#an individual known as olly does the act of expressing his feelings with words

[lemon-3ds]

100%ed all collectibles in TOK let's go!!!! All that's left is the trophies (which I am NOT excited for) and maxing out the coin counter!

[pawfulsofmischief]

Hi Nova! (First of all, this is a side note, but my sister uses the name Nova too so I automatically just like you as a person now). So, now that I'm awake, alive, and not panicking, thought I'd come ask you an actual question. If you're willing, could you share how you settled on using demiboy as a label? And where you feel that fits in the agender spectrum for you? (If at all, I know a lot of places online say it's part of that spectrum but individual experiences might feel different than those very formal definitions you find easily online and personal experiences are what I'm more interested in hearing about)

I know this can't be true, but someone recently insisted to me that demigirls are all afab and demiboys are always amab. That seemed unlikely based on what I've been reading online but having someone who otherwise acted like they knew more about this stuff than me say that really turned me off from the label and the assumptions that maybe go along with it? Idk if that makes sense. I'm rambling again lol so I'm gonna stop and hit the ask button now...

-M (formally known as gender anon I guess though when Ollie said that I might have shrieked a little lol)

Hey M! I like your sister's style, very good tastes. 😘

I'm more than willing to explain~ This might get a little rambly myself, tho, so just a warning on that lol I'm going to put everything under a cut, just so it doesn't end up massively long for people not interested.

So, a lot of my exploration of gender and sexuality has come from me joining Fetlife, and more specifically the kink community, sometime in 2020. It introduced me to a lot more people who're outside the gender binary and helped me learn a bunch more labels that I didn't know about before. It's how I've learned I'm a demiboy, acearo, etc. I think it's a great community for people (over 18, obviously) to learn about all sorts of things from consent to gender. Kink doesn't have any actual bearing on gender and such, but the community is heavily LGBTQ+

Anyway, I came across the label demiboy sometime in the middle of last year, or there abouts. I had been starting to think that I could possibly be more enby than transboy because I found myself preferring a lot of more neutral terms alongside masculine ones. I started using a mix of he/they pronouns before I knew about demigender, but once I learned about how people can be 2 or more genders at once, it started to feel a bit more fitting than just nonbinary.

I started noticing that I somehow felt both like a boy, and like I wasn't either, at the same time. I dunno how to explain it really, but a part of me gets really excited when I'm called a boy, but another part gets really excited from more neutral terms and pronouns. At some point, I just found myself being really comfortable under the demiboy label. It wasn't like a sudden thing that just clicked into place, but I gradually began adding it to online profiles, messing with my pronouns, etc. I suppose a lot of it was also realizing that I'm perfectly okay foregoing any bottom surgery in the future, and literally the only reason I care about whether I get it is because I want to be able to stand and pee (I don't mess with stp packers because of the UTI chance with them).

Anyway, TL;DR. I learned about the label, it gave me the words to express how I felt, and it fell into place.

Now, as for what that person said. Completely wrong. Not only does that completely discount other demigenders, but its also pretty transphobic. Whether they meant that or not. Afabs can be demiboys (me) and amabs can be demigirls, it's all about what they feel and what they're comfortable with. Being demigender just means you identify as both one gender (boy/girl/nb/etc) and genderless. There is absolutely no connection between your agab and actual gender, unless you personally feel there is.

When it comes to gender, it is very much an individual experience for each person. That person was very much gatekeeping demi's for some reason. Labels are there to make people feel more seen, more comfortable. They are not hard defined lines that have qualifications you have to meet. The only gender that has any of those is being cis. I understand that person putting you off the term, but they're either just an arsehole, or have been taught gatekeepy things.

But, I will stop rambling now. I hope this helped! And if I didn't explain something enough, please ask about it. I sometimes miss the actual point I'm trying to make because I go on tangents lol

[heyimash06]

The Plan

Rounding the corner and exiting the English hall, Bunnie dashed after the tall, dark-haired individual it had a bone to pick with. Slowing down as he got closer, he reached up and firmly tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention, pulling the whiteboard and folded piece of notebook paper out from under his arm.

