#so hopefully theyll do something about it

[firefox-unofficial]

hows it going with everything man? I imagine this must be really annoying

havent gotten a response from tumblr support yet but its only been a day. hoping for the best😢

[theamazingannie]

One thing I’ve noticed both with parenting and with wider topics like politics is that people often don’t seem like their goal is to get their goal achieved. When you want a goal achieved, and that goal is not on track to being achieved, you need to try something new in order to get that goal achieved. Instead, some people see that their goal is not being achieved and they decide to punish the ones not achieving their goal. For example, my brother is bad at getting his homework done and perhaps I might threaten to take something away from him. If he does his homework, great it worked. If it doesn’t, then the threat was not adequate. The goal was not achieved. But I still want the goal achieved, so I find something else to motivate him. My parents, on the other hand, will go through with the punishment, and be done with it. The homework is still not done, and they no longer have their leverage, but they stop at that. The end goal was not having the goal achieved, but to inflict punishment at the goal not being achieved. This may be cathartic, but it does nothing to help in the long run. We see this now politically. We want our government to do a specific action, and we may threaten to withhold our vote if they fail to achieve said action, but if that doesn’t work, we can’t just keep going with our punishment. Because the goal is not yet achieved, and that is indeed the goal, right? And in addition, because you made a threat and went through with the punishment, the people you want accomplishing these goals don’t really want to help you anymore. It’s very frustrating, and you can wish all you want that they will want to do it anyways, but as I see with my brother all the time, they won’t. And now you have to live with the consequences because you were unwilling to adjust your methods and cared more about punishment than achieving your goals. And many people, like my parents, seem to be okay with that. But if you aren’t, if you genuinely want that goal achieved, then I suggest you change tactics before the deadline for late work passes

[lemonsandmorelemons]

Damn menstrual cycles really do have an impact on how and when ADHD meds work... No wonder sometimes when I take them they seem to do barely anything

[mvmnbnv]

bro I’m so sick of ppl shitting on vi. particularly jinx stans. they act like vi isn’t allowed to have trauma (or anyone else tbh) but vi has had her whole life ripped away from her. she spent most of her youth, watching out for her siblings then spent her whole time in prison focused on her sister. then spends days searching for jinx as soon as she gets out of prison. never once putting herself first, doing anything for herself, etc.

she was ready to drop her life again to run away with jinx. this doesn’t even consider all the physical and emotional violence she has experienced through out her life. i see so many jinx stans continue to expect vi to put jinx first and have her be the singular priority. it’s like they want vi to remain a doormat and have her life continually revolve around her sister/they want that co-dependency to continue - pretty much so it benefits jinx only. they don’t give a fuck about vi

as for ppl expecting vi to let Cait continue to berate vi for caring about her sister (i luckily haven’t seen any of this bs), have a serious misunderstanding of caits character too. i expect vi to be more subdued about it when Caitlyn is actively grieving, vi is empathetic and knows grieving can bring out the worst in people/she knows that’s not who cait truly is. idk how those ppl can see Cait doing that continually, even after her initial anger/resentment, bcuz thats not how her character’s personality is written. and even if they went with a massive change to caits character, their relationship would be done.

that was a lot. sry. just done with ppl minimizing vi’s trauma and making her only prop for other characters (mainly for jinx). i can’t wait for her pit fighting time - to see her focus on herself for once . i know it’s going to be rough and sad but hopefully transformative for her character

it wasnt that they'd seen that happen or anything, but they WANT it to happen...and its so sick. like they dream of the day they hopefully get to see cait say she wished she'd left vi to rot in prison or something...like to even wish for that is wild, and somehow worse. and honestly even if cait did hurt her, im sorry but i dont really care for her being understanding about it. mostly because it wouldnt even be reciprocated in that case and people are never expected to be understanding with her. not jinx, not caitlyn, not anyone. thats who she is tho so yknow, whatever. she probably will. she just deserves to be able to be bitter about this shit. im afraid of what theyll do with her and cait because of the way they treated her relationship with jinx. just crying, whining and ready to throw her life away for a shitty co-dependent relationship...that makes me nervous for where theyll go and they've already seemingly made choices that lead to that type of relationship...which is worse with a power imbalance.

