The furry daughter of dragon fire

No I'm not Lilly. Or at least not the one you know. She's a...Well, I don't really know what Lilly is but we're not the same. You see, my sire was a wolf shifter which changed a whole lot of rules and freaked my mother out when I sprouted 'ears' for the first time. Also, when the savior child was being purged of all her darkness I took all of her luck in return so I'm extremely lucky and I'm extremely unlucky as well. It's because of this extra luck that in every timeline I'm born into I always find my mother again and am raised by her.

[fashionnfacts]

Out of the 6 judges who voted to overturn Roe v Wade, 3 were appointed by a man who tried to overthrow the United States government and threatened US’s democracy. What a fucking joke.

[roaaoife]

I know.

You're angry. You should be. You're scared. You should be.

This is awful. It's horrifying. It's deeply depressing. Rage. Scream. Mourn the tragedy we know is coming.

But remember this: what we are about to experience is the world our grandmothers and great grandmothers lived in. This is what they fought against.

Remember that they won. Even if the victory was temporary, they still won.

We can win, too. Prepare yourself. Finish your mourning, and get back to the fight. Yes, it's awful that we have to have this same fight. It's frustrating. It's heartbreaking. But now is not the time to surrender to despair.

Now the work begins.

[seijohsremade]

ways to help protestors if you are unable to protest

everybody has to do their part. as a reference, this was posted on 1 june 2020. if any links are broken or direct to a place they should not, please feel free to add on with corrections. if there is new information with better knowledge, please feel free to share. thank you.

1. donate

do not donate to shaun king. he has repeatedly collected money to “support” black people, but no one knows where the money is.

BAIL FUNDS (ALPHABETICAL ORDER; NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST)

note: washington dc and new jersey have cashless bail systems.

bail fund google doc (also includes lawyers for protestors)

national bail fund network (directory of community bail funds)

community bail funds masterpost by @keplercryptids

resistance funds (google sheets; lists bail funds around the country)

nationwide bail funds (split a donation to the bail funds listed on the linked page with a single transaction)

atlanta bail fund

brooklyn bail fund

colorado freedom fund

columbus freedom fund

houston chapter of black lives matter

liberty fund (nyc based; focuses services on people from low-income communities)

los angeles freedom fund

louisville community fund

massachusetts bail fund

minnesota freedom fund (as of may 30, 2020, they are encouraging people to donate elsewhere since they have raised enough money; as of may 29, 2020, they do not have a venmo, as some fraudulent accounts have been claiming, source)

philadelphia bail out fund

richmond bail fund

MORE PLACES TO DONATE

note: more links are listed in the masterposts below.

northstar health collective (healthcare and medical aid for people on the front lines)

reclaim the block (aims to redistribute police funding to help the minneapolis community)

twin cities dsa (provides fresh groceries and hot meals to people in minneapolis)

2. educate yourself

it isn’t enough to sign petitions and reblog/retweet/etc. nonblack people, including people of color, owe it to black people to educate themselves and correct themselves and the people around them on anti-blackness.

note: more links are in the masterposts linked below.

resources and tools regarding racism and anti-blackness (google sheets compilation)

readings on society, racism, the prison system, etc. (twitter thread)

“where do we go after ferguson?” by michael eric dyson

official black lives matter website

3. give out supplies to protestors

people need supplies to protest safely, and even if they bring supplies with them, they can often run out. if you’re able, stock up and hand them out to people protesting. for more supplies to donate, see the “george floyd action” google docs link in section 5.

water bottles (dehydration and heatstroke are not things people should have to deal with alongside bastard cops. if the police in your area are particularly violent or known to use tear gas, get the ones with the sports cap/suction-thing/etc so people can use them as emergency eye-flushes.)

snacks (make sure to take into account that people have allergies of all sorts. foods will have a little label that says “may contain” and then list any potential allergens. write the allergens on the ziploc (or any container you use) in permanent marker, or better yet, write the snacks included in the pack.)

