#16 barky

[muppetjohntavares]

Bark Bark Barkov 🐕

(Picture credit to Eliot J. Schechter, cats portrait whiz)

[distinguisheddwarffriend]

My brain is FULL of TH fic ideas but I've already got 3 WIP and most of them are just "what if"s with no plot so I'll just post them here I guess and maybe some writing god hears me/ reads them and someone else actually uses them.

Here's Nr. 1:

Frerin did in fact NOT die at Azanulbizar but was transported into our modern world, sometime in the second half of the 19th century.

After some adjusting (industrialization is in full force but it's still not as 'bad' as it would be rn) he builds a life, him being a dwarf meaning that he ages extremely slowly compared to us lowly humans so he has to move after a while and again and again.

He lives in the UK, US, France, Germany, Italy, Finland.....

He fights in both world wars depending on where he lives during that time (WW1 on the German side, WW2 on the UK's), other than that he goes to university and works all kinds of jobs like policeman, fireman, soldier, teacher, carpenter,smith, weaver, factory worker, violinist etc etc etc

Around 1900 he meets this fella J R R Tolkien and befriends him, and after a time finds out that his friend is writing books about middle Earth, not only that, but one about his very own brother. Tolkien apparently is a seer of some kind because it's still almost a century until "The Hobbit" would happen (he does the math).

Frerin helps Tolkien with authenticity for his books, because the dude is smart and found out about Frerin after he corrected his Khuzdul one time too many.

Anyhow, after reading what will happen to his family, he becomes a mite bit obsessed with returning to Middle Earth and having ammased quite some wealth and with the help of some friends in high places starts founding various research projects into things like teleportation, multiverse, magic, alchemy, you name it. He also becomes a member of the Freemasons due to his occult knowledge.

In around 80 years there's almost no progress towards Frerin's goal of returning home, he does still have a research company but only a small group of mostly students works on the multiverse hypothesis, the rest does all kinds of stuff, technology, energy, whatever.

He has for the time being settled somewhere in Scandinavia, is a College Professor for Sociology and Political Science and volunteers as a social worker for troubled children.

He is fostering 2 or 3 children himself (ages 6 - 16) and has two grown up adopted children that still live & work with him (they found out about him), a guy & a lass ( both early twenties).

Somehow (don't ask I don't know) the whole household (meaning Frerin, his two young adult children, the foster children, his south American householder, her tiny dog and their personal Butler (more of a live-in family friend by now, think Niles from "The Nanny")) all get sucked into a portal or whatever end get spit out into Middle Earth.

Not at Ered Luin of course, that would be easy, no, but somewhere extremely inconvenient. The Lone lands, the Brown lands, Moria, something along the lines of "we are so fucked".

So now it is a few years (1-3, or the characters have too much time to become Mary-Sues), before the quest to Erebor, and they have to reach Thorin before then and somehow survive a world filled with orcs (and elves!) while juggling a 6 year old, a tiny & barky dog, a cliché Mamacita, a British butler, and Frerin's realisation that he has gotten much too used to modern convenience.

(my weak ass would probably include some romance between one/more than one of the original characters and the canon characters, I'm a sucker for Fili or Kili x OFC and rare pairings like KilixBifur or ThorinxNori and I want Frerin to date an elf or Bard I think.)

.... Does this sound like something you would read/write? I'd maybe try to write this with someone else, alone I don't dare to. What do y'all think?

[anti-katsuki-lounge]

So I’m writing a fanfic, and due to the fact that it's a very important set piece I have to adapt, I watched Two Heroes a few weeks ago

And after reading fanfic for a good four years straight (and reading manga chapter summaries and reviews) I was fucking whiplashed by the fact that the moment Bakugo opened his mouth I was reminded why fucking hated him again

Like yeah I'm intimately aware of the fact that his personality is steamed sewage (thanks Kaminari) but good fucking Lord, Izuku didn't even beat him in the villain target practice shit (and that's another thing, I forgot how Horikoshi will literally never let Izuku have a dub over Bakugo-*** even though this is Post-Full Cowel and Stain and realistically should have won)* but he immediately fulfills his role as barky pomeranian and curses his general existence.

