#They just look similar as black cats with medium white

[shocks-silly-clangens]

The sillies ever!!! These are some of my favorite guys from my gene mod clan, RuinClan!

the cats featured here are:

Moonstar, an albino molly with Violet eyes (current leader)

Twilighttiger, a sable and white molly with Albino Ice Blue eyes (niece of Moonstar, angry)

Lyrestar, a black cryptic tortie molly with white, a short tail, and Golden Fluorite eyes (previous leader)

Ochrethorn, a white and black tucked torbie molly with extra toes and Dark Fern Green eyes (Moonstar’s daughter in law)

Cliffstripe, a black and white tom with one sky blue eye and one copal eye (old man who just had a kit)

base made by @mist-cat

[kiame-sama]

wait, you already said what you think the twst cast is as monsters, but what do they look like?

Warnings: my twst monster au, almost all characters with names (other than Yuu and Grim) in monster forms, mythical creatures, deer rack point system, measurements given in ft and cm, animal traits, various animal and plant species mentioned, usually I would say to use your imagination to think it up but I have thought about this way too much myself so I may as well share ideas of what they would look like, feel free to draw these monster men and if you do please share with me because I want to see these goobers drawn, some spoilers for Rollo's backstory,

Divus is a Harp Seal Selkie;

- Divus has a black and white fur coat of a Harp Seal with slight spotting pattern similar to Leopard Seals. His coat is always shiny, clean, and wrapped around his shoulders. Divus appears fairly humanoid and close to his canon appearance other than the sharper than normal canines that are closer to the cone teeth of seals. Selkies do not part with their coats lightly so it is very rare to see one without their pelts on their shoulders. His coat is more natural Harp Seal patterning than the clear black and white lines he has in canon.

Sam is a Shadow man;

- White skull markings along his face with burning purple eyes. He has several black tattoos on his skin that move and can even detach into actual shadow to ensnare his prey. There is constantly a darkness around him that seemed to repulse light, making him appear to be surrounded in constant shadow.

Vargas is a Texas-Longhorn Minotaur;

He has very long and large bull horns with the minotaur expression on his lower half making his upper body appear human other than his horns. His lower half is the same shade as his hair with white speckling on the left leg. His tail is often lazily swinging back and forth as he talks.

Trein is a Mountain Lion Sphinx;

- Lower-half is the body of a Mountain Lion with wings, upper half is Trein's usual upper body. He does have a lot of grey and white furs/feathers due to his age in his coat and it is clear he favors his right back leg as it usually sits at an angle. He can often be seen lounging with Lucius in a sunny spot in his classroom when not teaching.

Crowley is a Crow Fae;

- Similar to his appearance in canon TWST, but his large black wings are more prominent as are the iridescent colors in them and his hair. He actually has talons on his hands and not just the golden talons. He does wear golden caps on his talons however and has a medium length train of black tail-feathers.

Ace is a Saanen Satyr;

- He has short twisted horns and his orange hair is also the same color on his goat half- just a bit darker shade. His hooves are an off-white ivory. He does have the little billy-goat scruff of a goatee due to his Satyr heritage.

Deuce is a Rocky Mountain Faun;

- Deuce has large spiral horns and his blue hair is the same color on his goat half- just a shade darker as well with white speckles around his hooves and tail. His hooves are black. Deuce does not have the goatee often seen on Satyrs and Fauns.

Note; it is part of my AU that Satyrs usually have shorter horns and are closer to farm goats in their animal halves. Fauns are closer to mountain goats and therefore have longer more curved horns often seen on rocky mountain rams. Females of both Fauns and Satyrs grow the same large horns, but their horns are often thinner around than the males of their species.

Cater is a Lake Water Nymph;

- Cater is considered unusual among Water Nymphs because of his hair's coloration being a bright red instead of a more blue or green which is more common for Water Nymphs. Cater's hair is closer in color to a red Ludwigia as he is a lake Water Nymph and the flora of lakes tend to have a fair variation of green to red color hues. Cater's bright green eyes are closer to the usual colors of Water Nymphs and he accredits this to his mother who is a river Water Nymph. In the water Cater gets fins more adapted to lake swimming so he is not as strong in currents.

