Curious Dragoon

Thank you so much for tagging me @xthescarletbitch 🖤 so sweet of you!

Last song: What You Will Leave Behind(End Titles) it’s from a game I still really need to play called “Spiritfarer”

Last show: The Owl House, 10/10 would recommend. It’s sooo cute!!

Currently watching: I have a few, I’m rewatching both Legend Of Korra and Heavens Offical Blessing, then Tom and Jerry for whitenoise while I sleep. 😂

Currently reading: Anything fan fiction honestly.

Current obsession: Anything to do with these women! Abby Anderson, f!Eivor, Kassandra, Korra, Vi, Sevika, and f!Dani cause I’m gay as fuck!🖤❤️💜

How is Far Cry 6 by the way, I’ve never played Far Cry but I’m obsessed with F!Dani… >>

Tagging(sorry if you already got tagged🥲)

@hotxcheeto @kassandras-one-braincell @blkdyke @danicruel @heartfairy @badasserywomen @purplesunrisefanfic @randomwritingguy @booppooo

@wolfstar-jegulus-shipper Thank you for tagging me lovely<3

Last song I listened to: Mary on a Cross by Ghost (just super obsessed with it at this point)

Last show I watched: that would probably be Helluva Boss and stranger things

Last book series I read: I haven't read a book from a series in a long time but the last book series I remember reading was "The Lost Hero"

What I'm currently watching: The sandman (lord Morpheus is so hot I can't-)

Current obsessions: trying to learn the guitar(the f chord is kicking my ass), DND, Harry Potter: (Fred Weasley, wolfstar, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, the maruaders, etc.), Stranger things: (Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, steddie, Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler, Ronance), crochet, helluva boss, my friend's drawings of their helluva boss oc (he's so hot guys, but I'm gatekeeping him for the time being, I'm sorry), procrastination

Tags<333 @robynlilyblack @ghostofscarley @my-my-only-angel @natti-ice @l0nelylibra @eddieslxt @ell0ra-br3kk3r @butterbeerkiss @m1ss1ng-1n-act1on and anyone else who wants to join in:)))

thank you for the tag my lovely (@wolfstardaughter-jj ) <3

where we began - coterie

um.. dora the explor- MOVING ON (no regrets... some regrets)

tbh, not a show watcher.. i do however wanna rewatch the harry potter series (to see fred and the split seconds of adrian), the maze runner series (to see newt) and the twilight series (to see jasper, paul and felix)

the 3 of the 4 heartstopper books that i currently own and have been busting my ass to try and complete the set but it's so popular that i always have to wait for a restock

a whole lot of fan fiction babes.. especially rwts (the first and second book *cough* @emso12 *cough*), 'yours, fred', 'intriguing', 'he calls me love', and 'infinity'

fred weasley and ADRIAN MF PUCEY.. my boy newt, heartstopper, hamilton, folklore (i am.. ashamed that i am a late bloomer but i've been sobbing for days), tiktok imagines (they.. do something to me), omg dream and his attractive ass voice (hits all the right spots)

ANYWAY, tagging my babies <3 (no pressure tho my loves)

@lilyswh0re @emso12 @cobrakaisb @14chubs @rowanoverholt @volturiwolf @dayangestre @limerenze @loverssfevers and anyone else who would like to do it :))

Thank you for tagging me @ghostofscarley 💜💜💜

Last song I listened to:

Blender by 5SOS

Last show I watched:

I did start watching 'Dynasty' but only because I needed something to fill 20-30 minutes of break. Otherwise, I'd say 'The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' which I love

What I'm currently watching:

Unfortunately, I'm working two jobs rn, so I don't really have a day-off (no, seriously 🥲😥)

Last book series I read:

From the 39 clues series, the second series, called 'Cahills vs Vespers'

What I'm currently reading:

Unfortunately, still nothing 🥲

Current obsessions:

Embry Call, Paul Lahote and Felix Volturi, as always

Tagging, with no pressure:

@alecvolturiswifeforever @like-rain-or-confetti @aquanova99 @nixwolfe @xxx-wounded-angel-xxx @singerj2002 @beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep @firstbeachgoblin @marvelatthetwilight @volturidoll13 @raindancer2004 @howlonghaveyoubeenseventeen

Thanks for the tag @volturiwolf <3

Last song I listened to:

I wanna be somebody by W.A.S.P.

