*distant sound of raving crabs begins to approach buckingham palace*
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I do not wish death on others irl. (Just a personal thing) but the last line made me cackle
I have no idea what’s going on. What do crabs have to do with the Queen being in the hospital?
What does each province like to put a lil bit of in their water to make it taste better (lemon, mint, etc.,)
Drinking plain water is the most common way it's consumed across Tamriel, but you are indeed correct that many enjoy flavouring theirs for a bit of perk during the day, or to wind down in the evening.
Altmer
Fresh flower petals, especially jasmine and rose, are used to add some delightful aroma to both still and sparkling spring water in Summerset. The gentle floral fragrance can take a bit of getting used to, but it's quite relaxing (and delicious with gin)!
Argonians
Argonians value their potable water sources, and very rarely add anything to it. However, some enjoy an infusion of cucumber slices in cold water, which is the perfect drink to moisten the scales on a hot day!
Bosmer
Exceptions to this trend are the Bosmer, who prefer their water pure. Not to mention that meat-related water infusions are generally called a broth...
Bretons
Fresh fruit, especially raspberries, apples, and lemons, are High Rock's choice when it comes to flavoured water. Sometimes the fruits are muddled, making it more of a diluted juice than water.
Dunmer
Comberries and fresh marshmerrow sticks are a cup of water's best friend in Morrowind, especially on a hot day. Comberries impart a slightly bitter flavour, almost like tonic water, while marshmerrow imparts a lightly sweet, candy-like aroma. Both taste great still or sparkling.
Imperials
Herbs and aromatic plants are the most common infusions in Cyrodiil, such as rosemary, mint, and lemon verbena. Jars of water are infused overnight with fresh herbs (lightly crushed to release the aroma), and chilled or served with ice. They can sometimes be a bit pungent, but still enjoyable.
Khajiit
Moon sugar aside, the Khajiit love flavouring their water with fresh vanilla beans and rose petals. This sweetly scented beverage is great for any time of day, and is wonderful both warm and chilled.
Nords
Juniper berries, jazbay grapes, and lavender are a Nord's choice for flavoured water, though we'd honestly rather just have mead instead. These plants are relatively easily obtained across Skyrim, and impart relaxing aromas that are best served as a nightcap.
Orcs
The Orsimer of Wrothgar flavour their water with wrathberries, which are both peppery and bitter. The end result is a warming drink that burns like whiskey going down, but doesn't contain a drop of alcohol. Perfect if you've caught the chills, especially with some ginger.
Redguards
Like the Bretons, coastal Redguards love using fruit to flavour their water, like fresh coconut, pineapple, and mango. However, Alik'r Redguards prefer mixing cactus slices or aloe vera into their water, which gives it a refreshing, sour twist.
Addendum: Bosmer would drink Squirtle sea salt cheese sparkling water if they could. ~Tal
I love post like "you all are against rich people until they're a fictional character" because it's completely true. I am against rich people until it's a fictional character. I don't think liking Scrooge McDuck makes someone a class traitor
Almost as if fictional people are pretend, and created for the world to enjoy and learn from, innit?
I’m not sure if I should be happy that this conversation exists to clarify things, or upset that this conversation is necessary because too many people have lost sight of the difference between reality and fantasy.
I just came up with a horrible drawing game.
First artist draws a human OC, second artist draws that OC's fursona. Third artist draws a humanized version of that fursona without seeing the original OC, fourth artist draws a fursona for that character. So on and so forth.
also known as "tewephone :3c"
NONE OF YOU ARE FREE OF SIN. GO BACK TO YOUR NAUGHTY CORNERS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID.
