#Yes I do realize my fursonas a deer these things are Not separate.

[origamiyoda]

Ive been trying to figure out a way to phrase this and I really can't and it's honestly just starting to boil down to me being kind of pissed off and complaining about my irl but it's like. Man. I don't know.

And again this is aimed completely at my IRL and jackasses I've met throughout my life. Nobody here nobody I've talked to about hunting before.

Its just kind of like. The Thing about hunting is like. You need to be respectful of what it is that you're actually doing. You need to understand that you're killing a real life animal and you need to do it respectfully and carefully. You cannot take that fucking shot unless you are absolutely certain you are on mark and it's going to be a clean and fair kill .

And I am saying this as someone who has accidentally Hurt an animal while hunting. While it wasn't my fault, the scope got bumped and fucked while moving around and nobody noticed, and we managed to track the deer and make a clean kill, I still Hurt an animal. And it was a legitimately traumatizing experience that has genuinely haunted me for the past 5 years .

You can't take hunting as something. I don't know. Trivial? Don't get me wrong, it's a hobby of mine I really enjoy even I don't talk about it alot (the. Stigma around it is a little. Weird idk) but it's also like. Fuck I don't know you're Not Aragorn you're not some cool elven ranger you're not a badass rugged outdoorsman. It's something that takes skill and time and work and you need to have a respect for it.

And I know this sounds fucking pretentious and at best I sound like a freak but like. I don't know I don't know!!!!! You cannot take that fucking shot unless you are absolutely one hundred percent certain you're going to kill that animal. That you can take the animal down with dignity and respect.

And i dont mean to be like ohh these fuckin treehuggers kids these days don't understand the HARDCORE and GRITTY WORK that goes into TAKING DOWN A WILD BEAST because people who talk like that are youtubers being sponsored by fucking Kryptek and driving brand new fuckoff huge trucks that don't haul anything. Do you understand.

To hear my irl today talk about it in such a lighthearted tone and. And I quote "Oh I've tried to shoot a deer a couple times lol I'm not very good at it [my family aren't] very good hunters hahaha" is like. Sickening? To me? Like genuinely stomach turning Sickening to hear. You cannot be running around taking shots at animals unless you know for a fact you can kill it cleanly and respectfully. It's sickening it really is.

And I do think people can learn to hunt and I think hunting is important for conservation efforts and I think it's a really cool hobby that I have and enjoy doing. It's just incredibly dangerous and horrifying to me that you could talk about it so trivially. It's not a game it's not something to be really taken lightly it's something that needs to be respected across all fronts.

Youre not going to stumble across a beautiful stag in a forest clearing completely broadside and you're not going to draw your longbow and make the perfect shot and peacefully kill the deer. you're going to sit in the cold and the mud and you're gonna be up before dawn and you're going to wait and watch and pattern the animal and wait and watch until you can make a clean and safe kill.

Whatever. I don't know. Nobody will care about this but it's something important to me and it's pissing me off. I've been hunting for almost half my life and it's like. It's important to me and I'm sick of it. I'm sick of it.

[disasteralex]

voltron + vine/memes pt 3 (feat. klance)

because we all need some lighthearted fun after this season

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 

(spoilers for s6)

during his time on the space whale thing, keith tells krolia about all of lance’s stupid vines to pass the time

krolia, trying her best to understand earth culture, says keith’s father was thicker than a bowl of oatmeal. keith has regrets

keith has a dopey smile on his face the entire time. krolia’s spidey senses are tingling. she knows

lance tries to get keith to name his cosmic space wolf gabe. keith is confused. whenever he asks who gabe is, lance just thumps his own chest, raises his hand up to the sky and says “rip gabe”

lance and pidge try to get the wolf to bork like the “smoke weed every day” vine. shiro is Disappointed but can’t say anything because that would mean admitting he knows the vine and he can’t do that

pidge constantly refers to lance’s fursona and refuses to call him anything but pike for three weeks. the tables have turned

a few days into their journey back home, they land on a planet where the aliens look like dog-people and pidge makes about 10 furry jokes in the span of a minute

lance, finally snapping: “stop kinkshaming me!” pidge, with the most deadpan look on her face: “kinkshaming is my kink”