masks (don’t forget there’s still a pandemic going on. also it will aid in deterring facial recognition when the police try to track down protestors,  also part two, if the cops use tear gas, wearing a mask (with the combination of a scarf or bandana) will lessen the adverse effects. lessen, not stop.)

bandanas, scarves, etc. and goggles (ski goggles, swimming goggles, etc.) (see above for explanation on the scarves. same goes for the goggles. anti–tear gas and anti–facial recognition.)

clean shirts (for people who are heavily gassed. also helps deter recognition through clothing.)

wound care supplies (band-aids, packets of neosporin packets or a similar antibiotic, alcohol wipes, etc.; if you can, decant bactine into those little travel bottles.)

a sharpie or another type of marker (for writing bail numbers or emergency contacts on arms, hands, etc. it’s not enough to have your city’s bail fund number stored on your phone; the police won’t give it to you to look it up. give people a marker so they can write it down, preferably not washable so it isn’t easily removed.)

IMPORTANT: KNOWING FIRST AID

tear gas: if you’re hit, get out as fast and as soon as you can. take anyone you can with you. the longer you’re in the gas, the harder it will be for you to see, and it can irritate your airways, making it hard to breathe. if you’re hit, don’t run; it’ll only make things worse on your lungs. when you leave the area, take a cold shower. don’t use hot water (it will only reactivate the agent); don’t bathe (it will only spread the CS around). (source 1) (source 2) (cdc fact sheet on tear gas)

move them to a clean and ventilated area where it’s as safe as possible.

ask them if they’re wearing contact lenses. have them remove it. if they’re wearing glasses, rinse it with water.

solution of half liquid antacid, half water. spray from the inside going out, with the head tilted back and slightly towards the side being rinsed. if they say it’s okay, open the eye slightly while doing this. (source)

bullet wounds: the most important thing is to stop the bleeding. be sure to check for an exit wound and cover that as well. treat both wounds, but treat the worse one first.

stop the bleed (youtube video by uc san diego health)

first aid in active shooting scenarios

making a tourniquet (a commercial tourniquet is best, but improvised ones can work as well if done properly; the most important things to remember is that tourniquets are for limb injuries and are not meant for the head or torso and that they have to be very tightly wound on the injury.)

how to apply pressure dressings

miscellaneous

adult cpr tutorial (youtube video by cincinnati children’s; think of “staying alive” by the beegees or “uptown funk”)

4. be a source of information

be responsible with this. people’s lives are at stake. that being said, the media is a fucking joke and the best way to get accurate information in a grassroots rebellion is amongst ourselves. record everything, but if you are going to share any information at all, be sure to blur people’s faces.

signal (encrypted messenger app; messages delete after x amount of time): app store | google play

tool for scrubbing metadata from images and selectively blurring identifiable features

tech tips to protect yourself while protesting (by rey.nbows on tiktok, via vicent_efl on twitter)

cop spotting 101 (google docs)

know your rights (by personachuu on twitter)

NUMBERS TO CALL FOR ARRESTED PROTESTORS (ALPHABETICAL ORDER; SOURCES LINKED TO THE NUMBER)

remember to keep phones OFF unless absolutely necessary. cell phone towers, stingrays, location notifs can all be used to track you and other protestors. don’t fuck around. if your phone must be on, keep it on airplane mode as often as possible and only communicate using encrypted methods. no, snapchat doesn’t count. (a twitter thread on stingrays, for those interested)

lawyers assisting protestors pro-bono (by riyakatariax on twitter)

atlanta: 404-689-1519

chicago: 773-309-1198

minneapolis: 612-444-2654

5. miscellaneous links and links for protestors

masterpost of petitions to sign, numbers to call, places to donate, and more (carrd by dehyedration on twitter)