Just remembered that a K-pop idol completely lost his career seven years ago when he announced that he was getting married and his former fans dropped him, started slandering him to everyone who'd listen just because he dared to 'go against them' and still attack him in 2021 because they're that pathetic. In an industry where other fans defend idols committing DUIs, SA, domestic violence, etc., all sorts of crimes basically, the one who got the worst treatment is the person who did nothing but pursue his happiness in his personal life, while still working hard in his professional life, which apparently doesn't matter because "oppa betrayed us when he got married!" It's so weird to think that Lee Sungmin is still person non grata in K-pop in 2021. He just dropped a song and a lot of people are acting like he doesn't exist. He was crazy famous before this. You wanna know what those fans hold against him, besides the fact that he's married? Apparently he signed some albums with his nickname, that his wife allegedly gave him, and didn't invite his superfan fansite (person who followed him to all his schedules prior to this and took photos of him) to his wedding, and since that person had a whole lot of influence in the whole fandom, they managed to turn everyone against him with fabricated tidbits that made people resent him. I don't know how they, as adults, read the list of complaints that they wrote up against him and think those things are rational. Even if they were heated back then, how can they stand behind it now, still, seven years later, when they had some distance and time to think about it? The fans said they would boycott the group he was in if his company (arguably one of the biggest South Korean entertainment agencies ever, home to SHINee, EXO, Super Junior, SNSD, NCT, SuperM, Red Velvet, Aespa, BoA) didn't kick him out of it, so they decided to listen to them and made him sit out every comeback ever since, despite still keeping him under contract, thus allowing the fandom a power that it never should've had. You're not entitled to control somebody's personal life just because you got to their concert or buy their album. It's so weird, so weird. The guy who was accused of beating up his pregnant girlfriend and pressuring her to have an abortion still has fans, the guy who was accused of being a pimp still has fans, but the guy who got married and never harmed anybody and always treated his fans nicely (except if they crossed the line, which they did, many times, where upon he would only ask them not to do things like that again) is the one who still has a hate mob against him and has his projects boycotted to this day?
A few years later, an idol from the same company, Chen of EXO, announced his upcoming marriage and fatherhood and to this day people still want him out of the group for it and I can't help but to feel that if the company didn't allow that first group of bully fans to act the way they did and put Sungmin on the backburner in order to placate them, they wouldn't have cultivated a culture of entitled fans thinking they could dictate how the idols and companies act. Now their idols have to deal with their mental health being destroyed by, on top of everyone else, obsessive fans who always skirt the line of love and hate and are ready to destroy them if they ever do anything that they're not happy with. Those fans stalk them to the point of buying their phone numbers, addresses and even airplane numbers so they could follow them around, they collect information about them while they're stalking them, spread them amongst their toxic group of stalkers and hold those things against them for blackmail purposes.
They hold protests in front of the company building demanding things, like for example, this #ChenOUT protest, where they demanded EXO Chen be kicked out of the group for starting a family (he's also been sort of put on the backburner to placate these folks, despite how pathetic their protests have been).
These fans are so creepy that they'll find a way to sit next to their faves on their plane by buying info about their rides and bribing the staff to get those seats.
They'll crash idols' graduations and show up uninvited to their schedules in different countries, like it happened to NCT Mark (and how creepy it is that the poor boy had stalkers ever since his teen years, some of which were adults).
(MisteryStranger and "Mark in my Heart" are the names of the fansites run by those stalkers.)
There's a stalker fan (sasaeng in Korean), who even followed SHINee's Onew to the jungle!
IN BRAZIL!
It's not just this company whose artists are experiencing problems with stalker fans, sasaengs. The biggest group in the world, BTS, experienced similar things from stalkers. I'm pretty sure most groups go through experiences like that, just to different extent.
There's an idol called Jaejoong whose home was broken into while he slept and the sasaeng who did it took photos of him sleeping and posted it to the internet to brag about what she had done.
It's one of the worst invasions of privacy I've ever heard of and companies should focus less on pleasing stalkers and more on protecting their artists and that's that!
THIS, all of this, is cringe af. We also need to hold K-pop companies accountable for the "training" idols have to go through where they are instructed to romanticize their relationship with the fans. It's not the idols' fault that some deluded fans can't understand the difference between "fanservice" and reality, but K-pop idols would have better lives if the companies stopped with that "Save your ring finger for oppa" bullshit. I understand that the whole romanticized relationship with fans is a part of the idol deal but maybe that needs to go?
