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The Two-headed Calf

Tomorrow when the farm boys find this

freak of nature, they will wrap his body

in newspaper and carry him to the museum.

But tonight he is alive and in the north

field with his mother. It is a perfect

summer evening: the moon rising over

the orchard, the wind in the grass.

And as he stares into the sky, there

are twice as many stars as usual.

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Hummingbird and fish - Suzan Visser

Dutch, b. 1967 -

Oil on panel , 21 x 17 cm.

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All myths are true. Outside the borders of Western Civilization lies the rest of the world. After the Second Olympian War, a restless Percy Jackson sails for the horizon, and never stops. AU after The Last Olympian. Percy x various mythological figures, het and slash.

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This is my favorite Percy Jackson fic without exception.

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Another thought on Diety Percy Jackson. Okay, I am seeing a lot of God/Goddess of Loyalty pop up, which I get but I think it is somewhat basic. If we follow the same pattern Annabeth would be the Goddess of Arrogance.

What about a modern God of Adrenaline or Extreme Sports or Stupid Ideas That Actually Turn Out Really Well? Prayers are made to him right before you look a ridiculous situation in the eye and think, "Yeah I'mma do it."

But my first thought was really about the survivor of domestic abuse who gave Sally Jackson a gorgon head and the choice to save herself. So a modern or ancient a god or patron who answers the prayers of abuse victims with the tools to escape or overcome their abuser. A Martial God of Self Defense.

And why is is sacred animal never a pegasus.

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In Kaos, Dionysus is so damn lovable.

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The Sun Summoners Squadron

Alina Starkov has always thought of herself as a cat person. While this might be true enough in reality it was more that cats loved Alina. In the orphanage her mornings would begin with with a dead or half dead gifts on her bed from the local mousers. You would think waking to little mouse corpses every day would not endear her to the cats but when something soft and warm offers to love you it is really impossible not to love them back.

This kind of love followed her everywhere. In the first army whenever they camped in one place for more then three days she would begin to gather a following of cats. A new one showing up every couple of days.

After she began summoning Alina rarely found herself without a furry companion. In the little palace she would wake up to a full squadron in her bed. It did not matter that her door was closed at night. Cats would come creeping through the shadows to bask in her presence. It always made her feel a little less alone.

Authors Note: This was written during a 15 minute break at work. I had the thought that cats would love a sun summoner. Alina deserves some uncomplicated companionship and some therapy animals might help her. Tell me I am wrong.

Cats love sunshine and can travel through shadows. This is known.

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I love the running joke in Leverage about Eliot knowing random things about MRI's, fashion design, airline policies, ect. because he dated a flight attendent, neurologist or a lot of models. It could make him seem like a womanizer but Eliot knows all these random things because he listened to the women he dated, remembered what they had to say and respected their expertise enough to bank his team on their information.

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@asiandramanet december bingo - comfort

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The difference between SJ apologists and LBH's fans is that we know how fucked up Shen Jiu was, and we recognize his misdeeds, meanwhile the others don't.

Back in those ancient times, corporeal punishments were the norm. It was something teachers were expected to deliver. But you don't see us SJ stans using that argument to excuse the abuse he inflicted on LBH.

Critical thinking and objective analysis of human behavior along with historical context seems to be a skill many in the svsss fandom lack.

Not long ago I've seen a post saying that they understand LBH going bat-shit crazy because one guy (Shen Jiu) rejected him, and that they would have done the same.

Like what the fuck--???

By your logic, can we excuse serial killers going on a rampage because the person they liked refused them?

Would you be OK with a crazy bastard taking it out on someone you cherish because of such stupid reason???

What the fuck is wrong with people?

It's not that hard to acknowledge the fucked up side of your favorite character.

Historically speaking, which I am quite passionated about, Shen Jiu as a teacher was entitled to do with his disciples however he pleased.

Liu Qingge beat up (still does btw) his students on a regular basis, but so far I haven't seen one comment condemning Liu Qingge for his actions, saying that this is how Bai Zhan functioned. Instead he is painted as this righteous cultivator who does no wrong, in both Canon and fanfiction.

Please, grow a braincell.

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The Last Witch Hunter (2015) dir. Breck Eisner.

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The movie The Last Witch Hunter is low key gorgeous. Every scene is somewhere tastefully rich and beautiful. The color pallets are fantastic. Lots of blues and greens and glowing effects. It has some of my favorite representation of magic. And then the other half is rot and overgrowth and ash and smouldering fire.

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I recently came out to my mother's side of the family who are majority conservative christians and it went much better than I expected. Like, they were weirdly supportive. I only got one comment insinuating that I might possibly be going to hell but it came from my aunt and she's dying soon anyway so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Anyway, I'm telling them how shocked I am and that I honestly thought that they'd have more of a problem with it when my grandma is like "Well you know we've been through this before with your uncle Nicky" and I'm like "what" and so it turns out that my uncle Nick was born a Natalie, came out as a boy at 19, and my great grandma proceeded to pay for his top surgery and hormone therapy. In 1974. And I just had to process for a bit because my entire life no one has referred to him as anything other than he/him and his chosen name. I ask why no one ever thought to mention this and they're just like "tbh we forgot. It's been so long that he's been a man" This man is married. He has a wife and three kids. I ask my relatives how they went about having kids, whether through adoption or sperm donor or what and none of them know. Apparently he just told everyone that they were gonna be parents and then one day showed up at my grandma's house with a baby. No questions were asked. Just. He and his wife had a baby now and that was that. Three times. Weeks later when I finally talk to my aunt Sarah (Nick's wife) all she tells me is that neither of them have ever been pregnant and, I quote, "sometimes you just come into children". She phrased it like people use the phrase "come into money". Like children are something that just happens to you. I ask my relatives if any of them had a problem with Nick being trans at the time, saying I'd understand if they had negative feelings about it, as it was the 1970s after all. They were like "nope" and i was just like "you didn't think anything of it?" And my grandfather was like "these things happen" while the other adults nodded sagely. So I guess the moral here is that if my conservative christian relatives could accept my uncle as trans in the 1970s then there really isn't any excuse for anyone. And also my family needs to ask more questions because I'm fairly sure my aunt and uncle stole their kids.

I’m laughing my ass off at that last sentence- But I’m so glad your coming out went well! That’s one heck of a way to find out you have LGBT relatives.

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Rest in Peace, Andre Braugher.

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