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one thing about me is that i wear socks to keep my feet warm 😁

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We have already averted truly apocalyptic levels of global warming.

Yes, read that again. Let it sink in. This is what the science now says. We have already averted truly apocalyptic global warming.

To quote David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth, from his huge feature in the New York Times:

"Thanks to astonishing declines in the price of renewables, a truly global political mobilization, a clearer picture of the energy future and serious policy focus from world leaders, we have cut expected warming almost in half in just five years... The window of possible climate futures is narrowing, and as a result, we are getting a clearer sense of what’s to come: a new world, full of disruption but also billions of people, well past climate normal and yet mercifully short of true climate apocalypse." (New York Times, October 22, 2022. Unpaywalled here. Emphasis mine. And yes, this vision of the future is backed up by the current science on the issue, as he explains at length in the article.)

So we've already averted truly apocalyptic warming, and we've already cut expected warming IN HALF in just the past five years.

The pace of technology, of innovation, of prices, of feasibility, of discovery, of organizing, of grassroots movements, of movements in other countries around the world, have all picked up the pace so fast in the last five years.

Renewable technology and capacity are both increasing at an exponential rate. It's all S-curves, ones that look like this:

-via The Economist, June 20, 2024.

How much more will we manage in another five years? Another ten? Another twenty?

I know the US is about to fucking suck about the environment for the next four years. But the momentum of renewable energy is far too much to stop - both in the US (x) and around the world.

(Huge shoutouts to India, China, and Brazil for massive gains for the environment in renewables, and Brazil for massive progress against Amazon deforestation.)

We're going to get there.

Say it with me. We're going to get there.

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Happy Birthday Thirteen☠

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had a bizarre glitch where giovanni kept sinking in the ground and only partially coming out when you talk to him. whack a mole giovanni

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i love your blog sm pls dont die

Anon were you perchance in contact with the universe yesterday because the migraine I had when you sent me this ask was actually killing me

Okay but in all seriousness thank youuuu aaahhhhh????!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 Glad to hear that you like my silly little blog, thank you anon. You can expect more silly little additions at irregular intervals 🫶🫶✨ sfhjkjs

But anyway. Here, showing you the current state of my WIP in exchange for your kind words 🫡💚✨

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LISTEN he is having fun and trying his best, that's all that matters 😭

sylus dancing off beat because he canonically has a hard time (cannot recognize) recognizing melodies and patterns

like what do you MEAN, how do i recover from this 😭 my precious dragon baby

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I know tumblr has been pushing communities a lot lately so I need people to know that if you reblog something into a community, people can react and comment on it in there and this is functionally the same thing as sharing it in a private discord server, by which I mean: if the original poster isn't in that community, they're not gonna see any of it.

Don't start reblogging in there instead of your blogs guys. If you start gushing about a headcanon or art piece or fanfic or meta or whatever in there without *at least also* sharing what is said with the orignal poster, you're gonna fail your fandoms. Please don't starve out your fellow fans.

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@lonely-north-star

Justice for our homegirl and her suffering

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infinity nikki is so funny bc imagine a rugged warrior, who has seen the horrors of war, the death of a god, and other unspeakable things, going through a villain monologue saying stuff like "the birth of a new god needs a sacrifice!" but he looks like this

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Ooh, for the oc ask game, all of them! But that's a bit much so... could I ask about Concept and Design 4, and General info 11 and 12 for Marchosias?

I mean.. if you want to know more, you are always more than welcome to send more asks. I'm always happy to yap a bit 👉👈

-> to the ask game -> more about Marchosias

CONCEPT AND DESIGN 04 What do they look like? Do you have a picture/picrew of what you envision them to look like?

Yes, I have a few!! The chibi is recent & the last pic is the very first time I ever drew her to help me visualize her & it's not completely up-to-date anymore but I didn't get around to updating her demon form so yeah. It'll still look mostly the same tho!

The first two were drawn by the lovely @shootingstarrfish (thank you again, starr <3)

GENERAL INFO 11 Do they still have any objects from their childhood? What is their most vivid childhood memory?

Uuuhhh, do the scars on her back from having her wings cut off count...?

