#being. existing. vibing.

[fjordfolk]

Hello, I was just wondering if you could share more about the kind of training and preparation you did with your girls at home/on shorter walks to get them ready for long hikes. And out of curiosity, what were the traits you looked for in potential breeds/puppies to suit long hikes? 💜

Oof, I wish I had a good and technical system to present here, but the truth is that we live in a rural part of Norway where nothing is flat unless it was dug out and the asphalt cracks so fast the main roads count as mild terrain, so a lot of it just comes with the territory.

From early on I've pretty much just tried to let them learn and grow as naturally as possible and to not limit them too much, and all of our puppies have been active and come on short hikes since they were ~3 months old. Not like heavy, static, structured activity - but little off-trail mountain or forest treks focused on play and exploration. Shaping the dog I want from the start, basically.

Our activity levels fluctuate with the season and weather, so we only do really long hikes in the summer and early autumn. But it's not unusual to spend 3-4hrs going mostly uphill on a regular walk, so doubling that for a hike isn't that big of an ask as long as they're healthy and in good base condition. And once hiking season starts rolling around in June after eight months of snow/sleet/rain, I'm usually in worse shape than my dogs anyway lol. I know my dogs well and we start the season with a few warmup hikes, to see where we're all at.

As far as breeds go, idk. I just tend to like a relatively neutral, balanced build. I'm not personally into very large or heavy dogs. I appreciate a little athleticism. I want less prey drive and more handler orientation. The ideal dog for me is one that maybe doesn't Have To, but Can and Wants To. Over the years I've also learned that I like a little moderation in body and angulation, and I prefer a slightly careful dog over an overconfident one.

#i hope this ramble answers maybe one of your questions #the overconfidence esp is a thing for me #i understand that a lot of ppl want a dog that throws itself into anything no questions asked - but not in an uncontrolled environment #and melis is adding another factor to that now where #shes SO sure of herself and confident she really feels NO urge to check in w us at all. getting none of that for free w this one #i take a lot of pride in my dogs being in good condition so thats also a thing that ties into this - i try to keep them lean and muscled #one time a friend picked up Sparta and went: :O Holy Shit! and ive been chasing that high ever since #and finally #for me hiking isnt so much about Going Places its just #being. existing. vibing. #being near and with ur dog. having fun with them and being kind to them and getting to know ourselves and each other #not in relation to other people or places just as is/are/am. #it doesnt really matter if we reach a summit or whatever. as long as we come back in the same pieces as we left in it was successful

[shopcat]

i think in the hamster wheel of my mind a big part of where people go wrong with eddie and his shitty garage band as an extension is that they for some bizarre reason think he's gene simmons metal when he's jack black metal. heavy metal. he's tenacious d metal. he's school of rock. he's stoner lord of the rings metal he nearly wore blue jeans and plaid. jack black literally in real life once said eddie was the best character bc he's heavy metal like him. LOOK AT THIS

#🍦 #answer it's bc people think he's some mishmash of all alternative scenes without any actual knowledge of where the mashing occurs 😭 #eddie is . a heavy metal guy. A cool one. a nice one even. he likes rock and roll #it's so funny when ppl try and describe it and they've never heard the stuff he actually listens to in their lives for some reason #literally so much of the appeal of eddie's character within his subculture is that its theatrical and dramatic but its still grounded #he's very alternative and Out There but he's still just some guy. he's not wearing spiked leather jackets #in fact he's not wearing any of the other kinds of leather jackets i've seen people say he would ... TO ME #sts #if u haven't seen the clip he then proceeds to air guitar the MoP melody then shouts heavy metal is everywhere #i don't even know how to explain this bc it's like ... okay #the general .. VIBE? aestheticsm? is kind of similar to what people sometimes portray but they're missing thst it's tongue in cheek #like it's like that buff poster of him being this anachronistic homage to heavy metal album covers #fire and satanic imagery and skulls and lightning and big drama and ROCK AND ROLL #it's rock and ROLL man... #and people r making him this weird sanitised dork LOL 😭 when he's a dork in a different more fun way.. imo #and it's not that those types of people don't exist and that they're not cool in their own way cuz they are sure but that's not THIS GUY #he is an 80S METALHEAD... and yeah i try and ground him in thinfs and poke and prod at it until it fits my own understanding of alternative #scenes better but that's bc i've had a hand in the punk scene for years and years #i dunno sometimes i feel like ppl r just not doing the full potential and then going way too hard in this super specific direction #and he ends up first of all usually just a massive douchebag not sure what that's about. But a guy who he would in canon HATE 😭 #YOU ARE MAKING HIM A POSER. is what i'm saying #he is alwyas some guy before he's anything else and before he's that he's a 20 year old loser #you need to reflect this... You need to bottle it. ugh. ugh #so much of this reminds me of the time someone was like he would never wear PLAID #like are you kidding me. are you actually kidding me rn #ppl have this weird arstheticised mostly modern and mostly literallt just eboy Idea of what he'd wear it's crazy to me sorry #also it's ugly #i also think. this is so long lol . anyway . i also think going too ''authentic'' in the 80s metalhead direction also lands u w different #problems. my advice to people trying to write or draw alternative characters is they are People. before they are anything else #🍏

