The Gate in FMA 03 is really cool in a creepy way.
It’s very large, dark and menacing. Absolutely terrifying to any character who encounters it.
Plus there’s all the weird creatures inside it. Greedy, laughing faces that seem very eager to take.
It’s literally based on the Gates of Hell from Dante’s inferno. Here’s a picture of the sculpture ‘The Gates of Hell’ by Auguste Rodin.
The kneeling figure at the top is the Thinker, Dante.
Abandon all hope ye who enter here.
im glad you’re all appreciating this post because i nearly snapped my fingers off trying to get a satisfactory bone creaking noise for this
lemme donate to your patreon to give you new bones op
Reuploading for the fourth time because Tumblr won’t show this post in tags.
one gag that never fails to make me lose my shit is when a character is shown next to a framed photograph of themselves, in the exact same pose as in the photo
it’s a mouthful to explain but god damn. that is comedy gold right there.
I realize this is a cast iron gate but I’m choosing to believe it’s a magic protection ritual
It IS a magic protection ritual, and it summons an iron gate to protect you from intruders.
“I cast Iron Gate!”
As a blacksmith I have been called a wizard by several small kids
To the unknowing, science and technology is magic. And who’s to say that science isn’t a form of magic on its own, bending the elements and reality to our whim?
So while I was getting my haircut, the lady asked me if I had other plans for the day and I said:
“I’m just going to pick up the boy from daycare and then it’s date night.”
And the lady says “Oh! How old is he?”
“He’s three.”
“Mine too! Where are you registering him for kindergarten it’s such a hassle-”
And that’s when I realized I said “boy” and not “dog” because I always think of Charlie as “good boy” but this slip up has lead to a miscommunication.
The lady is now 6 minutes into a clearly needed rant about how unnecessarily complex shopping for schools is, esp when you have a neurodivergent child, so I can’t just tell her that Charlie is a dog because then she’ll feel awkward for unloading on me and she clearly has enough going on.
So the rest of the haircut became a game of “how much can I say about Charlie without revealing that he is not a human child?” And the answer is “enough to cover a half hour hair appointment, quite possibly several hours worth if I’m specific enough”
“is he very verbal?”
“It really depends on who he’s with. He’s very quiet at he but won’t shut up if he’s at the park or has a friend over.”
“was it hard to potty-train him?”
“he’s adopted, but I was genuinely amazed at how good he already was with hygene and potty stuff.”
“mine’s just obsessed with paw patrol and Frozen, drives me crazy!”
“I imagine. Charlie is colorblind so he’s not as into tv, but he always wants a toy if I take him anywhere with them.”
“oh gosh the toys! And the kids are so rough on them!”
“yeah Charlie can destroy a stuffed animal in about 2 minutes, so I only buy him the really cheap ones.”
“Does he throw tantrums when they break?”
“Not really. It’s meditative, really, taking them apart. He has hysterics if the cat takes his toys though. Runs downstairs and cries at me until I retrieve it because he’s not tall enough to get it out of the cat tree.”
Matt Dallas on being told to hide being gay to make it in the entertainment industry
Sorry about my shaky hands, I had one hand with a controller and the other on my phone. But yeah this is the Easter egg I’ve never seen anyone talk about! It’s in Dionysus park @deco-devolution here ya go!
food, not lawns
Also: Throw in some early blooming things like snowdrops or crocus - the bees will love them! They’ll be gone mid-May, leaves and all. A lot of people only plant summer flowers and nothing for spring and autumn, so keeping pollinators fed and happy during those seasons is super important!
You can make insect hotels too! Just bundle up some reeds and twigs of varying sizes, paired with some loose straw pads and wood with holes of varying sizes drilled in. Those will help insects keep warm and snug over winter!
For those in the Mid and Eastern US, Prairie Moon is my favorite native seed supplier. Their free catalogs are beautiful, inspirational, and hold a wealth of information. Oh and their prices are very reasonable.
Here’s a few awesome easy-to-grow native plants to consider:
Aquilegia canadensis aka Eastern Columbine. - relatively-short lived perennial but it reseeds well. This plant gives zero fucks and will grow almost anywhere - sun, shade, whatever.
Sometimes called Celandine poppy or woodland poppy. Stylophorum diphyllum. Also short lived but reseeds well.
Phlox divaricata aka Woodland Phlox. It comes in varying shades of bluish lavender. Unlike creeping phlox, this one has tall skinny stems.
These all bloom in the spring.
Worth reblogging! Not true about the columbine being easy to grow, though, at least for me. I kept planting it and it kept dying until I just started growing it in containers.
Can confirm, Prairie Moon is a great nursery.
How do you explain to someone that this is your sense of humor
I was wondering where this was going and lemme tell you I fell out of my chair
