#the cat is a necessity

[guiltyidealist]

Latest hobby: radical self-acceptance codependency affirmations

I like to use over-the-top edgy imagery to invoke the ~emo~ sentiments we associate with edge, juxtaposing the aggressively self-loving text. accentuates the punk nature of radical acceptance

#guiltyedits #radical self acceptance #affirmations #codependency #recovering codependent #edgy #grunge #hopepunk #dogs #wolves #cats #life necessity #favorite person #bpd fp #cluster b #personality disorder #trauma #attachment styles #people pleaser #caretaking #manipulation #unhealthy obsession #unhealthy relationships #addiction #behavioral addiction #to thine own self be true #codapunk #autonomy #consent culture #borderline personality disorder

[ghcstao3]

drabble? fic? ficlet? i barely know the distinction atp. ghostsoap (ish), 1.1k words, on y va !

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Soap is the proud owner of an asshole cat.

This cat—a Ragdoll named Precious, of all things—only tolerates three people in her life, and even that’s a stretch: Soap, is one of the obvious, and both Soap’s parents because that’s who she stays with while he’s away for work.

Now, Soap loves Precious. Sure, she can be mean sometimes and has left him with a few scratches, but those were just because he hadn’t respected her wishes to be left alone, obviously—because maybe an hour following those sorts of incidents, they’re back to cuddling, and Soap is back to cooing at her and giving her treats just because a particular meow sounded cute. He treats Precious like his child, and whenever he’s on leave that cat gets spoiled.

Unfortunately, however, he’s had previous partners complain about Precious just because she always swatted at them, or because she’d hissed every time they attempted to pet her without ever approaching the way strangers should—but in the end, who got to stick around? Certainly none of Soap’s exes. And that gets Soap thinking if he had to choose, Precious would always come first. It has him realizing that maybe he wouldn’t ever have a partner because of it, but he decides that’s alright. Precious is all he needs for companionship.

Soap is also the less-proud brother of two rather nosy sisters.

Usually the chain of information about Soap is passed in one way: Soap’s older sister pries something out of him, tells that something to their mother, and his youngest sister easily gets that something from their mother because she still lives with their parents. His father is often out of the loop, or tied somewhere in the chain with Soap’s little sister, and thank God for small mercies.

But regardless, nothing gets past anyone, and that’s how one of the biggest domino effects of Soap’s recent life is set off.

Back to the cat.

Even though Soap had long since decided that he wouldn’t ever need a partner, and may never end up with one, he is willing to try one last time with his lieutenant. It’s a long story with lots of rule bending, and the most awkward confession spoken by man on Soap’s part—but by the time Soap ventures to introduce Ghost to Precious for the first time, he thinks he may already be in love.

He’s nervous, though. Because he’s never wanted a relationship to work out so badly before, and if Ghost doesn’t like Precious, or wouldn’t be willing to learn to live with her and her flaws, then Soap will be more than a little heartbroken.

Then a miracle happens. Or maybe less so a miracle and more so Precious deciding for Soap that he’s found The One. Because Precious warms up to Ghost immediately, which is saying something considering it took Soap himself a while to earn her trust. But Ghost? Precious takes one sniff at his hand and essentially declares him to be her new favourite (not that she really had one of those before).

In all, this series of events ends up with Soap’s only photo of Ghost unmasked on his phone, amidst photos of the 141 and Precious and various places he’s been, when one afternoon on leave he witnesses Ghost napping on the couch with Precious comfortably curled up on his stomach, the two of them snoring like motors. Ghost never finds out about the image, Soap forgets about it, then his older sister reenters the picture and reminds him while also becoming the reason Soap’s family finds out that he’s finally dating again.

He was going to tell them. Just not yet, is all. He’d been waiting on the right time, or something like that.

Soap is on leave alone for the first time in a while. His sister pays him a visit, asks to see something on his phone, and because he’d only been half-listening, Soap thinks nothing of it to hand it over.

This is his first mistake, and, really, the trigger event to the worst month of his life by way of exasperated berating from his mother and a bombardment of questions from everyone else.

“John?”

“Hm?”

“Who’s this?”

Soap looks up from the book he’d been half-heartedly reading to have his phone shoved in his face with the photo of Ghost and Precious napping on the screen. His stomach drops.

