they’re like tiny 8-legged cats how can anyone hate them
Spiders are huge derps, pass it on.
My dad used to work as a mechanic in Arizona and he said that wild tarantulas would just wander into the shop and try and cuddle with the mechanics under the trucks. Spiders really dig car exhaust smell for some reason and they would be like “ah yes this human smells nice let me sit on your face while you’re working or perhaps climb into your pocket and see what you have” and the mechanics would keep shooing the spiders out but the spiders would follow them back like “No why would you leave me human friend??”
THAT IS SO CUTE
reblogging for the story, eeee
spiders are the derpiest things though like have you ever played with a spider and a laser pointer, because I thought my lizards chasing the laser was adorable but leT ME TELL U, BLACK WIDOWS CHASING LASERS IS FRICKEN ADORABLE
So I hate spiders but this makes them seem a bit cuter lol
There are mysteries that are so eerie and strange that they boggle the mind for days on end. The case of Elisa Lam is one of them. In February 2013, this 21-year-old student from Vancouver, Canada, was found dead inside the Cecil Hotel’s rooftop water tank in Los Angeles. The L.A. County Department of Coroner ruled the death “accidental due to drowning” and said no traces of drugs or alcohol were found during the autopsy. However, there is much more to the story than what is implied by police reports. The first piece of evidence that needs to be considered is an elevator surveillance tape that recorded Elisa’s behavior only a few moments before she lost her life.
The four-minute video posted on YouTube shows Elisa pressing all of the elevator buttons and waiting for it to move. Seeing that the elevator doors are not closing, starts behaving extremely bizarrely. Here’s the video.
At first, Elisa enters the elevator and apparently presses all of its buttons. She then waits for something to happen but, for some reason, the elevator door doesn’t shut. She starts to look around, as if she is expecting (or hiding from) someone. At 1:57, her arms and hands start moving in a very strange matter (almost not human) as she appears to be talking to someone, something … or nothing at all. She then walks away. The elevator door then shuts and appears to start working again.
Right after the events of the video, Elisa apparently gained access to the rooftop of the hotel, climbed to its water tank and, somehow, ended up drowning in it. Her body was found two weeks after her death, after hotel guests complained about the water’s taste and color. Incredible.
Seeing the surveillance footage, most people would conclude that she was under the influence of drugs. However, Elisa did not have a history of drug use and her autopsy concluded that no drugs were involved. When one looks at the context and the circumstances of this death, things become even more mysterious.
The rooftop area was protected by an alarm system, and the water tank was reportedly difficult to reach. So how did she get up there undetected? And how did she close the lid to the water tank after herself?
Shortly after the discovery of Elisa Lam’s body, a deadly outbreak of tuberculosis occurred in Skid Row, near Cecil Hotel. You probably won’t believe the name of the test kit used in these kinds of situations: LAM-ELISA.
it’s been almost a year and there has been no public conclusion. this is so fucking weird
Yup I remember this on the news.
this fucked me up so bad tbh
This was a fucked up story then, it’s a fucked up story now
Horror is considered a separate genre, but these three genres often overlap.
Sub Genres:
Paranormal Romance: Romance with a paranormal element. However, the romance outweighs the paranormal aspect in most cases, but is still an integral part to the story.
Urban Fantasy: Urban fantasy is often used interchangeably with “paranormal”. It takes place in urban areas and has fantasy, paranormal, or supernatural elements.
Dark Fantasy: This genre is a cross over between horror and fantasy. It has fantasy and horror elements, but does not focus on them as heavily as other genres. This would be considered paranormal rather than supernatural.
Gothic Horror: This used to be the name for the horror genre. This genre is not related to the goth fashion style. There are several forms of this genre (English, American, southern) that may involve romance or a sense of being “trapped”. Paranormal creatures (like ghosts and other creatures associated with the afterlife or death) are quite popular in this genre.
There is often a paranormal or supernatural element in horror, most likely some form of ghosts. However, there are also other elements present.
Certain abilities given to humans may fall within this category. This can include telekinesis, clairvoyance, and telepathy, among others. However, these abilities often come secondary to the horror element or the main horror creatures (ghosts, psychological torture, etc.). They should come second if horror is the main aspect of the story. Once these elements become primary, you’ve left the horror genre (primarily).
But, as with horror, including paranormal and supernatural elements must be there to further the thrill, suspense, or horror of the story. With supernatural and paranormal fiction, those elements should be integral to the story.
Supernatural: Something inexplicable that defies the laws of nature or something that was once a part of nature, only to defy it.
Paranormal: Something that shows signs of being beyond scientific understanding.
As noted in the definitions above, supernatural deals with transformation from the ordinary to the impossible. Paranormal deals with something beyond us, like clairvoyance.
Paranormal fiction tends to be lighter and it often has a romantic feel to it. When I say “romantic”, I do not necessarily mean love, but showing something in a light that makes it better than it actually is. Supernatural fiction tends to fall on the side of gritty horror more often than not.
What falls under each definition depends on who you ask, but abilities (for example, telekinesis) are generally considered paranormal while certain creatures (werewolves and vampires) are considered supernatural.
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CREATURES & CLICHES
With this genre comes otherworldly creatures. Right now, the genre is heavy with angels, demons, vampires, and werewolves. While there’s nothing wrong with writing about those creatures, it’s good to expand. After all, supernatural and paranormal are forms of fantasy. You can do anything.
Research some underused creatures and put a new twist on them. Use them as a base for a creature of your own creation. Go nuts with these creatures and make them unique.
They can thrive in one environment and suffer in another. They can be subject to evolution. They can be associated with a certain element or symbol. Give them odd abilities and give them reasons for this. Make up your own mythologies.
