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Here’s a sneak preview of a VERY SPECIAL SOMEONE who will be coming to our library for a new children’s reading program, starting in March.
Stay tuned for more details, coming soon!!!
🐶📚🐶
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it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.
#writing#writing prompt#tropes#reading#books#book tropes#angst prompt#angst#booklr#writeblr#writers on tumblr#percy jackson#the poppy war#mythology#chosen one#atla#avatar#avatar the last airbender#bungou stray dogs#yosano akiko#anime#my hero academia#todoroki shoto#neon genesis evangelion#the hunger games#10k#20k#30k#50k#100k
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“When I first heard it, from a dog trainer who knew her behavioral science, it was a stunning moment. I remember where I was standing, what block of Brooklyn’s streets. It was like holding a piece of polished obsidian in the hand, feeling its weight and irreducibility. And its fathomless blackness. Punishment is reinforcing to the punisher. Of course. It fit the science, and it also fit the hidden memories stored in a deeply buried, rusty lockbox inside me. The people who walked down the street arbitrarily compressing their dogs’ tracheas, to which the poor beasts could only submit in uncomprehending misery; the parents who slapped their crying toddlers for the crime of being tired or hungry: These were not aberrantly malevolent villains. They were not doing what they did because they thought it was right, or even because it worked very well. They were simply caught in the same feedback loop in which all behavior is made. Their spasms of delivering small torments relieved their frustration and gave the impression of momentum toward a solution. Most potently, it immediately stopped the behavior. No matter that the effect probably won’t last: the reinforcer—the silence or the cessation of the annoyance—was exquisitely timed. Now. Boy does that feel good.”
— Melissa Holbrook Pierson, The Secret History of Kindness (2015)
#dog books#this chapter was very sad reading#when you become aware of punishment#and its use and its prevalence#it's hard not to despair#again this is why positive reinforcement feels like absolution#maybe now my eyes are open I can make up for what I did#what I did because it's what everyone does#because it's more acceptable to punish than to do anything else#I've been having so many thoughts about punishment and society and justice#this book was very validating#another great validating moment in my jumbled thoughts#was listening to the You're Wrong About episode on justice#with Amanda Knox#it helped to ease the despair a little
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the glamorous life of a mafia executive
(based on an idea from Remi!)
#(also from remi ->) kouyou: how did [redacted] end up in the infirmary? / Chuuya: they lacked basic reading comprehension.#aaaah i needed something short to recuperate after that neverending comic#enjoy chuuya's day-to-day business management as an executive#bsd#bungo stray dogs#bungou stray dogs#bsd fanart#bsd chuuya#bsd nakahara chuuya#nawy's comics
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Good to know Chuuya is Dazai's personal rubber duck
#I'm sorry I was thinking about this the whole chapter#It's kinda cute to see this side of skk. It's like reading a domestic fic#osamu dazai#chūya nakahara#skk#soukoku#bsd#bungou stray dogs#bsd ch 114#mine
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friendly advice from vetmed: I know that when your animal has an infection that is generating a lot of discharge, you want to describe that to the veterinarian, because it’s a concerning sign. that is true. I also know that the most common word for this type of discharge is “pus,” so it’s logical that that’s the word that you’ll use when describing what’s going on. and in English, we often add a “-y” when we’re using a word as a descriptor.
but. the word. the word you are looking for. is purulent.
please stop sending in messages telling the doctor that your dog has a “pussy wound.”
#aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAA#(i know. I know what you’re trying to say! I understand how you got to this conclusion!)#but please read the things you are writing#you don’t need to say that your dog has pussy eyes. you can just say infection. or ‘eyes have pus’#pls and thank u#uhh idk how to tag this tell me if something should be added#injury cw#unsanitary cw
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in love with tragedy
#did you know if i don't draw skk angst every month i will explode and Die#IN MY HEAD HE NEVER JUMPED#idk which version YALL read but in mine he does his dramatic speech on the roof and then walks away#and leaves aku n atsu there thinking “??????? bitch tf”#before going and filing paperwork while chuuya screams at him abt missing a meeting while he was out playing cards on the roof w sskk#bungou stray dogs#bungo stray dogs#bsd#nakahara chuuya#chuuya nakahara#dazai osamu#osamu dazai#soukoku#skk#bungou stray dogs beast#bsd beast#beast soukoku#beast skk#lotus draws
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The calm before the storm i guess
#bungou stray dogs#bsd#bsd chuuya#chuuya nakahara#bsd stormbringer#bungou stray dogs stormbringer#bsd the flags#bsd lippmann#bsd pianoman#bsd doc#bsd albatross#bsd iceman#fake screenshot#sab posting#i opened stormbringer searching for insipration to draw and almost threw up by reading like two pages about the flags
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✨ love your fandom asks ✨
Saw the opposite of this floating around and thought the reverse might be fun.
list 3 positive things about your current fandom(s)
a headcanon you weren't sure about at first but have come to like!
a character that fandom has helped you appreciate
say something nice about a ship you don't ship (it can be another ship in your fandom, a mutual's OTP, etc)
something you see in fics a lot and love
something you see in art a lot and love
your favorite tropes to read/write/draw
you hope more people will come to appreciate ___ (a ship, a trope, an episode, etc)
a ship that isn't your OTP but that you enjoy
a blog (mutual or one you follow) that has made your fandom experience brighter
if you're a writer or artist, what fic or piece of art are you proud of making?
