#my weighted blanket is 2 dogs and a cat and also a weighted blanket that weighs 30 pounds andnits awesome

[liliotl]

Crying at this

based off of this tweet

[enden-k]

𝔸𝕄𝕐𝔾𝔻𝔸𝕃𝔸 ℕ𝔸𝕍𝕀

(trying to update whenever theres smth new)

the story is about vika, a human who is basically not existing to anyone due to his sickness, and saran, a vengeful spirit shackled to the world due to the circumstances of his death, and their deep love for each other. saran devours eyes and other fears so general warning for many eyes/eye contact and upcoming eye horror (everything will be tagged as such and warnings will always be given) vika contemplated suicide and practiced self-harm in the past, tws are always given if its brought up or appears in flashbacks

MAIN: (top right → bottom left)

1 /

SIDE: ("bonus", or extras that happen(ed) at different times than main)

• a ghost's touch (tw for vikas suicide contemplation) • flashback - office nap

ART:

• elite 9 character files • elite 9 fear contracts • saranvika random facts n stuff (vika self-harm mention) • first doodles/sketches • memes • saranvika doodles: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (tw eyes/eye contact) / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 • requests: 1 / 2 • saran and azai (present)

LORE: (explanations abt the story/world etc)

• "fears", amygdala and fear seekers • fear contracts • tiny bit about azai and his feelings for saran • explanation to "a ghost's touch"; vikas suicide contemplation (tw for that), meeting saran, the difference of their contract compared to usual fear contracts, and the exchanges/sacrifices made to control the unseen • some numbers n ages • tiny bit about suyo • fear contracts vs saranvika contract • saran and vikas love and relationship • a little bit more about azai • a little bit more more about azai and his feelings for saran • a little bit about how sarans many-eyes work • some stuff about saran and his tentacles (arms): 1 / 2 • map of the 10 regions + birthplaces/important locations as of now • vikas life expectancy • a little bit more about sarans many-eyes and tattoos: 1 / 2 • a bit about the side effects of fear contract/tool use

ETC: (asks, random rambles, etc)

• amygdala = fear contract sugar daddy • saran being protective • vika and food • saranvika and halloween • saran likes to do that and it grounds vika greatly (better explained than i could) • saran is a menace. more at 11 • vika and weighted blankets/the meaning of weight/pressure for him • i cant stfu abt saranvikas deep love for each other • vikas eternal struggle with paperwork, thanks to noah • saran and azais one of many differences ramble • its 11. saran is still a menace • not going to link it bc its on my nsfw blog but vika is a big cuddler (he enjoys being the little spoon) by nature, its like he can never get enough of feeling saran. hes also v sensitive bc of the whole unable to feel touch except for saran/never felt others touches and gets flustered • trust • elite 9 about saranvika relationship • saranvika and (horror)movies • vika and sarans eye • vika and smoking • saran and his feelings about the afterlife • elite 9 and their birthplaces • saran and food (no, not eyes but human food) • saranvika and some cute relationship things they do

• saran, his negative energy and nightmares • sarans gentle face hold and vikas full body cuddles • saranvikas dynamic ramble • sarans gentle face hold vs azais possessive grip (warning for descriptive injury/sarans death) • vika and smoking 2 • is saran jealous? • does saran show himself to others? • sarans first name + hidden cult mark • cat or dog person? • some more random questions (fav flowers etc) • what if saran and vika had kids <3

• playlist (always updating) • FANART!!! 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8

OCTOPLUSHIE ADVENTURES: (it got its own section 🐙)

• the beginning of an unusual rivalry • saran is not prone to jealousy......BUT • saran and taking responsibility • the rival in all its glory (and similarity)

"REVERSE" AU (alive!saran/fear!vika)

• story • doodles: 1

[murasaki-cha]

Cale and the Soos but Gen Z

(ft. Choi Han, Alberu and Rosalyn)

(Part 1) (Part 2)

Cale: when I say I have "main character energy," I mean the nerdy introvert with anxiety and a general distaste for humans - Shapeshifter: *transforms to look like Cale* Cale: Okay, are you like BLIND? You look nothing like me. First off, I'm way taller. Secondly, I DO NOT look so sleep deprived and lastly, if you could drag comb through that hair you're like a 7 on a good day and I've been told I'm a constant 10. -

Cale: Babygirl I have health problems that would make a grown man cry- yeah of course I'm still going to work what are you talking about

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Cale: I love having trauma from an alarmingly young age because when I can't remember stuff from my childhood I get to play a game called "Is This Normal Memory Loss From Growing Up, Or Do I Have Severe Trauma-Induced Memory Repression?" Choi Jung Soo: Oh word Alberu: Preach Choi Han: Fr Eruhaben: Genuinely what in the- Sui Khan: Louder Eruhaben: YOU ARE 13 WHA-

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Sui Khan: 'Person of interest' is almost too flattering. Sui Khan: Like, if the police were to pound on my door and go, 'A man has been murdered in your building and you are a person of interest,' I'd be like, 'Moi? Oh, do go on.' Cale pointing: You see where I got it from?

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Rosalyn, eating cake: No wonder Marie Antoinette didn't give a fuck, this shit is good Cale: so true girl

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Cale: when Billie Eillish said "I cant escape the way I love you" every gen z kid with attachment issues felt that Alberu: So you felt that? Cale: I felt that too much Alberu: Also who is Billie Eillish? Choi Jung Soo slamming the door open: bITC-

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Cale: bitches b like “I'm baby” but have childhood trauma and neglect like wtf do u know about being baby u were forced to grow up from an early age anyways I’m bitches

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Rosalyn going to her lesson with Eruhaben: Eruhaben-nim, are we cooking today or what! Eruhaben: Rosalyn, we aren’t… in the kitchen?

