#sandro the dog

[stuff-diary]

Ok, so here we are. I'm gonna get it out of the way right away: When the World Tips Over is absolutely worth the wait. I must admit it's kind of overwhelming at the beginning, or maybe the right word is 'daunting'; there's just so many characters, plot threads, styles and formats. But still, once everything is in place, the book grips your soul and basically never lets go. Seeing all the pieces fall into place is a truly powerful experience. And really, Jandy Nelson's prose is masterful. You can tell how much work has gone into making this novel the best version of itself. There's a word in English which I really love, and it's the most appropriate way to describe Nelson: she's a wordsmith, period. What she does with her writing in this book is just masterful. Even the little things I wasn't feeling at first, like the instalove beginnings for some of the romantic plots, ended up winning me over. So yeah, I can tell these characters and their family saga will stay with me for a long, long time. Look, I hope we don't have to wait another decade for her next work, but if it's gonna be as brilliant as this and I'll Give You the Sun, I'm more than willing to wait.

[literatureloverx]

damn does this mean fyodor doesn’t like brown girlies </3

I’m so sorry for the misunderstanding! When I described Fyodor’s ideal type, I was imagining women as portrayed by artists in the Renaissance, Victorian, and Neoclassical eras.

Also, many biblical paintings depict human beings as pale and almost sickly (Fyodor has that exact vibe too, so his darling would be someone fitting to his aesthetic).

I had images like Botticelli’s "The Birth of Venus," Frank Dicksee’s "Miranda," Miguel Carbonel Selva's "Death of Sappho," and John Everett Millais’ "Ophelia," as well as Friedrich Heyser’s "Ophelia" in mind.

I was indeed thinking of white women, but his ideal type could be interpreted as fragile and pale, almost in a sickly way—not just in terms of skin color, but in a more unhealthy, fragile sense. I hope that makes sense? ���❤️

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[dogandcatcomics]

#repost @sandrokopp Sandro Kopp (Scotland, b. Germany, 1978-). Paintings of Snoopy.

[nights-flying-fox]

*Catifies your Sandro* @leo-kinnie

( July 2023 vs January 2023 )

[guy60660]

Dante | Sandro Botticelli | Dante Dog | Tess Tomassini

[simcoesleftear]

TURNsgiving Day 2: What do you think a character's favorite song would be? OR pick a song you think best exemplifies your favorite character.

I'm doing Simcoe, of course.

Lots of ramblings under the cut 🥰

I didn't go for the option of choosing what I think would be his favorite because I haven't the faintest idea. He's full of surprises.

If he listened to contemporary music, I do suspect he'd be into some pretty emo/scene bands, though. Something like, emotional, edgy, "different", even a bit cringy; the stuff you're into mostly when you're an angsty teenager or remember fondly from those years, basically because he is kind of a big, emo, misunderstood child to me. I also think he'd have "guilty pleasures" (or maybe not so guilty? Does this man even know what guilt or shame are?) that would come from totally different genres of music and artists you would not "expect" him to listen to. Maybe something like, idk, Lana del Rey or something. I'm not sure enough to name specific artists for this either but he'd most likely be into romantic, dramatic ballads and music too.

NOW I do have a few songs that remind me of him though... lol. And I'm holding myself back because I actually have a little playlist I made of songs that remind me of my Simcoe x Turn OC fic (it'd be unfair to add them too because most of them remind me of either their dynamic or my OC herself).

Again, idk if he'd actually listen to these, but the ones I've added are coincidentally angsty, heavier (more death metal, though, not emo/scene) songs and a romantic one, haha.

This song literally opens with the line "I killed them all, of course" and also has:

Label me, however you like I am no villain, I am just, just like you

I'm no villain! I am just like you We're in the business of self-preservation I'm no villain! I am just like you We're in the business of self-preservation

The only grave worth lying in Is the one you dig yourself

Need I explain this one? lol

And from the same band (it's one of my faves 🤷‍♀️):

Catch me if you can I am faster than your mind can fathom Armed with the element of surprise I slither through the corners of your eyes Pull me inside your wildest dreams I will follow - I will follow In the wreckage of what I perceive I will follow - I will follow I'll take your unwillingness And make you crumble! I'll take your hesitance And watch you burn!

