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starastrologyy · 2 years

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Astrology Observations♟

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Edit: please note that I’m attempting to be very neutral and I have not stated my personal opinions on her. However, Nicki Minaj is the PERFECT example of the effects of having a Scorpio Midheaven! People are obsessed with her. For better or for worse. The ‘Barbz’ have literally stabbed people, and beat up someone’s mother over her. Whilst, many musicians, and people in general cannot stand her, because they feel like she’s a bully. She is someone who is extremely polarizing. People become unhinged trying to defend her , whilst others enjoy the fact that there are large groups of people who strongly dislike her. This is the result of having a Scorpio Midheaven in a nutshell.

Whilst having Venus conjunct the Ascendant is often associated with “good looks” I actually think that it really helps with your reputation, and how people perceive you. I will use celebrity examples! Selena Gomez has an Aries Moon (this isn’t shade to Aries moons) and her mercury makes very difficult aspects (squares Pluto/ opposes Saturn) Thus, one would assume she’d be controversial or well known for her temper/outbursts & tendency to attract conflict. But the opposite is actually true, anyone who is perceived to be “shading” her immediately gets attacked, as most people think she’s very kind and genuine. Whilst she has admitted that her relationship with Justin was mutually toxic, most people just can’t seem to see her as the aggressor. Her Venus makes a conjunction to her Ascendant. Beyoncé, Rihanna, Anna Nicole Smith,Angelina Jolie are more celebrities with this placement. What I’m essentially trying to say is, people tend to give you more grace when your Venus makes a conjunction to your natal Ascendant.

It’s common to see people who have the ruler of their 5th house placed in the 10th monetize a creative hobby. Their career often involves making use of one of their creative/artistic skills. Working in the entertainment industries is very common with this placement. Working with children in some way, is also a possibility.

Libra on the 9th house cusp can suggest you studied law, political science, or anything that involves diplomacy at college. Alternatively, you could have trained to become an esthetician or a cosmetologist.

Chiron, Pluto, Mars & Saturn in the 11th house culture is rarely feeling as if your ‘friends’ have your best interests at heart. Having any of these planets in the 11th house can be extremely isolating! It can cause you to feel alone, or perhaps as if you struggle to find a group of people that you resonate with (on a friendship level).

A solar return year in which you have many 8th house placements, will be a year in which you experience many “life changing” moments. Most people fear having planets in the 8th house in their solar return, so they opt to travel to a different location on their birthday. However, I feel like this isn’t necessary! Change and transformation doesn’t always have to be viewed as bad! Sometimes we need change to elevate us in life.

A while ago, an Astrologer on YouTube stated that whenever she sees a Gemini rising, or Gemini placements in a composite chart, she automatically thinks there is cheating involved. I don’t know how I feel about this sentiment. She explained that because of the Dual nature of of the Sign Gemini; it more often than not represents a third party, or external influences that are influencing the relationship. I see where she’s coming from, but I don’t necessarily think it’s wise to always interpret it like that. I personally believe the aspects that are being made in the composite chart will tell you a lot more about what it’s likely to occur in the relationship. If there are tons of squares to Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn & the chart ruler, I’m more inclined to believe that there is the potential for deception.

People with Juno in the 12th or a Pisces Descendent, often have a subconscious “savior complex”. They are usually highly compassionate, and might find that they have a tendency to attract people who have been wounded by life or those who lack boundaries.

A solar return year, in which you have planets in the 2nd,8th, & 11th houses, also known as the “money houses” can suggest that you will earn or receive a large amount of money that year. Alternatively, you may experience a significant change in your financial situation. You want to look at the aspects of course! (Trines & sextiles are more likely to manifest positively, whereas the conjunction can go either way).

When transit Uranus makes a square to your Natal Ascendant or Midheaven, those around you may view your newfound behavior as being strange or erratic. You are likely to go through many unpredictable changes during this transit consequently, you will start to experience changes in your personality, which will impact your relationships. You may find that you no longer resonate with the people around you, and abruptly decide to move, or make a change in your friendship circle. This is a very unpredictable time in your life, and your behavior will reflect this.

Trigger Warning: Eating Disorders (please don’t continue reading if topics like this make you uncomfortable. My intention is never to harm anyone or make anyone feel uncomfortable 🤍)

I’ve noticed that any kind of Saturnian influence over the 1st, 2nd & 6th house can bring about poor body image or restrictive tendencies when it comes to food. For example, having Saturn in the 1st, 2nd or 6th house! Or perhaps Saturn is negatively aspecting planets in those houses. Capricorn over these houses can also bring about a food complex. Obviously not everyone with Saturn in these houses will have a restrictive eating disorder, it’s just an observation so please don’t make it apply if it doesn’t 🤍

On the other hand, a Jupiterian influence on the 1st. 2nd, and 6th house can manifest as binge eating or turning to food as a coping mechanism. This can be having Jupiter in the 1st, 2nd, or 6th house. Alternatively, this dynamic can also occur when Sagittarius is over one of those houses.

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campwillowpeak · 1 year

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Could we get Harper SFW Alphabet?

A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?) Harper is super affectionate! He shows it though physical contact (if you're ok with it), acts of service, and some light teasing

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?) Absolute gremlin. Playfull bullying. Throwing rocks at your window at 2am to come out and join him for some questionable shinanigans. He's all about being an absolute goof and having a good time. Though if you ever need anything he'd insist you don't hesitate to come to him, he'll help out a buddy however he can (Whether by legal means or not :) )

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?) Harper fucking LOVES to cuddle. He'll wrap his long ol arms around you and hold you as close as he can without hurting you. Nuzzling his face into your hair with the biggest, goofiest grin… Good luck getting away from him any time soon :)

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?) He likes the idea of having a family some day, but he won't raise a fuss or anything if you're not for that! He's an excellent cook since its one of his main hobbies, and he likes to keep things fairly tidy… He isn't very diligent about laundry though… putting it away neatly anyway, he more often than not has a pile of unfolded clean laundry frequently being transfered between his computer chair and his bed. He does keep the dirty ones in the hamper though

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?) HAHAHAH Break up? HHAHAHAHA Thats funny :)))))))))))

F = Fiance(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?) Harper already ready to get down on one knee the moment he gets you to like him back… fuck he's prolly ready before even that

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?) He can be very gentle if thats what you prefer! He's a big guy but he knows how to be careful. Soft tender hugs, holding your hand in his, gentle kisses to the cheek. As far as emotionally, with you he's more than happy to open up and let you know just how much he adores you, going on and on about every little thing about you that makes him smile

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?) He loves hugs! He'll take em any time he can get em. Hugging you close while cuddling… Hugging you from behind while you're working on something… Man could just be looking at you for a few seconds and he's just filled with the urge to wrap his arms around you~

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?) Dawg already been saying it to you while watching you sleep for like the past year LMAOOOOO

J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they’re jealous?) Ahah… Ahahahah…. Ahahahahahah.. You remember that guy you told Harper about who was hitting on you last night? It looks like they're now on fucking fire… shame really ( ovo)

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?) His kisses can range from soft and gentle to rough and firm depending on the mood. His lips are very soft n you kno he keeps those suckers moisturized He loves to kiss your thighs and neck, also leaving little nibbles as well uvu Personally he loves to be kissed on the cheek, lips, and on his scars… Just makes him feel all tingly inside |D

L = Little ones (How are they around children?) Harper is pretty ok around kids, he def tolorates them better than he does older people, especially if they match his goofy gremlin energy. He's very much one to egg them on to be mischevious and if they're all going gremlin mode you'll 100% catch him playing and messing around with them, letting them hang off his arms, giving them piggy back rides, playing video games with them, ect. He'd also be very protective of em. He def has a soft spot for kids… And if they were his own then even more so

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?) Harper isn't the most early of risers, he's a lil slow to wake up and usually goes through 2 whole ass pots of coffee before he's even functioning, then even more throughout the day He also takes a little bit of time to get ready in the morning just tending to his teeth alone, he has a whole routine for them that takes up half an hour. And expect to be spending at least another half hour even before that just trying to convince him to let you go so you can get out of bed

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?) If its not a date night or anything then usually chilling together, watching movies, playing games, doing whatever fun little activities you guys can come up with. Though he'd love to take you out frequently for nights on the town, shopping and taking you to nice resturants and events. He wants to spoil you day and night but he also knows the importance of down time uvu

O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?) He'll start slow, trying to get you to warm up to him. But once you're official he'll gradually open up more and more… Though there are some things he'd rather you never find out :)))

