What's it even like at Ramona's place. Also is her cat cute and fluffy?
Well, it's not the most spacious place, for starters. Julie has us all beat on that I think, with Neil and Stephen's place coming second. Then maybe my place? I'm not really sure... DEFINITELY not Scott's.
But it's alright. Ramona knows what to do with the space she has, I think. And she just tucks whatever doesn't need out into her little bag that she's got, so there's never really any clutter, unless Scott's provided it. She's got, like, multiple stories to it? Like, one and a basement, or something- in addition to the ground floor, I mean. We've discussed playing down in her basement, sometimes, for practice? She seemed pretty receptive.
It's nice being over there. I dunno. She hasn't done a whole lot with it, but it's nicer hanging out there than it is here, usually. Wish she was less busy so I could come over more... I mean, I could visit Scott when he's there I guess, but it's not really the same. Besides, I wouldn't want Ramona to come back from work and have to chase me off to get some rest or something?
*Kim sort of snickers a little.* Or she'd come back to me trying to hide Scott's body. She doesn't deserve to deal with that.
Anway, more realistically, she's probably exhausted after running around all day, being the only Amazon delivery person in our area and all. Even if she was fine with me lingering, I'm not sure I want front row seats for the two of them being lovey-dovey or whatever. Gross.
And Gideon... Gideon is probably one of the cutest cats I've ever seen. I didn't really like cats too much before now, but I think I've been converted or something. He's just the sweetest thing, sometimes, and Ramona's managed to get him nearly completely desensitized to being picked up, held, moved around- he just genuinely doesn't care, so long as you aren't hurting him.
He's a short haired cat, I think, but he's super soft- Ramona tells me it's because we're always petting him. Something about the oils in our hands making his fur softer? I think I get the general idea there. His fur is like... deceptively dense though? You can sink your fingers in a little and muss it up if you want.
Heh. I don't recommend trying to mess with his stomach at all, though. Gideon's generally pretty forgiving, and doesn't really bite or scratch people from what I've seen at least, but one time Scott tried to give him belly rubs while he was all splayed out on the couch... the attack afterward was pretty tame so far as the initial strike went, but he got Scott good, and there was like... blood, everywhere. You'd think he nicked an artery or something, but no, it was just Scott doing what Scott does.
Is there some sort of like... thin-skinned or heavy bleeder debuff he's got or something? Or was it just him being a moron and splattering it everywhere? Anyway, Ramona had it handled pretty quickly, and tiredly, so that's probably something really typical for them.
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Artemis is a lapcat now???? Cat experts if you see this why is a cat who used to absolutely despise sitting on someone now trying to sleep on me everytime I sit
Btw there'd been like.. no change at all that would stress her out?? And she's not sick. Maybe she's just getting old and sentimental but she's only five so I don't think so🤔
Only thing I can think of is she had some springtails living on her but I took care of that problem. Not that the springtails were hurting her, they are non parasitic and the only reason they were here is because my dumb bitch of a brother had the thermostat at 78 in the middle of a heat wave. So. It was kinda humid in the house. Which spingtails thrive in!! After I finally turned down the heat they started hiding in my cats fur because warm. But they aren't parasites, so they weren't biting her. She was prolly judt itch !
Sorry for the rambling about bugs . They're judt neat
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been re reading tithe since halloween for personal reasons and WOW the insurmountable guilt roiben feels about kaye… like he really thinks the moment she saw him, he ruined her life. even in a visit to impossible lands when they have been relatively happy together for years, he still describes acts of love as his removal or withholding any negativity for the sake of the ‘goodness’ that the relationship provides him.
like i can’t help but think about how his blind devotion to the seelie queen had skewed his understanding of love since i suppose that all seelie court members live in blissful naivety and adoration. the disillusionment with something you once believed to be perfect and the cruelty of it all… okay so what is love then……………..
anyway it is not necessarily healthy for him to have these conditions for why kaye should want him, but it’s actually really nice to see how they evolve and grow together. like clearly he is not trying to repeat the blind devotion that resulted in him becoming his crueller self! and we get to see his emotional progress and him on the healing journey? when he says smth like ‘i love you far too well for that’ (about his burdens) and she is telling him that that’s not what love is, love is shared etc etc i’m paraphrasing idk. and then at the end after the coup, he’s trying to be like ‘see you can’t get hurt it’s scary here, my life and my world is scary’ and she wants to take that next step idk idk i like it…..
