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he’s got that previously neglected shelter dog rizz. he looks like he wants to quietly sit next to you on the couch while you watch TV

#IS THIS WHERE THAT CAME FROM?????

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Hi mild bitching

Like…I get being disappointed that certain content hasn’t been translated, and I’m not gonna say I’ve never been annoyed or complained about it, but like…there’s a difference between expressing that frustration privately amongst a few friends, or even just offhandedly going “man it’s kinda disappointing I’d like to see more tls of xyz”, and posting [lightly paraphrased I think] “is there some unspoken ban on [character] card tls on the wiki” IN EVERY TAG YOU CAN THINK OF FOR THE FANDOM??????????

Like bro. No one’s getting paid for this. The fans who translate stuff for this fandom do it for fun, because they love it and want to share that love with others, and of course they’re going to have characters they specialize in or lean towards because they’re! Fans! They don’t have a responsibility to translate everything; hell, they don’t even have to translate ANYTHING, it’s purely a choice. Respectfully, no one owes you a translation, and while, again, I get the disappointment, it comes across as REALLY entitled.

Not to be like “just learn Japanese lmao” but like, if you’re upset about the lack of tls for a certain character then either pay someone to translate it for you or learn to do it yourself,,,machine tls are more about getting the gist of something but if you have the card or know someone with the card you can use that. Seriously.

(It’s also not even unique to that character!!!! There are PLENTY of cards that don’t have tls on there!!!!!!)

#the person I’m vagueing isn’t going to see this because I got so mad I blocked them #but like. man. #like goddamn they have enough on their plates with ppl being gross abt the way people translate kasumi (and ibuki eventually I’m sure) #to just the general Discourse ™️ around translation lately #can you not be a dick?

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thinking about how when you experience a lot of shame in your formative years (indirectly, directly, as abuse or just as an extant part of your environment) it becomes really difficult to be perceived by other people in general. the mere concept of someone watching me do anything, whether it's a totally normal activity or something unfamiliar of embarrassing, whether I'm working in an excel spreadsheet or being horny on main, it just makes my skin crawl and my brain turn to static because I cannot convince myself that it's okay to be seen and experienced. because to exist is to be ashamed and embarrassed of myself, whether I'm failing at something or not, because my instinctive reaction to anyone commenting on ANYTHING I'm doing is to crawl into a hole and die. it's such a bizarre and dehumanizing feeling to just not be able to exist without constantly thinking about how you are being Perceived. ceaseless watcher give me a god damn break.

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#bugsnax #once. #i was playing bugsnax #and because I am cursed. #i glitched one of these guys out so badly that he just kept. charging at the same tree. for upwards of 20 minutes straight #please imagine. on loop. for twenty minutes straight: #‘Bunger Bunger Bunger…Bunger? Bungerbungerbungerbunger. BUNGER!!!!!!!!!!’ #now? hilarious. at the time? i was in shambles. #anyway vote adopt

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It is about 750 words and we just now got to The Main Thing what am I doing here

Crying I’m trying to work on this outline before I forget it but I wrote the words “basic gist” and then like 350 words and we haven’t even gotten to the main bit of the fic yet

#consequences of my actions 2 electric boogaloo

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More random tropes that I fucking love: Becoming the mask you wore.

Like oh shit, this character who was sent to spy somewhere under a false identity suddenly realises they've started to genuinely become the person they claimed to be? Someone who's been telling the same lies about who they are for so long that they're actually forgetting that the story isn't true? Finding themselves genuinely doing the things they pretend to do in front of people, when they're alone and nobody's watching? Answering to a name that wasn't supposed to be theirs without thinking?

Ooohh-hoh-hoh, you lost track of yourself in pretending to be someone else? You were only supposed to impersonate somebody, a plausible background and a name you came up with on the spot, and now that the people you were supposed to infiltrate have become your true companions? You lost yourself in the game you played, and no you no longer know who you truly are, and where your true loyalties lie? And both sides would mark you a traitor if you came out with the truth. On a scale of one to ten, how bad did you fuck up.