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?) At you? Rarely if ever. At everyone else? They're on thin ice just being in the same room as him… and even more so the same room as you :)))

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?) Harper memorizes everything he can about you. Every little bit of information he can get his grubby, oversized hands on he's already commited to memory and he knows more about you than even some of your closest friends thanks to all that good ol fashioned stalking he been doing uvu

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?) When you both first reached the camp and he realized now he'd be able to openly interact with you without you easily being able to get away uvu

S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?) Mega protective, the minute Harper even thinks something or someone is a danger to you he's immediately putting that big ol body of his between you and whoever/whatever it is. And if you were ever hurt? Whoever is responsible is going to be finding their subscription to breathing being cancelled real soon

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?) Oh the man is going all out on special events like those if you let him… Fancy dates, taking you to your favorite places, making you the absolute BEST food if not taking you out to wherever you wanted to eat. He'd make sure every date, anniversary, special event with him is one you'll never forget0 As for chores, he doesn't mind doin em, especially things like cooking :)

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?) He doesn't bother with small things like matching his socks. And he has a bad habit of picking at his fingertips especially when he's nervous

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?) Harper likes looking cleaned up but other than that his style and vibe is pretty chill. Not like grungy or anything but also not super fancy… I guess just slightly above average attention to it?

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?) Very much so, he wouldn't be able to bring himself to function much past taking care of his Nonna, and when she's gone he'd pretty much just… give up

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them.) He makes random noises when he's bored or focusing on something, half the time he doesn't even realize he's doign it. But sometimes he'll just look at you, freeze for a few seconds, and then make some silly noise before giving you a goofy laugh

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn’t like, either in general or in a partner?) He hates avacados. He also doesn't like things being super messy/dirty

Z = Zzz (What is a sleep habits of theirs?) He talks in his sleep sometimes… Sometimes its just random gibberish, others you could hold full, if not very strange, convorsations with him while he's sleeping

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deardragonbook · 2 years

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Ways parents can fail children without even realizing it

TW: Mentions of mild child neglect, EDs, physical and mental health.

Sorry for not posting in a while but I just got back from a family holiday. The fact this is the first post I write probably isn’t a good sign but I think this is an interesting topic.

First, what do I mean by failing a child? Well, I mean that pain is inflicted, either emotional or physical. But in this case without realizing it, I’m not talking obvious physical or verbal abuse. Most of what I’m going to talk about is more ignorance than anything else. But it’s a great way to make characters more distant with their parents without having to make the parents bad people.

1.- The assumptions that children exaggerate their pain. I’ve seen this so often it’s painful. When a child complains they’re in pain, when they cry and scream for help, parents often treat this as a tantrum and don’t stop to consider perhaps they are actually in a lot of pain.

As well as illness another thing to consider is, how many of you have had your parents laugh after you fall down and start crying before stopping to check if you’re okay? This can also be emotionally damaging when a child is actually hurt.

This kind of ignorance can also cause food intolerances to be ignored and be forced to continue eating foods that cause us harm because they’re healthy.

2.- Failure to recognize your children are different to you. This can be both physical and metal. I think the fastest way to explain this is through two examples:

1.- Physical. My mother has straight hair, mine is curly. If you don’t know, curly hair requires a very different treatment to straight hair. As a child I recall my mother putting huge emphasis on brushing my hair every morning, I did as I was told and every morning my hair looked worse than before brushing it. It’d be all fizzy and just not nice to touch. My mother saw this as either me not brushing it, or when she saw me brushing it, that I was somehow doing something wrong. When I realized my hair was much better when I didn’t brush it and just combed it in the shower, she was having none of it. It wasn’t until I moved out I was allowed to do what I wanted with my hair and it looks much better now.

That bad hair care not only affected my mental image of myself, I suffered bullying at school and constant criticism from my mother. When I never got the tools to properly care for my hair.

2.- Mental. This one is far more obvious. If you have anxiety or any other mental issue that your parents don’t have, convincing them those feelings are real is extremely difficult, sometimes, near impossible.

But even more simple than that, I study best with music on, if there’s no music I will listen to conversations on the street and not be able to study. My parents studied best in quiet. They forced me to study in a way that didn’t work for me just because it had worked for them.

3.- Teaching children to save but not to spend. This one is a bit weird but stick with me. As a child I was given very little in material goods, which is fine, if ever I wanted something the answer was you can get with your own money. Okay, teaches children to spend money responsibly! Except the issue was, at the age of fourteen, I needed a computer for school and stuff. Computers are expensive. My pocket money was 5 euros a week. To earn that pocket money I literally ran the house (my father was ill, I ran the house because I was the oldest, my siblings were only like ten and five or something), to save up for a computer I needed to not spend any money during my childhood. I didn’t have new toys or actual hobbies. I also never went out with friends to eat or have drinks or go to the pool.

Like I’ve said, my parents didn’t mean to take away my childhood. My father wasn’t at fault for being ill. The issue for me was the fact my parents were well-off. My sister at this same age (and I’m happy for her) gets sixty-five euros. The computer ended up being a family computer. I used it to manage the entire house’s administrative work. I let my sibling use it for school later on. It went to my father for work when I left home and bought a laptop.

And as an adult who lives alone, the amount of anxiety I feel when spending money is... well, I lived off five euros a week during my first few years. I wasn’t eating enough or healthy. I’ve improved, but even now I’m still the person who finds the cheapest thing on the menu and always has that.

And that’s a trauma they taught me.

Had spending money been an option during my childhood, I perhaps would have learnt to spend as well as save. But I was taught to save to an extreme point and still do today.

This is very specific. But there are many ways parents end up teaching traumas while trying to teach healthy habits. A lot of EDs come from home for example. It’s very difficult to stop and think about the long-term consequences of certain actions.

4.- Body image. I knew what dieting was at the age of three because my mother struggle with her image. I knew I was chubby at the age of four. My mother still talks about my fat phase when I was pre-teen. I don’t even know if it was real at this point though, because at sixteen I was told by my doctor was I worrying under-weight, and my mother told me I was fat. I believed my mother over my doctor until she told me to not be surprised if my summer clothing didn’t fit because I’d put on weight. When every single item I tried on was baggy, I stopped listening to her. She probably still thinks it stretched out while in storage. But I know I stopped fainting when I started eating.

To this day, my mother reminds me how I musn’t eat desserts and how much better I’d look if I just lost a bit of weight.

I know from how she talks about herself that it’s more a reflection of her mental health than mine. But the inability to separate our issues from our children’s issues is dangerous.

Trauma shouldn’t be hereditary. And for that, we need to take a step back and evaluate our beliefs.

Anyway... that’s enough of my trauma turned into writing advice for one day!

I’m sorry if this was a bit heavy, I promise to write something lighter soon!

It’s been a really weird summer for me. I’m sorry I haven’t been active but just seeing the notification from tumblr and other social medias has given me a lot of comfort these months.

So, thank you for being here! Remember, everything changes, and if things aren’t going great today, that doesn’t mean two years down the line things can’t be better. Sometimes all we can do is wait things out. Hoping you find something to smile about today.

And, as usual if you want to check out my book, an activity book I have, my free stories or other social medias, all of that and more can be found here.

#writing #writer #writeblr #write #Writing tips #writing advice #writing tip #how I write #how to write #writing reference #writing references

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ofdieus · 2 months

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‘ imogen waterhouse, cis woman, she/her, 30 (300), high fae ’ ― cauldron save you. it seems TILLIE KEENTIDE has finally made it to the capital, the SCRIBE/SCHOLAR from the AUTUMN COURT is said to be ADROIT and is said to describe themselves with THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON YOUR SHOULDERS, SUNLIGHT BREAKING THROUGH THE NIGHT, LOOKING WITHIN THE MIRROR TO FIND WHO YOU SEE, LONG HAIR PULLED INTO A BRAID & WARM AS THE SUN AND BURNING BRIGHT AS ONE and with all of this in mind their LOQUACIOUS nature always seems to get them into trouble. may the mother hold them as they navigate this unthinkable time.

