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New animation test for my sharkfolk ocs! 🦈✨

After doing some stuff about Roberto, now it's Tiago's turn, Roberto's best tiger shark friend! I hope you like it, I'll try to do two more short animations of him.

Tiago likes geeky stuff, like comics, movies and especially video games! He takes immersion very seriously, and sometimes when there is too much sensory overload, he prefers to enjoy these things in the quiet of the night! 🎮🦈

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“and of course I want to dedicate it to my mother, you have no idea, she was here 25 years ago” CRYING SOBBING THROWING UP

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rat community please stop sharing content of rats being bathed like this because it's not actually cute

rats don't need baths because they wash themselves. bathing them with soap like in the second gif is actually harmful because it can irritate their skin and strips their fur of its natural oils. the perfumes included in most soaps are also irritating to them. bathing is also often stressful for the rat (luckily this one appears okay).

to fellow rat owners: only bathe your rats if they can no longer do it themselves (can be caused by illness and old age) or if they get something dirty stuck in their fur. still avoid soap as much as possible. it's also better to avoid soaking the rat. gently wiping it with a damp cloth is preferable.

it looks like the rat is being bathed because it's "cute" and makes good content. there's also the incorrect association between rats and dirt, which i suspect is why these videos are so prevalent. it makes me sad. the people watching and sharing this content don't know it's bad for the rats, because they're usually not rat owners themselves. i wish the accounts who make these would show correct care. rats are already plenty cute without putting them in unnecessary and often harmful situations

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But I have nothing to fear! For the blue bird is with me.

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*anya proceeds to read his mind and find out exactly how much love he needs*

this is the original reference image by @danielcalmdown (which was reposted on pinterest without credit :[ )

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Ink Artwork by Endre Penovác

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"You’re so polite" thanks i was raised in constant fear of upsetting people.

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The funniest thing about Spy x Family is that this entire mission hangs on Anya being a good kid and getting good grades and so the most normal childhood disobedience is now a threat to The Mission. So if the four year old threatens to stop behaving everyone becomes terrified and that is way too much power for a psychic four year old.

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if youre my mutual im sorry for interacting with you in the confusing and cryptic ways that i do i wasnt socialized properly in the shelter

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of all the people, I hoped it'd be you to come and free me, take me away to show me my home where I was born where I belong

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Spy x Family merch updates and manga hiatus

I wanted to post about some recent fandom news, starting with the good news: while I mentioned in my 2-year anniversary post that we've been in a dry spell lately as far as SxF content, we just recently got a bunch of new merch/designs! (mostly from various Jump Festa vendors) I'll start with my favorite of the new designs, from HMV's Jump Festa set - Forgers in winter outfits ❤️

Next is the "French casual" set from Chara-Ani~ Bond's little red beret looks so cute!

Another winter outfit set, from Animate. Gah, this one's so adorable, too 😭

Next is merch from Ichiban Kuji. Not sure if it's for Jump Festa as well, but either way, I want the acrylics and the plate!

And lastly, Ensky's merch for Jump Festa - Forgers baking cakes/cookies!

Again for those who don't know, Jump Festa is a yearly event held in Japan in late December that's dedicated to Shonen Jump IPs. SxF will have its own panel with the four Forger voice actors in attendance. We've always gotten exclusive announcements and content at past Jump Festas, so fingers crossed it will be the same for this year! I'm gonna try my best to get some of this merch when it goes on sale in late December. And of course, if I'm able to make high quality scans of these new designs, I will post those as well!

Now onto the bad news, which most of you probably heard about already: the hiatus for the SxF manga has been extended to December 23rd. I believe this is the longest hiatus the series has had so far, and what makes this one concerning is not only that the date kept changing, but also the noticeable silence from Endo and other official outlets.

In the Japanese version of the manga, the last page of each new chapter typically notes the date the next chapter will come out. In the case of the most recent chapter, 107, it said it would release on November 25th, meaning Endo would be taking a break from the bi-monthly schedule, which isn't uncommon. But then, just a few days before the 25th, official English manga outlets like MangaPlus updated the release date to December 9th. It was disappointing since we had all been waiting longer than usual for the new chapter, but again, a second postponement wasn't too alarming...what was alarming though, was the third one that came just yesterday, only a few days after the last. People started noticing that official manga outlets had, again, changed the date for the next chapter to December 23rd this time.

The fandom got stirred up quite a bit when this happened, mostly out of concern for Endo's well being. What made me particularly worried was the fact that, while these hiatuses had been going on for the past month, Endo hadn't posted anything on his Twitter account, which is very unusual considering every month prior he's posted at least a few unique illustrations. Not only that, but the last thing he posted was this oddly cryptic image on October 19th, with text that says "Don't look for me." And he then deleted it soon after, which makes it even stranger.

But thankfully, Shonen Jump must have noticed the pandemonium happening in the fandom, because just a couple hours later, they made this statement on the official Jump+ Twitter, apologizing for the delay and confirming that chapter 108 will indeed come out on December 23rd.

This to me was good news, since their official statement about it makes it unlikely they'll change the date yet again. But some sort of explanation would have been nice, even a vague one. I'm not someone to spread rumors, but my own personal speculation (which could be totally wrong) is that there was some dispute between Endo and Jump. This is the only explanation I can think of as to why his Twitter would suddenly be barren for a month after he posted consistently for so long - my guess is that he has to get approval from Jump for all the illustrations he posts there. I don't know much about the inner workings of the manga industry, but I would assume he has some contractual obligations where he can't freely post stuff on social media without some sort of publisher's approval. It is possible he's just been too busy with Jump Festa and other things, but he's still posted at least a couple times a month even when he's sick or busy, so I don't think that's the main reason. Again, this is just my speculation that could be completely wrong. There's also the fact that they so quickly changed the release date to the 23rd, the day right after Jump Festa ends, which could indicate that Endo's been busy cooking something big to be announced there. Regardless, I'm happy we finally have a new chapter release date that's pretty set in stone now, though I won't feel totally better until we get clear acknowledgment that Endo is okay, either from himself on his own Twitter or somewhere else official.

Anyway, despite this setback, I'm relieved that SxF is still going strong with all the hype for Jump Festa and season 3. Between that and the new chapter right after, we'll be eating good this Christmas!

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Yeah! 🥳