#rats for me of course

[thecooler]

Feel free to specify in the tags :) if the animal is one that needs company assume you'd have multiple

[egophiliac]

missed the mark by (looks at calendar) uhhh. hm. but I really wanted to do something for the 5th anniversary! happy five years to these idiots 🎉

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Be wary not of the beast, but the hand that tamed it.

(Read more dog training tips over at Tiger Tiger)

[tinynerdycthulu]

blah blah blah moshang/bingqiu fic that seems like your stereotypical bodyguard/noble fic but no one realizes shang qinghua is the noble and shen yuan is actually just the third son of a mildly prestigious family who became a knight.

shang qinghua is arranged to be married to mobei-jun and luo binghe, mbj's assistant, is the one whoe escorts him and his knight sy to the castle. the journey is pretty long so they end up talking to each other and luo binghe somehow comes to the conclusion that shen yuan is the prince.

shang qinghua doesnt bother to correct him and he orders cucumber-bro not to. to him it makes sense because hes not really princely. plus he can admit shen yuan is extremely unintentionally seductive and lbh is clearly already smitten anyway. plus its super fucking funny to see cucumber-bro completely oblivious to lbh's desperate pining.

(luo binghe's inner monologue: i can't,,,he's my lord's betrothed,,,but he's so kind,,,so lovely,,,i must Resist my base urges,,,)

anyway they finally make it to the palace and lbh is crushed that shen yuan doesnt seem sad at all (is he just fine with marrying a complete stranger? even his bodyguard is sadder than he is!)

before the "official meeting" shang qinghua literally runs into mobei-jun. b/c he's gotten into the bodyguard role he immediately prostates himself and apologizes. cue shock from lbh when mobei-jun falls over himself (well, reaches down 1% quicker than usual) to help his fiance up.

lbh: is my lord smitten with...the ugly rat man? ths servant? when yuan-ge is right there???

(yes they've dropped honorifics, they dropped honorifics like 1 day into the journey bc shen yuan doesnt know what boundaries are)

mobei-jun for his part is completely perplexed. shang qinghua is obviously his future empress, who else would it be?

lbh ofc doesnt care about the whole trickery thing once he realizes he can court shizun to his hearts desire.

bonus cumplane double wedding. everyone thinks mobing were the ones who arranged it because cumplane get into a violent fight during the feast. actually luo binghe cried for 10 straight hours at his shizun's feet trying to convince him to change his mind.

[cspcrashing]

bleach au in which mydei is phainon's zanpakuto but they both live in oblivious bliss (+ a written snippet of what they were like before it all went to shit)

[thegloriouspapernapkin]

please ignore any mistakes i am eepy

(also, the templates are by @awfulalignmentcharts )

[kelocitta]

Perhaps a more literal "Clerk Lover" than most abnormalities playfully given the title; Rat King shows significant variance in hostility when faced with high level employees vs. low rank ones. Teams otherwise completely decimated by its rampages may find themselves with stragglers who were merely forced out of the way in favor of more enticing prey, at least in the moment.

Naturally, Managers should take care to discourage any dangerous ideas about 'mercy' 'favoritism' or "kindness" lest they find abnormality containment units suddenly prone to failure.

[cod-dump]

random question but what other animals do u think teen!simon would have tried to sneak into the house ? like from smth tiny like a lizard maybe too a raccoon or a coyote trying and failing to convince nik and price that the raccoon is simply a stray cat with with hands and coyote is a stray dog that totally isnt trying to eat him

(thought of this since i saw a woman on tiktok who aparently accidentally took care of a whole ass bobcat kitten thinking it was a cat 😭)

Rats. He has brought home four different rats. Three were from pet shops and one was a wild rat he befriended. He stole the rats from the pet shop proudly (they were rehomed after a long talk from John). They don’t live where there’s coyotes, thankfully, or Simon would have certainly set out to befriend a pack or get hurt trying. Getting Riley had halted his shenanigans… for a moment. He still got Small Fry (courtesy of Nik), which means John still has worry about random animals showing up at the house. Unfortunately Simon is roping in Kyle and Farah and Nik has never been much help with that.

[ranchwamen]

I WAS GONNA MESSAGE YOU ON YOUR MAIN BUT IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE HERE

I know Luca did this but I love the idea of fish being treated domestic cattle? Like idk something about having a group of fish just. Grazing. Idk

Our grunts were doing this earlier and I thought it was silly like that’s a herd not a school

ANYWAYS in your mermaid verses does like. Aquaculture/agriculture combination exist?

Yes yes yes it does!!! Tending to domestic schools of fish is one of the biggest food sources of merfolk, though I've only really brought it up once in a singular comic panel:

Aand admittedly I haven't figured out all the logistics of it ^^' There are domestic fish subspecies for sure, pikes and several species of sharks for example, but the livestock of the sea are a different matter. I like the idea of fully domestic fish subspecies that live with humans all the time but I also like the domestic reindeer approach where — despite the prefix "domestic" — the reindeer spend a large portion of the year in the wild and only come to humans' care for the winter. I guess it'd be tricky to keep fish in a single place without having any escape (3-dimensional space and all), but also, I feel like domestic fish would be accustomed to merfolk and would wish to school near them anyway due to the protection they offer.

Actually, the domestication of fish seems like a very natural course to take place. Merfolk are big to most fish, medium shark-sized, and do not pose an immediate threat, so they're good to school near. Merfolk change their environment in all sorts of ways, they expose prey to eating when obtaining materials, they build things, and then those things grow tasty algae and polyps and mussels to eat. Merfolk eat a lot themselves and leave cooked food scraps to enjoy. Merfolk don't like predators near them and therefore chase them away, giving the fish safety, and once they start building little barns for the fish, well, then they'll be extra safe!! Perhaps then, merfolk settlements (located near coasts) would keep these fully domestic schools, and more nomadic groups of merfolk (who travel in the uppermost levels of the pelagic zone) would have semi-domestic schools of fish to keep instead.

