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kazik-izakk · 6 months

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So, my snek, Salazar, is supposed to be fed this Tuesday.. NO pet store near us had any medium Frozen rats,, except ONE place,, ... ... supposedly...

Turns out they did have a medium rat,, but when my mom got home,, it MOVED! The box MOVED!!!

She FREAKED out! AND SO DID I!!!

Salazar doesn't eat LIVE rats!!!! He's only ever had FROZEN!!! Poor boy would get hurt not knowing what to do with a very ALIVE rat!!! Poor rat would be scared out of his mind!!! What pet store does this when someone SPECIFICALLY asks for a FROZEN rat?????

We didn't feel good taking it back to inevitably die in a terrifying way, so we kinda just let him go near our house... It's raining so cats and birds and other predators shouldn't be out and hunting rn, so at least he can have some freedom.... If he ends up in our house, I'm keeping him as a pet!

#snake #snek #snekblr #rat #feeder rat #I'M NOT ABOUT TO FEED A LIVE RAT TO MY SNAKE #MISS ME WITH THAT CRUELTY #AAAAAAA #At least we saved a life??? I guess???

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envy-of-the-apple · 2 months

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Hello! It's my first time sending an ask because I found your account about two days ago and I'm simply addicted to your writing! You are definitely in my top 3 favorite dark content writers✨ And I have so many questions and compliments for all your fics, but I also don't want to spam you jfkfdh But one of the doubts I have is about Naga!SatoSugu:

— Ok so, do they shed their skin too? Why yes, miss.Chewy will have to see this event four (or more) times a year. But would they do that with her around? Would she have to clean it or do they do it? It must be very unpleasant to live in their nest and see this everywhere. (Oh, I also know that when snakes are shedding their skin, they are very sensitive and can get irritated easily because of it)

— And I also have a question about the way they feed themselves. Do their jaws open like snakes or do they just bite and chew their food? OH, do they also regurgitate the digested food? Sorry if I'm going into too many details jsjdkd it's fun to think about these possibilities in this story.

Anyway, I'm very happy to have found your account. I love rereading your stories and I love your beautiful brain.

— 🐦‍⬛

awwww thank you!!!! youre so nice!!!! ontto your questions

again idk anything about snakes....i just thought serpent men are hot sooo regarding shedding their skin...only their snake part would shed right? so their human part will be fine. I dont think stsg would shed their skin together. itd be more like one sheds their skin, while the other hunts. when Chewy comes into the picture, the naga shedding his skin would probably retreat further into the caves system you three live in, so you wont see him for a while.

unhinging their jaws sounds so terrifying but so funny so yes they do. The first time they did it, it definitely freaked Chewy out and at that same time, stsg realized that they have to cut up your food so it was definitely a culture shock on both sides. For the record, both satoru and suguru have tried to feed you a whole carcass cuz they're snake men who live in the woods what do you expect???

see this is why yakuza! stsg is sexier than naga!stsg. why would you want weird snake men trying to force feed you a dead rat when you could have murder husbands who carry guns???

#yandere jjk #dark jjk #top of the food chain #dark satosugu #yandere satosugu #naga au

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kasagia · 4 months

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I just read 'the grudge' and OH MY GOD! I am impressed really. You did such a great job writing it. And the end? It was perfect.

I have a request with a similar dynamic like they were lovers and he cheated and she knows about it (i live for the angst really) then she confronts him and breaks up with him. He isn't very happy about it and wants her back he tries everything but she still refuses to give in to him. So he goes all dark! Coriolanus on her and threatens her with something (her family maybe) and she gives in to him (smutty scene maybe👀). I feel like i talked too much and i am sorry for that. I just want her to be with him against her will ( in public they are the perfect couple and when no one is looking she is miserable and gives him the cold shoulder)

Don't feel obligated to write it if you don't want to. And thank you for feeding us such a great Coriolanus content❤️

Thank you very much! I'm so glad you liked it! 😊🩵🖤🖤🩵 So, tomorrow I'm publishing an oneshot inspired by this request...

And this will be my first time ever writing a true, full-fledged smut scene. 🙈🙈🙈

You will either love it or hate it. 🫣😅 But since tomorrow marks a year since I started writing on Tumblr, I thought why not? There has to be a first time for everything.

BUT... I have an orienting question...

Thank you! 🖤🩵🖤🩵🖤🩵🖤🩵🖤🩵

A fragment from "A powerful man" - which is comming tomorrow..

"If you want her to truly obey you, she must come to you herself. Like a pet. Like a snake. If she sees that your relationship will bring her further benefits, she will come back to you. She's not stupid enough to waste such an opportunity. At least I hope so. You should focus on your campaign."

"I'd like that too. But currently… something else is on my mind." He says, walking over to the tinted window that overlooks the lab. He puts his hands in his pockets and watches you carefully as you work.

"You're wasting your potential. Maybe your children will be wise enough to follow in my footsteps more. One is running for president, and the other is a military chemist. Such a waste."

"Don't worry. One of our children will definitely continue your legacy, you have my word." He assures her, while observing you.

You lean over the table, strands of your hair falling into your eyes behind your safety glasses, as you test another biological weapon on rats. You look hot in that scientist outfit. He grunts, feeling his pants getting a little too tight. He regrets that he never took the opportunity to visit you here...

"It better be that way. And for God's sake, don't stare at her like a love-struck puppy like you did with your tribute from 12. Patience. Or you will have to train her to make her obedient."

"You know I like a challenge, Dr. Gaul." He replies with a sly, cocky smirk and turns his head towards Doctor Gaul once he has calmed down a bit and composed himself.

"Go away now. Your last Hunger Games must be amazing and unforgettable, or I'll tell her what you have planned for her." He laughs at this, shaking his head.

"I appreciate your attempts to intimidate me, but you know I'll be happy with any outcome. Whether it's keeping her on a leash or reshaping her to meet my needs as my future First Lady."

"But we both know which one you would prefer more." They share a sinister smirk. Coriolanus owed her a lot. He's learned many things under her tutelage... things that he uses to make sure you know that your place is always with him.

"As I said, I love a challenge. I will be expecting you as an honoured guest at this year's Hunger Games and my wedding. Of course, right next to my fiancée."

"Don't scare her away, Mr. Snow." She reminds him when he receives a package from her with the latest biological weapon. He will test it at this year's tributes. He smiles, thinking that it must have come from your talented fingers.

"Snow lands on top, Dr. Gaul." He assures her and says goodbye, leaving through a secret passage.

He still had a lot of things to do.

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azfellandco · 9 months

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OOPS! All Goats!: azfellandco's Good Omens Mountain Goats Playlist (spotify link here)

This is a playlist that's all Mountain Goats songs that remind me of Good Omens, with explanations.

