#keen senses

[yeonslayjun]

The Qiandeng Tribune

Ghost City Breaking News:

Grand Uncle was spotted at Ireland and is now very popular in the Mortal world. Chengzhu has been reported to gushing over him at Gambler's Den last Night. Ghost City Residents think that Grand Uncle looks very cute and has fallen for his charms. Today morning Hua Chengzhu rewarded everyone who spread the news and compliments for his danxia. Ghost City Residents have decided to declare today a holiday dedicated for the two of them.

[leaslichoma]

I've noticed that my hair kind of smells like a dog's fur. Is this unusual? Can any keen-nosed tumblr users weigh in on this? I have a couple theories as to why this might be happening:

Rational Explanations:

I am actually smelling a scent that is common to many mammals, so it's a fairly normal smell for hair to have.

There's something in my shampoo and/or conditioner that smells like dogs. (Why does it persist when I don't wash my hair for a few days?)

Bacteria influence the smell of many things. It's possible that they are responsible for the smell of dogs (I think I remember reading this somewhere). Many times I have laid my head on a dog, so perhaps this caused my scalp to be colonized by the dog's bacteria and start producing a similar scent. (Wouldn't shampoo wash it out?)

I have a rare genetic disorder or mutation that is associated with this scent.

Irrational Explanations:

I have absorbed the soul (in whole or part) of my late pet dog, which affects my physical body to a small degree.

I am turning into a werewolf. (Or I guess wifwolf?)

I have a gift of sorcery to transform into dogs due to my Aztec astrological date being associated with dogs. (These are all very similar)

[turtleblogatlast]

Don’t think I ever quite said what my LGBTQ+ headcanons are for the boys, so these are my current thoughts! Always changing of course but this is what I feel most strongly right now.

[pratchettquotes]

It was only on the subject of Greebo that Nanny's otherwise keen sense of reality found itself all twisted. To Nanny Ogg he was merely a larger version of the little fluffy kitten he had once been. To everyone else he was a scarred ball of inventive malignancy.

Terry Pratchett, Maskerade

[toxic-garbage-island]

Hunter: *senses Omega when she sneaks up on him TWICE*

Also Hunter: *Completely misses a massive beast 3 feet ahead*

[navree]

one subtly terrifying thing about today’s entry, in spite of how innocuous it is, is that we KNOW now, from lucy’s diary, that she keeps up appearances and fakes it even when she’s not feeling well, so i have NO idea how truthful her letter to mina is and whether she really is feeling better or just lying about it to spare mina and dracula’s still feeding on the reg

[lotrmusical]

haven't talked enough about how good the watermill lament for moria is. i will never recover

[wolffoxnation2]

I really wish the other mcga characters got more powers (and also Mango's talking to animals power was used more than once)

Like TJ cant deny a challenge...that sounds more like a curse tbh but is there anything else?

Mallory...is very good with knives and is angy

Samirah and Alex can shapeshift. Thats it.

[kennyomegasweave]

Is ANYONE on the rugby team actually good at that sport? Or are they all just fucking Keen for a spot on the team? First Captain, now Puen. And yet both of them are so confident they're gonna go pro after school too???

[doortotomorrow]

cobra kai couples · robby keene and tory nichols

[nostalgicninjas]

EVERY SAM AND TORY SCENE/MENTION (18/?) 

“The Good, The Bad, and The Badass” — Cobra Kai Season 3 Episode 8 

[neep-neep-neep]

the first time Auden kisses Frey's cheek while they're chatting on the roof of the tower of Binnoi and Frey falls 200 feet before Cuff does the balloon thing to break her fall again and yells at her and she is just staring at the sky immobile

[cosmics-beings]

being a starscream fan is always difficult because you have to navigate interacting with people who completely pacify him and excuse all his actions and paint him as a innocent person who can't be held accountable for the shit he does. and going as far as saying you excuse abuse if you try to hold him accountable for how he treats others. nevermind the fact that u yourself are an abuse victim and you wanna look at him multifaceted and you know, not excuse his abusive actions toward others.

but at the same time, you also have to navigate people who absolutely HATE him, and will act like they don't and claim they just see him critically, when most of their content is bashing him for his abuse, excusing it, saying he's an awful person and getting mad at people for seeing him as a victim or wanting him to have better. literally saying he deserves what happens to him. ike a lot of people will flat out slander him, while uplifting characters who are worse than him, will say that starscream doesn't deserve redemption, or saying that anyone who wants better for him is excusing him or worse, going out of their way just to be extremely unfair and critical to him.

it's difficult because i love starscream and i do see him critically. but it's hard being around people who will just pacify his actions, and then try to go to someone so you can have indepth convos about him only to realize that 'oh, this person actually hates starscream, they haven't said anything remotely positive about him'.

