Life is a Littmus Lozenge

New blog for krabapple/lizlemonbennet. Trying to preserve some peace, please and thank you.

[severedreamerfox]

So I just wanted to say quickly that I received no less than three really kind messages today out of the blue, one of which made me tear up a little in my car as I was pulling myself together to go into work because I essentially speed ran April and two weeks of state testing and my body went “Testing finished yesterday and it’s MAY YOU SUCKER” and is therefore in danger of imminent collapse. Like I almost didn’t go to work today but I had to run an initial IEP (yes in May and I wish it was the last one but I have a re-eval May 15 😭 that is the third or fourth time it’s been scheduled).

So.

(I mean: I get sick every May. Like. My body gives up a month before it’s supposed to. My colleague heard me cough and was all, do you have pneumonia and I was like, maybe Karen, I don’t know! It’s possible! I most definitely will end up with at least a sinus infection, let’s be real!!)

And the filing!! 😭😭😭 Grades!! 😭😭😭 Summer school recommendations!! 😭😭😭

I3 days left with students. 15 total work days.

All to say: thank you. 💗 I will reply as I am able.

(Also, if you have teachers in your life, check on them. We are not okay. My colleagues who get out in June, may the odds be ever in your favor.)

[severedreamerfox]

I noticed you have hidden all your works. ¿Porqué?

I very honestly didn’t expect people to clock this that fast, and I’ve had a couple of asks about it. I’m going to give my best attempt at an answer to this, but I haven’t fully had my coffee yet so we will see how it goes.

Please know that I always come from a place of love, of understanding, of wanting community.

Even if I’m “cranky” or “grumpy” or “pissed off” or frankly, old and tired. I have a lot of grace to give and I usually give it very willingly.

Which is, quite honestly, exactly the problem.

I have hit a point where I simply can’t (not don’t want to, can’t) exist in at least the HP fandom as it is anymore.

I spent the vast majority of last year fighting super hard for people who don’t know (it’s fine, they shouldn’t) and getting essentially nothing out of it. Which I was actually fine with. I’m a grown up and I make my choices.

I took several, several steps back as a result and because of some other things. That was also okay. I burned myself out some. Also okay.

But after that terrific anon yesterday, I realized I can’t even do character analysis on my own blog that was qualified at least three to four times to minimize impact and I purposefully did it in as much of a vacuum as I could so as not to affect others.

What are we doing here if you can’t have an opinion on your own blog? This is the fandom now? What is actually happening?

Which here’s the thing: fandom is a community activity. It’s a gift economy. And I realized through my own steps back but mostly how the fandom is running at the moment (and who is running it) that I have no community to give to left.

I also don’t have much left in me to give at the moment, period.

So I’m taking more steps back.

Nearly ALL my fic, in any fandom, is hidden. I didn’t orphan it or delete it. But unless it was a gift to someone, yes, it’s gone for the moment.

I’ve also taken it on the chin in real life the last month or so and I’ve lived like 12 lives in the last 12 days.

My therapist likes to remind me this kind of depression is seasonal but frankly I have a lot of the season left and I do not have the energy to get through it and whatever people want to throw at me both on AO3 (bots or not I can’t tell) and Tumblr. And frankly Discord, which may also see a hiatus (I had already cut way back there).

I may end up restoring all the fic. Or some of it. I might not at all. If anyone was enjoying it, I am sorry. If I restore it down the line it’s likely to be for you.

There’s an older woman I follow on the clock app, and I rarely use that app, but she’s genuinely altering my brain chemistry, in good ways. I am a sensitive person, always have been, always will be. I would post a link to what she has said that’s so resonant with me, but I’ll end with how one of her videos ends: you can’t go into relating to someone else expecting a mirror (of your commitment to community, your commitment to support, your commitment to dialogue, your commitment to agree to disagree, whatever) when what you are going to be met with is a wall instead.

