The one that never goes away..

In regards to the shit-show going down over on Noelle’s tumblr! Should you (a professional illustrator) work for free? I’ll give you a hint: the answer is probably no. And I’ll give you a second hint: if the “client” is a stranger on the internet who wants you to draw a picture of their cat and/or significant other, the answer is definitely no.

(chart by Jessica Hische, illustration rock-star)

Coccinellidae... Lady Beetles... Ladybird... Miraculous Ladybug.

GDI Tumblr. This show isn’t even out until next year! It is entirely unfair to get me interested this early out.

Now. Can anybody PLEASE point me to the full-sized version of this image? Because her friends look adorable too.

omg where did you get that

ΗΕΥ! All of them wear masks at some point! I saw them in the game!

And awww, Felix is all alone…! TwT

Bing. Apparently it USED to be on the official website. Link is a 404 now. HALP.

GASP! I need more pictures of her cutie patootie friends!

Also this one:

Loki Laufeyson is best known as the God of Mischief, but he is much more. He is one of the three Gods who gifted humankind with life. He is the God of the Hearthfire, a place more commonly held by Goddesses in other pantheons. He is the mother of Sleipnir, Odin’s eight-legged stead. Some of His other children include Fenrir, the World-Eating Wolf; Jörmungandr, the Midgard-Serpent; and Hel, the Giantess-Goddess of the Underworld. Most interesting and least known, however, is that Loki is the patron God of Ergi, or, Unmanly Behavior. Ergi includes a wide array of attributes and activities, from cross-dressing to receiving anal penetration. Also of interest, argr, the adjectival form of ergi, also translates in modern usage as angry or annoyed. In conclusion, Loki is (one of) the patron God(s/esses) of Hard Femme.

(submitted by detectivepunchymchitsthings)

Oh wow that’s really awesome, I’ve never heard that before I’m gonna want to do more research into it. Anyone have any sources?

Because if this is all true the it’s official, Loki is and always will be my favorite God.

Way not to credit the artist too. That’s really not cool guys. http://bardoftheseas.deviantart.com/art/The-God-of-Mischief-299455416

OMG no you didn’t. 8I Ask sent. Seriously, people? This post has over 1500 notes! HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN WORK FROM THIS. Now it’s too damn late. Cuz 1500 people liked and reblogged without even knowing who it was.

EVEN ASIDE FROM THAT THIS PIECE IS FUCKIN AMAZING IT DESERVES TO BE CREDITED.

NICK ROBLES everyone. He is a bamf.

He also painted a mindblowingly lovely portrait of Amal a while back ♥

Seriously, guys, credit the artists whenever you can!

Ugh. Art theft without credit. Again.

Okay, so I'm not a Norse mythology expert, but this seems a bit off. While Loki did spawn those kids and had no issues with pretty much disregarding gender... I don't think he was ever titled as the "God of Ergi", and I don't think there was a specific Norse god or goddess of the "hearth". When anyone is (in my readings), Frigga is normally associated with goddess of the "household" alongside her other, more prominent roles (love, marriage, fate/destiny, weaving the clouds).

I ask that one of my more-informed friends see if they can fact-check that myth blurb though -- I may well be wrong.

A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to his body, Laughed; and plunging down Forgot in cruel happiness That even lovers drown.  William Butler Yeats 

So many thinky thoughts.

But the base is, I really like this. I've touched on this before, and I think it's part of why I loved Doctor Who and I'm having more trouble getting into Torchwood here at the start.

When you're writing non-human characters, I really hate seeing them assigned as simply good or evil. Good and evil tend to be a pretty human construct. They're not human. They act on their own culture, nature, and understanding of things. They may or may not view humans any different than we see a dog, rat, or a cow. When you get into our fairy tale creatures, they're not all good little creatures out to help, nor are they evil things out to murder/eat/maul you. They're an entirely different existence with their own rules of behavior, and in most instances, interpreted as outliving humans on the order of decades or centuries.

You give something like that a human to interact with, and they're likely to forget. Just slips their mind how mortal or how breakable a human is. How a length of time has a different meaning to a person. It's not intent of malice nor of helping. Because a human life is so short, or because humans are seen more like pets or livestock or some other lower animal our life isn't seen as valuable in the same way as we perceive it. There are so many humans. To a creature that lives centuries, the short amount of time before we pick ourselves up and have to keep moving after losing a loved one might seem callous to a creature for whom days and weeks and months are almost negligible time spans. They can be interpreted like children with ants and a magnifying glass or a scientist with a lab rat. A human is interesting, maybe even loveable and cute, and peaks their interest, but in the long term is only of minimal consequence. They're just acting within their norms.

And given a choice between a human, such a short flicker of life, and one of their own, there isn't even a question of choice from their perspective. Save the dog or the human. It may be sad, but most people are still going to value a human life (one of their own) more than the animal.

There's a fascination with fairy tale creatures, but with the advent of the "children-friendly" versions of fairy tales we forget one of the most common descriptors used for those mythic creatures, made famous again by Tolkien's Gladriel: "beautiful and terrible" all at once.

Ugh... I'm rambling. Moving along.