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altruisticenigma Ā· 11 months ago
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I filed the paperwork today to do my legal name change ā¤ļøā€šŸ”„ā¤ļøā€šŸ”„ā¤ļøā€šŸ”„
I am a NERVOUS WRECK, EXCITED and FEELING A LOT OF EMOTIONS RAAAAAAAAHHHH
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poorly-drawn-mdzs Ā· 1 year ago
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Names revealed and returned. (context)
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myreygn Ā· 11 months ago
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modern au dad askeladd except he's not an actual dad but this random kid shows up to his house every day and tries to have beef over the closed food store askeladd bought and turned into an antiquarian store. turns out the food store used to be run by the kid's father until he passed away which is very sad of course but also askeladd is not gonna cooperate with some brat that borderline harasses him day by day. only that he can't call the cops because he kinda has a turbulent past and if they find out he's filling his store with stolen goods it's gonna become a huge problem. and note to destiny, the stupid kid finding out is not that great either because now he has to hear it out if he doesn't wanna go to prison and also he should probably learn the demon child's name while he's at it. shenanigans ensue.
#askeladd agrees to honor the memory of thorfinn's dad and in return thorfinn won't call the cops on him#then they fight about how the honoring should be done#askeladd doesn't want to change his entire store's image only to make sure people don't forget about the former owner#and thorfinn isn't satisfied with just a sign with his dad's name on it which is as far as askeladd is willing to go#things change when some rich jackass wants to buy every building on the street and turn the whole area into a luxury resort#now thorfinn and askeladd have to work together because thorfinn doesn't want his dad's store to vanish#and askeladd doesnā€™t want HIS STORE to be torn down because smuggling the stolen stuff out of town would be a pain#(also affordable houses with basements big enough to keep the meth laboratory running are rare these days)#(also also thorfinn learns some kind of martial art in the dojo across the street which is whatever but the coach is really nice)#(like. REALLY nice.)#(with a nice voice and a nice face and nice muscles and as if that wasn't enough he makes a kickass apple pie)#ā€œbjorn is single btwā€ - ā€œshut up thorfinnā€ - ā€œi'm trying to helpā€ - ā€œgo bother your twink why dontchaā€#yeah thorfinn actually manages to make friends with the son of that asshole that tries to get their houses#great for the brat of course but now askeladd has to deal with a snobbish teen criticizing his cooking#not to mention the nosey nanny slash accountant the rich idiot hired to keep his twink son entertained who's very curious about the basement#he also knows a lot about modern art which. not great. well great for him but not for askeladd.#anyway tldr#askeladd has to save a street while trying to raise two boys that aren't his not falling in love and keeping ragnar out of the meth basement#thorkell is the construction worker hanging around and refusing to do his job until sven pays him quadruple the original agreement#vinland saga#bjornskeladd#thornute#ragnar and thorkell are also there#and sven but no one wants him to
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hanzajesthanza Ā· 1 year ago
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it really does matter so much that fringilla vigo is nilfgaardian, beauclairoise, for many reasons, but let's start here:
her entire role is that of an illusionist; one which she would not be were it not for her family lineage, rooted in beauclair:
There was a corridor in Beauclair Palace, and at the end a chamber, the existence of which no one knew about. (...) The corridor and the chamber, disguised by a powerful illusion, were known only to the palaceā€™s original elven builders. And laterā€“when the elves had gone, and Toussaint became a duchyā€“to the small number of sorcerers linked to the ducal house. Including Artorius Vigo, a master of magical arcana and great specialist in illusions. And his young niece, Fringilla, who had a special talent for illusions.