shiro laughs before he can stop himself and blows his cover

after shiro is brought back, the team decides to catch each other up

when they tell shiro what happened with lotor, everyone goes a quiet because they don’t want to bring it up in front of allura. finally, she takes matters into her own hands and goes “well, as i believe the phrase goes, i yeeted him across the bridge”

lance has never been more proud of someone in his life

pidge, that little shit: “did you mean yoted allura”

lance, at one point: “and we just drop in, like hey there galra, it’s me, ya boi”. hunk, nodding: “we dropped in like whupow and balalala”

keith is intrigued when lance explains buzzfeed unsolved. lance promises to show him as soon as they get back to earth and keith is suddenly a Very Flustered Boy

krolia: “is this boy propositioning my son?” coran: “i don’t think so?”

the garrison keeps them overnight (preventative quarantine), so lance drags keith over to his room to watch unsolved. they end up binging the first two seasons of supernatural. keith absolutely loves it and lance is so happy

the next morning, he makes sure to download every single episode for when they’re in space

when matt meets up with the group and is informed of what happened, he immediately shouts “I WANT TO SEE MY LITTLE BOY”

lance, as keith helps shiro out of the black lion: “HERE HE COMES”

shiro regrets everything, especially once matt breaks out the grandpa jokes

at one point, hunk and pidge go a little too far in teasing lance and he snaps and shouts “I’M SENSITIVE AUBREY” before running away from them (I have a headcanon that whenever lance panics or freaks out he reverts to vines/memes). hunk and pidge immediately realize what they’ve done/been doing and feel horrible

the next day, they get allura to bring lance to them. they’ve got pidge’s laptop already set up and playing music and they’re both wearing sunglasses and shrouded blankets

when lance walks in, they hand him another blanket and pair of sunglasses. lance smiles a little, accepts the unsaid apology and promise, and takes his place in front of them

in preparation for returning to earth, the garrison trio try and teach the others “earth slang”. nobody can tell how much they’re making up

coran then spends the next week asking the paladins what the tea is at breakfast. shiro feels too old for this

hunk, eating earth food for the first time in months: “finally some good fucking food”. lance cries of laughter

once they’re back on earth matt rigs his communicator to play the intro to bill nye the science guy whenever he enters a room. every time the garrison trio will drop everything and compulsively shout “bill bill bill” and he finds it hilarious

one time he catches shiro bopping his head to the music and nearly loses it

pidge discovered halfway to earth that she has a whole folder of memes and vines saved to her laptop and gathers everyone around for Family Meme Time 

pidge also has a strangely large collection of bad commercials. coran loves all of them, but his favourite is the shamwow guy

allura and coran are confused by earth’s geography (specifically the fact that north america is broken up into continents, then countries and provinces/states)

pidge, hunk and lance at the exact same time: “AMERICA, EXPLAIN”

keith enlists pidge’s help because he catches on pretty quick to the fact that lance freaks out every time he uses a vine/meme successfully

keith, as they land on a planet full of space deer: “hey lance” “yeah?” “look at all those chickens” lance freezes

pidge, in the background: lance.exe has stopped working

krolia to coran: “is this a weird earth mating ritual?” coran, squinting: “i’m... not sure”

before they all leave for their separate homes on earth, the paladins decide to get mcdonalds together

keith, walking up to the drinks station: “hey lance” lance: “yeah?” keith quickly samples all the drinks, takes a sip and says “fuck you”. lance thinks he’s in love

shiro, shook to the core but also not really surprised: “is he flirting???”

krolia, quietly but fiercely: that’s my boy

everyone is given communicators while they’re apart in case of an “emergency”. lance uses his to send keith memes and stuff from the strange side of youtube. keith mostly uses his to send lance videos of krolia reacting to weird earth shit and to tell shiro that yes, dad, he’s taking care of himself

keith’s favourite video is one lance sent him of him and his older brother recreating "when mama isn’t home”. lance’s is a video of keith laughing as krolia tries to fight a revolving door

before they leave for space, the group makes a trip to costco. coran is enthralled. krolia is fascinated by all the weapons and tries to use one. somehow, they manage to lose keith. by the end of the day, they’ve been banned indefinitely

when they leave earth again, they have approximately 20 multipacks of kd, a shiro-sized freezer of bacon, 12 giant jars of nutella, a cabinet full of costco brand vodka (coran is weirdly obsessed with it), and 60 pounds of ground coffee specifically reserved for shiro