Rain In Soho (x): nothing sharper than a serpent's tooth / nothing harder than the gospel truth / though you repent and don sackcloth and try to make nice / you can't cross the same river twice

Soho, serpent's tooth, can't cross the same river... this song to me conjures up Crowley driving the Bentley through London at night.

Rat Queen (x): great warm throb of the undercity / at one with the purpose / i am a faceless nameless acolyte / here tonight at your service

Crowley & Crowley's Rat Army... Crowley is the rat queen. this song choice is so unserious but I love the use of the word "acolyte" in this song

Heretic Pride (x): well they come and pull me from my house / and they drag my body through the streets... transfiguration's gonna come for me at last / and i will burn hotter than the sun / i waited so long and now i taste jasmine on my tongue

I've been meaning to make a video or a gifset or something for Agnes Nutter using this song literally since before s1 came out. have i done it yet? no.

Heel Turn 2 (x): get stomped like a snake / lie down in the dirt / cling to my convictions / even when i get hurt... stay good under pressure / for years and years and years and years

Crowley song.

Stench of the Unburied (x): incoherent but functional / speeding like a dead comet... but when the blue lights flash / i know we're going to crash

A Crowley driving in the Bentley song.

Cry For Judas (x): some people crash two or three times / and then learn from their mistakes / but we are the ones who don't slow down at all / and there's nobody there to catch us when we fall

Also a Crowley driving in the Bentley song, with bonus biblical era trauma.

Insurance Fraud #2 (x): big plans, big plans, let me tell you something sister: you will never get away with it

This is on here because I will never get over how funny I find it that book!Aziraphale keeps getting investigated for possible tax fraud.

Mark On You (x): when this is over / when we leave it all behind us / deep in the moonless night / when the rescue team finds us / it's gonna get so dark for you / i'm gonna leave a mark on you

Crowley to Aziraphale.

Riches and Wonders (x): we live high, our loves gorges / on the alcohol we feed it / and it grows all fat and friendly / we have surplus if we need it

This is the Mountain Goats Good Omens song to me. Aziraphale and Crowley in the bookshop, their love for each other, and clinging to each other through the ages.

Mobile (x): and the plant grew but it withered / it shriveled up and turned brown / i'm on a balcony... waiting for the wind to throw me down / lord if you won't keep me safe and warm / then send down the storm, send down the storm

Loss of faith. Aziraphale song.

Elijah (x): set the table, those three extra places / one for me, one for your doubts, one for God

Aziraphale song.

Grendel's Mother (x): i look down on the world from the top of this lonesome hill / and you can run, run some more... but i will carry you home in my teeth

Aziraphale to Crowley.

Ending the Alphabet (x): we've got the brightest skylight / like a vision of heaven in the evening sky... and the late sunlight makes them all look like angels / what is there left in a city like this / when everyone you know is gone?

London, the bookshop, and the impossibility of permanence when you're a pair of immortals trying to make a home for each other.

Deuteronomy 2:10 (x): i have no fear of anyone, i'm dumb and wild and free / i am a flightless bird and they'll be no more after me

About extinct animals, titled after a biblical passage about an extinct race of people. This song has always resonated with that same impossibility of permanence and the contradiction between that and Aziraphale and Crowley's love for the world and being in it.

Never Quite Free (x): it's okay to find the faith to saunter forward / with no fear of shadows spreading where you stand

Saunter hehehe. But no this is about Crowley's trauma.

New Britain (x): i try to tell you secrets 'til my face turns blue / i am not getting through to you

Aziraphale and Crowley can't communicate openly.

So Desperate (x): we were parked in your car / in our neutral meeting place... i had things i'd been meaning to say

This goes with that passage in the book where, during the years they were observing Warlock, Aziraphale and Crowley met "on the tops of buses, in art galleries, and at concerts" to me. Them meeting covertly but this time they're parked in the Bentley somewhere and one of them just starts to cry. "Desperate" is an apt description of their reaching for each other after so many years of not being able to, to me.

In the Craters on the Moon (x): when the room fills with smoke / lie down on the floor / in the declining years / of the long war

The 6000 year long war, in fact. Crowley in the burning bookshop.

Have To Explode (x): the stage is set / someone's gonna do something someone else will regret / i speak in smoke signals and you answer in code / the fuse will have to run out sometime / something here will eventually have to explode, have to explode

Aziraphale and Crowley being unable to communicate openly, speaking in code, the anticipation of the apocalypse, and always, the knowledge that the coming end is inevitable. A song for those low moments when they feel it's pointless.

Training Montage (x): i'm doing this for revenge / i am doing this to try and stay true / i'm doing this for the ones they left to twist in the wind / i'm doing this for you

"twist in the wind" echoing back to "send down the storm" in the song Moblie. Aziraphale and Crowley wanting to save each other and save their shared world and the way that makes them brave.

Love, Love, Love (x): snakes in the grass beneath our feet / rain in the clouds above / some moments last forever / but some flare out with love, love, love

The other ultimate Mountain Goats Good Omens song. This is that first rain in Eden.

#music #good omens #the mountain goats

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ghostieboi1 · 9 months

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Papas and Pets

Papas I, II, III, IV

Summary: The types of pets the Papas would have and what kind of "animal dad" they'd be. (I was writing this while my cat was napping on me, he's very sweet 🥹)

Genres: Headcanons and fluff.

Warnings: Nothing other than tooth rotting fluff, all gifs are not mine

Primo

Bird dad.

It's pretty simple logic, he's out in the gardens a lot more after retiring from being Papa and where do you constantly see birds? In gardens.

He's also fond of animals that aren't quite domesticated like opossums or raccoons but absolutely adores birds.

Any bird works for him but he has a particular fondness of owls, he has one in his room that's allowed to fly around freely most of the time.

That same owl can be seen wherever he's allowed to take it, whether it be on his shoulder or flying around him in a room.

He prides himself in being able to tame wild birds since it seems he's the only one in the Ministry that can, he calls himself the bird whisperer.

He's also the one you go to if a bird accidentally flew into one of the rooms in the Ministry because he'll wait until the bird lands near him then picks it up like it's just a rock or something and bring it outside.

For those cultured out there, you know that scene in Shrek 2 where Snow White sends those birds to attack those tree guard dudes? If he had to, Primo would probably be able to do it too.

Secondo

Snake dad.

I feel like he's also kinda snake coded, the vast majority of people are afraid of him because he looks scary but then there's the few that love him to death (me) and see he's just a silly man.

He's known for scaring anyone that openly talks shit about him with one of his pet snakes, so most people keep their opinions on him in private.

The first snake he had was when he was younger and Primo freaked out a little after a snake hissed at him and Secondo just picked it up was like "I'm keeping him and his name will be Tommy."

And since then he's always had at least one pet snake around, he started naming them after fictional characters that were often associated with snakes, including naming one of them Slytherin.

He can and will make the "May I take your jacket, sir/ma'am?" joke when one of his snakes sheds their skin.

