I Choose The Bear

I spent almost an entire work shift drawing this tooth-rotting fluff

Hello tumblr. I’m reviving my old blog from the dead with some of my PHM fanarts.

This movie/book has gripped my soul a little too hard 😭

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This hive structure, if it works like the descriptions imply, would make beehives something super affordable, that just about anyone could install near their home and maintain. AND it would reduce the cost of harvesting honey by more than just the money-

A typical honey harvesting device costs $200-300, plus the time it takes to use to harvest. For a Langstroth hive, you have to suit up (gear which can be pricey), remove the comb (which is highly disturbing to the bees), install said comb in the extractor (scraping all the caps off the comb first), spin out the honey, RE-open the hive (after suiting up and again disturbing the bees), and put the comb back.

If you use a method that doesn’t require an extractor, you usually end up destroying the comb, which is damaging to the hive and intensively laborious for your bees because they have to completely remake the combs from scratch.

What this looks like is that you probably wouldn’t even need to suit up any time you wanted to harvest honey (though you would still need the equipment for installation of the colony and for inspections, etc, or if you’re still getting used to the colony). Removing the viewing window on a hive doesn’t disturb the bees at all (ours hardly even notice us), and the shift in the comb to start extraction is unlikely to cause enough disturbance to merit a response.

The bees get to keep/recycle all the materials they created (aside from the honey), and you get fresh, almost-effortless honey.

Perhaps the most important and AWESOME thing about this?? The “Flow Frames” that allow for this type of extraction can be used with pre-existing hive boxes. This means that folks who already own bees that are being kept in most kinds of hives, especailly the standard Langstroth hive boxes, can replace their old frames with Flow frames without having to start from scratch.

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They are lonely souls clinging desperately to each other in a sea of emptiness, knowing that if they let go, they’ll drown. Knowing that it doesn’t matter if they LIKE each other or not, they’re all they have. Oooh, it goes past love OR hate OR dependency. That bond is DEEP.

Plus, they are dom and sub. Which does not matter for anyone who is not in the lifestyle. But for anyone who is, that bond is incredibly intimate because of the surrender that it involves and the level of trust, and it is distinctive from any other kind of relationship. It is another example of a relationship with an intimate bond, regardless of whether or not you “love“ them. (Tagging @thequeenofsastiel here, we’ve had this convo abt Loumand!)

Such a long marriages have tentacles. They have teeth. I think maybe a lot of fans in the show aren’t used to long marriages, they want neat and sweet and clean romances to ship. Not something more complex and nuanced.

And probably my worst frustration with IWTV it’s just that it wraps up so quickly that I have questions that never get answered. Exactly how active was Armand with the trial, really? Because I don’t believe he wanted Louis to die, I think that was a nightmare for him!!!! I believe he was pressured into it!!! he gets no credit for rescuing Louis from starving to death. They don’t get any real chance to talk!!! And it looks like that won’t get revisited, b/c Lestat doesn’t care about their marriage!

He wouldn't. He just wouldn't. And I think Sam was likely a focal point for the will of the coven. Someone through whom they could focus their will against Armand.

They are lonely souls clinging desperately to each other in a sea of emptiness, knowing that if they let go, they’ll drown. Knowing that it doesn’t matter if they LIKE each other or not, they’re all they have. Oooh, it goes past love OR hate OR dependency. That bond is DEEP.

Plus, they are dom and sub. Which does not matter for anyone who is not in the lifestyle. But for anyone who is, that bond is incredibly intimate because of the surrender that it involves and the level of trust, and it is distinctive from any other kind of relationship. It is another example of a relationship with an intimate bond, regardless of whether or not you “love“ them. (Tagging @thequeenofsastiel here, we’ve had this convo abt Loumand!)

Such a long marriages have tentacles. They have teeth. I think maybe a lot of fans in the show aren’t used to long marriages, they want neat and sweet and clean romances to ship. Not something more complex and nuanced.

And probably my worst frustration with IWTV it’s just that it wraps up so quickly that I have questions that never get answered. Exactly how active was Armand with the trial, really? Because I don’t believe he wanted Louis to die, I think that was a nightmare for him!!!! I believe if he was pressured into it!!! he gets no credit for rescuing Louis starving to death. They don’t get any real chance to talk!!! And it looks like that won’t get revisited, b/c Lestat doesn’t care about their marriage!

He wouldn't. He just wouldn't. And I think Sam was likely a focal point for the will of the coven. Someone through whom they could focus their will against Armand.