and since her talent in illusions is well-defined in the series, as it is her who grants geralt the very silver-mounted chrysoprase amulet which saves his life in the final fight against vilgefortz:
Geralt clenched Fringillaā€™s medallion in his fist. The bar fell with a clang, striking the floor a foot from the Witcherā€™s head. Geralt rolled away and quickly got up on one knee. Vilgefortz leaped forward and struck. The bar missed the target again by a few inches. The sorcerer shook his head in disbelief and hesitated for a second. (...) ā€˜I didnā€™t know ā€¦ā€™ Yennefer said at last, scrambling out of a pile of rubble. She looked terrible. The blood trickling from her nose had poured all over her chin and cleavage. ā€˜I didnā€™t know you could cast illusory spells,ā€™ she repeated, seeing Geraltā€™s uncomprehending gaze, ā€˜capable even of deceiving Vilgefortz.ā€™ ā€˜Itā€™s my medallion.ā€™ ā€˜Aha.ā€™ She looked suspicious. ā€˜A curious thing...ā€™
that talent is something which cannot, by far, be separated from her character. and returning back to her lineage, it is again her familial relations which place her in beauclair.
she was positioned there, ready to intercept geralt, as early as the autumnal equinox in september, by which time geralt had barely just left the town of riedbrune:
The world over, the autumn Equinox was a night of spectres, nightmares and apparitions, a night of sudden, suffocating awakenings, fraught with menace, among sweat-soaked and rumpled sheets. Neither did the most illustrious escape the apparitions and awakenings; (...) In the huge castle of Montecalvo the sorceress Philippa Eilhart leaped from damask sheets, without waking the Comte de Noaillesā€™ wife. The dwarf Yarpen Zigrin in Mahakam, the old witcher Vesemir in the mountain stronghold of Kaer Morhen, the bank clerk Fabio Sachs in the city of Gors Velen and Yarl Crach an Craite on board the longboat Ringhorn all awoke more or less abruptly. The sorceress Fringilla Vigo came awake in Beauclair Castle*, as did the priestess Sigrdrifa of the temple of the goddess Freyja on the island of Hindarsfjall.
* Slight correction - As explained in Chapter 3 of Lady of the Lake, Beauclair is not a castle, but a palace.
and she's only invited to beauclair in such a capacity because she is a relative of the duchess:
ā€˜Iā€™m in Beauclair because the largest, best-stocked library in the known world is here. Apart from university libraries, naturally. But universities are jealous of giving access to their shelves, and here Iā€™m a relation and good friend of Anarietta and can do as I wish.ā€™
(whom, you may note, she stands by and jointly receives geralt with at their first meeting, and participates in the festival of the vat with)
and therefore, she was in a perfectly strategic position to delay geralt, keep him captive:
ā€˜(...) Please at least tell us ā€¦ has the Witcher calmed down now? Are you capable of keeping him in Toussaint at least until May?ā€™ (ā€¦) ā€˜No,ā€™ she answered at last. ā€˜Probably not until May. But Iā€™ll do everything in my power to keep him here as long as possible.ā€™
because fringilla is not just an illusionist literally, as in the magic she is naturally gifted at, but 'illusionist' is her entire identity as a character.
and as her family hails from beauclair, this specific identity is compounded with the fact that beauclair itself is the center of illusions, a dreamland, a fairytale:
ā€˜Thereā€™s something bewitched about this place, this fucking Toussaint. Some kind of charm hangs over the whole valley. Especially over the palace (...) no two ways about it, thereā€™s something bewitched about this bloody Toussaint.ā€™
fringilla is an illusionist because she is beauclairoise. she not only hails from a long line of illusionists, but hails from, is related to the ruler of, the very city of illusions and dreams.
she is the illusionist not just in a literal sense, but in the entire narrative role of casting an illusion over our hero, because it is the illusion of love which keeps her and geralt in beauclair. (the tricky trick is that geralt, taking a page out of yennefer's playbook of seduction, cleverness, patience, was able to cast an illusion upon the mistress of illusions herself, free himself from the witch's spell, awake from a pleasant dream to face the harsh reality).
(sighs) and even if you want to forget fringilla's beauclairoise identity and erase her entire positioning as the illusionist which poses a threat to our heroes, entices them to complacency, her role as nilfgaardian in the sense of her academic identity and imperial service also defines her.
because it is also fringilla, the illusionist who casts the wool over people's eyes... who blinded yennefer at sodden hill.
