#and also rats

[workjester]

me on my way to wizard school

[computerhaze]

revachol and dunwall are the best and most iconic fictional cities. no i am not open to input at this time

[voidwithtoomanygooglyeyes]

I hate that people use the term "flying rats" as a way to describe pigeons and make them seem stupid, disease ridden, and a pest we must exterminate at all costs. While I do use the term "flying rats" to describe them, I don't mean it as an insult, they are very similar to each other in some ways. Here are some I could think of,

Both are quite intelligent animals despite their size

Both are very social animals

Both clean themselves

Both groom those they trust and care for

Both are very skittish, especially around strangers

Both can be very affectionate to others they trust and feel safe around

Both have adapted to live along humans

Both can quickly adapt to new situations

Both are mistreated by people

Both usually live in unhygienic conditions, and due to this carry unwanted germs and diseases, due to the conditions of their environment. This is used as an excuse for them being mistreated, even though many of these diseases will never be transferred to a person unless they are actively snorting kilos contaminated shit and dust, or have a compromised immune system. YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET SICK FROM A FERAL CAT OR DOG THAN YOU ARE TO GET SICK FROM PIGEONS OR RATS BECAUSE MANY PIGEONS AND RATS TEND TO AVOID PEOPLE THEY DON'T TRUST WHICH JUST HAPPENS TO BE LIKE 99% OF THE POPULATION AND WE REGULARLY KILL THEM FOR THE CRIME OF EXSISTING. FERAL CATS AND DOGS CARRY DISEASES AND OTHER UNWANTED SHIT THAT CAN BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT? LIKE PREGNANT PEOPLE ARE ADVISED AGAINST CLEANING CAT LITTER FOR A REASON, WE ARE TOLD TO WASH OUR HANDS AFTER TOUCHING ANIMALS FOR A REASON. IF WE OPENLY AND ACTIVELY TREATED ALL DOGS AND CATS THE WAY WE TREAT PIGEONS AND RATS, FOR THE CRIME OF EXISTING NEAR US DESPITE CONSTANTLY BEING TREATED WORSE THAN LITERAL SHIT, PEOPLE WOULD LOSE THEIR SHIT AND CALL IT ANIMAL ABUSE AND GO ON ABOUT HOW IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT WE PUT THEM IN THOSE SITUATIONS AND HOW IT WOULD JUST BE BETTER FOR THEM IF THEY WERE PUT IN LOVING AND SAFE HOMES, BUT FOR SOME REASON PIGEONS AND RATS ARE NOT DESERVING OF THIS SAME SYMPATHY EVEN THOUGH WE ARE 100% AT FAULT FOR WHAT THEY GO THROUGH. YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET SICK FROM ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THAN YOU ARE FROM A PIGEON OR RAT, MOST PEOPLE HAVE WORSE HYGEINE STANDARDS THAN PIGEONS AND RATS.

Both are cute and I love them

Both are scavengers, and have adapted well to large cities

You can gain the trust of both with food

[bigfatbreak]

load bearing

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

HOT, SINGLE, UNSTUDIED SPONGES. 3000 NAUTICAL MILES AWAY. Come sail the distance and read Tiger Tiger!

[mrghostrat]

i sat down to draw some smut for the smut war and found this poor wip that has been sitting in my "to draw" pile since october

it seemed like an awfully fitting way to start 👁️👁️

[moonlitdark]

Crying

[buckleydiazmp4]

rat…ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

[haveyoumetmythief]

Me: It is Perfectly Normal to struggle while doing visual tasks in the dark, and fumbling while plugging in my phone is a neutral act. It has been over a decade, can you please just-

The Thing Inside My Brain:

[writer-and-thrasher]

I get why the real-life players are mad about the Rat Grinders doing power leveling -- like, that's fucking annoying. I get it.

But I love Riz's anger about it. I need more of that, to be honest. What do you mean, he's had to save the world 3 times and he's maybe 17? What do you mean, his friends have died in front of him over and over? What do you mean, after all of that, it's still not enough to keep his mom from worrying about his future? What do you fucking mean???

Gorthalax said that the fucking Rat Grinders have killed like 80,000 rats. At 10XP a pop, that's 800,000 XP just for the rats. Which puts them at, like, level 12 or 13 or something when you divide it up.

They didn't have to die or watch their friends die. They weren't kidnapped by a mirror person or confronted with watching their parents be interrogated in hell. They got to go into the forest after school for hours and kill tiny forest creatures over and over.

It didn't have to be this way. None of this had to happen. They got a fuck ton of trauma (that they're only vaguely dealing with, really, if that) and pain and time spent away from their loved ones and birthdays missed and none of it had to happen.

So yeah, fuck the Rat Grinders. But, more than that, fuck the whole fucking thing.

[itsyouch]

Anya should kill him

[critterbitter]

Language divides and building bridges.

Elesa’s feeling homesick. Emmet, bless his heart, tries to help by infodumping while Ingo frantically runs off to find water (crying is a very dehydrating experience).

((Would you look at that! The kids are picking up kantonese and galarian from each other!))

BONUS:

Heh. Callback.

Want to see more? Here’s the masterpost for submas!

[pine-rhyme]

Harowhark study because i got the flu (Nonegesimitis).

[phantomrose96]

Im usually much too shy to send asks but you gotta be the change you want to see, and i agree that asks need to stay so: would you rather right 1 horse sized rat, or 100 rat sized horses?

ah yikes... so my knee jerk reaction is "the 100 rat-sized horses, certainly, as those can be picked off one at a time." however the risk of my conscience catching up to me by the 30th or 40th horse is too great. how much death could I inflict upon these rat-sized horses before I vow to see death no more? even if pure survival instinct drives me through all 100, what of the aftermath? surrounded by the carnage of 100 tiny horses with only my own wet breath among 100 still chests? inconceivable. war is hell.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Ooh, you want to know what happens at the gay bar run by ex-pirates, ooh...You'll just have to read Tiger Tiger to find out...

(Inspired by this Disco Elysium comic)

[oneluckygoose]

Look lets be honest, we all know student body president doesn’t do SHIT in high school and none of what they do affects anything for any students. With this thought in mind, would you rather vote for the preppy, annoying, “better than everyone because I believe I deserve it” girl who cheats the system you have to deal with, or the coolest girl in school who is kind to everybody and saved the world THREE TIMES because of that fucked system, and also did a sick shrimp jump at this cool party everyone was invited to without discrimination