#i simply needed an alternative

[whumpsical]

in my head recently I've been using the term "ally" more than "caretaker" to describe that relationship trope

caretaker feels a bit one-sided, no one is *just* a caretaker, it really minimizes the character

but an *ally,* that gives them much more agency & freedom in their characterization, i rly like it

and i think it sounds cooler lol

[ohhcinnybuns]

Randomly thinking of more cat!skk hcs after you mentioning KE.

SPECIFICALLY, they meet as strays, and initially butt heads because Dazai intruded on Chuuya's territory and Chuuya caught Dazai rummaging through a trashcan behind a restaurant for leftovers that had been tossed out by the friendly chef who sometimes fed Chuuya scraps.

Chuuya hisses at him and it spooks Dazai enough to go away (until the next day)

During the rainy season, Dazai found himself little holes in the walls that he could squeeze himself into and take cover from the rain, and a little old lady eventually took notice and knitted him a warm blanket to curl up in that hole. Dazai sees Chuuya pass by, completely soaked, and a bit of sadness touches Dazai's heart so he invites Chuuya into the little hole and they have a cuddle party to warm up. (Chuuya ends up rolling around all over the blanket to dry himself off, oops)

They sleep curled up next to each other, but Dazai's tail has a mind of its own and keeps thumping Chuuya in the face.

They end up eventually bonding over it and become brothers from another mother and help each other find food and places to sleep 🥺

This is me anytime anyone so much as mentions catzai and catchuu to me!! 🥹✨

MY LOVELIES!!!! I LOVE THEM!!! I could write a whole book on them 💀 Which, I mean, KE is my proof as it’s getting long as heck in term of word count, lmao!

I honestly had thought about adding a scene like this before to KE where Catzai and Catchuu meet each other by chance - especially after Catchuu kicks other cats' butts. They start rumors about him being feral, and Catzai is like, "Myeh, I'll never meet him," and then they do. Then it's non-stop growling and hissing about Chuuya being a munchkin cat and Dazai being a stinky mess, lol, but it wouldn't have fit into my timeline I gave them;-; MISSED OPPORTUNITY TBH. Maybe once KE is done I'll write in extras as like blooper scenes... like at the end of movies, lol. I love your spin on your kitty headcanons, too!!! Kittyzai spooked by a hissy Chuuya but still had the empathy to invite Kittychuu to snuggle with him on a warm, fluffy blanket. Ugh. I could envision it all. ALL OF IT. I must build a five-story tall cardboard box home to keep them safe and warm. They need treats, too... hmm, can't forget catnip...hmm. Or like, how about including Kittychuu getting nightmares when he's on his own, and so he never gets enough rest, and that's why he's always moody, but with Dazai's body warmth, he wraps around him like a body pillow, and they snuggle close and he gets the best sleep he's ever had... even with kittyzai smelling like dead fish, lol. So Kittychuu wakes up bright and cheery and brings Kittyzai back food, and catzai is just kinda confused as heck, but grateful because that means he can laze around in his box with Chuuya for a while longer.

[sadbeautifutragic]

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[thatgirlonstage]

sometimes a show throws a scenario at you that you could see coming a hundred miles off but that in no way is gonna prevent you from going absolutely feral over it. Anyway I binged all of Link Click in like three days and I'm going to start chewing furniture about the end of S2

[oceanwithouthermoon]

saiki being in a romantic relationship (or alternatively, actually trying to be in one) for the first time and having no experience or knowledge on what to do, so he falls back on behaviors hes picked up from the people around him..

but the most romance hes seen close up are his parents, aiura + teruhashi + yumehara with crushes and trying to flirt, etcetc (toritsuka does not count cuz what he does is hardly romantic, and that one time kuboyasu was ready to drop everything and marry a girl immediately doesnt count either cuz saiki expressively thought that was too much)

PLUS his own 'secret' obsession with romance stories and cliches..

so like.. crushy honeymoon romance is the only romance he KNOWS..

