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cloudbends · 16 days ago

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It's been rotating in my brain for a while, so I decided to compile my thoughts about the parallels between anaxa and sunday in terms of the way their writing, personality and themes align with one another. At this point, I don't believe this is coincidental.

Anaxa sees reason and emotion as coexisting concepts instead of opposing ends. he rejects himself but he doesn't reject his humanity. he rejects his life but doesn't reject his personhood. he debatably has more faith in his students than he does in himself, because he puts so much trust in them to continue his work. to question everything. to forsake everything. to prove everything he can because he has nothing to lose. he guards his theories with his life because its literally all he has left. and i just like how antideterministic it is. they're doomed but he proves its not humanity being doomed by the gods, its humanity's ability to both doom and save itself.

the parallels between sunday and anaxa are best summed up by these two quotes from their respective trailers:

sunday: knowing there were no gods who could save people unconditionally. to change anything, you can only rely on yourself.

anaxa: gods, decry it as blasphemy - if that is all you can do [...] we alone are the true gods of this world.

How can they believe there's such a thing as a god after all they've lost? A line that particularly stuck out to me in anaxa's stories was cerces's goading of anaxa, asking him if he prayed to the titans upon seeing his hometown ruined and his sister dead. It disclosed a deeper, more personal sentiment anaxa has towards the titans than a mere desire to erase their existence. For anaxa, forsaking the gods means to wrestle control back to humanity's hands, to his hands, in the face of an uncontrollably tragic fate.

In this sense, both anaxa and sunday must deal with a desire for control, doing so by getting their respective gods out of the equation. I think Sunday's words at the grand theatre are incredibly important to this point, and indicate just how similar (if, of course, different circumstantially) their characters and arcs are:

Sunday: My desire is not to resurrect a fallen Aeon, or become one myself... my sole objective is to create a paradise free from Aeons, where the Order ensures the dignity and happiness of all humanity. A paradise exclusive to us human beings".

Sunday, for all his religious theming and imagery, wishes to forsake the gods in favour of an order of safety, to be the sole person remaining awake to guard the dreaming. I think it's very interesting that thematically, anaxa is framed as chaotic, wishing to disrupt the status quo, a perceived opposite to sunday, who in fact shares many more similarities with his mindset than you'd imagine. They both want to liberate mankind from the gods, so their fates won't be inextricably tied to the gods' whims, having grown disillusioned with them. Here however, the stark difference in their methods comes into play: while sunday's desire for humanity's happiness is regrettably robbing it of agency, anaxa's desire for humanity to gain its agency back is knowingly robbing them of their faiths.

Sunday doesn't have faith in humanity's ability to overcome hardships, and in order to be their protector, he decided to usurp the role of a god - he saw horrors so severe, that he felt he had to shoulder their protection for himself. Sunday operates by his sense of anxiety which inadvertently disclosed his lack of faith, taking things into his own hands to ensure they will go as well as possible - he can ensure the success and happiness of humanity only if he takes the burden upon himself and sees it through with his own hands. He feels only he can, or really must, be the responsible person who can shoulder the burden of protecting humanity, which inadvertently strips them of agency. Meanwhile, anaxa's entire thesis is based on his own disillusionment with the gods and faith in humanity, that his plan and eventual usurping of the titan position was in service of proving humanity's agency over the titans by their being identical beings. Anaxa has so much faith in humanity, to the point of disregarding his life and physical existence and completely trusting his students to continue what he can't finish. The blasphemer is driven by faith in humanity, while the believer is driven by distrusting the gods.

To their respective ends, they both decide to pose themselves as antagonists in the eyes of the public in order to ascend to a higher position at the expense of their own lives and well being. They're both themed and viewed as performers of sorts (depicted in stage settings, the performer and the conductor), which on the surface level, epitomise sunday as an organizer, a puppeteering figure, a follower of Order, and anaxa as the wild stage performer, a soliloquy giver, disrupting the audience's understandings of the world into chaos. I contend, however, that the complete opposite is true, making these parallels all the more compelling. Sunday's performance is entirely puppeteered and driven by his sense of anxiety, desperation, and an urge to escape reality, not being able to withstand its horrors - the order hides personal chaos. On the other side of the coin, anaxa's performance is the epitome of calculated, an argument and theory decades in the making, meant to be his final proof so he can leave the world that pained him behind to his students to nourish and give a final sacrifice for his equivalent exchange - the chaos hides personal order.

These two opposing ideas disclose the paralleling approaches anaxa and sunday take in regards to their ideals, and their differences in mental fortitude and personality. Anaxa is very self assured that his method will lead to his desired outcomes, marches entirely to the beat of his own drum, passing his thoughts to his cherished students and trusting them to continue what he doesn't believe he can survive to accomplish. Sunday, on the other hand, is defined by his insecurity, being surrounded by the hostile environment of the family, the younger figure thrust into a position of power through manipulation, and being forced to conform to it. Anaxa's figure is that of a teacher, an authority, while Sunday was inherently stuck in the position of a novice political figure, forced to sway according to the authorities around him.

Probably one of the most dominant aspects paralleling anaxa to sunday is both of their incredibly meaningful and impactful bonds they share with their sisters. While in sunday's case his bond takes central stage and in anaxa's stage we can only infer based on the little that is mentioned about it, I think it is no less significant to a thorough understanding of his character and motivations.

