#My cats never reacted to catnip lol

[circuscountdowns]

Don't know if you already did, but uh... Narinder after someone gave him catnip.

o7 bonus

[real-reulbbr-band]

Okay! I havnt been able to get your dog George hc out of my head since I read your post!! So I was wondering do you have other doggy hcs for him?? Like what bread he is or how other cats reacted when they first met him??

Thank youuu!! I appreciate that alot!!

(also just to be clear I didn't originate the george is actually a dog thing I've seen it floating around and I was just "yes" lol)

I'm gonna start with the questions you asked and ramble a little lol

I can't obviously go over every cats individual reactions but I think I'll categorize them so:

Skeptical and curious: Tantomile, Coricopat, Jemima, Victoria, Etcetera, Tugger, Asparagus and Cassandra.

It was pretty much a "who is this and why is he here?" thing for them and Etcetera in particular wanted to get up close and personal since she's never seen a dog before and figured he was a funny looking cat.

Wary/ on guard: Munkustrap, Demeter, Poncival, Skimbleshanks, Alonzo and probably Jennyanydots.

It's a dog pretty self explanatory, and judging by the way pollicles are reffered too I don't think the cats appreciate them very much. But they all warm up to him pretty much immediantly since this a really tiny pollicle.

Neutral: Bombalurina, Jellyorum, Tumblebrutus, Mistoffelees, Gus and Electra

It's like the situation happened so quick that by the time they found out it was almost over and it's like well....next. However Tumble was very insistent on meeting George and so Jellyorum had to take him to meet him, since Tumble was so sure he could Tumble better then a dog.

(more under cut)

George is an australian shepard! for refrence:

As for Doggy headcanons:

George really wanted to learn how to purr but it would always end up sounding like a growl or grumble so sometimes Tumblebrutus and Pouncival would assume he'd gotten mad out of nowehere or was just very hungry.

He did not appreciate the typical cat diet alot so he'd frequently rely on Mungo and Teazer (atleast when he was still a pup and couldn't hunt) to grab him something when they went out on a heist.

So many of jenny and Jelly's knitting pieces had gone to ruins because of George's high energy and playfulness.

Speaking of George's high energy he'd try to burn out most of it by doing tasks around the junkyard mostly helping out Asparagus.

George is deathly afraid of being sent to the pound since he loves being with the jellicles so much, so he's pretty much afraid of any kind of truck. like if he spots one or hears one his first instinct is to hide.

George isn't used to how cats carry kittens atleast when he first came to the junkyard, he thought holding them by the scruff was hurting them which led into him barking at Jelly for no reason lol. But hey it's how he met Plato and they're best buddies now. Jellyorum eventually taught George that holding kittens by the scruff was doing them no harm.

Speaking of Plato and George being besties, Plato got George to try catnip with him for the first time cause he was nervous and well it went quite well except when Asparagus caught the two giggling at nothing for hours.

Plato has lost so many naps to George, George can't help if he's bored and his first insitinct is if he can't find Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer go play with Plato. George would normally coax Plato awake by challenging him to a race or just repeatively placing a stick infront of Platoand wagging his own tail.

Though revenge is always in order and Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer will ocassionally distrupt George's naps by just bapping at his stomach or face just so he can chase them around liek old times.

George has gotten licked and groomed far too many times, mostly by Jelly or sometime Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer tag teaming. like it took the jellicle's an embarissingly long time to figure out that dogs aren't supposed to be groomed like that but by the time they did George had grown acustommed to it so they didn't really bother stopping they just introduced him to the concept of swimming more and called it a day.

[eldritch-nightmare]

Out of all of the supernatural (animal like idk) creepypasta, like the Rake, smile dog, seedeater, granny cat, etc.. Who do you think you would be able to fight?

well. i never go into the woods, especially at night, so the likelihood of me encountering the rake is pretty slim to none. i don't think i'd be able to take it in a fight. simply because all it would have to do is crawl towards me and i'd be freezing up like a deer in headlights. i don't like when things crawl towards me.

seedeater... idk. it can cause paranoia and nightmares and shit like that. i'd lose, yeah.

grinny cat.... maybe?? i don't actually know anything about grinny cat, now that i think about it. it can talk, i think? or at least i vaguely remember it having the ability to talk. it reminds me of the cheshire cat, tbh. i can see it telling me a riddle or two. answer my riddles three or i'll eat your flesh and bones. smth like that. it is a cat, though, so. idk i'd be more interested in giving it cat treats and seeing how it would react to catnip.

i'd lose to smile dog in an instant this is one of the very few creepypastas that genuinely scare me. like, i know it's not real i'm very well aware of that, but i get paranoid incredibly easily so those like. chain-letter things that are like 'send this to x amount of people in x amount of time or x will show up in your room at 3am and kill you' really got to me, and still sometimes do. so i remember seeing smile dog for the first time. just. the image of it. and i literally had a nightmare about it and it was not fun lol so yeah i'd lose to smile dog.

mr widemouth? kicking him. punting him across the room like a football. i'd beat him in a fight for sure. i would willingly fight him. he would come to fear me, i think. is this overconfidence on my end? probably. but in this hypothetical, i would win. he wouldn't stand a chance.

