#four more hours and I'm done

[murobrown]

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[skrunksthatwunk]

other half

redraw screenshots taken from this post i made a while back ignore that i forgot to actually link it for like an entire day

[cerise-on-top]

Hi, love your writing. it's so good 💚💚

Could I request some HC for LV + Graves who have an S/O who has three cats that love to sleep on top of them?

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Thank youuuu! That's very kind of you! This ask actually inspired me to text my friend again and ask her for some cat pics since those critters are just so goshdarn adorable!! I wish I had a cat! I once had a tortoise, though, and she was just the most lovely and adorable little thing out there! I loved her so dearly! Anyway, thank you for the request!

Alejandro, Rodolfo and Graves with an S/O with Three Cats

Alejandro: He gives off quite some canine energy, so there’s a chance your cats won’t like him too much. That, of course, you can try to combat by having him feed them. Either way, if they like Alejandro, then you can expect him to be all over your cats, always talking to them, petting them, picking them up, kissing them and what else it is you do with a cat. He loves your little kitties and would kill someone for them. Although he’s more of a dog person himself, he doesn’t prefer dogs by much, so he can really go either way. When he sees just how cuddly your cats are and when they take a nap on his chest while he’s watching TV with you or something, he will not hesitate to pet the cat, scratch the little fella behind its ears and try his best to make them purr. He loves the sound and the vibration, it brings good vibes and makes him just as content as the cat. The rule that one must not move when a cat is sleeping on top of them holds true for him. If he needs to use the bathroom while one of your cats is sleeping on him then he’ll just have to endure until it wakes up. But if he’s content as well, then he might just cuddle the cat, or your cats even, and take a nap himself. While he’s not usually one for napping, he will when he genuinely can’t move because of your lovely little felines. If your cats let him, he will give them big hugs as well. Is so smitten, he’ll buy them some toys and play with them, if he has the time. And if your cats are too lazy to actually play, then he’ll pick them up and lovingly scold them for being so unmotivated. Meows back at cats too.

Rodolfo: He gets along well with just about any animal. While he’s not scared of them per se, he does have a healthy amount of respect for them and won’t just walk up to your cats to give them pats and kisses and hugs. He will comply if your cats walk up to him because they’re curious, but he really doesn’t want to annoy them or worse, end up with him getting scratched. While he may not meow back at your cats either, he will talk to them as though they’re regular human beings. It’s somewhat funny, he takes them seriously and will, in a deadpan tone, tell them that there will be no more snacky treats for the evening. No matter how annoying your cats might get, he won’t budge. His decision is final, so there are no more snacky treats. He quite likes the thing where if you scratch a cat’s butt, it will move it upwards. Loves doing that to your cats, it’s funny and endearing to him. When your cats are sleeping on top of him, then he won’t particularly budge either. He’ll pat them, but he will also move them if he really needs to use the bathroom. No privileges for your cats this time. However, considering he is, more often than not, pretty tired, he will pretty much always take a nap with your cats if he can. The pressure on his chest is comforting to him, plus he gets to feel something nicely warm and furry on top of him as well. However, he sometimes moves in his sleep, which might wake up your cats, which might wake up him. It’s a never ending circle, but if he can, he’ll just sleep with your cats in his arms. Take a picture of him like that and he’ll try to take embarrassing pictures of you as well with your cats.

Graves: He is definitely more of a dog person, since those are strong and reliable. A cat will meow at you in the dead of the night because it knocked over its water bowl and can’t turn on the faucet on its own. Honestly? He always has something to complain about. Your cat pooped again. It knocked over the food bowl. It farted in his face. Things like that. He means them, but the way he says those things is sort of just funny. Imagine a 40 year old man having beef with a cat. He has very little shame when it comes to scolding your cats. At first, he will use his human words to get them to listen. But as soon as he realizes they believe it’s snuggle time, he will meow at them, making the situation even worse. However, every time you hand him one of your cats, he will take it from your arms and cuddle it a bit. Every time one of the critters walks up to him, demanding attention, he will pick it up and carry it around a bit. Sometimes in his arms, sometimes he just slings the cat over his shoulder and keeps it there. It’s sort of funny, he might pretend to really hate them, but he would never yell at them, only be stern and tell them to not be so gluttonous. When your cats are sleeping on top of him, he does not move an inch. He would never admit it, but they are your shared furry babies and he, like any American, would shoot anyone who ever tried to hurt you or them. Takes naps too when he can, or when nothing of interest is on TV, but he prefers getting to hold something instead of having your cats lie on top of you. You can take pictures of him to show him that he really doesn’t hate your cats as much as he pretends to, but he will always claim you photoshopped it, despite knowing fully well that happened.