[puppyeared]

just realized i forgot to make a page for sleight on my artfight, so i decided to update his ref while im at it

#for legal reasons clawronto canyada isnt actually mentioned anywhere in laikas comet and might not even be canon #im just having fun with the furth naming schemes.. and i lived in the GTA myself and i can see him being at home in the elgin #it has like a very fancy vibe but in an aged way yknow...??the kind of thing u imagine when u think of old magic tricks on stage heh #i also wanna get around to finalizing the design for his van bc i have some concepts down for a folding down stage. like a barbie camper #theres a forum called the skoolie where ppl post abt school bus modding to make em into travel campers and im using it for reference #i.. love this guys design so much i want more reasons to draw him for fun lol #my art #myart #oc #my oc #myoc #fur #furry #furry art #laikas comet oc #laikas comet #sleight #reference sheet #oc ref sheet #fan character #? sort of?? atp hes more like a guy who happens to exist on furth than a fan character to me. idk

[uncanny-tranny]

You know, I feel like other trans people might get this, but it's honestly kind of refreshing when a cis person has, like, undeniable tboy/tgirl/whatever swag. It's like when you come across somebody who speaks the same language as you and you only find out when they start speaking it, too.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #all this to say that we are existing on a rock hurling through space #and this universe is going to collide into another and does it all truly matter in the end? #a lot of this is based on ideas we have about what constitutes certain people and i think it can be a fun observation #so long as you do not inherently ascribe certain traits as being indicative of who somebody Is #it can be amusing when you're SO confident that somebody is a certain way until you realize how Wrong you were #the amusement for me only comes because it's like... 'you tried your best to box somebody and you FAILED lmao' #and in a weird way it's kind of comforting because it reminds me that we all come into this world with bias that Will be challenged... #...so the best thing you can do is recognize those biases and then try to overcome them through great effort... #...so yes maybe i did think that cis dude had tboy swag but. that's not inherently his problem you know? #it probably just means he's confident in his manhood in a way that reminds me of the trans men* i know and love #i noticed that in him and it reminded me of my friends who are trans so i think 'oh! maybe that's why he's giving off those vibes!' #so while i won't treat him any differently before or after finding out i was wrong i'm still going to appreciate the fact that... #...he and i are literally just Vibing on the same planet and we both don't have time for petty arguing about manhood #i'll acknowledge what inspired those thoughts in me but that is Not his problem and that's good and beautiful actually #i don't always mind the tboy/tgirl swag meme just so long as you don't treat it like an Inherent Trans Experience Only Trans People Have #just recognize where those ideas are inspired from and it's fine <3 #sometimes you will be Wrong and that's actually fucking neutral <<3 #anyway rant over i just think this is /generally/ harmless and fun #like astrology. sometimes you just look up your star sign without ascribing your Entire Life to it <3 #i think what i lot of people mean by saying a cis person has tboy/tgirl swag is just that... #...that cis person has an understanding of themself that comes from deep introspection that isn't necessarily expected of cis folk... #...but it is often something trans people do as part of our exploration of gender... #how is this the FIRST POST to reach tag limit... ask me for more thoughts if you want lol!

[saccharinerose]

In a conversation the topic of childhood comes up and the human part of the Fontaine cast (Wrio, Clorinde, Navia) is hit by 3 consecutive mental sucker punches when Furina, Neuvilllette and Sigewinne all reveal one after another that they have Never Been Children

#genshin impact #wriothesley #clorinde #navia #neuvillette #furina #sigewinne #saccha's thoughts #the Melusines were basically self-sufficient enough upon birth that they lived in complete isolation for ~20 years #prior to being brought to Fontaine by Neuvi #Furina as an OG Oceanid transformed by Egeria would have been insta-adulted into human form #the only one technically not confirmed as Never Having Been A Child is Neuvillette #but he just gives the vibes of someone who sprung into existence fully adult y'know #could also imagine Wrio+Clori+Navia only getting hit by 2 consecutive mental sucker punches from Neuvi + Furi #and then Wrio goes back to the Fortress and mentions this to Sigewinne #who is then like 'not to alarm you Your Grace but I have also Never Been A Child'

