#Pangaea Ultima

[mindblowingscience]

Mammals will most likely be wiped from the face of the Earth by our planet's next supercontinent, a new study has revealed.  By modeling the heat tolerance of mammals alongside Earth's climatic conditions 250 million years into the future, scientists have discovered that the formation of the most probable next supercontinent — called Pangaea Ultima — will bring about the likely extinction of our animal order. The researchers made the prediction using a climate model that factored in the changes to land surface temperature of a new supercontinent; alongside increases to the intensity of the sun's radiation and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The study was published Sept. 25 in the journal Nature Geoscience. "A supercontinent seemingly creates conditions that more easily lead to mass extinction," first-author Alexander Farnsworth, a climatologist at the University of Bristol in the U.K. told Live Science. "[Supercontinent formation] has coincided with four of the last five mass extinctions in the geologic past." 

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[sciencestyled]

The Prophet's Unlikely Prelude to Pangea Ultima

Lo, in the days of my youth, long before my visage was etched with the lines of prophecy and worry, I found myself in an odd predicament that foretold of my future musings on the fate of a world far beyond my time. A peculiar passion, nay, a curiosity most bizarre, led me down a path that culminated in the writing of "Jeremiah’s Lament: Climate Catastrophe and Mammalian Doom on Future Supercontinent Pangaea Ultima."

It all began on a day most unremarkable, under the sweltering sun of the Judean desert. Whilst wandering in contemplation of the divine, I stumbled upon a gathering most peculiar: a convocation of creatures, great and small, engaged in what can only be described as a parliamentary debate. The topic of their spirited discourse? The future climatic conditions of a land yet to be, known to them, by some prophetic insight or perhaps divine jest, as Pangaea Ultima.

At first, I thought the sun had overcome my senses, or perhaps a vision from the Almighty had descended upon me. But as I listened, hidden behind a date palm, the earnestness of their exchange became apparent. A camel, sagacious and long-lashed, spoke with grave concern about the forecasts of unbearable heat, while a jackal, quick-witted and sharp-tongued, argued for the innovation of burrows with air-conditioning, a concept so far ahead of its time that it left me bewildered.

Their debate, laced with humor yet underpinned by a somber recognition of their own mortality, sparked within me a fascination with the future of our planet. How could it be that these creatures, whom I had always viewed as part of the landscape rather than participants in it, held such profound concerns for the world to come?

Driven by this newfound curiosity, I embarked upon a quest unlike any prophet before me. I consulted scrolls and studied the stars, seeking knowledge of this distant future. I learned of the movements of continents, the cycles of climate, and the fate of the mammalian kin I had heard debate under that desert sun.

Years turned to decades, and my beard grew long and white as I toiled over parchments, piecing together a narrative that would bridge the wisdom of the ancients with the revelations of the future. I foresaw a world where science and prophecy intertwined, where the fate of all creatures, great and small, hung in the balance amidst rising temperatures and changing landscapes.

Thus, with a quill fashioned from the feather of a bird that had listened intently to the desert debate, I penned "Jeremiah’s Lament." It was a work born of an unexpected assembly, a humorous encounter that had unveiled to me the interconnectedness of all things, and the importance of looking beyond the present to the future that awaits.

In this manuscript, I sought not only to warn of the impending climatic trials but to honor the spirited debate of my desert interlocutors. For in their humorous yet earnest discourse lay the seeds of a truth too important to ignore: that the fate of our world is a shared concern, spanning species and epochs.

And so, dear reader, as you peruse the pages of my lament, remember the camel and the jackal, the parliament under the palm. Their debate, as whimsical as it may have seemed, was a harbinger of the serious contemplation we must all engage in when considering the future of our planet.

For in the end, it is not just the fate of mammals on Pangaea Ultima that we must ponder, but the legacy we leave for all generations to come, be they prophet, peasant, or pangolin. May my words serve as a bridge between epochs, a testament to the power of curiosity, and a reminder that sometimes, the most profound truths are revealed in the most unexpected of gatherings.

[nintendoteuthis]

THAT’S PLATE TECTONICS, BABY

[apelcini]

[lividria]

Pikmin Theory: The Sparkly Wraith

⚠️CONTENT WARNING: HEY! PIKMIN⚠️

This post is huge, so I'm just putting the entire thing under the cut.