GENERAL DETAILS.

full name: matilda "tillie" catherine keentide nickname(s): goes by tillie everywhere, only a few call her matilda date of birth: july 7th zodiac: cancer sun, virgo moon, virgo rising gender & pronouns: cis woman ( she / her ) species: high fae place of birth: the capital orientation: bisexual, biromantic occupation: scribe & scholar for the autumn court

PHYSICAL, ETC.

faceclaim: imogen waterhouse hair colour & style: here clothing style: here distinguishing characteristics: round cheeks, expressive brows piercing(s) & tattoo(s): lobes

PERSONALITY.

positive trait(s): adroit, cordial, meticulous negative trait(s): loquacious, enigmatic, fanciful like(s): books, warm weather, learning new languages, soft music dislike(s): cold weather, bullies, violence hobbie(s): reading, writing, poetry, researching, knitting character inspiration: leslie knope (parks and recreation), jess day (new girl), penelope garcia (criminal minds), belle (beauty and the beast)

FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, ETC.

mother: prudence keentide (adoptive mother) father: hugh keentide (adoptive father) birth parents: unknown (both deceased) sibling(s): taria morwen (twin/grew up together) significant other: n/a

BACKGROUND.

biography trigger(s): adoption, death of parents/murder, orphanage, mention of infertility

When Tillie was four, her parents never came home. To this day, the reports and speculation are close to none, she's checked. The small girl was taken to a ward of other parentless children, unsure of why this happened to her.

When she arrived, there was another girl there, Taria. They became inseparable to the point where they would be referred to as the twins. The ward was careless and while the girls had each other, they could only rely on each other, she realized.

Tillie was happy there, she had a few personal items she brought from her previous life and her books. She was sure she wouldn't need anything else. One day though, everything changed.

A blonde woman from the autumn court with a nice smile, who was unable to have her own children came to the ward. Tillie smiled politely at her and Taria pushed her to go talk to her. She was kind, loved books and wanted a little girl just like her. Tillie couldn't deny they had identical features and had the same shade of hair.

When they arrive back at the autumn court, Tillie was overwhelmed. It was so different and she had no idea what to expect but with the help of her new parents, she was able to adapt better with time. She studied furiously, it came easier to her as she aged. Tillie wrote letters to Taria constantly and although she missed living with her twin, she was starting to feel like she could have her own life without the past coming back to haunt her.

When Tillie was sorting out her future; working and giving back to the autumn court was something that seemed like the best option. She had never fought a day in her life, so instead, she offered her love of knowledge... Her language skills and her ability to find things quicker than anyone else. She began training to become a scholar, then a scribe. She had extensive training over the years and the best money could buy thanks to her parents, to which one day it opened the door for her to approach the high family. For the past fifteen years, she has been the one who those can turn to for knowledge and maybe a good book recommendation.

HEADCANONS.

tillie does not remember anything really about her family but she does remember the name lily but she likes to keep that to herself as to not spoil it... she purchases the flowers every month to remind her

she enjoys sweet treats and tends to make sure she has one at the end of every day

tillie, when she moved to the autumn court, wrote taria a letter every week to keep her up-to-date / keep in contact - she tried to visit as much as she could as well

tillie loves jokes and tends to write them down in a notebook that she can save them for later

she has started a large collection of first edition books and keeps them in the library at her home on display

tillie also loves to put notes into her books in the margins so she can reference them later or to those who want to read the book / borrow it / study from it

she loves her adoptive parents dearly but there are some days where she wished she knew what happened to her birth parents and what her life would have looked like if they were still alive

she still experiences anxiety sometimes over her past but she tries to mask it and hides it quite well with people she isnt close with but because she is so bubbly and talkative when she is quiet it's easy for people to see if something is wrong / bothering her

#tillie — biography #tw adoption #tw death #tw anxiety #ofcourtfables:intro

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hashtag-xolo · 1 year

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It's funny (/sarcasm) how people are so passionately defending how much better off their understimulated, poorly socialized, and emotionally neglected dogs are than well-worked dogs living in climate-correct shelter because their "fur kids" live inside of a house. Kind of like people don't enjoy facing the fact that dogs are not cute robots who are pre-programmed to be obedient and friendly and you know... Actually have complex needs that are different from our own. You know... Just like our own human children.

Like, if these really were your "kids"... Then you would have to actually "parent" them. Meaning you would have to take responsibility and teach rules, boundaries, and skills that will help them be comfortable and successful in life. Such as:

-socializing your dog's properly and in healthy ways, not flooding them. Like how you would teach a child about the world and how to kindly interact with others in their lives.

- giving them clear criteria for behaviors and expectations so dogs have the security of a structure to their lives. Like teaching your own children skills like reading and writing, and setting up daily routines like mealtimes and bedtimes.

- embracing foods that are actually healthy for dogs and have research to back then up, not following the latest fad diet trends. Because malnutrition is bad in kids and dogs and dad diets are bad for both.

- engaging with your dog and allowing your dog to pursue activities that are fulfilling to your dog - even ones that might be kind of inconvenient or boring to you, like letting your dog get some good sniffaris in. Like how you should let a child pursue their own interests and hobbies even though you really wish they'd play football like you did.

The amount of "pet parents" that give their dogs the bare minimum of food, shelter, and some pets and call them well-cared for while ignoring their dog's true needs for interaction and structure... Is a lot. That isn't a good life to exist anxious and without guidance. Trust me, I was raised in a household where I had a roof over my head and food but emotionally was neglectful at best. And all I hear when people say "but my dog is indoors not cruelly outdoors!!!" Is that same sort of logic that as a child I should be grateful for the shitty treatment my parents gave me because I had physical shelter. Or the people who yank their dogs along on a walk instead of letting their dogs fulfill their integral need to sniff at their environment, and then wonder why their dog has developed leash issues and anxiety make me think how children deprived of their own passions develop deep anxieties...

Also like... Dogs like structure and routine. It gives them a strong sense of security actually to know what to expect in their life. People who let their pups do whatever because "oh they're my kid I could never force them to do anything" just tell me they don't know how to teach, only how to bully. LIMA or strictly force-feed, there are plenty of trainers who have never had to use aversives to raise wonderfully behaved dogs. (This is not an invitation to debate training methods or aversive use, just making a statement that training that is minimally aversive to zero aversives actually works.) Setting boundaries and expectations isn't cruel. Refusing to communicate and engage with your dog, though, is neglectful. Just like ignoring your kids and letting them play on an iPad all day is neglectful of your responsibilities as a parent.

A dog who has proper shelter and who gets plenty of social engagement and time with its humans while getting to fulfill its biopsychological need to hunt/herd/pull/work is a really happy, lucky dog. This dog is comfortable, confident, and getting fulfillment on multiple levels beyond what a dog left alone in a house for eight hours a day is getting. This dog is getting proper shelter. Not every single dog wants to sleep on the bed right next to a human. Hell, even my incredibly Velcro dog wants some space at night time because he wants to sleep without getting jostled awake. It's not abusive to give your dog a sleeping place that isn't inside of a house as long as it's properly sheltered.

But ultimately I think the biggest issue is people are having to face that their dog who sleeps inside isn't actually that well taken care of. That leaving a dog bored at home for ten hours a day, taking it on a half hour walk while you ignore it further and check your social media, and only give maybe an half hour of focused engagement total at home really isn't such a good life. But that is a hard thing to admit so it's a lot easier to scapegoat those whose interactions with dogs looks really different. And calling them your kids makes them seem oh so loved while ignoring the fact that like far too many children, these dogs are living in emotionally neglectful and stifling homes because like human children, dog children take work and need teaching, guidance, and social interaction. Dogs have distinct needs from humans. They are not the same as children and nothing I said above is meant to imply they are the same, just that like with children of your own you need to actually take responsibility for the lives in your care. And some of those responsibilities actually are similar.

Now, is every "fur parent" this bad? No. Plenty of people take time to actively spend time with their dogs. And plenty of these people do call their dogs their kids. But, I do think that the people crying the loudest are those who most deeply need to examine the ways they relate to animals and children. And really any disenfranchised populations of humans. Because there's a deep difference between simply existing and living a good life for both humans and animals. Proper shelter takes many forms and is just one piece of a bigger web of needs. It's important, but just having that isn't enough.

#dogblr #long post #animal welfare #because im really tired of people calling their dogs their kids and then ignoring them #like yall if thats how you treat your kids im gonna talk to a social worker

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marshmallowprotection · 2 years

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Seeing how many ppl asked for matchups I got curious.... idk why I was so hesitant at first but lets go (if someone recognises me from this no you don't, my identity is a mystery shush)

Both romantic and platonic are fine, whichever you find works best honestly! I’m lesbian but I don’t mind being paired with men since this is all fictional anyways.