Che'nya is a Bakeneko;

- He is similar to his canon appearance, but the purple and pink of his hair is also visible on the skin of his arms, legs, and back. He also now has a two pronged fluffy tail similarly striped that is often seen waving mischievously behind him.

Trey is a Kelpie Centaur;

- When out of the water, Trey's Centaur half is that of a white horse with a long tail of the same green hair that Trey's human half has. His horse half is closer muscular build to Scottish Draft horses. When in the water, the white fur of his horse half becomes a lake green with fading blue hues. His tail hair becomes more stringy like lake reeds and his fur takes a more prickly quality. His back legs become a large fin when he is submerged completely in deep water, making him more of a Hippocampus in physiology while swimming.

Riddle is a Unicorn Centaur;

- His horse half has a pure white coat with a long tail closer to that of a lion than a horse, but long bright red hair for his tail. Riddle's hooves are a rather lovely golden color that shine like metal, same with the tight spiral horn that sits in the center of his forehead. There is a faded blue star shape at the base of his horn that seems to tattoo his fair skin, he often covers this up with his bangs. His horse half is similar in musculature to that of an Arabian Horse making him appear more dainty than Trey.

Note; Cater is often seen lounging on Trey's back while Trey swims in the Heartslabyul lake with Riddle laying in the grass on the shore. They often spend their afternoons doing this and Cater will frequently try to get Riddle to swim. Thus far, he has been unsuccessful.

Jack is a Gray Wolf Werewolf;

- Unlike his canon appearance, Jack constantly has that wolf-head and white fur all over his body. He can shift between being bipedal or a quadruped with little issue between the two forms of locomotion, meaning his limbs are closer in length than human limbs. He has fur similar in length to wolves and even has paw-like hands. His tail is frequently wagging whenever he is with friends or those he is fond of.

Ruggie is a Spotted Hyena Gnoll;

- Similar to Jack, Ruggie now has a Hyena head and pelt instead of just the ears and tail. He is still somewhat humanoid, but he is still shorter than Leona or Jack. His back legs are more like a Hyena and he has that same muscular ridge on his shoulders that Hyenas do. He still has his bright blue eyes despite how odd it is for Gnolls, but his coat is the same sandy light-brown as his hair usually is with dark brown spots.

Leona is a Nemean Lion;

- Nemean Lions are golden furred beasts much larger and stronger than any regular lion on top of being impervious to damage from mortal weapons. This translates into Leona's skin having a more golden sheen to it, always seeming to look like he has been dusted with fine powder gold sparkles. His dark hair has several bright gold strands woven in that makes it shiny as well. The fur on Leona's tail and ears is also that glittering golden color which only makes the tuft of fur at the end of his tail look darker. He is a little taller than in cannon and slightly more defined in musculature due to the natural strength of Nemean lions.

Azul is a Coconut Octopus Cecaelia;

- He is very similar to how he appears in canon, but now he has several black marks along his arms and body similar to how he looks in his merman form. Even in a human form, it is clear Azul is still not human due to these dark markings that wrap around his body. A few of these black tendrils frame his cheekbones and make those brightly colored eyes of his only seem brighter.

Jade and Floyd are Moray Eel Mermen;

- Similar to Azul, Floyd and Jade look similar to how they do in cannon, but their merman features are more visible even in their human forms. The fins they have alongside their faces are now present in their human forms as are the colorations of their merman forms on their shoulders and faintly around their faces. Their gills are still visible in their human forms.