I don't know, this song just sort of captures Simcoe's essence to me but I'm not sure I can really explain why, but it has to do with his polarity.

Simcoe's been attributed dog-like characteristics a few times during the show: he's been called a bloodhound, a mad dog. Clinton, in the last episode, also compared him to the dogs they use for hunting, saying the hunt and following orders are all they know. And even if his motivations were misguided, I dare say Simcoe intended to act as Anna's guard dog, even if she didn't want him to either. That's just his idea of protection. To me, he's all these things: a mad attack dog who'll also guard you, follow you, and be fiercely loyal.

In the lyrics you get this sense of menace but also something "sweeter" and more mellow, specially in the "I will follow" parts. It's not entirely because of the lyrics either: the vocals range from growling to clean, melodic ones (and they're all coming from the same singer as well! Which is not a minor detail! Symbolism?). That sort of mixture is something I'll automatically relate to Simcoe.

And last but not least:

The lyrics are very poetic, and even though Sandro was the ultimate romantic (that and his sensuality were most of his brand), they sort of reminded me of Simcoe's poem for Anna: dramatic, a bit cheesy, so full of longing and surrender to one's lover, who is described using embellished metaphors.

But my favorite part's the chorus, because it repeats:

Si quieres yo te doy el mundo Pero no me pidas que no te ame así

Which means:

If you want, I'll give you the world But don't ask me not to love you like this

Ouch. Gets me every time 😭

Lol at first I thought I had no idea about how to go about this and ended up making this whole thing 😭 anyway that's it :)

[fizzyykittyy]

i will never read another book after When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson. it is my soul. Miles, dizzy, wynton, cassidy, sandro—they are all me. i cannot decide if i love this more than sun but idk…

jandy nelsons book are me. if you could describe myself, just her books. she puts who i am into words. crazy. anyways, time to go study poetry and bake and talk to dogs and find out my whole family tree and find out the dark scary secrets

[leo-kinnie]

AYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOO

HELLO!! long time no see huh?? i'm back and with an animation meme!! (it's my first one, so i'd love feedback) this one's inspired by @leo-kinnie's oc CF!Sandro :D (all fanarts at the end can be found at CF!Sandro's toyhouse)

i was listening to his playlist and couldn't help but to do the animation! hope u like it ^^

[nibbyzor]

MBTI LEGACY CHALLENGE - GEN 1: INFJ

More campground fun in Granite Falls! Sandro (who aged up into an adult dog) has the "hunter" trait and kept getting sprayed by a skunk, to the dismay of his fellow campers.

[leo-kinnie]

Lin you say send asks about sandros meanwhile every day I have the lil guy turning in my head and if I wasn't an anxious mess I'd probably spam your askbox (or dms) with 100 questions/pos /lh

Tell us everything about the sillies. His favorite drinks his favorite places, OOOH WHERW WOULD HE WANNA GO MOST???

-☆staranon☆

dog i'd be so enthusiasic if you ever did send any asks abt them. im ALWAYS fighting off the urge to rant about them bc i dont wanna annoy anyone 😭

Sandro's fav drinks are anything carbonated his ass likes the fizzle smfh. BUT ALSO his fav place in the entire world is Leo's room. It's his safe space and he is more often than not found THERE if he's not by Leo's side ill be real

[delta-pavonis]

🦅 15

Im so curious for that Hob 👀👀

Bless you for asking about my OC. *pets Sandro* None of this has been published yet.

This is gonna be in the middle-ish of my WIP, so background is that Hob found out that someone who sounds like his Stranger is being kept in a basement back in the UK. He heads back to Sicily to get the gear he literally buried when he left Cosa Nostra and who is driving the car that picks him up? Well, of course it is Alessandro, the Capo's son and Hob's ex. Sandro refuses to let Hob go out on a murderous rampage on his own, so now they are holed up in a safehouse in Amsterdam working out a plan of attack for their descent on Fawney Rig. Their past catches up with them. Okay okay okay. I know this is supposed to be SOFT. But this *IS* soft, for these two. 😅 A bit NSFT, a bit of an old D/s relationship, a bit of dark Hob. (The prompt is 'it made me think of you.')

