Plume

I need you to understand that I have, like, an anthropological level fascination with this comic. From the perspective of someone who is also a comic artist and writer, two things delight me about it:

the fact that I understand completely how an artist gets from “the fans can have a little hint of skirted asscheek” to “the pussy is completely out on center page” over the course of 18 years; and

the way in which the pussy being out is treated by the characters and diegesis as being utterly unremarkable.

In chapter 299, the main character unleashes a special attack (???), and immediately after, her boobs DEFLATE BACK DOWN TO A REASONABLE SIZE

And then later in the match, she has to use another special move

And now she's completely flat-chested

OP is a Mauritanian student based in Beijing, and she joined the first Across Latitudes cultural exchange festival at China University of Geosciences. Cnetizens say she rocked both her traditional Mauritanian attire and Chinese hanfu. (cr 艾米 Amy)

This is going to look great on my “look at me I’m a pretentious twat” bookshelf.

But then… the first few sentences read:

“In 1875 delegates of the Oxford University Press proposed to me that I should undertake the compilation of a new Latin-English Lexicon, of something the same compass as the Greek-English Lexicon of Liddell and Scott. I acceded to the proposal in the expectation, for which I had at the time what appeared to be good grounds, that I should obtain adequate assistance in the work. My hopes were, however, disappointed.”

Ouch.

He goes on to detail how he spent 12 years working on A all by himself. Then the university asked him to publish what he had, so he threw together the rest of the book, clearly caring less and less the further he got in the alphabet - the entire Q section has four entries - and published… this.

Obviously this is going straight onto my pretentious twat shelf as a goofy conversation starter, but it is interesting and potentially useful if obscure Latin words are your thing. (Did you know “ramen” is a hapax legomenon meaning “a small chip or shaving”?)

I really just have to summarize Thomas's entire life:

He was in a committed relationship with a male swan named Henry for 18-24 years before a female swan named Henrietta showed up and mated with Henry.

Thomas was initially jealous of the pair and attacked them, breaking 2 of the 5 eggs Henrietta had laid. However, once the remaining eggs hatched, Thomas warmed up to them and helped raise them.

Henry couldn't fly because of an injured wing, so Thomas taught the cygnets how to fly.

When they needed to reduce the goose population in the pond where Thomas and the swans lived, they dyed Thomas's feathers red so he wouldn't be separated from Henry.

Henry, Henrietta, and Thomas remained in their happy throuple for years and raised 68 cygnets before Henry died in 2009. After Henry's death, Henrietta found another swan and flew away, leaving Thomas alone.

Thomas finally met and mated with a female goose in 2011 and had his own babies. However, another goose named George stole them and raised them himself.

As Thomas grew elderly and blind, he was relocated to a wildlife center where he raised orphaned cygnets.

His caretaker at the center described him as "pretty high maintenance."

Thomas died in 2018 at the age of around 40. He had a funeral that included a small coffin and a procession that was led by a bagpiper. He was buried under the stone where Henry was buried, the two finally reunited in death.

fanfic that I like

Miis having a crush on player

Features:

The only crush the player will not directly know about.

The mii would want to play with player more often that other miis.

The mii would would sometimes call for a player(the yellow notifications), but then start blushing and run away.

The cannot act on the crush, so it will either fade away with time, or be replaced by another crush.

2. Similarly, miis being upset at the player

Features:

The reason would be player rarely visiting(especially if mii and player have stronger bond), feeding a mii too many foods they don't like/giving them clothes they don't like, not playing with them enough, and refusing their requests too often.

The mii would not let player interact with them.

The mii will refuse the food/treasures given to them.

They will calm down easy, with foods they like + head pats

3. More couple interactions

Features:

Miis holding hands over the table.

First kiss is a separate cutscene, something silly.

Marital brackets? Something like that

Bedrooms combine!

We can see the babies grow over a week or more!

4. Custom festivals/celebrations(+ festivals in general)

Features:

Made in a separate, party-planning building?

Custom date, clothes, colours, food, mandatory activities and phrases, and decorations.

General festivals would be New Years, lunar new year, and halloween.

5. Backpain

Features:

Not a projection, not a projection, not a projection-

Mii will either be stuck, or just be walking hanged over, without that little quirk.

Mini game would look like rolling dough, but instead rolling the mii with a rolling pin.

6. Forehead kisses feature

Features:

It's cute.