Preamble

So, during my Pikmin hyperfixation, which I can't even tell if it's over or not, really, I was getting really into trying to solve Pikmin lore, and never really got to put the pieces together. The reason? I watched DazzReviews' decade-old video about Umibozu Theory. No offense to the guy, I used to watch his other videos, but that fucking theory gave me one of the worst headaches of my life with how horrible it was and how little sense the points made. It made me feel physical pain. So, naturally, when I saw references to the theory start popping up in the wild, I just... Gave up. I've been avoiding Pikmin lore theorizing like the plague ever since, because, like, I don't want that to happen again. But then I realized I can't escape it, even if I tried, and I know that because I just saw it brought up in passing. Again. I know there's modern updates of the theory to get it up to date to Pikmin 4, but I'm not checking them to see if they hurt my head too.

Meanwhile, I brought this up in a previous post, but one of my friends around this time started making terrible Nintendo game ideas as part of a long-term troll him, me and another friend have been planning for a while now, and I... Got way too into the Pikmin ideas for it. I was trying to come up with really dumb lore, using all the dumb trivia I've learned, and instead via divine revelation was given this theory. I thought I got myself out, but this has pulled me back in. I probably could've left all of this out, but it's a funny story, so...

I have at least one other big theory for Pikmin lore, so I may type that up some time, too.

Part 1: Prerequisite Knowledge/Assumptions

This is assuming you're at least familiar with all 5 Pikmin games and what happens in them. In other words, spoilers. But you've had years to figure this all out, I don't need to say that.

I don't know yet if this will be all too relevant, but I'm working under the assumption that the timeline is 1 -> 2 -> 4 -> 3 -> Hey!. The Koppai food crisis is mentioned to be incoming in 4, and the Treasure Catalog entries for the music box treasure with Pikmin 3's title theme imply that the game's events haven't happened yet, especially Olimar's. In Pikmin 3, Hocotate Freight's almost bankrupt again, Olimar's using the Hocotate Ship, and the S.S. Dolphin's seemingly been sold... Again (They probably bought it back in-between Pikmin 2 & 4 with the newfound company wealth), and Olimar mentions wanting to buy it again, and then he has the S.S. Dolphin II in Hey!, where he also recognizes the Pikmin 3 Pikmin, meaning it's either after 4 or 3, so there you go. No, I don't have an explanation for how Pikmin 2's globes imply PNF-404 looks like present-day Earth, when Pikmin 3 has Pangaea Proxima, or a couple other inconsistencies (The Voyage Logs do seem to be non-chronological, iirc the "I'm so very tired..." log with a picture of Hero's Hideaway appears before Olimar goes there, and Olimar was keeping logs in Pikmin 1 & 2 that we may also be seeing to explain why he's seemingly unfamiliar with things like Pikmin & Onions, so like... Other stuff besides those), you'll have to figure that out for yourself.

Speaking of Pangaea Proxima, yea, if you look at the map in Pikmin 3's area select, you'll see it's actually based on a speculative map of what the world will look like in roughly 300 million years, and it's named Pangaea Proxima... I think there was another name, Pangaea Ultima or something, but I prefer Proxima. The only difference is the Formidable Oak's placement, when it's not supposed to be there in the actual map. So that gives us a time placement for when the games are taking place, and humans went extinct... At some point. No, I don't know why Hero's Hideaway indicates recent habitation, or how all of the treasures are perfectly preserved, you'll have to figure that out for yourself. Or, more accurately, for me.

Anyways, Sparklium. A bizarre material that doesn't have mass, but is found in... Basically every object you can think of? All of the treasures in Pikmin 4 & Hey! Pikmin, but are primarily found in metallic objects. It also seems to manifest as gold nuggets, though it can also be red, rainbow, or an acorn... Wait, how can it be an object if it has no mass? Anyways, it can be used as fuel, and doesn't seem to ever run out, as you don't spend it in either game, you keep it all, and there's a ship part called a Sparklium Converter that... Converts Sparklium to usable fuel, I guess, and for some reason when it's lodged into the Leech Hydroe, that makes it incredibly angry. The solidified Sparklium primarily appears in Sparklium Springs, lakes of water with an inexplicable rainbow aura shooting up into the sky where Sparklium nuggets will periodically spill everywhere.

We don't know if those are on PNF-404, but they're definitely on the Hey! Pikmin planet, which was also home to a human civilization comparable to our own that is also gone now... Which doesn't make sense, if we're talking space colonization, but whatever. I've named this planet Heihei, because... Hey!, and also it's a word for Chicken in another language, which is funny. Heihei also shares wildlife with PNF-404, for some reason, somehow including Pikmin when you can assume that if Leafling dogs can't leave the planet, Pikmin shouldn't be able to either, but that's for you to figure out for yourself.

