#i got way more responses than i expected

[emry-stars-art]

asking so politely to please see the kevin day ducky hoodie 🥰

I just put that caption in to garner some interest while I fixed him up a little but y’all got hype (and I love it thank you so much)

Haha Kev looks silly - wait what’s that in his eyes

@soft-fox-neil your tag 💕

#i would tag the others of you that asked for Kevin in your tags #I was gonna screenshot tags and add them to the post lol #but i got an ASK and honestly what better way #don’t worry I see your second most common tags and the response is almost done #oh yeah I would tag everyone but there were even more than I expected lmao #you guys are great #fan art #my art #aftg #all for the game #kevin day #neil josten #andrew minyard #asks #chibi

[dennisboobs]

god hole is a fundamental dennis scene but not because of the way everyone else uses it

#ada speaks #you use it to say dennis is unfulfilled because hes not having sex with mac i use it to tie literally everything he says and does back to #one. very specific line. #i don't want real power. because with real power comes real responsibility. and i don't want any of that shit. #i just want the money. and The Illusion of Power. (and puss) #did i do it did i quote it right #wait hang on #HELP I GOT IT WORD FOR WORD I TRULY EXPECTED TO FUCK UP SOMEWHERE #ok. well #anyway. anywayyy. EVERYTHING. all of dennis' motivations whether intentional or not. come back to this #and everyone misunderstands dennis in a very similar way: assuming he is a control freak #its not true! thats not true! #surface dennis vs actual dennis! #he appears that way but he doesn't want the responsibility that comes with truly being in control #he just wants to feel like he is or at the very least Could be in control #in gets analyzed when he talks about being the one standing near the executioners switch #and knowing that he Could throw it. #its more about dennis' reluctance to be out of control than it is about him being in control. that loss. when the illusion breaks. #thats when it becomes a problem #he needs insurance. a way to get the upper hand if he ever does find himself being manipulated

[ghost-proofbaby]

OMG CONGRATS ON 1K!!! you clearly put so much work and love into your writing and i’m so so glad you’re getting the recognition for it!! you’ll be at 2k before you know it 😉

might i request a forest green with our boy eddie and “work song” by hozier :)

thank you so much!!! <3 and i cannot even fathom that right now haha 1k as it is is just so wild to me. thank you for all your continued support i appreciate you so so much my friend <3

1k celebration - requests for this are now closed, but you can still send in general requests! just check out my rules first <3

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Eddie Munson had had enough brushes with Death to last him a lifetime. 

After the Upside Down, he came to realize he didn’t want the adventure he’d spent his entire youth craving. He was satisfied with only being a hero in fiction; facing danger head on in real life wasn’t the fun he’d dreamt of, nor the adrenaline he’d craved. No, Eddie Munson had danced with Death, hand in hand, and he never wanted to meet the dark shadows of it again. 

So he moved away from Hawkins. When it was all said and done, when everyone was safe and the entire group began to take the timid baby steps of moving on, Eddie packed up his van and drove as far as his tank of gas would take him. To a bigger city, to a fresh start. He found new routines as he clung to his roots that mattered. He’d call and talk to people back home endlessly, whether it was checking up on Wayne or giving Henderson advice to deal with the newest waves of bullies at Hawkins’ High. He’d gotten a shitty apartment on the less desirable side of town, as it was all he could afford. He’d gotten a job as a bartender, working away his nights in a place that reminded him of the nostalgic Hideout back home. It was there that he had met you. 

On a slow Tuesday night, you’d come through the doors of his establishment, all smoke and mirrors and blood red lipstick. At first glance, he told himself to stay away. Because you carried yourself the way Death did – something to be craved, something to be wondered, something to be better idealized at a distance. 

But then you sat down on a stool at his bar, and your smoke had swirled its way around him before it tucked itself down his throat and evaded his lungs. All your shadows beckoned to him as he had to lean in to hear your order over the loud music playing. He thought he should stay away, but something about the way you smiled to him with only those darkened eyes overrode his better senses. 

That was only the first night. 

He expected to see you every Tuesday and Thursday night. The entire room would suddenly darken, blanketed in your presence the moment you’d walk in. The fellow patrons felt it, the other bartender sensed it, and Eddie always knew it. You took your whiskey neat, you only wore shades of maroons on your lips that stained glasses, and your smoke always consumed him in an exhilarating manner. Eddie wanted you, badly.

And so he had you. Because, as it turns out, you also wanted him. 

