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#me having coffee before writing some Valentine's smut#cannot smut without the coffee#cold hard facts
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I think the bathroom might be out of order, I think you'll need to hold it for, say, 2 hours while we patch it up
😰 two.... whole hours??? i mean. no prob that should be fine👍thanks for ur hard work on behalf of my plumbing
#tbh i love when ppl just inform me my bathroom is out of order#like hell no arguing with that#cold hard facts
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This also applies to things like reactivity btw.
If your dog is reactive to things like other dogs or people or motorcycles (especially if the reactivity is fear based) and you yell at them for barking/lunging/whatever, that only reinforces the negative emotion further. YOU may think you're correcting them for barking or other "bad behaviors"; THEY think they're being punished for being afraid of something.
(This is also why many trainers, including mine, don't recommend prong collars or e-collars for reactive dogs - not only are they getting triggered, now they're also getting hurt with the trigger.)
so many people do not understand that 1) animals are not people, and 2) they aren't teaching their animals what they THINK they are teaching them.
dog group on the book of faces, someone is asking for advice on how to get their dog to come to them after the dog is done relieving itself outside. The dog doesn't like coming to them an they spend ten or twenty minutes or more catching the dog each time to bring it in. Which reminded me of one of many attempts to talk a person through trying to fix exactly this same behavior in *many* other dogs over the years...
Me: So, a quick question for you... does the dog not coming to you and you having to chase them down frustrate you?
Them: Of course!
Me: So what do you do when you finally either catch the dog or get them to come to you?
Them: I give the dog a correction!
Me: So. You get hands on your dog and then you immediately punish them for allowing you to get hands on them. And you wonder why your dog has developed the habit of not coming to you?
Them: No, that's not... I'm punishing them for not coming when I call!
Me: Which was.... fifteen minutes ago, or so, you said?
Them: Yes, when I first called them!
Me: Dogs brains literally cannot link an abstract thought like that. A thought and a consequence MUST happen within 2.4 seconds of one another, or the consequence becomes linked to the most recent behavior, thought, or activity. So, tell me... how is your dog supposed to understand that you punishing them is for the event fifteen minutes ago when you have made such a concerted, if unintentional, effort to teach them that them getting close enough for you to lay hands on them in the yard means an immediate punishment?
Them: But that's not what I *meant*!
Me: Doesn't matter what YOU meant... what THEY learned is that they come to you, and they get punished. Stop punishing your dog for the behavior that you want to see more of.
Stop anthropomorphizing your animals, folks. They don't think like us. Stop setting them - and yourself - up for failure.
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Thinking that the grass is greener on the other side instead of watering your own grass
Lack of honest communication, lack of understanding, lack of commitment, lack of consideration. Too much of manipulative and harmful behavior. A lot of unchecked narcissistic traits - toxic patterns. Overgrown ego's with too much pride. Too many games being played
Acting like people's lives, feelings, emotional & mental health doesn't matter
Social media, inconsistency, cheating, lies, secrets
People feeling as though everyone is disposable because they always have something new at their fingertips due to social media
No respect, no loyalty, no trust
People always having one foot in and one foot out..always looking for something "better"
illusion of options
#cold hard facts#the ugly truth#the only truth#the fucking sad facts#crestfallen#no hope for the future#doomed generation
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Was looking at refs and since Viktor has two different leg braces I was wondering, do we think he wears them simultaneously?? The refs don't perfectly line up perspective-wise so it's hard to tell but parts of the one he wears during the Hexcore scenes look like they could maybe line up with the brace that he wears over his clothes, but also some parts really don't and look like they'd be super uncomfy. Also HOW does he take these on and off. Experts weigh in
#viktor#arcane#ig my assumption would be that he wears both simultaneously cause in the scene where he injects the shimmer#it seems implied that he just threw off his clothes and kept experimenting#so one might assume he was already wearing the smaller one underneath#tho it is a funny image to think of him just being like 'one sec i gotta go all the way home and grab my other brace to do this'#he can take off the back brace too cause hes not wearing it in the scene where he's in the hospital bed and you can see his shoulder#where the strap would be#but that one seems to make even less sense functionality wise#everything looks like its screwed together#or screwed INTO him#but only the top bolts on his spine are i think#in the close ups of his back brace model it looks like theres cushioning underneath the parts of it that cover the rest of his spine#so he can take it off. but HOW#what parts of it unscrew/detatch to pull open and off#does it not do that at all and he just has to shimmy it off his shoulder and all the way down his legs to get it off like a romper#the shape language of the designs are cool but like. tell me how it wooorrkkksss#forgive me if im just dumb and dont know at all how braces work and theres a very simple practical explanation for all this#any king who wants to infodump about mobility aids at me....the floor is yours#something to be said i suppose about the fact that zaunites have crazy prosthetics with wild augmentations that work flawlessly#and piltover's like. idk heres some fucking uncomfortable ass metal. salo gets wheelchair in non ada compliant place#they havent ever needed to adapt to accommodate disabilities etc etc#or maybe artists were just like 'heres a design' and everybody clapped and didnt give it a second thought#and then they just turned off the visibility on the mesh when they didnt need it knowing thered not be a scene where its taken off#dont even wanna THINK about what that rig would look like#like 40 different controllers#soft body and rigid hard surfaces needing to move together....#a cold chill just shot up my spine#<- guy who is only an animator and doesnt know how to rig#forgive the magic wand tool with zero cleanup. i am lazy
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welp im screwed
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To me, Machete kind of has the energy of a secondary villain/coldhearted side character in someone else's story that a lot of fans latch onto, moreso than the protagonist. Question is, would he be the villain in anyone's story?