ā€˜Weā€™ve already met,ā€™ Yennefer spoke again. ā€˜I donā€™t recall,ā€™ Fringilla said without looking away. ā€˜Iā€™m not surprised. But I have a good memory for faces and figures. I saw you from Sodden Hill.ā€™ ā€˜In which case there can be no mistake,ā€™ Fringilla Vigo said and raised her head proudly, sweeping her eyes over all those present. ā€˜I was at the Battle of Sodden.ā€™ (...) ā€˜Occasionally one happens to see another person for only a split second, right before going blind, and one takes a dislike to them instantly.ā€™ ā€˜Oh, enmity is considerably more complicated,ā€™ Fringilla said, squinting. ā€˜Imagine someone you donā€™t know at all standing at the top of a hill, and ripping a friend of yours to shreds in front of your eyes. You neither saw them nor know them at all, but you still donā€™t like them.ā€™ ā€˜So it goes,ā€™ Yennefer said, shrugging. (...)
fringilla's (proud!) participation at the battle of sodden is a crux of the lodge, because she alongside her good friend, the scholarly assire, they are nilfgaardians who, owing to their nationality, find challenges meshing with the northern sorcereresses. the lodge brought together representatives of magic across nationalities in the midst of a raging, bloody war between them all.
and it's so integral to fringilla's character that she has imperial biases, that she approaches even the international lodge with an imperialist view.
with no factual basis, she initially exotifies and sexualizes the northern sorceresses, despite her own prior denial of these base stereotypes:
Fringilla Vigo was putting on a brave face, but she was anxious and stressed. She herself had often reprimanded young Nilfgaardian mages for uncritically yielding to stereotypical opinions and notions. She herself had regularly ridiculed the crude image painted by gossip and propaganda of the typical sorceress from the North: artificially beautiful, arrogant, vain and spoiled to the limits of perversion, and often beyond them. (...) Her untrammelled imagination offered up images of impossibly gorgeous women with diamond necklaces resting on naked breasts with rouged nipples, women with moist lips and eyes glistening from the effects of alcohol and narcotics. In her mindā€™s eye Fringilla could already see the gathering becoming a wild and depraved orgy accompanied by frenzied music, aphrodisiacs, and slaves of both sexes using exotic accessories.
she even has a difficult time understanding why the northern sorceresses are upset about the nilfgaardian invasion, believing it to be a boon to their society. only through their discussion does she just barely begin to grasp the meaning of "invasion" and why she wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of it:
Some were clearly anxious about the close proximity of Nilfgaard. Fringilla had mixed feelings. She had assumed that such educated people would understand that the Empire was bringing culture, prosperity, order and political stability to the North. On the other hand, though, she didnā€™t know how she would have reacted herself, were foreign armies approaching her home.
all of this indoctrination into imperial beliefs, at the same time that she is an educated woman, and herself, as an imperial sorceress, known for being rebellious and an upstart within her own culture:
ā€˜Stop staring,ā€™ Assire said, touching her bouffant and glistening curls. ā€˜I decided to make a few changes. Why, I just took your lead.ā€™ ā€˜I was always taken as an oddball and a rebel,ā€™ Fringilla Vigo chuckled. ā€˜But when they see you in the academy or at courtā€¦ā€™
this is such a chaotic rambling post, but all i want to say is that fringilla's character, like most of the minor characters in the witcher series, was not invented through random generation, a roll of the dice, a spin of the wheel. her specific traits - such as her nationality, lineage, talents - all relate back thematically. everything is relevant, specifically chosen to create a specific character.
if once changes her backstory (e.g., to place her at aretuza... though i don't know who would do such a thing for no reason) they would change her entire character, the series' commentary on imperialism, and because of her role she takes later on, even the entire ending of the story.
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minimooberry Ā· 5 months ago
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I knew you in another life You had that same look in your eyes I love you, don't act so surprised
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leaf4e Ā· 1 year ago
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Hi!!
I'm Leaf, Leaf4e, or Eli! Here's my pronouns page.
