#only leading to more people buying these pets and mistreating them in the same way because they can’t be bothered to do basic research on

[mrburnsnuclearpussy]

Tortoises need a highly VARIED diet of WILD flora. Lettuce is not even good for them. Cucumbers and most other grocery store fruits vegetables should be only fed as an occasional treat. I am so annoyed at the amount of people showcasing their pet tortoises yet can’t even give them the basic proper care they need. It’s fucking infuriating!!!! Adult tortoises need a huge amount of space to explore and roam, they are not house pets!!!!!!! If you can’t keep an exotic animal properly then don’t have one it’s that simple

[beardedmrbean]

So my point was proven, nunya! Might as well go all out.

Savethefox, who hide their abuse and normalise owning exotic wild animals, manage to manipulate people so well that even when shown several compilations proving abuse and neglect of foxes, fans will blindly defend them.

A shelter that has fishers in the same house as cats (fishers eat cats and can and will eat small foxes), a shelter that not only lied about foxes dying due to having no sensible safety to stop them from digging or climbing over only to get hit by cars or just disappear, but never actually makes the changes to keep them safe.

Savethefox claims to "rescue" foxes, when they actually buy foxes from fur farms (going in the thousands of dollars) therefore financing the industry they claim to hate.

Savethefox doesn't buy female foxes. They refuse to take them in. They don't care about them. Which is curious, considering they happen to be a rescue...but only for male foxes.

They keep foxes alive when it would be more humane and ethical to have them put down due to the tremendous amount of pain they're in because of a cranial malformation.

They keep a fennec fox as an indoor pet and admit to not letting them out because fennecs and foxes don't mix. Also they admitted to their main mascot fox, Finnegan, having been STOLEN.

They also continue to buy foxes despite at the same time begging for donations because they don't have enough money to feed the foxes they already have. These foxes are going to starve because of one lady's selfish desire to own exotic pets and rake in the monetary benefit of treating them like nothing but toys for the internet to see.

Do not support Save the Fox.

To that lovely person who came into my DMs to bother me about this: Ignoring this massive amount of proof of neglect and mistreatment of foxes is to condone their abuse.

Animal abuse isn't a joke. It isn't fun or quirky.

I'm tired of being nice to people who condone animal abuse, nunya. Sick of it.

I'm back and forth on Save A Fox, I see stuff like what you've provided then I go and look around and see only good or neutral things like i was saying to you about the fox subreddit not having anything negative about them.

NatGeo article I found on the place was a puff piece, only thing I really got out of that one is she needs a taller fence.

Charity navigator has no review, scam advisor has they at 96/100 very positive but that financial responsibility or something not animal welfare.

Really at this point with the whole thing where I'm running into brick walls, which is utterly bizarre. Which with one more bit of information leads me to a plausible theory

You ain't getting a 4.9 star review with 261 reviews, statistically impossible unless you flushed all the bad ones and left a few 4 star to try and add legitimacy. Kind of how I feel with the 96/100 from scam advisor too.

Not gonna flat out say they're bad every single place that was critical of them that I could find was a tumblr blog.

That rubs me the wrong way, there is nearly always going to be something out there so this feels like someone is manipulating the numbers to squelch the bad reviews. Not saying it's happening, but it doesn't sit right with me.

Between what you've got here and the other links you've sent my way there does absolutely look to be something shady.

Really hope she's cautious about adopting hers out, but even if she is she does make it look easy and fun and there will be plenty of disreputable people that won't give a single shit about the animal.

Personally can't go totally negative on the place, but there's a lot of blank spots in the information I can find, which is weird for me.

This is where I usually tell people to do their own research and come up with their own conclusions, but I've been dancing around for over an hour now there's not much out there, so still do it and draw your own conclusions but good luck finding much info.

[euphoriara]

The Sign to Your Heart

genre : fluff

pairing : yoongi x reader

word count : 5,050

warning : swear words? other than that none? dogs?

strangers to lovers!au

a/n: finally!! my first piece for the bingo is finished!! it literally took me one month to finish this skdksld. also i was aiming for 2k and ended up with 5k instead,,, f but anyway here it is, enjoy!! also shoutout to miss joonary for sending me the message that gave me the motivation to finally finish this once and for all, miss nary thank you, ily. (and yes i know that’s not holly, yoongi doesn’t exactly take a lot of pictures with holly so,, just pretend skdksk)

The sun beats down on your back as you curse Jimin in your head for dragging you here with him. It's too bright, too hot to be outside today but he had insisted and bribed you with the promise of not one, but two ice creams. 

You, a mere mortal, what power do you have to refuse the offer of ice creams, and for free at that? 

But right now, sitting at the bench placed strategically around the dog park, you're starting to regret your friendship with Jimin. When you said strategically, you mean whoever placed these benches must hold a grudge for humans. None of them were placed underneath a shade, sun directly hitting your face. Sure there's a shelter in the middle of the park, surrounded by 4, beautiful, large trees that you can't remember the name of. 

But the place is crowded right now, due to the fact that global warming is trying to remind you of humanity's sins. There's too many people standing there with their dog, and there isn't a single chair placed there. Besides, do you really have the will to move yourself all the way over there? You'd rather let yourself melt into a puddle over here instead.

