#shelter of most high

[dwuerch-blog]

Behind Closed Doors

Ever say: “I’m waiting for doors to open”, meaning a job opportunity, or patiently waiting for a store to open its doors, or the cash windfall that you could sure use that’s behind those closed doors? Remember when we placed our hands and fingers in a position to show “Here’s the church; here’s the steeple.” Then we’d turn our hands and fingers up and say: “Open the doors and there’s the…

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#be still #behind closed doors #blog #christian #church #facebook #followers #fortress #gift #inspiration #job opportunity #know that i am god #open doors #pandemic #place of safety #Psalm 46:10 #refuge #resurrection #shelter of most high #steeple #waiting for doors to open

[lethal-effect]

Never thought I’d be feeling this defensive over Buddy Dawn but here we are

#For the most part people seem sad that he died even if they don’t like him #but I honestly don’t understand why people dislike him so much when he’s literally so similar to a younger version of Kristen #I’ve seen some say he’s had ‘evil’ or bigoted moments but I honestly don’t even know what they’re talking about #I’ve only ever read buddy as a misguided but well intentioned and extremely sheltered kid who’s also probably an unwitting pawn #I’ve only ever felt pity and fondness and hope for buddy that he’ll see the more harmful parts of helioic practice and denounce them #I don’t even care if he stays a cleric of helio as long as he doesn’t agree with their more directly harmful beliefs and practices #and I really hope he still gets the chance to combat all of that whether it’s as a cleric of helio or any other god or no god at all #he was just a kid and he still had so much to learn and experience and now he might never get the chance #all because he was a little too sheltered and a little too naive #I’m not ok you guys #like fuck all the other rat grinders he’s the only one who I want to have a redemption arc #and now he’s fucking dead #😢 #buddy dawn #fantasy high

[astrolavas]

it's sound weird, but i have headcanon that Hunter didn't go hexside, because he too old to shool(according to my feelings, at the end of the he is 16-17 y.o (except for the post-credits scene), and at that age it is already too late to go to school):p

i mean, well- in my opinion he rather certainly did go to hexside, since one of the things he'd said during his TTT monologue was "i'd like to attend hexside like a normal student and play flyer derby with my friends" and all of his "wishes" were supposed to sort of foreshadow his goals and his future (carving palismen, studying wild magic, etc etc) so i feel like it's safe to say he succeeded in becoming a hexside student as well. we also know he attended grom with the rest of his friend group, and like- since he's 16 before the timeskip (no canon certainty whether he's recently turned 16 or is going on 17 already though, but like... around 16 canonically) that means he'd get at least 1 year of school, but most likely 2+.

my personal headcanon is that he went to hexside for around 2 years (full or not quite, depending on when the school year starts in the boiling isles and how long it lasts; possibly even 3), and during that time he picked up a mentorship/apprenticeship at del's palisman carving shop, and after he graduated from hexside he started carving palismen professionally with the clawthornes (i like to think that he also takes some courses at eda's wild magic university in his spare time, simply cuz . funny uni hexsquad shenanigans)

#like imo him being like ''i dream abt going to hexside'' and then not getting to attend hexside cuz he's ''too old to start'' or sth #would be kinda cruel since he already lost sooo much of his childhood because of belos. and he wants to be a hexside student #he deserves to have these few years of the typical teenage experience that he so desperately longs for #ofc it's not gonna make up for ALLLL the years of childhood that he'd lost. but even 2 years of the experience? would mean So much to him #not to even mention that the idea of him just... sitting at home or JUST carving palismen or doing whatever for halfa day for the 2-4 years #just cuz he's ???? ''too old'' or it's ''too late for him to start high school at his age'' or anything similar ? #while the rest of his friends get to go to school and learn and socialize and attend classes everyday without him . sounds so lonely #and he had already spent most of his life sheltered and separated from everyone so . yeah. #he'd still technically have to finish hexside like 1-2 years before the rest of hexsquad buuuuut y'know. his situation is very unique #so i could also imagine bump/eda agreeing to let him go to school a year or so longer so that he could finish it alongside his friends #but that's like mm i also can see him finishing it a year early compared to the rest of hexsquad and starting fulltime at the palisman shop #but either way; yes to at least 1-2 years at hexside in my mind #now COLLEGE? i Could see him not going to uni since he's already got the palisman business going and is doing well and wants to chill #BUT personally i still like to imagine that he attends classes there part-time #nicole answers #my toh talk #hunter toh #verocorne