also it’s not as tho she is some idealized object of innocence and perfection that has replaced the seelie queen. he grows to understands this, but i guess even in ironside there is still the sentiment that she is normal and doesn’t ‘deserve’ all of the difficulties in his life. as if being with him and having to share any emotional load would be some cruel punishment……………….!!! i’ll probably have more to say abt this specifically when i get there w my reread, but very fun and painful and sweet to see how his understanding of love changes!
whenever there’s like a character who has developed skewed visions of love i become soooo not normal about them… i love thinking about love (libra sun scorpio venus etc) esp since finishing all about love by bell hooks i just keep repeating some of the core ideas like ok 👍🏼 love can not exist when abuse and violence are present. we must live honestly and by a love ethic etc etc. it takes time, it takes work, it takes support, it takes commitment etc etc. as my friend said love is as love does!! anyway i love kaye and roiben i loooove them
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i'm curious, what's ur take on sadao? i thought it was really cool to see him in holly's backstory and he seems very nice!!! i know some ppl interpret him to have been an absent husband/father considering he isn't around in sdc but i feel like holly's family would kick his ass if he wasn't there for her. you mentioned they possibly divorced by the time of ur fan part so im just wondering, what do u think?
So yes its! A bit of a mix bag for me
On one hand when i first started jojos I defiantly leaned into absent father sadao who defiantly doesn't seem to be around for holly or jotaro. And I still think this is true. It's more or less true that due to his career he doesn't get to be around much. I don't think it's out of cruelty or purposeful neglect. But none the less he isn't around much and it does effect his relationship with his wife and son.
As iv been around others and found my own interpretation of sadao iv grown a soft spot for him.
So basically I imagine in my young teen years holly where her and sadao first meet in Italy their very friendly and get along great! He cares about her and they have a lil teen crush on one another. Going as fad as holly awkwardly giving him her ring of "marriage" token to him but never fully explains it and is too embarrassed to every let it be brought up again.
After the events of hollys Italian summer, holly and sadao would not meet for nearly 8-10 years. Holly would grow up, move out of the house and travel the world to try and find herself. Sadao would find himself moving up in his musical career and traveling the world. Holly and sadao would cross paths but never notice each other. But the one time sadao finally notices holly he can't let her go again. He's held onto that ring of hers and hasn't stopped thinking about the girl with the horns who risked her life to save then all those years ago in Italy. So he gets her attention and reminds her of who he is. They reconnect and begin dating.
The two get along great again, their best friends and she love getting to follow him and travel the world along side him as his career grows.
Then they have jotaro. Holly and sadao stay home. Living on his family estate with their money for awhile taking care of jotaro.
But then I imagine things just kinda. Change. Sadao struggles to be a father and doesn't handle it well, returning to his career and begins to tour around. He's home less and holly ends up staying home with jotaro. It's rocky, but she loves sadao and their still friends. But things change, holly and sadao love each other, they love jotaro, ect ect. But their life structure changed and sadao didn't know how to change with it,, and holly once again couldn't find the words to speak up and say what she felt.
Jotaro would grow up nearly without a father, very close to his mother feeling she's basically the only parent he has and the only one who understands him.
So when jotaros long been gone from the house living his own life and having his kid and such. Holly still stays home and is alone. She doesn't want to travel the world like they used to, she just wants sadao to be by her side. She knows what she wants but could never ask him to give up his career for her. They simply realized too late they wanted to lead different lives and loving each other wasn't enough to make everything they wanted to work, work. So instead of asking sadao to stay with her, she let him go.
This is roughly what I have in mind. May or not tweak and change it and I sit on it more. And I think their relationship is complex, their friends and love each other and their divorce came from issues that holly has that she would come to terms with and tackle as character growth in my fan part, represented by the growth of her stand in its acts.
But she gets the divorce and a year or some later she's set everything up to move back home to her family in New York to help them out with all the changes and things their adjusting to in their lives.
And again this is what I have in mind if I go with the divorce angle. I think I lean to divorce because then her and jotaro and br matchy lol
Or if not divorce maybe in the process of splitting up but not official and this is just Holly's break from sadao to get out of Japan and find what she truly wants in life and learning to stand up for herself and such.
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