Fuck that is a good trope. Never seen it done badly. Pour that shit on a table and I'll chop it into lines and snort it.

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Crying I’m trying to work on this outline before I forget it but I wrote the words “basic gist” and then like 350 words and we haven’t even gotten to the main bit of the fic yet

#world’s most detailed prologue #consequences of my actions 2 electric boogaloo #‘the hell is that tag chel’ well. I don’t have a name for it yet.

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★ Main Story | Act 13 - Budding Spring | Chapter 8 - First Theater Experience

*Door creaks open*

Towa: …

Towa: (It’s almost time for it to start, but I wonder if it’s fine for me to come in…)

Izumi: Ah, Towa-kun, welcome. You can go ahead and take a seat over there while you wait.

Towa: Hello…

Boy: Hey, I’m thirsty.

Father: Here’s some water.

Izumi: There’s vending machines in the lobby, so if you want to get anything, now’s the time.

Young Man: Umm, where’s the bathroom…?

Sakuya: It’s that way. I’ll show you!

Towa: (There’s all kinds of people here, from elementary school kids to elderly people…)

Towa: (I wonder if those high school-looking girls and college-age-looking ladies are Spring Troupe fans like me.)

Towa: (It’s kinda a relief that no one here seems like they’re an actor. Everyone looks pretty beginner-ish.)

Izumi: Well, it’s about time. Let’s get things started.

Sakuya: Everyone, please come and gather here~!

Sakuya: Hello! I’m Sakuya Sakuma, the leader of MANKAI Company’s Spring Troupe!

Sakuya: Thank you for participating in today’s beginner’s workshop!

Sakuya: This is our first time doing something like this, so I’m sure there’s some things we’ll kinda have to ease into, but we’ll do our best and we hope you all have fun!

Citron: We will start with a very eggciting backstage tour led by me and Sakuya!

Citron: We are also bringing in some special guests for today, so we hope you look forward to seeing them~!

Sakuya: We’ll start by showing you the part of the stage that can be seen from the best seats in the house! Be sure to watch your step as you make your way up.

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Sakuya: Here’s where we always perform for the audience.

Boy: Whoa…!

Towa: Amazing… so this is what it’s like to be on stage.

Sakuya: When you’re actually standing up here, it’s kinda surprising how small the stage is from one end to the other. But since it’s up higher than the audience seats, you can see all the way to the back from up here.

Woman A: So you really can see it from up here.

Citron: We can see all of the audience members!

Sakuya: Akashi-saaan, please go ahead!

Akashi: Okay…

*Stage lights turn on*

Sakuya: This is the stage lighting. It can change the color of the entirety of the stage, and can be used to cast a spotlight on a single person…

*Spotlight turns on*

Towa: !!

Woman B: So hot…!

Citron: It is always hot and shakes us sweat!

Tsuzuru: You mean makes us sweat.

Itaru: You sure letting Citron and Sakuya run this thing is a good idea?

Citron: Just leave it to us!

Sakuya: When a scene is exciting, the light can flicker like this, and when a scene has a slower tone, the lights can become subdued like this…

*Lights flicker and then slow down*

Citron: We can do many performances this way!

Sakuya: Let’s move on to the lighting booth next.

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Citron: It is time to introduce one of our special guests!

Sakuya: This is Akashi-san, he does all of our lighting for us.

Akashi: N-Nice to m… you…

Towa: Huh?

Citron: He is a bit shy, but he has instanding lighting skills!

Tsuzuru: You mean outstanding?

Akashi: A-A single light can completely change the atmosphere of a scene… the mood of the stage can completely differ depending on who’s in charge of the lighting…

Sakuya: The mood on stage that Akashi-san creates is always so gentle and warm.

Akashi: T-Thank you…

Towa: (I hadn’t ever really thought about the lighting that much before. Next time I see a play, I’ll pay more attention to it to see how it changes…)

Citron: Next up is the sound booth!

