#floss guppy

[abloodycrow]

Listen, I’ll defend The Dumping Ground and it’s silly little plots...

But I still refuse to believe a 22 year old Lily Kettle just lets a 16/17 year old Floss RUN A CAFE. Not just for a day, no she literally just GIVES a cafe to Floss? 

[doyelikehaggis]

i’m gay i’m mentally i’ll i’m hungover and i’m new in town this is gonna be such a chaotic ask

i’m on floss’s intro episode but really i’m more invested in the fact that faith and elektra really should’ve been a couple. dammit cbbc

i swear literally half these kids have queer energy?? i mean. liam and frank?? elektra and faith??? tyler? lily? and we’ve talked about johnny. they’re all just so wonderfully varying degrees of queer-coded and we just get more of them in later seasons too-

hey why do both tyler and ryan have episodes where one of the other boys gets a job at a cafe, so they go to the cafe, cause chaos and end up banned. that is an oddly specific similarity

once again thinking about how similar rick and ryan are, and specifically about how it makes so much sense that tyler and ryan were close, since tyler and rick knew each other since burnywood

‘a day in the past’ time!!! the best of the group trip episodes, except maybe that one beach one from like s4

oh my god floss is so tiny in her cute lil green dress???? also i get the feeling the events of this episode had,, an impact on her worldview

we stan feminist rachel in this household, she is an absolute icon??? she deserved better than being stuck working at that house

ahhh another episode of johnny being a dick and also wildly repressed- this kid needs therapy and it honestly kinda pisses me off that they took this gay-coded character with a ton of self-loathing and issues with anger and authority…. and had him join the army.

harry is just vibing wearing a straw hat and honestly? valid

i love how george is trying to correct mike on how to manage children,, he really should’ve seen the problems coming

you know… ryan and johnny really did have a lot in common huh. queer-coded boys who are regularly the villain of the episode, are manipulative and have anger issues, have younger sisters who they’re protective of but also controlling of, and ended up leaving by joining a government service, just after their shitty parent came back into their life-

mo! he was such a wasted character huh. he only got like. 3 episodes that actually explored his past at all, and he was around for like 4 seasons?

johnny calling tee “patron saint of lost causes” as if he isn’t the most annoying bitch at the dg at that point. like i love johnny but. come on

i feel like you could make a really difficult “who said this” quiz with just quotes from johnny and ryan

i’m gonna end this ask but uh. yeah no not gonna be the last ask of the day i’m so sorry

oh god, what a combination. let's go!

Floss' intro episode is a really good one for Faith and Elektra. if cbbc weren't capital 'c' cowards, they would have given them to us.

you're not even wrong, practically all of the kids have queer energy. there's so much potential in all of them!!

that... that IS a specific parallel. huh. very interesting. not that it really has anything to do with it, but it's fun that the parallel is between Tyler and Ryan, two characters who end up with a pretty close dynamic.

oh okay, you led on into that yourself! (you can tell I don't read ahead, I just reply paragraph by paragraph) it does make a lot of sense that Tyler and Ryan were so close when thinking about how similar Ryan and Rick can be at times. I really like the idea of Tyler just being drawn to Ryan initally because of that without really knowing why.

'a day in the past' is truly an iconic episode!

tiny Floss!! honestly, you're probably right.

I will forever adore Rachel, I imagine she probably quit after that day and moved on to a similar job but with a boss who was all for educating about feminism and women's rights and how the treatment that women (and servants in general) was unfair, and made sure that while the kids were playing the parts with some accuracy, that they were learning what was right and wrong at the same time.

whenever I think about Johnny joining the army, I just want to scream. he needed help, not a gun and a ton of more trauma. the kid lashed out at the smallest loss of control due to childhood abuse and they thought the best way to help him through that was... war? it doesn't make any sense. I like to live in an au where Johnny is talked out of joining by everyone. they get him a therapist to talk to instead, telling him that if, after a few sessions, he still thinks the army is what he wants, then they won't stop him. but as the therapist gets him to open up, he begins to see that the army isn't for him; he just wanted to feel in control of something, like he was actively fighting against something, stepping back into the role of protector because he wasn't sure he was good for anything if he wasn't doing that. he's just finished school so he enrolls at college instead, gets in and moves on-campus, where he takes an interest in business and social work for children. maybe he even meets a guy in his classes and they hit it off and he finally understands a part of himself that has been weighing on him for years. give me queer, happy Johnny who does not join the army but has a nice, peaceful life! he realizes he can protect kids like him and Tee, giving him that feeling he so craved, and making a difference to other care kids.

harry was precious with that straw hat. (I loved my one trip to a victorian school, dressing up in the outfits. I only despised the cane.)

yeah, that was a pretty telling sign. just because the guy has seen a few groups of school days for a couple hours a day, does not mean he actually knows the first thing about them. and he simply refused to listen to mike trying to explain that they all live together so they had to be more sensitive and make sure there was no upset, because they wouldn't be able to just go home and forget about it by the next day.

yes!! the Ryan and Johnny parallels are just wonderful. hmm. a gifset may be required for visual proof of this. I will work on this.