like fuck it, i want vi to be selfish at some point...like "fuck you, you hurt me...make it up to me. its not my job to do all the heavy lifting. if you love me prove it. make me understand." not whatever shit they did with her and jinx. and the way people can never hold jinx accountable for her actions while all the while getting upset with vi for reacting to them is enraging ong

[rogdona]

Hi rogi I have come back and i feel like sending a couple questions through one ask tho

Soo

1 from the new book “the lightning spawn” who is your favorite character you can go off looks if you haven't read or forgot the story

2 Could you draw jeremy? The sheep

3 how ya doing I've been gone for some time and i see that there is some drama still flying around

If you don't know something from the book i will be here to tell you as well

Btw i am asking about the new book now because when it came out i wanted to give it some time before talking about it but i forgot. Also the book was created due to a depressive episode striking me so i was just writing everything while at home and it helped a lot but that also led to me not wanting to bother people with it

HI ERICKKKKKK GLAD UR BACK HOWS IT GOING??💕🙌💕🙌

ive been good!! and yeah sucks theres still anons around, hopefully theyll leave ppl alone soon

i had read the story, and wanted to reread it to give u a full answer but im having trouble finding it through the tag system😭😭 ANYWAYS I LOVE EMIL!!!!! THE COOLEST EVER!!

and yesss!! here u go!!

[leviathans-watching]

Hey! So kind of a sad request, you can ignore this if you want.😅So, I don't have anywhere to go for the holidays this year... I dont really have family that I can spend it with, and my onofficially adoptive family didn't invite me to Thanksgiving or anything, and i doubt theyll invite me to Christmas... so yeah. So I just was hoping to request how the OM! Boys would react to that? Like- if Diavolo was planning to send Mc back up to the human world so they could spend the holidays with family- but Mc is too embarrassed to say anything- or something like that. But when they're asked what they're doing for the holidays back in the human world- they kind of reveal that they don't have anywhere to go. I'm just stuck thinking about how the boys would react to that. Tysm! Happy holidays!

nowhere to go for the holidays

includes: the brothers &/x gn!reader (they/them pronouns used)

wc: .7k | rated t | m.list

warnings: mentions of bad family dynamics/relationships, implied crying, explicit language

a/n: i'm really sorry you're going through that, hopefully you can still manage to get together with some friends or something. i hope you like this. my inbox is open to chat, req, or leave feedback so come talk w me!!

“it’s so cool that you can go up the human realm to spend time with your family for christmas,” levi says, blissfully unaware of the effect his words are having on you. “i think the holidays should always be spent with the people you love.”

“yeah,” you say, kind of mutely. when diavolo had not only offered, but practically forced you to leave for the holidays in an attempt to let you be with your family, you’d only felt dread. you haven’t spent the holidays with your loved ones in a long time and you had hoped this year would be different. however, you didn’t really want to intrude on the brothers or the angels, and explaining your complicated home life wasn’t something you were super keen on doing either.

“what are we doing this year?” mammon asks from the couch, directing the question toward lucifer.

“i believe we’re volunteering at the soup kitchen this year, then going to lord diavolo’s for a meal like we do every year.”

“i wish mc could do it with us,” asmo whines, and your heart warms.

“hey, mc should spend time with their loved ones too,” satan reprimands, and you swallow.

“i wish i could spend time with you guys.”

“what are you doing?” belphie asks.

“and what kind of food will you be eating?” beel adds.

everyone looks to you, and you freeze like a deer in headlights. the silence stretches.

“mc?” satan prompts, and you look down.

“um, i’m not sure,” you say carefully.

“you don’t have any traditions or anything?” mammon asks. damn them for being so nosy!

“not really.”

“none? at all?” lucifer asks, and you snap.

“look, i don’t really want to talk about it, okay?”

silence falls over the room for a long moment.

“mc,” belphie begins, “you, uh, don’t seem super excited to go see your family.”

“belphie!” satan hisses.

“no, he’s right,” you say. “and that’s because i’m not going to. i don’t spend the holidays with them. haven't in a long time.”

“seriously? why didn’t you say anything?” mammon asks, and you grimace.

“i didn’t want to make you guys pity me. it’s embarrassing.”

“that’s dumb!” levi argues. “we wouldn’t pity you! you should just stay with us!”

“see!” you exclaim, semi-irrationally. “you just invited me out of pity! and i didn’t want that to happen, didn’t want to intrude on your holidays.”

