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pratchettquotes · 1 year

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"A splendid people with much to recommend them," said Leonard. "I always thought it was the presence of the desert. It leads to an urgency of thought. It makes you aware of the briefness of life."

The Patrician glanced at another page. Between a sketch of a bird's wing and a careful drawing of a ball-joint was a little doodle of something with spiked wheels and spinning blades. And then there was the device for moving mountains aside...

"The desert is not required," he said.

Terry Pratchett, Jingo

#klatchians #leonard of quirm #havelock vetinari #jingo #discworld #terry pratchett #engineers #inventor #desert #life #life is short #appreciation #sketches #genius #weapon design #dangerous #context #urgency of thought #the desert is not required

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synthaphone · 2 months

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desert centibyte is done- i based it on this winged scarab pectoral of tutankhamun, which i am now 100% sure is what the scarabug is also based on

#it took me so long because i got distracted by starting quarantine crystal + i was dreading doing desert #i gotta be real: i think the converted one Sucks but i was really stuck on how to convert the tail in a way that worked #and didn't require me to make the antennas really small. rip #centibytes #my art

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klanced · 11 months

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Keith walking into the holding cell greeting all the regulars by name while Lance is sobbing lamenting that his life is over and his future is ruined (they were like. Trespassing or some shit he’s going to be fine)

lance: (actively dry heaving in the corner, on the verge of a panic attack as he imagines having a permanent record)(actually what does a permanent record even look like?)(omg is he going to have to go to COURT? like in JUDGE JUDY?)

keith: remy, this is lance. lance, this is remy, she’s my favorite alcoholic :)

#voltron #klance #honestly I imagine they got caught trespassing while ghost hunting #if they’re in Texas then they will most likely get a full on misdemeanor on their record. Texas is very big on property rights.#trespassing can quickly elevate to criminal charges in texas it is actually very serious. do not trespass in texas.#meanwhile in Maine trespassing can be just an infraction & not added to your record #like sure they're teenagers so they could get their records sealed or expunged when they're 18. but like. the garrison would know. not good #sorry i just like talking about the law #speaking of which let me go on a tangent #i do think keith frequently gets charged with trespassing. at his own shack in the desert.#and so now he is Really good at juvenile law specifically because he is constantly arguing with cops #keith: this is not trespassing. my dad owned this property & he died unmarried without a will.#keith: i am literally his child and i inherited this land after his death YOU CAN'T ARREST ME FOR TRESPASSING ON MY OWN PROPERTY.#cop: okay well the house is all burned down it's a safety hazard #keith: I AM NOT IN THE HOUSE I AM IN THE SHACK WHICH MEETS MINIMUM SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. GET FUCKED.#cop: okay but you're out after curfew--#keith: is this a game to you? drag me in front of that judge i DARE you. you want to take the ORPHAN to court over CURFEW?#keith: you want to arrest my parents? WHAT PARENTS? everyone in this county knows me as the son of a hero firefighter.#keith: a hero firefighter who died in the line of duty btw. in case you forgot. since i'm an ORPHAN who has no one who CARES about CURFEW.#keith: my dad is dead my mom is gone my brother disappeared in space im 0 for 3 parents-wise. drag me before a judge. make my fucking night #sometimes i answer an ask or make a post specifically so i can do my own separate thing in the tags #i just like talking about law. i'm so excited for law school u guys #keith #lance #lance: (freaking out)#keith: (relaxed because he knows a really good lawyer who specializes in juvenile law)#shitpost #ask #anonymous #otp: we are a good team

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taravangians-storming-balls · 10 months

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Are the Shattered Plains like, temperate? Or is kaladin constantly sweating buckets in his 3 layers of long sleeved uniform

#im assuming its hot there #right?? like its so desert or plains coded #thank god they moved to Urithiru #dalinar trying to give his soldiers a stroke in those required uniforms #taravangians-storming-posts #stormlight archive

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snickerdoodlesart · 6 months

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the daily urge to turn your rain world ocs into a mod but not having the modding knowledge to do so.

#rain world ocs #i love my little guys #i wanna see them real #specifically the Endling but i havent shown much of them here #their general gist is that theyre set in the future long past Saint #theyre set in a desert #or rather its just very dusty #its that one thing or theory that when stuff gets dissolved into the void it becomes dust that builds up #burying the old world to escape the void and replacing everything #ofc making the Endling real would require me completely remaking the entire known map of rain world #but i can dream

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wiiwheel · 28 days

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Jolene cover felt like it would be used in a bad shampoo commercial for potential divorceés

It was just like... lame... dolly parton and beyoncé are both legends in their own right and this was the most boring and predictable outcome of combining their work. Harper Valley PTA cover could have been interesting and more in theme with the rest of CC??

