#a sleeping baby: not flat

[muffinlance]

Crochet isopuppy is beginning to take shape!

Next up: legs and back shell. Not sure I'll keep this body shape in the final draft, but it works fine as a filler while I figure the proportions on the rest out.

I'm adding pattern variations for colored tips on the ears/legs/tail, so people can give their pups a bit of customization.

#avatar the last airbender #atla #salvage #the amazing isopuppy #kids are sick this weekend (...and parents too) so there is much cuddling #which means lots of crochet time but not so much on the sewn pattern #which--shock!--needs to be drawn on a flat-ish surface #a sleeping baby: not flat #but hey I'm getting this pattern super close to done!

[rabbitindemun]

Flat Dreams stuff at 03:30 AM because i am a being of pure energy

#bill cipher #flat dreams #Liam Cipher #not sleeping today #not sleeping tomorrow #bill cipher fanart #little Billy #aww.. who's a pretty baby god of caos? yes you are.. yes you areee-

[icewindandboringhorror]

sneeping with his legs up over his head for some reason... weird boye

#cats #love the second picture... skrungly sleepy well rested boye face... #since he's an elderly boy now sometimes when he wakes up from a nap he looks a bit scruffy and squinty eyed #Hard to beleive he's like 15 though.. he still looks like a kitten to me.. due to his giant round creature eyes and childlike demeanor #I think it's interesting that like... baby cats are babies. kittens are kittens. and you can tell a cat is like 'young adult' phase #looking from like a few months to maybe 1yr or 2yrs.. but after that they just always look the same to me #a 5 yr old cat is a 10 yr old cat is a 15 year old cat. unless the cat in question is particulalry aged or youthful #I still have so so little energy... it's been icy here this week. like not even FUN but just scary icy even thoguh i lOOOVE the cold #and its my favorite weather. I think it'd be okay actually if I had a woodburning stove/fireplace/hearth thing. literally thats my only #concern with the power going out. I genuinely don't mind stuff like having to go to the bathroom in buckets or cook over a fire or do other #less conveninet things. Its just that if eveyrhtng is electric then you have no way to cook and all of that. well.. and I literally need #background noise to go to sleep lest my ocd sprials become so loud I am slowly driven into maddness.. but a few battery packs or something #and a phone with one downloaded video I could play on repeat is fine for that. I dont need internet. ANYWAY.. so so sad that my fav #orite season ever (winter) is here. and the first cold of the winter is like... just an ice storm that you cant even walk in. I #love like 4 feet of snow where you can play in it and stuff. But just a thin flat sheet of a few inches of ice over every imaginable surfac #is not really playable. the wind speeds are so high and so many trees fall it's actually not that safe to go hang out outside anyway unless #you were in a totally clear open field. which is SAD also because i love ice and high winds. i love to stand out there and get whipped in t #he face with ice crystals and feel like I'm in some dramatic movie or something. but alas.. the threat of being attacked by a falling tree. #I did go out some but again it's like. literallyyou cant walk on it. so I just squatted and dragged myself along the ground lol #One of my stories has a whole section where the main characters are trapped in a deadly cold environment for a week and have to use magic #to survive and etc. etc. so I'm always like.. ouuu.. I should go in the ice.. it's Writing Research actually.. *foolishly gets frostbite* #THOUGH yesterday I went on a harrowing evil journey down a bunch of icy hilly roads to go check on some person's cat because the cat #had been left in the house for like 5 days at that point with nobody to check on them and nobody else seemed to want to do anything #about it (like call all of the neighbors or try to get someone out there) so I just went myself with a roommate who agreed to drive me. #It seemed acting totally normal and I gave it more food and water but.. I am still worried about it.. Apparently the person will be able #to get back to their house tomorrow but.. I dont trust them. But I couldnt take the cat with me because it's like.. a stranger's cat #basically and also no carrier + very skittish.. so I feared if I just tried to carry them bare handed they'd definitely leap from my grasp #and then it'd be like.. sliding on a sheet of ice chasing a cat and so on.. I still think they need to be watched for health issues tho >:| #ANYWAY.... many cat adventures lately... and strange weather... I wish for a normal week without always so many Things Happening.. augh

[afanofmanyhats]

You've mentioned your dislike about the Bionicle timeline before. What's your take on it and what doesn't work about it for you? I'm curious to hear your interpretation.

The main issue is the fact that it's a ridiculously, laughably long time for people to stay alive. It takes me out of my immersion to remember that this whole storyline takes place over a period of time ten times greater than the existence of Jericho, but characters like Ackar and Kiina on Bara Magna and the majority of characters in the Matoran Universe have lived that whole time. I'm not opposed to immortal/long-lived characters as an idea, but the story needs to do something with that time scale.