You just want to know who designed this park. Do they not know the basics of functionality? Were they not thinking? Did they design this half-asleep after a long day designing the Target across the street? 

You also take note of how there's only one gate, making it dangerous if a dog went out without anyone noticing. If you could leave a review on Yelp for this park, you'd give whoever it is a piece of your mind. You also remind yourself to tell Jimin to pick a better dog park to take his dogs to next time. 

While you're still busy arranging the speech you're going to give to Jimin, a blur of white zooms in front of you, followed by two smaller blurs of brown and black, snapping you out of your reverie. At least the dogs are enjoying themselves. 

Which reminds you, Jimin had asked your help to keep an eye on the dogs, since he's dogsitting 7 all at once. 

"More dogs means more money for me." He had said, to which you replied, "More dogs mean more free labor from me." 

The bastard had only said "Bingo!" to that, not even bothering to hide his intentions. But you guess he's generous enough to pay you with ice creams instead of letting you evaporate to the sky. 

Pulling yourself out of your thoughts, you scan the park to see where the dogs had gone off to, and find yourself sighing in relief when you see all of them playing by the trees. One of them, you think he's owned by Jimin's neighbor, is trying to mount another dog, bigger than his size. "Damn, he's ambitious." 

Unfortunately for him, his plan is foiled when another dog owner moves him off every time he even thinks about going near the German Shepherd. Kudos to him for trying though. 

You squint while scanning the park, trying to locate where Park Jimin is but you don't see his pink hair anywhere in the park. Had he left you here by yourself? Did he trick you again? Oh he's in big trouble if he did. You know where he keeps his most prized possession and you're not afraid to use the information against him. 

It's not like you meant to snoop around his room. It was his fault for leaving the box of- you grimace at the mental image, toys at the bottom of his innermost drawer of his closet. You were just trying to find your missing phone! Which granted, was probably not in there, but you couldn't leave any stones unturned. But even though you certainly did not want to see what's in the box, you're glad you have a backup plan for whenever Jimin screws you over again. 

You feel something cold press against your left cheek and hiss, preparing to sock whoever it is with the book in your hand. You forgot you even had it in the first place. "Hey!" However when you turn around, you're momentarily stunned by the bright pink hair in front of you, coupled that with the sun, you have to blink back your vision a few times. 

Jimin can use his bright hair to blind his enemy if he was a superhero. His power would be that he keeps changing his hair to bright colors until eventually he goes bald, which will become his ultimate weapon. 

"I bought you some drinks," he says as he throws a cold bottle of sprite to your face. You nearly miss, dodging a bruise on your forehead by a millimeter. You look down at the bottle in your hands, face blank and deadpan, "You know I don't drink soda." He pulls his shades down and smirks, "I know." 

You scowl at him, throwing the bottle back to him, which he catches easily. Would have been nice if he didn't, maybe the bottle would have knocked his stupidly expensive sunglasses off to the ground and one of the dogs would run off with it. "Where have you been? You're the one dog sitting but you leave all the responsibility to me? I should be the one getting paid then, give me my damn salary or I'll sue you for employee mistreatment!"

He raises one of his eyebrows, "Are you done?" You give him a look. "Like I said, I was buying you some drinks-" "Some drinks my ass, you didn't buy anything I can drink." "And getting you some lunch, but if you don't want it, then I guess I'll-" You snatch the bag from his hand and bolt to the other side of the park, the familiar brown paper bag fueling your instinct to protect your food. You ignore the confused stares of people and the group of dogs following you, they're either trying to steal your food or think you're playing with them. 

Once you reach your destination, you immediately regret the decision. Now you're hotter than before, sweating buckets under your clothes. You hate yourself for picking a black shirt, so much for the aesthetic. You breathe in deeply a few more times before remembering that you don't have any water on you. You cursed this park and the other park that brought you here once again. 

No matter, you'll just get some on your way back later, dehydration be damned. You see Jimin making his way towards you, looking at ease in his sleeveless silk shirt and basketball shorts, and start to munch on your fries faster. Instinct.

"Finish your food, we're going home, I'll buy you some ice creams on our way home, I know-" Jimin's voice starts to fade as you zero in on someone behind him. The guy is the same height as Jimin, wearing all black, much like you, but what made you stare at him is his hair. His bright yellow hair that almost looks white under the sun. It contrasts his clothes so much you have to stare to take him in. 

And his skin is a bit pale, making you question if he had stepped outside and see the sun in a while. Is he perhaps a vampire? Maybe that'd explain his clothes, his hair and his skin? And the fact that he seems to draw you in with his presence? Will you finally be the one to prove the existence of vampires? Will you be famous?

You see him cross the street, now walking closer to the park, and finally get a clearer look of his face. You didn't wear your contacts today, not expecting to find cute boys at the dog park, you just wanted ice cream. 

Which is precisely what he is. He has soft features, pouty lips and feline eyes from what you can see from his side profile. His focus is only on his phone and you muse momentarily at how one of these days, that'll get him in trouble. You see that he's allowing his dog to pull him whichever way it wants, thus resulting in him being en route to the dog park. 