Hob is hunched over the far side of the dining room table, hands holding the edge, elbows locked so that he forms a large triangle in the darkness of the pre-dawn morning. The red-orange glow of the cigarette that hangs from his lips is the only light other than what comes in the open window from the moon. Sandro knows that there are maps and blueprints and photographs scattered across the table's surface, but there is no way Hob can truly see them with so little light.

Sandro slides out of bed, doesn't bother to put on clothing, and opens the glass French doors that allowed him to see Hob from their bedroom in the first place. He plasters himself across Hob's bare back, hooking his chin on Hob's shoulder. "Come back to bed, Bettino. All you are doing right now is risking burning a hole in one of the blueprints when you forget about your cigarette." Sliding around to Hob's side, Sandro plucks the offending item from Hob's lips and takes a long drag.

"That'll kill you, you know." Hob speaks but doesn't move other than to turn his head to Sandro as the younger man leans against the table. It makes his profile catch in the moonlight and if Sandro could engrave that image onto the insides of his eyelids he would.

Instead he takes another drag and blows the smoke up towards the ceiling. He knows the moonlight will illuminate the stretch of his chest, making the eagle that soars around his shoulder and across one pectoral shine silver and gold. "I hope I live long enough for lung cancer to kill me."

Hob makes a scolding noise with his tongue, grabbing the cigarette and pinching the lit end between his fingertips, snuffing it out before flicking it away into the darkness of the room. With a large sweep of his arm Hob shoves papers aside and then lifts Sandro by the hips to sit on the edge of the table, nudging himself between Sandro's knees. He grabs high on Sandro's thighs, pawing possessively. "You're with me now. You don't get to say shit like that anymore." Sandro looks away but Hob leans in, nuzzling just beneath the corner of Sandro's jaw. "No, no. Don't doubt me now. You said you wanted out. So I will get you out. Guaranteed. You know that there is no one who can best me. I haven't been out of the Business that long."

Sandro doesn't look back to Hob, just closes his eyes and gulps, trying to swallow down his building tears with it. It still doesn't feel real, feels too good to be true: Hob came back. Despite everything that happened, Hob is still willing to get him out. Hob will use his skills - skills he very seriously and purposefully abandoned eight years ago - to not only rescue his Stranger, but also to protect Sandro.

"Alessandro," Hob's voice is low and careful, his touch gentle on Sandro's chin as he turns the younger man to him. He searches Sandro's face and whatever he finds colors his warm brown eyes with determination. "Tell me why the tattoo on your thigh is globe amaranth and pink and green carnations and coral honeysuckle and dog rose. You have avoided my question three times since we left Palermo."

He feels dizzy with the change in topic, but Sandro suspects Hob has purposefully tried to spring it on him when he is vulnerable. He has just enough of his wits left to keep eye contact while staying silent.

Hob pulls Sandro roughly by hip and thigh, jerking him forward so he hits Hob's body and stays pressed there. "You know I lived through Victorian England. You also know that I worked as a florist in the 1840s and 50s." His voice is sharp, demanding, and Sandro feels a whimper barely crawl its way out of his throat. He could never, ever resist Hob, not for long. Not when he spoke like that. Based on the pounding of his heart, this does not seem to have changed. "But you need to say it, my pretty bird. Let me hear you, bell'uccellino."

That breaks him. Sandro's eyelids droop and he is transported back a decade and he oh-so-willingly obeys. "They make me think of you." His hands find their way over Hob's shoulders and he uses that as leverage to hitch the tattooed thigh in question over Hob's hip. "You left and all I could bring myself to permanently engrave into my body were ways to remember you."

Hob traces the petals of a single flower with the tip of his middle finger, then identifies it without even looking down, as if in the past three days he has already memorized the entire tattoo from hip to knee. "Coral Honeysuckle." His tone brooks no argument.