Thank God he's barely a factor since Melissa takes up most of his possible screentime (should have been a more important character tbh- they should have imported her to the main storyline)**

There's a reason I turn him into a minor antagonist (emphasis on minor, like a recurring mid-boss) in most fics I outline

*If you didn't know, Izuku got 16 sec on what was basically Break the Targets from Super Smash Bros Melee/Brawl, and Bakugo got 15. Todoroki beating them both is more understandable since he nuked the course and cut the knot to say.

**QUIRKLESS INVENTOR COME THE FUCK ON!!!!!! I like Mei-Mei as much as the next guy but dude, missed opportunity- hell they could have been foils.

***Bakugo has literally won all of their fights (except the first which was technically losing the entire game rather than that specific fight so it barely counts) AND All for One has generational beef with him in the newest chapter (he [in]conveniently looks like the Second User who humiliated him with all the stuff he did to oppose him), over Izuku AND All Might the holders of ONE FOR FUCKING ALL THAT ARE DUELING HIM AND TOMURA NOW

Thank fuck I don't have to watch Heroes Rising or World Hero Mission cause he actually IS important in those movies and I would legit follow his Ch 1 advice if I had to watch them

(If you want to know what happens to Bakugo in said fanfic that is currently being written [DAMN YOU EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION] basically he gets his finger bitten off when he's five by Maria (the fic’s version of Izuku) who ain't takin his shit and gets expelled from UA after he tries and fails to attack her [AS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN] and later gets humiliated in several different fights from both heroes and his own villainous allies before getting annihilated and thrown in jail during a way more pressing matter [the training camp going way worse than in canon] as an afterthought)

All of this. It’s odd that Izuku’s not allowed to surpass him in anything. Not grades, not likability, not in combat. Even when Izuku finally gets something Katsuki’s either there to shit on him or surpass him.

[disneytva]

July 2024 Programming Highlights

Saturday, July 6

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series “These Boots Were Made for Willa/Double Troubled” (1-03) (10:00-10:30 a.m.) “These Boots Were Made for Willa” – When Willa’s favorite boots go missing, she teams up with Lost ‘n’ Found Detective Bree to track them down.

“Double Troubled” – Zed’s and Addison’s clones turn on them and try to steal their lives. TV-G

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series “Alien vs. Shredator/A Wyatt Place” (1-04) (10:30-11:00 a.m.) “Alien vs. Shredator” – Wynter and A-spen start a band! But can they reconcile their differing musical visions?

“A Wyatt Place” – Willa and Bucky put Wyatt through an “alpha-dog boot camp” to help him win over Eliza. TV-G

Friday, July 12 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Junior and Disney Channel Disney Jr.’s Ariel “Copy Catfish/Happy Crabby Day” (1-06) (9:00-9:25 a.m. EDT on Disney Junior/10:00-10:25 a.m. EDT on Disney Channel) “Copy Catfish” – Ariel grows frustrated when her little cousin Jewels visits and won’t stop copying her.

“Happy Crabby Day” – When King Triton declares Happy Crabby Day as a day off for all crabs, Sebastian must try to relax. TV-Y

Saturday, July 13 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series “Invasion of the Bucky Snatchers/The Dining” (1-05) (10:00-10:30 a.m.) “Invasion of the Bucky Snatchers” – Bucky turns the school into a Bucky-themed dystopia.

“The Dining” – When Bonzo discovers mysterious blueprints in the diner, he becomes possessed by the desire to build a spaghetti waterfall! TV-G

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series “Training Dae/Youngins & Dragons” (1-06) (10:30-11:00 a.m.) “Training Dae” – Addison is determined to help Dae, the quirky new witch at school, feel welcome.

