Alfred the cat is getting visibly depressed and lethargic from being the only cat in the house. Yes, he’s got the dogs, the cow, the turkey, and all the other pets scattered across the large acres of the manor, but there’s not a cat

Bruce notices Damian getting very worried about it, and finds himself actively looking for another cat for the family

One day, Bruce finds this tiny, scrappy little sootball of a kitten. Damian is smitten and insists on paying for the vet visit out of his own pockets

The little scrappy thing is completely black from head to toe with a pink nose and bright blue eyes. Alfred the cat is immediately curious and sniffs the tiny kitten when Bruce brings him home

The little kitten becomes Alfred’s baby, also toddling and tumbling after him. Alfred the cat becomes such a good dad to him, also cuddling him and showing him the proper way to be a cat

He’s unanimously named Bruce the cat

lord of the rings really was lightning in a bottle. it shouldn’t have worked but by god it did. peter jackson, who had no filmmaking education and was mostly known for making low budget splatter movies, had no business going out and changing the movie industry like that but he did. return of the king showed up at the oscars and became one of the most awarded movies of all time. to this day it holds the record for the highest clean sweep. hollywood will keep trying to recreate that magic with bigger budgets and high profile actors and they will keep failing. i look at the state of these blockbusters where everything is smoothed over by soulless cgi and actors are acting opposite tennis balls and they will never hold a candle to the pure heart and soul and craft of the lord of the rings. every single person involved in that project loved being part of it and it fucking shows. i’m so thankful the stars aligned the way they did for these movies to happen like that.

Children near a magical wood catching bugs and their family are like. Please do not catch pixies and small fae and bring them into our home. They are sentient and they are intelligent

And the kids are like "but they get into our bug traps" and "we didn't catch him he followed us home"

And their parents are like. Please i do not believe that 6 fucking pixies smuggled themselves into our garage on the underside of your bicycle saddle and then set up shop in the old dolls house. These are living beings they're not toys it's not kind to treat them like this

And the kids are like we are NOT treating them like anything you said we're not allowed to trap them and they always get into our traps so we always run away when they see us and then they follow us and get inside our backpacks and stuff

And the parents are like

Stop lying!!!

And then they set up wildlife cams and not only can pixies apparently do all of that and are very desperate to hang out with these human kids (who have fun life-sized toys and are covered in wonderful things like glitter and are a free source of fresh bugs and pop tart crumbs)

But they can also like. Fully just pick locks and shit.

Setting up little cameras and having to come to terms with the fact that not only are these small fae initiating every interaction with the kids but have also taken their cat's side in the war against pigeons and keep riding it into battle

The fae quickly realise the camera is a camera, and just as quickly invent silent movies

Each intertitle card has been crafted from words cut out of other writing, so a piece of paper looking like a ransom demand states "BuT Hoo wil SAVE the Dams3l?" is pulled away to reveal a doll tied to train tracks

new type of guy just dropped

this is standard issue uncle

The devastating difference between how much time it takes to write something vs how fast people read it lol

you're falling in the trap!! it will be read by many people, many times, and it will live on in their memories. and maybe no single other human will match you in time spent dedicated to your story, but as a collective we will outlast you. acts of creation only grow when they are shared

This. Writing is not like dinner. It can be consumed many times

you write it once so it can be read forever

i wonder what they're gossiping about

had to draw them

I'm just imagining the justice league figuring out Batman's faimly situation it'd be insane.

Green lantern: So you're a dad?

Batman: Hmm.

GL: Damn. Two kids is a lot.

Nightwing: Lmao. There's way more then two of us Hal.

Gl: ... three?

Batman: Ten.

Flash: TEN??

Gl: You do not have ten kids.

Batman: You're right. Legally I have around seven. I have more then that though.

Nightwing: You lost count

Batman: I lost count yeah.

GL: ... jeez I feel bad for your wife

Batman raised one eyebrow looking at him: "They're adopted, except for one."

GL: okay yeah but still it would be a lot of work for her raising them.

"... I don't have a wife Hal."

"Then who is their mom???"

"They don't have a mom."

"To be fair they did go and pick out their own moms."

"And dads." Batman said raising one eyebrow at Nightwing who grinned at him.

"You have to admit Superman is a good option."

"He is."

"So, wait, all this time we've just been bullying a single dad of ten kids?" Hal asked and Batman nodded once, trying not to look amused.

"Well. Great."

"He's also autistic." NIghtwing said and Hal's panicked look increased.