[parlerenfleurs]

Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Thanks....

Hi! That's a tough question, as I've just... read and seen so many things. So this will be the 10 favourites off the top of my head!

In no particular order:

❤ Tohru Honda, from Fruits Basket

I love how kind she is, and brave. I love how she chose to be nurturing and giving and sweet because of what her mother taught her about people and their feelings. She's the result of her mother deciding to break the cycle of violence, the choice to heal instead of propagating hurt.

Crucially, she's not weak for it. When it matters, she's brave and determined and faces off with her fears and opponents like a true heroine. She knows how to fight, and she can take a punch (literally, that one time lol). She just chooses to do it only when it really matters, and not to vent her own feelings.

I also love how everyone is a little in love with her, boys and girls ahah! I also love how she reacts to women and women's beauty, I firmly think she's bi - that's the vibe I'm picking up in any case.

❤ Chu Wanning, from Dumb Husky and his White Cat Shizun

Aah Chu Wanning... I just. Love how repressed he is. It's the best kind of fun to have a character SO FULL TO BURSTING with wants, sweetness, passion, and see how the narrative chips aways at their walls until it finally gives them what they want, dragging them hissing and fighting like a scared cat. He complicates his own life needlessly and suffers when he could not, but even if you want to shake him and force him to take care of himself... you understand. You understand why he's such a disaster. I love how kind he is (that will be a recurring theme in the characters I love lol), and how selfless. He has so much control over himself and I find it.. realistic, I suppose. It takes a lot normally to break someone who feels they have to hide their vulnerabilities, and most stories let them break too easily.

❤Lan WangJi, from Mo Dao Zu Shi

Same as Chu Wanning, I love his repression and shame (because they're meant to be soothed by the narrative). I love how quiet and discreet he is! And that the exuberant one still sees that he is interesting and finds him fascinating. I love that he's in full blown gay panic as a teenager and I equally love that he makes peace with himself, both sides of himself, as an adult.

I'm really fond of the fact that he genuinely likes and adheres to his sect's principles, not blindly, but purposefully. He does enjoy the quiet, simple, healthy and mindful lifestyle. He's just not rigid anymore about it. It makes me melt to see his relationship with the juniors, how lenient yet firm he is with them. They can be kids and silly and emotional, he'll let them, but still enforce the rules in a measured, fair way. They never resent him for it.

It is also, of course, charming to have a faultlessly loyal character, who only loves once, who wants to give and and to protect and to stand with his love.

❤The Fool/Beloved, from Realm of the Elderlings

What I love about him is how sensitive he is. He feels so much, and yet he hides so much. He's in love with the most annoyingly oblivious and foolish and stubborn man around, which. Anyone who has been in unrequited love with an idiot can relate LOL. I also love how multi-faceted he is. He's an obscene jester, he's a prim lady, he's a flirty lordling, he's a ruthless prophet, he's a humble woodcarving woman. He feels no conflict about this. What he feels, and hides with all his might, is vulnerable.

His queerness is catnip to me. He's probably one of the first if not the first genderqueer characters I've encountered and it made fireworks in my head.

❤ Laurent, from Captive Prince

Excuse me while I *keens high-pitched into a pillow*

Okay I'm back. Laurent is AGAIN a very controlled and repressed character, which by now we've established I adore. He's also, massively, devastatingly, knee-meltingly... badass. Smart as FUCK, swordsman of the century (barring Damen, perhaps), pretty as FUCK!

Damen misses this, sadly, for most of the narrative, but he's also so, so, so funny. Often in a mean way (which. Understandable, carry on, king), but downright hilarious.

He's also just a very young vulnerable man full of cracks, who had to fight with all his might to survive. I won't lie, I'm swooning as soon as I think about him with the top two knots of his severe, severe collar undone, or trembling minutely and finally releasing some tension under Danem's careful, careful massaging fingers... UGNH. Best, best kind of tension, 100/10, love these books, 1000/10 would read all the ways Laurent will let go of his control and relax.

❤ Regina, from Once Upon a Time

This series is all over the place, and I never finished it, but ~Regina~... Wow. It's obvious the (beautiful, beautiful) actress had so much fun playing her. She's both unapologetically evil, which is always so entertaining to see, and trying to be better, which of course is endearing as hell.

❤ Uncle Iroh, from Avatar, the Last Airbender

Do I even need to explain? He's simply the best. Unconditional love, cool uncle, loves tea, stone cold badass, in a cool secret society, didn't kill a dragon but made everyone believe he did in order to save the last ones while still earning his title because he learnt true firebending that is actually nurturing and life-giving?? I am in love, sir, marry me, I will bear the smell of your dirty shoes for the sake of your giant magnificent heart!

