Let's adopt. A pet, I mean.

[groupon]

the "LET'S GET A PET" meme
This person makes you feel thinks like never before. The sunshine's in your life, your skin is cleared, your crops are watered. Most importantly, though, your cards have been laid out on the table. You know what they mean to you. They know. In every sense, they're the one. So what does this mean? It might just be that you're ready to take this next step in your relationship. This little family of two – it's about to gain another member...

...because you're totally getting a pet.

How to Play
- IMAGINE YOUR OTP ADOPTING A PET: THE MEME
- Comment with your character and additional information. You might wanna include what kind of animal your character would gravitate to, whether they'd cook up the idea themselves/bring the pet home, no questions asked/pick up strays/be the reluctant pet parent/etc.
- Thread out those puppies.
- Literally?

- Not that I nailed this on as hard requirement, but feel free to link adorable visual inspiration for your character's pet(s)!

Comments

Loki / MCU / OTA

[coldsong]

[Here for dumb fluff. Shipping is fine, but platonic/familial couples adopting a pet together are equally welcome. Loki may pretend he doesn't want a pet but he likes nearly all animals; it's really just an act.

No, Thor, we are not getting a bilgesnipe!]

[silverseamariner]

[I'd love to do a thing. skekSa has Thra birds of prey on offer!]

How's this?

[coldsong]

Loki brings Eindrid to the tavern regularly, even now that they've got his own ship to attend to. It makes him happy and it's a nice father-son time for the two of them (because he makes a point of setting aside solo time with each of the children on a weekly basis; they all need him), and on top of that he gets to have a drink and a snack cooked by someone else. As spring turns into summer, it occurs to him while watching Ein stare at the tanks that maybe he should have a pet fish.

Of course, one child having a pet will lead to all of them having pets; he knows he's opening Pandora's box there. But a fish is a good way to begin, and lower maintenance than some animals. And so today he is in the tavern with the child, with a few books open as he researches what kind of setup they'll need.

"What's your opinion?" he asks skekSa with a smile as she peers over their shoulders. "What kind of fish is best for a little Asgardian's first pet?"

[Nexus based but we can decide later if it's Nexus canon. She can talk Loki into a bird, too if you want!]

[silverseamariner]

skekSa is fond of Eindrid. She considers him something partly of an honorary clan member, and she's fairly confident that none of the Sifa would have a problem with that. They took in stragglers all the time, members of other clans who were banished, decided to leave, or simply didn't fit in. Some of the Sifan ethos has rubbed off on her, skeksis though she is.

So she's willing to do a favor for Loki's family. Anything for the young captain, who she promised to help train when he came of age. Not everyone has the opportunity to learn from the Lord Mariner herself, who'd sailed Thra's seas for trine upon trine and gone where no other skeksis dared.

"For the wee lad, I assume?" The pirate's eyes brighten. "I imagine you'll need something that won't grow too large for the tank. Would you prefer a creature native to the Earth or to Thra? I can do either one."

Celegorm | Tolkien's Legendarium | OTA

[kyelek]

[ The animal told him to get it. It's canon. Hey, just... chill with Tyelko and his huge Dog and 50 other forest animals. ]

/shyly peeks in

[bythewaves]

[ would an exasperated older brother work, instead? ]

👀

[kyelek]

[ ppssshhhh shouldn't he be used to it by now! yes that absolutely works 🤗 ]

or feel free to adjust this to whenever!

[bythewaves]

[ shall we do something in Valinor then. HM. how about... ]

TYELKO!!! [ Sometimes, Makalaure lives up to his father name rather literally ]

WHAT IS THIS... THING SLOBBERING ON MY PAPERS????

Huan's cue ✨🐕✨

[kyelek]

[ How many "things" has he brought back, and often times? Don't ask him to tell the difference from the way the complaint sounds. At that, he'd argue that Makalaurë may have his father-name, but his reprimand is too much like their mother's.

Tyelko knows who's "slobber", but mouths that it must be exaggeration. ]

The Hound? [ The feign of innocent surprise that he was going for is overtaken by pride and delight before the answer even leaves his lips. He's gone on numerous hunts, in Oromë's company and with many of his dogs yet, but-- ] He's mine! [ That much is, of course, obvious. However, Huan is a gift, and, Tyelko is already sure, the greatest ever. ]

This day, Oromë gifted him to me.

[ Making Tyelkormo his master; it's no good reason to keep him leashed out of his brother's study, though. ]

[bythewaves]

[ u take that back or he'll tell mom on you ]

Obviously the Hound! [ Maglor hisses, irate, and drops his face into his hands ]

A gift. [ He says flatly ] From Lord Orome.

[ Lord Orome is now officially his Least Favourite Vala, because WHY ]

Can't you give it back?

[kyelek]

[ He bellows out a laugh, almost as loud as Tulkas one might say. Though, being Oromë's friend rather, there is a dreadfulness—at least, for his brother to hear—within it. ]

Makalaurë, do you not know what a gift is? [ It means you can't give it back :) ] Returning him would see all our hearts sink to sorrow.

[ Tyelko brings slain animals, and his brother isn't happy. Now he arrives with one devoted and servile, and his mood can not be helped either. What a shame. ]

He hath been named. I won't think of giving him back.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor twitches, pulling his face out of his hands to glare. ]

I know that your... "gift" just ate half my latest symphony! You could at least have left him outside!

[ You are absolutely doing this on purpose little brother don't think he can't tell ]

And what did you name him then. [ And can he tease you about it ]

[kyelek]

[ Absolutely. Never forget, that Makalaurë may have been named the strong-voiced, but has not their father's talent for language been bestowed upon his third son? It isn't just the speech of beast and bird he understands to use. ]

Do you not ever pride yourself upon your flavourful compositions?

