Current Pairings

Obviously not every single girl will end up going for us but there are so many exciting things that can come from these pairings!!!

i thought spider was bad? why are you breeding that gene?

@the-coolkids Spider is not “bad”, but the tumblr crazies will tell you differently. When I see statements like this I just realize there are a lot of individuals who haven’t taken the time to do their own research. (BTW, there are dozens of morphs across many species that can potentially have issues of some sort.)

Reputable breeders will not breed, let alone raise up, any animal who has defects severe enough to not be able to thrive on its own. Of our 45 ball pythons, only 4 are spider combos. Those 4 spider combos have very very minimal “wobble” only presenting itself when in stressful situations. They eat, shed, and defecate just like any other snake.

If we are talking just about ball pythons, then other genes such as spotnose, champagne, cinnamon, black pastel, and caramel albino, super lesser/butter would also be “bad” because of the issues sometimes associated with them. Fatal combos, potential for neuro issues, duck billing, bug eyes, kinking, etc. These things can also happen to ANY animal. It happens.

As far as why we are breeding it, we just like it! I love what spider does in combos and on its own. It comes down to breeding what you like and keeping your passion for it, I just happen to like a little bit of everything, including working with the spider gene.

I typically stay quiet on things like this, but I think it’s more than a little offensive to call someone who disagrees with you crazy just because you like a morph they may have very valid reasons to dislike.

The debate on whether certain genes or gene combos should be exploited in ball pythons (or any species) is a valid one and must take into account quality of life for the animals involved. There is yet no proof that breeding spiders with minimal wobble will always result in animals that are the same, and not every spider can have a decent quality of life as many of them are unable to eat or move well due to their degree of wobble and thus fail to thrive. The same goes for the other morphs known to produce such birth defects, whether physical or neurological. To call someone who raises the valid concern regarding using these animals in a breeding program crazy is ridiculous.

It’s fine to like pretty morphs and even more fine to want to defend the morph you prefer, but honesty, integrity, and transparency is the way to go here, not to put down those who disagree with you.

Most of the Tumblr “crazies” (yes I will still call them that) earn that name by having a million and one opinions for things they have no first hand knowledge about. It isn’t because they have differing opinions, but rather because they have uneducated ones. You are correct, some animals are hatched with more issues than others, but responsible breeders will assess each animal and it’s ability to thrive on its own. Those who are deemed unable to have a good quality of life are either humanely euthanized or adopted out to pet only homes with full disclosure, depending on severity. I have been nothing but honest and transparent. The fact that I am willing to make a hard decision to stop animals from suffering is proof enough that we put the animals and their health as our main priority.

If you feel that the people in question are uneducated then you should say that instead of “crazy.”

I have mixed feelings about the spider gene, but Ofelves’ points are absolutely valid, especially given that you have admitted here to producing animals that are so Ill that they have to be put down.

Honestly, you don’t get points for making the “hard choice” to euthanize when you deliberately breed animals knowing that this might well be result.

Crazy isn’t an offensive term, just happened to be the word that came to mind and my fellow veteran reptiblrs know the type I am referring to. We have NOT produced animals that had to be put down because of birth defects, but it does happen. There is ALWAYS a possibility of a defect, no matter what species is being bred. In your opinion, if there just so happens to be an animal that hatches that is severely kinked and fused together so that feeding/movement/bowel movements are not physically possible, which happens at random, I should let it slowly perish instead of humanely culling? No animals suffer at my expense. Yes, that is putting the animal and it’s needs first.

I mean honestly, this whole conversation is gross as shit. Not even about whether or not breeding spiders is ethical, but your entire attitude about the whole thing and towards other people is absolutely disgusting.

You’re actively putting down other people that don’t agree with you, by calling them names and dismissing VALID POINTS AND CONCERNS because they’re not “reptiblr veterans”. Talk about condescending and snooty as shit. Good way to alienate everybody.

Completely and justifiably unfollowed.

I really don’t care if you unfollow me. I just want people to educate themselves on the issue and then we can have a nice little debate. Everyone on Tumblr seems to get their panties in a twist over the tiniest little thing. I did not see any actual concerns raised, just pointing fingers at myself and other breeders for things that don’t actually happen. If you interpret what I am saying as being condescending, you are the one coming to that conclusin, that is not my intent with these responses. I don’t think I’m alienating anyone, just trying to share the other side of the story.

Calling people crazy is not sharing the other side of the story. Saying everyone gets their panties in a twist over the smallest thing is not opening anything up for debate. Saying nobody is raising valid concerns is neither sharing a different side or opening anything up for friendly debate either. Being snooty in saying “reptiblr veterans” is not welcoming anybody to a healthy discussion on anything.

If you want to breed spiders and act like there’s no downside, that’s totally within your rights. They are your snakes, it’s your decision, and that’s fine. But don’t act like you’re sitting here opening things up for any kind of discussion, because you’re not.

This is so gross. Please do not support breeders who willingly breed snakes with the wobble. Take your business to a responsible breeder.

There are entire studies about how the spider gene negatively affects an animal’s life? There is plenty of proof. Do not breed animals with neurological issues. 