Jimin waves his hand in front of your face, frowning at your lack of attention, "Hey, are you listening to me?" You move his hand down and continue to stare at the boy. If your brain cells aren't hibernating right now, you'd realize you're being a little creepy by doing it. But you can't help it, you don't think you've ever seen someone with such a cute face before, aside from Jimin? Maybe? Anyway, he's wearing a mask that had been pulled down to his chin, revealing his lips and cupping his cheeks. You squeal internally at the visual, though your face remains blank. 

Jimin was about to move in front of you again when it happened. The boy wasn't paying attention to his surroundings and his poor dog was too excited to notice it was leading him straight to the dog park sign. You cringe when you hear his head make contact with the metal, debating if you should go outside to help him. The sound was so loud that a few people whipped their heads around to see, including Jimin who turned to see what you were looking at. 

The poor guy had dropped his phone and the leash, clutching his head in pain. You see his  dog take one look at him and run into the park. Feeling bad for him, you decide to chase after his dog, leaving Jimin behind with a confused frown plastered on his face. 

You catch the little guy just as it was about to run into the crowd of people, bouncing him in your arms and cooing at it, "You sneaky little thing, you just left your owner like that after leading him to his demise? You should apologize for that, but then again, it was his fault for not paying attention, huh?"

The little brown poodle barks as if it agrees, and you continue to coo and pet it while making your way to the guy still crouching outside, most likely from humiliation instead of pain. 

Hesitantly, you call out to him when you hear him muttering curses underneath his breath. 

"Hello." He looks up at you and for a moment, you swear you stop functioning. Maybe your eyesight is worse than you thought, you should probably schedule another appointment with your eye doctor because the guy looks even better up close. However, before you could make a fool out of yourself, you hurriedly hold his dog out towards him like you're giving him a box of chocolate, "You- you dropped this." 

"I- I meant you dropped his leash and he ran inside without you and, are you okay?" You see the embarrassment on his face in the form of blushing cheeks, "Yeah I'm fine, it hurts a little but I'll be fine." 

Damn, his voice. His voice is raspy and deep and soothing and would it be weird if you ask him whether he hosts a podcast and if he does, can you get a name so you can listen to it? 

Your last brain cell woke up just to scream "Yes!" so you decide to listen to her for once. Maybe she's on to something. 

He stands up clutching his phone and takes the little brown dude from your arm. You see a long crack at the corner of his Samsung Galaxy, and grimace, upset on his behalf because he didn't have a screen protector nor a case. Bold or rich, you can't tell. 

"Thanks for catching this sneaky bastard, he probably did that on purpose so he can reach the park faster." The dog barks in disagreement and you coo at it once again. You can't help the baby voice you use, "Nooo, I'm sure he was just trying to tell you to pay attention. Isn't that right? You were just excited for the dog park, weren't you?"

The dog wiggles in his hold like he's trying to reach you, smiling happily at the thought of an ally. "Yeah, I guess it's partially my fault for not looking at my surroundings." 

You blink and resist the urge to tell him that it's entirely his fault for not paying attention but alas, you've been in his position before so you stay quiet. A silence passed between the two of you, before Jimin screams out your name to "Get your ass back in here, we're going home." 

You don't understand why you need to go back inside if you're going to leave anyway but you don't protest in fear he might refuse to buy you ice cream if you sass him after ignoring him like that. You know how much Jimin hates being ignored. You nod at the stranger before jogging back into the park, shouting out "Be careful next time!" 

He nods back, "Thank you!" and turns towards his dog, "No dog park for you today, we have to go home." The dog whines in his grasp but relents, knowing he's probably embarrassed to go in there now that everyone has seen him make a fool out of himself. 

Inside, you help Jimin wrangle the dogs, holding four leashes while the prick holds three of the smaller dogs. You want to protest again but you know he'll dangle the promise of your ice cream if you do it. Good thing these dogs are well-behaved. That, or they pity you for having to hold four big dogs at once. Whichever it is, you're thankful to them. 

The walk back home is uneventful. Jimin bought you ice cream as promised, watermelon, and you amused yourself with how feral the smaller dogs are acting, clearly trying to give Jimin a hard time. You love these dogs. 

Half way through your walk, you remember you didn't ask for the stranger's name and pout. There's a possibility that you'll never be able to see him again. You wonder if he'll show at the same park next time, though you doubt it. Besides, you already pledge to not go into that park again. 

Which reminds you once again, you need to tell Jimin about how much his park of choice sucks. And now that he already bought you ice cream, you can go back to nagging him.

You spewed out your carefully crafted speech about how much that park sucks and interrupted him every time he tried to cut you off until he relented and let you speak your heart away. 

He finally gives in after your fifth point, screaming out "Okay! I get it lady, now stop talking!" Which caused you to smile smugly to yourself the whole way home. 

***

Two weeks later find you sitting on a different bench, in a different park. Thankfully, this time the benches have shades and are scattered with the thought of dogs and owners in mind. This time around too, the weather had cooled off significantly than the last time you were out. 

Jimin is sitting next to you, attention fixated on his phone, while you watch over the dogs. You don't know why he needs your help when there's only 3, but looking at him right now, it's obvious he just didn't want to work at all. 

You tried to sneak a peek at what he's looking at on his phone, but everytime he sensed you, he'd immediately grab your face and turn you away. You scowl at him every time. 