Also, someone did the math on all of the people who have crashed on PNF-404 because of the asteroids around it, and it's over 20 crashes. The only people who have gotten there without interruption have been Olimar & the President returning for Louie in Pikmin 2, Olimar and Louie returning to PNF-404 for more treasure in Olimar's Assignment and again to fix the Hocotate Ship in Olimar's Comeback, and Pom (Is it common knowledge that's the community name for the Pikmin 4 protagonist? Just in case, that's who Pom is.) coming to save the Rescue Corps (and everyone else).

Speaking of the Rescue Corps, you can unlock diary entries from the past that imply the little people are descendants of humanity after some sort of apocalypse drove them underground:

"The surface! We made it at last! Finally, we can begin making a fresh start here on this planet. Of course, it will take many long months and years before what we've built here will be anything like what we once had. But we won't be alone. Our beloved dogs will be by our side as we walk this long, difficult road."

"Many years have passed since we first began to make this land our new home. Still, we need more time to complete our environmental adaptations. In the meantime, we must survive so that, one day, we can pass down this new history to our children, and pass down the ways we've learned to rescue and protect everyone. One day we will live here in peace."

""Beyond the sky itself there lies a beautiful blue planet." Those words have been passed down from captain to captain, calling to each of us. I can't imagine what sort of place this blue planet might be, but it's said to be home to even more dogs and folks that we have here. One day, I hope to fly beyond the sky...and into space."

I'm probably forgetting something, I'll figure it out as I write out the actual theory.

Part 2: The Shining Demon

Humanity somehow went extinct on at least two different planets, and Sparklium is also absolutely everywhere on those two planets. The Sparklium Springs' rainbow aura is... Uh... Strange, that's not how things work, it looks otherworldly, and Sparklium is inexplicably spilling out of it, and they all have water. We already know about some otherworldly being associated with water: The Water Wraith. Them and a couple other instances (Glow Pikmin, the Smoky Progg and Gloom are the first things that come to mind) show that there's some esoteric unexplainable property of the Pikmin universe allowing for strange, almost paranormal things to occur.

I don't have a clean transition into this, but hear me out: There's a supernatural entity of some sort that I'm naming the Shining Demon, that somehow threatened humanity on all of it's planets, so the people got together and broke it apart into Sparklium, and sealed all of it away in the Sparklium Springs of Heihei, probably in some sort of extradimensional space (Fun fact, there's a random reference to the "Master of Dimension X" in a Pikmin 2 sales pitch that goes unexplained, so I'll refer to this as Dimension X from now on just to use the name), with that rainbow aura over the water being the magic seal. However, over time, the seal began to fade, and the Sparklium began to spill out, and integrate into all of the objects around the planet, probably spreading to PNF-404 when people went from one planet to the other, or there's unseen PNF-404 Sparklium Springs, either or.

It's safe to assume that the Sparklium Converter has Sparklium in it, and you know what it does to the Leech Hydroe. That thing was so aggressive, it was the final boss, and one of two bosses that give you any semblance of challenge in Hey! Pikmin. It's also shown to be in living (or previously living) treasures such as fruit, meat and fossils, and just about any other kind of object you can think of, so the Sparklium could've either gotten into animals & plants to make them aggressive towards humans, or gotten directly into humans to kill them from the inside, or something.

Now, where else could it go from there? You know how it's primarily in metal objects, especially in Hey! Pikmin? What object has strange properties in the Pikmin series that's made of tons of metal? THE ASTEROIDS. And if the Pikmin people are descendants of the humanity that the Shining Demon hated so much it drove to extinction, and it's in control of the things it's inside, AND Sparklium is used as a fuel source and is thus also in the spaceships, then you can put two and two together and assume that it's crashing people to get them stuck in it's territory where it can kill them to finish the job.

But, if it was originally a living being, if you were to put enough Sparklium together in one place, could it not form together once again? That's exactly what it did.

Part 3: Fool's Gold

The Plasm Wraith is a fragment of the Shining Demon. I mean, come on. Not only does it look like gold, it's Elemental Plasms are based on Cubic Pyrite. Fool's Gold. Olimar is demonstrated to be a fool, having been scammed multiple times if you read the Pikmin 1 Ship Part descriptions, and thinks that the Plasm Wraith is gold, which is why he goes to collect it, even when Louie is apprehensive, because he enjoys treasure hunting a foolish amount now.