Last show I watched:

Stranger Things , and I still have to finish season 4

Last book series I read:

I have no idea, I'm reading so much stuff both for work and my pleasure

What I'm currently reading:

Le Métier de bibliothécaire ( a libarian manual I have to read before I start uni again in september that have more than 500 pages in a really small typo)

Current obsessions:

The Lost Boys, Billy Hargrove and strangely Spike from Btvs (i have only seen the 3 first seasons and a while ago lol)

tagging without pressure

@vampirism-and-slashers ; @patient1666074 ; @lostbxys ; @liquid-death-and-bones ; @softened-hearts ; @oceansrose2002 ; @theundeaddyke ; @plaidetchocolatchaud ; @cantstoppartying

ty 4 the tag :3

last song i listened to: hidden power by machine girl

last show i watched: nbc hannibal

last book series i read/what i'm currently reading: just getting into warrior cats so im reading Into the Wild rn xD

current obsessions: wolves, bugs, saw movies, and horror movies in general ^_^

taggingggg hehehe @lovenmercibeaucoup (not that i need to get 2 know u better lol), @loved-to-extinction, @ur-local-neighborhood-scene-kid , @xx-dark-dart-xx, @offtheheezayy, @creepypasta-k1d , and @gerardville !

tyy for the tag!!! :D @cantstoppartying

last song i listened to: alter ego by misumi

last show i watched: stranger things

last book i read: umm prob bloom into you

what i’m currently reading: nothing currently

current obsessions: vocaloid, rhythm games (especially project sekai), dolls/figures, any noisy music

tagging @funnybutobscurereference @gotpostcardsfrommyformerselves @gothgirltylerdurden and anyone else who wants too

awwww, thanks for tagging me! <333

Last song I listened too: W.I.T.C.H. by Devon Cole

Last show I watched: I think it was One Piece? I barely watch stuff lately :")

Last book I read: I am Malala (yeah, it's been years lol)

What I'm currently reading: Sophie's World (barely started tho... for the 4th or 5th time in more than 20 years lmao)

Current obsessions: my job and ... well... sigh.

imma tag @eelsza-blog @dargeon-lissa @haroksan @pillar-of-light @cobaltrequiem and anyone else who wants to do this

Tysm for the tag! :D :D :D

Last song I listened to: Sexbomb by Tom Jones

Last show I watched: The Walking Dead

Last book I read: Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse

What I’m currently reading: nothing really. At this point I only read wizard textbooks and manga, and manga is damn expensive.

Current obsessions: Team Fortress 2, Dungeons and Dragons, and probably Half Life soon at the rate I’m going at

Tagging: the D&D bros @onlypartiallystars @manwhore-wrongs @sombredust @forever-positive other moots @laggingbehindreality @scottishscurrie @jophielthepoet @fullmusicbard @catt-the-cat

Thanks for the tag!!

Last Song I listened to was: 5 Years Time by Noah and the Whale

(It’s a cute ass song okay?? I 100% recommend)

Last Show I watched: Wipeout USA, didn’t necessarily enjoy it but it was on TV so :P

(Not the original, it’s the new version with John Cena)

Last Book I Read: Unless fanfics count then Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en, though I’m reading the Julia Lovell translation.

Current Obsessions: Lego Monkie Kid, Journey to the West, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Pokemon: Legends Arceus

Tagging: @shmaptain-shmerica18 @goldenroseeon @jammin--jams

ty for the tag!!!!

