#dont yell at me plz

[who-always-pays-their-taxes]

i just think that Duke Thomas should like oink at Dick Grayson. I think that when Dick tries to come in Duke’s room and have like a weird sibling heart-to-heart, Duke’s like “u got a warrant, pig???” and Dicks like 👁️👄👁️. Duke passive-aggressively hands Dick a doughnut. And Dick doesn’t rrly get shit for being a cop/having been a cop bc most ppl assume he’s a stripper, so this is new to him.

[smallerdelusions]

Excerpt from Observations on the Order Draconia in Europe, with Notes on the Oriental Breeds by Edward Howe

Additional notes and transcript below the cut.

VITRIOLIC SPIT Longwing Breed, Adult The modified salivary glands, known as vitriol or acid glands, within the lower jaw release concentrated aqua regia - a combination of aqua fortis and spirit of salt - into forward facing channels in the spurs. The acid is created through similar means as stomach acid.

Vitriol Spitters cannot direct the flow of acid and must expel from above to prevent damage to themselves or others

FIRE BREATH Kazilik Breed, Adult The modified salivary glands, known also as naptha glands, within the lower jaw contain a liquid accelerant which, when combined with carbureted hydrogen water from the lower throat, are lit by the spark teeth to produce flame. The spark teeth are not true teeth and are instead mineralized protrusions of the skull.

The combination of naptha and gasses allow fire-breathers to direct expulsions in any direction. Excess water is often expelled as steam across the dragon's body.

OH BOY THIS ONE WAS A LONG ONE! I think way too hard about dragon biology, and had a lot of fun trying to write this as an 17th century naturalist.

Translations: (thanks to my spouse for their obscure alchemist knowledge)

Aqua regia: a solution of nitrohydrochloric acid

Aqua fortis: nitric acids

Spirit of salt: hydrocholric acid

Naptha: volatile, highly flammable hydrocarbon liquids of many types. (known today as "mineral spirits" or "lighter fluids")

Carbureted hydrogen water: methane dissolved in water

To expound, I don't think Mr. Howe would have totally figured out fire breath. The universe establishes that 1) dragons can direct their fire, 2) dragons can still breath while flaming and don't need to stop for air, and 3) a byproduct of the process is steam. To square all that, I think the dragon must have some sort of starter in the jaw, here as naptha (though my spouse says it could be nitric acid) that it can ignite at will, then feed with methane produced by food/bacteria and dissolved in water lower in the body. When the methane burns, the water evaporates as steam. The liquid nature of the methane water means the dragon can probably close its throat to avoid being burned.

The acid spitters are easier: I believe they were based on spitting cobras, though the spurs gave me a little trouble. Those have pressurized canals in their fangs and keep extra venom in glands. In both dragons it made sense to have modified salivary glands for this, as the muscle control and chemical production would have a headstart for evolution of the traits.

Anyways, thanks for reading!

[crippling-pages]

ik lots of people see Cole as “not straight” but i personally dont see it??? Is that just me?? 😭 but even if i dont see it i shall respect the people who do <3

[haethyre]

X-Men 97 Thoughts

My personal opinions

Okay. So I grew up with X-men The Animated Series. It was one of my fave shows. It always came on late at night on Toon Disney (at times i shouldnt have been awake LMAO) so it has a special place in my heart. I was very surprised that of all things they decided to "continue" it. So, when I heard about it, I did a full rewatch (even that ungodly last season where quality took a nosedive OOF) Anywhoo! Started and finished 97. Those who know me best know at heart I am a big OG fan of my fandoms and am trepidacious of reboots/even continuation reboots, bc lets be honest most of them are all about stomping on the source material, SO I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed Xmen 97.