Let's his snake mostly free roam his room when he's in the room as well so if he thinks they might get stuck or hurt, he's there to prevent it from happening.

Terzo

Cat dad.

This man LOVES cats, and he will openly cry if he sees anything where a cat is hurt or in danger even if it's fictional.

His favorite are black cats, mostly because he's sad they aren't shown enough love and because they seem to be the nicest cats.

He's also tried finding almost completely wild cats to adopt because he finds them absolutely beautiful.

Both Sister Imperator and Nihil have found him walking relatively fast in the Ministry's hallways late at night holding his jacket closed and stopped to ask him what he was doing and every time, without fail, the cat he was trying to hide meowed.

If he wasn't living in the Ministry, he'd be the crazy cat lady down the road that would even feed the stray cats his house couldn't hold.

COVERED in cat hair and cat scratches/bites all the time, it's impossible for him to get rid of them.

He's the "I found this cat malnourished in a garbage dumpster and I brought him here and he's my baby now" cat dad.

Copia

Well, we can all guess what animal dad he is; Rat dad.

He used to be afraid of them but then he became fascinated with them and the rest is history.

Most people don't know about his pet rats so when they visit him in his office or room they get startled by them and maybe scream as Copia is just sitting at his desk/on his bed like "No! No! It's okay! It's okay!"

Similar to Terzo, he smuggled rats and would get caught by Sister Imperator every time.

Definitely gives his rats weird names like "Ratty Fatty" or some shit like that.

Also makes his rats fly when he wants to, but most of the time his rats will be napping somewhere on him.

Refers to his rats as his kids so when new Siblings of Sin join, they think he means actually children until they meet his rats.

Baby talks to his rats 24/7, and teaches his rats tricks when he's bored.

#the band ghost #papa emeritus i #papa primo #papa emeritus ii #papa secondo #papa emeritus iii #papa terzo #papa emeritus iv #papa copia #sister imperator #papa nihil

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virgilisspidey · 2 years

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Since I am bored, here is what i think the rise boys would be like if they were in the 2012 storyline

(All the other characters remain as their 2012 versions, only the turtle brothers are swapped)

✨Season 1 edition✨

(first few are from the episode "Rise of the Turtles" and the rest are just jumbled)

Since i dont think you can just go up and buy an alligator snapping turtle and a spiny softshell turtle as pets let's say Splinter worked at a zoo or something

Leo, Donnie and Raph were new arrivals while Mikey just hatched a few days ago amd Splinter was assigned to idk, take care of them

Splinter was about to let them join with the others in their enclosure but the Kraang arrived to try and get some animals for testing

Splinter fought them, accidentally getting the mutagen on himself and the turtle, mutating them and turning him into a rat (he was feeding the snakes with rats before he went to check on the turtles)

He ran off with the turtles, trying to get away from the kraang and taking care of the new turtle tots at rhe same time

They still have different ages, Mikey being 13, Donnie and Leo being 14 and Raph being 15

Only Mikey has an exact birthday since he was hatched when Splinter was there, Donnie and Leo arrived at the zoo at the same time so they considered them twins while Raph arrived in a different time.

They celebrate mutation day with the tradition of Splinter telling them their "super hero origin story"

Raph was the only one actually allowed to go up top since he's 15 but the brothers complained and he promised to watch out for his brothers when they do

They are a lot more stealthy than they were before, it's a necessity for Raph, since he's big

Raph was the one that suggested they save April (instead of 2012 Donnie)

Leo and Donnie were ready to run off and had to be dragged back to join them in saving the girl

They fail miserably because they're not used to working together yet

Raph volunteers to be the leader (instead of 2012 Leo)

Leo was the one that threatened Snake when they caught him

"Let's play a game I creatively call, Mutation roulette! You can turn out as handsome as moi! Or you can turn into Donnie." "Wow." "Shut up, Donnie, you're ruining my drama!"

Raph had a hard time coming up with a strategy until Leo butts himself in

Leo is still the turtle that taunts Snakeweed to the power source thing

Donnie is still the turtle that saves April from the helicopter

Because none of them has a crush on April, there's no excuse at writing her badly.

Instead of the classic Leo and Raph rivalry, it's Donnie and Leo that fights for Splinter's attention

The spiderbytes episode would not happen because Raph is still like his Rise self, nothing really changes

It also wont happen because Mikey steals the phone, Leo smashes it on the pavement and Donnie makes sure no one believes the man

Donnie has a traditional bo instead of his tech bo because i dont think he can get his advanced tech in the living conditions of 2012

Plus Splinter is a but more strict on the hacking of banks

Since Jupiter Jim does not exist, they only ever watch Space Heroes, Mikey absolutely loves it

Donnie names Metalhead "Shelldon"

Leo thinks the name is so boring for such a cool robot

Raph still has Spike

Mikey still tries to befriend Chris Bradford and is the first to kick him in the ass when he finds out what he reslly is

When Splinter asked Raph whybhe thinks he was chosen as the leader, he answers with:

"Because i'm the eldest, and as the eldest, its my job to protect my brothers"

His answer is another reason why he won't be staying as leader for long

He is very much into the idea of being heroes

Often times Leo is the one that ends up giving strategies and ideas to the team

This caused somewhat of a fight between Donnie and Leo because Donnie thinks Leo is trying to steal the leader spot from Raph to get Splinter's approval

(don't worry they may fight for Splinter's attention but they're still twins through and through)

"Trying to steal the— you don't even listen to Raph half the time!" "Yeah because the ideas come from you!" "Those ideas helped us win!" "If you would just let Raph think for himself then—" "Fine! I'm gone!"

Leo walks away after that argument

"See if you can work as a team without me then!"

Karai ambushes Leo as usual

Leo sees her as a challenger, a fresh of breath air

"Look at what you did, Donnie! Leo's crying!" "It's just blinding powder, Mikey, this ninja ambushed me and—" "Someone ambushed you?! Are you alright?!" "I'm fine, Raph, geez."

Splinter taught him a lesson that he already knew.

His brothers doesn't need him, he needs his brothers.

The incident with Snakeweed happens like before, Mikey still gets knocked out and Raph only ever tells Donnie to attack and Donnie, out of pride, has to follow orders.

Raph tells them to retreat even if Donnie doesn't want to

Donnie ends up finding Leo and Karai on the rooftop before they plan on stealing the sword. (instead of 2012 raph finding him)

Leo does the naming most of the time

Mikey still tames and names Leatherhead and instead of the weird pizza soup, he actually cooks hims something nice

Mikey loves cooking and when April gabe them groceries from time to time as a thanks, he took that as a sign to learn how to cook

He shudders everytime he remembers they were eating algae and worms for most of the 13 years of their lives

Also the first to discover pizza

Him and April bond over cooking

Donnie ends up being close to April like a sister, he's slowly turning her into ghe darkside

"Stop corrupting her, Donnie" "She already came in like this."