Last Song I listened to was: laplace's angel by will wood! i really like the riff in the beginning

Last Show I watched: lego monkie kid! i rewatched the s2 special!! and cried bec the wukong analysis essay screwed with me

Last Book I Read: i have to read the book theif for summer reading, and i dont like it very much. i did stay up until like 3:30am reading wukong angst tho

Current Obsessions: Lego Monkie Kid, RiseTMNT, Journey to the Weet (I NEED TO READ IT RN), Skate the Infinity

tags!! : @tommeowinnit @the-flower-gardens

@legogeek33 @mega-byte @sunnystrikerz

@fishybehavior

and anyone who wants to join!!

TYSM FOR THE TAG :D

Last song I listened to: Love on Top - Beyonce (it's a good song, gave me many ideas for character edits which I will never do)

Last show I watched: Ducktales (I finished recently... so much pain)

Last book I read: Some "I Survived" book ab a shark attack.

What I’m currently reading: Nothing, I have nothing on my reading list.

Current obsessions: Monkie Kid, Ninjago, Ducktales, Ninjago, Ben 10, Ninjago, Transformers, Ninjago, The Owl House, Ninjago, Amphibia, Ninjago, I mean the list goes on really, so many options omg

Tags: @pastelpoltergeist @yaboiignis @destinysbounty @abunnsburrow @youraverageauprocrastinator @strangermask @diisdoodles @a1sart @squib-2006 @kingxgarm (those last three are people I love seeing in my notifs, they interact with me a LOT and I love them for it)

THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH FOR THE TAG!!! ༼ つ ̥◕͙_̙◕͖ ͓༽つ

Last song I listened to: moon halo from honkai impact 3rd ( it’s really good and if you play the game it has so much more meaning to the character it’s about.)

Last show I watched: Lego ninjago masters of spinjitzu ( it was ep 10 of season 9 because I wanted to see my boi Kai being a brave dumb dumb)

Last book I read: Pokémon adventures collectors edition volume one (this manga is better than the Pokémon anime. I love it so much and read it a lot as a kid. I was so happy when my bro bought it and it’s as good as I remember 10/10)

What I’m currently reading: lots of fanfiction. Manly from the lmk (Lego monkie kid), ninjago, mha, splatoon, and ace attorney fandoms rn. There are way to many I’m reading to go over all of them.

Current obsession: ninjago( the crystalized wait is killing me), Lego monkie kid( slowly working my way through season 3), splatoon 1/2/3 ( can not wait for the 27th. Me and the bestie gunna play till midnight lol. Team scissors for life!!!), ace attorney (waiting until I have money to buy the games. But I read a lot of fanfiction for it), and legos (I want all of them and to put them on my shelves.) there’s more but that’s what I post on here sooo yah

Tags!!: @randomness227 @theatlasrealm @master-of-fluff @howuart @how-to-be-a-hero @k1ngtok1 @kaideservedbetter

Ps. It really means a lot that you added me. I’m pretty new on tumblr and you are just amazing. And it’s really cool that you thought of me. It just makes me go (○∇○).

👀

Last song I listened to: Victoria’s Secret by Jax

Last show I watched: Arcane! My dad sat me down and made me watch the first episode and I haven’t been able to keep watching since, but I want to.

Last book I read: I can’t remember, so I’ll recommend my favorite book, A Mango Shaped Space. It’s about a girl with synesthesia learning about herself and her precious little cat named Mango. It really helped me when I was first diagnosed as a T1D.

What I’m currently reading: Does fanfiction count-

Current obsession: Weekend-Whip’s Legacyverse au, as well as interactions between my OC, Jamie, and all of hers + the canon characters! I’ve made so much content for it- it’s registered in my brain like a sub-fandom.

Tags: @weekend-whip @abunnsburrow @ririthu @manjirian @felikatze @bisexualwaluigi @unnipanda623

AHANJSJS THANKS FOR THE TAG THIS IS MY FIRST TIME

Last song I listened to: Mary on a Cross by Ghost (i have an obsession with that song)

Last show I watched: Ninjago Masters of Spinjitzu (its the only thing i have left)

Last book I read: I read Iron Widow and Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor last week (both by Xiran Jay Zhao). They're great books, I love them <3

What I'm currently reading: a lot of fanfiction, mostly from Ninjago, but there's some Demon Slayer and Chainsaw Man content. Also Song of Achilles but I've been reading it for months and I got bored with it a lot

Current Obsession: Ninjago, then there's Demon Slayer, Tokyo Revengers, Chainsaw Man, and the occasional Lego Monkie Kid. But mostly Ninjago bc it's the only thing I can think about. For characters, Morro, Kai and Lloyd lol

Tags: @emisnt2 @peachyninjago @afandomroom @l0on

JDBDJDBSJSBS TY FOR THE TAGS?????