Fast nights of passion followed. He’d wrap himself up in your smoke in alleyways rather than his sheets after long shifts until, eventually, it escalated to taking you back to his place. He’d find retribution between your plush thighs, pulling prayers from your lips as if he were the God that should be worshiped. As if you weren’t the deity that had brought the man to his knees from the moment you’d walked into that bar. He built an altar at your hips and devoted his Sundays, his Tuesdays, his Thursday, to you. And as his infatuation blossomed into something more, as he waved away the smoke and saw you for the bones and skin you truly were, he began to realize something; you were not Death. You were something vivacious, a live wire that sparked an indescribable feeling within him that he’d spend the rest of his days chasing. He had been wrong - you were not only to be idolized at a distance. With your armor of smoke dissipating around him, with your softness bleeding out across his sheets in the early morning hours and your kisses turning saccharine sweet even with bitter alcohol still on your tongue, he had been wrong. Dreadfully wrong. 

When his days turned from glimpses of worship to daily occurrences, when you started to find purchase in the coffee in his kitchen on lazy mornings and joined him in the shower for nothing more than the chance to wash his hair, he realized this was not a matter of death. It was a matter of life. You saw his scars, both physical and mental, and you’d pressed your healing lips across them with the promise of staying. Hawkins was no longer home – you became the place he’d rest his head at the end of the day. You soothed the ache in his bones, you scared away the night terrors, you cared for him as he cared for you. 

You were not Death as he once foolishly thought. And with you in his life, he finally came to accept that Death was not something he could avoid. One day, the shadows he’d resented would claim him. One day, his candle in this lifetime would flicker out, his flame sent into billowing smoke with a whisper. And he knew, with certainty, if his time came before yours, if his flame was extinguished to nothing more than trails of weak smoke while yours continued to flicker brilliantly, his smoke would find yours. The ashes of who he once was as he walked this earth would be carried home to find you, and it would not be Death that earned his final dance.

It would be you.

#1k celebration #thank u ily <3 #eddie munson #eddie munson x you #eddie munson blurb #eddie munson x reader #eddie munson x y/n #i need to finish these up before valentines day lol #because i'm doing a cute little one shot post for valentines day i think #I THINK don't quote me on that #also i appreciate everyone who sent something in omg it got way more response than i expected lol

[decepti-geek]

for all that I love Ghosts, I've been getting a very different kind of joy out of watching uploads of a very, very similar show on youtube - The Ghosts of Motley Hall.

Like, a setup where the ghosts actually mostly like each other from the off, so that a huge chunk of the dialogue just goes towards establishing more and more of their meandering, idiosyncratic shared history (especially because the budget was clearly about £1.50 so they have to establish most things through dialogue)... that has its own kind of charm.

#bbc ghosts #the ghosts of motley hall #I'm genuinely not sure how much overlap to expect in terms of ghosts people who have seen this #because I... couldn't find? any mention of the six idiots referencing it they only seem to talk about Rentaghost #so when I first looked into it I was expecting there to be a steady trickle in the Ghosts to finding out about Motley Hall pipeline #but not only does there not appear to be #the show is apparently just WAY more obscure than I anticipated in general? #at least in terms of its presence in any online articles/social media #anyway all this to say I think anyone who's comfortable with suspending disbelief in the name of fun would benefit from knowing about Motle #ie I think more people should #also in terms of ghosts stuff Motley Hall also has a Fanny in it! #The dialogue is just whimsical little joy after joy #'I ALWAYS do the stairs on Thursdays!' #'I don't think they are wirelesses. they have glass fronts.' 'they've got knobs on.' 'well so's a chest of drawers!' #Also one of the things I have found writing about is that Fanny was apparently a fan favourite character back in the day #and I cannot pinpoint a single concrete reason why but I GET IT he's just so entertaining to watch #GOD I just love the dialogue so much 'you think it'll go on forever?' 'nah it'll run out of horses' referring to horse racing on TV #I love Bodkin and his perpetual willingness to position himself as the arbiter of common sense based on very little actual knowledge #'what's he? a soldier?' 'nah that's a policeman' 'what do they do?' 'well they sit in the kitchen and eat jam tarts' #there's so much information contained in that response I love it

[camgoloud]

i simply feel that if you burn shit in your roommate’s skillet you should then feel the obligation to be the one who scrapes it out and cleans up