❤ Waymond, from Everything, Everywhere, all at Once

I've been gushing about him ever since I saw the movie. He's just. He's kind and nurturing, and that's it. He likes simple things, he tries to always have people get along, he's just a dude, but the best kind of dude. I would also like to make laundry and taxes with him all my life.

❤ Estraven, from The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula le Guin ran so that Robin Hobb could walk (I said what I said). Estraven is so interesting. He (they?) has a strong moral compass, a capacity for seeing the bigger picture, that transcends his nationalistic culture and makes him a visionary. He's just.. so different, and yet at the end, just like Genly, you understand him in the ways that matter. I don't really know how to talk about this book and this character, it's best to experience it for oneself.

❤ Spock, from Star Trek, the original series

Nobody does it like he does. Eyeshadow? On point. Emotions? Unleashed. Vulcaness? Horny. He and Kirk launched slash, and Leonard Nimoy, on top of being a hottie, was a sweetheart and had played, if I remember correctly, one of the first gay characters out there, which. Respect.

Spock has all my catnip ingredients: repressed, full of emotions, horny, sensitive.

Also very smart and funny.

[journeysfable]

In response to your post about Cellbit and catnip:

I'd never heard about catnip making cats react like they're in heat (I've lived around spayed and neutered cats my entire life and the one cat I'd witnessed in heat, I was only around it for a few hours).

But now I can't stop thinking about Roier giving Cellbit catnip (to eat) to calm him down as he says, "Calma calma."

Yea Cellbit needs to eat some catnip and chill out fr lol

[sonicasura]

I don't blame you Sonic. Giving the fact that you have a lot of aus of your own, never mind when people like me who share some of theirs with you, your bound to forget something eventually.

I'd have a headach on the daily if I dealt with as many as you do, and over so many different series as well! As my grandpa would say "You are a mad lad lassy!" with the stuff you have here.

And yeah they actually discovered something like catnip for kaijus on the hiking trip. Except its more than one plant found in that moutain that has this effect. This will be reported to science department with sample taken for further study.

Everyone did find it a bit fun though with how Kafka reacted to the stuff, showing very similare behavior cats does when on catnip. Though they later learned that one of these plants actually caused a rather painful sideeffect. The next thing they all know Kafka has this awful rashes all over himself that quickly starts to bleed on the slightest of touch.

He ended up looking like a mummy thanks to how spread out the rash was as they need to bandage him up to stop the bleeding, with the docs and scientists working to make something that would help.

At least Kafka had a good halloween custom to use later on. The DF had a small halloween party and Kafka had a fun time playing as the mummy handing out little prizes that people won through the games.

And little Ami and Futaba are also invitation, and is of course dressed up too. And Ami is helping Kafka handing out prizes.

Mad lad lassy is quite the compliment, lol. One reason why I write everything down as my brain is sporadic when it comes to inspiration.

I imagine there's some testing with the different plants to avoid giving Kafka the kaiju equivalent of poison ivy again. The mummy bit reminded me about an anime where someone had to take care of a tiny mummy. I believe it was called How To Keep A Mummy.

There's no doubt a video with Kafka at the party and high on 'Kaiju Nip' during the camping trip. Glad the incident from the latter was turned into something positive. Also Ami helping Kafka hand out prizes is so cute.

He would be great with kids.

[ratcandy]

my cat doesnt react to catnip at all (trust me, I tried) so there also some that arnt affected by it-

(Lets all agree that we are never letting the nosks live this down lol)

There's gonna be, like. ONE nosk that isn't affected. Of all of them.

And that Guy is just going to be staring so knowingly towards any nosk in the future that starts touting stuff like "I shall never submit myself to mindlessness, for it is the greatest shame, and any mindless nosk is hardly a nosk at all" . 'cause imagine you're boasting all that nonsense, only to look up and see the One Not Consumed staring dead into your soul from the darkness. Saying nothing. But conveying an insurmountable helping of judgement. Because he was there. He saw you. He knows what the Forbidden Substance did to you

[surveys-at-your-service]

Survey #479

“war sends our sons to slaughter  /  another failed attack; there is no turning back”

