#very tired so sorry if there's typos

[ebonytails]

Hey everyone! this is where the zebra is currently with the design.

It has knee braces!! I will most probably be drawing the zebra usually with them on, but it’s no requirement, for example if anyone else wants to draw the zebra :-]. I always like to make sure an animal design has official colors underneath any clothing and accessory anyway. I think this will be final! thank you everyone for your feedback!

As a reminder, aside from why the zebra was requested for this flag, this is also just a zebra with the disability pride flag on it. It’s just a deisgn to fit the flag, with input from other disabled people in our community. It doesn’t mean other animals can’t have designs with these colors, too! I don’t mean this design to be the only mascot for all disabled people. It’s just a silly series i do of pride animals, and at the time, during disability pride month, I wanted to see what everyone wanted me to start off with for this flag!

the goal with my pride animals is to take requests and make people feel happy and seen.. that’s all <:-)

[cumulo-ghoulll]

do you think,,, the ghouls celebrate their birthdays? maybe one day someone gave one of the papas a birthday present and the ghouls were all like "??? what is that???" and decided they also wanted presents lmao

All Papas and ghouls are forced to celebrate their birthdays, even if they don't want to like Primo and Secondo, so the ghouls are well versed with presents. Swiss and the ghoulettes count down the days till Copia's next birthday because he lets them play with the wrapping afterwards! Phantom is the only one who doesn't quite get the whole presents thing and doesn't seem to realise that not everyone is given presents at someone's birthday. Phantom was summoned a few months before Copia's birthday. His summoning, like everyone's summoning, was celebrated with a party, cake, and presents. Phantom now assumes all parties are for him, making all the food and all the presents his too. At Copia's birthday party, he patiently waited for someone to give him his presents as Copia unwrapped his. When he realised that all the presents had gone, he was extremely upset and thought he'd been forgotten about. Phantom had to be told multiple times after that the party was not for him, which only made him feel worse. The pack had to give him presents the week after to cheer him up. He's now also given a little cupcake with a candle to blow out whenever he's at a birthday celebration so he doesn't feel left out. No one really minds sharing the spotlight with Phantom though because they all love him!

[animangalover-writes]

Time for another dream i had, this time about zutara.

This one is a lot shorter, but essentially I had a dream where kataras whole family(which seemed to have more members then in the show) all live in the fire nation, hiding the fact that they're water tribe(rather, they were water tribe).

Katara is in some sort of relationship with zuko. It's unclear if she's his wife, his girlfriend, or his mistress, but its not hidden. People know about her and her relationship with him.

(Putting the rest under a cut so I don't clog up the feed lol)

If she was his mistress it's kinda held in that way that kings had other women they'd sleep with along with their queen and it was just an accepted, albeit kinda shitty, thing to do.

Anyway, katara is also pregnant, which was kind of an underlying "plot point" and would return home to her family every day to check on them.

It's revealed here that katara is basically the only reason her family is doing pretty well for themselves. Her relationship with zuko means that they have enough to get by. It's also noted that her whole family(katara, sokka, their dad, their grandma, and some made up new family members) all live in one house. So its clear they're still kind of struggling.

It's also revealed, through a conversation with her grandma, that the only otehr reason katara is with zuko, is because it was part of a bigger plan. She and her family are part of a resistance against the fire nation, and when they realized zuko liked katara, wanted her to infiltrate and pretend to be in love with him.

The plan had clearly gone on longer then anticipated, for whatever reason, and katara is conflicted because she actually does have feelings for him now, not fo mention she's pregnant with his child.

There's a "scene" either at the beginning or after this reveal that shows zuko in a meeting with other fire nation officials, including his father and sister, and that either he was against one of their plans but is ignored or his plan gets shut down(I don't remember which). Katara always sits in on these meetings with him, and afterwards, as everyone is getting up to leave, she leans her forehead against his and whispers that everything will be alright. This is why we can tell she truly does care about him, to some degree. But it's also a moment showing potential manipulation, like shes pretending to care. It's supposed to be a little of both, she needs him to trust her but she does still love him.

After all of this, we cut to a scene in a forest/swamp. This part is kind of blurry in my head, but basically, it's a secret meeting. Katara is dressed similarly to the painted lady, her and a few other resistance members, including Sokka, Suki, and Hakoda, are planning an ambush on Zuko and his family, who are supposed to travel down a path nearby. Katara is a key part of this plan, as she's the only waterbender, and she knows this. She nods along to everything regarding the plan and she goes over important points herself as well. But as everyone else continues talking, katara is having doubts. She loves Zuko. She's about to have his child. She cares for him. But she needs to free the world from the fire nations clutches as well. She doesn't want to kill Zuko, but she has to in order to help others. She's hesitating.

They continue with the plan anyway, and through the foliage that katara and the others are hiding in, we see a carriage making its way down the path. Zuko and his family(or at least his father) are in there.

