Your Obedient Serpent

@athelind.bsky.social

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Athelind Llewellyn Long, Dragon At Large, Hoard Potato. Born on the Cusp of the Boom and Gen X, I am nevertheless The World's Oldest Millennial. Pronouns He/Him or They/Them; I am large, I contain multitudes. Queer, Here, Get Used To It

Two bald eagles (the national bird of the United States) trapped in a storm drain in Florida on 10 Nov 2016. "We all float down here."
James Spader as Raymond Reddington, the Villain Protagonist of The Blacklist (2013-2023)
A pair of screenshots from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, in which Aslan (the titular Lion) says, "Do not cite the deep magic to me, witch; I was there when it was written."
A screenshot from the TV series Babylon 5 of actor Michael O'Hare as Jeffrey Sinclair, after travelling through time and transforming into Valen, a key figure in Minbari legend
A circular badge with a thick purple border with purple text reading "60+"
Frame 1: Hands holding two sheets of paper. One has an image of a dragon captioned "Appreciate a Dragon Day - January 16, 2026". The other has a a pair of stockinged legs captioned "International Fetish Day - January 16, 2026." The Caption of the Frame reads, "Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture." Frame 2: A woman with a blank expression, captioned, "They're the same picture."
A close-up of the Joker, as voiced by Mark Hamill in Batman: the Animated Series, laughing maniacally. Episode: "The Laughing Fish"[?]
A screen shot of Denise Crosby as Commander Sela, the half-Romulan daughter of Tasha Yar, with a caption that reads "Happy New Yar".
Absolute Batman. He looks like someone in Batman suit with inflatable muscles, with a big rectangular logo on his chest with a few spikes on the top and bottom that look nothing like a bat.
A screenshot of Ralph Bakshi's WIZARDS, showing Nekron 99, a.k.a. "Peace": a humanoid in a red military-style jumpsuit with a hood that conceals all of his face except for a pair of glowing yellow eyes. He carries a black rifle, and rides a gray beast of some sort. The background is an intricately-detailed goth-apocalyptic townscape of turrets and bridges.
A photograph of former Vice President Dick Cheney on the left and former President George W. Bush on the right. Although Cheney is in the background, he is in perfect focus, while Bush in the foreground is blurry and indistinct.
The front and back album covers from King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King", featuring a distorted face screaming as it fades into the cosmos.
An animated GIF of Frank Burns from M*A*S*H, putting on his uniform and saying, "You can listen to their bleeding-heart gobbledygook all you want. But I say, if you want to keep your feet on the ground, you gotta pull yourself up by your own bootstraps."
Excerpt from Michael Jackson's music video for "Thriller", with dancers doing an arms-out "zombie" dance that looks a lot like the wolf's pose in tlbodine's skeet.
Derek "Blight" Powers from Batman Beyond, whose black skeleton is clearly visible through his glowing green flesh, walking into a room full of futuristic tech. the caption reads, "Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?"
An exceedingly complicated Venn diagram in the shape of intersecting triangles. "Chicago" is at the center of the diagram, falling into the categories of Citation Styles, Pizza Styles, and Broadway Musicals. Other categories include Chess Openings, Things That Are Too Expensive, and Shocked Exclamations.
A screen cap from Twitter showing a tweet from the official White House account. There is an AI image of Donald Trumps face on a bodybuilder's body, dressed in a sleeveless Jedi robe, and holding a red lightsaber. Behind him are two bald eagles and two US flags. The text reads, "Happy May the 4th to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to to bring Sith Lords, Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, & well known MS-13 Gang Members, back into our Galaxy. You’re not the Rebellion—you’re the Empire. May the 4th be with you."
James Doohan as Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, from the Star Trek episode "The Trouble With Tribbles". He's looking with narrowed eyes at someone off-screen, and the caption reads, "Laddie, don't you think you should rephrase that?"
