#and what about PETS
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I really wonder if trauma theorists who say things like "Humans are the only animal that will be in a fright state when physically safe" or "the rest of the animal kingdom doesn't get PTSD" have ever, like
Do you think they've actually ever met an animal?
#staranise original#psychology#child abuse tw#ptsd tw#animal cruelty tw#so much of what we know about the nervous system and behaviour comes from animal studies!!!#the physiological toll of even fairly brief upsetting events on baby rats is evident for the rest of their lives#my cat has been spoiled like a princess for a decade straight#and if you reach out to pet the top of her head with your hand palm-down she WILL smack you#no matter how happy she is with the rest of the interaction#she LOVES being petted on the head if you approach with your hand behind her ears#seeing that A L W A Y S causes her to react out of sheer reflex#even with me#tell me that's not a trauma response#actually don't#I need to go wrap presents
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couldn't sleep last night because I was too busy wondering what a domesticated breed of fur seal would look like
#the most straightforward use for them would be like hunting dogs so they help catch fish#but like. what if they were kept for their fur#what if they were kept for their MILK#idk there's something fascinating to me about keeping predators for their biproducts#I imagine they'd be fairly easy animals to care for too#like they form their own colonies and only leave to feed#seal shepards (separds) would probably only need to chase off ground predators and help lost pups find their mothers#and what about PETS#would their be companion and toy breeds??#so much to think about
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A whole new meaning to Gay Chicken.
(For: Anonymous raffle winner!)
#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#wei wuxian#lan wangji#This prompt was super cute! Thank you for donating to the raffle!#And thank you to everyone who also donated!#Okay full disclosure I am on very little sleep right now so these next thoughts may be incomprehensible.#(That hasn't stopped me before. Sometimes the voices of the hat man give me good ideas.)#I have been vibrating with excitement for when we finally get to the chicken scene.#Because I really want to draw chickens! I love chickens! They are so optimally shaped for maximal cuteness.#That's a creature that was designed to be fluffy and sit on things. What is there to *not* love!#I know there is more significance to the whole exchange but really...I think Lan Wangji deep down just wants to hold cute creatures.#His hands are big and gentle and not meant for swords! They are made to be filling rabbit hutches with fresh hay and petting chickens.#This is to say; Lan Wangji's problems could all have been avoided if he was a farmboy.#He can still be a farmer. The two of them could run off into the country and start something new.#"True love is possible only - in the next world - for new people” Is a disco elysium quote I think about for wangxian all the time.#Ah but that's a different tangent. Look forwards to more art tomorrow!
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I need you to understand that the very straight and immediate line from someone's very confident "I don't like mice/I've handled mice before so I know what they're like" to joyous wonder as they hold the first calm, friendly mouse they've ever held and murmur "they're so soft/sweet/warm/gentle" practically to themselves is basically a drug
"I work at a petstore," says the young man with much disdain, "so I don't really need to hold another one. I know what they're like."
"These aren't petstore mice," I say, as I turn my hand over and the mouse holds on tighter. "They're not like any mouse you've ever held," I say, as I close my hand gently around the mouse and flip her onto her back for a second so I can touch her mouth and demonstrate how difficult it would be to get one of my mice to bite.
"I'm sure you've handled them extensively from a very young age, though."
"They haven't been handled before today, except to be moved into clean cages." She arranges herself in my hand and cleans her face. "Are you sure you don't want to hold one?"
He opens his hands, and she pours from my hand into his like a viscous liquid. She is soft and warm and sweet, and his entire face lights up when she hunkers down onto his warm hand and closes her eyes.
"....She's changing my mind."
"They tend to do that when you leave it open."
He took her and two companions home.
