#section: Pets

[petnews2day]

Some Tampa Bay animal shelters have stopped taking dogs, and here’s why

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/KtIUT

Some Tampa Bay animal shelters have stopped taking dogs, and here’s why

A bad outbreak of dog flu has stopped Hillsborough County’s two largest shelters from taking in stray dogs for the next two weeks as they try to halt the highly contagious infectious disease. Pasco County has also put a pause on taking in dogs for the next week as it tries to stop the spread. […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/KtIUT #DogNews #SectionNews, #SectionBusiness, #SectionCalendar, #SectionClearwater, #SectionCommunityNews, #SectionEntertainment, #SectionEnvironment, #SectionHealth, #SectionHernando, #SectionHillsborough, #SectionKidsFamily, #SectionLifeCulture, #SectionPasco, #SectionPets, #SectionPinellas, #SectionStPetersburg, #SectionTampa

[waitineedaname]

now that i've finished tgcf i can make memes about all three books! i was tempted to put binghe at the absolute center because he could easily go into any quadrant at different points in his life, and both lwj and hua cheng could swing jock, but i think the most important thing is that wei wuxian is all four at once. somehow.

[itsabouttimex2]

Ok, ok, HEAR ME OUT-

How about lmk Monkeifam and Bullfam with a Y/N who isn't afraid to throw hands —

Like i mean in a response to trauma or manipulation, becouse i fell it isn't explore enough in this situation -

Sure, your loved that you belived was a friend trapped /kidnapped/gaslight you is heartbreaking and of course you are gonna be sad and more incline to behave butttt-

There is always the other way of absolute rage that comes in once you realized you have been trapped/kidnapped /gaslight ecc- like i don't care anymore, i wanna throw hands, those people are death to me.(even thought this isn't the smarter choice considering the strenght of some of the people here) like them breaking Y/N down so they can comfort them to manipulate them, but then unsurprisingly the get the biggest smack/punch of their life . Just- wow the audacity.

Throwing Hands

Bullfam & Monkiefam

“…is this some sort of pathetic attempt at ‘rebellion’, Y/N? I am not impressed.”

Your hands straight bounce. Like punching a bag of wet cement, the Demon Bull King’s skin just shifts around under your fists, never breaking or bruising. You only shatter yourself against it, leaving you worn and looking foolish.

He might not even punish you, given that it’s likely that you break a wrist on impact.

“Now, look what you’ve done to yourself, foolish child. Did you truly think your mortal flesh could stand a demon king’s might? Well, now you know better.”

You lost your temper and struck him. Immediately, you learn better than to do that ever again, and he considers it lesson enough.

Surprisingly merciful, all things considered. (Partially because he finds it somewhat funny.)

I once said in my yandere alphabet that: “Red Son doesn’t want to waste his time doing something like caning or whipping you”. And though I think that viewpoint is usually true…

This changes that. It’s maybe the only situation where he would actively engage in any form of normalized torture “corporal punishment”.

Being physically attacked switches Red from ‘mildly reasonable, if a bit hair-trigger’ to ‘vicious and cruel’. Through brute force alone does he wrestle you into submission, binding your arms behind your back with a pair of metal cuffs.

He tosses you onto the nearest bed and couch before burning the lower half of your clothing off. He then takes up a thin metal rod to utilize in “disciplining” you, sharply lashing it down against your now unprotected skin. He’ll leave puffy, bleeding welts from the top of your rear to the bottom of your thighs, ensuring that you won’t even be able to think about walking for at least a week.

Problem is that not only does it not solve the problem of you being scared and angry, it also just… makes him feel bad afterwards. It breaks him, seeing you weep brokenly over his bed. Blood sluggishly trickles from the skin he’s lashed open, and you scream your lungs out into the sheets as you try to adjust to the pain.

And then he “has to” (wants to, in truth) settle in for some awkward form of aftercare, offering lotion and bandages. When you don’t accept, he forces you to drink a cup of honeyed tea loaded with sedatives because you won’t stop shrieking.

Antiseptic while you’re asleep, a few stitches here and there, then the lotion and bandages he tried earlier. And then a few cautious back rubs, trying to calm your fitful slumber.

“Gods, Y/N… what have I done to you? I… I was just… I was… no, I… I’m sorry.”

An outright dodge. Princess Iron Fan has no time for your nonsense. For trying, she’ll lock you into whatever room has been set aside for you, barring the door with powerful magic.