[daughterofsarenrae]

Absolutely kills me how i have some clients who refuse to put their SDIT vests on their dog because they dont feel like their dog is well trained enough yet, despite being several obedience classes in and doing very well, and then i also have some clients who get an 8 month old 70lb doodle from the shelter with severe anxiety who releases said anxiety by jumping biting and barking at every dog and person they see and IMMEDIATELY put him in an emotional support animal vest

#bro ur esa makes ME need an esa. jesus christ #also ur little esa vest is slipping like hell bc its not made to withstand pulling bc ur dog is supposed to be trained #ur dog is going to escape #also hes pulling so hard he's wheezing. #like literally if u have anxiety and ur dog gives u more anxiety ur dog is not acting as ur esa. get a real harness #it was only week 1 and again this is a teenage doodle who's only been out of the shelter for 3 weeks #so HOPEFULLY we see lots of improvement #but man i dont have. the most faith in these people putting in the time at home. #meanwhile the other people in the class cant hear me over the constant high pitched anxiety barking #give me a raise ****** im begging u i deserve it so bad #ill take people who don't understand what an esa is for 200

[sergeifyodorov]

Could u talk about how Carolina achieves goalie haven!!!!!! I am so intrigued sjdhsysosjshs (especially bc one of my fav players is an occasional Carolina goalie 🤭🤭🤭)

aaa Yes. sorry this took so long!!

One of the biggest questions among analysts in hockey is: how much of a goalie's quality is determined by the team they play behind? If you move a goalie to a different team and their numbers change drastically, is it the goalie not adjusting well to the move or is it the team? How separable is a goalie from his skaters?

So, we're going to talk about mathematics. Not in any technical terms, because it is two in the morning as I write this, but just sort of general stats stuff. In hockey (and in other sports but we're talking about hockey,) there is a metric called expected goals, or xG for short.

The general gist of xG, for the uninitiated: it is a made up number that you cannot watch the game and materialize, unlike shots or goals or times your favourite player was shown close up on camera -- you need a computer to generate it. There's also multiple different xG models, since every stat bro seems to have his own. However, they all function in a pretty similar way: determine the odds a shot goes in the net based off its location (on ice), its location (relative to the net), and its location (relative to other skaters, who may be inclined to block the shot in order to prevent this expected goal from becoming an actual one.)

Expected goals are, for lack of a better term, a smoother way of determining the way a game really went than its result. You ever watch a game where your team was in the offensive zone the whole time, just totally dominating play, but a couple of bad bounces and dumb mistakes means you lost? The expected goals might tell a different story.

Back to Carolina. Someone in their front office, many eons ago (I got seriously into hockey only last season, so I can't give you a date) realized this: over the course of one game, anything can happen, but over the course of a dozen? 82? the numbers tend to line up. So the most guaranteed way to win, at least through the regular season, is to find a way to jack up your xG and drop down your opponent's. And the way they do this is with Corsi.

If you're still uninitiated, Corsi is essentially the total amount of shot attempts: shots on goal plus blocked shots plus misses. Corsi ratios actually tend to line up very similarly with xG ratios: if you have twice the shot attempts of your opponent, odds are you'll have twice the goals. Quantity over quality!

The on-ice way they do this is with a very, very high-structure game: your defenders are there to dump the puck in and then make sure it doesn't get dumped out, and your forwards are there to chase the puck and pepper the opposing goalie with softies until he slips up. In the defensive zone, they hound the opponent's forwards, forcing them to either lob a soft one on net or give up the puck. Carolina is currently third in shots for per game (34.91), and dead first in shots against (25.74).

So: say you're a goalie on a team that routinely gives up 45 shots a game (hello John Gibson!) versus a goalie on a team that only gives up 25. That's a much, much lower workload -- on average one shot you'll have to stop every two and a half minutes or so (although shots as a rule tend to come in chunks, so the standard deviation is very high here.) And because you'll have this lower workload, odds on you'll be better rested for every shot, thereby being fresher and more likely to stop it.

Also, because of how tight Carolina is in the defensive zone, very few of these shots against are of significant quality -- they rarely give up breakaways, which are typically the major generator of high-danger chances.

