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do you have any griffin hcs? if so I reallyyyy want to hear them :3

YES I DO!

Griffin:

~Has both IED (intermittent explosive disorder) and BPD, which is why he gets so angry throughout the book

~Can speak Latin :)

~Likes to pretend he graduated college, despite the fact he very much didn’t

~Has a thing for people stupider than him, because he has a superiority complex (Kemp is a little dumb, and y’all know I ship chiffin)

Here are some more modern ones:

~LOVES LOVES LOVES cats, owns multiple. He names them after dictators; ie Meow Zedong, Apawf Kitler, Bennito Mewsolini, etc

~I think, if he were to not become invisible, he’d have a ton of tattoos.

~Fucking loves Eminem

I also have this running joke that he and Elizabeth Lavenza dated in my goth lit crossover au, before she came out.

[apawfive]

Throwback Thursday with apawfive. When Cross came to us, he was very weak physically, but emotionally more so. He was abandoned when he was eight years old! That's quite old for a dog. Before we brought him home, he had already spent about six months in fear, stress, confusion and loss. There was trauma clearly, and aggression. There were just too many trigger points. Initially, for the first few days, we even had to give him food from a distance. I was bitten within the first two weeks. But what we observed was he was apologetic about it. Considering his past, he may have not accepted us as his family so soon, due to the fear and uncertainty, but he did regret his actions. It was heartbreaking to see him like that. But we learned to be more patient with him. Gradually, things started getting better. He was happy. To have a family. To have two loving sisters - Mishka and Tallulah. This photo was clicked about a year later. And it speaks of how much he had started to trust us and love us. ❤️ And today, he loves to snuggle with us, play with us and be a demanding baby, asking for our time and attention. We were lucky that we were trusted with him. But as it is with our adoptions, it still feels like he saved us just as much as we did him. There are just too many of these unexplainable emotions in my heart right now. . . . . . #apawfive #5dogs2humans #goldenretriever #adopteddog #seniordog #dogparents #abandoneddog #throwbackthursday #tbt https://www.instagram.com/p/CaXTXPqp4HX/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Meet 2 Dog Parents Working to Bridge the Animal-Human Bond in New Delhi

.@apawfive Meet 2 Dog Parents Working to Bridge the Animal-Human Bond in New Delhi - #Apawfive #PetCareNews #DogParentingNews #DogParenting #Dogs #Pets #AnimalCare #StreetDogs

apawfive is an initiative by 2 Dog Parents in New Delhi, the capital city of India, Nishant and Kamna. The duo are dog parents to five – Cross (13), Tallulah (7), Mishka (4), Clara (3), and Blaze (2). The pair comes with an experience of more than five years in rescuing, adopting, and raising dogs. In addition to their pack of five, Nishant and Kamna also involve themselves in the well-being and…

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I posted 3,506 times in 2022

That's 3,506 more posts than 2021!

519 posts created (15%)

2,987 posts reblogged (85%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 1,827 of my posts in 2022

Only 48% of my posts had no tags

#nonlaconic rambles - 390 posts

#gothic lit - 155 posts

#frankenstein - 94 posts

#jekyll and hyde - 68 posts

#ask - 51 posts

#victor frankenstein - 41 posts

#the invisible man - 40 posts

#gabriel utterson - 36 posts

#henriel - 32 posts

#the picture of dorian gray - 32 posts

Longest Tag: 131 characters

#other than the punch scene the funniest part of the book imo was when charles entered france and was surprised when he got arrested

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

hi hello what’s your favorite quote from The Invisible Man

i’ll start, this is mine:

121 notes - Posted August 13, 2022

#4

I was thinking. As an oldest child myself, I suffer from oldest child syndrome.

Now, anyone who has been following my blog lately knows that I’ve been kinning Victor lately. This got me thinking.

Frankenstein Spoilers in the following explanation

Victor has two younger siblings biologically, plus Elizabeth— a sister figure. Out of these four, he is the oldest.

When thinking about Victor, his defining personality traits (other than sopping wet and pathetic) are anxious, perfectionistic, solitary, obsessive, a little egotistical, etc etc.

Funny thing is, all of these traits are associated with eldest child syndrome. Typically, these are brought on by high parental expectations. Now, as a C*roline and Al*ones hater, it’s pretty obvious that their expectations for Victor were a little much. I mean, Caroline’s dying wish was to control Victor’s love life. Alphonse preserved this wish, even reminding Victor of this said wish while he is recovering from his arrest and death of his closest friend. Alphonse and Caroline are also probably homophobic, I will not be taking criticism at this time.

