#eating your own organs is weird in general

[ambermotta]

Offerings: What's, How's, When's, and Why's

Below are some of the most common questions regarding offerings!

Disclaimer: Long post. This is based on my experience and research. I don't claim to know the absolute truth.

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TL,DR: A lot of things about offerings are flexible, subjective, and depend on culture, personal beliefs, and mundane constraints. While there are general considerations and guidelines, you will always have to do deeper research in order for the offerings to fit what you are doing and what is within your reach.

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Why make Offerings?

There are many ways to see offerings and it can vary depending on personal beliefs and religion. Some of the most common reasons people make them:

Energy exchange: you give something to receive something. This can be seen as payment, fair trade or as a way to keep balance.

Thanksgiving: you give offerings as a way of giving thanks

Honoring: you give offerings as a way to pay respect

All of the above

When to make Offerings?

It is advisable to make offerings whenever you are doing spiritual work with any kind of spirit. You can make the offering before, during or after your work.

You can also make offerings a standalone thing for praising, honoring or thanksgiving spiritual beings.

What happens to the offerings? "Why do spiritual beings need food"?

Spiritual beings also use energy. Just as you use energy to do any activity, spirits also use energy for their own purposes. When you make an offering you are offering them energy, just as when you eat you are fueling your organic needs.

If you are asking a spirit to help you they may even use the energy from your offerings to fuel the magic needed for what you asked.

They don't need energy to live like we do (they don't die), but we all use energy in some way for some purpose. When you give proper offerings, aligned with the energy you need and the type of work, you can make your magickal workings stronger and develop deeper bonds with the spirits.

The spirits are not going to literally eat food you give them, but you may notice changes in "how it feels/looks like" that are subtle.

For example, when I was a child my parents pointed out that when flowers (such as a rose) are used in strong, successful magical workings they dry after a while but the petals don't fall. It tends to preserve its original aspect.

Of course, it's not an exact science, but you may observe some weird things.

How long should I leave offerings out?

Depends. Some rituals and traditions may ask you to leave them for a few days, some are to be consumed during or after the ritual. If not specified you may leave them for a day or dispose of them the next morning. Non-organic offerings may stay at the altar indefinitely or for long periods of time before being dispatched.

How to dispose of offerings?

This varies with culture and religious beliefs, so look for what was traditionally considered respectful. However, it's also important to take into account your reality, and if you are in doubt you can try to ask the spirits themselves what is the ideal way of disposing of them.

Some cultures bury their offerings. For example, in hellenic paganism it is (traditionally) believed offerings to chthonic deities should be buried and never eaten.

Some cultures don't mind you eating and/or drinking the offerings yourself after the rite is done. In Kemeticism (again, traditionally) eating offerings is preferred as to not waste food. If you are under financial constraints and cannot afford to throw away food this can be a good way of giving offerings while also avoiding waste. Of course this only applies to edible offerings, eaten right after you are done with your ritual. Please don't ingest anything that could be spoiled, illegal (such as underage alcohol consumption) or toxic.

Leaving it in a clean space in nature. This can be controversial and/or illegal depending on where you live and what you are disposing of, so make sure to get that checked out. In some cultures it is traditional to dispose of offerings even if they contain non-organic matter, but I advocate for only disposing in nature organic, non-toxic offerings. Times have changed, nowadays we must be more responsible of what we throw in nature and the effects it can cause.

An alternative to disposing in nature is to dispose of it on garden plants, if you have them, or re-use what would be wasted in some way. This can be an option for smaller offerings and folks with location restraints.

Dispose of them in the garbage. This can be controversial but I don't see it as an issue. If someone has something that makes the other options impossible or a big hassle, should they just not give offerings? I personally don't think so. Anyone is welcome to disagree, but respect the reality of other folks.

Non-organic, devotional offerings may also be kept in your house or garden in a dedicated/sacred space.

Offerings can also be burned. Always be careful handling fire, be aware of accidents and make sure to do research about what you are burning since some things can release toxic chemicals when burned.

Side note on eating offerings: Some spiritual beings like to share food and drink with you as a way of bonding and celebration. In some cultures, it is traditional to share in food and drink for specific rituals. It also may not always be appropriate to eat food on certain occasions.

What to offer?

The most traditional offerings are that of food and I personally like these the most. However, offerings are not restrained to that! You can even give them a more devotional meaning by, for example, offering an action, a song, art (poems, pictures, dance, etc), incense, a candle, water, or your time and energy.

Some offerings are pretty generalist and work for a lot of stuff, such as water, candles, bread, flowers and fruits. You can use these when you are short on supplies or when you are not entirely sure what you should offer.

But ideally you will want to offer something whose energy aligns with your purpose and the spiritual being you are working with. For example, you could offer lilies or white roses if you are doing work associated with peacefulness, but if you want passion you might want to pick red roses and cinnamon instead.

There will be times where you will have to improvise. You don't have to go without giving an offering just because you don't have exactly what you wanted to use. Yes it's better to have everything aligned, but sometimes you may feel the urge to do an offering at an inopportune time and you'll need to be flexible. This is why it's always good to have some generalist ingredients laying around.

How to make offerings?

Again, this can vary with culture and religion. You will have to find out what is the best way for your culture and beliefs.

But if you are unsure, here is a general setup:

Gather your offerings and everything you'll need for what you're doing.

Ideally cleanse and protect yourself and the environment you're in. If you have a space dedicated for offerings it's even better.

Remember you can give offerings before, during or after spiritual workings. Know at which point of the process you'll make the offering before you get started.

When you are ready to make your offering, start by saying a prayer and/or saying a few words. Try to tune in with the energy you are making the offering for. Here you can declare why you are making this offering and what you want (if applicable). Remember offerings have many uses, so here you can give praise, express your thanks and/or petition something to the forces you are making the offering for.

After making the offering you can meditate and try to tune in with spirits and what they feel. You can try talking to them. You can also carry on with whatever you planned to do.

Finish your ritual in a way you see fit and thank the spiritual beings involved.

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Final considerations!

Please, PLEASE make sure what you are offering and disposing of is LEGAL to acquire and dispose of.

Be conscious about the environment .

There needs to be a balance between honoring tradition and your reality living in the modern era.

To give offerings is to give energy. Make sure you are "feeding" the right spiritual beings, and not just being exploited for energy. Protections first, offerings later.

Be mindful of any potential accidents, especially concerning fire, children and pets. Be careful with potentially toxic offerings accessible to children, pets and wildlife.

Thank you for reading and best of luck in your practice ♡

#offerings #long post #witchcraft #paganism #magick #witchblr #spirit work #deity work #deity worship #witch tips #baby witch #paganblr #pagan tips

[headspace-hotel]

On Creature Design

Artists and writers often don't realize the full range of variety that animals include. This leads to "aliens" that are a lot less alien than a lot of creatures on Earth.

Imagine that you are designing an imaginary animal to go on an alien planet in a fictional universe. We'll suppose for this example that your creature fits the Earth definition of "animal." What might this creature be like?

Here's just some of the traits that "animals" in fiction are usually assumed to have...that real animals often don't have:

The ability to move around: To be fair, most animals have a motile phase of their life cycle, but many animals, such as corals, (most) sponges, and (most) bryozoans, don't move as "adults."

Bilateral symmetry: that is, there's a left and a right side that mostly mirror each other. Humans are bilaterally symmetrical. But not all animals are. Take starfish for example. They have radial symmetry instead.

Either an herbivorous or a carnivorous lifestyle: The natural world...actually isn't divided into predators and prey. Don't forget the detritivores!

The ability to make that one specific roaring sound that every single alien and dinosaur makes in a movie: Animals make some WEIRD fucking sounds okay. Y'all ever heard a blue jay making its "swinging gate" impression?

Size comparable to horses, cattle, and humans: It's weird to think about, but humans are megafauna. We're enormous compared to most insects, worms, birds, and even rodents and bats, the largest groups of mammals. The "average" animal is closer to a bee than a human. A lot of sci-fi beasts and monsters are the size of a rhino, but try going outside on Earth—you'll encounter a thousand much smaller organisms before you find one that large. A planet that is otherwise "Earth-like" would probably be similar.

Individuality or "Individual" lifestyle and consciousness: Yes, yes, I know the "hive mind" is a trope, but it's often still assumed that "animals" are individual units independent from one another, where each "individual" has a complete set of all the organs and features it needs to survive. However, some real animals, like siphonophores and, yes, bryozoans, are colonial—their "individuals" are modules that can't live independently, rather like organs in an animal like a human. Because I can't stop myself from talking about bryozoans...in Selenaria bryozoans, the "individuals" around the outside edge of their colony use their setae as legs to walk around, and the other individuals provide the "legs" with food, since they can't eat by themselves. Bryozoan colonies are also interconnected by a linked nervous system, and sometimes colonies that grow into each other will just...merge, and start sharing their nervous system even though they're genetically different. Science.

Adaptations to full time life on land: Water worlds and sea creatures are not exactly missing in scifi, but it's still under-acknowledged that land life is a weird adaptation to a weird extreme environment. Land animals are just water animals that have learned to carry around their own water inside them. It's true! Living in water is so much simpler, because you can always just filter particles out of the water around you to eat, and when you need to reproduce you can just throw some gametes out there so somebody will find them.

"Male" and "female" individuals: Stories that mess with this generally have a MORE rigid biological "caste system" with more categories, but there are a lot of animals that can reproduce sexually or asexually at their whim, that change sex as part of their maturation process or when conditions require it, or that switch freely between producing sperm and egg cells. "The females are larger and more dominant!" isn't even that weird or unusual. Try "every member of this species is "male" when they are younger and becomes "female" later in life" or "this alien decides whether to be "male" or "female" depending on what the situation requires" or "these aliens are engaging in ritual combat with their dicks to see who gets pregnant." You know. Normal stuff like that.