You could really see how much they tried to capture the feel of the old show and the characters. The voice replacements were surprisingly well done. (i mean, Wolverine is a little off, but i'll give the guy a break its been like...28 yrs XD ) The animation looks amazing. Even if i'm taking some points off for the hair hfgjhdf haha

Now the storyline.... The elephant in the room. We all know the one. I have been a Romy fan since I was a kid and yes, when I was a young girl in Borders, I did come across the comic that showed the RoguexMagneto storyline. I hated it then and I hate it now. Its just...weird. (Again, my opinions. If you like it, power to you. Enjoy, but its not for me and this post isn't for you) but its even weirder in the show, and ill tell you why. As a Marvel comic reader, I'm well acquainted with the fact that everyone gets with everyone. That is just a trope of Marvel comics. All ships of imaginable and unimaginable proportions happen. BUT I think when doing this, they really should have thought it through a bit more in context of the show's universe alone . Bc I'll be real, if you're coming in from TAS, this kinda hits you out of nowhere. She had no form of connection with Magneto in the past show. Like....they had a makeshift funeral for him and she didn't even care. She was just worried about Gambit being stuck in space. So, their "secret" just seems so random and out of place. I do like that it was used for her to understand fully her feelings for Gambit, but man was it frustrating to see him just killed off when he was one of the best characters.(even if it was really well done and the animation, again, was amazing)

There's talk of him coming back as "Death" which is a storyline I'm not familiar with but I also heard talk of the original showrunner idealizing a timeline where Rogue and Magneto have kids....so... IDK It all just left me a bit frustrated and disheartened bc Romy was like one of my earliest ships before i knew ships were a thing. To see what happened to it made me sad, even if it could be part of a long game to get them to their HEA. (and thats always an if bc we don't know, even if the original guy isn't in charge anymore)

Other things that bugged me a little but not too much. Gonna bring up Morph. I love Morph. They were always a fave and they went through so much to finally be back on the team again. I really don't understand why they changed their character design tho? I read it was to make Morph look more like the character changeling from the comics but this is again something that doesnt make sense coming out of TAS bc Morph always had that other appearance throughout the entire show. I mean...it could have at least been explained... Also, as far as the feelings for Wolverine, i kinda found it funny XD bc in TAS, it always seemed like it was the other way around jkhfgjkdfh Wolverine was so attached to Morph and wouldn't let 'em go. That being said, I kinda wish they didn't go this route if its only meant to be unrequited and sad. AGAIN. I know. Marvel is all about unrequited drama jfhdkjfdh but hasn't Morph been through enough??? That being said, I love the ship even though I know its doomed. Wolverine is the worst person to be down bad for tho. Mans falls in love at the drop of a hat fhghdfjhsd

Other than these couple things, I really loved the show. Some people said "why are they shoving so much story into such a short amount of time" XD The storyteller in me would like to agree but i will be honest, there is nothing more like Xmen TAS than smooshed storylines jkdfhfkjds with random one-off eps in between. XD So, I was fine with it.

I liked the conclusion with Scott and Jean, as messy as it was. The family fun time was a pleasure to watch.

Xavier and Magneto. They really highlighted their messy, but still devoted relationship from the original series, so that was nice to see. I was glad to see him back in the red suit LMAO bc the one he was wearing all season was weird for me.

I loved Jubilee's journey, and it was cool that they brought Alyson Court back for that one episode.

I was very pleased overall that they didn't tone things down and since censors are different these days, they could show more stuff they couldn't in the 90s. So, I am looking forward to more seasons (and pleeeeease for the love of god give Romy back to me i am begging)

[bound-vivisection]

my music taste is immaculate. dick game huge. i am friends with rodents. i am sexy and insane and i think that's cool of me. i am gay. the only flaw is that i'm in constant need of validation.

