#and i'm 99% certain

[your-gym-partner]

Gotta say, really love the little touch in the newest Barbie trailer where Barbie jumps back from the cold shower water even though there isn't any water

Because the water's pretend

Because the Barbie dream house doesn't actually have running water

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Trying on morning deliveries is when I'm the most fashionable

[omg-snakes]

Do you know if there are ways to know if a snake from a pet shop has been properly taken care of or not? Asking since i've been visiting some and i saw one with a boa that had some kind of sinking or deformity on his tail, so i'm kinda wary now.

Hello, friend! I'm sorry to tell you that there is not.

I've worked in multiple areas of the pet industry and I've met the full gamut of types of shop owners, and while I don't consider all of them wicked people, some certainly are. Even the best of them have a bottom line to consider. This means that they won't divulge where their animals are coming from so that you can look into a breeder before making a choice, and they're likely buying animals from backyard breeders or bulk importers. This also means that it's unlikely that the animals they're selling will have established health histories.

Having worked at one of if not The biggest reptile chain in Northern California, I saw some horrors that scarred me for life. Among the lesser sins that took place there:

Folks who bred reptiles but didn't have incubators set up could bring their eggs in for incubation services, the price of which was half of the clutch, and the store owner would then sell the resulting babies as "born on-site," which was technically true! But we didn't know the parentage or health potential of any of these animals. We didn't sell incubators in the store for this specific reason.

Surrenders came in regularly from owners who didn't have the time or resources to care for their pets any longer. They went on the sales floor with a price tag the second the previous owner walked out the door. No veterinary care, no health evaluation, no observation period, nothing. If they looked okay they were priced at regular retail price and we were explicitly told to never admit that they had been surrendered. 100% profit.

Any animal that was injured or sickly, no matter where it came from or how it got injured, was tagged as a "surrender" that we would claim was dropped off by a bad former owner and we'd had them cleared by a vet so that we could rehome them. This was a lie. None of them ever got veterinary care, ever.

Enclosures were cleaned regularly but were never properly sterilized between animals. We sold veterinary-grade cleaner in the store but we were not allowed to use it because it was too expensive. We used diluted Lysol!

Again, this is a large reptile chain with multiple stores and mostly positive online reviews* and I wouldn't trust them with a pet rock, let alone anything breathing.

You're much better off getting a snake from a reputable breeder, or at least someone who can answer reasonable questions about feeding, parentage, genetics, any possible health issues, etc.

*the owner actually reported negative reviews and would have employees write good ones while I was there.

[tinyfantasminha]

high pitched whimper

[pianokantzart]

One of these days I'm going to just straight up snap and make the Yoshi Cookies

[quick-catton]

so apparently there is a film that was never released called 'simple simon' that barry was meant to be in. i'm so sane and normal about this!

[trust me, i've hunted for the film, it's not even listed on his imdb and there's no mention of him and the film title anywhere online. all that exists is the script from around 2012 and this (what i assume is a) test shoot. EDIT: the film was renamed 'patrick's day' and was recast/made a few years after this clip, but not with barry!]

[crowbird]

I'm so tired of age gap fics please if i can suspend my disbelief about mushroom zombies I can suspend my disbelief about the reader's age not being equivalent to my own, please just give me two 50(+) year old bastards falling in love no more of this 15+ year age gap I swear to god someone is gonna make me start writing last of us fanfiction at this rate.

Anyways, I would like to request some aid from the last of us fandom in terms of fic recs if anyone knows any good reader insert or x reader fics wherein they and joel are around the same age? Pre or post outbreak, au, I don't care I'm starving please if anyone has any let me know.

EDIT: I did not think this was going to get any traction which in hindsight was kinda stupid of me but I really want to clarify something since I originally left it in the tags which I probably shouldn't have. THIS ISNT A HIT PEICE. I've been a fanfic writer for years now even if this blog isn't exactly a great example of my supposed stellar writing consistency. I mean no hate towards the people who like age gap or write it it just isn't my thing personally and I would like to read fics that explore other topics besides that when it comes to this fandom. Yes I understand the easy solution is to write my own and i would be a liar to say I wasn't but I'm new to this fandom and still consuming the actual content and I know my drafts aren't exactly great right now in part because of that. What I wanted to accomplish here wasn't just to complain a little but to reach out and ask if anyone could point me in the direction of non age gap fics in the mean time and they did so thank you very much!! I genuinely appreciate it. Write what you like but understand that I also reserve the right to read what I like and to ask for help in finding it because let's be honest tumblrs search and filter system is non existent and asking for help was my next best bet so uh yeah I'm gonna stop rambling now and refine this maybe when I'm more awake and can word things better probably.