#sometimes i think about the fact that i’m literally the only person who’s cleaned the kitchen in this place for the entire year and a half #i’ve lived here and i get. a little pissed off #i’ve tried being polite and bringing up the problem without explicitly pointing fingers by leaving cleaning products (which i bought) #out on the counters and sending a text in the group chat like ‘hey! 😊 i got these wipes for us! i think that all of us could #use these a little more often so that the kitchen doesn’t get so gross!’ but it seems that everyone either has no sense of shame or just #genuinely doesn’t mind living in filth for the periods between the marathon cleaning sessions i do every few weekends when i have the time #one of the guys who lives downstairs will just walk right by me cleaning up on his way to the fridge and pretend he can’t see me #which is still better than the other one (the one who just burned shit in my skillet) who once saw me cleaning and asked if he could help #and when i got all pleased and asked if he could maybe take the trash out for me while i was cleaning counters (a small and simple task! #when he’d literally asked me if there was anything he could do!) he visibly deflated. said ‘well i’m not really around here much [so it’s #not my trash in there etc.]’ and wandered off. without doing anything #like. HELLO???? you could have just been like the other guy and pretended you didn’t see me doing all the work if this was how you were #going to be about it #but i guess he wanted to feel good about himself having offered/expected me to just say ‘oh no thanks i love being your housekeeper 😊’ #tbh i really need to be more assertive and be like ‘hey guys i’m sick of this’ and maybe. bring up the Sexism of it all. because. #you know. the whole situation feels pretty gendered #was complaining about all this to an irl friend the other day and she said i should start a chore chart but i don’t want to be responsible #for maintaining the chore chart either! take on the mental load of managing the housework and also turning into Resident Bitch for asking #men to do things for me. you know. there is simply no way out here #there is another woman who lives here as well but unfortunately i don’t think she’ll be much help in forcing the issue because. she doesn’t #clean shit either! #actually in the days since she moved in the shower drain in our bathroom has become horrendously clogged which. well. i mean not to point #fingers but one of us has got about two inches of hair and the other has got a foot and a half. so #i also simply feel that if you clog a drain you should be the one to unclog it but i’ll probably do that as well #sorry for the massive tag rant by the way i really shouldn’t make myself out to be some kind of martyr because i’m not particularly neat #myself but…. ooooh god if the bar isn’t all the way down in hell #anyway i just did a whole bunch of dishes but i left that one skillet to soak passive-aggressively overnight #i don’t think the aggression will come across though because i think he genuinely won’t even pay attention to the fact that it’s still #dirty and i’ll end up being the one to clean it tomorrow #caseyposting

[fourteenthz]

he is just like me fr fr

#this quest is a bit creepy i'm gonna be honest with yall I'm still not sure abt this one chief #but they did put that quote in there by the end SO I was like “he gets me. it IS all about balfran. we all DO own it to them.” #anyway obligatory fxii update post (dw I leave the balfran rant at the end): starting for the boys bc vossler+basch? lowkey ilberd+raubahn #I was trusting him but at some point it didn't felt right (maybe bc he showed doubts for balthier but whatever) but it gets to me #when he goes “did I act too quick? or was your return too late?” its exactly about that. basch has been sentenced to death for 2 years but #vossler was out there seeing how things were doing. i'm at the point where ashe agrees to go with larsa now and it DOES #feel hypocritical but he was right. and I truly believe vossler to know what he was getting into like yeah empire bad and honestly #if theh can trust anyome there is larsa and no one else but he didn't know that. and he didn't saw any other way. he IS wrong but at the #same time i adore how the narrative goes with it like yeah he is wrong but would anyone do otherwise? it's fun. I love political intrigue. #eating this game up raw everytime they start to talk abt it even if I don't rememeber the name of half the cities/judges. guessing time: #basch's brother is like lowkey at larsa's side. he will probably be redeemed at some point. + i unsure abt ashe + the controling those #crystals... but I'm sooo into everybody's flaws in this game and how intricate they are to the dynamics around them #ashe is quick to jugde and protect bc she is extreme about her opinions hence why she trusts easily when other wouldn't + stubborn #there's such sweet (i want to say ALMOST sibling like/older sis) relationship growing between her and vaan i ADORE it #the talk of them about vaan's brother like.. she just listens... and say sorry when she can help and gets all smiley when he says they will #find out together it's just so sweet. i love thag ashe cares so much and this is why she is so harsh 90% of the times. she just. cares. #and I LOVE how basch is much more understanding of all of this than vossler ever was. #LOVE how he has his knight morals but trate everybody as equalls even ashe. the “a shame for me and you. but for dalmasca is hope” #part got me tearing up lol. they are the same these two. theh have different views and expectations and responsibilities but their experien #are the same.so its always fun having a glimpse of them talking about it #we should have more of those please. but honestly overall the dynamics between ffxii characters is so much better than I expected/remember #they may have their cliches like character tropes they fit (yes I'll admit half of them are star wars og trio coded) BUT their relationship #are so refreshing it just feels new. no one treat the kids with disdain but they still call them out on their bs + the basch having his #knight morals but not thinking of himself/royalty higher that I spoke before + how fran and balthier are both the contrast of what anyone #would make of them like COME ON. It's so good. and haha speaking of them.... I have 4 tags left to talk abt those mfs so I'll be QUICK like #I look insane thinkng and watching these two interact bc sometimes balthier will throw bs like “i always knew she didn't like being tied up #aigh... what.. what am I suppose to do with this info.. like have they ? talked abt this ?? or did he think abt it enough to make a guess ? #I can never tell my hc for them bc ?? I don't remember them being 100% cannon so I'll have to finish the game again to tell u guys abt it #but I think until then they can be a little freaky u know. as a treat for the horrors they are going through. also I need another post hold #kelly plays xii

