We conclude Sharktober with an illustrated guide to the sharks of the world, past and present. Though some sharks may seem scary with their sharp teeth, large appetites, and mysterious ways, they aren’t voracious monsters. They are animals and an important part of the ocean’s ecosystem.
i am begging you all to stop treating politicians like fandom faves and start treating them as what they are: highly ambitious people juggling several different agendas who we elect in the hopes they will vote for things we support
does anyone else still get really caught offguard when like famous streamers or youtubers or other internet people mention trans people in a positive way
capitalism is like. resting is a waste of time. eating is a waste of time. sleeping is a waste of time. playing is a waste of time. living is a waste of time. you must prove your worth to live here and everything else is a waste. and we’re taught not to question it.
My ancestors, watching me dump an entire stick of cinnamon, two cloves, an allspice berry, and a generous grating of nutmeg into my tea, sweetened with white sugar and loaded with cream, while I sit in my clean warm house surrounded by books, 25+ outfits for different occasions, and 6 pairs of shoes, in a building heated so well I have the windows open in mid-autumn:
Our daughter prospers. We are proud of her. She has never labored in a field but knows riches we could not have imagined.
All of the McElroys’ cultural jokes and references can make canon sense if you assume that they all refer to people and things from different planes they visited during Stolen Century. However that does also mean that even though Lucretia managed to erase Taako’s entire sister she could not destroy Tres Horny Boys’ determination to meme
It also means they all spent a decade wandering around making jokes about singers no one had heard of until they met each other
I’ve seen ppl say that katara ending up with aang over zuko is unrealistic wish-fulfillment on the part of the writers who wanted the beautiful heroine to end up with the loser nerd instead of the hot older guy, but the funniest thing about that claim is that aang is 100% the Cool Kid, and zuko is, without a shadow of a doubt, a loser nerd.
there’s something about living life deliberately…wearing clothes that you actually want to and that you feel reflect you and your style not just because you’ve had them for years and don’t know what else you would throw on….listening to songs and creating playlists that excite you and represent your actual mood not just listening to songs that you’ve had downloaded for years that don’t make you feel anything special anymore…it’s VERY easy to stay with what you’re comfortable and it might take a bit of experimenting before you find what feels like a deliberate choice that reflects more of YOU but it’s absolutely worth the leap of faith you may have to convince yourself to make in order to stop feeling like a passenger in your own life