All in all: a Carolina goalie is going to have a good time, not necessarily because they are a good goalie, but because they are in Carolina -- facing few chances and especially few high-danger ones allows the goalie an easier time stopping pucks, which boosts their stats.

#also i LOVE petya kochetkov btw #and freddie #carolina hurricanes #some more stats: carolina is first in corsi for %. first in fenwick (unblocked attempts) for %. #first in shots for and xG for % (and it's not especially close.) #first in high danger chances against (where lower is better.) second team is min #which has allowed 14 more highdanger chances against and created TWO HUNDRED FEWER high danger chances for. #carolina is the prototypical 'analytics darling' team. which means it shelters all of its players! this is good and cool #the major downside to this is that this is a highly random style: you rely less on pure skill and more on systems #so regression to the mean can be your best friend. playoffs can be difficult (because of the higher win % necessary to succeed) #and sometimes you end up with a calgary situation. who are also top five in most of the metrics given but are out of a playoff spot #those poor mfers ended up in the tail of the normal distribution #asks #hockey strategy

[akkivee]

absolutely in love with the narrative that, similar to the way dice gets, this whole time otome’s been on a gambler’s high since she’s been on a roll with all that she’s gambled away and that the off arc is where her luck runs out because she didn’t know when to quit, also similar to how dice gambles 😭😭😭

#this is vee speaking #the most fun thing about hypmic is how the way people parallel each other gives them all depth man 😭😭😭😭 #like the way everyone with parents issues all wind up very similar to their parents anyway (ichiro samatoki dice kuukou) #but that also in turn reflects what troubles said parents are facing #(rei feeling like he’s weak for not being able to protect his wife otome high on freedom) #on this vein i’ve been looking at the ‘kuukou’s adopted’ thought #thru the lens that he and dice also parallel in the sense that they were given up by their mothers #like i previously thought kuukou and dice paralleled because they’re both sheltered kids who grew up under high expectations #and maybe that still holds true!!!!! but i was wondering if the more direct parallel might be ‘given up by their parents’ #hence why kuukou is also of the belief that ‘the only reason a man should cry is because their family is dead’ #shakku consoled kuukou being given up by telling him this and it serves the same purpose as samatoki telling ichiro the same #there’s still a chance kuukou could meet her so there’s no point in crying thing #and that’s what i mean by they all parallel and it enriches them!!!!! 😭😭😭😭 #i kinda wanna take it a step further and say team kuukou are bound by being passed around as kids #since we don’t know who raised juto afterwards and all three share youth delinquency #but that’s just my hcs for juto’s backstory coming in play lol #c: otome #c: daisu #c: kuukou👑

[mejomonster]

I just reblogged a post and saw some more good news

"Under Democratic control of the legislature and the governor’s office, the state has also made moves like banning so-called “conversion therapy” and repealed a decades-old abortion ban. Other measures, like the repeal of a law that requires insurance coverage for abortion to be opt-in and a series of gun control laws, also went into effect on Tuesday."

#us politics #i knew the overturned abortion ban cause thats lifesaving #just found out about the conversion therapy ban thank god #we got gun control laws? Any? god #god heres hoping michigan puts more ballot proposals cause they win in 70-80% most of us want the same thing #its just politics makes many idiots of ppl voting against theif interesfs and has others avoid voting #anyway. just kinda glad for the news #locally im hoping a shelter to affordable housing program gets approved. and fucking RENT CONTROL LAWS #but the rent is too high movement started in ann arbor and theyre a college town #so idk if they care about the other cities ebough to care if rent lowering measure pass anywhere outside ann arbor #god i wish tho.

[lesbiten]

people will get a bengal cat and be like why doesnt my cat just look cool why does he also destroy all of my things

#its like getting a wolfdog and being like Why Does My Dog Have A High Prey Drive #its crazy because most cat breeds really don't have very discernable personalities but ppl will get the one cat breed known fr acting a fool #i hate the idea of bengals so much theres so many in shelters bc people just wanted a cool looking cat #same with savannahs #simon says

[thedevilsfamiliar]

Me: oh, I really want this dog/cat for breed specific purposes

Some weirdo on the Internet: you should try adopting! Adopting is so much better :) breeders bad >:( shelter dogs deserve love!

Me: no

SWOTI: WHAT??? Oh so you support BACKYARD BREEDERS? YOU SUPPORT DESIGNER DOGS? You’re the WORST person alive

Me, who simply wants a pet that won’t cause my allergies to act up: right.