[oatbugs]

the way my heart sank . lol

#tried to get on a call to study w my gf bc weve both been avoiding stuff we Have to do and its been making us anxious #but esp her bc shes been in this cycle for a while and shes struggling w it a lot . and i love her and i want the best for her #and all my friends r like u should push each other to do better even if its uncomfortable somewhat and i agree #so we were like. yh lets do stuff / get on our work tmrw even tho its anxiety-inducing etc...and then we got on a call #and this is the most like. bored/displeased ive ever heard her sound like she seemed extremely disinterested and even mildly irritated #and it honestly shocked me ??? so i ended the call bc i need to do work and it was making me sad #and im trying to listen to words more than tone but it was so extreme and such a sudden change that it literally wasnt good for me . im so #confused rn . like ik facing tasks youve been avoiding for months causes anxiety ik theres like a mental block around it that makes u not #want to deal w it or become irritated at ppl who suggest that you should #but omg?? it was so weird and like. when i said she was making me sad so i wanted to end the call she was like. ok 😐 #which is a fair response ig but shes never responded to me that way b4...like what is this what is happening... #i want smn who encourages me to move forward and who appreciated that i want them to do the same #instead of staying stagnant and anxious for months. i talked abt this before on here and everyone collectively was like Be More Patient and #work through it w her etc etc (my friends said the exact opposite tho) and i have been Trying To but its making me feel actively . bad. #like. im Afraid. #to bring it up . and then when i finally did say yh lets do smth lets get thru this tgth she just shut down on me somehow #idk what else i can do #i will talk to her abt it later i just need to work rn. i had to get this out of my system first. #shes so sweet and wonderful and supportive usually. but when it comes to thsi topic. im rly shocked idk #i knew she felt bad abt it but i thought she agreed to move through it w me and i didnt expect her to direct it at me #like whatever i said shed give me the coldest ok 😐. like. again nothing inherently wrong w that but when contrasted w #the way she talks to me usually there IS smth wrong it . its jarring and uncomfortable and made me rly upset bc it felt like she was mad at #me for trying to help . idk #UGH whatever ill talk 2 her later i have to do this lecture itll help distract me

[welcometogrouchland]

It's definitely not the most widely held belief in online fan spaces (at least not at it's full potency, I think a watered down version is more widely felt imo) but I do think some fans approach art and fandom with this weird idea that because a bad story disappoints or even hurts the fans of a work, it's like. A personal and/or moral failing of the creator for making that bad story. And it should be treated with the same gravitas as something with more far reaching consequences and implications. Yknow?

#ramblings of a lunatic #the stuff got me thinking about this (broadly) doesn't even apply to this post it just got my brain going #i have a lot of thoughts about how wild the blogging style is across a lot of comics fandom tumblr #about how it's one of the few fandoms I've been in that genuinely can't claim to be more chill than twitter #bc even though twitter is structurally the platform more designed to produce outrage engagement amonst ppl #comics tumblr is genuinely just so naturally vitriolic that it completely matches twitters energy without those structural flaws #like as in there's no real environmental excuse for everyone being crazy it's just like that here #and the occasional toxicity i stumble upon just kind of made me start thinking about this #i do think a lot of ppl on comics tumblr have valid complaints about the works #i just also see ppl treat disappointing stories as moral failures aside from any ~problematic~ content featured in it #(and also. problematic content exists on a sliding scale that logically should effect critical response but doesn't often in comics spaces) #it's like those callout lists that start w/ ships the target doesn't like and ends with their illegal human trafficking ring #girl let's prioritise a bit #i also think that tumblr is an incredibly insulated environment from comic fan spaces as a whole? #like the sledgehammer approach to crit and the ridiculously high expectations for a famously stupid medium #is in some ways a direct response to the supposed vibe of irl comic spaces (often not dominated by marginalized ppl- #-and therefore socially focused crit of the works is shut down/ignored/not engaged w much- #-and that any bad storyline will be praised and elevated if it has superficial crowd pleasers like big fights and power scaling) #and i think there's some merit to that #but i also think that comics Tumblr suffers from the a lot of the chronically online fanspace hallmarks #there's always going to be a different tone when it's me and comics cashier bitching about gotham war #than it is seeing ppl online post in such a manner that discussion is actively discouraged (bc there's already a didactic tone to begin w) #anyway none of this is unique to comics Tumblr (minus the being equally as rancid as twitter) #and it's not like I'm not having fun. I'm actually having a lot of fun analysing the few moments I'm not having fun bc of All Of The Above #comics tumblr is an ideal test subject for my experiments #and i need to make more art so i can nestle deeper in the bushes to watch the wildlife from afar #anyway. at least 60% of you are alright. 20% I'd argue are even cool. #10% of you are right but annoying about it and 10% of you would've done great as catholic crusaders #but unfortunately were born as queer 20-somethings in the 21st century

