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Some amazing Aeriseph screenshots from this video here.

Sorry about the low quality of the pictures, but the video itself isn’t any better. I wanted to share anyway, just in case you don’t own a Niconico account. I thought these absolutely needed to be seen by every Aeriseph shipper like myself. :)

I love it when artists draw visual parallels/symbolism between the two characters.

Okay, where do I get a space pony? Because this thing is adorable.

On This Day in Cryptid History  

November 14th: In an evening in 1974, on Bald Mountain, Washington, a fiery object was seen in the sky, and a week later, residents around the area reported a horse sized, green glowing creature. Supposedly the Men in Black were seen in the area as well.

If this was a deck I could buy I would.

rococo themed tarot cards. these drove me insane :-)

Neat.

Starting soon I will begin a new (very off and on) project of checking out the ‘Untold Tales of Spider-Man’ anthology book from 1997 and providing my thoughts on each of the prose stories contained within. The book was inspired by the comic book series of the same name back when it was a hot property and was even edited by its author, Kurt Busiek. In fact a few stories in the book were written by comic book alumni.

The agenda reads:

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 01: Side by Side with the Astonishing Ant-Man – by Will Murray

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 02: After the First Death… – by Tom DeFalco

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 03: Celebrity – by Christopher Golden and Jose R. Nieto

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 04: Better Looting Through Modern Chemistry – by John Garcia and Pierce Askegren

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 05: Identity Crisis – by Michael Jan Friedman

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 06: The Doctor’s Dilemma – by Danny Fingeroth

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 07: Moving Day – by John S. Drew

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 08: The Liar – by Ann Nocenti

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 09: Deadly Force – by Richard Lee Byers

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 10: The Ballad of Fancy Dan – by Ken Grobe and Steven A. Roman

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 11: Poison in the Soul – by Glenn Greenberg

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 12: Livewires – by Steve Lyons

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 13: Arms and the Man – by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 14: My Enemy, My Savior – by Eric Fein

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 15: The Stalking of John Doe – by Adam-Troy Castro

I will be covering the stories from the audiobook put out by Dreamscape and Audible and copying over the plot synopses from Spiderfan.org to save myself some time.

Hope you enjoy!

Finally a fae that looks like a fae!

The Wood Sprite in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Adorable art. 💗

@only-mango-welches-fruitsnacks and i are obsessed with doc ock so here’s some otto doodles

People say women are a minority; but in fact, it is men who are the smaller group.

More interestingly, men are not born as a minority – as for every 100 female births there are actually 105 male births.

But this male surplus doesn’t stay for long, as over the course of a life time, the number of men is slowly eroded away until the sex ratio shifts.

Yup, in adulthood there are only 97 American men for every 100 women.

So what happened?

Why do men experience higher mortality rates in every age group, and have an overall death rate 1.4 times higher than women?

Why has a problem, so large it literally alters the tectonics of a nation’s population, been so readily ignored?

Why are men’s higher mortality rates so often waved of with, “well that’s just the way it is!”

Perhaps… men are not the ubiquitously privileged gender you’ll hear described, but the disposable one?

I mean isn’t early death a bit more deserving of advocacy and investigation than women having too few pockets, or Babie’s super cool day out?

Are the solutions to men’s issues more serious and complex than social media coddling, and meagre calls for “talk” and male tears?

What about men’s early death?

How do we save our men and boys?

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US Death Rate: https://www.statista.com/statistics/241572/death-rate-by-age-and-sex-in-the-us/

Population reference bureau: https://www.prb.org/resources/u-s-population-is-growing-older/

NIH Funding: https://orwh.od.nih.gov/sites/orwh/files/docs/ORWH_BiennialReport2019_20_508.pdf

The New Scientist: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2586-men-die-young-even-if-old/

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Holy shit. Men actually die from a birth majority into a living minority.

How is this not a huge thing, and why is everyone supposed to be so comfortable with it?

How are we supposed to take seriously the claim of society "privileging" men, when there's no greater privilege than being alive? With "empathy"/"anyone giving a shit" not far behind?

This. Just this.

It’s finals but. But. My procrastination brain can’t turn off and it’s past midnight I’ve done maybe an hour of studying. All I’ve done is read fan fiction and watch new competition shows, manhua, and anime I have a problem.

Imagine if one of them turned on.

Always go for the good luck.