[keirientez]

trying to get used to tumblr again

#r27 #sawada tsunayoshi #katekyo hitman reborn #i love drawing tsuna smiling bc in official art he radiates so much light. if he existed my eyes would melt at the sight of him /pos #trying my best to capture his beaming vibe. one day #also i like to think if tsuna passes out from exhaustion reborn would just ‘coincidentally’ also fall asleep netx to him #its cute yk and with all the work of being vongola decimo tsuna would be a tired guy at times and reborn just wants to be with him #and maybe protect him in his sleep too idk #other guardians would be terrified whenever they pass by bc theyre afraid to wake both of them up for different reasons #mainly fear sprouting from reborn

[wildstar25]

MiqoMarch Day 26 - Faith

Though she is constantly reminded of her status being blessed by the goddess- Hydaelyn's chosen, as they called it - Arsay maintained a reluctance to allow her fate to be subject to the will of any higher being. Instead it is her friends, her family, whom Arsay puts her absolute faith in. Their bond is the greater gift by far.

#miqomarch #miqomarch 2024 #ffxiv #scions of the seventh dawn #ffxiv scions #ffxiv gpose #WOL posting #Arsay Nun #Hydaelyn's chosen was one of the only titles Arsay never really vibed with #which is for the best since her faith in hydaelyn was honestly on the rocks for a while and even worse after that one reveal in shb #arsay is a summoner and a primal slayer so like #she sees things like gods through that lens mostly #that gods aren't like a set being that exists on some separate plane of reality #they are a myth brought to form through aetheric manipulation #primal summons have always been influenced by the emotional and mental state of the summoner #it is their will that ultimately determines how their god acts when brought forth into the world as a aetheric construct #in the end its the believer in control not the god they believe in #so arsay chooses to believe in her friends and her friends believe in her! #thats how she finds strength in even the most desperate of situations #and yeah arsay admittedly had a bit of egg on her face when the twelve show up and are like well we are actual guys #in her defence literally how was she supposed to know

[seriousbrat]

Accusing people, some of whom incidentally are likely LGBT themselves, of not viewing wol///fstar as canon because they "can't read queer-coding" is the cope of the century and borders on delusional. it's also condescending and disrespectful- why is your personal analysis of a work of fiction more valid than anyone else's, particularly when that analysis is almost certainly driven by confirmation bias? Have you asked yourself whether the "signs" you think you're reading in the text are actually there or whether you just want them to be? It's fine to want them to be and to add two and two and get six, personally I've done that with many works of fiction and I will continue to do so, but objectively there's no evidence that holds up to the slightest bit of scrutiny that jkr actually intended Sirius and Remus to secretly be in love.

Leaving aside the fact for now that this is JKR we're talking about and all that entails, it honestly verges on conspiracy-brained at times. Besides that, using homophobic stereotypes as "evidence" is, to put it plainly, shit. Some of these stereotypes might seem fairly innocuous yet still manage to be offensive (e.g. "tonks is queer-coded because she has short hair/is cool/has this personality trait or physical characteristic) but others honestly cross a line. Think for a moment about the logical leap you're making when you claim that werewolves being an allegory for stigmatised illnesses like AIDS is proof that R is gay. What equivalence is being drawn here? worth thinking about

I just want to say this is a work of children's literature and we're all free to interpret whatever we want and make up whatever silly things that we want with it. But you're not smarter or more special than anyone else because you think there's a gay way to look or speak or act, or for seriously believing that JKR created some kind of mad convoluted mental backflip conspiracy to specifically fuck with what was at the time a fringe element of online fandom that she likely wasn't even aware of. Apply Occam's razor here and go with the simplest explanation, which is that JKR, a heterosexual woman, wrote a children's book in the 90s with a majority heterosexual pairings and one token gay character. From there, do whatever you want. The end

#theyre channeling larrys at this point. likeits tjlc vibes in here #i say token but i wish grindledore was more of a thing in fandom like grindledore rise. my toxic boys r right there #wolfstar critical #<<< its not really because its not about the ship itself. hopefully thats clear. but jic #'tonks is gay bc she's cool' when will peeople learn that gay people can actually be like. any sort of person on the planet. #it's not that there aren't signals that exist in the community but turning that around and #genuinely believing that the presence of ultimately neutral characteristics tht can appear in any sort of person #is evidence for being gay is... not the serve u think it is #and besides! its lame uncool gay people erasure!