Donnie wants to go to April's school but he knows he can't

His motivation of saving Kirby is not because of April (maybe a little bit since he's a bit guilty that he at first, was about to ignore her when she needed help) but because he wants to prove himself

He named the Newtrilizer like usual and Leo is offended

The whole A team, B team still happens, but the B team ends up being menaces.

The purple dragons do not like Leo and Donnie, most importantly they don't like Mikey (Mikey yelled at them for choosing a life of crime instead of actually working for once)

Donnie and Leo had a little bit too much fun rolling Chris Bradford around in the trash can when they used him as hostage in exchange of Murakami

Mikey smiling down on him was the last one he saw before he was shoved in said trash can

Most of the ninjas are afraid of how big Raph is

The brothers bully Baxter Stockman as per usual

The parasitica episode is practically the same, but Raph and Donnie's bites hurt a lot more

Instead on just focusing on tech, Donnie is more rounded and has knowledge with chemistry and biology

Leo is team medic because Donnie does not want to touch the ew

It's practically the same when they first encountered the Shredder, but Donnie and Leo kept on attacking

Mikey went in his shell when the billboard fell on him

Leo went out of his way to impress Karai whenever she shows up because he wanted to look cool and a better rival

Donnie ends up telling them about Karai

Mikey thinks she can be good

Raph doesn't trust her like Donnie

Raph ends up being the one that has to drive the Shellraiser

Leo drives if Raph can't

Raph can't have his own go cart because he's too big

The whole mutant cockroach thing went differently because Raph isn't afraid of cockroaches

At the season finale, Leo overhears Splinter telling Raph that the mission must always be accomplished no matter what or who is the cost

He took that to heart

As the Technodrome began to fall from the sky, Leo saves Mikey from falling in the gaps and uses his brother's kusarigama chains to hold Kraang Prime back

"GO!" "Leo! I'll hold em back, give me the chains—" "Get them out, Raph! April can't barely stand, you're the only one that can carry her and our brothers to an escape pod in time!" "I am NOT leaving you—" "I SAID GO ALREADY!"

Raph understands that and grabs Mikey, and Donnie (and in extention April, since Donnie was struggle a bit when carrying her)

Donnie tries to run back out to Leo but Raoh closes the pod.

"'Nardo!" ("Leonardo!")

Donnie was, honest to god, ready to cry.

Mikey was ready to dive into the ocean despite not knowing how to swim

Raph thinks back to what Splinter said. He thought it was supposed to be him that's under water, not Leo. He's the big brother, he's supposed to be doing the sacrificial acts

"Missed me already?" "LEO!"

Cue in a turtle pile plus April

He got scolded real good by Raph

Splinter apologizes in the end about what he implied and was glad his sons are back and that the world is saved

Splinter suddenly says that Leo is the leader now (after Raph suggested it)

(damn this got unnecessarily long)

#tmnt 2012 #rottmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles 2012 #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #what if #what if the rottmnt brothers were in 2012 instead

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ghostbandxyou · 1 year

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Ghost at the zoo

(years ago when I went to Disneyland on my birthday and did a post about the ghouls at Disneyland well I'm doing it again because I went to the zoo this year and I was Inspired)

(based on the San Deigo Zoo)

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Aether-

accidentally breaks the glass for one of the venomous snake enclosures, panics, and tries to fix it with chewing gum and band-aids before booking it to the other side of the zoo (luckily the snake is asleep and the keepers see it before it escapes)

Dew teases him by the monkeys calling him banana boy, he then subsequently punches Dew in the stomach.

Makes bad dad jokes all day especially fond of "that's a weird looking _" when a keeper is in an exhibit, and telling the baboons to stop monkeying around.

Dew -

Gets attacked by a flock of birds in the aviary. it really ruffles his feathers (I am not good at joke)

Despite repeated warnings, he sticks his fingers into an exhibit and gets bitten by a small monkey.

flirts with one of the keepers in the reptile section and gets to feed a dead rat to a snake. (and a kiss......from the keeper, not the snake!)

Rain-

Takes a dip in the polar bear enclosure by some miracle he doesn't get caught or eaten.

Ather finds him later in a heated argument with a turtle. Ather then realizes Rain can talk to fish and other aquatic creatures (which explains the hours he spends in front of this fish tank at home).

consumes an ungodly amount of lemonade

Mountain-

gets swarmed by birds at the aviary and ends up like those old ladies in Central park covered in birds except he's not feeding them they're just chilling

plays tag with the other ghouls in the kid's area (and like 20 kids it gets wild) until he almost knocks out a toddler. (he's super apologetic and the parents are understanding) Later he reaches down into one of the exhibits with his long ass arms and grabs a kid's stuffed tiger returning it safely (and all was right in the world)

Accidentally spends the night in the zoo after falling asleep in the bushes. Has to hop some fences and climb a few trees to get out.

Swiss-

A terror at the zoo. The zoo has a record number of incident reports involving a strange smiling masked man?.. entity?

A thief steals a bunch of souvenir magnets, gets a sloth backpack and fills it with snacks he stole from unattended strollers in the park, and steals a certain staff member's keys at least 3 times for shits and giggles. (it only occurs to him on the way home the things he could have done with those keys)

(TW: vomit ) Gets a tummy ache from eating too much cotton candy and vomits In an empty stroller.......well, he's 90% sure it was empty.

Cirrus-

Has a cute little butterfly land on her, eats it

Buys a red panda hat at the store, and refuses to take it off for a week

Waits in line for almost 2 hours to feed the giraffe. She gets so excited she nearly drops the lettuce. Cumulus takes a million pictures for her

Cumulus-

Spends most of the day trying to figure out the zoo map with imperator

Attempts to get group photos with all of the cool statues to various amounts of success

Shares some cotton candy with an orangutan. Gets caught by a keeper but she weasels her way out of it (scares the living shit out of the poor employee)

Sunshine-

LOTS of excited squealing and hops of joy! (and potentially autism) It's her first time ever going to the zoo, and she enjoys every second.

Especially into the skyfari. (although Aether did have to hold her hand the first time)

Takes pictures of all the animals with funny snap chat filters the ghouletts huddle at the back of the bus and giggle looking through them on the ride home

Nihil-

A MENACE! scaring poor old ladies in the bathroom, using his noncorporal form to walk into exhibits, giggling about seeing the animal's naughty bits, and accosting random teens asking if they heard his song on the TikTok.

Imperator-

Spends most of the day hopelessly lost with cumulus and getting the ghouls out of trouble.

Let's go of Nihil's wheelchair while going downhill after he makes a fourth joke about the lion's penis.

manages to enjoy as few quiet moments in the aviary watching the birds before being disturbed by Dew's screeching.

Primo , Secondo, Terzo-

Supposed to be dead so they all don awful disguises and pretend to be a group of grannies. (Terzo's idea of course)

spend most of the day bickering with each other like children.