compliment someone else in your fandom
your favorite type of fandom event (gift exchange, ship week, secret santa, prompt meme, etc)
the ship that always makes you smile
the character that always makes you smile
a tiny detail in canon that you want more people to appreciate
the thing in canon that everyone loves and that you also love
a fandom tag that you track
your current fandom(s)
your very first fandom!
a fandom you're not active in anymore but that you still really like
the fandom friend you've known the longest
the fandom you're curious about because of a mutual
how has fandom positively impacted your life?
a piece of advice for taking care of yourself in fandom spaces
#ask game#fandom positivity#tysm to Shy for reading over these questions before I put them into the Universe#I'm quite tired and it's freezing here so I am going to go hug my dogs
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Emily Wilson, in conversation on her translation of The Iliad with Madeline Miller (x)
#this was such a wonderful read i adored her explanation of her usage of 'dog-face' with regards to helen#excited to say ive ordered my copy and cannot wait to devour it !#the iliad#emily wilson#quotes#typography
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my favourite thing about chuuya nakahara is that he's just kind of. chill. about everything. he's like, my tragic backstory has no hold on me, i went to therapy and i'm all good now. i'm a bad guy cuz it pays good and my found family happens to be here. what do you mean that's not a good reason, you a cop or something?
someone will betray him and he'll go ok well that's pretty upsetting. they probably had a good reason though. i'll forgive them if they let me get a good punch in. if they're really just a hater they're giving me bad vibes and i don't wanna deal with 'em at all tbh.
things have been done to him that would warrant a lifelong crusade of revenge for anyone else, but for chuuya nakahara it's just, that was super not cool but i'll let it slide if you get therapy with me.
chuuya is down for any crime and thinks moral boundaries are for losers and stuff but he's the nicest guy in the port mafia when it comes to not mistreating his subordinates and probably helps old ladies cross the street. he shows up for a solid 10-20 minutes of screentime per season and makes all the fans fall in love with him while doing the bare minimum, and despite technically being a villain i don't think he's worked against the agency a single time (although to be fair this is often not on purpose). he also does the bare minimum every time he's asked to help in-universe and clearly isn't even trying, and he sweeps anyway because he is ridiculously overpowered and could probably kill literally everyone if he actually wanted to, and i just. no one is doing it like him. you go you unbothered king.
#i haven't gotten around to reading stormbringer yet (although i have read some spoilers) so this may not be entirely accurate#but these are the vibes i get from him from what i do know and i love them#guy who could probably destroy or take over the entire world if he really wanted to but he's too cool for that#he just wants to day drink and look fabulous and make lesbians swoon#bsd#bungo stray dogs#bungou stray dogs#bsd chuuya#chuuya nakahara
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#ok i'm getting a hold on the wacom now#sirius black#remus lupin#wolfstar#marauders#hp#*#they're just disgusting dogs#still figuring out how i see them but honestly every time i read a fic they look different in my head so.
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no no no okay im making an actual post about this. "I wish he would disappear from my sight but if he does I fear there would be even worse fallout to result" CRINGE EMBARRASSING DEVASTATING DAZAI WHAT do you MEAN "if he does I fear there would be even worse fallout" what is WRONG with you. just admit you don't actually want him to disappear from your sight. you're so cringe. he's so cringe you guys.
#dazai osamu#nakahara chuuya#soukoku#skk#bungou stray dogs#bsd wan#IM EMBARRASSED TO EVEN BE READING THIS#'kill the part of you that cringes' EXCEPT when it's about this FUCKING GUY
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your manic pixie dream girl and nightmare bad boy all in one
I love binggeyuan sooo much. If I'm MIA, it's because I've fallen into quite the rabbit hole lately and going into hibernation!!
#my art#fan art#svsss#danmei#mxtx#binggeyuan#luo bingge x shen yuan#sorry i read so much good fic of them and it's ruined my life.#wolf boy that is a sopping wet dog x secretly very milfy otaku came for my NECK. won't lie!!#ough binghe we're in it now#been particularly mentally ill lately but this is my “nice” account so im hiding it in the tags#read nyoomerr's fics guys. pip is so good!!
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Tiny skk Thunderstorm Megacomic part 1 - part 2 ↓
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Chuuya had managed to hide that (very embarrassing) fear of lightning for all those years through careful movement planning, dubious self-control and luck. Today is probably not the day he'll talk about it, but lucky for him, he wasn't the only one here who would have liked to keep more stuff to himself.
#thank you for reading i hope you enjoyed ❤#FINAL PANEL COUNT: 74!!! (previous record: 36? 37?)#i spent so much more time than i thought i would on this i went a bit insane#bsd#bungo stray dogs#bungou stray dogs#bsd fanart#tiny skk adventures#bsd dazai#bsd dazai osamu#bsd chuuya#bsd nakahara chuuya#skk#soukoku#nawy's comics
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Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita (1967)
Kafka Asagiri, Bungo Stray Dogs chapter 114.5 (2024)
#I have a dear friend who's Ukrainian who /loves/ Master and Margarita#and ever since bsd “Dostoyevsky is immortal” kinda became an inside joke between us#Please appreciate this for her#fyodor dostoevsky#bsd#bungou stray dogs#bsd ch 114.5#mine#Fr tho Mikhail Bulgakov *is* a very important Ukrainian author.#I wouldn't be surprised if the bsd author had read Master and Margarita and took inspiration from it.
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