#cliffdrop

[izzyspussy]

So, if the dog motif is made into a more blatant metaphor, and we say Izzy is a dog bred for one thing, then trained for blood sport, then his owner suddenly quits dogfighting after becoming enamored with a newbie livestock rescue ranch owner and expects Izzy to immediately take to herding just because he tossed him in the enclosure with the sheep, and then the ranch owner gets cold feet and goes back to his high powered city businesswoman leaving the ranch and the sheep and Izzy's owner behind, and Izzy finally Gets herding and starts doing the job but only after the owner who had wanted him to in the first place has become the wolf/poacher/cliffdrop Izzy needs to protect his sheep from...

More info on these breed groups to help you pick which you think fits Izzy's personality best:

Herders* are easily distracted from tasks that aren't challenging enough but incredibly focused on activities that fit their instincts, attentive, energetic, sociable, eager to please, use barks and nips to make the animals in their charge move where they want (the inventors of "all bark no bite" - unless of course you are a predator in which case say goodbye to your carotid artery), and will do their jobs effectively with or without supervision. If you do not give them animals to herd, they will herd you. *I'm including livestock guardians here, as you might have sussed from the description, even though it's not their official classification. Personally, I think the instincts and (non-combat) temperaments are similar enough, and lots of breeds from both classes are often used for the other type of work or both. Listen, you're already humoring me, so just go with this too, okay? <3

Sporting dogs are not typically that sociable with other animals, have a very good memory, are devoted, loyal, eager to please, curious/adventurous, and resilient. They are highly trainable and can learn basically any trick or call, but will be anxious, distracted, and uncontrollable without clear and consistent direction.

Scent hounds, like the examples I listed, have exceptional stamina, endurance, and agility, are persistent, tenacious, and often will not quit even when told to until the job is done to their own satisfaction or they can't do it anymore. They are naturally gentle and patient, but can get loud and mean if they don't get enough alone time or breed appropriate work to do. They are also known for their pretty voices.

Working dogs are the type of smart and stubborn that makes them opinionated about the rules and commands they're given, to the point that they might choose to purposefully disobey, or even engage in malicious compliance. They are highly trainable and devoted, but they really make you earn their obedience and loyalty. If you are not at least as smart, competent, and confident as they are, you can't handle them - and they are not afraid to prove it.

Terriers are also smart and stubborn and will make you earn good behavior. They need consistency and are very territorial, very energetic, and equally persistent and unwilling to quit as hounds. They don't have a lot of patience and are emotionally/mentally sensitive, easy to frustrate or upset.

Companions are also territorial, intensely loyal, need a lot of attention and are likely to get jealous of other pets, babies, and new friends/partners. They don't have a lot of self-awareness, especially regarding their size (i.e. very large breeds that think they are lap dogs & very small breeds that will try to start something with much bigger animals). Maybe that last bit is more applicable to Con than Izzy lmao.

[essayofthoughts]

📓 !! thank you for posting the emoji cause my laptop wasn't about to let me do that

Don't worry, I pretty much always end up copying emojis from something else when I use them online!

So, this was a topic suggested to me (by @elle-thereafter if I recall rightly?) that kind of spiralled in it's own direction. They pointed out that while Percy may want to restrict and control trade in whitestone and residuum to avoid any getting into the wrong hands it's a bit tricky to do that when whitestone can be mined from the whole mountain range of the Alabaster Sierras - it's kind of hard to guard a whole natural feature!

But that led in turn to me thinking about... just how isolated, historically, Whitestone has been? Like. It's the far edge of the continent, edged in by mountains and a cliffdrop into open ocean on one side and the sheer breadth of the - notably dangerous! - Parchwood on the other, with only one major road through it and even that dangerous, and the other options - like the coastal route or any woodland paths - being dangerous (the harpies we see in canon but we also know the entire role of the Grey Hunt is to try to keep the Parchwood safe around Whitestone itself!).

This place is isolated. No wonder news was slow to leave and spread, no wonder the Briarwoods got away with their lies in Emon - the opposite side of the continent from Whitestone!