One shallowly-filled bowl of food every two days, adding just a little bit more to it each day. One ceramic cup of room temperature water every four hours. A change of clothes every three days. Instead of brute force, Iron Fan teaches you through deprivation.

After a month of this, she might see fit you allow you back out of your room, letting you mingle with the family you have been forced to adopt.

After writing her a letter of apology, of course. Two pages. Pray you have the mind to keep your pencil steady.

So very many tears to deal with, probably on both ends. MK knows that he’s doing isn’t all that great, sure… but it’s because he loves you!

Can’t you love him back, please? Ok, he’s been manipulating you! Maybe he’s been driving some friends away! Maybe he’s sent a few clones to tail you around the city! But, please, please- you can’t stop loving him! He just can’t risk having you hurt!

“Please, Y/N! You don’t understand! I’m just trying to keep you safe! You can hit me again, hit me as many times as you want! Just- please, Y/N… I need you. Please…”

His last resort is stuffing you in Shuilian Cave, given that you can’t escape with his or Sun Wukong’s help. Maybe a few ropes to keep you in place. He’ll cry with each knot tied, begging you not to hate him.

Sun Wukong tanks your punch and gives your head a little pat, frowning at the display. “Sorry, bud. Trust me, I know I’m not exactly the good guy here. Go ahead and let it out. I… kinda deserve it, huh?”

The Great Sage knows you have every reason to be upset. Really, you do. All there’s only so much waylaying of emotions to be done, unfortunately. You were going to crack eventually.

He stands firmly in place, one hand rubbing your back while you break your fists against his body, watching you scream and cry. The man is just… unsurprised? He’s starting to realize that he messes up a lot of things.. So just letting you whale on him seems fair, gently trying to shush your angry tears while your skin grinds to bloody pulp against his shredded abdomen.

“How about I make us some tea,” he offers afterwards, surveying your destroyed hands. “And I’ll patch you up. Then… I think you’ve earned yourself an early bedtime for the rest of the week, bud.”

“Oh, kiddo. Do you know what “screwing up” is? After this, they’re gonna put your picture in the dictionary as an example.”

Macaque does not tolerate having hands laid on him. Not by friends, not by enemies. And certainly not by his little student, who is supposed to be wide-eyed and placid, in awe of his every move and strike.

You are supposed to be sweet and respectful. You are supposed to be kind and loving.

And he’s sure that with a little bit of “training”, he’ll get you back to that disposition.

He’ll snap his fingers with an angry snarl, shadows springing all around you like cold wires. You are gagged with a cold ebon muzzle, both your hands locked inside a cuff of swirling black and purple. You want to act like an animal? Macaque will chain you to the wall by your new muzzle and treat you like an animal.

Maybe a few days spent so on a chain so short you can’t lay down will teach you better than to raise a hand against “the only person who even loves you, Y/N!” ever again.

[i-eat-mold]

today was a successful cat spotting (and petting) day

these are just some of them there were too many

[sergle]

HELP

[mod2amaryllis]

What's cosmic depression?

when you're depressed but in the cosmos

[writeouswriter]

Girl, help, the book authors are trying too hard to be "hip" with the fleeting "teen lingo" and trends again, immediately dating their works before they're even released

[phoenix-art-official]

dont ask me why i made this, its all my hand felt like producing

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

never underestimate the power and joy in thinking about your own Guys doing normal people things. my brain is awash with delight

[driftingballoons]

Caught being incredibly normal in pet store

[taskhusbands]

Taskmaster S12E05 + Extended outtake

[cye-wiz]

happy graduation to the wettest cat of a man in the spiral <3 (infodump in the tags)

[unholyglitch404]

Y'know, there's literally no situation where "feminine products" is a better alternative than just labeling the period section either "menstruation products" or "period products", and I'm tired of pretending this game of dodgeball is even remotely rational.

[themightymoose]

Currently thinking about the pets' owners and how I would incorporate them in a human au. Buckle in because this might get long

Content warning for child abuse, transphobia, and cancer mention

Let's just start with Zoe's parents, John and Clarissa Trent! Those two were your stereotypical love at first sight, high school sweethearts. They were like the couple you would see making out in the hallways. Sure, they first fell for each other's physical looks, but they pretty soon realized that they had a lot in common! They were both interested in fashion, rom coms, and romance novels, and soon after they both graduated, they quickly moved in together. They both then became very famous hosts of some popular reality tv and judges of some very well-known fashion shows. They both new for awhile that they wanted to start a family, they just didn't know with who. And at some point in their mid-twenties, they had Gail. Gail was very much their pride and joy, and more than a little spoiled. How could they not? She was just their precious angel! By the time Gail was four, Clarissa got pregnant with Zoe :D. If you thought Gail was spoiled, you haven't seen what happens with Zoe. They didn't have any other children after Zoe, but they didn't mind. They were all a happy family and nothing was going to change that :)