“mc.” lucifer’s voice is commanding, authoritative. “don’t even insinuate you’re a burden to us. we want you to be here with us. none of us wanted you to go up to the human realm, we just obviously weren’t going to say that to your face and make you feel bad about spending time with your family. to say otherwise is insulting.”

“i’m sorry.” your clench your hands into fists.

“it’s okay,” asmo soothes. “we’re sorry too, that we’ve been talking about this, so unaware of your feelings on the matter. but please, stay down here with us. we always have more fun when you’re around anyway.”

“are you sure?” you ask, looking around the room, and everyone nods.

“absolutely sure,” lucifer says.

“when i said holidays are to be spent with your loved ones,” levi says, “i meant you too.”

“yeah,” beel nods. “we love you, mc. and while i’m sorry you’re unable to be with your family, we’d be honored if you could be with us.”

“i love you guys too,” you say, blinking rapidly. “i’m sorry i wasn’t honest.”

asmo leans over, wrapping you into a hug. “you don’t have to be honest about stuff like that, not if you don’t want to. it’s personal. but know that when stuff like this comes up, we’ll do everything in our power to help out, to make you feel better.”

“thank you,” you say, throat thick. in an instant, you’re wrapped in an almost-stuffy group hug, surrounded by those who truly love and care for you, and those you truly love and care for right back.

leviathans-watching's work - please do not copy, repost, or claim as your own

[mega-taiga]

People on tiktok are trying to boycott the mob vote as a statement to Mojang that we want all 3. I'm kind of tempted, but at the same time, I'm not sure.

Thoughts?

idk i think "boycott" is a pretty loaded word for a, lets be real, pretty trivial issue. i dont like the mob vote as much as the next guy but im not gonna go all guns blazing about it. to mojang's credit, they are generally receptive to community feedback, such as the 1.19 fiasco where they said they wouldnt hype up updates as much before details have been decided. so i think if a sizeable portion of the community has expressed disinterest or frustration in the mob vote, theyll hopefully either stop doing them or modify them into something the community would be more receptive to

[discord-emote-customs]

ive decided to change what im doing for the 400 follower milestone . instead of a line of polls , im going to do something else ;

this weekend only (saturday/sunday) i will take any requests regarding characters from media .

this does NOT include ocs ; this is only characters that are from a widespread media (undertale , hazbin hotel , etc)

at the end of today , i will be turning off the ask box in order to hopefully clear up space for the character requests . it will turn back on friday night so its on for saturday .

once it hits saturday , you can send in any requests you want to see about your favorite characters . on monday , i will shut off the ask box and will continue to have it shut off so i can finish every request gotten to me so far . i cant say when it will turn back on , but i am estimating hopefully two weeks (this time frame because i am getting my wisdom teeth removed next week wednesday , so things might slow for that)

if youre hesitating on a request , i suggest you send it in before the shut off tonight or the shut off monday morning , as ive got 20 requests backed up currently and with the character requests opening for the milestone , itll probably be more which means itll take longer .

the character requests will not be prioritized over other requests , so dont worry about waiting longer for those .

no character requests will be taken before the weekend and theyll still be deleted , so dont send any in now thinking ill still take it . set a reminder .

thank you guys so much for 400 followers . i never thought this blog would even grow to 200 , let alone twice that so quickly ! you guys dont know just how happy this makes me that people enjoy my art so much 🫶

[faerie-veil]

okay i have to talk about this.

TMA S5 SPOILERS AND BRAINROT BELOW THE CUT

in magnus archives, martin becomes a meshing between the eye and the lonely, or rather his domain does.

but his domain is about being alone in the sense that no one will ever remember you.

but something that is grossly underutilized for the lonely is crowds.

typically, crowds are seen as an eye thing, so many eyes watching and judging you, thats obvious.

but the loneliness found in crowds, dozens of people who dont know you, nor do they want to know you, that kind of loneliness is far more devistating than being literally alone, because when youre alone, you can still cry, you can let it out. but you cant do that in a crowd, you have to keep a facade up just in case someone notices you, even though theyll never interact with you.

martins domain was such a missed opportunity, the combination of the eye and the lonely in his domain could be argued to be more dark than eye because youre NOT being seen. but in a crowd, people are always watching, but even though theres so many people judging you, you are still truly alone.

here’s to tmagp hopefully playing off of my heavy fear of crowds more than tma did, or really more than any sort of horror story because seriously i cant be the only person like this

[pissedpupp]

hey dumb mutt since your so well versed in pissing yourself any good ways to get my dog used to holding for me without him noticing

hmmmmm if theyre really good at being pliant then just keep them distracted! and "gift" them treats. hand them their fave tea, soda, coffee, and hand it as if its something nice youre doing. and then if you can sense theyre about to go to the bathroom, ask them to do something else. hopefully since they're just a stupid dog theyll forget and just do what theyre told

let me know how this goes! depending on personality and how forgetful they are it might take some adjusting. but its all about mind games!

