#not me forgetting the tags for this blog what??

[kangals]

way back in 2014, probably a few weeks or months after you posted that picture of boone with the stick on his head, i checked your blog out and so dearly enjoyed all the dogposting that i followed. i think you were the first dogblr blog i actually followed at the time, but it's been ages and my memory is bad, so i'm not fully sure. it wasn't long before then--2012 i think?--that i had gotten a new dog of my own, a border collie. iirc he and boone were just about the same age.

in 2018 i lost that blog i'd followed you with, and a lot of connections with it. i didn't return until 2021, and when i did, i didn't refollow most of the old blogs; i don't think i even really went looking for them. it took me a while to get back into the swing of using tumblr.

last september, my border collie had a sharp health decline, and i had to say goodbye. it's not the first time i've had to put a pet down, but i think it was the hardest. i'm still not over it. even just typing this now, i feel raw.

then in march or so, i made a new fandom friend who knows you, and i enthusiastically recalled following you before and how much i enjoyed it. i didn't even know about stellina, and now there's kep too! but... i also didn't know you'd lost boone. i followed because i still really enjoy your blog, and i love your collies too. and butters!!! so glad she's still here!

idk what made me look tonight... maybe because i talked about my old border collie with someone today. i went looking for the posts immediately around when you lost boone, because i guess some part of me wanted to know what happened. i spent the better part of an hour (maybe longer?) reading posts from the weeks before the decline, and then the loss, and then the deluge of old boone pictures after, and i've been crying pretty much the whole time just reading your posts and tags about him.

and this is a long and windy way to get to saying thank you. i'm glad you shared your grief, though that seems like a weird thing to say. there's something cathartic about crying over someone else's dog when you still hurt about your own, and knowing you're not alone in that kind of sorrow. boone was such a beautiful boy. i'll never forget that silly post that made me check your blog out in the first place, or the years of posts i stuck around for after. i wish i'd remembered to follow sooner, but the archive is still there, and it's so fun looking through all those old posts about him and his quirks and antics. he was amazing.

sorry for the length of this, i just... really wanted you to know that he touched yet another life, i guess. and i've been so deeply enjoying your posts about stellina and kep. i know it'll be a year soon... i hope there's some peace in how things have gone since he passed, and i hope the anniversary isn't too hard on you. thank you for sharing him with us.

i've been on tumblr for 14 years and this is, genuinely, the nicest ask i think i've ever been sent.

thank you - sincerely. there's been a lot of times over the course of this blog that i've felt like i was oversharing, or talking about pointless things only i cared about. i still so frequently start typing out a post only to stop mid-sentence and delete it because i can't help but think "no one cares about this." possibly it's why i like to talk about my pets so much - they're not me, but i'm the one who knows them best, so i get to say "hey look at this" and ramble and have people say "i'm looking" back. when boone passed, i lost that filter and i poured my grief out into this blog because it was the closest outlet i had. and to have hundreds of people not only acknowledge this but to commiserate, to reassure, to share their own stories - that helped healed me more than i can put into words. it's exactly as you said: there's a catharsis in grieving together.

i am sorry you also had to say goodbye. i wish i could say it gets easier, but i think that would be defeating the point of grief. your grief is your love and damn it if there isn't any act more loving in the world than choosing to say goodbye to an old, loyal dog. you think of how dogs were domesticated tens of thousands of years ago, of how human society and dogs have developed intertwined, of how we have records of ancient greeks and romans carving loving epitaths on their dog's graves, of how a prehistoric dog's skull was found with a bone placed in it's mouth after death, and you wonder if grieving a dog isn't one of the most consistent experiences in the whole of human history that there is.

i'm glad to know that this could bring you some comfort, in some way. it's incredibly touching to know that you kept me and boone in your thoughts for all this time. i am doing ok - i've been reflecting a lot as we approach the one-year mark. i'm not sure if i'll be able to condense those thoughts down into coherent words, but i'll do my best. i hope that my silly little pets continue to bring you some happiness, and that you've found peace with your own grief.

thank you, again - this is extremely touching and means a hell of a lot to me.

