when i was around 9 my family cat died and i was understandably upset about it. so a few days later in my elementary catholic class (italian thing. ask mussolini about it and then hang him again) i drew a picture of "what i thought heaven looked like". and what heaven looked like to me was god standing around with an arm around jesus' shoulders being like "and THEN my wonderful son did this..." with jesus looking visibly embarrassed, because that's how a good dad is supposed to act, while all the angels and souls of the departed sat at their feet looking impressed in their wings and haloes. various pets being among them, such as my cat, my grandpa's old dog etc, also behaloed and winged. except when i went to show my drawing to the teacher explaining my artistic thought process, she looked at it and went "nice. but animals don't go to heaven because they don't have souls like us."
i wish. oh how i wish every day of my life that i'd been the hypersensitive, quick-to-tears kid that would've undoubtedly triggered a whole class religious schism when my classmates found out why i was screaming and sobbing my eyes out. but alas, i just discarded her theological theory altogether. what a silly woman she was. she must've never had pets, otherwise she'd clearly know they DO have a soul. boy, was she gonna get a surprise when she got to heaven.
now that i think back on it, you have to laugh at the heartless, eye-opening cruelty of looking a grieving child in the eye and saying "sorry kid, little mina's not getting into heaven." what a succinct summary of catholicism. anyway, I'm not christian anymore.
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hmm... 2 am impulsive idea way too amibitious for my own good: what if i just made a minecraft mod that adds different cow/horse/animals breeds to 1.20+
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Jessie, Ben, Daisy: The Darkling and Alina are like a bickering old married couple.
Me: that means….
Ravka = the child suffering from their bickering and impending divorce, needs major therapy
Genya = the mutual friend who set them up, having a hard time deciding who to side with (at first)
David = their overworked accountant…he can only make so much magic happen
Nikolai = the dashing, shiny young new boyfriend, soon to be stepdad, who Alina, smirking, pulled up with at one of their proceedings
The rest of the Grisha = the assets and estates they’re fighting over
The Crows = Alina’s legal team, ready to win (Kaz = no time for your shit lawyer)
Mal = their pet do—….wait who?
Baghra = Baghra (yelling at them both)
They’re like one of those over the top rich married couples with their dramatic melancholias and flourish-y outfits and when they fight, they definitely overshare and make public spectacles and people look at each other like oh god, this again.
It’s a family drama, and mom and dad are taking some time off and just need couples therapy, that’s all. For now, daddy is sleeping in a hotel.
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while watching nimona, my friends and I got into a huge argument about how they could have scottie terriers with no scotland and jazz with no harlem renaissance so now I too just like to drop explicit references to real world things in my fic that have 0% justification being there in the first place and i feel like the funniest mfer alive
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Cerise Hood
Daughter of Red Riding Hood
Cerise has always wanted to be a part of the high school soccer team… but her self consciousness and general social anxiety has always gotten in her way. But that doesn’t mean she can’t have friends! Although her friend group is small, she loves each of them dearly and hopes to one day share her secret… her father is a wolf.
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Someone left a herding ball at the dog park and I think Leia reeeeeeally liked it. Like i know she's a herding breed but like damn dude. I guess fetch is out and herding is in.
An accidental action shot of her losing her whole mind over pushing a ball around :3
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