To Destroy Is To Create

It can also be found on Google Drive here and on Bluesky here.

canon is what happens in the text. e.g. merlin tries to poison morgana

a headcanon is a fact that you have personally made up as an elaboration of canon. it is your invention. e.g. i think morgana and gwen had a teenage lesbian situationship before the events of canon. or, i think modern morgana would love evanesence.

an interpretation is how one reads the existing text. it is not an invented fact nor is it a headcanon, it is a reading. e.g. i think merlin tries to poison morgana out of misplaced self-hatred. or, i think that one line was delivered with suppressed malice and shows a nuanced relationship.

fanon is the general fandom’s accepted headcanons and interpretations that elaborate or recontextualize canon. e.g. merlin is a badass waif and morgana is a bitch.

Tiger found caged in abandoned home gets second chance at wildlife sanctuary: ‘He seems to be so happy’

The estimated 350-pound tiger was transported to the facility, an affiliate of the Humane Society of the United States, on Wednesday afternoon, and is settling in well, Almrud said. There, he will have the chance to roam in enclosures of up to three acres.

Almrud, who estimates him to be about 2 years old, described the moment he first walked onto the grass at the sanctuary as remarkable.

“It was just amazing to see him walk out on grass and to see him explore and have that freedom of movement,” she said. “It was just such a reward and fulfilling to us.”

Now, he spends his days rolling around the grass in glee, Almrud said.

“He comes right up to the fence every time a staff member is present,” she said. “He seems very amenable to our presence.”

The tiger is eating well – a combination of chicken, humanely raised non-processed beef and whole prey complete with organs and bones. It appears that he was being fed chicken, which is what owners of exotic cats often feed them, but chicken alone does not provide the complete nutrition they need to thrive, Almrud said.

In addition, caregivers are tasked with keeping the tiger mentally stimulated by creating “pretend hunting” games and rotating him through different areas so he has access to new smells and environments to explore.

“He seems to happy and content,” Almrud said. “Our staff is just falling in love with him.”

His name is Loki now! In June he celebrated his 7th birthday at the sanctuary where he lives and thrives. Here’s a few pics of the boy:

He escaped his cage

Yes

YES

The tiger is out

as long as you smile and nod, people are satisfied. it’s just to show that you are nice and there with good intentions. we’re small in a big world and have to rely on other people to be decent to us. so we do our little human dance to each other to say, “i’m not here to hurt you. here’s something we have in common, like the weather or sports or itchy sweaters, so we both know we’re on the same team. we both agree on a basic fact, like that it is rainy or that being itchy is uncomfortable, and this proves we can get along. i’m being light-hearted and non-threatening right now.”

small talk isn’t to get to know a person. it’s just a greeting to affirm you’re buddies in the universe.

1 - the geese in the background show that the fake coyote doesn't deter geese

inspired by the slowly dissolving sticker on my tablet lmfao

I think it must be, at least partially, because, people hate the imperfect victim. Its easy for so many people to sympathize with someone who never lashed out. Less so for people to sympathize with people who are angry and lash out. Even though its a perfectly sensible reaction to being hurt over and over. I'm sure most people would like to think they would simply never.

Some kids who experienced trauma would react by becoming violent, disruptive, and rageful.

This is an inherently normal and natural response for a creature to have. Attacking and fighting for survival is inherently something most animals sometimes do, it's fundamental and will always happen sometimes

But children that are violent, disruptive, hateful of authority, or angry are labeled as "bad" and are punished for it, and the label of "bad" is not just temporary but lasts a long time, as though there is something fundamentally wrong with the child

So, I thought, a child's value in the world and whether they deserve to be helped is judged in this harsh, punitive way, based on whatever natural survival response happened to pop out of them

And I thought, that is grotesque. It means that a certain fraction of traumatized kids will not be helped, but instead be considered "bad," because of basically a biological thing that their body had to do to survive.

Also it is a good point about perpetrator trauma. People are very caught up in the idea that PTSD means the same thing as being a victim, or that you have to be "innocent" to be traumatized. And many people think that people that are not "innocent" are not really traumatized, they just act like they are to get sympathy.

But in reality people can get PTSD from killing another person or torturing them or harming them in another way. Committing that violent act against another person is very devastating emotionally and mentally.

And sometimes people think that perpetrators don't deserve help for their trauma, as if trauma is a punishment for doing something bad.

Tw for self harm mention

Both Sanji and Usopp get the jolly roger tattooed over old self harm scars.

Usopp did his during the time skip with pigments he made from the plants on the island(Heracles'n taught him, and he had a sewing needle in his bag he used). His is on his forearm

Sanji asked Usopp to do his after Wano. It's on his thigh.

Usopp becomes the default tattoo artist of the crew, luckily he bought a tattoo machine when they returned from the Time skip

Nami's stomach still turns at the thought of getting another jolly roger tattooed, but she does have Usopp give her some waves and storm clouds on the arm beneath her pinwheel tree

Nami also has a navel piercing and a cartilage piercing on each ear(the more jewelry she can wear the more emergency cash she can have on her)

Robin never had a piercing before she joined the crew, not wanting something that would make her easier to identify, also she never had anyone she could trust to do it.

Nami convinces her to get her ears pierced since now she's protected with the crew(besides it's a basic piercing most women have, it won't single her out the way Zoro's does to him)

Robin does not get any tattoos though.

Usopp once asks Franky is his stars count as tattoos or branding, and Franky never gives him a straight answer

Brook admits he used to have a tattoo, but refuses to say what or where it was.

It was a matching tramp stamp that him and Yorki got together while drunk

Chopper is disappointed that he can't get a tattoo, so Nami gives him a piercing in his ear. (He considered getting a nose ring, but he's become very proud of his blue nose since joining the crew)

Vivi has a nose piercing. The ring she wears undercover/on the run is very subtle but she has an ornate piece she wears when she's home as Princess.

Zoro does not get anymore piercings but does get the Jolly Roger tattooed on his back, because the crew has pushed him farther than he could have ever gotten alone, and he wants to honor them

Jimbe also gets it tattooed on his back, so that it's opposite his sun mark. So that he has both his families around him.

Sanjis tongue piercing from the live action is canon to me.

Usopp gets his nipples pierced

Luffy gets ASL tattooed on his arm, with the A crossed out, to honor his brothers

the straw hats!!