Delicious In Baldur’s Gate

my favourite area :]

every day i am plagued by visions (thoughts about a dunmeshi restaurant au)

part 1

bonus

Do you think that when Elrond looked at Thorin, he saw Durin?

Like... this is why he let him keep Orchrist, why he helped decipher the map, why he put up with a whole Company of Dwarves swimming in his fountain, why he allowed them to put strain on his kitchen, why he didn't explicitly tell Gandalf to end the quest to reclaim Erebor... because he saw Durin? He saw Durin's last descendants, and because he could not help his friend and save his friend's life, he decided to help the last part of him that remained in Middle-Earth?

Durin would have eaten all of his food, Durin would have swam in that fountain, Durin would have wanted him to give Orchrist to Thorin.

And Durin would have wanted him to translate the map... because who was the one who taught Ancient Dwarvish to Elrond in the first place? Durin.

Omg these pics are incredible~ god I love mole crickets they have to be one of my favorite bugs out there.

I was soundly defeated by this large Gryllotalpa nymphicus mole cricket I picked up in Singapore. with stunning speed and strength, she deposited a sticky goo on my hands, pried my fingers apart, and gave me a vicious bite before disappearing beneath a pile of rotten wood (where she then posed nicely for photos)

never met a gryllotalpid before, and wasn’t expecting the viscous slime or the bite! I did know they’re incredibly strong though, and this smaller (much less nasty) male seen later displays mole crickets’ beefy digging arms:

the videos I’ve seen of smaller US species just bumbling about and trying to burrow in peoples hands made me expect a charming dirt puppy. the big female ran under my shoe at one point and I could actually feel her lifting me up from the road. I suppose I was trying not to squish her, but still! incredibly powerful beasts

For @killunia

trying to get a friend into metal but I wanted to make sure he had all the context, so we're on rock right now and if things go well he might have copper soon. but it's not looking good.

I bet he would hate air fryers

The good health brothers

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Bestie from an elven testie