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emeraldboreas:

bunnylover726:

the-sunshine-cult:

if you cannot afford to take your pet to the vet when it needs medical attention then you cannot afford a pet.

*Slams the reblog button*

This is part of the reason I didn’t adopt another rabbit after my first died. I need to save up money in the bank and wait for my daughter to mature enough that I know she’ll play nice with an animal. I’m keeping the old pen and litterbox and everything for when the day comes, and believe me I’m looking forward to it. But I can’t bring on a new family member unless I know with 100% certainty that I’ve got the time, money, etc. for that animal.

I saw another post recently about giving your pets their necessary space for a good quality of life. Tiny cages and tanks don’t provide that. A LOT of people replied with some version of “But I’m POOR! Do I not deserve a pet because I’m POOR?!?!”

Nobody “deserves” a pet, Karen. You are not entitled to a pet just because you want one. If you can’t afford to give your pet adequate food, shelter, and medical care, you can’t afford a pet.

tereishqnachaya:

It’s no secret at this point but what really makes Goblin so interesting is the way the immortals in the drama are basically two giant dorks who have trouble navigating day to day life. It’s this aspect of seeing two powerful beings with two great tragedies of their own having petty fights and acting like bickering kids. I doubt this show would be half the fun it is if these two used their powers and might to be what it is expected them to be. But the writing has treated their powers as a simple day job. Sure, it is a part of their life but it isn’t what their life is ALL about. We see the Reaper doing his job of collecting souls and keeping a meticulous record of it all. Kinda like how a person works in a office. We have even seen the Goblin acting like the Guardian when he comes across reincarnated people from the past. He even goes around granting miracles and occasionally, mingling with the affairs of life and death.

Now instead of lingering on these aspects, this show has taken the route of exploring the more domestic side of these two characters. It spends more time showing them dining together or talking about their troubled love life than being mighty. They are all about the troubles of daily life than matters of the supernatural. And it’s because of this that when they do talk about “God”, it looks more like two people discussing a Boss they work for but they haven’t seen.

It’s here that Goblin succeeds as a supernatural show. Whereas other shows with the themes of ghosts or immortal beings walking around on earth would do anything to establish a world of supernatural and creating rules for it, Goblin emphasis more on the world that WE are part of it. It makes sure to establish the magic but instead of basing the entire story around that magic, it integrates that magic into day to day life. For instance, Eun Tak can see ghosts. But her encounters with the ghosts aren’t a regular occurrence. That is a part of her character, not what her character is all about. Deok Hwa practically lives with a Goblin who can conjure up gold when drunk but his struggles are still so materialistic where all he wants is his credit card. The supernatural of this show isn’t supernatural at all..it is treated as something very normal. It rains when Goblin is sad, because that’s just how it is. It’s a fact and it’s treated as a fact, the show just rolls with it and the audience is supposed to do. And we do. Because the tone of the show doesn’t go all “ooooh!” and “aaaahh!!” at the supernatural, we as an audience don’t go all oooh and aahh at them. The supernatural isn’t the point here. It’s the normal, regular interactions done by these supernatural immortal beings that are the soul of the show. Let’s face it, the more memorable scene of the show won’t be Goblin granting EunTak’s mother life after the accident..it will always be Goblin asking Grim Reaper help to look cool in front of ET in case she summons him again. The normal that simple humans do, not the supernatural.