[ghossttoast]

Are we connected?

Chapter one: Yes

(A/N: not important, this is my first time writing any fanfiction in at least a few years so be patient with me please （´∇｀''）Anyway this chapter is a smidge short, but its stopping point seemed smooth sooo. Hopefully starting at chapter three at the latest theyll be a bit longer)

Next

 Kris was tired, their muscles were sore, and they really just wanted to pass out. They’re not sure if it’s from running around all day fighting for their life when they’d normally be sleeping or from forcefully tearing their soul out of their body, probably a mix of both if they were being honest. They finally made it back up to their room, the freedom was worth it for a bit and the pie tasted good, especially since whatever was dragging them around all day hadn't let them eat anything other than that hot cocoa. Kris turned to glance back at it, they’re pretty sure it was an it, but either way, they should probably put it back it was warm and they were cold.

“Jeez, I need to get a lock…” Kris paused before beginning to stagger back over to the cage, were they hallucinating? “Why am I still on this screen?” They looked around their room to see what could be speaking, maybe Ariel’s computer had somehow turned itself on and was playing YouTube or some other totally normal explanation. “Ugh, I don't wanna go back through Hometown,” Their gaze eventually settled onto the heart floating inside their old birdcage as they heard the voice speak again. They leaned on the cage, earning a “Huh.” from the soul.

Should they say something? How would they even start a conversation with the thing that had been possessing them? They had questions, sure, but they had no idea if this thing would answer anything, much less be honest about it. Maybe they could threaten it somehow-- Kris’s thoughts were cut off by a bright flash, lighting up their room for just a moment. They fell back, their hands covering their face, their eyes had been adjusted to the darkness of their room, so any light would have caught them off guard, especially the extreme flash they had gotten hit with.

“Ahh, what’d I do?” The voice from their soul spoke again, “That was an accident, I swear!” It apologized quickly 

“What was that!?” Kris wasn't normally very loud, but their general distaste for the soul on top of still being started from the flash had caused them to momentarily drop that trait, they just hoped it wasn't loud enough to wake up their mom.

“It won’t happen again, promise!” It attempted to assure them that despite its honestly far too loud tone, the soul was totally still, a strange contrast compared to its spinning from when Kris first ripped it out. “…Wait, why am I apologizing?” It said to itself as if it had done something so obviously unnecessary.

Kris leaned against Asirel’s bed, still tired and not particularly feeling like going near it and getting hit with the light of a thousand suns again. “Because you almost blinded me,” They weren't nearly as loud as they had been before, but their voice did hold a slight venom to it. 

Kris was met with silence for a few moments before the soul spoke again, with slight hesitation “Ok ‘Kris’, I'll bite,” The tone of its voice was mildly accusatory like it didn’t believe they were Kris, which was stupid in their opinion, of course, they were Kris, who else would they be?”

The soul’s weird behavior aside, it’s not like they expected this thing to be normal, Kris wanted answers “What are you?” they questioned after some time to think about it, seemed simple enough and an easy answer.

“Uh…” The soul thought for a while, apparently not such an easy answer, “…The Player.” they answered eventually “Yeah, that’s accurate enough,” it confirmed, agreeing with itself.

Accurate enough? Did it not know, or was it not going to tell them? “Did you pick that out yourself?” Kris questioned, it was an odd way of referring to something and felt like an odd title to grant yourself.

“I technically didn’t come up with it, but it was pretty much used to describe me,” It answered “There's a context around me that if I tried to explain would probably have you end up like our jester pal,” The soul finished leaving Kris feeling uneasy, they’d prefer to keep their sanity, thanks. 

As comforting as that was, Kris still wanted some answers, “Why are you here? Why this town? Why my life?” Their tone was tense as they stared it down, they don't understand why in the name of the angel this thing would want to be them.

