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[inprogresspokemon]

what do you think the occurrence of shinies in the wild means for pokemon genetics? would you equate it to an animal in our world being born with albinism? or something else entirely? just curious your thoughts

I don't know how the real statistics would compare, but yeah I always likened it to albinsim or melanism. (That may have been influenced by this wholesome Dorkly comic, though). I imagine Pokemon would have a natural range of color shades, similar to their "official" colors, and then shinies are a mutuation that affects Pokemon species differently (ie. different colors instead of always being white or black like albanism/melanism).

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

I was watching a YouTube video by some guy named Michael where he pointed out all the times that the Others were compared to shadows and postulated that they're ice-based shadow babies, as like counterparts Melisandre's fire-based shadow babies. Do you think that could be what George is going for?

It's an interesting theory, but GRRM has already explained what's going on with the Others:

I had many talks with George. [...] He spoke a lot about what they were not, but what they were was harder to put into words. Here is what George said, in one e-mail: "The Others are not dead. They are strange, beautiful… think, oh… the Sidhe made of ice, something like that… a different sort of life… inhuman, elegant, dangerous." —Anne Groell

The shadow babies appear to be a magical conjuring made from a piece of the father's lifeforce, that is gestated in Melisandre's womb, and that dissipate after they have accomplished their task. They are not really alive, as such, not really real. But the Others are alive, they're living beings. Strange, not human yet humanoid living beings, people like ice elves from somewhere else (the heart of winter, beyond the curtain of light at the end of the world). And they can be killed, by fire-imbued weapons of dragonglass or dragonsteel. To make it more clear, the Others use magic, they are magical beings in the way the Children of the Forest or dragons are, but they are not entirely made of magic like the shadow babies are. Do you see the difference?

But do the Others have similarities with shadow babies? Sure. They're both killers, although the Others have their own intelligence rather than being animated by another's will. (For that, compare the wights, of which the human ones probably do not retain much of the consciousness of the original living person.) And they both move magically, literally as a shadow for the shadow babies, and like shadows for the Others. (Perhaps there's a bit of teleportation involved? That could explain things.)

Nevertheless, the true fire-based counterparts to the ice-based Others, like fire wights parallel the ice wights, fire made flesh as the Others are ice made flesh, is the dragons. That's what the core of the conflict, the song of ice and fire, is all about. In the end, Melisandre's shadow babies are merely a tool, a distraction, a minor sub-plot in the grand story of it all.

[pathfinderlittleduck]

AAAHHHHH

Good sound design and music composition can make or break a scene: An Example™️

[stuffyflowers]

@demphix

my touys <3

[unkingly]

Canis: The Speaker (Manga) - English Scanlation

Summary: 'The Speaker' is a BL manga that follows three boys who were all raised in an American orphanage together. Sam is the book smart and inquisitive one. Hal is brave and confident. Nobu is shy and quiet, but he has a good memory and he's more capable than he thinks he is.

The boys realize that something sinister is going on at their orphanage, and they decide to investigate. As a result, they get forcibly separated.

Themes include: explicit (18+) material, polygamy, mafia madness, human and child trafficking, sex work, sex assault, child sexual abuse, and substance abuse

Read Chapters 1 - 10 here!

Read Chapter 11 here!

[verysmallcyborg]

[ is it sick of me to need control of you? ]

ahem.......... more spicy toxic yuri under the cut :^) (ryssrael is @oneiroy's)

something something the captain has tight reigns on her guard dog even while on the receiving end, though they're far from being opposed to wearing the custom fit muzzle and collar she got for them.... ahem,

[joseigamer]

真・女神転生 東京黙示録 (1995) Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation (1995)

[teethands]

please stop using discord to store and embed images into other sites

[almaasi]

Waiting For Thunder

It was too hot inside. So Redd and Lohn were out on the porch, waiting. Listening to the stormchasers’ radio feed - a faint chatter, ongoing, all treble and no bass. Listening to the rain. (Redd tenderly gives Lohn a haircut, and somehow they end up kissing.)