(TW: sad) Copia -

Follows Imperator and Nihil around the zoo like an obedient puppy.

Actually really excited to be there but keeps up the mask to maintain appearances and appease Imperator.

Does get a picture with the capybara

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moa-broke-me · 1 year

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Nico finding an injured baby hydra, about to walk away and let it die because hello, hydra... But then he's like... Oh wait. It's a baby.

And it's hurt.

Someone hurt a baby.

So he takes it home, bandages it up, tries to feed it eggs, rats, hamburger meat, anything. It rejects the offer every time, like it doesn't recognize that it's food at all. It's getting thin, the two hungry mouths trying to eat his hand every time he nears it, and he's panicking. So he caves in and summons a cadaver to feed it because he's out of ideas and he's not letting this baby starve. It's little, so its mouths can only hold about a finger each, but it's enough.

He keeps it in a terrarium at first, but it starts to grow, and Nico concedes an entire bedroom just for his baby. He stops saying 'it', naming the heads Mercury and Medusa, still feeding them dead bodies he summons from the ground. Between the two of them, they can eat an entire leg now, though they still don't need to eat very often. He tries to keep the bodies fresh, the downstairs bathtub now permanently filled with ice to keep them from rotting any further.

They're the size of a toddler, excluding the necks that stretch their heads to his waist, and he tries to dress them in clothes they'll like, but it's hard to find clothes with two neck holes and even harder to communicate. They speak in hisses and gestures, not in words. He tries to teach them sign language, and it works, but some signs require two hands, and they can only control one hand each. They bicker and fight over what they should say, even biting each other a few times, which he has to clean and bandage up. Thank goodness their venom hasn't developed yet, the first time it happened he had a heart attack.

He tries not to take them out too often, but they need the sunlight. It's the only way they can stay warm, so he takes them in a backpack, their lower body hidden, their heads on his shoulders. The mist turns them into mere pet snakes, and most avoid them. He doesn't care. He's out having fun with his babies.

Percy finds out, and he's terrified. Nico's like a little brother to him, and he's in danger. He comes to Nico's house, tries to reason with him, tries to remind him that this is a monster, that there's a reason we try to kill them while they're small.

Nico's not having it. "They're harmless, Percy. At least to me."

"So it's never tried to bite you?"

"They" He started through gritted teeth, desperately trying to assert their personhood. "only did that when they were hungry. That's the whole problem, as long as you're good to them, they'll be fine. It's only when you, oh, I dunno, try to chop their heads off. That's when they become dangerous."

"... One day, you'll forget." He insists. "Or it's gonna want something fresher. And it's gonna come after you. Please," He's choking up now, Riptide glinting in the light. "please just let me handle this."

Nico's heart drops to his stomach. "No... No!" He lets out a guttural scream. "I don't care if they're gonna rip me apart one day, they're my babies! They're the only family I have, and I love them, and I'm not letting you take that away from me again!"

"That thing doesn't know what love is!"

"... How... Fucking... Dare you!?"

Nico lunges at him, and there's a fight, a physical fight, one that ends with Percy getting knocked out.

When he comes to again, he's in a bedroom on the floor.

Tied up.

Face to face with the two-headed beast.

The twins, Mercury and Medusa, have their first live catch.

#This was meant to just be a sweet little blurb #and then it went off the rails #there's a happier version of the story in my mind #maybe I'll write that next #nico di angelo #pjo #percy jackson #hoo #mercury and medusa #because that could be a re-occuring tag

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is-the-snake-video-cute · 1 year

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i'm in a bit of a pickle. just got my first snake (7 y/o bp), but her previous owners were feeding her live mice. i want to switch her to f/t rats, but am unsure how exactly to go about it. do you have any experience with stuff like this? i'm leaning toward switching to f/t mice and then getting her on rats after a couple months

I have to switch snakes to eating frozen/thawed food all the time! Good choice on your part, f/t food is much safer for your snake and more ethical for the rodent. I do recommend getting her on f/t mice before switching to rats; that'll be much easier for her. Here's my guide on switching ball pythons to rats from mice.

Here are a few tips and tricks to hopefully help you out!

Before you do anything drastic, try switching her cold turkey. Just show her a f/t mouse and see how she feels about it. Dangle the rodent in front of her with tongs, wiggle it a bit, and see what happens. Some snakes will happily take f/t the first try with no issues.

Make sure you're offering food under ideal conditions and preparing it properly! Here's my guide on preparing food for snakes. Focus on getting your technique right, and your snake will find the process much easier!

If that fails, here's my absolute favorite method. Skip a meal, and on the next feeding day, scent a paper towel with a mouse. Leave the scented paper towel all day in her enclosure, and you've created a situation where she's hungry and has been smelling food all day. A lot of snakes will strike happily and without hesitation!

Little gross here, but here are some old tricks to make f/t feeders more enticing that can get results (don't try them all at once, just one with each attempt): braining the mouse (just sticking a knife through the head will do the trick, doesn't need to be super gory), dipping the mouse in chicken broth, pinching the mouse's nose with tongs until it's a bit bloody.

Good luck! Switching a snake to f/t food can take patience and persistence, but I promise I've made the switch with probably hundreds of snakes and I've never met a single snake who wouldn't do it.

#not a rating #snake feeding #nose trauma #ball pythons

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cyanocoraxx · 4 months

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Hello! You have cool snakes and know a lot about them too, could I have some of your advice? I've recently been really into snakes, and seen tiktoks of how happy their owners are with them, it makes me really jealous and wishful for a snake companion of my own.

Except I know NOTHING about them, their care, needs or expenses. My experience with pets is a typical low to average maintenance dog, that's it. Never handled reptiles in my life. BUT SNAKES ARE SO ENTICING, and supremely cute too

I was wondering if you have any advice for a complete beginner on what kind of snake to get that's easy and as I said, for beginners (if it even works that way, I don't know a lot about snakes). If you have any resources and such.

Or even like, a checklist to see if I'm even eligible to own a snake (it could be hard idk). Want to know if it is even within my capabilities, the lifestyle needed and stuff like that.

Could you also give tips on their body language? I remember you mentioning in one of your posts that body language is important, and I wouldn't want to mess up. I want the potential cutie to like me after all.

