#they are GD puppies

[hinamie]

big fan of panels where they look like they wld beat me up

[fjordfolk]

being part of dog health fb groups is great because it really broadens your horizons and gives a lot of context across breeds and teaches a lot of nuance in interpretation

and sometimes it lets you go 'holy heck im not in your breed but if i were i wouldnt touch ur programme w a 10 foot pole and a kite'

[lumaxramblings]

jonathan, drunk: don't... hey, hey, don't—don't tell steve that i'm in love with him steve, very softly: ...you're in love with me? jonathan: shit, no, not you, uh— jonathan, turning to nancy: don't tell steve that i'm in love with him. nancy, staring at steve who's looking at jonathan like he hung the goddamn stars: ...got it

[theborzoiarebackintown]

He’s graduated to using tools in his hunting

[lithopsy]

having another fictional character breakdown again but it (spoilers for a seven year old game) is so insane that saeran killed jihyun IN FRONT of jumin in the SE like THAT GUY DIED?? THERE IS A FUNERAL CG?? like why does the fandom collectively ignore that scene

[layalu]

ulhar wants to be mad soooo bad but she is so so bad at staying mad ar people and she hates it

[latibvles]

congrats on working on your editorial - very proud of you! *also slides you $20* May I please request 65 with Rita and Liebgott? 🤭 Thank you lovely 💕

NO. 65 — NO, WE'RE NOT GETTING A PUPPY FOR CHRISTMAS. STOP. ASKING.

some fun with a rita x Joe modern au setting because they are my beloveds who like to bicker in shopping malls. patty's a veterinarian in this au for a little bit more context. send me a holiday prompt from this list!

“Rita—”

“No.”

Rita watches as Joe narrows his eyes at her as they walk. The mall is always busy this time of year and she wanted to do some last minute shopping before a few of their friends came down for the holidays; Web and his wife, and Patty.

“You didn’t even know what I was going to say!” Joe declares, and to that, Rita bites her lower lip to suppress the knowing smirk begging to be seen on her face.

“Didn’t need to, we just passed PetCo.”

This was the new debate, it seemed. They visited Daisy and Ron back in May for her friend’s birthday, only to be met with two small poodles with coppery brown coats. Two gifts from Ron’s birthday the month before, funnily enough. Joe couldn’t get enough of them, they nibbled on his fingers and climbed in his lap — sniffing and licking him all over. He couldn’t get enough of them, and ever since then he’d been not so subtly suggesting that they also get a dog of their own.

“So now we’re assuming things?” He puts a hand over his heart, slightly melodramatic, and she rolls her eyes at her boyfriend’s theatrics.

“Okay, look me in the eye right now and tell me you weren’t gonna bring up a puppy again,” And sure enough, Joe looks her in the eye as they pause — but he doesn’t say anything. What he does do, is pucker his already slightly-pouty lips, folding his arms across his chest. She arches an eyebrow, and he mimics the movement. “So no, we’re not getting a puppy for Christmas. Stop. Asking,” He continues to remain silent, staring at her and mimicking her posture. They stand like that for a few more stubborn seconds, before she unfolds her own arms with a roll of her eyes.

“We can do this all day, mi vida, or we can finish this up and go home.” Rita declares, reaching to grab one of his hands that had been tucked into his arm.

“Y’know, you’re a real proper Scrooge,” he draws out, but still laces their fingers as she continues to walk. She rolls her eyes.

“Didn’t know you were into that kinda thing. Should I buy a striped nightcap while we’re here? I could wear it in bed if that’s your thing.” To that, he gets an almost Cheshire cat-like grin on his face.

“I might have to hold you to that.” Rita snorts at his response, shaking her head and muttering a quiet but affectionate ‘weirdo’ under her breath. His smile becomes a smidge softer at that, and she doesn’t miss the way his eyes glance back to the window store.

So when Patricia Kegley walks through their door about two weeks later, with a very wiggly box and a note attached saying ‘Now please stop asking for a puppy, mi amor’ — both the beagle puppy with a bright red bow and Rita get an equal amount of kisses on the face from Joe, who’s beaming like he just won the lottery.