“Youngins & Dragons” – Zed and little sister Zoey must team up to fight a monster hunter. TV-G

Wednesday, July 17 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Junior and Disney Channel Pupstruction “The Petsburg Music Festival” (1-25) (7:00-7:30 a.m. EDT on Disney Junior/7:30-8:00 a.m. EDT on Disney Channel) The pup crew is excited to perform at the Petsburg Bowl, but the big show is almost ruined when Bobby thinks he’s not invited and sets out to steal everyone’s instruments. TV-Y

Friday, July 19 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Junior and Disney Channel Disney Jr.’s Ariel “Smoothie Shake-Up/Family Picture Day” (1-07) (9:00-9:25 a.m. EDT on Disney Junior/10:00-10:25 a.m. EDT on Disney Channel) “Smoothie Shake-Up” – Ariel and her friends volunteer to run Ravi’s Juice Stand while he’s away, but their lack of communication stirs up a big mess.

“Family Picture Day” – Ariel tries to help Ayanna with a hair emergency on their family picture day. TV-Y

Saturday, July 20 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series “Foul Play/Catch Meat If You Can” (1-07) (10:00-10:30 a.m.) “Foul Play” – The stress of directing the school play causes Addison’s alien energy to fritz.

“Catch Meat If You Can” – Wyatt teams up with Eliza to help him keep a secret from the wolf pack. TV-G

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series “When Bucky Met Barky/The More, The Burier” (1-08) (10:30-11:00 a.m.) “When Bucky Met Barky” – Bucky adopts a zombie dog named Barky to boost his followers online.

“The More, The Burier” – Wyatt teams up with a monster who promises to help him get over his fight with Eliza. TV-G

Wednesday, July 24 Original Series – Extended-Length Episode Premiere on Disney Junior Firebuds “The Camp Fire!” (2-16) (7:55-8:20 p.m. EDT) The Firebuds must battle a forest fire while attending a family summer camp. TV-Y

Friday, July 26 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Junior and Disney Channel Disney Jr.’s Ariel “The Cuttlebaby Sitter/Flounder the Leader” (1-08) (9:00-9:25 a.m. EDT on Disney Junior/10:00-10:25 a.m. EDT on Disney Channel) “The Cuttlebaby Sitter” – Ariel volunteers to watch cuttlebaby eggs to prove that she’s a good babysitter. *Alanna Ubach (Disney’s “Coco”) guest stars as Ms. Cuttles

“Flounder the Leader” – Flounder is chosen as the team coach for the Royal Family Cricket Game. TV-Y

Saturday, July 27 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series “No Woman BFF’d Behind/Pet Peeves” (1-09) (10:00-10:30 a.m.) “No Woman BFF’d Behind” – Worried that they’re drifting apart, Addison and Bree set out to rekindle their BFF connection.

“Pet Peeves” – Addison and Zed open a supernatural pet-sitting business. TV-G

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series “Something to Tok About/Last Fan Standing” (1-10) (10:30-11:00 a.m.) “Something to Tok About” – Zed watches funny videos on ShrimpTok and ends up having to save humanity.

“Last Fan Standing” – Dae and Bree use dark magic to prove they are their favorite band’s number-one fans. TV-G

Monday, July 29 Original Series – Extended Length Episode Premiere on Disney Junior and Disney Channel Mickey Mouse Funhouse “Happy Campers” (3-10) (7:00-7:30 a.m. EDT on Disney Junior/7:30-8:00 a.m. EDT on Disney Channel) On a camping trip, the gang must help restore Orion the Hunter and other constellations when they accidentally knock them out of the sky. TV-Y

[zagrebackamacka]

Hulyet kapok a Vinteden attol, h kirakok valamit jo aron (de tenyleg ugy, hogy neki es nekem is megerje, mert mondjuk a bolti uj aranak negyede egy parszor hasznalt markas barmiert*, ami a vinteden ilyen allapotu, az joval dragabb, ami ennyi, az meg joval hasznaltabb) , erre jon a kerdes, h eladnam-e a megadott osszeg feleert. Oke, h alkuszik, mert proba cseresznye, de azert a lofasznak is van vege.... Plane, ha az is lathato, mikor kerult ki a cucc, ha nem hetek, honapok ota nem dtam el, akkor mit gondol?