#mice#mouse#my pets#I LOVE bringing my mice to expos you have no idea how cool it is#the CONFIDENCE that they know what mice are about#the DISGUST I see from people can be unreal#but so many of those people come over to prove me wrong#and immediately 180#I don't know what people expect mice to feel like#my favorite are the little kids who accept the mouse into their hands#and handle them more casually than any adult#while their parent stresses and has to be reassured that the mouse won't jump#and the mice just. tolerate being manhandled. they just chill about it#they are not as chill about it with adults but little kids idk they just act different toward them#anyway I had a blast today#once again the mice were superstars there was not straight 5 minutes in a row#where I did not have a crowd around my table#I think the highest out count was 6 mice in hands at a time#personal#stories about ked's life
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"While it could use its psychic abilities in battle, this Pokémon prefers to swing its powerful arms around to beat opponents into submission."
#reuniclus#shiny reuniclus#pokemon#i think everyday about how this guy is so happy to have arms#meanwhile its counterpart gothitelle has to wrestle with the mortality of everything it loves#how many trainers do you think got sent to the hospital by a giant crushing hug once their duosion evolved#i like to think that while no network is created because humans aren't made like them they still enjoy holding hands with their trainers#this guy is so silly i love it cos it evolved arms to hug you back#i think it's one of the pokemon evolutionary lines i could reasonably have as a pet#reuniclus has an unimpressive 65 base attack but this doesn't stop it from beating things up and enjoying it what an icon
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theres no going back for me im afraid
#it followed bumble hehe#bumble's gonna forget to feed it they have to take it away to prowl#i feel like in the show bee never really showed appreciation for animals unlike prowl so i like 2 think prowl starts-#getting bumble into that softer side by showing how. fragile these helpless these things are#will ofc compare them to sari for better results lol#i really. want to expand canon in so many parts of the show...#bumble's kind for sure but nowhere close to gentle unlike prowl and that last scene of the ep of-#teaching bee stillness was really cute. but sad bee never recalled back to it later eps. so having a temporary pet would be nice for that#i can;t be thinking so deep about them already man what the hell#bumblebee#transformers animated#tfa
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I was thinking of Machete and his sheep toy 🐑

Also sorry I keep drawing him, I just love him so much ♡
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#oh man he looks so small and soft#I don't know what it is about this piece specifically but I can imagine so vividly what it would feel like to pet him#my roommate used to have a really small rabbit#the size of a kitten#and I'm getting such touch memories about holding him#and how frail and light his little bunny body felt under all that downy fur#I'm appreciating the return of the sheep toy#🧡🐑🧡#thank you!#he looks so peaceful for once#gift art#arttsuka#Machete#own characters
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hehe ghost-turbo haunting felix au
turbo is connected to the last piece of his code in the whole arcade - a trophy he gifted to felix in mid 80s as a symbol of him genuinely caring about their relationships on par with being the best racer. felix also gave him one of his medals and both kept their gifts next to other rewards, but when roadblasters and turbotime were unplugged, the medal was gone with everything else
now, after burning in cola-lava turbo is basically dead, but scraps of his code still were intertwined with the trophy (after all, it was his first winner's cup, but felix never knew about it), giving turbo an opportunity to exist as a shadow incapable of interacting with anything and anyone besides felix, who kept the trophy even after the roadblasters incident
also I went crazy in tags, feel free to check them out
#turbo#turbotastic#fix it felix jr#80s boyfriends#hammertastic#headcanon about them exchanging their trophies isn't mine but i loved it A LOT#and “darling” is turbo making fun of how felix was calling him in 80s#this hc about “doll” and “darling” pet names also is not mine but i adore it#turbo here is a complete freak who just stays around felix most of the time even when felix has moments with calhoun#and felix is an ass who keeps secrets from everyone bc he doesn't want his dirt to come out#he's ashamed of his previous relationship with turbo and doesn't want anyone to know any details#and calhoun to just know about it#this just gets worse and worse#they also didn't actually break up and were still technically dating when turbo went gamejumping#and he's mad af at felix because he's the reason ppl in the acrade made a boogeyman out of turbo and he couldn't come back#like imagine your bf says to you what you are better than others think of you#and then behind your (presumably dead) back tells everyone that you're just an egocentric maniac#i believe turbo has other reasons why he gamejumped (besides jealousy which took place but wasn't the most important reason)#and felix is an unreliable narrator#so yeah turbo HATES his ass#(but still would-) no im not making it suggestive#anyway i hc that turbo had put A LOT of emotions in this relationship even tho he's bad at this#he tried his best with felix but they were just making each other worse#and turbo while feeling betrayed never really moved on (yes even after 25 years he's PATHETIC)#and felix is just full of regret about everything but he won't admit his mistakes in his relationship with turbo#bc “well he turned out to be a bad person so that automatically makes me in the right about everything”#but felix had made a lot of bad decisions while dating turbo and was just classically ignorant about a ton of things#sorry about this random ass essay in tags i'm done for now#wreck it ralph#wir
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WTF is up with that?