That being said, there’s almost no question as to why Victor hardly talks to his family in Ingolstadt. Why he obsesses over his work, freaks out when it’s not up to his standards, abandons the paternal role he’s been forced into all his life. Also explains why he’s only miserable when it comes to marrying Elizabeth, and doesn’t argue about it at all. And why he’s so close to Clerval, someone who genuinely seems to care for his opinions and wishes.

I dunno. It’s definitely a theory that should be thought into.

137 notes - Posted August 28, 2022

#3

Shoutout to this line from J&H specifically, in which Mr Guest asked if Jekyll was sending Utterson love letters

164 notes - Posted August 18, 2022

#2

Lo and behold, the promised headcanons.

Crack Headcanons for many lit characters (Mod Au):

~Lanyon still sleeps with a teddy bear, but denies it.

~in order to pay off college, Kemp worked at Dairy Queen for two (2) days. He was fired when the blizzard fell out of the cup ;-;

~Dorian watches RuPaul’s Drag Race

~Jekyll actually pours the milk before the cereal 

~Lord Henry uses Reddit

~Clerval cries whenever Gordon Ramsay yells on MasterChef

~Victor almost killed a Girl Scout over thin mints once 

~Jekyll was this close to drinking gasoline 🤏 and by that I mean none he’s drank gasoline before it was very unhealthy

~despite being well spoken, Utterson cannot pronounce ‘synonym’

~griffin owns 8-10 cats and they are all fluffy and white and named after dictators (Apawf Kitler is a sphinx cat tho, Grif felt bad for him) 

~other than cats, Griffin also loves geese, because they go “HONK” and yell and bite and is funny and relatable

~Elizabeth can beat Victor up if she wants to

~in college, Basil sometimes drew the vibe check emojis in Lord Henry’s notebooks 

~Lanyon enjoys the feeling of wet socks

~Dorian is a crystal and astrology bitch

he once claimed he liked astronomy not astrology and all the scientists got excited and then he started talking about being a Scorpio and Jekyll cried, Victor swore, and Griffin kicked the wall

~Basil actually enjoys being called a simp. He doesn’t see the harm in it .

~Griffin would dress as a cat maid, unironically

~Utterson used a joke pickup line (because pun) on Jekyll once, causing Jek to pass out

 ~if asked “boxers or briefs,” Griffin would reply “thong” (it’s actually boxers)

~Basil can and will get angsty if the first chord of ‘All Too Well’ comes on

~Clerval believed in Santa until he was like 14

~Jekyll cannot ride a bike and refuses to learn

~Jekyll uses Hyde to talk to customer service people because he gets scared

~sometimes Hyde just. Carries around a kazoo. And blows it at people.

172 notes - Posted July 26, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

So I saw a post that kind of made me want to post this.

I feel like there’s a lot of gatekeeping in the J&H fandom. I’ve see a lot of posts like “you’re wrong if you like TGS” “you’re not valid in the fandom if you interpret the duality differently” “we don’t stan if you think Jekyll is cis.”

It feels really toxic, imo. I interpret the story differently than others, and that’s fine. A lot of the story is really open ended and up for interpretation. Specifically with the second point with the duality, I’ve seen hate on the “Jekyll has OCD” interpretation on here in the past, and like? Why?

While that’s personally the interpretation I choose to agree with, that’s not what I’m talking about in this post. There’s really no need to hate on seeing the book differently. As with most other fandoms, you’re not looking at the big picture. There’s a group of people who enjoy the same media as you, and you’re really just going to trash their opinions?

I dunno. I don’t really have a solid point I’m getting at. It just pisses me off. I have a lot of opinions about the book that I’m afraid to share, and I’m sure tons of others do too.

Please be nice y’all. It’s not like Stevenson is coming back from the grave to confirm any interpretation is right.