Me, who doesn’t want to get a shelter dog whose ancestry and health I have no clue of: I’m the worst

Me, who wants to know my pets parents temperament and what to expect: I’m an idiot

Me, who wants to be able to keep contact with the breeder in case anything pops up: silly me

SWOTI: damn right you are 😤 now go adopt a shelter pet 🤭

Me: nah

#people really huff and puff about this #going so far as saying that a shelter dog could do the same as a certain breeds job #you can try training the dog but breeds have the instinct already ingrained in them #rolls eyes #plus the fact that like most dogs look like either Labrador or pittie mixes my two least favorite breeds #I don’t like their fur texture sue me #and no I’m not getting a husky or a shepherd or a malinois #literally high energy breeds #and one of them has anxiety one of them is prone to escaping and the other is prone to becoming reactive #I don’t like chihuahuas either my dude #these are all the most common dogs in the animal shelter near me #as for cats— I need them to be hypoallergenic #I can’t have a normal cat

[dxppercxdxver]

not to get too real on this here *checks notes* personal private tumblr blog. but i'm genuinely terrified about the next thursday shift i have to work. with a full staff roster it's already hell on earth but my favorite coworker leaves next monday and another's looking for work elsewhere. and i have probable eds. and other undiagnosed health issues. that make it generally Unwise to stand on my feet for *checks notes again* ten hours in a day. so IMAGINE HOW IT WILL FEEL. WHEN [REDACTED] RESIGNS. AND THOSE TEN HOURS BECOME *checks notes again again* FIFTEEN. I'VE BEEN HERE TWO WEEKS

kitten rush is how i will die

#do not reblog #my eds is literally already getting worse like #fucking Symptoms #on a day to day premise i like this job but admin fucking Sucks #we have such a high staff turnover bc they refuse to hire adequate staff for the tasks required #and dole out most of the work to volunteers #not slamming our volunteers. btw. fucking love those guys they're amazing #but cattery staff on a full day is six. soon to be five. kennel staff is maybe eleven #for clarification we have over 500 animals at this shelter #i do not think 15 people is enough for that?? #and they do the 'please be patient we're suffering from a staff shortage :)))' thing #but like. hey guys half your medical team walked because you decided to formalize medical malpractice into the shelter regulations #and you won't bring on new animal care hires #honestly if i make it to the end of february without wanting to bite maim And kill it'll be a miracle #anyway if anyone's got any paid va work/freelancing gigs. hit ya girl (gn) up bc by god #wah #radio free junebug #jon vs the cattery #disability tag

[ducktracy]

i really like when porky and sylvester are paired together but i always got the vibe from these cartoons that porky,,,, just isnt a cat person lol like yeah in kitty kornered he does straight up say he hates pussycats. i have a hc that in these cartoons porky never even adopted sylvester he just showed up on porky's doorstep 1 day and never left. i do like chuck jones' take on sylvester also but i can very easily interpret porky in those shorts seeing sylvester as just some guy who follows him around over an actual pet. anyways im glad they returned to the sylvester as porky's pet cat dynamic in the put the cat out segments on looney tunes cartoons

MAYBE… Porky has a history of not being super great with pets to begin with (mainly i think his issue in Kitty Kornered is he doesn’t like being CHALLENGED by his cats, he’s all smiles when putting them to bed but i think the moment they get wise with him THAT’s when he’s like I’LL TEAR ‘EM LIMB FROM LIMB. mainly a personality thing more than the cats BEING cats… i think he just hates being challenged and so when domesticated animals challenge AND OUTSMART HIM it purposefully makes a bit of a bad image for him HAHAHA. guess you could argue Sylvester in the Jones shorts is “challenging” him too even if he WAS in the right and Porky is just being his stubborn little self and thus explaining the aggravation) but the cartoons he does have cats with—Sylvester or otherwise—he treats them a lot better than his dogs who he WILL berate for… just… existing LOL. i’ve been indoctrinating an irl friend into these shorts and we’ve both been poking a lot of fun at how mean he can get with his pets but dogs in particular… poor dogs.

different contexts and all but same director, one year apart LOL.