[harrylovesspaezle]

⋆ ★ Design what your blog would look like if it was a person ★⋆ thank you @catbells-and-summerlinens 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

gonna be real honest with you, i have no idea what to do with this challenge, so i just made myself but cooler and to the theme of my blog, sort of. we have heart glasses, we have nature, we have cute fangs, we have scars, we have an anatomical heart shirt, and best of all we have something that is not a capri sun but comes close enough.. soo viola?

and we have a little anxious worm, that’s the autism.

okay buckle up i’m gonna try my absolute best to remember that i have mutuals and who those people are like @livwifeofkarl we havent been moots for a long time but hi!! same goes for @blakbonnet and @bizarrelittlemew i’m scared to tag but i will do it anyways, @scorpiostarseed @tulipseason @ofmd-ann @gentlebeardsbarngrill @gentlebeard @snake-snack-stede @insteading @jessystardust @krakenbeard yeah tagging makes me nervous i’m sorry i just immediately forget also @beelzeballing you would like this i think

[spark-of-future]

How many languages can each of you speak?

“We all speak two: Hoennian and Galarian!”

“I got better with it once I moved to Hoenn, plus having my friends in college helped me out as well!”

“We had to teach Anzu Galarian, obviously, so she can interact with Joule’s family properly. She picked it up pretty fast!”

[reineyday]

ST fandom wank but i saw that anti post that said billy hargrove lived and died a piece of shit and it's like, did we even watch the same death scene 😭😭

you really sat down, watched el delve into his memories to see that when he was a child, his mother abandoned him and his father abused him, saw him get the tiniest bit of emotional validation ever from el, watched that small exchange fuel him enough to break the mind control of the gigantic alien creature he knew nothing about except that it possessed him to step in front of it and literally protect el, a girl he doesnt even know, with his actual life--like he actually died! taking a hit meant for el!!!--and then as billy, an 18 year old lifeguard who teaches kids how to swim and who's had an abusive father practically his entire life, lay on the floor of a mall dying from the wounds inflicted on him by a creature he knew nothing about to save a pre-teen who is a stranger to him, you saw as he apologized to his (step-)sister with his dying breath, and you're telling me that you sat there and watched that whole entire scene and thought, "well, he's still a piece of shit."

where's your compassion?????

[peridots-pixiwolf]

[Start ID. A digital drawing of Minos Prime from Ultrakill, who's wearing a strapless slit dress and sandals of the same deep purple. He faces towards and slightly to the right of the camera, his head is tilted further right. With one hand he gestures in a vague pointing motion, his arm folded and held close to his body. There is nothing in the background, but bracing himself on one arm, Minos is implied to be leaning against something about the height of a countertop. The background is a blank purplish black, save for three diagonal stripes in the colors of the bisexual flag. End ID]

Shading study that quite literally came to me in a dream two weeks ago, after this post apparently beamed itself into my mind

(also a few edits below the cut! they're very slight but whatever :])

[Start ID. Three different versions of the previous drawing. The first changes the tone of the lighting from blue to pink, and similarly the shading from pink to blue. The second replaces the faint black border with pink, purple and blue, syncing with the stripes in the background. The third combines both these changes. End ID]

[lav-endermoon]

me getting like. 3000 words into a tntduo fic last night before realizing it was rpf

[solarpunkani]

Solarpunk Aesthetic Week Plans... 2!!!!

It's the official second-ever Solarpunk Aesthetic Week tomorrow, and so I'm gonna share my plans for the event!

Let's be real, the odds of me doing everything on this list are low--I'm easily distracted, the bed is oh so cozy, and The Christmas Weekend means I've got Christmas Things to do.

However, as one of the co-hosts of @solarpunkaestheticweek, I'll try and do what I can, so here's what I'm hoping to get done!

In the perfect ideal world I'll finally turn some old jeans I've been holding onto into a vest that I can turn into a cool battle jacket-vest-thing! I'll wanna get it dyed (probably after I make it a vest though?), but I've got a sewing machine and I just bought some denim needles recently so fingers crossed!

I have an embroidery kit I'd gotten started on, and another one I still haven't opened yet, so maybe I'll try finishing those! I got stuck on how to do french knots, but one of my friends said they're easier than I'm finding them, so I'll probably ask her for advice.

I'm learning how to crochet! I actually just started learning Tuesday the 12th! I'm decently far into a tote bag out of granny squares, and maybe if I'm corageous after that I'll try and make a hooded scarf! Or if I'm feeling super daring, I might even make a hooded cloak!