In both cases, two young siblings are left to fend off for themselves as their parents either die at the hands of war (sunday and robin) or decide to abandon their children (anaxa and his sister). And as such, they're each other's most meaningful connections in the world. Sunday owes robin his dream of a utopia, her ever supporter because her happiness is his, cementing his dedicating his life for the sake of others. In a similar vein, anaxa owes his sister his education, his access to knowledge, to experiments, to what is going to shape his life ambitions. However, I think what ties these characters further together is this sense of debt towards their sisters, in a way that feeds their selflessness and becomes their central means to achieve their goals.

Anaxa, in what I can infer from his character stories, genuinely views his life as disposable after his sister's death. His philosophical emphasis on equivalent exchange is, in large part, a reflection of his guilt towards his sister and her sacrifice - allowing him to study at the grove, at the expense of her own life the moment he left. In order for him to be worthy of her sacrifice - or the exchange to be equivalent - he must give away everything in order to achieve his goal. He must continuously chip away at his body, and his spirit, while insisting on retaining his heart and person, in order to make her death have meaning, for the rules of the world to make sense.

They're both so riddled with guilt, to the point it becomes their driving force. Both of their most significant human connections were to their sisters, feeling such an intense amount of debt towards both of them, that this sense of owing encourages them to keep chipping away at themselves in a subconscious effort to live up to both of their sister's "sacrifices" (robin's is more metaphorical). The kindness they received makes them eager to sacrifice more and more of themselves, creating a core of guilt that serves as their motivation to keep losing themselves for their grander goal.

The following portion of anaxa's 'chrysos' volume drew more parallels between the two in a way I can only interpret as being intentional, at the foremost through the use of the songbird motif. While sunday's charmony dove allegory bears no need to repeat, and I could write about it for hours, the following quote by anaxa is meaningful:

anaxa: I once carved a songbird that miraculously flapped its wings and took to the sky, though it circled five times at low altitude before falling...

As it is explicitly told, sunday's turning point in his life and ideology was finding charmony dove and having to confront the moral dilemma, a choice he viewed to be between freedom and security. His anxiety began to take root, as he had to watch the bird he nursed back to health attempt to fly again, and watch it plummet to its death, cementing in his minds that the weak, those he cherishes, are better kept secure than free. Ironically, he doesn't realise that he himself is stuck in such a cage, terrified of flying, and how his thought process ends up straining his relationship with the same person he so wishes to protect.

I don't think it's coincidental that anaxa chooses to emphasize the fact that the bird he manifested into life, also met its death a short amount of time after it was created by his hands. They're both left unsatisfied - they both must strive to do better, to either preserve life (sunday) or to create life (anaxa), so long as they can make sense of death. Both of these incidents end up solidifying and crystallizing their worldviews: they must sacrifice more of themselves in order to achieve their dreams. Be it a boundless utopia in sunday's case - posing himself as the sole guarding figure who shelters humanity from the terrors of existence regardless of the gods; or achieving transcendence and reaching an absolute truth in anaxa's case - by, similarly, posing himself as the one who must chip away at himself in order to prove, and give meaning, to humanity's existence regardless of the gods.

And perhaps most tragically, eventually, both sunday and anaxa were forced to sacrifice a part of themslves and lose the things they were most scared of losing. Anaxa, who was willing to sacrifice his physical well being, is forced to sacrifice his imprints on history and theory, sacrificing others memories of him, his legacy, his achievements. Sunday, whose drive for the betterment of others arose first and foremost from how much he cherished his only family, had to sacrifice his connection to her, the person closest to him, so he could protect her - they are torn apart, while ever present in each others' minds.

Something about these two, and their relationship to faith, the gods, their families, and worldviews, is deeply compelling in its similarity. They should meet up.

#vi rambling #hsr #UHM. HHHAHA SORRY THIS IS REALLY LONG #im not good at being succinct. and i haven't written meta in a very long time.#i hope any of this makes any sense.... ive just been trying to pinpoint #what is the similar themahic vibe im getting from both of them.#it felt at first like im just insane about my two favorite little guys in the game. but the more content they put out #the more i was proven right.#this is mostly a thematic comparative analysis so of course #some things get simplified. but #honestly. they will both talk endlessly about philosophy its just in their nature.#anyways. my hypercarry anaxa sunday robin team ily forever and youre never changing. favs on main or nothing!!!#IDK WHAT TO TAG THIS.#hsr meta #hsr anaxa #hsr sunday #I GUESS??? IDK!!!#i also got a terrible illness got being repetitive so. apologies in advance #vi.analysis

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kwillow · 9 months ago

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will theo ever be happy

Maybe in another life.

#theo #jack #confusing and alienating everyone who only followed me after i started drawing furries by referencing my old nonfurry character dynamics #but this got me thinking about theo's only happy endings and how they all involve jack...#who i'm not drawing right now. oops. sorry fella #oh theo... see what happens when you're separated from your emotional support tramp #you start committing crimes against nature and people get worried about you #real answer: probably not in amaranthine but who knows WE'RE NO WHERE NEAR FIGURING OUT AN ENDING HAHA #i could ramble for another thousand paragraphs about why he probably won't be happy in amaranthine but to summarize:#1. trying to do crimes against nature for insane reasons #2. only “positive” relationship is an evil parasite who is using and manipulating him #3. only person he talks to about his problems is a dead body #4. no jack to keep him stable... so far. i want to add him to the story but that's a long way off #but if you want to make A version of theo happy you can play our game Wishbone (once it's done...). he's in it because of course he is.#my draws #asks

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ganondoodle · 6 months ago

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Kinda in regards to the Empress & BodyGuard 2-

Is Zaphira (sorry if I spelled her name wrong) an elf or do humans have pointed ears in your universe? If no elves, how do the pointed ears happen? Are there different length of ears and if so do they mean somethin?