Thank you anyway for your time! Appreciate it <3

so sorry for the late response i wanted to sit down and give a proper thought out guide and just haven't had time <3

checklist for eligibility:

you will need: a terrarium/vivarium, a heating device (heat mat, ceramic emitter or heat bulb), a thermostat (to control the heating device), a water bowl, a hide, substrate, and enrichment (sticks, leaves, decoration etc). make sure you have all of this on hand before you bring your pet home

you'll need to be comfortable or at least willing to feed your snake frozen prey, which means being able to consistently provide mice or rats (most common). most reptile stores will stock frozen!

depending on the species you want you'll need space for a vivarium. if you want a snake that can grow to be 4ft for example you'll need a space to put a 4ft viv.

you'll need to have time to regularly spot-clean their enclosure, which means binning their waste and removing shed skin. a full clean out once a month if not bioactive.

best "starter" snakes (imo):

rosy boa (2-3ft long, 25 years+)

royal python (3-6ft long, 20-30 years+)

corn snake (4-6ft long, 15-20 years+)

rosy boa - these little noodles don't get enough credit! they stay very small, they're very docile, and easy to care for. due to them being so small they only need small prey items which won't take up a lot of space in your freezer. they're very good eaters. downside is they're less common than royals and corns so depending on where you are you may struggle to find one near you. they can also be more food-motivated than royals and when they have food on their mind they can be a little more bitey - but with their tiny size, i promise you can't even feel it (from experience)

royal/ball python - a very common snake that can be found in most reptile shops. they're well known for being extremely docile and easy to handle as well as being super duper cute. they live longer than corns and rosys. downside to royals is they can be "fussy eaters" which can make new owners nervous - they're known for going off their food for months. they will also need larger prey items as they grow, so if you're not keen on keeping larger mice/rats in your freezer this is a downside. they're also more sensitive to improper temperature and humidity than corns.

corn snake - very common so can be bought easily! they also tend to be some of the cheapest snakes, especially if you want to get a "normal/wild type" morph. due to them having a large range in the wild they can tolerate a wider range of temperatures and humidity levels. corns are much more active than royals and rosys, so if you want a snake you can watch do its thing then a corn is a good shout. with this being said, they can be more "squirmy" when being handled compared to royals and rosys as they kind of struggle to stay still.

however, you're not limited to a choice of just three species. as long as you research your snake thoroughly and make sure you have everything you need, you can keep whichever you prefer. my first snake was a brazilian rainbow boa which is a more "intermediate" species and "not suitable for beginners" but he's been great. with their more extreme humidity requirements, i just made sure to keep a hygrometer on hand (to measure humidity) and provided plenty of moss, a large water bowl, and regular mist spraying. never had an issue <3

basic body language:

it's important to note that when a snake is preparing to shed its skin it will be vulnerable. its eyes will cloud over and its skin will feel irritated. we call this being "in blue" because the snake takes on a milky blue colour. during this time your snake might become defensive and this is normal. you should leave a snake in blue alone.

signs of a calm snake: short tongue flicks, loose and relaxed body, moving slowly, fluidly moving towards stimuli, curiosity, regular breathing. a calm snake may sit in an "S" position but it will not be coiling up or fixating on you.

signs of stress in snakes include: long and slow tongue flicks, tail rattling, tail wagging, hissing, striking, open mouth breathing, regurgitation, body flattening, gliding (moving very quickly away), coiling with the head raised (preparing to strike)

this is a very obvious example of a defensive corn snake: their body is coiled into an "S" shape, the head is raised. it takes this position so that it can 1. have a clear view of you 2. to strike upwards/forwards at you if it feels threatened 3. to look bigger to frighten you off. this is a snake who doesn't want to be touched at ALL

let me know if you need anything else <3

#asks #snakes

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pastafossa · 1 year

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I love Pepperoni the Pizza Snake!! I hope this is alright to ask, but what kind of snake is he? Is he easy to handle? And what do you feed him? Im hoping to get a snake but idk what kind I should get 😭

It's absolutely ok to ask, I'm always happy to talk about him! 😂

Pepperoni is a corn snake, and his color/pattern specifically is an extreme okeetee! I went with a corn because they came VERY highly recommended as a beginner snake, and he's my first. Their tank setup and things like temp/humidity are also fairly maneageable for a newbie, depending on where you live!

He's honestly pretty easy to handle, fortunately. The guy who hatched him tries to get the babies used to it, and I handle him a couple times a week if it's not too cold, so he's used to me especially, to the point that one of my friends watched him for me while I was on vacay for a week, she said he was SUPER grouchy at her but I came back, opened the tank, and went 'why grumpy mr nooooodle', let him tongue sniff my hand and picked him up and he just went all chill. She was so mad. 😂 But he lets my mom and sis hold him, too and is ok as long as I hold him first! He's a little squirmy in the beginning like OH NO ARE YOU GONNA DROP ME but then he relaxes and just slithers around and explores while you hold him! I've had him for a few years and I've only been bitten once - he was getting ready to shed, I didn't know, and went to pick him up and startled him (they can't see well when 'in the blue' and about to shed). Totally my fault. Even then, it was just a nip and felt like scratchy velcro. Didn't even bleed. Having now been bitten by dogs, cats, a corn snake, a rat, a hamster, a rabbit, a horse, a bird, and a donkey, I can 100% say you can feel safest with a corn snake. 😅

I feed him frozen mice! No live feeding necessary, and I was told that can be unsafe anyway (live mice might hurt the snake). I usually buy local, I keep them in the freezer, and then when it's time to feed him I thaw one in the fridge overnight before putting it in a ziplock baggie and then into the Designated Mouse Mug (it has rats on it to remind no one to drink from it 🤪) with some warm water. Once it's warm, I feed him in his tank by offering him the mouse with some tongs! Outside some now solved eating issues that stunted his growth a little when he was young, he's been pretty good about it and he'll take whatever I wave in front of him!

I know I'm absolutely biased but I'd absolutely say a corn snake is a good option to consider as a starter snake! They're known to be good eaters in general and healthy. Their tank requirements are fairly easy, they don't get too large, and they're usually pretty friendly, happy snakes, with teeth that are too small to do much if they nip (which is VERY rare). Plus they come in a HUGE variety of colors. Candy cane colors, pizza colors like Pepperoni, black, red, lavender, slate; striped, splotchy, saddle marks. They're such pretty, curious little snakes, and I've never regretted picking a corn as my first noodle!

#snakes #snake #pepperoni the pizza snake #i'm always happy to talk about him 😂#i'd pull him out to show how he acts when I first pull him out #but he ate yesterday and they need 48 hours after of no handling 😂#i feel like he was the perfect starter snake for me #and i look forward to the next 15 years or so with him #he's so curious and funny and he loves to explore!#love me my little pizza snake 🥰

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blrbaileys · 8 months

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Mob Vote and Minecraft Updates in General

*Edit:* Warning - Extensive rambling with no through line or halfway decent structure

Idk, I need a place to put my thoughts.

The original mob vote concept was cool, 4 unique and honestly kinda challenging looking mobs, we can vote on which gets added. I'm actually a fan of Phantoms, despite them being a nusiance to most I think having flying mobs is cool and they should add more mobs that just fly about.

And I actually liked the follow ups where the mobs were tied into biomes because it wasn't *about* the mobs, they were just nice tie ins. But at the point we're at now they have to force us to be excited about the "features" these mobs add and while they are somewhat cool features, they aren't really much in isolation.

The Sniffer could've been much cooler bundled with an extensive update to say, the Jungle or Desert biomes, or an actually interesting archeology update.