Everyone is getting ready to fight, to jump out and attack. We see a close up shot of Katara, conflicted. She's still not sure if she can go through with this, if she can kill Zuko.

And then I woke up.

[alchemiclee]

serious talk real quick, sorry about this,,,,,

I keep getting asks asking for help with gofunmes and stuff as you might see me post. do no have the capacity to research and see if it's real. am dealing with health and family and work and life and friend issues and severe burnout on top. just want to occasionally come here to look at some silly lil guys and art to get some feel-good brain hormones for a second or whatever brains do. made this as a place to disconnect from the world for a bit and focus on myself and what I like and need.

but also have a feel-bad brain problem where I feel like the worst person alive if I can't help EVERYONE ON EARTH and it's pointed out to me all the time that i dont help anyone enough. the first one I got I posted and said I can't do much to help but i'll share and hope my followers can help and the person sent another saying "you have to donate or i'll die" basically, like their and their family's life is all in MY hands alone when I can't even get my own life together. and that was such a Brain Feel Bad and caused severe anxiety and panic attack....because it reminds me of irl experiences of homeless people grabbing onto me and trying to drag me away screaming only I can save them and feed their dying starving children, god sent ME to them so it's my duty, when I literally couldn't do anything but dissociate and now have no memory of what happened after that or how i got out of their grips....so i've not been here as much as usual because I keep getting these asks now and it makes me so anxious every time and THAT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A HORRIBLE PERSON. I know i'm horrible for not helping and instead getting severe anxiety when someone asks!!!! but idk how to stop it!! I can't even get the help I need and have been struggling alone for years!!!!

so I post these in case they're real and maybe one of my 5 active followers can help or something idk. it's all I can do even if it's useless. feel free to ignore them, that's up to you. i'm falling apart at the seams of my existence but war is worse than my dumb pointless problems and I can't help anyone so all I can do is publish asks and let other people maybe help if it's real. idk. let me just look at lil guys and art in peace i'm sorry i'm not abled and rich and useful 😭

is it ok to ignore these asks and leave them unanswered? or am I a bad person because i'm not helping and ignoring someone in need? since I don't have the spoons to research and verify every ask I get, is it better to ignore and not publish them to avoid a potential scam being posted and shared???? I don't know how this works but just saw a post saying many of them are scams preying on this horrible situation so you should always verify each one before sharing. but I cannot i'm sorry 😭😭😭😭 I know i'm a bad person for not being able to help and do this small thing, but i'm now worried i'm possibly causing harm unintentionally 😭😭 what do???

[the-oracle-of-the-lost]

new chapter of we pick ourselves undone!

[mariyekos]

Oh, I'm sure you'll get to it. But not before I INFLICT ANOTHER VERGIL-CENTRIC SONG ON YOU give Overlord by lamb of god a listen :>

(I'm happy to hear you're enjoying these, btw!!)

OKAY TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET TO IT BUT I GOT TO IT

I think I liked the other one more in terms of vibes because I love sort of...melancholy BGM while this one is definitely stronger and more powerful, but this one's good too and the lyrics have SO MUCH there! So thank you for sharing, I had so much fun with this one. If you or anyone else has song recs, feel free to send them my way, I love them :)

The rest (i.e. the bit where I relate it to Vergil) will go under the cut!

Sound

I think the middle section is my favorite musically here, the part where you're screaming in the face of what is. If we're going Vergil-ness, I'd say the calm of the intro is the sort of face Vergil likes to put on. He's calm, collected, and successful. He knows what he wants and he'll achieve it carefully and with precision. He's in control.

Except, for all his careful preparations, he's not! In the end, powers beyond himself reveal the things he's overlooked and show him just how much of a pawn he is- how powerless he really is- (see: "why isn't this working!" and the Arkham stuff in DMC3) and he gets loud, angry, and wild. Eventually he collects himself again and tries to face Dante with a level head- does, to a point- but by that point both Dante and the audience have seen him lose it and it doesn't matter how much he may act cool. We know otherwise. We've seen the outburst. We know what happens when he's pushed to his limits and the walls fall down.

Lyrics

You've never proved me anything but right You hold no surprises, consistency defined An underwhelming sense of predictability A dull sideways slide into mediocrity

Going through lyrics now, Verse 1 could be how Vergil sees Dante. Dante clings to his humanity and throws fits as he's always done, failing to match Vergil (at Vergil Battle 1) and thus sliding into mediocrity as he begins to lose rather than tying Vergil as he did when they were children. I like to read DMC3 Vergil as pitying Dante to a point. Oh, how much better he could've been. It's a shame he insists upon carrying on as he does.

Another day! Spent buried in the shadow of your doubt Always the same! But still, you refuse to figure out... Always the same!