Have you ever boycotted something? Yes: Chick-fil-A. Homophobic, transphobic pieces of shit. Has anyone ever borrowed something from you, and not returned it? Yes, a video game when I was little. I was so mad, lol. Do you vent a lot on social media? No. I don't want people to get annoyed with me. What was your first bill you started paying on your own? I haven't been responsible for any bills yet. What is your favorite charitable cause to donate to or volunteer for? I can't/don't do either really, but if I could, I'd probably donate to uhhhh... suicide prevention organizations. As for volunteering, definitely something with animals. Have you ever dated someone who wasn’t at all your usual type? No. What is something you have no patience for? Waiting at the doctor's office. Have you ever received a misdiagnosis? Yes. What’s that you’re listening to? I'm watching Gab play The Evil Within 2. What kind of relationship do you have with the last person you kissed? We're a couple. What is your biggest accomplishment in life? Still being alive. What is one thing that you really wish you could understand, but don’t? Political stuff. Economics. Have you ever been tutored or tutored someone yourself? I had an Algebra tutor the last time I was in college, and I had to strangle an anxiety attack down because I wasn't understanding the material AT ALL and felt so dumb and annoying. I never did it again. What was the last thing you said out loud (singing doesn’t count)? "It's really embarrassing," to Mom. It really is fucking humiliating that my ankles are swollen from walking/standing more and pushing my desk chair back against the resistance of the carpet. That's pathetic. I'm trying to focus on the fact it's good my body is even reacting to moving more, though. Is everything you have on actually yours? Yep. Do you ever just randomly drive around when you’re upset about something? I don't drive, but if I did, that would NOT be my method of de-stressing. What was the last act of creativity you displayed? Writing an RP post. What’s your favorite department in Wal-Mart? Uh, I guess where you can go see the plants and flowers. Do you find kite flying boring? I LOVED it as a kid. I'd still probably find it kinda fun. Do you have any interest in visiting Japan? Yes, but it's not a massive interest. I've heard the humidity can kill a bitch, and I am NOT into that. Have you ever run a cash register? Yes. I sucked. Have you ever worked as a server? No. Have you ever done the Bratz challenge on YouTube? No, but I saw James Charles do it and it was v unnerving, holy shit. Would you rather paint or carve a pumpkin? Carve. What was your worst experience in high school? My depression as a whole. How much did your senior prom dress cost you? I don't remember. Have you ever been in a serious romantic relationship? Three, if you include my current one. Which part of your body is the most muscular? Uh, nothing? What is the first site you check when you get online, generally? KM. Are you good at creative writing assignments? That's my forte. In elementary school, I actually won a I think county-wide creative writing short story assignment. Not to brag, but I've always been very proud of that, ha ha. Or would you rather just do an informative essay? That's easy for me too, but I prefer writing creatively. Are you more attracted to the badasses, or the goody-goody types? Definitely the goody-goodies. The "bad guys" have never appealed to me romantically. Do you raise your hand or participate in class? I did if I really wanted to ask something or was confident in an answer. What is something BIG you want to do with your life? Make a difference, somehow. What do you think of people who own wild animals? Do NOT just casually take in animals from the wild. That's selfish and just generally disgusting. If you're going to keep an animal generally described as wild and undomesticated, you'd better have a license and deserve that license. Know what you're doing and be certain that keeping the animal in captivity is in the animal's best interest for its unique case. Are you good at explaining things, in general? NOOOOOOOOO, I suck at that. Do you like visiting the mall? Why or why not? Not our mall, no. Its stores suck/are extremely limited, and SO much crime has happened there. Do you like window shopping? Why or why not? YESSSSSSS, mostly on Morph Market, a mostly reptile selling hub online. You can browse TONS of breeders and literally thousands of reptiles, especially ball pythons. They even have a tarantula section I like to look at sometimes. If you lost your job/home/etc., who would likely help you? If I'm losing my home, I'm assuming my mom is gone, so my dad. Why did you first kiss the last person you kissed? We were a couple and I felt like I was supposed to. At that time I didn't see him romantically, but I desperately wanted to. Funny how we're back together and I've no reservations against kissing him now. Feelings change, for sure. Plans for tonight? Girt and I will probably play some WoW Classic together. We've started playing that together, and it's lots of fun with him. :') Has anyone seen you kiss the last person you kissed? Actually, no. Have you ever been kissed in a car? Yeah. Do you think anyone has feelings for you? I know Girt does. Is there anyone in your life that knows right away something’s wrong with you? My mom. Who last made you smile? Girt, 'cuz he's a sweetheart. Where is your mother? She's in bed in her room. She feels like shit. Like, you would think she WASN'T vaccinated, though her long-time doctor has said she'd probably be dead without it while having Covid. Would you rather look at clouds or stars? Stars. Think about your biggest mistake, would you go back and change it? I absolutely would. Are you dating the person you last kissed? Yeup. What is the most immature item you own and actually use? Um. Idk. Do you always take a shower after you have sex? I... didn't know people did this? Like I know women are advised to pee after sex, but full-on showering? No. Do you like chocolate popsicles? Oh hell yeah. Are your parents proud of you? They claim to be. I don't see how. Are you interested in the ocean? Yeah; it's inarguably so fascinating. Hot dogs or hamburgers? I prefer burgers. Have you ever been to a Chinatown in any of the cities you’ve been to? No. Have you ever been to couple’s counseling? No. Do you have any dietary restrictions? No. Have you ever turned down a job offer? No. What’s the largest animal you’ve ever had as a pet? A dog named Cali that was a boxer mix. Do you ever pray, even if you don't believe in God? What exactly is the point if you don't believe in God...? Anyway, I don't. Have you ever been to Mexico? No. Have you ever gotten stuck in quicksand before? No. What's the shortest or longest length you've ever had your hair grow? To around the small of my back. The last nest you saw - was it a bird nest or a hornet's nest? I think a bird's? Do you enjoy Jeff Dunham? I don't know if I'd like him as a person, but I do think he's a funny comedian. Who is your favorite character from Frozen? I was never into the movies. I do think Elsa is kinda cool (no pun intended, lol), though. I like that she has her flaws. Did you finish high school? If not, do you plan on doing so? I did. Have you been in a simulator that mimicked a submarine or rollercoaster? A rollercoaster, yes. How often do you go out to eat instead of cooking for yourself? Mom and I try to avoid fast food for our health. We do a pretty good job at it, but sometimes for convenience's sake, we do eat it. What is the largest family of siblings that you know of? This is probably gonna come across as very judgmental, but... it really bothers me. I don't know how many kids she has now, but one of the dance moms from the studio has SO many children; I've completely lost count. Now if you want that many kids and can provide for them, that's cool. But that's not the case. She uses the "if God wants me to have a baby, then it will happen" mentality, and I'm just like... um, no hunny. Poor choices are leading to kids you're not adequately providing for. She uses no methods of protection and literally has twins whose room is a fucking closet. Ugh it just really bothers me. What foreign languages were offered to you at school? A whole lot. Only Spanish and I believe French were offered as in-school courses, but there were lots of online classes. If you were required to take a course right now, what would you choose? Photography. Team Biden or Team Trump? Over my dead body would I have voted for Trump. My vote went with Biden. What is an animal native to your country that may not exist in others? Bison are factually exclusive to North America. Note that bison and buffalo are different. What are some of your favorite autumn activities? Taking pictures of fall scenery. <3 What are some of your favorite winter activities? Going out in the snow. :') Especially with a camera. Do you eat a shit-ton the week before your period? uuugggghhHHHHHH yes Wendy's, McDonalds, or Burger King? Wendy's. What's the weirdest question you've ever asked Alexa? I've never asked Alexa anything. Do you prefer your apple cider to be warm or cold? I've actually never had it. Do you prefer your coffee hot or iced? Y'all know the story of me and coffee. Can you sing the alphabet backwards? I can't. Have you ever sent flowers or chocolates to yourself before? Ha ha, no. Is there any meat that you won't eat? Yeah, fish and ANYTHING that comes from a wild animal. Does your cat use anything other than it's scratching post as a scratcher? When we got him a scratcher WITH CATNIP, the lil butthead ignored it. -_- He scratches the carpet instead. Did you go through a vampire craze before? Are you still going through it? Nah. Have you ever forged your parents' signature on a poor test paper, etc? No. Has a bird ever pooped on you before? Omg, no. I'd die. Have you ever been sprayed by a skunk before? No. Are black jellybeans delicious or disgusting? I HATE them. Have you ever rolled down a grassy hill before? I have! I miss that.