The companies really were the ones who started all this mess and continue perpetuating it! But then you have idols like U-Kwon who from debut refuses acting in a 'boyfriendly manner' with his fans because he has a girlfriend and what did that get him? Unfortunately, anti fans who still share made up stories about him being allegedly rude at fansigns (BY/FOR REFUSING TO PRETEND TO BE THEIR BOYFRIEND AND NOT WANTING TO CALL THEM GIRLFRIENDS) and you really can't win as an idol in the K-pop industry. Even when you draw a straight line, you're at fault somehow.
On a side note, this is my favorite gif of Sungmin and his wife Saeun from their wedding. I am sure it makes a lot of people seethe with rage.
It also doesn't help when companies like Cube kicks out two of their artists for dating,,, in 2018.
especially when you consider how big of an impact one of them had on the kpop industry and how much money she brought the company. The fact that she got so easily kicked out for a relationship must have increased the confidence and entitlements of those types of "fans"
Hyuna was so pivotal in putting Cube on the map and was their first trainee/artist - the founder of Cube Ent was the former president of JYPE who left JYP to start his own company and Hyuna was the only one who went with him from JYP to said new company. She was an extremely successful soloist who completely changed the game and was very popular in general and Cube let her go because she confirmed that she was dating her labelmate in 2018. They also let him go, despite that clearly not being what either him or his groupmates wanted. Cube Ent had terminated Dawn and Hyuna's contracts, citing that they were unable to maintain trust with them. Trust? For being in a consensual relationship as adults in their mid twenties? Companies have too much power over the lives of their idols. Don't get me even started on how controlling of their private lies they are. Dating bans (? your employer has the right to tell you not to date anybody?), taking them out of their homes as teenagers, putting them into tiny dorms where like 20 people share 2 rooms and not providing enough for them, training them to become idols from dusk until dawn while restricting their contact with other people, including their families! Taking their phones away and giving them phone privileges to contact their parents only when they meet certain goals (even weight goals and things like that). Restricting their diets and not providing enough nutrition to them. Creating a culture of eating disorders and putting them on diets of like 4 bananas per day, resulting in a lot of them having brittle bones and similar issues when they get older. Pressuring them to get plastic surgery. Pressuring them to get continuous plastic surgery, even. Basically creating vulnerable, sheltered, lonely, young people who are somehow supposed to deal with these obsessive fans, media criticizing them, hate comments online, stalking, abuse, overwork, and so on, despite having nobody but each other, and often even not that, to rely on. Not providing psychological help for them. Allowing toxic work environment and bullying to happen between group members, even allowing staff to bully the kids, but the staff also gets treated horribly and are severely underpaid. I could go on. These companies make teenagers sign unfavorable contracts and end up with most of the profits they make by overworking them. Most of the entertainment companies are not good places. Don't even get me started on sponsorship rumors. I'd like to believe that the companies protect their artist at least in that way and don't make them entertain sponsors, but there's always one case or another of a small company being exposed for doing things like that. It might seem like idols lead glamorous lifestyles, but I don't envy them at all, if anything, I feel sorry for them. They're under constant public pressure and abuse and money can only buy you so much. It can't buy you happiness.
I would also like to remind again as OP has said that these are mostly teenagers and the corruption and the abuse that happens in this industry is worse than we imagine.
That's why I would like to also remind everyone of the SOPA Scandal which started because a bunch of brave students of SOPA, which is an official idol school, posted this video
Which you can still find in YouTube in which they call out the school for the abuse they have suffered.
Also let's not forget that in the idol industry image is everything, so by speaking out about this they probably won't be hired to do the very same thing they have been training their whole lives.
You can turn the subtitles on.
You can learn more about the situation and the aftermath of the whole scandal explained in this video:
Dear God, how do these people have so much damn time on their hands that they can stalk people like this?
wake up babe new tumblr bot just dropped
staff might as well at this point
Son….this is what they want us to pay for?????
Like what is this???!!
