Some FlygonHG Memes

I miss a vision of shadows so much, avos would never put tawnypelt and crowfeather together, avos had good writing, avos was the best arc, bring back whoever was writing avos.

I'm seeing a lot more posts of people getting excited about Jinshi manhandling MaoMao, from the blatant sexual position in the frog scene to the way the touches her face and shoves honey into her mouth and that one kiss on the neck.

Some are happy and delving into how this or that part of the interaction is indicating their true feelings and how Jinshi is wearing down Maomao to understanding she likes him too.

Some are unhappy and saying it's noncon and uncomfortable and Jinshi is being a bad guy overstepping and wielding his authority to take advantage.

Personally, I think both are true in their own way and false in their own way, but more importantly: Jinshi's actions are interesting as a look into his psyche.

I definitely don't think Jinshi has any ill-intent toward Maomao. He likes her and is pulling pigtails essentially, but he ISN'T actually pulling pigtails. He's shoving his honey covered fingers in her mouth and making overly sexual bedroom eyes to distract her from him sneaking a snack off her plate. He's also very much backing off whenever Maomao signals a no and doesn't repeat things that have clearly made her uncomfortable and their relationship is slowly improving as a result.

Jinshi is a guy who, from quite a young age, has been tasked to pretend to be a eunuch and dangle himself in front of the royal harem to test their loyalty to the emperor they serve and weed out those who are willing to stray.

Jinshi is a guy who, during his formative years was suppressed and denied all his wants, then exactly when he's going into puberty was given sex-suppressing drugs to pretend to be a eunuch and told to be flamboyantly appealing to women.

Jinshi is a guy who's been encouraged and given success and praised for being overly sexual in a way he may or may not actually be comfortable with at all, while also being forced to have all proper appearance of being not sexual at all.

Jinshi is a guy who has been placed in charge of the royal harem, and in doing so has been basically given the duties of his brother-father's WIFE in managing his sexual affairs behind closed doors until he actually marries.

Jinshi has ISSUES.

He doesn't, actually, know how to act with a person he likes. Not as a friend who isn't a caretaker and definitely not as a lover. He's working his way through that with his relationship with Maomao (friendship first) - and she's actually the perfect person to go through this with because she was also raised in a ridiculously sexual environment she embraced from necessity but never actually wanted to join and is able to shake off his missteps. She's constantly aware of the power dynamic and of how he's permissive and listens to her and threads the needle of scolding/correcting him the right way and at the right times and with the right audience so he can understand without him losing face. And he tolerates and respects her in a way he does no one else.

I think this awkward period for them is actually vital for any future romance to work.

They're each personally, individually coming out of a shell made of their neglectful and simultaneously over and under sexual upbringing and present with each other's help, and when they finally get there they'll understand each other better than anyone else can.

@eeveenotevelyn is your account up?

Amazon is removing our right to download Kindle books onto our computers on Feb 26.

What does this mean? It means, if you buy an ebook from Amazon and you want to use a different ereader, you will not be able to download the file onto your computer, remove its DRM using Calibre, and transfer the book to any device of your choice. After February 26, you’ll be locked to Amazon’s ecosystem indefinitely. Books will only be transferable between Amazon devices and apps. You do not own the ebooks you buy. Amazon can (and has) remove ebooks from your library.

Download them now and use the Calibre to remove the DRM. I highly suggest buying ebooks from other places from now on. Links to resources below.

Video about Amazon removing downloads

Article explaining how to download Calibre and remove DRM

Alternative Ebook/Physical Book Stores

Bookshop.org

ebooks.com

Barnes and Noble

Halfpricebooks.com

Pango

Thrift Books

Free Ebooks

Project Gutenberg

Libby/Overdrive (libraries)

The Internet Archive

Alternative Audiobook Apps

Audiobooks.com

Libby/Overdrive

Chirp

Libro.fm

Using a Kindle without Using Amazon

If you’re like me, you have a kindle and you’re not financially in the position to buy a new $130 ereader from a different brand. So what are you to do? The best thing you can do is use Libby/Overdrive. It’s very simple. The Libby app has an option to link your Amazon account to the app and so when you borrow a book from your library, it’ll automatically go to your kindle.

You can also sideload books onto your kindle if the file is compatible and DRM free. Here’s an article listing DRM free book sources.

Supporting Indie Authors

Now this is where things get tricky. Most indie authors make the bulk of their sales on Amazon. It’s awful, but that’s the nature of the beast. Use your own discretion when buying indie books from Amazon. Check and see if that author sells their books on other platforms or buy their book physically (if the option is available) so that you actually own the book you buy.

I'm back on the pokemon horizons brainrot and just need to say that Murdock and Mitchell are so divorced couple coded it's insane

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAIN WORLD RAAAAAAH!!!!!!!

THANK YOU VIDEOCULT!!!!!!!!

the vampire Mumbo headcanon is really funny cause like. people draw him as this suave scary dapper vampire man and in reality he is just THE most unserious guy on the hermitcraft server. that man has never stood up for himself in his life. his voice goes 3 octaves higher every time something even mildly inconvenient happens and he acts like it's the end of the world. he's been on the server since season 2 and he's barely socially competent with anyone other than Grian Scar and Iskall, and Scar is pushing it if Grian isn't there. he's terrified of one on one conversations. he's terrified of practically anything that moves. trying to imagine Mumbo actually having to suck blood out of someone is the funniest thing in the world. he would be too scared to do that to a COW. keep up the good work everyone I love vampire mumbo so much

I always see the dog choking info on here, so here’s what to do if a kitty is choking

Save your kitties, we all know they eat everything anyway. 

http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Choking-Cat

http://www.wikihow.com/Perform-CPR-on-a-Cat