine/culture are barbaric and portraying them as the evil of the world. It made me so upset that i dropped it because otherwise i would have died from the blood going to my head.

And now my desire to read a story that fill the specific spot that Doctor's Rebirth left behind is coming back again. I will try picking up again the danmei "Mistakenly Saving the Villaim". I forgot why i dropped it but i think it's worthy trying to reread it