Genuine Night Fury Of A Woman

Vermilion Cardinal (Cardinalis phoeniceus), male, family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes, La Guajira, Colombia

Let's see which fandom Tumblr will erase...!

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Mixed results from the Americans because this shit is legal in only 30 states and almost impossible to get past a zoning committee so while they exist, they're extremely localized. Lots of yelling at Ohio.

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Saskatchewan: "What's insane to me is that you have these with the population density you have. What am I going to hit in Turtleford?"

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Bahia and Sao Paulo: "I'm stunned we don't have these tbh."

Prague: "We have these in my city, but only for boats."

Manaus: "My uncle has one of these! He also has a window on the other side so you can drive your boat up too :)"

(much Brazilian and Czech high-fiving)

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Brisbane: "There's an astonishing level of trust being displayed that people aren't just going to open a beer immediately"

Tallahassee: "Oh no, there is 100% cop camped like half a mile down the road to arrest people who didn't stow the booze correctly."

Brisbane: "Oh it's an invasive policing operation! Yeah, that's the USA."

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Newcastle: "No, this looks correct for the country that has bears breaking into your house". (The Australians and Africans have a bit where every time someone mentions their wildlife, they mass @me (who had a bear in my house) and the guy from Singapore whose mom adopted a wild water monitor and says it's her favorite son now)

The aforementioned Singaporean: "How am I exposed to an onslaught of your media and culture at all times and you STILL find new ways to horrify me?"

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Vatican City: "You can ride your bike through the brewery to get beer but the abbot in charge doesn't like it"

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Jakarta: "We don't have this because we're Muslim but we do have drive-thru Marijuana"

Kyoto: "We don't have these because we have public transportation. You can buy liquor from vending machines at the stations though."

Munich: "We don't have these because we are disciplined enough to pack our beer with us if we are going somewhere that drinking is acceptable, or there will be beer at that location when we arrive."

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India: "Why have drive-thru Liquor, when you can have liquor delivered to your vehicle? GET ON OUR LEVEL" (no less than nine different images from across the country of people in trucks that have been specifically modified to operate the business of driving up to other vehicles in traffic and selling them liquor)

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Pudasjävi: "...I should open one of these."

Everyone: "NO!!!"

when I say fanfic writers can write whatever they want, however they want, I include antis too.

so the only thing I don’t agree with you here is “ooc slop”. ooc is not “slop”. nothing is “slop” as long as it’s written with love and the person who writes it enjoys it. I may not agree with antis’ opinions, but I will never resort to insulting their fics just because I don’t agree with their views or their characterization of the characters.

there’s nothing wrong with ooc. canon is only a suggestion anyway. how much of it a writer will follow, if any, is entirely up to them. and the fun part about writing fanfics is that writers have full freedom to write whatever they want, however they want, so if someone only enjoys writing fluff, then that does not mean their fluff fic is less than other writers’ taboo fics.

more often than not, an ooc fic is just a fic written by someone who interprets the character differently from how you interpret them. but that doesn’t mean their way of interpreting the character is wrong. it doesn’t mean your way of interpreting the same character is wrong either. two people can interpret the same character differently, and both interpretations are valid. fanfic is literally “this is my own version/my own interpretation of the character I love”, therefore there is no wrong way to write/interpret it.

but even if someone deliberately writes an ooc fic, that still doesn’t mean their fic is less than other fics. ooc is fun. you got to explore new sides of the character that aren’t shown in canon.

a lot of people who are proship love ooc fics.

a lot of people who are proship love lighter versions of fanfics about their favorite characters.

a lot of people who are proship do NOT like dark fics.

and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with their preferences.

Not only are you stifling creativity!!! But you make people self-conscious about their writing!!! Like, every time someone tells me that my writing was in-character/they like my characterization, I'm like "OH THANK FUCK. PHEW." Because people act like its some unforgivable sin to write OOC. Frankly I think stifling creativity is the bigger sin.

The fire alarm went off at school today because of a mistake, but your teachers did the right thing to take you outside to be sure it was safe.

Some people use wheelchairs because their legs don’t walk very well. It can happen because they are old and tired, or because they got hurt, or because they were born that way.

Your Uncle Jerod talked to mom and dad, and wants you to call her Aunt Kari now. We will call her Kari too, and we can all practice together if it takes some getting used to.

Anticipate age-appropriate fears the child might have so you can assuage those that are not a threat.

Yes, Kitty died at the vet, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not safe for Puppy to go to the vet.

Yes, Peyton and Jo are getting a divorce, but they are both still part of our family and love you very much.

Yes, Grandma has cancer, but cancer is not contagious, so you are not going to get cancer by visiting her.

Anticipate fears that are realistic, and give the child clear direction about what to do, and what happens next.

If someone asks you to get in their car without permission, find Mom, Mama, or a teacher and tell them right away. We will make sure you are safe.

If Sparky’s sickness makes him hurt very badly, we are going to take him to the vet and she will give him some medicine, and he will die, but then he won’t hurt any more. Because Sparky is very sick, we are going to spend some special time with him over the next few days.

If the fire alarm goes off at school again, follow the teacher’s directions. If the fire alarm goes off and you are somewhere alone, go outside, and ask a grownup to call 911.

Reassure the child that they’re safe and loved, validate their feelings, and see if they have follow-up questions. Give them the option to take space to process, or to stay near you to feel safe.

I’m sad about Sparky too. Do you think we could make his favorite peanut-butter treats, while we are spending special time with him?

I understand why Grandma’s cancer makes you feel angry. It doesn’t seem fair that people we love get sick. Would you like a hug?

Maybe this where all life is from. Is that crazy? Yeah. So... So what? Maybe we're cousins.