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Cale: With all this tasks I'm getting from the gods sometimes I wish I was Jared 19 so I never read Birth Of A Hero...

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Alberu: Not trying to brag or anything, but I can wake up without an alarm clock now simply due to my crippling and overwhelming anxiety, so... Cale: Mood

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Heavenly Demon: do you guys know the meaning of patriarchy? Choi Jung Soo: I prefer Spongebob tbh Heavenly Demon: One more word from you Sword Demon and I swear-

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Cale: Can I go outside to say a word to god? Choi Han: Yea. Rosalyn: You go outside and start yelling ‘hey what the heck are you!- then ZAP! Cale: I've questioned god before and I haven't died yet.

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Choi Jung Soo: I so wish I had a cat personality but I have such a dog personality like I would do everything for your approval, do you want me to fetch your stick just for a lil treat , hell yeah I would with pleasure! Choi Han: Oh that's what it was!

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Choi Jung Soo: Physically, yes, I could fight a bird. But emotionally? *Sees Sui Khan's cute 13 yo child appearance staring daggers at him* Choi Jung Soo: Imagine the toll.

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Cale: So apparently the 'bad vibes' I’ve been feeling are actually severe psychological distress

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Cale: A weight blanket is not enough I need to be compressed into a .zip file

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Cale with a wine glass in hand: Existence is the enemy The group also with wine glasses in their hands: Cheers to that

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Cale: Sometimes that sad feeling is due to low blood sugar, and sometimes it's from decades of history. Not that complex

[slaughter-kin]

kyle ‘gaz’ garrick headcanons 🧢

SFW but some are suggestive so MINORS DNI

heart banner by cafekitsune

• Is the youngest child of 3. Has two older sisters who he loves dearly

• Is really good at cooking but doesn’t do it much

• has nightmares of falling from tall heights since the helicopter incident

• likes 90’s and early 2000’s R&B music

• zero fragile masculinity with this man i need him biblically

• light weight. two/three drinks and this man is done

• AMAZING KISSER

• youngest of the 141

• only like 2 weeks younger than soap which would make him a virgo as well

• king of after care

• would like to sleep in late whenever he’s not on deployment

• is literally the best bf ever

• type of boyfriend if someone tried to flirt with them at a bar they would automatically be like “I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIEND” then walk away

• likes going to really nice restaurants and spoiling you <3

• knows all the new slang

• has social media but doesn’t post much like once every 6 months but is on it a lot

• HATES coffee

• like’s positions where he can see your face

• knows he a pretty boy

• would probably live in like a modern/ sleek type of apartment

• had one serious girlfriend back in highschool but after they graduated they drifted apart and since then he’s had a couple of hook ups

• would also like taylor swift

• fav album would be 1989 or reputation

• his bed is piled with thick comfy blanket and pillows but he gets hot the the middle of the night and kicks them all off

• big animal person. cats, dogs, whatever he loves them.

• my husband

this is my 2nd writing post so again if you have any criticisms or feed back let me know!!

[ac3-76]

Nya Smith Headcannons

warnings: none🦭

She bench presses more than all the other ninjas, except for Cole who has super strength

Kai's super jealous of her but also super proud of her for it

she's a pilates girly

she has a purple hydroflask that Pixal got her for her birthday

It's covered in stickers from different places and small businesses

she's a really crafty person

her favorite crafts are making friendship bracelets, scrap booking, and cross stitching

she uses pictures that Jay took for her scrapbooks

She really likes tarot and crystals

her favorite tarot card is the World which signifies completion, harmony. and contentment

she also likes the Lovers card which generally suggests a beautiful and strong relationship in the near future, regardless of weather it's romantic or platonic

her favorite crystals are Chalcedony and phosphosiderite

Chalcedony helps with creating emotional balance, alleviating feelings of stress, anxiety, and negativity, and is associated with the throat chakra

this is what it looks like:

Phophosiderite aids in emotional healing, reducing stress, and is associated with the heart chakra

this is what it looks like:

she doesn't want to give birth to kids but she'd be totally chill adopting a kid older than 10

when she volunteers at her local animal shelter she mostly does the cat morning routines(spot cleaning cat cages in use and deep cleaning un-used ones) and morning dog walks

She likes volunteering because she can put her earbuds in, turn her music on, and stop thinking

or she can think about her traumas or plan her day

depends on her mood🤷‍♀️

She's really good at eyeshadow

Skylors good at bases, and Pixals good at nails

because of that the 3 of them have the best home spa/debrief sessions together

sometimes Kai who's really into skincare will join in, but most of the time it's just them

they need girl talk

Her signature perfume is Michael Kors White (it smells like raspberry, apricot, jasmine, vanilla, lily, rose, amber, and cashmere wood according to the Michael Kors website)

SHE NEVER USES THE BIG LIGHT

LEDs and lamps only in her room

I'm pretty sure I've already said that she has the most comfortable bed, but I'm gonna go more in depth on it

She has 2 really fluffy throw blankets

1 average throw blanket

3 normal blankets

1 top sheet

1 normal pillow that gets buried between the head of the bed and the wall

1 fluffy pillow from Target that sits on the foot of the bed

1 ten pound weighted pillow from Purple Pillow that sits in the left side of her bed and she uses to prop her leg on

or she puts it on her back because the weight feels nice

It sounds like a lot, but it's also a Full size bed, she uses 3 of blankets like pillows, and one of the pillows is pretty much non existent since it's lost between the head of the bed and the wall

(Plus ik it works cus my friend has a full size bed with 8 blankets and 5 pillows and somehow still has space for more on it)

her wall is covered in pictures from her life and posters of her favorite car brands, movies, TV shows, actors, places, etc.