[because-cur-non]

(whichever of these you haven’t been asked yet) aubrietia, basket of gold, bellflower, black-eyed Susan, bugle herb, catnip, cock’s comb, daisy, glory of the snow, hellebore, lantanas, transvaal daisy :)

omg I was saving this one and then forgot

Aubrieta: Favorite drink? 

I like tea a lot haha.  I have a whole ton of different kinds and I’m a little bit pretentious about what brands I’ll buy (hint: unless it’s a novelty because I’m traveling or it’s a particular medicinal one, it’s not going to be from a grocery store).  It’s really the only thing I “collect.”  It’s cold out and I basically spent all day today working at my apartment so I made I think 7 mugs-worth?  And I’m definitely going to have a couple more before bed.

My second favorite drink is regular water.

Basket of Gold: Describe your family. 

I’m an only child and I don’t have any first cousins and my second cousins are all at least six years older than me.  (Or they live in a different country and I’ve only met them once or twice.)  tbh I see my girlfriend’s family a lot more than my own haha

Bellflower: Favorite animal? 

I still really like deer a lot!  I know they’re dumb and whatever but I think they look neat!

Black-Eyed Susan: If you could be any animal for a day, what would it be?

Probably a cat haha…  Just sleep in a sunbeam on the floor…  Enjoy climbing over all the surfaces…

Bugleherb: How would you spend your last day on Earth?  

Probably panicking, if I’m being honest haha!  idk like an “ideal day” if we take that foreboding doom out of it would be hanging out with my friends back home for a bit but also doing things with just my girlfriend like idk going to get ice cream and just driving around for a while.

Catnip: Have you ever slept with a nightlight? 

This is still stashed away in one of the drawers in my parents’ bathroom!

Cock’s Comb: Favorite font?