Alright so. I’m an ISTP-T and my one hobby is drawing (unless daydreaming for hours on end counts as a hobby). I’m an introvert and I have lots of trouble with opening to new ppl but I really cherish the friends I do manage to make. I love living in my own little world and thinking about my ocs who are basically one of the only thing that truly makes me happy and I love imagining a cosy little future for myself even though I have no real ambitions beside continuing to draw and getting better at it.

I’m very good at school stuff and all (I’m a genius but also rlly dumb and uncultured and lazy), I’m very stressed all the time, I often dislike elements about myself like my appearance or my personality and I’m kind of a cleaning freak. If there’s one thing I hate about ppl it’s ppl who don’t put in the effort to better themselves and their surroundings. If there’s one thing I love about ppl it’s ppl who take the time to understand others and still try their best when things are hard. I think having some kind of drive, even if it’s not what’s considered as a « noble goal » and may seem insignificant or silly is admirable.

Something I think is important to know is I despise the idea of the tranquil committed lifestyle as a concept in fictional stuff (I don’t really mind it irl but a matching would count as fictional so I’m adding it to this). For reference Saeran’s normal ending made me want to tear my brain out of my head bc of how torturingly boring that life would be. The idea of not having any option to get out of something is something that terrifies me which makes me hate when characters talk about getting married, having children, etc. The fact I move very slow when it comes to romantic stuff doesn’t help and is my main problem with the mysme cannon route bc dude we’ve known each others for less than two weeks.

Now this is only about fictional characters so I don’t know how relevant it is, but one thing about me is I have terrible taste. Irredeemable villains? Give them to me. Characters that are universally hated and are so one dimensional it’s laughable? Come here babe, I’ll invent you a whole backstory and make you my favourite character. Maybe I’m a contrarian, maybe I just like blank slate characters bc it gives me room to write them how I like them, maybe my gay awakening being through the bullies/rivals in otome games permanently affected me. But there is nothing more shameful to me than the characters I do actually end up liking.

Anyways that’s it I don’t want to rant too much about myself. I rlly like your writing and I’d like you to know you have inspired at least a hundred hours of daydreaming (though most of it used your aus as base and just expanded on them by going completely off script. But know that I mean this with tremendous respect and it doesn’t take just any old fanfic to get my brain engine going that hard)

I match you with...

Yoosung!

You view the world in a very particular way. You like things to happen realistically. You don't want a suspension of reality. You want to put in the effort even if that takes a lot longer than it would for other people. You just want to know that what you're getting into is going to work out for you, and there's really nothing wrong with that at the end of the day. Everybody has a comfort zone and you know what yours is. You should commend yourself from being able to understand what it is that you want. With that in mind, you need somebody cut understands your perspective and wouldn't try to push you into a corner.

You're going to have to hear me out on this one because you might not get it at first. If there's one thing that we know about Yoosung, it’s that he’s driven. He gets a little lost in life because of his grief but that doesn't mean that he gives up on everything. He struggles to find himself and it's thanks to your compassion that he's able to have a better understanding of himself and the things that he wants.

His route if given a bit more time would realistically work out for you. Because it goes in such a way where you start out as laughing together as friends before he formally ask if he can be your pre-boyfriend instead of your boyfriend. This would be his first relationship so it makes sense. You're going to work with him slowly on this to build an interesting relationship. You're testing the waters and it's not as if you're exactly dating, but it's figuring out if that's something that you want to do.

You and Yoosung could drive each other to your passions and goals. It feels like that would be a nice balance for you, regardless of if you were to date or not at the end of the day. A little optimism would never hurt so Yoosung would be the counter to your realism. It’s nice to have someone who believes in you no matter what happens, y’know? Be grounded but hopeful, that’s what Yoosung does for you.

#anon #ask #mod kait #matchup #I can only wonder which AU did it

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rodriguezbrinch35 · 9 days

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TWST OC showcase: Junia Rondo

Merfolk - Rainbow Parrotfish Right-handed Queendom of Roses - Octavinelle Dorm 161cm / 5'3 - #e85483 / 232, 84, 131 May 14th - Taurus - 19-20 y.o. 2nd year - Sophmore - Class B, no. 24 Pop Music Club Best Subject: Music Hobbies: Macabre stories and songs Pet peeves: People not taking care of themselves Favorite food: Fasolada Least favorite food: Plain Anything Talent: Singing Floyd-given name: Parrotfish Rook-given name: Demoiselle Chanteuse/Songbird Cater-given name: Junie-pie Signature Spell: 'Use Your Voice' Can perfectly imitate the voice of absolutely anyone, so long as she's heard it at least once

[ ~Based on the Nautilus Ariel's voice was kept in~ ]

Some quotes:

“No, no, Junia! You weren't supposed to think about it!” She slaps her cheeks. [internal narration] *It's better I not think about it. Besides, I'm stupid after all, so what would I even be able to figure out if I did? It won't do me any good.*

[internal narration] *Haah, what should I do?! They need backup, but I can't exactly fight…but there's no one else available to help!* She stands there almost in a panic, hesitating and second-guessing herself over and over again on wether to or not to run over. *But what could I even do?!* Then she hears that some of the people she knows are injured, and something clicks. She gives herself a light bonk on the head with her closed fist. “Ah— duh, I know first aid!”

“I-I would love to laugh at your joke, but to tell you the truth I am much too confused right now.”

She was born in the ocean surrounding the land known as the Queendom of Roses, in a cushy bay in the middle of the country. At least cushy compared to the rest of the open ocean, which was far more competetive when it came to survival. However, her mother was born in the Coral Sea. As a Parrotfish, her bright colors stood out against the deep blue, so though she was lucky to be born into a wealthy family which granted her some protections others didn't have, she was still forced to fight to survive. Her marriage to the heir of the Rondo family was what finally ensured her safety. Junia was born some years after, but her father died before he could meet her. Junia's mother then decided to move the two to the Queendom of Roses, where her mother ended up becoming a successful lawyer. Her plans for Junia, already fully formed at less than a year old, was for her to become an excellent student and find a good, stable career of her own. That way her mother could be sure she'd not only survive but further their family legacy.

When she got older and was supposed to start learning how to read, she tried her best, but could never make sense of it. The letters seemed to jump around and flow together, and she would sometimes need to spend 10 minutes just trying to read a poem. If she'd ever been taken to see a doctor about it, she would have been diagnosed with severe dyslexia, and also as being autistic, though the latter has nothing to do with her difficulty in learning to read and write. It took much more time and practice for her to be able to read than it took for her peers. Junia was also a very gullible person and tended to believe most things people said to her if they seemed somewhat plausible. She didn't doubt other people or consider that they could be lying, since the thought of someone operating in bad faith just never naturally crosses her mind. Some of the other children around her used this to pick on and even bully her. Because she had trouble reading both words and the room and was so gullible, everyone around her— including her mother— started calling her stupid. She started to believe it. As a child, people often remarked to her mother about how cute Junia was, and as she got older, they started calling her beautiful. Coupled with her reputation as being stupid, people whispered behind her back that her appearance was the only thing she had going for her. Her mother seemingly took this to heart and began raising Junia to be the perfect dim-witted, obedient housewife, since she hoped that at the very least maybe Junia could have a future as a trophy wife to fall back on if she couldn't get a good job with her own effort. Her mother told Junia that smiling made women beautiful, so Junia started smiling all the time. She told Junia that she was an ugly crier, so Junia stopped crying in front of others. She was never really able to make any friends, since her mother pressured her to spend as much time as possible studying. Whenever she tried to speak to other kids her age, she would always end up saying something that got her weird looks. Or she had trouble finding a gap in the conversation in which to speak, and since she had been taught that interrupting was rude, she ended up a quiet observer in the background enough times that she stopped wanting to try to talk to them. Instead, she grew very fond of animals, smaller fish with somewhat 'lesser' intelligence. For whatever reason, these fish always loved her, and so she would often spend time with them over her peers. These smaller fish who were sometimes sought out as prey returned the love she gave in full, and saw her for what she was, unlike other people who only saw what she lacked. People who saw how much time she spent with these creatures considered mere animals felt it only further confirmed their beliefs of her being an idiot. People began calling her 'Guppy' as an insulting nickname— akin to calling her a child and suggesting her intelligence was on par with one.