You were about to open your mouth and talk his ear off when you see a somewhat familiar looking brown blob fly past you, running from its owner. You see the guy chasing his dog around the park while screaming out its name, "Holly, get back here! We need to go home!"

And you see Holly, the dog, dodge him like a professional shop-lifter evading mall cops. You silently applaud the dog and its agility. 

"Holly, do you know what time it is? We've been here for five hours now!" You see him run for another 2 minutes before he slumps against a tree, panting. You finally catch a good look of him and realize he's the stranger from the previous dog park. 

Suddenly you feel a presence next to your leg and when you look down, Holly is happily looking up at you with his tail wagging. You coo at the cute dog before picking him up and setting him on your lap, "Hey little buddy! You're always causing problems aren't you?" He lets out a tiny woof before settling in your arms.

You stand up, making your way to the poor dude by the tree, while Holly happily accepts scratches from you. He's sitting on the ground now, obviously still trying to recover from the sprint. 

"Sign guy!" You stand in front of him, smiling when you see him look up. Once he recognizes you, he grimaces at the name, mortified of the incident before. He scrambles to stand up, stuttering out a "He-hey. Hi," and wiping his palms on his jeans. 

"Here's your dog! You were trying to catch him right? So you can go home?" You offer the dog to him, not unlike last time. "Oh! Uh, yeah, I was." He scratches the back of his neck before taking his dog from you, and he seems to be having a hard time making eye contact with you. 

"Thank you, for helping me again." You see him struggle with saying that and chuckle to yourself. "No problem, your dog seems like a troublemaker, huh?" 

He smiles at the mention of his dog, you can see how much he loves Holly. "Yes, he is a little rascal." He's fond and you're endeared by him. "Well, I should get going now, you guys were leaving right?" He straightens immediately, eyes slightly wide while you mock scold his dog, "Don't give him a hard time once in a while, okay? Give him a break." Holly barks an okay and you coo, petting his head once more. 

"Well, by-" "What's your name?" He spoke so fast you didn't catch it. "Huh?" 

He blinks a few times, "I- Uh. Your name. What's your name?" You blink a few times, name? He's asking for your name?

Oh! Name! Right! You didn't ask for his name too, last time (despite wanting to).

"Oh, my name is (Y/N)! What about you?" His shoulder slumps slightly in relief, "Yoongi, I'm yoongi." "Nice to meet you Yoongi!" 

He smiles, a gummy smile, "Nice to meet you too (Y/N)." You're momentarily transfixed on his smile. He has a really really cute smile and would it be weird if you tell him right now? Probably, so you refrain. You see him quirks his head in question when you stay quiet for longer than necessary and snap out of your thoughts. 

"I was wonder-" You hear a commotion from the distance, and when you look over, Jimin's dogs are picking a fight with another dog smaller than them. You gasp, looking for Jimin, but that gremlin had disappeared, leaving you no choice but to go intervene. "I'm so sorry, I have to go! Those dogs are mine! Bye!" You hurriedly run to the crowd, helping other owners separate the dogs. 

Once all the dogs are calm again, you sit the three dogs in front of you and scold them, to which they seem remorseful. "Do not pick a fight with other dogs again or no park for you for a- no, two weeks! Got it?" They bark a single woof in understanding and you nod, satisfied at how well they listen to you. Maybe this is why Jimin always asks for your help, the dogs won't listen to him but they will listen to you. 

After you let the dogs play again, you see Jimin strutting to where you're sitting with a popsicle in his hand, phone in the other. "Jimin!" You get up to scold him, and when he sees you alone, he quirks his head to the side. "Where's the run into a sign boy?" 

You pout at his question, ready to talk his ear off. "I had to leave him because your dogs, the dogs you're dogsitting, not the dogs I'm dogsitting, picked a fight with a dog that was smaller than them! Three of them! Against one dog! One, small dog! What, did it owe them lunch money or something, they were acting like a bully trying to steal someone's homework but you weren't there to de-escalate so I had to intervene and now, cute sign guy left and I don't have his number, only his name." 

The whole time you were ranting, Jimin just stood there, silently eating his popsicle with a blank face. You think he blocked you out at the second sentence and it's proven at how his eyes are glazed over, mind somewhere else despite staring at you. You frown and snatch the popsicle from him, finally getting a reaction "Hey! That's mine!" And yet he doesn't attempt to get it back. 

You stare at the ice treat in your hand and debate on what to do with it, you're not gonna eat it, no, that's gross. You don't want to throw it away and waste food, but you don't want to give it back to him either. You wonder if this is dog safe. You were about to call the dogs when you realized you're holding nothing, popsicle back to Jimin's hand when you weren't paying attention. 

His stupid smirking face is what you see when you lift your head, "Don't worry, sign guy will probably come to this park again with his dog." 

"I don't know what time he comes here. What, am I supposed to come here everyday and wait for him or something?"

***

You hate Jimin. You hate Jimin with a burning passion. You can't believe he convinced you to go to the park everyday, and maybe that's on you for being Boo Boo the Fool but you hate him because he made you dogsit for him everyday. 