I like verdana in a nostalgic sort of way.  I don’t like to use it or anything but when I see it I’m like “hey it’s that one” haha.  Uh, I usually just use Times New Roman.  Maybe more to the spirit of this question, I like my footnotes to be in size 11 instead of 12.

Daisy: What do you feel is your greatest accomplishment?

I beat Pokemon Omega Ruby in Spanish with an all-grass team.

Glory-of-the-Snow: What are ten things that make you happy/you’re grateful to have in your life? 

1) I like that it was snowing today ❄️ That was very pretty!  

2) I like my friends a lot and appreciate their company and support!  This includes online as well as irl people ofc. I really hit it off with the girl I was TAing with too and I’ve been on good terms with people in my department in general and have hung out with some of them, but this was the first time we were both like YES WE NEED TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING LET’S GET COFFEE 

3) Also ofc I am grateful for my girlfriend and her support as well! She’s been very supportive in general and we have a lot of fun together and I’m trying to be patient and wait and not ask to share the stuff she’s writing with the internet before she’s ready because it’s so good, you guys :(((  Also I get to see her soon!  Being in a relationship with her has encouraged me to work harder at being an emotionally functional adult and I’m learning a lot and, like, everything else aside even I appreciate that opportunity.  

4) I appreciate that both my cousins with kids have been asking me to interact with the kids again, because I used to a lot and then stopped abruptly a couple of years ago because the thought of dealing with extended family was just way too much and I was scared of how they would react.  I say “again” like they were telling me not to before, but it’s really just that I saw how my mom reacted and panicked that that was going to be standard for everyone on that side.  

5) Ok on that note though I do appreciate my parents too lol I really only mention them usually if I’m complaining about them, but I love them and they try.  

6) I’m currently using a pretty warm and awesome Irish wool throw ;) 

7) I made mochiko chicken tonight, which is one of the recipes I do when I’m feeling ambitious enough to commit to prepping something to cook a day in advance, and it came out the best I’ve ever made it.  Turns out not being impatient and instead leaving the heat on medium is the smarter choice.  Who knew.  

8) I appreciate that my girlfriend and I are on the same page re: rules about pets, (non)biodegradable cleaning supplies, plastic.  (Can you tell what we bitch about together on the phone lol)  Also: when people we know are being rude and need to Stop.

9) I’m grateful that have an excuse to claim I live in Hawaii whenever it’s useful to do so (my driver’s license is for Hawaii and my car is registered there) because that’s made some of the legal trans paperwork a lot easier.  I really should have just waited to do the name change in Hawaii too, because then it would have been cheaper and I wouldn’t’ve had to go to court 🙄  (The judge was nice tho.)  But whatever, it wouldn’t’ve been possible to do the gender change here and I needed to do that before getting new IDs (which I had to do ASAP for unrelated reasons) or I would’ve had to pay to redo them.  It’s very easy to legally change your gender in Hawaii.  Much recommended!  (Also it was much easier to get on HRT there than it was where I’m going to school.  Like… if you can… just find an informed consent place… it’s so much easier……..) 

10) Okay this is dated a little, but I’m also still grateful that my girlfriend and I got to see Hamilton with the OBC.  I had assumed it wouldn’t be a possibility at all so it was really neat to be able to go!!

Hellebore: How do you show affection? 

Gifts lol.  If I’ve ever given you anything with even a little bit of thought put into it, it’s me wanting to be friends.  I start looking for Christmas/Hanukkah presents way too early, too. 

Lantanas: What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received? 

My advisor told me I write well and that he wasn’t really concerned about however I choose to organize my final chapter the last time I met with him, which is mostly a good compliment because like many grad students I live terrified that I’m going to be made to redo things, hahaha…  So that was a relief to hear!!

Transvaal Daisy: What’s your favorite item of clothing? 

Like……….  It’s dumb, but I really really really like my black Forever 21 sweater with the metal stud gold heart on the front.  I got it on sale for like $9 back when they were doing that season where everything was black and gold and metal and I wear it all the time when it’s cold out.  It’s stretched out and nubby but it’s so comfortable and I love it so much and it’s one of the only items of “girl” clothing that I never considered tossing when I was going through my wardrobe a couple years ago.  Honestly, it’s just the best sweater, even if I wore it through security at an airport once and got scolded.

Thank you!!!

[ansu-gurleht]

i wish my cat reacted to catnip. me and my ex bought her a little ball toy filled with it and it never did anything to her, she didn’t even play with it lol. although i wonder if my other, newer cat might have a reaction? i’ve never tried with him

[amethystspaceprince]

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Random rambley development for unnamed zombie-fighting super mum simulator! Today’s thoughts- rules and regulations for how the zombies work in this setting.