I'm neurodivergent, so I may struggle with conversations at times (but pls talk to me anyway i like making friends and interacting w/ ppl). Please try use tone tags with me and be clear and specific, im really bad with those
I make skins, builds and texture packs! You can send requests for skins and texture packs (just send an ask or message me on discord/pmc/@leaf43/etc.) I also don't mind feedback on my stuff, just don't be mean about it
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For DMs and other main blog related stuff i made @leaf43 For very off topic stuff there's @leaf-f4e
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wolf-girl Ā· 3 months ago
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The Cullen-Hale Clan
and their cover-up story in Olympic Bay
Since they are planning staying in Olympic Bay for a few years they are considered as a Clan. However, Rosalie and Emmett live in their own house.
Esmeralda Ana Cullen Pereira
born 1691, in Spain bitten by Eleazar, at the age of 36 Leader of the Clan, whenever they decide to move to the same city at the same time. in Olympic Bay she's known as Esme Cullen - a social educator, who had renovated their houses before they moved there; Carlisle's wife, Edward's mother, Alice's adoptive mother
Doctor Carlisle Cullen Pereira
born 1640, in England bitten by a vampire he had been hunting, at the age 38 He was alone, until he met his friends Eleazar and Carmen again in 1859. Esme was with them at the time and they fell in love, leaving the other two only eight years later. They have been together ever since. known as Doctor Carlisle Cullen - an amazing surgeon; Esme's husband, Edward's father, Alice's adoptive father
Alice Mei Bando
born in 1901, in Mississippi bitten by Carlisle, at the age of 19 Due to her visions her father brought her to a mental asylum, where Carlisle worked at the time. There she endured electroshock therapy which rendered her with total amnesia. James caught her scent and would have killed her, but Carlisle transformed her. Since her father had spread the lie that his daughter had died and her family never visited, he had offered her that life. Alice has no memory of her human life left. she is known as Alice Cullen - studying international business at the Peninsula College in Olympic Bay; Esme and Carlisle's adopted daughter
Edward Anthony Masen
born in 1983, in England bitten by Esme, at the age of 19 He barely survived a horrific accident. His mother died at the crash site and used her last breath to ask her colleague, Esme, who was in the car with them, to save her son's life. he is known as Edward Cullen, but he prefers the nickname Ardy - studying music at the Peninsula College in Olympic Bay; Esme and Carlisle's son
Rosalie-Liane Halle
born 1515, in France bitten by Tanya, at the age of 23 After being reborn she travelled with the sisters until 1898. Then she and Emmett left them to live alone. known as Rosalie Hale - a mechanic; Emmett's wife, Carlisle's sister
Emmett McCarty
born in 1815, Tennessee bitten by Esme, at the age of 25 Emmett was being mauled by a black bear in the mountains of Tennessee, when Esme was in the area hunting. She saved his life by transforming him. known as Emmett Hale - a park ranger; Rosalie's husband
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stpansy Ā· 3 months ago
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another url optionā€¦
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longeyelashedtragedy Ā· 4 months ago
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i swear there was a time when i used to write more normal footy fics, but now we're halfway through 2024 and i'm writing franko dissociating out of a hetero quickie till john terry interrupts by coming in with a cart full of alcohol and it's 5 in the morning. not sure if personal growth or villain arc
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rush-the-stars Ā· 7 months ago
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thinking about changing my main blogā€™s (firein-thesky) name! hiding this poll on side blog. but help me pick a new url!
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altruisticenigma Ā· 10 months ago
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Have I changed my name into something people are going to have a hard time pronouncing? Yes
Is it so much better than having people say my dead name and it feels like a cheese grater against my ears every single time I hear it? Abso-fucking-lutely.
I love the validation and the care people have when hearing my name, either the shortened or full version. The curiosity. The funny remarks- Oh! I have a daughter also named Wednesday! - Oh, thatā€™s so cool/pretty! - And I love that itā€™s the name I tell people. That I tell them I am actively choosing.