Love your art & use of colours!

Thank you! and thank you for asking! (this sketch took me way too long .. and the colors still look washed out on my desktop screen but im not editing a third time ..)

Zaphira is human, there are no elves, as such, in this world, though humans tend to live longer than IRL and have differently shaped ears-

the shapes are rather diverse (example above) and culturally (so far) they have no significance, they are merely a trait just like different nose shapes or fantasy hair colors

the worldbuilding reason is that these are extremely diluted demonic influences- in the past demons were frequently in the human world, though largely in secret/disguised, and long time exposure to demonic presences can have varying effects, the most immediate and common being a longer life or wounds healing faster than normal; there might have been other long time effects but the only trait that stayed even after their disappearance is the ear shapes

(there was a mass extinction event of demons that wiped out all above a certain age, since demons generally dont die of natural causes their life neither depends nor revolves around reproduction so there were extremely few left and those were too young to keep most of their knowledge and culture alive, as they rarely wrote anything down; Shargon is of the current oldest generation and witnessed it happen, just like most now adult demons, Thor and Eadrya are both a bit older than him and thus the oldest living demons, which doesnt mean much considering the technically endless lifespans of them)

and to explain me including Shargon in a human appearance- hes the only demon that spends as much time in the human world as at home, largely to escape the others since they are not interested in going there and would otherwise attack him any chance they get (the human world is rather uncomfortable for demons to be in and they have better things to do than to chase him that far), while hes generally very weak compared to them, something he is very good at is shape shifting, mainly the speed of which, being able to shift between full demon and the smaller more humanoid form extremely quickly, or even mid forms that are a mix of both - even in motion! while for the others it takes them quite a bit and forces them to stop which is the main reason he keeps escaping them not able to keep up with his rapid shape shifting (though it does take its toll .. also a reason hes so skinny)

he is the first (only?) one that at some point will learn how to shift into a much more human looking one (depicted in the sketch) too, but its rather dangerous since it involves supressing and compressing his demon heart and system... which is what keeps demons alive (its somewhat like holding your breath for way too long) so the only time he would make use of it is in extreme situations, like avoiding detection by maschines that can pick up demonic energy or escaping shackles made of celestial silver (which drains their energy and can scar/hurt them permanently, like silver to vampires(?werewolfs?) in a way)

....the point is that if he shifts into a human form he has very long ears, meaning that is basically the extreme form that doesnt occur in humans and hints at the origins for those ear shapes being demonic exposure in the past

#ganondoodles #art #original characters #original art #oc #ocs #oc lore #man i cant ever keep it short can i #its 1am again ............#welll i hope that answers your question njdflndflnjlsd #also as a sidenote- zaphira and midas are siblings but not biologically #she was adopted into the royal family and is good chunk older than midas as he was born a while after shes been there #he was supposed to take the throne after their parents died in an allegedly accidental fire but he was like ... 6 at the time #and begged her to take up the throne instead despite the people not being very fond of her due to her agressive nature #.... which was proven correct in a way given she waged war for many years after taking up the crown #(.. bc she found out their parents were killed by a neighbouring country and the fire placed to get rid of traces)#(no one but her and a few officials knew of that being the real reason she attacked that country and not just a lust for power)#(midas still doesnt know -even now)#( though it got out of control and she ended up taking over multiple countries .. hence her title)#(after her wife died she swore to never engage in war again and been spending the last .. 20?30? years trying to repair the damage she did)#just adding that again bc its kinda central to her entire problem of everyone and their grandmother wanting her dead #and her being determined to do as much as she can before midas has to take over and pick up the pieces #..............though none of it goes as planned of course #ANYWAY i need sleep #sorry for the long text spam #i cant help but yap about my special lil guys

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lunar-stims · 2 months ago

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can I request a stimboard of Akari from pokemon legend Arceus

🗺️|🌄|🔴 🌋|💟|🗻 🔴|🍃|📜

#hands tw #stimboard #stim gif #stimmy #visual stim #pokemon stimboard #pokemon #pokemon legends arceus #pokemon akari #food stim #writing stim #cosplay stim #nature stim #mountain stim #lake stim #red stim #green stim #sorry this took me so long! i took a fat nap the moment i got home #making that potato mochi gif made me huingry SIGH

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critter-creature-or-beast · 7 months ago

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tumblr trick-or-treat LIGHTNING ROUND

Here we go, I'm going to finish up the remaining trick-or-treat asks from yesterday. Please don't send any more trick-or-treats, Halloween is over and I've spent enough time on this already 😅 Some of the @ tags may not work. It's not my fault, I've tried to edit them. Just tumblr being tumblr.

