Destiel gives me wings

I’m just doin these. Cas time now

reference from the movie: Date With An Angel

Love this picture of Misha 💕

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He’s so damn happy!!

it's that damn time of the year

I find this headline deplorable.

It implies that Zelensky is allowing his own people to be murdered by Russia because he doesn't want to sell out Ukraine to Trump, which apparently the BBC thinks is a very unreasonable position to have.

Same thing happened on Question Time last night with Fiona Tory Loving Bruce adamant that Ukraine has lost and even going as far as to asking an audience of UKRANIAN REFUGEES to raise their hands if they think Ukraine should cede territory to Russia, to just let their own people be under Russia's control for a ceasefire that probably won't even last, and she thought that was an appropriate question? As if any Ukrainian would think that, like, of course no one put their hand up.

The BBC's coverage of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians has also been abhorrent, but sadly, that was to be expected, but to have a Western news outlet go from being supportive of an ally to hostile because of one man's decision is a sad indictment of the current world we live in.

Pro tip! You don’t have to choose a special interest if you just mash them together

yeah there is no peace and we are not done as long as the official supernatural youtube admin has anything to say about it

#a third destiel on the official supernatural youtube channel has hit the me

I wish we could teach each other how to love the way we can teach animals that aren’t supposed to be able to feel it.

@kaijutegu is this cute? I know you deal with tegus and not iguanas, but I didn't know who else to ask

This is precious.

So, first thing you need to know is that is a very visibly healthy adult green iguana. Every part of the iguana is sharp. The claws evolved to haul a ten pound lizard up a tree. The spines are like tiny icepicks. The tail is a bullwhip. The teeth evolved to shred leaves, but they'll just as easily shred your flesh. Good luck making a healthy adult iguana do anything they don't wanna. That puts us on our first thing to look at- is the animal capable of defense and getting away, physically? Yes, definitely.

Next thing to know is what does a threatened or scared iguana look like? When an iguana is threatened, it doesn't stand on its hind legs like that; it stands on all fours and puffs itself up to look bigger, aggressively bobs its head (note: head bobbing is a behavior used for a LOT of things, it does need context- for example, they also head bob as part of mating displays), there is hissing, there is tail whipping- iguanas are not subtle creatures. None of this is the behavior of an iguana that feels threatened or is being a threat!

So what does standing like that mean? That's just simple reaching. The iguana sees something they want and is attempting to reach it, and what they want appears to be uppies, because they settle into the human's grip immediately.

Then, we see some GREAT handling from the human. There's really great communication happening between the two of them! The person picks up the iguana very securely- pelvis and pectoral girdles are well supported, and he doesn't grab. (Iguanas typically do NOT like being grabbed around the sides; many of their predators are birds and coming at them from above or gripping the sides is scary!)

As he goes in for the pet, he lets the iguana support their back half on his knee. The hold is secure but not tight; at any point, if the iggy was distressed, they could leave. But they don't- instead, you see them leaning into the pets, actively participating in the behavior. They're not even closing their eyes to block stimulus. They want this to happen.

This is the kind of bond that's possible when you can prove to a big lizard that you're trustworthy, and easily the best iguana video I've seen in a long time. Thank you for tagging me in!

Some green iguana body language resources under the jump!

until i found you

Alone at Night (aka some sad Dean art)

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Here is the incredible art by @winchester-reload for my oneshot [ It Changes Everything (Ao3) ] that she so magnanimously twisted my arm to write. The lesson here, my friends, is that if you have a piece that isn’t working for you (see above), throw it at an author with writer’s block, and you will have beautiful art babies together!

(Art posted with permission)