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where you left me (part 2)
part 1
You donât sleep that night.
The bed feels wrong as you lie flat on your back, staring at the ceiling, while his voice keeps echoing in your head.
Being with you was a mistake.
You know heâs lying. You know it. You saw the way he froze when you said his name. Still, it doesnât stop the hurt. You canât shake the hollow ache in your chest.
By morning, you donât bother pretending to sleep anymore. You get up early, earlier than you need to, and go through the motions. Shower. Uniform. Boots laced tight. No one says anything when you sit quietly in the mess with untouched food. Soap gives you a nod but doesnât push. Gaz tries to get you to take his coffee again, like clockwork. This time, you hold it in both hands and keep it close to your chest even though you still donât drink it.
You keep busy with training, cleaning, or running laps. You volunteer for everything, take the worst shifts, anything that keeps you moving. Anything that keeps you from thinking.
But no matter what you do, heâs still everywhere.
You catch him in the reflection of a window once, his mask back on, and for a second, you forget how to breathe. Itâs cruel how easily your body still reacts to him. Like it doesnât care what your mind knows. Like itâs still waiting for him.
The first few days, you waited. You told yourself he just needed space. That heâd come back when heâd thought things through. You even left your phone on loud, in case he texted or called in the middle of the night. He never did.
After a week, you stopped checking your phone as much. After two, you started leaving it in another room so you wouldnât obsess every time a notification popped up. After a month, you stopped bringing him up in conversations. Not because you were over it, but because it hurt too much to explain something you didnât even understand.
You tried to move on. You really did. You started sleeping on both sides of the bed. Started deleting pictures slowly, one by one, until your phone felt less like a trap and more like yours again. You even stopped wearing his hoodie when you were alone.
And then, on a completely normal Tuesday, someone asked you out.
He wasnât special. Just some guy you knew from a mutual friend. He was decent looking, funny enough. And when he asked if you wanted to grab a drink sometime, you didnât hesitate. You said yes. It felt easy. Light. Like maybe you really could move on.
Until Simon fucking Riley somehow overheard.
You didnât even know he was there. But a few hours later, your phone buzzed, and you saw his name pop up for the first time in weeks.
Simon: If you go out with him Iâll kill him.
You stared at the message. Read it twice, three times, because there was no way he just said that.
You: Fuck you, Simon. We broke up, and I can do whatever the fuck I want.
Simon: Come tonight. Need to talk. Somewhere private.
You didnât answer right away. You stared at the screen for a long time, your stomach twisting. You told yourself you should ignore it. That if he wanted to talk, he shouldâve done it a long time ago. But you knew you were going.
Even as you typed out âokâ and threw your phone on the bed with a groan, you were already halfway through planning what you were going to say. What you were going to scream, really. You were going to punch his stupid, beautiful face the second you saw him.
You met him at his place. You hadnât been there since the breakup, but everything was still the same. Same lights. Same scent. Same fucking shoes by the door that made your chest hurt.
He opened the door before you even knocked, like a dog waiting at the window. If you werenât so mad, youâd laugh, but instead, you stared him down.
"You look pissed," he said.
"I'm not here to fucking smile at you," you shot back, walking past him.
"Fair enough."
You turned to face him, arms crossed. "Well? You dragged me here to say something, so say it."
He looked at you for a long second. Then, "I donât want you dating other people."
You blinked, then laughed. "Wow. Thatâs rich. You broke up with me, and now you get jealous the second someone else looks at me? Thatâs really fucking mature, Simon."
He didnât say anything.
"What the fuck do you even want from me?" you snapped. "You didnât want to be with me, but I canât be with anyone else either? What is that?"
He muttered something under his breath.
"What?"
He glanced away, jaw tight. "I said, preferably, I want to keep you in a fucking glass cage."
There was a beat of silence. Long enough for you to blink, tilt your head, and reconsider every life choice that had brought you to this exact moment. Because he hadnât just said that. He couldnât have.
You narrowed your eyes. "Hello, Joe from You? Are you out of your fucking mind?"
Simon sighed. "I'm not joking. I can't fucking bear to lose you again."
You scoffed, stepping back. "Right. Thatâs why you broke up with me. Because it was too good, huh?"
"I was scared. It wasnât your fault. It was never your fault."
