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Trektober Day 20 - Only One Bed. Rosalind Chao gave the impression of trying SO hard to hint the polycule into existence. I hope in some AU or other Keiko was successful.

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12 people have deleted me as a contact because i wont stop changing my skype name

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Ferengi redesign

Ferengi are a smaller species, not generally getting over 5'6", but have long digitigrade legs. Their three-toed feet have slight webbing between the toes, and they’ll often ‘sit’ on their lower legs (it looks hilarious but that’s beside the point). The Ferengi body plan isn’t great for walking around, and the most efficient method of locomotion is an easy hop-lope, which is good for getting around patches of swampland without falling into a mire (not that they have to do that anymore, but hey, that’s what evolved).

Ferengi have small eyes, and their eyesight’s not fantastic (probably why they like such bold patterns), and their sense of smell is average, but their hearing is fantastic. Ferengis’ ears are immobile,  but they have highly mobile necks and can turn their head around pinpoints sounds, much like an owl. It’s freaky. The shape of the ears funnels sound, and also help keep most of the rain out. The shape of the ears is variable, and the size is greatly dependent on the nutrients the fetus receives through the parent during gestation. The size of a child’s ears determine their gender designation and thus their treatment in Ferengi society. This is usually established at birth, but reassessed at 4-5 years old (it can be reassessed at any time and enough money will get you whatever designation you or your parents want)–but that’s a whole social thing and I’m not getting into that right now.

When they’re born, Ferengi skulls are mostly cartilage, because a hard skull would be even more difficult to birth. They’re born with folded ears, which are unfolded for measurement but don’t unfold on their own for several weeks. Ferengi have only one sex, and all Ferengi are capable of carrying and siring offspring–they’ve evolved so that a pair would each carry a child, but that very rarely happens in current Ferengi society due to rigid gender roles.

Ferengi don’t have any hair, and they like their skin to be a bit moist if they’re off-world. On Ferenginar it’s going to be moist anyway so they don’t even think about it, but Ferengi abroad will notice that they feel a bit scratchy and tired. This can be alleviated with a daily steamy shower/bath/etc. or a damp cloth worn about the neck or head.

Ferengi have a venomous spur, a modified carpal bone that delivers a toxin that’s non-fatal to pretty much everything but the large insects they like to eat. Some Ferengi dishes consist of a single huge, live, bug which is killed and eaten by the diner using the spur. Homeworld Ferengi are mainly insectivorous, and they get away with being much larger than Terran insectivores by eating massive insects (or insect equivalents. They’re close enough). To aid in crunching bugs, Ferengi have sharp, pointed teeth. They also tend to have high, nasal voices, and shriek horribly when they get upset or feel threatened.

(i haven’t gone too far into thinking about the social aspects of Ferengi society but i’m interested in how the redesign could interact with the canon mores and culture. Canon Ferengi society has rigid gender roles but a contrasting fluidity of presentation, as demonstrated by the ease with which Quark and Pel present as different genders. I’m also interested in how the redesign could possibly expand on the kinds of presented genders and their roles in society [i.e. a business owner like Quark differs from a civil servant like Brunt]. Redesign Ferengi culture is something I’ll keep thinking about.)

(it looks like they just have a tiny dick it’s not what it seems i swear)

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au idea... tng but it's set in the 80s and the enterprise is an apartment building rather than a ship

other tenants of the building include: -Picard (the head of the college that Data attends) and Q (no one really knows what he does, he just pops in and out whenever he pleases) -Troi (high school guidance counselor) and Riker (personal trainer) and Worf used to live here too but he moved out -Beverly (still a doctor) and Wesley (burnt out college freshman) -Barclay (works at Blockbusters w/ Data and Geordi) -Guinan (bartender of a secretly gay bar)

the ds9 apartment is a whole other story

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@midgeonsmidgeon

By popular demand: Avery Brooks (Extended Edition)

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RAHHHHH THIS IS THEM!! THAT'S MY BABY!

A sketch for leechrot on TH/Discord of their Trek oc and Kira as cats.

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I, for one, am happy these actors feel comfortable being loud about how much you and your friend suck. If you’re doing something so against that show as voting for a rapist convicted felon who wants to end democracy, what did you expect? Especially from those women?

Actors being loud about how these assholes are NOT welcome makes fandom safer for a lot more people who deserve to be there.

Maybe your fav actor hating you for your bigoted politics should be a cause for reflection about what’s gone so wrong in your life. You know, if this bothers you so much.

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This was way too much fun too draw... Enjoy Tom Paris holding up one of the warp 10 salamander babies

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Guys, idk if anyone else read The Skinjacker Trilogy in middleschool, but I did. Loved it (I don't remember if I got a chance to finish the third book before I had to return it). I randomly remembered this when I saw some mention about another author being trans-supportive and one of their book series' names reminded me of the "Everlost"/"Everwild"/"Everfound" books. Well... I decided to look up the author and stumbled across their tumblr. Just from the two tumblr posts I've seen and one reddit post about a character from some other book series, I'm happy to find out Neal Shusterman is an ally and really makes me that much more excited to revisit those books.

It made me wonder how many important causes were crushed not by opposition, but by lukewarm support.' - Game Changer

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yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr you greedy fucks

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We need to end lobbyism as we know it. Corporate bribery is the worst way to provide a human right like health care.

Sad that $800 million/year in bribes costs us 650 billion/year in savings.

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@waffled-iron you're two sweet aaaa but yes I fucking loved both games as a kid literally OBSESSED over AJ and I love this funky little goober and I'm glad you do too <3

Phantom UB Funkey OC

So... The past two weeks I've been thinking about an old game I used to play, UB Funkeys. I had the urge to make a UB Funkey OC and I've also wanted to make an OC from another game, Animal Jam, for several years. I decided, why not just combine the two?

And this was the result!

The background was fun to paint and was nice practice. Overall the art (character reference + background) took around 6ish hours? About 2 of those were on the background alone.

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hey tumblr, just checking in, is the site still burning?

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https://x.com/photomatt/status/1760647056597946851?s=46

CEO of Tumblr, Matt Mullenweg, has started openly harassing tumblr users on other platforms. This dude is actually incredibly scary and malicious and should not be involved with this website going forward. Theres just no excuse for this behavior.

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Here's another look at some Whovian coffee paintings I've made over the years 😊 First out is a Dalek:

I love how they're almost the same from their original design - why mess with perfection? 🤌

Next up, a Cyberman:

Iconic, but not quite to the same extent as other baddies 😏

Both are painted with instant coffee on heavyweight smooth A4 paper

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