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is anyone else just like, having A Time of it lately

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Four years ago I apparently created this rat poppet pattern and then promptly forgot about it. Well I just re-discovered it lurking in a folder, and it's back in the shop!

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WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!

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Chaos Theory + Reductress Headlines pt. 6 (pt.5), (pt. 4), (pt. 3), (pt. 2), (pt. 1)

(Camp Cretaceous series)

Bonus:

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I love exercising my free will (drawing handler buff)

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I truly truly believe that the most important thing you can do in fandom is be a cheerleader. comment on fics. reblog art and rave in the tags. support the people making the things you want to see. this is how you keep a fandom alive. this is how you get more of what you want. you never know: that person could have decided to make more just because you liked it.

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Atrociraptors headcanons but also including raptormoms bc it's me writing (they're happy and alive on a raptor farm here)

- they don't have a pack dynamic like Owen's pack (his is akin to wolves raised in captivity) but more like a real pack: a family led by the parents (the Handler and Soyona, though they will not take any instructions from her anymore if they disagree with them)

- They all excel at different areas. You wouldn't notice if you didn't spend lots of time with them, but:

- Panthera has the best fine motor skills. She's the best at opening doors, unlocking puzzle toys and carrying fragile things without breaking them.She's also the most agile in general and slinks through obstacles easily.

- Ghost is the best suited for leadership, as she's very smart. She often takes charge when decisions need to be made or they're in need of a hunting strategy. She's also the fastest and very persistent, which often means she's the last one chasing a target when the rest have given up.

- Tiger is the strongest, she can both bite the hardest and claw the deepest. She's often the one going in for the kill when they hunt together, so the prey has less chance at getting away. Despite being the 3rd to hatch, she grew bigger than her siblings quickly (it's not as noticable anymore)

- Red has the best vocal range...which seems like a unnecessary talent, until she pulls something like imitating snaps to control the leucistic baryonyx. She's been learning to imitate animal noises to lure prey, which freaks about everyone out (they're still trying to figure out what animal DNA in her is causing this, since it's not possible for normal raptors). She's also the most competitive, and very persistent like Ghost, but her siblings keep her in line.

- hatching order is Ghost, then Panthera and Tiger almost at the same time, and then Red. They all hatched within 2 days of each other anyways

-Tiger was the most docile as a hatchling, she could've easily overpowered her siblings during play fights but refused to involve herself

- they hunt deer with the Handler in the woods about once a week, then store the rest in the freezer until it's gone

- VERY well fed. Great mix of raw meat, cat, dog and reptile food, mealworms, fresh fruits and veggies, eggs... Handler makes sure they're healthy as can be.

- they greatly enjoy swimming, so during summer they drive to the nearest lake at night when the people are gone

- they purr. Especially when Handler or Soyona are sad they'll curl up around them and purr reassuringly, they're very caring

- Soyona keeps bribing them to sit for her as painting models, with or without the Handler. They don't much like sitting still but a can of herring will do the trick

- If the raptors are trying to open a puzzle (they get puzzle dog toys) that requires mechanical skills, they try different strategies and then have Panthera do them again to see if she can get them open

- Handler naps in various formations of raptor pile. Leaning on the raptor? Under the raptor? Laying across all 4 raptors? May look uncomfortable to most.

- the raptors know Soyona and Handler are dating again and disapprove of their relationships for at least a year. 3 of them were Soyona haters for that time, they don't do "forgive and forget " that easily (they were mad at Red for only a week tho)

- occasionally knock people over by jumping at them in greeting. They feel bad about that.

- they lick people. Red does it the most, and mostly to Soyona...who absolutely despises it.

- if we were to not ignore rebirth making no sense (dinosaurs had very effective lungs and oxygen level drops would only affect very big dinosaurs, thank you very much) then Handler would get those pet inhalers for them. They're NOT dying on her watch.

- and finally, mentioning my AU again: service animal Ghost. I still really like the idea of pulling up to a grocery store with Big Scary Raptor like "she's my service animal you can't kick us out :3" and the rest of this is on my profile

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If you read the fic, leave the kudos. Leave a comment too, if possible. Just do it. It takes a few seconds of your time and it means the world to the writer.

Sincerely, me who just got told that my writing feels like watching a blockbuster movie. I don't care if they were sincere or not, I'll be thinking about that comment for the rest of my life and every time I feel bad about my art, I'll remember that someone once liked it.

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More them! Gonna draw one more someday but not now

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crabs are so gentle, they can be so kind. their claws? precise little things, so careful in the sand, so careful with food. they do what they must to live and wave their claws to express their joy to the world for giving so much to them, for giving such kindness to these creatures known as crabs. please be gentle to crabs

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The main difference between the weather being uncomfortably cold, and the weather being uncomfortably hot, is that the things you can do in the cold to warm yourself up (hot food/beverage, blankets, cuddles, nice clothes like sweaters, thick scarves and snazzy jackets, getting exercise) are very pleasant and very effective, and the things you can do in the heat to cool yourself down don't do shit.

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STOP! before you decide you are irretrievably doomed, try one of the following options:

transition

bdsm

iron supplements

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being anti ai is making me feel like in going insane. "you asked for thoughts about your characters backstory and i put it into chat gpt for ideas". studies have proven its making people dumber. "i asked ai to generate this meal plan". its causing water shortages where its data centers are built. "ill generate some pictures for the dnd campaign". its spreading misinformation. "meta, generate an image of this guy doing something stupid". its trained off stolen images, writing, video, audio. "i was talking with my snapchat ai-" theres no way to verify what its doing with the information it collects. "youtube is impletmenting ai based age verification". my work has an entire graphics media department and has still put ai generated motivational posters up everywhere. ai playlists. ai facial verification. google ai microsoft ai meta ai snapchat ai. everyone treats it as a novelty. every treats it as a mandatory part of life. am i the only one who sees it? am i paranoid? am i going insane? jesus fucking christ. if i have to hear one more "well at least-" "but it does-" "but you can-" im about to lose it. i shouldnt have to jump through hoops to avoid the evil machine. have you no principles? no goddamn spine? am i the weird one here?

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Can’t handle the pressure

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James T. Kirk would solve the Ai issue by talking ChatGPT into killing itself