Whitestone has historically been isolated, not just by choice but also because it is difficult and dangerous to get to and I think it's notable that while Whitestone does seem to get more connected - joining the republic of Tal'Dorei, via trade to Zephrah, teleportation and trips through the Sun Tree, an active Grey Hunt to keep the main trade route open - it still hasn't grown a huge amount by the time of Reborn. Part of that is undoubtedly because it had to first make up the losses caused by the occupation and so many failed rebellions but... if Whitestone can only sustain so much a population, only so many can visit and stay. It becomes easier to notice new visitors - sneaking visitors. It means that if people are trying to get to the Alabaster Sierras for whitestone, to start an illegal mining operation, the Hunt might catch them, the drain on resources will be noticed - I don't know, I know you can't guard the whole of a natural feature, but I do get the feeling that from how isolated Whitestone has been historically, and in many ways still is physically, even if economically and magically it's more connected than ever... I think that does help protect and limit attempts to get ahold of whitestone and residuum. I think between Percy and Keyleth and Vex, they're making full use of the areas natural defences, to protect those natural resources.

send in “📓” and I’ll roll a d10 and ramble some worldbuilding thoughts

[corecamps]

Camper @johnawilmot stomped this nice one on the Blackcomb glacier..! . #corecamps #whistler #JoinUs #skiing #snowboarding #ski #snowboard #winter #snow #blackcomb #glacier #cliffdrop #powderday #deepwinter #friends #goodtimes #tb (at Blackcomb Mountain) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAQMSYVAYMP/?igshid=fkmgkgffrt1h

[colehofstra]

Great day. Great snow. Riding with athlete: @jj_vinet working with @matt.bansak.photography @revelstoke #revelstoked @seerevelstoke @hellobc #rmudeep #rmuoutdoors #rmunorthshore #flylowgear #flylow #snow #pillows #cliffdrop #mountains #pov #bctourism #skibc #revelstoke #skicanada #winter #sports #funisfun #lovelife #ski #skiing #powder #therealstoke #seerevelstoke #therealstoke #skiinginthedeep #lifewelllived #thepowderhighway #explorebc #bernsnow #ski #skiing #skier

[stargir1z]

No i don’t want romance but i do want that moment when someone you’ve been talking to, in which the conversations feel like light wine and warm lemongrass, that moment when you look for a second longer than you meant to into their round eyes, so round, round as one of our planets and they lean over and kiss you and it is as if a church window has shattered onto the pews and then you are there, in a mundane place, kissing them, and then you pull away and they say You’re Beautiful, You Know That as they place a finger or two on the hair behind your ear and you get shy and look away, whispering, You Too… and the second kiss, you both plunge into it like divers into the devils throat… the fragrance of their body pulls you closer to them as it becomes recognisable and the sound they make as they take a sharp breath in, and just that emotion of kissing behind the act of kissing, that emotion that just covers you like a wave’s water right before it crashes over your head, that indigo-sweet fullness, that cliffdrop, that greenhouse with the door shut, that adonis of life…

[triscribe]

My grandparents used to live in Pagosa, and I grew up visiting them and getting trips up to the Wolf Creek Ski Resort - only thing I thought was bad about the pass was the fact I'd grow nauseous trying to read along that stretch.

Things changed the first time I drove myself along that route in my dinky little two decade old stickshift puppy truck... x'D

Can I ask what you think of Colorado?

drove through your whole state once and it’s very picturesque and I love your mountains and cliffs but I don’t think my heart rate ever did come back down from driving down all those 10-miles slopes with a semi directly on my butt

[sunstarelanor]

I need “snowdrop cliffdrop beatdrop” on a t-shirt STAT

[thclcstgirl]

SEVEN MINUTES ( from cliffdropped )

Seven minutes in heaven || Selectively accepting 

@cliffdropped

23 - undress the other completely

They played their parts, laughing and rolling their eyes as they were playfully pushed in the direction of the closet on the far side of the room. She danced into the room and spun around, facing him with a devious tease in her eyes. “What a drag, getting you as my partner.”

“We’ve only got seven minutes, you want to spend it talking?”

