ok but roadrunners are so cool, I can seldom think of a bird more velociraptor-like
more people need to know they’re real because look at this, this is some real walking with dinosaurs shit
they have powerful legs allowing them to run up to 20mph and leap to impressive heights with ease
they are extremely swift and fearless, quick enough to take down a sizable rattlesnake and other large prey animals like lizards and mice
they have several unique adaptations to thermoregulate, such as the dark patch of feathers on their back which acts as a solar panel to absorb heat, or its crest that either releases or absorbs heat by exposing its skin
they have these long, stiff tailfeathers that they use as a counterbalance when running, very reminiscent of the rod-like tail of a dromaeosaur
and they are capable of bursts of flight/gliding with incredibly beautiful plumage
I’m genuinely shocked how many people think they’re made up, they are real and they are AWESOME
I do think it's fascinating that after Dean has told Charlie about what's been up in their lives since they last saw her, based on her response of "damn, Sam no longer has his cool normal life thanks to you" it really says something about how Dean must have presented the whole Dean vs Sam/Benny/Amelia/Martin dust up fiasco.
it's such an obvious rewriting of history because Sam very much did not leave Amelia because of Dean. he did that while Dean was still in purgatory, and while certainly the pair of them did have a brief reintroduction to each others' lives as a result of Dean's actions... like. Sam is nearly thirty years old. he's a grown adult and he made the choice not to meet Amelia at the motel to continue their relationship. only one brother actually issued an "it's me or your partner" ultimatum last episode, and it sure as hell wasn't Dean.
and yet somehow in the time since the preceding episode, Dean has yet again rewritten this to make it all his fault that Sam doesn't get to have the things he wants, even though it was very much the direct result of choices Sam consciously made as an active participant in his life.
like, I've talked about how John spent most of Dean's life rewriting things to be Dean's fault. and I've talked about how Sam also spends a lot of time rewriting history to make Dean at least equally culpable for Sam's own choices. but Dean is clearly so used to this pattern that he also has a habit of rewriting history to take responsibility for decisions that he actually has no right to claim ownership of because other people made those choices.
no wonder the deancrits are so convinced that everything in the entire world is Dean's fault: damn near everyone in the world* acts like it is even when that directly conflicts with reality we as the audience witnessed with our own eyes literally one episode ago.
@monstermoviedean never apologize for tangents like this because you're right and you should say it. Cas and Dean are so often breaking their own patterns and bad habits for each other, and this is one way it's really really important, because Dean will get in this cycle of just blaming himself for everything that goes wrong because he's spent his whole life having it reinforced by every member of his family (including Bobby!! let it be said!! I love Bobby and he is #1 dad in my heart but oh my god did he ever reinforce this!!) but then Cas comes in and says no, nuh-uh, this is not something you can blame yourself for and it's so important.
like. they provide each other with an exit ramp. they provide each other with a safe place to set down their unhealthy habits and bad coping mechanisms and just... be seen, and cared for exactly as they are, flaws and all.
You will all be overjoyed to know that this was apparently a commercial pattern… in like 1993. If you can find the out of print booklet, this glorious specimen of fashion can be yours.
miles is taller than 42-miles because of his spider bite. This is like when your younger brother have a grow spurt and now are slightly taller than you.
this picture is so funny to me like the faggot radiating off this image is so warm i could heat my home… he literally went to home depot and bought the finest grade finnish wood 1x12 that cost at least $15 and then put it in a tiny plastic bag…. camp
Cyanometer - an instrument for measuring blueness, specifically the color intensity of blue sky - attributed to Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and Alexander von Humboldt