#and thank you for replying if you do

[shenzi-hemlock]

(anon because I'm shy) About the cat litter, I think it depends on the quality of pine pellets? Hopefully, heat treated destroys the aromatic stuff that's bad for cats to breathe.

I've had the same issue with dusty/muddy clay litter. I've taken to ripping up those bulk rolls of cheap paper. I put inch wide strips on top of a couple litter-pan-sized sheets. The finely shredded stuff tracks too much. I sometimes use newspaper when the roll is out.

Well my first issue with pine pellets is that I’ve been mixing it with the traditional litter to get my cats used to its size and texture. I know that this particular kind of pellet we have is for horses and they say to wet/mist the pellets so they “bloom”. This is for horses though and I don’t know if that would work well for cats.

I’ve also found that the pellets don’t stick to their poop nearly as well as the clay litter does. And it definitely does nothing to help with smell. So idk, am I supposed to be misting the pellets so that it has a finer texture?? Would that fix the issues I have with it?? But then it also doesn’t clump the way clay does so it would be harder to remove the waste.

You shred cheap paper?? Would you be able to send a picture?? I’m sorry, my brain isn’t pulling up a useable picture.

The sheets you put down first, is it just the paper cut to fit the pan?? Have you found that the paper is a better and cheaper alternative?? Do you throw it all out after a day or two or do you sift it out like with clay litter??

Sorry if I have a ton of questions! I’m just trying to find a better and more economical alternative for both my cats and our wallet.

[chase-solidago]

Loving reminder from your land history auntie:

North American golf courses have had 50-100 years of arsenic and mercury based fungicide and herbicides applied to their soils.

Do not eat anything that has been grown on a golf course or downstream from a golf course. I know it sounds cool and radical, but you are too valuable to poison yourself with heavy metals.

Protect each other, turn your local golf course into a pollinator garden, not a sex forest or community garden.

[ministarfruit]

look alive, 2025! femslash february prompt list drop, hot and fresh from the oven. sorry it's late everybody but we are yuri-ing out this year again don't worry ✌️

full prompt list under the cut!

FEMSLASH FEBRUARY 2025 (THEME: CHECKLIST)

I want you to:

See me

Heal me

Kiss me

Hate me

Kill me

Love me

Hold me

Leave me

Feed me

Trust me

Be me

Find me

Treat me

Save me

Please:

Forget me

Ruin me

Marry me

Remember me

Sing with me

Dance with me

Bring me to life

Trick me

Fight me

Understand me

Lie to me

Sit with me

Be here for me

Be mine

For anyone clicking into this who is not aware, Femslash February is a month of creating content of women loving women! Anything can be made for any day and there are no restrictions as long as it's sapphic. Please make sure to tag warnings and R18 content appropriately. That's all! Thank you! See you February!

[chloesimaginationthings]

HELLO i love these two so much, i couldn't not draw them

ALSO my friends and i love your art okay bye

THIS IS SO PEAK WHATTTT

[mellvetica]

Here's a couple stills that people have messaged are their favs from Engravings !

If there are any more anyone wants to see especially let me know? I may do a full release but that would be. Very many lmao. It has around 400 individual stills, if you count all the saves for text and moving parts. 😬♡

[bloobydabloob]

Holy shit I love your Dirk interpretations, it's so true and I could talk about this shit forever. I feel like another part of his character that people seem to forget (along with Roxy for some reason) is that he's from the future in solitude in an apocalyptic wasteland. I just see that part of his character always removed which is disappointing because I feel like that's a pretty big part, especially regarding his themes around technology, his brother's theme of Time, his own isolation, and how he plays in the vastness of the universe and spacetime.

Art I drew related to the subject because I like to respond to asks with art.

But absolutely. I certainly understand where the lack of discussion over his isolation + upbringing comes from, considering a majority of the fanbase that I have seen builds their ideas based on their own version of postcanon. I’m not entirely sure how that would be fixed, but certainly even in the somewhat recent past I would see a lot more content regarding his upbringing both literally and symbolically. I don’t have much to add regarding the things you’ve mentioned, because they just are what they are. Dirk being confined to a singular room left to him by a father figure he never met, in a future where the only other person left on the planet is someone he cannot pursue a relationship of because of himself, with purely 3 robots to keep him companion, one being an exact replica of his own brain who is *also* trapped inside a pair of glasses, is about as literal as it gets to me.

The contrast to me involving the flooded, organic world in comparison to the little speckle of Dirk’s apartment packed with the dude and his technics is not only a representation of his isolation and entrapment within himself, but also of his lack of control. I think his obsession with & themes of control are a direct product in the case of Dirk specifically *of* this kind of upbringing. His themes of technology are also related to his themes around control. So much of his character is actually revolved around this to me like so much. Dirk is so deeply disconnected from humanity in every way and so much of his character + symbolism is based around that.