Now that we got the happy one out of the way, let's move onto the others. Let's talk about the Nevlas. Since Zoe is the only one with two owners, I'm gonna have to change things up, especially since I know he has canon parents in the show. So his owner is now his uncle called Rohan. Rohan is Sunil's mother's older brother. (I don't know if his parents have names. But for now I'm calling his dad Zahir and his mother Anura) Sunil's parents and uncle immigrated from India when he was just five years old. Rohan is very protective of him, Anura, and Zahir, since he has come to see him as a younger brother. Rohan always babysat Sunil when his parents would be away as they would try and get jobs and just try their best to get by. They didn't really have much at first, but they did eventually get jobs and they're doing much better the older Sunil got.

Sunil often felt guilty that he didn't want to become a doctor like his parents wanted. They sacrificed so much for him to have a happy life, so why couldn't he just do this one thing for them? What kind of son was he??? Rohan was the person Sunil always goes to advice for, especially on the doctor thing. Rohan has always been very patient and understanding, which is something Sunil got from him. Rohan time and time again explains to his nephew that he highly doubts his parents will care, they've never been the strict type, it's basically just Sunil's anxiety telling him otherwise. Fun fact: Rohan was the first person Sunil came out to. He actually knew that about his sexuality for a bit, but he decided to let Sunil come out to him in his own time.

Minka's turn :D her owner is also her uncle. I headcanon that her dad has a a lot of siblings, and her owner is the oldest while Minka's mom is an only child. His name is Benjamin, but people just calling him Ben or on rare occasions, Benny. Benjamin is rather estranged from Minka's father for reasons unknown. All that Minka knows is that he's practically a grumpy old man that her dad doesn't like, but her dad has tried to make him appear like a monster to Minka since she was only two. Her dad always says that Benjamin is a vile man that only thinks of himself, and says that Minka is very lucky to have him as a father and not Benjamin. This kind of backfired though, since this only made Minka more curious. Her dad tried to take it up a notch by making up stories about Benjamin, about how he tried to drown, choke, and just be very violent with him, much to Minka's horror. This makes up her mind; she hates Uncle Benjamin...

.... Until she comes out as trans. Yeah I really like trans Minka. Her dad was not thrilled. At all. Her dad has ended up kicking her out of the house until she "fixes herself" now Minka has nowhere to go. Sure, she could call up one of her friends, but she doesn't want them to worry, and most of her friends have single parents, she would just be a bother. And she can't go to Zoe or Sunil's places (the ones that has two parents) because, well, she doesn't want anyone to see her like this, like such a mess. Then a car pulls up to her while she's sitting on a bench. Minka notices it's night now, which is weird, she's been sitting on this bench since this afternoon, how long has she been thinking?

The car approaches and the driver rolls down the window, revealing the last person she wanted to see: Uncle Benjamin. But his expression takes her by surprise, he looks concerned and somewhat angry. "Your mom called and said you need a place to stay." He tells her. Minka is skeptical at first, but kind of just accepts it. What else has she to lose?

Within her first couple of weeks of staying with Benjamin, Minka is very tense and awkward, she still remembers the stories her father told her. Benjamin then finally decides to talk to Minka about her dad. Benjamin figures that his brother has told stories about him, none of them being pleasant. Benjamin then explains to Minka that all those stories were lies, it was actually the other way around. Her father was the violent one out of all their siblings, which explains why none of her aunts or uncles visited Minka, because of her father. It takes awhile for Minka to come to terms with it, but after awhile she comes to realize that Benjamin is actually really, and she even finally got to meet some of her aunts and uncles!