"I mean you're going there anyway, right? Surely you can take them for a few hours?" Fool you once, shame on Jimin. Fool you twice, shame on Jimin again for taking advantage of your kind heart and making you do his work for him when you're not getting paid by his somewhat rich ass. 

Free labour and hatred aside, you're actually starting to enjoy going out with the dogs. They're mostly well behaved, and this park really is nice, compared to that Target dog park. You needed the sun exposure, anyway. 

You cross your legs when you see Pocky runs in front of you, not wanting to deal with him biting your shoelaces off, which Jimin said he likes to do. Pocky is a black Affenpinscher, notorious for being a master of mischief in the circle of dogs Jimin dogsit. You think you heard Jimin muttered "good luck," under his breath when you took Pocky from him but that could be your mind playing tricks on you. 

Because Pocky is a very very sweet dog, you just need to get him to stay away from people's shoelaces. You see him zooms around the park and smile to yourself. You actually have a soft spot for the 10 years old dog, despite his age, he's still very lively and agile and his disobedience to Jimin is funny. You think about how nice and kind Pocky is but stop short when you see him next to someone's legs. 

He stares at you and you stare back at him, challenging him to try you. He obviously doesn't care, and starts chewing, and when you look to see who it is, it's Yoongi. 

Oh no, he's chewing on Yoongi's converse. Oh no.

For some reason, Yoongi only stood there, looking down at Pocky in confusion. When you see him start pulling his shoe, you go to stop him. 

"Pocky!" He chews harder. "No! Stop!" You go to scoop him up but it's too late, Pocky already had a small string in his mouth. "Drop it. Pocky, drop it." He only looks up at you, and you gasp at how this is the first time Pocky disobeys you. So you change tactics.

You pout at the dog, giving him your best puppy eyes, "Pocky are you really not gonna listen to me? I thought you liked me better than Jimin? I'll be sad if you don't listen to me." He whines at your expression, dropping the piece of fabric to the ground and starts licking your chin in apology. You can't believe that work and smile to yourself. 

You let him down to the ground, letting him play again after telling him to stay away from people's shoes. You see him run to his friends, making a U turn everytime he sees legs. You're proud of him. Wait until Jimin hears about this, he's gonna sulk-

Someone clears their throat next to you and you bring yourself back to the present, mouth agape when you remember who it is. "Yoongi! Hi! Hello! Oh, I'm so sorry about that! Pocky has an affinity for shoelaces and oh shit, he chewed it off didn't he? I'll replace it if you wan-" He waves his hand in front of your face, and you realize you were rambling again. 

He smiles at you, and wait, did your heart just skip a beat? "No, it's okay. Holly sometimes chews on my shoes too, I don't mind really." 

"Are you sure? If you need a string replacement, I'll pay you some money for it?" 

Yoongi stutters, hands fidgeting in front of him, "You, you, uh you can," he coughs, "You can make it up by going to get coffee with me?" 

White guy blinking gif, that's how you look right now. 

You pull out your phone, offering it to him with no words because your brain is playing elevator music right now and if you speak, Yoongi will retract his offer. He stares at it in confusion, head quirking to the side. You managed to let out a strained "Number."

He perks up, a tiny "Oh!" leaving his pouty lips. He types in his number and you see him hesitate to send a text so he can save your number, but decided against it. When he hands you back your phone, you finally snap out of your stupor. "I'd love to get coffee with you." 

He smiles his gummy smile and you have to resist the urge to coo at him again. "You can text me the details? If you want?" 

Smiling back at him, you reply with a tiny "Okay!" You wanted to ask him if he wants to go get ice cream right now but before you can open your mouth, you hear your phone ring, and lo and behold it's Jimin. Jimin and his damn timing. It's always him. Bastard.

You pick it up with a sigh, "Hello?" and listen to him nag you, with a hum here and there. It's like when you're calling your mom. He finally hangs up after telling you about his plan for the night and you look at the distance like you're in the office. 

"I'm sorry, I have to go, that was my friend and he wants his dogs home in 10 minutes so I have to hurry but I'll call you later!" You're starting to jog away when he calls out "Do you need help?" 

You're surprised at his offer, but quickly accepts because you kinda do need help. "That'd be nice, actually." So he helps you round up the dogs and the process went faster than if you were to do it alone. 

Once you're outside the dog park, holding all the leash safely, you turn to him, "Thank you so much for the help! That'd have taken a lot longer without you." 

He smiles, eyes scrunching into crescent moon, "No problem, get home safely, okay?" 

"Gotcha, thanks again, I'll text you!!" You're already being pulled by the dog by the time you finish your sentence, but you're happy anyway because you finally got his number and a possible-date-maybe-not coffee date. 

***

And one possible coffee date turned into one actual coffee date which turns into a dinner date, until, "Can I kiss you?" He looks nervous, and this time you don't resist the urge to coo at him, you cup his cheeks between your hands, "You're so cute when you're nervous like that." 

Pouting, he wraps his arms around your waist, pulling you closer to him, "Can I?" You smile up at him and nod, chuckling at his cute expression. 

He bends down slightly to reach your face, slotting his lips between yours. You close your eyes and hug him close to you, savoring the feeling and memorizing it. 

You're glad you went to that awful park and you're glad Holly pulled Yoongi to the same dog park all those weeks ago. 