"Pursue your desires. Experience pleasure." He answers easily and Hob trails his finger to the next species of flower.

"Green carnations."

"Homosexuality." Sandro closes his eyes and lists forward, drawn even closer to Hob.

"Dog rose."

"Pleasure..." He presses his temple to Hob's cheekbone. "and pain." Hob's chest rumbles with a growl.

His lips are brushing Sandro's ear now, his voice dark with command. "Pink carnations."

At this one a sob catches in Sandro's throat, making him choke on the admission. "I'll never forget you. Ardent love..." Sandro arches, neck curving back. "Devoted love."

"And globe amaranth, for immortality. Immortality and?" Hob's voice surrounds him, lilting on the question.

"Unfading love."

Finally - finally - Hob is kissing him, kissing him with wild abandon and feral hunger, kissing him like he should have been kissing him for the past three fucking days. Kissing him like he is supposed to. Kissing Sandro like he owns him.

[leo-kinnie]

HE'S SO BEAUTIFUL IN YOUR STYLE OH MY GODD ?!??!? THE BROTHER-CODED RINGS OHHHHH IM GOING INSANE

Regret: 0

Spite: 100

Wrist/Finger pain: *internal screaming*

Muahahahaha @leo-kinnie

[gossipgirloff1]

You have been in Monaco 👀

Can you tell more about it the places you went and landscape ?🫣

Is it boring or excited to be in there ?//

I spent some time in Monaco during 2022 because my boyfriend, who is from London, went there to work short term as a forensic accountant for a wealthy family who were based there. He was there 8 months and I spent 2 months there over the summer and then weekends here and there until the winter of that year. He lived in the Schuylkill building and that is where I stayed.

I want to say I am not an insider and I have no insight to give on drivers or wags.

With that said - I hated Monaco. It's not my vibe at all. I'm from North London (living elsewhere now) and Monaco is a really weird place in comparison.

The good part was that it feels really safe. I never felt uneasy at any point, even on my own late at night.

But it's a really claustrophobic place. It's tiny and everybody lives on top of each other. It also felt like a bit of a dump. The buildings are generally old and crumbling (my bf's place was tiny, tatty and scandalously expensive but we had nice sea views). Also there is dogshit absolutely EVERYWHERE. I am talking in lifts, building lobbies, streets - absolutely nobody picks up after their dogs.

People there are also very unapproachable and rude. It was hard to meet people and make any friends there. The usual places you'd meet people are really just places to be seen in Monaco. Everything just felt really performative. You have to be seen to be working out, seen to be partying, seen to be spending money and you had to be dressed up and polished everywhere you went. You'd walk into a place and people would look you up and down - even the staff working there. The whole place felt completely exhausting to me.

I should say I come from a fairly wealthy background so I wasn't intimidated by the money and I dress well but not ostentatiously so didn't particularly stand out (think stuff like Ami, Agnes B, Sandro, Vivienne Westwood etc.). I just really dislike obnoxious people and there is a lot of that in Monaco. We're not into places like Sass, Jimmyz etc (we were told they are full of wannabes, hooker-types and creepy old men) so I can't give you insight into those as we steered clear sorry.

Even if I was a multi-billionaire I wouldn't live there. There are a lot of very cool cities around the world. Monaco isn't for me at all.

Thank you for the info about Monaco anon ❤️

[sayuricorner]

ROTTMNT x Monkie Kid crossover prompt idea: Teenage Mutant Ninja Monkey

Warning: English is not my first language so sorry if it’s confusing.

Warning 2: Spoilers for Monkie Kid S4

Hey everybody! ^^

So for a good time now, I have been obsessed with rise of the tmnt and Monkie Kid and when I learnt those two shows were from the same studios, I couldn’t just miss this opportunity for a crossover!!! ^^

So here’s a crossover idea with in addition an OC of my creation! ^^

If you want to use this AU go ahead, just tag/credite me in return please! ^^

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Prompt concept:

So, times ago before the turtles’s “birth”, Draxum was still researching to create the perfect soldiers.