Last song i listened to: Numb by Marina and The Diamonds (i think? I was listening to a playlist XD)

Last show i watched: Helluva Boss

Last book I read: i have no idea. It's either my school books or fanfiction (• ▽ •;) (though my friend lent me a book like 2 years ago that i never finished or returned hdbsjsb which i should probably do😭 Every Day by David Levithan)

What I'm currently reading: a CRAP ton of fanfiction ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ mostly from Ninjago right now XD

Current obsession: Ninjago. Mostly AUs and the FSM family jdbdjsn oh and also character design for some reason?

Tags: (I'm so sorry if any of you have been tagged before XD) @paskariu @justeliiijah @namelysane @yells-of-the-not-so-danged @httydbooks-doodler

GSJSHSJ oh my god lmao. okay uhh

Last Song I Listened To: Puzzle Pieces by Framing Hanley!! great song, give it a listen

Last Show I Watched: The Boys (that superhero one on Prime! My da got me into it and said I could bum off his account and now I’m hooked.

Last Book I Read: I waaaant to say book 3 of the series “Cirque du Freak” by Darren Shan. think it was for the nostalgia, but I cannot remember lol. Vampire horror with a twist and all that

What I’m Currently Reading: The Picture of Dorian Gray!! Never got around to it before and I’ve always wanted to read it. super interestin thus far

Current Obsession: uhhh lessee. D&D, but that’s an always… Ninjago, DC (more like I keep coming back to it), finally getting around to the lore of my book,,, a lil bit of Owl House!!

Tags (most of y’all i know well but i ain’t adventurous besties): @curious-dragoon, @galexion, @slut-for-fries, @hunters-therapist

Oooh okay okay

Last song I listened to: Run by One Republic

Last show I watched: What We Do In The Shadows. A friend blew through it all in a week then pestered me to watch it. I've been on episode 3 for 3 days 🙃 I'm doing my best!!

Last book I read: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. It was a (five month) late birthday present but I really enjoyed it!

What I'm currently reading: ...I'm in between books atm 😅. I'm halfway through Fellowship of the Ring, but I've also got this crime thriller I want to read before I go back to uni.

Current obsession: Mhm. Sharks. I've been on a bit of a shark thing for a bit. Err...Gotten weirdly into Stardew Valley again?? Doctor Who, baking, and probably some other stuff that I cant remember right now.

Idk who to tag so if anyone sees this and wants to do it, knock yourselves out.

You know what? Picrew chain! I think we all deserve to be cute cartoon drawings

@yourpersonaltimebomb @arcadiii @dashdoodles @cute-as-buttons @skibs-scribbles anybody interested?

No one tagged me but this was cute.

Tagging: @sai-my-beloved @tater-tati @gonuclear @we-are-so-close

oh homie this is ADORABLE

no pressure tags @lusus–naturae @dressroba @ellismexd

Thanks ar

I tagg @tsunderedoctor @stulili @sarcasm-vending-machine @sir-crocodile-slut @lawscorazon @l-o-s-t-in-w-e-b @shrimp-sanji and I forget people

thanks for the tag!!!

i will tag @queencannabisseur @r-oronoa @smoleeveewrites and anyone else who’d like to join

Don’t mind me walking uninvited to the party~~~

Oh I absolutely love this :)

@acaciapines @trulyfantasticenby @a-dragons-journal @chrysochus @ambiguousmutt @fencesandfrogs @ralseiralsei come get y’all juice!