[wyrddogs]

tell us about kermit's field championship

So to earn a Field Championship (FC) with AKC, the dog needs 35 points and a first place. Only the dogs in the first four places earn points, and the number of points depends on the entry.

For example, if 12 dogs are entered in the Open Dogs class, the first place dog earns 12 points. The second place dog earns 6 points (12/2). Third place earns 4 points (12/3), and fourth place earns 3 points (12/4).

The dogs are run in pairs called braces, and the draw order is random. The dogs are judged on their ability to follow a line (where the rabbit ran), how well they work with another dog, and how well they return to their handler when called. They are, in theory, dinged if they interfere with the other dog. They are also, in theory, dinged if they don't come when called.

Open Dogs are run together, and Open Bitches, and then Field Champions. A group of people called the gallery (generally the handlers of the dogs waiting their turn to run) walk around and beat bushes until a rabbit is put up. Then the judges call the first brace and the dogs are brought to the line and released to be judged.

Once every brace in the class has had a chance to run (called the "first series"), the top four dogs are called back for second series. They are already ranked from first to fourth, and they are run against each other in pairs to see if the ranking changes. A dog can either defend their current position, defeat another dog and move up, or be defeated and move down. When Kermit earned his first place, he fought his way up from fourth place to first place.

If no rabbits are found, the judges have the option to cast (also called free casting). This means that the brace is released and the dogs are judged on how well they search for game. It's pretty controversial in the field trial world. There are some clubs who will cancel a trial rather than cast. California clubs like to drastically overhunt their grounds without looking for new places to host, so Kermit has been cast at least once in every single trial he's been to. (This is also why a lot of clubs from other states look down on California field trials.)

Kermit is excellent at casting, since I take him out a lot and have him locate and flush his own rabbits. This is what he does every single week. So on the one hand, my dog performs well doing a thing that he has a lot of practice at, but on the other hand he is casting in an area with zero game and he is indicating to me (the handler who knows his body language) that there is zero game, and he is not being judged on his ability to trail an actual line. So it's not a "real" field trial.

So yeah, I have slightly mixed feelings about the title because he didn't earn it in a setting that the die-hards would consider legitimate. But I also know that he can perform in an actual, real-world, hunting setting, and that is more important to me than the artificial conditions of even a "real" field trial. He is proven on game in the way that matters to me, I just wanted the title to have "proof", so I could put the important letters in front of his name.

Also I did work really hard at preparing him, and he earned his field championship in just four weekends and was third place or higher each time. And it was on game he's not used to-- cottontails have a different scent and running pattern than the jackrabbits Kermit is more familiar with. So that is actually something to be very pleased about.

Thank you for asking!

[horsemage]

I think we should bring back basic etiquette lessons such as shutting the fuck up when you’re watching a movie in a group that is not exclusively your friend group 🙂

[quicksilversquared]

had one of the other grad students wish me a good weekend on her way out the door today and I had to inform her that it was Monday and not even a little close to the weekend yet

but honestly, big mood.

[yayforocs]

vibrating im so excited I'm so excited

[alwaysoc]

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: February 23

“Inkpot Gods” by The Amazing Devil

[moregraceful]

my reading of that post was something akin to [sniffles] i'd like to talk about big gay bbq ;_;

also God yeah if ppl wrote about the ahl more there wld be a lot of firebirds fic. or maybe i just see men and am like ouuuughhhh kiss ? i have Angles for like so many different pairings / polyships

- ash

What if Joey Daccord was enjoying the Big Gay BBQ with his boys after a hard fought game...what if Kole Lind looked at him with a smudge of bbq sauce on his mouth and felt insane about it....and also, what if Chris Driedger was watching this while wearing a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses and vaguely yearning for Grubi...ouagh

[I absolutely derailed myself into a psychological assessment of Chris Driedger his 20s + musings on the AHL fic -- cut bc I had to scroll four times to get to the bottom and the people on my dash who don't care about the AHL just don't deserve that...just a note that there is ZERO salacious imagines under the cut]

