#mastiff

[mythosaursarecool]

I love Mastiffs they’re just lizard puppies

[menagerie-kid]

'Tame'

[rumwik]

#doggust Day 10 - English Mastiff

[buggybuggs]

Haha! Uh oh!

[cariboops]

Hyrule may have changed after the Upheaval, but the rain is just as unbearable as ever! Our bear hero gladly waits the storm out with @brawl9977!

[matoitech]

woaaah whats this ?? thats right, the doggy adopt batch !! ive been trapped in a box and they wouldnt let me out until i finished drawing furries for people to buy! so buy them! toyhouse link in my desc but u dont need an account 2 purchase

[tatiilange]

Doggust! Tibetan Mastiff

Process video https://www.patreon.com/posts/tibetan-mastiff-109153703?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Statue of a mastiff, 2nd millennium BC, Mesopotamia.

[redd956]

One thing that always gets me riled are people who want pitbulls and mastiffs banned.

They go on and on, spreading misinformation about a variety of dog breeds, have little knowledge about more infamously stronger dog breeds like the Kangal, and straight up fabricate stories about pitbull dog attacks.

It's been proven multiple times that a pitbull is no more dangerous than a German Shepherd.

As someone who has real dog mauling scars on my back (from a husky), blaming dog aggression on a random breed is doing no body any help.

Maybe we should take all that hateful energy against pitbulls and use to educate people on dog safety, the importance of socializing our dogs, and rescue rehabilitation.

Or keep making life difficult for dog owners who happen to have sweet babies who happen to be pitbulls

[captain-price-unofficially]

Russian trophies from Ukraine on display Novosibirsk. Most of these were on display earlier in the year in Moscow.

[interviewwithcarmilla]

Sometimes I see stuff on Depop and think wow Lestat would love that

[mythosaursarecool]

Casual camp fire talks.

If you look close there’s a little sleeping Grogu in Din’s lap. Mastiffs are also quite jelly bean shaped

[archived-dogs]

Sarabi Dog/Mastiff (Persian Mastiff, Iranian Mastiff) in Kavir National Park, Iran. Photographed by Mostafa Meraji on Wikimedia Commons.

[buggybuggs]

Typical Women at the Raising Cane's

[this is the part where i advertise comms but i want to draw more first so i get my art confidence back, sorry!]

[andallshallbewell]

[motherofmabari]

Spoilers for Mastiff, the third Beka Cooper book

I hated the Big Reveal that Tunstall was the traitor at the end of Mastiff the first time I read it, I had to put the book down (none too gently) and walk away I was so upset. I felt so betrayed, convinced it was completely out of character, and utterly heartbroken. I felt that way for years and left Mastiff off the list whenever I did a Tortall reread.

I've listened to it twice since, in my last two Tortall rereads. I'm still heartbroken and betrayed, but I'm less convinced it was out of character. I read something Tamora Pierce said once, about how it would have been out of character for the man we met in Terrier, but the events of the intervening years changed him. Tunstall was always a passionate and somewhat impulsive man, but those traits began to sour as he struggled with an aging and disabled body and the difference in status between him and Sabine. He's showing flashes of this bitterness in Bloodhound, to the point that I didn't really question his crotchetiness at the beginning of Mastiff. The Tunstall we met in Terrier wasn't dealing with chronic pain from over a decade of being badly injured on the job, he was in his prime and secure in his masculinity. By Mastiff he is in near constant pain and struggles to do the more physically demanding parts of his job, something that deeply wounds his pride. His ideas about what makes a man come up multiple times, and I think that's more on his mind at this point because he's feeling like less of a man now. His masculinity is also threatened by his certainty that he is not worthy of Sabine, and it's his unwillingness to let go of these ideas about manhood that ultimately lead to him accepting their deal. It could have used polishing, but the character development is definitely there.

I still think Mastiff is one of the weaker installments, but honestly I think that comes from the limitations of the journal format and Tamora Pierce being better with third person narration. Those are difficult problems to tackle, and I like that she chose to tackle them anyway. She was trying to do something new and interesting with both the format and having one of the 'core trio' turn traitor. She was exploring what could make a 'good', beloved, and kind person fall to such a degree, and I do think she was ultimately successful in that portrayal.

I guess Mastiff is included in the rereads for good now. At least I can set Farmer against the heartbreak at the end!

I do have one question though - did Pounce know? Would revealing Tunstall count as interfering?