Why, thank you! I'm actually glad to hear he gives off that vibe. I don't think he set out to become a villain but a lot of people certainly view him as one.
#in the 16th century canon he starts out as an introverted but sincerely well meaning guy that never quite manages to find his social niche#he was a sensitive kid and when subjected to enough pressure#his insecurity fearfulness and powerlessness mutate into distrust resentment aggression suffocating repression and self-restraint#I don't think he's a bad person in fact he consistently tries very hard to do the right thing#do his job properly avoid letting people down and get through life with a sense of dignity#but he is supposed to come across kind of cold impersonable and difficult to be around if you don't know him personally (and very few do)#people can sense there's something wrong with him and are put off by it#Vatican is a nest of vipers and as the stakes rise he retreats deeper into his coldblooded untouchable work persona#he has no choice but to start lying scheming blackmailing and eliminating his enemies#in order to maintain his position keep Vasco safe their relationship under wraps and his own head above water#essentially playing by the same rules everyone else in the holy see has been playing with for centuries#eventually he loses his spot as the secretary of state and is manipulated/forced to take on a role in the roman inquisition#and if people were sort of iffy about him before being the authority overseeing trials torture excommunications and executions doesn't help#and since he has so few allies and such an infamous reputation he's an easy target for scapegoating whenever necessary#towards the end it dawns on him that he's become the kind of twisted cruel corrupt person he used to fear and despise#and the guilt moral injury and abject self-loathing had largely sapped him of his will to live by the time the final assassin gets him#answered#anonymous#Machete#Vaschete lore#he thought his dream of priesthood would make him a better person more worthy of admiration safety and love but he climbed too high#and got roped up in the dangerous games that take place under god's nose and slowly got strangled to death
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Regarding my Numbers Argument post. It's kind of wild to me that like...someone did engage with the argument at its core in regards to Warriors. Sunnyfall made a video engaging with this argument, pulling out statistics and hard numbers about speaking roles, personality, deaths, roles in the story, and so on but when you look at people who, you know, wanted this type of proof, you see comments on sites like the WCRPForums about how they wouldn't finish the video because the "arguments were bad" (without elaborating why) or the video itself being too long, even though you know if it was any shorter the same people would be clamouring for more proof and elaboration. Even though this is the type of analysis that people who throw this argument demand, they will never actually engage with a counter argument because actually engaging with it means having to acknowledge they're wrong about misogyny not being a problem.
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I will always be so sad and angry that Eragon never recognized how horribly the elves treated him and that no one else helped protect him from it either. Oromis is so insidiously and inexcusably cruel to him and Eragon truly deserved the chance to escape that and see the damage he caused, and also to then beat Oromis into a bloody pulp. And Glaedr too, honestly. He's mostly gone unscathed in my past rants, largely because at least his personality isn't so insufferable, but he ain't shit either. He's fully complicit in all of Oromis's vile abuse, and adds to it himself in certain places. They more than earn Eragon's ire, but they all constantly belittle him and insist that they inherently know better than him about everything, and poor Eragon believes them, so he doesn't fight back. No!!! Every misgiving you have about them is true, and not only should you stand your ground, but you should also start maiming them!!!!!
