#rats for me of course

[thecooler]

Feel free to specify in the tags :) if the animal is one that needs company assume you'd have multiple

[hammity-hammer]

steve harrington would absolutely get big dogs when he moves out on his own-- maybe his grandparents had one or two when he was younger & he'd visit them and see his family love the dog and play with it & just be happy, and he vowed to get his own one day so he could have a big ole best friend. & i dunno what breed specifically he'd get, but that dog would be so loved & would eat only the best food (because steve would chef up some cool fancy dog stuff because like why not??? if he can eat good, so can his pup) and have so many toys, and go on so many walks and have so many dog friends (that he met at the dog park) and they would wrestle & he would just-- give all of this love to his dog & it would have the dumbest name, chosen by dustin & max who just had to torture him with something stupid, steve picked out a sweet girl puppy so of course they named her Cheese, because what other name could they have chosen? (steve hates it but it is pretty funny to have to scold something named Cheese) and maybe one day he's walking Cheese (whom he does not call Cheese unless she's being bad-- he calls her all kinds of ridiculous petnames instead) and they stumble upon a very pretty, loud metalhead, walking his tiny ass chihuahua that cannot seem to leave Cheese alone. It just keeps leading the man over to them and Steve gets flustered every time, because wow he has such big, pretty eyes and oh wow, his mouth moves so pretty when he talks and-- oh god he's been talking and steve has no idea what he's saying and just has to awkwardly smile and nod, and the man blinks at him, waiting for an answer to the question he'd asked but steve has no idea what he's supposed to say.

"I can't just call you Pretty Boy, sweetheart, as much as I'd love that, I don't think that's your real name." The man laughs and then Steve realizes he has to introduce himself to him, and when he finds out that his name is Edward he has a whole hayday with that one, because he seems nothing like an Edward.

And maybe once they keep on talking, they make little playdates for their babies, and they plan real dates for themselves<3

[cod-dump]

random question but what other animals do u think teen!simon would have tried to sneak into the house ? like from smth tiny like a lizard maybe too a raccoon or a coyote trying and failing to convince nik and price that the raccoon is simply a stray cat with with hands and coyote is a stray dog that totally isnt trying to eat him

(thought of this since i saw a woman on tiktok who aparently accidentally took care of a whole ass bobcat kitten thinking it was a cat 😭)

Rats. He has brought home four different rats. Three were from pet shops and one was a wild rat he befriended. He stole the rats from the pet shop proudly (they were rehomed after a long talk from John). They don’t live where there’s coyotes, thankfully, or Simon would have certainly set out to befriend a pack or get hurt trying. Getting Riley had halted his shenanigans… for a moment. He still got Small Fry (courtesy of Nik), which means John still has worry about random animals showing up at the house. Unfortunately Simon is roping in Kyle and Farah and Nik has never been much help with that.

[kelocitta]

Perhaps a more literal "Clerk Lover" than most abnormalities playfully given the title; Rat King shows significant variance in hostility when faced with high level employees vs. low rank ones. Teams otherwise completely decimated by its rampages may find themselves with stragglers who were merely forced out of the way in favor of more enticing prey, at least in the moment.

Naturally, Managers should take care to discourage any dangerous ideas about 'mercy' 'favoritism' or "kindness" lest they find abnormality containment units suddenly prone to failure.

[ghost-bard]

Maybeee maybe ankarna and cassandra will bring the rat grinders back??? Bc as goddesses theyd understand that they were literally under the influence of a corrupted ankarna and/or manipulated by a man trying to make himself into a god??? Maybe?????? I really hope that this wont be a like “oh well they shouldn’t have worked with porter and jace sucks for them” kinda deal bc. We know its more than that? And it would hard core suck narratively if they just permadied for being easily manipulated kids when they could easily be brought back by any number of people or as like a miracle like. Cmon. Also their deaths arent even that satisfying bc we KNOW they arent really equipped for actual combat, idk.

I liked the episode dgmw but i kinda just feel. Bummed out knowing theres a decent chance of them just being misunderstood and manipulated, and never getting to be kids or getting like rehabilitation or whatever.

[silverview]

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

wondering about Frank and insects but specifically about how it looks like the WH insects are highly stylized, so does Frank even know anything about real butteflies/insects?

& if he saw a real one, would he recognize it? are all of the species names he applies to the WH bugs real, or are they all made up like "Vibrant Eyespot" or "Fluttering Heartwing"?

and then there's the question - does the neighborhood have some of the more 'undesirable' bugs like moths, worms, roaches, spiders? does it have bugs outside of the generic groups of beetles and butterflies? like are there mantids? leafbugs? dragonflies? weevils? or are those too specific/complex/not-cute for the Playfellow Workshop to have included?

and then there's the question of what are the bugs? props? puppets? are they alive or do the neighbors just perceive them as such? Do they even exist outside of art, storybooks, and animated segments? I highly doubt they're alive like the neighbors are, since in the gif of Frank's head spinning, the framed butterflies' wings are moving. which is kind of horrifying if you think about it for more than a second.

just... the critters Frank loves so so so much being a complete fabrication... every piece of knowledge he prides himself on / delights in knowing being utterly Untrue... oof

[bacchuschucklefuck]

this whole thing being abt rage is also really interesting. I feel like it comes up so much in fiction as a motive because it's the one emotion that's unifyingly restless while everything else can be petrifying, and just personally nothing hits like impotent rage for me, esp. with teen characters, esp. with characters whose rage is stoked by Someone Else to further that Someone Else's cause. like you'll have done all that in a bout of passion and when you're done you look around you and nothing has changed. those sentiments don't get quelled by being satisfied. righteousness withdrawal is a horrible thing to intentionally drag someone into, least of all just some kids.

[marclef]

HE IS HERE ✨✨✨

(and dang he is HUUUUGE 👀)

[delulluart]

Sleeping Copia for @writingjourney 's latest Chapter of I Knew Nothing But Shadows

[facelessthefreak]

i just bought cult of the lamb :3

im gonna try to make my moots into followers lol

[stardestroyer81]

It's true— she told me herself! 💞

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[goldfish-fhr]

When the only friend you have left also wants to leave you.

Okay but genuinely hope there’s an option to tell rat king no on the legs haha Oro is gunna freak out

[calderkildae]

there are some murph npc voices in naddpod where i’m like, “oh yeah that’s just my friend murph,” and others where i’m shocked that an old, southern man possessed his body

[zer0point5ive]

lawrence gordon cosplay to go see saw x. rocking up in a three piece and standing ominously at the back of the theater

[lunarthing159]

It Is Time For Misc MCYT Doodles 2, Electric Boogaloo!! (This Time With More Effort Put Into The Characters)