“Oh, I have theories!” It exclaimed, “Ok so first of all, you’re a human humans and monsters have different souls I’m human soul just wouldn't be compatible. Or, have you dabbled in any demon summoning lately? Especially with say a guy that speaks in hands and may or may not be a skeleton?” It asked them.

They paused, staring in disbelief at the soul for a moment, “You don't know?” How could it not know? It was the one that had control over the situation, over them.

“Nothin’ but theories! But I’ve got a lot of theories” It informed them enthusiastically, “Theories on the knight, Dess, Ralsei, that sketchy bunker, Sans and Papyrus, Ice-E, GASTER-” It rambled on

“Okay, I get it,” Kris cut them off, not wanting to sit there for the entire list.

“Rude, but yeah I know about as much as you do, probably less considering I only got here today. All you weren't here for was me making the vessel I was supposed to have before it got tossed by some punk, probably Gaster, and I got stuck with you,” It stated, sounding bitter especially at the mention of the vessel it apparently made.

“Someone stuck you with me?” They asked it, raising an eyebrow

“Yeah, I mean is what it is, ‘m stuck with you now, I can’t do stuff without a vessel, and you can't do stuff without a soul. While we’re on the topic, you might wanna put me back so you don't uh drop-dead, that would really suck considering you're the only human in town” It warned(?) them, Kris wasn't totally sure what to make of it, felt enough like a warning. The soul did have a point, they were exhausted, and not having a soul wasn't exactly helping. 

Kris pushed off of their brother's bed and shuffled over to their birdcage, hesitating for a moment before opening it and grabbing the soul and shoving it back into their body quickly, a pain shooting through their body for a few excruciating moments before fading shortly after as they lost control of their body once more. 

“Okay, uh” ‘The Player’s’  voice echoed in their head once more, “Can you still hear me?” It questioned, resulting in a familiar box appearing in front of them, earning a sigh from their soul. The red heart moved to ‘No’ and they remained still for a moment, “Alright, trying again think something unrelated to this cage you locked me in!” It said facing them towards the cage

Kris thought this was stupid, most of what this thing did was, constantly going out of its way to look at random objects, or talk to literally everyone they could in town, or track down key shards just so they could find some stupid clown and almost die.

“Let's go, it works!” It cheered, “And fighting Jevil was necessary, we’re doin’ it every darkworld! I mean, not him specifically, but I’m pretty sure all of ‘em has at least one wacko, we’re two for two right now,” The voice sounded off once more, responding to their thoughts

So it can read their mind?- “two for two?” this thing has shown up today, there hasn't even been a chance for there to be some secret other darkworld. 

“I can like see your thoughts in relation to items or general objects, I guess? That's why I’ve been walking up to random stuff I like to read the narration, you Dreemurrs are good at that I suppose” It paused, yawning “The second darkworld is tomorrow, but after that, once you start snoozin, I’ll be going in as blind as you” It finished as it walked Kris back over to their bed

Tomorrow? So it knows the future but only by a day, that’s pretty lame and super useless, especially considering Kris doubts it will tell it anything. This thing definitely knows a lot more than it’s telling them, considering its weird list of theories, it has to assume they’re all at least partly relevant to their situation. Then again, Ice-e was a pizza place mascot– sure Noelle used to be terrified of him (which Kris may or may not have contributed to)– but he wasn't real, and there wasn't anything to warrant theorizing over he was just kinda creepy looking. 

“Yo, bedtime, I’m tired” It said, interrupting their thoughts, “Tomorrow's adventure awaits, or something, I dunno,” It said as a choice box appeared, the heart moving to ‘sleep’.

[puppykechi]

Is there more info about the kunikichudazai (??) baby comic au??? 👀👀 soft family things??? I just love the idea of them as a family!!