“Have I told you that you’re amazing?” he mutters against her cheek. Rita grins a little wider.

“At least three times a day, but it wouldn’t hurt to hear it again.”

[carnal-void]

Am I the only one who's so goddamn horny he's humping a pillow, pushing two, now three fingers into my greedy hole, desperately and clumsily lubing up my dildo, stripping naked, begging men to come and use me, drooling all over, unlocking my door and getting on all fours, shoving toys into me until I'm whining and whimpering like a pathetic dog?

Or is it just me? Haha

[uwooyoungs]

im reentering my zb1 era and lemme tell u i wld do anything for zhang hao and his cute lil face

[whatisshelties]

Anyone know if Greg Derrett has updated his "handling system" now that so many things that used to be "bad" according to his system are now mainstream and utilized successfully?

I get the impression he's mainly doing admin stuff these days. Is he even competing anymore? I don't see his name popping up much in international competition.

[loath3d]

i need a nap but i'll be on tonight and go real hard with replies. and starters! i believe i still owe quite a few people az starters, as well as starters in general <3

[adinafay]

From this post he shall both protect this frozen treasure chest from the feline scourge and also beseech his gods for their help in retrieving his prize.

[futurefind]

//"How dumbass is Sa" [wrt her tunnel vision divorcing herself from the concept of other ppl specifically finding her likeable nvm attractive or being flirted w]

You could:

Flirt w her (obv)

Take her out (on date/s)

Tell her you '[really] like her'

Make out

And she'd still:

wonder if it's platonic ((not even in a queerplatonic or aspec awareness way. just a dumbass way))

"is this a joke?"

presume its for Any secondary motives (ie being wont to reduce even her most confidence friendships to 'they just keep me around bc I'm useful')

otherwise mental gymnastics her way into excuses for 'its not her [theyre attracted to], it's them [that has a use for smth she can provide]'

For examples :'3 Not even a full list! Taps the sign abt her being great for 'Knight/Dragon' archetypes because she's just... so horribly oblivious. Her right eye can see more than her heart yk??

V much the type to, esp in a more conservative context, presume even smth as overt as a marriage, as being purely for political machinations and nothing else (or the like)

(Bonus: Feel free to have your muses be running betting boards on how long it takes her to notice flirting/how many times she's been flirted with and dismissed it as 'just being nice' or the like lol)

[puppygirlboyfriend]

good dog? good doggy? good boy? good puppy? good dog?

OP IS TRANSFEM PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GD

[cfr749]

Initial Thoughts on Chenford in 6x07

All right... I'm feeling... a lot at the moment, so just sharing my initial reactions before seeing anyone else's. I'm sure my feelings will evolve. Also this turned into a GD essay and I'm sorry.

The Good

Grey acknowledging that Lucy was going through a lot ABOVE & BEYOND the break up. I just wish he'd mentioned the shooting, too. Lucy deserves to be more than her relationship with Tim and I need to actually see that in the future.

Lucy laying out 2 key things in her conversation with Grey - how easily Tim walked away and that he had no right to make that decision for her

Prior to the last scene (see The Ugly below), I thought Tim's interactions with the therapist were reasonably well done; if only therapy was that easy in real life lol

"You've always got a home with me" - I loved this final scene between Lucy and Tamara. I don't really have feelings either way about Tamara at this point, and this still hit me right in the heart.

Smitty's poll made me laugh, but also another solid indicator that these writers / producers do in fact really enjoy laughing at the expense of the fandom and shippers (which, whatever, I don't care that they do, I'd prob do the same; but it does irk me when people act like these writers should be worshipped because of all the things they "give" us)

The Tim

"I'm not depressed. I broke up with her."

"I was her TO." Not her friend, cuz god knows Tim has yet to deal with the fact that he started banging his former Rookie I suppose.

I dunno whether to put this in The Good or The Bad at this point; it depends on where they take it, so instead Tim gets a section all about why he's a dick.

