hey yall cute here's some random shit

Miss Piggy tied to the mast while Statler and Waldorf heckle her from the sea

But who is the single human cast member in this tale? Who gets to put in an Oscar-worthy performance alongside the Muppets and what role are they to play?

There’s no single human, everyone is a Muppet except for one scene. Circe, played by Janice, turns Odysseus’s crew into humans who still behave animalistic and are all played by Academy Award winning actors.

... I see he wanted easy wins, they'll be too busy ogling his bare chest to properly spar 🤣

Hey, don’t cry. Free online database of Japanese folk lore

Might I add, free database of mostly European folklore and myths

A Book of Creatures by @a-book-of-creatures doesn't update these days but is another thing along these lines, really huge, fully illustrated all by the author and cites all sources

Free database of Native American folklore, sorted by tribe.

Free online catalog of African folklore and stories because everyone loves to forget we exist

Something neuroscience-y that helps with prose: attention is selective. A character will not notice everything in a room. They will notice what matters to their goal, fear, desire, training, wound, or obsession. A jealous character notices hands. a hungry character notices food. A soldier notices exits. A lonely character notices pairs. Description becomes character when attention has a bias.

"lock in" is probably one of the most important phrases to enter the public lexicon in the 2020s

it sucks how basically everyone views nonbinary people as either "cis person trying to be special" or "binary trans lite"

whenever I see someone talking about "women's experiences" or whatever I have to pause and try to ascertain whether I am included in "women" in that particular context like do you mean "people who identify with the female gender" or "people who experience misogyny"

Joy and whimsy detected! 🦈 <- this grout white shark is joyful and whimsical!