▬▬▬▬▬ @sex-warlock asked: trick or treat🎃 Happy Halloween! You receive one twin-sailed salp! I hope the binomial name isn't enough for tumblr to decide this post contains content that is only intended for adults! Thetys vagina - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @booksbwaybadflower asked: Trick or treat!! Happy Halloween! Have fun with your lesser sooty owl! Lesser sooty owl - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @ratpyramid asked: Trick or treat! 🦑🐙🐌 I'll take the choice of emojis as a hint. Here's your neon flying squid! Neon flying squid - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @nichegamingweeb asked: trick or treat! 👻

You receive one ghost bat. That's twice the spooky! Ghost bat - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @chorus-cat asked: trick or treat ?! :3

Happy Halloween! Here's a little guy who also does a :3 face, a quokka! Quokka - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @aptericia asked: are you still taking trick or treaters? If so, trick or treat!! 🎃 (no problem if you don't get to this tho!)

I appreciate your patience! Per your blog title, you are a birb enjoyer, so here is your Bohemian waxwing! Bohemian waxwing - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @satan-666s-stuff asked: Trick or treat (no spiders please)

Happy Halloween! Here's an animal that is probably not a spider: a harlequin duck! Harlequin duck - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ Anonymous asked: Trick or treat, friend!

I hope you see this, since I can't tag you! Enjoy your orange-spotted emerald dragonfly! Orange-spotted emerald - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @nineofneals asked: Trick or Treat! Happy Halloween! Here's a pair of Congo peafowl for you! Congo peafowl - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @belladonnab asked: Trick or treat!! 🎃🎃🎃

Happy Halloween! I don't know how you feel about spiders, but I found this cute green one for you, a magnolia green jumper! Lyssomanes viridis - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @little-bullheaded-shit asked: Trick or treat :D happy Halloween!!! 🎃 Happy Halloween! Your url says you're bull-headed? Here's something that's kind of bull-headed, a Żubroń, a cattle/bison hybrid! Żubroń - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @i-am-a-lizard asked: Trick or Treat! Hello lizard! I know lizards love to eat a tasty bug, so here's an eastern ant cricket for you! Myrmecophilus pergandei - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ anonymous asked: Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat! If you don't we don't care, we'll put red ants in your hair!

Woe, southern fire ants upon ye! Southern fire ant - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @akaylawithalotofideas asked: Hii! Trick or Treat! <3

Happy Halloween! I have a couple of snow geese for you-- white morph and blue morph! Snow goose - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ Anonymous asked: The amount of times I have almost accidentally sent people "Trick or Threat" asks instead of "Trick or Treat" probably says something about me! That's some interesting muscle memory! As thanks for not threatening me, here's your Ethopian wolf! Ethiopian wolf - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @idkapersoniguess asked: Dare I ask- trick or treat? Have fun with your new hirola (Hunters antelope)! Hirola - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @goldenwolfmidna asked: trick or treat!! Happy Halloween! I saw "wolf" in your name and thought an actual wolf was too obvious, so here's an Atlantic wolffish or seawolf! Atlantic wolffish - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @blossomaaoc asked: Trick or treat! I hope you like your volcano rabbit! Volcano rabbit - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @eclipsing-winter asked: trick or treat !! Happy Halloween! I have an arctic tern for you! Arctic tern - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @gummmibears asked: Trick or treat! Happy Halloween! I don't have any gummmi bears, but I have a sun bear! Sun bear - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @dreamer-of-serenity asked: Trick or treat! And a very happy Halloween to you! Also, thank you for the amazing blog! Thank you so much! Enjoy your Valentin's sharpnose puffer. Handle with care! Valentin's sharpnose puffer - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @xenia12 asked: Trick r treat >:D Happy Halloween! A regal thorny oyster for you! Spondylus regius - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @sahara-silver asked: Trick or treat!! I’m a vampire squid this year! Very cool! Here's a less famous squid for you: a ram's horn squid! Spirula - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @fan-da-nerd asked: Trick or treat! Happy Halloween! For you, a Galapogos penguin! Galapagos penguin - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @ultraluminarious asked: trick or treat !! Happy Halloween! I hope you like your mangrove horseshoe crab! Mangrove horseshoe crab - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @glitched-out-mess asked: trick or treat!!!!! Happy Halloween! Enjoy your crab-eating macaque! ▬▬▬▬▬ @emeraldraccoon478 asked: Trick or treat? Happy Halloween! Perhaps you'd like a relative of raccoons, a South American coati? South American coati - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ Anonymous asked: (A mew appears! Who cares if it doesn't exist, it's here now!) Mew me- Mew! (Translation: Trick or Treat!)

That's okay-- for a while people (in the Western world) weren't sure whether the okapi existed, either! Okapi - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @mewdusavt asked: trick or treat! ^.^ Happy Halloween! For you, a yellow-eyed penguin! Yellow-eyed penguin - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @justawishaway asked: Tricks and Treats! Both? For you, a colonial organism, a string jellyfish! This siphonophore is also called a long stringy stingy thingy, apparently! Apolemia uvaria - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @jack-fruit asked: *sprints up to your porch/hole in a tree last minute and out of breath* Trick or treat!! Don't overdo it! Take some time to chill out with your southern hairy-nosed wombat! Southern hairy-nosed wombat - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @eilooxara asked: Everybody's saying you give out the best treats in the whole neighborhood, so trick or treat! Is that so? I hope this bristly millipede lives up to the hype! Polyxenus lagurus - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @samwisegamgeeee asked: Trick or treat! Critter or beast! Happy Halloween! Happy Halloween! Here's a lesser rhea for you! Darwin's rhea - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @discworldwitches asked: trick or treat! Happy Halloweeen! Enjoy your binocular fish! Winteria telescopa - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @mossylemon asked: trick or treat! I'm giving you this weevil i found once