CUTE HEADCANON THOUGH YES!!! reminds me of the greatest image in existence, every time i see this it sends me into a fit of laughter for some reason

SEEING SYLVESTER AS A RANDOM GUY WHO FOLLOWS HIM AROUND WOULD BE… VERY ODD BUT FUNNY LOL another “Goofy vs Pluto” thing i guess. i do love the Porky/Sylvester shorts though and that Sylvester is given a purely domesticated angle. Kitty Kornered is so much fun because it has both angles (we’re led to believe that Sylvester and the gang are all domesticated animals but they immediately launch into a—rather intelligent given the circumstances—scheme to throw Porky out of his own house), but that would be a bit odd in practice to be petting your cat goodnight or something and having him say goodnight back to you HAHAHA.

BUT YES SAME HERE i am VERY excited for more Porky and Sylvester. in spite of my gripes with The Looney Tunes Show i really adore that the pilot had Porky as Sylvester’s owner instead, and even Wabbit/New Looney Tunes had an episode with them that was pretty true to the original Jones format which i love

BUT YEAH, i see him much more as a cat person than a dog person, but i am 99% sure i’m just projecting because i technically own… 10? cats? it’s a long story that i’ll shove into the tags but. i am VERY much a cat person LOL they’re all i’ve known my whole life so i’m probably imparting my bias onto Porky. i just think it’s funny that he’s deemed such a humanoid character that he’s able to OWN any pets to begin with. like… how weird would it be if Daffy owned a pet dog

#okay. CAT STORY TIME #in 2020 we made the mistake of feeding a stray kitten during the winter who we later adopted #so we could get her fixed… she had babies behind our couch 2 weeks later so :’) in June 2021 #and then found a family of kittens outside a few weeks later… the mama (a different one) has proceeded to have 3 separate litters #we kept them fed in the winter and built shelters with hay and electric heating pads so they could be safe #and 5 OF THE 7 OUTSIDE KITTIES ARE FIXED!! just gotta nab two more who are a bit more elusive #we can’t take them inside because we already have 3 inside but we have plenty of shelter and water and food for them #and are doing our best to finish fixing them so the outdoor cat population isn’t as high and we make sure they’re well taken care of #i know there’s a lot of discourse about outside cats and stuff and i agree with it but like i always feel the need to explain that we take #very good care of tbem and the cats are still able to hunt and feed for themselves (trust me. we have received many animal carcasses as gift #s from them. we got them fixed with the intent of releasing them and hoping they wouldn’t return… a year later they’re still with us #we have plans to move so we’re going to see if we can try to donate them to a barn cat program because we want to keep them together/don’t #want to separate. they are all VERY close and affectionate and i’ve gotten to pet most of them. we don’t want to split them up #THIS IS PROBABLY NEEDLESSLY LONG BUT LET IT BE A CAUTIONARY TALE DON’T FEED STRAY CATS :’) we basically have our own cat rescue going on #though and it’s very sweet #THIS WHOLE POST IS LONG but i enjoy talking about Porky since he isn’t given a lot of attention by other people i can blather all i want #smokey-kity #long post #asks

[walkswithmyfather]

“In times of trouble, there is but one shelter from the storm. In times of joy, there is but one source from which all goodness flows. There is a constant in this ever-changing world. A place of unconditional love, unrelenting mercy, and unfathomable grace. FAITH is hope in things to come and conviction in things unseen. And so,

In FAITH I bend.

In FAITH I cry.

In FAITH I heal.

In FAITH I rise.”

From: JN Fenwick (© 2022)

#bible #christian blog #god #encouragement #belief in god #faith in god #jesus #belief in jesus #faith in jesus #bibletranslations #biblequotes #christianblog #christian quotes #christian life #christians #christian inspiration #faith #the most high is your shelter #shelter from the storm #keep the faith #make him known #christianity

[shadowsandstarlight]

Girl help I can’t stop thinking about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

#it states very clearly under legal rights that everyone has the right to life liberty and security of the person #and the right to not be deprived of those except “in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.” #most notably here to me are the rights to *life* and *security of the person* as well as *not being deprived of those* #the right to *life* kind of implies that… y’know… you have a right to the basic things necessary to human survival? #and *security of the person* kind of… you have the right to be safe? and therefore the right to safe shelter? #i dunno man it just kinda seems like the gvmt has a constitutional duty to provide what the people need to survive #“prices are high and you don’t get paid enough” doesn’t seem to be aligned with any principles of fundamental justice I know of #if everyone in the country has a right to life and security of the person why are there First Nations communities without clean water? hm? #…y’know the Canadian government had better fuckin hope I never go into law