Mo was SUCH a wasted character, you're right. just as we're talking about queer-coded characters as well. Mo had some of the biggest queer energy around, specifically around Bailey. but yeah, it bothers me how little they did with him considering everything they had to work with? when he's up in the attic with Tee in his first episode, he says that he and his 'parents' lived in a shed. not only that, but he also said that his 'mum' didn't like him very much, and we saw he reacted with fear to the idea of Mike 'hosing him down' AND he put himself in the corner when he thought he had done something wrong. a lot of this feels implies at least some form of neglect at worse and active abuse at worst. but this was of course never mentioned again. all we got after was the revelation that his 'parents' were actually his grandparents who STOLE HIM from his parents because his grandad thought they were unable to look after him due to their cerebral palsy and from them leaving him alone in the house with the door open at the age of 18 months. there's just a lot to work with and yet? we get like three episodes focused on him then he's gone.

it's funny, Johnny calling Tee 'patron saint of lost causes' like he isn't the exact reason that she is that way. she's always protected him and stuck up for him when everyone else has deemed him unredeemable for the things he's done or said. he is the biggest 'lost cause' in her life and while she's gotten mad at him and tried to 'disown' him a couple of times, she's still been there for him in the end.

don't tempt me, I will absolutely make that quiz.

skdfhsk it's okay!! sorry I couldn't get to this ask (or the rest) sooner, but I'm happy to have so much to reply to now!

[felicitykings]

Fantasy's over. I know who our mum is now. Time to face the reality. You did what I couldn't do. You faced her head on. You're something of an inspiration.

THE DUMPING GROUND (2013- ) ↳ 9.13 Face To Face

[ds-sparrow-manufacturing-co]

floss: i was born for politics. i have great hair and i love lying

[calhighwayee]

Bec and Floss in 7x24 The Last Dance

[muffindaddystyles]

YOU DO MR. CHEWY

A/N: Here's my little participation to @oh-honey-styles FIC SLAM 2. Just a floofy blurb of Harry and bubba, dadrry in particular, reblog as much as you can —- loads of love!!

Summary: Where bubs losts her first ever pet and Harry's there for the heartbreak.

Tip-tap, tip-tap, tip-tap the water runs inside the bathroom, teetering of crickets hidden somewhere in the flower beds hues with the buzz of air conditioner. It prickles goosebumps on their skin every other second and the cool sheet rustles from their commotion.

Harry has his calf sneaked out from under the sheets because his lovie’s warmth drowns him in the wee of night, he’s all snuggled up into her, nose tucked between her soft tits and their palms inclined.

There’s peace. Nope. Scratch that. There’s serenity his lovie likes to describe it that way –-- her profound vocabulary full of beautiful words.

But, married couples aren’t that lucky are they?

Ominous thuds prattles in the result of hasty feetsies hitting the hardcore floor in rush accompanied by panicked shrieks. Everything creaks stirring him in his sleepy state.

It’s like Harry’s senses heightened incredibly from past one year –- it’s god gifted, truly.

He feels like he got another pair of eyes behind his head too, four hands and many many feet.

A tantrum nearing? He’s on alert and saving themselves from the assault.

A painful fall? ‐--- well what his big hands are for?

Rice puree everywhere.....sighs he's very good at moping and cleansing.

This time though he chooses to ignore whatever his toddler is up to, snores lightly into his wife’s neck and hugs himself into his darling.

He just can’t --- he really really can’t.

Not after their sexy time. When he fucked her face first into mattress till she was crying and begging mess for him.

They’re just heaps of wool piled on top of eachother from their last night rough activities.

He groans tiredly counting under his breath, the moment his baby barges in and raids their sleepy states as he hears her scream a loud, “Pupssss!!!” from outside and far.

Bab picked it from her mommy. Since, Y/N calls Harry puppy all the time. His little bun all could babble was, “pups.” thinking his name's that.

Harry wasn’t dissapointed at all when she blinked up at him with big innocent dove eyes, thick lashes resting on her peachy cheeks, mouth guppy and she drived into fits of squeals when Harry picked her up in air -- blowing raspberries at her tummy.

“Yeah, bubba, pups...say it one mor’ time —--” Next thing Y/N found him melted into a puddle of floss.

Harry was over the moon!

No! He galloped from one star to another and never landed back on planet earth, he was that happy -– if you ask so.

He jerks up. Then flumps backs. Jerks up again as the door banged against the wall revealing his dishelved bab, her plum cheeks soaky with tears, eyes swollen, button blushed nose runny, lips trembly, her goldenish hickory curls bouncing atop of her head like springs dancing in different directions. The tabs of her nappy loose on her hips and her gait wobbly,

Indicating, she just woke up to find out the disaster.

he’s thankful to heavens above that he had enough muscles last night to cover his bum with clads.

Harry let a gag emit waking Y/N up and she knuckles the sleepiness away, gasping at the sight of her hamster pet in her grasp.

“Oh me sweet bunny, c'mere.” Harry mumbles for his bub. Sitting up. His tummy rolling, his shoulders slumpy and his curls akin to her daughter dropping infront of his puffy eyes.

Bub climbs up the huge bed pressing her smol feet into mattress for the right footing and with the help of her mother and Harry tries not to squeak when she put her ---- unconscious hamster on the sheet as if it’s the most fragile thing in the world.

Precious little thing.

Though, her world is small. It starts from her colourful cubby and ends at her, “pups.” “mama.” And her pet hamster “Mr. Chewy.”

Harry slides his palm under her bum – scoops her up and cradles her into his lap, rubbing his hand in soothing circles at her back to calm his frenzied baby down and to stop her from crying and turning herself into a blueberry.

“What happened little bun? Hmm? Don’t like when ye' cry, button.” He tries not to wince, lips twitching into grimace and expressions freaking out as the rotten leg of Mr. Chewy touches his chest.

Harry’s a menace. He very well knows what happened --- he just rubbed salt on his bub's very first wound.

She cries without a breather, raising her injured hamster in air like Simba from Lion King.

“He..-‐ chew—..” Hiccups, “Pups c-..he —-" Sniffles, “Mr chew-y..---y.” Harry’s heartbreaks when she sobs sadly and he pushes her sweaty curls back, kissing her temple humming to let her know he’s listening.

“...he a—- ate, h-his arm.” She’s full on sobbing now.

She’s learning body parts and maybe a tad progressing?

