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I recently realised that since I moved into this new house about a year and a half ago I’ve mentioned I have cats now, but never really talked about them or shared pictures¿? Which could be in part because finally living in a house where I actually liked my housemates meant that I spent a lot less time being a hermit in my room and therefore using tumblr a lot less, but is still AN UNFORGIVABLE CRIME BECAUSE THEY ARE MY CHILDREN AND I WOULD DIE FOR EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM AND THEY SHOULD BE SHOUTED ABOUT FROM EVERY MOUNTAINTOP!!!!!!!

So to put a remedy to that, here’s an in-depth series of all the BEANS I’ve shared a house with, which is a ludicrous amount of Beans, because we foster cats for charity on top of my housemate’s permanent two :D

This was originally going to be just one long masterpost, but I quickly realised that was not gonna be an option when I wanted to post 80 pictures and write an ode to every single cat, so now it’s gonna be a series spread into 10 different posts, with the potential for more as we keep on fostering new cats :p

For the first entry:

The Queen, The Pokky Bean

I don’t know why, but I woke up and just thought about Jimmy and instantly made the connection, like two seconds after gaining consciousness. It was such a revelation, man :D

It explains so much though, why Amelia looked so different the next time we saw her. It’s because the zero matter absorbed all of her alternate universe selves, and impostor imprints where left in their place :P 

Episode I

I liked this one when I first watched it as a kid and I still like it when I rewatched it now :) Some things now I can appreciate differently than I remembered, like for example the fact that the story is a little dull for an action film (which personally I still love anyway, because hell yeah for exploring the worldbuilding in sci-fi and fantasy stories, but I can understand why some people disliked it in this particular franchise), and jar jar, who I used to like when I was a kid, is actually quite annoying and not really that efficient as comedy relief unless you’re a kid tbh :P I liked mini!Ani even more than I liked him when I was a kid, and the race scene was still cool as hell, and a little reminiscent of video games which I loved :) I was completely in love with Padme when I first watched the films, and now I loved her even more if that’s even possible, because what an amazing badass and intelligent queen and leader and you go bby you rock that possition of power *hearteyes* Also the scenery is A+

Episode II AKA Holy Forced Heteronormativity Batman

Okay, eerrrrmmm, what a turd :P I used to like this one, even if it was my least fave from the three prequels, I still thought it was cool... But oh boy... I’m always amazed by this society’s power to make you grow up overappreciating mediocre white dudes, because holy shit, I actually used to think that Hayden Fishfacen made a really good job¿? He’s such an annoying whiny brat throughout the whole film, but not in a “Anakin is supposed to be an annoying whiny brat in this film and he’s doing a great portrayal of that” kinda way, but more like “Anakin is an annoying brat but you too Hayden what the hell shut up¿? Why is your face doing that¿? Stop.” Which is of course not terribly good for an actor to make you feel :P Also the heteronormativity, eewwwwww, completely forced and unnatural, even less chemistry than in a club of snobbish literature academics who’re bitter and condescending about science :P The pacing and story was also all over the place tbh. There were still a couple of good things I can apreciate though: The droids of course are perf as usual, the scene where they fight against those creatures in the arena is still super cool, and ALL THAT TIME THEY SPEND ON NABOO HOLY SHIT. I WANT A THREE HOUR LONG DOCUMMENTARY JUST WALKING AROUND THE STREETS OF NABOO AND SHOWING ALL ITS ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE AND HISTORY PLEASE AND THANK IT’S THE MOST GORGEOUS THING EVER :D

Episode III

I really used to love this one and I STILL FUCKING LOVE IT :D Tbh a tie between this one and ep VI for my favourite of the franchise :D Hayden Fishfacen actually does a decent enough job for most of this one tbh, only a few times does he make me feel the usual awkwardness and second hand embarrasment, and all the scenes where he’s turning into Darth Vader, after Palpatine has baptised him as such, are just bloody superb tbh :D I do have a complaint about this one though, and it’s that my dear bby badass Padme spends the whole of it literally just sitting down being pregnant and worrying about Anakin. That’s it, that’s her role. Because everybody knows that once you get pregnant you stop being a person and simply become a walking incubator. A sitting incubator in this case. At least in the original script there was a political subplot for her to make her role more interesting, but even that was deleted in the edition process, so whatever, not even that, just a whole film of sad sighs and uneventful pregnancy until it is her turn to die for manpain.

Episode IV

This one is okay, it’s enjoyable, and it’s like “yay I’m watching Star Wars which is such a meaningful nerd thing!”, but as a film on its own it falls a little flat and tends to fail a little at making me emotionally invested tbh? :/ Like, the story is good, and the worldbuilding is good, and BOY DO I LOVE THAT LEIA IS SET UP AS A POOR DAMSELL IN DISTRESS AND COMPLETELY TURNS THAT ON ITS HEAD :D But all the emotional beats of the film felt a little lacklustre¿? Like:

“Your whole life and all the family you’ve ever known and your home have just been burned to the ground, with only a couple of charred skeletons left for show” And they don’t even show Luke’s grief for a second¿? He’s like, “oh, okay, that sucks. Welp, I guess I’ll just go with this old dude then, there’s nothing for me here anyway, meeeeh, who cares, look at all the grief I’m not really shown feeling, at all”

“Your home planet and all its millions/billions of inhabitants have just been destroyed forever. This is a completely horrifying act that really establishes what horrible villains we are” But we never see anything of Alderaan, or of Leia’s relationship with anyone there, or even a simple reaction shot from Leia¿? It’s just like “look at this blue ball here, now we press a button, whoops it’s gone, let’s move on”. So, I mean, objectively speaking the destruction of a planet is a horrible thing, but nothing in this scene shows the gravity of the act or why we’re supposed to care¿?