[brittlebutch]

i can’t stop thinking about this weird little storm chaser AU my brain dreamed up where bill&ted are the POV characters but crucially not the main characters but the problem is that I truly don’t know anything about storms and I worry I’m not smart enough to understand if I do start researching LOL

#N posts stuff #like i have a vague fascination with storms but in largely esoteric/magical thinking ways VS scientific #but for some reason the idea is really sticking: full AU no Unite the World plot points #but they started off bc Liz and Jo wanted to photograph / video some storms as an art project thing #and bill and ted tag along to drive the van for them; and then instead of being a one off they just. keep doing it #and along the way somewhere they pick up Station — just two nonverbal dudes here — who are in it for the Science of it #and then background characters include Rufus and Kellye who man a radio station that focuses on reporting weather or whatever #and they pass along info to each other and they’re friends (weve also been very fixated on Radio lately) #and maybe the crux of the Main Meat of the fic is that Billie and Thea are also big on storm science and are finally old enough to start #tagging along on chases instead of being sequestered out in a shelter with either bill or ted (the other drives solo) #and there’s like. tension about it of the ‘it’s dangerous you’re supposed to do as i Say not as i Do’ variety #conflicting with how much the parents understand about how important it is to the girls #bill and ted being the POV means Technically i don’t necessarily have to Understand a lot bc they probably wouldn’t either #but to have all the other characters engage in coherent conversation we need to have a solid grasp of all the technical shit lol #and unfortunately i’m not the kind of writer who is willing to spin a yarn and make stuff up about it #but i also haven’t really Successfully studied any hard sciences since. uh. high school; most of what i read is nonfiction but it’s also all #like. ‘softer’ sciences — sexuality and disability and on and on ; storms and especially storm Chasing is a lot more technical i think

[yandere-daydreams]

tw - unhealthy relationships, obsessive behavior, somnophilia, implied non/con, mentions of knots.

Puppy!Yuuta, who catches your eye the second you step into the shelter, despite the fact that he’s not at all what you were looking for. You need a service animal, and as cruel as it feels to say, hybrids of undeterminable origins with less-than-stellar past homes aren’t known to be very consistent, let alone trainable when it comes to such a high-stakes job. You were supposed to meet a pure-bred, highly recommended husky hybrid whose previous owner was no longer able to take care of him, but it was over for you as soon as you saw those big, dark, watery eyes – nearly hidden entirely by overgrown hair and jet-black ears that seemed to droop even lower whenever you threatened to look away from him. You’re already a lost cause by the time you ask a shelter employee for his name, and the paperwork’s signed within the hour. He leaves with you the same day, eyes on the ground and tail wagging a mile a minute.

Puppy!Yuuta, who was always meant to be someone's spoiled pet. He's shy, at first, scared to talk too loudly or cling too tightly or do anything that'll get him sent back to the shelter (no matter how clear you make it that that's a non-option), but it only takes him a few days to warm up to you, a couple weeks to come out of his shell, just under a month to start sleeping in your bed and trailing you around your apartment. He almost trips over himself when you ask if he'd like to wear a collar, and soon enough, he's more akin to a second-shadow than a dog. He does have some aggression issues, particularly when it comes to human men, but he's an angel with other hybrids, and when he bows his head and pouts, you really can't help but forgive him. With a life like the one he must've had, you can't really blame him for being so quick to bear his teeth.

Puppy!Yuuta, who's more than ecstatic when you mention still needing a service animal. He might not be qualified on paper, sure, but he's already constantly at your side, constantly worrying about you - it'd just feel wrong to go out and get another hybrid for a job Yuuta is more than capable of. He says he likes that idea of being able to take care of you, too - like you take care of him. You want to ask him not to be so sappy, to think of a slightly less sentimental way to say it, but when he's so happy and so, so proud of himself, it's hard to be even that strict.

Puppy!Yuuta, who cums untouched the first time you comb your fingers through his hair. You don't seem to notice, and he does his best to hide his face in your lap, to bite back the little, pathetic whimpers that crawl up his throat whenever you scratch at the base of his ears. He doesn't want to scare you, to be so needy so suddenly when you've been so kind.

