#inspired by frustration at work

[doberbutts]

It bothers me so much when people give up so quickly on their secondhand dogs because it's very possible that whatever the issue is is simply resolved by time but the dog gets returned within a week or two instead of worked with and no one wants to be patient.

Phoebe shat in her crate or on my floor (or both) every single day for three weeks. Turns out she was deficient in vitamin b12 and her liver was Very Angry because she had a horde of hookworms partying in her intestines. Fixing these problems made the behavior go away.

Was it frustrating to come home every day to a shitsplosion and have to bathe the dog, sanitize the crate, scrub the carpet, and then effectively set off a nuclear bomb of cleaning chemicals in my bathtub to prevent the spread? YES. But I knew there had to be a medical reason for it, and there WAS, and now the problem is (mostly) resolved and I haven't needed to scrub the crate down for a week and a half.

If I'd've given up and returned her within a week, she still might be sick.

It just. Really bothers me. I understand being frustrated with something. I threatened to return Sushi when we hit 10 months old and she was still occasionally pissing on the floor. But now Sushi's 2.5 years old and the behavior doesn't exist anymore. Tater hated Sushi for a solid like 6 months and refused to accept her as part of the household. Creed was constantly hurting me (by accident) to the point where my boss at work pulled me aside and asked if someone was beating me at home AND I debated returning him due to dog aggression in adolescence. Tiki was sick. Skoll had something deeply wrong with him. Fae caught giardia and then it took months to get rid of.

Just. Dogs aren't perfect. They have flaws. Sometimes you have to, you know, actually put in work to fix those flaws.

This isn't a dig at responsible rehoming- sometimes the best thing you can do for an animal is give it to someone else. As said, this is more frustration seeing people get a dog and then like a week later going "actually this [admittedly annoying but ultimately fixable thing] is unacceptable I don't want the dog anymore". You think I liked working for 8 hours and then coming home to clean up biohazardous zoonotic and contagious disease dog shit for at minimum an hour or two every day??? You think I enjoyed going through an entire pack of paper towels as well as two bottles of pet odor/stain cleaner per week??? That's just the ugly parts of owning a dog.

[tenvishund]

F I S S I O N - Why the hell do you hurt yourself for this?

[kerryweaverlesbian]

This can't be a fic it has to use cinnamon toraphy to achieve my dream but if I was writing a deancas body swap episode I'd have them both in their respective new bodies in their own rooms really sheepish in front of the mirror. Split screen. Saying (or trying to get out, and only managing once, in Dean's case) "I love you" in their best approximation of the other's voice and then getting SO embarrassed that they have to hide from their own mirrors. And both interrupted by whoever their respective b-plot partner is (who's going 🤨)

[bluvlet]

buried them.

[wellfine]

Can I take a wild swing at your Childhood friends AU?

I've had a few people reach out and ask if they can write stuff about that AU (or just straight up say they're going to take it without asking, haha..) so I'm gonna answer this one publicly as a blanket answer that's basically "yes"!

I don't own the concept of a childhood friends AU and I'm sure I'm not the first person to think about Usopp & Sanji meeting when they were young, so already I don't feel right telling people they can't take inspo from my AU. And also, I'd love to read more people's takes and interpretations on this AU and sanuso in general!

Sometimes I can be precious about my concepts in case I'd like to work them into my own comics/stories but I think this one is fair game! If you take direct inspiration from my work in your fic then I would appreciate credit/a link back, but like I said, I can't really claim ownership over such a broad concept.

Let me know if you publish it though so I can read it!

[starry-saturn-nights]

Wanted to draw out my AU’s Sam Flynn grid suit design:

Bonus: Full page under cut:

[oldfashionedmorphine]

on the same frequency

📝 by @oldfashionedmorphine

🎨 by @kaiminluu

pairing: will byers/mike wheeler

rating: mature

word count: 57k

tags: alternate universe, not canon compliant, major character death, graphic depictions of violence, grief/mourning, ptsd, blood and injury, supernatural elements, time shenanigans, butterfly effect, thriller, emotional manipulation, abuse, grooming, implied/referenced suicide, angst with a happy ending

summary:

Ever since his best friend Will Byers was murdered back in 1985, Mike Wheeler wanted nothing more than to leave his hometown of Hawkins, Indiana and never look back—only each and every year he’s forced to make an exception when it comes to the holidays. And when Mike visits for Christmas in 1995, his mom asks him to help clear out some junk in his room and down in the basement before he returns home to Indianapolis. But when he comes across an old trunk containing his Supercom walkie-talkie and ham radio, he discovers something strange that has the potential to change everything…

(or an AU based on the movie Frequency from 2000)

➜ read it here!

