#miss beast

[theemperorsfeather]

A couple weeks ago, while getting the cat treated for a bladder infection:

The vet, approximately: You should get Miss Beast a water fountain to encourage her to drink plenty of water. Cats like moving water, they know it's clean.

Me, thinking about the horrid things I've seen her drink from*: Hmm. She seems to drink plenty from a regular bowl, but I'll consider it.

So when I went to visit my parents I went to the local pet store and picked out a fountain (none of my local places have any!). I set it up next to her food dish and regular bowl of water (which I did not remove). It's pretty quiet and not splashy though of course the motor does hum.

She approached it the first time incredibly slowly and with a profound look of consternation, and by "approached" I mean "examined from a couple feet away, as if she might turn and run at any second."

I placed some fresh catnip on it yesterday to encourage her to think nice thoughts about it. (She isn't interested in dried catnip but the fresh stuff? Oh yeah.)

She is still giving it Looks of Doubt and Concern (though not as extreme as two days ago) and drinking only from the normal, non-moving bowl of water.

Sigh.

*Bucket of water I had used to water plants with, which was in no way clean. Plastic bin I had set orchids in, watered them, then removed them, leaving water that was definitely Not Clean. Etc. Etc.

[batbabydamian]

happy booping! 🐾

[masterhallmark]

Rant incoming

I feel like the problem with a lot of Disney's live action remakes (and arguably Wish) is they're trying to appeal to a crowd that no longer exists, namely the people who used to claim that the Disney Princesses were sexist.

All the interviews tend to include, "Well she's not chasing a MAN anymore" which...almost no one sees the princesses like that, anymore. Virtually NO ONE still believes the princesses are man-chasing sexist caricatures of women.

Cinderella is now hailed as an abuse victim who stayed strong long enough to get help to get out of her situation. Anyone who says she should have saved herself is basically regarded as a victim blamer. And it's very clear in the film she wasn't looking to marry the prince, she just wanted a night off. She was the only one who wasn't in line to meet him. She didn't find out she met the prince until he went looking for her!

Snow White is now hailed for her negotiation skills, ability to calm down after extreme stress (she had a moment of panic and had to cry for a bit, but who wouldn't after finding out The Queen hired someone to kill you?), and ability to take charge of a house of adult men. And again, she was an abuse victim, this time trying to escape ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS. While she dreamed of her prince, it was secondary to her main goal of SURVIVAL. There are also entire video essays about how Snow White gave hope to people during The Great Depression.

Everyone acknowledges that Ariel wanted to be human BEFORE meeting Eric. We all know she was a nerd hyperfixating on humans, and also standing up to her prejudiced father.

We understand Sleeping Beauty wasn't the main character, the Three Good Fairies were, AND PHILLIP WOULD NEVER HAVE BEATEN MALEFICENT WITHOUT THEM! He literally depended on them! WOMEN SAVED THE DAY! But even then, is it really such a sin for a girl to fantasize about romance and fall for someone with corny pickup lines?

We all understand Jasmine just wanted someone to treat her LIKE A PERSON. She rejected every Prince before Aladdin because they treated her like a prize. So why did they need her to want to be Sultan? How did that make her more feminist when she already wanted to be treated like an equal and have a say in her future? Is it only empowering if you want a career in politics?

We admire that Belle, despite living in a judgemental village, was kind to everyone (even though she found the village life dull), and her story teaches girls that the guy everyone else loves isn't always a good guy. What's sexist about teaching girls about red flags? And she didn't start being nice to The Beast until he started treating her with respect and kindness.

Do I really NEED to defend Mulan or Tiana? I think they speak for themselves.

Rapunzel was yet another abuse victim who just needed a little help to get out of her bad situation. In this case, she also needed to learn that she was an abuse victim, and that what Mother Gothel did WASN'T normal, much like many victims of gaslighting.

And don't get me started on the non-princess animals.

Perdita had a healthy relationship with Pongo to the point she was open to express her pregnancy fears to him, and was ready to TEAR APART Cruella's goons for daring to touch her puppies as well as adopting the other puppies. Like, she was so ferocious the goons mistook her for a hyena! She's basically that "I AM THAT GIRL'S MOTHER!" scene from SpyXFamily if Yor were a dog. She and her husband were a TEAM.....but they made a Cruella live action to turn her into a girlboss?! The literal animal abuser!? THAT'S the woman you wanted to put on a pedestal when Perdita was RIGHT THERE!?