“He—uh.” Soap blanks. He doesn’t want to tell the truth, but knows the lie about to leave his mouth would be anything but convincing. “A one-night stand.”

His sister raises her eyebrows, entirely unimpressed. “You take pictures of your one-night stands?”

Soap shrugs helplessly, fingers curling tighter around his book as he tries to casually look anywhere but the image. “Thought he looked cute? Y’ken how Precious is with people.”

“Not buyin’ it,” she says. She pulls the phone away and scrutinizes the screen herself, zooming into something, then scrolling to something else. “He is cute, though.”

“Can you just—“ Soap attempts to swipe his phone back, but she raises her arm before he can. He scowls and sets his book down. “Please give me my phone back.”

“Not ‘til you tell me who he is.”

Soap groans, scrubs at his face with the heels of his palms. Having a sister is the worst. He can’t imagine how this would go if they’d both been here.

“He’s…” Soap sighs, shoulders sagging. He grumbles, “We’re dating.”

“How long?”

“Six months.”

The gasp his sister lets out makes it sound like he’d just told her someone died. He’s then left to answer a million-and-one questions about Ghost, accidentally reveals that he is, in fact, dating the lieutenant he’d been non-stop pining over for far too long, and is eventually threatened to invite Ghost to Christmas dinner that year, “or else.”

He goes through the same thing with his mother two weeks later, once the chain has been started up again. And Ghost, the bastard, has the audacity to laugh. He just thinks it’s so funny the verbal ass-beating Soap gets over the phone until the call ends and Soap shows Ghost the reason this was all happening. Tells him he snores, too. And loud. It puts Ghost in the defensive long enough for Soap to feel a little less miserable about the whole situation, and gives him time to think about how he’s going to ask Ghost to come home with him for the holidays in a few months.

All because Soap is the proud owner of an asshole cat, the less-proud brother of nosy sisters, and the very-proud boyfriend of the best man he’s ever known.

Soap is definitely going to buy Precious some expensive treats the next time he’s home.

#john soap mactavish #simon ghost riley #ghost x soap #ghoap #ghost mw2 #soap mw2 #soapghost #ghostsoap #secret relationship #drabble #writing #fanfic #cat owner soap is a necessity tbh

[eponymous-rose]

Couldn't find the final mismatched sock while doing laundry.

She is Helping!

#eponymous cat tag #the necessity of a lint roller next to the front door

[galaxywarp]

$10 for two loads of laundry is unbelievably abysmal, not even considering how fucked $500 extra a year is. I’d look up laws about increasing rent in ohio to double check if thats even legal and then negotiate with her regardless. im so fucking sorry you have to deal with this leech on top of everything else. you don’t deserve it.

I started spinning out BAD the other day when I found out that social security disability hasn’t made any progress on my case in nearly 2 months because one of my clinics (that I called 3-4 times about this !) where I’ve done most of my recent treatment has just been sitting on a request for documentation since December 7th.

Two months of nothing while I have to track down $10 just to have clean clothes. Because they wouldn’t send in my medical history. Two months.

I try to take being broke in stride. I really do. I’ve lived like this before. I know how to survive on bare minimum. I’m trained for this since I was a kid.

But I think im starting to lose strength here. Especially because I know it doesn’t have to be this way. I know what it’s like now to live not feeling guilty for having to spend $5 on some paper plates to feed my cats.

But I don’t know how much longer I can stand to be in survival mode like this. I really don’t.

I’m tired.

#I’ve been stealing necessities. there. I said it. #you know how much fucking cat litter is. #you know how much EVERYTHING IS.

[icewindandboringhorror]

a quite simple outfit, trying to use the little blue and white apron thing (which is actually a dress I think, that I just leave un-buttoned in the back and added an apron-like tie to lol)