#creatures #creature design #weird biology #fantasy creatures #sci-fi #science fiction #worldbuilding

[whole-circus]

a cannibal gn reader with toby, ej and nina if u r comfortable w that ? :3

Ticci Toby, Eyeless Jack and Nina the Killer with cannibal reader!

➥ hi love! ofc im comfy!! actually im currently obsessing over Hannibal! >:3 i just sneezed

Liu with southern cannibal fem reader can be found here

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Ticci Toby

Yeah well he is a bit sceptic at first, its not like you expects your partner to be cannibal, right? Boy is so shocked!! Like what do you mean you are cannibal? You are just joking right? When you once time said that he is so sweet that you will eat him.. you actually didnt mean that, right?? Overall and after some time he is fine with your eating habits, he isnt disgusted to eat with you on the same table and that counts. He is minding his own buisness yk. Toby doesnt actually feel like he can judge you, he literally kill people - he isnt the best person walking on earth. He loves you and stuff.,,but he wont like to try eating human flesh, please dont make him!!

Eyeless Jack

You are like perfect partner for Jack to be honest!! But i guess you arent suprised with that, there is no better match than cannibal partner and cannibal partner - the power you hold together! For average human being it would propably be a lot that Jack is LITERALLY A DEMON, but if they would be somehow fine with it then his cannibalistic habit could be a bit of put off. But if you are like him, you can live  happily ever after and eat human flesh on cute dates. He is already known for being a killer too..well somehow he has to get food - just tell him to share and he will for sure take that into consideration. Dont worry! What is your favorite part?? Jack will bring you the best and the most fresh one - you can even count of him to make you a dinner!

Nina the Killer

Oh, so you are a cool one huh?? As weird as it sounds she gets pretty excited, you are the first (and propably the last) cannibal she has ever meet! What a lucky girl she is!! Nina isnt afraid to get bloody and killing someone isnt really a huge deal for her, but eating them is a bit diffrent topic?? I wouldnt say she actually had dreamed of trying human meat. But! You are lucky she is so open minded and generally loves the thrill so yes, she would gladly try it! Doesnt matter if its an organ or just skin, please just make it yummy! Maybe some fancy dinner date? You, her and cocked human, that sounds absolutely cute, doesnt it? Nina wouldnt necessary make a habit out of it, but if it will actually enjoy that? Who knows?

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#creepypasta #creepypasta x reader #headcanon #crp #creepypasta fandom #wholecircus #requests #creepypasta hcs #nina the killer #nina the killer x reader #ej #ej x reader #eyeless jack #eyeless jack x reader #toby rogers #tobias rogers #tobias rogers x reader #tobias erin rogers #ticci toby #ticci toby x reader

[kazoosandfannypacks]

summary: to boost morale, hera lets her crew pick out a treat when they make supply runs. as a former streetrat, ezra's used to going without food, and rather than pick up another box of crackers he won't eat, ezra decides on a much better plan for his treats. word count: 1.4k a/n: two of the best parts of christmas are giving gifts and eating cookies, so i decided to polish up this discord message i sent to @laughingphoenixleader and turn it into a fic to keep us in the holiday spirit this december! shoutout to the hilarious and encouraging @kanerallels for betaing! taglist: @laughingphoenixleader @accidental-spice @kanerallels @piraterefrigerator @jedi-nurse @dootchster @lucasbridger @redroverrider @light-umbra @commander-tech @jedimandalorian {if you’d like to be added to or removed from my Sabezra taglist, let me know!}

also on ao3!

The Molasses Mission

 Captain Syndulla recognizes that her crew isn't just soldiers or rebels or heroes. They're survivors. They're kids who had to grow up so fast, they never got the chance to be kids— and the youngest of them were kids even still.

 So she tries to find ways to let them have fun while still sticking it to the Empire, and one of them is to boost morale by letting them get treats. They don't get them very often, but sometimes, after a big mission, the ones that are hardest to complete but come with the most payoff, she lets them each pick one snack on the next supply run, a snack to be their own personal snack, one they don't have to share with anyone.

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 Ezra Bridger grew up on the streets, and when you grow up on the streets, you don't refuse an offer for food— free food, all yours, something you wouldn't normally get yourself— so naturally Ezra's initially very excited when asked if he'd like a special treat on this week's supply run.

 The problem he runs into is when you grow up on the streets, and suddenly you find yourself with a crew that may as well be family, and as such cares about your health and general wellbeing, they're insistent on things like "eating at least two meals a day, if not three" and that's two more meals, if not three, than you were ever guaranteed on the streets. As such, Ezra's not really all that hungry these days. 

 So, the first few times this happens, he's ecstatic over his own personal snack, but pretty soon he realizes he's without the time to eat them, or he'll save them for a "special occasion" that just never comes, or he's just not even hungry, and he starts to feel bad that he's not eating them.

 That's when he gets an idea.

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 Chopper doesn't like doing supply runs as is, but he especially doesn't like when Hera sends him with Ezra. The kid's constantly asking him what's on the list, he stops to chit-chat with all the merchants, and his haggling skills are not as great as he thinks. This would be so much faster if Hera would send him by himself— but, of course, the way this galaxy is run, an astromech can't make a supply run themselves, and once again he's forced to rely on these stupid organics.

 He protests when Ezra grabs a second box of Molasses Cookies. Today's supply run includes treats, but Sabine is the only member of the crew who eats them.

"One of the boxes is for me," Ezra explains, but Chopper protests. His memory banks aren't that erratic, and he distinctly remembers Ezra's vocal dislike of the cookies that "ought to be sweet instead of tasting like dirt" and "are too dry" and "should come with a warning label before being jam-packed with that many nuts."

 But, Ezra insists that that's his treat for the week, and frankly, Chopper couldn't care less. It was one less thing to have to track down here, and maybe Ezra's tastes have just changed.

 Organics could be weird like that.

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Sabine had always been very protective of personal property. She didn't want anyone touching her weapons, her paints, or her food.

 Especially her food.

 Especially her molasses cookies. Everyone on The Ghost knew to stay more than a parsec away from her molasses cookies.

 Even still, she counted them every time she grabbed one out of the pack. If someone had taken one, it'd be a nice chance to let out the pent-up anger she had at the mere thought of someone eating her cookies.

 Which is why it was weird that, over the last week, every time she'd counted, she'd had exactly seven cookies left, despite eating one each time. At first, she thought she just miscounted, but soon she realized that, no, her cookies were somehow never running empty.

 She didn't ask questions— don't look a gift strill in the mouth, right?— even after she opened the box one day and found eight cookies. What could she possibly ask, anyways? "Who's been giving me more cookies?" Like some kind of crazy person? There was a war going on, she had more important things to worry about than how something good was happening to her for a change.

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 It may as well just be a regular part of his Jedi practice now. Always staying on the alert for when Sabine was eating one of her cookies. Training himself to wake up in the middle of the night. Sneaking out of his room and into the galley with a cookie from his secret stash. Placing the cookie and getting back to his room. And the most important step, watching Sabine's reaction the next time she went for a cookie and found the same amount left.

 But what did not feel like a regular part of his training was what happened this time: finishing the job, turning around, and seeing Sabine sitting at the table, watching him.

 "SABINE!?" Ezra exclaimed, backing up against the counter behind him by instinct, then remembering the stealth part of these missions and lowering his tone, "it's not what it looks like! I mean maybe it is what it looks like, if it looks like what it is, but, uh... what are you doing, anyway? Do you normally wait up in the galley to scare unsuspecting spectres? Huh, that was fun to say."

 "Let's just say my curiosity got the better of me." Sabine stood up and walked over to him, "After all, what is it they say back on Lothal? 'Curiosity catches the Loth Cat?' And it looks like," she pointed an accusatory finger at Ezra, poking him in the chest as she stepped forward, "that's exactly what I just caught."

 "Uh," Ezra said, and even though he thought Sabine might be a little upset, he also noticed how lovely she looked in the low lighting of the galley, which actually made him all the more nervous, "technically, I think the phrase is curiosity killed the Loth Cat. You're not, uh, planning to...."

 "Of course not," Sabine said, and there was a bit of a laugh in her tone, "I just wanted to know."

 "Well," Ezra shrugged, "now you know."

 "No," Sabine said, "I know who, not why. What's your angle?"

 "Angle?" Ezra asked.

 "Was this an attempt to bribe me or something?" Sabine asked.

 "If I wanted to bribe you," Ezra asked, "don't you think I would've let you know it was me?"

 Sabine nodded. "Not even you are that stupid."

 "Right," Ezra said, "I just. I'm still trying to finish my second box of Loth-Crackers, so on the last supply run, I grabbed a box of cookies instead, and gave myself this secret mission to sneak them in here— Jedi practice, that's all."

 "That's all?"

 "Yeah," Ezra's feet shuffled, "That, and I noticed how happy you always are over something as small as cookies, and I, I don't know. It's the only time you smile unless something's blowing up, and I, I don't know…."

 As he'd been talking, Sabine had turned and stood next to him, leaning against the same countertop. He turned to look at her, and noticed a bittersweet expression, and thought it might be wise to stop talking and start listening. After a moment, his listening finally paid off, and Sabine spoke up.

 "Uj'alayi."

 "What?"

 "Uj'alayi," she crossed her arms, though not gruffly, "one of my favorite cakes. When I was little, my dad would make it for us for special occasions. I haven't had it since before...."

 Sabine shook her head, and Ezra nodded for her to continue.

 "It's a secret Mandalorian recipe," she explained, "those molasses cookies don't hold a candle to it, but it's the closest you can get when you're... when you don't know the recipe. Taking a bite of one is like...." she smiled a little and shook her head again.

 Sabine had never said this much to him in one conversation, but Ezra didn't want her to stop. He wanted to keep hearing more about her, getting to know her more, but realized she'd closed herself off again, and respected that.

 "That's," Ezra shrugged, "thank you for sharing."

 "Thank you," Sabine said.