Duchess kept her kittens calm after they had been catnapped and was classy as heck. Nice to everyone regardless of social class during a time period where that was uncommon.

Lady stood up to Tramp when she believed he had abandoned her and didn't really care about her. She found out he was a heartbreaker and was like, "Nuh uh. No. You are not doing that to me! You put me through enough."

Miss Bianca from The Rescuers was IN CHARGE the whole movie, and was willing to risk life and limb to save an innocent child. THAT TINY MOUSE TOOK ON ALLIGATORS! And she picked Bernard to accompany her because he was the only one who wasn't ogling her. And then in the sequel SHE DID IT ALL AGAIN! I wish I were as brave as her.

Like, the public haven't accused these ladies of being sexist caricatures since 2014 (Actresses and actors don't count, they're out of touch like the rest of Hollywood) yet Disney is operating under the assumption that the public still thinks that way, hence all the "sHe'S nOt AfTeR a MaN iN ThIs VeRsIOn" talk.

The live action remakes are trying to attract an audience that doesn't really exist much, anymore, and back when it did exist, was comprised mainly of people who didn't actually watch the films. The Disney princesses are no longer seen as sexist, and feminine qualities are no longer seen as weak or undesirable.

[forged-in-kaoss]

gomu gomu of your eye

[chalkscrub]

(late) day 4: underappreciated oc. i looked through all my active ocs and i haven't drawn mumbojumbo balderdash in years at this point...my bad, little sock thing. it's largely because i'm more interested in my serious story ocs at this point, and mumbojumbo is from my developing kid's books era. and also i think my old style suited em better, i find them harder to draw nowadays

[lotus-pear]

in love with tragedy

[miryel89]

[petricorah]

🎵 there's something there that wasn't there before 🎵 [ids in alt]

for @caffeinatedhobbit ! sending good feelings back :3

[ni053791]

old wip + phone doodle dump .. mostly vash (again, what a surprise.)

Remember these from a few months ago?

I'll be making a whole set of sticker and maybe even acryl charms of this AU/setting the future-

additional wips of stickers based on "recent" doodles that can be found on my page as well + extra sticker for the set above of Vash :) (colours/deco subject to change)

[felix-krain]

I am so normal rn

[theemperorsfeather]

I heard it was national cat day, so behold: some pictures I took trying to capture her delightful pointy little nose.

[missmisnomer]

time keeps moving on

whether you want it to or not

@remedyturtles absolutely killing it with the latest chapters of their firefight fic. The last third of ch.37 was so fuckin eerie and tense and visually rich that I couldn't NOT make some art inspired by it. I've been hankering to draw something more experimental and dark lately, and this really scratched that itch!

Thanks for The Horrors™, Rem!

[randomationality]

(guys if the screenshots look cut off is coz im crappy at taking screenshots)

just saw the Studio Trigger Transformers 40th Anniversary tribute movie and I WAS SCREAMING GIGGLING AND JUMPING AROUND THE WHOLE TIME AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY

RAHHHHHHH THE ARMADA AND PRIME KIDS WITH THE PRIME BOTS AND ARMADA MINIBOTS/CONS IM SORRY IM UNCULTURED

HOLI!!!!!!!!!!!! I MISSED YOU!!!!!!!!

HOLY SHIZZLEDAZZLE

oh my cripplingcrappitycrap DEATHSAURUS I MISSED YOU TOO

oh my gigglywiggly three of my favourite megatrons in one place

THE BOYS (i only know blitzwing swindle tankor and i forgot the triceratops name but ik he's the silly one😭)

i love families bro

energon funny

Thundercracker yuey SKY!!!!!!!!!!!

^^^ARMADA S.S. RIGHT THERE PLUS WASPY MY BOY^^^

also the jumpscare of everyone dying

MAN

also unicron jumpscare

THIS IS PT 1 I GUESS SO UHHHH WHEN THIS GETS A REBLOG THATS WHEN IVE GOT MORE WATCHUMACALLITS

[punnifullife]

@voyager--two requested a beach episode anddd i went overboard lmao. These are honestly super rushed bc i'll be going on vacation starting tomorrow and won't be able to draw as often!! I have a whole bunch of other beach-themed doodles that i might finish when i come back.

[taya-ki]

The lovers?

[synthaphone]

NEOVEMBER DAY 5: Design a new cursed Chia color

meat chia