[piningpercussionist]

transfem scott getting lots of support from ramona and kim in the early 2000's when shit's very taboo but they all 3 have a fire forged bond and lord if they aren't going to make sure they're all as happy as they can be because they've come this far and I dunno it just makes me happy all three of them

YES YES YES

It makes me very happy as well,,

Like I've said before. General Trans Scott enthusiast here- I love the idea of their little support network *violent coughing* I (we?) mean polycule *violent coughing* so fucking much.

Ramona I think has a bit of a more gentle hand with reassuring Scott with gender issues, but sometimes she just can't help herself from some pointed banter or teasing- how could you with someone so dense? (Said w affection)

And then Kim I think is more blunt. But like, in a good way mostly, you know? The kinda blunt that makes you snap to attention and go "Oh. Yeah that was silly of me." And if Ramona's started some sort of banter? Kim is SO piling on. Maybe sometimes she's a bit TOO blunt with it- but it's only because she's so firm in her support. She wants Scott to Get It Together- and be happier for it. So if some ribbing now and again is in order, then goddamnit she will do so! Anything to crack that shell.

And ohhh can you imagine how they would react to some transphobic bullshit?? Unholy terror would be driven into the offender before they walk off with an absurd amount of coins between them. I can feel it in my bones. Scott doesn't even have to lift a finger (if the transphobe is even noticed/processed at all, bc I honestly can see Scott just. Not realizing someone's being transphobic.) Kim giving someone a lashing with her tongue as distraction and then Ramona coming in with the hammer- BAM! Free Money! Paying literally with your life for your transphobia. A Better And Just World.

And of course (transfem Scott more specifically, here,) the way Scott would start to flourish under their support... cagey and maybe a little (perhaps a lot-) resistant to start- but Kim's blunt affirmations and no nonsense attitude for bullshit (which is what Scott insisting on "being cis" would be, c'mon now,) and Ramona's also low bullshit tolerance but less Stabby (bc I won't lie, that's probably how Kim's comments would feel,) assurances? Ough... My Heart... Be Still-

I would Kill for them, Your Honor-

(Ran out of tags so putting this in the body of the post- I am SO tired someone pls sound off if this isn't as coherent as I am hoping this is. I WAS trying to nap and get the extra sleep I desperately needed but the writing bug... it Bit Me.... only a little but enough to stop that process-)

[genius-built-donatello]

I dont know, a cave i guess? Its pretty smallnso i think im safe. And i cant see much but while i was running to tue cave i saw a circle of towers(random but thats the only labdmark i noticed) its pretty far away though

@hamat0leonard0

Oh fantastic. You are either like ten minutes or two hours away. Don't move, I'm on my way.

Oh and stay calm. That's important as well.

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Webbed site.

[marlenacantswim]

timothy omundson's five seconds of screentime and single voiceline in Mission: Impossible III is so important to me and probably only me. and @andrewknightley. regardless, i still cheered <3

[wendievergreen]

Gerzlaem

Three beasts for the price of one! The first thing I noticed is the entry says there's three types of gerzlaem but only describes two. What is the third kind? The Goldilocks gerzlaem, with wavy fur, medium height, and moderate danger? I have to know.

Next step was thinking of some real animals to pull from. While some of the description feels clearly feline (long tail, paws, carnivore) it also gave me goat vibes (roams mountains, nimble (these are also cat traits, I don't know why I kept thinking of goats)). I settled on two local animals, the mountain goat and the mountain lion (aka cougar, puma, etc).

I'm really charmed by mountain goats in summer with their fleece half peeled of. I decided that the three kinds of gerzlaem are the same animal in different seasons.

The text is lyrics from "We Do It Different on the West Coast" by The Mountain Goats. I could explain my reasoning, but I don't think it'll help.

[where-dreamers-go]

Here's a terrible photo (I sent to my mom) of some of the new Premium Shop items.

Electrical Light Parade Royal Tools.

The Confectionary is a house skin.

Megara dress!!!!!!

Alice in Wonderland labyrinth items, including fencing.

[timeladix]

That is SOME foreshadowing...

...oh but if they had known what was coming...

These scenes are from s3 ep 2 of clone wars where Fives and Echo helped Rex and Cody and the other clones defend Kamino against Ventress and Grievous and their droids. I don't think it's super likely that the showrunners got the bad batch planned out since then but it's still a pretty cool paralell.

[kotoyin]

tomorrow I potentially escape retail :)