#cal3ris

[fictionalred]

helloo! I was wondering if you mayhaps have any recommendations for fun hair dye color brands and where to buy them? I've never felt up to the challenge of dyeing my own hair and maintaining it, but lately I've been toying with the idea of dyeing my undercut funky colors bc 1. it's mostly grey so I hope bleaching is not needed and 2. it will be shorn off again in a week or two anyway so no maintenance :P if you happen to have any recs I'd love to hear em!

Oh fun!! :D

Lately I keep myself to using Attitude Hair Dye. It's a Dutch brand that has very nice colours, gives me solid good results, (and ships very fast). You can buy on their website [x]

But seeing as it's only for a small amount of hair and for a short period of time, I can also recommend Crazy Color [x] It's the brand you are most likely to find in irl shops. Most 'African' hair stores have these available. So if you have one in the area you can check that out.

Good luck!!

[pasiphile]

So we left for a week on holiday and @cal3ris very kindly agreed to stay at our place for the while to take care of Snorrell.

We came back on Sunday evening, on Monday we’re having a little talk before cal3ris has to leave, when suddenly koni starts cackling madly.

After a moment, cal3ris joins in with the most evillest chuckle i have ever heard.

I look around, confused, when finally I spot Him:

The Hooty

I point this out, relieved that I’ve finally found the reason my girlfriend suddenly started laughing like a maniac. Only for her to laugh even harder.

Because - as she points out while she’s finally caught her breath again - she, in fact, spotted another Hooty:

Cal3ris cheerfully admits to having hidden no less then five (FIVE) different Hooties while we were away, and then they had to leave to catch their train, leaving us in the terrifying presence of three Undetected Hooties.

Luckily we found them. Eventually.

When we closed the door to the living room:

When I went to put away the oatmeal:

And, the winner of the Most Unnerving Hooty Placement Award 2021:

On the bathroom door.

[stimtoybox]

Do you have a master list of online shops for stim toys? Please please please haha

Since there were three pleases…!

Folks may or may not know that we have the retailer tags pages, A-L and M-Z. There’s so many retailers now that they’re difficult to search through unless you already know what you’re looking for, and they’re certainly not a rebloggable resource. I find them useful, but I’m well aware that they’re no longer useful for folks wanting a simple list. So in this post I’m going to give you the highlights, organised by category.

Please note that this master post absolutely does not include all online stim toy retailers. (Not even close. Not even remotely close.) I’m focusing on stores that are well-regarded and often referenced by the followers of this blog. In addition, I’m mostly listing stores that offer international shipping, in order to make this list useful for the largest amount of stimmers.

A huge shout-out goes to @cal3ris for the provision of the Netherlands/European stores added to this list. Thank you so very much!

You also might like to check out our autistic sellers and crafters master post for more autistic-owned stores, especially if you’re a US stimmer, as there’s many more crafters and creators well worth checking out.

So! Let us list!

General Stim and Fidget Toy Stores

A Sense of Self / @asenseofselfshop (USA, Etsy): Autistic-owned, stocks bean bags, marble mazes and fidget jewellery.

Dragon Adventures Crafting/ @dragonadventurescrafting (USA, Etsy): Autistic-owned, stocks plush and plush fidgets.

Fabulous Fidgets / @fabulousfidgets​ (USA, Etsy): Autistic-owned, stocks a wide range of fidget toys.

Fidget Club(USA): Autistic-owned, stocks a wide range of fidget toys.

Frans Color Creations / @franscolorcreations (USA, Etsy): 3D printed rings, 3D printed fidget toys, beaded fidget toys.

NeuroDelightful / @neurodelightful (USA, Etsy): Autistic-owned, stocks fidget jewellery and stationery.

Spacerobot Studio / @spacerobotstudio (USA, Etsy): Autistic-owned, stocks fidget and communication jewellery.

Stimtastic / @stimtastic (USA): Autistic-owned, stocks chewables, fidget jewellery, weighted items and fidget toys.

Specialist Stim Toy Stores

Antsy Labs (USA): Makers of the Fidget Cube.

Autistic Rabbit (USA, Etsy): Autistic-owned, stocks weighted blankets.

Fidgetland (USA): Makers of a variety of specialised chain fidgets.

GyRings (USA): ADHD-owned, maker of the GyRing fidget toy.

Sister Cat Blankets (France, Etsy): Autistic-owned, stocks weighted blankets, lap pads and stim toy cases.

OT and Therapy Toy Stores

(Note: most of these are heavily focused on therapy and children. Many of these also use alienating language - not person-first, “children on the spectrum”. Please consider this a blanket warning for all the below vendors.)

Children’s Therapy Store (USA): OT toys, chewables, a wide range of specialist fidgets.

Cheap Disability Aids (UK): OT toys, fidgets, chewables.

Educadora (Netherlands): OT toys, fidgets, but mostly chewables.

Fun and Function (USA): OT toys, fidgets, chewables.Note: uses the phrase “special needs” a lot.

Moderne Moeders (Netherlands): Chewables aimed at moms/infants. But they have stuff I’ve never seen at other shops, so worth a mention. Ships also to Belgium, Germany, Denmark, France, UK, Sweden.

Muisje Sensitief (Netherlands): OT toys, fidgets, chewables, weighted materials. Ships to the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Curaçao.