You hate to say it but you're glad Jimin convinced you to go to the dog park everyday, you're just thankful the feelings were mutual or else it'd have been weird. 

Getting to know Yoongi brings absolute joy to you and learning about him makes your heart beat slightly faster. Just in the course of two weeks, you can feel yourself falling for him. Yoongi who loves writing music and fishing, Yoongi who wasn't a big dog person until he got Holly, Yoongi who can't raise his voice at people, Yoongi who considers piano as his first love. 

Every bit and pieces of information you uncover only made you fall in love more and more with him. Every quirks and habits you noticed always bring a fond smile to your face. You pull him even closer to you, hand intertwine behind his neck, and deepen the kiss. 

You're glad he ran into that sign all those weeks ago, because here, standing on the rooftop, with the sun setting behind you, Yoongi's arms around you and his lips on you, you feel home. And you hope he feels the same.

[uwuesque]

yo why is having emotions - or god forbid, strong emotions - viewed as such an awful and embarrassing thing?

being happy or excited about something still feels like you're being too inconsiderate, childish, unaware of the potential loss you might experience.

many people end up not investing any joy or energy into things that make them happy in order to be less affected if they ever lose that thing or person. but if you don't dare to enjoy things in order not to feel pain if you lose them, what are you living for then?

you're excited about buying a new plant? that's great, please enjoy being happy! enjoy your plant! paint its pot in nice patterns and colours, give it a name, talk to it like you'd talk to a pet, make watering it a part of your routine, do whatever prolongs your joy.

just because you aren't constantly and judgingly questioning yourself over and over again doesn't mean you're being immature or a jerk! it means that you're taking the time in your life to do what makes you feel good, feel like yourself, feel like you belong, which usually helps in stabilising your overall mood and ability to take criticism.

same with anger. many of us have been taught that anger is the enemy of rational thought, and will therefore make them undeniably stupid, childish or destructive. and well, partially, that's true. rage and anger do make our visions more narrow and they do make us act in a rather egocentric way. but that's not a bad thing, and it certainly says nothing about you as a person.

something made you mad? then I suppose that means that something has probably made you feel attacked in some way. whether or not it can actually harm you is a different question, just like whether or not your reaction was reasonable or made sense concerning finding a solution for the problem. but first of all, you felt attacked, which sucks, which the people around you should respect.

do you get mad often, seemingly about things no one else really gives a damn about? then you've probably been led to believe that people are always out for you, or that they will always judge, mistreat or dislike you, or that whatever happens, it is all your fault in the end, or similar things. and that's not on you, that's on the people who socialised you.

anger can make us attack the ones around us, and sometimes, that happens even if they didn't actually do anything that might harm us mentally or physically. but that doesn't mean that you're stupid for getting mad. it's never your fault if you simply didn't know any better.

you should definitely avoid harming others at nearly all costs. however, burying your anger inside won't do it. you'll either end up sick or breaking down, or it'll come out one way or another, potentially affecting people who weren't even involved in the problem itself. so please, don't feel ashamed to let out your anger too! if the situation doesn't allow talking about what made you feel that way with the person who caused (most of) it, then you should still ventilate your feelings otherwise! punch some pillows, throw some books against your wall, go running, scream into a forest, whatever works.

invalidating your own feelings based on what other people deem "efficiency" or "just helpful advice" isn't going to get you far. they probably don't know any better themselves, but shaming you for having emotions will only lead to even stronger ones. being controlled by your feelings rather than controlling your feelings yourself is never a good thing. but equalising strong feelings with immaturity and not-to-be-taken-seriously-ness isn't going to help, like, at all, ever. that's not how human emotions work. refusing to accept that just because emotionality won't bring you the best results right away is a pretty childish stance in and of itself.

[mcmories]

✎⌠natasha liu bordizzo. cisfemale. she/her⌡❝ — well, look who’s just arrived ! if it isn’t the one and only madeline song. though, around here they’re known as the lost soul. don’t tell ‘em i said this but the twenty-three year old marine fisheries technician kinda has a reputation of being indecisive and ambitious. but y’know, they can be gentle and considerate too. typical cancer. anyways, welcome home and stay safe maddie ! ❞ 

basics;

full name: madeline elizabeth song nicknames: maddie birthday: july 06, 1996 sexual orientation: heterosexual ( maybe? we’ll see. ) marital status: single occupation: marine fisheries technician ; mostly involves scientific data collection on population and habitat conditions. casual clothing is the norm and smelling like the ocean almost seems mandatory. residence: a modern one bedroom apartment (price range: $$). it came fully furnished and the place looks more like a showroom than it does a home – the only exception being her bedroom which houses some of her own personal touches. her balcony overlooks the sea. parents: elizabeth & richard song sibling(s): none pet(s): a white persian cat named rosie.