[ Being his master now, Tyelko's instruction is behind it. A hunt is best led by ambush. ]

Huan. [ For the Eldest Speech does not sound as fair as Quenya. ] That is the name I chose. [ It's very direct. What can one say, even the talented have their more effortless moments... ]

[bythewaves]

[ He can still write a song mocking you that no one will be able to get out of their memory for years if you keep this up, little brother ]

That is absolutely not what is meant and you know it! Now I will have to rewrite it all before the festival in a week!

[ ... wait really? ]

You named the hound... hound.

[ He stares at his brother ]

Surely... you could have been a bit more... [ creative ] lyrical?

[kyelek]

[ The first diss-track of Arda? If that should save his performance--

Why such a face? Lyrical? Much more true to his name, now suddenly, Tyelko is about to rile himself up by the mere look of his brother's expression. His choice of words, the question and the pause, give note to it that is judgemental enough for him to justify his temper. ]

Unlike you, Makalaurë, my care is not for sitting upon the glades, playing my harp!

[bythewaves]

[ Why brother, are you sacrificing your dignity for him? How kind~ ]

No, clearly not! [ Maglor snaps back - his temper is slower to rouse, always has been, not Teylkormo's flashfire but their mother's glacial freeze - but that doesn't mean he doesn't have one. And he'd worked hard on that symphony ]

Some of us, however, have real work to do! And you've set me back a week!

[so_dark_a_road]

[ How about a younger brother and partner in crime, who also likes animals? ]

[kyelek]

Curvo, [ Call him anything but, still Tyelkormo had been wise enough to let his hound scout ahead. As much as their father may hold pride in the passionate character and their pursuits of each one of his sons, he would not welcome beast or bird into the forge. Yet, this is where Curufinwë is most oft to be found as well, his brother knows. ] Look here!

[ The pheasants in the cage trap seem to have calmed under a linen cover. Tyelko pulls it back just enough to reveal one's speckled tail feather's, and the other's colourful head. There is no doubt, they must be just a small proof of a successful hunt. He ought to wonder, each and every time, if Curufinwë had even left his work bench in the time he had gone riding with the Ambarussa, with Huan, followed Oromë. ]

Wrest yourself from your crafts, and I'll show you what else.

[so_dark_a_road]

Tyelko! [ Grin. It's true that Curufin is most often to be found in the forge. But he has different standards than his father does, and he would not object if Huan or some other creature should accompany his brother into this space. ]. What is this?

[ He lays down his metal-working project and his tools and comes to see what Celegorm has brought. His brother would be right to wonder if Curufin has left his work bench in all the time Celegorm has spent in the chase -- he hasn't. Curufin looks and sees one bird's tail feathers and the other's head. ] Oho! Your hunt was successful.

[ He takes off his leather apron and hangs it up on a peg ] All right, I'm wrested! Show me the rest. Do we need to go elsewhere?

[kyelek]

[ Does he not know? Yet, if Curufinwë earnestly sought to ride, he knows that he need only say so. As much as he is younger also, taking him is different to going with the twins. Though, need it be said, Tyelkormo loves each of them.

The pheasants will serve for a meal, new fletching, and what else. Were it not Curvo saying so, Tyelko might take offense to as much surprise—or, what he thinks—there is not a time he'd come home empty handed, and he not only trapped two birds, of course. Still, even to him it's asinine to ride a horse into the forge. He tells him, yes, outside.

This one he didn't not chase, but bought it. ] A new horse.

[ A brown coat so dark that it is nearly black, safe around the muzzle. It looks tall, strong certainly. Spurring Turukáno into taking a race across Tirion should be simple enough, and if not he may still count on Írissë. ] What do you say?

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Curufinwe doesn't have a clue as to what Tyelkormo is about to show him.

He's not actually surprised that his bother has captured the birds -- his brother is a superb hunter and trapper. Curvo only meant to express enthusiasm and admiration. And he wouldn't expect Tyelko to ride a horse into the forge! That would be taking things a little too far. He opens the door of the forge and exits with his brother. ]

A new horse? [ He goes to the horse and smiles at it, and at his brother. He strokes the horse's muzzle and mutters a greeting. ]. Beautiful horse! Was this a gift from Oromë? Or did you purchase or trade for it?

[kyelek]

This one I bought. [ Not that Oromë doesn't gift him one once in a while. He surely seems proud of the purchase, and nothing but affection—as ever—may be within Tyelko's touch as he strokes his flat palm down the length of its neck. As yet, it's curried and combed; whether it'll be a steed to take into the hunt he hasn't decided.

Perhaps to gauge just that, he has a demand of his little brother. ]

Take a ride with me, Curvo. No doubt you had denied yourself any rest in all the time I was gone. [ He knows, whether it be called intuition or proof of how well Tyelkormo knows his favored sibling. ] Take my other horse and we'll go.

[ And if they don't get any of their cousins to race, they can do it between them. ]

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Curufin nods and smiles. Celegorm may well be proud of this purchase. The horse is beautiful and spirited and obviously well taken care of.

The demand is timely, since Curufin needs a break from the forge. ]

Of course, Tyelko! [ He grins. Of course he denied himself rest during the time Celegorm was gone. Tyelko knows him well. Curvo will knock himself out working on any new project that he's excited about. ]. Thanks, I'll borrow your other horse. Let's go and get him!

[ Curufin's up for a race if Celegorm is! Whoohoo! ]