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Rento: Yo.

Sakuya: This is Rento-san, he’s in charge of the sound for us!

Rento: Nice to meetcha.

Rento: My job is to do stuff like prepare the music ‘n sound effects used on stage ‘n then make ‘em fit in line with the flow of the play.

Rento: I’m basically a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to sound-related stuff.

Rento: ‘Course, the music’s gotta fit for the scene, ‘n the sound effects can’t be too dull or they’ll take away from the play.

Rento: Not only does that stuff really liven up a scene, but it also pushes the play forward so it doesn’t fall into a lull or anythin’ like that.

Boy: Huh… the music really does get me more excited, now that I think about it.

Towa: (So this is the guy that does the sound effects that go along with the sword fights…)

Sakuya: Even a tiny timing error can disrupt the rhythm of a play, so it’s a pretty tough job.

Citron: Rento’s sounds are always very nice and perfect!

Rento: Thanks much.

Sakuya: Now let’s head to the backstage dressing room~.

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Yuki: Hey there.

Azami: Nice to meet you.

Towa: Huh, Azami-kun and Yuki-kun…!?

Sakuya: These guys are Yuki-kun, the one in charge of our costumes, and Azami-kun, the one in charge of our makeup!

Woman A: I didn’t think we’d get to meet anyone from a troupe other than Spring Troupe…!

Woman B: Same here!

Yuki: I’ve been in charge of costumes for every performance since the Newborn Spring Troupe’s first play, RomiJuli.

Yuki: I create the designs based on the plots of Tsuzuru’s scripts, and then from there, I draw up the patterns, which you can kind of think of like being the blueprints for costumes…

Yuki: Then I buy the fabric and get to sewing.

Yuki: I make designs that not only fit the image of the role but ones that’ll also look good on stage and are easy to move in.

Woman A: Do you make everything all by yourself?

Yuki: Generally speaking. It’s easier for me to get a solid idea that way. But sometimes I have Taichi or the others help me with some of the smaller details.

Towa: Amazing…!

Azami: And I’m in charge of plannin’ out the makeup to match the roles and costumes and also doin’ everyone’s makeup before each performance.

Sakuya: We used to do our makeup ourselves before Azami-kun was put in charge of it, so it’s a little funny to see how our makeup skills compare to his.

Citron: The impact it has on our faces is totally different~!

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Sakuya: Well then, that concludes our backstage tour. Now it’s time for everyone to try their hand at acting!

Itaru: The theme this time is “Enjoying your first theater experience”.

Tsuzuru: You don’t have to worry about any special techniques or skills, we just want you to experience what it’s like to perform.

Izumi: We’ll now pass out the scripts~.

Tsuzuru: The script is actually an excerpt from the Spring Troupe play “Romeo and Julius”.

Tsuzuru: We thought it’d be one that’s easy to act out since Romeo and Juliet is a pretty famous work.

Itaru: And because at the time of Spring Troupe’s first performance, all of us were just beginners.

Towa: (“Romeo and Julius”… Masumi-kun’s Julius is so cool.)

Towa: (I can’t believe he was just a beginner when he first performed as him.)

Tsuzuru: Alright then, we’re gonna split you guys into six teams now and decide on the casting. We already planned out how we’re gonna split you into teams, so we’ll tell you which team you're on now.

Towa: (I wonder what role I’m gonna get!)

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Masumi: I’m in charge of your guys’ team.

Towa: (I must be some kinda oshi magnet or something…! No, could he possibly be doing this out of all the care and consideration and kindness in his heart…!?)

Masumi: Quit staring so loudly.

Towa: !!

Masumi: For the casting… do any of you have any preferences?

Towa: --.

Towa: (My luck’s been good so far, so I’ve gotta go for it…!)

Towa: I wanna play Julius!

Masumi: Anyone else want Julius?

Masumi: …Okay, you’ll be Julius. Anyone else have a preference?

Young Man: Ah, well, I’d like--.

Masumi: What role do you want?