National Autism Resources (USA): OT toys, fidgets, chewables. Has more of a focus on fidget toys.

Senso-Care (Netherlands | Belgium | Germany): OT toys, fidgets, chewables, weighted materials. Ships also to several other European countries, but for these the shipping costs are quite high.

Sensory University (USA): OT toys, fidgets, chewables. More focus on OT toys and chewables.

Sisigma (Netherlands): OT toys, fidgets, chewables, weighted materials. Ships to Europe Zone 1.

Sister Sensory (Australia): OT toys, fidgets, chewables.

Sensory Oasis for Kids (Australia): stim and fidget toys, weighted, chewables.

Skillbuilders (Australia): OT toys, fidgets, chewables.

Therapy Shoppe (USA): OT toys, fidgets, chewables. Stocks a very broad range with items that I haven’t seen elsewhere.

The Therapy Store (Australia): OT toys, fidgets, chewables. Focuses more on fidget toys.

Tink n’ Stink (UK): OT toys, fidgets, chewables. Has a good range of chewables and fidgets.

Toys for Hands (Netherlands): OT toys and fidgets.

Chewable Stores

(Note: most of these are also heavily focused on therapy and children, although more of these do mention adult chewers. Many of these also use alienating language - not person-first, “children on the spectrum”. Please consider this a blanket warning for all of the below vendors.)

ARK Therapeutic (USA): a wide range of handheld and pendant necklace chewables available in three different toughnesses.

Chewigem (Australia | UK | USA | Canada): a wide range of handheld and pendant necklace chewables.

Chubuddy (USA): a wide range of handheld, pendant necklace and tube chewables rated by toughness.

Teething Bling (USA): a very wide range of pendant chewables. Focused on parents-with-children, no toughness ratings. Good for folks after unique styles.

General Retailers

AliExpress (China): sells a wide range of cheap fidget toys and chewables. Be wary about the chemical listings for chewables, however. Free shipping on many listings.

Amazon (USA | UK): sells fidgets, chewables, squishies, Tangles. Note that a large amount of offerings are US or North America only, so often less useful for international stimmers.

eBay (Australia | USA | UK): everything. Knock-off fidget cubes, spinners, squishies, knock-off Tangles and other China, Hong Kong of Taiwan-sourced listings often have free shipping.

Banggood (China): cheap and high quality squishies, spinners, knock-off fidget cubes. Free shipping on the vast majority of their items.

Fat Brain Toys (USA): educational toy store, sells fidget toys, puzzles and Tangles.

K-Mart (Australia): fidget toys, puzzles, mermaid sequin pillows. Very cheap items for Australians.

Office Oxygen (USA): fidget and office toys. Similar to the now-closed Office Playground.

Smiggle (Australia | UK): fidget toys and stationery. International shipping from the Australian store to anywhere not New Zealand is extremely expensive.

Wish (China): cheap squishies, spinners, knock-off fidget cubes, knock-off Tangles. Shipping on items is generally listed as $2 in buyer’s own currency. Has some extremely good low-cost sales, but the non-sale prices on items is higher than eBay or Banggood.

I’ve noticed, in compiling this list, a distinct lack of UK or European online resources. I would be very grateful if our UK and European followers could send me a few good recommendations!

- Mod K.A.

[pasiphile]

cal3ris:

I keep seeing gifs for that show and thinking, looks gay i should watch it (... later... when i have time lol)

It’s exceedingly gay. It outgays even The Untamed, which I thought was physically impossible without, like, including actual on-screen gay makeouts (which it doesn’t have) (unless you count the sucking-the-poison-out-of-the-shoulder-wound scene) (which happens in ep 6 and things just get increasingly gayer after that)

It’s got a very different vibe than the Untamed, but the central relationship runs on the same basic building blocks so I’m def enjoying that (ie grumpy boy/playful teasing boy; the DEEP DARK SECRETS that have to be kept hidden at the cost of the relationship; mutual trauma; and ofc the all-time favourite mortifying ordeal of being Known)

Also, Wen Kexing’s outfits are The Prettiest and his face does many pleasing things.

[fictionalred]

if you're still doing the music asks, then 4 & 13! C:

Thank you!!

4. How do you tend to discover new music? If you do at all of course

Through tumblr mostly kinda. I’m still trying to get into Enter Shikari cause @apocaholicsanonymous likes them. Same with Oingo Boingo for @ladyvean. I’m currently listening to Klaada because of you. That’s why I love music ask memes! Listening to new music is fun esp when it has a personal connection with someone I like.

13. What is a genre of music that you tend to go to for comfort?

I think pop music? Idk I basically always have my player on shuffle

[ask me music stuff!]

[pasiphile]

cal3ris replied to your post “Occasionally I get fanfic writing ideas that are one specific image,...”

this IS gonna become like a lotr sized epic isn't it :DD

Look, part 1 is finished and it’s about 3000 words, but 2 and 3 are already 4K and over, so I reckon a rough estimate of total five pieces is gonna be around 20-30.000 words, which amounts to roughly one third of The Hobbit. 

(the longest thing i ever finished is one-and-a-half Hobbits long, or a lil bit longer than The Two Towers, for reference)

[pasiphile]

that happy dancy feel when you get a betad fic back with nice comments *does a little twirly*

[pasiphile]

I would say I like the Untamed a Normal Amount.