➜ check out the art!

🎶 soundtrack 🎶

✨ chapter moodboards/previews ✨

ch1 | ch2 | ch3 | ch4 | ch5 | ch6 | ch7

special thank you to the @bylerbigbang mods for hosting this event!

tagging:

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[grismavessel]

Why would Volo be so hell bent on recreating the world?

Free his past from working agonizing shifts at PokeCafe and never spill another matcha or make anothe white mocha with vanilla foam and caramel ever again dear god

[radio-4-is-static]

毎日 | Kenshi Yonezu

あなただけ側にいてレイディー 焦げるまで組み合ってグルービー 日々共に生き尽くすには また永遠も半ばを過ぎるのに 駆けるだけ駆け出してブリージング 少しだけ祈ろうぜベイビー 転がるほどに願うなら 七色の魔法も使えるのに

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Lady, just stay by my side Combine until we burn, groovy To live through each day together Even halfway through eternity Just keep running and breezing, baby Let's pray a little, baby If we wish enough as we roll We can even use a seven-colored magic

[ceabu]

listened to a song my mind immediately went to ah a new au for my gamkar collection bUT I CANT DRAW THAT YET SINCE IVE GOT TWO MORE DRAWINGS IM WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AH THE STRUGGLES OF ARTISTS

[chroniclesmacaque]

If we are to be separated, if we are to lose our way, I’ll make sure we’ll be connected this time...

For @surviveweek day 6: dark and loss

[image id: Digital charcoal and soft pastel comic featuring Saki and Aoi.

It has only 3 panels, the first one is an small horizontal rectangle situated on the upper third of the page, with the upper shelves of bookcases, a window and ceiling visible.

The second one encompasses the whole page and it's got a blue gradient with a diagonal stream of light in the middle. It features Aoi with a very shocked look and hesitantly reaching for Saki's shoulder, who's back is to the viewer and face completely obscured. Saki is holding her hands behind her back and looking up to Aoi.

The third panel is a vertical rectangle towards the right third of the page. It features a close up to Aoi's sorrowful face with her mouth open and her hand over Saki's shoulder. Saki is still looking up at her, with her face still obscured.

The color palette is composed of straight black, cold blues and pale color accents for Saki and Aoi's clothing and skin.]

[bubmyg]

writing this in the tags bc i need to articulate it somewhere that isn’t to my mother on the phone

[irregularbillcipher]

watched the musical demon show (don't wanna name it so this post isn't in the tags) at the behest of an IRL friend and i can already tell this is going to be a piece of media where i absolutely cannot stop thinking about it, not because i really love the show as-is, but because it has so many individual components i really like and find incredibly fun or compelling, and i'm so frustrated that it doesn't come together for me

i think the main thing i can say about it as a show, setting aside some of the insensitive choices that were made that i really don't feel qualified to tackle or talk about, is that the entire thing sort of gives off this vibe of someone really excited to show you every single oc they made in high school and college and i very genuinely mean that in both the best and worst ways possible

there are some good hooks for season two though so i will absolutely give them that

[justanotherfanartist]

i got the kind of autism where I make theme songs and leitmotifs for my characters that I haven’t written anything about but have a complete fuzzy image of in my head

[awlimagines]

Mmm, I'm stuck on Fact and Friction, which is not like a serious roadblock kind of stuck. Most of the next chapter is done beyond connecting Pony's interaction with Daryl to the first half.

But I'm tempted to write about the encounter from Daryl's perspective. It wouldn't be enough to be its own chapter (and I don't want to go over everything immediately again from a different point).

So, I guess I'm stuck on what to do with it when I decide to write it. I could always alter it enough to be a reader insert instead of Pony. But then, there are sections where I've thought of expanding more on what's going on behind the scenes, like a fun summer scene with the other pairings not central to the story and more Daryl's POV later on.

Anyway, there'll be a new chapter this week, regardless of whatever else I do.

[mysandwichranaway]

yeahhh i'm so back babeyyyyy. eepy leorio <3