Black Paladin!Shiro 4ever bitch!

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Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)

i think this captures the defining pathology of the collective social media psyche right now. we are in the thrall of people who are wantonly cruel but who also demand to be coddled at all times in every way

Cradled

I am cordially inviting all of you to post this in the comments/reblogs of any and every Al post you come across, on any platform. Especially useful for accounts who “teach” people how to use Al.

The Iron Giant - (1999) dir. Brad Bird

And stay safe everyone!

The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

I don’t know a snappy description but the my nemesis cynthia story certainly lives in my head

Goblin Men (Canines)

22. The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

42. Space cousins

extremely cool article you should read if you haven’t already

Instead of telling the truth and letting everyone down, she and Sokka pull on an elaborate charade and go on a journey to convince the world that the Avatar is back.

After they started, he got super into the idea and started crafting an elaborate backstory for her Airbending predecessor, and devising ways for her to fake-bend the other elements.

Bumi: So is the real Avatar. I think we can bend the rules of reincarnation a bit.

That’s very in-character because Aang never wanted to be the Avatar anyway.

She respects Katara a lot more as a fake Avatar than she did when when she thought she was the real one (which is none).

Zuko behind a rock with a cauldron, desperately blowing flmes under it to keep it steamy.

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(I am a licensed bird ringer for the country of Iceland and all animals are captured and handled according to regulations under the authority of the Natural Science Institute of Iceland)

Of course I then also love the ones who just sit there confused and stare at me with big, confused eyes, cause then I gotta be like "hey buddy c'mon, it's gonna be ok. This is such a weird day I totally get it. You can fight back a little if you want."

I don’t like this actually

This is depressing does anyone else find this depressing

There has also been a negative feedback loop as fandoms come to realize that the constant access they have to creatives increases their leverage and power. It did not use to be the case that this was so; fandoms pre-internet largely worked under the assumption that they didn't really have any meaningful way to contact or influence the publication houses. Even if they sent a letter or a campaign of letters, they wouldn't even know whether the letters were being received or read unless the publishing house chose to respond. So, without that expectation of access, the drama usually stayed internal. Nowadays, with constant immediate feedback from creators and publishers, fans are ever more incentivized to act out to try to push an agenda, get attention, or just vent whatever is going on in their lives onto a face contractually obliged to be friendly to them.