I havnt got a chance to redo my nest since November and it was in desperate need of a refresh so I did it last night! Very comfy and nice I slept in it while I was sick today
RAGGH (it’s nesting season babes I WANT IT GONE)
Feel free to dissagree/have your own versions of everything but my general ideas for my interpretations on the differences between an omega nest and an alpha den is essentially this;
Nest
Almost all soft materials
Small enclosed spaces
Not much clutter/generally tidy
Brighter colours pups like
Tends to look like the typical kid's pillow fort with being small enclosed area usually filled with pillows. Simple & bright colours and soft & fluffy textures are the way to go when designing one as of course these nests often have to be pup-safe. The space is usually very tidy, well as tidy as you can get when there's pups around, but still gets regularly cleaned.
Den
Not as enclosed & more open ended
Cluttered / hoarding is common
Lots of different textures & patterns
Darker colours
Could literally just be the person's entire room since there aren't as often clear boundaries between what is the den and what isn't. Dens are often kept dark since many alphas are somewhat nocturnal. There's also usually a variety of textures, so along with alphas' tendencies to fill up their space with a lot of stuff dens are oft cluttered. Due to denning behaviors, alphas are sometimes seen as "hoarders".
Though technically most alphas den and omegas nest, there are cases where an omega may den and an alpha may nest. Betas often will either have something more in the middle/sharing traits with both or will not participate in nesting at all. There are also non-nesting omegas & non-denning alphas. Of course, every individual is different, and there's always exceptions.
Fun thing about football right now is that there's a move called the "brotherly shove" that the Eagles do when they're very close to scoring, where the whole team puts their hands on the ass of the guy with the ball and physically propels him over the line into the endzone for the touchdown, and all the other teams' fans hate it because it's got such a ridiculously high rate of success for the Eagles and doesn't really seem to work for any other team. People are straight-up calling for this move to be banned, claiming it's "unstoppable" and gives an "unfair advantage" but it really and truly is a skill issue. The whole league hates this move because it only makes the Eagles win more often and nobody else can figure out how to do it right
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a KEIN backroomsgender related to the 974th level of the backrooms, Mr. Kitty's Playhouse. this gender is sometimes eerie and liminal, but generally feels comforting and safe. it’s connected to the color pink, soft things, childhood nostalgia, and the feeling of being watched.
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no fr like... What is there to be anxious about? nothing :33
being kidnapped and locked in a cage would actually fix my mental health issues
Sometimes you just gotta build a nest to shove your idiot Alpha into because they're so busy taking care of others they forget to take care of themselves. You tuck them in tightly and issue a warning growl that they better stay put and relax for fucking once, and you will be back soon with soup because you are very aware they've forgotten to eat again.
And once that meal has been finished, you flop bodily on top of your Alpha, both to ensure they can't run away and the pressure is like a weighted blanket, maybe it will help calm their frantic frazzled mind and let them sleep in peace for once.
You're definitely not letting them escape the nest until they've slept.
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