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This is so beautiful and took a lot of patience!!! ✊
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Audiobook
Spencer Reid x Gender Neutral Reader
Word count : 962
“Alright?” Your eyes flicked away from the window of the jet where you had been watching the clouds pass, and landed on the man taking the seat opposite of you. You smiled slightly and nodded, eyes returning to the window.
“I’m alright. Tired.” You admitted, meeting Spencer’s eyes in his reflection in the glass. “You?”
“I’m alright,” He agreed, nodding slightly before reopening his book - however, he didn’t go back to reading, his eyes remained on you, “Why don’t you try to sleep?” You broke eye contact with the clouds once more and turned to look at Spencer.
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pros to bringing back bison to our prairies and having less cows:
- bison take up way less energy in the winter because they dont need shelter and theyre built for blizzards, their hump is literally adapted to plow through snow
[image description: an articulated bison skeleton display on a mostly black background, the spinous processes between the shoulder blades are approximately as long as the shoulder blades are and get gradually shorter towards the hips end description] - bison have no natural predators, (aside from humans), and can protect themselves. it would remove the excuse of slaughtering wolves to protect cattle - theres the idea that cattle will trip on prairie dog holes, be injured, and cost a lot of money to fix. bison are smart enough to avoid holes and are adapted alongside with prairie dogs. less killing of prairie dogs equals more prey for black footed ferrets. which are heavily endangered due to cattle grazing land and mass slaughter/revenge killing of prairie dogs by farmers - a large portion of bison conservation efforts are indigenous ranchers and support of these efforts is support of indigenous sovereignty and vice versa - bison graze by taking off the tops of grass and moving on, they avoid most wildflowers as well, cattle tear clumps of grass out and destroy vegetation that arent made for cattle predation - bison are more efficient in digestion than cattle are and need less grass to sustain themselves, and tho bison still create lots of methane like all bovids do, we have more cows than we would have bison (also spoiler alert, majority of greenhouse gas emissions are burning of fossil fuels, not cattle, despite the amount of people preaching how evil cow methane is)
and finally…
theyre supposed to be here!!!! they were strategically killed nearly to extinction to aid in the genocide of native americans, restoration to bison isnt the whole picture but its a huge step to righting many wrongs
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
When you’re stuck having to listen to your dad tell the same story for the 100th time at a family function
so hard to find a decent exorcist these days :/
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The Tailor on Savile Row
Pairings: Merlin x Female Reader
Warnings: none
A/N: The idea of the agents actually having amazing tailoring skills? Um, yes please, thank you.
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I Am Once Again On My Bullshit about Mergwenthur and the beauty of the OT3 because please imagine, if you will, Merlin having this as his court sorcerer attire because all clothing is unisex if you aren’t a fucking coward:
It’s paired with black leggings and some good knee-highs with the same little buckles and straps on his everyday boots, and it’s the same dark red-purple colour of Gwen’s gown, with matching embellishments along the straps:
He found the design in a book, maybe one about the history of court sorcerers, from the hidden room in the library that was mentioned in Goblin’s Gold and then never brought up again (headcanon that it is full of magic stuff since they were keeping an actual goblin stashed there).
He shows them to Gwen, and she’s like, “We can work with this.” She used to make her own dresses and do her own embroidery, so obviously she knows a thing or two about fashion design. Merlin picks out colours he likes and fabrics he thinks are comfortable; the tailors do some of it, but most of it is Gwen. She does the fittings so he looks absolutely fine. The OG design had full shoulders and sleeves, it was Gwen’s idea to do cutouts and straps. Merlin is a little uncertain about it at first, “Are you sure about that?” and Gwen immediately goes, “Yup.”
The first time he wears it, Gwen wears her gown to match, and when they go into court together, Arthur immediately goes into full Disaster Bi meltdown, trips on his own cape, and goes face-first to the floor where he then proceeds to just lay there like fuck me I’m so fucking bi.
Arthur: “Hnnnnnngggggg….” Merlin: "Ah, I see.” Gwen: “Told you.”
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Merlin and Leon
for @dancelot-du-lac!! happy holidays luv!!
- Merlin and Leon are both immortal, right?
- So imagine one day, almost 400 years after Camlann, both men have gone their separate ways
- Camelot is merely a figment of memory, a time that they only remember because of the family that was made there
- And let’s be honest, no one can forget that easily
- So it’s the year 900 CE or something
- And Merlin is walking down the Silk Road
- (He started to trade things and became increasingly successful)
- He’s in the middle of a trade when a group of men pass him
- He looks up to make sure they aren’t bandits or anything when one of them catches his eye
- It can’t be, he thinks. That’s not possible.
- And he continues to trade, reminding himself to take more of his sleeping draught later. Seeing things would only distract him
- But he looks back up and this time, the man is looking back at him with a look of pure confusion
- He says something to the group he’s traveling with and they continue walking while he stays behind
- Merlin finishes his trade just as the man comes up to him
- “Merlin?” He asks, still not believing what he’s seeing.