Kalim is a Genie;

- Kalim is the closest out of everyone to his canon appearance as his identity as a Genie changes very little. He will likely wear clothes akin to his dorm clothes appearance but have the addition of golden bands around his wrists and ankles. He can form legs to walk on, but often chooses to fly instead, where his legs become more smoke-like in the typical Genie 'tail' that many Genies are often seen with. Kalim now has a golden aura around him that makes him glow slightly with a golden color due to his high-magic Genie nature.

Note; Kalim sleeps in his lamp and keeps many of his treasures in his lamp as his magic allows the lamp to be more like a hotel suite than a prison cell despite the size on the outside. Only Kalim and those he invites into his lamp can enter.

Jamil is a Sand Viper Naga;

- Jamil's upper half is similar to how it is in canon, but his lower half is that of a rather large snake. His shake half is 22ft (670cm) comprised of black and maroon scales. His maroon scales are closer to the color of dried blood and often get dark enough shades that they mix with the black diamond and striping patterns his black scales make. The scales on the stomach side of his snake body are a slightly more red tone than his skin tone. He does have golden scales that line his stomach scales and are in the center of the diamond patterns on his back.

Note; Jamil often sleeps with Kalim's lamp in the coils of his Naga tail. Having come from a long line of Naga that are usually the guards and guardians of the wealth and well-being Kalim's Genie family has amassed through the years. Wherever a Genie from Kalim's family lives, so too lives a Sand Viper Naga from Jamil's family to guard them.

Vil is a Peacock Harpy;

- Vil still has his flawless skin and purple ombre hair even as a peacock harpy, but he does have hair-like cobalt blue and emerald green feathers that often get woven into braids. He also has seven pristine head feathers that are the same 'eye' patterns as his tial feathers that often lay back against his hair unless he is feeling particularly proud, in which his crest will rise up like a crown atop his head. Vill has feathering along his shoulders, upper back and neck that are the bright cobalt blue of male Indian peacocks. Along his shoulder blades are his wings which have a full span of 8ft (244cm) but are often tucked neatly against his back and folded so the flight feathers don't drag when he walks. Vil has the full peacock train of tail-feathers and spends quite a bit of time preening and grooming them to maximum shine. He will only fully display his tail-feathers when being prideful or showing off to a prospective mate.

Rook is an Australian Golden Huntsman-Spider Drider;

- Rook's legs are a long spindly gold that are many times the length of his thorax and abdomen. The thorax of his spider body is larger than the abdomen of the body due to the typical shape of Huntsman-Spiders. The thorax area on Rook's spider body has a large black mark among the back hairs trailing down to where the abdomen part of his body is more narrow and the marks become black lines making their way down. His human half is attached at the top of the thorax where the spider's eyes are usually located. His spider legs are as thick as a Human's legs, his mandibles and pedipalps being similar in thickness. His fangs are to scale and are extremely long as well as being like blacked curved knives, he often keeps them tucked away to not unsettle others.

Note; Rook and Vil have a very mutually beneficial relationship just as they do in regular TWST. Rook helps Vil preen and take care of his feathers, often being the one getting the pin feathers Vil can't reach on his back and shoulders. Rook uses the silk he creates as a Drider to make fabrics for Vil as they are of high quality, and even higher thread count. Both are content to be the others boon companion and will often be seen working together outside of class as well.

Neige is a Mourning Dove Harpy;

- Neige has the same dark black hair and big brown doe eyes he does in cannon but he also has grey-brown feathers throughout his black hair. His cheeks, neck, shoulders, and upper back have the same gray-brown feathers with speckles of dark brown, white, black, and gray feathers throughout giving a light speckling pattern. His wings are that same gray brown color and are 6.5ft (200cm) in length. The ends of his flight feathers are often trailing over the ground beneath him when he is relaxed and he rarely opens his wings fully. Like most mourning doves, he has a lovely soothing voice and his unassuming species of Harpy makes him all the more charming.

Note: I was going to make Neige a Willow Grouse Harpy due to the coloration match with Neige and his RSA uniform, but I have a childhood fondness for the call of a mourning dove and Neige is supposed to have a beautiful voice, so I figured sweet Neige can be a mourning dove and not the goofy sounding Willow Grouse.

