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i like the new official chibi
Lemme tell you a gay little story about an eagle.
Our town (~9,000 people) has a couple garages, but there's a big one on the main drag. My family has been going there for decades. I drive past it every day.
There used to be a huge pine tree on the corner of their lot, but last year it became a hazard and had to be taken down.
Shortly thereafter I drive by and see they've hired a guy to chainsaw sculpt the stump into a bald eagle.
Birds own my heart, but nationalism makes me twitchy. I withhold outright condemnation of the eagle, but I'm skeptical. (The original owner—an objectively Good Dude—sold the business to a younger couple a few years ago, and I don't have any knowledge of their whole deal.)
Then it turns out someone on staff is really into making costumes for the eagle. Every holiday. Every month. Stuffed turkey, witch costume, menorah headpiece, bunny ears. These people love to dress their bird.
The changing of the eagle suit becomes a source of joy every time I drive through town.
Until June, when the eagle is bare.
Now look, maybe I'm expecting too much asking my garage to celebrate Pride. But this is a small town. Every time I drive by that stupid eagle—this thing that has previously brought me so much joy—I feel hurt. I feel reminded that there are plenty of people in my liberal bubble who don't consider my community worthy of celebration. I drive to work, I feel bad. I drive home, I feel bad. The eagle is mocking me.
Then my A/C quits working.
So I book an appointent to bring my car in—and realize what I have to do.
I pick all this up at a thrift store for under ten bucks. I print the shirt with some weird heat-transfer fabric crayons I find in a cupboard. I loop gold elastic around the sunglasses and pray they'll fit on the eagle's head. (It is also important to draw your attention to the price of the feather boa.)
(Nice.)
My reasoning is thus: if I show up with a complete costume ready to go, someone will have to look me in the eye and say "We don't believe in that," at which point I'll be finding a new garage. But if they let me dress the eagle, then people in town get to have the joy I've been missing since the start of the month.
I listen to a lot of hype-up jams on my way over. I hate confrontation. I also don't wanna have to find another garage. I want to believe that this decision isn't actively antagonistic, but I'm not particularly hopeful.
I talk through the A/C issue with the guy at the desk, hand over my keys, then take a deep breath.
"Who's in charge of the eagle?"
"Oh, that's all Dylan. Second bay from the end."
I walk down the row of hydraulic lifts and find a disarmingly smiley middle-aged man pouring fluid through a funnel. I introduce myself and explain that, since the Pride parade is this Sunday and the eagle seems to be missing a costume, I have taken the liberty of making one myself, and can I get his blessing to go put it on?
Dylan grins this absolutely giant grin and goes
"Oh hell yeah."
So that's what's up now.
Happy Pride.
I have exactly 350 drafts.
Reblog if you are ASEXUAL, SUPPORT ASEXUALS, or really really want to WEAR A REALLY FANCY BLACK CAPE
Ooo, CrowSky. I got the up to you option so I’ll say she’s a medicine cat turned deputy. I’m already turning her into an OC
spin this wheel for a prefix, and then spin this wheel for a suffix
as a bonus you can spin this wheel to find ur role in the clan (note: spin twice if you get apprentice)
me holding a gun to a mushroom: tell me the name of god you fungal piece of shit
mushroom: can you feel your heart burning? can you feel the struggle within? the fear within me is beyond anything your soul can make. you cannot kill me in a way that matters
me cocking the gun, tears streaming down my face: I’M NOT FUCKING SCARED OF YOU
quite literally the only day you can rb this the last one was 2005
Rebloging this really late but still before midnight for maximum funny
happy holidays fuckos
I’ll carry things in my mouth and I’ll pick stuff up with my feet too
reblog if you never “grew out of” carrying things in your mouth
trying to prove a point to a friend :p
Please. I want to be a creature.
artfight 2024 mass attack! :D!
Oc owners on Tumblr:
@bigmistake-production
@ritrox-art // @signfromeywa
@selahsketches
Song: blood // water by grandson
If this pops up while you’re scrolling, I wish you unconditional love and massive success.
Reblog if you've ever cried over the death of a fictional character
Above image is a pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.
ive found that partially treated mental illness can sometimes look to uninvolved onlookers like faked mental illness.
reblog if your name isn't Amanda.
2,121,566 people are not Amanda and counting!
We’ll find you Amanda.
shout out to everyone who participated in the january-february mass depressive episode
2024 RISK map for transgender people in the us
Hang in there Ghesties, we can do this
To the artists and writers who are considering giving up on this fandom: please give yourself a chance, don’t give up.
The band is currently silent, and so is the fandom. We've just passed the festivities, and everyone is back to their jobs, schools, or families. I believe the lack of interactions has affected all of us, to varying degrees... I suggest not using this period as a definitive measure of our worth as artists or writers. Things are just a bit quiet for now, but soon there will be news and, hopefully, the community will wake up again with new interest in our contents.
Plus, I believe there are also technical reasons for the lack of visibility of original content here on Tumblr. It seems like the platform is trying to push the Plus subscription, by the way our dashboards are invaded by spam and ads highlighted in the sidebar. I also strongly believe they deliberately lowered the visibility of free accounts, if that is possible. It's frustrating, I know, but it would be even worse to give up on something we love to do.
Hang on and keep expressing your creativity... you may never know what impact you can have on someone’s day!
Op has been raised by cats
my mom's trying to make me catch a bird i'm confused
HIS ASS IS NOT FORKLIFT CERTIFIED
Cayde-6 from Destiny is Forklift Certified!
TRANS SWAG
Years ago you came up with a nonsensical code phrase that you would use if you ever went back in time and needed to convince yourself of who you were. You never wrote it down or told anyone what it was. Today a young woman you’ve never met walks up to you on the sidewalk and speaks the phrase.