[sodrippy]

the thing about shiv and the baby and motherhood is i really dont think she'd care. i dont think she's ever had any interest in those things, in fact she's made it a point to be as far from those things as possible to show her father she's a serious person and as close to one of the boys as she can get. i still think people making digs about her ability to be a mother would be insulting to her insofar as they are meant to insult her, an incredibly prideful person who tries very hard to always be seen as hypercompetent no matter the task.

if anything, i think it might make sense that she found out about the pregnancy before logan died but i truly don't think she'd keep it once he was dead. he's about the only person she would keep the baby for, like she might feel it would give her leverage or sympathy, but once logan is gone the baby honestly is nothing but liability to her. it makes her perceived as less serious about the business it takes her out of the running for ceo or any real power.

i know theres obviously threads of inescapability as with every character in the show, and the ways in which shiv has tread on other women to get where she is yet cannot help being entrapped by the same things as those women, but i also feel like there's just something. i dont want to say misogynistic but the way shows sort of inevitably use motherhood as an intrinsic humanity-finder, like see she's a decent person she's keeping the baby she's not heartless, or whatever, is so flat and reductive, to me.

also of course, they might have done it with more nuance if it was yknow. actually planned and written in from the start of the season.

#i think there are ways in which it could have been interesting #like if we actually got to see her grapple with it and figure out if she was keeping the baby or not #that could have been something but as it stands i think its so unnecessary and...yeah flat #but at the end of the day i really dont think she gives a fuck and i am really sick of seeing any Woman character fall into this motherhood #-thing esp when its characters who you know would be unaffected by it #again i think theres def room for shiv to have a struggle with it of like #dreams she used to have for herself and expectations her family enforced vs what shes already given up to come this far etc right #but the way shes all gutpunched about people saying she'd be a bad mother i think is like. idk the way its been done is left wanting yk? #succession #actually i think an interesting true to character way might even have been her changing her mind and keeping the baby out of spite- #-in direct response to what tom says in the tailgate fight #i would feel thats more realistic for her to have decided not to keep the baby but then bc tom goes out of his way to make that comment #and to make her hurt she keeps the baby to show him what a great mother she will be. all without him! #and then of course. the cycles. #that would have been more honest i think than whatever theyve done instead

[idiotsonlyevent]

gorou is one of my favorite little guys and i hate how the game just treats him like yae's personal punching bag and (by extension) like he's just miss hina ? like thats his whole thing now where its supposed to be funny that yae constantly makes him uncomfortable and upset and ignores his boundaries and no one says anything about it :/

#that one pwrson on reddit was right. thw miss hina stuff was dunny/interesting at first bc it added an interesting dynamic to him and ittos #friendship and it could have developed a dynamic between him and yae that felt less like her bullying him and more like. shes his agent #making potentially questionable choices to better his career... which is similar but feels less upsetting! and still fits her playful foxy #personality!! but no. now the kiss hina thing just feels like it's pandering to straight dudes whod rather look at a 'big tiddy waifu' than #a 'gross man furry' :/ so sad #like i just think it would have been SUPER cool if miss hina was a vehicle for exploring the fact that gorou despite being a war general is #really kind considerate affectionate - and yae chooses a woman's persona for him because thats what fits the image more than what gorou #'actually is' where through miss hina he can explore his sensitive caring side and then apply that to be more comfortable with his position #in the resistance? or even like?? help his girl kokomi out with her responsibilities since she's got a famously low social battery?? like #it could have been done in such an interesting way! but no :/ #also as a trans man the forced feminization angle is upsetting on a more personal level but that's irrelevant to the discussion of gorous #character unless there's discussion of him struggling w masculinity and expectations of him as a man or something along those lines and etc #anyways inspired by gorous rate up and the fact that i dont have a SINGLE COPY OF HIM >:( #L.txt #genshin impact #gorou