#highlights include american requiem #blackbiird #daughter #ya ya #desert eagle #those ones got a star next to them on first listen... it will require a few more listens.. but overall its just a bit.... idk

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fauvester · 26 days

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tcgfau henry clay three ways

#tcgf au #hc #silly little mortal guy. ghost (baby). ghost (nouveau riche ghost king)#loses his charming little flushed cheeks and messy hair in the divorce #tfw your soulmate leaves you to die on the battlefield n you spend 500 years unsuccessfully trying to work thru that #also trying to engineer a handsome alive-looking corpse body. and mostly succeeding! the hair is always a point of issue though.#just wax it flat. less maintenance. corpse hair requires so much upkeep to make it look natural smh #this au’s Webster is so much better at it his human fits and god homunculi are literally insane #he can look effortlessly like anyone. but he chooses to look like a golden era of cinema creature from the black lagoon #HC like Why are you like this. bro #jackson looks like a desert bog body. he looks like jerky

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magpigment · 9 months

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finally got to episode 52 of jrwi and it’s good to see it’s taken a break from our regularly scheduled comedy podcast for an incredibly lengthy period of blatant psychological torture!! tune in next time to see what our poor motherfuckers are going to be Put Through Next!!!

#dandy talks #LIKE #JESUS CHRIST #IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR BUT I WASNT EXPECTING **THIS**#like holy shit #i just got to the point chip stabbed himself in the chest w his swords while hallucinating his friends were attacking him both physically #and verbally. WHILE THEYRE ALSO IN A DESERT WHILE ALSO IN PRISON #and also the reveal of how jay and chip found gill and specifically how he ended up coming to the surface???#GOOD GOD MAN #THESE BAD BOYS CAN FIT SO MUCH TRAUMA LMAO #i’m honestly so actually hyped tho this is so so so so cool #i love psychological horror and i love emotionally inept characters being put in Situations that require them to confront their feelings #gotta be one of my favorite genders #but this is so so well done and the players are all doing great roleplaying this and grizzly is doing great running this #like i am enraptured rn #jrwi spoilers #jrwi riptide #jrwi gillion #jrwi chip #jrwi jay

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kirk-goes-to-gallifrey · 1 year

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it's ✨💎shinee week💎✨ where are all the shitposts the fanarts the high expectations the talking the memeing the excitement the video montages the shitty photo collages the keysmashing the nearly unintelligible screaming of pure JOY where are shawols hiding??????????

#I need people to be super normal about these men with me #c'mon guys where you at #I feel like I'm over here with three other shawols SCREAMING in a desert surrounded by bleakness #I REQUIRE A SHINEE PARTY IN THIS WEBBED SITE #🎉🎇🥳💃🔑💎🎆🧀💚🐇💙👯‍♂️🔥💥💕🎈✨🎊🎂#shinee #shinee shenanigans

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swsf · 1 year

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RINGA DING DING OLD DESERT DUO SKETCH ITS OLD BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS CUTE LIMITED RUN GET IT WHILE ITS HOT

#fanart #double life smp fanart #double life smp #desert duo #goodtimeswithscar fanart #goodtimeswithscar #grian #grian fanart #hermitshipping #???#not really the intent but hey just in case #desert duo fanart #gtws fanart #YES I’m fckin posting at 5:30am leave me alone I’m mad at myself for lack of skills required to be an adult #remchive

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new-berry · 4 months

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Who has chocolate brownie and lemon desert, a lasagne and a roast chicken and ham made and a filthy kitchen and two thousand words of Gavi and Joao and Joao and Ruben (Not like that, but that would be amazing).

I don’t like to cook on Christmas Day. Or the day after. Or ever again really.