Maybe I'll learn a recipe! I at least want to bake some cookies, which is a bit basic but it feels solarpunk to me so its on the list.

Writing! I have a solarpunk short story I was working on thats almost done (endings are hard) that I might post when I finish and get it beta read! Otherwise, I also have a solarpunk zombie apocalypse story I've been poking at off and on.

Art! Ideally, I would work on some of the more solarpunky drawing ideas I have--solarpunk train cars, greenhouse-friendly societies, zine on milkweeds of Florida, stuff like that. Unfortunately I have a long list of people I really should be drawing Christmas art for, so we'll see if this actually happens.

I have some collard greens growing in the garden, and I planted carrot and bunching onion seeds on the 6th, so I'm gonna count 'water the garden at least once' as a Solarpunk Aesthetic Week event so I actually remember to do it.

If my family goes out anywhere and I see a bare patch that looks like it'd work well for wildflowers I always carry some wildflower seeds in my purse so uh. We'll see if any guerrilla gardening happens but who knows.

I need to go biking more often so my knees stop being cringe while I'm biking so I'll count that as participating because bikes are pogchamp

[keiyaku-tako]

List of... Business Partners.

A list of people that Azul talks to - as well as their tag! Feel free to request to be added here ^^ Also, please let me know if you'd like to be removed from this.

Romantic Partners

@blanketorghost - Yuu (Yuu Fujisaki)

Yuu, please stop putting yourself in danger. I love you, but it's not safe. I do not want you to get hurt.

General - Canon

@floydleechrp - Floyd

@halfafishandawholehuman - Floyd

@rook-hunt-chasseur-damour - Rook-san

Rook-san is intriguing... I enjoy talking to him.

@idya-shroud - Idia-san

General - OCs/Anons/etc

@blanketorghost - Ghost-san

Please stop trying to blackmail and guilt-trip me. I will not have you spreading lies about me to Yuu.

@incorrectmementomoriquotes - clownfish-san; kantokusei-san clownfish (old)

Why do you always do the craziest - pardon, oddest things?

@blind0raven - Kibby-san

I would appreciate if you did not continue to steal items from Mostro Lounge. And do not go whining to Jade.

@blind0raven - Ravey-san

I enjoy talking to you. Please do not get a bad influence from Kibby-san.

@blind0raven - Yuuki-san

@quartzztwst - Quartz-san

Where do I even begin...

@ggrocks - Sunny-san (new), kantokusei-san 🌻 (old)

No, you are not getting out of working at Mostro Lounge.

Pomefiore Student (L/N) 🪺, Pomefiore Student-san 🪆

How do I get him to perform at... Pardon me, I was just talking to myself.

@gummysharksorbet - Yuuto-san (Yuuto Watson)

@thehollowwriter - Quinn-san

🐀-san

🦊-san

🪸-san

🐬-san

🌹🪴-san

jar-san

comb-san

[aphsillyos]

his default recall is so cool..........

[bloodxhound]

❯ 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐌𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑.

alias / name.   cyan! birthday.   august 28th. zodiac sign.   virgo. height.   5′7″. hobbies.   drawing, writing, video games, dog sport, hiking. favorite color(s).    black. current book.   the king in yellow by robert w. chambers. last song.   die toteninsel emptiness — s.ignalis ost. last film / show.   ex machina. also i really gotta finish the 3rd season of psy/cho pass tbh. i’m in the process of thinking up an au for it, actually! inspiration.   hmm, everything and anything, really. from books to movies, to music, etc. my main draw of inspiration is all the detective media i’ve consumed. and i think all the true crime stuff i’ve watched / researched will last me a lifetime when it comes to thinking up homicide cases for plots. behind url.   dog motif + bloodhound being a word that can be used for someone who’s in pursuit of someone / something. fun fact about me.   i went on a whodunit mantrailing event with my dog last year. it was so much fun. i wanna catch another murderer this year too. : )

tagged by: @pnthra thank you ♡ / tagging: @kagoshou, @kamipyre, @guardiiadorata, @tenacquity, @paeths, @sansloii, @bloodthirstyflower

[ingo-ingoing-ingone]

Hi everyone, anon has been turned OFF for the time being. I'll re-enable it in the future.

I'm genuinely sorry to those unable to contact me any other way, or who are too shy or nervous. I am sorry to make communication with this blog inaccessible to you.