Epel is a Beliy Naliv Apple Wood Nymph;

- Epel has white tree bark as skin, occasionally having the slight dark mark or blemish where Epel had gotten into fights despite being a more peaceful species of Wood Nymph. His hair is made up of pale green leaves that are often covered in powder lavender blooms that are the same color as his canon hair color. Epel has the same large blue eyes as he does in canon. Occasionally the blooms on his head will grow into small apples that are white due to his species of Wood Nymph being the White Cloud Apple. His skin is rougher in texture and closer to the texture of bark.

Idia is a Shinigami;

- He still has his blue flaming hair and blue tinted lips and gold eyes. His skin is closer to a light gray in tone now, his nails a natural black. He now has these scraggly black wings that are kind of like bird wings but more haggard in appearance. The feathers are more slick and almost oily in texture and have some traces of blues in them similar to Idia's hair. He can use them to fly, but they make a very loud wooshing sound that he isn't overly fond of so he doesn't often use them. His limbs are just a bit longer than they are in canon giving him a more skeletal and gaunt appearance.

Ortho is also a Shinigami;

- Similar to Idia, Ortho still has his blue flaming hair and golden eyes. He will have the same light gray skin tone Idia does, but his wings are now cybernetic due to an unfortunate accident when Ortho was much younger that caused him to lose his Shinigami wings. Ortho also has several cybernetic limbs as a result of that same accident, making monster AU ortho closer in appearance to canon Ortho, but still able to eat/sleep/behave like a living being. Ortho is not AI but does have several augments to allow his brain to function with the aid of AI due to his unfortunate incident when he was younger.

Silver is a Reindeer Cervitaur;

- Silver is a leucistic deer cervitaur. This means his deer half has white fur as well with light gray spots along his back similar to the spots fawns have for camouflage purposes. His antlers are also an ivory white, and only have three points. From burr to tip of the beam, Silver has two points at the end of the beam and one point near the burr of his antlers. Lilia throws a party any time Silver gets another point on his antlers. Silver's deer half has the musculature type closer to reindeer than whitetail deer.

Lilia is a Vampire Bat Fae;

- Similar to his canon appearance, Lilia looks almost the same in his monster AU form, but his monster AU form has bat wings and a little tail. Most bats have tails and delicate wings, so I decided Lilia should also have bat wings and a little tail. His wings are sturdier than most bats and have several holes in them from past battles he has endured. He is still the Fae variation so he has the same pointed ears, sharp teeth, and slit pupils other Fae type have. His wings are black with Light pink highlights near the tips just like his hair.

Note; Lilia likes to sleep upsidedown in this AU and will often settle himself in the cafeteria chandeliers or even the rafters of various buildings to take naps throughout the downtimes of the day. Lilia is more nocturnal in this AU as well with increased sensitivity to sounds/lights.

Malleus is Dragon Fae.

- Malleus in the monster AU is similar to his canon appearance but has his dragon wings, tail, and various clusters of black scales along his body. His nails are decent length black talons and he has black scales along the backs of his hands and up his arms. His neck and upper back/shoulders have more black scales. His wings are the same deep black with a slight purple tint to them anywhere the skin is exposed. His tail is about as thick as a leg and tapers off to a wickedly sharp point that Malleus could use to impale someone if he wanted to. Black scales frame his eyes like their own kind of makeup and are more colorful around the eyes in purples and green sheens that highlight the obsidian base color of the scales.

Note; Malleus is more in touch with his dragon instincts in this AU due to being more outwardly dragon. He does make a nest out of his bed and is much more inclined to hoard things he is fond of, including but not limited to Gargoyles, unusual stones, and various creatures he takes interest in. Once he considers someone to be part of his hoard, he will be possessive of them and fiercely protective. Only creatures part of his hoard are allowed to enter his nest. Lilia, Silver, and Sebek are three of his living hoard.