Harry wastes first few seconds pondering in confusion is it arms? Or legs? If not arm then why not leg? Leg why not arm .... fuck it. Let it be limbs of minikin hamster.

He glances back at his wife crying in a silent plead for his wife to guide him for a comeback, but she clutches the sheet over her eyes grossed out and hides away, “don’t look at me like that!” so Harry grumps -- turns his attention down towards his soft hearted bun.

He stammers to tell her truth in less painful way to upset his baby more, “Bunny ... erm' —- I think so...,” He wheezes, “–- what I think that is ..... umm mr. chewy is very sleepy?” He's very unsure how to tell her that her loving pet found his own leg very yummy and dragged himself to his own death.

How he's gonna tell her that she has a funeral soon to attend.

He squawks when she shoves Mr. Chewy to his chin shaking her head vigorously and wails, “No! Pups do!!” Harry doubles back in confusion frowns asking her in his sweetest voice.

“Do what, buns?”

Her answer leaves him flabbergasted and her mommy laughing at the top of lungs, so hard, she tumbles down the bed.

“Do Mr. Chewy!” If anything else didn’t make Harry gag loudly and dramatically this sure did as he glares Y/N who's cooking up the dirty scenario in her head.

He sighs wetly, rocking her on his thigh and takes Mr. Chewy in his hands with his internal organs knocking into eachother and screaming, “Can’t do much baby ... he’s not anymore with us, came last night to me and said he doesn’t like with us anymore.” He shrugs staring funnily at the hamster whose leg is dangling from Harry’s palm and his lil tongue poking out like in cartoons.

“Noooo, you do mr. chewy, pups.” She sniffles dolefully.

He wipes her fat tears away as she looks up at him with an angry pout whispering, “Stop him.” Don’t worry I’m her personal translator. All she’s trying to say that,

She’s minutes away from holding a grudge with her daddy as to why he didn’t stop Mr. Chewy from leaving last night.

“Bub. Mr. Chewy would be sad watching you cry ... how bout we make him a bed in our garden so he could sleep peacefully from now on?” Y/N tries to reason .. glancing up at her husband who's really about to pass out.

After so much consolation from both of her parents and sweet talk of her pups, bubby agrees grappling at Harry’s shoulders.

He whisper yells at his wife who’s giggling and giggling, doing nothing but giggling her ass off, “You’re such a little shit!” She seems unfazed though and pinches the dimple at his back making him more grumpy.

..

The dramatics are real intense as Harry lays Mr. Chewy into the dig with his bunny standing beside him with her squaby hand put on his squatted knee, gazing with teary eyes and wobbly bottom lip.

He even wrote a devoted Mr. Chewy on a small brick with a sharpie she fetched him from her play books and plants it at Mr. Chewy's grave.

Y/N smiles with warm chest watching them from the window.

“Bye-bye Mr. Chewy ......” Harry holds back from cooing awfully in love with her when she whimpers waving and bidding good-bye to her pet.

He sits her on his hip and walks them inside as she cries softly into his neck. Bunches onto sofa comfortably and squeezes her closer to his heart, bringing her strawberry smelling head under his chin and murmurs sweetly to her while Y/N makes them scrambled eggs and French-toasts they ever like so much.

Like daddy, like daughter.

“Shhhh. Bubba. Mr. Chewy's in hamster heaven now and very happy.” He pecks her hairline --- trails it down her cushiony skin and keeps her cocooned in his arms, “G'na fill ye tummy with mummy’s french toast ‘n take a nap after that, yeh sweet tooth?” He strokes the apple of her cheeks tenderly as she knuckles at her eyes exhausted from crying so much.

“Heyy, now sleepy button ... c'mon don’t want ya napping all empty belly and hungry.” He pokes her milky dimples deeper than his's when her head lolls against his chest and her bubbly face squished, with drool making a map on his shirt.

He doesn’t budge even a little to not to wake his bubby when Y/N comes back holding the plates and he pecks her lips, thanks her and takes it from her.

“Can't ‘ave her another pet, my bunny gets too emotionally attached to anyone and anythin' --- not good for her.” He pouts gazing down at her softly and sadly.

Y/N gives a squeeze to his shoulder and teases him to lighten up the mood. She moans with belly ache cackles, “dooo Mr. Chewy Harry!” When he tries to push himself away from her she giggles grabbing him from neck and kisses his lips grinning against them.

“You’re never going to let that, go, are you?” He muses astonishingly and bites on her lower lip making her gasp and quip.

“Nope.” He just sighs comically, slip shutting his eyes with a benevolent grin at his lovie's silliness and his chest puffs larger in size.

He'd have gone nuts until now without her and he's very glad that she's the back of his hand, an invisible support and his strength.

..

MASTERLIST

[fishcommunity]

Sorry for the bother, but would you have any recommended guides for betta fish? I keep finding conflicting information, specifically regarding tank size

Never a bother! I like talking, so I welcome any opportunity to do so :p

My favorite website for fish information is Wetwebmedia, though it hasn't been updated in a few years since the proprietor passed. His article on betta keeping can be found at the following location. This was written a while back - maybe 15 years - and husbandry requirements are better known nowadays so I'll quickly review the basics.

Tank size is, at an absolute minimum, 2.5 gallons. My personal experience is that such tanks are still too small for enrichment/exercise and present environmental concerns. 5.5 gallons is much better and 10 gallons is fantastic.

Water temperature should be around 77-82F, with around 80 being best. High humidity is also important, which a tank lid helps accomplish.

pH and Hardness aren't incredibly important for many of the hardier varieties, given you avoid extremes. pH around 7 and dH of 10 is ideal (a little higher or lower is fine). For wild type bettas, you'll want more acidic and soft conditions. But if you're inexperienced, I recommend your "basic" varieties - veiltails, plakats, etc - as these are the easiest to care for.

