Tag: random

Taking a leave of absence from the internet for the rest of the week–I am off on adventures with @ksturf!

I may be on sporadically, but not for long–and yep, I’ll be falling behind on the Inktober for Writers prompts, but I’ll make them up when I get back.

dressesandalchemy:

starfoozle:

My FAVORITE THING is researchers who wholeheartedly embrace the Ms. Frizzle aesthetic and wear their field of study on their literal sleeve. Everyone in the invasive crayfish consortium has tiny lobster-print shorts or socks. All the middle-aged dad scientists here at the lab have shirts with fish and/or fishing tackle patterns on them. My moss specimen and ammonite earrings keep getting noticed by women who are wearing silver fishbone-shaped or native plant-themed earrings themselves. Every single person on the outreach team has at least one shirt with an anchor pattern on it from Old Navy, and almost all the younger researchers have tattoos featuring their research interests – one fisheries biologist has a half-sleeve of native species she literally uses as an outreach tool. We are self-aware and having a blast with it, honestly.

I adore the Ms. Frizzle aesthetic

One of my coworkers brought in some fancy gourmet cheeses for everyone to try today, and I have to admit I was intrigued enough to try them.  The brie was actually pretty good, but then there was the blue cheese, which my coworker warned me was very strong.

Me, before trying: “Pfft, how strong can it be?”

Me, after trying:

…In hindsight, maybe I should have reconsidered trying a cheese that has literal penicillin mold running through it.

And this is supposed to be high-class gourmet stuff?

…I’m sticking with my Kraft slices, thanks…

Thank you so much @ksturf for convincing me to get Mario Kart 8 DX.  I hadn’t played a Mario Kart game since the, like… one time I tried the Wii version ages ago?

I’d forgotten how much fun it is!

…No prizes for guessing who I main, either–

(Thank you @ksturf for the gif, too, :D)

Literally my only knowledge of fairies/fae/the Fair Folk are from lighthearted fantasy, like The Legend of Zelda and Prydain Chronicles, where they are portrayed as nothing but helpful and benevolent, even if a little moody at times. Even Fairy Pokémon are portrayed as friendly.

So, my question is, why, then, are signs of fae/Fair Folk in realistic settings (mushroom rings, fairy lights, etc) treated with absolute fear and horror?  Like, literally every picture of a mushroom ring I see has a long stream of #NOPE comments attached to it with warnings never to step inside.

Genuinely curious here.  My background is South Indian, and we don’t have any sort of fae lore, so I have no frame of reference.