[ceaseless-rambler]

Okay hi everyone if I missed your reblog I am SO sorry abd I'll probably do the rest of the asks tomorrow, I have a lot to do tonight and I did not expect that large of a response

#the perils of doing an ask game when you have way more followers than you ever would have expected #to be fair I expected like. 20 followers. and i'm pretty sure i got over 20 responses to that. wild

[chickycherrycola]

Saw your ask game reblog and wanted to ask about 1, 3, 4. and 15!

Responses to the writing ask game I reblogged a few days ago ✍

1. What’s your favorite part of the writing process?

When I've finished my first draft (of a chapter, one-shot, etc.), have let it sit for a few days, and am ready to dive into REVISIONS. For me, the drafting stage is getting the words down on paper, and then the revising stage is getting the words right. I just love revising so much because it's the stage of the process where the story really comes together, and I find it so satisfying to tinker with a sentence, a paragraph, or a piece of dialogue until I find that perfect flow and word choice!

3. What’s your favorite emotion to write?

I'm sure this will come as a surprise to no one who knows my work, but... love. I'm a rom-com writer after all. 😅 Specifically, I love writing about the little moments in which characters start to realize they're falling, or already are, in love, and the fallout of said realization. 😏

4. What kind of endings do you prefer?

I really like endings in which everything falls into place - when multiple plot lines, character arcs, and other story elements all seamlessly come together for the story's ultimate resolution. I'm also an absolute sucker for endings that call back to the beginning of the story somehow - it's like coming full circle and that feeling is very satisfying.

15. What is your favorite detail to include while writing?

I'm all about the sensory details! I try to incorporate one or multiple of the five senses into scenes wherever possible, especially in highly emotional or significant moments, because it gives the moment some weight and helps the reader feel more immersed in whatever the character is experiencing.

Thanks so much for playing! 💖

#cherry chatters #ask game #writing ask game #i write therefore i am #i got way more of these asks than I expected I'm so sorry my response times are a little slow #i'm going to try to do one per day!

[tmae3114]

most days I feel like most of what I do in terms of trying to accommodate other disabled people is just. the bare minimum. even though I know that I do stuff that other people don’t, it doesn’t feel like I’m putting in any particular effort beyond just... basic decency and compassion. it feels like the people who don’t are failing to perform basic decency and compassion, y’know?

and most of the time the responses I get feel in line with that. just other people recognising basic decency when performed. a nod, a “thank you”, where appropriate, mostly just unacknowledged because it’s not something that needs acknowledged. it’s the same kind of response I tend to give

but sometimes I get a response that’s just heartbreaking and that always pushes me to keep paying attention and keep trying to do more because if so many other people are going to fail at basic kindness then somebody’s got to pick up the slack and if I don’t, who will?

#this is mostly a vent post but you can reblog if you want #if I get bothered by reblogs I now have the option to Simply Turn Them Off #this post was prompted by the fact that a couple of weeks ago #I asked one of my volunteer teammates what his preference was for when I did the written version of the interview we're going to do together #would he prefer I transcribe his speech exactly as he said it with his stammer included #or would he prefer I write it as the questions are written in our notes? #and he gave me the WIDEST eyed look and went ''you can DO that?'' #before saying he ABSOLUTELY wants it written exactly as he says it on the day ''if that's okay'' #and I just. that should NOT have been the response. that should NOT be such a surprise to him #writing a transcript of his speech exactly as he said it should be the STANDARD EXPECTATION #I knew it wasn't that's why I ASKED but it should not have been such a shock to BE asked #and I think about when I was in college and got accomodation for my auditory processing issues for the first time #and the way I felt when I realised that this was me FINALLY for the FIRST TIME on even footing #and just. the way that that felt. #and I'm not saying that every single form of accomodation is simple or basic or easy #some is difficult and requires significant effort and not everyone is in a position to do it #but being patient and respectful and /ASKING PEOPLE/ THEIR NEEDS AND PREFERENCES #should not be something that so often seems to be a rare treat for the recipient #an untrained twenty-three year old should not be a more conscientous guide for a blind teenager than her professional school aide yknow? #hhhhhhhhh it's two am and I'm having Feelings

[outoftheirdifferences]

🙏 ✨🔥 (Webby, Vanellope, Angry)

Muse talking about the mun

🙏 Do you think the mun would be able to survive in your world?