She lunged for him as he opened his arms to catch her, lips crashing together with the urgency of a couple that didn’t often get to do this. Keeping their relationship a secret was fun and secretive and all, but it wore on them both from time to time that they couldn’t let the others know, that touches had to be kept simple and friendly, nothing more. But not here. In the privacy of the closet, they were free to touch and kiss without hesitation. The last time they were alone had been… almost two weeks ago. He had school activities, she had a crowded foster house, their friend group wasn’t exactly the kind that gave you privacy.

That two weeks was showing. Her hands pulled at his shirt, and he pulled back long enough to yank it over his head and drop it on the ground, his lips back on hers in a second, his hands moving to the hem of her dress and pushing it up as her hands grasped eagerly at the newly bared skin of his upper body. It took a few long seconds, but they pulled away again and she lifted her arms as he lifted her sundress over her head and off completely, leaving her in her just a pair of underwear. His hands held her waist and she hopped up, wrapping her legs around his waist as he pressed her against the wall, bare skin pressed against bare skin, determined to use every last second of their seven minutes before they had to go out and be “friends” again.

[seesthestars-blog]

@cliffdropped gets a fywo starter

                          It wasn’t a big accident, she was fine with driving afterwards to the emergency ward, she was fine to drive her car to the mechanics maybe two, three blocks from her apartment. yet instead of trying to walk that far she’s been sitting in the garage sipping on water, it was maybe her second glass by the time she was bored out of her mind, hoping off the bench she walked behind the mechanic. “ So...Can I help or something? It’s boring waiting.”

[valleywatcher]

@cliffdropped liked for a fywo starter

     Finley pulled into the mechanic shop and glanced around. She let her hair down and met the stares with a raised eyebrow. This wasn’t her territory, but she wasn’t about to be intimidated by a couple of guys with a bad mullets. “Sterling!” She called, finally spotting him. “Check engine light just came on and I’ve got a long ride back to Iron City. Think you can give it a look?”

[creativecustomjewelry]

Can't stop ✋🏽 won't stop ✋🏽So much snow 🙏🏼❄️️❄️️❄️️Get some Yo! #snowboarding #lilripper #5yearsold #minishred #bigmountain #christysports #snowbird #celtek #686 #smithoptics #endlesswinter #cliffdrop #gromsquad #utah #wasatchmountains (at Little Cottonwood Canyon)

[corecamps]

Beauty cloff drop and an armpit deep landing from skier @dvrt_gg a while back..! . #corecamps #whistler #JoinUs #skiing #snowboarding #ski #snowboard #blackcomb #winter #deep #snow #sequence #photo #photography #cliffdrop (at Deep Landing) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_-KVHJALv9/?igshid=1lkjfi3us1lz8

[thefifthtm]

@goddxss-of-time​ asked: "Do you mind if we stay like this for a little longer?"

“You know, I had a hunch that you were going to ask that.”

After finding themselves in a location that was remotely peaceful - for once - The Doctor and Rose had taken advantage of the opportunity to rest.

He didn’t know exactly where they were; he’d been so enthuasistic about the possibility of putting his feet up that he’d barely bothered to check anything, apart from the vital levels, of course. Still, the pair had wandered out to find themselves positioned rather close to a cliffdrop, though not dangerously so. Thus, they’d decided that venturing too far away from the TARDIS was simply unnecessary. 

As sunset had began, they had made themselves comfortable on the grass, the vessel little more than a few steps behind them. A tartan blanket dug out from the wardrobe had been laid out, tea and a small selection of snacks had been prepared, and as they ate and drank, they watched the sky change from blue to orange, to lavendar, before finally, darkness started to descend.

They hadn’t talked that much. He supposed that after what had felt like an eternity of landing themselves in one sticky predicament after another, they were both grateful enough to simply enjoy each other’s presence, without the need for idle chit-chat. He enjoyed the fact that she had become so accustomed to him. After all, although he was The Doctor, he wasn’t her Doctor, and wouldn’t be for some consderable time yet.

Regardless, Rose’s request to remain wherever they were for the time being was a welcome one, for more than one reason.

“Why not?” He replied, glancing over at her with a smile, his hair softly drifting in the cool breeze as the gentle sound of waves crashing below continued - a real treat to his ears, “I think we deserve a holiday, don’t you?”

[skiersgettinghurt]

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[onecutmedia]

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