Junia had always loved to sing and play the harp, and wanted nothing more than to continue with her passions. She can actually read musical notes quite well, and has a really good musical memory, which means she can remember the lyrics even if she's only heard a song once or twice. However, her mother told her to stop, since she thought the songs Junia wrote and composed were too 'strange' or 'disturbing' or 'eccentric'. Being the obedient girl she was, Junia agreed to stop. She was even forbidden from humming in the house. As she became a little bit older, her mother became more and more concerned with finding a husband for her. This was when she started forbidding Junia from any and all self expression that she didn't approve of, which included her music, and Junia's love of an abundance of 'flower' patterns from the surface. She started preparing her and telling her about the things she would need to give up to be married. She must remain obedient and do exactly as her future husband says, in order to keep him happy. She must never do anything her future husband hasn't given her permission to do, she must never bother him with her worries, anxieties or insecurities, and never state her opinion on anything, in order to not risk disagreeing with him. She must be seen and never heard, unless spoken to, and her only value outside of having children is to make her husband look better by having a pretty, obedient wife. Basically, she must give up her entire personhood to be forever tied to someone she knows nothing about, and become little more than an accessory to someone else. Junia started to feel more and more as though she didn't want what her mother had decided for her and began dreading her future marriage, even though it wouldn't be until she was at least 18. But still, she said nothing. What could she even do about it anyway? She couldn't somehow convince her mother to allow her to not go through with it. If she decided to run away, she'd have nowhere to go, and would probably end up meeting with an even worse fate, since she's been so dependent on her mother her entire life that she has no idea how to survive on her own, having never been taught how. So, Junia started acting the way her mother told her an 'ideal woman' should.

Then one day, what she had dreaded seemed to come to pass. Her mother informed her that she had found a good suitor for her in the Coral Sea. And so they would be going there and staying for a month, so Junia could start getting used to the environment before meeting her husband-to-be. She was miserable every tail-flick of the way, and felt like she was being suffocated. She had to start to grapple with the fact that she would never be able to sing again. So the first chance she got, she snuck off into an empty area, bringing her harp with her, and started to sing a series of songs she'd been working on for years— something like her life's work. Her mother always said they were 'too creepy' so she knew she'd never get the chance to again. Unbeknownst to her, while she was singing song after song, she had a secret audience of three…

(They knew who she was. The Rondo family was quite well-known, at least in this part of the Coral Sea, and who would the Octomer be if he didn't do his research? They had also heard the widow and daughter of the previous head of the Rondo family were coming back to the Coral Sea after 18 years in order for said daughter to be politically married-off. Azul didn't take much note of it— at least not until the moment he happened upon her; tweets following behind after he'd been gone for a bit too long. The two first things that struck him were her bright tail and gorgeous singing voice. The ones that came later was her great conventual beauty, and the passion she seemed to have for each song she performed. Yet there was also a sadness reflected on her face every time she finished a song. He saw the facts:

These songs were quite…unconventional, or at least so a family as traditional as the Rondos and whatever company they were trying to marry into would believe.

She was here to be married, and did not seek very happy about it.

She seemed even more sad after finishing each song or having to go back for the day, suggesting she felt this was something of a swan-song to her love of music.

She was a girl with a reputation for being gullible, naïve; easily deceived. He smelled blood in the water and had Thaumarks in his eyes. He could use this. The tweels just snickered quietly behind him, matching his smirk.)

One day during her singing, when she had just finished a song, she heard a whistle, and clapping. Hands flying up to cover her mouth to cover not only a surprised squeal, but also the fact that whoever made that sound had heard her singing! She saw two eel mer slithering out of some nearby seaweed. They said they'd been listening to her sing, and wanted to keep hearing the story. Her eyes lit up with the stars ocean-residents never saw, and they knew it wouldn't be hard for Azul to convince her. They introduced themselves as 'Jade' and 'Floyd'— and only laughed or smiled each time she got their names mixed up. The louder one of the two even burst out laughing when she called him something WAY off the mark. He thought it was hilarious she was so bad with names, even though they'd started coming to listen to her sing every day.

There was something different about her when she had an audience. She was absolutely exuberant, and somehow put even more passion, emotion and effort into each and every song she sang. They thought she was interesting. She was clumsy, shockingly observant, skilled with her hands, oblivious, had 'etiquette school' written all over her and said the strangest things sometimes. She was like an open book— but one they couldn't predict. Without knowing it, she'd got their mental seal of approval.

As the day on which she would meet her future husband— and thus be forever trapped in a life she didn't want— was drawing near, she told her unexpected friends a bit about it. They obviously already knew thanks to Azul, but the confirmation was what made the three of them decide amongst themselves that it was time: she'd be taken to see Azul, and would most likely end up striking a deal with him.

Jade and Floyd had talked to Azul about what she was like before. Floyd often went on about 'Parrotfishie is so fun~!' and even Jade would smile and agree 'She certainly is interesting.' Azul, for his part, while not surprised at Floyd's opinion, was more startled that Jade agreed, given the latter often kept his feelings much closer to his chest. Everything they'd told him had him already prepared for her being a bit eccentric. But he was still surprised by her when he actually met her. She did say the strangest things sometimes. But she had this charm that always made her able to completely get away with it, cocking her head to the side in confusion, a surprised expression on her face when one of them laughed, asking with a confused, somewhat shocked voice if she'd said something weird. There was something comfortable about her presence, which he yet-again thought could be a great asset to them, and to his business.

When she was told that he was this 'sea witch' she'd sometimes heard whispers of, even back in the waters of the Queendom of Roses, she wasn't scared. She was surprised, even shocked, sure, but not scared. In fact, she seemed amazed, asking if it was true that he was really that good at granting wishes, saying that he was amazing with an expression of genuine awe.

And when it came time for the actual deal, she didn't try to haggle or negotiate the terms of the contract— she didn't even read it! It wasn't until much later that he would learn she couldn't read. Regardless, even knowing it might be dangerous, she had just laid everything she had in his hands, and was happy to do so, so long as she was still allowed to sing.

And thus, the contract was signed, and Junia Rondo never met her husband-to-be.

After signing her contract with Azul, a letter was sent to her mother. The specifics aren't important because Azul left a TL;DR on the first page in big, bold letters saying:

[The voice of Junia Rondo— and by extension Junia Rondo herself— is now the legal property of Azul Ashengrotto.]

And as Junia was 18 already, there was nothing the authorities could do about it.

She knew her mother was probably furious. But for once, she didn't care. She was too happy to be free.

Next thing she knew she went with Azul, Jade and Floyd to a sort of 'human boot camp' where, after drinking a transformation potion for the first time, they would be trained on how to live on land. They all struggled with the whole 'having legs' thing— none so more than Junia. It seems her clumsiness with everything but her fingers had come back in full force and even worsened now that she had legs. She couldn't even always manage to calibrate her own tail, so it was no surprise, really, that it took her almost twice as long as the other three to learn to use her legs effectively enough to not fall over. Well…fall over less. Baby steps. And she always had someone there to catch her. Though Azul, being used to eight limbs, also struggled more than the tweels. So at first when she stumbled into him, he stumbled as well, ending with them in a heap on the floor.

After completing their boot camp, Junia with the lowest marks— barely passing, but somehow good enough!— the four of them were enrolled into 'Night Raven College', a very prestigious magic school. Junia was a little worried at first about how she'd even get in, knowing it was an all-boys' school— would she have to crossdress? She wasn't super happy with the idea but she would do it if she had to! But then she just watched Azul hand over a big stack of Thaumarks to the Headmage and that was that. 'Oh.' was all she said, surprised it was really that easy.

At NRC:

Among the four of them in the Octavinelle Quartet, Junia was the one who took the longest to acclimate to walking on legs as opposed to swimming with a tail. In fact, even into her second year, she still tripped quite often. And so, Azul mostly had her working taking orders and showing people their seats. Because for as cute as her clumsiness could be, having to constantly replace plates and glasses she'd dropped and shattered was really draining his budget for the Mostro Lounge.

On Saturdays and Sundays, Junia would do almost nothing but sing at the Mostro Lounge. And on Sunday nights, she was allowed to sing songs she herself had written— ones that were way more experimental, intent to tell a story rather than just be a nice background song. And these nights became massive hits! A lot of people would come to watch just to see the next part of the story! And of course Azul capitalized on this, offering special offers on Sunday nights that lead to Mostro Lounge's business going up a lot!

She feels incredibly grateful to Azul for giving her a chance to not only share her music with others, but also for taking her with him to NRC despite the fact female students aren't typically allowed. She's gotten to meet so many different kinds of people there! And at a school with so many strange people, she feels right at home, instead of like the misfit she always felt like she was at home. And being away from her mother, she feels happier and more confident than ever. She's slowly starting to find out about strengths of hers that aren't just how 'pretty' she is.