* On the sliding scale of zombie origins, these ones are far more supernatural than scientific. They’re not really limited by the more strict rules of movie zombies, and judging them by human standards would be a mistake! After all, the mere fact that the dead are alive is already outside the realms of possibility, I don’t understand why ‘scientific’ zombies in fiction are defined by limitation like this. No matter how ‘scientific’ it is, the basic premis is inherantly supernatural! Making it ‘scientific’ should just be like... a genre decision. A way to add verisimilitude if you want a more real life or sci fi setting. It shouldn’t be an excuse to tone down zombies and complain that stuff shouldn’t be possible, because zombies aren’t goddamn possible :P But like.. making people BELIEVE they’re possible is why ‘scientific’ zombie thrillers are good! Making it excessively similar to real life just harms that, it gets people nitpicking details instead of being scared. It gets people closer to the biggest scientific realism- the fact that zombies will never exist. But yeah anyway, my goal isn’t to make people believe zombies are potentially possible, I’m going more for the sadness, character development and philosophy genre of zombie story rather than the pure scary genre.

* Sorry, I went offtopic rambling there. * BACK TO ACTUAL WORLDBUILDING POINTS * These zombies are more supernatural, and capable of things that you’d probably call ‘magic’. It might be better to call this a supernatural corruption instead of a normal virus. Long-lived zombies will eventually evolve into one of many specialized forms, and start shedding their humanoid appearance for something closer to living shadows made of black spores. Their various powers can include more normal stuff like spewing acid or giant claws, or they could have enhanced control of this shadow mist in various ways, or extremely developed ones can even warp reality to some degree. Trapping you in delusions, rending holes through spacetime, contorting in impossible ways... * They’re not quite as rotten as regular zombies, they’re kinda more like the ‘eternally frozen in time’ sort of undead. Not the pretty kind like vampires, but they don’t completely rot away and start stinking. Its more like... I guess... if you had regeneration powers but they were overcharged? They’re in a perpetual state of metamorphosis, their skin blisters and peels and shifts and rots off and grows back. It flakes off like charred ash, and the flesh underneath begins to petrify. Pretty quickly they become cold, at first its just the simple cold of death and soon it’s crystalline bonelike flesh replacing everything that was once human. And cracking open to leak black blood... and then black smoke... until nothing is left. It seems that what we call ‘zombies’ are just the juvenile stage of a demon. A walking crysalis for something else. * Oh, and their complexion is more greyish than green. Mostly just cos big red wounds would look even more horrifying against a monotone colourscheme, and when the blood becomes black too it would be its own kind of horror... I think the shade of stone they become is linked to their skintone though. That’s a thing that always bugged me about certain vampire stories, how they always turn pale in twilight even if they were dark-skinned in life. (Yes, that is a thing in the books. At least the movies threw a bit more diversity in.) And slightly related, its annoying when all zombies turn the same shade of green. I mean its not really the same thing cos its not like anyone’s saying the zombies are desireable and ooo all hot zombies become white, or whatever. It just gets a bit confusing as a sign that the creators just did not think about POC being in this setting. Also its weird because green isn’t really a realistic colour for rotten human bodies, it always feels a bit too cartoony lol. So yeah weird grey stone zombies would not all be the same shade of grey, and this is a minor detail that should have been obvious but regrettably in a lot of stories it isn’t :P

* These zombies are more intelligent than usual zombies, they’re more equivelant to a simplistic prey animal rather than just a lumbering mess. They’re only that slow and helpless at the earliest stages of infection, pretty soon they start adapting and forming hunting strategies, rather than just walking in circles wherever they first died. They can progress far enough to create dens and packs and compete with each other for resources, and normally display about as much natural intelligence as a cat. Their main problem is more like a lack of awareness rather than lack of intelligence, they retain very little memory of their former selves and essentially behave as if they’re learning how to live again from the start. Left to their own devices they just become animalistic, but considering how they DO remember some things, it might be possible to teach one how to be fully aware again...? * The memories they keep of their former life usually lead to them reenacting old routines that hold no meaning anymore. The places they wander between might be places that were important to them in life, they might gather human things like magpies, they might claw wildly at a broom and start smashing it against things, vaguely remembering that at this time on wednesdays they did the chores. This can be used to manipulate zombies if you can observe them and figure out what things would provide a personal distraction. And global things that’re likely to attract every zombie are A LIFESAVER! Malls are the best scavenging spots because even though they’re the most populated by zombies, there are a million methods to misdirect the whole horde at once, and a million useful supplies inside. So much that if you could clear the place out, it might make a really good stronghold against further zombies. I mean, you’d be pretty much guaranteed to have new zombies coming there every day, in numbers small enough to handle... * The big problem is that these vestigal memories of important things can cause zombies to act in unexpected ways, unrelated to their actual degree of intelligence. You might think no zombie is capable of figuring out how to use a gun on its own, but a military person who died holding a gun might! They already have the combat instincts bored into their brain, it was a large part of their life, their last thoughts would have been to keep shooting no matter what. And their zombie self wakes up with this weird metal rifle thing strapped to their chest, banging against them every time they take a step, making it hard to get through doors. They claw at it a little, get curious about it, and those memories are constantly reinforced every day until they come swimming back up. Any zombie that had a useful skill and was in an environment where its easy to remember will most certainly retain it, no matter how low their self-awareness level is. Your only consolation with the rare gun-zombie is that they don’t often remember how to reload, so you only have to dodge one magazine of bullets!