You will be hard pressed to find very many breeders who are as responsible as we are. They just don’t share the details of what happens. We like to be as transparent as possible. If you feel that you don’t want to purchase animals from us, that is fine, won’t hurt our feelings any. Have a nice day. :)

Finding reputable breeders who do not support the breeding of animals with neurological issues are not as hard to find as people make them out to be. Especially with the newest generation of breeders starting to actively condemn the spread of this gene.

Snakes are not bred solely for aesthics (which you are against but own morphs and hybrids…) but also for temperment, feeding response, and overall health. Spider is not the only gene that has been linked to issues in ball pythons. The same issues can also be observed in wild type animals.

I just want to back up mkmorphs for a second because this dude is doing things that have always been done with captive breeding, and is doing what is right by the animals.  Just because teenage girls on tumblr THINK IN THEIR LITTLE MINDS that something is wrong, does NOT make it so.  Furthermore, none of these people responding are actual breeders or even remotely WORK with snakes.  These are random snake photo reblog tumblrs and angry kids on the internet who “heard a thing, therefore it MUST be true!!”

Spiderballs are one of the most VERSATILE morphs out there.  Spider bees, spider axanthics, spider glows, there are so MANY variations of the spider gene, if you actually think in your little minds you’re going to stop people from breeding these snakes, snakes which are being born perfectly HEALTHY, because you read something ONLINE, you can basically piss off and yes, you are crazy.  If people cant handle hearing the goddamn word CRAZY these days you need to get off the goddamn internet too, crawl into a basement and bar yourself in because the world is to soft and pathetic these days if people are sobbing over the word “crazy.”

MKmorphs IS a reputable breeder, and pointlessly slandering a business is not only illegal in all 50 united states, but illegal in hundreds of countries worldwide as well.

Hi, yes. This will be my last response to this thing. I want to point out that I’ve been working with reptiles for about seven years now? I also work directly with a rescue that sees all sorts of animals including ball pythons. Also, the majority of reptiblr are not teenagers nor do they “just post cute snake pictures”, as you claim. Being a girl has nothing to do with it either.

And the point is, we ARE trying to stop the breeding of spider morphs. That’s the entire point of the discussion. I don’t understand the excuse, “well, everyone else is doing it, so I’m going to as well!!” That doesn’t make it right. Breeding an animal with neurological problems because they look pretty to us is not okay. Period.

There are studies MADE BY HERPETOLOGISTS that suggest that the morph affects the quality of life. Just because a breeder says something is good does not make it so.

kindly get over yourself. you are nothing more than a reblog blog for children.

just because ANYTHING doesnt please you wont stop it or make it wrong.

Or should we talk about neurological problems in dogs because of breeding? I have to say thats a FAR MORE important subject seeing as how dogs are more common and are in 1/3 households across the nation.  But yanno, breeding snakes that comes with a small percentage of a neurological RISK but DOESNT ALWAYS HAPPEN, NOR EVEN A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THE TIME HAPPEN-- is so very VERY wrong.  yes, shut the hell up.

Current Pairings

Obviously not every single girl will end up going for us but there are so many exciting things that can come from these pairings!!!

i thought spider was bad? why are you breeding that gene?

@the-coolkids Spider is not “bad”, but the tumblr crazies will tell you differently. When I see statements like this I just realize there are a lot of individuals who haven’t taken the time to do their own research. (BTW, there are dozens of morphs across many species that can potentially have issues of some sort.)

Reputable breeders will not breed, let alone raise up, any animal who has defects severe enough to not be able to thrive on its own. Of our 45 ball pythons, only 4 are spider combos. Those 4 spider combos have very very minimal “wobble” only presenting itself when in stressful situations. They eat, shed, and defecate just like any other snake.

If we are talking just about ball pythons, then other genes such as spotnose, champagne, cinnamon, black pastel, and caramel albino, super lesser/butter would also be “bad” because of the issues sometimes associated with them. Fatal combos, potential for neuro issues, duck billing, bug eyes, kinking, etc. These things can also happen to ANY animal. It happens.

As far as why we are breeding it, we just like it! I love what spider does in combos and on its own. It comes down to breeding what you like and keeping your passion for it, I just happen to like a little bit of everything, including working with the spider gene.

I typically stay quiet on things like this, but I think it’s more than a little offensive to call someone who disagrees with you crazy just because you like a morph they may have very valid reasons to dislike.

The debate on whether certain genes or gene combos should be exploited in ball pythons (or any species) is a valid one and must take into account quality of life for the animals involved. There is yet no proof that breeding spiders with minimal wobble will always result in animals that are the same, and not every spider can have a decent quality of life as many of them are unable to eat or move well due to their degree of wobble and thus fail to thrive. The same goes for the other morphs known to produce such birth defects, whether physical or neurological. To call someone who raises the valid concern regarding using these animals in a breeding program crazy is ridiculous.

It’s fine to like pretty morphs and even more fine to want to defend the morph you prefer, but honesty, integrity, and transparency is the way to go here, not to put down those who disagree with you.