he would definitely find it too embarrassing to actually be as consciously lovey dovey as his parents are, and wouldnt want to try and be some 'knight in shining armor' like yumehara imagined him at first, but i think that 1) it would be a lot more subconscious and he would just not know any better than to latch onto his partner and 2) he would just choose (consciously AND subconsciously depending on the situation) to just try and do what he knows but in a subtle way..

like, he wouldnt write a love letter and pair it with a homemade chocolate heart like yumehara did, but he might write little notes (which are probably more like encouraging little phrases and paragraphs like a mom would put in her kids lunch than sweet love notes) and make baked goods for someone..

its probably mostly his mom that he models his behavior after, so he cooks for his person a lot and his most notable love language is probably acts of service

thats obviously not his only love language though, quality time was always his biggest until it came to romance and acts of service just barely weighs it out. words of affirmation is a big one for him too.. physical touch is also important for him, but not in the way that it would be for most people i think. its part of his love language more in a way that if he wants to touch a person at ALL, its an expression of love.. i think he would be big on sitting close together so his thighs and hands are just barely touching theirs, holding onto someones arm or having his arm be held, stuff like that..

[retributory]

when you think about it clive and flora are actually perfect narrative foils on complete accident. like what's up with that. professor layton and the completely imagined literary devices

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Anyone else have near-perfect executive function at work; but at home, have literally no energy or motivation to do anything except lie in a dark room, with something in or on your ears for several hours?

[princehendir]

No one is going to like this but the solution to people misusing mental health terminology like hyperfixation & special interest is to bring back the concept & framing of Nerd Culture. Also the term "squee".

[pyro-madder]

killing djura on ng+ to complete my wardrobe

[ocpdzim]

what you’ve got to understand about working conditions in education (and also other care-oriented careers) is that if they’re shit, two things are true at once:

that does not ever excuse being cruel to a kid, no matter what

until those conditions are fixed, education will continue to suck absolute shit

this is because when working conditions for teachers are really bad, many of the good teachers who recognize when they are reaching a point where they can no longer be the sort of teacher the kids deserve due to burnout WILL quit. they will do the responsible thing and go away for their own sake and the sake of the kids. and you end up stuck w a combination of new teachers who are trying their best but won’t last long, burnt out teachers who are trying their best but have nothing left to give and therefore aren’t very effective at actually teaching, and cockroach shitheads who take out their misery on the kids.

we have all had terrible experiences with bad teachers, many of them flat out traumatic, but for fuck’s sake please try to look at the systemic underpinnings of the problem for one minute. spitefully declaring that teachers don’t deserve good working conditions or even the right to complain about bad working conditions because ms. whoever in 5th grade was a bitch is only going to create more of her. if you want good teachers then we need an education system they can survive in

[diviineloser]

me drinking one oat milk latte instead of a full cream latte to see if i still feel like shitting in my pants after coffee: science!!

[licorishh]

Hey as a super introverted but not shy person I'd just like to say the jokes about extroverts "adopting" introverts to "get them out of their shell" are actually completely unfunny and it just goes to show how little respect a lot of y'all have for the fact that we genuinely don't want excessive social interaction and that y'all are forcing us to do something that brings us extreme physical and mental discomfort because you perceive our introversion as a failing rather than as purely a difference in personality.

We don't need your "help" to socialize. We're not children. We're simply not interested in spending every waking second of our lives talking to people and being talked at in return.

[stirdrawsandreblaws]

one day i'll properly write up and publish my essay abt reading minekura's version of sanzo as transfem

[nomairuins]

bedtime nowww probably ummm today qas not what i wanted it 2 be but its fine. i dont feel negative just a very very very numb day which is almost worse. but only almost 🙏

[herl0yalmaid]

I d0 n0t kn0w what this means but apparently the maj0rity 0f the man0r is playing 0n a "Minecraft(tm) server" and they are playing with "m0ds". They are using this reas0ning t0 say I w0uld like playing the game with them because 0f the "better c00king experience".

I tried t0 explain t0 them that if I spent all day c00king in a vide0 game then they w0uld n0t be getting my extravagant breakfasts each m0rning. 0_0

[benoitblanc]

someone tell me to start packing my flight is in two days