Yet with the four main creatures mentioned above comes cliches. We’re all sick of them and you should challenge yourself to write outside these cliches, though you can still rework a cliche and make it unique.
There is a group of cliches in paranormal romance that stand out from the rest because they are harmful. For example, male love interests who are brooding, possessive, and creepy yet written as desirable.
An important point to remember when you’re creating creatures is not to go so far that these become something else entirely. You can’t take away the fundamental characteristics if you’re trying to be unique. That destroys the creature. Your vampires don’t have to sleep in coffins or turn into bats, but you can’t really take away the blood drinking thing, can you? That’s the main characteristic of vampiric creatures (and there are many).
Reposting this because I’m getting flooded with more questions! This is a general summary of buying anime goods & figures straight from japan at the cheapest costs!
Disclaimer: I am an avid figure collector, these aren’t the only sources I use however I am catering this post towards the more…
GUYS. ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS. ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS RIGHT NOW. YOU’RE GOING TO STOOP TO TELLING PEOPLE TO KILL THEMSELVES? JUST BECAUSE THEY AREN’T LIKE YOU? THE LAST ONE, “chose to be straight AND cis” EXCUSE ME BUT LAST TIME I CHECKED, YOUR GENDER AND SEXUALITY WERE NOT EXACTLY A CHOICE. IF THEY WERE, GOD KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD ‘CHOOSE’ TO BE STRAIGHT. WOULD ‘CHOOSE’ TO BE CIS. BECAUSE BEING QUEER AND BEING TRANS*, FROM WHAT I’VE EXPERIENCED AND WHAT I’VE HEARD, IT’S NO FUCKING PICNIC. IT’S NOT FUN. I’M PRETTY SURE IF EVERYONE COULD CHOOSE, THEY WOULD ALL CHOOSE TO BE CIS AND STRAIGHT. AND I SEE YOU SECOND SCREENSHOT, CALLING ON ALL “white cishets” TO DIE. OK SO NOW WE’RE GOING TO TELL PEOPLE THEY NEED TO DIE BECAUSE THEY AREN’T PEOPLE OF COLOR? BECAUSE THEY WERE LITERALLY BORN AND THEY HAVE LIGHT SKIN? BECAUSE THEY CANNOT CHOOSE TO BE WHITE, THEY CANNOT CHOOSE TO BE CIS, THEY CANNOT CHOOSE TO BE HETEROSEXUAL ANYMORE THAN YOU CAN CHOOSE TO BE A PERSON OF COLOR WHO IS TRANS* AND QUEER. THERE IS NO CHOICE, AND YOU ARE LITERALLY TELLING PEOPLE TO DIE FOR WHO THEY ARE, AND THAT’S NOT OK. YOU CAN TELL PEOPLE THEIR ACTIONS ARE WRONG AND NOT OK AND EDUCATE THEM ON THEIR PRIVILEGES, BUT WHEN YOU START TELLING PEOPLE TO DIE AND TO KILL THEMSELVES THAT’S WHEN YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR WORDS ARE NO LONGER OK AND I DON’T SUPPORT BULLYING PEOPLE INTO ACCEPTANCE.
Many cancer patients can be overwhelmed with the physical and emotional difficulties of their disease, and the loss of their hair from chemotherapy treatment certainly doesn’t help. Henna Heals, a rich community of nearly 150 henna tattoo artists worldwide established by a team of 5 women in Canada, helps women with cancer feel confident and beautiful again by drawing elegant henna crowns on their bare heads:
The intricate patterns that the artists create with all-natural henna paste are a unique and empowering substitute to the hats and wigs that many women use to cover their heads after losing their hair to chemotherapy. “For cancer patients, the henna crowns really are a healing experience,” claims Frances Darwin, the founder of Henna Heals. “This is all about them reclaiming a part of themselves that would normally be perceived as ill or damaged or not nice to look at and making it more feminine and beautiful.”
The traditional South-Asian temporary tattoos, which are made with 100% natural home-made henna paste, last for around two weeks and have no harmful side-effects. Henna Heals also offers henna services for special events and does belly painting for mother-to-be, but they always donate 10% of their proceeds to compensate the cost of the henna crowns they make for cancer patients.
im not gonna be the person to say it
I dont wanna be that person BUT….
Im gonna let someone else say it
it’s inappropriate to have a company (which was started by a white woman) profiting off mehndi which is practiced by numerous south asian cultures. if you look at photoshoots done by the company, they depict white women wearing henna on their heads AND bindis on their foreheads which is a completely unnecessary addition and only proves how this company is deliberately using south asian elements for profit, probably because of the whole ~exotic foreign beauty~ feel. cancer patients deserve to feel confident and beautiful but not at the expense of exploiting south asian cultures.
and of course a white girl with dreads doin that shit smh
SJWs have no shame. Here is one whining about cancer patients “culturally appropriating” when she probably doesn’t have one drop of Indian or hindu blood in her stupid body, but she still feels entitled to speak on behalf of everyone in a continent so huge it’s called a subcontinent.
India doesn’t need your American Teenager’s Burden, you fucking ghoul.
Bruh,
the person who posted about it’s name is a hindi word
she says she’s indian (gujarati to be exact)
and even has pictures
like… it took me 5 seconds to check.
you talk shit with literally no backup. shut the fuck up and keep reblogging tardis cake pictures, you fucksheet.
Yeah nah, I’m gonna say it. White girls have been feeling beautiful at my race’s expense for all my life. You demean our dark skin to make yours more valuable, you exploit saris and bindis when if I wear them I’m considered a lame immigrant who doesn’t assimilate. Sorry you have cancer, we get cancer too, doesn’t change anything.
“sorry you have cancer”
woah woah woah sweetheart, don’t shed all those crocodile tears at once, people might you think you give a shit about someone over then yourself!