#blacklivesmatter (google docs by ambivaIcnt on twitter; includes information on relevant events, other masterposts, lists of petitions and donation links, how to protest safely and protests to go to, and more)

george floyd action (google docs; includes information on apps to download, supplies to buy and donate, places to donate to, protest safety, resources on unlearning racial bias, and more)

how to get out of ziptie “handcuffs” (by finnianj on tiktok, via katzerax on twitter)

how can i help? by @abbiheartstaylor

how to make a signal-blocking cell phone pouch

tips for protestors by @aurora00boredealis

twitter thread for protestors (by vantaemuseum on twitter)

also, if you’re protesting, change your passcode. make it at least 11 characters long and don’t use facial/thumb recognition.

[bunny-rp-memes]

Reblog if you’re a roleplayer who suffers from anxiety

Sometimes, it’s not a lack of muse or short attention span or lack of time. Sometimes we’re too afraid to write out the reply we had in mind in fear it’s inadequate or written too fast. Then we send replies days, or even weeks, later that we had thought out in our mind since the beginning. 

[listsoflifehacks]

Genius Gardening Hacks

[letsmakethisfysickal-deactivate]

Just looking at this triggered my allergies tbh

[keybladesoras]

The Golden Age of Children’s TV, the 90’s.

[inlesbianswithistoria-deactivat]

Reblog if Ymir didn’t deserve to die

[as-warm-as-choco]

R.I.P. Joe Alaskey (1952-2016)… The voice of Bugs Bunny &  Daffy Duck passed away yesterday of cancer.

He was also the voice of Duck Dodgers, Tweety, Sylvester, Marvin the Martian, K-9, Droopy (on Tom & Jerry), Grandpa Lou Pickles (on Rugrats) and many more Warner Bros and many other characters… 

Thank you for providing your immortal voice….You legend… WE SHALL NEVER FORGET YOU… 

[tenderfirepaw]

Hates it when you buy a packaged item that practically requires an instruction manual and chainsaw to open -_-

[tenderfirepaw]

The Answer

Hate to say it but the episode just seemed rushed and didn’t impress me. I thought their (Ruby and Sapphire’s) relationship would take more time and work since that’s how Garnet made it sound when she talked to Greg. Also I wasn’t expecting them to fuse a second time and being able to hold it together when found by Pearl and Rose (like when Opal realized she didn’t have the beetle and turned back into Amethyst and Pearl).

I guess they’re playing the, one look and I’ve known you all my life, true love card.

But the humming ‘love’ (from the end of Stronger than you I believe) and turning into cotton candy Garnet was cute and very appropriate <3

[pieceofship]

I think I’m getting sick, throat hurts like hell and nose is snuffy :(

[tenderfirepaw]

Hope you feel better soon :( A hot shower might help with the nose and, if you can stand it, soda is a good way to get orange juice down when the throat feels icky.

[deadwatrd]

How to Care for a Friend with Avoidant Personality Disorder

First things first, try to understand their disorder. Take a few minutes to educate yourself, read the wiki page, figure out what it entails and what they’re suffering with. Find out what their individual symptoms are, because it varies from person to person. Avoidant Personality Disorder in short is a lifelong condition in which a person is incredibly shy and always feels inadequate or not good enough, and it’s an ultrasensitivity to criticism and rejection. Things that you say to other people that would probably be just fine may hurt us because of that ultrasensitivity. Things that aren’t meant as rejections and other people wouldn’t see as rejections feel like rejections. We look too much into everything, body language, where you sit, what you say and what you do and often interpret (incorrectly, usually) that you don’t want us around, and boom, rejection.