[odessastone]

Even though he falls into the old “We have to make our civil rights leader villain kick puppies so he doesn’t seem too sympathetic” cliche, I do think they’ve created a really interesting situation with Ramattra wrt the whole concept of his creation. Like, he wasn’t created by humans like most other omnics. He was created by the hands of a God AI that he can’t communicate with anymore. He can’t ask why it truly made him. He can’t ask what he should do now that he has a choice. All he knows is that the force that created him believed wholeheartedly that the world would be better off without human beings in it. And he’s seen very little to prove otherwise.

Also, the repeated implications that Ramattra seems like he isn’t sure he wants to keep living - the way he says he wishes he could meet Aurora to ask her why she gave him sentience. The surprise from Sojourn that he’s showing his face openly, because that makes him so much easier to kill. The comments the characters make about the robots he sends having a reckless, suicidal fighting style, and how that “may reflect the feelings of their creator”.

It’s very dark, particularly for Overwatch, and tremendously tragic. This isn’t some mastermind trying to further their own philosophies, like Doomfist or Moira. This is a being in extreme pain and distress, who feels like he’s capable of contributing nothing to this world but violence - towards both others and himself.

#overwatch #overwatch 2 #Ramattra #suicide ment #I know a lot of people dislike him now but I’ve actually started to like him more after all this #he gives off big Mewtwo vibes to me - powerful being feels they aren’t truly ‘of’ this world- #-but they’re here now #and since all they’ve ever known from birth is violence #built to be devastating weapons of war #violence is the only way they know how to tell the world ‘I exist’

[peeledstrawberry]

I'd like to imagine that Danny finds John Constantine absolutely delightful and Constantine is just like "dang it it's this worm-off-the-string dude again :/"

Danny's all "wowow it's the cool magic man who found a loophole for immortality! He has a cool magic house too"

And Connie is just "does it LOOK like I'm running a daycare?? Go home"

I also want Vlad to be enamored with him and Ellie is just like "yea that's my wet cat of a father figure. Neat"

#dpxdc #seyaposting #I will expand on this mayb #but it is 2 AM #counterfeit ship #I'm actually obsessed with Vlad/constantine but it barely exists #halfas see this strange guy who keeps doing things 'just cuz' while cheating death #and they're like #yea that's blorbo #cannot believe I just typed that but yea that's the vibe #I want Constantine to be like a capybara to them #capybara Constantine #if I ever expand on this #no more of him being scared of them #he's like just #dang it it's the Mountain Dew band again

[mythtiide]

its new years and my drawing ability has just completely exploded .. but we ball anyways

#signalis #its just me and my ugly sketches against the world.. #anyways #remember when i said i was gonna draw the ‘intresting and peculiar’ tweet as falkeler #? #well now it exists #very low effort i just needed it down on paper it wouldnt stop haunting me #i do really like the way i drew falkes expression here #something that i struggle a lot with is drawing different expressions … i really need to work on that tbh #a disheveled looking falke #falke tonking two plushies of her and adler together #theyre kissing :D #dragon adler for the new year (cause its the year of the dragon) #and a knight falke who was supposed to go with the silly vibe of adlers onsie but just ended up being a real knight #LOL #IDK maybe ill make a fantsy au put of it who knows #anyways thays it for meow #myth.sketches #myth.art #suggestive

[cas-theghostking]

Hi, sorry if this seems like a bizarre request, but I feel it would suit him. Zane seems like he'd be a dancer, and I'd like to see your design of him dancing (it can be as uncomplicated or as complex as you please)! And if you'd like, you could include another Ninja (or as many as you'd like)! It's all up to you; I would like to see him as a dancer! :D

So this ask was from two years ago and I completely forgot it existed but I absolutely loved this idea so here's zane and pixal doing the lindy hop!