Most of the Tumblr “crazies” (yes I will still call them that) earn that name by having a million and one opinions for things they have no first hand knowledge about. It isn’t because they have differing opinions, but rather because they have uneducated ones. You are correct, some animals are hatched with more issues than others, but responsible breeders will assess each animal and it’s ability to thrive on its own. Those who are deemed unable to have a good quality of life are either humanely euthanized or adopted out to pet only homes with full disclosure, depending on severity. I have been nothing but honest and transparent. The fact that I am willing to make a hard decision to stop animals from suffering is proof enough that we put the animals and their health as our main priority.

If you feel that the people in question are uneducated then you should say that instead of “crazy.”

I have mixed feelings about the spider gene, but Ofelves’ points are absolutely valid, especially given that you have admitted here to producing animals that are so Ill that they have to be put down.

Honestly, you don’t get points for making the “hard choice” to euthanize when you deliberately breed animals knowing that this might well be result.

Crazy isn’t an offensive term, just happened to be the word that came to mind and my fellow veteran reptiblrs know the type I am referring to. We have NOT produced animals that had to be put down because of birth defects, but it does happen. There is ALWAYS a possibility of a defect, no matter what species is being bred. In your opinion, if there just so happens to be an animal that hatches that is severely kinked and fused together so that feeding/movement/bowel movements are not physically possible, which happens at random, I should let it slowly perish instead of humanely culling? No animals suffer at my expense. Yes, that is putting the animal and it’s needs first.

I mean honestly, this whole conversation is gross as shit. Not even about whether or not breeding spiders is ethical, but your entire attitude about the whole thing and towards other people is absolutely disgusting.

You’re actively putting down other people that don’t agree with you, by calling them names and dismissing VALID POINTS AND CONCERNS because they’re not “reptiblr veterans”. Talk about condescending and snooty as shit. Good way to alienate everybody.

Completely and justifiably unfollowed.

I really don’t care if you unfollow me. I just want people to educate themselves on the issue and then we can have a nice little debate. Everyone on Tumblr seems to get their panties in a twist over the tiniest little thing. I did not see any actual concerns raised, just pointing fingers at myself and other breeders for things that don’t actually happen. If you interpret what I am saying as being condescending, you are the one coming to that conclusin, that is not my intent with these responses. I don’t think I’m alienating anyone, just trying to share the other side of the story.

Calling people crazy is not sharing the other side of the story. Saying everyone gets their panties in a twist over the smallest thing is not opening anything up for debate. Saying nobody is raising valid concerns is neither sharing a different side or opening anything up for friendly debate either. Being snooty in saying “reptiblr veterans” is not welcoming anybody to a healthy discussion on anything.

If you want to breed spiders and act like there’s no downside, that’s totally within your rights. They are your snakes, it’s your decision, and that’s fine. But don’t act like you’re sitting here opening things up for any kind of discussion, because you’re not.

This is so gross. Please do not support breeders who willingly breed snakes with the wobble. Take your business to a responsible breeder.

There are entire studies about how the spider gene negatively affects an animal’s life? There is plenty of proof. Do not breed animals with neurological issues. 

You will be hard pressed to find very many breeders who are as responsible as we are. They just don’t share the details of what happens. We like to be as transparent as possible. If you feel that you don’t want to purchase animals from us, that is fine, won’t hurt our feelings any. Have a nice day. :)

Finding reputable breeders who do not support the breeding of animals with neurological issues are not as hard to find as people make them out to be. Especially with the newest generation of breeders starting to actively condemn the spread of this gene.

Snakes are not bred solely for aesthics (which you are against but own morphs and hybrids…) but also for temperment, feeding response, and overall health. Spider is not the only gene that has been linked to issues in ball pythons. The same issues can also be observed in wild type animals.

I just want to back up mkmorphs for a second because this dude is doing things that have always been done with captive breeding, and is doing what is right by the animals.  Just because teenage girls on tumblr THINK IN THEIR LITTLE MINDS that something is wrong, does NOT make it so.  Furthermore, none of these people responding are actual breeders or even remotely WORK with snakes.  These are random snake photo reblog tumblrs and angry kids on the internet who “heard a thing, therefore it MUST be true!!”

Spiderballs are one of the most VERSATILE morphs out there.  Spider bees, spider axanthics, spider glows, there are so MANY variations of the spider gene, if you actually think in your little minds you’re going to stop people from breeding these snakes, snakes which are being born perfectly HEALTHY, because you read something ONLINE, you can basically piss off and yes, you are crazy.  If people cant handle hearing the goddamn word CRAZY these days you need to get off the goddamn internet too, crawl into a basement and bar yourself in because the world is to soft and pathetic these days if people are sobbing over the word “crazy.”

MKmorphs IS a reputable breeder, and pointlessly slandering a business is not only illegal in all 50 united states, but illegal in hundreds of countries worldwide as well.

This is so important, especially to everyone discouraged by their abilities relative to others. 

Musicals w/ Friends

Photography by Jason Parker

Devils Spring System, Florida

An exercise in how many ways I could paint the same sketch, featuring a pup from this exercise. About 30 min each.

THIS THREAD

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look at all the continued and forced racism and hatred

Legend of Korra - FCBD 2016 - “Friends for Life”

I figured I’d upload a relatively high quality (read: non-camera) version of these since they’re a) free, b) intended to be available on the internet, and c) should at least include the credits page if passed around.