[tj-crochets]

Hi my very favorite quilter in the entire world! I have a question (a few questions). Weighted quilts are a thing? If weighted quilts were to be a thing,how could one medium level deamstress with absolutely No quilting experince go about making one (making five or seven, if possible)? And, also, where do you get quilt top ideas or inpo? I love love love absolutely all your quilts, the scrap one in particular reestructured my ideas around scrap fabric and the importance of garment care

Good luck on the house repairs by the way

Hi!! I am so flattered to be your favorite quilter! This got long so it's below a read more

Yes, weighted quilts are a thing. I personally haven't made any, but I think there are two main ways to make them (I'll tag @creations-by-chaosfay to chime in if she wants to, she has a lot more quilting experience than I do and if you like my quilts you'll like hers too). 1. Add polypellets (or other weighted beads like them) to each square of the quilt as you make it. I think you'd need to enclose most of the outer edges of the quilt sandwich before you start quilting the sandwich together, put some beads in, quilt them into one square, more some more beads in, quilt the next square, etc 2. The easier but not as heavy option: extra batting would make the quilt heavier, and I think flannel is heavier than quilting cotton, so an all-flannel quilt would have some weight to it, especially if you use flannel for the batting too. I know some of my quilts have ended up pretty heavy, even if they aren't technically weighted blankets? If I remember later today I'll weigh some of my quilts

As for quilt top inspo, I have to admit I usually don't follow other people's patterns for quilts. I mean, I have followed some, like the cat quilt and the Postcards from Sweden quilt, but a lot of the time I just find fabric I like together, decide what size I want the squares to be, cut out all the squares, and go from there. The triangle quilts I've been working on recently are a case of that going wrong: I should have chosen a pattern because I laid out the patches like I do for my usual plain patchwork quilts and very much dislikes the fabrics together lol. Most of my quilts are just me dividing the quilt space into quadrants and trying to distribute each color of fabric as equally as possible across those quadrants The scrap quilt was me deciding what size finished block I thought would be easily divisible so I could cut out different sizes of scraps (12" finished blocks), and deciding on the two different 12" blocks I wanted (one made of 2.5" strips, one made of 6.5" and 3.5" squares). After I'd decided that and slowly started accumulating blocks, I learned about crumb quilting, so some of the scrap squares are crumb quilted from tinier pieces of fabric Wait I almost forgot to add: I follow a few quilting blogs here on tumblr, and regularly look at patterns they share. I also sometimes google "free fat quarter patterns" or "free baby quilt patterns", and go from there. For me personally, the part of quilting I enjoy is usually not the intricate tiny patterns, so I usually don't buy quilt patterns, but I have a few paid patterns I will be buying eventually (the Exploding Hearts quilt and the dog in a sweater quilt off the top of my head) Thanks! I am hoping the house repairs turn out to be not as bad as they thought they'd be

[tea-and-secrets]

so me and my ex gf of 5 years had a bad breakup last year, around the end of summer. when i moved out (we lived together, like we had an entire life and friends together) i didnt tell anyone. i waited until she was visiting family, i packed up and left while they were gone. i ended up taking her cat when i moved out of state (like FAR).

*brief reference to animal neglect, none actually occurred, but, well youll see*

ive been in this cats life for the 5 years my ex and i were dating, so its not like 😺 wasnt my baby. and ive been the one primarily taking care of him for those years (for a long time i was a stay at home or worked less than 20 hrs a week to ex's 40+ hr weeks, so it made sense). once we broke up - and there were a lot of reasons why, the biggest one being the "rescue" of a bait dog, and subsequent neglectful abuse of her in the resulting weeks. i ended up working 2 jobs at 50+ hrs a week, while taking care of an ex bait dog (who had SERIOUS behavioral issues, especially around colored men, which i am), a special needs cat, and all the house/yard chores for a 2b2b - she told me to "stay the fuck away from my 😺 and 🐶"....but would be gone for days at a time, rarely being at home for more than enough time to sleep & shower & [redacted]. suffice to say these animals would have greatly suffered, maybe even died, if not for my IMMEDIATE intervention. i was already so used to caring for 😺 anyways, and i grew up rehabing strays so im used to the bites and aggression

fast forward to when I'm about to go. the 🐶 had been rehomed properly through a shelter, and no one ever found out about ex's abhorrent neglect. i know taking her 😺 was wrong, they were together for 3 years before i came into the picture . 😺 was her ESA even! when they finally noticed 😺 was gone (5 days after id left. no idea if thats how long they were gone or if that's just how long it took to notice 😒) they said they filed a police report, but nothing ever came of it. no calls, no letters, no warrant for my arrest, nothing. but i genuinely believed it saved 😺 life.

i know i made the right decision, but i still feel so guilty about it, on top of all those icky feelings from a breakup 😞

*for those wondering 😺 is doing fantastic!! he's f i n a l l y up to weight, his ibs is 100% under control, his arthritis has been successfully accommodated & no longer bothers him, and hes reliabily getting his 3x a week intestine medicine. his fur is full and luscious, his teeth get brushed 1-3x a week, his hair is brushed everytime i brush my own, same with his nails. i also keep it fucking immaculate in my apt, unlike the very...unhygienic 🤢 environment i removed him from. which is huge, he was having a LOT of issues due to that, 😺 loves that i clean the litter box every 5-9 days (if i can smell it, if he complains, i scoop it) now

not only that, but 😺has all sorts of: toys, cat nips (theres like 6 varieties?!?!), treats (wet & dry), beds, blankets, hidey-holes, tunnels, and [human] friends who love on and help me take care of 😺 if im unable. 😺 even gets supervised outside time once or twice a week (in a backpack or on a leash), which they obvs goes fuckin nuts for!

all in all, dont worry, 😺 is very loved and cared for to the point where 😺 (10ish yrs) acts like youngin now... i just still feel guilty 😭 and had to tell someone other than my therapist

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[ae-azile]

Azile's OC Round Up, Part 1 of ???

