a rare moment of perc’ahlia having fun that i did for a gift exchange with @katia-dreamer <3
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(disclaimer: I am not saying this from a place of hostility to geese)
how did 3-year old you survive feeding geese :( when I was 4 I was feeding ducks and geese (which I was about the same height as at the time) at a local pond and they chased me and tried to bite me until my parents picked me up and ran. I didn't try to scare them and I was a generally quiet child, do I just have Bad Vibes to them or something? or is it something to do with their past experiences/socialization as Pond Ducks/Geese? nowadays whenever a goose or swan so much as starts staring at me I'm like "ok time to go :)"
Without knowing more about the situation, I can't say what particular thing you did, but I can say that geese don't chase people for no reason at all. It's possible you got too close rather than letting them come to you, it's possible you were just plain too close to their nesting site, it's possible you performed a movement that (in goose) suggested your desire to start a dispute. It's possible you were feeding them from your hands and they associated your hands with food, and were simply looking for more food, or attempting to chase you away from the food.
And to be clear, I'm definitely not advocating for people letting small children feed geese, honestly no one should be feeding wild animals, mostly because it familiarizes wildlife with humans and that can be bad, but also because it opens too many opportunities for humans to do the wrong things and end up hurt or scared. As a 4yo, it wasn't your responsibility to know how to interact with geese- it was your parents' job to monitor your actions, the actions and reactions of the geese, and remove you from the situation before it became a problem (or not put you in that position in the first place). The geese are blameless for acting like geese and you are blameless by reason of being 4 years old.
I ALSO want to be clear that being SCARED of something DOES NOT equal HATING something. Hate can stem from fear, and fear can stem from hate, but they are not the same thing. There are PLENTY of people, for example, who are terrified of spiders but who will either remove them from a place with a cup and paper, or fetch someone to do so, to prevent a spider from dying for the crime of being small. You (general) can be afraid of something and still treat it with respect. You do not have to hate the things you are afraid of.
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This is the second time recently that I've gotten sick, and all I had to do was get online and I got to talk to a doctor within minutes.
And I can't stop thinking about Gaza.
How it should be just as easy and accessible to them. How it could be. How many people are dying just because of their lack of access to medication, to healthcare.
Ya Allah... I am not more deserving of healthcare than them, I am not more deserving of peace and my house, my family, my shelter, my security than they are.
Please reblog with whatever fundraisers y'all can find, I already am planning on donating to UNRWA, and the GoFundMe of several diabetic Palestinians trying to leave and/or get insulin.
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So I read this: https://www.tumblr.com/befuddled-calico-whump/745566698089988096/jericho-should-try-to-bond-with-sahota-by-talking
And now I'm wondering, what would happen to Sahota if he ever could finally escape Vic? Like, he's been his captive for so long, I would imagine that suddenly being on his own and the master of his own life might be overwhelming or hard. Would Jericho or any of the other crew pull him into their family, or become a family with him if they didn't have a family to go back to? Would Sahota let them, or would he just stay alone?
- i-walk-on-the-dark-side
he would have a pretty difficult time re-integrating on his own. Without a good support network, he'd be extremely reclusive, doing his best to continue working black ops contracts despite not having any of the contacts Vic did.
with the crew's help though, he'd at least have people who he felt had a better understanding of him, and who he'd trust enough to watch his back (and who he believes are competent enough that he wouldn't have to worry about scaring or hurting them)
Actually meeting and trying to befriend other people would be a little overwhelming at first, but with enough time and space he'd enjoy hanging out with Joy and Jericho's families
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