He found one day a way to travel through dimensions and time and decided to use this to travel in a dimension to find the “perfect DNA”.

This travel lead him in the Monkie Kid universe a very long time before the Monkie Kid events during the time Sun Wukong was still close sworn brother with Macaque, Azure Lion, DBK, Yellow Tusk Elephant and Golden-Winged Eagle.

Draxum met the demon group and “sympathized” with them, seeing this as a perfect opportunity to get the DNA he was searching for.

However, due to some circonstances, he was only able to get Sun Wukong’s and Macaque’s DNA and was forced to quickly disappear and go back to his world.

He tried to mix both monkies DNA with animals from his world to create powerful mutants without any success but was able to use the DNAs to create a monkie like Sun Wukong and Macaque.

Than thing go like in the ROTTMNT canon: Draxum found the perfect DNA in the form of Lou Jitsu, kidnap him and use his DNA to create the turtles.

He also use Lou Jitsu’s DNA on the young monkey he created to had another powerful mutant.

And like in canon, Lou Jitsu escape and burn the laboratory to the group and escape with the young mutants, the young Monkey include and mutated into a rat.

Lou Jitsu, now Splinter, adopt the four turtles and the monkey and the babies got named: Raphael, Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangello and Sandro.

Things go like in the ROTTMNT canon with Sandro being the fifth member of the Mad Dogs.

Fast forward to after the ROTTMNT movie, the Krangs were defeated, the planet was saved and the Hamato clan thought that things will be more peaceful.

That was until one day Sandro begin to develop abilities which, much to everyone’s confusion, had nothing to do with the Hamato Ninpo.

New abilities which powerful and that Sandro didn’t had contol at all making him dangerous for others around him and for himself.

Wanting to help their brother, the Mad Dogs turned to Draxum, hoping to get answers which could help and learnt about the origins of Sandro’s creation.

To the Hamato clan one thing was now clear, only two people would be able to help Sandro to control his abilities: The two monkies whose DNAs created Sandro, Sun Wukong and Macaque.

And to ask for their help they will had to go to them, in their dimension.

Prompt details:

-ROTTMNT setting: After the ROTTMNT movie

-Monkie Kid Setting: After season 3

-Sandro’s personnality: In the group, Sandro is the Sneaky Guy, often the one who scout around for traps and to discretly spy for informations, he is good at reading people’s personality types and had a smooth talk, which is why he often work with Leonardo when it’s come to do talking and negociations.

-Sandro’s appearance: Is a fusion of Sun Wukong and Macaque, his fur is dark brown with the fur on his head being long and tied in a low ponytail, he wear a ninja attire and his main color is yellow.

-Sandro's name is a reference to the artist Sandro Botticelli.

-Like his brothers, Sandro like to goof around and tend to do stupid things, by the end of the ROTTMNT movie, he and his brothers get more maturity.

-Because he is good at reading people, he often use it to either fool them either “encouraging them” to do something.

-The rest of the Mad dogs often describe him as a good manipulator while Sandro like to playfuly retorck he prefer the therm “good negociator”.

-Is one of the nicest in the group and is very social.

-His current weapon is a metallic bo staff, others often comment on the fact it’s the same weapon than Donatello’s to which the two always deny it.

-He love to eat fruits.

-Sandro love pizzas but had often debates with Leonardo on if hawaiian pizza is good or not(spoilers: Sandro think it’s disgusting while Leonardo love it)

-Sandro is very close with his brothers and is protective toward them.

-Sandro’s age: 16

-Abilities: Is the most agile of his brothers, at the start of ROTTMNT, he had a little shadow ability which permit him to litteraly fade in the shadows, at the end of ROTTMNT he develop his Hamato Ninpo, as well as new poweful abilities which he had no control.

-At the start of ROTTMNT, like his brothers, Sandro wasn’t a very good fighter.

-The Hamato clan finding a way to go to the Monkie King universe to find Sun Wukong and Macaque to ask them to help Sandro to learn to control his new abilities.

-The Hamato clan meeting the Monkie Kids group and befriending them.

