All Aboard The Anxiety Train

I caved and made a Thomas Sanders sideblog. My name is Gav. I'm deaf, biro-ace,genderfluid (any pronouns),and sad.I write sometimes so feel free to send me prompts! Icon made by yours truly

[marksandrec]

Marks and Rec: Misc #1025

(Havin’ a bad day, there, Anx?) (Dialogue from this post.)

[softestvirgil]

Virgil: Why is Logan crying?

Roman: He took one of those ‘Which Sanders Side are you’ quizzes…

Virgil: Oh man, who’d he get?

Roman: Me…

[marksandrec]

Marks and Rec: Misc #1021

(Same.) (Dialogue from this post.)

[whateverdun]

if you’ve ever left me a message asking me if I’m okay, or liked a post in which I was ranting about my bad day, or liked a selfie, or just anything nice like that- just know that I remember you, I am grateful for you, and you made my day better with your tiny gesture.

[thehorde]

Roman: doth ye have but an inkling of humor in thy eyes?

Logan: no.

[catvirgil]

Did another one!

Here’s the color-removed version: https://imgur.com/DP77qOR cause I still find it kinda cool.

CV: Ah, Oddish, I adore your vector work so much. It looks fantastic as always, my friend!!! Thank you for once again making my art look 10000x better than it did!!!

[catvirgil]

So there was an attempt at shading. I dunno hope you like it:) @emo-space-trash

CV: That looks fantastic!!! @tallykat3 is quite the popular coloring subject on catvirgil today!!! <3 <3 <3 

[angsty-anxxiety]

logan: this is one of those moments where I tell you something isn't a good idea and you ignore me, isn't it?

roman: you're learning, logan. slowly, but you're learning.

[septicactus-deactivated20180809]

not very glittery

@thatsthat24

[thebrokenbluecrayon-deactivated]

Logan: Uh, Virgil can you read number 23 for the class?

Virgil: No I can not. Waddup I’m Virgil I’m 19 and I never f*cking learned how to read.

[prokopetz]

That thing about how cats think humans are big kittens is a myth, y’know.

It’s basically born of false assumptions; folks were trying to explain how a naturally solitary animal could form such complex social bonds with humans, and the explanation they settled on is “it’s a displaced parent/child bond”.

The trouble is, cats aren’t naturally solitary. We just assumed they were based on observations of European wildcats - but housecats aren’t descended from European wildcats. They’re descended from African wildcats, which are known to hunt in bonded pairs and family groupings, and that social tendency is even stronger in their domesticated relatives. The natural social unit of the housecat is a colony: a loose affiliation of cats centred around a shared territory held by alliance of dominant females, who raise all of the colony’s kittens communally.

It’s often remarked that dogs understand that humans are different, while cats just think humans are big, clumsy cats, and that’s totally true - but they regard us as adult colonymates, not as kittens, and all of their social behaviour toward us makes a lot more sense through that lens.

They like to cuddle because communal grooming is how cats bond with colonymates - it establishes a shared scent-identity for the colony and helps clean spots that they can’t easily reach on their own.

They bring us dead animals because cats transport surplus kills back to the colony’s shared territory for consumption by pregnant, nursing, or sick colonymates who can’t easily hunt on their own. Indeed, that’s why they kill so much more than they individually need - it’s not for fun, but to generate enough surplus kills to sustain the colony’s non-hunting members.

They’re okay with us messing with their kittens because communal parenting is the norm in a colony setting, and us being colonymates in their minds automatically makes us co-parents.

It’s even why many cats are so much more tolerant toward very small children, as long as those children are related to one of their regular humans: they can tell the difference between human adults and human “kittens”, and your kittens are their kittens.

Basically, you’re going to have a much easier time getting a handle on why your cat does why your cat does if you remember that the natural mode of social organisation for cats is not as isolated solitary hunters, but as a big communal catpile - and for that purpose, you count as a cat.