Yeah itā€™s a bit irksome that pretty much always, my name is gonna be a mouthful and a half, lol. But Iā€™m slowly learning to own it. Because anything- literally anything, and especially how meaningful this name is- is way better than my dead name.
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percyouinhell Ā· 9 months ago
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Better late than never šŸ˜­
HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY S!! @lacunafiction
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m1d-45 Ā· 1 year ago
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iā€™m having shining nikki sagau thoughts everybody beware. so first of all like i remembered that elves canonically exist in miraland (idk if we ever mentioned this before) and thereā€™s elves or at least elf-like creatures in teyvatā€¦ā€¦ iā€™m connecting the dots (<- theyā€™re not connecting shit)
second of all. the new skins. ā€œsailwind shadowā€ and ā€œblossoming starlightā€ are SUCH designerā€™s reflection names like if i opened up shining nikki and saw those there they wouldnā€™t even be out of place. idk about everyone else but i think it would be cute if sailwind shadow was bandit. i have more to say but i need time to put my thoughts in Order - teddy anon
shining nikki!!
honestly despite red being in my head on and off, i didnā€™t even CONSIDER sailwind shadow and that is a tragedy. i have his skin but didnā€™t do the quest relating to it yet (itā€™s a costume he wears for a play right?) but the entire thing with this event. god heā€™s so perfect.
blossoming starlight is probably just klee but higher energy and less fear, and while i donā€™t doubt the power of klee dps i do doubt your conscience allowing you to bring a child into battle, double so after red split. sheā€™s just. a little girl. so we move on.
sailwind shadow. iā€™ll choose to interpret him as a mix of the dagger bandit and kaeya himself, which makes for a fun little guy in my opinion. always trying to sneak you off to somewhere ā€œmore interesting than sitting around all day, no?ā€ and thinks that the others are being far too uptight. does he understand the gravity of the hunt? absolutely. but whereas red (and the two archons) want to keep you safe in the cave youā€™ve made home, heā€™d much rather whisk you away down a path in the forest.
less for combat, iā€™d imagine, leaving that to nikki and the others. has quite a few stories to tell, most made up but some gathered from his weak memory. dislikes kaeya, but less so than red, surprisingly. he seems to view him as having no other choice, that heā€™s ā€œalready conflicted enough without that fake touting him about as their sword.ā€ he views kaeya with more pity than anything else.
he and red have a.. strange relationship. at their cores, they are diluc and kaeya, but that affection is hidden beneath the several layers of trauma painted over. they both worry for the other in their own waysā€”he checks red for injuries from afar when you all regroup after a fight, and red makes sure to make chicken mushroom skewers when heā€™s having a bad dayā€”but itā€™s still a tough trial. itā€™ll probably go quicker than diluc and kaeya, but youā€™ll have to wait a while before they connect properly.
in his early stages, heā€™s not all that dissimilar from red. clingy and always hesitant to leave, but does do more to try and keep your attention on him. heā€™s kaeya at his core and the costume is from a play, so heā€™s got quite a few tricks up his sleeve to prolong his stay.
(these tricks commonly include starting to tell you a story only to reveal that the ā€˜ancient artifactā€™ is one of fischlā€™s arrows, or redā€™s rings. your laughter is enough to keep him stealing them backā€”anything to be the source of that shine in your eyes.)
less prone to violence than red, and definitely safer to take out in public after everythingā€™s over. at worst, heā€™ll make a passing comment, but is too worried about his image. what if you see him sneer, or if the other person sees and tells you? no no no, itā€™s far safer to just pull you away again, even if he has to lie as to why. youā€™ll understand if the crowds are getting to him, or if he feels trapped indoors, right? you were meant to be amongst nature anyway, so if anything heā€™s just doing you a favor, surely.