🐰 3k ⋆ G

⚡ read on AO3

(art animated using wallpaper engine. i don't think that's the intended use of wallpaper engine but it worked so i'm not complaining~)

[lollich0p]

made some dark magician girl gifs

[philza-updates]

Phil was in Early Gang!

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2 cropped screenshots of twitch chat messages by Philza and one by Fossabot. They read, in chronological order:

Philza: Follow me on https://twitter.com/Ph1LzA - https://www.tiktok.com/@ph1lzatiktok - https://www.instagram.com/ph1lza

Philza: oop

Philza: !away

Philza: !away

Fossabot: Phil is currently away in BRAZIL to meet up with a bunch of creators in the QSMP!!! He will be back on the 4th October! Updates & photos will be posted on Instagram/twitter https://www.instagram.com/ph1lza https://twitter.com/Ph1LzA

Philza: I'm away in BRAZIL to meet up with a bunch of creators in the QSMP!!! Updates & photos will be posted on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ph1lza - be back on the 4th October! :)

Philza: pfffft https://imgur.com/mrM5WQN

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[ar-cadez]

Background art reposts

[alaraxia]

If I Don’t Get A Good Grade In Putting Together Commission Refs I Will Throw Myself Off A Bridge

[georgecunt]

here's a cute toosh clip back in october of foolish watching tina's expression on his other monitor. look at his eyes react to every movement she made lol

https://imgur.com/a/07WgCqN

my babies, foolish is so sweet i miss him i need to watch his vods :(((

[mushroompollution]

Chapter 62: Repose

Previous Chapters: The Sablier Arc Masterpost (35-42) || 43 || 44 || 45 || 46 || 47 || 48 || [ Ceremony Arc: 49 || 50 || 51 || 52 || 52.5 || 53 || 54 || 55 || 56 || 57 || 57.5 || 58 || 59 || 60 || 61 ] bonus: 61.5 Read the manga: imgur || mangaread (ad warning)

Though there's still an underlying sadness in his eyes, Oz is finally starting to look just a little like himself again. Except, his default outfit just got a much, much needed upgrade. thank god.

There's a festival on in Reveille. Duke Barma had called off the trio's bodyguards and sent them into town with orders to have as much fun as possible, saying their gloomy faces had been making the Duchess Rainsworth worry.

Alice runs off chasing the smell of meat, and Oz runs off after her, a refreshing callback to the simpler times of the Story's first act.

Duke Barma and Duchess Rainsworth take a stroll through Pandora's gardens as they discuss matters. And one of those matters is Xerxes Break, who's finally come to after more than a week.

Inside, Sharon races through the halls to meet him after receiving the news herself. She finds him wrapped in a sheet and brooding on the floor.

Sharon thinks about why Break is so hard on himself, refusing to accept help from others. It must be because of his past, but she knows very little about it. It doesn't really matter anyway, she likes the way he is now. Her awkward, lonely, good for nothing big brother.

Back in town, Gilbert drops his crepe in shock at the news Oz has just given him.

As Oz and Gil discuss Oz's Incuse, Alice remembers a conversation she'd had with him recently. Oz had sat her down, and told her about her missing memories that he'd seen way back in chapter 19.

After racing through the halls filled with bodies during the Tragedy of Sablier, he had followed a young Vincent, and found Alice back when she was human. But it was too late. She had already been killed, stabbed with scissors.

Unfortunately, Vincent had forced Break to destroy the bell that memory was stored in by holding Sharon hostage.

Back in the present, Oz and Gil are starting to get on her nerves. They're still carrying on back and forth, Gilbert fussing over Oz, Oz fussing over Gilbert for being too uptight.

Finally, they turn to Alice to decide which of them is being unreasonable. She says she doesn't know, to her, it sounds like they're both saying the same thing.

Leo apologizes for interrupting their conversation.

Oz smiles sadly to himself without turning around. It's been a while, hasn't it?

Leo notices Oz doesn't seem surprised to see him.

Sadly, no, he admits. Whenever they're allowed to move around freely, without a guard, it's usually because they're being used as bait to lure out an enemy.

[witchblade]

real proof i havent used reddit for years is that i didnt even know gfycat shut down a year and a half ago