The refrain also fits into this, though from a lens of frustration rather than just pity. Vergil has spent most of his life alone, and though he seems to be content with walking his own road, he isn't. We see him at his happiest while fighting Dante (just like how in DMC5, we see Dante at his happiest while fighting (with) Vergil), while the rest of the time he's in either a neutral or negative state. If Dante would only realize, if he'd only accept the truth and recognize the superiority of and intelligence in leaning into their demonic heritage, then it would be better for the both of them. Dante would be safe and Vergil wouldn't be alone. But Dante insists upon clinging to his humanity as he always has (always the same), refusing to acknowledge the truth right in front of him (that demons are superior/power is necessary to protect that which is important to you | but still, you refuse to figure out). And as time goes on, this becomes increasingly frustrating to Vergil who knows what they could have, would Dante only listen to what Vergil had to say and see things as Vergil does, but can't seem to get Dante on his side.

The refrain could also be seen as Vergil reflecting on himself. Frustration at hesitation. At what he could have, were he only to let go and... well. There are options there!

Is it his doubt holding him back from fully giving into demonic desire? Is it his doubt that has him holding back from humanity, dooming himself to suffering? It could be the Urizen side of things, mocking Vergil for sitting in the doubt and clinging to the humanity that's killing him out of either misplaced appreciation for something that only hurts them, or out of some sort of nostalgia, or out of some hesitation to do that which must be done to save them. It could be the V side of things, berating Vergil for ignoring the truth in front of him that there is strength in humanity. All of the above. I like reading Vergil both as someone who refuses to entertain any notions of doing wrong and also as someone who ends up doubting himself a lot, even if he tries to ignore it. Though I usually go for the former being more DMC3 Vergil, and the latter more post-DMC5 Vergil, I could see both at any point.

You will destroy you Distorted, tore yourself in two Your will absorbs you You can't ignore you anymore

I mean. It's obvious, right? Perfect. Vergil was his own destruction. I think I mentioned this in the other post about this too. It was his own pride that had him refusing Dante's help and falling into Hell, his own pride that had him charging into a losing battle, his own pride and desperation that had him using the Yamato to split himself in two hoping it would save at least a part of him, and so on. Vergil proved his own destruction. He was not his own salvation. He was a part of his own salvation, but only a part. Dante and Nero were the agents of his salvation, pushed on by that piece of himself that was still able to love himself and get the help Vergil had refused.

And small tangent- yes I read V as the side of Vergil that loved himself. Also oops I'm jumping around in tenses again, sorry!

But more on that: V is the one who tried to recreate Vergil. Urizen had no interest in that. V is the one who sought out the things that could help Vergil. Urizen discarded them (something he did not do with Trish and Lady, who he saw use in. Urizen instead saw a thing he felt emotions for and swatted him away, not even bothering to search because it would be antithetical to his goal of lone superiority and domination. Emotions hold you back. Ties and relationships hold you back. Such things cannot be used as tools, and are better of dead and gone.). Urizen wants power for his own sake, while V- who definitely still wanted power/strength, don't get me wrong, he's no saint- showed remorse and care for others. He accepted help from others. V saw that Vergil wanted to be saved and allowed himself to be saved. While both V and Urizen indulged in things Vergil wanted, where Urizen indulged in the thing Vergil wanted loudly and had actually sought out (power), V indulged in the quiet desires Vergil had (to be loved, to be saved) but had never allowed himself. And that, I think, is a much stronger show of love. Self love. Man I love V and Urizen and Vergil's whole shebang.

OKAY NOT SO SMALL TANGENT OVER WITH (and a return to present tense!). Yeah Vergil end up so invested in that which he desires that he becomes blind to everything else and it proves his ruin. He can't ignore the folly of his actions once they consume him. It's no longer other people bearing the brunt of his actions (like the people around the Temen-ni-gru); it's himself.

An entitled declaration of distress Strife, misery, and the pursuit of unhappiness Endless complaining, no accountability The reek of privilege and weightless tragedy!

This one is yet again both something that describes how Vergil sees Dante, and something that could apply to Vergil himself.

For the Vergil on Dante bit: this is for both DMC3 and DMC5 Vergil. Urizen has the line in his fight: "How… How are you so powerful!? You never lost anything!" which I think speaks to the fact that Vergil sees himself as the bearer of a heavy legacy and much suffering, while he buys the face/mask Dante puts on and thinks Dante to be some happy-go-lucky guy who's breezed through life relatively unscathed. "Endless complaining, no accountability"- Dante is someone who acts like he has some big cross to bear despite Vergil being the one who, as the elder son of Sparda and inheritor of his legacy, must bear it. "The reek of privilege and weightless tragedy"- Dante might have been left an orphan too, but Eva chose him, which both is a privilege and means the tragedy Dante dealt with wasn't nearly so bad, because at least when he was made an orphan Dante still knew he was loved where Vergil was abandoned. Dante has never lost anything. For all he gripes, for all he acts as though his life sucks and it's a chore to clean up after Vergil's messes, he has never felt true suffering. ...Or so Vergil thinks. We know better.

