Hedonist

it sucks that the overwhelming majority of medical messaging around salt/sodium is "evil poisonous substance that you're definitely already eating way too much of," because like. you do still need it. (trust me, as a POTS-haver, I've had to completely rewire my own brain about salt.) and you need more salt when the entire northern hemisphere is hot enough to fry an egg on. ever tried sucking down the recommended 64oz of hydration per day entirely as water, only to find you're peeing constantly without any of the purported benefits of being "hydrated"? assuming you don't have another medical condition that causes frequent urination, your body probably needed more salt/electrolytes to be able to hold onto that water and make use of it. if there was ever a time to keep a sports drink/pedialyte/etc within constant reach, it's when the heat index is 110°F/43°C.

Best part of being in a small fandom is when you’re reading a nasty smutty fanfic on ao3 and you go to hit kudos and you see one of your mutuals’ user names in the kudos list and you’re just like 😈 hehe you were also here. Pervert.

it really is quite bad for your military to have an image of itself as a warrior class. what you really want is for your soldiers to think of themselves as boring professionals who will fill out a report form if someone gets a little too warrior ethos out there

Just saw the interview where Curry Barker explained that it's totally possible to get a normal wish from the One Wish Willow, and I love the way they did that so much. The reason Obsession happened isn't because it's trying to twist Bear's desires into something evil. It's not even because he phrased his want wrong. Obsession happened because Bear got his hands on a magic item that could do anything in existence, and chose to force someone to fall in love with him, which is an inherently evil thing to do.

the fact bear only tried to cancel his wish after being told he couldn’t alter it (and, seemingly, because he was uncertain about how real nikki’s love actually was) - instead of wanting to do that from the start, as soon as it was clear that something was wrong with nikki - makes me so, so devastated for her. it’s clear he was more concerned with what he was getting out of the wish, rather than the detrimental effect it was having. and like, everyone could tell something was up with nikki, it’s not as if it wasn’t clear. him hanging up the phone as soon as nikki is out on the line (screaming) is so symbolic of how he is completely ignoring how he is ruining her life throughout the film

Thinking about the potential of cat motif. I mean whenever a characters compared to a cat in story its almost exclusively a joke, but like. Character that says no and nobody really listens, and then is surprised and offended by them clawing their way out. Character who doesn't want to be alone, just wants autonomy and the door to always be open, but they can't seem to have that. Character who isn't an attack dog, just brings unwanted gruesome things to your doorstep, not out of anything other than care and thinking you're not hunting for yourself well enough. Character who is extremely aware of their shape and size and exactly how much power they have, even if they may act like they have more or less depending on the circumstances. Character who people expect to act and enjoy a certain way and take them as an asshole when using a framework that doesnt even remotely apply to them. Characters who are always the lesser to "dogs." Characters with self respect sometimes to being absolutely certain what theyre doing is Fine and Correct and the person moving them out of the way doesnt understand. Characters who live in their own world, and their "human" isnt their master they're the house they wandered into, decided this human was Theirs now and would provide for them and refused to leave. Characters who are selfish but devastatingly loving. Characters whos idea of affection is just looking at you and quietly relishing in your presence before walking away. Characters who either want no attention or will attach themselves to your hip until theyve decided theyve had enough. I think there's some untapped potential here. I think more characters should be cats.