Enjoy the cuteness!

woo! nice scan :)

why is he drawn with a bear face though

Two new events have been announced for North America. Following the Zygarde event, which is due to end on May 8th in North America, a Shiny Xerneas is to be distributed on the Nintendo Network from May 11th through to May 17th. After that, a Shiny Yveltal is to be distributed on the Nintendo Network from May 20th through to May 26th. European distributions of these have yet to be announced.

A student created Hylux, the taste and benefits of a sport drink without the sugar and calories. Get more information here

Black Excellence

what that headline failed to mention is that it links to a kickstarter! it ends on may 13th, and it’s not yet halfway to the goal of $10,000. so more people need to be seeing this.

Hey, fellow health nuts and people who just want a tasty, healthy alternative from traditional sugary beverages (like Gatorade)..!!

Link is a kickstarter, GO!

Regarding events.

Oh boy, where do I even begin. I’ll start off by saying I am in a new location and away from TheWhiteOtter, and plan to keep it that way for a long time. Even though I am ‘technically’ homeless, and now unemployed thanks to this forced relocation, but I will address that further down. GoFundMe To get back on my feet: https://www.gofundme.com/BrokenTransMan

Now, in response to Adiago’s journal lovingly provided by lulz.net: Imgur in case you can’t read it: http://imgur.com/zx3cryU

I have just a few things to say, and -really- clear up, because she’s done a poor job of it.

I did not hate her immediately. I did not hate her because Quin had feelings for it. I was dating him, why did it matter to me? I didn’t like her as a person, but at the time she was keeping her space as far as I knew, and I had -zero- issues with Adiago, uuuuuntil the beginning of the new year. Quin and I were sitting in the computer room, and I scooted back to snuggle around his neck, I look down and see him role playing romantic with her, and her acknowledging that I did not approve, and him replying “She[me] knows how I feel about you, and that will never change”. From that point on, I lost all trust in Quin, and disliked you even more, and yes, called you a homewrecker because you both knew I did not approve of what you two were doing, and were doing it anyway. So much for your ‘morals’ huh? You knew damn well what you were doing, and you “swung back” when I got rightfully angry at this willfull intrusion into my relationship by both of you, which at the time, was monogamous, or so I was led to believe. I asked Quin not to RP with people online, because my former partner used it as a method to cheat, and eventually met people at cons because of it. He agreed. You two went behind my back and lied to me and did it anyway, again KNOWING I DID NOT APPROVE, AND WASN’T OKAY WITH IT. That makes you Immoral.

Now to touch base on the “polyish”relationship I was in; i’ll just leave it at hardly. Yes we had feelings for each other, yes we ‘dated’ for a grand total of 4 months, if that. However, like I tried to explain to quin, I was PRESSURED into this by not only him, but the other girl’s partner as well. “You two SHOULD date, you look so cute.” “Why aren’t you two dating yet?” “You should go hangout with your girlfriend”, and so on, so forth, and etc. Before we even barely knew ANYTHING about each other, other then “Hey you’re kinda cool”. Never mind that I never wanted it to escalate to begin with, and did it to essentially make Quin happy, against my better judgement. This girl and I barely held hands, that’s how “far” this relationship went, and I ended it between FWA and now and explained to her exactly why, and she understood where I was coming from.

Now in regards to FWA, what she did, and thinking she had permission? Absolutely not. You both KNOW you didn’t, and that makes her an immoral, guilty, cheating homewrecker. Up until Tuesday, and even Sunday of the con he swore up and down YOU didn’t WANT to be in this dynamic, he didn’t want you to [at the time], and respected my position on the matter and then all of a sudden it changed, and I -had- to agree, or else i’m the bad guy. You involved yourself in a situation where I did not consent, and I was put in a position where I HAD to agree. You are LYING. I told him from the absolute beginning when I caught you two essentially cheating on me that I do not want her in our lives, in our dynamic, or influencing him, and unfortunately, when I finally said “Fine, but i’ll just be miserable, and you better hope she doesn’t hurt you, because i’m not picking up the pieces for you” he decided to end the relationship entirely. Seems shady as all hell to me, especially when you consider that this new character shows up the day we arrive home from the con, and as far as I knew you still didn’t want to be involved in our relationship, then Tuesday morning he drops the “I want to date you both.” bomb on me. You never had permission to do what you two did, not once, and it was NEVER explained to me, nor was I informed. That is a lack of consent, and IMMORAL. He took you to the aquarium against my wishes, and then took me the next day for my birthday, hooray sloppy seconds, right? No wonder we were short on rent. On top of being short on rent, he came back with a mark on his neck from you. Again, WITHOUT MY PERMISSION, because until this point I had been led to believe you wanted NOTHING to do with him, or our relationship, and were staying away. You both lied to me, and continue to lie to save face. I’ve blocked Quin from most forms of contact at this point, I have no desire to speak to someone[s] who can’t be honest with me as I tried to be with him.