Some of the common symptoms are as follows:

Hypersensitivity to rejection/criticism

Self-imposed social isolation

Extreme shyness or anxiety in social situations, though the person feels a strong desire for close relationships

Avoids physical contact because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus

Feelings of inadequacy

Severe low self-esteem

Self-loathing

Mistrust of others

Emotional distancing from others

Highly self-conscious

Self-critical about their problems relating to others

Problems in occupational functioning

Lonely self-perception, although others may find the relationship with them meaningful

Feeling inferior to others

In some more extreme cases —agoraphobia

Utilizes fantasy as a form of escapism and to interrupt painful thoughts

Now, keep in mind not everyone with AvPD has all of these symptoms - for example, I’ve bolded the ones relevant to me. As you can see, it’s a good deal of them, though the severity of every symptom varies from person to person. My case isn’t nearly as bad as many other people - many people can’t ever leave their house to go to the supermarket, I’m not quite that bad.

All of this is official, DSM-approved talk. You also should try to understand what a toll it takes on us, and how awful it makes us feel. We know that we’re strange, or weird, or socially inept. We know that we shouldn’t be like this. We know it’s wrong, and we know that being anxious in most social situations is illogical, and we know that our avoidance is unjustified. We know all that, and it just makes us feel worse. Why can’t we be normal? Why can’t we be like everyone else? Why can’t we just go up to someone and strike a conversation? It takes a heavy toll every day.

Now, onto the main topic of this post, and the main question I’m answering: How to Care for and Help Someone with AvPD.

Show us that you care. Taking steps to try to understand what the disorder is, and then trying to find out how to help really means a lot in our eyes, a lot more than you could ever know, and if you do that we’ll be eternally grateful. 

Talk to us first. Start conversations with us, because we sure as hell can’t. Personally when someone I care about starts a conversation with me it makes my whole day, and it’s one of the easiest ways to show you care.

Same with making plans - most of the time, we won’t do it. We may really, really want to see you, and we may be really, really lonely, but we can’t simply text you and say “hey, wanna hang out?” because we feel like that would make us annoying.

If you have plans with one of us, never, never invite someone else along without talking to us about it first, even if it’s a close mutual friend, or someone you know we like, it’ll cause us heaps and heaps of anxiety. I cannot count the number of times this has been done to me, and the number of anxiety attacks it’s caused and plans I’ve backed out of last minute because of it.

On the topic of the above, never surprise us with a bunch of people. Surprise parties are a big no-no, and same with inviting us somewhere when we’re under the impression it’s just gonna be you and us and then having it turn out to be a whole bunch of people. This is especially bad if it’s a situation we can’t get out of.

Don’t bring them into situations you know they won’t be comfortable in without giving them warning first and telling them exactly what it’s gonna be. If you do this (or really any of the above things), it feels like a betrayal of trust, even though we know you didn’t mean it like that - it kinda ties into the whole ultrasensitivity to rejection thing.

Sometimes we just need a little break, or a little bit of a buffer between us and the situation - many people have many different things, I know I personally when I’m starting to get anxious will step behind whoever I’m with and stand relatively close to them, and that makes me feel like I’ve got a bit of a buffer, and I’m not directly in the eye of the public.

Understand why sometimes we don’t want to go out in public. Sometimes we don’t want to be around people - no, not don’t want to, can’t be around a bunch of people, or maybe a few particular people. That doesn’t mean we don’t like them, but social interaction is just exhausting sometimes.

Note one of the above points - extreme shyness in social situations, but a longing for close relationships. If you form a close friendship with us, value it, and know it’s probably one of the most important things to us. Sometimes we’ll form a relationship with someone that’s so close we don’t get anxiety around them anymore and can be around them anytime for however long, and that’s one of the most valuable things in the world to us.

Know that we don’t express affection very well - we may love you to death but we’ll never say it or show it simply because we don’t know how. We do though, we promise.

Please, respect our disorder. Don’t push social situations on us. Don’t guilt us into doing things that we aren’t comfortable with, because it really isn’t that hard. And most importantly, please, please don’t try to change us into something we’re not. There’s a difference between trying to help us feel better about ourselves and feel better in social situations, and trying to change us completely. Don’t cross that line.