Puppy!Yuuta, whose one and only flaw is that he can't seem to stop riffling through your dirty laundry. He can't be left alone for more than an hour without stealing one of your oldest, most threadbare shirts or worse, claiming a pair of your underwear as his newest chew-toy. You really should chastise him for it, but it's such an awkward thing to talk about, and he has such a sweet face - it's hard to believe he could ever do anything deliberately wrong. You've resigned yourself to just trying to limit the damage and salvage the less damaged items, even if those mysterious stains are a little hard to get out.

Puppy!Yuuta, who wishes he didn't have such a big, bulky knot. It's too thick and too heavy and seems to swell up whenever he gets even a little hard. If he didn't have a knot, he'd be able to actually thrust into you, rather than just fucking his fist over your sleeping body and imagining how tight you'd be, how pretty you'd look, how nice it would be to make you feel as warm and as soft as he feels because of you. He does what he can with his tongue, but you don't seem to like waking up with his saliva soaking everything between your thighs, and he always gets too excited when he tastes you. If he has to rut against your thigh that desperately again, he's afraid you might wake up and scold him.

Puppy!Yuuta, who can't wait until he works up the courage to mate with you properly. He knows it's still too soon, that it'd scare you to do it so abruptly, that he doesn't deserve it yet, but soon, he'll be able to to step up and take care of you as something more than just a pet. He's not there right now, but one day, he just knows he'll be the perfect mate for you <3

#yandere #yandere x you #yandere x reader #yandere imagines #jujutsu kaisen #jujutsu kaisen imagines #jujutsu kaisen x reader #jjk x reader #jjk imagines #yandere jjk #yandere jujutsu kaisen #yandere yuta #yandere yuuta #yuuta x reader #yuta x reader #yandere okkotsu yuuta #yandere okkotsu yuta

[all-pacas]

I finished my Rome book and have now begun one about Pompeii. I’m 65 pages in and I already love it: yes, it covers the volcano, but most of the book is about “this is what the town and daily life of it would have been like, actually.” Fascinating stuff. Things I’ve learned so far:

- The streets in Pompeii have sidewalks sometimes a meter higher than the road, with stepping stones to hop across as “crosswalks.” I’d seen some photos before. The book points out that, duh, Pompeii had no underground drainage, was built on a fairly steep incline, and the roads were more or less drainage systems and water channels in the rain.

- Unlike today, where “dining out” is expensive and considered wasteful on a budget, most people in Pompeii straight up didn’t have kitchens. You had to eat out if you were poor; only the wealthy could afford to eat at home.

- Most importantly, and I can’t believe in all the pop culture of Pompeii this had never clicked for me: Pompeii had a population between 6-35,000 people. Perhaps 2,000 died in the volcano. Contemporary sources talk about the bay being full of fleeing ships. Most people got the hell out when the eruption started. The number who died are still a lot, and it’s still gruesome and morbid, but it’s not “an entire town and everyone in it.” This also makes it difficult for archeologists, apparently (and logically): those who remained weren’t acting “normally,” they were sheltering or fleeing a volcano. One famous example is a wealthy woman covered in jewelry found in the bedroom in the glaridator barracks. Scandal! She must have been having an affair and had it immortalized in ash! The book points out that 17 other people and several dogs were also crowded in that one small room: far more likely, they were all trying to shelter together. Another example: Houses are weirdly devoid of furniture, and archeologists find objects in odd places. (Gardening supplies in a formal dining room, for example.) But then you remember that there were several hours of people evacuating, packing their belongings, loading up carts and getting out… maybe the gardening supplies were brought to the dining room to be packed and abandoned, instead of some deeper esoteric meaning. The book argues that this all makes it much harder to get an accurate read on normal life in a Roman town, because while Pompeii is a brilliant snapshot, it’s actually a snapshot of a town undergoing major evacuation and disaster, not an average day.

- Oh, another great one. Outside of a random laundry place in Pompeii, someone painted a mural with two scenes. One of them referenced Virgil’s Aeneid. Underneath that scene, someone graffiti’d a reference to a famous line from that play, except tweaked it to be about laundry. This is really cool, the book points out, because it implies that a) literacy and education was high enough that one could paint a reference and have it recognized, and b) that someone else could recognize it and make a dumb play on words about it and c) the whole thing, again, means that there’s a certain amount of literacy and familiarity with “Roman pop culture” even among fairly normal people at the time.