I Was Like Jiang Chengs Courtesy Name Could Be Translated As Nightsong River And Asma Said That Sounds

i was like “jiang cheng’s courtesy name could be translated as Nightsong River” and asma said “that sounds like a unicorn name” and that, NATURALLY, got me thinking about unicorns

[images are three paintings of unicorns. the first resembles a warmblood or andalusian, with a kirin-like horn and an pale, icy-grey coat; his mane, tail, and feathering are white and stylized to look like clouds; a long white ribbon is wound halter-like around his face and trails off from where it’s tied behind his ears. the second resembles a fine-boned arabian in a rakish pose, jet black and backlit with eerie red light, mane and tail so long they tangle like smoke. a bold red ribbon is in his tail. the third has an athletic build, a roman nose and an angry expression, is black with purple highlights, a silver chain around one stomping hoof and purple lightning sparking off his horn and raised forehoof.

the fourth image is several sketches of further unicorns: a blustery alicorn colt; one with an overgrown mane, shackled hooves and blank eyes; one blindfolded with a broken horn; a stout, bearded one communicating disgruntedly with a much smaller, delicate-looking one; and a secretive-looking one with curled mawari ears. the ears are labeled, “these instead of dimples.”]

“i was there and i remember. i remember the sun, the sky, and the wind calling my name in a time when we ran free. i’ll never forget the sound and the feeling of running together. the hoofbeats were many, but our hearts were one.”

Footage of a black fallow deer recently seen in Baryczy Valley, Poland.

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every time they’re on the piano he always looks at her so softly aaa. Day 5 of I can’t stop drawing them  💪 😭 💪

~ “I’ve never seen anyone like you. Not while I was awake, anyway” ~

Was rewatching The Last Unicorn and fell in love all over again. This scene in particular is just so lovely and I have no idea why, but I wanted to try and recreate it. Something about the tilt of her head, and just a hint of background (and I’ve just realised I forgot the grass omg I’m a failure)

@All the northerners making fun of Texans rn:

Our houses are not built for temperatures below 30°F. They’re also designed to shed heat. Good design for when it regularly gets to 100°F in the summer and winters are mild.

Homes here generally do not have furnaces. We rely on heat pumps and resistance coils, the former of which is not effective below 25°F, and the latter of which use lots of electricity

The electrical infrastructure is designed to meet demand in the afternoons in the heat of the summer, not frigid winter nights. Also, while we have a shit ton of wind and solar capacity, it’s currently crippled by frozen turbines and snowfall.

Combine all of the above and the electrical grid usage is astronomical, even when people are barely reaching 50°F indoors. The stress on the system and reduced generating capacity has caused ERCOT to start rolling blackouts as a way of preventing a mass uncontrolled blackout ala the Northeast in 2003. So that means no heat in houses that naturally shed heat, when it’s 7°F out.

Since we live in a warm place, many people don’t have clothing for this level of cold. Means a lot of people are really, really cold, and their houses are already losing heat fast.

Speaking of homes shedding heat, this also means pipes are not heavily insulated, and without proper measures taken (which many people are unaware of) that means no water.

We don’t generally keep equipment like ice scrapers and snow shovels handy. Most hardware stores don’t stock rock salt for ice. Meaning we can’t leave our homes and go anywhere if the car and roads are covered with ice. The cities don’t have snow plows. Nobody here has chains or snow tires to be able to drive safely either.

As if all of this is not already bad enough, the local plants are not evolved for this kind of freeze, including snow. So many trees are breaking under the weight and causing damage.

We’re not wimps. We’re simply not built for it, don’t have the gear for it, and don’t have instinctual level response of what to do in these situations. It’s like how the Northeast had a lot of issues after Hurricane Sandy.