"Ah JEEZ-"

"And an orphan-"

"OKAy we get it"

[attempting to flirt] if i was stuck in a timeloop id desperately explain my situation to you every single reset

Ever since reading my first time loop-based book as a preteen, I’ve had a Secret Time Loop Code Word. It’s been the same word all these years. I’ve never written it down anywhere or told anyone what it is, just kept it tucked away in my brain. That way, if someone I know ever confided in me that they were stuck in a time loop, I would have a way to confirm it: I would tell them the time loop code word and instruct them to find and talk to me again on the next loop. Of course, if it’s a time loop, I wouldn’t remember telling them the code word. But they’d remember it. So if someone ever came to me and said “I’m stuck in a time loop, and the time loop code word is [X],” and it was indeed the word I’ve secretly held onto for most of my life, I would know that we had had this conversation in a previous loop and that they were telling the truth.

Will this ever be useful? Almost certainly not. But hey, there’s nothing wrong with having a completely absurd contingency plan. In case of time loops.

i love this tweet

The art 👇🏻

The inspiration 👇🏻

During this terrible AO3 drought, we’re all suffering. But if you guys need any steddie or buddie fics to read (or reread), I have a bunch of mine (mostly omegaverse) in this google drive folder because I have a habit of downloading the completed ones as PDFs. If you’re looking for a specific one or a sequel to one of these, let me know!

Requisite Yearly We Do Not Buy from Baker Creek post

It's seed catalog time! One of my favorite times of year, honestly. While my garden mostly sleeps, full of dry leaves and fluffed-up birds and cold breezes, I'm indoors contemplating tomato varieties and telling myself that *this* will at last be the year I get the peas in on time.

As it is that appointed time, my usual yearly reminder: don't buy from Baker Creek!

Baker Creek are racist, fascist assholes! They intended to platform Cliven Bundy at their yearly conference, and Native seedkeepers have said that Baker Creek stole from them (and sell the product of that theft). They did a For Ukraine fundraiser that actually went to a far-right Ukrainian organization invested in obliterating LGBT rights.

Baker Creek might have some fun varieties of seed, but I can very nearly guarantee that if you see something there you want, I can find it or an analogue for you somewhere else.

Here's a selection of seed companies I personally have bought from, or people I trust have recommended; there will be a secondary and possibly tertiary reblog, since Tumblr only allows me to do ten links at once. If there's a company you've bought from and liked, please leave a review for them in the comments! What did you get, what did you like, how was the germination? Native Seed Companies: (please, please feel free to add more in comments to this post)

Companies Specializing in Native Pollinator Plants and Seed:

New to me last year, but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED seed preservation company (they have an incredible selection! My 2023 germination of their seed was like 98%! But they only accept paper order forms):

Cool weird nightshades, I got a bunch of dwarf tomato seeds from them last year and THEY didn't suffer from peppergate because they're a small company that does a lot of their own seed:

A list of ten more companies or so, which I buy from every year, will follow in a reblog in about two minutes; please share that one instead of this one.

Seed Companies From Whom I Buy Seeds Every Year:

Want to try just a few of something? Seedsnow is *really cheap*.

I got my first real year of tomato seeds from Totally Tomatoes, and a full decade on I'm still getting germination from packets I bought that season:

HUGE selection of most every kind of bean you might want to grow:

Obligatory Free Heirloom Seeds link:

Free, but you must follow some very specific instructions.

In the UK try https://realseeds.co.uk

annoying when shows set in the medieval period have the women with thier hair just long and unstyled and out . girl go put on your wimple girl 🤦‍♀️

like there are so many fun medieval hair and headgear options, it's so boring just seeing loose beachy waves meant to appeal to 21st century beauty standards

put that hot prince in a gay little hood with an ostrich feather or so help me god

Book! (The mode in hats and headdress - Ruth Turner Wilcox)

Hey it just took a quick Google search to debunk this - there's other things to worry about at the moment without spreading misinformation on Democratic lawmakers.

Newswire_US is run by Polymarket, a cryptocurrency betting site.

Rosa DeLauro is my Congresswoman. She's one of the more progressive voices in Congress, and she actually walks the walk on that; she knows how to get stuff done and get in people's faces when needed. When Congress isn't in session, she's back in New Haven -- she particularly enjoys street fairs, and you can just sort of . . . chat with her there. She is exactly as cool as you would expect an 82-year-old Connecticut Italian lady with purple hair and tattoos to be. There's a reason she's been in Congress since 1991, thankyouverymuch.