*legfrissebb: ketszer volt rajtam Birkenstock papucs, ami igy mar nyilvan nem szamit cimkes ujnak, de a talpbelesen/ talpagyon konkretan fotokon is eleg jol lathato, h hordtak vagy nem (ez patyolat, kicsit sincs besotetulve). En vettem 20 korul, most mar meg dragabb (eszelosen felvittek az araikat), kirakom 7500-ert, vigyek, ne foglalja nalam a helyet. Kirakas elott vegigneztem a tobbi hirdetettet: ilyen allapotu papucs a Vinteden ketszer ennyi (12-16, de van, aki szinte az uj aran arulja (20+), plane ha megvan a doboza (szinten szive rajta, mert szerintem meg akkor inkabb barki megveszi boltban, ahova visszaviheti vagy vasarlas elott felprobalhatja, de ez az o dolga, nem az enyem). Szoval azt talan allithatom, hogy lathatoan jo vagy legalabb korrekt az ar, erre megkerdezi, hogy het es el helyett eladnam-e negyert... Nem hetert, hatfelert, hanem negyezerert. Negyezerert tenyleg durvan szethordott darabok vannak fent (amit en nem vennek meg, es nem is hirdetnem meg eladasra, ha ilyen lenne, de ez megint csak nem az en dolgom). De kostoljon meg, de ma delelott pakoltam ki, mit gondol?

Ugyanez Jack Wolfskin hatizsakkal, ot perce van kint a szinte uj taska hetezerert, megkerdi, hogy eladnam-e a 3400-ert, majd mikor elutasitom a megtisztelo ajanlatat, visszakerdez, hogy jo, de mi az UTOLSO ar....

Ennyiert inkabb tenyleg marad a szekrenyemben, hatha EGYSZER majd megis hordani akarom.

Persze vannak nagyon jofejek is, csak mostanra elfelejtettem, miert nem jofogasoztam meg marketplace-eztem egy jo ideje....

[blurban-form]

Full list of top 100 episodes on the (Australian) ABC Bluey Countdown

(Courtesy of Reddit)

100 Mr Monkeyjocks

99 Fancy Restaurant

98 Housework

97 Omelette

96 The Quiet Game

95 Shaun

94 Charades

93 Featherwand

92 Obstacle Course

91 Teasing

90 Shadowlands

89 Magic Xylophone

88 Movies

87 Road Trip

86 Hospital

85 Work

84 Whale Watching

83 Daddy Putdown

82 Early Baby

81 Butterflies

80 Chickenrat

79 Copycat

78 Chest

77 Daddy Dropoff

76 Sticky Gecko

75 Daddy Robot

74 Handstand

73 Space

72 Dunny

71 Blue Mountains

70 The Beach

69 Muffin Cone

68 The Sleepover

67 Backpackers

66 Pizza Girls

65 Slide

64 Bob Bilby

63 Swim School

62 Rug Island

61 Magic

60 Stickbird

59 Smoochy Kiss

58 Calypso

57 Stumpfest

56 Family Meeting

55 Verandah Santa

54 Fruitbat

53 Pavlova

52 Dirt

51 Bike

50 Burger Shop

49 Cafe

48 Easter

47 Bus

46 Keepy Uppy

45 Curry Quest

44 Relax

43 Ice Cream

42 Double Babysitter

41 Flat Pack

40 TV Shop

39 Escape

38 The Creek

37 The Pool

36 Barky Boats

35 Mini Bluey

34 Dad Baby

33 Bedroom

32 Asparagus

31 Bad Mood

30 Fairies

29 The Decider

28 Takeaway

27 Duck Cake

26 Grandad

25 Born Yesterday

24 Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound

23 Dragon

22 Fairytale

21 Onesies

20 BBQ

19 Turtleboy

18 Cubby

17 Bingo

16 Unicorse

15 Faceytalk

14 Hammerbarn

13 Pass the Parcel

12 Tradies

11 Army

10 Bin Night

9 Christmas Swim

8 Rain

7 Dance Mode

6 Camping

5 Grannies

4 Sleepytime

3 Granny Mobile

2 Baby Race

1 Cricket

[starburst0822]

I don't know if I'll ever make this a video, but I want to count down my favorite Bluey episodes, I'll do it here if I never make it a video. There's too many so it went from top 10 to top 20