For instance, in Tolkien's works, the ages of the Elven characters has weight in their characterization and relationships to the others. The Silmarillion highlights their horror and sadness as they realize their new human friends will age and die in what feels like no time at all to the Elves. In the Lord of the Rings, the lifespans of Elrond and Galadriel add extra gravity to their advice and foresight; they've lived longer than any of the main characters and know the threat of Sauron better than anyone. Their longevity makes them unique, provides diversity and contrast.

Meanwhile, everyone in BIONICLE ages the same way, so there isn't really a highlightable difference in how aging affects you. It's entirely subjective. Helryx and Artakha are all the same age as Takua, possibly even younger, but they're the ones noted for being ancient. I know Takua had several layers of amnesia, but his personality largely stayed consistent, so the fact that he was apparently an irascible scamp since creation makes him feel static. You're telling me he only underwent major personality changes in the last few years?

The ridiculously long timeline also makes the story feel static because it's frankly pretty sparse. Bara Magna has been a desert wasteland with a half-dozen tribes since the Shattering; the only major political shift occurred when the Skrall migrated to Roxtus less than two years before the '09 arc. The MU's timeline is more detailed, but the information we do have still suggests its development is relatively stagnant. The League of Six Kingdoms and the Matoran Civil War/Great Disruption happen back to back, but then the timeline's fairly empty for 75,000 years. All we have to go off of for the main markers is the Brotherhood consolidating power and Dume is active as a Toa. We don't get more detailed politics until the time of the Toa Mangai, and then things start happening with greater and greater intensity that feels natural.

All this to say: when you're making an expansive timeline, it helps to make it feel dense, especially the closer you get to the events of the story. Human history is intricately complicated, with even Dark Ages still providing us ample discussion through archaeology and the lack of written evidence. BIONICLE's timeline has great worldbuilding from a political and social development lens, but it's too stretched out. I'd say that cutting the timeline down to 10,000 years would solve a lot of the issues I discussed. Also reducing the ages of many of the characters, especially the ones on Bara Magna. It's hard to sell Gresh as young when he'd be old enough to remember when humans first started leaving Africa, you know?

#a new hat for my collection #bionicle #bonkle #answers #I hope this is coherent #Baby Av-Matoran's been having trouble sleeping #but tl:dr #it too long for story to make internal sense #and makes the world feel stagnant and flat #I'll probably revisit this with more comprehensive thoughts

[lilacpaperbird]

happy snoopynatural sunday

#they're eepy #shhh don't wake them up. if they don't get their daily nap time they get all grumpy #yeah they have to sleep like that. on their backs flat surface no blanket. like babies. risk of suffocation yk #snoopynatural #sam & dean #⚝ #snoopynatural sunday

[davy-zeppeli]

#if you didn't make the link between this post and my last post i have spent the past 3 hours. balls deep in mike pics. #they've provided sufficient distraction from the harrowing void that is eating away at me. for now. however it will return. #so i have to sleep. before it returns. #just know this. mike. mike baby. hhnnfjdhhhhhhhjnhjskmhhhhhhhhhhh #Life Support Machine Flat-Line.sfx #me #ramblings

[dokupine]

snork mimimimimi or alternate title flat fuck fsaturday

#submission #SUFSDFICHETIOVPWEUROC #HONK SHOO #abslultoey in love with their scrungy face #and how they resemble a sleeping lizard #the scratchy lines ouaregurehorourchw AUGRHWCJ #i love this so much #flat fuck fsaturday <3333333 #baby pelican lookin ass

[glorious-spoon]

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#i am so sad that my daughter inherited my BRAIN TOO FAST CAN'T SLEEP CAN'T SLEEP CAN'T SLEEP brain #my son will pass out in 3 minutes flat #my daughter has been trying to sleep for an hour and a half and only just finally dozed off #when she was a baby we had to get her to sleep with a hand on her back #which we would then remove with the same care you would apply to defusing a bomb #she's 9 now and very little has actually changed there #just a miserable kid crying because she has too many thoughts and can't sleep

[ocular-intercourse]

she's the only one of our kittens that goes full slug mode

#the pictures don't quite capture just how flat she makes herself when she sleeps like that #♥♥♥ #baby #roe #cat

[orcelito]

You know, for as much as I've said I'm not going to read any more tr.istamp fic, I never seem to learn my lesson