"Hm?" Ollie looked around at it tiredly. "Oh, what does Piers want now-?" Well, that was rude. Not everything Bunnie did was related to Piers... just most of it. Like now.

Bunnie held the paper in his mouth as he uncapped the marker and started writing on the board. [I'm here to make a deal with you.]

He stared at the message for a moment before saying, "what kind of deal?" in a skeptical manner. That was fair, he supposed, a lot of what he and Piers did was to fuck with Harris and Ollie respectively, and Bunnie had been sent to do Piers' dirty work a few times in the past.

[I want to make Piers jealous and/or just generally mad at me,] it wrote, looking at Ollie with a determined kind of expression. He really wanted this plan to work, and he couldn't even carry it out without Ollie.

"That is... extremely out-of-character for you, are you feeling okay-" It nearly whacked him with the board. It was an open secret that Bunnie was hardcore crushing on Piers, but Harris and his friends didn't usually bring it up out of probable distaste for the junior trying to split him and his boyfriend up.

Giving him an irritated look, Bunnie erased his message. [Look, you like making Piers mad, right?] he wrote, shrugging slightly to get his point across, [this is a pretty good way to do that. He'd be pissed if we started dating or even hanging out.]

Ollie looked like Bunnie had just asked him to stab someone. "Are you kidding? My mom might literally kill me if I look like I'm dating a guy," he stated, slowly pushing Bunnie and his whiteboard away from him.

It rolled its eyes. [Then we pretend like it's supposed to be a secret and keep our fucking mouths shut around your mom. It's not like we have to go over to your place, if we need to scheme, I can just smuggle you through my window.]

"Why the window? Can't we use the front door?"

[Having friends over is noisy.]

"Ah. But still, why do you even want to carry out this 'plan'?" he asked, making air quots around the word 'plan'. "Aren't you supposed to hate me like a good little Piers Lite?" God, this guy was annoying sometimes. Sure, Bunnie hung around Piers and tried to copy him sometimes, but it wasn't an exact fucking copy. He'd like to see Piers try and pick up the violin or stay quiet for longer than 30 fucking seconds.

Bunnie sighed silently, this close to just hitting Ollie with his whiteboard and leaving. [I want to make Piers mad at me. He hates you. Therefore, if I start 'dating' you, he'll be fucking pissed. Trust me, I have a whole plan set up, it'll go perfectly.]

Ollie laughed. "I have been given no reason to trust you in the three years we have known each other. Trust me, I would be disowned if we got caught. Go back to bothering Piers if you're that starved for attention." And with that, he turned and joined back into the crowd of students leaving. Goddamn it... it was so sure that was going to work... maybe adding something to the table would convince him... it had plenty of time to plan overnight.

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The next day, Bunnie set his tray down next to Ollie's at lunch. He looked over, blinked at it a couple of times, and looked back at the person in front of him. It had predicted that he'd still be reluctant because why would he not, and prepared a few things in advance. Leaning on his arm slightly, he slid a piece of notebook paper in front of Ollie, looking up at him with a smile.

The boy sighed, picked up the paper, and unfolded it. In Bunnie's neat, perfectly legible handwriting, the scrap read: [If you agree, I'll do anything you want me to, so long as we keep up the acts and the month after. :)] It watched him read it and look down at it. They both knew Bunnie would keep up his end of the bargain. Despite the mild troublemaking, he was very good at completing his end of deals.

Ollie raised his eyebrows and asked, "anything?" drawing the attention of Harris and Piers from across the table.

Bunnie nodded.

"...fine," he said, maybe a bit reluctant, but hey, as long as he said yes, Bunnie was happy. It made a little excited gesture and quickly stood up, starting to pull Ollie with it.

"Hey, where are you two going?" Piers asked from across the table, looking a bit irritated at the fact his favorite person and least favorite person were getting along even slightly.

As Ollie stood up, Bunnie signed that they'd be back before the end of lunch and started pulling the taller boy in the direction of the bathrooms. Once inside, he pushed Ollie into the handicap stall and closed the door behind both of them, pulling the same piece of paper from yesterday out of his pocket. Unfolding it, it handed the paper to him, implying he should read it.

