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Are you implying there’s a difference between a jester and a god?

I feel like PM Seymour is just a god of Tumblr and if you don't know them one way, shape, or form, then you're a disappointment to Tumblr. Like if you at least know of his(?) presence then you're safe.

But if you flat out ask "Who the McFuck is PM Seymour??" then you have a mass tidal wave of Tumblr users on their way to your location. And you cannot stop them.

PM probably didn't want this to be their legacy but they are the Tumblr God.

Perhaps they ought not to have eaten the dragon. There had been people objecting to it at the time. Surely such meat was poisonous. Perhaps it was even an affront, an insult to some intangible order of nature they ought to honour.

But the city was starving, the siege had gone on too long, and the king's troops were still a week's march away. The scorched earth would be fertile again in time, but right now it was barren. Right now there were mouths to feed. So they changed their crossbows for butcher knives and got to work.

None of the royal commanders asked any questions that could not be answered. After all, their aid had come shamefully late. The dragon's horned skull made a noble gift, a fitting tribute from a triumphant city to its humbled king. Who would have thought to question them?

And none of the townsfolk spoke up, when the first golden-eyed babes were born. Children who grew up barefoot and fearless, clambering over the city's patched and rebuilt roofs like they had no notion of falling, with a strange glitter to their skin when the sunlight hit it just so. No one breathed a word about dragons.

Because soon enough there were deft, young hands taking loaves straight out of the oven, heedlessly lifting iron from the forge, plunging into boiling laundry water. And some of them more wondrous still, wild, warm-skinned youths, with inexplicable knowledge and peculiar remedies.

A blessing, their families said proudly. A blessing after so much hardship. Which it was, in its way. This city would never fear dragon fire again.

continuing my "I'm really nosey here's a poll" arc.,,

Plumecrown and Cocobean. My 2 Auraboas. Plumecrown is Auburn/Royal/Cyan, which I hatched from one of my 2 clanbound eggs. Cocobean is Chocolate/White/Denim, who I bought on the AH for 60g.

Deodorant

hi! for those who dont keep up with tangos work on decked out, he has shown a bunch of artifacts today that each reference a hermit. they are very funny, acurate and look amazing, which is why i thought id compile them all in a post. added the names too incase u couldnt tell who some were referencing!!

warning, post gets very long after readmore

bdubs:

cubfan:

doc:

false:

etho:

gem:

grian:

hypno:

impulse:

iskall:

jevin:

joe hills:

keralis:

mumbo:

pearl:

tfc:

scar:

stress:

tango:

wels:

xb:

xisuma:

beef:

zedaph:

cleo:

Thank you!!! <3

dusties for skiafray and mossfinch over at the earth discord ^_^

Ref Recs for Whump Writers

Violence: A Writer’s Guide:  This is not about writing technique. It is an introduction to the world of violence. To the parts that people don’t understand. The parts that books and movies get wrong. Not just the mechanics, but how people who live in a violent world think and feel about what they do and what they see done.

Hurting Your Characters: HURTING YOUR CHARACTERS discusses the immediate effect of trauma on the body, its physiologic response, including the types of nerve fibers and the sensations they convey, and how injuries feel to the character. This book also presents a simplified overview of the expected recovery times for the injuries discussed in young, otherwise healthy individuals.

Body Trauma: A writer’s guide to wounds and injuries. Body Trauma explains what happens to body organs and bones maimed by accident or intent and the small window of opportunity for emergency treatment. Research what happens in a hospital operating room and the personnel who initiate treatment. Use these facts to bring added realism to your stories and novels.

10 B.S. Medical Tropes that Need to Die TODAY…and What to Do Instead: Written by a paramedic and writer with a decade of experience, 10 BS Medical Tropes covers exactly that: clichéd and inaccurate tropes that not only ruin books, they have the potential to hurt real people in the real world. 

Maim Your Characters: How Injuries Work in Fiction: Increase Realism. Raise the Stakes. Tell Better Stories. Maim Your Characters is the definitive guide to using wounds and injuries to their greatest effect in your story. Learn not only the six critical parts of an injury plot, but more importantly, how to make sure that the injury you’re inflicting matters. 

Blood on the Page: This handy resource is a must-have guide for writers whose characters live on the edge of danger. If you like easy-to-follow tools, expert opinions from someone with firsthand knowledge, and you don’t mind a bit of fictional bodily harm, then you’ll love Samantha Keel’s invaluable handbook

A snake story, based on an experience I had while I was in Florida.