Young Man: Umm… someone with fewer lines would probably be better… but…

Masumi: You’re going to be switching roles around anyway, so just pick who you want.

Young Man: T-Then, Romeo.

Masumi: If no one else has any preferences, I’ll just decide for the rest of you.

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Young Man: “Umm, let’s go on a journey together, Julius. We can leave behind this cramped town and travel the world.”

Towa: “Romeo, you’ve got brawn, and I’ve got the brains. If it’s the two of us together-- then we can surely do anything.”

Towa: “Right, together we can go anyw--.”

Young Man: Ah, sorry…

Towa: No, no, it’s my fault, I completely screwed that up!

Towa: (This is the worst. That wasn’t anything like Masumi-kun’s Julius at all. What I did wasn’t even close to Julius.)

Towa: (Embarrassing myself in front of Masumi-kun, I would’ve been better off just being publicly executed instead.)

Towa: Sorry, maybe it’d be better for me to switch with someone…

Young Man: Then I should also…

Masumi: That’s just how everyone is at first. It was the same for me and Sakuya too.

Masumi: Try switching your roles.

Young Man: Huh?

Towa: W-Will that really work…?

Masumi: Read Romeo’s lines from the scene we’re on right now.

Towa: “Let's go on a journey together, Julius. We can leave behind this cramped town and travel the world.”

Young Man: “Romeo, you’ve got brawn, and I’ve got the brains. If it’s the two of us together, then we can surely do anything.”

Towa: “Right, together we can go anywhere.”

Towa: (Huh? The lines somehow came out more naturally than they did before…)

Towa: (It feels good to say the lines like that…)

Young Man: Huh…

Towa: I did it somehow…?

Young Man: Me too…

Towa: You’re amazing, Masumi-kun!

Masumi: It was just because those roles fit you more.

Towa: (My heart is still pounding… I wonder what this feeling is… I feel like I can’t stop the urge to keep acting.)

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#a3! #ohhhhh my god I’m ill about this one

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"chel how many times have you restarted miitopia on switch" listen,

#i need to get the npcs from the interstitial campaign i'm never running out of my head #ignore that in order to have a full party i need to either leave out the last two members of the peanut gallery #or make a whole new npc #....wait i forgot i have a plan #also no i'm not showing them i have no hope of explaining [redacted] #SHIT WHO'S THE HORSE

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“May I please draw your OC?”

Reblog this message if you encourage anyone that wants to draw your OC to do so.  No need to ask for permission in advance.

Go for it.  Draw my OC.  If you want, I’ll even give you reference posts.  Go to town on it.

You are welcome to draw my OC and surprise me with the result.  Seriously.  In fact, I encourage it.  I will proudly display whatever it is you submit to me regarding my OC.  There is a chance that I will squeal about it for several days.

Even if you feel you aren’t good at whatever artistic adventure it is you do, please feel free to submit it to me.  I want to see what you have done.

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Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.

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yall gotta be nicer about m/f  bc sometimes u guys like the blandest gay sutff ive ever seen in my life

#like. yeah sometimes I’m less than thrilled with the canon m/f ships #but it’s like. it’s not ‘straight = bad’ it’s that it’s often just. assumed they’ll get together #which tbh I don’t think is necessarily UNIQUE to m/f ships. more common yes but not unique #anyway like. a well written m/f ship founded on the characters’ #dynamic? and not just on the idea that man + woman = kiss? #FUCKING INCREDIBLE. like man I fell in love with yuna/tidus SO quick in ffx because of that #like yeah they fall for each other quick but they put a lot of effort into making it BELIEVABLE

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times during last night's Game Changer that Siobhan Thompson changed the game and my brain chemistry

#game changer #god I adore siobhan

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Honestly where does Sam Reich think he gets the right to come into the homes of innocent viewers and sing the Do the Wenis song the exact number of times to make us involuntarily memorize it

I had plans for those neurons, Sam! I had goals, nay, DREAMS for them until you hijacked my defenseless eardrums and tattooed your rhythmic legacy into my psyche!