I've been typing for a while so I'm going to try to speed things up by just saying you could read this as Vergil berating himself. Saying he shouldn't be sad about anything because he can persevere. Nothing he's been through matters enough to stop him. He's still alive, isn't he? That emotional pain is a human weakness. He needs to move on. Hanging onto such things will only slow him down.

Cry wolf on your silken pillow Clipped wings beneath a crooked halo A perfect child who never looks at the mirror Right in your face, but not any clearer A problem hidden in plain view It's staring right back at you!

This one is Vergil to himself. I'd like to think that the progression of this song sort of mirrors Vergil's relationship with himself, in that he often blames Dante for things that Vergil has caused himself, or in that he berates Dante for having faults that Vergil also has, because it's easier to pretend that everything terrible that belongs to another person. Dante is the failure, not Vergil. Dante's the one weakened by human emotion, not Vergil. Dante's the one whining about his situation, not Vergil. Dante's the one hurting himself with the way he carries on, not Vergil.

But no, it is Vergil. Sure, Vergil is not doing the same things that Dante is doing- or not doing them in the same way- but that doesn't mean he's not doing other harmful things. Sure his life has not followed the same path as Dante's, but that doesn't mean his life path has been better. Vergil has suffered, Vergil has whined, Vergil has lost, and despite all attempts to distance himself from his humanity he is a slave to it to. (And, as we see in DMC5, it makes him stronger, even though he believes it to be killing him. It's the abandonment of his humanity that leads to both his downfall and his salvation. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy of refusing to help it and watching as it fails, then blaming its failure on its inherent weaknesses rather than your treatment of it that lead to said failures.)

Here though? "Cry wolf on your silken pillow." Make up problems to be upset about, and be upset about them from your place of privilege. Yes, Vergil has suffered, but despite his loss he managed to find himself in DMC3- only to throw himself down a path that would lead to his own destruction. He acts as if he is alone and he alone must bear the cross, but Dante's there too and would help if the two would only stop to see eye to eye.

"Clipped wings beneath a broken halo." As a union between humanity and demonkind, Vergil had so much room to be something, yet he didn't live up to the potential he could've had because he damned himself instead. And though the halo- the idyllic life- may have been broken by Mundus' attack, it's Vergil who clipped his own wings to fit the idea he had of himself. As I've said many times before and will say again, in the end it is Vergil who damned himself. Vergil who was his own downfall. It was Vergil who leaned into the suffering and pain and loss he'd been dealt and decided to surrender himself to a fate he could've avoided had he only sought another way out.

Then " A perfect child who never looks at the mirror / Right in your face, but not any clearer / A problem hidden in plain view / It's staring right back at you!" all goes into how Vergil is enforcing his own suffering but refuses to acknowledge it. Doesn't look into the mirror both in the sense of looking at his own suffering and at the suffering of his mirror image Dante. He has all the tools to see what he's doing but just doesn't want to , because acknowledging his faults would mean acknowledging he's wrong and havign to try to find anotehr way, but he's gone too far and lived too long on the path he's on and can't afford to go another way (can't bear the pain of admitting his faults. Even in DMC5 he runs away the second he has the chance. Yes, he's doing the world a service by cutting down the Qliphoth, but it's also a convenient excuse to not have to deal with the consequences of his own actions (Nero and the destruction of the human world)).

All the world's a stage But you are the only player A black hole in the center of the universe A dark cloud of despair! Caught in an endless rut A crisis without solution Someone should stitch your mouth shut And solve your fucking problem Strife, another day And misery Always the same Strife, another day And misery Always the same Always the same

Okay you can probably tell I'm getting tired here so sorry it's shorter but the eepies have come and I'm not going to win this battle.

But! First two lines are about how Vergil always goes it alone. The whole world is available for him yet he insists upon the lonely road. Then the rest I think are about enforcing the road Vergil's on, or about reassuring himself it's the correct path. Nothing good comes from him, he should bear his cross alone, in silence, because he only brings suffering to those around him (I love thinking about scenarios where Vergil was pursued much more often/hotly than Dante in their childhood, basically leaving a trail of bodies of those who might've tried to help Vergil, both reinforcing his belief that humanity is weak and powerless and also making it so he had no one and thought it best to isolate himself so he couldn't be hurt again). It's always the same- strife and misery. Pain and suffering. Loss and failure. For all he's tried and tried, Vergil has never won that which he wanted to. Even when he raised the Temen-ni-gru, even when he ate the fruit of the Qliphoth, he still couldn't beat Dante. He has lost over and over. It's always the same.

You will destroy you Distorted, tore yourself in two Your will absorbs you You can't ignore you anymore Anymore Anymore Anymore Anymore! Anymore!