"Teen" hates being called Pet or Familiar
Agatha All Along 1x02 | 1x05
#tv: agatha all along#teen (agatha)#agatha harkness#lilia calderu#jennifer kale#rio valdi#alice wu guilliver#marveledit#mcuedit#agathaharknessedit#agathaallalongedit#my edit#aaaedit#kathryn hahn#joe locke#sasheer zamata#ali ahn#aubrey plaza#patti lupone#'teen' really hates being called pet or familiar#now#what's THAT about?#wtf is up with that series
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I think a lot about Leo standing up for his brothers in the things that really matter to them.
Like- Leo is the one who immediately pushes Mikey and Donnie into finding Raph the second it’s clear that their oldest brother is missing because he knows Raph can’t handle being separated like that.
Leo is the one who stands up for Mikey when Mikey wants to go on a solo mission, actively vouching for him and being the one to convince Raph into letting Mikey go, because being independent and proving himself just as capable of standing on his own two feet as everyone else means so much to Mikey.
And Leo defends Donnie’s honor in particular when his brothers’ intelligence is insulted because Leo is well aware of how important Donnie’s smarts are to him - and how important having those smarts valued and acknowledged is as well.
All this goes right into just how well Leo knows his brothers. For as much as he’ll tease or fight with them, he knows them, and he loves them.
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt leo#rottmnt headcanons#rise leo#listen Leo loves his family SO MUCH#and like it’s no accident that Leo is consistently the one to give pep talks that#very notably#are less ‘everyone as a group’ and more ‘all of you individually’#it’s heartening to see honestly and like#it works with how he is as both a person and as a fighter#he knows people he knows them so well he knows how they work what they’re like#which is SO USEFUL for subterfuge AND portal/teleportation strategy#my guy is charming his charisma comes from his understanding of people at an individual level#when he wants to be he is very very good at that#he’s still a teen who is too cocky for his own good at times but that does not negate his stellar other moments#he can be selfish he can be mean he can be rude but when push comes to shove he is so quick to stand up for his family#Mikey’s statement at the end of the movie about how Leo NEVER gave up on THEM is so important because it’s not JUST about the movie!!#that’s Leo as a whole he will never give up on his bros#portal jacked is telling of this too because although it has a lot of comedic moments#never once does Leo stop looking for a way to get his bros back#they’re everything to him#he’s the face man he’s a people person and he’s the number 1 pet turtle which I will discuss the implications of in this essay-#Will also say that when Leo does these moments of standing up for his bros he’s never expecting praise for it#he’s just glad they find Raph he just smiles when Mikey tells him he loves him he never mentions defending Donnie#leo has a tendency to show off fancy glittery moves but his real actions and feelings are sooo much more lowkey#that you have to be actively looking for them to catch them all#and I really really like that about him it’s so interesting HE is so interesting
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I'll always be glad I learned from an early age how to conceptualize and draw fat bodies motivated by my adoration for a fat character. because I swear to god half of all artists draw fat characters like this if they draw them at all
#lab notes#this is a pet peeve I'll always be a little mean about because like What the fuck are you doing#'ohh it's too hardddd' well maybe if you didn't only draw fucking. mihoyo designs#it's not even that fat body types can't be square or '''curvy''' but the NECK and tiny head/hands/etc drives me INSANE#this extends to otherwise very skilled/professional artists too. btw
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señor scratchy senior + señor scratchy junior, probably