Oromis's mannerisms are respectful, kind, and gentle, but they in no way indicate his actual feelings. It just serves as a guise, while their actions demonstrate that both he and Glaedr don't have a single shred of respect for Eragon. They don't trust him, they don't put faith in him, they don't care about his wellbeing, and they have so much contempt for him. And they do all that while they take everything from Eragon, demanding he sacrifice himself constantly, and not always just in the interest of beating the Empire! In some cases it's solely an expression of their resentment of him or a way to cut away at the parts of him they don't like.
And Eragon gives them everything, so earnestly and generously. Then they give him jack shit. They only give him whatever suits their intention to use him as a weapon, and even in that, they pick and choose things to withhold according to their disdain for him. Contempt is all he gets in return for his trust and loyalty.
And it makes me sad how Saphira isn't there for him in this. In her defense, she's very young and they harm her also by prioritizing her utility to them over anything else, which she sadly does not recognize either. But beyond that, the elves and Oromis and Glaedr specifically treat her far, far better than they treat Eragon. She's in no way responsible for their actions, but there are places where she enables the abuse. Most often through overlooking it, but sometimes when Eragon rightfully balks at their mistreatment, then turns to Saphira for her input, she tells him, "I trust them and I think you should be deferring to them."
Eragon is so earnest and compassionate and he deserves care, both in the form of other people caring about his wellbeing, and also through the chance for him to learn how he can and should care for himself. Yet at the end of the series, he's so conditioned to accept manipulation and abuse and I just want my poor boy to have a chance to rest and HEAL 😭
#eragon#inheritance cycle#eragon shadeslayer#oromis#glaedr#saphira#im too tired to pull all the receipts for this. maybe later. but believe me I Have Them#its a cold hard canonical fact that oromis is a cruel bastard#this was focused on him and glaedr but the other elves distinctly contribute to this too#notably vanir and arya. also the eldunari have similar issues tbh#why did brom have to die? eragon deserved an authority figure whos not a condescending asshole#catch me thinking of aus where terrible things happen to oromis as a form of catharsis :)
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COURIWAY JUMPSCARE ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️💀🤯
#so i may have painted him on the edge of my paint palette while trying to mix colors for an entirely separate art piece. perhaps#ANYWAYS LET'S IGNORE THAT‼️ he's so cool i think. more people should watch him#i took creative liberties as i am known to do. can i ever be canon compliant with my art? funny you ask. no#couriway GOATED and that is cold hard fact. GOATED!!!!#next i'll post k4yfour art and then dylqnnnn sketches (honestly might do an inked piece instead of painting for dylqnnnn)#we shall see.............. but for now i must sleep#couriway#mcsr#mcsr fanart#hbg#house builder gang#art#artists on tumblr#acrylic painting
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the sheer 'fucking GOTCHA!!!!' energy of harding when she oh how the turntables lucanis about the people pleasing issues pots are apparently having the audacity to call kettles black over in this lighthouse fhdksjfha. she has been grousily thinking about this for days. her 'oh and another thing -- !!!' capacity brought on by all that repressed rage that's never been allowed to move freely within her before is unmatched I love her so much
#head in my hands. I've done literally everything there is to do but I keep putting off the endgame proper.#I don't want to have to say goodbye to her........ I have a cold I can't cry I might die#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age: the veilguard spoilers#dragon age spoilers#lace harding#lucanis dellamorte#there are some wonderful nuances to her character that way. I like her so much more than I expected to at the beginning#the fact that she can be judgemental and downright vindictive sometimes when something tender in her gets brushed against#even while being so genuinely sweet in so many ways. it feels like naturalistic character writing in a way that's so pleasing to me#she's the girl next door! and the girl next door has whole worlds inside her just like everyone else#mages messiahs murderers chosen ones and other figures of legend. and lace harding from redcliffe taking selfies with all of them
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Oh hey this dovetails perfectly with my previous post. LEASH YOUR FUCKING DOGS. For their own safety and for the safety of other dogs, other people, and wildlife. It's not cruel, it's responsible and a safety issue.
As summer is approaching, I’d like to share this bird-friendly beach etiquette reminder. A lot of people let their dogs roam freely on the beach, but dogs that chase wildlife can have a detrimental effect on the animals that have no choice but to share the shoreline with us. Please enjoy the summer with your pets and make sure to give wild animals plenty of space!
#dogs of tumblr#dogblr#cold hard facts#this has been a psa#leash your goddamn dogs or so help me#I WILL be that neighborhood Karen who calls the non emergency line to file an unleashed dog report
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