One betta (male OR female) per tank! You may see opinions on the use of sororities - I'm not a fan and certainly not in small tanks. Just keep one betta. Other tankmates are possible, but you'll need adequate space and tankmates who like the same conditions. Cardinal Tetras and Sterbai Corydoras are consistent choices who also like warm water. Wild type (not fancy) Guppies are usually fine bets too. Though there are some cichlids which can work here, let's avoid them for now. Also avoid any gouramis as bettas are too likely to fight with them.

Planted tanks are best, but plastic plants are just fine. You may see recommendations for silk plants with bettas - these are fine as well but I don't think the distinction between the two decor are as important with the hardier bettas, especially the short finned varieties. If using live plants, let me know and I can assist.

substrate isn't super important, but I recommend a soft sand over gravel (though rounded pond gravel is fine). Pool filter sand is my favorite. About 1 lb per gallon.

Filters should be appropriately sized for the tank, with light flow if possible. Air powered filters are great (sponge, internal box, etc) though I'm not personally adverse to hang on the back filters, as long as they aren't super powerful.

Make sure your tank is cycled! This is probably the most important step. There are ways to start this from scratch, which are effective but time consuming. I recommend using filter media (floss, sponge, ceramic noodles, etc) from an already cycled tank to "instantly" cycle it. If you have a friend that will give you some, all the better.

Hope that helps!

[dangermousie]

I hate hate hate Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol so much.

If there was a drama perfectly designed to make me bonkers, that is that one.

Lee Jae Wook is great as always, and for his sake, I hope it does well, but it’s so shrill, so human cartoon, so over-the-top cringey.

It also makes the mistake of thinking that a cartoonish helpless moron is a cute adorable heroine instead of someone who I would love to never watch again.

Our heroine is so useless it’s amazing she knows how to put her own clothes on. Competence is my biggest turn-on in a character and  a snail has more competence than she does. I could deal with that perhaps except she is also so OTT gratingly cutesy in a way that is supposed to be appealing but instead makes me want to stick my laptop into a woodchipper. It does not help that Go Ara has rarely worked for me anywhere and having her play a character type I loathe in the first place is a bad proposition (the sole actress I’ve ever loved in these types of roles is Ariel Lin, who could make even ditzy and helpless somehow lovable. Go Ara is no Ariel Lin.)

Lee Jae Wook’s character makes no sense other than in light of the Russian saying “love is mean, you can even fall for a goat.” Like - why does he fall in love and want to help the heroine at first sight except he finds her hot? No reason. And a man who falls in love at first sight with a human guppy because she’s hot (because they don’t even have some amazing deep interaction) is...well, a kind way to put it is “deserves what he gets.” There is not even mad chemistry to make me buy it. It all makes me roll my eyes at his character’s stupidity as well. 

Overall, this is horrific for me. Like - I would rather watch a teeth flossing video.

I wish these two morons (one with life skills one without) joy of each other, but I am out.

PS This is basically gender-swapped Shopping King Louie which I also hated beyond measure (I prefer SIG to Go Ara but nothing can save this set-up for me.)

[tinypumpkin27]

How it started:

Vs how it’s going:

Pictures of my “first” tank back in 2010. I had a 3 gallon betta tank when I was a young kid for a year. This was a simple 29 gallon with 2 goldfish, Dale and Allie. I bought three and named them after characters from Tucker and Dale VS Evil. Tucker only lived for a couple days and had issues before I even brought them home. I used river rock, had no live plants, kept the water at 74 degrees (at least there’s that), and rinsed the filter cartridge in hot water every 2 weeks 🤦🏻‍♀️ I had these two for 3 years before I released them in a local man made pond that had some other goldfish in it.

I’ve had quite a few tanks and different life in between then and now, various Bettas, ADFs, and Amano shrimp have been my favorites. I’ve done gravel, sand, river rocks, and bare bottoms. I’ve done planted and unplanted. I’ve learned a lot as I’ve gone along, and it’s been fun to test out different things. But, I really want to try the modified version of the Walstad Method that Father Fish on YouTube uses. I’ll probably try it with a 75 when I get one in the next year or two when/if I take the plunge on getting a little turtle. Someday when I get my two 120 acrylics one will be using that method modified with a mix of dark water techniques and I’d love to have some Discus if possible. The other 120 is going to be my first saltwater and that’ll be a whole other adventure.

Anywayy

Currently, I have 4 tanks running since I took down my little guppy quarantine tank.

First, a 6 gallon with 3 inches of Seachem’s fluorite gravel. Plants are Amazon Frogbit, Hornwort, an Undulata, and a Green Wendtii. I keep the water at 78-80 degrees. The filter is a 10 gallon internal filter with extra floss behind the carbon. The tank is stocked with 2 Nerite snails, a 1 1/2 inch Bristlenose Pleco, and a male betta.

Second, a 10 gallon with repti carpet for my axolotl’s temporary housing. It has a 10 gallon HOB filter with extra floss behind the carbon. Kept at 64 degrees. Nitrate eaters are 4 Pothos cuttings (silver satin, marble queen, a darker golden, and a variegated golden), a strand of Hornwort, and some green hair algae glued onto the ledge. I’ve been gathering hair algae as I go along cleaning tanks at work and might cut up my Marimo to fully carpet the ledge if I want it done faster.

