Author: katanaclone

awomanofletters:

owlmylove:

tilthat:

Finland’s Lapland is home to over twenty thousand reindeer, but with thousands killed every year due to vehicle collisions in the dark, herders now cover the animals’ antlers with a harmless fluorescent paint that glows in the light of oncoming cars but is otherwise invisible. both female and male reindeer in Lapland grow antlers, which they shed in the spring, so a new coating is reapplied in the fall.

thats definitely a god

@damesanddragons

Um if you don’t mind me asking, what is the hat disk with the veil called? Thanks for your time! (I hope I’m not a bother)

ziseviolet:

Hello! Of course it’s not a bother, I like to help! 🙂

The veiled hat is called “wéimào/帷帽”. I wrote a little on it in this post, and I also have a weimao tag. Below: historical weimao.

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The original form of the weimao was the “mìlí/幂蓠”, a hat with a body-long veil that originated from the foreign cultures of the northwest. The mili became popular during the Sui dynasty (581-618), especially among ladies of the nobility who rode horses on public roads. The fancier veils were adorned with jade and kingfisher feathers. Below: mili in a historical drama.  

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The mili’s veil shortened toward the end of the Sui, and the new wide-brimmed hat with shoulder-length veil was known as a weimao. During the Tang dynasty (618-907), the weimao became so popular that edicts to wear the more modest mili were ignored. It was popular not just among palace women, but also among commoners who followed their lead. Below: weimao in historical dramas.

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Hope this helps! 🙂

Edit: See this post by fate-magical-girls for more information on the history/evolution of mili & weimao.

I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING. D:

stevenuniversehub:

nacreousknight:

partcfyouruniverse:

geminstrumentalityproject:

Pink took Pearl’s hands, crossed them one over the other, and said, “Let’s never speak of this again.” After this, Pearl was literally incapable of talking about what she did.

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In The Answer, Rose took Garnet’s hands, crossed them one over the other, and told her, “No more questions.”

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And now Garnet “can’t” ask questions.

@outofthisgxlaxy

I just want to point out that in the podcast they discussed one of the rules in the show bible being that Garnet can’t ask questions. The writers are not allowed to write garnet asking a question ever. The explanation was that they do this in order to keep her sounding decisive, which makes sense in keeping with her future vision and confident attitude. I literally have not thought about this scene since the episode aired and now I’m screaming because listen

Is this a cute nod to their writing strategy? OR is their decision to make this characterization rule alluding to a much much darker thing that they haven’t been telling us?

from know your fusion

gluey-porch-treatments:

iprayinthespeech:

gluey-porch-treatments:

just-shower-thoughts:

Cinnamon is just delicious sawdust.

… No?

It’s true! Cinnamon (or more commonly cassia because it’s cheaper) is the bark from trees of the Cinnamomum family. It curls up when it’s been peeled and dried, thus cinnamon sticks. But we grind it down to use it, so it’s pretty much sawdust.

Well shoot. I guess you really do learn something new every day