Thank you, I'll treasure them always! I'm giving you a Chacoan mara! Chacoan mara - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @arthallea asked: trick or treat :D Happy Halloween! Enjoy your plate-billed mountain toucan! Plate-billed mountain toucan - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @len-the-neverending asked: Trick or treat! Happy Halloween! I like your bunny avatar, so here's a Tehuantepec jackrabbit for you! Hares aren't rabbits, but they're lagomorphs, so they're still bunnies, right? Tehuantepec jackrabbit - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @ward-leon asked: trick or treat? .w. Happy Halloween! I hope you like your Gila woodpecker! Gila woodpecker - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @thebetterjellyfish asked: trick or treat! Here's a better jellyfish: one of two species called the fried egg jellyfish! Phacellophora - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @raspberrymoonx asked: trick or treat! Happy Halloween! For you, a great star coral! Montastraea - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @chaos-smoothie asked: I hate to bother you aha, but.... Trick or treat? Happy Halloween! I hope you like your guanaco! Guanaco - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ Anonymous: Trick or treat :3 Happy Halloween! I'm handing you this Argentine horned frog! Argentine horned frog - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @starlightsugar asked: Trick or treat :3 Happy Halloween! Here's a common wooly monkey for you! Common woolly monkey - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @ashen--dreams asked: trick or treat !! Happy Halloween! For you, a Bobbit worm. Be careful with it! Eunice aphroditois - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @reefsharkivist asked: trick or treat! Do you like sharks? For you, a Japanese bullhead shark! Japanese bullhead shark - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ Anonymous asked: trick or trick Trick or trick? For you, a tiger mosquito! Aedes albopictus - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @coolspork asked: Trick or treat! You receive: one Sputnik urchin! Pyllacanthus imperialis - Wikipedia ▬▬▬▬▬ @varian-polis asked: Trick or treat!! Last one... maybe! Unless tumblr is hiding more asks from me. You receive a fat sea biscuit! Clypeaster rosaceus - Wikipedia That's all! If I missed anyone, it was a genuine mistake, definitely not intentional. I will not be answering any more trick-or-treat asks after this.

#long post #tumblr trick or treat #sorry if you don't like the animal you got but that's the nature of “i will send you a random animal.” they can't all be charismatic

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thousand-winters · 10 months ago

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Thinking a lot about Kaido today and his whole perspective about lying/telling the truth when it comes to your loved ones.

It's interesting to me that Kaido always seems to be the first to freak out in the scenarios in which they all find out that Saiki is a psychic, or whenever they're close to finding out (actually pretty similar to his reaction to finding out Kuboyasu used to be a delinquent too). There's an obvious element to it of him feeling like he's been deceived right away even if he can rationalize it eventually and realize that maybe it doesn't really matter.

The thing is he... isn't the most honest person out there either. There's his whole deal with his chuunibyou complex, for one, though like others have pointed out, in a way that's more true to who he is than –and this is what I was specifically thinking about– how he seems to present himself to his mother.

It's not that everything Kaido's mother thinks about him is completely wrong. People have different aspects to them and the vision she has of a Shun that can introduce himself easyly to people, who's sweet and obedient isn't necessarily all that wrong.

He seems to behave with his siblings in the same way he does with his friends but not with his mom. It stands out to me that she thanked Nendo and Saiki for being his friends because he's "shy", when we've seen him being everything but that. But isn't it true anyway? His whole act seems to give him the confidence to actually call attention and interact with people, but Saiki and Nendo seems to be his first friends in... well, who knows, maybe ever? (Not counting Raiden since he was more of like an older student he admired rather than a friend, I take it).

In the end both sides of who he is are partially true to who he is, but I think his more extravagant behavior is definitely him finding in it a way in which he can fit in and be himself, so it rings more true. He wants to be someone special, who belongs, someone who's well liked and brave and powerful. And in a way it works! Fake it til you make it. While he's not becoming an overpowered guy from another universe fighting against evil anytime soon, he does find courage in his act, and he ends up surrounded by people who might think he's being silly but they aren't bullying him because of his dramatics. He has a place there in which he can just be without any expectations.

He clearly does love his mom and his mom loves him, but the dynamic there is different. With the way he plays up the "polite boy who can't do no wrong" act around her and how she uses terms of such endearment with him, it feels more... contained. Kaido knows his mom expects a certain behavior from him and he wants to please her. Everything he does to indulge himself is in secrecy (again, his whole act) and it doesn't interfere with what his mom expects from him so most of the time that's not a problem, he can study at home and go to cram school and do what she expects him to do without it clashing with who he is outside of that.

But he can't be honest with what he wants or who he wants to be because he knows she won't approve. He braces himself when she starts talking to Nendo and Saiki because he already knew she wouldn't like them not being studious (makes me wonder if he ever did have a friend before and she didn't approve. If so, I imagine they weren't close enough for him to protest the loss like with these two).

Kaido does seem to be smart, not top of the class smart but it's stated he usually does get good grades since he has good options to get into university and his overall ranking is good. But he doesn't really seem to have any particular passion for his studies, that's something his mom wants for him. He doesn't seem to hate it either, but if anything he seems to gravitate a little more toward creative endeavors; he got excited right away with the idea of making a manga with Kuboyasu, he was trying too hard at the art gallery but trying nonetheless, and then of course his daydreamings.

