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Nettles (alive, dead) and dock leaves

The stinging nettle (Urtica dioica): A bee sting in plant form. Both give you acidic stings, but whilst a bee will die after a single sting, the nettle holds no such melodrama. Importantly, the underside of the nettle has no stinging needles - using this, a nettle leaf can be folded and eaten. Quite delicious, but like oysters, it is best to only chew them just enough to experience the flavour. Unlike oysters, it is an established tea.

The dock leaf (Rumex obtusifolius): The apologetic, unassuming, elder sibling of our funny little trio. Never too far behind the stinging nettle, growing in the same habitat, it is a welcome gift for the unlucky or unwary. Simply crushing it's flat, broad leaf, arranged in small clumps, low to the ground, and rubbing the remains on the sting will greatly ease the pain. Unfortunately, as some kind of earthy punishment for irresponsible agricultural practices, or maybe it's simply prone to seasickness, it did not accompany the stinging nettle on its torment to Australia.

(Important note: it is NOT a certified doctor, and, in fact, does not hold any kind of medical certificate or degree).

The dead nettle (Lamium purpureum): Surprisingly, edible, and harmless enough. It's pretty pink-ish-purple flowers will ruin its disguise in certain seasons, along with its ever-present diminutive size. The dead nettle relies on the terrifying reputation of the stinging nettle to warn away anyone and anything. Yet, it you touch one, you will find no sting. Like if the spirit of the plant it pretends to be manifests in that sting, it finds itself lacking something it will never achieve. However, for the dead nettle, once that sting is proven absent, it's likely already dead - possibly uprooted for its uncanny skill of growing in driveways.

CAPULET GIRL ON FLUTE

I’m realising I have so many bizarre Shakespeare related stories. For English, we had to do a ‘fun’ summary presentation. Somehow one guy ended up convincing our group to write and later perform to the class a parody version of uptown girl. This was accompanied by my recently ex-boyfriend of two weeks (who still was not speaking to me or sitting any less than three seats away from me - even if no one else was sitting there) playing the song on flute. ON FLUTE.

I would say that luckily that no one could hear us over the damn flute. However, another girl had made a karaoke style PowerPoint video creation, so that everyone could see our terrible lyrics on the screen clearly.

a sample of what I can remember:

Capulet girl She's been living in her Capulet world I bet she's never had a Montague guy I bet her momma never told her why

it is the most dreadful thing I’ve ever been a part of and I did high school theatre .

"Yeah well he's (Bram Stoker) just bad at maps clearly"

Source: my boyfriend, a history nerd, who's studying political science, and I've made to start reading dracula daily

characters I’m giving BPD

(this is OUR mental illness now - and these are my blorbos)

Jason Todd (DC)

Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)

Bradley Uppercrust the III (An Extremely Goofy Movie)

Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)

Jinx (Arcane)

and many more!!!

you can bet I’ll be reblogging my own post later CAUSE IM THAT B*TCH!

this is me with every piece of media I’ve ever consumed

I will list them now

Young Dracula (seasons one and two only)

All the Lego ninjago tv show episodes I consumed exclusively in Spanish (I don’t speak Spanish)

the inheritance cycle??? That really long thing

all the podcasts! The midnight burger, welcome to nightvale, hello from the hallow woods, Sherlock and co, etc idk

Danny phantom

any Richard siken poetry

I don’t know anymore, how does tumblr even work, I’m just yelling into a void and I love it

having short-term memory is like. this book profoundly affected me. that show bared my soul. i don’t remember a single thing about it. but it did

VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT

('The drawings match no known plants' - MAYBE THE AUTHOR IS JUST BAD AT DRAWING - botany drawings are hard!!!')

I'm barely halfway through this episode and I can already feel this stupid dumb little book becoming my newest obsession.

I don't care if many smarter more qualified individuals have looked at it! let me look! surely i can find something!

tbh it's just very FUN

LOOK I've cried multiple times over Linear A and I love old science theories and texts - this is the perfect distraction from everything else in my life

Some audio dramas to pick up on your next rainy day! 🌦

What I love about Jason Todd is that he's angry about his trauma. Life fucked him over and he's rightfully pissed off. We already have "healed from their anger" Dick Grayson and "ignores their emotions" Bruce Wayne. Thank you DC for giving us "hurt and upset and lashing out" Jason Todd.

another thing to be wary of are the chameleons of change - the ‘Many Hobbyists’ (often with ADHD) who can be found in all of the above locations - a true cosmopolitan species.

while generally friendly and receptive to guidance from native species they can easily become hostile. This is a survival strategy; they are fully aware that they are encroaching on ecological niches - and that the native fauna is far more suitable to survive in such habitats than they are. Rather than risk being chased out of the store (an unlikely scenario but an engrained survival instinct - residual from the past where these specimen were often alone in large areas and had no pack to rely on) they will instead lash out first and insist they know everything.

With their clever use of the internet and community spaces they are capable of slowing gathering a pack and are perfectly capable of integrating themselves into other ecosystems. Craft Ladies are the preferred target of a symbiotic relationship. The Many Hobbyists can venture further with greater ease, and bring back new techniques and materials. In exchange, the Craft Ladies offer guidance, expertise and protection.

Craft Ladies are uniquely suited to such a task as their overall social and calm nature makes them ideal to soothe a frightened Many Hobbyists, afraid of being seen as the weakest member of the pack.

in larger Craft Lady gathering, many packs will often introduce their resident Many Hobbyist to each other - a rare and delightful experience that would be difficult to naturally occur due to the scarcity and isolation of Many Hobbyists in physical spaces.

*releases pack of dads into home depot* go……be free