Third, a 20H with 1 inch Seachem’s fluorite gravel capped with about 3 inches of aquarium sand. The filter is a 20 gallon with you guessed it, extra floss, only a tiny carbon in this one though because I’m moving away from using carbon. It has a large piece of drift wood, and many plants, Valliseneria, Hornwort, Subwassertang, Anubias, Water Sprite, what I’m assuming is a broad leaf Java Fern I’m working on propagating, and my favorite the Ozelot Sword. This tank is overstocked and my groups aren’t complete, just waiting on the 29 to finish cycling so I can move Nyko out of the 10 and put some fish and the Mystery Snail in there. Stocked with 6 female Bettas, one Reticulated Hillstream Loach, 1 3 inch Bristlenose Pleco, 2 Pygmy Cory Catfish, 3 Julii Cory Catfish, 4 Celestial Pearl Danios, 1 Ivory Mystery Snail, and 1 Nerite Snail.

Fourth and lastly, Nyko’s future home, a cycling 29 gallon with 2 inches of pool filter sand, and a planter with 3-ish inches of Seachem’s fluorite sand. A good piece of Mopani wood with Java Moss anchored with cotton thread onto it as well as four varieties of Anubias (Anubias, A. Hastifolia, A. Nana, A. Nana Petite). Floaters are Guppy Grass and Hornwort. Planter so far: Madagascar Lace, Moneywort (probably will end up floating honestly), and a Rose Sword. Stocked with some pre-quarantined guppies that will be my breeders/snacks for Nyko. Filtration: 40 gallon Aquatop sponge filter on a 20-50 gallon Aquatop air pump, and a 30 gallon Hagan AquaClear with sponge, ceramic, carbon, and yep that’s right, extra floss from a cycled tank. See why I put extra floss in the filters? I can move some bacteria around whenever I need to without making much of a dent in the biological filter on any of these tanks now. Plus, more space for bacteria to colonize undisturbed is always a bonus when you have a heavy bio load like I’ve got going on in most of these tanks right now.

Phew, that went on longer than I intended. I wish I had someone to talk to about this stuff lmao. You’d think working at a garden and pet shop I’d get to talk fish with people a lot more than I do. When I’m in the petroom mostly I talk rabbits, rats, and ferrets with some herps, a little invertebrates, and fish thrown in. Not much time for fish talk, and especially not MY tanks fish talk, usually it’s a customer’s tank that’s the topic because of course they’re picking out plants or fish for their tanks. This fall I’m hoping to switch shops for another exotic pet store that doesn’t sell pet mammals and has some epic saltwater aquariums. That’ll be fun because I won’t just be working with only one other person who’s into exotic pets and aquariums.

[doyelikehaggis]

Every Episode Of The Dumping Ground: 1x06 “The Real Faith Davis” [February 1st 2013]

Wicked whispers fly when the police come to see Faith, who will not say why. Meanwhile new girl Floss arrives and wonders where on Earth she has been dumped when Harry informs her of the Dumping Ground's past.

[felicitykings]

Floss & Ross: a journey from enemies to friends to siblings

If I had a family, I wouldn’t just throw it away.

[ds-sparrow-manufacturing-co]

floss: with great responsibility comes great need to take a nap. wake me up later.

[calhighwayee]

Bec and Floss in 8x02 Follow My Leader

[gishwheshistorian]

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3. Updates – You shall check the gishwhes Updates Page on a daily basis during the Scavenger Hunt. Items may be added or removed from the list, or rules may be changed mid-Hunt without notice, so stay on it.

4. Nomenclature – For obvious reasons, last year we were forced to ban the product “kale” and any reference to said product for the duration of the Hunt. This led to a small, yet earnest, uprising. In an effort to appease the unruly hoi polloi, this year we are doubling down on this ban. Not only is the use of the word “kale” and the product “kale” banned from the 2017 Hunt, but we are extending this ban to include all use of, or reference to, collard greens (“the kale of the Deep South”) and cilantro (“the kale of the Southwest”), except for use as a dental floss replacement or insofar as it is required by an item. In other words, if Misha changes his mind on this and decides to call for Cilantro Skunks, well, there we are. Violators caught abusing this important Commandment will be publicly humiliated and may be forced to post “Thou shalt not Kale! #gishwhes” on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, or Tumblr every eight hours for a 72-hour period of the Hunt. (Please note that brassica oleracea, coriander leaves, fresh coriander, dhania, and Chinese parsley are all approved for liberal use and discussion by all participants throughout the 2017 Hunt period.)

5. Behavior during the Hunt – You are not permitted to physically, emotionally, or psychologically hurt, berate, bully, or otherwise attack yourself, another participant, or anyone inside or outside the Scavenger Hunt. We take this rule seriously. Any abuse of other participants during the hunt for whatever reason will not be accepted. If you feel the need to attack someone– including yourself– don’t. We mean it.

6. Breaking the Law – Some of the items in the Scavenger Hunt may be illegal to perform in some corners of the world. It is your responsibility to assess the local legality of your actions during the hunt. If you believe an item requires you to break the law to complete it, DON’T DO THAT ITEM. We neither have the patience nor the skillset to assess the Civil Code that governs all the world’s municipalities and townships, so we leave it to you to know your region’s laws. In other words, (a) you are not permitted to break any law in attempt to scavenge an item and (b) gishwhes will not be responsible if you break any law, and we won’t post bail or visit you behind bars if you do.

7. Scavenging Safety – First rule when scavenging: be safe. Second rule when scavenging: if you think you might hurt yourself or someone else trying to complete the Item, a good general rule of thumb would be to do a different Item.

8. Decency – It’s disgusting. This Hunt has a zero-tolerance policy for decency and/or decorum. If you possess either, discard them or tuck them away in your closet behind your off-season wardrobe (and all those skeletons you keep in there).