-When Sun Wukong and Macaque meet the Hamato clan and saw Draxum, they had a “YOU!” reaction toward the Yokai.

-The lmk group being shocked to leanr that Sandro was created from Sun Wukong’s and Macaque DNA like “WHAT? SUN WUKONG AND MACAQUE HAD A KID?!”

-Sun Wukong and Macaque not being very happy to learn that Draxum had stolen their DNA, they’re not upset about Sandro himself but they’re still not happy to learn their DNA was stolen and experimented on.

-Michelangello being like “wait! Does that mean Sandro had FOUR DADS?”

-Akward moment regarding the situation.

-Comical shadowpeach references.

-The Hamato clan and the Monkie Kid group bonding and befriending.

-Sun Wukong and Macaque training Sandro and bonding with him.

-Sandro having difficulties to learn to control his new powers and feeling inferior to Sun Wukong and Macaque.

-Michelangello, April and Casey Jr getting along very well with MK and Mei.

-Raphael befriending Sandy.

-Raphael having the time of his life with the baby monkies from Flower fruit mountain and Sandy’s cats.

-Tang and Donatello being nerds with each other.

-Sun Wukong getting along with Leonardo.

-Splinter and Draxum bonding with Pigsy and Tang.

-The Hamato clan helping MK to fight demons who attack the city. 

-The Hamato clan meeting the Demon Bull family.

-Donatello and Red Son becoming rivals.

-How the rest of the prompt go and finish is up to whoever who use it! ^^

[frogonamelon]

Venus de Milo

I have never been remotely interested in TMNT until about… *checks notes* buhbuhbuh… two months ago give or take. I’m obsessed. Help. 

First ones first, I have two different concept ideas for Venus de Milo in Rise. The first, and one for today, will be Venus as a sister and member of the Mad Dogs. 

When she’s used in this context, Venus’ name has recently bothered me as all of her brothers get to be named after Italian Renaissance Painters, but she is named after an Ancient Greek Sculpture. I’ve decided to name this iteration of Venus ‘Sandro’ after Sandro Boticelli, an Italian Renaissance painter most famous for The Birth of Venus. Nicknames include: Teal (from Splinter), Sandy, Ro, and San among others, I’m sure.

Her species would be a Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, connecting back to Venus and the myth that she was born and came from the ocean. Despite these turtles being the smallest of the world’s seven sea turtles, she is much bigger than most of the turtle species of her brothers, with only Raph being slightly bigger (the minimum size is larger), so she is the second oldest. 

Much like the turtle’s dramatic coloring change throughout their adolescence, Ro would’ve been an edgy kid. She was probably very quiet, became rambunctious, spunky, and brash before realizing how dangerous this is. I could see this as her wanting to prove herself and then mellowing out and finding herself. Ideally this transition to start happening fairly late story wise so we would get a chance to see both sides. 

As she mellows out, she becomes a voice of reason in situations where her brothers are being stupid. She would be the most introspective and extend this calm energy to the others. She still takes no nonsense from anyone and is just as much if not more dangerous as she gets older but is more level-headed about it. 

As she is the second oldest, she wouldn't have as much burden on her as Raph while still being the biggest, leading her to roughhouse and she even hurt Donnie once when they were kids. After this event she would begin to seek out understanding and knowledge about turtles. She would also be very ignorant about the world before dedicating herself to understanding it.

Sandy gets to keep Venus’ canon folding tensen as her mystic weapon. I’m unsure what I want her power to be, but I like the idea of it having some sort of wind manipulation kind of like Mikey’s fire power, but it would probably have to be some sort of teal colored blast instead to give it an actual visual.

The side view is a little strange as I tried to combine a human face shape with a Kemp's Ridley, but I wanted to show that her bandana is tied in a braided bun of a bow with the rest hanging down to mirror the Venus de Milo stature buts it's definitely strange in this image.

[stravagatefaster]

I randomly thought about Sandro today. How lonely he was. How he just wanted a family. How he saw Davide's murder and then named his dog after him despite not knowing his name. How he found belonging in the end.