[navvigating]

okay..... devils advocate... what if it was fueled by ramens choice. these listening parties seem like they wouldve taken weeks to plan and send supplies and shit. idk if it was entirely tyler and joshs decision? i dont think its quite fair to be mad at THEM when theres hundreds of money hungry people behind the scenes

[anaalnathrakhs]

me when i realize i am a very agressive person and the second it stops being turned at people who have at least like, three different kinds of authority over me, it crossed from toxic to straight up abusive behavior (i will willingly ignore this yet again because i don't know what else to do and it feels really good to be an asshole without consequences)

[thiskittenwillst4rve]

A while back I made a post asking about purging, and I received replies of people saying not to start yadda yadda,,,

I get it now, I mean I saw a ton of edtwt posts mentioning how immediately the negative effects could harm you (like, faster than starving), but I'm not gonna lie I did try it once. I see now. Immediately I was like, I see why this is labeled addictive. So basically in light of all these anti purge posts I just wanna vent that if I binge I am? absolutely? purging it the FUCK out of me??? I'm never ever dealing with that stomach pain and bloat again.

Ideally, I just won't binge. Lol.

[kulliare]

12! 13! 18!

12) the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

i rly tried to think about this but i generally am a character liker.. like i guess nate from fried tasso, though i wouldn't say i LOVE him. i haven't been watching the show lately though bc i find the quality has been lacking and i have like. maybe 20% interest to watch, wah

also adachi from persona 4 i guess. he's my favorite misogynist and i think he's better than akechi from p5 in terms of like. idk flair and stinkiness which makes him interesting

13) worst blorboficiation

this question is terrible for me because i usually am doing the blorboification-- i'm a sucker for hurt / comfort and the sensation of like, reading a character completely break down and someone being like, hey it's chill just Does Something To Me. i used to love this trope so much i would read fuckin anything, even if the char who was going "oh it's chill" was being widely OOC or the pairing was straying into toxic dependency territory even tho the author obviously meant it as romantic. i know other people reading h/c experience the Sensation but for me it's just like. such a whole body experience LMAO

i think the answer for this for me would have to be loki, though.. like a lot of the fics i read during pandemic about him kind of slot in the area i describe above. i can see it's charms and how it can be comforting (because it was to me, during that time) but it just makes me wince to the point where i'll dig through my bookmarks and then get to the point where i was going a bit back to loki and then be like, fuck, i can't really feel like i like this anymore.

18) it’s absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on…

gen fic / character studies i think. like i read a lot of ship fic (or used to) but i think the ones that stick out in my head the most are the ones that flesh out something new about canon rather than repeating tropes. it's a tough line to walk because sometimes i'll read a fic and it sometimes reads as self-insert, but when you find one that connects to canon and does the character justice? i am slamming my hand on the desk. i am flailing. i am going apeshit.

i think i've read like 3 fics that qualify under this tier and they're probably my favorite, like i can still remember them after like fuckin YEARS.

thx for da asks <3

[sonippep-hohu]

I think it's very funny when people claim Peppino is some unhinged man who LOVES violence. My man was held at gunpoint (or I guess laser point) to come fight and so he fights - having manic episodes and panicking along the way And suddenly he is a lunatic that loves violence...

[angeygirl]

I listened to like 1 Will Wood song and rlly liked it so now I went back to Lemon Demon so I wouldn't forget my loyalties I guess?? Anyway, Hand Me My Shovel goes hard. but how howdy there's stuff in Neil's instrumentals I still hadn't noticed. Not saying one is better then the other by any means, just that I had stopped listening to quite as much Lemon Demon but now I've gone back for a refresher and remember why I liked to so much.

Lemon Demon is very funky and silly at times while Will Wood feels,,, theatrical? In a way? I've only heard a very limited amount of Will Wood but I like what I've been exposed to so far

[sl33pyperson]

i understand Why bluff city isnt big (pateron content of an already small podcast) but god. bluff city is so good

[sabakos]

the "glorious world revolution" is a racket, is what im saying

[glitch-e-stardust]

i'm so happy they made 2d minecraft :p

[savetheenvironmentplease]

Plz help save the environment

[magpie-sherlock]

david t. miller from hit fnaf fan game dayshift at freddy's 👁️👁️

hello!!!

you get "Ain't it Fun" by Paramore

and "The Red Means I Love You" by Madds Buckley