That's not something he's sharing with his mom. It feels natural for him to be embarrassed of his act in front of his mom, but I mean... it's hardly like he's embarrassed about doing that in front of the whole class, so I do get the feeling it might be in part because that has nothing to do with what he's supposed to be doing with his time, especially since Saiki mentions Kaido's mom is right and his grades have been suffering.

Overall, it's quite ironic in that sense that despite seemingly loving his mom, Kaido can't bring himself to stand up to her for his own wishes most of the time, and he's not completely truthful about the person he is in front of her. And yet the apple doesn't fall far from the tree because both of them think the exact same when it comes to their loved ones being honest to them.

I think perhaps that's what makes a little difference when it comes to their views; Kaido does come to accept things like Saiki being an esper and not telling him for the longest time and Kuboyasu with his delinquent past. Because while he clearly has the same ideas about a person being completely honest with you in order to have a proper positive bond with them, he hides too. There might be some truth to who he is in his chuunnibyou act in the sense of what he wants to be, but even then he's still hiding from his mom.

He's the first to freak out at the thought of being deceived by someone he cares about, but I think, at the end of the day, he does realize that honesty does matter to him, yes, but in the same way he does want to protect people even if he's terrified out of his mind and his act helps him pretend in that way, Kuboyasu earnestly trying to live in a more respectable way isn't a lie, Saiki being there for them all and being their friend isn't a lie.

On that note, this particular moment with him and Nendo is very interesting:

Because here Kaido obviously was lying on purpose for April's fools and going overboard with it, but knowing Nendo trusted him about the camera incident when nobody else did? It meant a lot, and his way of sort of solidifying that trust is promising to himself that he won't lie to Nendo again.

He obviously does keep the whole Black Jet Wings persona even so, as he does around everybody, but I do think that's in part because that's not a lie to him, it's an act and a game, but in a way it is part of the kind of person he is.

#this got long bc i kept getting distracted and forgetting my own point help #kaido shun #tdlosk #saiki k #kaido's relationship with his mom reminds me far too much of how my mom and i used to be so naturally i'm ill about it. sorry

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ropes3amthoughts · 6 months ago

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😱😱😱

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #thistle #thistle dungeon meshi #if anyone’s wondering what I was reading it’s an article about how the alpha wolf stuff is a myth #I already knew that but my dad was spouting some bs this morning so I whipped out an article to back myself up as I debunked him #I pulled up like three different articles and he still had the audacity to say there’s always a natural leader so there has to be an alpha #bro wants to be an alpha so bad he’s refusing to listen to facts 😭#ok sorry for yapping in the tags but there’s just so much info about how that study was dumb and yet peoppe still say alpha beta omega #there is no Easter bunny there is no tooth fairy and there is no alpha wolf #long post #I don’t know why the image got so big sorry #rope/spider post

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bobodemais · 4 months ago

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Gently tosses Gunner fanart because ISTG he might have me in a chokehold... [He does, plz help, I can't breathe]

Sorry if it doesn't look good, might've just been the autism-

(I MADE THIS SO LONG AGO BUT I WAS SO ANXIOUS TO SEND IT... I STILL AM-)

((might regret this UvU))

"These hair follicles on my arms in your magnificent art made me realize that I would look beautiful with a beard. Maybe I'll stop shaving... Also, thanks for the fanart!"

☆ (Completely ignores the fact that he is in the Satan pose)

#WAAAAAAAAAAA ITS SO PRETTEY #An surprise to actually receive an fanart #THANKS!!! :3 #Also #hes talking in a formal way bc he think its funny #also #don't ask him how he got hair #it aint natural #anyway #sprunki #sprunki incredibox #sprunki tunner #sprunki fanart #sprunki au #sprunki gunner tunner #SORRY FOR TAKING TOO LONG TO RESPOND!! I'm really busy #thank you alot again! :D

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starry-sophrosyne · 1 month ago

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... @toadettely @sopping-wet-cat-wizard y'know, april fools is over, BUT...

"No, what am I saying- That's too mean, I can't do that-" "Fufufu~ But I can~" (｀▽ ´) // "YOU-" (/｀ᗣ ´ )/

(also for reference bc GUESS WHO CAN PEN- XD /hj /lh /silly):

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S&S: There is a world where Brent never meets Eevee. There is a world where he wakes up one morning, yawning as he rubs his eyes. He'd been somewhat exhausted by his gaming session with "Sofist" last night, not that it was unenjoyable. He gets ready for the day as per usual, nothing out of the ordinary. It's all regular, for now, that is. Walking out of his apartment, he raises an eyebrow at the suspicious amount of cars stuck on the local road. Oh well, a crash of some kind? He shrugs and continues walking down the road. Ducking under some construction, he carefully avoids all the prying eyes and workers, taking his shortcut to the cafe. What he sees when he turns the corner, however? Well..

It's graphical, distraught to say the least. He can see the limb of somebody, splayed across the road in a pool of blood. He winces. Damn? They'd been sloppy setting up the perimeter apparently, blocking it from normal eye-witness view, but not from here. Either way, he couldn't make out too much between the ambulance and the police cars stationed in the intersection.