IM SO SORRY i never expect to get asks so i dont check much !! hopefully you didnt send this too long ago

HMMM well i think tbh ... kunikida is the voice of reason because ... dazai is good with kids but should not be left alone with them because he will just join in on whatever dumb ideas they have . and chuuya likes to spoil them so much ... CAN YOU IMAGINE CHUUYA WEARING ONE OF THOSE BABY HARNESS THINGS...

chuuya comes home late a lot and takes extra care not to wake the baby...

dazai kuni and chuuya raising a kid...would be chaotic i think. i talked about it with my friend and came to the conclusion that they would just grow up to be like jerma

i like 2 imagine them going on shopping trips for baby clothes and stuff and kunikida and chuuya are trying not to explode because .they are so small...... and then dazai makes a comment about how chuuya should shop at this store more often and they almost get kicked out .

when nobody is available and the other main agents can't babysit they probably get haruno and/or naomi to do it bc i feel like they would be happy to!!! on the pm side, probably higuchi and maybe gin bc…idc if shes an assassin i think she could be good with kids. kouyou and yosano are like the cool aunts too they love the kid!!

i also kind of thought they likely got umm a surrogate for the babey :)

as for more just domestic stuff in general i think they both like sleeping on kunikida's chest rahahhhh... and dazai gets the honor of playing with both chuuya AND kunikida's hair hes so lucky for real.

together i think kunikida and chuuya are rly able to help when dazai's mental health takes a turn for the worse. since both of them provide different kinds of reassurance he needs it rly helps :) and if one of them is out while dazai is in one of those states theyll usually text the other and ask him to bring home something nice 4 dazai like...chocolates or his favorite takeout or smth !!!

i also think sometimes chuuya uses his ability to just pick kunikida up and make him stop working when he buries himself in paperwork. like...nah youre coming to bed with us actually . and of course dazai was in on it and gets to be squished between his two boyfriends rahhh theyre soooo cute

[thegeminisage]

STAR TREK UPDATE TIME, holy shit! tuesday we watched ds9's "a time to stand" and "rocks and shoals."

a time to stand:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUGH

i feel like ds9 is so fucking good every episode i rate "watch" on ym spreadsheet would easily be "must see" in any other trek show. where do i even fucking start

i love that theyre just casually mentioning bashirs darkest secret in playful banter now. theres something in there that makes me very emotional but also it's extremely funny. also, he really DOES quote percentages like a vulcan. whatever he and garak were doing, i don't know what that was but i loved it. literally his boyish smile

oh speaking of couples. KIRA AND ODO. they've got the station all to themselves...um, e quark. i did get deluded for a hot second, when they were all at the bar together, into believing in kira e odo e quark. i don't think that's going to be a permanent feature in my psyche but it was fascinating to experience just once

ODO. MAKES HANDS. TO TOUCH PEOPLE WITH!!!!!!!!!!!

no one made this gifset so i have to make do with a screencap

HE MAKES HANDS TO TOUCH PEOPLE WITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i may have had to pause the episode to start screaming

also. hi. "im glad you can still smile" "only when im with you" what if i threw myself into the sun

dukat and kira, holy shit. i've never been so scared in my life. i think about it all the time that he essentially called leeta into his office to fuck him. he BLOCKED KIRA'S EXIT. jesus christ we've come so far from his gay little fireworks show and the thron in his ass

odo manipulating weyoun who's obsessed with him <3 king. but he only did it because <3 kira asked him to. he literally said i've walked this horrible horrible line before i can do it again...their relationship is somehow moving forward because they are going back in time

and like GOD she knows he loves her and she hasn't decided how she feels back but somehow it's still comfortable because he doesn't ask for anything...IMPECCABLE fucking vibes. WHO is doing it like them

on the spaceship side, all of that was very fun, especially sisko and his <3 headaches. but even funnier was them getting stuck 17 years away from help. JUST like. star trek voyager

rocks and shoals:

AND IT GETS BETTER!

kira in this episode. mwah. she quite literally can't live with herself and it's SO clever because at first you the viewer are also like aaaa no dont let the bajorans protest aaaaaa theyll get in trouble and then kira has the change on heart and youre like oh shit. oh fuck. whose side am EYE on?

also, the fact that this was also odo's kneejerk reaction, and she said "don't make me fight you too" and he immediately fell in line. that's love.

garak's "oh, NO" as they were falling. please let the man say "oh shit"

o'brien ripping his pants <3 incredibly funny i felt like i was getting loopy right along with them. the wide shot of the flaming ship sinking into the sea as they laughed their asses off.......cinema

poor dax!!! she tries so hard to be brave but man she really did get fucked up

the little vorta freak in this episode...i want him dead. what an evil thing to do to your own guys AND one of sisko's people died too because of it. ik they won't kil him but they should kill him

i wasn't expecting the thing between garak and nog to have like consequences but it was funt hat they brought it back up. good for them and good for nog, even though i still wish it had been bashir on the post

julian being so chirpy and cheerful w the vorta after fixing him up as though he is a normal patient...sir please control yourself

my only complaint is i wish jake had more to do...right now he just seems to be getting underfoot, when staying behind was supposed to be a sign of maturity. hopefully all his reporting isn't for nothing!!!!