"No, it wasnât. But you made it mine anyway. You made me think I fucked something up. You made me sit with that for months."
He took a step closer. "I couldâve done more. I shouldâve done more. I didnât know how to handle what I felt for you, and Iâm sorry."
"You should be," you said, voice quieter now, angrier in a different way. "Because I was all in. And you walked away."
Simon nodded slowly. "I know. And it kills me. You think I didnât want to call you? You think I didnât stare at my phone every night thinking about it? I didnât think I deserved you. But now⊠I donât care. Iâll be selfish. I want you back. I want you with me. Not him. Not anyone else. Me."
You stared at him for a moment. Everything about him made your chest ache. Your fists clenched. "You donât get to do this unless you mean it."
"I mean it. All of it. I donât care what it takes. Iâll do it. Just⊠donât shut the door on me. Not yet."
Your voice was shaking now, but you didnât look away. "I want to hit you."
"Go ahead."
"I want to scream at you for making me feel disposable."
"You werenât. You arenât. You never will be."
You paused, eyes burning. "You better fucking grovel. I'm not making this easy."
"Wouldnât expect anything less."
You finally let out a shaky breath. Your shoulders dropped just a little, and your voice was low when you said, "Iâm not dating him."
"Good. Because I was serious. I wouldâve killed him."
"You're an idiot."
"But I'm your idiot. If you'll have me."
You didnât say anything, just stared at him, still trying to decide if you wanted to punch him or kiss him. Maybe both.
Simon stepped closer, his eyes softening a little. Without a word, he reached up and gently brushed a stray hair behind your ear. Then, before you could react, his lips touched yours, and you didnât pull away. Instead, you let yourself lean in, closing the space between you.
When you finally broke apart, he smiled, a little shy now. âStill want to punch me?â
You rolled your eyes but couldnât stop the small smile creeping up. âMaybe just a little.â
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Rewatching some older wendigoon videos tonight and had a thought-
Backrooms x acotar
Reader falls through into the backrooms and is stalked for days by the entities, and is caught once she is weakened enough by the atmosphere of the backrooms.
It's Rhys and Feyre
She's their wifey now
Yes pls
Maybe becomes the group wifey with Cassian and Azriel too
Idk my brain is rotted today, I can come up with ideas but not string a sentence together for actual writing đ«
#I'm unhinged I know#but now I can't stop thinking about it#the danger and fear of being chased#finally you get backed into a corner#and boom it's the most beautiful man and woman you've ever seen#except something's off they're not quite human#but they take care of you and give you food#and of course some fantastic sex after they decide you're their wifey#feysand x reader story idea#acotar story idea#story idea#the Backrooms x acotar fic idea#the backrooms#tato talks
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Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.
#katniss everdeen#the hunger games trilogy#the hunger games#primrose everdeen#hunger games#batcavescolony reads the hunger games#suzanne collins#'now it seems i have become someone precious' NOW? GIRL BFFR you're their hunter girl#and this isn't negative just bffr girl#your WHOLE DISTRICT did the three finger salute that you yourself says means admiration thanks and goodbye to someone you love and on top is#old a rarely used. your WHOLE DISTRICT decided in that moment that they needed to bring back this sign of respect for YOU#...................................................................#idk why some people are thinking i mean this as negative i don't she is unreliable but its not intentional. like when Peeta heart stoped in#CF she doesn't know what Finnick is doing at first cus she doesn't know off the top of her head what cpr is. she also thinks Peeta after the#reaping is acting for the cameras. he isnt we dind out later his mom basically told him Katniss was gonna win and he would die. obviously#shes not doing it on purpose shes just for lack of better words uneducated? as in she doesn't know everything shes not omnipotent#so when Plutarch (? second games guy) shows her his mokingjay hiden watch shes like *wtf that's weird?* then the people traveling to#district 13 show her the mockingjay cookie and explains it and she then goes on the difference between his watch and their cookie#and why does eveyone act as if district 12 is as bad as the capital? they CANT help Katniss and Prim in the way you want. they cant give#them food. none of them have any! and im not putting iton Katniss but they hid they needed food so they could stay together. it sounds like#some of you are in this our world mentally of what people do after a loved one dies (brings food constantly checks on them etc) district 12#cant do that. they dont have food and they're all suffering. you cant give someone food when you have none to give. then theirs the fact#that peeta DID help. Peeta buring the bread and tossing some to her then taking a beating from his mom is a HUGE thing in the books.#he used his resources to help her like you all said someone should.#district 12 DID (rip) care about Katniss before the hunger games. why do you think she was allowed to hunt? or how her trades were good#these are the little ways 12 can shows Katniss they love her. but again Katniss doesn't see this and YES its because she had ptsd before the#hunger games as well. i swear some of you make it seem like d12 was all living a life of luxury and glaring down at Katniss.#other things that show Katniss is in hight standing with at least her people of d12 is her dad was known enough through d12 for peeta dad to#comment on his singing along with his commenting on her mom. also her mom is a healer in the community. yeah her parents arnt the top but#of d12 but they are/were definitely high staning in the Seam.