20. Copycat

19. Queens

18. Verandah Santa

17. Omelette

16. Barky Boats

15. Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound

14. Cricket

13. Muffin episodes like The Sleepover/Library/Muffin Cone/Facy Talk/Granny Mobile (Muffin's my favorite character and can't pick just one)

12. Dragon

11. Space

10. Fairytale

9. Phones

8. Promises

7. Rug Island

6. Road Trip

5. Double Babysitter

4. The Weekend

3. Daddy Dropoff

2. Sleepytime

Camping

[monstersandmaw]

aww your pupper is a beauty, i'm sorry for your loss.

i'm also currently recovering from the recent loss of my 16 y/o beagle just last week. had him since i was literally a child and he went with me when i first moved out of my parents house. he was always so noisy and barky, and now he's gone it's the quietness in the house that's so...loud. 😔

My deepest condolences, Anon. Losing a four-legged friend is a unique kind of pain, but it will become more manageable as time passes.

[kaibacorpintern]

#8, #16 and #20 for the Get to Know Your Fic Writer Ask, please

#8. Do you prefer the beginning, middle, or end of a story?

All of it, I suppose? When it comes to writing, I love the sense of accomplishment that comes at the end... but I love the momentum of the middle.... and I love the endless possibilities of the beginning!

#16. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Share one of them? 1. some beast, 2. untitled pride chapter fic, 3. pride bdsm one shot, 4. pride tender smut, 5. game night!! one-shot, 6. finishing rivalfic once and for all, 7. honkai magical shenanigans, 8. golden state part 2, 9. mokuba burns the earth down, 10. jounouchi and kaiba surreal nighttime events, 11. anzu/atem/kaiba OT3.

so, 11 lol! some of these are in progress, some of them are outlined, some of them live exclusively in my head for daydreaming.

For honkai magical shenanigans, i keep having a laugh about a scenario where an ancient egyptian amulet turns kaiba into a dog and he's running loose in domino trying to figure out how to undo this, but then... lo and behold... resident dog guy HONDA finds him!! and takes this cranky and barky german shepherd home without realizing that it's kaiba in hapless disguise.

#20. Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?

Words would require a more thorough investigation of the google docs, but themes... the will to keep living vs. the self-destructive death drive (my favorite character is Kaiba! my favorite ship is pride!), how emotions contradict each other (love and resentment in equal measure), the subjectivity and specificity of experience (what I feel and understand about this is different from what you feel and understand about this)...

For settings, I like Kaiba's mansion and distant, far-off places, like islands, deserts, other planets, other dimensions, outer space :)

[autistic-dishes]

Skradzione od ana-butnot-pro (nie taguję, bo jest na recovery)

1. Trudno powiedzieć, bo zacząłem się głodzić nim dołączyłem do edblr, ale około 64 kg.

2. W wieku 12 lat zacząłem wymiotować i do tej pory mam bulimię. Nie pamiętam tamtego okresu więc trudno powiedzieć, dlaczego zacząłem.

3. 500-800, zależnie od aktywności fizycznej.

4. Około 3 dni, ale tylko dlatego, że lek od psychiatry mnie nãćpåł i spałem XDD

5. Tak.

6. Nie mam aktualnie wagi, ale 19-20.

7. 164. Tak, ale mam chwile gdy chciałbym być wyższy lub niższy.

8. Czasami, ale podñiecam się od niego 😔

9. Zanim jeszcze wpadłem w bulimię, wiedziałem o blogach motylków. Nie pamiętam skąd.

10. Rodzice myślą, że wyszedłem z bulimii, chociaż i tak twierdzą, że jej nigdy nie miałem.

11. Nie oglądałem nigdy żadnego, ale czytałem parę fanfików. Mój ulubiony to jeden z the metal family, który poruszał ten temat. Nazywał się "Among the cigarette ashes" czy coś takiego.

12. Główny bohater z fanfika powyżej.

13. M na górze, S/M na dole, zależnie od marki. Tbh średnio się przejmuję. Możliwe, że nawet jak schudnę to niewiele się zmienią, bo mam naturalnie szerokie barki.

