#the Good things posts are rebloggable

[kedreeva]

I work in a vet clinic. Actually, I work in two vet clinics (both & one other I thankfully don't have to work in because I don't want to drive to South Austin for work ever) as a CSR (receptionist). Three good things that happened to me this week:

Friday - I got to set my eyes on, kiss and pet, be snuffled by, and had the adventure of weighing a 234.1 lb brindled (mostly black) English mastiff named Charlie. He was under 3 years old, and his daddy (owner) said "He's still just a puppy," and he delighted me so much in his hugeness and sweetness.

Also Friday - I helped the vet tech hold a chihuahua being tested for Cushings. I was shown how to hold the dog to be the best help for both tech and pup, and when the blood draw was done, I held her and she snuggled into me and kissed me. Then we had to do that again so the vet tech could remove the catheter in her leg. Afterwards, more snuggling and kissing. She clearly felt she could trust me even after I held her through something traumatic to her, and she kissed the vet tech when she put her back into the kennel to wait for her mommy and daddy to pick her up at the end of the day.

Today (Saturday) - I got to set my eyes on, kiss and pet, be snuffled by, attempted to be hugged by, and kissed by a 97lb 1 year old Cane Corso - mostly black with some bits of brindle through his fur, and his name was T'Challa. He was a sweet delight as well and his very presence gave me joy and light in the darkness.

Those are very good things indeed!

[ganondoodle]

so, inspired by the warm welcome the captain received with that rough doodle i posted, i made an updated design for Ki'ita as well (basic and with clothes)

i removed the piercings she had bc considering that they spend the majority of their time in arctic waters i think having metal directly in your skin is a bad idea, no matter how thick your blubber is; i also gave her typical white markings a green hue bc ... i liked how it looked and makes them stand out a little more

(i will not repeat what i wrote on the post about the captain but wanted to add a bit of more info about Ki'ita herself)

(i dont have ALL of their backstory done yet but) the captain and Ki'ita worked together in another organization, one in which the father of the captains child also worked at, before being betrayed and barely managing to escape, after which the both of them founded their pirate crew (possible name is the Solar Pirates bc of their solar powered boat stuff); since the captain had her daughter shortly afterwards Ki'ita managed most of the organisational matters at first, including the construction of their base on an abandoned island they had initially fled to

over the years they invented the solar powered ships that allowed them to gain control over a large part of an important trade route, leaving normal ships (mostly) alone but attacking those of hunters and similar, rescuing demons and mutants, even some humans from them, most of which also join the crew and it quickly lead to them becoming their own little community

Ki'ita does not like to spend alot of time among large groups of people, no matter how much she cares about them, and her originally being from norther lands gave her the idea to explore, and if viable, do underground missions in those norther areas to disrupt the infrastructure the hunters had built in recent years and overall keep the crew informed about things that may otherwise stay hidden; with each of their travels her time absent from the base increased but the patience of the captain is wearing thin so its likely a serious talk is underway on Ki'itas third solo mission she nearly died due to entanglement in abandoned nets made by hunters from an unknown material that she could not break, the massive scars on her tail especially come from that, only surviving bc the date they were supposed to return to the crew had passed and the captain grew to worried about her and made the entire crew rush into an emergency search, including the captain herself and her toddler, who were not suited for the cold climate just like the rest of crew, taking a huge risk that Ki'ita still feels ashamed of for causing; they stayed within the base for a whole year afterwards, not just to recover but also as a silent apology, taking time preparing herself to ensure theyd not get into a situation like that again

(before departing on their next mission the captain gifted her a sword with the blade made from the material of the net, a wooden handle, bc of the cold, and a blue wrap around it reminiscent of the captains striking blue teeth; a reminder of what had happened, a means to defend herself when their strength and teeth are not enough, and also a promise to always return again)

the oldest members of the crew know Ki'ita well and treat her like an old friend, among the newer members she has more of a .. cryptic status, the mysteriously absent vice-captain who only appears every few months or so out of thin air, throws a big party, sleeps for a few days and then vanishes again, the only hint to when they will return soon again being the captain getting noticably grumpier

(OC art, Ki'ita, she/they)

[cinnabar-circus]

2023 | 99

[humanmorph]

I step all around the pieces on the floor / Wires and cords, and records, and tapes

[sleepgarden]

Apologies for another long post, and I don’t usually make ones like this on tumblr, but it’s tdov ^^ a lot of my work speaks my experience or celebrates the beauty of trans people. Here are a few of my works featuring it, whether central or tangentially lol. To be fully honest, the connection others have found in my work is what makes all of it worth something to me. Trans or not. I am so thankful to all of you, and the kind words you’ve either left in tags or in messages to me, to anyone who has ever purchased prints of my art, anyone who has spent time looking at it. And everyone who has been around since before I understood this part of myself, and finding beauty and value in my work even now. After all of this time illustrations are so different, yet somehow the same I think haha. Thank you 💗

[loveydoveylex]

MY LOVE!!! TOMORROW!!!!!! 💜💜💜✨

[poore-choice-of-words]

An important mentality I've built when recovering from Evangelical nonsense is this:

It doesn't matter whether or not someone deserves whatever. What matters is what they should have, sometimes that's a need, sometimes it's a desire.