Vergil is his own downfall. Vergil will always be his own downfall. And he will never be able to get away from that. Ever.

[arctic-bookclub]

after seeing this amazing post by @the-purest i felt compelled to create this so enjoy :] jurgen leitner rant [code monster edition] under the cut because it’s long:

Ph1LzA: THE CODE MONSTER?

STUPID IDIOT MOTHERFUCKING CODE MONSTER? GODDAMN FOOL PICTURE TAKING EGG KILLING CORRUPTED BINARY BASTARD SHITHEAD IDIOT AVATAR OF THE WHORE BIGGEST CLOWN IN THE CIRCUS LAUGHED OUT OF TOWN COWBOY MOTHERFUCKING CODE MONSTER

STOP PINNING ME WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE CODE MONSTER I HATE IT SO MUCH WHY DOES IT HAVE SO MANY FUCKED UP WEAPONS WHY DID IT DECIDE TO FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT ONLY TO REFUSE TO FIGHT ME IS IT AN EGG? IS IT A BASTARD? BINARY BITCH HAS SUCH A VISCERAL EFFECT ON ME NOT EVEN ON THE SERVER NEVER SEEN THIS CODES FACE AND I KNOW IT HAS THE WORLDS SHITTIEST HAIRCUT GET AWAY FROM ME

if i wanted to get into heaven and god said the code monster is waiting inside i would piss on gods feet for the sole purpose of getting sent back down

if i have to deal with the code monster dropping one item in person on quesadilla island in minecraft not only will i close the game i will delete my launcher out of spite and have to redownload all the mods again for the experience of being able to miss all the times when its mentioned or alive

i don't even know why i hate it so much. it takes pictures but i am just mad because i am angy

it better have some fucked up backstory to explain this if it’s just some federation shithead who’s a fan of angst and wanted the eggs dead i'll go ham

better have had a been a failed corrupted egg because if it isn’t i'm going to make it

paypal.com/IFuckingHateTheCodeMonster

servers not even about it. vaguely mentioned what is supposed to be maybe its purpose and i lost it

where the fuck is the code monster if it’s still alive i'm going to so deeply wish it wasn't

weak creative mode code

i'll punch the code and its sad cowardly creative mode binary numbers will simply flake apart under my epic huge meat fist and it will disintegrate until all that's left is one final picture it kept on it at all times titled Now You Fucked Up in ancient morsecode

i'm not breathing i'm hyperventilating at this point

i hope there's a date given for when the code died or will die so i can make it a reminder on my phone

everyday once a year i will see it and do anything but pay respects to the code who had so many fucked up if true theories about it

[miserye]

i had ym meeting w my boss todya and i guess i followe d the firections weridly

[sophieswundergarten]

uno reverse! do you have any favorite fun facts/infodumps you would like to share? :D

Hoo boy, an open invitation to ramble about something that gets my brain excited? I hope you won't regret this. (Also, thank you, Milk :>)

Today we're going to be talking about Deb Cook!!!

Deborah Cook, as she is usually credited in films, is the head of LAIKA's costume department. She has worked on every LAIKA film that has been made, from Coraline (2009) to the upcoming Wildwood (2025).

The thing about stop-motion animation is that there is a massive amount of planning that needs to be worked out before the actual filming process even starts. Part of this is the costume designs for all the puppets, so that they fit into the world and can be used as vessels for a cohesive story.

Cook does a lot of research into historical elements that can be used in costumes, as well as using computers and collaborating with other people in the art department to create her own version of textiles that are perfect for the character. She takes her job very seriously, and works to consider what each character's personality is so she can create a fitting look for them.

But, the!! The thing is, these puppets are generally about eight to twelve inches tall!! So you can't just go to a craft store and buy any old fabric, because the weave might be too rough, or when a camera is focussed on a piece of clothing so small the colors are distorted. So there is a necessary level of detail that must be adhered to, otherwise the final product will be kind of disastrous. You can't just make tiny jeans out of regular denim, you have to find a fabric that looks like denim, but is light enough that it'll be flexible when placed on a tiny puppet.

Now, there are a lot of insanely talented people who create all sorts of miniatures and have come up with ingenious solutions to this that can be pointed out. HOWEVER, a great deal of these are because of how much work LAIKA has put into that field of art in the last seventeen years.

In Coraline, some of the costumes were made out of a child's sock. A sock. And it worked because Deb Cook is a fantastic and dedicated artist who works really hard to do her best in literally everything. But, now that LAIKA has had over a decade of experience and accolades and new highly clever artists joining them, they have come up with many new ways to use technology to help.

But Deb Cook is an artist and she will go out of her way to make something look as authentic as possible. For the iconic beetle crest on Kubo's clothing in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), she dyed rice paste, painted the fabric, and then carefully washed it off to leave the image.