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#salandit#something-something female-dominated society which is why only the female ones can evolve#i think that is a little bit dumb. it's like. oh only the females can evolve bc the males are all malnourished and they give their food#to the females so only the females are capable of evolving but it's like ok. if a trainer catches a male salandit. it can be assumed that#they're gonna take better care of it than the wild would?? and like. ideally i believe that it would then become capable of evolution#bc its new trainer like. took care of it better. that's all i'm sayin i think male salandit should be able to evolve but maybe with like#different requirements or something. higher level requirement maybe#but naauuuurr tpc would never let us have a man that looks as slutty as salazzle does#even though we have primarina (thank you tpc) (thank you) (for the pretty boy capabilities) (also braixen) (thank you tpc) (do it again)
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if you. are making a video. you're sitting down to talk to the camera and make a video. shortform video. vertical video. less than a minute. tiktok instagram reel whatever. i have full confidence that you do not fucking need to eat right now. do not start your sentence and then shove an apple slice in your face two words in and keep talking through your apple slice. you're making yourself look so obnoxious and hateable. really truly i know you can put the apple slices to one side for the amount of time it takes to get your sentence out. i believe in you. why don't you believe in yourself
#prazardous#tiktok#instagram reels#misophonia#i dont have misophonia genuinely i do not care about mouth sounds and chewing noises#and not to sound like a boomer#but close your goddamn mouth when you eat and dont talk with your mouth full#it is so simple and so easy#unless your video is about blood sugar levels and you are diabetic and desperately need to eat right fucking now or you'll die#but you want to give us a glimpse into what that's like so you're recording it and talking about it#actually no i think even in that case you can take two seconds to chew and swallow your food before speaking again
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okay but a version of events in which tommy takes ellie to the fireflies, but NEITHER of them come back. and maria joel have to work together to get them back
#maria and joel best friend agenda#has someone already done this (in a way that actually characterizes maria as an actual person w a plot lmfao)#pissed off maria and regretful af grumpy joel having to team up#joel at first being like i canNOT let you come with me youre pregnant#maria: and who the fuck are you to tell me what to do#joel: okay ur coming i guess#him doing anything and everything to make the trip as easy and safe as possible for her#runs on like four hours of sleep every night so she only has to take one watch and gives her 70% of their food#at first maria is sooooooo not having it like#sure you care about me and my baby who you asked your brother to LEAVE for yOUR SELFISH SHORTSIGHTED ASS#but then one night hes telling her a story about ellie and then she tells a story about kevin and he tells a story about sarah#and she can see how much he loves not just his late baby girl but his living one too#and in that moment she just kind of gets it#tommy told her this part of joel was long dead#the part that was soft and loving and good#but he was wrong#he was so wrong#and all maria needed was to see that for herself#and then they team up and break into davids camp and take care of business#tommy and ellie are probably there that makes sense#and then ellie is like we still have to finish this weâre going to the fireflies#maria: um haha ur funny no weâre not#ellie: iâ#maria to tommy and joel: no weâre not everybody pack it up#weâre going HOME#joel and tommy: yes maâam#maria miller#joel miller#au#i had a dream abt this last night couldnt at least do a tag story on it
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Today has been one of those "Sorry! I couldn't hear you over the texture of my socks" days.
