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[1800-l0g4n]

"Why is our Punisher still in spawn??"

[ladyinbooks]

All your characters, in each universe, will have a happy ending right? They'll live a long soft life and have a peaceful death after years of content lives? Please tell me. As in everyone, ptp, ib, rp..

I am going to put the answer behind a cut, lovely anon, because some stories are not yet finished (and some have sequels planned), and I also ended up talking about this a lot more than I planned!

The short answer is yes. 😊

The longer answer is:

I like happy endings, and as the wonderful Oscar Wilde once wrote: The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

I like happy endings. I like my characters to have to work for them, but for me that makes a happy ending all the more rewarding. Of course an unhappy or tragic ending can be a very powerful thing in the right circumstances, but I have always firmly believed that so can a happy one. A happy ending can have just as much impact: it can make you cry; it can make you feel hope; it can send a message that things do get better, that life does work out, and although things never really end in life, that doesn't mean there isn't sweetness and joy, even if we have to fight for it.

It's one of the reasons I sometimes write Samiel and Jay in their older years - because I love the idea of that. The thought of them. Life hasn't stopped, but that's ok because they're content. They're happy. Their knees may creak and Samiel may have more silver than gold in his curls now, but they love. They are loved. They are surrounded by friends and family, and although things aren't too quiet (they'd be bored!), they are content.

The same holds true for Hess and Dan. There comes a day, I think, where it is enough. They are enough. Even if that is in a small house, in a nondescript road, living at the end of the world. There are Dan's muddy boots in the hall, and Hess's unwashed mug sitting on the kitchen sideboard. There is a dog who is essentially immortal, that still sleeps on the bed with them if he can get away with it, and there is Hespherus Jones, resting his head on Daniel Waters' shoulder as they sit on the sofa, together, and yes, it is enough. They are enough.

And lastly there is Lysander and Aubrey. There is no softness for them, no rest in the way we may think of it. But still there is Lysander, who will curl around his treasure forever and ever; who will hold onto him with a strength that never leaves and a love that transcends lifetimes and memory and galaxies. And there is Aubrey, who loves quietly. Fiercely. Forever. Who makes his love a devotion so strong that he shakes the foundations of the universe to prove it. Who slips his hand into Lysander's, tangling their fingers together and he doesn't hide it any more. He doesn't want to. And there is the both of them, proud and shameless and in love, whether that is sitting in the sunshine, with Aubrey bent over a book and Lysander with his head in Aubrey's lap, or on a battlefield, with the both of them vicious and cunning and so very, very dangerous because they may be fighting for Alskir, but they are also fighting for each other. Until - until - quiet. And time. And the space to be who they are, and that means warm-arms-soft-heart-dearest, and it means mine-treasure-strong-hands-gleeful-joy. And them. Both of them.

Living.

[wmu-cedes]

text message || cody x mercedes

mercedes: saw this and thought of you xxx mercedes:

@wmucody

[theminecraftgay]

You’d better hope there’s nothing behind those eyes

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[wishfulsketching]

Silco and his terror of a daughter

[spockvarietyhour]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Past Tense, Pt. 1"

[rielzero]

Ohh, so I was looking at my storage and found these! I originally shared them on twitter before yeeting the platform. Anyway, feel free to use! Art memes for your oc :D

[mellypluslina]

definitely one of The Pics of all time…

[bebemoon]

ughhh fine *experiences emotional growth*

[anipgarden]

Some of you may have heard about Monarch butterflies being added to the Threatened species list in the US and be planning to immediately rush out in spring and buy all the milkweed you can manage to do your part and help the species.

And that's fantastic!! Starting a pollinator garden and/or encouraging people and businesses around you to do the same is an excellent way to help not just Monarchs but many other threatened and at-risk pollinator species!

However.

Please please PLEASE do not obtain Tropical Milkweed for this purpose!

Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)--also commonly known as bloodflower, Mexican butterflyweed, and scarlet milkweed--will likely be the first species of milkweed you find for sale at most nurseries. It'll be fairly cheap, too, and it grows and propagates so easily you'll just want to grab it! But do not do that!

Tropical milkweed can cause a host of issues that can ultimately harm the butterflies you're trying to help, such as--

Harboring a protozoan parasite called OE (which has been linked to lower migration success, reductions in body mass, lifespan, mating success, and flight ability) for long periods of time

Remaining alive for longer periods, encouraging breeding during migration time/overwintering time as well as keeping monarchs in an area until a hard freeze wherein which they die

Actually becoming toxic to monarch caterpillars when exposed to warmer temperatures associated with climate change

However--do not be discouraged!! There are over 100 species of milkweed native to the United States, and plenty of resources on which are native to your state specifically! From there, you can find the nurseries dedicated to selling native milkweeds, or buy/trade for/collect seeds to grow them yourself!!