I have created a lot of OCs in my longer KP fics. I wanted to put a face to them. This is part one.

Let's start with the pets because that just seems fun!

From The Masks Series:

Name: Cecilia

Name Meaning: Blind or Hidden (Vegas put thought into it)

Owners: Vegas, Pete, and Macau

Who brought her in/named her? - Found by Pol, brought in and named by Vegas

Origin: A dumpster outside Vegas's apartment building

Qualities: Protective, loyal, but also independent. Likes dogs.

Age upon adoption: 4 months

Featured in: the end of Giant Dancing Hedgehogs are Nightmare Fuel and throughout its sequel.

Status: Alive

Name: Oran

Name meaning: little green one (Porsche doesn't care about name meanings)

Owners: Porsche and Kinn

Who found/named him: Pol found him, Porsche took him out of his hands and called dibs.

Origin: Found outside an abandoned train stop while his future fathers were committing mass murder in the tunnels to save two women being held captive by Korn

Qualities: Aloof, sassy, low key loving.

Age adopted: 2 months

Featured in: Weighted Blanket.

Status: Alive

Name: Lucy

Name Meaning: Light, Light Bringer

Owner: Fern (Vegas's grandmother)

Who found/named her: Vegas went with his grandmother to a shelter to help pick her out. Fern named and trained her to be a service animal to assist with deafness.

Origin: A shelter in Queens, New York

Qualities: loyal, helpful, friendly, obedient

Age adopted: 9 months

Featured in: Weighted Blanket

Status: Alive

Names: Ella and Wren

Name meanings: Ella means goddess or fairy maiden. Wren means small bird

Owner: Vegas.

Who found/named them: Gun bought them after getting input from Milan, and Vegas named them.

Origin: After his last hedgehog died, Vegas took it so hard that he and his mother had a funeral for him. Gun was annoyed by the bawling, then felt bad about being annoyed and got Vegas two more hedgehogs from a responsible breeder.

Qualities: Ella was sweet and kind, Wren was caring and nurturing.

Age adopted: 2 months

Featured in: Before We Forget

Status: Ella is dies in chapter 4, Wren is dead prior to canon. So...dead.

Names: Pete Junior, Kim Junior, and Arm Junior

Name Meanings: Vegas was high on pain meds and sedatives. The names only mean something to him.

Who found/named them: Kim went out with Pete and Arm to buy various things for Vegas right after he woke up from his coma. Pete had fish and a sensory friendly tank on the list, so Kim went and picked them out. Vegas named them.

Origin: Pet store next to Tesco

Qualities: Pete Junior is friendly and likes following Vegas's finger, Kim Junior is prickly, and Arm Junior is dramatic.

Featured in: Giant Dancing Hedgehogs are Nightmare Fuel and sequel.

Status: Alive, but Arm Junior faked his death once over some sort of fish politics.

Anyway, that is part 1! Since some of my OCs crossover when it comes to humans, I will probably combine the post that covers the humans of this series, Progression, Lay Me Down to Sleep, etc. The cats of Progression will also be shared!

[dyinggoosenoises]

🔫 I know 2 is tea. But 1-49

Do you have freckles? only a couple

 Do you drink tea or coffee? How do you take it? tea, one milk, one sugar

What was the last song you listened to? alaska by little hurt

Do you sleep on your back, stomach or side? depends on the night, and i also move a lot in my sleep so i cant really answer this

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? yea :]

Do you prefer drawing or writing? writing

What’s your ideal number of blankets to sleep with? two. a duvet and a weighted blanket

What’s your favorite band/artist? i dont have one

When is your birthday? june 10th

How tall are you? 5ft3 :/

What color are your eyes? greyish blue

Who are five (or more) people you want to hug right now? Blue, my sister, my best friend, my other friend, and my dog

Fears? heights, planes, throwing up (all related to my motion sickness)

What’s your favorite color? dark green :)

What’s your favorite season? fall and winter

Want any tattoos? What of? maybe something small when im older, like a flower or smth

Want any piercings? Where? id like to get another ear piercing

Who is the last person you texted? my best friend

Do you have a best friend? How long have you been friends? yeah :) we've been friends since spring of last year, when she joined our pathfinder unit

What/who do you miss? Blue, my sister, my nana, my friends from pathfinders

How was your day today? it was okay

How much sleep did you get last night? 10ish hours

Do you believe in aliens? i believe that we arent the only life in the universe

When was the last time you cried? Why? this afternoon, bc my sister was going back to uni

What’s your favorite decade? uh. the 2010s bc that was when i was growing up and didnt have to deal with all this shit

What are some seemingly childish things you like? uhh i like a couple kids shows

What’s your favorite book? Or just one you’ve read a few times? sweep by jonathan auxier 

How are you, really? i kinda feel like shit rn but ive dealt with worse

Does it take you a long time to make decisions? yea, im really indecisive

What are you looking forward to in the near future? getting to see my friends from pathfinders on wednesday

