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Eel tailed catfish are one of my favourite fish so I drew one. They're found in the murray-darling basin in Australia, and can grow to 50 cm long.

This is in a slightly different style to my usual plain side view fish drawings and I think it came out a lot nicer.

bluesky is having a normal one Abt black ppl

it would be so awesome

i guess it’s not made super obvious in the main text, considering it’s mostly from zishu’s pov, but it’s clearly explained in wen kexing’s extra:

He noticed that the beggar had listened in on them, actually raising his head to glance at him. They were on a balcony, the street was wide, and the sounds of humans were akin to a boiling pot. With that sort of hearing strength…

Wen Kexing stroked the tips of his chopsticks, his recent languidness vanquished. Those martial arts were not weak. Below the surface of Jiangnan, an undercurrent was fiercely swelling, and it was already a season of turmoil. Those that came and went from every major sect, hailed as famous, were not few — which road had this one come from?

That night, Wen Kexing brought Ah-Xiang with him to think up of every possible method for tailing the vagrant[…]

In today’s martial circle, people with that insight, that skill, and that presence could be counted on both hands — which one was he?

(Tian Ya Ke extra 2, tl by chichilations)

tl;dr wen kexing notices zishu’s martial strength and wants to find out who he is, considering he is in the middle of executing his revenge plan of 20 years and naturally does not want anyone messing it up. figuring out zishu’s identity (and his stance on the lapis armor thing) is his initial motive for attaching himself to zzs’s side. 

(like, yes, there is also interest, but wkx had no intention of chasing zishu before zishu’s martial strength spurred wkx’s vigilance)

(obviously this all backfires on wkx soon enough and he catches feelings, but to say he is just mindlessly chasing zishu out of hоrniness? that’s what he wants you to think! you fell into his trap!)

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Marlow Trottie was killed on June 8th 2026. She was found dead, alone, in the streets of Alexandria, Louisiana. It was a homicide.

Marlow Trottie was a woman. Her family has contested this, and publicly misgendered her, and many news sites have already deadnamed and misgendered her as well. I fear what her obituary will say. I fear what her gravestone will say even more.

Gilbert Baker added a 9th stripe shortly before his death, with the new stripe representing diversity. He added this stripe in reaction to the 2016 US election. It’s unfortunately not as well known as the 8 and 6 striped versions.

Here’s an image of him sewing together the 9 striped rainbow flag.