BEHOLD:

I do want to note that a lot of big name celebrities like Gordon Ramsay, Yao Ming and even the president of Taiwan President Chen have gone public to expose shark fin soup. The consumption of the soup has declined by over 70% and is still going down!

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Behringersmühle, Franconian Switzerland

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Commission art for @borntoexplore11-blog and some extra art cause i can't resist drawing more of this Mirio pup~

Let’s hope this stays true!

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I found this very interesting!

Why does Disney's Esmeralda have green eyes?

If you've read Hugo's book or seen any other adaptation of Esmeralda you've most likely noticed that she always has either black or brown eyes.

So why does Disney's Esmeralda have green eyes?

Why would they make her eyes green when in the book it specifically states that her eyes are black?

The answer is simple and there are a couple of reasons why Disney made this bold decision.

1. La Esmeralda means emerald in Spanish.

In the book,Esmeralda got her name from the necklace that she always wore.This necklace had a large green emblem that resembled an emerald.

However,Disney's Esmeralda doesn't have this necklace.

So instead,they gave her emerald green eyes.This was done in order to justify her name.If her eyes were black,and she didn't have her green necklace-there would be no point in her being named Esmeralda.

2. Iconic and memorable design.

Disney is well known for their colourful and memorable character designs.Esmeralda is no exception.

She was designed in such a way that makes her stand out.Apart from Clopin,Esmeralda is the most vibrant and colourful character in the movie.

Moreover,in case you hadn't noticed,Esmeralda is the only character in the movie who has green eyes.Even Quasimodo's eyes are a mixture of blue and light green,but still lean more towards the colour blue.

So Esmeralda is the only character with green eyes.This was done to make her stand out,as well as to make her design even more colourful and hard to forget.

3. History behind green eyes.

I don't really know if Disney did this intentionally or not,but it would make perfect sense if Esmeralda's eyes were green,considering the time and story she's in.

The story of the Hunchback of Notre Dame takes place in the 15th century France.More specifically in 1482.

Back then,green eyes were seen as evil and a sign of witchcraft and sorcery.

So it makes perfect sense for Esmeralda to have green eyes,since she is seen as a witch and sorceress by Frollo.

Not only would she be seen as a witch and a demon because of her Romani background and her shameful dances,but also because of her green eyes.

So yeah,i don't know if this was intentional or not,but it's certainly an interesting concept to think about.

My mom was interested in getting a purebred dog that didn’t shed. We went to the pound (we actually wanted a cat) but my mom said that she wanted to look at the dogs “just in case.” The first cage we came the dog sat for us and wasn’t barking. My mom pointed the dog and asked if we could take him out. The dog was so shy and timid. Apparently he had been abandoned and was found wandering around the streets. We were the only family to take him out in the six weeks we had been there. We couldn’t leave him there so we adopted him and named him Max!

Adopt if you can x Art by me

Nagasaki Lantern Festival

Happy Lunar New Year to my darling followers and mutuals!! 💛🏮🌙

Absolutely gorgeous!

chasing the sun

synopsis: there’s something screaming in familiarity—in mourning—deep in his soul at the sight of you, a complete stranger. this is the price you pay for resurrection, the sun whispers as it rises.

pairing: takami keigo x fem!reader

genre: angst with a happy ending, reincarnation au

warnings: mentions and depictions of death, major character deaths, mentions of war (+ description of a battlefield scene), injuries, blood.

word count: 11.7k

a/n: happy (extremely belated) birthday, bird boy. and aaaa my baby’s here, she’s finally here! i’ve been working on this fic for a little over two months now, and i’m so happy to see it fully fleshed out! thank you to @dimplesum​ for beta reading, and the tumblr chaos server for listening to me yell all the time abt this fic :’) disclaimer, i did as much research as i could, but any historical depictions are not 100% historically accurate and i have taken some creative liberty, so please take the historical scenes with a grain of salt! 

important: there will be songs linked throughout the fic to be played in accordance with the scene, i do hope you listen to them for the full experience! the fic is best read on desktop, and it is okay if the ost ends before the scene as that is also on purpose. the beginning of the song will start with 【 ☀︎ 】 with a link to the song. with that said, i hope you enjoy, and happy reading!

【 ☀︎ 】

Dawn finds Keigo, the youngest government official in the empire, stumbling upon a lone concubine in the eastern lotus garden. 

He’d been searching for solitude, away from the viper’s nest of samurai-turned-aristocrats, strutting around the castle with their now-useless weapons strapped to their hips, discussing poetry and politics instead of battle and war tactics.

It’d been disgustingly easy for them to make the switch from warrior to bureaucrat, taking the status boost in stride. Those who couldn’t, they stayed with their lords if they were lucky. The warriors who weren’t… Keigo would need an abacus to count the ones who weren’t so lucky, the countless rumors and reports of wandering rōnin with familiar names never failing to reach over the palace walls to get to him.

(Oh, what he would give to join them.)

Of course, he’d been intending to brood ponder over this in the seclusion of the garden he’d discovered a few days ago, staring at the green buds of the young lotuses in the water until his head spun. The sight of the concubine sitting in his spot (that he was certain was too secluded to be found) told him fate had other plans, however.

He cleared his throat and forced down the grimace once he saw the concubine jump, startled, before trying her best to smoothly turn and bow without looking too flustered.

“Good morning, madam.”

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