I’ve run into a lot of walls the last year. I can’t continue to do it. If you haven’t been a wall, thank you for your support. In the meantime, I need to protect myself and my work from more concrete.

[severedreamerfox]

Happy birthday (belated)!!!

Thank you (belated)!!

[severedreamerfox]

You do know that other people can have different headcanons than you, right?

Love this for me. Fitting the theme.

Of course!

I’m not sure what this really refers to. I’m assuming it’s Remus, but okay.

There’s a reason I didn’t reblog the original post (so anything wouldn’t be a part of a chain and the OG poster wouldn’t have to look at it). There’s a reason I said, hey, it’s your fanfic, have fun. (You can read headcanon there, too.)

I mean, I went about expressing my opinion even if it does differ with all the right fandom etiquette involved.

Do *you* understand *that*?

ETA: Or people can express different opinions while holding the cognitive dissonance that not everyone agrees with them?

I have some guesses.

If this is about the HR kid fic then that’s too cute for me to approach thinking other people have other headcanons about it, sorry. 🩷

[severedreamerfox]

Would you ever consider writing a HR kid fic 👀

Short answer: yes.

Longer answer: yes.

I don’t have one planned at the moment much less am I writing one, but it HAS occurred to me.

Usually I am all in for how they get kids as well (which if you have recs for, give 😂), but honestly what I’m interested in at this point is the love and domestic life and the frustration and the juggling and the absolute terror you are fucking up the biggest and best thing that happened to you (though hockey is there, too) with this husband and family. I want why even Shane can’t figure out how socks go missing and how they have to figure out curly hair on a girl and neither of them push hockey but someone wants to play but they have to sit in the car in the parking lot during practice because the coach is too nervous in front of either of them to function properly. Or maybe no one is interested in playing hockey at all and that has to be okay, you just have to be able to skate, because this is Canada, okay? I want chaotic mornings and why is the baby crying they already ate and oh my god put your shoes on already I love you I’m sorry I’m getting frustrated, I still love you, honey those shoes are on the wrong feet but you tried. I see you tried. Ilya don’t argue with the crossing guard be nice and I am always nice and yeah, Papa is always nice he waves, see Hollander, I wave. The whole house takes a breath as various configurations pile into cars and love yous get shouted back and forth and I want to ride with Papa because his car is cooler. I know, Dad’s is boring (it’s reliable!), hop in, I grab booster seat. You’re a menace and a kiss goodbye and someone ewwws at it while buckling their seatbelt and Ilya resists the urge to really go for it and goes in for one more peck instead before he gets the booster in and everyone is buckled? And car doors slam and engines start and off they go, sun shining, another marathon day until everyone is in bed and Shane and Ilya are asleep on the couch by 9:00 pm if one of them didn’t fall asleep with a kid earlier in their bed.

So, you know, maybe. 😉😘 Thank you for the ask! 🥰

[severedreamerfox]

Alright. Fandom elder in a MOOD.

So fair warning.

(Also, for full disclosure I was cheated on in my marriage and that story is . . . pretty horrific. I told it at a conference during a lunch to my tablemate and by the time I was done the whole room had stopped to listen, aghast, so.)

But this is circulating on my dash and Jesus Fucking Christ no, Remus Lupin would NOT cheat. Especially on Sirius Black.

I have seen not one but several arguments that he could reason and/or gaslight his way into it.

And listen. I see it if I squint, namely that if I cite canon here I have to cite Tonks, so.

HOWEVER.

God knows I have put R/S in positions where they are apart, where they have broken up, where things have happened, within their control and outside of it. While I love the OTP everlasting devotion at the end of the day, I am not immune to reading or writing angst. In fact, in my day, angst of some kind was basically a requirement for the ship. It was a given.

But. This isn’t it.

Because two things still apply, and they are deeply embedded in the character: 1) a bulk of his identity is centered around being The One Good Werewolf and 2) he is a professional people pleaser (and not in that way).