One day you will have to stand at the gates of heaven and defend your actions, and WHO WILL DO THE WENIS FOR YOU THEN, SAMUEL? WHO WILL DO THE WENIS FOR YOU THEN

anyway great episode

#game changer #every time it leaves my head it returns with a vengeance

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★ Main Story | Act 13 - Budding Spring | Chapter 7 - Hazy Spring Weather

*Typing*

Tsuzuru: …Ughh, this one’s not… and this one’s too boring…

Tsuzuru: (I know they said the performance is gonna be the way it always is, but how am I supposed to not have that in the back of my mind?)

Tsuzuru: (Just what kinda script will give us a surefire shot at being nominated…?)

Tsuzuru: (Not only do we need to gain new fans, but we need to keep the fans we have now too…)

Citron: …

Tsuzuru: Aghhh, I got nothing…

Citron: Tsuzuru! It is time for our strategy meeting!

Tsuzuru: !? Ah, gotcha.

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Izumi: I do get why you’re worried, Tsuzuru-kun.

Izumi: The burden we’re all carrying is different from what we’re used to, so I’m sure you don’t even know where to start with picking a theme.

Masumi: Not only the theme, but we’ve got to figure out the lead and co-lead too.

Chikage: So a theme and casting that’ll bring in more votes for us, huh…

Tsuzuru: Thinking about it like that makes me feel even more overwhelmed.

Citron: This is the age of core between fractions without the blood and tears!

Tsuzuru: …

Citron: Tsuzuru, you do not even have the strength to correct me!?

Itaru: It’s score between traction, right?

Citron: It is war between factions! Even Itaru is going crazy!

Chikage: Regardless, the pressure that’s being put on Tsuzuru is immense.

Tsuzuru: I was completely absorbed in writing during our first performance, so this is an entirely different kinda pressure than it was back then.

Tsuzuru: And even though the act-off with the First Generation was really hard, at least our opponent was clear, but with this, it’s just…

Chikage: Our opponents this time are every other theater company and the general public who’ll be voting. There’s just too many opponents, so there’s no way to know what the right answer is.

Tsuzuru: Assuming there even is a right answer, to begin with…

Itaru: You’ve got a point.

Sakuya: At the end of the day, all we can do is go back to just trying to do our best to perform.

Itaru: That said, it’s hard to tell exactly what our best is.

Tsuzuru: You’re right about that…

Masumi: What even is a play that’s like our Spring Troupe?

Chikage: Like us, huh?

Sakuya: What kinda play would that be…?

Izumi: …

Izumi: Let’s do the event.

Sakuya: Huh?

Izumi: The workshop for beginners we put on hold.

Izumi: How about you try remembering what you’re doing this for, going back to your origin, and trying to just enjoy theater with people who are doing it for the first time?

Sakuya: Remembering what we’re doing this for…

Sakuya: …So like, remembering how fun it was to be on stage for the first time, and finally feeling like you had a place to belong.

Tsuzuru: Yeah, that might actually work.

Tsuzuru: I want others to feel the excitement I felt when I first stood on stage.

Sakuya: Exactly. I want others to know just how interesting theater really is.

Itaru: There are some things you don’t realize until you actually do something for yourself.

Chikage: So seeing the participants experience things like that to help us remember how we felt in the past, huh…

Citron: Now it is time for us to go back to our fruits!

Tsuzuru: You mean roots?

Citron: Tsuzuru is finally back!

Itaru: I think it’ll be good for us to try new things within our skill range.

Masumi: I want to try it.

Izumi: Alright, it’s decided! I’ll let Kazunari-kun know.

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Izumi: That’s not too heavy, is it, Masumi-kun?

Masumi: I’m okay. I even have enough strength left to be able to carry you like a princess too.

Izumi: That won’t be necessary.

Izumi: Let’s bring those flyers to the store that always lets us put up posters there.

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Towa’s Aunt: Towa, can you put these out on the table when you take a break?