#and if i say agatha actually used her power/the darkhold to keep her last living connection to nicky with her for centuries then what#like. other than the bell. they didn't really have possessions considering how they seemed to always be moving#so there was no doll or teddy bear for her to keep of his. but there was his pet goat who was only supposed to be kept for sustenance#but because of their constant moving became basically his only friend and all that was left once he was gone#anyway my og thought was actually about senor senior senior and senor senior junior from kim possible#agatha all along#senor scratchy#agatha harkness#nicholas scratch#nicky scratch
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⋆ ˚。⋆୨♡୧⋆ ˚。⋆hannibal nbc as littlest pet shops⋆ ˚。⋆୨♡୧⋆ ˚。⋆
#i think chilton could be controversial but hear me out!! this is based on that one post about him being like an annoying puppy#and i just love him so much he's my babygirl what can i say??#i could've put m*son as a pig but they're too cute to be compared with him#hannibal nbc#littlest pet shop#littlest pet shops#lps#will graham#hannibal lecter#abigail hobbs#margot verger#alana bloom#francis dolarhyde#reba mcclane#jack crawford#beverly katz#frederick chilton#freddy lounds#bedelia du maurier#i know there's a few missing like chiyoh jimmy and zeller but i can't come up with one for them yet so maybe i'll do a part 2#nbc hannibal#my post ♡
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Kinn would use pet names because he is the type of dork who would find them genuinely romantic.
Kim would use pet names because he thinks it gets him a good grade in boyfriend, a normal and possible thing to want to achieve.
Vegas would use pet names because he is exerting ownership in ways deemed socially acceptable, but he has to be pretentious about it.
#vegas hits pete with “beloved” one day and they both freeze as it is distinctly not “pet”#macau is in the background happy they managed to use a normal pet name for once#kinns pet names get increasingly more and more ridiculous and porsche can roll his eyes all he wants but he loves it#pete and porsche both get turned on when their partners refer to them as “my weapon”#which is something they would examine in therapy if they ever thought about getting it#no one knows what is going on with kim but if chay giggles and blushes because of an “angel” here and a “bambi” there#well the bodyguards know better than to mention it#also this randomly came to me in my current sleep deprived daze#but when pete is petty he'll start referring to himself with stereotypical dog names#like “spot” or “rover” and the thai equivalents#and it is so fucking weird for everyone to watch vegas get so pissed off about it#macau is just happy vegas isnt like breaking things or going on a torture spree#this has been one fourty five am rambles with calcium who doesnt think these are in character but you know#vegaspete#kinnporsche#kimchay#kinnporsche the series
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i cant lie..... waking up to your roommate getting off and trying to moan as quietly as she can while the nastiest stickiest sounds are coming out from between her legs and trying so hard to pretend your asleep still while your cheeks burn so you can hear her finish is. Peak
#ok to rb#the thought of the sound of sticky wet sounds passed through my head and this is what came from it#hhhhhhhhhhhhhh#esp love when u can TELL SPECIFICALLY SHE'S TRYING NOT TO MOAN CAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANNA WAKE U BUT NEEDS TO GET OFF NEAR YOU 😩😩😩😩#something about me: im SUCH a vouyer. a peeping femme. i literally get such a sick kick out of watching ppl esp if they “dont know”#im so excited to go to next month kink event as my wifes fucked up little vouyer bunny (since i cant play bc i wont be cleared by then)#i AM the pet at the foot of the bed. i am not leaving. you cant make me#bunnyprints
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Yeah sorry I drew this.
Hope you feel better soon ♡
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#Aaaaaaaa#he looks like some sort of gangly baby sheep#does his ma not feed him#instantly wormified the man by putting a tube scarf over his ears#the pathetic little tail is what gets me#it's character accurate like his tail isn't supposed to be something to write home about but here it's just extra meager#big wet eyes#sock creature#leggy varmint#thank you this in fact made me feel better#gift art#arttsuka#own characters#Machete#personally I might've switched the onesie color to his usual orangish scarlet but hot pink is a bold choice too#he looks like a Barbie pet dog minus all the glamour
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