Les petites choses brillantes

Composers: Jeff Russo and Paul Doucette

Because he could have chosen to be anywhere. He could have sat in the king's palace, even on the throne itself, which would also have been symbolic, and no one could have prevented him from doing so, even if they had wanted to. (By that point people had already started calling him a god.)

But instead he chose to remain in a place that not only symbolized his own power over the island, but also connected him to Melkor.

"Look how far I've come and how much I've accomplished. I've avenged both of us now."

Like 85% of tumblr users hate and loathe embarrassment based comedy with every fiber of their beings, but never in my life have I ever seen an author reassure their audience that the embarrassing scenes are skippable.

Lots of people dislike tragedy but never in my life have I ever seen an author reassure the audience that the death and grieving scenes are skippable.

Stop trying to pass off self-censorship as “accommodation.” Stop trying to pass off pandering as “inclusivity.”

Happy Birthday 花城主 ❤️🦋

The one and only green flag 🥹🫶🏻✨

Had fun with the flowers and very satisfied I somehow managed to find a way to squeeze in the concept at the very end so it’ll match the phrase (eng translation) - “If your dream is to save the common people, then my dream is only you.“

eyes hit serious diminishing returns wrt resource costs vs vision quality as they get bigger, so the question became: what the FUCK do giant (and colossal) squid need to see so badly that they couldn't see with swordfish-sized eyes that's justifying that massive energy cost? that nothing else in the deep ocean needs to see so fucking badly??

turns out the one strength eyes that big really have over much smaller eyes is: seeing large glowing objects in water deeper than 500 meters from an appreciable distance.

sperm whales are the primary predator of giant squid. sperm whales don't glow. BUT! water that deep is full of bioluminescent creatures-- these creatures light up when bumped into. something a sperm whale's size is continuously bumping into those critters, it's just surrounded by a glowing field all the time when it's swimming at those depths, visible from a distance-- if you have the right eyes-- as a massive glowing shape. so basically the only reason to have eyes the size of soccer balls is if you live in the deep ocean and your life depends on having a heads up when a hungry sperm whale lurking around

their little lopsided heart… ;~;

Pleasantries.

+ some bonus material without text

I had this idea that Zorglub kisses Champignac's hand because he’s a Count, and that’s a high status no matter what - Zorglub himself can’t really boast anything like that. But he likes it. It’s part of their “game”.

Lately, I’ve often had this headcanon that Zorglub is willing to play along with Pacôme and give in to him in many ways, so that Pacôme can be the dominant one in their relationship. Zorglub is too clumsy, gullible, and flighty to take on that role himself. He understands this, so he doesn’t resist Pacôme’s dominance. However, if something goes wrong, Zorglub will still take control and can step in to protect Champignac.

there's something special about causing a severed head to be born