- “I-”
- “It’s me, Merlin. It’s Leon!”
- And Merlin just stands there, before throwing his head back into the biggest laugh he’s had in 4 centuries
- “How are you still alive?” They both ask each other
- Merlin explains his magic and how he lives to wait for Arthur
- And Leon explains how he’s just always…there. He doesn’t know why.
- They begin to walk together, exchanging stories and recalling happier times, both men feeling better than they have since the days of Camelot
- They stay with each other for the next few days as they travel, but at the end of Merlin’s journey, they part
- Leon invites Merlin to go with him to travel with the group he’s a part of, but Merlin politely declines
- Merlin has a new kind of life as a merchant while he waits for Arthur. And he would never tell Leon this, but it would almost be too painful to have a constant reminder of all that he lost
- So they say a tearful goodbye, one that’s full of well wishes and hopes for good fortune
- It’s another 400 years until they meet again– this time, under much more serious conditions
- The Black Plague has infested Europe, and in a tiny town in England, Merlin is able to provide remedies and relief
- His patients spread the word about him, and soon, almost everyone is rushing to the mysterious Emrys for a draught of his healing potion
- And Merlin is beyond glad to be able to help others
- Especially when a familiar face walks into the village
- Leon doesn’t have the plague, but he came on behalf of a friend to was too sick to travel
- Merlin’s a little too stressed to do a complete catch up with Leon, and Leon is in a rush to get back to his friend
- So they say hello and run through all the formalities before separating once again
- The next time they see each other is during the late fifteenth century
- Merlin bought a printing press and started to write of his adventures in Camelot under the byline Thomas Malory
- And Leon is now a shopkeeper, selling books
- So when he hears of a book about the life and times of King Arthur, he knows exactly what’s up
- He goes to visit Merlin, and this time, they’re able to talk for a long time and truly enjoy the company of the other person
- Leon reads Merlin’s book – “It’s perfect,” he says, trying to hold back tears
- They visit Avalon that day, just sitting by the lake, telling more stories and reliving their days in Camelot
- They leave each other once again, both returning to their normal lives, not seeing the other until a little while after the industrial revolution
- “Imagine if we had Fords instead of horses.”
- “Are you really telling me that there’s a way to have light that’s NOT a candle?”
- Merlin is one of the first people to try Coca-Cola
- Leon has to calm him down
- At the end of the week, they part ways once again
- They meet up during both of the World Wars
- Leon enlisted in both as a soldier, feeling a call to serve his country once again
- Both times, Merlin served in the medical field, bringing back his draughts and potions
- After the second war, Merlin and Leon’s visits became more frequent
- Each time, Merlin was perfectly dressed in the fashion of the decade
- “It’s called ‘tie-dye!’”
- “I don’t care what it’s called, I’m going blind just looking at you.”
- In the 80s, Merlin becomes a total electronics nerd
- “Pacman, Leon, Pacman!!”
- “I still don’t understand, but I’m glad it makes you happy!”
- (Leon eventually gives in and becomes a master at Galaga)
- Every time they meet, they make sure to have lunch at Avalon, taking in the view and reflecting on their times in the past and what the future might hold for them
- Until one day, they’re both sitting at the lake, both holding an iPhone in their pockets that’s buzzing every few minutes with news alerts, both owning a credit card that allows them to pay for things digitally, both sitting 6 feet apart, both wearing masks
- And someone comes up behind them, tapping Leon on the shoulder
- “I’m looking for someone, his name is Merlin. Would you be able to tell me where he is?”
- And Merlin and Leon look at each other, knowing that voice all too well.
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An AU I desperately want and will probably have to write myself:
In "The Beginning of the End," Merlin has a very healthy reaction of "whoa there friend" after Kilgharrah tells him to more or less murder a small child, and instead of having Mordred try to escape with Morgana, he's just like, "nah, I got this." The guards didn't actually see Mordred, anyway. They saw a child in a cloak running away, so Merlin ditches the cloak, finds Mordred some new clothes 'borrowed' from a squire or a page, and then he just...hides the kid. Castles are fuckin' huge. Merlin's gotten lost a hundred times on accident. Surely he can lose a child on purpose.
So begins the most hardcore game of Hide and Seek. Merlin straight-up steals food from the kitchen for Mordred, and both Gaius and Arthur probably think he's a little bonkers, considering he keeps running off where neither of them can find him, or staring off into space and occasionally laughing at nothing (bc he's mind-speaking with Mordred so the kid doesn't die of boredom). It takes a good three weeks before Uther finally gives up the search and says the boy must've escaped, and then there's a moment of "what now?" And Merlin (having used his turn on the braincell to come up with the plan to hide the kid) just kinda looks at Mordred and goes, "Hey, wanna learn magic shit with me?" To which Mordred immediately replies with his whole 11-year-old chest, "Feck yeah."