14. Spacery. Dużo spacerów. 10k kroków minimum, 15k to norma. Raz w tygodniu 20k.

15. Tak.

16. Makaron konjac, skyr, bezcukrowe żelki z agar agar, ogórki, wafle ryżowe.

17. Słyszałem, ale trudno mi powiedzieć, czy to one były głównym powodem. Na pewno jakoś się przyczyniły.

18. Mięsa, bo czuję się po nim podle i czipsów octowych, bo to moje comfort food.

19. Tak.

20. Nie.

21. Nie mam wagi, więc nie.

22. Nie.

23. Tak.

24. Nie, nie potrafię się mierzyć XD zawsze za drugim pomiarem wychodzi inna cyfra.

25. Nie.

26. Tak.

27. Nie.

28. Zależy w której szkole. Nienawidzę grać w siatkówkę, koszykówkę etc. ale byłem w jednej szkole podstawowej, gdzie mogliśmy wybrać aerobik lub piłkę. Aerobik był super.

29. "Zdiagnozowane" bo opisałem je psychiatrce w czasie przeszłym i potwierdziła, że to bulimia.

30. Coś pomiędzy 52 i 55.

[muppetjohntavares]

You can always teach an old cat new tricks 🌴

(Picture credit to Eliot J. Schechter - ten years and two months apart)

[honeyedbrie]

I've been really upset about my dog passing away bc my brain is bullying me and telling me I should have been there for more and that I didn't spend enough time with her while she was alive but I just went through all of my photos from the past almost 3 years and I had over 500 pictures of her.

500 pictures worth of time I spent cuddling with her, or hanging out with her in the garden, or cute lil funny moments, or just when I thought she looked cute or pretty.

I miss her like hell, but I'm so happy I took every one of those pictures. so, in honour of her, I'd like to share some cute pictures of my baby girl:

she was barky, and bratty, and sassy, but she was so goddamn sweet and protective of her humans. she loved to cuddle, absolutely loved sleeping on my oodie, and when I would be taking pictures in the garden she always had to come see what I was doing, meaning I ended up with more than a few pictures of flowers with her snoot in them.

Peaches lived to be almost 16 and a half, and given her health history we were so blessed to have had her for so long, but my house feels so empty now without her.

rest in peace peachy baby, I love you so much and I will miss you always

[n7viper]

Weird asks! 3,7,46,48

Hiiiiiiiiii! Thank you ☺️

(weird asks)

3. Do you leave the window open at night?

I do not, but I would like to! My windows don't have screens and even if they did, my dog is very barky. I'd never get any sleep if I left my windows open. There are a lot of nights where it would be so nice.

7. Hair-ties or scrunchies?

Out of these two, hair ties only because I never find scrunchies that are tight enough. My hair is very fine, so scrunchies tend to loosen worse than hair ties, and my hair droops after a while. I actually just twist my hair into a clip if I do wear it up.

46. Favorite holiday film?

I kinda had to think about this one for a minute. I am not a big holidays person (er, Christmas and such, which I assume this question is about). So let's say Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too because I remember watching it every year as a child. Winnie the Pooh has a lot of sentimental value for me.

48. When did you first try an alcohol beverage?

This is hard, lol. I have a poor memory. The first time I distinctly remember trying alcohol was at my aunt and uncle's house - she gave me a bit of her Smirnoff Ice while we sat out by their pool. I would guess I was somewhere between 16 and 18.

[perriwinklesblog]

09/02/2022

I had to put my dog down today.

We knew it was coming for the a while but it still hurts. She was around 16. She was a rescue so we never knew her exact date of birth.

Her name was Poppy and she was a mix breed with whippet, collie and a little bit of Doberman. Or at least that’s what the vet figured out. There is no Labrador in her despite what everyone thinks. She liked to run around in fast circles.

I want to share some photos and memories with you.

My mum chose her from the shelter because she had big brown eyes and was so quiet but when we brought her home we became known as the house with the barky dog. She was infamous with posties, many newbies being told about her. She didn’t bite. But she loved to bark up at the window as they delivered the post.

Our house is on a corner so the back garden faces one street and the front faces another. The dog would run through the house from the back gate to the front to try and see the people walking past. Children would race her from time to time. Now and then you’d hear someone say Oh Poppy, it’s only us! As they walked by.