9. Item Interpretation – Do not interpret items. Produce the item exactly as we request it. If the item reads “A photo of you standing with the Queen of England,” we don’t want you in front of a picture of the Queen, or you in front of a wax figure of the Queen. It must be a photo of you with the actual Royal Mum in the living, breathing flesh. If you choose to “interpret,” you will have a 99.67% chance of getting 0 points. We are serious about this! So if we ask for a photo of you somewhere, we don’t want a “photoshopped” version of this, we really want you in that location. This commandment was created not to hamper creativity, but rather to keep people from cheating if they find that they cannot complete a task “naturally.” However, because we don’t like to draw lines in the sand, if your interpretation is a TRULY inspired combination of creative genius and hard work, we might award you a few points, but it would have to be outstanding in every way. Otherwise, you will get nothing or perhaps will even be penalized. Many times in the past, teams have been bumped out of first place for too much reinterpreting of items. We are looking for the actual thing we say; we are not asking for a cheeky version of that thing.

9a. Item Interpretation #2 – Yes, sometimes those well done “creatively interpreted” items make it into the Gishwhes Coffee Table Book. No, that does not mean they were granted full, partial, or even any points. If you submit a reinterpreted Item, you do so at your own risk.

10. Submissions Secret Tip #1 – Quality counts! Quantity won’t win this contest alone. Make sure you take in-focus pictures and videos. Nothing makes our judge’s hackles rise faster than a beautifully executed item shot so poorly that we can’t see or hear what you did. Make your submissions beautiful, artistic, and excellent. We award extra points for extra awesome item submissions. The more beautiful and extraordinary your submission, the more bonus points we will assign to it. It’s simple math: If Team A completes 150 items with a face value of 5000 points, but they kick ass and get 50% bonus points on each item, Team A will walk away with 7500 points. If Team B completes 175 items with a face value of 6500 points, but don’t go the extra mile and are not awarded any bonus points, Team A wins. Every past winning team has won with the help of significant bonus points for excellence on their submissions.

11. Submissions Secret Tip #2 – hi mom.

12. Submissions Secret Tip #3 – Have fun. If you’re having fun making or doing an item, odds are the result will be great. In other words, before tackling an item, figure out how to make the process fun. This includes when you capture the picture or video. You will likely receive more points if you are having more fun, too… Most importantly, and we want to be very clear on this, when you’re not having fun, change course immediately so that you ARE having fun. (We must add the small caveat that sometimes gishwhes is miserable… but that’s part of the fun, too.)

13. Submission Secret Tip #4 – Composition counts. Pay attention to the backgrounds of your images and videos. Beautiful images tend to get awarded more bonus points. Think about how your images will look when projected 50 feet high on our drive-in movie screen, on YouTube, or hanging in the Gishwhes Hall of Fame before you shoot them. (And, for video: shoot in landscape orientation whenever possible.)

14. Submission Secret Tip #5 – Make the judges laugh. We didn’t order all of these adult-diapers for nothing! Our Judges love granting points to people with a good sense of humor, so entertain us and you’ll be duly rewarded with points. (Of course, at least one of our judges defines a “good sense of humor” as the ability to craft witty one-liners about cat hairballs, so it’s kind of a moving target. Do your best.)

15. Shatner Clause – Occasionally gishwhes attracts “personalities” with massive social media followings who want to compete. We are delighted by this development– tickled chartreuse! We welcome them to join us in mayhem, but we want ordinary folk to know that they still have a solid chance of winning, so here’s our policy: If a member of a gishwhes team has more than 500,000 social media followers or “likes” on any social media platform and/or the judges deem this individual a widely-recognized celebrity of any ilk, and if that celebrity team wins gishwhes, we will award THE GRAND PRIZE to TWO TEAMS. The highest scoring NON-CELEBRITY team will also be awarded the Grand Prize. If this unlikely event should occur, we will be flying the entire “Celebrity” team and the entire runner-up non-celebrity team on the Grand Prize Trip to Iceland. Once we arrive in Iceland, we will likely encourage bickering, drama, and general discord between the two teams. We will also organize a dance-off or synchronized swimming battle, the winner of which will be crowned the “gishwhes GRAND MASTERS.” It is worth noting that major celebrity teams have tried to win gishwhes for the past few years, but extraordinary teams made up of ordinary (non-celebrity) folks have won every single hunt to date.

16. Former Winner Eligibility – No team may win two years in a row. Individuals who were on a winning team may, however, win two years in a row if during the second year they are on a Winning Team with no more than 3 other former winners. As long as the years are not consecutive, former Winning Teams may win again. Is this confusing? Good. It should be. But it nonetheless applies.

17. Runner-Up Eligibility – Teams may be awarded “Runner Up” multiple years in a row without penalty. However, any team winning Runner Up for more than three consecutive years without ever winning the Grand Prize must hold a 24-hour pre-Hunt “virtual silent meditation retreat” to contemplate their second-rate successes and reflect on why they are “always the bridesmaid, never the bride.”

18. Confusion – Confusion is a vital component within the Hunt. If you’re unsure about anything, in the Hunt or in Life, contemplate the problem over a meditative game of solitary ping pong. If the solution is still unclear to you, go with your gut, especially if your gut says, “cookies.”

19. Pacing Protocol – This represents our sixth official year of Gishwhes. In honor of this impressive milestone, on the sixth day of the Hunt for every six steps you take, you must remember to pace yourself by pausing to shout, “LOOK HOW FAR WE’VE COME!” before continuing your journey. (You must also do this throughout the duration of the Hunt if at any point you find yourself standing in a queue.)

20. Submissions Process – Submit Items by clicking on our “Item List” on our website (it will be posted when the Scavenger Hunt begins), and then on the item you want to submit. Then follow instructions. You must submit as instructed or you will not be awarded points for that item. This sounds scary and vague, but it won’t be.