Sebek is a Raiju Fae;

- His hair is a bit more wild and fur-like compared to his canon appearance with yellows mixed in to the sage green color. His teeth are much sharper and he actually has more dog-like qualities similar to Jack's canon appearance. Raiju are lightning dog mythical creatures, so Sebek's appearance will be similarly dog-like with the beastman ears and spiky furred tail that has a rougher texture compared to most fur. His tail and ear positioning will often be a dead giveaway for what emotions Sebek is feeling at the time.

Rollo is an Inferno Fire Nymph.

- Rollo's eyes are an ashen gray as is his skin and hair when he is not in his active inferno flame form. Much like a burned log, his flesh will bare the same ashen faded look to it. Rollo is usually in this form as he is not overly fond of the fire he creates and he can keep himself mostly calm despite the constant annoyance of others around him. When in his active inferno fire form, his ashen hair will ignite into flames, his gray eyes turning a bright fire red. Similarly, his skin will take a redder tone and embers will float off of his hair.

Note: Rollo's fire can burn others, but he can also consciously change the temperature of his flames to only warm and not harm if he felt so inclined. He would only willingly do this for someone he deeply loved and cared for as his full flame form reminds him far too much of his deceased brother, hence why he uses it sparingly. There are many types of Fire Nymphs, but Inferno Fire Nymphs are considered the most deadly as their flames get the hotest. Young Fire Nymphs cannot control their fire and can burn themselves out if they get too hot internally.

[identifying-cat-phenotypes]

Do you know why it's so common for black cats to have at least a little white spotting, but white cats are solidly white? I've always wondered

Yep! Sort of? It's complicated and also very simple.

It's because of how the KIT locus works, which is responsible for white in most mammals. in cats, there are three main alleles. I won't be diving into the other, smaller-scale white genes (mittens and gloves, yknow) because they don't really effect the genes I'm talking about, but they can be in any of the blanks I provide and it'd be pretty chill.

Right. So! the symbols im using are w, S, Sᴰ which is just how I write it. Usual or standardized symbols tend to be w, ws, and Wd but I like using S because it stands out more! When researching more (which i highly suggest you do!!!) they'll use a system similar to that.

OKAY! explanation time!

Hopefully I don't have to explain punnet square genetics. I will not be doing so, because tbh in USAmerica we're taught it in like, the 5th grade, so just take this TedEd and chill. I'll also be using a pedigree in a later example. :)

I will be running a simple "simulation" of sorts, but do follow along! It's below the cut! <3

All cats below are assumed to be self, as agouti is not a factor being shown!

P0:

Xo/Xo, B/B, S/w (Black, medium-low white)

XO/Y, B/b, Sᴰ/S (epistatic full white)

G1:

1, XO/Xo, B/B, w/S (Black tortie, medium-low white)

2, XO/Xo, B/b, Sᴰ/w (epistatic full white)

3, XO/Y, B/B, S/S (Pseudo-red, high white)

4, XO/Y, B/b, Sᴰ/w (Epistatic full white)

So, this doesn't tell you much immediately. You may be thinking, "Mod Robin, this doesn't answer the question at all? Did you just do all that for fun?"

Short answer, yeah this doesn't answer the question immediately. Slightly longer answer, it does, eventually, but im having fun with making long posts about cat genetics... :3

OKAY!

So, you can see that the parents are pretty normal. Black cat x Red cat, cool! The kittens are mostly torties and red, because that's how punnet squares work. However, you'll notice that one little gene changes how the cat looks. It covers the other patterns (known as an epistatic trait) with just a single allele with the trait.

This is why a lot of the white cats tend to be solid. Again, this is a BRUTE simplicity of how the expression works with other genes on the KIT locus and how white dominant works, but bear with me.

A single allele turns the whole cat white and shuts off protein production for fur color. It's dominant over every other known trait, and is uncommon in pedigree cats. It is a lot rarer in moggie populations.