In the Pikmin 3 Deluxe Piklopedia, Olimar speculates that the hole in the Plasm Wraith's face is a "manifested psychic wound". If it was torn apart and sealed in the Sparklium Springs, then magic or esoteric shit of some sort was already involved, so that could've been from when people were trying to kill it directly. Also, it makes sense that the psychic wound is where it's "head" is.

Remember in Part 1 where I mentioned 3 out of the 4 times people were allowed to come to PNF-404 without being attacked were Olimar? At this point, I think the Plasm Wraith, or more accurately the Sparkly Wraith, piece of the Shining Demon, recognizes that for whatever reason Olimar keeps coming back and putting a ton of Sparklium in one place, so it's just... Letting him come so that it can keep taking shots at him, and he literally walks right up to it. Why wouldn't it want him to put all of the Sparklium in one place? It'd help it form into another Plasm Wraith. It hasn't done that yet, I guess because he never gets enough together, but still, it's possible.

Also, you know how the Plasm Wraith seems to be caressing Olimar when the Koppaites arrive at the Formidable Oak? Two possibilities:

It likes him now, because it views him as an instrument it can manipulate to get back in one piece, so it just kinda... "Takes care of him". I don't know what it was planning to do, since Olimar was there, for like, at least a week.

It wants to figure out how to get into him like it might've gotten into the humans and all the other objects. Olimar's sealed up in a spacesuit, which it might view as foreign, so it's really curious about him... And wants to learn how to penetrate the suit, so that it can kill/control the current descendants of humanity. Speaking of...

If you check the Pikmin 3 Deluxe Piklopedia, Louie ate the Plasm Wraith. And a lot of other stuff, including the animals we know the Shining Demon might be in control of because of the Leech Hydroe, treasure in Pikmin 4 which I've established has Sparklium in it... Whoopsie. That'd explain why he progressively starts talking less, as Olimar mentions in Pikmin 3, and starts lashing out more and more... Then again, that unused cutscene has Louie reveal he believed he was kidnapped by the Koppaites, so, I don't know. Is that still canon if it was removed? Whatever.

Side tangent here, Louie wasn't controlling the Titan Dweevil, because if he was, he would've been able to control the Scornet Maestro to stop it from eating/attacking/kidnapping him, because that's also a bug. The Titan Dweevil probably just liked Louie's antenna, or something, as it likes shiny objects, and Louie's sociopathy and uncaring demeanor towards animals (He eats EVERYTHING which requires killing everything) rubs off on it when Olimar comes back, plus potential feelings of betrayal or anger or whatever, because the Volatile Dweevils mimic the behavior of the objects they carry so the Titan Dweevil might to, but all of that influence would've been accidental, as he's unconscious. He did, however, use the Ancient Sirehound to lash out intentionally, even after hearing Olimar's voice. Got it? Got it.

By the way, you know how in Pikmin 4 the Pikmin 3 fruits return, and have Sparklium in them? And the Koppaites bring all of that back home to eat? Shit. (I stole this from the Umibozu Theory video I complained about earlier, and I'm not sorry.)

I don't have a good conclusion here, just like how I didn't have a good start. Just... Deal with it.

Part 4: TL;DR

Sparklium is actually a fragment of an esoteric entity I've named the Shining Demon that tried to kill off humanity, that was sealed away in the Sparklium Springs by humanity, only for the seals to gradually begin fading and begin releasing Sparklium that then infects all sorts of objects and creatures, which it then used to kill humanity. However, some humans survived, escaped underground, and evolved into the small people we see in Pikmin over 300 million years, and are constantly attacked by the asteroids around PNF-404 and the Hey! Pikmin planet that have Sparklium in them, in an attempt to get them into it's territory to kill them off and finish the job.

The Plasm Wraith is a lot of this Sparklium fused together into a living being, much weaker than the Shining Demon, and Olimar's idiocy directly benefits it by hoarding tons of Sparklium, so it captures him and either wants to use him to further it's own goals or wants to figure out how to break through his spacesuit so it can kill everyone it can via it's Sparklium infection, and it's also potentially infected Louie due to him consuming Sparklium, as well as the Koppaite trio and potentially the rest of Koppai.

I don't know where the Water Wraith fits in here, but it may have some connection to the Sparklium Springs, I guess.

