Let Me Sleep

(secret bonus: the other side of her tag)

it’s been a few weeks, I suppose we should check up on the AHSGSHGAFB?!

ajdhf.

well that’s just,,,

REXCELLENT

HELL

YES

HELL

FUCKING

YES.

HAIL TO THE QUEEN

LONG MAY SHE REIGN!

this year we’re doing a much-beloved character from classic literature, “Dracula with inappropriate straw hat”

thanks everyone, may your weens be hollow and your candy be many!

Jon Snow - my hot take is that people are very delusional and wrong about Jon. It’s not that he’s too “honorable” or “good” to use pocket sand in a fight coz he’s definitely not above using dirty tricks. But you gotta ask, which Jon is it? Agot-acok!Jon is def not using pocket sand because he thinks it’s dishonorable and a coward’s weapon. Asos!Jon is 8/10 gonna use pocket sand because fuq honor. Adwd and beyond!Jon is 0/10….he’s got something far more devious in his pockets - broken shards of glass.

Dany - yeah she’s using it, 7/10. She’s a smart girl. Like her actions in Astapor and Meereen show that she’s not above using dirty tricks to get ahead. Now how much pocket sand is she willing to use and against who? That’s the question…I can see her hesitating if her opponent is a small child.

Arya - for sure using pocket sand 10/10. There’s no denying it. She’s actually studied which types of sand are the best suited for different situations. But she’s quick enough that people don’t know what happened until she’s far away.

Bran - he doesn’t even know what pocket sand is so 0/10

Sansa - she knows what pocket sand is but she’s usually not willing to use it because it gets her clothes and hands dirty. If she’s really pushed…maybe? 2/10 but she’d gladly watch someone else do it

Robb - oh 20/10 using it no doubt. He’s been pushing Jon to get on the pocket sand trend for years to no avail

Theon - went with Robb to the pocket sand factory for a boys’ date out. 20/10 using it and with RELISH

Ned Stark - knows what pocket sand is, is unwilling to use it himself, but will turn the other way when he sees his buddy whip it out 0/10

Cat - yeah she’s using it, I’m not willing to debate over this 10/10

Davos - um yeah 10/10 using it….look sometimes you have to use all the tools available to you to survive

Jaime - trick question because which Jaime? Pre-hand chop Jaime? Won’t use it on principle. It’s cowardly and stupid. Post-hand chop Jaime? Yeah….he’s using it because he has to so 8/10

Brienne - look she doesn’t want to use it, but a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do 6/10

Pod - *confused* “why would anyone carry sand in their pockets to a fight?” 0/10

Howland Reed - was actually the one who invented the best sand for it and is mass producing it. Probably used it to defeat Arthur Dayne 100/10

Meera - come on, she’s swamp person and howland’s kid so 20/10 using pocket sand

Bronn - involved in an MLM to sell pocket sand 100/10

Camilo: ".....huh! normally I would get yelled at for that.....Bruno's got it easy now I need to do this more often!"

Bruno: "yea it's pretty great"

Spoiler: [on the phone] “yes, OSHA?”

Batman and Red Hood leaping roof to roof while being shot at

Twice: You yelled “shut up” at a thunderstorm and it happened to dissipate. It was purely coincidence. You have no power.

This particular shark is calm, relaxed, and having fun. If it wasn’t, not only would the diver have not interacted with the shark in the first place, the shark would also swim off or be violently flicking its tail about. This is also a female and, honestly, the way she’s responding to the diver is more like a bit of casual courting and “okay I guess this is how this one tries to mate huh but hey he’s not biting me to hold on so this is cool”.

The thing about sharks is they can have fun and they are curious. Most shark bites are curiosity bites (think baby shoving everything in their mouths bc “huh what’s this”) and this shark is able to know that this particular human has no desire to hurt her, is happy to swim about with her, and basically the weird dancing is just entertainment.

It’s difficult sometimes, I think, for people to see this sort of thing and not think “that animal is being exploited!” when this is a form of enrichment for the animal. Fish especially are a challenge to provide enrichment for sometimes, just because they’re not like big cats or wolves or other animals like mammals and reptiles. They don’t have hands, feet, or paws. You can’t enrich a sharks life just with things they can bite, not when sharks also are willing to swim close to divers, bump against stuff, swim alongside, breach the surface with their heads to look above the water, and so on.

This right here is honestly a great way to entertain the shark and also give her something non-stressful and not too unusual for her to adapt to (I’m not kidding about the weird and bitey way sharks uhm… make more sharks).