To be clear, I do not like that Tim is a dick. But I actually do kind of like that it is very clear TO THE AUDIENCE that Tim is being kind of a dick. Do I still think people will bend over backwards to defend him? Of course they will.

From my perspective, I love Tim, I understand that he thinks he's doing the right thing, and has lots and lots of trauma. I've never seen Tim as a character that magically healed at some point between Seasons 1 & 5 (please see his storyline with his dad, his ongoing issues with UC work and unwillingness to confront or deal with them, his feelings about therapy historically, his inability to dump Ashley, etc. etc.). He's never been perfect and he doesn't need to be.

All of those things are true. None of those things give him a free pass to be kind of a dick. He still has to take accountability for how he treated Lucy (which, to be clear, was like sh*t).

The Bad

Lucy being petty AF with the invites to Tamara's dinner - let her be ANGRY, but give me villain Lucy over this dumb sh*t.

Lucy having no one other than Grey to talk to.

Others acting like Lucy is actually kind of pathetic (why do these writers love sh*tting on her so much? girl could not be down and kicked any harder at this point) -- Celina / Nolan and the double dumping crap, Lucy thinking Grey paid actors and him telling her she was out of her damn mind

The last interaction between Lucy and Tim. I am so angry for her. I needed to see that from her, but instead it felt kind of like her being dumped / a kicked puppy all over again. We got it, thanks. What's next? Lucy being incredibly happy with the hottest man on earth? I'm here for it tbh. Lucy plotting Tim's murder? Also here for it at this point. LOL.

The Ugly

I could not hate the implication of that final scene with Tim and the therapist and the door shutting more. There was ZERO reason they couldn't have had him show up during the day, and it actually disgusts me that they are pushing this line again, but especially with Tim. I am literally NEVER this dramatic, but in this case I really hope they did that to just get a reaction, because if anything were to actually happen between Tim and the therapist, I'd be 100% done with this ship and show as would a whole lot of the audience (I think). If I kept watching, it would only be to see Lucy be absurdly happy without Tim.

Well, what'd I miss? What did y'all think?

[alchemistc]

Eddie's been a perpetual DM his whole life so when Dustin offers to run a one-shot over the first Thanksgiving break everyone actually gets time off for, Eddie leaps at the chance to play as a PC, and begs Steve to play. Steve hasn't seen all the kids (they're in their mid twenties but to Steve they'll always be The Kids) together in years and he's been subjected to enough lectures about it that he's half convinced he knows his way around a campaign and he's hopelessly in love with his best friend anyway. ("No, Robin, it's different alright, I can have two best friends." "Uh, no, dingus, you can't.")

So they all huddle into the Byers-Hopper living room and to no one's real surprise Eddie's PC is just breathtakingly detailed, backstory fleshed out and built into Dustin's storyline and he goes absolutely HAM with the character voice and has a blast with it.

The shock comes from Steve's character - because Steve is determined to make this the last year he moons at Eddie Munson from afar and he's recruited Dustin's help to weave in some memory loss for Eddie's character and spent hours upon hours working out his own character with Eddie because "I'm hopeless, man, you gotta help me."



(And Eddie does, bc Steve is his best buddy in the whole world and no one is immune to his puppy eyes except maybe the Wheelers.)

Steve goes for it, because he's nearly thirty gd years old and what does he care if sometimes he's a little silly - and sometimes things come out a little awkward and sometimes Eddie has to redo Steve's math from over his shoulder (he swears he's not being an idiot on purpose, honestly, but he doesn't actually mind the way Eddie eventually just drags Steve's chair closer to his and slings an arm around the back of it so he can press into Steve's space and do the mental math every time Steve has more to count than one die and a stat add-on). The party gets used to it all quickly enough even though the first hour or so is spent laughing incredulously every time Steve affects a Voice of his own.

The campaign takes seven hours and it isn't until halfway into hour five that anyone except Steve pieces together the threads of Eddie's characters mysterious memory loss and Steve's PC's cryptic history. Mike gets a funny look on his face ten minutes before they break for snacks and drags Steve into a bathroom.