No, these are lowlife scammers pretending to be Tumblr Staff bots. Don’t click on their links, they’re dangerous.
the phantom of the opera and the hunchback of notre dame? opposite ends of same spectrum
And beauty and beast falls somewhere in the middle
someone do a graph
you rang?
I couldn’t resist
This is the science I’m here for
Nine Realms in Norse Mythology
reblopgging original because this may be significant soon
Well, when you put it that way… (X)
Look I get this is fucked up but please don’t take away from this that prisoners firefighting is 100% bad. They ARE paid, and paid better than most prison jobs. They learn a valuable skill that can lead to a lucrative and stable career. While the work isn’t easy, it’s not as dangerous as you’d think, firefighters are a lot more safety conscious than most factory or construction jobs, I’d argue. And firefighters are a really supportive community which is super important when leaving prison.
Should most of them be in prison? No. Should they be paid better? Yes. But calling it slave labor is probably something you can beat out in 100 other cases, especially when you look at states like Louisiana (that’s where the prison slave labor is!)
You realize that many states forbid prison firefighters from getting a firefighting job after they were released from prison, right? They are learning skills, true, but many would never be able to use these skills after they are free citizens again.
Many non-prisoner firefighters do NOT support them (the article I’ve linked below mentions that they’ve actively fought against legislation that would allow prisoners to get their records expunged so they can become firefighters upon their release). So your comment that the firefighting community is a “supportive community for prisoner firefighters” is not true.
Also they only get paid at most $5 per DAY. Not per hour. Day. So basically, they’re used as cheap labor and then TOSSED ASIDE LIKE TRASH the minute they become un-useful (no longer a prisoner).
Here is an article talking about it:
Luckily, it seems that California is attempting to make changes to their prison system, but it’s appalling that this is a thing that’s been happening.
@unto-myself-together asked for a photo of the bear I took with me to my vaccine shot. This my tenth doctor bear. I was admittedly torn between him and my stark bear but I took the doctor with me because he hadn't gotten an outting yet being my newest bear.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Ten is also one of my fav doctors too! THIS IS SO AWESOME I LOVE HIM
AND HE COMES WITH AN ADORABLE LITTLE SONIC SCREWDRIVER OH MY HEART~~!!!!!
Now you know I’m terribly curious. Did they still do the thing where you have to put the heart in the build a bear?? And did you give him two hearts??? I must know!!!
HIS LITTLE TRENCHCOAT AHHHHHH
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU FOR SHARING
He is my favorite doctor. And yeah everyone following me I know I need $ help now but some of my third stimulus went to buying him. As a splurge for having survived the pandemic so far.
Weirdly the outfit that comes with the bear doesn’t have the red converse! I had to change that from the auto select on the website. I don’t know about how many hearts he has inside -- I ordered him online because I don’t do much shopping right now -- but the bear has two stitched hearts on his chest. You can also get a Tardis gift box rather than the usual white one so he has Tardis and I also got the stuffed Dalek with it.
And this Doctor hangs out with my Jack and Ianto bears ^_^
Glad you enjoyed the share. Thank you for asking <3
Yeah I can’t really afford build-a-bears myself. But I love them. One of my favorite things to do way back before covid existed was to hang out in the store in the mall and just watch everyone build their bears. :) There’s just something special about them.
But I had no idea how build-a-bear works now; from what you say, it sounds like you can order them online now? That’s totally awesome, especially since I know the actual physical stores aren’t in every mall. More people can get them!
Can I see the Tardis gift box and your stuffed Dalek too
I mean uh... I don’t want to take up too much of your time! Thank you so so much that you took the moment to share this! :D He’s an amazing bear.
Yeah I used to have more disposable income than I do now so I've got a few; the doctor bear was my first in several years. And yes you can order them online! Sometimes they have deals -- you can get one (nekkid of course) for about $12. I don't know about shipping though. I do love that I can order online; it does make my life easier. I'll try to get a shot of them tomorrow; luckily I haven't packed them up because I worry about them being packed up for too long >.> Would you also like to meet the others? I've got MCU ones too.
