dom:

You know how in almost every culture, people have some concept of "if I sacrifice something that I made/grew/produced to the Gods, they will ward me and my harvest from evil"?

So, in a way, don't the bees willingly sacrifice a part of their harvest to an entity not only far greater than them, but nearly beyond their comprehension, in exchange for protection against natural forces wildly outside of their own control?

So imagine the mildly eldritch God you worship talks to you and tells you secrets, but these secrets make no sense to you and are incomprehensible to understand or even know they are secrets. But your God does make vibrations at you, so thats probably a good thing right??

Also occasionally the Swarm decides there is not enough room in the Hive because the eldritch god didn't take the offering of Honey at their normal time. So enough of a Swarm builds up that the second queen is able to leave without decimating the first Swarm. They are all set to search out a new place that will likely not have your God anymore (but really that's not too much of a struggle, they have abandoned you, that's part of why you've left, even though the first Swarm still holds out hope for their return).

And then, the scouts find another Hive right next to the old Hive. Literally right next to it. So the Queen lands to inspect it and wow, it's a good deal. The area already has enough food to support 2 Hives, so it's a not problem to stay in the area now that they have the space, but...this wasn't here before.

Arthur: Good. I hate lying to you.

Morgana: I don’t but it will be easier to speak freely with you.

Uther: Great.

Arthur: So, I don’t have to pretend anymore like I am not dating my manservant?

Uther: What.

Morgana: Yeah, me and my maidservant are pretty close too.

Uther: Wait.

Arthur: And since you are so chill with my boyfriend being a sorcerer we can work on repealing the ban of magic.

Uther: Hold on.

Morgana: Awesome! Then me and Merlin don’t have to hide our magic lessons anymore!

Uther: *having a stroke*

you gotta be able to say "suicide"

you gotta be able to talk about "sex"

they're uncomfortable topics, YEAH for SURE

because LIFE is uncomfortable. Death and suicide and sex and pain are straight up going to happen. not having words for the way it discomforts you doesn't make it more comfortable, it just makes you less able to reach out about it.

even more vital, you gotta be able to say words like "rape", "abuse", "queer" or "racist". cause we fought fucking hard to name those experiences. to identify "rape" as distinct from "sex" and "racism" as distinct from "acceptable behaviour" and "queer" as distinct from "invert"

Simon Palmer

Tirazain is a digital repository of the art and skill of Palestinian embroidery.

Over 1,000 high resolution stitch patterns available to search by number of colors used, themes, origin.

Patterns are free and can be downloaded for machine embroidery or used for hand embroidery.

The project and library are growing and actively seeking contributions.