TONIGHT: voy's "day of honor" and "nemesis"

[fisherrprince]

tails (through the eyes of a miqo)

04-16

a replacement jornal is kind but does not seem useful right now

04-27 

the mol children are very sweet but they have been pulling on my tail for hours so i need to figure out why and make a note so I dont furget. 

-> Cirena says au ra kids pull on each others tails to bother each other or get attention or something. and they hold adult tails like holding hands. it doesnt hurt them since their tails are mostly muscle. you can tug on their tail to get them to stop but never pull a matur auri tail since its fur children who are being snotty and not adults. 

WELL alright I told her that miqo’te do not like their tails being pulled because it hurts so hopefully theyll understand and not surprise some other cat when they come join us for a few weeks. if one of the adults thought it was funny they might get the wrong impression you know…? Might as well grab my behind. 

I shall paste in my notes from Ishgard to organize. 

Elezen 

desq  • wwwww

despite Alphinaud and Urianger being very meticulus about their tails almost no one in Ishgard has one. they are, apparently, very fragile, and can be easily pulled off or injured. because the majority of everyone contributes to the war effort no one has one. I am assured Sharlean Sharlyan has a much larger population of tailed elezen. 

They are a status symbol in both cities. Here it is usually shameful to have one and in Sharlyan it is shameful not to have one. weird

There are far more duskwight in the lancers guild. very different - their eyes shine in the dark, and their whiskers are far longer and furrier, and their tails are fasinating! so many shapes and colors. I wonder if the wildwood are jealous they look so magical. I am not about to ask Folques though. 

08 Hrothgar

Pulling on their tails doesn’t hurt either! What in the seven hells I thought we were friends

It’s fun for them. It’s like a kid will do it to get their dad to start wrestling. This kid is chewing on his dad’s and he’s ignoring it

Viera 

I don’t think they have a tail I just saw someone get kicked in the head

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hiya cas!! so i saw about your new job - congratulations!! im glad you were able to find something better for you, especially somewhere where your identity will be respected <33

as for advice with middle schoolers, ive only done a short teaching experience with kids aged 13-16 but hopefully some of it could be of use! (once ive finished my university course in teaching, ill absolutely be asking your advice in return ahaha)

so this ones less like advice and more just... a suggestion, i guess? maybe not for your first year there if you dont want to have too much on your plate or if you dont have time, but if theres any sort of extracurricular activities or lunchtime clubs you might want to set up, do it!! it creates such a safe space for kids if they dont feel like they can go outside/in the lunchhall etc - i definitely benefitted from a few myself when i was at school - and it helps make your classroom feel like a place kids can go to whenever they need help, which is huge. my english teacher at my first high school literally saved me by setting up her creative writing club, and we barely actually wrote stuff. but just by her having that space for me, it made me feel like her room was a welcoming place for me to exist whenever i needed support or somewhere to take a breath, and showed me that she was a safe person to be around <3

also, this maybe seems like an obvious one but just be yourself! dont try too hard to be likeable; im absolutely not saying to be an awful person, but i just mean that trying too hard will make the kids lose any respect for you because theyll deem you cringe :/ be yourself!! im sure theyll love you!

its okay to make mistakes, too, and if you do make any, dont try to hide them if anyone notices!! the kids need to know that its okay not to get things right all the time - perfection is not going to happen every time! i wish someone had shown me that in school. most of my teachers either hid their mistakes or they blamed it on others, which in turn made me feel like i had to hide and deflect my own mistakes too. its still a habit im trying to unlearn

i dont think ive got much else to say? a lot of it looks to have already been covered by others ahaha

best of luck!! youve got this in the bag, cas <33

Hi hon!!! Thank you so much for all of this advice, I really appreciate it. I think it's hilarious that you were in a middle school creative writing club that didn't actually do much writing because...I was too lol. Is that a common queer experience? Were your teacher's initials perhaps DM? (because that would be so fucking insane).

But YES I definitely want to do a club. I actually don't know if they have a GSA yet, so if they don't I'm gonna look into that. But if they do, a writing club sounds amazing.