I have issues with The One Good Werewolf trope mostly as it relates to “the innocent HIV/AIDS victim” propaganda of the 1980s and 1990s. But I do think it’s integral to Lupin. He’s measured. He’s in control (he fights for his life with that control). He seeks approval. He is not interested in a life outside of that construct, for better or for worse.

Good Werewolves (tm) don’t cheat on their partners.

Also, see above about approval and people pleasing. This is the guy who couldn’t tell Dumbledore about Sirius being an animagi or the Map for fear of disapproval. In his thirties. Yes, he probably had ways he would try to justify that to himself. But someone so desperate for approval from authority (Dumbledore); his friends (see the fifth year flashback); and acquaintances (Molly Weasley) is not going to risk disapproval and rejection by cheating on a partner. From the partner or anyone else. He will be okay with saying no to cheating, even though he rarely says no.

I loathe the whole Tonks storyline and I especially loathe the scene in DH with the trio, but that was a desperate man grasping at straws. He was coming completely unraveled. And he *still* goes back. Like. No, he’s not going to cheat no matter how unglued he is, and that’s the most unglued we see him aside from the night of Dumbledore’s death.

(I also think the whole point of that scene is that it occurred to JKR that there was still an adult around who could help and she had to put him in his place as quickly as possible. And erase the trio getting help. But I digress. Plus she then buried her gays really fast. But again I digress.)

Your version of Remus can do what he likes in any fanfic you want if that’s what you want. Have fun!

But I personally don’t see that man cheating in any scenario. (And there are a lot of reasons people cheat. Most of them not good.) Remus Lupin is too invested in what other people think to cheat, and he’s guilt ridden enough on any given Tuesday by just existing much less adding cheating to the mix.

[brigid-faye]

“You’re so far away,” Shane said, sniffing hard. “I want to rent a car and drive there.”

“Would be a long drive,” Ilya said with amusement, “from Washington.”

“Thirteen hours,” Shane smiled sheepishly. “I looked it up.”

TLG AU - post near crash but Shane does that 👆 after hanging up

spoilers for TLG obvs - just go read it already

Ilya is in a Florida IHOP booth with Harris, Wyatt and Luca Haas and he doesn’t feel real. He knows distantly that this is the combined effect of a hangover and the massive adrenaline crash after the near death experience yesterday. It’s unbearable and he doesn’t care and it feels like it will last forever.

He's been staring out the window at the parking lot without seeing it for probably too long.

“Too bad Chiron isn’t here,” Harris jokes. “That would cheer everyone up.”

Ilya’s mind fills with terrified puppy noises and his attention snaps back to his companions. “Then Chiron would have been on the plane. What the fuck, Harris? He would have been so scared!”

Harris puts his hands up, startled. “I was just saying. A puppy would be nice right now.”

Ilya glares and takes a bite of his toast and feels completely justified but also like he needs to bury himself in his phone. He pulls it out of his pocket while Harris tries to be cheerful.

He finds texts from Shane, the first of the day. They came in just a few minutes ago. Ilya feels his pulse lower and loses track of the conversation around him.

J: I did something stupid J: good morning also J: where are you

L: morning L: harris made us get pancakes L: what did you do?

J: IHOP or Denny’s?

Ilya’s cheek tugs a little like he might smile. He only ordered black coffee and toast for himself - he had no appetite - but maybe he'll take a picture of Luca's pile of whip cream just to gross Shane out. He's not sure why it matters if it's IHOP or Denny's (Florida is ridiculous, the two places are right next to each other in a hideous parking lot across the street from the hotel) and he doesn't care; he likes that Shane is texting like normal and not like they were both crying over facetime 12 hours ago.

I: IHOP, thank god, I could not have dealt with denny’s bacon today

J: oh good J: wyatt, luca and harris are cool right? Like they’re not… dallas kent?

I: they're cool

Ilya frowns after hitting send and scrolls back up through the short conversation. He never told Shane who he was sitting with.

I: shane... I: what stupid thing did you do?

