#Bandit.txt

[taxidermycanine]

Hey not sure if this is the right place to ask this but I'm looking for whoever might be able to offer advice. My wife just told me she's therian today (wolf). I'm completely supportive of it of course. As another wolf therian, do you have any suggestions for things I could do to help her feel more comfortable or support her better?

(Anon ask to protect her privacy because she's self conscious about it)

hi! this is absolutely the right place to ask, welcome :o)

this is very sweet of you to do, and i'm sure your wife appreciates you looking more into therianthropy so you can understand her better!

i hope you enjoy this post, and thank you again for this ask! the tips are under the cut

species affirming 101: wolves and other canids

hello there! struggling to figure out ways to affirm your therianthropy because you don't know where to start? or maybe you're someone who knows a critter personally and want to learn how to make them more comfortable around you? then sit down and get comfortable because this is species affirming 101 (with me, the dog).

before we go into it, please note:

not all of these things are for everyone, and that's okay! do what feels right for you.

i will try my best to provide alternatives for any food recommendations for those of you with dietary needs, but apologize in advance if i fail to do so.

that the most important thing to affirm your species is through taking good care of yourself and spending some time outside to ground yourself. sometimes these things take time, they'll come to you eventually.

with that in mind, let's begin with the first tip!

NUMBER ONE: clothing

whether you have shorter or longer fur, this point can help you either way! the human body doesn't grow nearly enough hair to feel comfortable sometimes, which is why i wear clothes that are fuzzy, warm, and the same color as my fur. this is especially helpful in the colder months.

as for the warmer months, i recommend purchasing things such as tail keychains, trimming your nails into claws, drawing paws on your shoes. even meditating in a wooded area can help somewhat (at least in my own experience).

NUMBER TWO: snacks

usually when people think of species affirming snacks their mind immediately goes to something like jerky, and whilst that can help a few folk, in my opinion it's much too gritty for me to enjoy comfortably. i prefer eating slim jims for the saltiness and fall-apart texture. if you can't eat meat for whatever reason, i recommend experimenting with different types of mushrooms. a popular choice for meat imitation is the lions mane mushroom. when cooked a certain way, it's crunchy, filling and has a tender texture.

NUMBER THREE: ambiance

something as simple as putting on a video of nature sounds can make you feel more at home. i recommend mixing this with den making (making your bed feel more like a den by adding lots of blankets, going under them to sleep for coverage, maybe a chair or two to keep the entrance visable. i find having some sort of floor mattress works best for this sort of thing)

NUMBER FOUR: comforts

stuffed animals of your theriotype are always a nice way to feel less lonely, especially if you feel like you're meant to have young. acting like they're your pack, your litter, or simply just your belongings can provide heavy comfort during times of feeling isolated.

if you feel like you shouldn't have stuffed animals because you aren't a domestic breed, you shouldn't worry about that. One, you can do whatever you want forerver. Two, there have been many cases of animals finding things like stuffed animals and playing with them, look at this guy!

NUMBER FIVE: socializing

as canines are social animals, it's important for you to spend time with others, therian or non-therian. if you have human friends, or a human partner, great! if they're comfortable with it, you can have them pet you if you'd like. maybe ask to go on a walk with them for a more discreet option.

i'd also recommend making friends who are also therian so you have others to relate to. it's important to realize that you are not alone in this, and there are so many who feel the way you do right now. if you make some irl, go to the forest together! play in the river! if you're stuck to being online friends for however long, make moodboards! play online games where you can be an animal together! roleplay if that's more your speed! there's plenty to do with loved ones.

for now, that's all i can think of. for the anon though here's a little more just for you, i wish you and your partner the best.

be there for her, tell her that her being a therian doesn't make you love her any less and that you find her therianthropy beautiful. ask her about what she'd like you to do to help with species dysphoria, if she has any. research about her theriotype with her to show her that you care about it. as another wolf therian myself, the thing that helped me the most is having my own partner be there for me. canines are social animals, be social with her.

my love to you both,

bandit

[patchdotexe]

one of those "a bunch of random characters in one house" crossover comics that slowly turns out to be about fictives in a system

[my-chemical-rot]

does anyone remember Volcano Shake Em Up

[glamrockbandit]

..so I finally got Tumblr on my phone again

Got an SD card and sorted out the storage issues lol

Expect stuff eventually maybe

[xxxm1s3ryl0v3zc0mp4nyxxx]

Why does Frank Iero have so much gender

[desperateoutlaw]

"Bandit how does your hat stay on-"

Superglue.

[shockbattery]

I want more siege kins as friends so hey if any of you want a bandit as a friend lmao

[kafziels]

im inda high on painkillers for a sunburn rn sorry if i say anything incoherent

[rodented-blog]

me: time to make a blog and get into roleplay! me also: just sends bad asks to my two(2) friends 

[frankfoo3-blog]

Week 06: Something Awesome Bandit Game Level 26 - 33

Level 26 -> 27

Okay I just ran the program inside of bandit26

./bandit27-do cat /etc/bandit_pass/bandit27 and grabbed the password 

Nice to have a relaxing game after the previous ones 

Level 27 -> 28 

So I need to clone a git repository 

I tried git clone ssh://bandit27-git:[password for bandit27]@localhost/home/bandit27-git/repo but it said fatal, could not create work tree dir 'repo': permission denied 

I googled the error, people were saying to try sudo chown -R **username** /var/www but that didn’t work either

Eventually I realised ... I couldn’t create new folders/files in /home/bandit27, so I made another /tmp/foldernamehere to work in 

Ran the git clone command git clone ssh://bandit27-git@localhost/home/bandit27-git/repo

Typed in the password and a repo folder appeared 

Got the password!

