#conversating

[veliseraptor]

You should look up the Swedish Valhund.

wow! what a dog. thank you for sharing, anon. if you, like me, did not have a mental image of this particular variety of dog, here you go:

[arena-fighter-asajj-ventress]

@darth-maul-of-dathomir

Look what I just found on the holonet.

[treemaidengeek]

Tag Game

Tagged by @aoxue ^_^

Last Song: someone showed me this ridiculously over the top 1980s car salesman jingle commercial. it's a lot of fun, very weird, and very catchy. yes, that is a tiger:

Favorite Color: deep blue-green

Last Book: currently reading the absolutely delightful Ferris by Kate DiCamillo. It's about a busy summer in which young Ferris's uncle moved into their basement to paint the history of the world (he mostly gets as far as a human foot); her grandmother starts seeing a ghost; and her six-year-old sister declared herself an outlaw and gets up to some truly wild shenanigans.

Last Movie: it's been a while. probably Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (which is a ton of fun in an appropriately over the top way, with of course lots of great music)

Last Show: Rock Wife & I are midway thru the last season of Downton Abbey

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: sweet! I just ate a mediocre mango & I'm drinking some excellent hot chocolate.

Last thing I googled: willow catkins. someone asked me what they are & I got as far as “pollinating bodies, male flowers I think?” & then had to look it up

Current obsession: this super cool curly hair hat I'm crocheting (the curls will go all the way up when it's done):

Looking forward to: a trip I'm planning in the spring (to celebrate a personal milestone)! still working on the details but I'm going to see glaciers and probably fjords 😍

Tagging: @5ellaal5 @sionnach-caife @sunlit-capybara @zelkwin @dixingcups @arag0ns @abellandapomegranate & anyone else who feels like playing ^_^

[hexjulia]

so hard not to become the most annoying person on earth if you're a little excitable and just learned a little about a topic literally no one around you has any interest in

[whimsycentral]

[mysterioussinkhole]

Hey just a general PSA from someone officially diagnosed and documented:

Now is not the time to seek out an autism diagnosis.

RFK's plans have been made very clear and any diagnosis you do get will get you put on this "national disease registry" they're proposing.

Trust me when I say I completely understand the need for accommodations and a better understanding of yourself, but if you have gone this long without being diagnosed, you will be better off waiting.

Furthermore, listen to and advocate for folks who are diagnosed, especially folks with higher support needs. They'll be the first ones targeted for whatever bullshit "experimental treatments" the government tries to push.

Stay safe and look out for your neighbor.

[ghost-in-the-corner]

just as a general reminder

learn how to fact-check for yourself, cause soon enough, most online sources won't be reliable

[siegecraft]

i know it's hard. but i so firmly believe the strongest antidote to loneliness is reaching out first. and continuing to reach out. again and again and again. excise any scrap of shame you hold about being the person who texts first or pitches the plan or asks to get lunch. everyone is tired and busy and struggling. and afraid of feeling unwanted and unimportant. don't let the people you love feel that way. reach out first. don't be a ghost in your own life.

[lesbianpoetess]

ao3 turns 15 today

reblog if youre older than ao3

(there's a lot of people asking about this, but the legal age to use social media is 13, except in few countries. so yes, there are people here under 15)

[treemaidengeek]

Ask and ye shall receive a shitty digital art piece

concept print: "ART THOU FUCKLESS" using the ace flag as a colour scheme

[oldtvandcomics]

HEY GUYS!!

GUYS!!!

FRANCE HAS REACHED THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON THE CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE AGAINST CONVERSION THERAPY IN THE EU!!

ONE COUNTRY DOWN, SIX TO GO!!

We also need still quite a few signatures in order to reach the one million required.

As to date, the six other countries with the most signatures are:

Spain - 38.72%

Finland - 30.31%

Ireland - 24.86%

Netherlands - 24.15%

Germany - 23.54%

Belgium - 23.09%

So yeah, still a long way to go, but we ARE slowly getting closer. Don't stop now! Don't let this stay within the community, either, if you have any friends or family who are open to queer rights, get them to sign, too!

[veliseraptor]

🍬

⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character

oh boy you're really inviting me to kick the hornet's nest here, aren't you. a thing which I generally try to avoid! the hornets are mad enough without making them mad at me. not to mention my struggle to accurately gauge what is truly an "unpopular opinion" given that I'm very careful not to venture outside my carefully circumscribed fandom circle and therefore only catch glimpses of the overall discursus.

but to express an opinion I have stated before but not in a while: nie huaisang is not a "good person"; he doesn't operate from selfless motives or some kind of particularly righteous position. he is, like everyone else in mdzs/cql who goes chasing revenge, caught in a cycle of vengeance that only ends up harming everyone, including himself. this includes a lot of collateral damage, including innocents, and nie huaisang not only allows but actively encourages those casualties. he's not a champion of gay rights or of the common man. he's a man on a very singular mission who cares first and foremost about the ends, not the means.

to be clear: none of this means I hate him, or anything. as a resident villain apologist a character absolutely does not have to be a "good person" for me to enjoy them, and I actually specifically only like nie huaisang when he's nasty. but I think it's important to be. like. honest about the kind of character he is.

[cronchy-baguette]

I promise

[treemaidengeek]

Hello, Sir Oliver Quincy Tabbington! A dignified name for a dignified loaf. 😊

✨️ Scroll Check with Oliver the Cat ✨️

here he is practicing uncivil disobedience

he can be yuor angle or your devil (photos taken seconds apart)

here he is looking majestic AF during supervised harness walkies

and cozy AF in bed with/on me

[ceilingfan25]

A silly grayghost identity reveal for dannymay day 13 truth!