Huh, yeah, fish livestock must come in very handy in taking care of biofouling matters, snails and slugs and other grazers can't do it all by themselves. Oooh not to mention the possibilities for aquaponics!!!! Domestic fish graze on algae and tasty delicious things to them, their waste fertilises the big plants (and worms) delicious to humans, humans eat both as they grow, profit! Although just how nutrient-heavy the water must be in these aquaculture farms due to the large amount of fish livestock, ehhh.... balancing how close to settlements you can keep the livestock in the name of food delivering efficiency vs how far you need to have them be to keep the water clean, what a tricky matter. Excellent for worldbuilding though :D I bet it's a really pressing issue regarding the eutrophication and species loss of the environment, merfolk settlements being located so far away from their agricultural areas for comfort and cleanliness reasons, inadvertedly causing their spheres of influence to be much bigger, forcing natural ecosystems to grow smaller, more fragmented and more nutrient-heavy, and causing disruption in the ecosystems' natural processes. Nevermind how much food exporting must've caused aquaculture farms to grow massive, especially in the modern age where the demands of billions of people must be met!! See, just because they're in the water doesn't mean they're more rudimentary or more in-tune with nature, lol.

To make a long story short, yeah !!!! Merfolk keep fish, but also other groups of animals like reptiles, crustaceans, mollusks and annelids to eat... and also to have as buddies and do jobs! Not all fish are livestock, very few fish species are "fitting" enough to be domesticated, and even then wild and domestic populations of the same species exist, but some species are livestock and serve as a major cornerstone of the merfolk diet!

[billythephoneguy]

I hate you…

[iamyounicorn]

been "playing" this thing called mmolb

[ghost-bard]

Maybeee maybe ankarna and cassandra will bring the rat grinders back??? Bc as goddesses theyd understand that they were literally under the influence of a corrupted ankarna and/or manipulated by a man trying to make himself into a god??? Maybe?????? I really hope that this wont be a like “oh well they shouldn’t have worked with porter and jace sucks for them” kinda deal bc. We know its more than that? And it would hard core suck narratively if they just permadied for being easily manipulated kids when they could easily be brought back by any number of people or as like a miracle like. Cmon. Also their deaths arent even that satisfying bc we KNOW they arent really equipped for actual combat, idk.

I liked the episode dgmw but i kinda just feel. Bummed out knowing theres a decent chance of them just being misunderstood and manipulated, and never getting to be kids or getting like rehabilitation or whatever.

[rat-detector-the-18th]

Petition to explode the sausage man. No I will not elaborate.

[silverview]

[underskz]

STRAY KIDS AS SKATE RATS

— 18+ minors dni —

DISCLAIMER: this is purely me being delulu so pls dont take it that srs<333 also blame the superboard mv…

WARNINGS: toxic behavior, toxic relationships

what’s a skate rat?

bang chan → skate rat bang chan is a literal demon in the worst (best) ways possible. not only is he hotter than hell, damn good at skating and one of the most painfully charming guys you’ll meet. he's so popular that he’ll never have the time for you

leeknow → ever been completely ignored and liked it? no? better start learning! he’s that skate rat that scoffs anytime you show up and skates off whenever you try to talk to him. but at the same time he loves scaring off anyone who tries flirting with you and will even go as far as to tell possible love interests that you're his, only to never ever give a crumbst of attention to you. he’s always playing games and he never. loses.

changbin → the show off, there's nothing he loves more than an audience, it doesn't matter if they openly swoon or not, as long as all eyes are on him...that being said everything has to be a spectacle with him,, including if you somehow get him into a relationship whether it be public fights or gross pda it’s always a bit of a show. will not kill bugs for u btw,,,

hyunjin → skating to him isn’t some pastime or even a hobby, it’s an art. and hyunjin has perfected it. he’s the one everyone wants and no one ever gets,, definitely tiktok famous just for being hot, a skate rat and making nice art. he has a gaggle of desperate people following him around and will make your life living hell if he ever even spares you a second glance.

han → this is the hot loser skate rat, his success rate at spitting game is 50/50 cus he’s either smooth enough to score or just completely flames out. he’s the type of forever be caught up on his ex and if said ex ever comes calling he’ll drop you so fast you’ll get whiplash.

felix → lowkey the blueprint for skate rat innie, he’s always wearing expensive jewelry… the man skates wearing a damn rollie. he’s nice enough and entertains a decent amount of the attention he gets but he’s not looking to commit </3 he says and then jumps into a relationship for a year or two.

seungmin → this is the skate rat who everyone thinks is a genuine Nice Guy, he jokes, he's sweet and he'll even take you on a date...you and the twenty others on his roster because why should he only waste his attention on one person? and even with his Nice Guy reputation, he’s still notorious for being a bit of a tease (and does have an occasional of a mean streak)

i.n → ah the classic drip or drown hype beast skate rat, always wearing supreme or some other overpriced skate brand that you “shouldn’t be wearing bc you don’t skate” and skating in shoes that are even more overpriced,, everyone wants him and not only does he know it, he thrives off of it,, even tho he pretends he’s so nonchalant.

[a-bitch-made-fullmetal]

so do we think that if Hohenheim had sat down with his feral child and explained what the fuck was going on with him, Ed wouldn't have been so fucking salty about the man