 Much to Ezra's surprise, she wrapped an arm around him in a hug, so quick it was done and over before Ezra even realized it's happened, though he could still feel its lingering warmth, even as she said goodnight and left the galley.

 Ezra watched the smile on her face as long as he could as she left, then smiled to himself in return as he tucked her box of cookies back where they belonged in the pantry and whispered, "best mission ever."

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#fanfiction #sabezra #ezrabine #sabine wren #ezra bridger #headcanon #kazzy writes #kazzy writes fanfic #swr #cw food #sabezra fanfiction #star wars rebels #star wars rebels season 2 #canon compliant #hera syndulla #c1 10p #otp: im counting on you

[cripplecharacters]

What would be your most general suggestions in order to write a character with intellectual disability respectfully and accurately? It’s hard to find many first hand accounts of people with IDs writing about what they’d like to see in these characters.

Hi, thanks for your question!

I will try to give a few general dos and don’ts on how to make an ID character - the question is vague so I won't be too specific but I hope you find something here helpful! First of all: please keep in mind that ID people are very different from each other in both personality and how exactly their disability impacts them. Some people won't be able to perform any ADLs (short for activities of daily living; things like bathing, dressing, using the bathroom or eating by yourself), some will be able to do all of them and a lot will be somewhere in-between. That makes it more complicated to figure out what is accurate and what not because it just varies greatly between people. Even people similar ability levels can be completely different - they can have different verbality levels, different physical conditions, some of them could be very stubborn while others could be the complete opposite and give up very fast, you get the picture.

What to do while writing:

Seems very obvious but make sure they're an actual character and not just their disability - give them a personality, relationships, hobby etc.

Portray the common signs of ID - a lot of us struggle with things like planning (especially long-term), organizing, abstract reasoning, problem-solving or are just slower with understanding/doing things in general. It's fine for your character to need help and ask for help with those things! They don't need to compensate for it with savant-like abilities or some amazing feats, it's ok for them to just be a regular person who struggles in some or most areas and gets adequate help so they can function better.

A lot of people with ID struggle with understanding language that isn't clear or simplified. Very elaborate sentence structure or weird wording can make it hard or impossible for your character to correctly understand what is spoken to them so if you want your characters to communicate properly they should probably use more clear speech. That doesn't mean babytalk or only giving them the bare minimum - try looking at this simplified version of this article to get an idea of what I mean (both links lead to Wikipedia). Simpler sentence structure and more common words make things more accessible.

Give your character agency over their identity and feelings. We can struggle with understanding things, but it doesn't mean we can't be gay, trans or any other LGBTQ+ identity and it's not fair to question our ability to do so. A person with ID should be able to decide about things regarding themself. Even if your character requires 24/7 care, they (ideally) should be able to have a say in who will be their caregiver, for example.

Getting someone's high needs met is not infantilization, it's just care. A character that needs help with bathing themself isn't "bad representation" or being treated like a child just because of it.

Make sure you look up how ID works medically so you don't commit any basic medical misinformation (like having it start in adulthood). Specifically look out to not confuse brain injury symptoms with ID. ID also doesn't directly affect someone's life expectancy on its own.

Connected to the last point, but you might want to try and decide on the cause of why the character has ID just because it will probably make your job as a writer a bit easier with figuring out what specific symptoms they might be experiencing. Someone who has ID because they went through severe meningitis as a little child might have different symptoms than someone born with Rett Syndrome. There are a lot of conditions that cause ID, but the most common are Down Syndrome, FASD and Fragile X Syndrome.

Try to remember: people with intellectual disability can be anyone and be anywhere! You can write a sarcastic autistic princess with ID, a loud love interest with Angelman Syndrome or a shy goth classmate with CRS and none of these would be “forced”.

What to NOT do:

Avoid the “always happy” character trope (goes double or even triple for characters with Down Syndrome because that's where it's the most prevalent). This one is a real issue with how people see real life intellectually disabled people. A character with ID should be allowed to have a full range of emotions just like everyone else.

Don't use the mental age theory - it's an ableist and harmful concept that claims that people with ID are mentally X years old (X never being their actual age). A 40-year-old character who can't eat or bathe by themself is 40 years old, not 3.

Avoid having your character compensate for their ID with some specific type of intelligence ("they're not booksmart but they have high emotional intelligence!) because that's neither how this works or what is helpful when it comes to representation. Your character shouldn't have to be smart "in some way" to be treated with respect.

Don't make your character extremely violent or brutal, especially if they're also unaware of what they're doing (basically don't make your character Lennie from of Mice and Men). I feel like this one is mostly about the impact on how some people see ID people (especially ID men of color) by painting them as inherently violent which is not true. That's not to say your character can't get into a fight but just try to be aware of this trope, especially if your character is marginalized in other ways as well.

Most people who seek any advice regarding writing disabled characters will probably know that using the r-slur is a big no, but words like moron, imbecile, feeble-minded or idiot also come directly from outdated medical terminology regarding intellectual disability. Personally, I'm very much against using them without acknowledging their origin and they can be genuinely upsetting to read.

Sorry it came out so long! I tried to put together both very basic advice and some more complex points so hopefully as much people as possible can take something away from this. If you have any more specific questions feel free to send another ask. good luck with your writing ❤️ (heart emoji)

mod sasza

#anonymous #mod sasza #writing intellectually disabled characters #intellectual disability representation

[goldenblu]

hold your fire (by the throat) - chapter 4

One Piece | Zosan | Post-Wano AU where Sanji slowly loses his emotions

Chapter 4: the devil that you forgot

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” “Putting away the groceries,” Zoro says, like it’s obvious. Sanji is going to break his nose. “Why?”

Preview:

The next morning, Robin comes with him to buy groceries after breakfast. To take a look at what’s on sale, she says, but Sanji chooses to believe it’s because she’s irresistibly drawn to his charm and good looks. And who is he to say no to an outing with a heavenly angel? 

When they arrive at the open air market, there’s not too much of a crowd, probably because it’s only an hour past dawn. He made sure to cook breakfast earlier than usual today because he wanted to get the fuck off the ship as soon as possible after baring his insides to the shitty mosshead of all people yesterday. It means that the late-risers won’t be getting freshly made food, but he can take the blow to his pride as a chef this one time. 

As he stews over this, Robin passes him a pouch of berry. “This is from Nami. It should be more than enough, according to her.”

“Ah, Nami-san’s so generous! I won’t spend a penny more than I need to,” Sanji promises. He withdraws the shopping list he drew up last night after taking inventory. “Spices first, I think.”

Though he knows it’s seen as a chore to some of the others, grocery shopping is one of his favorite parts of visiting new places. With all the wildly different climates and cultures of each island on the Grand Line, it’s a perfect way to discover new flavors and ingredients that he hasn’t come across before. As someone who’s constantly looking for new ways to expand his repertoire of dishes, he couldn’t ask for a better opportunity. 

Flitting from stall to stall, he samples various spices and marinades and produce, crossing off items on his list as he goes. He also finally learns that the island is called Quarry Island, apparently named for the nearby quarry which supplies the mineral ore that makes up their main export. He doesn’t particularly care about the details, he’s just thankful for the way it distracts him from brooding over yesterday’s discovery. 

He hadn’t slept well last night, tossing and turning and thinking about what it could mean for him. Because the mosshead could be right that it’s nothing, but he could also be wrong. The little sleep that Sanji had managed hadn’t been restful at all, full of strange half-forgotten dreams, and he’d woken up feeling like shit, with a deep sense of foreboding that he couldn’t shake off.

Now, in the daylight, Sanji refuses to let himself dwell on it too long, or else he’s going to start screaming and never stop. He focuses on the food instead. This island seems to lean towards West Blue cuisine, he notices, with a prevalence of fragrant herb-infused sauces and hearty root vegetables, the kinds that pair well with shellfish. Makes sense, he supposes, given the abundance of crustaceans in the bay. 

There’s a booth selling fried crickets that he steers clear of. Even though he’s usually open to trying all sorts of new foods no matter how weird or gross, insects are the one thing he’d really rather not eat if he doesn’t have to. He suppresses a shudder, feeling the phantom sensation of things crawling over his neck, his cheeks, his eyes, cruel laughter echoing through the suffocating weight of a mask on his head. 

Abort. Abort. Think about something else.

He’s determinedly examining some regional mushrooms—and wondering if he could cook it in a way that even Usopp would like—when a disembodied mouth sprouts in front of him. Robin’s voice says, “Sanji, could you come over here? To your left.”

(continue on AO3)

#one piece #zosan #sanzo #sanji #zoro #black leg sanji #roronoa zoro #emotionless sanji au #hold your fire by the throat #mine #my writing

[pasta-in-the-pudding]

Okay... So this request might be weird and it's nothing really like dating or anything like that.

I've been having this idea like... What would X-virus do if the reader had a large pet Ascaris Nematode and takes care of huge bacteria as well?

Like, the reader would take care of the bacteria and they separate the dead bacterias into a container for the nematode's to eat. And the bacteria would be the size of a grown mans hand while the nematode is as big as a average dressor.

My oc does this and I am curious as to how other people will write about this.

This is such a cool concept i literally love this!! And for x-virus too?! Ugh, wonderful

Also I did my best with some light research, but ya boy does not know much about bacteria so i apologize if something is inaccurate <//3

Thank you so much for requesting!!

