She needs to be kept indoors for observation + sanitation + isolation for a while, but she is already recovering well. She has some antibiotics and anti-inflammatoties to help her through it, and will have regular check ups as she heals. I shall post more updates as they come
For those who don't know, apothisexual is a microlabel on the ace spectrum for sex-repulsed asexuals. I've always wanted an apothisexual badge or something, but the problem is from a distance it looks a bit like a Nazi flag. Additionally, there's never really been any clarity on what the colours mean on the flag. I borrowed the colours from the new universal ace flag and the red from the original apothi flag and took inspiration from repulsion in magnets (a diagram is attached to show this). I'm mostly happy with it but can't unsee that it looks a bit like some Minecraft eyes. Interested to hear feedback and criticism on the design.
Just wanted to update people who were concerned about Azazel's health, she is going to have eye removal surgery probably in the next week so hopefully that goes well since it can be risky for ducks. Not entirely sure when the surgery will be as we are still fundraising for her, but we are already about ⅓ of the way there so fingers crossed that works out too.
I love him so much, I am obsessed with bubblegum-themed things but don't like Sanrio or most mammals so my partner bought him for me and sewed him into a toad (I love amphibians and reptiles). The pattern is much more vibrant than the picture on the website as well. The ducks seemed bamboozled by him
I love him so much but the spring is making him very silly and he keeps targeting Gretchen specifically. She is not interested in his nonsense and runs away and shouts. He is now in the rotten boy pen until he calms down
Out of all the As I got asexual, aplatonic, and afamilial. The latter two aren't discussed very often, maybe because they are much less common (and are not inherently queer). I'm interested to hear from other BIPOC who identify as either, as yt people (including aspec ones) are often hostile about me identifying this way. One of my abusers who was aspec reallyyy did not like me being aplatonic for some reason, like once when I said "I'm aplatonic" he said "I disagree" (???), and was aggressive about me going and making friends or not following social conventions because I lack the urge to befriend people. I've been surrounded by yts my whole life and wonder if I might be able to get some platonic attachment to other BIPOC as I connect with/relate to them much more strongly. People don't like it if you're afamilial either because there's this expectation that you have to love your family (especially mothers, which is the strongest source of repulsion for me). But yeah, I'm interested to hear about the experiences of others in this area as it seems to be quite rare.
When I first moved up here all the Barr Bubblegum disappeared (both in bottles and cans), then it came back and now it has disappeared again in Edinburgh and Midlothian. Not even in the bumfuck nowhere corner shops no one goes to. Has anyone else noticed a shortage, or knows where still might have it? Also any clues why they have a shortage?
The hurt eye isn't shown in these pictures as it's quite unpleasant, don't need advice or anything as the vet was very helpful but I just wanted to share to give people a health update. She had an eye infection a couple of weeks ago and recovered decently well, but after being off the medicine she deteriorated (lethargy, eye watering, etc) and managed to puncture her eye when itching it. She's having some vitamin B supplements and more medicine to help her heal, though if it doesn't improve she might have to have it removed. Affording her healthcare is going to be a struggle as I'm not currently properly employed, but we will do the best we possibly can for her.
He had a cake made of worms, oats, peas, and a few of the ducks' eggs. We also patched the big pool for him and will fill it tomorrow
Because she is blind, Azazel spins in circles and managed to spin herself onto her egg salad (the ducks' eggs mixed with romaine lettuce). She also had an eye infection recently, but the vets gave us medicine to treat her with and she is recovering very well
I'm interested to see if anyone has noticed BIPOC aro/ace-spec representation in media because I have seen absolutely none. The few aro/ace characters that are in media are mostly white, as is the case for most queer identities. Also curious about people's headcanons (e.g. Lucius Fox from Gotham comes across as ace and gay to me), as well as OCs (have seen quite a few posted here already which is great).
Just went past Lady Road and there was a 31 pulled over with the bobbies taking statements from everyone previously on the bus and cuffing some old white bloke, I'm curious to see if anyone knows what happened because I am a nosy bastard