yellowjackets has slowly established that misty quigley is afraid of water.

she didn't swim in the lake with the others, she watched that rat in her pool— either watching it drown (perhaps not because she's "evil," but because she was unwilling to go in and save it) or watching it swim (and regarding it with a jealous curiosity, because she can't or won't ever do the same). she was even hesitant to get in the sensory deprivation tank, where we saw a brief panic before her "revelation." the only reason she got in at all was to stay at the compound, for nat.

this is not the first time this has happened, nor the most meaningful— when javi fell through the ice into the lake, and nat was at the edge, everyone was afraid to step forward, lest they fall in. but misty, who's terrified of water, leapt across it to save her. without hesitation. she didn't care about the risk, about it being her greatest fear.

because if it meant saving her, misty would swim across the ocean for natalie.

It's ECCC week! I am super excited. We still don't know when the fuck they're starting repairs on the apartment (their best guess date was Monday (yes, two days ago), but I wasn't actually expecting that to happen), so rather than have the dog sitter come and be with Bean at the apartment, we're gonna drop her at the kennel this afternoon.

And I am going to be my usual mess about it because I once read like a single post that said, "All your dog wants is to be with you," and given that the gremlin has separation anxiety and will absolutely look betrayed and confused when we hand her over, I will feel like the worst person.

But. A BIG BUT. It's a very good kennel. We used them once before. And this was way back when we first got Bean. And she went, and she did just fine, and the kennel was very nice about our daily call for a report because we're LIKE THAT. And it'll be good to see how she does. I added on a daily play time and an every other day treat sprinkle so she's got a little something fun.

Like, it's been just over three years since she was last there. And she's a much more confident and assured pile of asshole, so I DO want to know how she does, but I also just wish I could take her with us because that's the perfect world scenario.

Anyway, just lots of feelings about my pup, who definitely barked at the dogs walking by today but also immediately quieted when I stepped outside to make her sit and stay. Which is major progress from three years ago.

To finish, here she is helping during bath time:

And here's a second shot Sean took that includes my jugs, which he swears wasn't on purpose, but I am suspicious:

The more I think about it, the more Laios and Falin's different perceptions of their parents are a case of "same parents, different childhood".

Whenever someone asks Laios about his and Falin's family, he comments on how they treated Falin but never comments about how how their childhood affected him - in fact, he kind of glosses over it. It's Falin that everyone is rallying to save, it's Falin that's Marcille's friend, it's Falin that everyone has a positive opinion of - he's just the weirdo brother that gets to share some of her light sometimes. He's the one who's only tolerated when he's useful in a dungeon. Falin's treatment is a large part of the reason that he left, but it's the symptom of a larger issue.

When we see Laios' thoughts of his parents in his nightmares, it's all about the expectations that he's supposed to live up to: the expectation to stop being "childish", the expectation to get married (to who his parents picked) and have children, the expectation to take over from his father as the village chief, the expectation to adapt to something that he isn't able to be in the way that people want him to. And these are all things that he has had to be told in some way: he had to be told that Shuro didn't like him, he had to be told that told that the gold-peelers were taking advantage of him - these aren't thoughts that just appeared on their own, these are all failures that someone has explicitly pointed out to him and they haunt him. Some of the things he considers his biggest failures are his failure to provide for and protect Falin and those have very tangible examples he can point to.

We get a glimpse of what happens when he fails to live up to his father's expectations when Falin is born. He expects a certain reaction from Laios and when he fails to give that reaction he physically puts him down, dismisses him, and underestimates how much he understands.

And that's something that's shown to be a bit of a sore point for him - people thinking that he doesn't understand something because he doesn't express himself like people expect. The few times we see him snap at people are because people think he isn't understanding something because he isn't reacting "normally".

On Falin's side, the expectations seem to be a lot different - she's the younger one, for one, she's a girl, and she was so young when the fallout from her having magic happened. She too had an arranged engagement, but that was broken off when she was sent away to magic school and since then, their parents only seem to be passively involved in her life. She's mostly been freed of the expectations that their parents had for her in her village - she won't be coming back after all. She understands why they sent her away, she wasn't completely oblivious to the villagers treatment of her and it was, arguably, for the best so she is at peace with what their relationship is for now. But she still wants to go to her hometown and see for herself with adult eyes because she has never really had the space to do that.

I don't think their parents are inherently evil people - the truth is probably somewhere between Laios and Falin's version of the story, Laios' side tinged by too much cynicism and Falin's by too much naivete.

It just strikes me that when he tried to provide the "normal" way he failed, but given the space to do something similar to what people expected of him, but in his own way, he succeeded. He isn't perfect but his efforts are ultimately fruitful and he is able to carve out a place for himself, Falin, and others who had been ostracized like them to call home.

wild strawberries

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sad: falling out of a hyperfixation

tragic: watching your beloved friends and mutuals fall out of the hyperfixation while you're still in it

i'm trying to move away from the internet queer discoursing but ik i have some mutuals the are still in the trenches so i thought you guys might appreciate this clip of contrapoints being normal abt transmasc issues. btw.

My page for @sheikahzine; about Impaz's duty to her village, empty of people and full of memories.

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Eimmet High...temmiE high. OMG!

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Next update may take...much longer! I have finals and an internship and not to mention I have to draw- A LOT :')

day 1: if only ♡

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Captain Francis Crozier, at Furthest North.

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🎉🎇HAPPY NEW YEAR!🎇🎉

Sure was a year...This is just me taking the end of year opportunity to post the various DC comics doodles that have been gathering dust in my files! Disclaimer that I'm a heathen who mostly reads batfam comics (and also a lot of. Sidekick-y stuff? Like YJ98) and these are all for fun! (Image #3 is a direct adaptation of this text post I made)

well, heaven knows

that without you is how i disappear

The pishacha are manifestations of evil itself, locked within a cursed amulet. The wearer of the amulet is at the mercy of the demon, known for possessing humans and feeding off their host's chakra energy. However, if symbiosis is achieved, the pishacha can grant its host a myriad of powerful abilities.

I just needed to draw something cool okay. I needed to draw some cool goop and some cool looks okay. okay. if I didn't post this I would have exploded okay

still making my way through rtd's non-doctor-who work. currently at mine all mine which is from 2004. one character says to another character "you should meet ianto." i (not welsh) (never been to wales) (only know like one welsh person) am like "oh ha ha like ianto from torchwood?" and then immediately shut that down like "ianto is probably a very common welsh name, the fact that my mind immediately goes to ianto from torchwood is just a sign of my ignorance/lack of interaction with welsh people." character shows up to meet ianto.

[image description: a screenshot from the tv show mine all mine. it depicts two young men standing next to each other in a club. one of them is played by gareth-david lloyd. end image description.]

it's ianto from torchwood.