Therefor, most moggies you see, black self or not, aren't usually fully white. They can be fully white with the right expressions of the right traits without white dominant, but it's connected to a plethora of polygenes that aren't really relevant to this.

It's more common to have a cat with medium-low white spotting, or none at all, than one that is fully white. This goes for every moggie cat. Pedigree cats are different because of how selective breeding works.

So. hopefully you understand all that. sorry not sorry. uhh have a good one :3

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Wolfy: A cartoony anthro wolf, exactly five feet tall! Medium grey fur, has oval mirrors (with two shine marks) in place of eyes, and has grey and purple wings and a bird tail over his wolf tail. Always in a medium grey suit with a purple tie. Sometimes drawn with deerlike antlers.

Parsure: Looks like a blonde and light skinned human dude with dull blue eyes! He has shoulder-length hair with jagged bangs, and has a goatee and mustache. Always wears jeans, a white t shirt, red converse shoes, and a leather jacket. There's a large red bullseye on the back of the jacket. There's patches on the left sleeve: A red X symbol, and a night sky with a black stripe down the right side. On the right sleeve: A yellow axe symbol, and grey hexagon with a blue and orange background.

Jerome Drew (should be updated to Jerome Heulwen, I'll get to it soon), <- my main guy :D

Rev -(belongs to hollyrosecheeks),

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Jodie: A were-pine-marten! Like a ferret but bigger, brown furred with white patches on the face and chest.

Kiley: (new oc, aaaah- I will redo my reference soon)

Jean: (probably) human dude with short brown hair! Wears a full mask that looks like a crow’s face. Usually wears a white shirt, grey vest and tie, grey slacks, and brown dress shoes. Sometimes wears a simple black jacket. Or a scarecrow's hat and black gloves.

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Twisted Wonderland- Friendship Bracelets

Alice knocks on the door to Grim's room and enters to see him already in bed. He questions what it is and gets handed a box with his name. He shakes the lid off and presses his paws against a pale pink ribbon.

He pulls and unrolls it to see the pattern painted on, having her phone light help see the cyan paws, cherry red hearts, medium blue spades, and royal blue stars. He questions what is it for.

"Valentine's Day, it's a holiday in my world," Alice states while sitting down on the bed.

"What's Valentine's Day?" Grim responds.

"A day celebrating love and it's different forms of it." She reaches out towards him and pulls him onto her lap. "And I grew to love you." She kisses his forehead.

He pulls away and complains, leading her to teasingly kiss his face, chuckling at his disgust. She let go him and pats his head at seeing his angry frown.

"Tomorrow's Valentine's Day. I thought you could wear it tomorrow and be the first one to receive to their Valentine gift." She boops his nose.

He smirks. "Of course The Great Grim would be the one to look stylish before anyone. I'll wear since you made for me."

He places the ribbon back in the box and jumps down to carry it to his vanity which was a short table.

"I can weave it through the magestone for you." She takes his daily ribbon and slides the magestone off to pull the new one through.

He smiles at seeing it ready, then hurries back to bed and demands she leave so he can sleep.

"Not until you say the words after you receive something."

"Words after you receive something? I didn't follow." She sighs at the creature.

"Say thank you, Grim. I painted on each charm on that ribbon after all."

He refuses, so she threats to take the ribbon back and gets a half-heartedly thank you. She messes up his fur and chuckles as she left, hearing him complain behind her. She wishes him a good night and shuts the door.

In the morning, everyone's gathers for breakfast and see Grim stroll in confidently and brags about his new ribbon. Ace teases him, saying how cute it look on the small kitty cat. Kalim asks where Grim got it and compliments Alice's skill. Rook goes off on poetic ramble about the beauty of the ribbon and how the paint strokes tie the colors together.

Vil ignore Rook and leaves the dining room while dragging Epel along and eventually Rook following after them. Jamil sighs at not having a quiet breakfast and drags Kalim out of the door as well.

Alice asks Ace and Deuce to stay behind for a bit and reach into her bookbag to present two boxes with their names.