The world of native milkweeds is vast and enchanting, and I'm sure you'll soon find a favorite species native to your area that suits your growing space! There's tons of amazing options--whether you choose the beautiful pink vanilla-smelling swamp milkweed, the sophisticated redring milkweed, the elusive purple milkweed, the alluring green antelopehorn milkweed, or the charming heartleaf milkweed, or even something I didn't list!

And there's tons of resources and lots of people willing to help you on your native milkweed journey! Like me! Feel free to shoot me an ask if you have any questions!

Just. PLEASE. Leave the tropical milkweed alone. Stay away.

TLDR: Start a pollinator garden to help the monarchs! Just don't plant tropical milkweed. There's hundreds of other milkweeds to grow instead!

[defilerwyrm]

There’s this guy in town who owns this little house, and a while back he rescued a street dog that was going to get put down. Turned out she was pregnant.

Problem is, he has mental health & drug issues and couldn’t afford to get them all spayed & neutered, so now there are 6 grown bitches with 15 puppies total, and they’ve dug under his fence in multiple places but he can’t afford to fix it so they go roaming all around town. (When I say can’t afford it, I mean his house is currently running on a generator because he can’t afford his electric bill.) He’s also a day laborer so he cannot take multiple full days off work to take them to the vet an hour away. He’s in a really rough spot.

He’s not a bad person. He’s just overwhelmed.

And this little conservative town with 6 churches for 300 people, have they tried to help their neighbor? Have they adopted the puppies he’s been trying to give away? Have they offered resources?

NOPE! All they wanna do is talk shit about him and complain about the dogs but never lift a finger of their own. And they come to his house to yell at him and cuss him out about the dogs, which does not exactly engender in him a cooperative attitude, as you might imagine.

So after a while of this going on, my mom gets fed up with all the NIMBY bullshit and starts talking to the guy, because she’s done animal rescue for 20-odd years and has Connections. He’s resistant at first, but when he realizes she’s not being an asshole to him on account of his addiction or the dogs, he decides to let her help.

She gets to work organizing and networking. Finds a non-profit that will cover vaccinations, spay/neuter, and flea treatments for all the dogs. Talks the next-door neighbor into paying for materials to fix the fence, since this guy can do the work of it himself. Gets him in touch with another non-profit that will adopt out the adult dogs.

Less than 2 weeks after she decided to do something, all puppies have been to the vet, 10 puppies and 4 adult dogs have been adopted out, and the second non-profit is coming by next week to pick up the remaining 7 dogs to ship them out for adoption.

I’ve learned a lot of things from my mom—some good, some bad—but I think the most important positive message she lives as an example of is this: sometimes, when something needs done and no one else is willing, you gotta stand up and say “I’ll do it.”

[ladyinbooks]

facts only jay knows about samiel and vice versa?

Hmm, good question lovely anon!

Facts Jay knows about Samiel:

Samiel - and he will never admit to this - sometimes hums along to a song in the privacy of their home.

As he gets older, he gets faint laughter lines at the corners of his eyes, and Jay cherishes every single one of them, because they are sign that Samiel is happy. He is loved.

Samiel once broke two intergalactic laws to help Hird. (Hird does not know this.)

Every time he's forced to eat a certain fruit, he pulls an unintentional face.

He is a song in Jay's soul.

Facts Samiel knows about Jay:

Jay (without realising it) will sometimes let his stubble grow a bit when he's feeling nostalgic.

He is far more desirable than he realises, and Samiel will be keeping an eye on some people.

When he's got a terrible plan (that he's absolutely going to make work) he taps his thumb and forefinger together.

His salzon work is... not as good as he likes to think it is, and Samiel is never going to tell him that.

He is an eternal sunrise in Samiel's soul.

Samiel loves him he loves him he loves him

(Some things aren't secret.)

[wmu-cedes]

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[theminecraftgay]

Limited pallet challenge with the prompt “poison,” courtesy of @dani-the-toad! Click for better quality

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[wishfulsketching]

I know you’re probably super busy but I HAVE to share this with someone. I found this absolutely insane shirt at my job (thrift store) and it’s been killing me to imagine Silco in it

You can't drop something like this to my askbox and not expect me to draw something

Moms usually drop the kids off to their playdate, time for the dads to meet.