So, after all of that, and the meticulous attention given to every thread, you must remember that they have to animate all this. That means rigging in skirts and weighted sleeves and armature in capes. Each and every piece of clothing, in addition to needing to be replicated or else durable enough to be used for the two or so years required to make a stop-motion film, must be controlled down to the tiniest motion. In addition, the costume department she manages has to be able to make repairs or tiny alterations when something is damaged or an animator needs to get at the inner workings of a puppet.

There are so many more things that need to be considered in stop-motion versus live action, since the majority of the materials and designs are made from scratch in the studio.

And yet, despite all this, the woman hasn't won any awards

SO. That was my insane, unpolished rant about how much I love Deb Cook. Sorry and/or thank you if you made it this far, and if you want to learn more here are some resources:

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[doveshovel]

For your ask game !! For Hunter because that'll probably be easiest lol but 🤔 if any of them apply, go for a horsie too if you want

🌨️ , ✨, 🌕, 🦷

Thank you for these!!!

It's a very good chance for me to think about the main horses too :D These were very fun!

Original post for anyone who also wants to get asks for their character(s) :)

🌨️ - If this oc had a day free from all their responsibilities, how would they spend it?

As much as he needs some sleep- if there were to be a day where there's no work to be done and all the stable chores are taken care of- Hunter would probably spend it engaging in hobbies and hanging out with his horses. It would be a day filled with fishing, doodles, cooking, and a long trail ride.

The horses would likely spend it as horses do. Grazing, playing, being spoiled with scratches and treats, rolling in things Hunter would rather they don't roll in, etc.

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✨ - Tell something that makes this oc feel happy!

Hunter: Coming back home to the docks of Cape West with a decent catch and being told he did a good job. Local amnesiac illegal Jorvik immigrant just wants to be told he's doing something right. That, and any time he's able to go out for a nice, non-work-related ride with no deadlines for deliveries, or spoiling fish to worry about. Despite gloomy appearances, Hunter's an optimistic kind of character that places a lot of value in small, simple joys.

Wizard Egg (Eggy): Treats. Food. Anything that can be consumed. A very food-motivated horse with a high metabolism. Most likely horse to be bribed into committing a crime for a sugar cube.

Fortune: A good long grooming session. The kind of horse that gets ornery if you didn't spend long enough brushing him before a ride, but is willing and eager to please if you got all the right spots. Something of a natural diva with an affinity for spa days.

Disco: Despite being a very spooky young horse, Disco loves trail rides-- especially when they end with some beer and a handful of baby carrots for a job well done. Has issues with anxiety stemming from a previous owner, but overall, he's a curious little guy who likes seeing new things.

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🌕 - If this oc was an animal, what kind would they be?

Hunter: Raccoon. Independent, resourceful, and inquisitive, but frequently regarded as troublesome owing to an unsociable and slovenly appearance.

Wizard Egg (JWB): Probably a Saint Bernard. Gentle, loyal, calm, and friendly.

Fortune (Percheron): Peacock. Confident, proud, outgoing, but prone to some theatrics.

Disco (Mustang): Opossum. Docile and peaceable, but wary of just about everything.

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🦷 - Would this oc ever bite someone?

Hunter: In self defense, yes. Hunter's more likely to freeze on the spot or run in a physical confrontation, but wouldn't hesitate to bite someone if they were restraining him.

Wizard Egg: Absolutely not. Wizard Egg, for all his shenanigans, is an old, reliable, exceptionally well-behaved boy. Would do nothing to intentionally harm anyone unless he was actively being provoked into it. That being said, he absolutely is the type of horse to start chewing on your hair or clothing if you stand with him for a while.

Fortune: 100% absolutely. Bites Hunter. Bites other horses. Bites anyone who happens to be wearing a color he's decided he doesn't like that day. Fortune's relatively young, and inexperienced- and Hunter's frequently spoiling him. Overall, he's an affectionate and generally well behaved horse that happens to have a couple bad habits-- this being one of them.

Disco: More likely to kick than bite. Disco's the youngest and greenest of all the horses. There's not one aggressive bone in his body, but he's very anxious around unfamiliar people-- heck, he's anxious around some familiar people too. Similar to Wizard Egg, will bite if provoked.

[neonganymede]

Hey! I hope this is ok to ask about but I was curious about your original piece that you mention on occasion (cocat?). I'd like to know what it's about, or if you could share something you like about it or would want people to know.

I just really like your writing and I'm deeply curious about what an original work would look like from you :)

Hi!! Of course it's okay to ask!!! I'm always eager to talk about cocat!! Thank you for asking!! This book is my baby, and I'm >////< glad that somebody is curious about it!