Our relationship ended due to internal problems? Our relationship was FINE until you came into the picture. Our relationship was FINE until Fwa, and Tuesday when you decided after calling him the nasty things you did, that you wanted to date him, AGAINST MY WISHES, without my CONSENT. That’s not how a poly relationship works, as you said. This relationship ended because you had a hand in it, as much as you’d LOVE to wipe your hands of it and pretend you were innocent, you’re not. You know you’re not, and I won’t let you continue this facade of innocence. You two never had permission to do what you did to me, and it was all done behind my back. You both will never see what you two did wrong, and frankly? That’s scary, but it’s something I have to pick up the pieces from now, because I will never get closure from this. You two ruined my life as it was, and I will rebuild without your toxic ruling over my love and life that I wasn’t able to get rid of. You never and not once gave a shit about what you were doing to our relationship, even before now.

Now, thanks to this I am, while staying at a friend’s on an air mattress, technically homeless, and unemployed as I was forced to leave my job due to lack of presence where I ran away to. I am doing what I can, but I may have to start a fundraiser to get back on my feet, and maybe my own place to live. I lost everything after this, and it’s going to take awhile to get back.

GoFundMe To get back on my feet: https://www.gofundme.com/BrokenTransMan

To add: The continued reiteration of permission is only an issue because Adiago makes it out to be like I gave everything the green light, and was blissfully aware of what was going on, which wasn’t the case. I had to catch them in the act before anything was even mentioned to me. That’s why I keep going on about permission, consent, and the like. They didn’t ask, nor was I informed, they just did their own business with or without my agreement or acknowledgement, and that’s the biggest issue here. Quin has completely absolved himself of all responsibility, he completely quit answering my questions and will “Only answer questions pertaining to you[me] and I[him]”, nevermind the fact Adiago had a hand in everything, and she is just as much involved with this entire situation up until we separated, as much as she likes to pretend she’s not. Quin knew what he was doing was wrong. The Sunday at FWA when he came back from the Aquarium with a nice big purple mark on his neck that she put there, [and stated above she regrets not doing more] he took off the badge she made for him, and continually asked me if I wanted him to go away. He knew exactly what he did wrong, but won’t own up to it personally. She says she had permission, or was under the impression she did, but the way he acted around me that Sunday he knew he didn’t, and knew he fucked up. That’s why permission is an issue. I don’t feel I was being controlling, merely trying to protect my relationship, and we see how well that ended up working in the end. They are BOTH at fault here. I’m just the one paying the ultimate price of having my heart, soul, and self-worth shattered by this whole thing.

this is fucking hilarious

how does someone “force you” to date someone. what a fucking load of bullshit. yes you are SUCH a victim.

OH boy an edgy “anti sjw” person attacking something that has nothing to do with social justice to be EDGY™

OH NO WHITE KNIGHTS DANGER

Regarding events.

Oh boy, where do I even begin. I’ll start off by saying I am in a new location and away from TheWhiteOtter, and plan to keep it that way for a long time. Even though I am ‘technically’ homeless, and now unemployed thanks to this forced relocation, but I will address that further down. GoFundMe To get back on my feet: https://www.gofundme.com/BrokenTransMan

Now, in response to Adiago’s journal lovingly provided by lulz.net: Imgur in case you can’t read it: http://imgur.com/zx3cryU

I have just a few things to say, and -really- clear up, because she’s done a poor job of it.

I did not hate her immediately. I did not hate her because Quin had feelings for it. I was dating him, why did it matter to me? I didn’t like her as a person, but at the time she was keeping her space as far as I knew, and I had -zero- issues with Adiago, uuuuuntil the beginning of the new year. Quin and I were sitting in the computer room, and I scooted back to snuggle around his neck, I look down and see him role playing romantic with her, and her acknowledging that I did not approve, and him replying “She[me] knows how I feel about you, and that will never change”. From that point on, I lost all trust in Quin, and disliked you even more, and yes, called you a homewrecker because you both knew I did not approve of what you two were doing, and were doing it anyway. So much for your ‘morals’ huh? You knew damn well what you were doing, and you “swung back” when I got rightfully angry at this willfull intrusion into my relationship by both of you, which at the time, was monogamous, or so I was led to believe. I asked Quin not to RP with people online, because my former partner used it as a method to cheat, and eventually met people at cons because of it. He agreed. You two went behind my back and lied to me and did it anyway, again KNOWING I DID NOT APPROVE, AND WASN’T OKAY WITH IT. That makes you Immoral.

Now to touch base on the “polyish”relationship I was in; i’ll just leave it at hardly. Yes we had feelings for each other, yes we ‘dated’ for a grand total of 4 months, if that. However, like I tried to explain to quin, I was PRESSURED into this by not only him, but the other girl’s partner as well. “You two SHOULD date, you look so cute.” “Why aren’t you two dating yet?” “You should go hangout with your girlfriend”, and so on, so forth, and etc. Before we even barely knew ANYTHING about each other, other then “Hey you’re kinda cool”. Never mind that I never wanted it to escalate to begin with, and did it to essentially make Quin happy, against my better judgement. This girl and I barely held hands, that’s how “far” this relationship went, and I ended it between FWA and now and explained to her exactly why, and she understood where I was coming from.