But...she does also still feel very self-conscious of how 'stupid' she feels like she is. She had to get Azul's help in order to have the staff agree to a deal where she could give her exams orally instead of written on paper (bribes. he bribed them) and she is also the only student for whom this is the case. She always has to study alongside someone else because she's just not really capable of taking down notes since she's illiterate. When she does get that help, of someone explaining it to her, she understands it pretty ok eventually, but she still feels self-conscious that she needs that help in the first place. She kinda dreads going to class because of it.

The specific terms of her and Azul's contract were that Azul now owns her voice in exchange for her being able to still use it, and working for him for as long as the contract is in effect. That means not only singing at the lounge, but also working as a waitress, and— since Junia has always been seen as beautiful and attractive by those around her— he started using that to have her advertise the lounge and any and all new menu items right away. All without pay. But she would be allowed to eat 3 meals from the lounge for free a day— she'll be working for him, so he certainly can't have her be starving!

Since it's a very feminine voice, he couldn't really use it himself without it clashing with his appearance and normal speaking voice, not to mention he also already has Prince Rielle's pretty singing voice. But Rielle's voice can't do Soprano very well, just because that's not its range. So that's one of the reasons he lets her keep use of her voice. And he will admit that her natural charisma— and the charm her obvious, genuine passion for music gives all of her performances— certainly lets her make use of her song voice to greater effect than if he'd given it to someone else.

Junia is, as expected, great friends with Jade, Floyd and Azul.

She's often a bit startled and confused when Floyd drags her along to go follow his whims and do whatever he wants, but once her mind catches up she often ends up having a lot of fun. And through him she's also slowly starting to learn it's ok to prioritize things she wants to do over what she's been told to do. Azul is not always happy about Floyd making off with his best advertiser, but he never seriously punishes them harsher than giving them an extra shift to make up for the one they missed.

Despite being in the Pop Music Club, she sometimes goes with Jade on his hikes in the mountains. It's also a bit of plus for her since she gets to see more kinds of flowers! And birds, and other critters. She also always tries out Jade's new mushroom dishes, to Azul and Floyd's utter confusion and bafflement, and Jade's delight.

And as stated before, she has a lot of respect for Azul, and really admires him. And the two understand each other pretty well, since she was also bullied as a child, albeit less harshly than he was. She's also very quick to compliment him and tell him her positive opinions of him. He's had her tone it down whilst among others, since he doesn't want to end up blushing hard enough that his reputation is put in jeapordy, which she's gladly agreed to, thinking his shyness was actually really cute.

She's basically best friends with Cater, Lilia and Kalim as well, since the four of them are the only members of the Pop Music Club. She is actually often the only reason they get any kind of music practicing done at all. She also composes all the 'band's songs, since the others don't mind trying out something that isn't just an actual pop song cover now and then, and it's yet another way in which she gets to play her songs! Her playing piano well easily translated into keyboard, and she's also a prominent vocalist, but also loves being able to sing as a back-up.

#twst oc #twst #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland oc #Moony's OCs #🩷junia #Spotify

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bynummcgee27 · 2 months

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Invest in a rechargeable battery for your wireless gaming controller. You can buy rechargeable power supplies for any controller. If you intend to play video games regularly, you will be eating through a small fortune in the batteries used to run your controllers. A rechargeable battery can save you a lot of money in the long run. kpoker take the word of a minor on whether or not a game is appropriate for them. If a game is rated M for mature, there is usually a good reason for it. Do your homework on the hot new game your kid is begging for. Make sure it is something you want them playing before you spend money on it. Be careful about letting your child play online video games, especially games with live audio. There can be foul language in these channels, as well as a lot of bullying behavior. There can also be child predators in these chat rooms. Know what your child is doing and monitor these chat times for their protection. Do you have a child who is using a gaming console with online capabilities? If so, then you should ensure the settings are changed prior to them playing. This helps you ensure that your child only sees appropriate content. You can also determine how much they can chat with others while online. Video games are a lot of fun, but they can be quite tricky, too. If you are stuck on a game, go online and search for cheats. Most games have some sort of cheat or cheats that can make them a lot easier. Simply search in your favorite search engine and you can easily find cheats to make your game play better. Get in shape with video games. Many video games are now interactive and use your body movement. If you are getting bored with your exercise routine or don't have one yet, invest in a video game and get into shape. You will find yourself having a great time and getting in shape all at once. Try renting your video games. These days, there are services that let you rent a video game before you purchase it. Compare the services to find out which makes the most sense for your wallet, or try all of them to get access to the widest variety of video games. The PS2 isn't new, but it is cheap and has a great library. The games can cost as much as 50% less than those used in the PS2 or the Xbox. There are about 10 years worth of previously-played games on the market for the PS2. Make sure that you know what video games your children are playing. Some video games are packed full of violent scenes that are designed to be viewed by mature adults only. You need to ensure that your children are not being exposed to excessive graphic violence while they are playing video games. There are many games that can be highly addictive, such as fighting games or sports games. This is something that could cause a problem down the road, as you will want to have control over your life and not let your games control you. Be aware of these addictive games and try not to fall into the trap of playing them for the majority of the day. Preorder specials offer a great way to get an effective video game buy. Sometimes, preorders are done at discounts to that video game publishers can have bigger opening day numbers and buzz. More often, premium additions or extra content is thrown in at no extra charge so you have more game to enjoy. Consider games before you consider the system. Before you go out and spend hundreds of dollars on a gaming system, think about what kind of games are available on each system. While many games have a version for each system, there are still some games that are exclusive to an individual system. Choose wisely. Video games can be played on any device that a game can fit in or that can go online. The advice presented here will guarantee you get the most out of your game time!

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firecrackerhh · 7 months

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This fandom is so retarded when it comes to proshippers dude I’m ngl I think it’s kinda ridiculous.

Like for fucks sakes you can think it’s gross, no one is saying you can’t, but I don’t understand what being a fucking asshole to these people does. You aren’t protecting actual children by harassing someone who ships incest or pedo shit or whatever.

I don’t deny it’s objectively fucking weird, ok? But for God’s sakes, if it isn’t real, who fucking cares?

If they aren’t harming any actual irl children I don’t give a fuck what they get off to in fiction, assuming they actually get off to it and don’t just write and draw that shit at least partly for the shock value of it.

For fucks sakes there are people in this fandom no better than antis to me on this issue and it frankly kinda pisses me off cuz for fucks sake! If they aren’t hurting an actual person, animal, whatever, why the fuck do you care??? I never thought being a moralizing asshole was something this fandom was known for! If anything I would be expecting the opposite.

“It grosses me out!” Dude if you don’t like that shit, fucking block the person and be done with it like a fucking adult.

You don’t like it when antis harass you over the shit you like, where the fuck does anyone in this fandom get off on treating people like persona non grata purely based on the shit they like in fiction?

Retard shit.

Again, you can think it’s gross or wrong or whatever, just don’t be a fucking asshole to people who haven’t done anything to you.

Unless you have actual proof of them grooming or hurting an actual child then frankly you should just shut your fucking dumb ass up and leave people the fuck alone.

I know proshippers understandably make people uncomfy but for gods sakes act like an adult and ignore it.

Like if proshippers are being mean to you or whatever, maybe they’re only being so passive aggressive because they get shit on constantly all the fucking time. Yknow, the same way the Hazbin/Helluva fandom gets shit on by retarded antis?

It isn’t like proshippers start this shit, every time I see proshippers getting harassed it’s the people who don’t like them who can’t mind their own business, not the other way around.

If a proshipper follows you or comments on your posts or whatever and you don’t like that, you don’t have to put them on fucking blast for the simple opinion of “telling people to off themselves over fiction is actually a shitty thing to do.”

Again, unless you have evidence that the person you’re shitting on has actually fucking hurt someone I just think you’re being a fucking bully and it’s disgusting to me.

We should fucking know better.

You people are fucking hypocrites. Like “oh X and Y are totally fine in fiction but if you do anything with Z you’re a MONSTER.” Like please be consistent at least.

And yes, there are shitty proshippers out there, there’s shitty people everywhere, but can we not fucking generalize a whole fucking group of people based off the worst of them?

Because generalizing people like that is legitimately retard shit. I’m dead serious.

People bitch about kids in this fandom but holy shit are we sure a majority of fans aren’t actually mentally 14 years old still? Jesus fucking Christ.

I like, barely fucking respect anyone in this fandom dude, everyone is so fucking retarded about the dumbest shit Lmao. Grow up and get over yourselves.