There's a timid knock on the glass door of the restaurant, the one Ilya was staring out of minutes ago. He looks up again very slowly.

Shane Hollander is standing there in the Florida sun looking exhausted and anxious. He's in pajama pants and a McGill hoodie. There's luggage on the sidewalk next to him. He's shifting his weight from one foot to the other like a kid who has to pee. His face splits into an overwrought smile when their eyes meet and he waves and then winces at himself and crosses his arms.

"Roz," Wyatt says, "you okay?"

Is he? Probably not. He's hallucinating, which can't be good. Shane is in Washington. Shane's worst fear in the world is being abruptly outed. Shane doesn't like Florida.

Or maybe Shane feels like Ilya does, and all the reasons to stay hidden seem very, very feeble right now, so fuck it all and here he is, waiting for Ilya in broad daylight.

The hallucination knocks again, loud enough for Harris to glance over his shoulder at the door. Harris turns back to Ilya, his eyes wide and his mouth a perfect "o" of surprise.

"Is that... Shane Hollander?" Luca squeaks.

That's enough proof to get Ilya crashing out of the booth and running to the door. Shane pulls it open just as Ilya reaches it.

They collide together and barely keep their feet, stumbling in a circle across the sidewalk, Shane's arms tight around Ilya's neck, face buried against his throat. Ilya knots his hand in soft, dark hair and tries to pull him closer.

"Fuck," Shane is saying, "fuck, you scared me, fuck, fuck fuck-"

"How-how-"

Shane laughs against his skin. "D-don’t ask what I spent on that Uber."

They hold each other in the sunshine for a very long time. Shane's heart pounds against Ilya's chest, and Ilya, for the first time since that plane dropped, feels completely, vividly, joyfully alive.

[severedreamerfox]

I’m a terrible Tumblr detective but I want to knowwwwww.

[str-ngeloop]

"public schooling in america is by and large not designed for ideal learning and has a lot of fucked up incentives and structures that encourage mistreatment of children" ✅

"it would be preferable to have no structure or standardization and just go by vibes" ❌

"education itself is the problem, knowledge is fake, math and writing are unimportant, and ignorance is wisdom" ❌❌❌

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

It's like the education version of "the police are corrupt and courts are inefficient, so we should bring back mob rule and it will go good because my mob has the correct morals".

[stopallsnowblind]

This is something that I have very many thoughts about, so I will be obnoxious below the cut (this time 🫣)

For the sake of context, I'll say that I have one child who I used to homeschool and who now goes to public school. I taught him for his pre-k/young 5's/kinder years, including teaching him to read, and he is now almost done with his second year of public.

What I wish more parents understood is that, no matter how you school, a minimum of 50% of active learning takes place at home. And that is the absolute barest minimum percentage I can estimate, literally scraping the bottom of the give-a-fuck barrel. They may be going to a place that exists just to teach them for eight hours a day, but they're also going somewhere where they are contending with, among a great many other things, loud noises, weird smells, disruptive behavior, social awkwardness, and one teacher spread entirely too thin.

And all homeschooling does is replace a lot of that with not wanting to learn shit from whichever parent is teaching them because they already listen to that person telling them to act right at any and every other time of the day. One of the biggest reasons we don't homeschool anymore is that my kid didn't want to do a single thing I asked him to do when it came to learning. Every single lesson was an uphill battle. And now that he's in public school, guess what? He's the most perfect student any of his teachers have ever seen. His teacher last year literally said he's a model example of what a homeschool student should be, and I almost fell out of my chair because ma'am, if that was true we would still be doing this at home.

And I mean this with my entire everything: unschooling is a fucking garbage concept from start to finish. Your kid can absolutely have things they want to learn more about, special interests and hyperfixations galore. But I cannot over state that if teaching them doesn't feel like work, you. are. doing. it. wrong. They need to be actively taught basic skills, or they will fail as adults, full stop.