Putting this under a read more just in case I ramble a little~

If I were to tag cocat (which spelled out is City of Crime and Teeth), it would fall under the twisted and fluffy category. The focal point of the novel is the relationship between Malise, an unwilling and listless crime boss who sees no way out of his current position other than his own inevitable death, and his husband Riot, a man he married the night they met who has plenty of his own dangerous secrets. They both have their shortcomings, with Malise not knowing how to deal with his emotions and Riot believing that he'll never have a place he can truly call home. Neither one have any idea how to navigate this strange relationship they find themselves in, but they both dig their teeth in the moment they meet. It's immediate, simultaneous obsession for the both of them, and they change each other indefinitely. Their relationship would be considered toxic for anybody else, but it works for them.

I really love writing emotion, and that's a big part of Malise's journey. He always thought that he couldn't feel things because he'd never been taught how, but he actually feels too much, especially in regards to Riot. Meeting Riot is like a burst of color in his otherwise bleak world, and he doesn't know what to do with all of these new things that he's feeling. It confuses the hell out of him, but he'd burn the world for Riot's sake.

And Riot is such a little shit, too. I adore him. He's lived the past ten years on the streets, so when he's suddenly a trophy wife (Malise's words and a definite point of contention between the two) Riot sure as hell takes advantage of that to indulge himself and spend as much of Malise's money as he can. And he's anything but a trophy wife. He's strong and lithe and fiercely devoted to his incredibly stupid and reckless husband. He thinks his situation is temporary; he thinks that Malise will eventually get bored and kill him, and Riot hates how much he ends up loving him.

Cocat is honestly a bit different from what I usually write, if I'm being honest. It's a little dark, a little angsty, but it's also about two incredibly broken people, two victims of circumstance who firmly believe they're only capable of cruelty and pain but have to learn how wrong they are.

Also featured in this mildly violent package: a found family consisting of these two married dumbasses, a pair of knife-wielding twins (one of which is trans, but neither one wants to tell me who it is. And frankly, it's none of my business), possibly the worst but most well-meaning secretary ever, and an ace lesbian who is easily the most unhinged character I've ever written (and easily my favorites. I love her so much).

So yeah! This got away from me a little, but I don't usually get to talk about cocat ^^; so thank you again for asking! And if you were ever interested, I posted a tiny drabble here~

[wolfram-but-art]

I love your Polish Spy headcanon so much. There is next to no mutual intelligibility between Polish and Russian, so Heavy would be just as confused as everyone else, but at least it would explain why Spy takes off his shoes indoors or something. Anyway, https://youtu.be/jaMcIbIWt_4 consider this video

BAHAHA I HAVENT SEEN THE PART WHERE HE ASKS WHERE HE WAS BORN THATS SO GOOD,,,, i love that video so much <3

i thought it was funny to include Mundy asking Heavy to translate because Polish is very commonly mistaken for Russian... they're not even that similar...

and YES!!! i didn't even think about the shoes part but that's so true

also Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz is Spy's real name but nobody believes him, so they just pretend/ choose to believe he has no name/ hasn't told them his real name

[pumpking64]

Are you at all familiar with the joke "why was six afraid of seven"?

Oh yes, I think my teacher maybe even told us that joke in an English comedy class or something in 7-8-9 ish grade (heheh). Definitely one of the first English jokes I remember hearing.

I was on the verge of asking you in return if you knew a typical Danish slapdash joke (if this counts as that?), but I think that's probably going to be a no, so nevermind hahah

[theyellowotter]

This may be a controversial opinion, but I think people should just be able to... enjoy things.

They should be able to like something without making it part of some competition and comparing it to something someone else (or they themselves) deem "better" or "more worthy of attention" or whatever winners circle they've created in their mind.

Maybe they WANT to watch that cookie-cutter Marvel film because they don't want to experience a lot of emotional turbulence or critical thinking. Maybe they WANT to deep dive into comic history and lore and see it play out on screen and do some critical thinking that involves something they enjoy thinking about.

Or maybe they DON'T.

No one looks at a painting and sees the same brushstroke. And if they hate it? Well, they've got a lot of other paintings to see.

People can enjoy things several ways, guys. Neither is more meaningful than the other.

Just don't be an asshole about it. That goes for everyone.

[lordgoopy]

Very good post about rabies but the survivors bar Giese all being left in vegetative states is false. Given it's been a while since I've checked on the survivor list so I might be missing others, but César Barriga, who contracted rabies in 2013 after a stray dog bit his leg while he was cycling also survived and regained conciousness.

He was the 6th case of survival (though he's often excluded because he did manage to get the first PEP dose before symptoms appeared and also bc he's from latam so no one outside here cares). He was big news for a while because lots of experts from around the world came to Chile to oversee his case because rabies was considered rare in urban settings then.

He also did an interview 3 years after he was released from hospital, in which he details the neurological sequelae post-survival.

Man but the notes on that post really are just tumblr showing they have no idea how anything works.

"report to your local animal abuse people not to cops" local animal abuse people would be animal control. Animal control officers are cops.