#self #mori kei #jfashion #NOT really but like.. it's.. adjacent I guess.. forgive me .. I may try using tags again though I kind of got out of the habit ghhj #I need to be... Seen to some degree. I want to start selling clothes and sculptures again to recoup the costs of having to euthanize my cat #and stuff . but that won't be very successful if I have like.. 15 people to sell to lol... #the eternal Hermit Conflict where you hate attention and Being Percieved in general yet in todays capitalist society it is nearly #a necessity to have some form of social network or media presence especially in creative fields. etc. etc. ... kicking screaming wailing #sobbing so on and so forth.. tearfully punching the cold mossy stone walls of my evil wizard tower... #I was also thinking of maybe opening a few sculpture commission slots and maybe Tumblr Blazing that post or something #but.. again.... sobbing crying interacting with the general public oughhf ouuch -500 HP #why can't I just be approached by some wealthy 65 year old woman who is nonsensically infatuated with my art for no #reason and gives me like $10.000 a week for food and art supplies and etc. and I can go fuck off into a cabin in the middle of nowhere #in the uk and just be left alone to work on my projects without even needing to build any form of connections or social presence because I' #already set for life and can just get funding and connections whenever lol.. WHICH not to be ungrateful like obviously I still appreciate #anyone who follows and interacts with my posts. I dont mean it in a 'grrr fuck all of you imbeciles I wish I could delete my blog!!!' or #whatever hhjkjk.. I just mean it more in a like.. I am very socially inept and my mental illness gives me severe social issues so any situ #tion where I'm expected to self promote or network or interact with others generally is nightmarish and stressful for many many reasons #and if I could somehow skip that part and just go straight to being a famous author or somethin.. that would be cool. Which I know EVERYONE #hates networking and stuff but I mean like.. on a level most people could not possibly comprehend.. I am not just an 'introvert'. I am like #doctors declare me incapable of functioning in general society very poor mental health prognosis probably should have a caretaker at #some point type Hermit lol.. ANYWAY ghbhj... alas.. I also feel weird about the sculptures in terms of what to charge for them #and always have which is part of why I stopped selling them. If I charged a fair even like $15 an hour many of them would be like #close to $150+. and nobody is going to pay that for a decoration. that doesn't even factor in like.. supplies or time spent communicating/s #etching the concept (if a commission) etc. etc. I thought it'd be better to just auction them then and let people pay what they want inst #d of a set price but etsy doesnt allow auctions and is it weird to just.. link people to an Art Ebay or something lol.. #AAAANYWAY.. the outfit.. I still love these shoes. they're nice and a little Older Style looking. always into pastel florals too lol #(everything is thrifted as usual. excited about the shirt because it's so puffy! it was in the halloween section though ghjhj.. like when i #s october and they make the special aisle in goodwill for 'Costume' clothes even though theyre all just normal stuff I would wear ghg)

[bonefall]

Why doesn't Blossom just. leave? Idk if that sounds weird since you have talked about how the clans essentially function like a cult (although this was in reference to starclan), but if Blossom feels so completely isolated and shut off, why not just. Run away.

Blossom literally gets told 'no one cares about you, why not just disappear?", and the clan does NOTHING to say otherwise, and their silence is basically agreement. Suicide tw, to someone who is already at their lowest, or just climbing out of it at least, that line could have horrible implications- you dont matter, just fade away, no one would notice, etc. Idk if that was intended (ashfur seems like the kind of asshole who would intend it but i dont think you intended it), but. yeah its horrible.

Since im believing it wasn't intended, maybe change it? Emptycry could work (instead of 'no one cares, you're a waste of space' its 'your words are empty, be quiet'), or maybe naming her Rottedpetal- the flowers have been shredded, and now they have begun to rot instead of growing anew. Or, if you want to keep the name, Blossom snaps and decides that he's speaking the truth- so she leaves. Maybe she becomes a loner (does the lake territories even HAVE any loners that function similar to Barley, Ravenpaw, Smudge, etc???), or joins another clan (i highly doubt this since the other clan would eventually learn of 'clearface' and start calling her that again, or worse kick her out for breaking the code), OR she becomes a kittypet, completely willing to trade freedom just to be loved.

...forgive me but I feel like a lot of people are missing the point of Dishonor Titles and why and how Ashfur uses them.

Ashfur is picking the cruelest possible names he can think of exactly because he wants the people who oppose him to be broken. He is finding a character's deepest insecurity and putting it on full display, forcing the other cats in the Clan to join in on his mental abuse to set them against each other.

This serves the purpose of showing that Ashfur is even worse than Bramblestar, and that he is very perceptive of people's insecurities.

The cruelty is the point. These titles from the Impostor aren't meant to be petty, they are meant to be gutwrenching.