[fluttersheep]

scienceofcatastrophe:

First things first, try to understand their disorder. Take a few minutes to educate yourself, read the wiki page, figure out what it entails and what they’re suffering with. Find out what their individual symptoms are, because it varies from person to person. Avoidant Personality Disorder in short is a lifelong condition in which a person is incredibly shy and always feels inadequate or not good enough, and it’s an ultrasensitivity to criticism and rejection. Things that you say to other people that would probably be just fine may hurt us because of that ultrasensitivity. Things that aren’t meant as rejections and other people wouldn’t see as rejections feel like rejections. We look too much into everything, body language, where you sit, what you say and what you do and often interpret (incorrectly, usually) that you don’t want us around, and boom, rejection.

Some of the common symptoms are as follows:

Hypersensitivity to rejection/criticism

Self-imposed social isolation

Extreme shyness or anxiety in social situations, though the person feels a strong desire for close relationships

Avoids physical contact because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus

Feelings of inadequacy

Severe low self-esteem

Self-loathing

Mistrust of others

Emotional distancing from others

Highly self-conscious

Self-critical about their problems relating to others

Problems in occupational functioning

Lonely self-perception, although others may find the relationship with them meaningful

Feeling inferior to others

In some more extreme cases —agoraphobia

Utilizes fantasy as a form of escapism and to interrupt painful thoughts

Now, keep in mind not everyone with AvPD has all of these symptoms - for example, I’ve bolded the ones relevant to me. As you can see, it’s a good deal of them, though the severity of every symptom varies from person to person. My case isn’t nearly as bad as many other people - many people can’t ever leave their house to go to the supermarket, I’m not quite that bad.

All of this is official, DSM-approved talk. You also should try to understand what a toll it takes on us, and how awful it makes us feel. We know that we’re strange, or weird, or socially inept. We know that we shouldn’t be like this. We know it’s wrong, and we know that being anxious in most social situations is illogical, and we know that our avoidance is unjustified. We know all that, and it just makes us feel worse. Why can’t we be normal? Why can’t we be like everyone else? Why can’t we just go up to someone and strike a conversation? It takes a heavy toll every day.

Now, onto the main topic of this post, and the main question I’m answering: How to Care for and Help Someone with AvPD.

Show us that you care. Taking steps to try to understand what the disorder is, and then trying to find out how to help really means a lot in our eyes, a lot more than you could ever know, and if you do that we’ll be eternally grateful. 

Talk to us first. Start conversations with us, because we sure as hell can’t. Personally when someone I care about starts a conversation with me it makes my whole day, and it’s one of the easiest ways to show you care.

Same with making plans - most of the time, we won’t do it. We may really, really want to see you, and we may be really, really lonely, but we can’t simply text you and say “hey, wanna hang out?” because we feel like that would make us annoying.

If you have plans with one of us, never, never invite someone else along without talking to us about it first, even if it’s a close mutual friend, or someone you know we like, it’ll cause us heaps and heaps of anxiety. I cannot count the number of times this has been done to me, and the number of anxiety attacks it’s caused and plans I’ve backed out of last minute because of it.

On the topic of the above, never surprise us with a bunch of people. Surprise parties are a big no-no, and same with inviting us somewhere when we’re under the impression it’s just gonna be you and us and then having it turn out to be a whole bunch of people. This is especially bad if it’s a situation we can’t get out of.

Don’t bring them into situations you know they won’t be comfortable in without giving them warning first and telling them exactly what it’s gonna be. If you do this (or really any of the above things), it feels like a betrayal of trust, even though we know you didn’t mean it like that - it kinda ties into the whole ultrasensitivity to rejection thing.

Sometimes we just need a little break, or a little bit of a buffer between us and the situation - many people have many different things, I know I personally when I’m starting to get anxious will step behind whoever I’m with and stand relatively close to them, and that makes me feel like I’ve got a bit of a buffer, and I’m not directly in the eye of the public.