What are you looking forward to in the distant future? going on my pathfinder trip in 2025

If you could go anywhere right now, where would you go? germany

Do you sleep with your door open or closed? closed

What’s your favorite flower? bleeding hearts

Do you currently have a squish? nope

Do you like your middle name? yep

Do you prefer dogs or cats? cats, but i still love dogs

Do you have any phobias? acrophobia

Do you stay up late? yeah

Do you like the beach? Do you prefer it sunny or cloudy? the beach is meh. i like when its sunny but not too hot

What’s your favorite cartoon? i dont have one

Tag 5 of your favorite blogs @idontliketomatoesleavemealone @recovering-redditor @keenkryptonitenut @rainbowangel110 @vileviale + lots more

Do you have siblings? How many? two siblings, an older sister and a younger brother

Who was the last person you said “I love you” to? my dog

Is there anyone you would die for? my siblings

What do you need when you’re sad? a hug

Have you memorized your phone number? yep

Who’s someone you can trust with your life? my mum

What does your last text say?��'slightly'

[noodleshark]

HCs for my found family au

under cut because this is LONG

Six is aroace and genderqueer, mono is aspec and trans, RK's pan and nonbinary, Pretty is Bi and cis, and Raine is a trans lesbian

RK, Mono, Six and Raine all have cptsd, Pretty has pstd and also npd

Six and Rk are autistic and Mono and Raine have adhd

okay now some more specific stuff

Six's special interest is music

it keeps a record player, records and a new music box in its room

Mono has amazing puppy dog eyes

Whenever he asks Prett for something, she stares at the wall because of the previous one

Pretty is awful at cooking, she can burn water dont let her in the kitchen

She's an extrovert actually

When she meets someone new she's either mean or very awkward

She does like the others(Six is excluded until they're like 11), she just refuses to admit it

She and Raine were mean to each other when they first met

"Wait, why did you name me "pretty"?" "uh, because thats the opposite of what you are!"

"Pretender" isn't actually Pretty's birth name, but the others don't know that

Her love langue is gift giving and acts of service

Mono's is physical affection and acts of service, RK's is words of affirmation and acts of service, Six's is physical affection, Raine's is quality time and physical affection

Six loves plushies

she also would love weighted blankets

Despite liking physical affection, she's more adverse to it than she used to be

Six is nonverbal, she can hum or scream if she's REALLY scared but she cannot talk

They like to draw

Some of her scars hurt A LOT occasionally, on those days she just stays in bed

The big one on its face will hurt a lot if someone touches it

This isn't THIS au specific but her meltdown in the tower was an autistic one

they'd cut their hair to their chin and keep it that way because they think having long hair makes her look to much like hinata(the lady)

They'd like sharks and dinosaurs

Them, RK and Raine are the trio of bottling everything up

RK is really impatient

He bursts with any emotion he's feeling at random

They can be snarky

He likes hugs but other than that he isnt as physically affectionate as the other protags

Understands the nomes

After like a year of only really being able to eat fish and bread at the maw he likes seafood

Is very petty about being shorter than 2 people who are 2 years younger than him

He likes bugs

Mono would love sanrio if it existed in the nowhere

Mono bites affectionately

He's also not human! He was made by the tower

Unlike Six and RK, he hates bugs

He teases Pretty and Six a lot

Whenever he holds hands with someone, he does that 3 squeeze"i love you" thing

Has dissociation issues

He has a speech inpediment because of the burn scar on his face pulls on his skin too much

When like Raine and Pretty are like 18, they move into like a house boat or something because they can't find any more food around where they use to live

they get a cat when like six and mono are 16

they have a lot of inside jokes

There's more but this is already long as hell so I will come back with more later

[irlcats-bracket]

Bracket 2 Round 2 Poll 8

HARVERST "Harvey" LOAF vs MR. CRINKLES

HARVEST LOAF

A chimera tortie submitter's husband & them found in the middle street in a sad excuse for a city in New England in the middle of the night on their way home from their husband's birthday dinner. He was a lanky 1 yr old teenage cat at the time. Now he is a bowling ball of a middle-aged man. He's an absolute baby, a cuddle bug & papa's boy, a cranky little toddler, a chatterbox who lives to yell & complain & sometimes just meow back & forth conversationally. He's lazy & clumsy & bad at jumping, so treat motivated that he taught himself a trick from watching submitter and their husband teach their roommate's dog(they're so serious), now that he knows tapping your hand will get treats, you just get slapped at any point. Mistakes were made. he's too stupid to kill a mouse but so good at finding & catching them & putting them on your pillow, live… Everyone who has ever met him has sworn they would die for him except the worst person submitter has ever lived with, who hated his own pets as well.

A lovely fat little man, who is stupid and smart all at once, and loves to scream and never eats his breakfast?!!!! He is rotund, a regulation bowling ball weight, and is a love bug who will cuddle under blankets with you or lounge in the sun.

PROPAGANDA

none??? apparently

MR. CRINKLES

He is very large by genetics but also hes fat. Hes got black fur but in certain lights its brown. Hes got yellow eyes that are very large (like him). He loves cuddling and bullying submitter's other cat (sometimes and she bullies him back so its even) Hes scared of people who he doesn't know well and somehow fits himself into the tiniest of spaces. He just goes limp when submitter picks him up. He likes to play but he does it with as little effort as possible. He likes to sit by the window and make noises at the birds.