I have to be honest, I haven't thought too much about her childhood once she came to the Devildom, so I'm kind of falling flat on the object part here, though I do want to give her a little item that hold special meaning for her, Baal & Aym (my other two Obey Me OCs though those two ARE not fleshed out in the slightest, so send asks about them at your own risk), but I'm not sure what it should be exactly. Something small that she always carries around with her, so maybe some sort of self-made badge, or a special stone they found or something...? Maybe she could then wear it as an earring or a necklace or something... Still workshopping that one

& she doesn't really have much from the Celestial Realm because she was kind of supposed to get killed & then fled in a hurry, so yeah. The only thing she does still have is the blue piece of cloth in her demon form. I'm kind of torn on this one, but it's either the last remaining piece of her angel outfit, ORRRR it was originally Raphael's and he gave it to her when he helped her escape. And while she does not remember why it's so important to her, Maze made sure to incorporate it into her outfit

As for memories, while it's not necessarily the most vivid one (we know which one takes that price), one that she keeps coming back to is Raphael's attempt at befriending her, as well as some of the things he temporarily stole might or might not have brought to her without explicit permission before secretly returning them. For example, there was a book about astrology that she seemed particularly amazed by..... Just the few happy moments he gave her back in the Celestial Realm

THAT BEING SAID, she doesn't recognize Raphael in her memories anymore, so when they meet again he's just a stranger to her

GENERAL INFO 12 What is something they have experienced that has shaped them into the person they are today?

The easy thing would be to say "that time when Marchosias & Raphael were kids and he cut her wings off when he was technically supposed to kill her <3" but like. Her brain shut off any memory of that

.........so instead, we're blaming Lucifer & say when he decided to tell Maze about everything that transpired back in the Celestial Realm & therefore brought all her memories back <3

But yeah, not only learning that she is technically a fallen angel, but also having Lucifer explain to her that she was seen as less of an angel because she was born with 'the signs of demonic marks' caused her entire world view along with her self-view to just. Crumble. And causing her to just spiral for a while. If it weren't for others like Mephisto, Baal, Aym, Solomon and Barbatos, she would have probably completely lost it

Speaking of Mephisto, he was the one that ultimately got her to slowly warm up to the idea of properly processing and accepting what happened. & the way he did it was by kicking down her door and throwing parfait after parfait in her face while sitting there in silence because he knew that she'd need to be the one to willingly talk about what had happened herself. And so he decided to bribe her into letting him stay by giving her parfaits, plus he knew the silence would eventually drive her insane enough to where she would start talking about something. Didn't have to be about what had happened as long as Maze would start returning a little to her old self again

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It's giving

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Tag by OP

They skedaddled because they knew that depending on Beel's answer, MC's reaction would be this

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I DESIRE INFORMATION ABOUT MAZE IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED YET *makes grabby hands*

⸺ GENERAL INFO ⸺

07: What is their favorite place, and what do they love so much about it? 08: Do they have a kill count? How high is it?

optionally: 09: Do they attend RAD? What is their role there? Their best subject/the one they teach? Club activties? If they don't attend RAD, what do they do?

You request more information about Marchosias, you shall receive more information about her!!

-> to the ask game -> more about Marchosias

⸺ GENERAL INFO 07 ⸺ What is their favorite place, and what do they love so much about it?

Aurora Hill and the Urona Aqueduct (yes I'm bringing this random ass structure only mentioned in the in-game calendar back. I did not write an entry for it in vain, okay ._.) are both perfect for stargazing, so they are definitely high up on her list. But there is another place. A place that is a little...tricky

Hidden away in the place where the sun never sets, there stands a lonesome tree far away from the Celestial Palace. Because you see, on some days, all she can remember is the rustling of the leaves as the wind travels through them and the warm beams of sunlight landing on her face. She can't quite make out his face anymore, but underneath the tree stands a young boy, barely older than her, awkwardly declares himself to now be her friend...