Bonus me’s under the cut (‘ware middle fingers)

Tagging @iamnotademigodkiller @fvriva @charnehr @pengdaw2nd @a-dream-journalist @cardioasscular @goopy-amethyst @a-british-guardsman @niathavibe @i-cant-find-name @niaalee @barkjacklancer @monotonescreaming @tsukidrama @gremlin-elrics @sevengeese @asrieldeltarune @lizluvscupcakes @sbuggbot @auxphono and anyone else who wants to do it!

Hells yeah, thanks @ralseiralsei <3 Today I’m a radiant fucking Ram and I feel it. Tagging some mutuals, but you’re all welcome <3 I really loved this picrew, it’s lovely! @hippieghost @itsbiscuittime @boilingheart @wqu @universejunction @wombtater @theanymo @julia1x5 @medievalart12 @crunchbuttsteak

Hehehehehe. I like it. 🤟

@endreal @beansprouts @its-dandy-mack @positively–speculative @greenrose-witchdance @selectivegeekwithstandards @emilreloaded @douglasdaelquor @queenelvendork @thecommunityoftrustworthysinks @queenofqueezledom

Cute!!!

@biodegradablehamlet @see-ya-later-guys @ignanimus @themoon-ismy-girlfriend

Love being just a little gay library boy

I don’t really like tagging people in things, but if you wanna do it I’d love to see your contributions!

@evanox beloved? 🥺

Also anyone who sees this you are officially tagged into this by me

Ough @poisonouswritings @crabbarts @sweet-milky-tea705 @hatillae if you’re comfortable!! And anyone who sees this is more than welcome to join ✨

sushicore picrew my beloved <3  @honeybuddhahoe @uselessbeanies @crowtrinkets​ @majestickitty if you want to!

They didn’t have my weird ass farquad haircut as an option so I did my best 😭

I tag @plsletmesleeb @screechingplant @goomergrubby and @sonthesheep as well as anyone else who wants to play with picrew today

I LOOK LIKE A FUCKING NERD GSJDGDHS (perhaps bc i am one)

uhhhh @curious-dragoon and @transtigers give it a shot if u want!!! no pressure babes

Made me realise I actually need a haircut 🙃

Can everyone who reads this PLEASE reblog it?!?!?  Libraries literally saved my life as a child!

Being abused at home, bullied at school and lost in the world, the library and all the books I could escape to the most amazing worlds, kept me alive!

I would walk to the library, and spend all day, from 10 am to 9 pm reading there!! I got special awards for how many books I read, I wrote little blurbs on why i loved the books (probably why I love to BETA and do ARCs) 

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Just hit the green arrows and the reblog!!!

As a 50 year old woman, the library offers me so much. Digital art pads to borrow, 3D printing, book clubs that are face to face (yeah, the introvert likes face to face because a moderator will stomp on anyone getting snarky)

New books in LARGE PRINT! I’m visually challenged and as much as I love my kindle, The feel of a real book in my hands will always be a beloved feeling!

Our library also has quarterly books sales of almost free books!! For 5$USD we get in a day early and can buy as many as we want. Anyone else has to wait and there is a limit for the first 2 days.

Also many, many libraries have inter library loan(it may be called something different). This means if they don’t have the item you want, they can get it for you. This may include photocopy/pdf of articles. This can also include along with books and DVDs, microfilm/fiche which is also a huge resource. Check around for libraries that are listed as depositories if you want to look at government documents.

Remember that many colleges and universities have open stacks for the public. You will likely have to pay a membership fee but you will get to stuff.

I love the library ☺

The library was one of my favorite places to go as a kid and I still live to go and just. Sit and read. Or do homework. The university I’m at has a massive 8-story one I love to just wonder around in~ Great places

Libraries are amazing places, we need to protect them to ensure their continued existence.

the fundamental difference between twitter and tumblr

Thinking back on when I was head TA for an engineering systems course in college. Bleak winter term, probably the most sleep-deprived I've ever been, late into the semester I started giving people extra credit for cute doodles just to feel something. Your free-body diagram has a horse that looks like a friend? Fuck it. 0.5 points extra credit. I love this horse.

I found them.

I found the horses.