She was a nervous dog. Whenever she spent time in the kennels she had to be moved to the quiet area because she would stress too much. She loved the kennels though because she got extra long walks and got to role in mud and dead animals. She would stink for weeks afterwards which meant her nickname became Poopy. A nickname she would always respond too.

She was the nosiest of neighbours watching everyone from the living room window. Obsessed with our neighbours across the street. Anytime one of them opened the front door, her ears would perk. I always wondered what she thought about them.

We didn’t properly train her, she knew a few commands but it was always just the basics. However we did unintentionally train her to tell us when the washing machine or tumble dryer was finished or when a gate had been left open in the garden.

The latter of those skills was a later in life event as when she was young she was quite the escape artist though a dumb one. She was always my idiot dog. She could have easily squeezed through gaps in our gate or jumped it but no. Only if it were left open would she run. And it would be to give herself a walk or have you chase her. It stressed us out that game, she loved it.

One time when my Grandpa was healthy, he had been looking after her and lost her in the woods. He searched for her for three hours before deciding to return to his house, preparing himself for the difficult phone call to my mum to explain what happened. When he got back to his home however, Poppy was waiting, tail wagging sitting on his doorstep. She’d found her way back and apparently was mighty pleased with herself.

A couple of weeks ago, she had escaped. It wasn’t the manic kind from when she was a puppy, it would seem she really had just tried to give herself a walk. She had even started to make her way back to the garden when she spotted me and bolted. I caught her. She hadn’t been as fast as she used to be.

Poppy loved to catch rabbits. We live near farms and so she’d often catch them on walks. Unpleasant for us but she was always pleased with herself. The farmers liked that though. Helped protect their crops.

She wasn’t just my mum and I’s dog. Whilst she hated dogs, bad experiences and too nervy to socialise, she loved humans. My best friend was there the day we got her and would always be around to help and play with her. One time she spent hours trying to train her to sit. The dog would lie down instead. We couldn’t stop laughing. We know she knew how to sit. I can’t help but think the dog just wanted to annoy her.

My dog has seen me through breakups, lost toys, parental divorces, ill grandparents, exam stress, death etc. She didn’t like crying, would walk away whenever I was sad but once I calmed down she’d always sit by me.

She had seen me through the good times too, weddings, new siblings, friendships etc. She especially liked when I had new friends as it was new people to give her food from the table.

Throughout this whole thing I keep dipping in and out of present and past tense because it’s still weird to me she’s gone.

I love her. And it’s so quiet without her.

I miss her so much.

She was an idiot.

She was my idiot.

Poppy ❤️

[ao3feed-elu]

leave a light on (english version)

by LaPetiteCeinture

"We broke up with Aidan" Deep, deaf silence. Lucas's stomach twitched. He lifted his chin, his gaze fixed on the barky trunk of the oak tree towering on the opposite side of the walkway. Until that moment, he hadn't thought it possible that someone could exude confidence and insecurity at the same time, but as he heard his own voice, he realized his mistake. "Can I come to your place?" He hesitated, but his lips moved forward again, so that his thoughts could not catch up with him. "I need you"

He had never said those words to anyone before.

friends to lovers

Words: 21498, Chapters: 1/16, Language: English

Fandoms: SKAM (France)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Eliott Demaury, Lucas Lallemant, Yann Cazas, Arthur Broussard, Basile Savary, Idriss Bakhellal, Sofiane Alaoui, Imane Bakhellal, Alexia Martineau, Manon Demissy, Emma Borgès, Daphné Lecomte, Eliott Demaury's Mother, Eliott Demaury's Father, Lucas Lallemant's Father, Lucas Lallemant's Mother

Relationships: Eliott Demaury/Lucas Lallemant

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - College/University, Unrequited Love, Actually not so unrequited..., But Lucas have to figure it out, Explicit Sexual Content, Partnership, Established Relationship, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Manipulation, Emotional Sex, Mental Health Issues, Mental Abuse, mental illnes, Mental Breakdown, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Attacks, Panic Attacks, Love Confessions, Friendship/Love, whom I kidding?, It' never just friendship

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/39114321