#autistic#actually autistic#audhd#it's so embarrassing!!!#like yes i care and yes i was listening but also no i have no idea what you just said#getting diagnosed gave me permission to admit what's REALLY wrong and also do shit outside social norms to make it suck less#but it also makes me look âweirdâ to non autistic people (and past me who wasn't diagnosed til my 30s)#I can remember past me saying that I couldn't be autistic because I don't do [thing] (I was powering through and suffering)#It's like... I have a mild allergy to a couple foods but didn't know for YEARS so I'd eat whatever and either suffer or take benadryl#then well into adulthood one of my friends was listening and was like DUDE YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO THAT ARE YOU KIDDING ME!???#doctor had me change my diet DRASTICALLY but the constant itchiness and sore throat and stomach pain went away#but sometimes people act weird or put out when I ask questions or refuse food#sometimes people lie and say a food is safe when it's SUPER not and then I'm having an allergic reaction on the way home#my body is permanently damaged because of decades of trying to eat like everybody else#meanwhile my mental health took that hit from decades of trying to ACT like everybody else#I'm sooo much happier now with my safe foods and silly fidgets and good textures AND I can live an active life!#but sometimes people give me funny looks when I ask for the grill to be cleaned or don't like a new shirt because it makes me anxious#hell the other day a dude gave me a weird look (and I overheard shit they said) because I HAPPY STIMMED at Hot Topic (Hazbin merch)#meanwhile my friends love my stimming because its the âJamie barometerâ#my (best friend's) mom says the biggest compliment to her cooking is when she can hear me foot tapping under the table#so... yeah#a diagnosis is permission to be me and have a better life at the cost of dealing with assholes because I'm not masking or lying anymore#bluewind talks#holy journal entry batman!#did NOT intend the tags to turn into... whatever the fuck this is XD#but if for some reason you read this far? I hope you found something in it that made you think or made you smile (if not hi anyway! ^_^)
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Augh
#fancy is really struggling#and the babies are lovely and just FASCINATING in how they developed around but not shaped by humans and i so very deeply enjoy them#but they are also a little ungovernable due to their age and general lack of caring about rules and they are bothersome and rowdy#and it is obviously so so hard on her and my heart is breaking because im afraid we wont be able to get her through this#and i will have to give the babies up#and...not have another cat#just one#i would be crushed#and added to all of that is that the babies are taking their time learning to be pets and that is fine and wonderful actually#but...i need surgery on at least one ankle and i won't be able to keep up with them if things haven't sorted themselves out by then#and they haven't become more manageable and fancy hasn't adjusted#so we are asking about meds for poor fancy and hoping that works#but she's really having a hard time guys and i am fighting so hard to cope in a household where i spend most of my time alone#with two animals who don't love me yet or interact with me like pets (i'm a source of three things: food and snuggles on demand and NO STOP#and one who is sad and not herself#and frankly it's terrible that i can't fix this#and i am trying not to lose my shit but this wasn't supposed to be so hard#and im afraid i may lose five cats and not three#and im already barely holding on#i don't know what to do and neither does my boyfriend#i don't want to turn around and have to tell you guys we can't keep the babies#i feel like i am failing at something i am supposed to be GOOD AT#i don't want to be in a house so empty#i can't live like that#having the babies is lovely#they're so alive and the boys were so sick by the end and the stress of the constant anxiety and grief as they faded away was crushing#even before they died#it's been so good to have them running about#i don't want to LOSE that#im so tired of LOSING things
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My gaming routine rn:
Pathologic 2
Ff14 for when I need dopamine because there is none to be found in the steppe bc I have a gaggle of children who all wanna run head first into the plague to help.
#i appreciate you kids but plz#take care of yourself#if you wanna help give me food and maybe twyre#i am always in need of snackies#zack posts
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I am curious. Do you think that regular Bob would be similar about the whole "have you eaten yet" thing, except meat flavor?
honestly yeah! I think Bob (both of them) is the kind of guy to put a lot of value in food, and making sure someone is well fed is one of his primary ways of showing care.
Bob Prime ofc tends to offer up meat dishes most of the time. within a month of knowing him you'll have eaten more burgers than you ever had in your life previously
#asks#anon#i have a lot of thoughts about this actually#it's about a lot more than food at the end of the day#it's also the time and effort that goes into preparing it. the care to make sure the recipient will enjoy it#i think everyone knows what it's like to be at a low point where feeding yourself becomes a chore#and how relieving it is to have someone provide you with food. to take just that little weight off your shoulders#i think if bob likes you... he'd want to be the person to give you that relief#there's other components to it too. his pride as a chef for one thing#i don't doubt he gets an immense satisfaction from seeing someone enjoy the food he made#he can make you the best food. and you deserve the best food. so he's making you some food now sit down#umm. tag rang over lol#can you tell I think about this a lot#speaking of food. i'm eating more eggs.