I firmly believe that the literacy crisis that is only continuing to escalate in the US is caused by sheer laziness on the part of parents. You have to put in the effort.

Your kids deserve your effort.

[severedreamerfox]

Alright, well, again, I’m bored and this crossed my dash and we’ve got 45 minutes left so let’s go.

I’m a public school teacher and moreover I am a special education public school teacher. I’ve been teaching more than 20 years in some setting and my experiences range from children 18 months old-fifth grade.

I currently teach fifth grade, almost all small group pull out. My smallest class is 6 students and my largest 13. I teach all subjects either in pull-out or in one section, co-taught, where I push into a general education classroom (science and social studies). My students are “on” the general education curriculum and also have IEPs (individual education plans). I teach both the curriculum and their goals and objectives. In addition to all the duties of any other teacher I am also a case manager of almost all my students which involves managing their IEPs and for all of them regardless of whether I am their case manager, taking data on goals and objectives.

On a personal note, my child is autistic with medium to high support needs.

Also on a personal note, I make less a year than I would as a college graduate who, say, signed with my ex’s corporation in an entry level job. Like, $17,000 a year less. By the way, in addition to a BA I hold two masters degrees. Nearly all of my colleagues have at least one masters.

I also teach at a Title I school. 87% of our students are on free or reduced lunch. Of my students, at least half of them are also children of immigrants who speak a native language other than English.

There is a lot that we need to reform about public school in the US and most teachers are the first to tell you what.

As an actual reading teacher, literacy rates make me want to die inside. Absolutely. But also, be for real. Be so for real. Do you think every family has the resources or accountability to home school? The amount of kids I send home to homes that have no books in them aside from what they borrow from me or the library is high. And not because the parents don’t care. But because they can’t afford it. Or if you work two jobs yeah, it’s hard to find time to read to or with your child. Or my kids and you are worried about ICE. My school had a child detained. Our principal was like, it happened, but she’s back with us and safe. But this is happening in the community.

Or do you know I have chronically absent children? Some have to get on the bus themselves (and most get off the bus to their own supervision or an older sibling’s) and at least one morning a week that doesn’t happen. For whatever reason. I have children so chronically absent I am worried the parent is covering up some kind of abuse or neglect. Yes, I’ve reported it.

Also, Covid isn’t over. Do you know how many meetings I’ve been in where higher ups keep telling me that’s not an excuse anymore and I am like, actually. My kid is a year older and Covid shut downs happened her kindergarten year. My current students are a year younger which means they didn’t get Pre-K if they were even in it at all. Kindergarten teachers all over the country, including in my building, were fighting for their lives this fall because the first round of Covid babies hit. Kids born in 2020. I had K teachers who were veterans losing their minds because these kids came in with zero life skills and major separation anxiety.

It’s an insult to good, nay, excellent teachers who work as hard as we can in these admittedly faulty systems to say throwing it all out is the answer when we work our asses off for no money, no fame, a society that doesn’t value what we do at all, parents who are absentee or frankly downright emotionally abusive to us (no I am not available 24/7 to hear I’m wrong), standardized testing that is completely out of control, all while fighting back against the tide of AI use as a substitute for learning critical thinking.

I’m going to be back at my job on Monday teaching kids to read and convert fractions with different denominators. Because I want them to not get cheated by their landlord in a lease agreement because they can read enough to understand. Because I want them to know if they got correct change back. So they know their employer shorted their check. I also want them to enjoy stories and media and learn to ask hard questions. Also to know what a social media algorithm is and how it manipulates them.

Because most of my colleagues and I are crazy like that.

(And don’t get me started on what gets pushed top down onto US. The meetings, the trainings, the more work every year. You have no idea.)

[severedreamerfox]

The Long Game spoilers maybe?

So while I need the headcanons/fic about Ilya and Shane retiring together after long, storied careers in hockey that will be the stuff of legend, I also need/want the headcanons/fics of Ilya retiring earlier (to be a stay at home dad, he’s injured 😔, whatever, dealer’s choice) and becoming the most dedicated WAG in the league. It’s now WAP(partners)/WAH(husbands)/choose your acronym here because of him.