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X-Virus with a pet Ascaris Nematode

Generally, he would think your pets are really cool

(With your permission) he would love to go study and observe your pet(s)

He's never really heard of anyone taking care of bacteria like this, so he is curious to see how domestication affects the species

Even if they aren't really like other living things with consciousness, he still thinks it would be cool to study

The only times he interacts with bacteria is either for his job, or for studies

Never just to have fun with it

He will ask you to just do your thing, go about feeding your bacteria, cleaning their enclosures, etc

He will be observing, writing notes down, taking pictures and taking videos the entire time

And then, once he is satisfied, he will go back to his room and study further on his own

He will heavily cross reference behavioral things with your pet bacteria, seeing how the average kind of whatever bacteria he's studying at the moment compares with the bacteria you keep as pets

He would also like to get some hands on experience

Whatever you are comfortable with him doing, he will do

He will help feed, help clean, help organize, etc

And he will also study how the bacteria react to him versus you taking care of them

Once he is certain his study on your pets is complete, he will share his findings with you

And depending on the outcome of the studies, he may begin collecting different bacteria for himself, pushing the limits to see just how many different types of bacteria can be "domesticated"

He will keep them in his lab, though

Far away from his beloved pet bunny Jade

If the bacteria got anywhere near her, he'd freak out

He will also request for your help in studying his own pet(s)

Considering you have the experience, he finds you trustworthy enough to help him out

And then the process starts over again

He studies, he records, he cross references, etc

And every now and then, he will come visit your pets, bidding them a good morning/afternoon/night and talking to them

Those nematodes probably know his darkest secrets at this point

"yeah, i was in and out of fostercare my whole life"

"..."

"it was really stressful for me, but i found my love of science through it, so i can't be too mad"

"..."

"yeah, you get it"

#creepypasta #slender mansion #creepypasta x y/n #creepypasta x you #creepypasta x female reader #creepypasta oc #x virus

[mossymandibles]

I have a 2 part question -

So those little baby looking mermaids seemed to be at least partially sentient, does that mean that the mermaids Kraw hunts are either fully or partially sentient?? I mean I understand that the morality of your universe was way different because of the doctor lady and the way those people from the van tried to tag Kraw while he was sleeping, but the implications for the mermaids made me like :0

The whole eat or be eaten thing when almost all creatures can be fully formed people is a very interesting concept and shows how harsh that universe is which is also very interesting to me.

I would also like to know what ISN'T a real thing in that universe. It seems like kind of a free for all in terms of magic/tech/creatures (which is actually my favorite kind of thing because that means there's hardly any limitations in terms of story telling), so I'm really wondering what's a thing that would not exist there. Like are there no aliens or gods, or even something super regular like parrots or something?

(Also sorry I'm very bad at remembering names so I'm sorry that I'm not naming things properly lol)

You’re good!

Well, I had it in my head that some mermaids evolved to be sentient while others are feral and technically aren’t ‘mermaids’ in a sense where they don’t appear very humanoid. Sentient merfolk have their own cultures/societies, which would be completely strange and foreign to those on land. It’s like a whole other world to them. Example is how merfolk all tend to either worship the supposed body that fell into Hellmouth, or they fear that it and the depths will ultimately call to them. Or how they worship the leviathans similar to saints or demigods.

I wanted the ocean to be even more so unknowable than it seems now, just because it’s almost impossible to trek and most islands don’t possess the technology to explore its depths. Most people don’t know about ‘merfolk cultures’ or how they work. There are plenty of weird cults assuming to know though. The Ladder seems to know the most of whats going on, and they’ve cut themselves off from the rest of the world aside from a few information leaks

Like how, even though I show/ talk about the Leviathans on here a lot, most people in Hallowed Carrion have never seen/don’t want to believe they exist, aside from the logs of Ladder Researchers. Seeing one in the modern day is especially rare. They’re usually out in the Hellmouth region which most sailors avoid sailing through. Or they’re curious ones, like the Syrinx.

As for Kraw’s job, he the main guy for taking care of the invasive feral mermaids/ sea creatures in general for Marrowtide, or he preforms ‘catch and release’. Kraw helps control populations, but he’s certainly more ‘sensitive’ to the ethics of hunting mermaids and which ones are just other folks trying to get by. He has his own motto “if it speaks throw it back”. He wasn’t always like that though and he feels guilt over it. He knows his way around them thanks to Mayv and was able to help Marrowtide regain control of their fishing business, as long as they stayed within their means.

Most sentient merms usually know to stay away from the boats if they have traps out, or they stay away from heavily populated islands altogether.

Of course some regions are known to not really give a shit whether merfolk are sentient or not, and usually poach certain rarer merfolk or creatures for organs, oils, scales etc, pretty much how whaling used to be. Kraw can just as easily become a victim of this in some places. Certain Chimereal organs have their uses.

Where I said there were a lot of prejudices against chimereals and where most people don’t know much about them, it would be easy to see someone like Kraw and think he was a dangerous creature if he wasn’t wearing clothes and was dragging a fish up on land on all fours, unfortunately.

As for what can or can’t exist, I don’t really know! Like most of the characters, or people irl today. We could discover anything tomorrow, really.

I’d like to think some regions closer to Hellmouth would be more open to unexplained phenomena happening. Or the regions surrounding the 2nd body would be having certain ‘thinning of the veil’ elements. I don’t really want it to seem like a ‘magical’ place by any means, more like what science can’t or hasn’t explained yet on an earth with new rules of nature so to speak as well as limited means of sharing knowledge. It’s kind of like how in the past the unexplained was accredited to being a miracle from gods or an omen etc. The scary part is when there’s no way to explain it. Examples in Hallowed Carrion is like how some people or places might see Kraw as a ‘demon from the depths’ or a sea monster, unlike Sylvaine who obviously knows he’s just some guy who wants to be a dad.

I’d say there are still regular species of the old world existing, maybe slightly evolved or completely evolved. Some might be rarer than others or completely extinct. Most of the landmasses are islands now so that would effect things obviously.

#sorry this was a lot #ask #lore #i feel like it makes sense but also worried it’s a jumbled mess #tl;dr some mermaids are like people while some merms are like chimps #or something like that #mermaid lore #hallowed carrion

[yandere-sins]

There's so much room for non-human darlings in general!

Imagine a darling whos secretly some kind of mythic creature who can easily blend in with humans, but is found out by some stalker who is just absolutely enamoured with them, and their abilities, therefore, to escape the risk of having their identity revealed, they're forced to stay with said stalker, and they unfortunately cannot leave. Think about it, one step out of that amazing shelter that they made for you, and your life is over! They're just trying to protect you, to save you from all the violence that could await you once you're found out, so why would you try to leave?

At first, it’s just the damn blackmail.

You are so stressed by the whole “being found out” by some stranger you never noticed before, but who knows way an infuriating amount about you. It’s so frustrating and annoying, and you are worried that they are sent by a secret organization that will run experiments and use you for their own gain like your parents always warned you about could happen. So now you are just so angry at yourself, but what choice do you have besides going to the place your stalker is inviting you “to talk”?

But before you know it, you stand in the middle of the desert with a giant door slowly opening in the ground, the entrance invisible to the naked eye. You gulp, and the crazy-looking stalker—turns out they are just some human and most likely operate alone judging by how they and you are the only living beings in all of a couple hundred miles—invites you inside, swearing up and down they made this just for you and your prosperity.

And you know... it’s pretty cool. It’s a good mix between high-tech and comfy. All your genes are pretty pleased with the thought of burying in for the night as this is a pretty dope shelter, and you’ve been so exhausted from the stress the last few days. It accommodates all your quirks and problem zones when you’re out of disguise and is stocked to the brim with your favorite things. After all, your stalker knows a thing or two about you and what you like. And you do like this place.

You guess it’s fine since the human is more than accommodating to you, so you hang out with that weirdo. But at least they keep their distance from you (for now). It’s clear they admire you with the way they stare at you and talk to you. Even if it’s weird, they even worship you a little. While the logical part of your brain knows that’s not how you want to live (in fear and buried underground for the rest of your life in hiding), it’s good to know they respect you enough to keep your secret and not sell you to some wacky research facility.

So for a while, you just go into hiding with them, hoping that will soothe the storm that was brewing on the horizon of your life.

Occasionally, your human follower goes to buy stuff, and you keep offering your money, but they decline. You know you can’t sit on your buttocks forever and need to go back, or you might lose your touch on humanity. But when they shower you with more blankets and snacks, you just put these thoughts aside for the next day. And the next. Soon enough, you two live closer and closer together, and even when there’s always a respectful gap between you two, the human cuddles into the unused space in your nest and sleeps by your side. Eats with you, watches movies together. You even allow them to use the stuff meant for you (honestly, it’s their stuff, but they are always so overly thankful when they ask and you accept, and seem happy you allowed it). And while you wouldn’t say you feel especially connected or even like them in any way yet—they did stalk and blackmail you—you are civil to not make this awkward and anger them, so they go back to rat you out. The likes of you shouldn’t harm humans. That is against everything you believe. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you have to.

However, you do have to go back to reality sometimes.

That’s where the problem is. Because you want to, and they don’t.

You try everything you know to solve their problem with this—sit them down, try to compromise, plead—but they turn out to be as stubborn as a mule as they refuse over and over. Even going so far as to throw themselves in your way or before the exit, begging, crying, screaming, and wailing for you not to go. They start gaslighting you, saying they are unworthy and not good enough even though they try so hard. Even going as far as to hurt themselves by tearing out hair and smashing their head into a wall. You know this is not a good look for you when they go out and tell everyone about what a monster you are and what you did to them while looking like they were mauled.

Your stalker keeps asking why you want to leave this perfect abode they made for you. Clutching your legs, they sob and cry, asking what they did wrong to be so worthless to you, and for you to reject them like this. Why can’t you stay? Why don’t you appreciate them? Why can’t you love them?

It’s suffocating.

At this point, you know you have to get out and make a run for it before this crazy human makes your life a living hell, more than they already have. So you shake them off, sprinting for the door while they wail in misery behind you. But just as you touch the ladder leading up to the exit, red lights spring into action all around you, and jarring sirens echo through the shelter and hurt your sensitive ears. You fall to your knees when little laser beams emerge from the walls. Though they don’t harm you. Their lights fall around your limbs, shackling you with a tight, undefinable material. Immediately, a robotic voice announces your containment, and you are lifted and brought back into the living area in a helpless hold.