[wyrm-in-a-closet]

plan: get on a rocket ship. go close to the speed of light. come back to earth in 250 million years. see what pangaea ultima is like

[efvicioso]

Una nueva Pangea dentro de 250 Maños hará casi inhabitable el planeta para los mamíferos.

https://buff.ly/3RG1rF9

[bryguyranger]

Mammals may be driven to extinction by volcanic new supercontinent Pangaea Ultima

[gentlemanjester]

PANGEA 2, LET'S GOOOOO

[oeffentlicheversicherung]

Sollte es in 250 Millionen Jahren noch Menschen geben, könnten sie Mittel und Wege gefunden haben, um sich anzupassen, spekuliert Farnsworth. Die Erde würde dann dem Planeten Dune aus dem gleichnamigen Sciencefiction-Roman aus dem Jahr 1965 ähneln. »Passen sich Menschen solchen Wüstenumgebungen an?

[okgooglenews]

Mammals' Time on Earth Is Half Over, Scientists Predict - The New York Times

* Mammals' Time on Earth Is Half Over, Scientists Predict  The New York Times * ‘Supercontinent’ could make Earth uninhabitable in 250m years, study predicts  The Guardian * Mammals may be driven to extinction by volcanic new supercontinent Pangaea Ultima  Livescience.com * Scientists reveal the date Earth will face a mass EXTINCTION that wipes out all humans  Daily Mail * Scientists Estimate When Humans Could Become Extinct  Newsweek * View Full Coverage on Google News http://dlvr.it/Swb0dC

[sciencestyled]

Mad Max and the Fur-tastrophe Forecast: How We're All Roaming Towards the Roast!

Alright, gather 'round you hardcore aficionados of the apocalyptic narrative, for we've scoured the wasteland of scientific discourse and unearthed a tale so fiery, so epic, that even our beloved Mad Max has taken to the typewriter to spell out the doom that awaits us in the not-so-far-off future. We're talking about an article that narrates a tale of fur and fury, where the doom of mammals is scrawled across the sprawling, scorching plains of the new supercontinent Pangaea Ultima. Yes, you heard it right, the Earth is up for a continental mashup and it's looking grim for the furry kin.

The tale unfolds in the rugged, ruthless narrative of Mad Max as he gallops across the arid terrains, drawing a chillingly vivid picture of a world where the tectonic dance pulls continents together into a giant, fiery huddle. A place where the extremes aren’t just the way of the road, but the law of nature.

As Max gallops through this furnace of facts, the stark reality of a new supercontinent forming under our feet unveils a future where the heat's cranked up to a hundredfold, and the critters are scrambling for the exits. The narrative accelerates, taking us on a wild ride through blazing deserts, merciless climates, and the desperate fight for survival among the mammals.

He's not just talking about a quirky theory; this is a gritty, grim future grounded in geological givens. The scientific caravan has set forth, and the road warriors of academia have etched the doom of mammals across the pages of this study. The picture painted is not a pretty one. Mammals, our warm-blooded brethren, are at the precipice, teetering on the edge of oblivion as the continents crush together in a cataclysmic cuddle.

But what's the way forward? As Max drives through the dire straits of a future gone mad, he beckons the call for change, for action. The world may be on a highway to hell, but there’s hope, there’s time. Maybe it’s time to be the change, to gear up and face the storm. As the desert dust whirls in the wind, the echoes of the past reverberate through the canyons of the future, and the call to action rings clear across the wasteland.

Mad Max’s narrative isn’t just a joyride through a dystopian future; it’s a clarion call to pull back the reins before we plunge into the abyss. He's not just narrating a story; he's inscribing a warning on the tombstone of tomorrow.

So, fasten your seat belts, fuel up your intellectual engines, and ride with Mad Max through a tale of fur, fury, and the furnace awaiting in Pangaea Ultima. It's not just a read; it's a roaring, riveting ride through the rugged realms of reality and the rocky road that lies ahead. So grab the wheel, hit the gas, and dive deep into this apocalyptic analysis spun by Mad Max himself. Oh, and prepare to have your minds blown to smithereens amidst the storm of savage science and scalding storytelling!

[concupiscience]

Pangaea Ultima: what Earth will look like in 250 million years

[jafethuerta]

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[apelcini]

Pangaea Ultima And The Mass Extinction is also a band and their logo is a mushroom cloud of toxic salinity (creative wiggle room ok?)

Conchoidal Fracture and Burial Metamorphism wld both be pretty solid band names I think

[a-weeb-about-paleocontinents]