A burning mattress in a field of dry grass in the pre-dawn hours. The frond of a palm tree impinges on the upper left side of the image.
J. Wellington Wimpy from the Thimble Theater/Popeye comic strip. He's a portly man with a derby hat, a scraggly moustache, and eyes that are perpetually closed. In this image, drawn by Elsie Segar, he's saying, "Let's you and him fight!"
David Hasselhoff as Nick Fury, with beard stubble, an eye patch, and a cigar clamped in his gritted teeth. He's taking cover behind a corner and holding a pistol that is futuristic in a dieselpunk kind of way.
a guillotine flanked by two torches, with the caption, "In these difficult times ... some cuts may be necessary."
A screen shot from "The Last Unicorn", where Amalthea, a white unicorn, confronts the monstrous, demonic Red Bull. The caption reads, "Celestia's Secret Origin: Red Bull Gives You Wings."
A close-up photograph of the eye of some reptilian creature. The scales are orange-gold, with heavier scales of deep purplish black on the ridges above and below the eye. The iris is red-orange, with a bright yellow rim around the pupil. Photographer unknown.
Lucy, the spaceship from the Canadian Sci Fi show "Killjoys", on the ground with landing gear extended
Two bar graphs labeled "Left" and "Right". Each has markers labeled "Actual Progressive" (not quite all the way to the left side), "Liberal Centrist" (in the middle), and "MAGA Fascist" (almost all the way to the right). On the first bar, the space between Liberal Centrist and MAGA Fascist reads, "If Liberal Centrists win, Actual Progressives gain or hold this much ground." On the second bar, the same space reads, If MAGA Fascists win, Actual Progressives lose this much ground."
"Ample Breasted Gothic Partner" in the style of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo
A guillotine flanked by two torches, with a caption reading, "In these difficult times, some cuts may be necessary."
An image of the Fantastic Four's adversary, Annihilus, surrounded by flames and "Kirby Dots." The caption reads, "Come with me/And you'll be/In a world of pure Annihilation," with "Annihilation" emphasized in all caps and a different font.
A guillotine flanked by two torches, with a caption reading, "In these difficult times, some cuts may be necessary."
Brainiac 5 of the Legion of Superheroes saying, "Behold ... the Flight Ring!" The image has been edited so he is only holding up the finger the ring is on, which is his middle finger.
the cover of Dare To Be Stupid, by "Weird Al" Yankovic
The cover of Fantastic Four #509, featuring the whole team with Ben "The Thing" Grimm in the foreground. Art by Mike Wieringo, Karl Kesel, and Paul Mounts.
An image of Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, the detective from KNIVES OUT. The caption reads, "It makes no CENTS! Compels me, though," with "cents" spelled like the coin, C E N T S.
A screenshot from Love at First Bite (1979), with Arte Johnson as Renfield and George Hamilton as Dracula.
A screen cap from Star Trek: Discovery, showing part of a starship hull with the name and registry illuminated: USS NOG, NCC-325070
Jenna Barton's painting, "The Anti-Tourism Bureau," depicting a neon sign of a blue-white horse with a distressed expression. The horse's head has been neatly severed from its body, but is still in place, so it's not immediately obvious. Large red and orange text reads, "Please turn back; you aren't safe here anymore."
EARTHRISE. "Taken aboard Apollo 8 by Bill Anders, this iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed spacecraft circumnavigated the Moon, with astronauts Anders, Frank Borman, and Jim Lovell aboard." Picture and text credit: NASA.
Wayne Boring Can't Draw Glasses
Leonardo DeCaprio as Gatsby raises a glass in a toast with fireworks behind him, looking exactly like a grown-up Richie Rich.
A reproduction of the book prop from the Twilight Zone episode, "To Serve Man"
A screenshot from the TV series Babylon 5 of actor Michael O'Hare as Jeffrey Sinclair, after travelling through time and transforming into Valen, a key figure in Minbari legend
A head and shoulders shot of an orange-gold dragon with purple highlights, resting his chin on his left foreclaw, with a smug expression on his muzzle.