Do you know how hard it is to live with a cat that has the intelligence level of literally like a 3 year old but the pure chaos of a high ranking demon?

He’s learned to open the lazy Susan and won’t stop clawing open the flour and rolling in it like a little chinchilla

Criminal charges

Hey hey hey HEY

He’s been CRAWLING INTO THE BOTTOM CABINETS to TEAR OPEN THE INSTANT POTATOES and EAT BAGS AND BAGS OF THEM I’m livid but also impressed.

Do you have anything with that kind of texture that he can safely play with? This sounds like an understimulation issue.

He’s not playing with it

He’s eating it.

I can tell because the bags are nearly empty except for a few small clumps.

I knew he loves mashed potatoes. I just didn’t know the extent he’d go to to get them.

We had him tested and in the course of that vet visit he stole

6 tips

3 of the ear light cover things

Our other cats collar

the ear bud of the vets stethoscope 

several hearts

a plastic glove

the vet techs hair tie

Also yeah he’s fine he just likes to steal

Not guilty by reason of deficiency of other people’s stuff

This is his ledge

His ledge is taller then my husband who is 6’2”

I am 5’5”

I have to get the step ladder out once a week and see what Orange Sherbert has taken to his ledge for safe keeping. It’s usually the remote.

Narratively speaking, ending this saga with the reveal that his name is Orange Sherbert was a masterstroke.

@jaimistoryteller

get rid of tonal indicators. every time you tell a joke this fucker should pop up

got taken to axe throwing tonight. i may not have impressed anyone with my technical axe throwing skills but my sheer brute animal strength is unparalleled

Medusa and her gargoyle gf

Mammals both produce milk and have hair. Ergo, a coconut is a mammal.

I know you’re being facetious, but this is an actual issue with morphology-based phylogeny.

*leans over and whispers to person beside me* what are they talking about

*leans over and whispers back*  Human ability to quantify and categorize natural phenomena is sketchy at best and wildly misleading at worst

consider the coconut

this reminds me of that time Plato defined humans as “featherless bipeds” and Diogenes ran in with a plucked chicken screaming “BEHOLD A MAN!”

i love how you say “it reminds me of that time” like you were there.

listen if an immortal feels brave and supported enough to come out we should respect them

This post is a journey

1 Reblog = 1 Respect

I maintain that humans started attempting classify animals, and some god or another made the platypus, and is still laughing.

Zeus: *hits joint* okay so like. It’s gonna have a duck bill right. But an otter body okay? And then a beaver tail. It’s a mammal. But. It lays eggs!

Hades: wait wait dude. Give it. Give it poison. Make it poisonous

Athena: You mean venomous, and make sure the eggs have both reptile and bird traits. Hermes: *takes the joint* Give it extra senses. Poseidon: It should be aquatic.

I MEAN where’s the lie

Demeter: … And where exactly do you expect me to put this? Everyone: Australia.

Reblogging for that last exchange.

@heritageposts

This is the only tiktok you’ll ever need, I’ve made about 13 of these and I’m not stopping anytime soon

I’m reblogging again because I did it myself and added pictures for those who have trouble learning from the video.

First take a standard rectangular piece of paper (I used one from a small notebook which I ripped out then cut the holes off)

Then fold in half touching the shorter side to the opposite shorter side.

Fold again making the new shorter side touch the other new shorter side

I did this one more time, but this time I unfolded it right after to get back to where it was only folded twice. It should have left a crease in the paper.

Using this crease, fold the corners up alongside it to look like this

This are also going to be unfolded, but this time you’re going to push in alongside the triangular folds you just made and undid.

Doing this once will result in this

Hold tight because tumblr won’t let me add more pictures. I’ll reblog will the rest of the instructions

Continuing on,

Do the other side of you haven’t already to get this

You’ll open these newly created flap to change which parts are touching

Leaving you with this

Then you start pulling the top “tabs” down

Do both sides to get the final folded form

Decorate as desired.

Hope this helps!