Now in regards to FWA, what she did, and thinking she had permission? Absolutely not. You both KNOW you didn’t, and that makes her an immoral, guilty, cheating homewrecker. Up until Tuesday, and even Sunday of the con he swore up and down YOU didn’t WANT to be in this dynamic, he didn’t want you to [at the time], and respected my position on the matter and then all of a sudden it changed, and I -had- to agree, or else i’m the bad guy. You involved yourself in a situation where I did not consent, and I was put in a position where I HAD to agree. You are LYING. I told him from the absolute beginning when I caught you two essentially cheating on me that I do not want her in our lives, in our dynamic, or influencing him, and unfortunately, when I finally said “Fine, but i’ll just be miserable, and you better hope she doesn’t hurt you, because i’m not picking up the pieces for you” he decided to end the relationship entirely. Seems shady as all hell to me, especially when you consider that this new character shows up the day we arrive home from the con, and as far as I knew you still didn’t want to be involved in our relationship, then Tuesday morning he drops the “I want to date you both.” bomb on me. You never had permission to do what you two did, not once, and it was NEVER explained to me, nor was I informed. That is a lack of consent, and IMMORAL. He took you to the aquarium against my wishes, and then took me the next day for my birthday, hooray sloppy seconds, right? No wonder we were short on rent. On top of being short on rent, he came back with a mark on his neck from you. Again, WITHOUT MY PERMISSION, because until this point I had been led to believe you wanted NOTHING to do with him, or our relationship, and were staying away. You both lied to me, and continue to lie to save face. I’ve blocked Quin from most forms of contact at this point, I have no desire to speak to someone[s] who can’t be honest with me as I tried to be with him.

Our relationship ended due to internal problems? Our relationship was FINE until you came into the picture. Our relationship was FINE until Fwa, and Tuesday when you decided after calling him the nasty things you did, that you wanted to date him, AGAINST MY WISHES, without my CONSENT. That’s not how a poly relationship works, as you said. This relationship ended because you had a hand in it, as much as you’d LOVE to wipe your hands of it and pretend you were innocent, you’re not. You know you’re not, and I won’t let you continue this facade of innocence. You two never had permission to do what you did to me, and it was all done behind my back. You both will never see what you two did wrong, and frankly? That’s scary, but it’s something I have to pick up the pieces from now, because I will never get closure from this. You two ruined my life as it was, and I will rebuild without your toxic ruling over my love and life that I wasn’t able to get rid of. You never and not once gave a shit about what you were doing to our relationship, even before now.

Now, thanks to this I am, while staying at a friend’s on an air mattress, technically homeless, and unemployed as I was forced to leave my job due to lack of presence where I ran away to. I am doing what I can, but I may have to start a fundraiser to get back on my feet, and maybe my own place to live. I lost everything after this, and it’s going to take awhile to get back.

GoFundMe To get back on my feet: https://www.gofundme.com/BrokenTransMan

To add: The continued reiteration of permission is only an issue because Adiago makes it out to be like I gave everything the green light, and was blissfully aware of what was going on, which wasn’t the case. I had to catch them in the act before anything was even mentioned to me. That’s why I keep going on about permission, consent, and the like. They didn’t ask, nor was I informed, they just did their own business with or without my agreement or acknowledgement, and that’s the biggest issue here. Quin has completely absolved himself of all responsibility, he completely quit answering my questions and will “Only answer questions pertaining to you[me] and I[him]”, nevermind the fact Adiago had a hand in everything, and she is just as much involved with this entire situation up until we separated, as much as she likes to pretend she’s not. Quin knew what he was doing was wrong. The Sunday at FWA when he came back from the Aquarium with a nice big purple mark on his neck that she put there, [and stated above she regrets not doing more] he took off the badge she made for him, and continually asked me if I wanted him to go away. He knew exactly what he did wrong, but won’t own up to it personally. She says she had permission, or was under the impression she did, but the way he acted around me that Sunday he knew he didn’t, and knew he fucked up. That’s why permission is an issue. I don’t feel I was being controlling, merely trying to protect my relationship, and we see how well that ended up working in the end. They are BOTH at fault here. I’m just the one paying the ultimate price of having my heart, soul, and self-worth shattered by this whole thing.

this is fucking hilarious

how does someone “force you” to date someone. what a fucking load of bullshit. yes you are SUCH a victim.

PPG Reboot: NO! no boobs allowed!

*Pony wearing fake horn*

Bubbles: “That’s not a unicorn, that’s a plain old pony”

Buttercup: *knocks his horn off*

“It’s not a unicorn it’s just… Sad"

I can’t believe this is in the fucking script

they fucking just brought up gender

blatantly 

and tried to cleverly cover it up

But essentially they just had Blossom say “That’s a dude!”

So this is basically the same thing as ripping off a transperson’s pants and telling them they aren’t that gender

how do they show the reaction

okay not bad, I mean it’s still awful that they’re showing something like this when being outed is a triggering traumatic experience-

aaaaand they made him get over the top angry and ridiculous over this

“WELL EXCUSE ME, I MAY NOT HAVE A HORN

BUT I DO HAVE A HEART

AND IN THAT HEART I KNOW I’M A BEAUTIFUL UNICORN”

okay so great way to depict the concept of being trans. y’know. By making it look like an over the top joke and like he’s just crazy and angry and being whiny and dramatic.