Oooh thank you for the info about the bears online! $12 is a pretty nice deal! :D
And please take your time with the pics, no rush at all! (And if you don’t get to it, no worries there either!)
I should mention that we’re having bad weather where I’m at all this week, so I might not have power at times (lucky me, right?). As a result, I might not have the chance to get back to you immediately.
And sure! Let’s see the MCU ones as well! I’m not as familiar with the MCU so I might not know which characters are which (I could try and guess!), but I can still adore the cute little bear outfits! :D
@unto-myself-together asked for a photo of the bear I took with me to my vaccine shot. This my tenth doctor bear. I was admittedly torn between him and my stark bear but I took the doctor with me because he hadn't gotten an outting yet being my newest bear.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Ten is also one of my fav doctors too! THIS IS SO AWESOME I LOVE HIM
AND HE COMES WITH AN ADORABLE LITTLE SONIC SCREWDRIVER OH MY HEART~~!!!!!
Now you know I’m terribly curious. Did they still do the thing where you have to put the heart in the build a bear?? And did you give him two hearts??? I must know!!!
HIS LITTLE TRENCHCOAT AHHHHHH
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU FOR SHARING
He is my favorite doctor. And yeah everyone following me I know I need $ help now but some of my third stimulus went to buying him. As a splurge for having survived the pandemic so far.
Weirdly the outfit that comes with the bear doesn’t have the red converse! I had to change that from the auto select on the website. I don’t know about how many hearts he has inside -- I ordered him online because I don’t do much shopping right now -- but the bear has two stitched hearts on his chest. You can also get a Tardis gift box rather than the usual white one so he has Tardis and I also got the stuffed Dalek with it.
And this Doctor hangs out with my Jack and Ianto bears ^_^
Glad you enjoyed the share. Thank you for asking <3
Yeah I can’t really afford build-a-bears myself. But I love them. One of my favorite things to do way back before covid existed was to hang out in the store in the mall and just watch everyone build their bears. :) There’s just something special about them.
But I had no idea how build-a-bear works now; from what you say, it sounds like you can order them online now? That’s totally awesome, especially since I know the actual physical stores aren’t in every mall. More people can get them!
Can I see the Tardis gift box and your stuffed Dalek too
I mean uh... I don’t want to take up too much of your time! Thank you so so much that you took the moment to share this! :D He’s an amazing bear.
I wish all writers who haven’t been able to write in a long time bc of depression a very I love u and I promise u will write again
I wish I could. I really do. I hate myself when I watch other people who can write so fast and so easily.
@unto-myself-together asked for a photo of the bear I took with me to my vaccine shot. This my tenth doctor bear. I was admittedly torn between him and my stark bear but I took the doctor with me because he hadn't gotten an outting yet being my newest bear.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Ten is also one of my fav doctors too! THIS IS SO AWESOME I LOVE HIM
AND HE COMES WITH AN ADORABLE LITTLE SONIC SCREWDRIVER OH MY HEART~~!!!!!
Now you know I’m terribly curious. Did they still do the thing where you have to put the heart in the build a bear?? And did you give him two hearts??? I must know!!!
HIS LITTLE TRENCHCOAT AHHHHHH
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU FOR SHARING
Congratulations to the couple people on my dash who recently got vaccinated despite needle phobias. You did an important thing to protect yourself and others even though it’s scary for you, and I think that’s pretty awesome. 💜👍🏽
Hey OP, as someone with needle phobia who asks for small accommodations when I get a vaccine, I cried when I read this. Thank you for this take, it’s something that doesn’t get said much.
Wow. I’m so glad I could make your day a little brighter. I’m proud of you, and judging from the notes this post is getting I’m not the only one. 💜🎊🥇
I have a small needle phobia, I went and got my shot this year with one of my build-a-bears. And I'm 34. Whatever y'all need to do, it's ok! I promise. And no one looked at me funny for it.
omg I love build-a-bears! Is it ok to ask for a pic of your bear?
And congrats on the shot! I know it was hard but you did a fantastic job and got through it! :D