"Is this... did you seriously write out a fucking plan for thi- Y'know what, whatever, I'm getting both satisfaction and a chance to embarrass you..." Ollie sighed and read the paper, looking up at Bunnie a couple of times like he wasn't sure he was reading things right. "This... is so stupid, but sure, why not," he sighed again, handing the paper back to it.

Bunnie shrugged with a smug sort of smile, tucking that paper back into his pocket and pulling out a different sheet and a pen. Unfolding this one, it revealed a title of 'RULES' and a few already written down. Once again, it offered the paper to Ollie, also holding out the pen for him to take.

Taking it, he skimmed the page and nodded. “Ground rules, probably smart-“ of course it was smart if Bunnie decided on it “-but what if we disagree on what the rules should be?” That was quite likely, given their relationship, but Bunnie simply shrugged as a way to say “too bad.” If they disagreed, then there wasn’t much way to debate, so the rules would probably stay.

The two of them crouched on the bathroom floor, laying out the rules to keep things fair. In the end, they settled on:

No feelings

Only kiss in front of Piers and Harris

PDA is chill but keep it subtle

Occasional dates

Do whatever will piss Piers off the most at any given moment.

No PDA anywhere near home**

This ends as soon as Piers is sufficiently jealous.

With the rules set out, the only thing left was to make it ‘official’. Bunnie held out a hand for Ollie, who instead of shaking it, carefully lifted it to his mouth and kissed it, giving Bunnie the smuggest expression possible. It couldn’t help but turn a bit pink at a gesture like that. Tugging its hand out of his grip, Bunnie stuck out its tongue at him and turned to unlock the stall door. Before it could fully open the door, Ollie placed a hand on it to hold it shut, leaning over the shorter boy. Turning to face him again, Bunnie’s face was bright red and only getting redder as he reached up and cupped its chin with his free hand. “Not so fast,” he said, their faces slowly growing closer, “we need a bit more of a plan, mostly just for day one.” Ollie shrugged and pulled back, satisfied with how flustered he’d managed to make the usually calm and collected Bunnie. The purple-haired twink shoved him lightly as he laughed. “Ok, but seriously, we can’t just go out there and expect things to work, we need to be specific. What’s the first course of action to… hint at stuff, I guess.”

It thought for a moment, nodding, before taking its fingers and tapping its mouth and then its cheekbone, signing the word ‘kiss.’

“I have no idea what that means,” Ollie reminded him. “I know the bare minimum of sign language.”

Bunnie rolled his eyes and grabbed the other boy’s hand, taking his finger and tracing the word out on his palm.

He seemed to get it after that. “Ohh… so soon?”

Dropping his hand, Bunnie shrugged, catching himself before he tried to sign something out again. It would likely make sense for a pairing like Bunnie and Ollie to kiss so soon, given Bunnie’s slight reputation, and the fact Ollie was seen around school as a ladykiller (which was fucking hilarious, given his sexuality).

“I guess that works? Sh-should we like… I don’t know, practice?? Is that something you can do with kisses?” he asked, reaching up to rub at the back of his neck.

It nearly laughed and how silly the question felt. Bunnie had to close his eyes and shake his head to keep the noise from coming out. Practice kissing? What was this, a best friends to lovers story? No, he shook his head and reached up to pat Ollie on the shoulder reassuringly. Things would be fine, they could meet up later to scheme, it was a Friday night.

Sighing, the darker-haired boy shrugged and reached to open the stall door, holding it open for Bunnie to exit first. Once out of the bathroom, it immediately grabbed his hand and laced their fingers together, smiling. Bunnie was an odd kid… he never spoke but somehow managed to be the best at communicating specific things among the small group of people he knew. He always smiled but never seemed to mean it. He was interesting… and pretty cute. For an annoying little copy of his least favorite person.

As they arrived at the table, Bunnie stood up on his tippy toes to give Ollie a kiss on the cheek, causing Piers and Harris to look like they’d been betrayed and just told grass wasn’t real respectively. Sitting down, they both started eating bc their lunch, not acknowledging their friends’ confused expressions.