He’s not only in the Centaurs’ group chat (duh), but the Admirals’ and he and Kip co-conspire AND he teases Kip mercilessly about his old husband. Jackie has an offshoot of even the Metros crew he’s a part of, like four or five supportive friends of hers who think all of that was BULLSHIT and want to be as annoying/supportive during MHL pride events as possible and Jackie is like, I have your guy, hang on. He gradually gets involved in more and more groups.

Because no matter what people say (the press, media, his own damn father), the fact is Ilya Rozanov doesn’t half-ass ANYTHING. He’s there every game. He’s cheering the loudest. He’s wearing a Hollander jersey. He’s in the chat sharing recipes, gossip, and tips for getting stains out of laundry. Your man not treating you right? You can message him and he’ll go look quietly intimidating at that dude for the duration of the next game. You are crying at 4 pm on a Wednesday because you have PMS but your husband is away and you really want snacks but you don’t want to drag your kids out? Call Ilya and he will tell you it’s all okay and then spend $150 at the store and deliver it to your house. No problem.

He has Shane sign a puck every game and Shane thinks it’s ridiculous but Ilya keeps them all. He plays games with the kids in the stands and is doing tic-tac-toe on someone’s program for starters. Starts bringing crosswords and Sudoku and Mad Libs plus pencils, crayons, colored pencils, markers, paper, and other things to keep the kids entertained. Someone’s son needs a bathroom run? Ilya is your guy. Snacks? Put your bag down, he’s got it and he’s standing in line and bringing back five more hotdogs and ten more bags of popcorn “because someone will eat them.” He learns how to do makeup enough he can put numbers and logos on cheeks of kids and adults. This turns into face painting at little kid parties. He’s at one at least every other weekend anyway. Because he’s been invited by both parent and kid. No one can keep up with him on Pride day/nights because he has a literal Hollanov jersey with Shane’s number under “holl” and his under “anov.” His flag is the biggest.

Someone’s sitting on his shoulders for most of a game for a better view. He meditates fights between siblings. He tells dad jokes constantly. He gives advice on paint swatches.

You name it. And that’s the *least* of it.

[martelldoran]

if we get an irina foundation hockey camp montage at any point in s2 i hope it includes a clip of a three year old dropping gloves on ilya and him fully committing to the bit. just straight up dramatics as the kid pummels his kneecaps, dropping to the ice, rolling around calling to the ref (shane) to intervene already (spoiler, he doesn't).

i just think it would be neat.

[triassictriserratops]

Ilya is going to raise an entire generation of menaces that don't make derogatory chirps. Their chirps will be ethically sourced and free range.

They're eventually going to be drafted and fly around the ice saying shit like "you're gonna make a great assistant coach someday" "you'd probably get more ice time if you were the zamboni driver" "it's nice when a make-a-wish kid beats the disease, but I think your one day as a profession athlete should be up by now"

[severedreamerfox]

Oh Ilya is 100% committing to a kid bit at all times possible.

I was going to say we see this in TLG but we actually see it in the show with the pool scene. He’s got a circle of kids hanging on his every word, he baits them on Shane Hollander and half-making one get out of the pool, and then he does the shark and pretends to drown himself while Shane is pointedly still looking at the kids and applauding.

Shane will come home one day to find Ilya complaining up and down that he’s been overcharged for this (pretend) burger young lady to his four year old while they play restaurant and he wants to speak to the manager (whom he tries to make Shane) and Shane tells him to respect the staff and pay the bill and Ilya growls about it but tips anyway. (You also have to set an example.) But he’s not paying for that bad banana when they play grocery shopping later. There’s got to be a line somewhere.

[severedreamerfox]

Fair warning, I’m probably going to spam a bit from what’s been in my drafts folder (where posts I get insecure about go to purgatory forever) because it’s spring break and even though my kid has a cold she’s insisted on the trampoline park every morning and while I read I also . . . get bored.