"rabies is treatable if you go to the doctor right after the bite" rabies is PREVENTABLE, not treatable. There is no cure for rabies. If you suspect you came into contact with a rabid animal, you need to get a series of rabies vaccinations to prevent the virus from taking over your body. This is not a treatment and it only works if you go right away. If you show any symptoms of rabies it is too late.

"rabies is fatal in animals but treatable in humans" rabies has a 100% fatality rate and is not considered a survivable disease at this point in time. If you contract rabies YOU WILL DIE. The "treatment" in humans is called the Milwaukee Protocol, only 14% of people survive it, and it leaves you with massive brain damage and effectively turns you into a vegetable. You do not return to a normal life afterwards. Very few people who have undergone this process are capable of doing more than laying in a hospital bed and eating and breathing through tubes. To my knowledge only one person was able to live a semi-normal life after years and years of ongoing therapy and was not expected to have made it even through her first year after treatment.

I cannot stress enough how rabies is unlike any other disease you may be thinking of. It's required on a federal level in this country to vaccinate pretty much any domestic animal that comes into contact with wildlife for one reason and one reason only: it is not considered possible to cure rabies and the spread of disease would threaten all mammalian life including our own if allowed to continue to propagate.

[yurissweettooth]

I would try to not get too worried about people posting "don't do that" about fandom. In the end, the statement "you can just block it if you don't like that!" goes both ways, and if someone is allowed to say "normalize mischaracterization" (which makes the series-absolutists mad) then series-absolutists are allowed to say "man it annoys the shit out of me when people mischaracterize x characters" (which makes the other side mad) In the end both sides need to go "oh this isn't for me", block and move on. It's just people talking on the internet about what they like or what bugs them and shouldn't ever be treated as more than that. But yeah it's mean if someone quotes someone else's post to say what they're doing is wrong lol just make your own post so you aren't getting that person involved at that point

Hi! ^^ So I should state that I actually 100% agree with what you are saying here and this is actually the stance I already had, so perhaps I should have clarified better in my original post 😅 [Also, I feel like tone indicators can get kinda confusing so I'll just say that I mean this in a very neutral/explanatory way with no negative feelings! I just feel like I should have worded my initial post better so I'll clarify a little here ^^] So my original post/vent was not about people simply saying they dislike a thing (even in that post I specified that I do not like/enjoy similar things and find plenty of takes that annoy me all the time and there are plenty of ways people engage in fandom that I simply do not understand or enjoy) but I was referring more to the mean-spirited posts that are belittling, shaming, and reducing people who are just trying to have fun down to people who are idiots with no reading comprehension and fake love for a series. Posts that accrue thousands of responses of people chiming in about how stupid, annoying, etc. said people are, naming and shaming people, etc. etc. And if it were simply just the posts alone I'd just block and ignore (as I try to do anyway) but it is also the fact that the same sentiments are being/have been directly targeted at me and others who I care for and probably plenty of other people as well. I would like to have fun on my own time and not be berated and told to "kys" because I HC a character a certain way. It is tiresome to be have wild assumptions made about my beliefs and morality because I examined both sides of a morally grey character or enjoyed a character even though they have done wrong and I don't align with them. It is annoying to draw a silly little doodle for fun or write a crackfic and have someone rip it apart because I am "reducing a character down to a single trope" (<-literally the intention of shitposts that are not meant to be taken seriously, not a reflection of my genuine thoughts or interpretation). I do not like when I post something innocuous and someone who thinks it's stupid and annoying reblogs it which gets a chorus of other people telling me how stupid and annoying it is when I was doing something for fun and sharing it for others who might enjoy it too. I know this is the internet, I know it has been full of assholes since the beginning of time and will be forever, but I do not think it is unfair or unreasonable to wish that people could be kinder to others even if that may never happen. I also thin it's fair to wish that people would not act as though they are morally superior because they enjoy fiction in a way others, name and shame people doing innocuous things they don't like leading to harassment, or reduce others down to ableist remarks. The latter is doubly problematic because there are MANY neurodivergent people in fandom who very well might have issues understanding the text and should 100% be allowed to exist peacefully and have fun anyway but are often subjected to bullying and ridicule as it is.

I think saying "hey, let's make it more acceptable for people to engage in fandom however they want to so long as it's fun for you and not hurting anyway" is very different than retweeting someone's post to thousands of people to tell them they are a fake fan because they wanted to have fun without backlash.

Same goes for the other way around too. I'm never going to say someone doing something innocent like stating their opinions or frustrations is wrong or bad for doing so, so long as they aren't bullying or belittling or being ableist about it or actively supporting people who are.

I just wanted to make sure I clarified that I never said nor do I believe that people cannot hold the opinion that things in fandom are annoying because I do not believe that. 😅 I just think that we shouldn't be assholes to/about people just because of that though.