178 notes - Posted August 21, 2022

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[T] When we visited Benaras. Nishant and I have lost a lot in the past few years. Kids we loved immensely. Kids we tried to save. Sometimes we were too late, sometimes we were wrong. And sometimes it wasn't really in our hands. Some losses have been really really tough. I have cried over them again and again, and still my tears do not seem to have dried. Many people we know personally don't understand us. They can't process how we can grieve so much over dogs, stray dogs no less. And we don't blame them. We can't expect them to understand this. What we can do is continue to love and keep trying to improve. These pictures are from our trip to Benaras in 2019. We made this trip for 'Asthi Visarjan' (immersion of ashes post cremation) for two of our beloved street babies, who fought a lot but were too young and too weak to do it anymore. They had painful deaths and we are still not over it. Spectra and Sugar - two souls that will live with us forever. Unfortunately, there are more names on this list. But we try to be strong. And we try to love more and regret less. I know it's not Throwback Thursday. But I was just going through these pictures and felt like sharing this with you all. If you're also fighting to win, or are grieving over a loss, we are here for you, sending you loads of love and strength. ❤️ Always. PS. @nidhitingling @dynsty_7 - thank you so much for always being there for us. ❤️ . . . . . #apawfive #5dogs2humans #dogparents #indiedogs #straydogs #straydogsofinstagram #straydogsIndia #straydogscare #lastrites #banaras #varanasi #ghatsofvaranasi #dashashwamedhghat #grief #doglovers (at Varanasi Ghats) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaPU-JTpRaH/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Throwback Thursday with apawfive. I have always loved to cook but I used to dread baking! But like most of us, lockdown made me experiment more. Surprisingly, the cakes were very good. 😁 That gave me the confidence to try some healthy dog cakes. Some of you might know it already that we are quite particular about our dogs' diet and what all they can eat. So, I had to work with only healthier options. Like gluten-free flour instead of atta or maida. And obviously, no sugar or chocolates! Even tried non-veg cakes to make it more interesting for them. Here are some of the cakes I have made in past two years. 1. Red Velvet cake with potato frosting - my first attempt with dog cake. 2. Coconut and Blueberry cake with curd and shredded Coconut frosting 3. Buff and veggies cake with Curd frosting 4. The buff cake's slice 5. Buckwheat cake 6. Buckwheat and Coconut cake 7. Orange and Pineapple cake with curd and fruits topping 8. Red Velvet cake with sweet potato frosting We even have a video of the Red Velvet Cake on Youtube channel. Check it out if you also want to give a personal touch to your celebrations with your dogs. ☺️ . . . . . #apawfive #5dogs2humans #indiedogs #adopteddog #rescuedog #dogparents #dogcake #baking #cooking #healthycake #glutenfree #dogfood #dogsafe #Homemade #cakes https://www.instagram.com/p/CaFK904JW7K/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[T] Evil Eye 🤔 Nishant and I are not superstitious but then we are humans after all, and sometimes end up believing in weird things. 🙈 In the past few months, our packwalkers (stray dogs) got a lot of compliments and comments from random people. Some said nice things and some not so nice. But the common point was how well these kids are being taken care of. But in the past few weeks, they have also suffered from minor/major incidents. You all know about Mangu's case but we haven't shared them all. But they have made me wonder if these kids had caught 'nazar' or 'evil eye'. 😢 This is Mommy, the oldest dog in King Angel's pack. We'll talk more about her in some other post but this one is about her sickness and recovery. Around the end of Dec 2021, Mommy had fallen sick a few days before Mangu's accident. While I was feeding the kids one morning, the local tailor bhaiya informed me that Mommy had been crying. She also limped occasionally. I tried to check her and she cried in pain when I tried to give her her favourite belly rubs. I called Nishant and we rushed to the vet. After an x-ray and some blood tests, we discovered that it was a blood infection. She had to be on medication for seven days. So while we were managing Mangu's treatment, we also had to take care of this girl; and to her credit, she didn't cause us any trouble. She is a sweetheart. She would let us feed her the medicines by hand, as if she knew it's for her own benefit. Actually, I think she did. Gradually, Mommy was back to her cute fun self. And the best moment was when she was able to run again without any pain. ❤️ So, do you believe in evil eye? If yes, any suggestions for our packwalkers? :) . . . . . #apawfive #straydogsindia #straydogcare #straydogsofindia #streetdogs https://www.instagram.com/p/CY_suxPrPn5/?utm_medium=tumblr

[apawfive]

Update on Mangu.

He's recovering well! :) Yesterday, we finally saw the last of his exposed bone get covered with scar tissue and muscle. It's closed! Hopefully, it won't be long before we're able to reunite him with his pack now! ❤️

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Throwback Thursday with my three gorgeous women! People here always seem to prefer the cold, especially Kamna. 😑 But I've always been the summer sun kind of guy. Who wouldn't want to wear light clothes and enjoy an afternoon racing around in the park? Or maybe I'm the eccentric! What about you guys? Are you a summer or winter person? 🤔 . . . . . #apawfive #throwbackthursday #tbt #misssummer #dogparents https://www.instagram.com/p/CY9CFdyJH5U/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[T] A special dog - Clara ❤️

There's a deep story behind these pictures. Apart from being a peaceful experience, Blaze has a ritual with us of doing his obedience training even with his daily meals. He's young and very food motivated, so it's a good way to keep him engaged. But if I have to call someone the smartest dog ever, it would be Clara. She's fiercely loyal, very emotive, and just highly engaged and intelligent. She's the only dog I know who learned by observation and not food or treats.

