1. In Japan it’s month/day, so February 9th would technically be the correct date 2. That being said… two Meat Days

There is a god of salmon, somewhere in the gravel and the pebbles of the spawning redd. All salmon are aware of it as soon as they are born, in their own, private, fishy ways, and remember their god of salmon when they leave the spawning grounds and journey into the saltwaters beyond.

Theirs is the god of journeys and returnings.

Eventually, every salmon is struck by the urge to return to the holy lands of its ancestors. They pray to the god of salmon, asking for protection against bears and other predators on the journey.

“Deliver us from eagles,” the salmon pray.

All animals get their own gods, and those animal gods get their own prayers. The gods of mice and rabbits and other small, squeaking, hunted things usually get prayers along the lines of, “Oh please, oh please, oh please…”

Unlike those fickle gods, parishioners of the god of salmon get results.

Salmon get miracles.

A salmon returns to freshwater and discovers that it can breathe.

A salmon swimming against the current watches its spine curl, its teeth lengthen, sees grey scales turn red.

A salmon comes to a waterfall and discovers that it can fly…

Eventually the salmon complete their pilgrimage, and return to the holy lands of their ancestors.

Many raucous orgies are held.

Hallelujah.

And then, exhausted, the salmon die. The land flourishes as residual nutrients run through creeks and estuaries.

Don’t talk to workers inside a police station (medics, cleaners, people bringing bitter cold coffee), assume they’re all cops.

If you absolutely must talk to a medic, deliver your essential medical information to them in one sentence and go back to ‘no comment’ after that. Do not get in a conversation.

Don't. Cops aren't people. They aren't your friends, and they aren't there to protect you. They're the bloodhounds of the state. Every comment is a hint, every question has ulterior motives, and they are just trying to pump your for information.

Conflicted Yuri, but, they are getting the groundwork in to trying to repair what they have!

Yet Daisy Ridley giving interviews expressing her appreciation for the friendship that she has with John, didn’t stop some people from a particular fandom to believe in the allegations that they were spreading about him. Even to the point of declaring themselves the “protectors” of Daisy, stating how they were concerned for her safety and well being around John and that she needed to stay away from him or that they needed to get her away from him.

He has been accused of being a threat to Daisy and this same fandom has often spread around the rhetoric to try to paint him as  a man who had abusive and violent tendencies.  As some spend a full year trying to convince people that he was a threat to the safety and security of women in some form.  

Many either repeated or believed in these accusations without any solid proof or evidence.  And without Daisy Ridley ever saying anything about John being a threat or danger towards her or making her feel unsafe.

Now that  Adam Driver has actually had a woman come out and accuse him of violent/aggressive behaviors, some in this very same fandom who were quick to believe the accusations against John that didn’t have any solid proof or evidence. Are now saying that they need more solid evidence before they are willing to believe the 76 year old woman who accused Adam Driver of violent behaviors on set.

And then there are others who are rushing to say that this woman is just lying on Adam and that she is looking for fame or just wants to ruin his career.  This is more clear evidence of racism reflected in fandom.  Some of those who were eager to make John Boyega out to be a predator or abuser (Not caring about how this unproven accusations would impact his career).  Are now clutching their pearls asking people not to rush to judgement.  As they are worried about Adam Driver being “Canceled” or his career being impacted in a negative manner. 

As those who are quick to believe that the black man is some violent threat towards women, are now saying that they can’t fathom the fact that their white fave can be capable of the violent or aggressive behaviors that Adam Driver is accused of. 

The man WHO ACTUALLY STOOD UP FOR WOMEN is being accused of violence against them. The man who stayed silent to protect his career—or perhaps because he neither noticed nor cared—is being defended.

It is not hard to link to your Tumblr or Twitter with a vague message like, “If you’re looking for my other works or other ways of supporting me, go here: link.” I have had people buy me coffees after enjoying my fic and asking where to support me. I threw up a link to my Tumblr and people cared enough to follow it. They were fully understanding when I explained in the comments that they could not commission me and I could not link them directly to any donation platform, but they could go to xyz link to read more. And they did! Nobody has to put AO3 directly on the firing line.

Go ahead and commission independently. Just do it anywhere else except on AO3. And then don’t come crying to the community when you, personally, get a C&D from a massive corporation.

AO3 is our bullet shield. Tumblr will pull your shit down. Wattpad won’t fucking protect you. LJ and FF.net already sold our asses for one (1) corn chip. AO3 is trying to protect us, you goddamn lemmings.

If you cannot follow the rules that protect fanspaces, you do not belong in our fanspaces.

US Elevation.

They said “before dinosaurs,” but we have a cave here that began forming between 450 million to 550 million years ago.

There are no bones in that cave. No fossils. No nothing.

That’s because this cave began forming before bones existed on land, and had only just started to exist in the ocean. Shellfish hadn’t evolved yet. Limestone, which forms many caves, was just starting to become a more prevalent rock.