Actually Chris is very interesting to me bc irl he is a 29yo who invested in crypto, but he is also a 29yo who suffered his way through his 20s not unlike the rest of us, just with more of a spotlight on him. but it's like, or at least of me it was like this, I hit 29 and I was like, well. I made it this far through my 20s and it absolutely sucked so much and I hated every minute of it and I kinda wish I was dead, but maybe a new decade will be different. I gotta make it through one last year of pushing through this shit and if I take a step back, yeah, it's gotten a little better with every passing month. Maybe my 30s are not a chance to start over so much as they are a chance to start moving forward. And I think for Chris (this is turning in a psychological assessment instead of a sexy imagine sorry) who has suffered through some catastrophic injuries, some terrible setbacks, some truly awful decision-making of his own, and just kept coming back from it and kept pushing forward -- to me Chris at 29, back in the AHL and yet again a back up, but also BACK PLAYING AT ALL which is very much its own kind of triumph, it feels very much like an interesting thing poke at in fanfiction. Like, okay Chris, you turned 29 in May in the middle of a playoff push, back early from injury when everyone thought your entire season was done an almost full calendar year prior. You're a back up again, but you're not really playing. You just watched this kid you love so much and this team who has embraced you have an inaugural season that quite frankly set the standard for any expansion team yet to come and CERTAINLY any team moving around (Wranglers. Cuda.) in the current era. Like, irl he seems very confident, very full of swagger, but also very full of humility and gratitude for how many chances he got and very determined not take anything for granted anymore. If you apply that to the experience of being a queer man at 29, gosh there are so many possibilities. Very "I am going to make it through this year if it kills me." Where do we go from here, Chris???

But also yeah he should eat bbq and send a photo of himself to his friends with his shirt unbuttoned flirting with drag queens and Philipp Grubauer should have a horny meltdown about it and spend all summer sending him thirst traps to get back at him. This does many things for Chris's ego.

also AHL fic is so interesting to me as someone who spent a couple years in bandom when fob had more or less fully taken off but a lot of pete's proteges were grinding it out on one hit wonders or collaborations with more famous artists and they were all clawing for every show and even p!atd wasn't really a sure thing yet... there are a lot of parallels to the whole "boys in buses got it so damn bad but we love it like the last cigarette we ever had" liminal space of the grind of touring and fighting for every last chance and making these friendships you THINK are insoluble but more often than not just dissolve as soon as one of you makes it or one of you breaks down and quits and goes home...the way Warped Tour was a party every year because for a lot of bands it WAS the last cigarette they ever had and they probably knew that on some level...i forgot where I was going with this. OH. the NHL can't even touch that level of "every game could be my last game"/"every show could be my last show" and the kind of desperation but also weird situational camaraderie that comes from that. Like on a pro athlete way for sure but also in that, 5, 6, 9, 12 hour bus rides every week all over the damn west coast. What do you do if you hate the guy sitting next to you. What do you do if you love the guy sitting next to you. There's no escape man. I forgot where I was going with that again but yeah basically, AHL fic is an untapped and very rich universe for people who love dirtbags, writing about people in close quarters, desperate feelings, and accept that there's a solid chance you may have to delete your fic someday when a prospect bombs out of hockey and turns into a normie. You know?? It's great stuff.

[startreklasirena]

@regionalpancake Someone is on a mission!✨

If anybody else wants to add posts to the collective queue as well just tag me 😁

(I have a somewhat specific order in mind for the first few posts, but after that I'll probably just hit the "shuffle queue" button repeatedly. I am not patient or organized to impose any kind of theme or order on all of this 😅)

[greppelheks]

Identifying which things are incredibly difficult for me because of adhd, and deciding to no longer do them, instead of forcing myself to do them because I should be able to do them, is honestly so freeing.

[mattodore]

using the grid in blender to try and create semi-accurate height differences based on alessandria and delphi's actual heights

[theinfinitedivides]

ghum shuda is a entire f*cking bop how did i not know this earlier

[b4kuch1n]

Seing your recent Sonic Frontiers comic made me 🥹🥹🥹 I just recently beat the game and man....that hit right in the feels!! (I'd love to see more sonic art 👀) have a lovely day!!

thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the comic haha

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: December 19

"We're An American Band" by Grand Funk Railroad