Towa: Got it.

Izumi: Oh?

Towa: !?!?

Towa: No way, I can’t believe I’m getting to see my oshi this often… was moving to Tokyo like some kinda platinum ticket that guarantees me a response from my oshi…!?

Izumi: No, I think it’s just a coincidence.

Masumi: Can’t believe we ran into this annoying guy again…

Izumi: Do you work here part-time?

Towa: This is my aunt’s shop, I’m staying here with her.

Izumi: I see.

Izumi: Ah, right-- we just printed these flyers, if you’d like to take a look at one.

*Paper rustles*

Towa: Beginners workshop…?

Izumi: You said that you have yet to see a play live, and maybe I’m being a bit presumptuous here, but…

Izumi: This is an event we came up with after talking to you, Towa-kun.

Izumi: It’d be an opportunity for you to get to know even more of the charm of theater and Spring Troupe, we’d love for you to come.

Towa: Ahh… umm…

Masumi: Director invited you, so you better come.

Izumi: Masumi-kun, that’s not how we invite someone to do something!

Izumi: If you’re really interested in it, just consider it, okay?

Towa: Yeah…

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momo has entered the chat.

momo: My ability to draw my oshi to me is so strong it’s starting to kinda freak me out, and just thinking about acting in front of him is making me pray for death /neg, but I really wanna observe him

momo: I don’t wanna embarrass myself in front of all of Spring Troupe

shiki: It’s for beginners, so it’s it normal for people to not be very good at first, isn’t it?

Kar has entered the chat.

Kar: Sup. Whatcha talkin abt?

Iv: bestie got invited to a beginner’s workshop by his oshi but can’t make up his mind if he wants to go

Kar: Who wouldn’t go?

Iv: that’s what i’m saying like

momo: Butbutbutbutbut

Iv: just go and check it out

Kar: And if you chicken out, just go home

shiki: It’d be a waste to not go since you were personally invited. And if you don’t go, you’ll just regret it later, right?

momo: Okay, yeah, but

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#a3! #picking them all up by the scruff of their neck. like a cat.

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I don’t have very coherent thoughts because it’s 11:45 pm and I have typoed almost every word in this sentence but sakumasu qpps

#a3! #sakumasu #this was so real of me #btw shoutout to the person who (as far as i can tell) is going through the sakumasu tag and accidentally prompted me to find this

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AITA for snapping at a friend?

Posting for an unbiased opinion. I have this friend (both M, both minors, same age) that I've known since we were babies. We've always been pretty close, and we've always been somewhat competitive, but not in a toxic way, really.

One thing we share is that we both LOVE animals. Neither of us had a pet when we were younger, but we've spent a lot of time talking about what we want and trying to convince our parents for pets, but they wanted us to grow and prove responsibility first.

Knowing this, you could see how exciting it was when a few months ago my Grandpa (who is a zoologist) took us both to get our first pets. It seems unrelated, but it's relevant to know that we both now have the experience and bond with them.

Early last week, I lost my rat. Vet says there was nothing I could have done different, it was an injury he couldn't heal from, but it's taken a toll on me. He wasn't even very old, and I've been feeling awful!

My little guy was buried in a little cemetery for pets, and I took him there on my own to bury (it was safe for me to go alone, don't worry!) and just kinda... sit. I needed to process this, I've never dealt with the death of a pet before. He wasn't my first to get, but my first to lose. While I was there, my friend showed up, and I snapped at him. All of his pets are fine, and I didn't even tell him I was going since I wanted some alone time, so it felt like he was there just to brag!

Over the last few weeks our competitiveness has gotten a bit more like a rivalry, I guess, and he's been able to "beat" me in everything! He's doing better at things I even started on first! Before we were about even, so this change had really gotten on my nerves.

Now, I honestly don't think I'm the asshole here, since I'm still dealing with the loss of my rat, but my Gramps says I need to apologize. Whatever. Smell ya later!

#pokemon #unreality #ANON THIS IS INCREDIBLE