"A gift? Aw, you shouldn't have," Ace playful teases and lifts the lid to a beaded bracelet.

The two boys inspect the white and black beads with color charms in the middle. They glance up at her for an explanation. She states that today's Valentine's Day and felt like celebrating it by giving her closet friends something to show her appreciation.

"It's matching bracelets." She slides her sleeve up to show a similar bracelet. "The heart is for Ace, spade for Deuce, star for me and paw for Grim. All I ask is you wear it just for today... then you can throw it in a drawer and forget about it."

She looks at Ace and sarcastically says the last part as a jab towards him.

He angrily frowns at her. "Rude."

Deuce chuckles and slides the bracelet on. "I promise I'll keep it somewhere safe unlike Ace."

"Hey!"

"Now I understand why Grim has a new ribbon. You couldn't make him a bracelet and chose a ribbon instead."

"Yeah! And I automatically got the better gift!" Grim poses with his paws on his hips.

Alice palms his face and listens to him complain.

"Kate, is there anything you would like in return? I would feel bad if I'll the only one receiving a gift."

"Suck up." Ace smirks.

"I'm not being a suck up, Ace. She spent her time and money to make us something, we should return the favor," Deuce passionately responds.

"Alright, alright, don't need to get all high and mighty. Anyway, what do you want, Kate?" The two look at her and got a shrug. "You're not helpful." Ace sighs.

Grim tugs on her pant leg to tell her they have to leave. She holds his paw and heads towards the door with the two closely following behind.

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"What's up with the new ribbon, Grim?" Jack asks as he opens his milk tea.

"Jealous?" Grim confidently looks up at Jack.

"Um, no, I'm just curious." The creature makes a face.

Epel answers the question, "Kate made it for him. Though, I don't know why."

"It's because she loves The Great Grim!" The creature shouts.

"Grim, quiet down, you don't want Kate or Vil lecturing you, do you?" Deuce warns and watches little guy pout in annoyance.

Jamil speaks up, "I noticed you and Ace are wearing beaded bracelets similar to Grim's bow. Did she make that for you two as well?"

Deuce responds, "um, yes, apparently today's a holiday known in her world called Valentine's Day."

"Valentine's Day? What's that?" Kalim adds.

Ace place his drink down and answers, "it's day about celebrating love from what she said. She gave us the bracelets to celebrate in a way. Because we're her closest friends, we were the only ones who received a gift from her." He smugly smirks.

"Aw, I would have liked a bracelet from her, but that's okay. Maybe next year we can exchange gifts." Kalim innocently smiles.

"What're you guys talking about?" Alice appears behind the main three and sits back down in her seat in between Ace and Grim.

Jamil answers her and requests for more of an explanation on her world's holiday. She admits she doesn't know the history and only knows the meaning behind the day.

"Sounds like a cute holiday. I mean-!" Epel stops himself to think up a different response, receiving a chuckle from her.

"You're right, Epel. Though, the holiday is mainly for couples and no one really thinks about the other types of love you can celebrate on the day." She rests her cheek on her fist in slight disappointment.

Jack speaks up, "since you already fulfilled your end of the gift exchange, what are you three going to give her in return?"

Ace scratches the back of his head, admitting he wasn't sure. Deuce agrees with his friend while Grim responds with fancy tuna only to be shot down. Deuce explains he wouldn't mind buying her one of the cafeteria's desserts, but Vil wouldn't allow it. Ace suggests sneaking out to Sam's shop to get some or asking for Trey's help.

"Sneaking out to do what?" The two jump and whip around to see an annoyed Vil, and Rook. "Are you planning to sneak out to eat sweets when the VDC is a week away?"

"Chill, man. I never said we were going to eat sweets, I was suggesting buy some for Kate." Ace stares annoyingly at Vil.

"And why are you suddenly wanting to buy her sweets?"

"To show my appreciation towards her, what else?"