I would much rather hang out with proshippers than antis any day of the week, at least proshippers wouldn’t waste time trying to make me feel like a piece of shit cus of the media I consume. At least proshippers don’t give off such a miserable vibe.

Frankly I think you kinda have to be a miserable sack of shit to care about that kind of shit anyway. At least, to care so much about it you feel the need to harass people just minding their own business and nothing more. Some people need hobbies Lmao.

🔥🧨~Firecracker out~🔥🧨

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diniharifarseer · 1 year

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( michelle yeoh | sixty | cis woman | she / her ) oh darling, did you see? that’s dinihari farseer a victor from district three! they won the 27th hunger games at just fifteen years old, i remember it being quite the event. i did see on their latest magazine article that they’re methodical, romantic, and corrupt, and that they are mentoring this year. honestly, they remind me of closing door on a slaughterhouse, the ragged breathing of the dying and a flower that only blooms for a night. what the public doesn’t know is that they’re not ( yet ) a part of plutarch heavensbee’s rebellion, but such things can’t be said out loud. [ newt | est | 33 | she / they ]

the capitol gave her the name Pied Piper … her game ended after five weeks. Her deal with President Snow involves torturing and breaking those who she's told to break. Her hobby is taking care of the survivors (victors) of the hunger games and anyone who is lost/in need of medical assistance without anyone knowing.

Prior to the 27th Hunger Games:

Her parents, Ishraq and Sannan, adopted her when she was three days old after her biological mother died in childbirth. Her fathers loved her immensely and they sought to instill in her a love for her community, a healthy respect for the power their district provides and a sense of history. Her fathers were wealthy, powerful members of District Three, and they wielded their wealth as a means to ensure that the community thrived. She was raised to be selfless, aware of her privilege and the responsibility that came with what she was born into. Charity and looking after those in worse conditions was a calling her fathers believed in strongly -- and every year for the hunger games, they would watch in shock and disgust as children were sent to fight and die.

Her fathers educated her on the horrors of war, the tyranny of the Capitol, and the importance of humanity to come together in peace for the betterment of all and not just a few. They did not shield her from reality, as they told her that she had the same chances as every other child in District 3 to be reaped -- but her chances were still better than some as she never had to put her name in for additional food.

As she grew older, she gained the nickname in her district as "the general" for her stern appearance and task-focused nature. Yet, while she may have been stern, she still loved those around her and tried to act in accordance with her fathers' lofty morals and ideals.

When her name was called for the 27th Hunger Games, she walked to the stage and then bowed low to those in attendance before she stepped forward and said: it is my honor to stand in the stead of one of the daughters of district three - remember that I love you all. Please forgive the things that I will have to do in order to return to you.

She then turned to her fathers and first, she took up her father Ishraq's hand and kissed his palm before he placed his fingertips upon her forehead and then she did the same to Sannan. Her fathers stood with their fingers lightly pressed against the metaphysical third eye to remind her that she would need to see with more than her sight.

The Capitol:

She was largely unimpressed with the capitol. Her parents had warned her that the capitol was deceptive and for all of its laughter and brightness, it was a corrupt place full of horrors. She found herself some friends in the other tributes and made alliances while also making enemies. She was not someone who would stand a bully, and she positioned herself as the general once again, as she shielded the weaker tributes from the stronger.

Her answers to interview questions were always brisk and to the point. She spoke lovingly of her home and sternly about the capitol. She was viewed as intelligent and a natural orator, though a bit too boring for the capitolites who were used to sensationalism. Her training score was average, as she did not show her skill at hand-to-hand combat.

The Games:

The 27th Hunger Games appeared to be based on the idea of "high ground / low ground" and "capture the flag." The low ground was where the food and items were placed but it was rife with danger - from starving wild animals to poisonous, deceptive plants. The high ground was a rocky terrain with caves for hiding and tight tunnels to sneak through. The high ground was safe ... the low ground rewarding.

This hunger games was different from the others as there had been planning beforehand - two alliances were formed before the games even started - with Dinihari leading the group of "weaker" tributes and a tribute from District 1 leading the stronger group. At the start of the games, she led her team away from the safety of the high ground and plunged them into danger, quickly learning what they could and couldn't do. They were hunted for a week by the careers, but it was what Dinihari knew they would do.

Once she learned the terrain and the quirks of the field, she started to strike back. She used guerilla warfare tactics against the stronger alliance, striking when their guards were down, in the dark of night or when they were trying to recover. She denied them any chance to take a break or breath. Yet, the losses were the same on each side, she'd lose some of her people -- they'd lose some of theirs. She became known for targeting the drones that would bring items - not to use them to find where the enemy was but to deny the enemy the supplies they wanted. She waged mental/emotional warfare on them, harassing them with jabberjays - not allowing them to sleep. She weakened them using every trick she had learned from her books and through watching them.

Her nickname changed from "the General" to "Pied Piper" after the last of her enemies were killed. Then, her alliance had to turn against each other. She ate dinner with them one last time, they laughed and shared stories -- and then one by one, they left -- their alliance broken.

Instead of attacking them directly, Dinihari would lead one tribute to another. She'd funnel them into kill zones and put them in difficult decisions.

Until finally, she was the last one standing.

Afterwards:

Snow saw in the young woman a dangerous mind and ability to rally those around her. He could not punish her for such a mind, but he could use it to his advantage. He gave her the choice: save her family and those she loved by doing what he wanted when she turned 18, or destroy everything she loved .. and then do what he wanted when she turned 18.

She opted to save those she loved and willingly made a deal with the monster of Panem. She is a ruthless torturer who can extract information without leaving a physical mark -- and she can also leave a message utilizing a person's broken, but still living, body.

For a long time, she hated herself. She knew that while her fathers would always love her, and her community would always welcome her -- there was a divide between them now. She never had nightmares about what she had done, she understood too well that someone had to win and everyone else had to lose -- but that didn't mean she forgave herself.

Each year, she marks the death of the tributes in her game with a letter that she writes to each of them and then burns to send to the heavens.

Currently:

Currently, she is part of the rebellion - as her fathers had been. She works to make sure that those who need medical attention are able to get it - and she has become a respected doctor, though she never accepts a payment. She calls it her own atonement....

#☆ ⠀ ⠀ ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ʷⁱˡˡ ᶠᵃˡˡ & ᴵ ʷⁱˡˡ ᶠˡʸ...⠀ ╱ ⠀ ⠀ biography.

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theaustinrockwell · 1 year

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But You Married My Bully

I'm thinking of a few girls who I used to have a thing for and thinking about how terrible their male friends were to me. As I'm trying to figure out where on the continuum of "asshole vs. pushover" I should be, memories of the guys who used to bully me pop up.

"Asshole" is not a persona that I want to take on. I don't subscribe to pick-up artist paradigms or their offshoots. However, the women in my life who turned me down went on to marry assholes. They married guys who treated me badly. These guys had alcohol problems, they hated their jobs, and while some of them spoke about big dreams, they would not take action to actually achieve them. They didn't exemplify the core masculine traits that I would expect, like being in charge of your own life (since they had shitty jobs), being physically strong and capable (because they were chubby, couch potato alcoholics), or showing ambition (again, shitty jobs and little effort to change them).

What can I learn from these guys? Was it the self-assuredness that girls found attractive? In social settings, they were charismatic, bold, and sometimes even cruel in the way they would make fun of people (including me). Women probably preferred that to me, the quiet docile guy with subpar social skills whose saving grace was having a lot of neat hobbies. Those guys followed that part of the script of masculinity better than I did. It didn't matter that I was "the bigger person" and wasn't mean like them. They came across as confident and I did not. When they bullied me or others they implied, "I am up here in the social hierarchy and you're down there." They did it with such conviction that the women who eventually married them bought the lie and had their children.

I could be philosophically lazy and say, "The only way to solve this is to be an asshole! See! Women only love assholes!" But I think it is more nuanced than that. Women like confident, self-assured men. The easiest way to fake confidence and self-assuredness is to be an asshole. If I act like I hate everybody and treat them like they're stupid, then I must be great and smart. If I treat people like they're in my way or wasting my time, then my time must be valuable. If I act like I know everything and I say things with certainty, then I must, because who has the time to Google it and prove me wrong? And if I default to this mode of treating everybody and everything like they're beneath me, then I don't have to think that hard. I don't have to consider others' needs or weigh pros and cons of situations. Everything is me, me, me, and that's easy. Besides, if people catch an asshole in the act, they'll only catch them once every dozen times. That's a good enough success ratio for lazy assholes. The fake confidence is probabilistically worth it.

