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*killing everybody saying girls like marvel because only the actors are extremely hot, have you seen the female cast of the MCU dude? you’d be fangirling too, and #SorryNotSorry, but Netflix’s series are amazing and enjoyable for everyone*

@ursulaismymiddlename 

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my goodness look at the amount of detail on this one. the colors, the shading, everything is just spot on. you can almost make out the individual feathers. truly a marvelous mallard. 10/10

i see they went with one of those brown varieties of duck. while this is a bold move on their part, i feel as though it loses a bit of its personality. i’m just not really feeling this bird.  7/10

this looks like a modern colorization of the famous duck from the hieroglyphs. i am absolutely in awe of their dedication to the medium and commentary on the transformative nature of art. 10/10

look at this good boy! he is patiently awaiting a treat and i wish to reward him with a multitude of gifts. 11/10

yuck. 2/10

ohoho, what a dynamic three quarters angle! the artist’s ability to capture the essence of duck in 3d space is so refreshing to witness. 10/10

this bird’s looking a bit sickly, i think it has to do with the highlights being in weird places. hope he feels better soon. 5/10

a bit more minimalist this time around. the lack of legs makes it seem as though he’s resting on the surface of the water, and i really admire how it sets a scene and makes me feel like i’m really there. 9/10

i’m really digging the positive energy coming from this bird. i can’t explain why, but i feel like that animal’s my friend. 10/10

🍃 kiss me with adventure, ‘till i forget my name🍃 

last week was both my girlfriend’s birthday and our one year anniversary! I thought some of you might like to see some of my gifts for her - we’re in a long distance relationship so all of these went through the mail. trust me, in person I’d be much more elaborate. 

flowers are always a good idea :) this time I sent my girl roses even though peruvian lilies are “our” flower, and she loved them!

giant (like, 18 x 20 in) poster of our initials with a watercolor map of where we both live. the heart is the location we first met in person! i’m pretty advanced in digital design so this was a fun and straightforward project (could I customize and sell these??)

a big stuffed manatee (we named him Bartholomew, or Bart for short, and he is our son) from the Monterey Bay Aquarium - an awesome nearby aquarium near me - as well as a bumper sticker/decal of otters!

we both think the minions are kinda… weird (re: creepy) so to celebrate that, I bought party hats for her entire family - there are pictures of her whole family wearing them - and kept some for myself. also, a “pin the tail on the donkey” game that we have yet to open! i also sent several balloons with little love notes on them, and a banner I make for her to hang up with our names on it.

a deck of cards that I ordered with our faces on them! on each card, I wrote a different reason why my girlfriend is the best girlfriend and titled it 54 reasons I love you. hopefully we can play games with this deck in the near future!

Today in the Church the father said: “For those who are against gay couples adopting kids, think about it in this way; maybe, God created gay people to adopt and love those kids who were abandoned by those heterosexual parents who can’t give them the life they deserve or won’t give them the love they need. Everyone is in this world with a purpose made by God, so I just can’t believe in those people who claim that God will send gay people to hell. No, that’s not right. Every person who does good in this life deserve to go to heaven when the time comes, no matter your skin color, your nationality or your sexuality. Gay brother, lesbian sister, trans cousin, straight son… God loves you no matter what so please, live your life the way you want, be happy and strong but, please, please be a good person…”

After that, the Church were filled with an uncomfortable silence, and then, at the bottom of the church, a straight couple of elders stood up and started to applause, and then I stood up, and then the majority of the audience started to applause by what the father said.

I, as a straight-cis-girl, felt so happy and proud. You don’t know how painful is for me to hear in the Church community over and over again how “sinful” LGBT people is, or how much they “deserve to die” when it’s not like that. They are just humans just like me and you, who deserve to have our same rights, the freedom of love whoever they want. Hating someone just becase they are different from you is NEVER okay. Everyone deserves respect so please, be respectful as much as you can. You don’t know how much your words can hurt the others.

I don’t care if nobody read this, I don’t care what people have to say about me. I support you. I don’t care who you are or who you love; if you are a good person you deserve the best of this world. Please be happy and strong. Being gay, or lesbian, or bisexual or the fuck you are IS NOT sinful. If you believe in God please remember that God loves you and you are free to marry whoever you want, as long as you love them the way they love you.