[bahoreal]

anyone out there with some scientific knowledge (field theory/physics specifically) who would be willing to beta read my novella? it's 19.5k, scifi that starts off light hearted and slides into cosmic horror

[smokebymoonlight]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[1992]

[pockets-full-of-beans]

[Been thinking about Duncan lately, so, older Duncan doodle?]

[Some random hcs under the cut?]

The cure, despite miraculously booting the fever from his system and halting the likely degeneration of his body, didn't "fix" the damage the disease had already caused. The boils left discoloration and scarring, his muscles had become too weak to really support his body, and he struggled with speech and memory.

This was probably a bit distressing for Maccready, but also not too surprising? A lot of the kids back in Little Lamplight struggled with various health problems, such as the rickets and malnutrition mentioned in fo3, so he probably wasn't shocked by it nor unprepared, just terribly anxious about anything getting worse and Duncan's health taking a plummet again.

I like to think Maccready brought Duncan to the Commonwealth once things settle a bit, and because of so, Curie was able to assist in furthering his treatment. It helped her research more into the health of children in the wasteland and create better over-all treatment for settlements, and in turn helped Duncan over time regain more of his strength and motor-skills.

It's not often a parent gets to watch their child learn to walk and run for a second time, but Maccready did, and it seems his stubborn determination is quite genetic.

While he is capable of walking and running, Duncan's balance never really returned and he tires very easily, hence the walking cane in the doodle. He likely has a few depending on what he needs for the day or how tired/achy he is, since the "quality" of his health might be a bit more of a day-by-day ordeal.

Hancock tried gifting Duncan a sword-cane he had laying around in the Old State House for a birthday, but Maccready quickly intervened, putting it away till Duncan was older. Maccready did think it was pretty cool though.

In a way, Cait and Duncan somewhat bonded over their recovery processes. (I tend to believe that that really sketchy vault machine also wasn't a "cure-all" type deal, and so, Cait also likely had quite the road ahead of her when it came to recovering.) Duncan looked up to her when it came to stuff such as the physical therapy, as she seemed so strong to him, and he wanted to do his best, but not push himself too hard, to one day be as strong as her. Funnily enough, Cait thought it the other way around, watching this small child carefully build himself back up, she figured he was the much stronger one in a self-loathing way. But eventually she figured "If this kid can do it, why the fuck can't I?"

Weirdly enough, the disease didn't leave many effects on Duncan's eyesight and he has about the same hawk-like vision of his father. However, the disease did affect how steady his hands are, so he can't really shoot as straight without support or leaning against something. He's a good spotter though. Might enjoy bird-watching?

While debatable with the wonkiness of canon, I do tend to lean towards Duncan's mother having been the Lucy from Little Lamplight just because, idk, I really loved her in fo3, and while I hate it meaning she dies in such a way, I do like the idea of Duncan having many of her traits, both physically and personality-wise. He's almost a near-50/50 mix of his parents.

Like Lucy, he's a lot more naturally patient compared to Maccready. Constant physical therapy and medical appointments made that a bit of a heaven sent. Probably, a bit of a funny image from an outside view in the waiting rooms of clinics. (Duncan sitting calmly, perhaps reading a comic or drawing, and next to him Mac just constantly looking around, bouncing his leg, wringing his hands, making small noises to distract from fretting about Duncan.)

Despite the patient nature, he is just about as distractible as Maccready is. Father and son shopping/restocking runs go a little out of hand because of that. They both prefer lists and schedules.

Duncan is a very avid reader, but generally loves stories in whatever form he can get them in. It was a bit of a life-line during the worst of his fever, having someone there to read to him or tell him stories and distract him from the pain. It became a passion of his later on. He loves hearing Daisy talk about the pre-war libraries, and her favorite stories.

Perhaps he'd take up writing? Making up his own stories to read or tell to others just as they had to him. Maybe he'd weasel an extra or un-used type-writer from Piper to write with.

Just like his Dad, fish/seafood does not agree with him. But! Unlike his Dad, he's not allergic to dust lol.

Duncan's soft-spoken for the most part, which just makes his threats or insults all the more intense as he can deliver them with his father's conviction, just a lot calmer and serious.

...Duncan does swear, he just tries to hide it from Maccready. ( Mac knows...)