It's place that she forever yearns for--a place she sometimes isn't sure if it was just a fleeting dream, if it acutally exists. And yet, deep down, she knows that tree continues to grow, somewhere, in a realm she isn't welcome in

And then there are the other days. Where she loathes the tree more than even the scars on her back. Days on which the scenery is blury, covered by a heavy fog that she cannot lift and does not want to lift. That very same boy is still before her, hands shaking as he clutches the spear in them tightly, as if desperatly trying to steady himself. From it's tip, deep, dark red tears slowly drip, drip, drip onto the pair of wings seperating the two children. The pure and innocent white, once the symbol of angel, tarnished by the red oh so slowly creeping up its feather

Whenever her mind forces her to relive that moment over, and over, and over, and over again, her body follows suit and reminds her how her lungs had failed her completely while the air she so desperately tried to breathe kept attacking the very place her wings sat just moments ago, and all Marchosias can do is cry. The whole damn realm can burn down for all she cares, if only it would make those memories disappear forever

⸺ GENERAL INFO 08 ⸺ Do they have a kill count? How high is it?

Ah, you know :)

Maze's first (and pretty much only) response to bullshit is her returning her attention to whatever she was doing before while suddenly relentlessly stabbing you. So unless there's someone around to stop her, you can pretty much expect to be killed <3

There are also a handful of humans that she killed before they could forge a pact with her, but once the pact is fully forged, you're safe!

All that being said, she doesn't really like her clothes getting dirty, so her kill count is.....fairly low for a demon :)

⸺ GENERAL INFO 09 ⸺ Do they attend RAD? What is their role there? Club activties?

Current president of the newspaper club, yayayayay!!

I'm ignoring Nightbringer's 'RAD was built after the brothers fell' bit because A) The Glory Days devilgram supremacy, B) this is my AU & I can do what I want <3, and C) I don't like the the idea of the Diavolo's overreliance on the brothers (especially Lucifer) to get shit done in the Devildom. I know that the Demon King is still the one in charge before the brothers fell, but let Diavolo use his status as the crown prince to change the Devildom a little!! Anyway

She originally joined because she hoped her ability to gather information and intel (be it through the countless pacts she made, the countless connections she had built or her skills in manipulating and soliciting others into giving her what she wanted) would make her a useful resource for the newspaper club + a childhood friend of hers talked her into it. But nowadays she genuinely enjoys being a part of it, and while she would rather have had Mephisto continue being the club president, she puts a lot of effort into her new role

Speaking of Mephisto; once the brothers fell, Maze noticed that Mephisto seemed kind of down and that his mood kept getting worse and worse with every passing day. So she decided to try and befriend him.......except, her only points of reference when it comes to friendships and making friends were Raphael (who she forgot), and Baal and Aym who kinda forced themselves into her life. So instead of trying to be empathetic to his current situation, Marchosias just kinda walked straight up to Mephisto, stared at him and then forced him to eat parfaits with her. They have been besties ever since <3

She is also known as the one that keeps getting Diavolo kicked out of class every once in a while because these two usually can NOT shut up when paired together in Seductive Speechcraft. Diavolo wants to learn as much as he can from her experiences in the human world, meanwhile Marchosias is just genuinely interested in what is wrong with him (affectionate) <3

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WHUUUUU LOST POST RECOVERED!!!!!!!

the idea for an AU where MC is in charge of a mini ZOO or an animal rescue and the whole obey me cast are the animals there. but it often happens that they just free roam around. situation like this happening on daily basis:

MC: *wakes up, turns their had towards the balcony*

peacock!Lucifer: *screeching by the window because they're late for the feeding*

MC: *clearly spooked* jesus! How?!! We're on the second floor!!

or

MC: *brushing horse!Mephistopheles' mane, puts away the brush for a moment and when they go to retrieve it, it's gone*

MC: SOLOMON!!!

goose!Solomon:*somewhere in his hiding with the brush, clearly satisfied* Honk!

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@too-much-gacha WAS THAT THE ONE?????

the idea for an AU where MC is in charge of a mini ZOO or an animal rescue and the whole obey me cast are the animals there. but it often happens that they just free roam around. situation like this happening on daily basis:

MC: *wakes up, turns their had towards the balcony*

peacock!Lucifer: *screeching by the window because they're late for the feeding*

MC: *clearly spooked* jesus! How?!! We're on the second floor!!

or

MC: *brushing horse!Mephistopheles' mane, puts away the brush for a moment and when they go to retrieve it, it's gone*

MC: SOLOMON!!!

goose!Solomon:*somewhere in his hiding with the brush, clearly satisfied* Honk!