[cyberlesbiab-deactivated2021052]

cat socialism

[deadpossumbrigade-deactivated20]

All of hitherto history is a history of Cat’s Struggle

[hotcommunist-deactivated2019032]

I’m gonna print this out and staple it to the head of the next person who thinks they’re going tf OFF by being like “um cats are horrible sociopaths and we only love them because stokholm syndrome blah blah blah” like 👀 👀

[angsty-anxxiety]

@catvirgil

[angsty-anxxiety]

Hey dude, (Or dudette, trying to use right pronouns dear god-) anyways, I saw your post about your Depression and Generalized Anxiety, I have those too! And I have since I was seven, You are still awesome even with those things with you!

This is so sweet!This genuinely made me feel a lot better.Thank you so much for sending this .You're awesome too!!💜💜💜

(And I use any pronouns,for future reference!)

[kinderes]

this video made me feel a lot of things, and honestly? it was something I really needed. thank you to thomas, joan and talyn for all of your hard work. it was certainly worth the wait <3

[tssecretsanta-blog]

Check In #1

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Thank you!

[pirate-patton]

Prompt? Virgil wants attention. But Logan is working, and when he's working, he doesn't stop. Virgil must resort to drastic measures. Romantic preferred, but platonic is cool too if that's where your mind goes

//of course i’m gonna use any given opportunity to make something analogical wHO DO YOU THINK I AM???

Virgil cracked open the door to Logan’s room, spotting the logical side at his desk.  The anxious side was desperate for any sort of attention, affection, even if everything inside of himself screamed that he didn’t deserve it.  He took a breath as he pushed open the door fully and took a step inside.  “Lo?” Virgil called, cursing himself at the shakiness of his voice.

Logan did not give a response, well not a spoken one.  He gave a small hum to acknowledge Virgil’s presence, but otherwise continued on with his work.  Virgil repressed a whine, slinking over to Logan’s side at his desk.

“What’cha working on?”

No response, just a pen jab at Thomas’s schedule.  Virgil deflated, taking a minute to think.  He leaned over the desk and rested a cheek in his palm, trying to gain Logan’s attention.  Again, absolutely nothing.  Darn Logan’s focus.

Ten more minutes passed, and Virgil was starting to get more and more desperate. Yeah, he could’ve probably easily gone to Patton or Roman for attention, but he wanted…he wanted Logan’s attention!  Was that so much to ask?!  The wheels turned in Virgil’s head, and realized something he could do that would definitely get Logan’s attention off of his work…

“Mmph!” Logan jumped at the sudden pair of lips over his, eyes wide and confused.  Virgil pulled away and shrunk in his jacket, desperate to hide.

“Sorry!” 

“Virgil -”

“I’m sorry!”

Logan sighed and looked back to his work, shaking his head as he got to his feet.  Virgil took a step back, worried over whatever was going through Logan’s head.  He probably hated him.  He probably wanted Virgil to leave and never come back-

Logan took Virgil’s hand in his, raising it and pressing a kiss to the anxious side’s knuckles.  “If you needed attention that badly, you could have just said,” Logan said with slight amusement present in his voice.

Virgil scoffed and rolled his eyes, letting his head fall against Logan’s chest.  “S’not like you’d have heard me anyway…”

“Oh, dear,” Logan sighed, “looks like someone is upset with me…how ever can I make it up to him?”

Virgil snickered, burying his face in Logan’s chest and squeezing his hand.  “I can think of a few things…”

[the-virge]

Imagine

Logan trying to ask out Patton the same way he tried to ask out hypothetical Valerie in the Valentine’s video

[tinysidestrashcaptain]

Logan: “Do you enjoy food?”

Patton: “Yes!”

Logan: “Do you enjoy romantic outings?”

Patton: “Yes!”

Logan: “I can provide both of those things, therefore, you will be my date.”

Patton (sobbing with joy): “YES!!!!”

Virgil and Roman (quietly): “What the fu–?”

[failedclone]

I want to write this, Someone encourage me

[not-so-innocent-bi-sander]

Oh my gosh please write it. I will love it and I already love you.

[failedclone]

IF YOU SAY SO-

[all-da-fandoms]

*WAITS PATIENTLY*

[sneksanders]

Roman: Out of my way, extras!

Logan: Stop calling people extras just because you don’t know them!