i hate when people are like “only dogs can give u love and affection cats are cold and elusive” like okay dog person if you had ever actually owned a cat you would know they are the neediest fucking creatures on the planet
cats will literally sit on your head until you pay attention to them
That proves the point, they want attention, they want you to pay attention to them not them!
cats show affection and love in their own way
for example
actually holding eye contact with you and blinking slowly is how cats ‘kiss’
cats choose to sleep or sit next to you even if you’re busy when they have a million other places to be because they like your company
they consider positive attention love
when they ‘headbutt’ you it’s called ‘bunting’ and it’s how they show affection
when they knead you it’s because they feel comforted
they think of you petting them as grooming- it makes them feel good so they will ask for you to pet them (or demand) especially if they’re feeling sad
cats like to step on you because they mark you with their scent from their little feet telling other cats BACK THE FUCK OFF THIS HUMAN IS MINE
cats will lick you or groom you because they want you to be clean and happy
they bring you dead things because they don’t want you to starve
cats think of humans as parents whereas dogs think of humans as the alpha dog
@the Star Wars fandom: I’d like to throw my two cents in on the whole “Leia was never even tempted by the Dark Side” trend that is seemingly going on right now. Firstly, yes, I understand the joke–gosh darn those whiny Skywalker boys, the girls are so tough and strong (and they are, they absolutely are, don’t get me wrong). But…all the same, guys, I just can’t see it that way. This girl wasn’t just tempted by the Dark Side, she flirted with it on like a daily basis for probably years (both before and after she knew what it was). I mean:
Leia Organa burns with anger. She was horribly, incalculably hurt, more than once, and one of the ways she coped with that was by being angry. (In fact, Carrie herself has described Leia as such, and as having played Leia as such–as a very wounded and broken girl who is incredibly, incredibly angry.) And as we know, according to the Jedi:
“Fear leads to anger Anger leads to hate Hate leads to suffering”
But that doesn’t make Leia any the weaker for it. In fact, I would even say that it goes to show just how strong she was. Because yes she was hurt. (She was hurt so, so badly, so many times.) She had every right to be angry, and hurting–and she did. She was angry. She did hurt. And it would have been so, so easy for her to give into the temptation of the Dark Side through that. Because of that. Because there are so very, very many kinds of temptation–and honestly, with Leia’s anger being such an integral part of her and part of her main coping mechanism, I personally can’t see Leia not being tempted by the Dark Side for years–since before she even knew it was truly a Thing, let alone that it had a name. Because oh, how easy it would have been for her anger to consume her–for her rage and her hatred to supplant all else, until she was nothing but a driving force of nature, a wildfire bound in human flesh that burned all in her path.
But you know what? She didn’t fall. Despite everything, Leia Organa did not fall. And that, to me, shows an incredible strength–one that supercedes even a claim that she was never tempted. (Because to me, saying that she was never tempted strips her of the fury of her wrath, the burning of her pain, the blazing of her power. Because to me that says she wasn’t wounded in the very soul by what happened to Alderaan, to her mind beneath Vader’s probe, to her heart again and again–and she was. Oh, she was. Because to me, taking away Leia’s anger and the rawness of her hurt means taking away what made her such a real character, a real woman, a real survivor.)
Ironically enough, it was love that brought her back from that possible path, just as it brought Vader back from the brink. Because I would eat my left shoe if it wasn’t Luke and Han, Chewie, Threepio and Artoo who kept her grounded, kept her here, gave her something other than anger and fear and hatred and revenge to live for.
Anyway, that’s just my two cents on the matter,
Thank you, Seren. I wish I could find the article now, but there was a good write-up on women being allowed to be portrayed as monsters rather than the virtuous heroine or the victim. We all have a dark side, a dangerous streak. To deny that women have the capacity for evil is to deny that they are fully human.
Leia Organa has indeed flirted with the dark side. She is still fighting the good fight when we see her in TFA but I don’t think that her inner battle is over and her victories have not come easily. Leia has straddled the line between dark and light a few times, but ultimately clawed her way back to the light before she could be consumed by the darkness. Let’s giver her credit for struggling against her demons, rather than treating her as an empty, innately good character.
When Leia speaks of Snoke’s influence over Ben, you can see on her face that she has empathy for her son. She was disgusted with Vader, she didn’t want to understand him, but she has walked a long road with Ben and the appalling things he does do not shock her, she gets it.
This is a woman who has done a lot of growing in order to overcome her darker tendencies and it is a battle that she must engage in daily.
Everyone please sit down and be schooled by Seren. Girl knows her Leia meta.
I’m barely awake. But hang on.
What if this is why she’s General, not Jedi?
Did Luke say he was scared to teach her because of her anger?
Or?
Did she look Luke in the eye and ask him not to teach her, because she knows herself and knows her own rage and sees the Dark Side and doesn’t quite know if she can truly trust herself with that kind of power?
Dr John H. Watson wears a brown check suit when travelling with Holmes to and from the countryside. The tweed fabric is in a dark and light brown houndstooth check with flecks of blue and orange, and a mustard yellow overcheck. The colours and texture of this suit suggests that it is only appropriate for the countryside, hence his reluctance to visit a morgue in the city without changing first (he had a similar concern for Holmes’ green plaid suit). It is an entirely appropriate suit for the character himself, however – many adaptations have clothed their Watsons in similarly hard-wearing, dependable fabrics in earthy colours and British patterns.
The jacket is not as fitted as Holmes’ but otherwise similar in style, with straight shoulders that extend slightly beyond Watson’s natural shoulders, and roped sleeveheads. The front has four brown horn buttons (he only buttons the top button), a notch lapel and flapped hip pockets. The jacket has no vents on the back, and the sleeves have three buttons on the cuffs. The waistcoat has five buttons and a cutaway hem, with two welt pockets. The trousers have a plain front and bottoms, button fly, and are a little wider than Holmes’.
With the suit Watson wears a white shirt with a starched club collar, a front placket and French cuffs. He wears two different silk ties with this outfit during the episode: one a brown and grey paisley, and the other in a brown geometric pattern with white dots. With both ties he wears a gold tie pin with an orange stone, and a green floral silk pocket square in the breast pocket. He also wears a gold double Albert watch chain.
His shoes are button boots in a dark brown calf leather, uppers in a lighter brown, and a cap toe.
Over the suit he wears a dark green, double-breasted tweed overcoat, with eight shanked leather buttons on the front, flapped hip pockets and three buttons on the cuffs. He also wears a brown felt bowler hat with a grosgrain ribbon, and an olive green wool scarf with a purple and blue windowpane check.