I've spent too much time being told everyone deserves to go to hell to believe anyone deserves anything good, but I can believe people should have good things.

[kedreeva]

good thing; recently i got to go see beetlejuice the musical with my partner of 12 years and we loved it.. i hope to hold onto the memory forever c:

I ALSO got to see Beetlejuice with my parter this last week, and it was very enjoyable.

[neotula]

took a pic of my letterboxed favs. can't pin me down

[multi-lefaiye]

sometimes you have a trigger that cannot be reasonably and easily accommodated for, because it would require the people around you to police themselves to an extent that is not healthy for them to do.

that doesn't make your triggers and your trauma any less real or valid or *deserving* of accommodations, but deserving does not necessarily always mean that those accommodations are possible.

sometimes the best way to handle your triggers is to recognize what triggers you and do what you have to do to handle them when they come up. find coping mechanisms that work for you, and as much as you're able to, be open with the people in your life about it. even if they can't make sure you never have to interact with something that may trigger you, they can be a support system for you to ensure you'll survive the blows as they come.

it's not always possible to avoid what triggers you and it's not always possible for others to do that for you. (to be clear: i'm not at all saying people should *seek out* content that they *know* will trigger them or that they shouldn't remove themselves from situations that are triggering when they have the ability to do so, but that sometimes it's not that easy.)

(disclaimer: this is not psychological advice and i'm not saying this applies to everyone.)

[lurking-latinist]

me: uggghh I cannot reach my daily word goal on this dissertation chapter today, I will paste in the paragraphs about secondary sources that I had written in the other document and call it good

also me: *pastes in the paragraphs and they give me enough ideas to make the word goal*

[tazzymcclazzy]

why no tu,blr tag fo r medical conditio 😢

[alectoperdita]

reading the comments on my last ask, people seem to assume i was complaining about joukai instead of complaining about people who hate joukai. sorry for not being clear. i definitely did not mean to upset you.

Hey anon, I'm sorry your last ask got misinterpreted. It was clear to me from the start you were commiserating with me and coming from a similar place/experience. I know you weren't trying to attack me. I think most of the other comments also understood that or were sympathetic in the general way.

You don't have to apologize. If anyone should apologize it's me, for replying to it and using it as an opportunity to rant in the tags, thus causing others to misinterpret your intentions. I hope you have a good day. 💜

[unpretty]

watsonian: she was an anti-theist and did not have internet access in 1990 to research different religious sects and this was the least triggering option of the ones she knew the names of off the top of her head

doylist: lying about what a unitarian is to rural school officials is funnier

Do u think Clark has like. Weird organs. Does he have lungs. Is his heart on the right.

has weird organs. lungs too big. some extras that humans don't seem to have. he doesn't know either and refuses to let anyone look if he can help it. martha avoided a lot of uncomfortable questions when he was a kid by saying she didn't believe in various medical procedures because she was a unitarian. she really coasted on no one in smallville knowing what a unitarian was. when an actual unitarian moved to smallville there was a lot of confusion until martha told everyone she'd been lying because she was actually in a cult at the time. no one had a problem with this because it seemed like it explained a lot.

[kisskissgotohell]

sorry im just. i posted disc horse (<- shouldve known better) and obviously i was setting myself up to get angry reblogs but like. did i say that??

[cookinguptales]

Now that the post is over 10k and my notes are straight-up unusable...

One thing I wish I'd spelled out more explicitly in the original post because I see this point getting lost on a lot of rebloggers who don't understand why the healthcare thing was such a big deal is like

The subtext I thought would be understood bc I lived back then but apparently has been lost today is that making sure queer employees and their partners had healthcare in the early 90s meant Disney was paying for a lot of AIDS treatment.

This is one reason fundie Christians were so upset and queer employees were so grateful. It's one reason why it was such a controversial decision. It was a major talking point amongst my family, who believed back then that AIDS was a punishment from God.

(Some still do, I think. We don't talk.)

I keep seeing people saying that Disney only chose that option "because of their bottom line" and it's like??? Were you listening??? Disney has been paying for that decision for literally decades, but they've stood by it.

Like... the 90s weren't like now! It wasn't profitable to cater to the queer population of the country back then. They weren't raking in money with this.

It's in no way a perfect company but I fully believe in criticizing people for the specific things they do wrong and praising them for the specific things they do right. Disney has fucked copyright, monopoly, and labor laws and I'm not about to defend that. But they are well known in FL for being friendly to both queer people and disabled people, and that is unambiguously a good thing.

(Like side note, I could talk about Disney and accessibility for days. I have traveled extensively while disabled and no one does it like Disney.)

I've had people reblogging the post like "I straight-up don't believe Disney is an industry leader in equal protections for queer employees" and it's like ??? do you think I just pulled this out of my ass? If you want more information, go look it up! You'll see that this is well-established history. It's not my fault y'all don't read! :|