“Woah, drama bomb.”

HOLY

FUCKING SHIT

DID SHE REALLY JUST SAY THAT?!?!

By the way did I forget to mention they’re basically saying being trans is like claiming you’re a mythological creature? 

C:

“WE’ll get the professor to turn you in to a unicorn, and then I can be friends with a REAL LIVE UNICORN!”

okay so

she’s only supportive of his identity because it’d be cool to be besties with a unicorn

imagine if I had a friend who was like “OH it’d be cool if I had a guy friend, get an operation so I can have a guy friend!”

y’know

basically denying I’m a guy unless I have a penis

Or in this case, fucking horn.

ew she’s even fantasizing about it and imposing her ideal of what a unicorn should be on him

so now we need a scene transfer

let’s see, what’s a perfectly appropriate scene to cut away to in an episode that was specified as a trans issues metaphor?

a pickle museum

that’s right folks

we’re talking about a transunicorn getting a horn transplant, and the best way to do a scene transfer is a joke about a museum containing pickles

y’know

cuz phallic jokes 

classy.

“Professor! He needs this!”

“I NEED THIS”

…… so yeah his feelings on this matter don’t actually matter to bubbles apparently, she just wants him to be a unicorn for her sake.

Because that’s how being trans works

right?

people are actually imposing what THEY want you to be, you’re not actually trans, you’re just trying to be something someone else wants you to be C:

(except I’m pretty sure the actual trans issue would be if everyone kept insisting he was a pony over and over and over)

So the professor got done explaining that this procedure isn’t fully tested yet and is risky.

“Well it’s up to you Donny, is this something you want to try?”

“As long as my BFF Bubbles says it’s a good idea, I am DOWN!”

Oh

so

now he’s only doing this because Bubbles wants him to

not because he actually really badly/passionately wants to be a unicorn???

Also, trans operations are risky and still under research, so this is actually a super serious decision. 

Professor: This is your body and it’s a serious choice!

Thoroughly weigh your options as you read through this document in all its entirety.”

Okay there is no excuse now. This is 100% a trans issue episode, when they use terminology like “it’s your body and it’s a serious choice”

And this is how they treat it.

“EH, I SKIMMED IT!”

Note how it says “FOREVER” in big red letters?

Indicating to our lovely children that this is a permanent change, and such a serious, risky procedure :C 

So now we see what direction this episode is really going

They’re basically giving the moral that “changing your body is risky and bad and comes with lots of bad side effects”

Don’t believe me?

let’s continue down the transphobic trainwreck!

So yeah guess what

it didn’t work

this is how they’re depicting transitioning by the way

by making it look FUCKING HORRIFYING

So yeah, transkids? Good luck feeling confident in your important decision about your body. I’m sure this will make you feel confident that it’s the right thing to do if it makes you happy. C:

So now that he’s gotten his operation with bad side effects, he’s reduced to being a freakshow

and his conditions get worse

he’s fucking crying, he’s horrified

he turns in to an even bigger monster because the side effects are THAT bad

oh wow so

they cut back to the pickle museum

and shatter a pickle statue

okay let me explain why this is so fucked up

The mayor is explaining if this pickle statue breaks, bad luck will occur. And it gets shattered.

Now in context of this episode, why this was either on purpose or just a really shitty choice: we once again have someone saying ‘if you break thing (that happens to be a phallic object joke btw) then bad stuff will happen’

it’s the same thing they’re saying this episode

if you try to change your body

bad things will happen

he smashed his pickle, so despair will follow (see where I’m going with this? you don’t make jokes about smashing pickles in a trans issues episode, it’s in really poor taste)

Bubbles comes in and tells him he has to calm down

“LOOK AT ME, I’M A FREAK, WE ARE NO LONGER BFFS!”

yes because being bffs is way more important than his feelings, Bubbles (you selfish little shit)

holy shit they wont stop with the fucking pickle thing

Buttercup and Blossom join

Buttercup: Woah, he’s a freak.

Bubbles: He is not a freak, he is my friend!

REALLY?! THAT’S WHY HE’S NOT A FREAK?! BECAUSE HE’S YOUR FRIEND? WHO BY THE WAY YOU ONLY WANTED TO BE FRIENDS WITH IF HE WAS A UNICORN?!?!!

“Donny this is all my fault, I put you in danger just because I wanted to be friends with a unicorn”

oh good at least she admits it but that doesn’t exactly fix the problem now does it? Nor does it remotely tackle transissues, 

what the hell is it trying to say here

 “friends of transpeople shouldn’t pressure them to change themselves”??????

i’m pretty sure that’s not the major issue transpeople are dealing with

I’ll expand on this once I’m through all this garbage and have a final say in how this episode could have been handled because this is such shit writing and such a shitty message for confused trans kids.

“DEEP DOWN IN YOUR HEART OF HEARTS, YOU ARE A REAL LIVE UNICORN!”

“NO, IN MY HEART I KNOW I’M A MONSTER!”