A very disgruntled, now angry looking (despite the streaks of tears running down their cheeks) human awaits you, standing by a monitor you had never given much thought to. To be honest, as high-tech as this place was, you didn’t think it was akin to a research facility. You just didn’t give your stalker credit for being as clever as that. But the lasers only drive you back to your nest, settling on the four sides, so your limbs are spread out, despite the laser shackles adjusting when your real form returns instead of your human disguise.

Sobbing and muttering about how cruel and unfair you are, your stalker reappears, this time not leaving any gap as they nuzzle into your side, hugging you, comforting themselves with you. You are unable to move, and when they glare up at you, finally having enough from you trying to confront them verbally and reason with them, another beam spreads over your mouth, shutting you up.

Now, your yan has you exactly how they want without having to fear any more rejection from you. Your worst nightmare of being experimented on now comes through by just one crazy human that you underestimated. However, their experiment is much worse than even being sliced open or turned into a super soldier for the army could have been. At least then, you wouldn’t have to feel anything. Instead, you are punished for your naivety with madness seeping into your mind, torturing you.

Making you feel every string of your sanity break as they force you to accept their love in every shape and form.

So you’ll never leave again.

#yandere talk #yandere #yandere imagines #yandere headcanons #yandere scenarios #yandere fanfiction #yandere writing #yandere stories #yandere oneshots #yandere oneshot #yandere drabble #yandere x reader #yandere x darling #Yandere TW

[historia-vitae-magistras]

🎮 🎻 🚫 🍔 for my north american trio

🎮 VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER — what are three of your OC's favourite hobbies?

Mari - I've always had a very enlightenment-era baby intellectual bent to her. So, reading and participating in literary culture and criticism over time returned to Juana Inés de la Cruz. There's a mix of her old-school education and folk culture in her love and talent for art. She's got a real knack for beekeeping, too.

Alfred - Lives and dies by his love of math and engineering; he was getting twitchy with the lack of Calculus right before Isaac Newton got on that shit finally, so he became an eternal tinkerer. He loves a good drive and a sky-watching session.

Matt - Woodworking, gardening, hiking.

🎻 VIOLIN — does your oc play any instruments? What is their skill level (beginner/intermediate/advanced/virtuoso/etc)?

In childhood, Maria played the vihuela and baroque guitar and later picked up the bajo de uña and the resulting base guitar. I don't know why I associate her with a drumset, but I like that mental image for some reason, too. She's excellent on all of them.

Alfred is one of those types who skipped from hobby to hobby to hobby as a child and has picked up practically every instrument at some point or another. He played the fucking church organ sometimes, especially when he was feeling weird about religion.

Matt - He's pretty goddamn good on a fiddle, and he can hold a tune, but most of his music is meant for some type of work and the folk scenes are pretty disparate so it's kind of hard to nail down a specifically Canadian musical instrument that hasn't been by and large surpassed by the US.

🚫 PROHIBITED — does your oc drink/smoke? Do they do it regularly, or is it more on occasion or for special events?

Mari - She does mostly beer with some harder alcohol, I think. Not very high consumption; she strikes me as more of a social drinker on special occasions. She can party, but I think she has some pretty hard limits on anything more than the very mainstream.

Alfred - He flies between teetotaller and binge drinker, like that with most things. He can go years with just drinking, but my man likes his stimulants, alas. But the very functional kind. He can

Matt - He would rather not be sober in general.

🍔 HAMBURGER — is your oc good at cooking? are they good at baking? Which one do they prefer?

Mari is pretty good at both but doesn't do it as much as people might think. She's been a very urbanized society for a very long time and various kinds of communal cooking. She knows the best places for Pescado a la talla or who makes the best tlacoyos in the tianguis nearest her primary home but all over the place. I don't know if she'd prefer one or the other. A thought I had is that some of her best cooking exploits are for herself. She participates in a communal culture where cooking and baking are the realm of women in many ways, so being alone in the kitchen and experimenting with her own arroz con leche or barbacoa varieties is an almost self-care ritual she holds.

Alfred - Def more of a cook than a baker. He can bake when he wants to; it's just following the steps of a recipe, but he could be more motivated by domestic things for their own sake. He will cook and bake when people are over, and people are often surprised at the quality of what makes it onto the table. He can eat seven-layer salad and jello monstrosities at a Southern or Midwest table or pull out a Napa Valley salad and wine pairing much to the ire of the old world. Food is one of the few things his hyper-individualism has yet to completely destroy.

Matt - Surprisingly good baker and cook, but not really anything anyone would write home about. Except maybe bread, he bakes a lot of bread and has had a freakishly high consumption of it since the 18th century, so archeologists can tell the bones from the New Englanders who ate a lot more corn. Not exactly internationally renowned for anything except poutine and weed scones, though, rest in pieces. If you've ever eaten anything you thought was pretty good at the time but will never ever think about again, that's Matt in the kitchen, except when he busts out the rye bread but even then no one will really believe he made it.

Character Details Ask Game

#the ask box || probis pateo #Maria || lo que viví lo estoy muriendo todavía #Alfred || o beautiful for spacious skies #Matthew || my country is winter

[arti-cat]

the rot consumes (rot headcanons)

headcanon dump incoming. reposting from discord messages so it might be a bit messy to read! (( TW FOR CREATURE DEATH / GENERAL ICKY DESCRIPTIONS / ACID MENTION !! also slight spoilers i think ! )) i know its a popular hc that the rot changes colour based on what its feeding on/what blood it intakes! and other stuff. but i have my own thoughts on how the rot works the rot is made up of mostly muscular tissues, nervous systems, and an acidic-sticky liquid that it excretes from its 'skin'/tissues. the acidic liquid glows brightly, usually in concentrated pockets (such as the glowing blue sections on the rots tendrils and the cyst head itself). the rot is incredibly sticky because of this, hence why it's able to climb up walls and travel around with ease! the tendrils excrete the liquid when pressed against something / squeezed, so struggling when grabbed actually makes it even harder to escape. the acid there isn't strong enough to kill its' prey but definitely burns to the touch! what kills the creature is when they're like. slurped up into the main cyst which has a much stronger concentration of said acid, which can quickly and efficiently absorb the creature. this also includes any objects or items it finds! melts. the rot walls r sticky and dangerous for the same reasons listed above! it's just that it takes a little longer to kill, but the creature is still touching the cysts themselves and not just weakened tendrils it's also why the rot is such a problem for iterators! i like to think it needs a mix of metallic nutrients like iron and some organic, like neuron flies, so iterators are built perfectly for it to spread around in. though because of its acidic nature, the liquid naturally eats through the structure (even if the rot isn't actively consuming) and weakens the whole thing until collapse, like in pebbles case. the strings of rot across rooms (that the slugcat can grab onto) are sticky and slightly acidic, they aren't enough to actually cause real harm (also why my pebbles design has those as like necklaces. he cant get them off!) as for colouration, it depends on the strength of said acid. mother long legs / purple rot is freshly developed and at its strongest, daddy long legs / blue rot is your average cyst that either develops from mother long legs or just the general infectious spread of the rot, while brother long legs / yellow(?) rot is old and has become weaker or contaminated over time. i like to think when an iterator first discovers the rot, if it's purple, then it means they have a chance of flushing it out and hoping for the best. if they detect blue, they're definitely infected already. idk how well this fits with canon but it's how i imagine it :] the rot kinda has a 'brain' but its more of a weird nervous system throughout. idk how to describe that bit very well but it's how it 'knows' to follow the vibrations it feels in the ground ? and the basic survival instincts and tendrils to defend itself. it's a weird thing, alive but also not

#rain world #the rot #the rot consumes #tw acid #tw death

[lunebits]

how i study with autism

hello !! so i never really see anything about trying to survive the hell that is high school when you’re trying to study with autism ?-?!? so i wanted to make one with my own tips !! it’ll be organized by section dw <3

part one: morning/night routines + going to school

it’s important to know what you can/cannot do! (the things i can’t do i call “land mines” btw bc if i do them it’s only a matter of time before i explode) for example: waking up before 6:15am for me is a landmine. studying in the morning is a landmine. being late is a landmine, etc.

also, for me mornings are usually overstimulating, so i read and i wear my comfiest clothes and use a blanket when i’m eating breakfast !!

basically the whole point is to make a morning routine that avoids your landmines! and gives you ample time to get ready to go out into the world.

at night, i give myself a hard stop time. i have to get things done, or at least partially done, by that time. for me, it’s 9:45 !! when i stop at that time, it gives me time to unmask in my room and stim before going to bed.

also keep your routines simple. i always have trouble remembering really complex routines! so usually i remember that i have to read, take care of my hygiene, pick clothes out, and go to bed.

i’m not saying you should go to sleep late or early, but if a lack of sleep causes you to meltdown the next day …. GO TO SLEEP !!!!!!

for the longest time i felt really weird bc i went to school w/o a comfort item before i realized … my phone is my comfort item … ANYWAY the point is being a comfort item to school ++ anything else to get you through that sensory hell.

most of the time, you can spend lunch in the library if the cafeteria is too much for you. also, go to the bathroom for a few minutes when you get overwhelmed during class. it’s helpful, and i promise you look normal. don’t worry.

part two: planning

my two main systems planning programs are google calendar + todomate. they’re easy to be flexible with and they’re easy to use!

i write my tasks during the day using todomate. it’s just easier. then, to motivate myself later when i’m working, i write them in my bullet journal.

i actually Don’t Timeblock because i tend to feel really stressed when i get off schedule by even just a minute.

instead i work in hour long blocks using a 50/10 work/break pomodoro thingy ;; and i don’t assign tasks to each block either i just do them as best i can. for me, it reduces stress bc usually i can look at my todo list where i’ve defined exactly what i need to do and then just work for as long as i need. my only concern is stopping by 9:45.