Or in the Glow Squid case, its a weird single use feature, they could have easily bundled the glowing sign effect into Glowstone Dust.

None of this is to say adding more mobs is the wrong choice, I think the opposite, we need more mobs which just, don't have features attached.

Ambient mobs, fireflys, birds flying overhead, snakes in the Desert, rats around structures, more variety in the oceans (actual variety, the differnt combos of Tropical Fish are a nice touch, but the mob is the same regardless)

Then as you do updates, you can add features to them where it makes sense, but tying the feature to the mob from the get go and then forcing a vote on it just means less features in the long run. And I'm not unaware as to why they do it this way, the mob vote gets people talking, I mean I'm talking about it right now so I guess I'm not helping but whatever at this point we are half way through the vote anyway.

The chatter, even that against the mob vote conceptually pushes Minecraft into our feeds, even the BBC are reporting on Minecraft LIVE and the mob vote cause its a story now.

I will say on a slightly other note, the whole "modders can make this in one day argument" is kinda flat. Modders usually have to make it for one version in one language on one platform. Mojang have to consider localisation, cross-compatibility, actually conceptualising the mob idea, etc. That's not to say Modders aren't incredibly hard working, they usually are, but if you're looking to call Mojang lazy I wouldn't do it based off just that.

This is already a long af post with little coherency but we're rolling with it.

I think really what I want to see, as a player since like, 2012, is Mojang just to make bolder moves in regards to the updates. I want them to change core gameplay mechanics and just, see what happens. And yeah last time was 1.9 and it divided the community into two distinct parts that exist today but we need something like that alongside 2 new wood types.

In regards to recent/planned changes to villagers and the netherite upgrade template, its clear they are trying to lengthen the "midgame" of Minecraft to capitalize on how most people play (that being they have a 2-3 week fixation on the game each year and then stop) This sucks, don't strech your midgame, extend your endgame.

Add more powerful mobs in a new dimension, make a place where even netherite armour feels like iron. I have no doubt it'd be a nightmare for new players so make it difficult to get to (like the totally-not-a-portal-frame in the ancient citys) make the overall gameplay loop of Minecraft longer.

I'm going to stop here for now, if I'm bored/procrastinating studies enough I should actually format some of these thoughts into something.

Anyway, boycott the mob vote, its unlikely to do anything, they truly don't have to care, but people made posters and played Poor Mans Poison over them, can you really still vote after that?

#minecraft man rambles #minecraft #mob vote #minecraft mob vote #minecraft armadillo #minecraft crab #minecraft penguin #minecraft updates #mojang #minecraft live

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will-you-pick-me · 1 year

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mikeeeeey <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3, ugh I am so in love with him it is UNREAL, I will happily be the siren that tries to take him only to fail and end up angrily crawling around his deck cause he managed to catch me ALSO!!! Jessica in her full madam rouge outfit, that's so fucking HOT! We love a lady in uniform, id personally kill 2 have one of her corsets, comfy cozy pressure on the torso makes the autism brain happy Zach remembers other timelines? Oh, oh that is SO interesting, the things you can explore with an yn that acts wildly different depending on the timeline, the conflict they must face when dealing with such a thing......delicious, spicy, amazing!!!!! Now, what kind of pets would they all have? (that they WANT to have, not having for reputation points, looking at u Ulrich) (dont worry narrator my dearest husband to be ill flirt with you at your ticket booth and still bring you neat rocks i promise, multiple timelines wont stop me mwah mwah)

"... Husband...? You... You want me to be your husband...?"

[Shoving him in a closet] Narry darling please go have your crisis in private I can't write all that right now I'm not emotionally equipped---

Mikey is a big dog type of person, partial to shepherds, pits, and mutt mixes. Really any large dog that he finds abandoned on the street is subject to paperless adoption, and no he doesn't care if they have a collar on already or might be chipped. That's why it's paperless! (aka, stealing the dog, but shh-)

Ulrich doesn't have enough time to even pay attention to Y/N properly, so a pet is out of the question. But, if he did, then he'd probably have a snake, since they don't need to be fed as often as more traditional pets, and are perfectly content without the cuddles. And the butler would end up feeding it, more often than not, but at least the snake would have high-quality, live mice, and a very very large and elaborate tank to explore.

Zach is likely to have some kind of bird, perhaps a pair of doves. They're more hands-on and attentive to details, so they can manage the more specific needs of an avian friend - and also I just really like the idea of them taking their birds out to fly together with them.

Jessica strikes me as a rat type. They're awfully misunderstood as pets, nowhere near as dirty as people think they are, and they're actually very sociable if raised properly! She'd end up having 3 or 4, since they're a pack animal, but if you ever want a "chaos potato" dropped on your lap, she'll be happy to share her babies with you.

Jack would probably get jealous of other pets in the house, if I'm going to be honest. He's needy, and doesn't take being ignored or rejected very well - even if that rejection is only in his interpretation, and not reality. It might be different if you talk to him about it in detail first, but if it was sprung on him out of nowhere it is not a change he would handle well, thinking that he wasn't giving you enough love and attention, possibly even shutting down.

Narrator mumbles something about cats from the closet.

#pick me! arg #pick me! characters #mun talks #teasers #narrator speaks #alternate ulrich answer: you ARE the pet 👀👀👀

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gyubby99 · 2 years

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@disneyanddisneyships YOU'VE HEARD THE SUMMARY OF MY OCS NOW THE PICREWS

Valerie

-widow (??)

-has a rat snake named Raven for a stress reliever.

-Mommy

-Infertile

-a stick-to-one pansexual (she never falls inlove twice. A date-to-marry type)

-her youngest zombie yet is 12 years old. It was a social outcast kid and she tries manipulating them into thinking everyone would notice them if they were on her side.

-Mommy

-wears black gloves

-her husband fell first but she fell harder. Love that trope.

-Mommy

-She fills the void my mother left in me when I was 2 😁😁 and she's the villain-

-if you're a scientist tho u should run she's coming for y'all

-last but not the least, Mommy.

-she's actually southeast asian (I AM BIASED BECAUSE I ALSO AM SOUTHEAST ASIAN)

-born on october 21

Leo

-AHAHAHAHAHWHWHW AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

-Valerie's husband before he was a 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️

-looks white but he actually is half korean

-Raven's dad <3

-actually very sweet lol

-demisexual straight man

-dadd-

-a snake enthusiast. Can name ten kinds of snakes in 10 secs (i mean-)

-never got to have a childhood. His entire life he's stuck in his bed with a book. Thus reading about snakes

-he has a weak heart (I'm biased because I also have one.) and is forbidden to do such tasks that can give him an attack

-born on November 26

Alexandra

-I'm biased. That's actually what my parents were supposed to name me.

-THE SCIENTIST FRIEND.