Just, even though I do what I can to make people feel welcome here and make sure I don't overstep, sometimes I have to do something for my own peace of mind. Hope y'all understand.

[starlooove]

Not the stop clogging the Duke tag page getting ppl mad

[thatoneluckybee]

Bee,,,,,,,, I am ill. NyQuil. Dies

Anyway, your mailman never slacks off !!!

That.

That’s not mail. That’s.

Okay.

Oh wowie!! (Never let me say that ever again.) Gressil and Raven from Ms. Freaky’s Instagram page!!! (I am anti Instagram, it is mean to me)

Raven not being a boykisser is going to ruin my whole career… I am dying… even more than I already was………………………………

When I tell you I RAN OVER TO THE SELFIE WEBSITE I DONT REALLY USE

MORE CANON SEXUALITIES!!!!!

Also dearest mutual with no name.... you neglect the potential of a QPR.

I don't have the brain power to ID rn so if screen reader is being used or picture isn't loading: Ms. Freaky released two new artworks with the characters either holding a flag or with a flag on their cheek for their canon sexualities! GRESSIL is bisexual, Gladiolus/Raven is straight, Poppy is pansexual, Oak is bisexual, and Nightshade/Bella is a lesbian!

[spaciebabie]

I don’t think I’ll be on this platform anymore, at least for now, due to everything that’s happening. I’d just like to keep away from it and supporting it at all. See you later, maybe.

-heartbeat anon

i understand heartbeat!! safe travels wherever you find yourself!! thank you for sticking around <3333

[deus-ex-knoxina]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, Andrew Minyard & Jean Moreau, Neil Josten & Jean Moreau Characters: Andrew Minyard, Neil Josten, Jean Moreau, Sir and King (All For The Game) Additional Tags: Author Andrew Minyard, andrew is so screwed LMAO, direct consequences of the previous fic in this series, Rated T for swearing, POV Andrew Minyard Series: Part 16 of Apartment 314 Summary:

Neil reads books now.

And as if that weren't bad enough, he's slowly but surely zeroing in on reading the collected works of A. Minyard.

Andrew may never recover.

--

i know it’s been over 2 years since the last time i posted a fic in this series. shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[knightofgreatrenown]

I am eternally grateful for your extensive wisdom—My life has been saved by Precepts 19, 35, and 44 in particular on many an occasion! However—Forgive my impertinence, but I come to you with genuine curiosity—I must admit I am a bit confused by Precept 40. If I am to obey no law but my own, then doesn’t that mean I should disregard the precepts, as I did not write them myself? It seems oddly paradoxical to include in a set of tenets to live by! I’m sure you have considered this, though, so may I hear your reasoning?

Precept Forty - and by extension, Precept Fifty-Five - pertains to those who find themselves trapped under laws imposed by those who unduly claim themselves as superiors.

Laws are created for the sole purpose of control. They exist to punish those whose desires stray from that of the law's creators, and snuff out any "unwanted" desires. They are a cruel shackle bound to the necks of those who believe they have no choice but to follow along!

The Precepts, however, are not so. The Precepts are a philosophy, distinctly not laws, that I generously teach to those who wish to become a knight even half as great as me!

They are not spread as a means of control, nor should they exist to erase one's desires. Per Precept Fifty-Three, "Do Not Steal the Desires of Others." Where a paradox would lie would be if I did use the Precepts for that purpose, which would be immoral and deceitful!

One is to follow the Precepts if they aspire to be successful in every endeavor, of course, but that endeavor could be whatever you might wish... within reason.

And most importantly, I do not enforce these rules onto unwilling bugs! I can only give this wisdom to those who wish to hear it, and it is up to them whether they follow it. The consequences for if you don't are your own to fall to, and not mine to enact!

Consider it as such: if you break a law you are subjected under, even unknowingly, you are likely to be harshly punished by the one who enforces that law. Sometimes to the extent of death! The consequences you suffer are by the hands of someone else. If you break a precept, it is your own folly you succumb to. Being unaware of your surroundings and falling to your death would not be a punishment by me, but by your own misjudgments. If you choose to be reckless with fire, you doom yourself to burns.

The long and short of it is that the Precepts are not laws and aren't to be considered as such. I should hope that clears up your confusion.