Dumb Sequel Ideas for Venom, Sony Feel Free to Use
-Venom pulling a Batman and becoming a pseudo-urban legend around the shitty sides of San Fran. Just this big hulking mystery monster that pops up out of nowhere to beat the shit out of bad guys and maybe hork down some villains’ brains. Word on the street is that you can garner his favor through king size chocolate bars and French fries.
-A potential montage:
Police: “Now you’re sure you haven’t seen this 9 ft tall leech man around here?”
Citizens 1-10, all of whom were rescued by Venom/watched Venom fold a cop car in half/punt a CEO across the Bay: “Nope”
Police: “You’re sure?”
Ms. Chen: “I think I’d know if I saw him.” (speaking over cop’s shoulder) “You ready to check out, Eddie?”
Eddie, loaded down with frozen hash browns and Hershey kisses: “Yup”
-Anne and Dan inevitably finding out. Eddie doing the shittiest job possible trying to lie.
Eddie, about the multiple selfies and videos of Venom with the public: “What, that? Isn’t that Spider-Man?? Maybe he went goth, you don’t know.”
Anne:
Anne: “Venom, come out.”
Venom, on Eddie’s shoulder: “…Hi Annie”
-When the Carnage vs Venom fight comes and Venom inevitably gets torn off Eddie, Eddie gets a solo badass moment against Carnage when he tries to kill Venom. Preferably with a flamethrower. Preferably with a cheesy-good one liner.
“Get away from him, you dick”
-Closing scene
Police, inundated with video proof: “This. This thing right here. Big toothy slime giant. Recently fought another redder toothy slime giant, in public, broad daylight. Disappeared again. Supposedly no witnesses. Sir, please. Please. Have you seen this cannibalistic pile of talking ink?”
Stan Lee: “…Isn’t that Spider-Man? I miss the old costume.”
me, the eldest sibling in a fairy tale: hey idiots, watch me own the hell out of the Devil. I’m gonna be so good at it
me, ten days later, draped over my youngest sibling’s shoulder like a sack of potatoes as they saunter out of Hell: I will admit that mistakes were made.
Movies and modern media have a lot to answer for in regards to animal welfare and ‘trendy’ breeds.
You may well have heard of the surge of popularity in dalmatians after 101 Dalmatians hit the cinema, or everybody wanting to own clownfish after Finding Nemo came out, but the movie I will always particularly blame is Hachi: a dog’s tale.
An Akita, if you’ve never met one, is perfectly capable of being a loyal and noble companion, but are frequently described as ‘dominant, aloof, independent’ and ‘not a dog for beginners’. They are even considered a dangerous dog breed in some jurisdictions.
Waitwaitwaitwait, so in Australia you can euthanize a HEALTHY dog just for being potentially agressive? Did he actually hurt someone or did I misread something? Here in germany you aren’t even allowed to euthanize healty animals. Only if they hurt a human/an animal a certain amount of times (I’m not exactly sure how often, but that’s the only reason you are allowed to euthanize them. And if they killed a human. Obviously.). I am just so shocked that this guy didn’t even tried to rehome him or put him in a shelter… Wow, now I’m angry at everything. Especially this owner. And idgaf if he loved him, apparently he didn’t loved him enough to think just a little forward or simply read the Wikipedia-page about Akitas. Fml.
The dog was threatening other family members and actively worse with everyone who was not the owner. They could not accept the risk that rehoming him would result in a human injury.
Putting a dog that is aggressive towards everything except one human into a shelter where it never sees that human again? Not a good idea. We weren’t waiting for the bite to happen, especially not from a large and powerful dog.
And I will euthanise a healthy but aggressive dog over a healthy but timid dog when shelters are full. That is too much risk to expect somebody else to handle, and if he had given it to a shelter at that time, it would still have been euthanised.
I really don’t think that was meant to be a shot at you and your decision, but rather the laws and lack of support to avoid the situation that some other places have
I didn’t interpret it as taking a shot as me, but it’s a decision I stand by anyway.
This decision was made in a rural setting, with limited resources, but even where I am now with more resources there is a growing and frustrating trend of independent rescues, mostly breed-specific that frankly seem to be run by bunny-huggers that want to save everything, no matter the cost, or trying to rehabilitate aggressive dogs which is my professional oppinion should have just been put to sleep, and maintstream shelters will not touch.
Dogs which are so aggressive and reactive that the ‘rescues’ can’t find foster carers for them, that their experiences foster carers can’t handle, so they put them in boarding kennels for weeks at a time while they figure out what to do.
One individual dog had $15,000 spent on it trying to rehabilitate it, between the behaviorist consults, medication, boarding, and shunting it from one end of the country to the other trying to find a suitable foster carer for it. And that one had already bitten a human.
One tried to give me a young doberman, knowing they’re one of my favourite breeds and that I am a vet, but this dog had been ‘failed to train as a guard dog’ and had so many behavioral problems as a result that there was no way I was tackling that project.
Just because you can try, doesn’t always mean you should. Sometimes all your options are bad in one way or another and all you can do is choose the one that minimizes harm. Once the bad decisions are already made, you need to make sure your last one is the best one you can make.
Sometimes it’s better to put time, money, and other resources into saving multiple lower-trouble animals than a single animal with serious health or behavioral issues. If that’s the case, better the animal die easily than battle health issues or be shut up in a cage because it’s too dangerous to take out.
And I think that person questioning the decision missed the part where the dog threatened a woman with a baby.
Oh my goodness! You’ve been blessed with the love of a kitten! May nothing ever tear you two asunder!
First things first, take your new fuzzy companion to the vet to get her checked out. The vet will make sure she’s got all the vaccinations and such she needs to stay healthy, and will get you on a check-up schedule. They’ll also help you schedule a time to get her spayed when she’s old enough (it’s for her own health, safety, and comfort don’t @ me). The vet will also have information for you on what to feed her, when, and how much. As she’s so little and no longer has her mother, this might be more complicated than with an older kitten.
Next I want to send you over to @drferox, an actual Tumblr vet who has pages and pages of advice for new pet owners. I believe they also answer specific questions.
Your kitten is probably suffering some abandonment anxiety right now. Make sure to give her plenty of cuddles and get her lots of socialization with you and other (vaccinated and friendly) animals. But be careful, as not all adult animals take kindly to baby animals and their instinct might either be to nurture or attack her.
Good luck, henny! You’re doing a good thing by adopting this tiny ball of needles and fluff!
2-3 weeks is very young, kittens have only just opened their eyes but may still need manual stimulation to urinate and defecate. You need to get into a vet clinic within 24 hours to check age, and be shown how to feed and toilet properly. Being a runt may or may not be due to anything medical, some runts will catch up just fine with lots of food, but you will need a kitten-appropriate milk replacer, which most vet clinics will have.
They are usually not anxious at that age, just wanting food, toileting and soft, warm things to snuggle up to, but your first stop is to check in with a vet clinic to make sure you’ve got everything you need, and you’re doing it right. Sometimes nurses will be quite happy to walk you through it before you even need to see a vet, but go today because 24 hours is a long time for a baby kitten.
Get to a vet as soon as possible. Kittens that young go downhill very fast if not cared for properly, and they’re tricky.
Some very beautiful African giant toads [Amietophrynus superciliaris] having a productive day. This species has a widespread range in Africa, but interestingly enough has multiple areas of high occupancy all separate from one another, raising speculation to whether its actually one species or part of a complex of multiple species and subspecies whose ranges often overlap. Images by Bob Golding
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