PROPAGANDA

We got him from an animal shelter, and he used to be a scrawny little thing. He loved food and would go as far as to Dive Under the legs of our other cat to get to the bowl. He used to chase birds into the house when he was younger, but as he's gotten older, he makes fewer attempts at hunting. Now he just lays around and watches the birds from the window. Hes very cuddly. He'll storm into my room (often in the middle of the night) demanding to be cuddled and pet. Hes a big cat and very fluffy. He goes limp if you pick him up and often "melts" off of furniture :3

[arccanine]

I'm realizing I really don't even think to post about the things going on in my life anymore. But I want to share the joy of Pepper with anyone who will listen, and express some of that love that soon won't have anywhere to go anymore.

Last year, for my birthday, we adopted the kindest soul of a ferret I've ever met, Pepper.

Earlier that year, we'd had to put our last ferret, Mishka, to sleep, which was devastating not only to us, but to our remaining ferret, Cinnamon, who had always had a cagemate to play with. She was incredibly depressed being alone, refusing to eat more than the bare minimum and spending so much time curled up asleep in the bed they used to share.

It took us a while to feel ready to "replace" him in our lives. But after six months or so, our hearts were healing, and our remaining girl was still so lonely, so we began to keep our eyes open. We'd half-jokingly look at ferrets in towns 6 hours away right before some long trips, debating whether or not we wanted to break our 2 ferret limit to pick up a bonded pair, since that seemed to be the only option available nearby no matter where we looked.

And then one day, there was a single ferret listed only a few blocks away from our home.

She was 3 years old, raised by a teen girl who no longer had the time for her now that she had A Boyfriend (no hate btw, I think it's a funny and dumb reason, but I'm honestly so grateful to any owner who realizes they're not giving their animal the care they deserve). While Cinnamon and Pepper were interested in each other, Pepper was raised alone with cats and dogs and didn't properly "speak ferret", leading to a lot of miscommunications with body language. We also slowly realized she likely has neural crest disorder (sometimes also called "Waardenburg Syndrome", but that term is really just reserved for humans) — a product of the rampant ferret inbreeding problem with big box sellers like Marshall's. Which essentially meant she was a little bit slower, a lot sleepier, and had some difficulty reading body language, but she was otherwise a healthy and incredibly affectionate ferret.

I remember being doubtful and not ready to get invested in a new animal if she wasn't going to be a good fit with Cinnamon. I actually remember a few times talking to Taran and wondering if we should consider finding her a better home, since it seemed like they were really struggling to connect.

But sure enough, Cinnamon and Pepper grew to love and understand each other despite the not-perfect communication — starting with sleeping together, cuddling, grooming each other, and finally figuring out how to properly play fight (something Pepper was incredibly excited to learn, if not too much so lol). Cinnamon put on some weight again, and Pepper began to open up and show off her silly side.

After a month or two, they were perfect little buddies. She became a part of our little family and our outings — a required member for our weekend restocks at the pet store, park visits, or whatever outdoor events were happening around town. The daily wake-up scritches where she would throw her whole body against your hand, rubbing her face into your fingers and against the soft blankets to help her rub the sleepiness away. The play routine, watching her discover the joy of being bowled down the hall and running back for more, loving chasing you, being chased, climbing tubes, getting into places she shouldn't be, or searching for her next sugar fix (which we wouldn't actually give her, but that sure didn't stop her from trying).

But this all came to a halt last week, when Pepper woke up shivering and wouldn't stop, mouth covered in painful-looking ulcers. We immediately rushed her to the emergency vet. We remained hopeful through the week — we'd caught it early, she was healthy (if not a little pudgy) to help buffer the loss of appetite, and she was receiving medicine to help her fight any possible infections or stomach ulcers. We got her in for bloodwork on Wednesday and let them keep her a few nights to help give her around the clock care while we waited for the results.

It seems like she very suddenly suffered from what we can now only assume is kidney failure. We remained hopeful that this was just the start of a new period of her life where we'd have to give her a little more daily care or maybe some medication, but after they ran another bloodtest, we found out that despite the constant care, nothing had improved, and her prognosis was suddenly much more grave. We learned all of this on Friday afternoon, and decided to take her home with painkillers to help keep her comfortable and loved before we were ready to let her go.

It hasn't even been a year since we got her. And we love her so damn much. It's like I wish everybody else loved her as much as we did, so I could at least feel like she's being mourned properly when we'll finally have to put her to rest.

I wanted to dress her up for the halloween market again, I wanted to watch her bound through the forest to sniff and dig at some more of that dirt, I wanted to take her to the park some more and let some more kids meet an animal they've never seen before — letting her charm them by being a little animal that loves their gentle touches. Her squinty little eyes, the way her ears flatten back as she accepts your kiss on her head, the way she chittered like a little bird when she was happy or excited and running around, the way she rubbed her face and whole body on our fake grass, the way she gently licked at Taran's nose while he held her even now as she's slowly dying.

I don't know what else to say other than I just wanted more time. More of what we already had. That it hurts so much that I was expecting more, that she was completely fine the night before, and that I was wrapped up in the monotony of the day to day that I didn't realize it would be our last good night together.

It feels so cruel that some ferrets can live for 8-10 years, and that some barely scrape 4 just because the companies pumping them out don't give a shit about their quality of life. But we've done absolutely everything we could, she went into it as healthily as she could, and we can be at peace knowing it's just her time now. There's nothing else to do now other than keeping her comfortable, saying goodbye to our favorite places and favorite people, and reflecting on all of the joy she brought us in such a short amount of time.

Love you, Pepperoni. Thank you for everything.