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color: blue food: red bean paste baozi drink: alcoholic, red wine. non-alcoholic, extra sweet iced tea. season: summer

personality;

indecisive ; maddie is the type of person to stew on a problem. her decision making skills are not the best and it shows in her daily activities. for example, she spends an infinite amount of time grocery shopping, contemplating which brands to buy and even what to buy. she spends more time choosing what to watch on netflix than she actually does watching. she’s incapable of making up her mind, going back and forth even after an initial decision has been made for her. for this reason she craves routine – because if she does the same thing every day, it eliminates the need to make a choice.

ambitious ; she doesn’t have a step by step plan, or even a destination, but she knows she wants to be someone. she always strives to better herself and her situation and despite her kind and caring nature, this leads her to be somewhat manipulative in the most subtle of ways. her ambition and lack of any real long term goals is perhaps the cause of her melancholy. she has high aspirations that can never be satisfied, because how can you achieve a goal that you don’t even have?

gentle ; most people who encounter maddie would describe her in some variation of these three words: calm, kind, and soft. most of the time she is. she’s the type of girl who goes to flower shops to smell the roses, the type to pay for the person behind her’s coffee because she’s feeling giddy, and always asks how you are and means it. but there are the times when things get too much – when she’s been mistreated or something just strikes her the wrong way and she snaps. maddie may be gentle but she holds within her a fury like no other.

considerate ; her attentive nature allows her to tailor her actions in a way that minimizes inconveniences and hurt she may cause others. it’s second nature to her to offer everyone else the last slice of pizza before even thinking about taking it for herself. however, her consideration has its limits and she would never go without to make sure that you’ve had plenty.

other;

initially came to misty hollow as a fresh biology graduate with little prospects. the only job she could get was in fisheries. she had her reservations about moving to a place with such a violent past, but with her student loans looming over her head and the generous salary she was offered, she found that she had no choice but to accept.

maddie grew up with supportive, yet strict parents two towns over from misty hollow. for this reason she never really got to socialize outside of school and extracurriculars when she was a kid. this shows in her oftentimes awkward interactions with others. being an only child and having a distant relationship with her parents did not help matters.

in her younger years, she was an athlete – an avid tennis and golf player. she still carries her enthusiasm for the two sports in her adult life and occasionally plays on the weekends. this is probably one of her main forms of socialization and i would love some connections based off of these?

maddie is a morning person. she rises with the sun (some days before) to do her morning rituals – make coffee (latte with almond milk and caramel syrup), a nutritious breakfast, and some energizing morning yoga. her after work routine varies, but most days she finds a clean spot at the beach (as its not far from her work) to relax or go for an afternoon jog. she used to frequent the pier before she realized that they belonged to the youth. on days when she feels particularly worn out you’ll find her getting takeout at captain cath’s.

she’s always had a fascination with the occult while being simultaneously skittish. maddie always feels uneasy when she’s alone at home. she’s very meticulous about locking her doors and always has music playing when she’s all alone. she doesn’t know what she’s scared of most – the murders having been committed by a murderer still on the loose or if something supernatural was responsible for them.

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[leanconnoli]

You know that feeling, when you think back to the first canon queer representation you were exposed to, and then just get so fucking mad that you write a 7 page list of all the ways that is was shitty and toxic and abusive?

[orbemnews]