"What are you doing?" he asks with a grimace and Steve pretends to be confused. "I swear to God, Steve, if you're using this campaign to finally get into Munson's increasingly tight pants I'm going to punch you in the dick."

Steve shrugs and shields his junk, and Mike maybe has an aneurysm but that's his own problem.

The thing is, Dustin is a little shit and when Eddie'd finally convinced Steve to play he'd gone to Dustin with a plan of his own because "I'm a goddamn coward, man, I'm never gonna muster up the courage to do this on my own I need something to force me into a corner." so, like, Eddie knows there's a big reveal coming too and when Dustin drops the lore that Eddie's PC once saved an entire village, died about it, and was brought back to life when Steve's PC made a deal with a literal demon (the same demon they've been chasing across the countryside for the whole campaign, only Steve's PC has been playing it off like he doesn't have a clue who this fucker is) Eddie really leans into the story - presses into Steve's space while Steve gives a lofty speech about how he'd agreed to let the demon take only the memories of his own character because not being known by the love of his life was so much worse than him being gone and maybe it all hits a little too close to home and maybe Eddie only realizes right as Steve's throwing a second failed death save that Steve and Dustin must have planned this and maybe Will is a little too knowledgeable about the intricacies of these disaster gays intricate mating rituals, because he could totally heal Steve's character but the moment is fraught and this shit is fascinating so he lets Steve give a death speech while Eddie - actual Eddie, not his character - has tears in his eyes and thank fuck he doesn't throw a third failure because Eddie looks about ready to upturn the whole table when Will saves a reaction.

And, hey, when Steve's finally up Eddie's hand sort of just doesn't leave it's spot clenched around Steve's knee and they get through the rest of the fight and Dustin builds out a nice little happy ending for them all, Lucas doesn't pretend not to cry about it, and Mike begrudgingly admits it was a cool way to frame the story, and Will stares at Eddie and Steve like he's trying to read their minds.

(It's possible he can read minds? Steve doesn't know for sure except sometimes he's convinced Will has some left over shit from all the Upside Down crap and sometimes Will Knows Things.)

They don't, like, talk about it right away, because that was exhausting and they're all hungry as hell but like, they're sharing a room, sharing the tiny bed tucked up against the window, and it's not the first time they've ever done that but Eddie doesn't really let them get that far because halfway through brushing their teeth together, scrunched up together in the tiny bathroom across the hall, Eddie spits out toothpaste and tucks his face into Steve's neck and Steve hums around his toothbrush and curls a hand in Eddie's hair and it's super fucking inconvenient because now is the perfect time to actually Tell Eddie like he's supposed to but he has a mouthful of toothpaste and an armful of Eddie and -

"I'm gonna kill Dustin," Eddie murmurs into Steve's neck and Steve manages to maneuver his body at an alarming angle so he can clear his mouth without letting go of Eddie. "Gonna kill you too, what the hell, Steve?"

And maybe the whole dying to save the village thing was a little on the nose and maybe Steve's speeches were a little purple prosy and maybe Eddie's never been more charmed by such an absolute dork of a man in his entire life so when Steve gets to eye level and ticks up a brow in question Eddie thinks about how he's always felt like a coward but sometimes The Kids make him brave and he just lays one on Steve, toothpaste lingering in both of their mouths and Mike loudly banging on the bathroom door before Eddie's even managed to get his tongue involved and -

"Holy shit, dude, you're such a dickhead, I'm trying to stick my tongue down Steve's throat, man," Eddie says when he yanks the door open and drags Steve past a beleaguered Mike and a thrilled Will and shoves Steve none too gently back through the bedroom door. "You got earplugs?" he asks, and Mike grimaces.

"No."

"Cool, no worries, if you hear any noises for the next few hours no you didn't."

Eddie actually manages to keep it fairly quiet but Steve is a whiner and Dustin never lives down giving Mike the, like, third most traumatizing evening of his life.