(he doesnā€™t often leave your side as you sleep, but he did see red in the middle of.. taking care of some things once. while he prefers to keep his hands cleanā€”itā€™s awfully hard to lie to you, and he doesnā€™t think he could stay quiet if you askedā€”he doesnā€™t look down on redā€™s choice of problem solving. he recognizes the person beneath his boot anyway, hands slightly twitching at the memory from earlier today. when the two of them return to camp by morning, he lets red do most of the talking, only adding in the small half truth of ā€œjust having some funā€ when prompted. he did his best to wipe his sword clean of any unsavory stains, but does keep it safely in itā€™s sheath whenever youā€™re around.)
however, just because heā€™s less violent than red doesnā€™t mean the source of said violence went away. he still gets jealous, and if he finds his theatrics donā€™t make you laugh as much as they used to, heā€˜ll begin to panic. are you growing bored with him? are his stories getting predictable? do you look down on him for running away with hunters with you instead of staying like the others do? he promises heā€™s not just dead weight! please, what does he have to do? do you want him to be more like barbatos? he canā€™t quite help you fly like he can, but he can try to pick up a bow! do you like red more? heā€™d really rather not get blood on his outfit, but anything for you. anything, anything at allā€¦ just keep your attention on him for a little longer. please?
#m1d : [chats]#teddy anon#and teddy!!!!!!#the shining nikki saga#kaeya is so whimsical we love men haunted by the horrors of their past#sailwind shadowā€¦ literally What Is His Name#i keep defaulting to ā€˜shadeā€™ but idk if that only sounds good cause i chose it-#heā€™d literally lose his shit if you wanted to give him a name by the way. red would rationalize it as for convenience and not think of itā€”#cause heā€™d hate to be a problem and changing it once he could speak would just be more problemsā€”but shade? loses his mind#reads into it 10 times over#still replays that memory sometimes as he watches you sleep#he doesnā€™t sleep btw. always watching you; either to make sure you rest easy or for his own enjoymentā€¦ unclear. the others are too afraid to#ask at this point tbh. he probably needs to but the occasional nap when one of the others takes you out is enough for him#heā€™d normally hate to see you walk away from him but youā€™d worry if you saw him looking sleepy so for these select times he allows it#worse attachment issues than red. red would be fine if you disliked him for his violent acts and would be content knowing youā€™re safe#but shade? not a chance in hell. if you show the slightest signs of thinking anything less than highly of him itā€™s like his whole world#falls to pieces. his first daysā€”when he was conscious but couldnā€™t let you knowā€”were literal hell.#being dismissed? you might as well have ripped out his nails; it would have hurt less.#once he managed to convey to you that he was also splitting it was a lot easier. he couldnā€™t talk yet but you were holding conversation with#him anyway (nikki had told you this made the splitting process easier and you were inclined to believe her).#he is. so pathetic i love him. god heā€™d probably cry if you even suggested he was doing something wrong.#sailwind shadow#he gets his tag :)
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baasthasthezoomies Ā· 11 months ago
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Orange Cat Update!
The feral-to-living-in-my-house pipeline is once again operating smoothly.
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Mr. Baby Man here is FIV/FeLV negative. šŸ„°
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So he has been spending his cold winter nights in my heated basement while I get the guest bedroom ready for him.
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piraytoro Ā· 2 years ago
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hi what happened to the bit:/
I am sorry to report that we had to take raytorotits away from people on tumblr bc they couldnā€™t be fucking respectful smh
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bogglebabbles Ā· 1 year ago
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Some kitty updates:
I have been told that Monkey is in fact a girl, which I'm not 100% sure I agree with but we'll see how she develops in the next couple of weeks. It's always tough to tell when they're this little.
She's started eating wet food (mixed with some milk) on her own! I'm very proud of her. She's also incredibly wiggly and needy, and likes to play by lunging at my face and immediately purring like a motor when I gently lift her away.
Ash is. probably going to become a permanent fixture. Since she recovered and started getting to be an actual cat, she and Terry have gotten along like aces. He's enriched, he's wailing less for attention at night, and didn't throw a tantrum this morning when I started getting ready for work. I hate being the kind of person that's like "i got a cat for my cat" but the apartment's been so paradoxically calm since she recovered from her surgery.
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