i use a notion calendar to plan my studying for tests. here’s how i plan for them !! :

i usually give myself (if possible) a week before a big test to study the material. under the event, i add a todo list that where i put exactly what i need to do on what day to stay on track. the important thing is to not overcrowd a day! NEVER !!! extend the amount of days you need to study if you have to, but never overcrowd a day. especially if you don’t know your workload before that day.

overall, keep it simple. planning isn’t actually doing, so don’t overexert yourself when planning. it’s important to understand yourself !!

part three: actually doing stuff !

lets be honest — assignments are actually hell and i hate them but i have to do them to get good grades

essays: break down the prompt or assignment task and outline your essay RIGHT AWAY. ik it’s hard to get an idea initially, but a little brainstorming doesn’t hurt. a lot of the time, you can actually implement stuff about your special interest in them to make arguments and points, etc. also, plan out when you’re gonna write what parts of the essay. and follow said schedule.

general homework assignments: usually these are completion, so honestly just sit down and get them the fuck done. the most important thing is that you actually understand what you’re doing. i mean, do you really understand how to solve that math problem? what that literature discussion question is asking?

projects: do your part of the project. break the parts down and delegate them to different days and actually do the project. also, i try to work alone most of the time bc it’s just easier, so do try to ask about working alone if you need to.

i can preach about actually doing shit but that doesn’t keep the demons that are executive dysfunction, anxiety, and depression at bay. here’s how i deal with them:

executive dysfunction: mine usually goes away with a plan. if i physically can’t bring myself to do something, i set a timer for 10 minutes, where i promise myself at the end of that time i’ll do something. usually something completely unrelated to work like making tea or tying my hair up. usually that’s enough to get me moving and actually get me to my desk, or at least pull something to do out.

anxiety: this is literally going to sound silly but i actually just make tea. the tea is warm and it grounds me, and it forces me to get up. i also get a blanket and wear something comfy. and usually on bad anxiety days i try to get done earlier, or just do the bare minimum.

depression: this is especially prevalent for me on the weekends. i am so lethargic on the weekends. the first thing i fucking do is actually shower. go take that shower. if you’re still not feeling it, make your favorite drink, even if it’s just drinking gatorade at 3am. go play your favorite instrument or do a puzzle. just do something. hopefully, it’ll be enough to get you to do some of your work. remember, doing bare minimum is completely fine. you don’t have to do everything at 110%. things can be 50%, 60%, or even 35% if that’s bare minimum.

part four: actually studying

here’s where i have to be like … this is what works for me. and you can adjust things as you need. also keep in mind that i go to a stem school lol

general and misc studying tips

body-doubling helps me a lot, so i study or work with study with me videos online. they come in all types, so it’s easy to find one that fits me for that day.

choose music your brain can take for that day. some days, i can study perfectly with lyrical music. but other days it’s too much so i need instrumental music.

oh, read textbooks like they’re books first. i swear. i usually go slower when i’m trying to take notes on the textbook. but if i read the textbook first like i’m just reading it for the sake of it, suddenly it gets less daunting and i can take notes later when i go through it again.

general review process (this is an everyday thing, usually.)

i collect the notes i took from my classes that day

i reformat them but make it fun style (ex: history notes are turned into a mind map or review questions, math notes are turned into me explaining a problem, etc.)

that’s literally it — these will be important for studying later.

studying process (basic process of how i actually study)

class notes — take notes and ask questions if you don’t understand smth.

general review (see above)

study for the assessment a week before.

ok this section is actually how i study for assessments

i always ALWAYS identify my weak spots first. to do this, i take one practice test or complete a review sheet my teachers gave me. if there isn’t one, i make my own review questions (these are usually for more concept based subjects)

then i ask my teachers questions if i don’t understand something. they should be open to helping you.

actual review methods now !! here’s what i do:

problem-based subjects (math, mostly):

i set a timer for 10 minutes and do as many problems as i can. idk why but i find this hilariously fun. i grade myself after and then reward myself with something — very often a sip of tea.

also most of the time i think of it like solving a puzzle, so i generalize solving into a process scheme, which i write down. (ex: step one: isolate y, etc.)

the bottom line is that practice questions are your best fucking friend. be buddies with those practice questions. so millions of them until you’re comfortable with the fact that you can do most of them.

content-based subjects (history, literature):

ok honestly i basically make a dnd game out of history. LISTEN ITS FUN OK like history is a series of events in your campaign and you can walk through the way things affected people and use fun dnd terminology if you need to.

also those mindmaps from your general review earlier? yeah those. use them !!! i do whats called blurting, where you essentially just dump everything you remember down. use the mindmap you made to check your understanding.

sometimes, like for art history, i’ll use flashcards to study. actually go through them — don’t just make them and call it a day and never look at them again. for me, i randomly separate them into piles. if i get through a pile without getting any wrong, i give myself a treat! if i don’t, i move on and just repeat that pile again later.

concept based subjects (like science):

science sucks for this but most of the time you need to understand and internalize the concepts so that you can apply it to questions. ap style questions do this a lot.

like with history, i do a lot of blurting. talking out loud also helps me think through how to explain things.

i also have this mind palace game where i assign a particular room in my house to a particular topic. then, i go to that room, recall everything i know and check myself. if i got it all right and didn’t forget smth, i take an item from that room and move onto the next. if i didn’t get it all right, i still move onto the next room, and i’ll repeat that room again later.

textbooks usually have good review questions. DO THEM!!!!!! and use the textbook to revise your answers and then answer them again.

ok i honestly think that’s it pls tell me if i can add stuff

#being autistic #autism #studyblr #studying with anxiety #studying with autism #study motivation #study tips

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

hi it's mermay and i'm thinking about sirens. i'm gunna do some looking of my own (at seadragons, probably) but can you think of any fish that look like their tails/features would make a cool mermaid?

Hello! I've actually answered a similar question before, here is my answer to that one:

But since your question is a little different, I'll feature some unique fish species you could find inspiration from!

The rockmover wrasse! Here is an adult, the juvenile is a little wilder:

Crazy patterns! Should go to good use :)

Eels! Just any type of eel, really. They come in such varied shapes and sizes, and have various abilities too! If you're the type of person who likes to give merpeople the features of the fish they're based on, just imagine a moray eel merperson with two jaws! Or a ribbon eel merson whose tail sways like a ribbon while swimming. I'd suggest looking into eels!

Electric eels too! Despite the name, they aren't actually eels at all, so I'm mentioning their genus separately here. Long fish that sense things with electricity and can generate it, even being able to cause prey animals to stop or start swimming with careful shocks... need I say more?

Here's one that could have many ways to be interpreted as a merson. Stargazers! They're ambush predators that hide in the sand, only having their eyes and mouth showing. I'd like to see how those would be interpreted as merpeople.

Mudskippers! The semiaquatic fish that live most of their lives on land.

Another one that walks, frogfish! Many species not only have a lure, but also walk along the bottom of the seafloor. How's that for an interesting merson challenge?

I don't think I've ever seen a merson who looks like a billfish, as in like a swordfish, sailfish or a marlin. The particular fish here is a sailfish!

I don't see some reef fish often, either. How about a moorish idol?

Perhaps the similarly-shaped butterflyfish?

Oh hey, maybe mandarinfish! That's one colourful guy :)

Deep sea fish are always a treat, too. They look very otherworldly compared to the fish we see often in everyday life! My personal favourite is the barreleye, but any friend from the deep is a friend indeed. The stoplight loosejaw who has a private red flashlight, the cookiecutter shark who sneakily bites chunks off bigger animals, bristlemouths with their large jaws and tiny teeth... I recommend looking into fish that have photophores, aka light-producing organs! They're fish that glow in the dark!!! Extremely cool and mysterious...

Lanternfish are a good example of this, I think. They're thought to be the most abundant group of vertebrates, they're deep sea-living, they have photophores, they migrate vertically in humongous schools that literally look like false bottoms to sonar.

Deep sea anglerfish are a classic, old but gold. Seldom used in merfolk! I've tried tackling anglerfish merfolk myself before, I'll feature my concept sketches below for possible inspiration... though they contain artistic nudity, so I'll only feature them under the cut.

And there you have it! I got kinda carried away, I'm sure no one minds. Have a fun Mermay! I'm gonna draw some art for it myself, but in the meantime, have this fish ramble :)

Once again, artistic nudity under the cut. Just some cartoon tits. Completely nonrealistic nonoffensive unreal cartoon bazookas, just wanna put them away from a direct line of sight because my blog isn't for art most of the time.

Her first initial concept on the left and some additional ones on the right. Anglerfish of all kinds use lures to trick prey, so I wanted to mix the lure aspect with mermaids to create a siren that lures in sailors with her human half and eats them with her fish half. The human half has working eyes, vocal chords and lungs to first spot sailors, then call and sing to them, but besides that all the other organs are in the fish half. No doubt similar merple exist, but this was my take on it! It's a lot of fun to be creative, I recommend just going with the flow and doing what feels the most natural or coolest. You've got this!

#oh my oh my what a post.... #long post #asks #eros-vigilante #fish #merfolk #mermay #mermay 2023 #rockmover wrasse #eel #eels #moray eel #electric eel #stargazer #mudskipper #frogfish #anglerfish #billfish #sailfish #marlin #swordfish #moorish idol #butterflyfish #mandarinfish #barreleye #lanternfish #my art #artistic nudity

[monarchtonone]

@restart-the-cycle @keeper-of-magic @angeliteonfridgeduty (Since you seem to be curious about this now . . . )

Lucky spent the last few cycles with me, trying to uncover all the secrets of this butchering chart we found. The results are . . . morbid, to say the least.

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-WHITE LIZARD-

Eye - Inedible

Head - Edible, though not worth effort of breaking the skull; Very rich in protein, however

Claws - Generally Inedible

Leg - Little meat, but sweet and somewhat fatty

Chuck - Tender, meaty, and better cooked than raw; Very full flavor

Rib - Full, hearty, meaty flavor that strikes the tongue, despite how little fat is marbled in

Loin - Lean and tender, but bland; Do not eat alone

Tail - Very long strips of mostly fat; What little meat there is tastes wonderful

Spines, etc - Inedible

Tongue - Very rubbery and sticky, but with unrivaled flavor

Organs - None are very appealing, save for the heart, which has a nice gamey taste

RATING: 3/5

Too little meat for a lizard. Overall, though, a sweeter and leaner choice to Pink.