What is my course of action then? Do I need more confidence? Do I need to err on the side of arrogant rather than docile? Perhaps I need more social experience to learn what is societally sanctioned assholeness vs. what comes off as weird. My next step is to explore what self-assuredness looks like and how that shows in my career ambitions, how my friendships go, how tall I stand, how I handle disagreements and so on. I don't want to be an asshole, but I do want to be a rock of a human who knows what he's about and lets anything that gets in the way of his mission fall to the wayside. And I want to cleverly call out bullshit, because verbal takedowns in the wake of stupidity are the spice of life. Maybe that's how I'll check the asshole box.

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optimisticllamathing · 1 year

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writing is seen as this really stuffy hobby sometimes, like people think when you like reading and writing constantly that it makes you very serious and intellectual and pretentious. there’s the problem of the mindset that being highly educated and intellectual is inherently a bad thing or means someone looks down on others which makes me really sad. because it’s like, sure, my vocabulary has always been more advanced than my peers growing up because I consumed words like food to a girl starved, but also, my writing is me using my imagination to make silly little scenarios for little gay characters I make up. I’m smart but at the same time I’m writing out action scenes I think are cool and situations and dialogue whose only purpose is to make me laugh. there’s this whole culture of classism and elitism that can surround higher education and this whole anti-intellectual sentiment in response and it’s such a waste because learning is fun. It’s supposed to be fun. it was fun, for most everyone I know when they were little, and then the only way to learn becomes tests and pressure and being compared to your peers instead of expanding understanding of the world.

that’s kind of a tragedy, if you think about it, which is also one of the things I write about. there’s a lot of stories about kids in schools already, but I don’t quite care about tropes enough to stop writing what I want when it’s for me. I’ve been out of middle school for years and last night I wrote about a character isolated and friendless and being the target of a teacher’s bullying and told my roommate I was taking the advice ‘write what you know’. writing is the art of tearing chunks of you that have barely scarred over wounds and describing with words typed or written on a page how it hurts when the weather’s cold. at the same time, sometimes writing is pure wish-fulfillment, sometimes I’m describing a school I made up where every teacher does what they’re supposed to and children are happy. or I write about adults, making their homes and living their little lives and healing.

and I think that’s the point of art, really. that’s the point of reading or writing. to consume or create the kind of art that you need. and sometimes it’s not about anything serious, it’s about figuring out how to do something you love to do better than you used to be able to do. sometimes it’s an exercise in crafting, and the pain sneaks in, drips of blood on the page like spilling a bit of hot chocolate because you moved your mug too fast when you took a break from writing to take a sip. it’s as deep as you read it as. I think, personally, that it’s a bit less interesting and a bit of a disservice to not delve into the analysis and implications when you’re reading, to figure out the how's and why's, but you can also just read a story because it makes you smile.

it’s not really that complicated or hard to grasp. you just have to invest some time and energy into it if you really want to.

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captrussell · 1 year

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De Leon, Keith Russell L.

Coercion

Being a youth in this generation is not that easy. It is not easy to achieve the expectations of other people for you. It is not easy to change what you like or love just to fit in with other people. It is not easy to choose practicality over your hobbies and want to be. There is no easy, actually. Pressure is not only in our house, in our school, but it is also in our environment. Young individuals commonly worry about fitting in. Peer groups are crucial in the lives of young people, especially during adolescence. Peer pressure is the term used to describe the impact that various social groupings can have on a person's thoughts and actions. By seeing who your child interacts with and talks about, you can frequently determine who their peers are. An important role for parents is to help their children recognize teen peer pressure, when it helps and hinders them, and how they can develop their own individuality. Peer pressure can vary in intensity for young people. They may be actively influenced by their classmates at times, and at other times they may be merely following along. Both of these scenarios are founded on the need for approval, but bullying can also result in peer pressure. We are all now afraid of being physically assaulted or taunted for defying expectations. You might link peer pressure to unfavorable results like us trying alcohol, tobacco, or drugs. Peer pressure can, however, also give certain organizations the chance to positively affect your us. It's impossible to predict with certainty how we will be impacted. Any aspect of your our life can be impacted by peer pressure.

Personally, I am really affected by this peer pressure. It is really hard for me to have friends since I am not likable and sociable. Socialization is my weakness and I can’t do anything about it so every time that there are people who are approaching me. Back then, I don’t mind if have bad habits as long as I have friends. Sometimes, they will tell me to try smoking because for them, smoking/vaping is cool but for me, it is not. I don’t drink alcohol but there is a time that they force me to drink a shot because they told me that it tastes good, but after I drank the alcohol, it doesn’t taste good and I vomit. I almost cry because my stomach hurts so much, maybe because I am not use to drink liquors before and after that I keep distant to them. I realized that I don’t need to settle on that kind of friendship because they are no good for me. They are only ruining my life and my health, I think that I deserve better.

Maybe curiosity is the one that is controlling the youths today, because of this, they are dedicated to try some new things for them even though it is not suitable for them. It's crucial to keep in mind that peer pressure and influence are typical aspects of puberty. Our peers will become more significant to us as we begin to drift away from the parent-child bond and pursue our own independence and identities. I won’t deny the part that our peer will be more important than to our parents if we moved away. Because if we are studying in school, we spend the most of our time with our peers than spending it with our parents. Thinking that our peers are the only person that can understand us and will listen to us. Maybe we can apply in this situation that communication is indeed the key especially in our family. In order for a working family to be successful, communication is essential. You interact with family members not only via your words but also through your language and actions. Useless or nonexistent communication can worsen situations as we grow older and possibly have an impact on our development as adults. Yelling, harboring grudges, keeping secrets, accusing, using ultimatums or threats, labeling someone bad instead of their actions, and causing harm are all examples of poor family communication. You will never feel close to your family again if these issues persist. When children, teenagers, or young adults, the way parents and siblings interact with one another might affect how well they develop.

Actually, I also experienced this, not having a right communication with parents. As I grew up, I barely talk to them about my feelings and what I am thinking, it is just not comfortable for me since I am not use to it. And there is a time that I had a courage to tell them what is happening to me and they just invalidated me. It is traumatizing and it is also one of the reasons why I am not an open person. I am afraid to be invalidated and to feel that no one cares for me or no one can understand me. Lack of information about the members in your family can cause unwarranted anxiety, fear, and concern, which can result in stress. Arguments are more likely to start. You could feel less confident in yourself and find it difficult to communicate with members of your family. If this gap persists, your family will be torn apart since no one will care about the other. Saying that the person is being exaggerated or inappropriate for feeling the way they do will not lessen their feelings. If not, they won't speak to you again. Speak to others in the manner in which you would like to be spoken to. And after these miscommunication and pressure, it can lead to depression.

It has an impact on how your adolescent feels, thinks, and acts, and it can lead to emotional, functional, and physical issues. Although depression can strike at any point in life, teen and adult symptoms may differ. Teenagers may experience many ups and downs as a result of issues like peer pressure, academic expectations, and changing bodies. However, for some teenagers, the lows are more than just passing emotions; they are a sign of depression. Teenage depression requires long-term treatment and can have catastrophic implications. It is neither a sign of weakness nor something that can be conquered by effort. The majority of teenagers find that depression symptoms improve with therapy and medication.

Each year, there are more young individuals who take their own lives. Although no one knows for sure why, many experts agree that teenagers and young adults today likely experience more pressure at home or at school, worry about their families' finances, and use alcohol and drugs more frequently. Some experts think that we have instilled unrealistic expectations in our youth. According to them, many parents haven't given their children the kinds of coping mechanisms they need to survive in chaotic times, in addition to the messages from contemporary media sources that suggest we should always feel good. Some kids may claim to be "unhappy" or "sad." Some people may claim they desire to harm or even harm themselves. Depression in children and teenagers increases the likelihood of self-harm, thus such reactions should always be handled seriously. A child may not definitely have depression just because they seem depressed. But if the melancholy persists or interferes with daily tasks like homework, socializing, or family life, it may be a sign that they need help from a mental health specialist.

I hope that this essay can enlighten people that they don’t need to force their child to do what they wanted her/him to do for them because we can’t force someone who’s dedicated on their goals in life. Let them fly freely, let them discover things that can build their confidence and independency. Let them go!

Reference:

https://discoverymood.com/blog/todays-teens-depressed-ever/

https://www.springboardcenter.org/the-effects-of-poor-family-communication/

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