Today, as I gave Blaze his commands, Clara stopped eating and followed those very commands to perfection, when I wasn't even paying attention to her but Nishant noticed it. She stopped eating. 😲 It just goes to show how attentive she is to our intentions and needs. Blaze has a lot to learn from her in that regard. And the two of them only started eating again at "go"!

What a learning experience it is even for us to be around them. ❤️

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We have 500+ members in the #apawfive family on Instagram now!

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Please follow us, if you aren't yet. 😊

We will keep doing our best to grow this community bigger and stronger, for our love for animals! ❤️

Please be safe and take care. Loads of love! 😊

[apawfive]

The kind of Before - After stories we love the most. ❤️ This is Clara, with her father, Nishant. In the first picture, she's about a month old puppy. She had appeared out of nowhere and laid her trust in a stranger - Nishant. This is the first ever photo we have of Clara. These two have had a long and for me, the most heartwarming journey together. They didn't start off on the best note and Clara used to be scared of Nishant. But fast forward to today and she trusts him the most to keep her safe. :) If she senses danger (which is mostly Blaze being a typical annoying brother to her :p), she runs straight to her father. She knows she's safe in those arms. The same arms that held her when she was dropped at a strange location four years ago. Nishant and Clara remind me every day that things do get better. ❤️ . . . . . #apawfive #fatherdaughterlove #indiedog #rescued #adopted #fatherofdogs #dogsparents https://www.instagram.com/p/CYtmwqXvjBg/?utm_medium=tumblr

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100 SUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE. THANK YOU! 🙏❤️ It's been less than a month only since we started our YouTube journey and we have already crossed our first MILESTONE. 😍 We are happy, filled with gratitude and much more motivated to move on this path we have chosen. Thank you for your love and support. ❤️ And and, if you haven't yet, please follow us on Instagram and Subscribe to our YouTube channel - apawfive. Much love! #apawfive https://www.instagram.com/p/CYll6ejPWSy/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[T] Even bad pictures can tell beautiful stories. :) The weather has been horrible the past few days. Rainy, windy, chilly! But as we always say that our stray dogs are the best. They teach us to survive the worst. So they deserved a little pampering. :) Their morning meal was served to them on their makeshift dining table. And, Mommy, being our senior member, was served in her bed (last picture). ^_^ PS. I must thank Nishant for letting me post these below average quality pictures. 😁 It was raining and this is the best I could manage with the phone cover on. 🙈 . . . . . #apawfive #straydogs #straydogsofindia #streetdogs #streetdogsofindia https://www.instagram.com/p/CYgLqOnv-Da/?utm_medium=tumblr

[gabriel-shutterson]

Lo and behold, the promised headcanons.

Crack Headcanons for many lit characters (Mod Au):

~Lanyon still sleeps with a teddy bear, but denies it.

~in order to pay off college, Kemp worked at Dairy Queen for two (2) days. He was fired when the blizzard fell out of the cup ;-;

~Dorian watches RuPaul’s Drag Race

~Jekyll actually pours the milk before the cereal 

~Lord Henry uses Reddit

~Clerval cries whenever Gordon Ramsay yells on MasterChef

~Victor almost killed a Girl Scout over thin mints once 

~Jekyll was this close to drinking gasoline 🤏 and by that I mean none he’s drank gasoline before it was very unhealthy

~despite being well spoken, Utterson cannot pronounce ‘synonym’

~griffin owns 8-10 cats and they are all fluffy and white and named after dictators (Apawf Kitler is a sphinx cat tho, Grif felt bad for him) 

~other than cats, Griffin also loves geese, because they go “HONK” and yell and bite and is funny and relatable

~Elizabeth can beat Victor up if she wants to

~in college, Basil sometimes drew the vibe check emojis in Lord Henry’s notebooks 

~Lanyon enjoys the feeling of wet socks

~Dorian is a crystal and astrology bitch

he once claimed he liked astronomy not astrology and all the scientists got excited and then he started talking about being a Scorpio and Jekyll cried, Victor swore, and Griffin kicked the wall

~Basil actually enjoys being called a simp. He doesn’t see the harm in it .

~Griffin would dress as a cat maid, unironically

~Utterson used a joke pickup line (because pun) on Jekyll once, causing Jek to pass out

 ~if asked “boxers or briefs,” Griffin would reply “thong” (it’s actually boxers)

~Basil can and will get angsty if the first chord of ‘All Too Well’ comes on

~Clerval believed in Santa until he was like 14

~Jekyll cannot ride a bike and refuses to learn

~Jekyll uses Hyde to talk to customer service people because he gets scared

~sometimes Hyde just. Carries around a kazoo. And blows it at people.

[apawfive]

New video out on YouTube!

It talks about our journey, our family - apawfive. ❤️

Our YouTube channel - https://youtube.com/apawfive

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