-you can call her 'Al'

-l e s b i a n

-she's my main character <3

-no gf yet. She has priorities. If she has a potential gf whilst prioritizing work and defeating her ex bff, it'll be a slow romance.

-attatchment issues

-trust issues

-she would be a swiftie.

-the mom AND the baby friend.

-she got her yellow eyes from her great grandma :)

-SHE HAS.. A BROTHER.

-born on may 1st (im biased 😝)

Victor

- "we live in a society"

-Al's brother

-he ends the bloodline with his sister

-gay. A hundred percent.

-but he's emo. Bc guys are jerks and he wants NONE OF THOSE at the moment. Poor guy.

-pessimist

- "The feeling of happiness caused by your own friends happiness feels.. wonderful." "That would be empathy."

-Sarcastic dude

-no one takes his coffee away from him

- "spill thy tea"

- "Yay! We both have mother issues!"

-he would listen to TWICE. He would love TWICE. He would love 'Doughnut'

-lends a helping hand to his sis.

-he studies psychology (I'm so biased because that's my main goal)

-born on April 6

Momm- Adira <3

-unalives zombies

-do not arm wrestle with her. The last one that did couldn't move their arm for three straight days.

-She likes flowers <3

-her favorite color is old rose pink

-feeds stray cats. (Im biased)

-born on september 24

-orphan

-slays zombies (yes. Slays 😝)

-Valerie always tells her she's grown well. (Her next planned zombie 😝😝)

-Al's acquaintance.

Adam

-yes that's his name

-born on the same day as Adira so they're basically twins

-dad

-Valerie terrifirs him a bit.

- "can I have one of those quickie bread thingies?"

-H I M B O

-him and Victor compliment each other hehe 🤭

-dadd-

-MUSCLE

-he serves beverages

-looks terrifying but it's just the physique

-orphan

-draws hearts and unicorns with the little ones :")

#my ocs #lol

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kirstielol · 2 years

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hello! I’m considering adopting a rosy boa soon, and was wondering if you had any snake advice? I’ve been researching as much as possible to prepare and give it a good environment but I’ve never owned a snake before and just want to make sure I cover all my bases. thank you!

ah i'm sorry i just realized this has been in my ask box for like a week!!

ok so i'm not familiar with rosy boas and their care, so i can't give you any specific advice.. but i can give a few general reptile tips that beginners should know! first off, make sure the tank is nice and cluttered, lots of hides and fake plants for them to hide in. reptiles in general don't like feeling like they're out in the open, so you don't want a bare tank.

also, if rosy boas require heat, you definitely want your heat source plugged into a thermostat! this is very important! a thermostat (not a thermometer) is something that will control your heat source for you. so if you need the basking spot to be, say, 30 degrees celsius, you set the thermostat to 30, and it will dim your heat source as needed to keep the basking spot exactly 30. unregulated heat sources get much too hot and can burn your pet!

other than that, i'm not sure what else to say lol.. i recommend feeding frozen/thawed mice/rats over live.. since live rodents can fight back and bite your snake.

and as with any reptile, continue learning and researching about their care, even after you have them. husbandry information changes as people learn better ways to care for their animals.

#sounds like you're already doing lots of research though so that's great!#watch youtube videos.. read care guides.. do all the research you can! i'm sure you'll be a good snake parent!

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dreamspeaks22 · 1 year

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Just saying, it's a dream post. Dw.

911 House (yes that was the house number, not some gross joke.)

TW: mentions of animal abuse, dead animals and dying animals. No graphic descriptions. Mentions of alcoholism. Mentions of feces. I don't go into heavy detail on anything so don't worry. But I am sorry if I should've added something else, please lmk if I need to. These are all dreams btw. Some of it is based in fact and I'm happy to clarify, but everything I write about is just dreams. Oh and I repeat words a lot. Sorry I'm really tired and trying to drill this out. Struggling with synonyms.

-Grandma's house;

I say 'grandma's house,' but it's usually more Tim's(my grandpa, we have bad past, i refer to him as Tim). Its rare grandma actually makes an appearance. When she does, she's usually sickly in some way, and not prevalent in the dream.

'Their' dream house is typically the 911 Highland house. It's usually close to reality. Sometimes their dogs are present, their cats often are not. Their dogs are very often wanting to go outside. Sometimes feces litters the ground near the door.

For most of these dreams, I am in my room. It's infrequent that I see the rest of the house, and when I do, it's typically infringed upon by a drunk Tim. Often if I see any other parts of the house (usually kitchen or bathroom) the floors are smeared with feces, and old food/dirty dishes clutter the kitchen. My room is, surprisingly, empty most of the time. Almost as if I'm just moving in. In fact, a lot of these dreams, I know I'm moving in. I'm in the process of setting up my room. But my furniture is different and when I'm planning for animals, it's typical for it to be rats, a snake, and a lizard. Or rats in a big cage and some sort of tanked animal. The tank is usually amazingly well set up, but the animal in poor shape. (Underfed, water empty, dead prey inside, etc.) However in the dreams I'm setting up my room, I don't usually get to go into detail with the animals. So these dreams are somewhat separate and together.

The basement is basically a whole other place. It's obviously grandma and Tim's 911 Highland house basement, but so wrong. Like most basements in my dreams. I guess I just really don't like basements. Anyways, the basement is usually cluttered, dark, dirty, and scary in an unknown threat kinda way. It usually focuses on my failures as a pet parent in my younger years. Dozens of cages filled with neglected rodents. Ranging from rats and mice, all the way to guinea pigs -which I've never had. I think its mainly just meant to focus on my fuckups. Doesn't matter if it's accurate. I'll see the corpses of rodents, or them struggling to survive, skinny and looking like they're on deaths door. Their bedding is always gross, as is everything in their cage and around them. Sometimes live animals are doing their normal thing among the corpses of their cagemates. It never ever got that bad, but like I said, accuracy isn't always the strong point here.

In the past I'd have dreams of grandma and Tim's house and animal neglect. Those were considerably worse. They were usually me looking into a cage to find horrendously decayed corpses. In the wet, goopy, maggots crawling everywhere kinda horrendous. A lot of times I'd be holding the animal (and it's alive) only for it to turn around and reveal a gaping rotten wound.

Lately though, I'm trying to clean cages and feed the animals in these dreams. They're not as often dead, and never horribly rotten. The cage states are better.

I don't have really really bad dreams about Tim anymore. I still have bad ones, but they don't make me wake up in a panic anymore. Now he's more of a nuisance than anything. More willing to fuck off when asked, spends more time in his room, doesn't usually bother me in mine. I do still have moments where he'll walk past and I'll freeze up. My heart stops, chest freezing mid breath, eyes locked, unblinking, and waiting. But he rarely comes in.

Occasionally I find myself in the backyard or sneaking around the house to slip into an open window. There's not much to those parts of the dreams. They feel just like the real version of sneaking into the house with a drunk Tim inside.

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