In honest trailers they describe the fight between Obi Wan and Vader as “two old geezers gently pok[ing] at each other” and tbh yeah¿? and the dialogue has no gravitas either, so Obi Wan’s death is just kinda dull¿? For a satisfying emotionally charged fight between Obi Wan and Anakin I much prefer the one in ep III tbh *ducks to avoid the flying tomatoes*

Also I had no idea the Death Star was destroyed in the first film, I thought it was the main enemy through the whole trilogy :P

Episode V

This is the one that actually got me emotionally engaged with the originals :D The story gets a little slow around the middle, but who cares, because I love it anyway, and the characters are great :D  I really fucking love Yoda playing the part of the senile crazy old fuck at first, one of the most hilarious things ever XD And the emotional weight of Darth Vader’s reveal is fucking great, the scene where Luke is hanging from that antenna and waiting for Leia to come back is one of the most heartbreaking things ever.

Episode VI

Hello, yes, I’d like to declare that Ewoks are the most adorable little balls of beligerence in the whole universe :D Apart from the whole thing with Jabba the hut, which personally I found slightly boring, I’d also like to reiterate that this is one of my two favourite films on the saga :D It’s perfect, I love that so much of it takes place on a planet, which is great for more worldbuilding, and one as entertaining as the one with the Ewoks ^^ Also, I had no idea Anakin got redeemed¿? I wasn’t expecting that, I always thought Darth Vader died a villain, but all the father-son scenes were bloody beautiful, and a very pleasant surprise ;u; And I’m always a sucker for Anakin angst tbh :P I always found it annoying that the jedi kept insisting that repressing your feelings and turning a blind eye to them is the way to virtue, because if there’s one thing I’ve learnt in therapy to deal with all my anxiety and depression, it’s that feelings need to be acknowledged, and I need to allow myself to feel them and not feel guilty about negative emotions, because they’re normal and a fundamental part of a balanced emotional health, and constantly bottling them up just drives you crazy and makes you get worse. So Luke allowing himself to feel all the negative things, and still dealing with them in a healthy way and coming out of it even more strongly in the light side, was a real breath of fresh air and beautiful to watch ;u;

Episode VII

Meanwhile in my living room I was the happiest person on earth, but I was also in deep shock, and my head couldn't get around the fact that I HAD JUST SEEN A KISS BETWEEN DEAN AND CAS AND ONE OF THE MOST ROMANTIC THINGS EVER. So of course I started walking around and constantly asking my sister for reasurance, like, "did you see that too? I DIDN'T DREAM IT, RIGHT? DEAN AND CAS ACTUALLY KISSED ON SCREEN, FINALLY????" because I seriously couldn't believe it, and my sister was like "yeah dude, it really happened, believe it", and I was still in super shock, but I started believing it, and I went to tumblr for even further confirmation, and everyone was gifing and screaming about it, AND I WAS SO INCREDIBLY FUCKING HAPPY ;U; ;U; ;U;

I WAS SO DAMN HAPPY THAT THE STRENGTH OF THE EMOTION LITERALLY made me wake up in Manchester and now I'm sad and I feel robbed because the dream felt so absolutely real??????? It's been a few hours and I'm still so sad ;n: ;n; ;n;

Hi, nonnie! :) 

I know that people with social anxiety can do it, because I myself am hella socially anxious, and was super anxious and depressed during the two previous hunts, and still managed to surprise myself with how much I did :) During the hunt I did feel the strain of anxiety at times, and I got somewhat stressed out because I thought I wasn’t doing enough, or that some of my submissions were a bit mediocre, or stuff like that, but in the end the fun outweighed the anxiety by far, and I finished the hunt really satisfied and proud of my achievements :) There are also tons of items that you can do on your own or with the help of just some other person, so if you’re worried about having to talk to other people to get the items done, you can leave those to other teammamtes and focus on the ones that don’t force you out of your comfort zone (though I personally recommend forcing yourself to be slightly uncomfortable, because the results are super satisfying, but it is of course up to you and there’s nothing wrong with playing it safe <3<3<3). I think that, even if your anxiety may give you a bit of a hard time at certain points during the hunt, in the end it’s more than worth it because the good stuff really makes up for the little bad :)

And how time consuming it is is entirely up to you :) I for example was unemployed and had lots of free time, so I chose to devote a huge chunk of time to it. But there were also people in my team who worked eight hour shifts, and they did what they could with the little free time they had, and that was alright too, because after all you’re not doing this on your own, it’s the added contributions of fifteen different people and lots of others who may help them, and every little bit helps. So yeah, how much time you devote to it is entirely your decision :)