#i need a haircut. bad lol

[lokh]

king don't overdo your binder using ok? take care stay safe

thanks for the concern 👍 dw about it tho this is the first time ive binded in ages lmao

[theloveinc]

There's a lot of validity in the idea that older Bakugo is a traumatized pro-hero with major PTSD... but you know what's kinda fucked up to think about? The fact that Bakugo is also a 22-year-old pro-hero with major PTSD even before that, too.

It's almost easy to imagine that things are actually better when he's older (the therapy finally a routine, the trauma long set and on the path to being healed)... and that it's his whole 20s that are spent as a pool of disaster trying to recover from the war(s).

He looks back and barely even remembers being twenty, much less twenty-five or twenty-seven. Barely remembers how little he slept, not at the hands of trying to balance hero work and getting a degree at the same time, but just out of the pure insomnia that came from trying to move on and every nightmare attached.

Hardly ever showering, never shaving (not that he ever grew much of a beard, but the facial hair was definitely there. There's pictures of him on the news with an awkward, grown out haircut and patches on facial hair that make him look positively... immature), barely even eating more than a few protein bars or an energy jelly drink-a day. It's a blur, and his friends are hardly there to pick him up out of it because they're all going through it, too. Somewhat.

It's definitely weird if you meet him during this period. He's not all there, at least, not all of the time. He doesn't really register your interactions, the friendship you extend to him (a younger, or ever older, version of him would've shown you that deep seeded ferocity in response, tried to bite the hand that fed him, even if it were love... but 20s Bakugo... doesn't seem to notice). Even though only one of his eyes is clouded over, the good one never seems to brighten up.

There's definitely moments when the old him shines through: when he's with Deku, when he's in the midst of battle, when he finds out that Todoroki still does a shitty job at chopping scallions. But it's a long time before he's even close to the same, able to step out from underneath the fog of simply surviving and into the sunshine of recovering.

But I think sticking through it with him is worth it.

(It's a weird moment, a happy moment, the first time you realize that Bakugo has changed. That the pouring rain outside hasn't bothered him since he showed up at your apartment. He forgot his umbrella, he's been quite careless ever since the war—wet and shaggy hair frizzed up, cheeks red from cold—but he doesn't seem to mind, with his bare feet up on your coffee table, his eyes gazing out the window. You hand his tea, and instead of gulping it down in one go, letting it burn in his throat, he winces at the heat.

"Tastes like shit," he says, and you laugh because it always does. Just this time, he noticed.)

[good-beans]

☀️

[amusedphan]

the benefits of being mexican and adhd means you're always late to a party (@phanniemasquerade ) 🤪

i'm mando, and i'm half a month from being exactly a decade younger than dan. first mask is a nod to my area of study, second is based off alebrijes. i'm gay as fuck and in an inchresting Situation that is extremely similar to phan except we're somehow not technically together. i started watching dnp (+listening to muse) a decade ago and even did a few phandom meetups back in the day, thought they were cringe for a while, and now i'm back to being cringe <3

i might want to do some music stuff if i ever get off my ass, but mostly i want to get back to writing rpf now that i have dnp's blessing... and to not let whatever i wrote in grade 8 be the only phan stuff i have out there :/

[palamidezh]

how it started

(all from august-september 2021)

vs how it's going

(from earlier today/two days ago)

[feline-evil]

It didn't spoiler bar the first time lawl

Dysphoria is so funny because you can go through a month long stretch of having it be reiterated through experience over and over that you don't pass even with shaved hair and binding and not talking and you'll ride that out on a fairly low wave of it all, and then one moment of an algorithm onna website going hey yr a lesbian right. Yr a gay woman yeah. Is what tips you over the edge into feeling like dog ass about it all

You have to laugh!!!!

[knifegremliin]

compilation of knife hairstyles

[doktorventure]

Old man face reveal to test my new phone camera ✌️

[quasarden]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Me, Dante, and the crab sweater.

[sysig]

I remember this game (Patreon)

[tardis--dreams]

Having the worst time here bodywise

[brainrotzora]

recent ffxiv livetweeting. spoilers through the end of arr patch quests btw.

[thanatoseyes]

I bought a bra because sometimes I want to actually wear shirts that don't show everything and I hate undershirts and why is my tank top defining my boobs, literally can see everything through the tank top. Who is this for? Certainly not me!

[sparradile]

A dog that is properly washed with dog shampoo and conditioner can be washed very frequently. I've had a number of clients with double coated dogs over the years that bring their dogs for baths once a month, or even as often as weekly to keep up with shedding. Their skin and coats are always healthy.

I personally wash my heeler mix once every 2-3 months (or whenever the shedding gets too bad, but that's usually at about 3 months) and my Irish Setter monthly (his coat will start to tangle when it gets too dirty; he doesn't shed much). Both of my dogs are very clean dogs by nature though and their coats aren't the sort that tend to collect gunk. A friend of mine with the convenience of a salon in her home washes her dogs weekly to once a month (and she has an assortment ranging from powderpuff Chinese Cresteds to Aussie to husky).

There is a myth still at large that double coated dogs shouldn't be washed more often than every six months, but often all that really results in is people bringing in filthy dogs with heavily compacted coats, skin rife with dandruff, that have been very uncomfortable for months and are a ton of work to get clean and brushed out when they are groomed (and what's hard for me is also going to be hard on the dog). A dog with a long and/or thick coat should only go six months without a bath if it's getting proper brushing, generally with conditioning sprays/whatever relevant products, in between. And personally, I find washing and drying the coat is much easier on it than brushing it, so I rely on that a lot more than brushing, but I also have access to a setup where washing is convenient. But both of my dogs are double coated. My heeler could make it six months without a bath no problem (though I'd be suffering for it), but my setter, with an extreme coat bred for showiness and not practically, absolutely could not.

I think really short coats can get away with much less frequent bathing, but I still see a lot of boxers, bulldogs, pits, mastiffs, etc. coming in regularly to keep up with shedding, greasiness, or stink.

So anyway, speaking as a dog groomer, when someone says they only wash their dog every six months I am also mortified. There certainly are coats that are meant to be able to go a long time without being washed, but whether that's actually good for them depends entirely on how they're maintained in between.

I just saw someone say dogs apparently only need to be bathed once every six months and as a cat person I am mortified. Please tell me that's a lie