Gaius, predictably, loses his shit when he finds out, but Merlin is a stubborn little shit, so guess who wins that argument? Of course, Mordred isn't just content learning magic with Emrys, he wants to meet the Once and Future King, too. Which leads to Arthur being baffled AF because why does Merlin have a small child and where did he get it from? Merlin isn't old enough to be his father (even if they do look weirdly alike) and Merlin's never mentioned a brother, so...?
(He thinks about the Druid boy that the guards couldn't catch, a young, injured child on his own escaping from an entire city of guards and knights, and how strange his manservant had acted in those days, and how this child is appearing just when the search is called off.)
And from then it's just a series of various shenanigans building up to that ever delightful Found Family consisting of a warlock, a prince, and their illegal Druid child. Merlin teaches Mordred magic and physician stuff, and Arthur eventually gets around to teaching Mordred how to shoot a crossbow and use a dagger (which is immediately confiscated because "daggers are for good children who don't try and hamstring anyone who speaks badly of Merlin") and Morgana is like the fun vodka aunt, except she's more like, "Hey, wanna commit treason against Uther?" while Gwen in the background is just, "Morgana, no."
Arthur asks Merlin one (1) time about where Mordred came from, during his daily 10 seconds of braincell-time. Slips it into normal conversation: "Merlin, is Mordred the fugitive Druid boy?"
And Merlin "Nat 1 Deception" Ambrosius immediately and without hesitation says, "What's a Druid?" and walks away.
And Arthur is left standing there like 😑 "dick game good to have me dealing with this level of dumbfuckery."
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Piggy Back Ride
AN: This ended up being so much longer than I intended, but I got to explore and AU that I always wanted to, IE one where reader and Hotch get together in high school instead of Hotch and Haley. There is absolutely NO Haley bashing because I love her, but I’ve always wanted to explore this, and I’m really glad I did, cause I kind of love this! I hope you do to.
Warnings: Mentions of pregnancy and labor and regular criminal minds stuff
Prompt 43: giving them a piggy-back ride
Requested by: @madamsnape921
“Tell me something.”
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My aesthetic: when you take off your glasses on a highway and all the lights go soft and smudged, a trail of amber behind you like a quiet afterthought
My aesthetic: keeping my own glasses on so I can see the road and not die
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Im so sorry youve been trapped in the passenger seat all these years Yellow.
GOD PLEASE LET ME OUT I MISS MY FAMILY
This post is simultaneously an example of what’s wrong with Tumblr and what’s right with Tumblr.
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Darn shame if this circulated…
So you mean to tell me that just by reblogging this I’m ruining an organizations plan, wasting them money, and uncovering some shitbag humans awful behaviour?
T R I P L E K I L L
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Glasses
AN: I saw this and had to write something about it. I don’t think I did it justice, but I still like this a lot!!!
Pairing: Bruce Wayne x Fem!Reader
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In Peter Pan, Hook says this line:
“No little children love me.”
And Maria Tartar made this footnote on it in The Annotated Peter Pan :
“Pauline Chase, the American actress who played Peter Pan from 1906 to 1913 in New York, recounted children’s reactions to this line: “Stern voices in front have been heard calling out in reply, ‘Serves you right!’ but all are not so hard-hearted. I remember two mites being brought round, behind the scenes because they had something they wanted to say to Captain Hook, but awe fell upon them when he shook their hands (with his hook), and they could only stare at him, and say not a word. When he had gone, however, they looked very woeful, and kept repeating ‘We wanted to tell him, we wanted to tell him,’ and they explained to me that what they wanted to tell him was that they loved him.’”
I thought this was really cute.♡
everyone shut up
and wish Nigel & Patrick Ratburn a happy wedding anniversary 💒 🎂💕
Merlin: dont worry arthur I can get us out of this
Arthur: how? Are you going to annoy them to death?
Merlin: well I had a plan but that sounds much better
Kidnapper: I will now torture you
Merlin: why
Kidnapper: because you are my prisoners and I want all of Camelots information
Merlin: why
Kidnapper: so I can take over and become king
Merlin: why
Kidnapper: because I want too
Merlin: why
Kidnapper: well I have this older brother who I hate and I want to shame him
Merlin: why
Kidnapper: he is really boastful about how much conquering he has done
Merlin: why
Two hours later
Kidnapper: and my parents always preferred him and he doesnt think I can do anything and he always used to steal my toys and I say I hate him but I actually just want to get him to love me and be proud of me but I know that will never happen.
Merlin: why
Kidnapper: Its... I dont know why. Why am I answering to you? I dont have to answer to you.
Merlin: why
Merlin: why why why why why why
Arthur, who had been gently sawing at their ropes for the last age trying to get out bc his useless servant can never do anything right
Kidnapper: Stop, just STOP. I'll let you go, okay. Just stop.
Arthur stares at merlin with his mouth hanging open.
Outside the cave
Gwaine: I knew you would get out merlin. I told the knights to wait, he would let you go voluntarily soon enough