After a short moment of silence, Piers asked, “what the fuck was that?” incredulously, as if Bunnie had just pulled out a knife… wait, no, he’d probably be proud if it did that…

Ollie looked down at Bunnie, who nodded, and said, “we’re… a thing now, I guess.” What an elegant way to put it. “Yeah, apparently it got its crushes mixed up and he’s actually had a huge thing for me this whole time, it’s pretty crazy.”

Bunnie nearly reached up to whack him on the head but didn’t. It supposed that was the most plausible way to ‘explain’ it, so it couldn’t really get mad.

“That… hm, actually that might make sense for the twerp failing Speech.” Harris shrugged, gaining a pointed look from both Bunnie and Piers.

“That’s fucking stupid, that isn’t how shit works… how do I know you’re not blackmailing him?” Piers asked, squinting at Ollie.

“What the fuck do you mean by that? Bunnie asked me-“

“Likely fucking story. Bunnie wouldn’t date a complete fucking loser like you,” Piers shot back.

Bunnie quickly reached over and waved a hand between them, signaling for them to stop arguing. It grabbed the whiteboard from its bag and wrote out, [he isn’t lying, I did ask him…] with a bit of a bashful look to really sell the act. It worked, apparently, because Piers looked about ready to punch someone. The two of them fist-bumped under the table. This was going to be a fun few weeks.

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[lifecoachinghints]

About Effective Dog Training and Obedience

Illustrated beneath are the basic strategies that should be followed when preparing you canine, regardless of which preparing technique you pick. Utilizing these strategies will help the preparation cycle hugely and guarantee that you get the most out your relationship with your canine.

Holding.

Likely the main piece of building a fruitful relationship with your canine is the affinity you can make with him, Rapport may be made on the off chance that you invest quality energy with your canine and become his dearest companion conversing with him-taking him out for long strolls, playing with him. This is the way in to a sound connection with your canine,

Consistency

Conveying steady clear messages to your canine will assist him with considering his to be as highly contrasting as opposed to different shades of dim. By reliable messages we mean the orders you use to prepare recognition and censure your canine ought to consistently be something very similar. It is significant that all individuals from your family are utilizing similar orders as you. At the point when first preparing your canine it will help if only one individual does the preparation. This is significant on the grounds that albeit the order might be a similar the non-verbal communication or the manner of speaking might be totally unique.

Timing

By timing we mean the measure of time permitted to elapse before your canine reacts (or not) to your orders and your recognition (or censure). This time ought to be no longer than 2 to 3 seconds. In the event that any more extended the odds are your canine won't connect your words with his activities. Recall that you canine's psychological capacity is equivalent to a baby.

By a similar taken it is significant that any actual revision to your canines reaction to you preparing order happens inside similar 2 to 3 seconds. On the off chance that for instance you have provided the order sit and the canine doesn't sit then you could push his back quarter down while providing the sit order

Repition.

Canines are animals of propensity and learn by repition. It might take a few repitions of a similar order before the reaction becomes embedded in the canines cerebrum and the activity you are attempting to show him becomes programmed. Your canine will likewise require boost meetings so the order or activity doesn't become lost during his life. You ought to consistently commend him when he accomplishes something right.

Meeting length

Keep all instructional meetings short and pleasant with the goal that you canine's fixation is kept up with all through. Quality not amount is the key, you ought to likewise consistently attempt to complete the instructional course on a positive note I you can.

Demeanor

Continuously be sensible in your assumptions for what your canine can accomplish. It requires some investment to get results. On the off chance that your canine experiences issues in getting a specific order attempt and take a gander at why he is experiencing issues. Return to it one more day.

Recognition.

Continuously use acclaim at whatever point you canine has effectively finished an activity. This ought to likewise be done when your canine has done the ideal demonstration (recall the segment on planning) When conveying the applause gaze straight at him with the goal that he comprehend the association between the voice or contact and his activity. Convey the acclaim either verbally or with the hand by either tapping or stroking him.

Eye to eye connection.

