#which is just astonishing

[markscherz]

Quick, while the frog purists aren't looking, what's your favorite salamander?

No question, salamanders of the genus Thorius, the smallest salamanders in the world.

[Thorius pennatulus — src]

[Thorius sp. — src]

Truly astonishing creatures.

[ofswordsandpens]

imagine writing this. imagine writing percy increasingly losing himself to his anger and his resentment, sympathizing with Luke, spiraling, being immensely powerful, burning away at his mortality, and not knowing how to deal with any of it. Desperate for help and the one time he breaks down enough to try and get it (Jason) his worst thoughts and perceptions of himself are inadvertently affirmed. He never talks about it to Annabeth. He never talks about it to his mom. Oh but everyone is aware of it. Aware of his anger. Afraid of his anger. Concerned for him and by him. They give each other looks, worried, because they recognize what a danger he could be — to himself, to others, to the gods. But no one says anything, at least not to Percy. No one helps him. No one intervenes. They don't know how to, it seems. (Or maybe they're afraid to). And so they all pretend everything is fine. Percy pretends, bottling it all up inside until the pressure gets too great and that anger boils over and he loses it all over again. He's so desperate for normalcy that he'll take anything, believes in all of the sweet, sugar-spun tales of New Rome and looks away from the rotting underside. He lets himself believe that once he's there the gods will have to leave him alone, because he's done with it all, he's retired (and the gods always keep their promises don't they?).

Imagine writing what is arguably the well-plotted, compelling, and tragic beginnings of a fallen hero arc for percy and none of it being intentional.

RR's penchant for Percy to be explosively angry and scarily powerful, alongside characterizing him as jaded and resentful and desperate, mixed with his refusal to write any in-depth emotional resolution to any time Percy snaps has created an enthralling narrative of a hero just about to fall from grace. and it's all seemingly an accident.

Oh, and another, amazing, unintentional coincidence? if you're taking RR's word that Percy is still 17, that's also the age Luke was when he failed his quest, marking the beginning of his fall as a hero. Like. The narrative parallels are all there. And without any meaning for them to be.

[eirianerisdar]

Ferrari has to have gotten a new editor for their full access videos I mean look at this beauty of a thumbnail:

[forthbeaming]

dont mind me.....let me just...uhhhm...scooch right here <3

[synthetic-rust]

What they don’t tell you about autism is that it feels like you’re simultaneously one step outside of reality yet two steps too far into it at all times

[bloomingsalma]

i think one of the most disappointing things is to see that your childhood friends have grown up to represent the kind of people you're disappointed in

[likehandlingroses]

having Richard—who does this in front of the police station after risking so much to get Thomas out of jail

and then Guy— who is like this while he waits outside the door for Thomas to hand in his notice

amazing spectacular they are both so iconic to me

[rocksanddeadflowers]

They turned The Toy Soldier into Reese's shapes good god

[kbsd]

Should i watch masters of the air?

i mean. obviously i'm going to say yes, as it's been making me insane for weeks now and i want more people to watch it!! 🥰 i don't think it's as "good" or as fully formed thematically as band of brothers but i DO absolutely think there's worthwhile stuff in the show! it's shot beautifully and has several characters that i really, really love and well. those two guys are gay as hell and insane about it!!! if anything in my past 3 videos struck a chord with you then yes i think you should try it :) but also it is at its core a ww2 show so if you're not into those i can't fault you that! i think the pilot (ha) is really strong so maybe just try that out and see if it's your thing!

[r-18g]

(boy) ryona... (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)

[weedsmokingbf]

im so lucky my gf is so willing to put up with and tolerate my extended family because as much as I love them they are all insane crazy people with no filter especially my aunt who drives me crazy good god

[possumkingluca]

I DM'd for the first time on saturday and who decided that it was reasonable for one of the starting quests of dragon of icespire peak to have the party possibly fight a manticore um i mean the party lived because tasha's hideous laughter is a spell that exists and i'm cursed to forever roll dogshit on wisdom saves i think (though it was probably a blessing in this situation) but what the fuck why would you have a possibly level 1 party encounter a CR 3 enemy hello

wizards of the coast is so good at balancing (<- lying)

[skollwolf]

When "he would not fucking say that" escalates to "did we even read the same book?????"

[gynandromorph]

i love the utility of wizards learning Any Spell but i think i might run a sorcadin for my honor mode runs, maybe also a sorcerer wizard with just 2 custom characters at the same time. power couple or something

[pop-punklouis]

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[lovecatsys]

idk if this is petty or ridiculous but bringing Romeo back and giving an explanation as to why he ditched baby Bobby kind of feels like retconning Bobby's first heartbreak, I guess?

I don't know if the story that Vecchio gave for Romeo was something that like actually happened with the Inhumans in an already established storyline but. tbh even if it is I don't really care.

Like Judah was older Bobby's first gay love and heartbreak yes but Romeo was the same for baby Bobby and it kind of feels like a thing like. being young and being in a relationship for the first time and then. it ending badly and feeling what that's like for the first time. It's an important milestone that so many people go through and especially was a thing for Bobby after finally coming out as gay (both baby Bobby and regular Bobby) and like. makign it so its like "oh he had a genuine reason for leaving Bobby behind so now he gets to come back and they can date again!" is just. rubs me the wrong way EVEN IF baby Bobby was the same as regular Bobby but like. THEYRE NOT THE SAME. Their experiences are very explicitly completely different! baby Bobby got to come out as a teenager, he did not go through the YEARS of repression and being in the closet that older Bobby did.

Yes technically older Bobby has baby Bobby's memories now but like. that still doesn't mean it makes sense for him to date Romeo!! You don't just randomly hook up with your childhood sweetheart and then get back together with them like. come on.