[apiaree]

Grass on the Dunes! Inspired by @tinsnip’s beautiful fic, The Smallest Things.

this is so smoopy I kind of want to hit myself (and yeah I drew Julian in his horrible Risa outfit. I know everyone headcannons that Garak hates Julian’s clothes but my pet theory is that Garak is the reason that he dresses like that. I also think he’s responsible for some of Jake’s outfits. So of course Julian would bring his weird clothes with him to Cardassia.) 

Also, friendly reminder that I’m still accepting commissions! 

[lydia-gastrell]

My heart still doesn’t work right after reading The Smallest Things. You killed me a tiny bit, @tinsnip ! =P 

[unflatteringcatselfies]

this is mochi. he likes attention and soft blankets and if bribed with treats he will give you a high five or shake your hand

[ladyyatexel]

interesting things have come from my tendency to type ‘Edgar’ when I actually want ‘edge’

[tinsnip]

prince of eblan is side-eyeing king of figaro

[yesterdaysprint]

The Decatur Herald, Illinois, January 2, 1925

[blackmorgan]

Mama ginger kitty adopts four orphaned baby hedgehogs after their mother dies, and raises them alongside her own kitten.

INature

[lilylilymine]

spikey babies you are good. soft mom loves all her children.

[dykewithadick]

PRICKLE KITTENS

[jumpingjacktrash]

please observe my scrubby childs, they are better than regular kittens bc in addition to being cute they are tough on stains

I do not have much experience with young adult literature, especially the kind peddled by the Syndicate. I had never in my life read Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew, and I had not even heard of Tom Swift. To get myself into the right mindset for this game, I selected two of his stories to read: his first Hardy Boys mystery, The Ghost at Skeleton Rock (1957), as well as his first published novel, Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster (1954). Both books were better than I expected and the Tom Swift book blew me away, actually good enough that I wished I had discovered them when I was younger. No wonder he was picked up to lead the series! I wrote up brief bonus reviews on both of them if you click the links above. I love that the Tom Swift stories paint ingenuity and science as core American virtues; the stories are a product of the 1950s and the cold war, but it would be nice to think of science as a core American value again.

[legend-of-laurel]

“there’s a lot to unpack here” is the academic equivalent of “yikes”