#speculation nation #i will not say what i read bc i am not in the habit of spreading negativity #but i just. GOD i really do not like the common vash characterization for t.ristamp fic #why did i even read all of it? i didnt even really Like it #i just. started. and what do you know i just kept reading. #i should be in bed. i should be sleeping so that i have a refreshed brain #so that i can embrace my own characterization that i love and enjoy oh so much #my characterization really is all my favorite parts of him. so Many other ones end up falling flat. #most commonly is in the tr.istamp fic tho #he is Not a whimpering sniveling baby who talks Oh So Cutely and also is weirdly emotionally manipulative??? what???? #that last one being from the thing i read. im just like. what the Fuck was that???? #maybe i should just reread parts of my own fic. it would certainly make me happier than This did :/ #ok bitch mode over i just had to rant a little bit hfkshfkf Sorry

[empty-blog-for-lurking]

Saw someone talk about how Tim Stoker is Lance McClain coded and this further proves my agenda that Lance deserved a revenge obsessed arc

#And i want the entire process ok #I want the entire process of Lance going from one of the most emotionally stable and happy go lucky characters to hurt and vengeful #And then try to go back to his happy emotionally stable jokester self only to realize that he cant his jokes fall flat #his smile doesnt reach his eyes his affection is held back he has changed he is picking up the pieces only to realize that #some pieces are missing and some pieces are new #and he just has to deal with it #no i dont want him to have a romance arc fuck a romance arc it ruined his character in canon and in fanon #i want him to have an arc that makes ppl put the old witch sleeps by the amazing devil n tongues n teeth by the crane wives in his playlist #Give me the water cycle Lance baby #Let him be angry and emotional in a way that is actually taken seriously by the narrative #Let him kill someone for himself not allura not keith not his family but himself as a treat #He deserves this #No 'ow the edge' moment done by a brooding guy will ever be as impactful as if it is done or even attempted by a happy go lucky guy #after one hell of a arc ofc #lance mcclain #lance serrano #lance voltron #vld lance #voltron legendary defender #vld #voltron #rant over #empty thoughts

[tally-ace]

I love posting to my side writing blog and seeing the little activity line shoot STRAIGHT up it makes me laugh for some reason

What’re you so excited about, side blog I haven’t posted anything to in seven months? What could possibly have caused the sudden surge (1 like) of activity????

#I need to actually format that blog #Ive been meaning to make graphics and master posts and such #maybe thats something ill try to work on #once im unemployed again #id like for my chapter posts to look nicer than they do right now #because i am very lazy with them #maybe ill draw a nice header image or something #who knows #tally-rambles-alot #I can watch in real time the line go from flat to a straight line up the moment #that i reblog a chapter post from my sideblog to my main blog #i love it #its like poking a sleeping baby awake so it can scream at me really loudly for like #5 minutes #and then go back to sleep until I poke it again

[upperranktwo]

It's raining out and my cat has decided to snuggle up against me and I'm 😭😭😭 I feel super content right now!!

#im the only one in the flat since my dad is looking after the babies at my sisters house! #i just went out and bought myself a pizza and me and mojo are vibing on the sofa! #i think i will play splatoon whilst she sleeps 😭 #shes so cute!!! #sky rambles

[culdogs]

i went out of the house and left my dog with my sister for a bit and apparently she just started howling?? she described it as if my dog was having a mental breakdown and just crying over me being gone. my dog is 4 and it’s the first time she’s even done sth like this, i think we’ve become codependent eh

#but i came back #and she seemed completely fine #i don’t get it #maybe she just missed our flat or thought i was going back there without her #she’s sleeping peacefully now #but i go to uni every day #and none of my neighbours even said anything? #so i hope it was a one time thing #my poor baby

[batnsons]

to the girl who broke my poor boyfriend before he made his way to me: I wish you the absolute fucking worst

#this poor man #just had to spend 30 minutes convincing him that I absolutely would not be mad at him if he went to bed because he was fucking exhausted #but refusing to sleep because “you want to talk and you’ll be mad #baby no #I want you to do what you want #I want you to rest if you’re tired for gods sake #please #he was like #‘you really won’t be mad for sure?’ #NO BABY PLEASE GO TO BED IF YOURE TIRED #I hope whoever hurt him like this never gets green lights #I hope she stains every new shirt the day she buys it #I hope she has a flat tire always #I hope she gets stopped behind a train when she’s late for work #boyfriend tag #rey rambles

[whateveriwant]

