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Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
bunjywunjy
great-and-small

I can’t stop getting emotional about how tenderly a shepherd caresses his dog’s face on this marble sarcophagus from the third century

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The dog’s face is just so lovingly crafted and it’s much more finely detailed than some of the other animals in the piece. The expression is pure contentment and devotion. This scene is a tiny portion of a huge elaborate sculpture but I really feel like the artist was trying to capture a specific emotion with these two. The way that you feel when you look at your dog is thousands of years old.

toa-kirhan

An extract from Cynegeticus [On Hunting (with Dogs)], by the Greek writer Arrian (86-160 CE), about his dog, Horme [Dash]:

While I am at home she remains by my side, and accompanies me when I go out, following me to the gymnasium, and, while I am exercising, sits by me. On my return home, she runs in front of me, often looking to see whether I had turned off the road; and as soon as she catches sight of me, shows symptoms of joy, and again, turns and trots in front of me. If I am going out on any government business, she remains with my friend, and treats him exactly the same. If she has not seen either of us for a short time, she jumps up repeatedly by way of greeting, and barks with joy. At meals she pats us, with one foot and the other, to remind us to feed fer.

Having been beaten with a whip as a puppy, if anyone, even to this day, mentions a whip, she will come up to the speaker cowering and begging, and will jump up and hang on their neck, applying her mouth to theirs as if to kiss them, and will not let go until she is appeased.

Now really I do not think that I should be ashamed to write the name of this dog; so that it may be left to posterity.

[I] had a greyhound named Horme, who was of the greatest speed and intelligence and, was altogether excellent.
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drowzymutt

Anonymous asked:

could you please explain how the safeword traffic system works?? i really cant wrap my head around it

femsubdenial answered:

Sure.

Red means stop. No more negotiation, something has crossed a line (too painful, something bad that wasn’t negotiated, etc.)

Yellow means that you need a break or that something is too much, or that if the top continues then you’re going to “red” soon.

Green means that things are going well and you want to continue if not ramp it up a little.


While a bottom might blurt out red or yellow, I’ve never seen a bottom volunteer “green”. It’s usually said in answer to when a top is checking in to make sure everything is okay. Asking “How are you?” and getting an answer of “fine” or “okay” might mean the bottom is just on autopilot and reflexively answering. Asking “What’s your color?” and getting “green” or “I was very close to yellow when you stopped” is much better.

One of my favorite doms to watch at parties was doing a pre-scene negotiation with someone he hadn’t played with before and said something like “Now, just between you and me here ;-) , my favorite color is yellow. It’s not about taking anything I can dish out. I promise you, I can always go harder. I want to know how you’re doing. I’ll likely yellow you, on purpose, a few times, just to find out where your limits are and then aim for a little below that. I don’t want to hear ‘green green green, green green red’ because then the scene’s over. I want some indication of how you’re doing and when you’re getting close to what you can handle, okay?”

And then, whenever she yellowed, he praised her. And why wouldn’t he?? She gave him vital information that allowed the both of them to have more fun!

drkdreams

Recently I have heard some discussions on also adding BLUE to this system for medical issues. It would function like RED but also in one word alert your partner you are having a medical issue, e.g. asthma attack, body cramps, low blood sugar, dizziness or some other sysmtom that is a problem for you. If you have already discussed medical issue with you partner, which you should do, blue might key them into something they can respond to with that knowledge to help rather than red and having to explain further.


Example: if I have asthma and communicate with my partner that it’s been bothing me recently and here is where my inhaler will be during a scene and I start having breathing issues and can’t stop coughing or catch my breathe to make out long or multiple words, I can say blue and they would know to get my inhaler. Or they would know to ask medical related questions in relation to stopping rather than thinking they pushed too hard.

sleepwithgiggli

I hadnt heard of the BLUE addition, but that’s great. Thanks for spreading the word about it.

the-cat-and-the-birdie
the-cat-and-the-birdie

Glaring hole in Miguel x Spider!Reader fics that's never mentioned -

Or any Canon x Spider!Reader really

HEAR ME OUT -

Miguel probably wouldn't date another Spider-person.

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Cause it's anomaly waiting to happen.

If you're with him you can't have your Gwen and Mary-Jane canon events, which may cause a ripple effect (Like Gwen's dad not dying either) and destabilize your universe.