Uh, guys

I know you’re trying to make this a good message and all

but you’re really REALLY not

“i just wanted to be friends with a unicorn”

so what does she do

continue to insist he’s a unicorn

and this upsets him

yeah you had that coming, Bubbles

ugh this is something I’ll expand on as a final say, this is just too messed up

SO IN AN AMAZING TWIST, UNICORNS APPEAR!

“Wait which ones are stallions?”

… WOW.

just

wow

throw in a joke about gender binaries in a trans issues episode

s’great

that’s just

real great

“I blamed you but I didn’t think of the consequences either. I sooo wanted to be a unicorn too…”

“But you ARE a unicorn!”

so being trans is just ‘wanting it’ I guess, and wanting to change comes with HORRIBLE consequences.

Oh by the way

turns out

he actually IS a unicorn

“I had to wait until you went on an intense journey of adolescent discovery.”

so there’s no trans issues here at all I guess

because he was a unicorn the whoooole time

no really

he was actually a unicorn the whole time, no magical transformation in to a unicorn or anything

he just had a horn under his hair and he never looked

I’m not making that up, that’s what happens.

Look they even fix the pickle museum

And then they have a happy ending and fly away AND GOD WHAT TRASH

I’ll reblog one more post with a final say because this episode was a mess and there was actually one VERY simple solution to it

Episode Review

Where the fuck do I even begin?

So the overall lesson in this episode really didn’t come off as accepting or tolerant of trans issues in the slightest.

They outed their ‘trans’ character at the start, didn’t address how wrong that was

the overall lesson here is not to change your body because bad things will happen and you’ll be a monster

I want to say this right now:

I am trans. And it’s people telling me that I’m NOT a boy, that I SHOULDN’T want t change that makes me feel like a monster.

It makes me feel like a freak.

CN decided to make a trans character a villain for trying to change ‘who they are’.

I’m going to keep this short and simple because the fix to this abomination IS simple:

This episode would have been PERFECT if he became a monster because everyone kept insisting he was a pony over and over and over and over

his anger could grow from no one letting him be what he feels

and in the end, bubbles insisting to him that he IS a unicorn, and that she was wrong for not treating him like one from the start

and everyone accepting him as a unicorn

Imagine this ending:

Everyone believing in him and accepting him as a unicorn is what turns him in to a unicorn

But most of all, the most important thing, is that he has to believe in himself. 

He might not have been a unicorn in body but he was a unicorn at heart and that’s what mattered most, and as long as he was true to his heart and everyone else could accept him for what he feels on the inside.

Bam, unicorn. The problem is solved, he no longer feels like he has to be a monster or a freak, he doesn’t feel trapped in his own body and misunderstood and mislabelled. 

You see.

How fucking HARD was that to fix?!

Instead, we got this. This thing that tells us trans people are whiny, dramatic, angry, and that it’s risky/dangerous to try and change your body. That they should just accept their own bodies and it’ll all be okay. 

Proof that this is a trans issues episode since people keep saying I’m overanalyzing:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-powerpuff-girls-20160401-story.html

what the actual fuck is wrong with you subhuman idiots

I had to ok lmao

you can buy this on a shirt here!

today marks the first year anniversary of the ‘down with cis’ post so let me just bring this back huh? an instant classic

kill me

Thousands of Aboriginal Artifacts uncovered in Sydney Construction Site

A large Aboriginal site has been uncovered in a construction site in Randwick for Sydney’s new light rail line. The site has the largest recent discoveries of indigenous artifacts in the city to date -  about 20,000 artifacts have already been recovered within an 100 square meter area. Archaeologists predict that the site could yield an additional 30,000 more. 

Archaeologists believe the site was once of great significance to the indigenous population of Australia due to the high concentration of artifacts. Additionally much of the cultural material found of the site originated north of Sydney in the Lower Hunter Valley.  Many of the tools, such as spearheads, have never been seen before in the Sydney area.  The site is believed to demonstrate a trading route, or that the groups out of the Hunter Valley were working with the groups in Sydney.

Due to the cultural significance of the site, archaeologists and Aboriginal groups have called for the government to stop construction of the rail line so that more archaeological work can be done. Unfortunately The DOT for NSW has acknowledged the significance of the find but has not said if it would comply with the request to stop work on a transport project.  It is believed that thousands of artifacts have already been destroyed due to heavy machine construction.  According to archaeologist David Shoebridge: “It’s downright criminal that what may well be one of the most important recent heritage finds is being literally torn up without even the most rudimentary consideration.”

Aboriginal groups are also unhappy with the government’s lack of cooperation in preserving to site.  According to Durag Elder, Uncle Des Dyer:  “As an elder I get annoyed because I can’t teach what I’m supposed to. The role of an elder is to pass down to people things about our culture - but how can I when I can’t take people to places where they learn it?“

thousands of “rocks”

Molly’s seasonal shearing habits. This ask happens to be related to shearing/shaving again! Wanted to show how big/fluffy Molly can get at her most extreme. She also tends to gain some extra weight before winter so she has maximum protection against the cold!

Individual images here on Tumblr too If any of you want to see the images without bubbles and all that!

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it looks like its covered in lumps like a fat persons ass, that doesnt look remotely like fur.

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what the fuck did I just watch. gross. why