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As someone who loves Andrew as a character and doesnât hate on Ashley and recognize both of their flaws unlike most people, I feel like the fandom coddles and sympathizes Andrew even more after Chapter 3 because of his backstory.
Ashleyâs behavior is largely a result of her parentsâ neglect and lack of effort in raising her. They never made her go to therapy or address her issues, instead enabling her behavior and shifting the blame onto her brother. She never had birthdays celebrated, and her fake friends only used her to get closer to Andy. As a result, no one really supports her, and she never learned how to behave in a healthy way. So, it makes sense why sheâd become so dependent on Andy when heâs the only one whoâs actually tried to care for her and make her happy.
What people often overlook is that Ashley grew up in the same toxic, abusive environment as Andrew, but instead of being labeled as âevilâ or âmanipulative,â sheâs simply a product of the neglect and lack of guidance she experienced. She craves unconditional love, doesnât understand relationships, and wears her emotions on her sleeve. Meanwhile, Andrew sees through it, lets her behavior slide, and ends up blaming her for his own actions.
Thereâs a lot of sympathy for Andrew, to the point where people overlook some of his less admirable qualitiesâlike how he treats Ashley, Julia, Nina, and others. But when it comes to Ashley, sheâs dismissed just because her personality is harder for people to like. She grew up in the same neglectful and abusive environment as Andrew, but their personalities turned out differently because she was completely neglected, while Andrew was suppressed. This explains why Ashley tends to act out and demand attention, while Andrew keeps things bottled up. Yet people forget this, and only see Ashley as a product of the same toxic environment that worsened Andrew, without considering that there was nothing in that environment that couldâve helped her improve. She doesnât know how to initiate positive, prosocial behavior because she wasnât taught how to.
In many ways, Andrewâs behavior is just as problematicâhe rarely does anything genuinely prosocial and sometimes behaves horribly toward people who care about him, like Julia. But because heâs more inward in his attitude and has a more fleshed-out backstory, people tend to accept him more easily. Ashley, on the other hand, hasnât been given the same explanation or âjustificationâ for her actions.
Ashley is clearly wrong for abusing and raping Andrew, and it's understandable that people sympathize with him because of it. However, letâs not pretend Andrew is some âinnocentâ person. Heâs spied on his sister while she was changing, emotionally manipulated others, used Julia to vent his sexual frustrations about Ashley, cared more about the consequences of his actions than the lives he took, faked nightmares to sleep next to his sister, and continues to engage in inappropriate touching or flirting with her.
In the Shots and Such ending, Andrew wanted Ashley to get drunk with him so they could have "accidental" sex, and he ended up assaulting her while she was intoxicated, trying to repeat what he considered the best sex he ever had. In the Cliffhanger ending, it is implied that Andrew intended to assault his imaginary sister.
In the story, Andrew makes many sexual comments to Ashley but later takes back his consent. Despite this, Ashley continues to press him, which leads to the conclusion that this is rape.
Then Andrew has sex with a wasted Ashley. When she finds out, she has a breakdown. Andrew argues that she "wanted it," suggesting it wasn't rape?
Andrew violently beats Ashley and then becomes drunk. Ashley forces him to have sex with her. Later, Andrew admits he likes to get Ashley drunk to have sex with her and has been trying to recreate it over and over again.
Both individuals are terrible, but it frustrates me that Andrew is not held accountable for anything.