Dating someone from another universe and inviting them into yours could be super dangerous, at least from Miguel's POV

I feel like two spider-people dating would be against the rules and Miguel would try to avoid it as much as possible between himself and between others.

Like if they catch you going to Hobies world too many times - that's a risk, your watch gets restricted and no more missions with him.

He needs to be available to his Mary-Jane if she comes along.

And pregnancies? Out of the question. A baby with the DNA from two dimensions is absolutely an anomaly - there might even be a risk of the universe collapsing during the pregnancy

Etc etc

Like Spider-people dating seems like it'd really threaten the society. And something they actively have to watch for and discouraged because of course people will trauma bond and fall for each other

But by Miguel's logic, that's dangerous as hell and I think he'd try to avoid it, if he can help it.

Never see that mentioned. But I always think about it. I be reading fics trying not to notice.

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Character concept:

An oracle who relays messages they don't understand, to people whom they don't know, through graffiti. Most of it seems like completely random nonsense, in completely random places, but whatever compels them to write this instruction in this exact place ensures that whoever needs to see it will see it at just the right time, and make the right choice.

Not knowing the question, only the answer, the oracle frequently feels compelled to write these messages, such as "turn left", "no", "the greener one", "it's in his shoe", "garlic bread", or "the dog knows", to random things and places like on a trash can, on the bottom of a park bench, on a post-it note in the bathroom of a coffee shop. The oracle doesn't know that these messages sometimes solve matters of life and death.

And at one point while on a walk, passing under a bridge, the oracle feels compelled to write, "stop searching for these. You will not find me this way." And then, on the complete opposite side of the city, they see a bicycle, can sense that this is a place for a message, but this time one isn't dictated - they can freely choose what to write. And this time, they vaguely know whom it's for. So the Oracle leaves a message.

"I would like to be friends, though."

sporesgalaxy
tenderwear

Found this reddit post. This kinda makes me feel better. And it’s something I think about sometimes because I always feel like regardless of how hard I work on something I don’t get anywhere.

oldmanyellsatcloud

Nice summary. If you’re curious, the anon here is referring to studies over the last decade that have pointed to major impacts on pattern separation with depression, and how depression can have major impacts on nonsynaptic plasticity

meke57o9
meke57o9

I am a Your boyfriend Game fan. I like the characters. However I can't relate to Y/N and I wish the game was more interesting. While playing, it seem the onky options are either "stay with peter" or "peter will kill you and everyone close to you". The visual novel in my opinion could be so much better.

Here me out. In the game, it's canon Peter's therapist is making his condition worst. And it's canon that if the player wanted him to change therapist he wouldn't hesitate. I think making Peter have little resistance towards changing therapist is a miss opportunity for the game.

If the player truly want to have a romantic relationship with Peter. The therapist could be antagonist. Y/N like Peter and their relationship seems to go good. Until one day, Peter become a little too obsessive and shout at Y/N for having a conversation with TK. Y/N calms Peter down. Y/N ask him what wrong and this is when Peter reveals that he going to a therapist. The therapist suggest to Peter that if he isn't "careful" someone will take Y/N from him. Y/N feels that something wrong with Peter's therapist. Y/N suggest Peter should find a new therapist but Peter hesitate.

Knowing about Peter history a little bit, he probably went through several therapist before he meet his recent therapist. This therapist is the only one that didn't try to make hi. take medicine or make him think he is crazy. He can talk for hours about Y/N and the therapist would listen to him. The therapist encourages hi. to be "himself". This therapist made Peter feel safe and comfortable. Peter likes this therapist. This therapist have made a emotional bond to Peter. Probably became a parental figure to him as well.

The therapist on the other hand is sadistic and is manipulator. The therapist wants Peter to do horrible things to Y/N and to others. The therapist love having control over Peter. And the therapist can possibly make Peter into a monster. The therapist would become the main obstacles for the Y/N to have a true happy ending with Peter. Y/N try finding ways for Peter to see how horrible his therapist is. Maybe Y/N find evidence that make the therapist goes to jail. But while Y/N trys to defeat the therapist. The therapist is manipulating Peter or other characters to stop Y/N.

Just a random idea. I had. I think it make the game more interesting. [Apologize for the grammar mistake] thanks for reading.