21. Submission Formats – You need to submit your videos by providing links to them athttp://www.youtube.com. Photo links must be submitted via http://imgur.com. Be sure to mark your videos “UNLISTED” on Youtube so that we can see them, but no one else can. Unless otherwise specified video submissions can be NO LONGER than 14 seconds.

22. Altering Photos/Videos – THIS IS IMPORTANT! With the exceptions (1) as detailed clearly in Commandment 8 above, and (2) adjusting the exposure (i.e. making the image brighter) of an image, unless an item specifically asks for manipulation of photos or videos, you are NOT permitted to do so. A few years ago, one of the top 3 scoring teams cheated by using Photoshop to make it look like they had completed a high-scoring item. They might otherwise have won gishwhes, but instead, they were disqualified. We have graphic designers and NSA analysts on staff who can spot a digital counterfeit. We also use photoshop-detecting software that identifies pixel manipulations as well as google image search and a logarithmic divining rod of Misha’s own design that can catch all forgeries, so don’t screw with us on this point or you will be screwing yourself and your whole team.

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23. Scoring – Each item will have a point value associated with it. The judges may assign additional points to items that are most excellently executed. We take artistic merit, precision and creative ingenuity into account here. Each year the winning team has submitted multiple items that have been granted extra points for being absolute awesomesauce. Likewise, we will award partial points for items that demonstrate an extremely good effort, but don’t quite achieve the item task.

24. Complaining – You shall not complain, gripe, whine, whinge, or lobby or bribe Misha Collins, Miss Jean Louis, or any of the gishwhes staff, judges ,or volunteers. Use of our “Support” email must be as a last resort. Please visit our Q&A section prior to asking questions.

25. Understanding Items –  If you aren’t exactly quite clear what we’re asking for with an Item, we’re doing our job. You ARE NOT permitted to query our Support staff regarding the eligibility or interpretation of an item. Once they’re posted, it’s up to you to proceed. That’s part of the challenge of the Hunt.

26. Outsourcing – Although we encourage you to reach out to family, friends, neighbors, students, teachers and your social media communities to assist you with gathering props, serving as additional bodies in your multi-person photos and videos, connecting you to people and places, and otherwise assisting you with the completion of the items, we expect YOU and YOUR TEAM to be the primary participants in completing your Items. You are not permitted to crowdsource or purchase multiple Items from third parties. The majority of your items must be sourced, created, and performed by your team – meaning at least one team member must be in the majority of the videos and images. During and after the Hunt we will be checking the Twitter/FB/Tumblr/etc. feeds of potential winning teams to see if team members have outsourced the completion of a mass amount of items. What does this mean? This means if you tweet to a thousand of your followers for individuals to do lots of your items and deliver you the images or videos, all of these submission would be ineligible. On the other hand, if we ask for an item to be completed in the heart of the Amazon jungle and you know a cousin who knows a captain of a canoe who knows an anthropologist living in a tent that is studying the lifespan of the male flagelunting bug, you may have that anthropologist take a picture and submit it. But if we see multiple instances of this and it’s clear you’re just sitting at your computer and outsourcing like a boss, your team may be disqualified. TO BE CLEAR: You MAY outsource props, materials, etc! If you tweet that you’re looking for a Batman costume so you can borrow it to go to a Bingo night at your local rec center, we would enthusiastically accept the completed item – we love when teams borrow versus buy! Use your head on this. If we see a bunch of submissions that have lots of people that aren’t on your team, you’re not following our sacred and fuzzy Commandments and you will be penalized.  DO NOT email our support to ask questions regarding this commandment. You be the judge… and then we will.

27. Video/Image Plagiarism – You shall not submit any items that were created by another team. Any team that is caught submitting another team’s Item shall be eligible for disqualification. You may not submit any items that were taken before this year’s Scavenger Hunt. Additionally, anyone caught plagiarizing shall be expelled from the rocket car, so make sure you’re strapped into your parachute before you decide to violate such an important rule.

28. Dietary Restrictions – Gishwhes is strongly committed to the safety and well-being of all Hunt participants (aside from the suffering we intentionally impose upon them, of course). With that in mind, this year will be a utensil-free event. No forks, spoons, sporks, chopsticks, or any other “eating” utensil may be used throughout the Hunt. If you catch another participant in violation of this important safety Commandment, please email iamnotreallysurebutIthinkIsawanotherparticipanteatingwithanunapprovedutensil@gishwhes.com immediately. Participants MAY use drinking straws, but they must be non-plastic, sustainable, and harvested by the participant personally.

29. Mastication –  Throughout the duration of the Hunt, all mastication shall only be done on the left side of the participant’s mouths from dawn until noon, and on the right side of the mouth between noon and midnight. The hours of midnight to dawn are considered Free Time, during which no mastication restrictions shall be imposed.

30. Dietary Restrictions #2–  Out of an abundance of concern for allergens, all water consumed during the Hunt must be gluten and peanut-free.

31. Imagine –  if your entire world existed inside of your cheek. Be sure to have a maid clean the place up a bit before I drop by.

32. Scoring – Team scores shall be compiled by tallying up the total points accumulated and assigned to the team’s item submissions by our judges. In our final judging, an item’s points may be increased or decreased based on the quality of the submission. In past years the winning teams won by not only submitting items worth lots of points, but by accumulating bonus points for excellent submissions.

33. Content Sharing – You may not “share” your images or videos until after the Scavenger Hunt, but you may not password-protect them either (we need to access them for judging). Violators will be attacked by Gishbot. YOU MAY (and we encourage you) share your images and videos 8 minutes and 37 seconds after the Scavenger Hunt is officially over.

34. Possibility – It’s possible that you grew extra olfactory nerves in your armpits overnight. Remember to stop and smell the flowers every day, if just to check.