Ashley and Andrew both have difficult personalities shaped by their neglectful upbringing. Ashley seeks attention and is often criticized for her behavior, while Andrew is more reserved and people overlook his flaws. The key point is that both are shaped by their environment and should not be labeled as simply a "monster" or a "victim. "
If you feel sympathy for one sibling, you should show the same sympathy to the other. Similarly, if you dislike one sibling, you should also have the same feelings toward the other.
i donât know what world you live in where people are sympathizing with andrew after decay and refusing to hold him accountable, nor why youâre dropping all these paragraphs in my inbox to tell me how much andrew sucks and ashley should be coddled more like iâm one of those people.
not a fan of anything you said on the topic of rape, either. mentioning it in passing only to bring up examples of andrew disregarding ashleyâs lack of genuine consent after he was raped by ashley and she forced him into a sexual relationship as if to show that andrew is a worse rapist, even comparing his deeply repressed thoughts in cliffhanger to the act of rape by claiming thoughts = intent to act, all of that strongly comes off as trying to justify what was done to him and i am not here for it.
and making sexual comments does not in any way equal consent to sex, so andrew didnât withdraw consent that heâs never given when ashley raped him. youâre definitely in âandrew wanted it so the rape wasnât that badâ territory here and itâs extremely uncomfortable.
#filed under; q&a#we can indeed all agree that andrew is no saint#he is awful#but man is there a lot in here that requires far more nuance than itâs given#and a lot is flat out dismissive of context and crucial situational factors#theyâre in a cycle of mutual reactive abuse they perpetuate consciously#definitely not getting the impression that this is what youâre describing#i do not have the time or energy today to unpack this paragraph for paragraph so i will leave this reply as it is#i would absolutely do so to point out what i think is wrong cause i donât believe you have ill intent#but alas iâm extremely busy at the moment#thereâs been a very strange uptick in people word vomiting their takes into my inbox and jesseâs inbox for approval or disapproval#then seething when we (especially her) do not take hours out of our day to pick apart and analyze every point made in the message#yâall are so entitled to our time and energy and if we do not give it you lash out and call us rude and dismissive#claiming we donât want to play ball with you and that this means we do not care for the input of others#weâre grown adults with tumblr blogs and analyze this game as a hobby#we donât work for nemlei#to clarify this absolutely does not apply for those who respectfully ask for our thoughts and wait patiently for our replies#but point being we have jobs and responsibilities and time and energy consuming lives outside of tcoaal fandom tumblr#and sorry yâall but i canât grade essays like a college professor and offer lengthy feedback in response#if youâre just ranting in response to something iâve posted thatâs perfectly fine cause i donât have to give more food for thought#issue is when you drop a take that reads like a whole new post you may as well drop in the tcoaal tags#thereâs not even a question in here and i canât even tell if this is directed at me or⊠everybody
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i think the most annoying part of dog food discourse is how many people will act as though proplan/hillâs/Royal canin diets arenât extremely and prohibitively expensive and that THAT is the reason so many people look into healthy alternatives.
People complain about corn being in the first five ingredients on most of those feeds because, regardless of other factors here, that is not an expensive ingredient. But it makes up a large chunk of the dry food. So the dry food should be fairly affordable, right?

Oh⊠with tax youâre spending about $100 for one 45lb bag of food where the third ingredient is wheat and the fourth and fifth ingredients are corn.

Oh⊠well! Itâs slightly cheaper! But the second ingredient is rice, third is wheat, fourth is corn, and then fifth is poultry byproduct. None of those are very expensive so this just must be the low end cost of dog food unfortunately. The vets recommend it so surely that means prices arenât inflated, right?

Oh? This one has similar ingredients with the only real difference being no corn? And itâs half the price?? Well surely thatâs just a fluke.

Oh. Oh no.

This one even has CORN in it and itâs $20 cheaper?? Wow!
Like listen at some point I donât care if your dog food has the ichor of the gods in it, Iâm not spending $100 every five days if there are cheaper options with just as many âgoodâ ingredients in it. If you think Iâm a dog abuser because I canât afford this overpriced garbage, thatâs too bad. I donât care. My dogs are perfectly healthy with the food I give them. Great weight and great coat. People giving dog food recommendations that arenât those top three hyper-expensive dog foods arenât trying to epic own those dastardly vets half the time, but I really donât blame the ones who do lose trust in vets when the only heartworm protection they recommend lately are expensive triple-action brands like Simparica Trio that costs $120+ as opposed to the other heartworm protections that are only about $40-$60 on average, which is still cheaper even if you add on a $20-$40 flea and tick protection separately, and only recommend dog food that costs $85+ a bag even if your dog doesnât have specialized dietary needs.