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what happened in riptide 97 again.. its been so long....

OHHH MY GOD OKAY (tdlr is at the bottom if u want a quick sum lmao i just like long summaries its like enrichment for me) so thats the episode i think right after the pull up to zero and beat the shit out of the ghost house, chip and gilly have a convo with ollies mom and she smacks one of em i forget who and is like whyd you keep my son away. theyre both like yeah thats fair! and they return to the house and gillion and chip make an underground pool in there- chip offers the mind reading braclets to gilly and is like hopefully maybe thisll help with the nightmares? and they all go 2 bed!

Gillion wakes uo and hes feeling refreshed!!! (he still has the kuba kenta curse at this point) but he actually got whole night sleep and its looking like its not like. enflamed or hurting anymore! they make jokes about it being healed with the power of friendship and all and then gryffon knocks on the door of the house.

gryffon tells em that he tailed the leader of the gang that was threatening ollies mom and he found their hideout, so the trio race off i fucking forget if like gryffon comes or not??????? they get to the hideout and fight a couple bitches in masks and they tell one of the guys to lead them to the "boss" but i forget so bad who but one of the albitrio puts the braclet on the goon and hes like "heh, if they pull the blue lever theyll get sent to the pit but if they pull the red lever theyll meet the boss and hell have my head!"

so the four of them pullup to this bar thing and chip of course pants a guy (rememver when they were fucking obsessed with pants cause i completely forgot) and the other guy pantses chip and the bar laughs or whatever and. SOMETHING HAPPENS I THINK IYS LIKE AN ENCOUNYTER OR SMTH OR ONE OF THE THREE MAKES A WRONG JOKE but charlies like "no worries! ill pull the blue lever!"

and everyones like charlie. and hes like what its gonna get us to the boss! and condi while laughing cause its condi is like THATS THE LEAVER TO THE PIT and charlies like. i legit fucking forgot what one was what one. so the albatrio falls down this fucking PIT and once again i fucking forget but some interaction happens here (iu think feather fall was cast these guys plummet so much) and gillion casts vortex warp on the other 2 so they land at the top! gillion im pretty sure lands at the bottom and something happens to where he passes out.

charlie is asked to leave and then grizzlys like :3 audience you dont get to know eitherrrr! and gilly boy wakes up in a cage with the boss in the middle of the room. chip and jay are described as looking "so fucking bad dude" and charlies like i thought yall had it!!!!! and bizly is like nah dude it was so fuckinh rough we do not have it. im pretty sure jays chained to the wall via her foot and chip is busted up in the middle of the room with the boss.

the boss laugjs and i forget but i think he pulls off his face and is revealed to be price! and he laughs and says some stuff about giving chip a fair fight in this like. lava arena and kicks him his swords! chip tries to fight him a little bit but after a moment he runs to jay to try and cut her chains, and price taunts him a little before saying smth like "i wantr you. to die" and chip just. drops dead in front of jay. no rolls nothin nada.

Gillion was fading in and out and at this point gillion does that and jay is right in front of him, her foot is so fucking mangled like she broke it to get out and she looks sooooo fucking fucked up. price also taunts them and jays like "fuck you" and price blasts her and she disintegrates. imto dust. just like that.

gillion is so distraught and hes like "NO THEY WOULDNY GO OUT LIKE THAT" and gillion tries to fight price but he gets bested and WAKES UP IN THE UNDERGROUND GHOST HOUSE POOOLLLLLL

so it was all a curse dream made worse by the bracelet and how much later stages it is. gillion throws jay across the room because he dosent believe this is real and is like YOURE DEAD YOURE ALL DEAD!!!!! the other two try to comfort him and im blanking so fucking hard on the rest but this is uaually what people refrence/mean then they say 97 :3

TLDR: ollies mom scolds chip and gill, they make underground pool in ghost house, go to sleepy, gill wakes up refreshed, they go to the mob boss of zeros hideout, gillion pulls the wrong lever and they all fall in a pit, gill vortex warps the other two and they get seperated, when gillion wakes up everyone looks incredibly fucked up, price is there and straight up kills chip and jay and then taunts gillion and "kills" him, gillion wakes up back in the ghost house pool because it was all a nightmare of the kuba kenta variety, and he then doubts everythinh around him and if anythings actually real! :D