I’ve Learned The First Minute Of The Dance So Far, So I’m A Third Of The Way Through!

“Untitled“ by | Erin Moon

Mt. Baker, Whatcom County, Washington

I almost scrolled past this; was not expecting it to be this funny oh my god

“Fear is a good thing. It means you’re paying attention.”

- Page

“Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much - all of it wrong.”

- Emperor Mage

“Reflect as if you have all time, even when time is short.”

- First Test

“You need never unsay anything that you did not say in the first place.”

- Squire

“You’re a far better spy hemming sheets than if you clank with daggers.”

- Trickster’s Choice

Some wisdom from the renowned Tamora Pierce.

Can someone tell me how to help LGBTQ people in Brunei without just telling me to boycott luxury hotels I already don’t go to??

Weeks? It’s been like 8 months.

Today’s aesthetic: keeping the same tab open in your browser for three solid weeks because you’re definitely going to get around to reading and/or acting on whatever’s in it any minute now.

Our world does not welcome wild things.

As a zoology student, this is a brutal truth I must face. We slaughter keystone predators, leaving ecosystems to rot, then ponder why we are so overrun by the animals they hunt. We destroy forests, jungles, prairies and marshlands, then wonder why these pests dare encroach on our land. 

We hunt rare creatures for their tusks, for their horns, for their skin, for their bones, forcing those that remain onto reserves, culling them when their populations grow beyond our control. Our highest-ranking political figures publicly delight in murdering endangered species for mere thrill of the hunt. If a creature is fierce, or frightening, or mysterious, or beautiful… we kill it. 

This is why How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is important. Grimmel is a trophy hunter. He kills dragons for the fun of it. Because Night Furies are beautiful and rare and dangerous and the world heralds him as a hero for it. He doesn’t need another reason for it, anymore than any of the trophy hunters of our world need a reason for shooting an elephant and proudly posing with its bloody tail other than it boosts their egos. 

“Our world doesn’t deserve you…”

…because our world destroys all that which is fierce and beautiful and wild. So until the day comes when mankind stops desecrating, polluting, and exploiting the natural world we are meant to protect, I hope the dragons stay hidden, where man cannot reach them. 

I love how the Earth is this giant, beautiful tectonic mosaic

apparently, people in the US do not use the word ‘cupboard’