As for the authorities, he can make out them questioning certain people and speaking into their walkie talkies. Their faces are far away but filled with concern as they discuss with each other. Meanwhile, the paramedics tending to the body on the ground, and.. For some reason, he pauses. It's not in any of his good interests to watch this, to get involved with some random traffic incident of an unfortunate civilian, and yet? Something tugs at him, opposing his normal desire to stay out of conflict and general indifference/apathy. He doesn't know why, why this moment specifically?, but it doesn't.. feel.. weird. It's weirdly urging, instead bringing him to stop in his tracks. As he choicely watches the paramedics ready the body bag, he catches a glimpse of the poor man who had faced the consequences.

His hair was curly, coifs of coffee brown tinged with blood. His facial hair was the same color, and his gaze relaxed. His eyes were partially closed in a stereotypical thought of sleeping, with a glint from the sun revealing his hazed over green eyes, devoid of any brightness. What catches Brent's eye immediately, however, is his bright purple coat. Most of it is soaked with crimson gore, now a dark maroon, but even still. It's such a stand out, he can't help but wonder how the man even got hit in the first place.

After a few more seconds, the guided feeling seems to go away, and he turns his head away from the scene. (Unbeknownst to him, he'd been watching for, comparatively, far longer than a few seconds.) Best to move on, for whatever reason he felt compelled to watch EMTs deal with the body, almost as if he was making sure they would properly take care of him. It was weird, but whatever. He didn't have enough time to stay around and see him get sent off, realizing he was late for his shift. Despite his sudden spike of empathy, it was just another day, just with an unfortunate incident. He prayed for the man though, as he finally set foot onto regular sidewalk. May his soul, and whoever he is, rest in peace, for meeting such an untimely end.

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Walking into the cafe, the door closed behind him with the bell's signature jingle. Vern's head shot up, his face twisted with a hint of concern as he rushed over to Brent, who'd barely placed his bag on the desk before Vern grabbed his shoulders, gripping them firmly and causing Brent to jolt a bit out of surprise.

"Brent! Oh my god, you scared me-" "?" "-I saw the crash nearby, and you- came in a few minutes later than you normally do, and- oh god I'd just thought the worst!" Vern could hardly control himself from his ramble, spilling out his emotions, but he paused when he noticed the rather amused look on Brent's face. Brent only chuckled at him, despite the severity of the situation/his anxiety. Vern gave him a dirty look, but let out a sigh of both relief and annoyance relief, glad to know his friend was okay.

As Vern let go of his shoulders, Brent starting unpacking stuff from his bag. Placing his log sheet and charger down in the little table within the break room, Vern asked:

"Why were you late anyways? You normally show up before I even get here. Did something.. actually happen while you were getting here?" He added tentatively.

"..." He paused, his hands tightening around his laptop, contemplating if it was worth it to tell Vern. About the man he'd seen, eyes hazed over in death, body dull and cold, hair stiff with dried blood. It was something in it of its own right, something that he wished he hadn't seen. But at the same time, the death of this random civilian weighed heavier than it should've in his heart. He didn't know why, but still, maybe it was the sight of his eyes; ones that pierced his soul, staring at him even after passing. They were so.. cold. Almost as if they were blaming, in hatred. His blood chilled, thinking about it all, and a heaviness set in the room. Oh. Man, he'd never felt this way before. He'd just witnessed death, hadn't he? How was he acting like this was all okay?

He held in a sigh, settling for a tight exhale as he shook his head, not looking up from his stuff. No, it was best not to trouble his more emotionally affected friend with his.. issues. Were he to tell Vern, he'd likely become more aggrieved than him. Even still, looking up and noticing Vern's still apprehensive gaze, he feigned a small smile; keeping it up even as he looked back down in the black expanses of his duffel bag, now empty. He couldn't bring himself to meet his eyes. "I'm serious dude, nothing happened. Don't worry about it."

"... Alright, if you say so." The air was thick with tension, the silence being left unbroken. Vern's footsteps were soft as they padded against the tiled floor, the door slowly creaking closed behind him. One last glance behind his shoulder, before he fully shut the door, putting on a smile to greet the guests that had entered the cafe. Meanwhile, the room had become dimmed sightly with the waning sunlight as the light from the cafe dissipated. Brent stared down once more, as if questioning the true morality behind what he'd seen. With a sigh, his shoulder slumped. Sitting down onto the rickety foldable chair, he put his head in his arms, on top of the table. He wasn't ready to go out. Not just yet. Not while the green eyes of someone haunted him. He couldn't just go and pretend everything was okay, even he had no damn idea why the death of some random stranger had messed him up so badly.

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Vern found him struggling to think of positive messages to write atop his orders for the rest of the afternoon. Brent did not come out of the break room for a long time, and even once he did, he was silent as he worked. Nick didn't come in for coffee that day.