It doesn’t even have to be about the symbolism or anything though. It’s just pretty *interesting* in the literal sense that he lives in the middle of the ocean in the future. There’s not only a lot to theorise on to do with his young life there, but on how it might affect him in the way he acts for the rest of his life. The latter part is probably what I see mentioned the most by people talking about Dirk regarding this, I’m surprised I don’t see more discussion on the former too though. I really ought to actually talk more about Homestuck stuff on here. I will do it myself.

Roxy & Dirk’s relationship is largely ignored though because there is a narrative a certain demographic spreads that Dirk resented and blamed Roxy for her interest in him, and thus too many people believe that their relationship was or would continue to be an abusive one. Realistically, I believe it’s important to acknowledge that the way Roxy treated Dirk regarding his homosexuality wasn’t right while still acknowledging the obvious amount of respect and admiration Dirk had for Roxy. I mean we have a huge piece of dialogue from their post trickster mode conversations on the quest beds from Dirk purely stating how he feels about Roxy that people completely ignore somehow. I think this usually happens to characters that are women though. I know everyone says it, but it is true. Jane gets the exact same treatment of boiling her down to solely her negative aspects. The things I see completely mischaracterising both of them are horrific.

I mean how much more explicit can it get that their relationship is obviously very important to Dirk? But I digress. I think the best or I should say “most interesting” interpretations of their relationship usually come from DirkRoxy shippers actually.

I would be interested to hear about Dirk’s relation to his brother’s theme of time though. I don’t have any thoughts on this and I don’t recall ever hearing anyone talk about it before. If you or anyone else would be willing to enlighten me I’d be thrilled.

[pseudophan]

ahh yes, the christmas season. the time when most content creators take a step back, log off for a bit, let themselves breathe from the constant pressure of social media. that is except danisnotonfire, who when faced with a handful of days away from his coworker effectively doubles his tweet count for the whole year. never change

[bujlililu]

HEY! i love the way you draw the skelebois, THEY ARE SO ADOURABLEE. anyways... dunno if your taking requests since your still trying to catch up with badsanswary and all that.... butttt could you draw the grumpy octopus? (Nightmare) ALSO DONT TELL HIM I CALLED HIM THAT >n< -Moonlight ^^

[sakasakiii]

i just saw the previous ask you answered and wanted to say your work is also what got me into silmblr!! I dabbled in fanart stuff for a while between reading the silm and landing on tumblr, but you were the first silm artist I encountered! I also "followed" you for a while before I actually made an account (aka I saved your url on a sticky note to check every so often lol) and you've definitely been a huge influence in my art and headcanons :D

thank you sesamenom!!! sososo sorry for like, a whole year's delay on answering all the lovely things youve sent in the past?! 🙇‍♀️ but i do hope you know that your kind words in both them and your reblogs have always made my day :DDD its such an honour to hear that youve enjoyed my tumblr stuff, esp when youve got so many unique headcanons, aus and other assorted works on your end too! i have a blast whenever i check in on your blog, and look forward to more of your art in 2025!!

hope you dont mind, but you probably know by now that im totally obsessed with your blue haired maglor so here's a little piece of him in his high king design <3

additionally as thanks for all the other cute assorted tag game asks, here's maglor and daeron at karaoke (their modern designs are super cute... 🥹 i think they deserve some time off once in a while)

[snarkspawn]

Me patiently waiting for commissions to open so I can get Lucanis kissing my Rook against a wall 🫠😍

Hehehe yES PLEASE!! let me draw more rookanis* smooches I'm so here for that

(* other companions can come too)

On that note though, I don't really know when I'll be able to open them again :( I was tentatively aiming at mid to late November, which ... kind of came and went so fast I didn't even notice. And that means I only have 2 more (busy) weeks before I leave to spend the holidays/new year's with my partner again and won't be able to draw, so I'm debating whether or not I should open them now and try to get as many done as I can (if any) before then, or wait until the new year so i can take my time 😩 decisions decisions......

Anyway, whatever I decide you'll see it here first :'D

[theswedishpajas]

Gay thoughts

[buglaur]

🔖 pictures from the family photo album

[raiiny-bay]

some WIPs from the 80s AU i never finished

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

your art is absolutely amazing

i just went thru all of the poorly drawn mdzs and it was amazing seeing your art develop!

you just made my morning, thabkyou <3

Thank you so much for the kind words, and for cheering me on as I continue to learn!

[chloesimaginationthings]

i made michael fanart because i love your comics dude-

IS HE WATCHING MARKIPLIER?!

[timethehobo]

That whole page of Emmrich expressions is beautiful. You are a really skilled artist. Have a nice day and thank you for sharing your art with us 🙏

Thank you kindly! He's just so much fun to draw. ;_;