species; headfriends; kinstuff; "dark" personality traits
I'm finding a pleasant level of continuity between Tiger and Raccoon. The transition ain't quite happening in what I laughingly call "RL," because it's just such a cozy habit to RAWR at @anthracite and lovingly maul her head (and get mauled right back <3), but here online, it's been pretty easy.
Basically, Tiger and Raccoon are on the same sliding scale of It's Fun To Hurt People And Break Stuff That Deserve It. It's just more about "breaking stuff" and less about "hurting people."
Kirsch is more appropriate to the chill environment of Masto, the same way Reddit's snarky arrogance makes for such a target-rich Happy Hunting Ground for Rezy.
Why go through all the trouble of devouring the unjust—an honor they don't deserve—when you can just tear up their society and curl up in a cozy hole inside its rafters? If they give you any trouble, one little nip will do the trick, 'cause they can't live with the infectious things that you take for granted...
Raccoons are cute little bastards too. We're just more subtle about it. Majesty is an unnecessary burden, and who needs all that attention? It's more fun to pick at your enemies' symbolic worlds quietly, in the dark. =(^).(^)=
re: species; headfriends; kinstuff; "dark" personality traits
@Austin_Dern Bastardry isn't by far my only association with raccooning! It's just something that I'm always aware of as a part of it, a way of channeling my own ornery streak into productive things, since I don't seem to be able to get rid of it...
It's the _relentlessness_ that's the key trait here—cultivating the ability to get my ADD-laden brain to actually pick at those rooftiles, fiddle with that lock, or throw pinecones at that stupid dog down the street, until something actually gets accomplished. =(n).(n)=
It's also about slogging through with an imperfect and chronically screwed-up body, accepting that I'm gonna feel sick almost every day and that's kinda just something to accept and move on... *froth* :)
I really like your take on it, too! That is also kind of part of it for me. Dealing with my outsider issues, dealing with my alienation from modern urban society, dealing with the fact I feel like a displaced cultural scrounger these days...
re: species; headfriends; kinstuff; "dark" personality traits
@zebratron2084 I have been coming slowly to realize that the raccoon appetite-and-dexterity-without-wisdom is a good allegory for ADHD and I don't know how I missed that before.
Anyway the true important thing is finding expressions that address things important to you now, and it's great that you're aligning your expressions with your needs, and it'll be great if and when that changes again.
species; headfriends; kinstuff; "dark" personality traits
@zebratron2084 I see raccooning (or coatiing) as not about being bastards or even tearing things up. It's more about resolutely staying yourself in a place that doesn't have a role for you, and letting the place be the one not at ease with that.
You know that coatis are recorded as making barking laughs when in danger? Learning that was when I knew I was who I ought to be.