#swizard this ended up getting too long (as always) but TRUST I WILL BE BACK FOR YOU. :)#i feel like my writing has come back a little bit but in the manner that i..#despite really wanting to; i dont think i have the motivation or passion to continue my old WOTC drabbles..#idk maybe itll come back to me eventually but i fear that its been so long that the ideas ive had for them have just sorta.. faded..#and my motivation to write them as a result has too #idk its kind of a relief that im not loosing my ability to write but it still stings yknow #oh well its not the end of the world ig; and with any luck ill hopefully come back to them even if its REALLY far into the future-#pc rpf #rpf #skill and spill #king of soph #Also this does feel rather ooc for this au/definitely MY style of writing vs Eldette's that Pen's able to recreate so well-#(just another example of Pen's superiority in writing XD /hj /lh /nm)#so take with a grain of salt/as a serious non-canon work XD #this got so much longer than i intended too as well (like always-) but thats mostly bc i never initially planned to write him going to work #but hey it just felt natural and then it gave me a leeway to brent which.. y'know. theres a reason why he felt so distraught. even if #its his unconsciously feeling as if somethings changed and being affected by what should just be a random strangers death #MAN this is probably one of the darkest things ive ever written? i feel a little worried tbh.. uhmm this really isnt for the lightest. /srs #sorry everybody im REALLY not trying to crumble el's sweet au at all PLEASE take this as un-canon as possible. /gen /srs

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quibbs126 · 8 months ago

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My brain got caught on Star Vs this morning, and I’m thinking about Miss Heinous/Meteora, and I’m wondering, why does she look so different between her initial appearance and her new form? As in like, design wise, such as having purple hair, red eyes, and pointed ears and such

I assume the out of universe reason is that they wanted to change her design to suit their new needs. Thinking back on her initial appearance, I’m guessing they had thought of the idea of Miss Heinous being secretly part of the Mewman royal family when they made her, considering her cheek marks and the fact that they’re clubs, and the rest of the notable royals had the other card symbols, as well as the fact that she consciously tries to suppress them, but hadn’t fleshed out the idea until Season 3 or something. So they wanted to change her design now that they knew where they were going

But like, in universe, why did her appearance change? She had grey hair (though with a slight purple tint) and small black pupils before, and we see in the Season 3 flashbacks that she’s always had that. Why is it different when she gets “reborn”?

#I don’t know #now my brain’s just thinking about her #but I don’t know what particularly to say #so I’m asking the design question #also they made her a Marco villain #I assume because they again hadn’t fully fleshed out where her character was going #but it seems weird in hindsight #because her final beef is with the Butterfly family #it has been years since I’ve watched Season 3 though so maybe the shift was done more naturally #but as I recall Seasons 3 and 4 are generally considered when the writing was dipping #especially Season 4 and the finale #so I’m not sure #I want to rewatch the show #but only from Season 3-4 because I’m thinking about the Eclipsa family plot #how long ago did the show end again?#I remember watching it back when it was coming out #specifically when Season 2 was coming out and airing #I’m old #anyways sorry I got carried away there #star vs the forces of evil #meteora butterfly #miss heinous #questions #random stuff

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critter-catcher · 2 years ago

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Let's talk about gay penguins for the next day of pride month!

I think most people know at this point that penguins are known to be gay, and even lesbian! But what most people don't know is that they've been seen to engage in homosexual behavior since at least as early as 1911!

See a scientist, George Murray Levick, documented the behaviour in Adélie penguins at Cape Adare, but described it as "depraved". He decided it was too shocking for public release so he hid it. The only copies that were made available privately to researchers had the English text partly written in Greek letters, to prevent this knowledge becoming more widely known. The report was unearthed a century later, in June 2012 and was finally published.

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Unfortunately that's not the last time gay penguins would cause an uproar.

There have been a lot of homosexual behavior seen in penguins in captivity, including Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins in New York City's Central Park Zoo. They were noted by staff at the zoo in 1998 to be performing mating rituals, and one of them in 1999 attempted to hatch a rock as if it were an egg. Zoo keepers decided to give them an egg from a pair of penguins, which could not hatch it. Roy and Silo spent two and a half months raising the healthy young chick, a female named Tango. When she reached breeding age, Tango paired with another female penguin named Tanuzi!

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Now for the "controversy".

And Tango Makes Three is a children's book published in 2005, telling the story of Roy and Silo. There was a lot of support, but there was even more backlash. Despite having ten awards and two nominations, it appeared on the American Library Association’s top ten banned books, banned in 2023, 2020, 2017, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, and firstly in 2006, just a year after it was published.

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Alright, enough sad stuff, lets talk happy.

Here's the thing, penguins often lay more than one egg, though usually only one chick will survive. In captivity same sex penguins will adopt (or steal) extra eggs to incubate and raise the chicks! It's likely this happens in the wild, though it’s harder to say. Visibly, male and female penguins tend to only differ in size, and not by much. On top of that, they act very similar, particularly in terms of reproduction. Both males and females invest pretty equally in raising their chicks. That means it’s difficult to tell male and female penguins apart and even more difficult to identify any wild mating pairs as homosexual.

There have been many records of captive same sex penguins, and, there's even what could be considered a non-binary, or genderless, penguin.

In 2019, mothers Rocky and Marama hatched a chick together at sea Life Aquarium in London. This chick caused further controversy after the aquarium announced that it would not be assigning the chick a gender. The chick is identified with a gender-neutral purple tag rather than the usual gendered name and color coded tag. Beyond that, the penguin’s life will be the same as any other penguin at the Aquarium. They say that Gender means nothing to penguins, so why have we continuously assigned it to them? The General Manager of the aquarium comments that the decision to raise a genderless penguin is following an increase in conversations around human gender neutrality.

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#this one got long sorry yall😅#found out a lot more than id already known #animals #nature #critters #wild life #wildlife #animal facts #facts #birds #penguins #gay #homosexual #pride #pride month #lesbian #non-binary #lgbt

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