[thespiral]

OC INTERVIEW

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Fresno Cienfuegos

Nickname: Fresno, Fesno, Juno* [*but Only Sometimes] Gender: Out of universe, intersex and genderqueer* [*where do they lean gender-wise is also up in the air], in-universe, they don't like labels. Fresno is just Fresno. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Star Sign: Libra, 10/10/2020 is when they emerged fully formed from my xbox 360 Height: 5'6 give or take half an inch. though they absolutely wear heels Orientation: yes. everything's good Nationality/Ethnicity: californian mexican-american? [gestures vaguely] There's a Lot goin on but i'd say mestize Fave Fruit: toss up between citrus-y ones like lemon/lime or orange or tangerines, mangos, or cherries Fave Season: spring... not too hot not too cold. just right. Fave Flower: sunflowers. maybe. i'm going off vibe. but reaching towards the sun and all Fave Scent: they will say leather, gasoline or iron but really they go behind sweet scents like vanilla or chocolate or sugar. Coffee, Tea, or HC: coffee, but like, the really terrible sugary sludgy starbucks drinks. they will deny this. but that is what they love. Average Hours of Sleep: anywhere from 4-5 hours to 9-10 hours. depends but they're a pretty light sleeper Dog or Cat Person: performatively hater of both but likes cats once they finally get one to be friendly to them. dogs are tolerated i think because i think loyalty and dogs would make them unwell <- guy who has problems Dream Trip: i think being able to just ride on the highway as fast and as long as they humanly could counts Favorite Fictional Character: dr. frank n furter from rocky horror Number of Blankets They Sleep With: solid 1-2. bonus if one is weighted Random Fact: they didn't have the opportunity to really do stuff like participate in christmas or halloween or stereotypical childhood stuff. thanks hellmouth

[tacticalhimbo]

— OC INTERVIEW

name: vincent hale

nickname: v, vin, vinny

gender: genderqueer transmasc

star sign: gemini sun, gemini moon, capricorn rising (double gemini oh god)

personality type: entp (the debater). this man is charismatic. he's a quick thinker. but god does he have an argumentative streak. he is stubborn to a fault

height: … 5 feet. short king energy.

orientation: bisexual

nationality/ethnicity: white american

favorite fruit: oranges. vinny fucking loves oranges. he likes most citrus, really. but oranges just hit for him

favorite season: late winter/early spring. that period of time when there's still snowfall and a notable chill in the air, but things are a little less wet and miserable

favorite scent: i feel like vinny is a spice kinda guy. maybe some more smokey tones, the occasional woodsy tone, but a lot of it is like warm. thinking like. parfums de marly althaïr

coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: coffee. he drinks that shit dark too. one, because it's luxurious. two, because he cannot survive without some form of caffeine. he'd honestly love shit like death wish roast

average hours of sleep: it's either 2 or 12 babey! he already had a pretty chaotic schedule prior to the relic incident, but it was just consistent enough for him to survive. now, though? he's either kept awake because of all the shit going on, or he's so exhausted by the neurological and physical stress that he's gone to the world for the day

dogs or cats: cats. dogs uh, well, they aren't exactly around anymore. most animals aren't due to all the illnesses that spread. and he did adopt nibbles, so-

dream trip: even though he's already been, he would love to revisit japan's konpeki plaza. it's between that, or making a visit to misty out in the polish wilderness and truly being able to step away from the big city enivronment for a month or two

number of blankets: one, but it's large and it's got a nice weight to it. not too thick to where he gets hot, but not super thin either. it's also a sherpa blanket. he fucking loves sherpa-

random fact: i've told you all how vincent has considered having a risky rendezvous with jenkins. this i know. but consider also: vincent buttering up and sleeping with meredith is canon. he freaky freaky like that (positive). and yes, the "weapon" you get after… she did use it on him.

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[elmo-is-a-forgotten-god]

TW: for sexual assault, death, and just in general.

I just wanted to say that this year has been rough which is why I haven’t been active as much on here as I’d like to be. So here’s a life update as to why life has been putting my through the ringer:

Firstly we have had to put 3 of our pets down in 4 months, we aren’t bad pet owners they were just all my childhood pets so they were getting very old.

All of these pets took a toll on me but last week we had to put down my cat, if you know me well you know that this cat is 17 years old meaning I’ve had her since I was less than a year old. She meant everything to me and she was super empathetic legitimately whenever anyone in the house would cry she would be there to comfort them. Especially me. This has been really hard for me and I expect it to get harder.

We also lost both of our dogs (the rescue and our Shiba Inu) both of which I loved dearly.

Another way this year has put me through the ringer is that last semester my roommate brought in a lot of random people we didn’t know, and just let them stay as long as they wanted even when we were in vulnerable positions. And as someone with a lot of trauma surrounding growing up in a homophobic town, hate crimes, being a victim of SA, and many other reasons, this made me really uncomfortable and I would have to force myself to stay awake even if I had a morning class the next day because I couldn’t fathom falling asleep with people I didn’t know in the room.

One of these people. Let’s call him J, have all of my other roommates and I incredibly bad vibes. And my roommate didn’t know anything about him, just met him in the elevator and told him to come up to our room and hang. Well he came up everyone in the room was immediately uncomfortable, then he had a seizure on our dorm floor. Since I was the only one that knew how to handle the situation, I had to hold him on his side while he was seizing and wait for the paramedics.

