Groucho around.

What is or isn’t a slur can be highly contextual, y'all.

“Jonny Sims bummed a fag off my ma” doesn’t contain a slur, but “What are you, some kind of fag?” does.

“Queer studies”, “the queer community” and “I’m queer”? Not a slur. Some bigot calling you a “dirty queer”? Slur.

“Be gay, do crimes” and “He’s gay” ≠ slur, but “Ew, that’s so gay” = slur.

In conclusion, stop buying into this fucking “q slur” bullshit. Queer people talking about the queer community aren’t using it as a slur any more than a gay man calling himself gay is using that term as a slur.

Looks like its time for derogatory pepperoni again

That is actually hilarious, thank you for this addition

Always reblog derogatory pepperoni

Pepperoni (derogatory)

Some people I know use made up words instead of slurs. What matters is the vibe of being called “you ****”.

“Take my hand” pages 16-18

1 -> 3 - day 4 - swap

Pigeon wings under a UV light

"The secret invisible light we cannot directly perceive creates beautiful vaguely rune-like shaped on the religiously significant appendages of an otherwise mundane animal" yeah get out of here, tone down the fantasy vibes a little bit, that's too much. Oh wait that's reality? ... Well then.

It's probably been said in the notes, but this isn't a natural UV color! This is a racing stamp lighting up under UV, which means this little guy is a racing pigeon!

Here's Martha, the winning bird from the 2017 Arona Derby

And a more complex stamp in normal colors:

The stamps are used to verify the pigeons before and after, with a fairly complicated matching process in some cases

Which is understandable! Some of these birds are worth thousands of dollars, and winning the races can also be worth thousands of dollars. In fact, the most expensive bird, and I mean most expensive period across all species, was a racing pigeon sold for over a million dollars!

So maybe not natural but certainly still cool!

What do you mean net zero information you learned some rad shit about racing pigeon verification techniques

Happy to announce that my Moled doujinshi is complete and now available for purchase!❤️

I've been working on it for the last few months and really love how it turned out! I hope you enjoy it and please share/rb for visibility~🥺🙏 THANK YOU!

credit and debit payments weren't working for a hot sec, but they're good to go, now~ <3

Someone recently posted about how Tumblr clout doesn't actually translate into anything in real life, it just means X amount of people read your post, so what's the point?

I mean besides the fact that some people actually use their posts for good, like activism and combating misinformation, there's just posting for the sake of posting which is its own reward.

But also, sometimes you'll make an impression with your fucked up posting that someone decides to send you a DM to talk to you about elves or a podcast or a podcast about elves or something and now you've made a new best friend :)

Also sometimes you get to teach people about sauna gnomes and that's rewarding in and of itself

PLEASE tell me what a sauna gnome is

Okay, so: it's "saunatonttu" in Finnish. The word "tonttu" gets translated as "elf" sometimes but like as a Finn I emphatically disagree with that shit, these ain't no elves. "Gnome" has its own issues but I think it's funny.

They're basically a type of tutelary spirit of the sauna. Whenever you build a sauna a sauna gnome will eventually move in. I mean you can always expedite the process by going to someone else's sauna and telling everyone there that you've just built a sauna and it's such a shame that you don't have a sauna gnome yet, so the local sauna gnome will put the word on the grapevine that any sauna gnomes in need of a sauna know that there's a new sauna in town.

And they basically take care of the sauna for you, making sure it doesn't burn down and that it works properly. But they're also capricious and vindictive: to stay on their good side you gotta make sure to behave properly in the sauna (the sauna is no place for drunkenness or obscenity, in fact going to the sauna should be treated almost as a somber religious ritual), you gotta greet them when coming and going, and it's customary to leave them a vihta/vasta (a bundle of birch branches with the leaves on, used for cleaning up in the sauna) and to leave them one last löyly (a very specific term for the steam that rises from the sauna's stove, called "kiuas") before you leave so the sauna gnome can enjoy the saunaing.

If you're in breach of sauna gnome etiquette they may turn against you and skin you alive or burn down your sauna.

Passing this along in case any of my mutuals were thinking of building a sauna.

me: hah everyone says witch hat kitchen is really gay. i wonder-

witch hat kitchen: OLRUGGIO TRUSTS QUIFREY SO MUCH THAT HE WOULD EAT WHAT LOOKS LIKE POISION. BECAUSE QUIFREY TOLD HIM IT WAS NOT POISON. AND HE BELIEVES IF QUIFREY TOLD HIM IT WAS NOT POISON THEN IT MUST BE TRUE. AND THEY STARE INTO EACH OTHERS EYES

Qifrey: Oh dang it.

Olruggio: I'm just upset about it too but could you watch the fucking language?

Two of Cups this is also from awhile back, but i like it enough to give it it's own post!

If anyone in the witch hat atelier fandom wants to write orufrey smut, I want them to know that this is their underwear

my favorite thing about witch hat atelier, other than everything, is that olruggio is trying to live a nice, quiet life with his husband where he tinkers with things, but qifrey keeps adopting children

A witch’s hat is a representation of their identity and is an extension of themselves as seen in the way the apprentice’s hats are always reminiscent of their master’s and how they choose what design they want after going out on their own (Tetia wanting a double pointed hat in the future), therefore the exchanging of tassels would be extremely significant for witches; in this essay I will—

I found this amazing fic and I made some doodles to it, cause it was really lovely and I couldn't stop myself. (For anyone whose link isn't working it's called Rhapsody for Passing Stars by sigilglyph)

silent among the flowers

@lunarharp ‘s gorgeous ballet art inspired me to adapt some scenes myself! i really loved the piece to cover qifrey’s eye to i kept that in their outfits ♥

on twitter i pointed out which scene was happening in these but whilst one is more obvious im hoping the costume and body language is enough to guess >:) 

{traditional lines, digital colouring}

[ID: Two images depicting Qifrey and Olruggio from Witch Hat Atelier as ballet dancers, wearing black pointe shoes. In the first image, Olruggio holds Qifrey in a low, cradling lift with one knee bent and the other extended. Qifrey’s legs are extended vertically and his hand is reaching to something off-screen. The back-right shoulder of his shirt is open with three red ribbons across the gap. Olruggio looks at him with a stern expression. In the second image, they are both on the ground. Olruggio holds Qifrey’s waist from behind with one arm, whilst Qifrey holds Olruggio’s hat in one, lowered hand, and his own - reaching above Olruggio’s head, with the flap open - in the other. Olruggio is reaching for his own hat, but his eyes are locked with Qifrey’s. END ID]

Contemplation // A loose embrace

Late as usual but Happy Birthday Qifrey!! 🌊