Those top three foods are GREAT at making competent prescription diets, I donât deny that. I do still have to criticize the pricing of those prescription diets though because I have spoken to DOZENS of people who had to pull their pets off of a prescription diet and struggle to find something comparable because they couldnât afford the food, and thatâs terrible! These are not poor companies! Purina, Royal Canin, and Hillâs can ABSOLUTELY afford to lower their prices to make their food accessible to people who need it for their animals but they donât. They probably never will. Because at the core they are run by greedy corporations. It doesnât matter how many good nutritionists are on board if the company is run by people who put profits over customers and make the food impossible for people to afford.
#I keep seeing posts from people on both sides of this#and it is frustrating to see how many vets donât seem to acknowledge#that a MASSIVE part of the dog food debate has and always will be#the inaccessibility of these three brands#because whether corn is good or bad or neutral for a dog#Itâs a cheap ingredient#any meat byproducts are a cheap ingredient#wheat in any form is a cheap ingredient#rice is a cheap ingredient#they arenât putting Diamond dust and gold flakes in the kibble itâs very accessible and affordable ingredients for the most part#and many comparatively smaller companies use very similar ingredients and make food people can actually afford#So yeah when people look at these factors it does make them distrust vets who will almost exclusively push expensive brands#and thatâs where the distrust is coming from#itâs not primarily smug tiktok kids who think they know everything#itâs just people who have less money than you and get treated like they care less for their animals because of it lol#and people who feel scammed because anything veterinary is already expensive to the point not everyone can afford it as regularly as needed#the fact people have to give pets vaccines themselves to make ends meet because most vets charge so much just to walk in the door#is a sign of a larger problem#I criticize people who avoid taking animals with surprise sickness or injuries to the vet#but itâs not exactly hard to see why that isnât even an option for a lot of people#people canât even afford surgery on themselves if theyâre suddenly injured out of the blue in this country#So I canât pretend to be shocked they donât have $10k squirreled away if something unavoidable happens to a pet#no one is entitled to an animal they canât afford yes yes but a routine vet visit shouldnât be $600-$1000 per animal sorry#give me a copay or something
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God I am fucking sick of this
#literally only keep me around to do shit for you because you have no one else and I'm really just your little helper when you#don't do shit for me and I am still so fucking mad when I got you some pastries and I picked up food for you a few days ago#and you just. Didn't want to eat any of it and decide you want smth else#I got those for you??? I got the food like you asked me to and you didn't eat it so don't keep telling me to pick up things you won't eat#and then you have the goddamn audacity to be like âoh did you get any pastries for him?â I GOT THOSE. FOR YOU.#WHY IN THE FUCKING HELL DO YOU EXPECT ME TO ALWAYS GET SMTH FOR HIM#CAN YOU THINK ABOUT ANYONE ELSE EXCEPT YOUR SHITTY GODDAMN HUSBAND FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE#Not even me. Not even the person who continuously tries to help you and you don't give two shits about it#You wouldn't do this for me and I know it#I am so happy I'm not gonna end up like you being chained to a fucking man for everything#You make me sick just looking at you when you can't take care of yourself#I'm bitter I'm so bitter about this as you can see and part of me wants to leave you to fend for yourself#Cause you never truly appreciated me at all#No one really appreciates me here what am I saying :/ they only interact with me when I can give them smth in return#I need to stop doing things for people who wouldnât do the same for me#Why are you trying so hard why are giving so much of yourself for barely anything#fucking ridiculous#Sorry this is just one huge rant I am not in the best mood today#my posts
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yall Im so fucking tired. This month has been exhausting. I promise Im alive, just barely functional atm.
#personal#rant below#begining of the month docs said dad had less than a month. Hes still around but declining#been taking care of him and my mom#along with working full time#and my boyfriend doing his damndest to keep me busy when Im not helping with dad#which is great except Im so tired#but also I havent been able to sleep much#and I've lost my appetite which apparently is a grief thing I didn't know about#So I've managed to get all the physical grief symptoms and it is taking a fucking toll#so your girl is sleeping in tomorrow and spending the day doing my own little crafts and avoiding people as much as I can#a girl just wants some sleep and a fulfilling snack but all she is being given are slight naps and unappealing food. send help.#anyways after this experience Ive decided that I no longer give any fucks because you only live once so Im just gonna do what I want foreve#and actually live life instead of being constrained by societal standards#after all this is over of course. gotta take care of dad first#also I got to paint the door because he was sick of staring at the porch. so its a lake view now#woooo#yeah so thats my life update for you all#also I saw a girl for the first time in 9 years today who completely changed the tradgetory of my life and didn't know it. so that was fun.#exhausing but fun#also idgaf about spelling right now I am running on caffeine and pure will power atm
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i just spent ages looking for the post, i swear i posted about it when i broke my beloved fish plate like a year ago, but now he's finally back together! i just have to wait a week or so for the resin to cure , and then i can go in and wipe away the excess gold. even though the process was frustrating and VERY time-consuming and i lost motivation halfway through and let it sit on the shelf unfinished for like 14 months, i'm glad i went to the trouble of learning how to actually kintsugi it with resin and gold instead of rushing it with epoxy and mica powder.