The 141 getting you to stay in bed

It gets a little spicy towards the end so 18+ please

Soap

Waking up to the feeling of a numb arm is extremely unpleasant, but you suppose it comes with the territory when trying to cuddle 200+ pounds of rugged Scotsman

You manage to free your trapped limb and roll to the other side of the bed, but that space behind you remains empty for only about three seconds before Johnny's pressing himself flat to your back 

Now with his arms around your waist, he holds you tight to him, mumbling unintelligibly against the back of your head

He drifts back to sleep quickly enough, his grip on you starting to loosen, only for it to tighten again when he feels you try to wriggle out of his hold

The incoherent grumbles from his throat grow increasingly displeased the more you try to shift away from him, until finally he huffs a grumpy, “Quit it,” into your scalp, hooking his leg over yours 

If you still don't listen, he'll have no choice but to take drastic measures to keep you still. Fed up with your squirming, he simply rolls on top of you, pinning you to the mattress below him

You can try beating on his back, telling him that you can't breathe, but he just shrugs and says, “Use my breath.”

Don't even bother trying to explain how oxygen doesn't work like that, because he doesn't care. “Tough,” he mumbles into the crook of your neck. “‘Cause I'm no' movin’.” And by extension, neither are you

Gaz

Kyle is also a stage 5 clinger, but he's less boa constrictor and more baby koala

So when your alarm goes off at 8am precisely, it's no surprise that the man behind you grumbles in protest

“It's Saturday,” he bemoans. “Why you getting up so bloody early?” When you tell him you like to keep your routine even on the weekends, he just groans and mutters, “Five more minutes.”

You can try to squirm and wrestle out of his hold, but he'll just tighten his arm around your midsection, keeping his front firmly glued to your back

But you need to get up! You have to pee for goodness’ sake! 

“Use the empty bottle on your nightstand,” he mumbles into your hair, peeking an eye open as you crane to look back at him. The look you give him at such a horrid suggestion has him sighing. “Alright, fine,” he relents and releases you. “But be quick. Bed gets cold without you.”

Once you've answered the call of nature, don't be surprised to find Kyle waiting for you directly outside the bathroom. He's wrapped up in your comforter like an oversized burrito, only his face and feet visible as they peek out from under the plush cover

With a sleepy pout, he holds his hand out for you, tugging you back to bed with him. Oh, he’ll make sure you get those five more minutes alright. Even if he has to drag you kicking and screaming

Ghost

First of all, don't even kid yourself into thinking you'll stand a chance of waking up before him or sneaking out of bed without him knowing. This man is the epitome of a light sleeper, whenever he does sleep, that is

So when you do finally wake up, it comes as no surprise to see Simon already up too. But just because you're both awake now doesn't mean you have to immediately be productive; quite the opposite, in fact

With how busy and stressed he is all the time, Simon loves nothing more than to just lie in bed with you and do nothing for hours

If you try to get up, he's stopping you with a gentle hand on your wrist, his voice quiet but firm as he commands, “Stay.”

You'll lay back down for a bit to appease him, but it won't be long before you feel guilty since you have so many things you should be doing instead

But actually, no, you don't have  anything to worry about. He's already taken care of everything before you woke up, he humbly informs you

The cat's been fed, the bin’s been taken out to the curb, he's even gotten your breakfast typed up on his phone – just give him the word and he'll place the order

So now when he opens his arms for you, having you bury your face in his chest, you've got nothing to worry about except savoring this moment with him 

Price

John is also a very light sleeper, so it only takes .02 seconds of you trying to stand from the bed for his bear-like snores to cease and his eyes to flit wide open

He'll grab you by the shirt hem, mumbling, “Where’re y’ goin’?” But it doesn't really matter what your answer is because his response is always the same: “No y’r not.” And pulls you back down. “Y’r stayin’ right here.”

He'll lie on his stomach, face smushed in the pillow, a big, warm hand tucked under your shirt resting against your belly

With nothing better to do, you scroll through your phone, catching up on your socials, the news, etc., but it's not long before you hear him grumble, “Put that away, will ya? ‘S too early to be meltin’ your brain with that thing.”

Well, what does he expect you to do? Lie there and stare at the ceiling for an hour? “Expect you to be good,” he tells you. “Don't make me get the handcuffs out again.”

Now that you have to laugh at. If he thinks it's too early to be on your phone, it's definitely too early for that

He smirks, opening his eye just a sliver, and the hand on your stomach begins to rub soft circles. “Is that so?” he taunts, his touch sneakily edging downwards. And when he slips beneath the band of your shorts, well…

Let's just say you're not leaving that bed anytime soon

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