[dollarstoreartsupplies]

jenny nimmo just periodically has to find ways to write paton out of the books for a bit because he’s the ONLY person im the fucking SERIES who will look at Charlie and be like ‘hey bud you’re 11 and these situations keep happening TO and AT you, this is not your fault’ everyone else, good or bad, is just that Jesus Christ you are so fucking selfish go die meme

[postcanongirl-deactivated202601]

lowkey children are right about homework

[postcanongirl-deactivated202601]

when an adult says "i did work for eight hours starting at 7am i shouldnt have to answer emails at home" people clap about how relatable it is but when a kid says "i did work for eight hours starting at 7am i shouldnt have homework" people start going on about the importance of academics and calling them a delinquent brat

[fucko]

feeling extremely threatened right now

[children-of-the-red-queen]

I love that that most main characters in these books are either children or single adults. or an adult in a dysfunctional relationship. You can really hc every sexuality for these people

Tanc and Tracy kissed, but they make such good comphet because of the tropes they embody

Lauren and Lysander also can be hced as comphet, but more as in they thought they needed to date because they were such good friends

The Thunderbird handholding scene kind of robs them of their plausible deniability but the canon teen crushes are all so low-key that I think you can get away with pretending they weren't there for a fic. same for Charlie and Matilda (or Dagbert)

Most of the kids do of course have two parents in a het relationship, but we're never shown much of how those work beside Amy and Lyell

Mr. and Mrs. Gunn could just be good friends who thought they should hook up because of it. Mr. and Mrs. Silk could divorce and I wouldn't be surprised. The Torssons and Sages seem functional though

I would fully accept that Harold had never loved Dorothy, and Venetia and Natalia could also full on be compheting

Treasure and Pearl's "sweetheart"'s genders aren't specified

and Katya, Christopher, Alice, Eustacia, Lucretia...

We never see Ezekiel and his wife. or James. Or Maisie's husband. just saying.

also. if they ever adapt cotrk, they should keep it that way. no romantic relationship drama for these kids let them fight the generational trauma. that's enough

[purple-mist09]

Drew some Charlie bone characters in Halloween costumes :3

[depsidase]

[dogpuppy]

[dangerousturkey]

Killing and hatred and violence

[drtanner]

DESTRUCTION AND DEATH

[highseasslime]

Seasons do not change on their own. They do so because this dog dismantles them piece by piece.

[ashoss]

thinking about the character #mycharacter guys i love the character. charact er has consume dm y thoughts. #mycharacter u gyus are never going to guess who im thinking about #mycharacter character save me save me my character . #mycharacter #ilovemycharacter #yay

[manfred-apologist]

just found this comic I made during lockdown and thought I lost forever

The stache has got to go

[manfred-apologist]

WAIT THERES ANOTHER PANEL (that seriously dates it)

[spookyboywhump]

When rescue for a conditioned whumpee feels more like a kidnapping. When whumpee has to be dragged kicking and screaming from the prison they’ve become so accustomed to.

[homunculus-argument]

The treasures of the wild (berries) have no price, but they do not come without cost. The forest accepts no money, I paid for these berries with a pint of my own blood (the mosquitoes fucking got me).

[theheartmold]

just bc the dog analogy isn’t directly stated in the text doesn’t mean it’s not there btw. 99% of authors give up before reaching peak dog symbolism. he’s “caged” by his emotions. he’s collared (by the narrative). he can beg and pace and whine but I’m never letting him go

[whumplent]

something something characters and their freak ass relationships with whoever pulled them out of hell. the wounds have scarred, the weight’s come back. their lows are still low but don’t destroy their house of cards like they used to. and if anything happened to the person who gave that to them, character is absolutely going to commit themselves to every horrific act of violence that might be necessary to fix it.

[bebx]

"dog as a symbol or metaphor is overrated and boring" WRONG.

I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies (thank you hozier)

devoted as a dog

hunted down like a dog with rabies

how a dog loves

I can be a good dog. I can be good

like a good good dog

I want to be your dog

bad dog gets punished

loyal like a dog

a wounded dog will bite anything

I'm not a violent dog. I don't know why I bite

a dog’s trust

chained up like a dog

I could go on and on. like I’m sorry you can’t see the beauty of using dog as a symbol/metaphor. sorry you can only see shallowness in the depth of rawness. anyway MORE DOG AS A SYMBOL AND MORE DOG AS A METAPHOR

[fourraccoonsinacoat]

Not just characters who are dog-coded, but characters who are a specific type of dog-coded. Join me for a moment:

Working Dog-Coded: Give me a job and a purpose, then reward me with affection and I will follow you to the end of time, space and beyond.

Guardian Breed-Coded: I'm not a big fan of people and don't need many friends. I just need one person, or a small tight-knit group, to protect and that will fulfill me until the end of my days.

Terrier-Coded: I get us into a lot of problematic situations, talk a bunch of shit and often take on people who are a lot bigger than me. But, that's okay because I know you've always got my back.

Mutt-Coded: I'm not really sure who I am and don't have the greatest sense of self, but if you give me support and space to figure it out, I'll be loyal to you until my last breath.

Shelter-Dog Coded: This isn't where I thought I'd end up. I've been through it. My past might be complicated, but I'm trying, and you're giving me the chance I so desperately need to go at life one more time.

These are just the first ones that came to mind, and characteristics overlap here and there. Feel free to add your own!

[bebx]

my taste in fictional men is just the unstable, traumatized and dangerous ones who radiate strong "I'm not a bad dog. I'm a wounded and terrified dog who bites to survive" vibes honestly

[paranaptime]

eating my dienner. fuck you want.