the before pics (freshly broken and after the initial gluing):


#kinda wish i'd gotten pics of him when i'd filled in the voids and done all the coats of resin on top and sanded them down#the different types of resin were different colors and after sanding it had kind of a marbled look#the process basically goes like: filing down sharp edges to create a gap for the gold to show#gluing everything back together with resin mixed with flour and water to make it strong and sticky#filling in the voids with resin mixed with fine sawdust to make it strong (this part took the longest bc you can't put the paste on thickly)#creating a uniform surface with resin mixed with (i think) fine clay powder#creating a smooth finish by alternately painting on layers of pure resin and sanding it down once cured#(the resin will wrinkle if applied too thickly or if it's too humid)#(this is also used to smooth out the rough areas that the resin/clay step couldn't fix)#and finally painting on a final layer of resin and applying gold powder and burnishing it slightly#each layer of resin takes about a week to cure#if my apartment was more humid and if i hadn't lost steam i think this would've taken me... three months#and thats assuming i could work on it every weekend#seriously it's only worth doing if it's a piece you really love#alternatively if you didn't care about looks you could just stop after sticking it together but idk how food safe it would be#ALSO. BIG word of warning.#the uncured resin could give you a really nasty painful rash if you touch it with bare skin#it is not a joke#once it's cured tho it's inert
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some postgame doodles for pride month
#martzipan#komahina#hajime hinata#nagito komaeda#domestic kmhn likers pspspsps cmere#i never draw just fluff/domestic things bc i get too in my feelings lmao. this one was no exception#i had to take a break midway through bc i got sappy. IT'S OK THO we got it done :3#neways these tie into some headcanons of mine so i'm gonna share 'em here#mainly i hc them having little ways where they just look out for each other#komaeda is usually the only one who can convince hinata to take a goddamn break without having to forcefully drag him away from his work#bc hinata does NOT take enough breaks. and he does not listen to reason#until there is a komaeda who is tired and can't go to sleep without his human teddy bear :((( can't let him go to bed aloneeee#n i think hinata just. casually feeds komaeda ALL the time#bc he won't eat enough on his own. and if you offer him food he'll be inclined to see it as a nicety and try to reject it#but if you just. Put Food In Front Of His Mouth. he'll eat it#it's kind of a reflex like komaeda doesn't realize he's being fed most of the time#they take care of each other bc they won't take care of themselves otherwise lmao. it's a little dysfunctional but they're trying#i think once they've recovered enough to be able to just enjoy each other's company they get REALLY really giggly#they have a lot of teenage/young adult love stuff to catch up on and since they didn't really have a puppy love phase. they laugh a lot#they'll try to do something tender or sweet but then one of them will start to laugh. and then it's not long before the other breaks#komaeda usually breaks first. bc he's always in awe of just how happy he is. bc he never thought he COULD be this happy#not without hell looming just over the horizon anyways#when hinata breaks first it's bc he's thinking of how much they've both been through and put each other through#and he's just sort of like 'how the fuck did we end up here'#(btw komaeda snorts when he's trying not to laugh. this is just fact trust me)#OH AND I HAVE MANY HEADCANONS ABT THEIR SLEEP STUFFS#as stated hinata runs hot and komaeda runs cold. but ALSO#hinata's a sprawler. komaeda gets Clingy. it works out for them tho#if komaeda doesn't have hinata to hold like a body pillow he'll curl into the tightest little ball. it gives him back pain lmao#oh and yes. they absolutely wake up with their legs incredibly tangled together
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