#the fic is free #the deserts require dishes #when I finish something?#think amazing #go for a walk and a re read #realise I shouldn’t trust my first impressions ever

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bluejaybytes · 6 months

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[COLLAPSES] [EXPLODES INTO A FINE MIST] [THIS IS LEFT IN THE REMAINS]

#splatoon #my art #my ocs #im so fucking tired. however this was worth it 👍#ive had this OC for like 3 days total and in that time shes gotten multiple pieces of art of varying levels of finished #sometimes the autism just hits different #anyways this is Parker shes a military deserter and ultimate weirdgirl lesbian #she's extremely lucky that the one (1) single person she meets in her near decades worth of being in hiding that ISNT a soldier-#-is ALSO a lesbian. Jake moves in with her literally like a week after they meet bc theyre both wanted fugitives #and then like a year later theyre dating #and the rest is toooo long for tags and requires a lot of context for who Jake is </3 #anyways. woe! oc art upon you!#the squits

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rosaacicularis · 1 year

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…. scarian hockey au

#://#IT WAS INEVITABLE #IM FINALLY ACCEPTING IT #I AM REGRETTABLY CANADIAN AND THUS AM REQUIRED TO HAVE A HOCKEY AU FOR THE SILLIES #IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME :///#do i know like anything about hockey? no.#do i watch or enjoy the sport? also no.#would i research it intensely to write this? abso freaking lutely #woo! you’re local canadian scarian shipper doesn’t know anything about hockey! diversity win <3 #idk i just think grian shoulder checking someone <3 #scarian #desert duo #hermitshipping #grian #gtws #au concept #hockey au

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loz-furbies · 11 months

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I liked the Water temple just fine, but after playing the other three its presentation felt a little lacking. The other temples rep their elements and the three different maps well, the Wind temple is in the sky, the Fire one is underground and the Lightning one is on ground level, and then the Water one is... also in the sky. Lanayru is right next to the sea, put the Water temple underwater! Or at least floating on the water if you don't want to implement proper swimming. Visually I also found it less interesting than the others at least from an elemental point of view it didn't feel as inspired or water themed, it was more like floating temple islands that had some pools in them.

Still I had a good time playing it; it was the first one I did (of course I went to see how Sidon was doing the moment I got out of the introduction phase) so I had nothing to compare it to, and I really liked the space jumping mechanic, plus it had the best story. So in the end it was still a great experience.

#representing the element requires that you buy into the lightning = desert thing #which sure I'll go with that #totk #totk spoilers #ramble ramble #game talk

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miodiodavinci · 1 year

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you ever end up typing a rant in the tags so long tumblr physically cuts you off and the post publishes with probably only 1/3rd of the tags

#had an interaction with The Leech™ and it left me feeling so frustrated and upset #tl;dr: i wanted to record today but she showed up and started talking so loudly my mic could pick her up through my bedroom door #and it hit me that it's fucked up that she's somehow just allowed to come and go as she pleases #(and is actively entertaining the thought of moving back in for a minimum of 2 months if she gets the surgery she's looking for)#(2 months to 2 years according to her words)#(despite the fact that she was literally evicted nearly a year ago)#(after 7+ years of sleeping on our couch and making our lives hell and generally dodging any attempt to get her to get a life and move out)#anyway after about 20 minutes of chatter i heard her go outside #find the plant i bought and planted myself this last week #(the first one i've ever had ! ! ! )#(every other plant i've ever cared for has either been my grandmother's or a gift from someone else)#(most notably the two peace lilies from my dad's memorial service)#and dump. an entire bucket of water on it. left over from soaking her orchids she insists on keeping here.#spoilers: it's a desert plant that requires low moisture and well-drained soil #so i went out and got on her about that and she insisted she was just trying to help #(like how she was '''just trying to help''' when she nearly drowned both of the aforementioned lilies)#(because she literally kept putting in water until there was noting but standing water without soil in the pot)#and for a half hour after kept coming in to bother me about the plant #asking where i bought it and if she could have clippings and asking if i had the right soil or the right tools #and reminding me of how i tried to grow pumpkin seeds when i was six and they died #and INSISTING she knew more about caring for it despite the fact that i literally researched this plant for a solid week before #and jsu t #another instance of The Leech™ trying to jam herself into my life so she can claim she's a provider and i'm helpless without her #but also turn around and complain about how it's sooo hard caring for us and how it's //impossible// for her to get a life #if she's busy caring for us #fuck off and die actually

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avarkriss · 2 years

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Obi-Wan Kenobi has got to be the most annoying man in the galaxy

#bro im trying to get you LAID #why do you have to be like this #what i wanted: 5k of desert smut #what im writing: NOT THAT #this man requires so much preamble like bro....#be a little slutty for once 😭#maul ghostwrote this #obi-wan kenobi #owk

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