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(OOC: There was originally an image to accompany this, but I'm still fighting drawing it and wanted to get this posted because tomorrow is the big reveal lol.

I will post it once I finish it.)

This confirms it. He's eating them. He's dissecting and eating creatures . . . but why?! Why do this, then still have the nerve to lie?

I have to thank Lucky for all this, he confronted Drops about it shortly after. The transcript is below.

-Begin Transcript-

LE: Drops, we need to talk.

NDI: Is it about the dissections? The way I talked to Pages? Ungrateful spoiled little rat, is what she is.

LE: None of that. Look, I swiped one of your notes-

NDI: How DARE you!

LE: Shut up or we'll find out if you're a mobile model as well. Now, look, I swiped one of your notes and you're clearly butchering creatures. You even have the way they taste!

NDI: . . .

LE: Drops. Tell me why.

NDI: . . .

LE: Tell me why or you'll get a fire egg shoved down that bloody maw of yours.

NDI: I was curious. My ancients always wanted me to reflect on their own odd personalities. I never understood it. One day, they gave me a mouth, and it was like something inside of me awoke.

NDI: A part of me I wouldn't trade for the Triple Affirmative, even.

LE: Weird flex but okay.

NDI: They wanted to see me go savage. They wanted to watch me break down into nothing more than the beasts on the ground below.

NDI: But I'm a little more sophisticated than that. Instead I began dissecting out of curiosity. But of course, then I had to dispose of the bodies, and, well, I have a mouth, so-

LE: So you ate them.

NDI: Yes. You all have no idea how good meat tastes. Particularly red lizards, they're all muscle and absolutely amazing. Cooked or raw, I like-

LE: You're getting sidetracked.

NDI: Right, um, of course. So, my ancients started coming down themselves. And, I had enough of it, so I did some research and . . .

LE: And?

NDI: I won't explain how I did it. But I disabled their ID drones so I could hurt them. As much as I wanted.

LE: For fuck's sake, Drops, don't tell me you-

NDI: It's a possibility.

LE: Well, that settles that.

NDI: They got suspicious, even though I only ate about a third who crossed my path. So they all ascended and left me behind. Alone. Hungry.

NDI: Creatures have been slow coming in. I started to feel weak without their blood. I fear my system as become reliant on it, just as necessary as water.

LE: So . . . why.

NDI: Why what?

LE: Why the fake water call.

NDI: Well I needed something to eat! I doubt anyone would respond to a sudden call for blood, so I did the next best thing!

LE: Yeah, next time, don't.

NDI: Lesson learned, lesson learned. Look, if I had known something like that actually happened I wouldn't have done it! I would have said something else, like . . . like I needed creatures for an experiment or I needed creatures to fight off something in my ecosystem.

LE: Be glad I'm not mad at you. The others . . .

NDI: Is there another annoying messenger on it's way-

LE: . . . You'll . . . you'll see. Monarch hinted at something called a Scrapper.

NDI: FOR FUCK'S SAKE, TELL THEM TO STOP IT!

LE: You deserve it. Anyway, now I'm curious. What do some creatures taste like?

-End Transcript-

Technically there's more Lucky wrote, but it's all just Drops talking about the way different creatures taste and I am not reading all of that. There is one good thing:

Lucky convinced him to open his communications in a few cycles.

Now, with all this out of the way, who wants to go topple a superstructure with me?

#rain world #flymonarch #iterator oc #also take any butcher parts with a grain of salt as they are not guaranteed to be accurate to real-life cattle/other animals. #Im just a silly goober on the internet making a post about eating lizards what do you want from me lol

[dianight]

Okay, let’s do this.

I have finished volume 1 of Otherside Picnic. Spoilers ahead I suppose.

Ended up a bit long and not very connected, just my thoughts as organized as possible.

This hit me in a different way compared to the manga, because while in the manga you can see Sorawo’s fascination with Toriko, in the novel it’s actually even funnier because of how often she’s thinking about how beautiful she is, getting stunned looking at her or just having very lesbian thoughts. I thought it was exaggeration... lmao

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I’m reminded of how often I’ll try to recommend an upcoming anime to my friends, only for it to be in some form disappointing. As examples from this season: Yuusha ga Shinda [reminder for myself to write about this] or Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu. From past seasons: Mieruko-chan, Yugami-kun or Tsugumomo.

The general idea about these anime is that they might be (very often not) good anime, but the manga is going to be superior most of the time. Whether it is because the gags fit better in manga form (Mieruko-chan), it is a subpar adaptation (Otherside Picnic !!!!) or because it doesn’t reach the “good part” in a season or two (Tsugumomo, Yugami-kun), in the end, for me to recommend this series (keyword) to people I would simply point to the manga instead.

That is to say, some series are a better fit for a particular medium. I believe that Otherside Picnic is just better as a novel. Having (more of) the inner thoughts of Sorawo so you truly feel how she sees the world is superior to the manga, where a paragraph of inner monologue might get reduced to one or two sentences.

Speaking of, even on volume 1 you can see how everyone is SO weird. Sorawo is the weirdest by far. “Yeah, my childhood was pretty average. My mom dies, my dad and grandma join a cult. There’s some beef with some other cult (?), so I spend most of high school in random places just so I don’t have to be home. Then people try to kill/kidnap me, and I had the brilliant idea of using KEROSENE to burn my family, but they got lost and died. Oh well, you know, your usual japanese childhood.”

Like memes aside, she needs to work through some (a lot) of stuff, but her serious problems also get eclipsed by her tendency to stare at Toriko while thinking about how hot/beautiful/amazing she is, and then ignore those feelings completely. When people joke about how so in denial she is, it is not an exaggeration. I lost count of all the times she compliments Toriko in her head. Several times per file.

Toriko is also out there, although in volume 1 it might not be apparent by itself. Ordering food just to watch Sorawo eat, some of the things she does/says to her would make me think she’s coming on to me, and despite how warped Sorawo’s worldview is she is rightfully scared of how casual Toriko is with handling guns. Granted, the Otherside is dangerous, so eventually one would get used to it I assume, but Toriko sees nothing wrong at all even when pointed out.

Example of how great they are for each other:

Kozakura gets her own introduction and her own (shared with Sorawo) file. Her weirdness might not be visible right away, but it’s there. She “collects” artifacts from the Zone... I mean Otherside, paying an absurd[1] amount for the Kunekune’s cube. She keeps a shotgun in her house. She is also willing to stay in the Otherside, in pajamas and sandals, if it means that she might see Satsuki.

Yeah, those last two might actually be on the “normal” side considering the circumstances and relationship with Satsuki.

All of that to say: Sorawo is a fucking weirdo, but I was honestly surprised at seeing Toriko’s behavior from Sorawo’s perspective (compared to the manga I mean). I genuinely feel like she was trying to flirt with Sorawo, intentional or not I don’t know yet. It is hard to tell, made more confusing by this part:

If we take her word, she does come of as kind of reserved (shy?) when talking to other people (men(!)) so I would assume she is trying to get closer to Sorawo (in her own way) but she is just that dense and we read it through that lens, so it might have been ultra obvious for anyone other than Sorawo and we readers can’t tell because of it (or it’s a me problem and I’m reading too much into it).

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Overall, I think reading the manga first might have been good. I can look at their actions and get even more confused. Instead of thinking of how weird they are, I’m thinking “are they just weird or really bad at comunicating” (or both).

To finish off, a bad poem (Ctrl+F beautiful):

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[1] A million yen is ~6700€, which means they get 3350€ for risking their lifes to bring back an artifact (if Kozakura buys it, which she didn’t when they brought back Hasshaku-sama’s hat). It might actually be a reasonable amount considering the risk of not getting paid + the dangers of the Otherside.

#dia talks #otherside picnic

[artificial-ascension]

Assorted Slender Mansion HCs

(Warning, long as shit because I have lots to say)

Non of the proxies are ever there

Sometimes you find them wondering the halls doing things or locked away in some room but they mostly do their own thing and rarely socialize

The exceptions are Ticci Toby, who goes on a lot less missions than everyone else on virtue of being very specialized in his craft and being the youngest, Hoodie and Masky who both don't really like slenderman and are mostly tasked with looking after the house

Toby is also the favorite proxy on virtue of him being so loyal without Slender even having to do anything (plus he is REALLY good with those hatchets)

Slenderman founded the mansion originally as a home for him, his family and his proxies but after awhile a bunch of failed proxies they forgot to get rid of or proxie attempts that didn't work out that they forgot to get rid of and various non proxie people kept as grounds keepers showed uo and never left. Slenderman kinda wanted all the randoms gone but the proxies and his brothers seemed to be cool with the extras running around and alot of them DID actually do things for Slender when he asked nicely so he let them stay

So long story short people just kept showing up for one reason or another and at one point they stopped kicking them out and that's how we're here

General opinion of Slenderman ranges from "He's awful but at least I'm not homeless" to "Slenderman seems cool but I've talked to him like three times"

Slenderman himself just kinda wants to do his thing (whatever that is) and is happy to provide for the people living with him. He makes sure everyone has adequate space in their rooms and keeps the mansion normal enough for no one to loose their mind (the halls are still a bit weird, sometimes super long sometimes super short and rooms are generally in the same spot but doors kinda slide up and down the hall. Moral of the story you never know how far you'll have to walk to your room and you should mark what door is yours)

It's also become sort of a flex to decorate your door better than other people. Some people have really pretty painted doors and then there's EJ who just has "EJ" clawed into the door, the flex being how deep the claw marks are