* Miscellaneous thoughts of things! * I haven’t decided exactly what, but there should be certain chemicals that zombies react differently to, compared to humans. That’d make it easier to craft things to help combat them, and to help deal with your tamed zombie. All i know so far is that zombies are immune to poisons and generally have an iron stomach, so when you collect meat for your zombie you don’t have to worry about it spoiling. And there’s probably something that’s like zombie catnip and makes them sleepy, cos that’d be very useful as a gameplay aspect. * I think zombie vision is limited, and they mostly navigate through sound. The degree of limitation depends on what stage they’re at, it goes on a sort of curve with newly infected and very old infected both at the highest end of the scale. Newly infected eyes haven’t started changing yet, though theyre quite dizzy and clumsy at this first stage. Vision quickly starts degrading around the time that their dexterity recovers, so the difference isn’t really that big. Colour vision goes first. It’s complete colour blindness, not just red/green, so they’re even worse at sight than dogs are. (and, in fact, often compete with feral dogs for food) After that, they can only see blurs of light. Moving things or strong light sources will attract them, and they’re almost completely helpless in the darkness. The problem, though, is that later level infected are absolutely adapted to the darkness! After they’ve got used to navigating by sound alone, they spend all their time there. The only way they can perceive light is as heat on their fragile skin, so they hide away in shady places until night falls. So basically, if you see a zombie out in the light you should run to the darkness, and vice versa! And then when the infection starts to reach its final stages, they become able to perceive the world through the shadows they emit. This new form of ‘sight’ is more like a psychic sense, so there are some limits compared to human vision, and some things they can perceive more clearly. But, generally, they’re back to how good their sight used to be, and you should be wary of that. * Zombies are kinda like snakes, lizards or vampire bats. They only feed once in a while, they gorge themselves and then sleep it off for days or weeks afterwards. So not eveyr zombie you meet will actually try to eat you, just break you. And they won’t expend too much effort on it, since there’s not as much benefit to it, even if their instincts tell them that flesh = kill. Generally you just need to avoid letting them know you’re there, or looking like a threat to their territory. And they’ll quickly forget about you once you manage to escape them, they only pursue you to their full extent when its time to feed. So, for example, if you’ve tried scavenging the same place multiple times then enemies might get increasingly aggro! They start to recognise your scent, and they start to notice that things are vanishing from their territory every time you come there. They might start performing more complex behaviours like staking out the place they think you’ll appear, or readying ambushes and rudimentary traps. In comparison, you might actually be able to tame enemy zombies, to some degree. Its not really possible to save every single zombie, its hard enough to be able to restrain and retain this one single zombie daughter, who’s only this responsive to treatment because she knew you in life. But you can make zombies moderately more docile through certain expert techniques~! For example, if you toss them some food every time you scavenge around their nest, then they’ll start to learn to ignore you, and not really notice the stuff that’s dissappearing. They only care about losing food that they can actually eat, so if you focus on canned goods then you can also reduce aggro. And if you move stuff around you can make certain routes harder for them to cross, but it works even better if you also help them move down other routes. That way you don't just delay them finding you, you psychologically encourage them to turn the other way. “Hey, what’s this interesting new path that I’ve never seen before?” Keep switching the paths back and forth and you can trick them into never losing that excitement, zombies have bad short term memory XD And hey, if you make a big noise somewhere every time you enter the nest, you start teaching the zombies to run over there whenever you get there. Expend some time misdirecting them down a long path with a chunk of meat at the end, and eventually you don’t even need to do that, you can just make the noise and they all run down there even if there’s no reward! * Oh, and this idea was mostly just so that feeding your zombie daughter isn’t too difficult. You don’t have to murder a guy every damn day, she can last varying long amounts of time without food. And depending on how big the meal is and how you train her, you can increase or decrease the time. She’s only a baby zomb though, so generally her HELLISH HORROR HUNGER should be relatively manageable ^_^ I’ll have to figure out what would work best, gameplay wise. Once a month? once a week? * Maybe she can still eat human food, to some extent. Its just that only raw flesh and blood sates the monsterous aspect of her, the rest is empty calories. Plus you kinda need to save it all for keeping our human protagonist alive! But you can give zombiekid treats to reward her for good behaviour, or to calm her hunger when she’s gone without food for a long time. A full stomach won’t actually do anything to help, but it’ll keep her docile. And human food is hard for her to digest now, its usually only okay when its a single treat alongside a full meal of human flesh. Too much of it might just make her health worse, but its what you have to do to stop her from lashing out. It can be a bit depressing to have to lie to her and see her wasting away, not knowing why she's feeling so sick...