(We are half an hour into a two hour session right now.)

(No we didn’t go when I was pretty sure she was still contagious. I’m not a monster.)

[ticklefighthockey]

re: russian dimunitives

yada yada I'm a native russian speaker etc etc here I go

ok so! the weirdest thing the show does in its notably well-done use of the russian language is the whole names thing. because they for some reason use full names all the time for some characters and it's just Weird. for example: calling someone alexei all the time is like Only calling someone Elisabeth. so. let's go through the characters:

alexei - full name. weird. bizarre. the usual dimunitive for alexei is Lesha. so that's like what ilya would call him if this was written by a russian

Leha - you are Extremely casual with this man. you are bros

Alesha - you are this man's parent/partner. you like him a lot. can be offensive if used with enough disdain

Aleshen'ka - so saccharine it's offensive. if aleshen'ka in question is over like, 9, he will probably deck you

svetlana - the normal short version of the name is Sveta. this is what ilya would actually call her

Svetka - dimunitive, casual, would be used in a jokey manner

now. ilya itself is a name that is a bit unusual bc it doesn't have a commonly used Short Form. so he would still be ilya to everyone around him.

Ilusha - dimunitive, sweet.

Ilushka - again, so dimunitive it's offensive.

What is curious about the "whiny fag" quote is not even the use of ilushka. it's the fact that the "fag" is also used in a dimunitive and softened form. alexei calls him "педик" which is, sure, a form of fag, but like, it's so soft and so commonly used it's not even evocative of the original meaning. obviously I do not know what the writers had in mind, but in general calling your brother a pedik like this would not mean "I Know What You Are". this exchange is more like. "you are being a whiny bitch, bro, knock it off". with additional layer of "I will always have authority over you because I am your older brother".

now. I am begging you, english speaking writers. do not attempt to invent dimunitives for shane. this is a fool's errand. I can't come up with anything normal sounding.

anyway. here is a short list of russian pet names that I think ilya could reasonably go for. I will write them out in russian and I encourage you guys to just plug it into google to learn how they sound bc it will be easier than my attempts to transliterate them

солнышко - "little sun"

солнце - "sun"

милый - "the one I like" (the word also means "cute" but when it's used like this it's more of the The One My Heart Favors)

котенок - "kitten"

ёжик - "little hedgehog"

зайка - "little hare"

this is SOOOO good thank you so much!!! saving this for reference!!

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

you can only do this career for the rest of your life

https://wheelofnames.com/dng-wgq

How are things going?

Great! A job I actually enjoy!

okay. I can put up with this

bad but not terrible

terrible

I don't work/results

Voting ended onApr 13

(this wheel is set in a magical world where all jobs pay enough to support yourself so this is purely about the work you do and not the money)

[brinkworth]

Weeks ago, I saw a post about how it’s problematic for Remus to spend time with Sirius in his dog form if they’re romantically involved as humans and I still think about it constantly.

[severedreamerfox]

I.

Wait.

I.

Well.

In almost 22 years in the fandom, this is new cursed material.

[oxypill]

[severedreamerfox]

Welcome to spring break 2026!!!

In which my kid who thankfully is rarely sick has a cold but doesn’t feel bad enough not to want to do stuff, but I am fretty about doing stuff but do it anyway because of her mental health, still worry myself to death about it.

Probably need to write an initial evaluation but I think we are moving the date to the 20th which buys me another weekend of procrastination.

On the upside a stranger in public told me my hair was cute so.

[freenowrightnow]

shane: since our rookie season

ilya: i didn’t set up an ad campaign with the two of us together, call you pretty, tease you in the shower, and then almost get caught by your mom in the elevator for you to get our anniversary wrong. since summer before, shane

[severedreamerfox]

I’ve probably reblogged this before but this post cracks me up every time I come across it so. Here it is again.

SHANE.