Mrs. Owens is Russell's grandmother on his mom's side. I'm gonna make this one shorter since the Minka section took a lot out of me. Russell was thirteen when his mom passed away from cancer, this left his grandmother and Jerry heartbroken. Since Rose (that's what I'm calling Mrs. Owens) is currently in a nursing home and Jerry is getting up there in years (I think Russell's parents were a bit on the older side when they had Russell) Russell took it upon himself to be the main caretaker. Always cooking dinner, cleaning, visiting his grandmother daily, yard work, he did it all. And he definitely made sure to get good grades and be the best in school no matter what. (This was mostly about Russell oops-)

Penny's owner is a single father to her, who he ended up adopting when she was only two. He recently got divorced and his name is Michael Reed. Sure, he and his wife are divorced but they're still on good terms and both put in their best efforts to raise Penny the best they could :) I don't really know how the adoption system works, but let's just say they kept her surname

Vinnie time 😎 his owner is his older brother who's name is Zach (yes I'm stealing that, I can't remember who came up with that name) Zach and Vinnie grew up in a very dysfunctional home. Their mother is very emotionally and mentally abusive, but they loved hanging out with their dad. Their dad would try everything to make them forget about their home situation, he would always defend his boys from their mother's cruelty, but the abuse kept getting worse. Their father left, and never turned around. So they're left to deal with their mother's abuse on their own now, this is the start of Vinnie's anger and abandonment issues. But it only gets worse after Zach moves out to attend college, now it's just Vinnie and his mother.

Hehehehe >:) Pepper's owner's name is Pete Clark. I sent an ask right here so you can just quickly read that and cime back! Anyways, I think Pete ended up adopting her when she was in her early teens, so Pepper has seen a lot of shit. Pete knows this and has been very kind to Pepper, much to her confusion. Every home she's been in has treated her like shit, even if she thinks she deserved it, so it's only a matter of time before Pete gets tired of her and throws her out. Either that or keeps her just to have some entertainment by hurting her. She tries not to get too attached, but he's just so gentle, and has a really cool mustache. Pepper was very hesitant to call him "dad" I think the first time she did was over the phone a bit after she moved out, the moment that word leaves her mouth she immediately tries to backpedal and is hella embarrassed, but after some reassurance, she calls him dad a whole lot more.

[dunmeshiminimumwage]

[thedawningofthehour]

Hey! I just finished my first read of tdoth and I loved it. Finally some good fucking food.

I have one (ok many but I'll start with one) question though. The quill Raph uses to sign his contract is enchanted to verify the user's identity. But the end of Act 2 when Drax has Gale sign his will, he uses the same kind of quill. Wouldn't that not work, since he's not actually Galois Draxum? Or wouldn't it catch that he's under a hypnotism spell?

In the passage, Galois comments on how weird it is that Draxum didn't enchant the quill himself. Is that supposed to be a clue that Draxum got someone more talented than him to do it, so it would let Galois sign his fake name?

Loving all this, look forward to more asks in the days to come!

Hey, glad you liked it! Also I'm so sorry about the weeks you just lost.

So just some clarification on the nature of the spell Draxum used, (I swear we're getting to some proper exposition eventually) Gale is no longer under the influence of any spell. The spell itself only lasted for a few days, a week at most, so no detection spell would pick up on it more than a year out. One aspect of it is that the recipient can't doubt anything they're told while under the spell, they'll accept it as fact and rewrite whatever's necessary in their brains to make it work. And Draxum made a very masterful move in telling Gale that Draxum would never lie to him. This allows him to still maintain control over what Galois will believe long after the spell has worn off-it's not completely foolproof, if Draxum told him something that was demonstratably false (like, I dunno, 2+2=5 or something) then that could break it, but Gale would sooner assume his father is joking or is incorrect, and Draxum isn't exactly keen on stress-testing those boundaries.

The reason he didn't enchant the quill himself is actually pretty straightforward-he didn't want these types of questions raised after his death. If he'd done it himself someone could argue that the wrong enchantment was used or that it wasn't done right, calling the validity of his will into question. Draxum has a lot of assets that would be important to many people in power, and Gale is a mutant who everyone knows is an illegal experiment of his and whose legal identity is kind of on shaky ground. Draxum is trying to make sure there's absolutely no legitimate reason for Galois's claim to be called into question or dismissed. People will still try to cheat him out of his inheritance, but if Draxum dots his i's and crosses his t's then Galois will have a much easier time prevailing.

And the enchantment doesn't exactly 'verify the user's identity.' What it's meant to to detect is whether the writer writes their name. Basically, whether they're lying or not. It didn't activate for Gale because he believes Galois Draxum is his name. There's no lie for it to detect.

Also, he literally is Galois Draxum from a legal standpoint. Galois Draxum has a birth certificate and mutation certificate and whatever the Yokai equivalent of a SSN is. Draxum has a bunch of paperwork affirming that Galois is his son. (he probably claimed him on his taxes) Galois Draxum legally exists, while Donatello Hamato very much does not. And to be perfectly fair, the turtles were Draxum's sons first. Splinter kidnapped him first.