This is where it starts to get bad with J: 2 days after the prior incident with him, he comes back to our room unannounced and it is just me and my one roommate who invited him who decides to take a shower leaving me alone with this guy. He thanks me for helping him then offers me a drink (yes alcohol we are college students). And so the alcoholic I am I’m not gonna turn down free booze so I agree. Now I drink it (he drank from the same container prior to me so I thought it was safe) and then my head starts to feel a little fuzzy shortly after. And I am not a light weight so I immediately suspect I’ve been drugged but I’m not about to tell him that. I can push medication fast but this was hitting me. But I stayed awake and pulled out my knife which I hid under the blanket I was under. A while after my roommate gets out of the bathroom and I tell her “hey I wanna watch the kardashians” (I knew J couldn’t stand them from the limited interactions I’ve had) and J goes “guess that’s my cue to leave”.

I kind of brush this whole thing off because again at the time I only suspected I had been drugged I didn’t think much of it. 2 days after that we find out there was a guy drugging people on campus. Then suddenly we are getting texts from friends on campus we rarely talk to who had seen us with J. And I felt sick to my stomach. He had always acted really creepy around me and I’d I hadn’t been who I am, something worse might’ve happened and as someone who’s been a victim before it traumatized me. I sleep with a knife every night now.

Just overall a lot of shit is fucked up but I’m getting better.

[meditating-dog-lover]

Skin health update

My skin is a lot better. I do have some inflammation, but my skin is no longer furiously flaring up and itching beyond control. My ears stopped itching altogether (a tiny bit here and there, especially today at work when I had to wear a mask which tugged on the backs of my ears and caused some friction). The patch on my neck is still there, but it isn't itchy. I don't know how long it will take until it goes away.

My mouth does have some inflammation. I guess some of that is beyond my control because spicy and acidic foods can do that. Like tomato sauce and Greek yogurt. Even salty foods. But that kind of shows that I have sensitive skin and not eczema, though I do get eczema/chileitis on my mouth area. I do tend to drool in my sleep here and there, and I pick my lip skin nonstop. Both can cause this inflammation/chileitis issue.

I really do feel like the gut healing/antimicrobial protocol helped my skin so much. I'm sure the omega-3 did too, but I'm sure it was ultimately the gut protocols. I feel so much better. I do have inflammation, dryness, and cuts, but I no longer have that feeling of ants crawling in my skin. The swelling/inflammation on my right hand (by my thumb and top wrist) completely disappeared. Now I just have some redness/peeling skin on my right thumb that comes and goes.

Since last Monday, I've been cutting out eggs. I don't know how much of a difference this makes.

As I said I know allergies play a role in eczema in a lot of people (not all but a lot). Eczema in a person tends to have multiple root causes, never one. And it's different from one person to another. I know my causes are (1) genetics, (2) gut dysbiosis, (3) intestinal permeability, (4) nutritional deficiencies (in omega-3, but probably), and (5) allergies and maybe but not 100% sure if this is a cause in my case (6) anxiety/trauma (which I do have, but I don't think it's responsible for my eczema, it just makes it worse).

I did an allergy test yesterday for environmental allergens and reacted to a lot of things - pollen, trees, grass, cats and dogs, and mold. Mold is another huge problem for people with eczema. It also infects a lot of fruits and vegetables, including tomatoes. That probably explains why I was reacting so badly to tomatoes months ago. I'll be honest I haven't been super consistent with cleaning my house this year. I'm sure the irritants in my house are responsible for my skin inflammation. Vacuuming, replacing filters, getting an air purifier, washing dog blankets and beds, grooming their fur, and dusting can help. Although I do keep my room nice and clean because I vacuum regularly and do have a purifier. My skin no longer gets inflamed in my room, but starts to itch when I go to my mom's room or the TV room or when I walk my dogs.

Allergy shots can also help. I want to read about them first because they are a longterm commitment (3-5 years). I say it's worth it, but I'll do some research. Unfortunately some people said that they did not help their eczema and got even worse flareups during the treatment. So I'm a little worried about that. Other people said it cleared their skin up.

Another health goal I want to work on is exercising. Late 2021 when I did my bloodwork, my fasting glucose was pretty good. I would love to get my glucose back to that. I did a combination of walking, sweaty strength circuits, and HIIT. I was following Rachael Attard's programs. They can be tough, but they really helped me shed fat (combined with calorie restriction, exercise is never enough on its own for fat loss). This is moreso to increase my strength, flexibility, and endurance while promoting insulin sensitivity (I'll be so happy if I can get that back, because her workouts did help with that).

I already walk and do IF and eat healthy, but if I can improve my health even more with exercise, I'll be so happy. Again I want to be metabolically healthy - healthy body weight/fat percentage, active and not sitting on my ass all day, insulin sensitivity, eating healthy and limiting junk and sugar, good dental health, great strength and endurance, limited bloating, healthy waist measurements, and not feeling heavy and sluggish.

I'm meeting with my persona trainer next week to get some workout tips for insulin resistance and to measure my body composition (idk how accurate it is, but the gym I went to has a machine that weighs you and evaluates your fat, muscle, and bone percentage. Obviously you cannot change your bone composition, but IF and walking can reduce fat percentage and strength can increase muscle percentage.

Rachael's workouts were focused on getting a sweat in, even if it wasn't the most intense workout and the strength wasn't that challenging compared to weightlifting (most of it is focused on bodyweights, but still sweating). I know that sweat is perfect for insulin sensitivity, at least I know it helped me. I'm going to work out for that mostly, not so much for fat loss because strength doesn't help so much with that as much as diet and even walking. Strength helps with sweating and muscle tone, which will help me a lot. I need to take slow and small baby steps to get there, though. Again the exercise is moreso to benefit my metabolic profile and not so much fat loss.