#I have a sketch somewhere from when I first got this ask #But it's from two years ago and is 100% missing now #Something about zane (older seasons specifically) gives me this vibe that he would know old people dances #And I drew #Pixane #Cause they give old people couple vibes #Like that old couple who actually love eachother so much #But anyway #Their outfits are 60s/40s inspired #Like a mix of it #And yes these are my desgins of them #Though pix is usually a bit taller and I should've drawn both their shoulders wider #Oh well #Lindy hop #BTW pixels hand in the back is a reference to the charms my abuela puts on her bracelets but none of yall needed to know that- #ninjago #lego ninjago #lego ninjago fanart #pixal borg #ninjago pixal #Pixal ninjago #zane julien #zane ninjago #ninjago zane #To whoever sent me this ask I'm so sorry it took me so long I forgot it existed #Now that I think about it the original sketch mightve been glacier #Dang it now I gotta go find it #Edit: I changed my mind this is pixal pre being rebuilt but everything i said was off its still off on her pre desgin too so

[weirdmageddon]

sorry for liking davejade in 2023 btw its in a cool way though

#hs #davejade #like that one person said bi4bi cool silly girl and her lame ass court jester bf who enjoy each others company a lot #“its boring” well not everything has to be conflict sometimes it can be two people really vibing #and being good foils to each other and just sort of being like a lock and key #i dont dislike davekat but i felt like they bickered too much which is Funny dont get me wrong #but i like davejade for different reasons #in that i feel like dave is at his most heartfelt with her #bc jade doesnt do anything to warrant snarkiness. she doesnt make him uncomfortable and that earns his trust like a lot #ppl say its boring cause its a mf ship and they dont get them like i do #and my answer to that as an agender person is who the fuck cares #i hate ppl dismissing mf ships out of hand like…hey bi ppl exist. and even if they were straight they still got a good dynamic #of care and interest towards each other #hes not her knight in shining armor bffr. she has uhhh fucking GUN #they are Equals #jade slaps the shit outta people on more than one occasion lol #they infodump to EACH OTHER and they both listen #remember when jade wanted to infodump to john about physics remember that #dave would eat that up like oh damn that so dope and tie it back to time or whatever. special relativity #since space and time are fundamentally related #sorry im running on fumes rn i didnt sleep last night #ALSO THEY HAVE MATCHING ALCHEMIZED OUTFITS #jade’s dead shuffle dress and dave’s four aces suited both use a midnight crew poster as ingredients #i should draw them together in that mspa style #maybe theyre not even romantic. who said ships had to be. its short for relationship #well theres multiple kinds of relationships. what if they were queerplatonic

[copingchaos]

#me when someone asks me the most basic question ever #i dont wanna think about my existence most of the time #but at least i get to vibe with marc #mood knight #moon knight #meme #edit #marc spector #moon knight ft tumblr moods #moonboys being relatable

[alexhasalotofthoughts]

One time I suggested watching Dan and Phil Games to someone because I genuinely thought they would like it and they told me they wouldn't ever watch dnpg because they don't want to be "one of those gays."

The blatant homophobia in that sentence??? And that was clearly a jab at me?? Ugh.

Pls just let me live my life, thanks xxx

#i genuinely don't understand why some lgbt people feel the need to judge other queer people for just existing #it gives the same vibes as people who judge young gay people for being really open about their identity and wearing pride flags and stuff #just let people exist #so what if we're cringe?? it literally doesn't effect you. #I am so over people judging others based on stupid things like their interests #i would love to just exist for 5 seconds without someone making a comment about something i like. #dan and phil games #dnpg #dnp #dan and phil #daniel howell #danisnotonfire #phil lester #amazingphil

[mumblesplash]

do you ever end up accidentally getting super attached to a trope so specific and rare you don't even know how to look for it? 'space aliens failing to understand that a human showing teeth usually isn't a threat display' isn't even an ao3 tag. finding that shit in published fiction or tv shows is next to impossible

#<- guy who searches ao3 by the 'misunderstandings' tag without even specifying a fandom #mumbling #if you've been following me for a while you may remember my introduction to mcyt was when i started scraping the bottom of the barrel #looking for 'humans are space orcs' stories #but what you may not know is that was already a ways down a rabbit hole that began with *avatar the last airbender* #it basically went #'holy shit salvage is a good story' -> read every existing version of hakoda being a good dad to zuko -> #'shinsou hitoshi getting adopted by aizawa has the same vibes fuck it i'll read that too' -> 'why are they aliens in so many of these' -> #get addicted to the 'humans are space orcs' trope -> find a whole collection of fics about that exact thing -> #for some reason the collection is 80% dsmp fics -> i am not picky -> 'oh no they've got a crow-coded father figure' -> #still not rly interested in the dsmp source material -> minecraft kinda interesting tho -> wait what's hermitcraft -> and now here we are #all bc 3 years ago i wanted zuko to have a decent father figure #firelord ozai made me draw pinup art of goodtimeswithscar: the true and harrowing tale of my descent into madness #flameo hotguy or whatever the kids are saying these days