"I mean, our worlds aren't that much different, right? He'd stand out a bit, being one of those 'human' creatures that we don't have any of in Duckburg - but no more than, say, a moonlander like Penumbra. He'd get along alright.

"Unless you mean on our adventures and everything, too. In which case... yeah, he'd be Louie levels of screwed. He's not exactly the bold and athletic type."

"Whether yer asking about Sugar Rush or Slaughter Race gets very different answers there. Sugar Rush it's practically impossible not to survive unless you're a numbskull an' wander onto the kart track by mistake, an' he's not that dumb.

"Slaughter Race? No chance. He's way too cautious a driver; he'd be scrap in ten seconds flat. Even if he was playin' it as a gamer, not living in the world, he doesn't exactly have the greatest preservation instincts for his character... believe me, I've watched him on racing games before. Kinda a painful experience to be honest."

"Psh. He wouldn't last two days without his internet."

✨ Does the mun read fanfictions and if yes, what is your opinion on them?

"Oh, you know, not usually. Sometimes he'll dabble in reading fan-comics and stuff, which are a kinda fanfiction, but even that's not a frequent thing. I don't actually know most of the fandoms I’ve seen him read stuff for. You could ask Connie though, he's followed at least one AU comic from her fandom for a while."

"I mean, you gotta argue that literally all the Star Wars novels he's ever read ever are basically just glorified fanfiction. Heck, that whole Expanded Universe was basically glorified fanfiction that had the 'official' label slapped on it... an' ran from actually really good, like that Yoda one, to completely unreadable.

"But yeah, online though? He's pretty picky when it comes to the posted fanfic he reads, an' he never goes seeking it out. So it only ever happens if he crosses the path of something he likes by chance an' gets hooked, which is pretty rare."

"...are you guys forgetting that he did that thing just yesterday? He's not even got far into it yet, but he found it through another site and is already getting invested."

"Oh, the one about the Disneyland 50th Anniversary celebration being crashed by Maleficent, that he found through TVTr.opes? Yeah, that one looks pretty neat! Just think of all the Disney history referenced in it!"

“Eh. It’s from before any of us even existed, so it can’t be that great...”

🔥 How would you spend one day with the mun if you could?

“EXPLORING!

“Oh sure, I know he says he’s bored of the local area because he’s already ‘seen everything’, but come on! There’s got to be more to see - there’s always more to see! We could go on a wild ramble around the countryside, find some lost hidden secrets together... then come back for a sleepover later. You can never go wrong with a sleepover!”

“Oh, you know. Just me kicking his butt at every racing game ever. He’s just in it to have fun, so he’d have a good time anyway - but I’m in it to win it, so I’d also have a great time.

“Hey, he might even give me a challenge some of the time! He’s pretty good at the ones he knows well, at least. An’ we’d eat a butt-ton of candy. So, yeah, fun times all around!”

“Tch, I dunno. He’s not terrible, but it’s weird; he’s into all this kid stuff that Red and I left behind years ago. I don’t even know what we’d find in common that we’d both want to do.“

#outofthisgxlaxy #charmingly violent best friend [Webby] #the adorable winner [Vanellope] #corona's littlest thief [Angry] #ic #meme response #about the mun #WOW this got longer than I expected it to xDDDD #How did I turn the second answer into a literal conversation between the three of them? xD #I guess I just figured it made more sense that way that each of them repeating the same kinda answer #and just ran with it xD

[saritawolff]

Phew. This one took, uh… a bit longer than expected due to other projects both irl and art-wise, but it’s finally here. The long-awaited domestic animal infographic! Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough space to cover every single domestic animal (I’m so sorry, reindeer and koi, my beloveds) but I tried to include as many of the “major ones” as possible.

I made this chart in response to a lot of the misunderstandings I hear concerning domestic animals, so I hope it’s helpful!

Further information I didn’t have any room to add or expand on:

🐈 “Breed” and “species” are not synonyms! Breeds are specific to domesticated animals. A Bengal Tiger is a species of tiger. A Siamese is a breed of domestic cat.

🐀 Different colors are also not what makes a breed. A breed is determined by having genetics that are unique to that breed. So a “bluenose pitbull” is not a different breed from a “rednose pitbull”, but an American Pitbull Terrier is a different breed from an American Bully! Animals that have been domesticated for longer tend to have more seperate breeds as these differing genetics have had time to develop.

🐕 It takes hundreds of generations for an animal to become domesticated. While the “domesticated fox experiment” had interesting results, there were not enough generations involved for the foxes to become truly domesticated and their differences from wild foxes were more due to epigenetics (heritable traits that do not change the DNA sequence but rather activate or deactivate parts of it; owed to the specific circumstances of its parents’ behavior and environment.)