Understand why sometimes we don’t want to go out in public. Sometimes we don’t want to be around people - no, not don’t want to, can’t be around a bunch of people, or maybe a few particular people. That doesn’t mean we don’t like them, but social interaction is just exhausting sometimes.

Note one of the above points - extreme shyness in social situations, but a longing for close relationships. If you form a close friendship with us, value it, and know it’s probably one of the most important things to us. Sometimes we’ll form a relationship with someone that’s so close we don’t get anxiety around them anymore and can be around them anytime for however long, and that’s one of the most valuable things in the world to us.

Know that we don’t express affection very well - we may love you to death but we’ll never say it or show it simply because we don’t know how. We do though, we promise.

Please, respect our disorder. Don’t push social situations on us. Don’t guilt us into doing things that we aren’t comfortable with, because it really isn’t that hard. And most importantly, please, please don’t try to change us into something we’re not. There’s a difference between trying to help us feel better about ourselves and feel better in social situations, and trying to change us completely. Don’t cross that line.

[tenderfirepaw]

...Well. I wish my psychologist would have told me this.. But it makes so much sense.. :(

[christmaszombies-deactivated201]

Reblog if you make up stories in your head of your favourite show/pairings when you're in bed at night.

[the-master-yen-sid-deactivated2]

[rain-czine-deactivated20190920]

SINCE I WAS 11

[nocasdatsgay]

SINCE I COULD BREATHE

[neuroticdragon]

I MOSTLY DO THIS WITH MY OCS, BUT STILL…

[castorochiaro]

I mostly come up with smut but still

[anxiousmonster-deactivated20151]

#sometimes I also torture myself by coming up with stories so sad I actually start crying

I also plot revenges and plan character deaths…

[megustavengers-deactivated20130]

FUCK YEAH I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE

[anotherhttydlover]

im glad im not the only one

[wingedarcher1-deactivated201602]

Hell, that’s when I get my best ideas.

[juliethenerd-deactivated2018122]

MY WHOLE LIFE

[classicdaisycalico]

SINCE I WAS 7 MAN

[sonicstarss]

THIS IS WHY I “GO TO SLEEP EARLY” ON PURPOSE

[hollylu-ships-it]

*laughs hysterically* You call that role play?! You’ve never had a great story until you’ve role played by yourself.

[tenderfirepaw]

Think about and dream about

which can get a a little awkward... 0///0

[starrynerd]

Reblog if you've actually SEEN the movie "The Aristocats"

[tinysenpai-deactivated20140611]

[alphatrifemale-deactivated20171]

Let’s see who’s over 18

[foxymcboxy]

I watched it so many times, I burnt out the VHS.

[briittrobertson]

You know shit got real when someone pulled out the term, ‘VHS’.

[bando--grand-scamyon]

LOL YES

[makeitearlgrey]

I remember seeing the ads for this on the “coming soon” ads when dvds were first a thing.

[plain-ol-starry-eyed-me]

EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A CAT

[rainboeray-deactivated20170104]

LADIES DONT START FIGHTS BUT THEY CAN FINISH THEM

[tenderfirepaw]

Mama, he did it again.

[blackpowwer-blog]

REBLOG: go to your blog and click the egg to see what hatches

[jinglepancakebells]

I got Sonic the Hedgehog.

Sonic the fucking Hedgehog.

Maybe I cracked the egg too fast.

[crystalmikii-deactivated0417201]

I got Rogue Titan gettin’ krunk. I was not disappointed.

[shirtnapkin]

OH MY GOD I GOD EREN IN TITAN FORM TWERKING

[prince-bat]

aHHHHH THIS IS WHAT I GOT IM sO HAPPY

[tenderfirepaw]

hmm

[tenderfirepaw]

Reblog

if you don’t know whether to give your heart to someone who shares your passions and understands everything you do

or 

someone who loves you, and accepts everything about you even though you are not the same

[tenderfirepaw]

When your enemy has two faces, strike a deal with both.

~Killjoy~