Why does Blossomfall not leave? Because her entire family is here. Father, siblings, three children, any friendships she's finally started working on. She had to beg to come back in on their grace and she will not get another chance. Random humans aren't an option. It hurts but she eats it, knowing her only options are to take it for the next two weeks or be exiled forever.

If she was going to leave because of the name, then that is something Bramblefake can use as well. "Codebreakers are weak cats. She couldn't handle having her disrespect thrown back at her and cared more about her pride than her Clan. A traitor twice, now a traitor thrice."

But things were just finally starting to get better for her, and she's not willing to leave her entire life behind for the exciting opportunity to... live alone in the woods. Not yet.

She becomes a rebel later, but not yet.

#better bones au #Also she is not suicidal and I never even implied this #I am not fond of how quickly people jump to 'why do they not simply leave everyone and everything behind' #And live in the woods alone?? #Blasting a missile from my blaster: 'THE CODE ALLOWS ABUSIVE LEADERS TO LEVERAGE POWER AGAINST THEIR VICTIMS' #'OPPOSITION TO THE GOVERNMENT IS A MORAL NECESSITY IN TYRANNICAL TIMES' #'AUTHORITARIANS ARE BAD' #Staring at me instead: 'wow! you probably didnt intend for this to be so mean' #I'm going to start a swear jar for 'why don't they just leave' #Jessy COULD leave. She had somewhere to go #Tallstar could have too #The vast majority of the Clan cats don't #They live in a theocracy #And in the cases of Jessie and Tall there is a huge point I'm making about how hard it actually is to leave your life behind #There is something good and worth salvaging in Clan society but its structure leads to tyrants by its very design #And TBC is an arc about addressing that #Bristlefrost gets merc'd early and I did that on purpose to set the tone #That's why I kicked the thing off with something so brutal

[itsmeatotalsimp]

UM- EXCUSE ME, SORRY, BUT-

WHY IS NOBODY EVEN TALKING ABOUT THIS?

¥68,000 YEN?! THAT'S LIKE- $450 DOLLARS 😭

WHAT THE HECK DID YOU JUST MAKE TOTO PAY FOR RON?! i'm being satire dw

i feel your pain, toto 😞 (and also your wallet's)

#though I'm quite surprised toto actually paid for that #i know- i know- it's for the sake of the cat #and i love them for it #hehe :3 #that's lowkey cute #okay #i need a sugar daddy like toto in my life #someone to pay all my cat's necessities #or frankly #i just need a totomaru isshiki in my life #rkdd #deranged detective

[bunsmushroom]

#osomatsu san #ichimatsu #human esp kitty #esper nyanko #he’s helping with his cat necessities #but his love lenguaje is being affectionate

[the-cat-at-the-theatre-door]

After three years of discovering cats the musical (never seen the movie thank goodness) but I just realized on the cover poster of the black cat, the pupils are cats dancing and not just some random wacky shape…before that the pupils pissed me and my perfectionism off to no end-now it’s fine 😂

Isn't it magical? Everyone say thank you Anthony Pye-Jeary and team.

#amazing what can be born out of necessity #jellicles ask because jellicles dare #anonymous #it's also a great example of how powerful minimalism iconography can be #you don't even need the name of the musical - you know what this is #there was a time in the 80s where *everyone* knew this logo #if you were born in the 90s you saw this logo on tv *everywhere* #it's like...just an ordinary cat but when we let you into our world it's a whole new one #our souls are reflected in our eyes and all that

[lavendorium]

Merry Christmas from me and my two baby gargoyles🖤🎄🎁🎅🐈‍⬛️✨️

#gothmas #silly mall Santa photo is a holiday necessity #everyone was so kind and complementary of both me and the boys lol #onyx had a great day #hades hated every second of it #hades the cat #onyx the cat #merry christmas #merry chrysler #merry crisis #black cats

[bitchfitch]

Tbh I wish I was in a that cursed twins thing mood more often. bc there's a joke comic I want to make that's like. absolutely not funny if you don't see Peregrine often enough to know his wardrobe is mostly white.

Who ever is sitting on the TV remote that controls my brain needs to do a shimmy and give me fuckin Inspo to work on that project.