35. Collaboration – As cold-hearted as this sounds, don’t collaborate with other teams. This is a competition. Each team has to execute each item on their own. If we find out that teams are collaborating you will get either fractional or no credit for the item. However, collaboration with any of the following is strongly encouraged: imaginary friends, your teammates and their respective imaginary friends, enthusiastic pets, and everyone may collaborate with William Shatner’s horse.

37. Personal Hygiene – To improve aerodynamics during the Hunt, all participants must shave a racing stripe into their armpit hair. Any remaining armpit hair must remain ungroomed throughout the week so as not to give dangerous land-speed advantages to participants during the Hunt.

38. Mind Melding/ESP/Nosepicking/Telekinesis – Although not mandatory for Hunt participation, all of them are highly encouraged for a fruitful Hunt experience.

39. Judging – Items shall be judged by Misha Collins and at least 6 official gishwhes Judges appointed by Misha Collins.

40. Teammate or Other Team Cheerleading – Yes. This is encouraged. It is actually the spirit of gishwhes. If you do it, you will be surprised at how things improve for you both in your life and in the Hunt. At the very least it will make you look magnanimous and heartfullnessicity. What’s not to like about that?

41. End of the Hunt – The Scavenger Hunt shall end when the countdown clock on the homepage reaches 00:00 and the Item List is removed from the gishwhes website.

42. Arbitrary Orders and Constraints – May be placed on the “Updates” page during the course of the Scavenger Hunt. Watch it daily. This is a Really Really Important Rule. Pay attention. CHECK THE UPDATES PAGE DAILY. www.gishwhes.com/updates.

43. Grand Prize – There will be one. If you win it, you will likely refer to the events of your life as either pre- or post- gishwhes Grand Prize. Please refer to the Rules and Regulations for further details.

44. Referrer Prize – There will also be one. Again, please refer to the Rules and Regulations for details, but generally speaking, we shall be selecting one “Referrer” individual to join the Winning Team. Refer a friend (you can do so after you register). If they sign up, your name will be placed in a random drawing to join the Winning Team on the Grand Prize trip.

45. Runner Upperers – We will select 10 (or more!) runner-up teams. These teams will receive accolades, prizes and the envy of everyone (except the winning team who will not be envious at all because their prize is better).

46. gishwhes Hall of Fame (GHOF) – Think you have no chance of winning or even being a runner-up? Wrong! If you are convinced you won’t win the grand prize, you can still wow us with a specific item and be drafted into the Hall of Fame for that submission! Select a handful of items to complete and make them the most amazing items the world has ever seen. If your team’s item is chosen as one of the best versions of that item by our judges, it (and your team) will be forever memorialized in the gishwhes Hall of Fame. Your item and team name will be seen forever on our website. These will be submissions that make the stuff of legends.

47. Gishpoints. You want these. They are granted for all of the following: completing gishwhes, volunteering for gishwhes, being part of our FEGVEP program, registering early or at certain times, or eating with your mouth full while at the designated time that Misha indicates privately. What do they get you? Lots. Last year our top Gishpoints holders got automatic upgrades to the next tier of registration and discounts in the shwop. Who knows what they will bring this year… We have other devious plans for these points, but needless to say if you don’t have ‘em, get ‘em, if you got ‘em, get more of ‘em!

48. Advice – Be precise. Be creative. Be courageous. Be shameless. Be gishwhes.

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[doyelikehaggis]

possibly the last ask of the night but at this point, who fucking knows (also i accidentally posted this originally instead of sending it as an ask, apparently my brain is fried after the s6 finale)

i’ve been thinking about how a few tdg characters share names and/or backstories with characters from jacqueline wilson’s other books and i think it’s quite fun

my personal favourite has to be lily kettle with lily alone, which i have to believe is purposeful because come on. lily from lily alone, having to look after her younger siblings in place of her mum, eventually getting put in a care home and getting split up? hmmm

then there’s jodie of my sister jodie vs jody jackson, although jodie acts more like elektra than jody. speaking of elektra, mandy and melissa? same vibes as marty and melissa in the worst thing about my sister. and floss guppy vs floss of candyfloss.

and as for the backstories, it makes sense tdg would reuse backstories from jw’s other books, since a lot of them fit the kinds of situations that would put kids in care. going back to lily alone, the mum leaving for weeks on a holiday with her boyfriend is exactly carmen’s backstory. billie and toni’s mr nibbles is also straight out of cookie. there’s definitely more but my childhood hyperfixation on jacqueline wilson can only go so far

Don't worry, I've been there akjsdhaskjd

I'm gonna be honest. You just nailed every single thought I've had about this. I've compared the characters and their backstories to the ones in Jacqueline Wilson's books so many times, it's unbelievable. Lily is definitely Lily Alone. That is the one we can be absolutely 100% about. And Elektra and Melissa do have the same vibes as Marty and Melissa, you're right. And god, rereading Candyfloss just a few months ago, I literally marked down every page that reminded me of Floss!! I was gonna make gifsets comparing the book characters with the show characters but I totally put it off.

The Lily Alone plot is definitely Carmen's backstory. To be honest, it's also kind of Tracy's, actually. I need to finish rereading all of the books so we can compare them in more depth.

[doyelikehaggis]

BEC, MY BELOVED

i would literally kill for her, thank u and goodbye

ok but like. i just thought. imagine if her and ryan had been there at the same time. bitches would’ve either hated each other emphatically or been the best of friends and pulled off so many schemes. no in between

I adore Bec so much. Would absolutely commit murder for her and help her cover it up. She deserves a little murder as a treat.

You are correct. Actually, I think they might've had the same sort of dynamic as Bec and Floss have. Start off absolutely hating each other but gradually becoming reluctant friends and caring about each other. This was just my excuse to talk about Bec/Floss because I like their relationship so much.