Dead puppies and kittens in crates reveal the dark side of China's mystery box craze As a flashlight rolls over towers of boxes in the back of a delivery truck, tufts of fur can be glimpsed through tiny air holes. Those are the luckier animals — other boxes appear completely taped up. Animal rights group Love Home filmed this raid on May 3 in the central Chinese city of Chengdu, during which it uncovered 156 boxes of months’ old puppies and kittens, some of whom were dead. The images scandalized Chinese social media users, who were horrified the animals had become victims of a shopping craze sweeping China called “mystery boxes.” It works something like this: Consumers buy a small box with an unknown present inside — normally, a collectible figurine. Ding Ying, an associate professor of marketing at Beijing’s Renmin University of China, told state-run newspaper People’s Daily the boxes were “addictive,” especially when the prizes were part of a collectible series. “Consumers have an inherent need for closure, thus they tend to [want to] own the whole series once they get one,” she said. But there’s a darker side of the trend. While delivery of live animals by mail is illegal in China, it is poorly policed, according to state-run media. Some mystery box operators are exploiting that blind spot to offer surprise pets delivered to consumers’ doors for as little as 32 yuan ($5). Animal rights groups say it is cruel to the animals, not all of whom survive the trip to their new owners. “I told the young man selling the animal blind boxes that he was making money at the cost of the lives of these animals,” Love Home founder Chen Yunlian told state broadcaster CCTV. CNN Business reached out to Love Home for this article, but Chen declined to be interviewed. ‘Everything can be put inside a mystery box’ As the mystery box trend has exploded in recent years, it has grown to include expensive goods, including smart phones, watches and sunglasses. Major international brands including Starbucks, Sephora and Converse have created their own mystery boxes for Chinese consumers. Social media influencers post elaborate videos showing people opening their “blind boxes” and comparing what they found. On Chinese social media, there is a new catchphrase: “Everything can be put inside a mystery box.” But on some sites, that catchphrase is being taken a step too far. For example, on Pinduoduo, one of the largest online shopping platforms in China, one listing seen by CNN Business offered, a “fresh, little cute” mystery box, which will contain a “random” dog for 599 yuan ($92). The picture attached to the advertisement is of a happy, healthy long-haired chihuahua. CNN Business reached out to Pinduoduo for comment. The mystery pet boxes have also turned up on other major online marketplaces, including Alibaba’s Taobao. Alibaba did not respond to a request for comment from CNN Business. In one post on an undisclosed website, shown in a documentary by state broadcast CCTV, one seller offered a dog “mystery box” for 32 yuan ($5) alongside a picture of a smiling shiba inu. And one social media influencer posted himself unwrapping a mystery box with a random crustacean inside. It’s unclear where he purchased the box from. Most mystery box ads specify which type of animal they’re selling and guarantee a high-quality pet — but it was a different story when the Love Home Animal Rescue Center raided the truck in Chengdu, run by China-based ZTO Express, a delivery company. Instead of pedigrees, they found mixed-breed puppies and kittens wedged together in the small, taped-up plastic crates. The group said on Weibo that many were dead or dying from suffocation and starvation. It isn’t clear which platform they were sold on, but Love Home told state media they had been monitoring the nearby ZTO station for when the animals would arrive. When they raided the truck, it was clear from the labels on the crates that the animals were intended for mystery box market, according to the organization. “Vendors usually stop providing food and water a day before the departure to limit animals’ excretions,” said the Love Home’s Chen on social media. In one box, barely 30 centimeters wide (12 inches), three puppies were wedged together side-by-side, motionless. It isn’t the first time questions have been raised about the quality of the pets in the mystery boxes. In reviews of mystery pet box listings on Chinese e-commerce sites, customers describe receiving animals who were dirty and sick. “[My] dog has been in low spirits, looking sick, and hasn’t moved much since it arrived … Please think twice before you buy these dogs!” one reviewer said on Pinduoduo. “The dog wouldn’t move much and customer service said to let it rest … and it died,” said another customer on the same website. China’s parcel delivery industry has faced animal mistreatment scandals before. In September 2020, at least 5,000 animals, including dogs, cats and rabbits, were found dead in a logistics station in central Henan province. But the Love Home footage and photos outraged Weibo users, who read more than 450 million posts with the “Pet Blind Box” hashtag. “Resolutely resist blind pet boxes‼ ️Boycott live transportation‼” Love Home Animal Rescue Center posted to social media. Widespread backlash A number of listings for mystery box pets have been taken down from e-commerce sites since the Love Home animal rights group exposed the scandal. Others have tried to disguise their products by changing the ad descriptions to remove the word “mystery box,” or labeling them as adoption or rescue services. In a commentary on May 5, state-run news agency Xinhua denounced treating pets as toys and called the products a desecration of life. “Both buyers and sellers should start from their hearts, have more goodwill and more respect for life,” the commentary said. After the raid, the Hong Kong-listed delivery company ZTO issued an apology over the organization’s “misconduct.” “Our investigation found this batch of live animals were sold online and collected in violation of regulations,” the statement said. “The healthy development of courier industry is not on built on strict regulation and safe management but also righteous sense of life and value.” ZTO also said in their statement that the Chengdu delivery facility where the crates were found would be closed, and the company would cooperate with the police investigation. In a statement at the time, the Chengdu postal authorities said they had fined ZTO $12,419 (80,000 yuan) for the misconduct. Despite the widespread outrage and media coverage, just over a week after the Chengdu raid, more mystery pet boxes were found in Jiangsu province, Global Times said. When authorities reached the ZTO Express transfer center in Jiangsu, they found 13 boxes of animals, many of whom were already dead. In response to state media paper.cn, ZTO said the animals found in Suzhou were stranded in the Suzhou center, as they were being returned after it started to rectify the practice of live animal delivery since May 5. Evan Sun, a scientist at the non-government organization World Animal Protection (WAP) in China, said the discovery of a second batch of pet boxes so soon after the initial raid showed ZTO Express had not taken enough action to correct the problem. “For people who want a pet, they should be aware that it is unaccepted to transport animals in such an inhumane way,” he said. ZTO did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the second case. Threat of disease Currently, China has no broad, nationwide laws which protect animals from mistreatment. But in the wake of the mystery pet box scandal, experts have called for such legislation to be introduced. “There is a need to continue to raise animal welfare awareness in the whole society, leading to a stronger animal protection legal system in future,” said WAP’s Sun. “Collective actions are required to end this cruel animal trade.” But animal rights groups and state media said there is another risk from an unregulated, mystery pet box industry — the possibility of rapidly spreading diseases. According to one volunteer from Love Home, who was quoted in an article by state-run China Daily, more than a dozen of the cats and dogs found in the Chengdu raid were diagnosed with diseases, including “distemper and cat plague.” The World Health Organization concluded in its draft report into the origins of Covid-19 that an animal was the most likely source of the pandemic, which has killed three million people globally as of May 2021. China has introduced strict new laws in an attempt to prevent outbreaks of animal-borne diseases in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, including a ban on the eating of wild animals. But state-run China Daily said many pet dealers on e-commerce platforms “simply ignore” inspection and quarantine requirements laid out by the government. Ultimately, if extra attention is not paid to preventing the unregulated trading of animals, the paper said “the suffering may not be restricted to the bought-and-sold animals only.” Source link Orbem News #box #Business #Chinas #crates #craze #Dark #Dead #DeadpuppiesandkittensincratesrevealthedarksideofChina'smysteryboxcraze-CNN #kittens #mystery #puppies #Reveal #side

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