#Like the punch line is just him pointing at his husband. who has white hair. then at his very large white cat. and then at his lover #who is a giant white furred wolfman. #the mostly white wardrobe was born out of fucking Necessity. #like #the issue i have with getting inspired to work on this project is that my brain has put it in the 'done' box. #its not a complicated story. so like. its sorted. I know how it goes so the brain goblins dont see any value in working on it #idk i need to find a cure for that bc i dont like loosing interest in a project as soon as i Get It™ #i kinda wamt to actually you know. share them.

[pikonv5]

Ohhh maybe an interview this week 😭😭😭 manual labor that will probably be too hard on my body but if i can survive it, i will try my hardest for us, if i get the offer !! 😭😭

#also in good news i got my much delayed approval for food stamps and kat got medicaid after so long!!! #now we just need to find work to pay off the big debts n big medical debts & owed rent n upcoming rent & get money for low cat necessities #and if we can keep mr baby all of his vaccines and neutering and supplies #and then save up hopefully for car insurance and whatever cheap vehicle we can find #theres more and more we need to fix but these are the big things #im really trying to channel some good energy and luck 😭🤜🏼🪵🤜🏼🪵🤜🏼🪵🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

[kurolini909]

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About the cause;

Sorry, not the update I wanted to give... We lost the cat the money I'd make with these was intended to. He had a heart attack. Nobody expected it, but there wasn't anything we could do. We got him to the hospital but in the end... That was it.

He had a good life, it was quick... We're heartbroken but there's nothing anybody can do... Alas, I need a distraction.

I'll be slower, maybe my products won't come as good as they can for a little while... But I can't do anything creative by myself now and also can't let myself have an empty mind. So of you have a request for me...

Do send it!

I appreciate any distractions I can get.

#kuro909 #comissions #open comision #comission sheet #temporary comission sheet #emergency commissions #my art #digital art #kurolini909 #sketchy cat #but necessity :'3 #if you can help out #then order from me! #I'd be very grateful! #updated recently

[tcfactory]

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#tbd #my family has been really controlling about money lately #all part of my mother's scheme to make me like lose 20 kgs in the next two-three months which is... ugh #so I'm really really thinking about trying to force drawing again #so I could open some quick comms. headshots probably #or like. maybe make some stickers to sell again? you know?? #to get some extra food money bc she's really fucking crazy lately #I have a friend who helps me a lot in this regard but there's only so much I can bear to accept from her #and most of that goes to cat necessities usually #uuuugh I hate this #I love drawing. I want to do it again. I want to feel good about my art again #but this is just stressing me the fuck out tbh

[nonenosome2]

He moved his arm, got a hand clumsily under her belly and lifted her to his chest. She stood where he had put her, each foot weighing more than she did.

-Necessity's Child

Anyone with a cat knows it's true.

#necessity's child #cat #kitty #liaden universe #quotes

[quietwingsinthesky]

even deserves gentle forehead kisses

#and so do i but thats another problem #dw oc #thinking about. touch in their original environment is function only. necessity when it happens. #it is not a cruel thing. or not intentionally not by those doing it that even interacts with. because even does not. as a rule. interact #with anyone ‘Important’. #they are all simply following the same patterns they were raised with and have little reason to question because of the intense isolation of #space travel. i think a lot about. the inciting incident of even leaving is Sci-Fi Problems but more specifically. the death of someone #they were both attached to and felt responsible for. their older and previously injured coworker who would not be alive without even lying #about how much work he’s doing that they’re taking care of in reality. (which is a whole other thing. really the first things to know about #even are 1) that they will willingly put themselves in a position that endangers/harms them without hesitation if it means helping. and #2) even is a liar. that is what love does to them. for better and more often for worse. if it hurts — even will lie. #AND ANYWAY WE’RE GETTING OFFTRACK HERE #but the point is that what sticks in my mind that will go into a scene if i ever write anything about this #is that when that person dies. that person who even has built their life around protecting. buying just a little more time. #when the doctor is trying to pull even away because the danger is still present they are not safe it is still a threat. instead even squirms #away from him so that they can take their friends hand and put it on their cheek. and its still warm. #this is the person they were closest to. and this. this simple thing this simple contact. this is not something even has ever felt. #and their hand is growing cold. #anyway moving on from that this is why they should get cuddles #even headbonks the doctor to show affection like a cat pass it on.