#ok ive slept now augh

[onedragonaday]

1/10/24 Light fury (ish) from How to train your dragon

[vhvrs]

HEY so i've been thinking about those tags you left on my rick siblings poll. rattling them around in my head, even. rick being the only child is good becauseeee... you get him feeling unwanted so to compensate he overasserts himself everywhere. excellent. and most people said that in the tags but then you said THIS

and like. "RUINED IT FOR HIS PARENTS"??? so. implied to be an unplanned pregnancy??? ...LIKE SUMMER??? i am about to be so unnormal about this. the similarities between them. Crazy . CRAZY

i do enjoy eldest daughter syndrome rick like you mentioned. definitely not because i have the same thing and am projecting hard......... but i can definitely see it. rick being that older sibling who cares so much about his little sibling(s), but also at the same time refusing to verbalize that feeling or express it healthily. and then... having that leak into his family relationships later in life when he's even LESS stable... AUGH AUGH AUGH 💥💥💥💥💥💥

i always had this thought in my mind that rick always wished he'd been closer to his sibling(s), or in the case of only child rick, wished he HAD them in the first place. and he kinda tries to emulate that specific sibling dynamic with morty and summer. (because really, the way he treats those two, especially in the early seasons is SO far removed from how anyone typically treats their grandkids. it's more like how an irresponsible older sibling would. or probably an uncle.) and obviously it doesn't WORK for a million different reasons. but Still

this ask... probably could've been its own post but i just really wanted you to know that your tags got me Thinking ejdksasksadkfvjsdc. ok that's all thank you for reading

HI HELLO this is a major delight to get so ty for that - im nodding my head in agreement soooo much

im not looking at them rn to make sure im not repeating myself but EXACTLY!! its easier to dissociate himself from things mattering whrn he wasnt wanted in the first place (airquotes around wanted he pulled away too long ago to dig into that). it works either way but again im biased on him being the oldest bc then i can see him caring abt his sibling(s) but with a growing resentment bc of his place among them... n then pretending later he never cared at all while overattaching to the only family he has left ghcgvbv

AND YES ive always thought he acts more like a big brother type at first, like he doesnt know how to handle the relationship? so he slips back into that old role instead? and its probably also why he acts the way he does esp to morty so unconsciously bc the power dynamics arent quite as intense? n why hes so distant from summer at first bc she essentially fills that role now. (or in the case of an only child rick, struggling to be a caricature of a brother/uncle n having that resentment for summer who DOES have someone)

i have not slept yet so i started rambling too bc i have thought. way too much abt ricks pre-canon experiences but greatly appreciate u getting this 👍🙇🙇🙇

[skrunksthatwunk]

no this is really good thanks FIRST here's a picture of the boy in question

hooray!!!!! :)

ok recap this is a kitten (im putting him at around 10-12 weeks old) named rascal that belongs to someone on my floor and long story short they've had him for a couple of months and they're shitty to him so me and my roommate have been doing little "oh he can stay with us if you want some peace and quiet 🤗🤗🤗" type stuff to like. get him out of there and also maybe?? take him in full-time? shit's complicated but anyway he's very sweet and lovely and a bouncing baby boy and also the only cat I've spent more than a couple hours with (<- dog upbringing; allergic mother) much less a kitten so we're still feeling each other out me and mr rascal

but his owner and her roommate don't have a lot for him like zero cat furniture just a couple toys a litter box and bowls. nothing to scratch on even which is like. bare minimum to keep him comfy. and I mean the bar is so much lower than that but whatever. (maybe that's why y'all think he's an asshole and he just so happens to like us more. because you don't pay attention to him or treat him nice when you do. guh. augh. moving on) my point is his outlets are limited and he has kitten energy

anyway I figured maybe he was just kinda in a playfighting mood bc I know cats (and especially kittens) do that? especially the pouncing and rolling on his back and kicking and mouthing at you thing, like I know my dogs do that.. but now that we're on day two or three of him being here and he's got toys (besides my little cloth skirt tie lol) now I think I can tell better when he's restless vs when ive pet him wrong bc the reaction's different

he can be VERY cuddly, like he's slept curled up on/against me both nights and he's very like. headbutt let me lick the skin off your nose typea guy when he settles down. but I know that fluctuates with cats (as with anyone), so there's gonna be times he doesn't wanna be pet. I guess I just didn't expect there to be times he wanted to sit in my lap and also not have me pet him? I thought it'd be more don't touch me vs it's time for me to put my butt in your face. im cool with the inbetween and it makes sense in hindsight it's just hard to differentiate it from the times he'll bite me whether im touching him or not. like I'll be like ok cool little buddy you wanna just sit in my lap? no worries let's hang <3 and he's like. but what if I just bit you :3 and im like buddy that hurts don't do that and he's like but just a little? and then a lot like a lot a lot? like no I can't my hands bro im an artist I need these and he's like. a nibble :3? with all of my teeth :33? anyway looking into ways to redirect that positively we're working on it etc . also he might just be teething bc the puppies I've spent time around also did that and he's around that age and again his outlets are limited

anyway interactions are getting smoother bc I think im getting what works for him and what he wants better and he's getting chattier which I think is good? in a like meow when you come back from the bathroom way. but yeah captain stinkass you kinda bewilder me. like I'll be doing nothing and he'll try to alligator death roll my foot. what's on your mind brother. but I've learned that sometimes all you need to do is put him on the next lowest flat surface. like go like 2 feet away from me my man. my friend my buddy my angel rascal go to gay baby jail for a minute i only have so much neosporin. also sometimes he'll sit on my keyboard and stare at me and bite at me if I offer him my hand but if I move him to my lap he's like ah :) tranquility. like he needed to coexist but I needed him to not turbodelete my work that's due in 13 minutes and this is a compromise that works like 70% of the time. and also I have to wonder if some of it is because of the shitty company he's in now bc like. maybe that's why he bites me if he wants something instead of meowing. not sure. could be youth could be trauma could be me just not understanding quite yet. probably a combo but we're making progress fast. little man is settling in hooray

anyway he's a great guy and also literally like a baby like an actual child and he just needs a little patience and attention. basic respect. and also something to scratch and bite bc 1. necessary for cats to keep their claws short and comfy and also just a good outlet and 2. damn. owiee.

cat theory/update he'll often get in my lap and then bite me if I try to pet him and I think maybe he just wants to sit there? and not be pet? bc he's purring a lot (though he kinda purrs a lot anyway)

I assumed it was an I wanna play thing but idk

[ayakinari]

of all the ways i expected 2022 to go becoming an enstarrie was not one of them