Ratio for the rectangle size is 2:3

So 6 cm by 9cm

I uh, lost an evening:

Thanatos knows that I hecking love cute origami, and moths, so really, what was I supposed to do, scroll past and not take the opportunity to make butterfly and moth page markers???

I learned recently that at least some tribes of early Britons (in particular the Silures and Picts) were actually dark-skinned people with curly black hair. Contemporary sources compared them to Iberians and even Africans.

This supposedly has to do with the fact that the original Celts were Iberian and their ancestors migrated across the strait of Gibraltar from Africa. The red-haired and pale look typically associated with Celtic identity likely comes from admixture from Germanic peoples. Remember that everyone’s ancestors came from Africa if you go far back enough.

Evidence of this phenotype can still be seen in some people today, particularly those from Wales and other western coastal regions. For example:

Welsh presenter Alex Jones

Welsh footballer Chris Coleman

Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones who can notably pass for Hispanic.

English actor Ian McShane

It’s important to note that none of these people are immigrants or descended from immigrants. They all come from families native to the British Isles.

The take-home message here is A) don’t ever let anyone tell you British = pale and B) this

may actually be one of the most accurate versions of Guinevere we’ve seen so far.

This post is hard to find because Tumblr hates links so I’m giving it a boost.

Let’s talk about Cheddar Man.

Cheddar Man was a Mesolithic hunter-gatherer whose bones were found in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, UK. He’s about 10,000 years old and from his DNA, it is likely that he had dark skin and pale eyes. He’s not alone! Other hunter-gatherers found in Spain, dating from around 7,000 years ago, showed similar genetics.

And even when we move into the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition and into the Neolithic, we have evidence of Whitehawk Woman and Lola (discovered in the UK and Denmark, respectively) - also with dark skin and pale eyes. Lola is incredibly cool because all we know of her is the DNA left on the birch pitch “chewing gum” she left behind.

It goes to show that when Homo sapiens radiated out of Africa (around 45,000 years ago, but now is not the time to talk about Out-of-Africa vs. Multiregional Continuity vs. Assimilation models), the switch from dark skin to pale skin did not happen as quickly as previously thought.

There are so many different skin tones because of the balance between UV radiation, folate, and Vitamin D. High UV exposure usually means darker skin because folate, an essential vitamin for growth and development, can be found in the skin and breaks down under high UV. High UV also means you’re getting plenty of Vitamin D from the sun, which you need for calcium absorption, amongst other things. Yes, more melanin also equals more protection from skin cancer, but from a natural selection point of view that doesn’t matter as much as folate and Vitamin D.

When humans started moving into areas with weaker UV (aka higher latitudes), that could have triggered a shift to paler skin to allow for more Vitamin D synthesis - and because UV is weaker overall, there isn’t as much concern about folate breaking down, either. However, if you’re getting enough Vitamin D from your diet, that shift from darker to paler skin need not happen - Inuit populations are a great example of this, and so are these historical examples.

It was probably only when during a shift to intensive agriculture in Neolithic Europe - and other areas, but Europe’s the one losing its mind over dark-skinned hunter-gatherers - that natural selection kicked in and there was a change where genes like MC1R shifted from producing eumelanin (brown-black pigment) to pheomelanin (reddish-pink). Intensive agriculture meant more monocropping and less diversity in diet. The Vitamin D that was once coming from the diet now needed to come from Vitamin D synthesis within the skin.

Sources:

-Cheddar Man: Mesolithic Britain’s blue-eyed boy

-Hunter-gatherer European had blue eyes and dark skin

-This Is ‘Lola,’ a 5,700-Year-Old Woman Whose Entire Life Is Revealed in Her ‘Chewing Gum’

-Why does ‘Whitehawk Woman’ have dark skin?

-The Biology of Skin Color

Or

Why my very English mother is much darker than I, a biracial Native American, am. I did not get my color phenotypes from either parent or any recent relative, I’m a genetic throwback to some very pale ancestor in what is now the UK

All this

2020 be like, is it saturday tomorrow or is it june

i looked at my calendar turns out it is both saturday and june

I checked again and apparently we’re halfway through 2021

Time goes so fast ngl