Level 28 -> 29

I did the same thing as the previous level, cloned a repo

I got a README.md file?

It says:

#bandit notes

some notes for level 29 of bandit

##credentials

- username: bandit29

- password: xxxxxxxx

Hmmm... md files 

I got it!

I googled git commands, and just tried a whole bunch of them

Eventually I tried git show, which showed the changes made to the file README.md

and it shows:

-- password: [password for bandit29] (in red - removed) +- password: (the actual password here) (in green - added in)

Level 29 -> 30 

I did the same thing as the previous level

Git show shows these changes:

-- username: bandit29 (in red - removed) +- username: bandit30 (in green - added) - password: <no passwords in production> (no changes here)

Does this imply that we can use the same password for level 30?

No dice, didn’t work 

I remembered that git creates a hidden .git folder, so I went in there and opened up everything, nothing here either 

After a couple of hours, I looked up a tutorial and damn, how did I miss it

Git branch has an option to show remote branches 

And there it was zzz, dev branch

So I did git checkout dev

Git show ..., yep there’s the password 

Level 30 -> 31 

Same thing as before, but now there’s an empty file 

After trying like every git command out there

I found that running Git tag gave out the word “secret”

So I googled git tag and one you could do with tag was 

git show [tag name]

So git show secret -> gave me the password!

Nearly there! 

Level 31 -> 32

Push a file to the remote branch

I googled how to push files to master and followed a guide

I did the following:

git checkout -b new

echo ‘May I come in?’ > key.txt

git add -f key.txt 

git commit -a “1st commit”

git push origin new:master 

which gave me the password 

You know, I had to write my own git program as an assignment last year, in perl. Andrew Taylor <33

Level 32 -> 33

"After all this git stuff, its time for another escape, goodluck!”

Oh no.... im worried

After i logged in, i get "WELCOME TO THE UPPERCASE SHELL" 

Okay I think I understand, anything I type becomes uppercase 

So I started experimenting here 

Any letters or numbers gives the output :not found

# doesn’t give any output 

! gives syntax error, new line unexpected

/ gives permission denied 

“.” doesn’t give any output

apostrophe ( ‘ ) gives unterminated quote string 

~ gives /home/bandit32: permission denied 

backtick ( ` ) gives EOF in backquote substitution

[ gives [: missing ]

Oh wait, is this an sh script?? The level command hints say sh and man

I’m gonna try to write a little sh script and paste the whole thing in 

Oh wait, a=$( $TERM ) gave the output

xterm-256color: not found, so something’s working

OKOK wait

$TERM gives xterm-256color not found

So I started experimenting with any “$” variables I could think of

$HOME gives /home/bandit32 permission denied

$SHELL gives “WELCOME TO THE UPPERCASE SHELL”

If I try like export $SHELL=/bin/bash it just says export not found 

It was at this point that I tried $0, because I remembered $0 from perl programming 

It made the >> turn into $

Echo “test” works now!! 

Maybe I can set the shell?

So I tried :set shell=/bin/bash, but it didn’t work, :set not found

Ok wait, I have access to the command line now, not sure what I can do, try to copy the password out?

I ran whoami and got bandit33, but wait a minute, shouldn’t I be bandit32? 

I tried cat /etc/bandit_pass/bandit33 and it worked!

i got the password and I’m out of here

That’s it!, finished bandit

What did I learn:

Got a refresher on like every git command

Clone, add, commit, log, show, branch, tag, checkout, push, pull 

Because I had to try out every command to see which one would work, I ended up reading up on them all 

I have a bandit.txt diary, 840 lines long containing what I was doing as I was doing it, what I was thinking at the time and what ended up happening. It’s what I’ve been cleaning up/formatting and posting here in the “something awesome” posts. Maybe I should paste it into a paste bin and put the link up as well. 

[taxidermycanine]

this is such a silly thing 2 'ask' (comment) but i literally love ur account sm. as another therian its so nice to see ur posts and go "omg me too!!!" theres not enough of us out in the public so ty for ur service /hj

hi!!! thank you so much for enjoying my account, i appreciate it :O<

it's nice to know someone relates to my words, i hope you have a great day (or night), anon

[patchdotexe]

URL CHANGE!

GETALLEMERALDS -> PATCHDOTEXE

we'll see if this sticks. if it does, getallemeralds will return to being used for a sideblog. o7

[my-chemical-rot]

Florida!!! by Florence + the Machine and Taylor Swift, Daytona Sand by Orville Peck, Spanish Moss by Against Me!, White Crosses by Against Me! //Pictures: map, surfers, post card, fountain of youth; plus my own photography // The Truman Show (1998) // Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm // Wikipedia

[glamrockbandit]

Might use this a bit more just because I'm seeing people use this more.

Expect me to actually post art here LOL I'm working on an art thing as we speak =}

[xxxm1s3ryl0v3zc0mp4nyxxx]

i JUST M4D3 A BUNCH 0F K4NDi BR4C3L3TS L0LZ ^w^

Green and yellow one says DINO

Yellow and purple one says BARD

Black and red one says M C R

Dark blue and green one says FALL OUT BOY

Black and white one says V V V V V

Red and black one says RED HOOD

Orange and yellow one says GARFIELD

There are two blue and pink ones, one says THEY/THEM, one says IT /ITS

There are three rainbow ones, one says Q U E E R, one says T U C U T E, and the last says T R E N D E R

[shockbattery]

thinking about posting more on this blog again