🐎 Wild animals that are raised in human care are not domesticated, but they can be considered “tamed.” This means that they still have all their wild instincts, but are less inclined to attack or be frightened of humans. A wild animal that lives in the wild but near human settlements and is less afraid of humans is considered “habituated.” Tamed and habituated animals are not any less dangerous than wild animals, and should still be treated with the same respect. Foxes, otters, raccoons, servals, caracals, bush babies, opossums, owls, monkeys, alligators, and other wild animals can be tamed or habituated, but they have not undergone hundreds of generations of domestication, so they are not domesticated animals.

🐄 Also, as seen above, these animals have all been domesticated for a reason, be it food, transport, pest control, or otherwise, at a time when less practical options existed. There is no benefit to domesticating other species in the modern day, so if you’ve got a hankering for keeping a wild animal as a pet, instead try to find the domestic equivalent of that wild animal! There are several dog breeds that look and behave like wolves or foxes, pigeons and chickens can make great pet birds and have hundreds of colorful fancy breeds, rats can be just as intelligent and social as a small monkey (and less expensive and dangerous to boot,) and ferrets are pretty darn close to minks and otters! There’s no need to keep a wolf in a house when our ancestors have already spent 20,000+ years to make them house-compatible.

🐖 This was stated in the infographic, but I feel like I must again reiterate that domestic animals do not belong in the wild, and often become invasive when feral. Their genetics have been specifically altered in such a way that they depend on humans for optimal health. We are their habitat. This is why you only really see feral pigeons in cities, and feral cats around settlements. They are specifically adapted to live with humans, so they stay even when unwanted. However, this does not mean they should live in a way that doesn’t put their health and comfort as a top priority! If we are their world, it is our duty to make it as good as possible. Please research any pet you get before bringing them home!

#SaritaZoo #my art #domestic animals #domestication #pets #dogs #cats #ferrets #cows #sheep #goats #bovids #horses #donkeys #camels #llamas #alpacas #rabbits #guinea pigs #rats #pet rats #pet mice #pigs #pigeons #turkeys #chickens #ducks #geese #quail #i ran out of tags rip

[luna-is-out-there]

So many folks on here are from a country that's decided to rely on deterrence theory in criminal justice, but to most people that has just turned into "people deserve punishment if they break a rule", and combined with slavery being a legal thing to do with prisoners, as well as taking away their ability to live normal lives after prison (not to mention the state of the working class and their not being treated as people with needs that matter, plus unionbashing), you live in a place where it's become normal for humans to be disposable. Rehabilitation is a foreign concept. Of course you're all scared of doing anything anyone might perceive as wrong. All your society knows to do when someone makes a mistake is put them in a cage for the rest of their lives, hiding the problem for a couple of decades, of course it's difficult to be a person!

Some magical countries out there try a rehabilitative theory of criminal justice. I think it helps to know that if you were ever to fuck up in some way, what would happen is that you'd get help to figure out how to not fuck up again, and society would work on reparations for victims where possible. Your life isn't forfeit. That makes having healthy discussions about change and responsibility feel very different, because responsibility doesn't mean you get the electric chair if you step out of line, it means maybe you'll have to get therapy and study while confined in a place that's frankly better than most student housing nowadays. The punishment isn't the point.

Anyway, my point is that I think this influences internet behavioral patterns a lot. I think this is why some of us react to bad things by unfollowing, and others try to crucify and prosecute individuals. Fundamental cultural differences in perception of justice.

#I just watched a retrospective about Tobuscus #that man could've really used some sort of rehabilitation instead of just crumbling in on himself #he apparently became afraid of being a person? #his career was also ruined #that wasn't up to him or his exes #I'm just thinking if that happened in my country he'd just have a different job now and be fine #maybe he'd have gotten some therapy and taken responsibility since the main consequence would've been social #but you can't do that where he lives #either you're fine or you're a monster who's about to be dead forever #Idk I guess I just expected more than “man fucks up in his drug addled 20s” after not having seen a thing for eight years #He's not even become republican in the meantime he's just stuck and unhappy and not sure how to move on because hes afraid of being a person #He's clearly learned several lessons and has changed his behavior #He just never got over the fear #and I (as a victim of things like what he did) don't think that's justice. I think that stuff divides us in ways that prevent rehabilitation #and I think that the point of justice should be reparation and rehabilitation – since slavery should not be the point. #being taught that if you're bad you go away is a fucked up thing to do to generations.