Utilizing eye to eye connection can be more viable than utilizing the verbally expressed word particularly in case there is a nearby connection between the canine and proprietor. On the off chance that a canine wishes to speak with you he will gaze straight at you attempting to peruse your expectation.

Hand signals

Utilizing explicit hand signals while simultaneously addressing your canine can be a successful method of preparing you canine. It will be valuable in getting youthful canine to react at significant distances and you can ultimately stop the verbal orders with the goal that he reacts to the hand signal as it were. Give hand signal before or more the canine's head as this is in their line of vision.

Voice signals

Canines are known for their insight however they are simply ready to comprehend a couple of words, even those are a greater amount of a relationship between the sound you make and the activity the canine has figured out how to react to the sound with.

Utilize one order for one activity and articulate the order with a similar manner of speaking. You should acquire your canines consideration by saying his name prior to beginning an order.

Understand that you canine won't see all that you say and may misconstrue the importance of what you say. For instance on the off chance that you have prepared you canine with the "down" order he might well in case he is perched on the furniture not react to the order "get down" as he has just perceived the word down.

Discipline and remedy

It is significant that the canine considers you to be the pack chief. In the wild if a canine misbehaves the"alpha"dog will rebuff or chide it right away.

For general defiance utilize the "Caution No Command" strategy. This strategy has three stages that you take when your canine doesn't react as you wish.

Use something to alert your canine, for example, a spurt from a water gun or shaking a stone filled can. Ensure that you do this while he is in the demonstration of acting up.

Simultaneously say so anyone might hear No or Bad .Use a harsh voice so your canine perceives the distinction in tone from your ordinary voice .It is significant that your voice amendment is true and that the conveyance is predictable so the canine partners the brutal words or words with halting the conduct.

Then, at that point divert your canine with an order. Sit and stay is an awesome decision.

A check collar offers a simpler yet more actual approaches to give an adjustment.

A third alternative is banish your canine from the pack. In the wild the alpha canine would snarl and pursue the culpable canine away from the pack. The alienated canine would not be permitted once again into he pack until the alpha canine lets him. You could do this by snarling at your canine and pursuing him away from the family region say outside to the nursery.

Hello my name is Richard. I live in the UK with my significant other and girl and our pet canine "Ollie". I have been a canine sweetheart for various years. I have contemplated canine conduct essentially to upgrade our relationship with our pet yet additionally in light of the fact that I feel that most conduct issues are handily kept away from if the right preparing strategies are taken on in any case.

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[lemon-3ds]

Nintendo direct.

[lemon-3ds]

God it's been too long since I've played Origami King what the fuck

[lemon-3ds]

I have come to the realization that Olivia and I are much bigger than I first anticipated.

I CANNOT stress this enough.

[lemon-3ds]

Watching the direct trailers after the direct since it streamed while we were asleep. I gotta say that Mario RPG remake though. The graphics + art style look absolutely amazing and all of the characters are so so tiny <3

[lemon-3ds]

I'm rather tempted to join the others and make my own blog, but I'm uncertain whether I wish to steal the URL "transolly" from the old blog or not............

[lemon-3ds]

NINTENDO DIRECT TIME

[lemon-3ds]

His majesty has decided. Choccy milk returns

Where's Olly choccy milk? :<

Killed. By hot computer men in my area

[lemon-3ds]

The plot of TOK never fails to amuse me. It's about a bunch of Bowser's soldiers and toads being afraid of a dude who is folding people, turning them into a husk of themselves meant to do his bidding.

The funny part is that the dude that is folding people probably is like... a foot tall.

[lemon-3ds]

MECH FINAL FORM MECH FINAL FORM MECH FINAL FORM MECH MECH FINAL FORM MECH FINAL FO

I'm tempted to make my Legion androids built by Olly...

[lemon-3ds]

FUCK.

Nintendo direct.

[lemon-3ds]

Dialogue that hits harder after two years

God it's been too long since I've played Origami King what the fuck

[lemon-3ds]

W H E R E.

100%ed all collectibles in TOK let's go!!!! All that's left is the trophies (which I am NOT excited for) and maxing out the coin counter!