The general house keeping is up to Tim, Brian, Liu and EJ mostly. They try and keep the place clean and try to wrangle some of the more wild members. They also cook meals for the whole house, mostly because half the people there can't cook and if left to there own devices wouldn't eat anything other than chips, toast and granola bars *cough cough* Jeff

EJ never eats human dinner but still remembers how to cook from being a person. Sometimes EJ will sit at the table with a plate of organs and eat with everone else but it depends who's at the table

Most Slender Mansion inhabitants are very desensitized and don't care about a human eating demon munching on some guys lung at the table but some feel... weird watching a guy eat raw human meat at the dinner table

Examples include Toby, Clickwork, Nurse Ann and Candypop, for some reason

Smile Dog also eats dinner but on the floor. They don't like trying to sit in a chair and eat from a bowl off the table. Also they refuse to eat dog food

Smile dog themselves is actually as intelligent as a human and has the same level of awareness as a person they just... are also a dog... like they understand what an ambulance siren is but they'll still howl at one

Also they can't howl. Or bark. They can only speak in dog onomonopia, meaning they ACTUALLY SAY 'bark' instead of barking. They also speak this weird demon language no one can understand. EJ can sort of understand it but not really

EJ, as a guy possessed by a demon, also somewhat knows a weird demon language. EJs demon is something similar to a hell hound but not quite so his language is actually the same as Smile Dog's (who is a hell hound) they just don't understand eachother because, to make a comparison, Smile is speaking modern English and EJ is speaking old English (not to be confused with Shakespearian English, old English is way older and harder to understand)

Smile Dog has a modified typewriter (the keys are just biger and easier for a dog to press) they type on to communicate

Smile Dog is also Jeff's dog because they just decided Jeff will be their owner

Smile and Jeff also share a room amd have shared a room since Jeff arived at the mansion when he was 13

Slenderman brought Jeff to the mansion to be a proxy but Jeff doesn't listen and can't really be controlled by Slenderman so he was going to kill Jeff but Smile, BEN, Sally and Toby got very attached to him so he let Jeff stay even if he was annoying

Mostly for Toby, Slenderman dose alot to keep Toby happy because Toby stays completely loyal so long as he's happy. Toby also keeps a complete memory of what happened in his childhood because the knowledge that he'd still be in a shitty situation is Slender had made him kill his dad keeps him somewhat greatful

BEN and Sally also both showed up (at different times) and no one could get rid of them because they're ghosts and also Smile Dog really likes kids so they let them stay too

Smile Dog got an invite to the mansion because Splendorman saw the Smile.jpeg image and thought "That’s such a cute hell hound I want them", willingly let Smile Dog haunt his dreams and then asked them if they wanted to live with him

Smile Dog was like "Uhh... sure..." and after living with Splendorman for a while Splendor realized "I don't know how to take care of a dog" and gave Smile to Slenderman to "boost moral at his little house party"

Slenderman isn't a demon or anything close but he likes them because his step mom is one and she's very nice

Speaking of which Slender's step mom is the same kind of demon as the one possessing EJ and the child she had with Slender's dad was The Rake and that's why they live at the Slender Mansion. Because they're Slender's half brother

The Rake's cognitive and Slender powers are severely reduced when compared to their relatives, however they're still very smart. They just kinda live in the woods and like running around on all fours on account of basically being half Slender Entity half man eating tar hell hound

Similar to Smile Dog, they're still a person they're just like, a hard core furry or whatever

Pretty much the only thing The Rake thinks about though is killing people (they don't eat people though, they don't really have to eat) and running around in the woods

The Rake lives in the woods around the mansion and if you go camping they'll almost certainly show up because they fucking love hotdogs, if you bring hotdogs into those woods you better be prepared to give some to The Rake

The Rake goes in sometimes, usually when it's raining bad and they have their own room/cage in the basement (they live in a cage for the aesthetic)

Movie nights are every Saturday, they very often end up watching kids movies because Sally is there

But sometimes she makes them watch old vlack and white stop motion horror films because she thinks they're cool

When she's not they watch whatever, usually horror movies which always end in at least one person looking at the villain killing people and going "oh my god me"

One month they had a Jurrasic Park movie every weekend and everytime EJ was kin with the velociraptors

Tim and Brian are like the useless dads of the mansion. They sometimes do household chores and cook dinner but they mostly sit around and watch TV

Liu and EJ are the tired moms of the mansion. They do everything, mostly corral the kids but that’s really hard because one of those kids is Jeff, who in the year 2022 should be like 23-24 but he hasn't matured since he was like 16

Jeff was kinda like the weird cousin who sits in the corner at family gatherings and stares at everyone menacingly but not really doing anything and grew up to be the weird uncle who only shows up to have a good time and be a nuisance

Toby is like the cool cousin who's way older and everyone thinks is cool because he can drive and has Pokemon cards

BEN is a 12 year old on Xbox live claiming he fucks your mom. Ipad kid. You got any games on your phone kid. He's the annoying one you're forced to play with but it's kinda ok because you can make him do dumb shit, "I'll give you an oreo if you put this caprisun in the fire and then drink out of it" (yes I've seen a kid do this) kind of dumb shit

Nina is the cringe furry obsessed with whatever guy (Jeff in this case) the general consensus is that no one wants to play with her because she's weird but she's actually really cool

Jane likes to hang out with Nina though, it sounds weird but yeah she dose like hanging out with her because she finds Nina's eccentricities interesting

Toby will also hang out with Nina but Toby's just happy to have friends

Sally LOVES playing with Nina and Jane. They have girls night. They drag Clockwork (not enjoying herself) and Smile Dog (definitely enjoying themselves) into it

Sally thinks Nina's scene look is super cool and loves when Nina dose her nails and make up. Jane is lowkey just here because she wants to make Sally happy and because she has a slight crush on Nina

She does also kinda like to hang out and do make overs and talk about whatever like she's a normal teen again

The boys may or may not have boys night. Mostly it’s just BEN, Toby and Liu playing video games while Jeff and EJ watch because neither of them like video games very much. Clockwork also joins sometimes because she prefers the video games and boys night isn't actually boys exclusive it’s just really boring unless you like video games and swearing

One time Tim and Brian joined in because Jeff started complaining that he was bored and he'd take nail painting over this where Brian over heard and dropped the bit of lore that he used to be a nail tech

Brian also dose EJ's nails (claws?) Because they get very long and dirty and EJ dosen't know how to clean them

Brian also sometimes trims Smile Dog's claws because the ones on the side of their legs (forget what they're called, it's the toe dogs have that's not touching the ground) curve around and and jab into their paw pads

Brian and Tim aren't married but they always refer to eachother as their husband/wife (Brian calls Tim his wife as a joke, little reference to when Tim used to do drag)

Liu is a furry. When Liu’s notebook (full of furry art) was discovered, Jeff took the bullet and said it was his. The only person who knows Liu is actually the furry is Smile Dog

EJ has a thermos full of human blood he drinks out of. He says it's kool-aid. He keeps trying to get new commers to drink it but it never works (because a 6'4 demon shoving a cup in your face and demanding you have some kool-aid is... suspicious...)

Liu enrolled BEN is online school. He pretends he hates it but he dose actually think the stuff he learns is interesting

There's a mansion discord. It's awful. Only half the mansion uses it but still

Seed Eater's job is to gaurd the forest around the masnion, along with the Rake and EJ. However EJ doesn't really do that considering he's not as animalistic as Slender originally thought when recruiting him so EJ mostly works inside. He'll still eat people who wonder on the grounds if he sees someone while out on a walk or hanging out with Seed Eater

EJ and Seed Eater get along really well on virtue of both being very intelligent man eating demons. Seed Eater isn't really EJ's pet he's more... like a pack member to EJ. His demon is very social and tries to bond with pretty much anyone willing to join him in a hunt. Seed Eater is a solitary demon that mostly eats plants and mushrooms but he still hangs out and hunts with EJ because EJ is effectively the 'alpha demon' in the woods

There's alot of people who come into the woods to research cryptozoology and or criminal activity. The super dangerous part of the woods in fenced with barbed wire and covered in signs warning people not to enter at all but of course, people always do

Pretty much no one ever comes out alive. There's only ever been about five isolated cases of people surviving, mostly because they saw weird shit and immediately ran as fast as they could to the exit

Most of those people were being chased by EJ because EJ's probably the easiest to survive so long as you're fast and can outsmart him. EJ values the hunt mire than the kill because to him, meals are the best after a nice chase. This means you do actually have a chance of escaping, it's just very low because EJ is good at what he dose

There are a shit ton of video cameras littering the forest from people coming in teying to film them and either dropping them running away or just being killed. For a while everyone would just ignore them when they killed someone or found one in the woods but Tim, Brian and Liu all decided to go pick them up and use the film to try and make a real life found footage movie/documentary with them

There was debate in the mansion over weather or not to release their movie to the public, eventually Slender let them after heavily editing out alot of the parts featuring not publicly known information along with alot of the actual violent murders featured on tape

It still got taken down from YouTube after like a week

Public relation from the film was 20% this is why we don't go into the monster infested serial killer woods 30% why doesn't anyone do something about the monster infested serial killer woods 15% insane crypotozoology videos trying to pick apart EJ in the footage (there was alot of EJ on tape, same with Seed Eater and Toby) 5% Liu thirst because Liu was the chosen to be narrator and I guess the take away from the autodocumentry on the Slender woods for some was Liu Woods is hot, 30% guys lets go into the woods again and maybe we will also have our gruesome death recorded for the whole world

After the video got taken down the whole area got extra security, no going in no coming out for like six months until the hype died down

(I'm so sorry it's so long, I have lots of thoughts. I'm honestly hoping none of this is super out of character for any of them.)

#creepypasta #homocidal liu #jeff the killer #jeffery woods #liu woods #ticci toby #toby rogers #eyeless jack #masky #hoody #tim wright #timothy wright #brian thomas #slender mansion #slenderman