Rook joins in on the conversation. "Roi du Poison, I heard today's Valentine's Day in Mademoiselle Star's world. How heartwarming it is you want to celebrate a day that is important for your dear friend. How inspiring."

Vil sighs and looks back at Ace. "There's other things you can give her beside buying sweets like perfume, a bouquet of her favorite flowers, a piece of jewelry, something she had her eyes on for awhile."

"You're just making it harder to decide," Deuce whispers with confliction.

Vil smirks and walks off towards the hallway inside the school. Jamil stands up with his tray and tells Kalim they need to get to their next class. Jack and Epel soon follow and wave a goodbye to the main four.

Ace sighs at knowing what class was next and suggest hiding away in the bathroom until it was over. Deuce questions what they would do in the bathroom during all of that time. Grim suggests hiding behind the school instead, no one would check the woods. Ace said they would. Alice just smiles.

Night fell and filled the dorm in darkness. She lies on her bed after dinner and scrolls through Magicam to pass the time, feeling herself growing tired by the second. Then gets startled awake from the knock on her door. She stands up and opened it to the main three holding items in their arms. She opens the door wider and allows them to enter.

"You better like what I got, or else I'll cry," Ace jokingly says.

"We did our best to find something with the very little time we had after practice." Deuce rubs his neck.

"Open mine first!" Grim without hesitation or patience lifts the small box up towards her.

She takes it and opens it to find a glass rose. She thanks him and pats his head to him cutely smile. Deuce offers a small bouquet of fake hydrangeas which she warmly smiles at and thanks him to see a shy smile. Ace confidently presents a pair of tulips earrings and gets "it's ugly."

She quickly apologizes as he turns his back to her and pouts. She hugs him from behind and thanks him, but he doesn't turn back around.

"What if I give you a piece of chocolate?"

That got his attention and claims she was lying. She walks over to her desk and opens the drawer, moving some folder to reveal a chocolate bar. Grim yells about her not sharing just for her state they almost got caught because of him. He crosses his arms.

She pulls open the bag and offers them a piece of chocolate which they immediately ate. "You're only getting the one." She zips the bag closed without complains.

The two sit down to chat before having to go to bed, wondering how she normally did on this day. Her answer wasn't anything interesting, simply giving out cards to classmates as a child and small gifts to friends as a teenager.

"What about partners?" Ace rest his head on his hand while looking at her.

"Never had one. I dated a guy for two weeks when I was 16, but I wasn't interested in the guy and he was a bullet I should dodge."

"A bullet you should?" He raises a brow at the comment.

"Red flag." She explains what that red flag was.

"But beside him, you never actually had a boyfriend." Deuce holds his chin.

"Nope, and don't tease me, I don't need that."

Ace raises up his hands to not attack him. Deuce curiously wonders what type of guy she likes. She states her preference and that was she's bi. Ace instantly takes the opportunity to tease, inquiring if she wants to be the princess or the prince. She gently smacks his shoulder which he laughs at.

A knock interrupts them and Rook's voice greets the air inform it was time to rest. They groan and stand up from their seat to leave, wishing her a good night and closing the door behind them. She sits on the chair and look at the gifts, smiling at the gesture and play with her bracelet.

[inevitable-pretty-chaos]

Okay, so... here's the promised post about my species, yaay!!

[Have in mind that I will write a few little thing ms about my lore –> my dimension-related experiences, but ai won't explain everything, because of various reasons.]

So, let's start!

I am sure about one thing about my species – I literally have no idea who I am. /hj Long story short – I have an amnesia and I don't remember a lot, ha. No, seriously, I can describe my species very well. But who am I, what is the name of my species? I want to know, but, eh, I can't gain that knowledge now.

Let's start with the general description or, shortly: what do I look like?

So I have fair skin, black curly hair, freckles, purple eyes... I changed my appearance in the headspace to feel more comfortable and in my dimension I was similar, but different. I won't fully describe here my general appearance in the dimension, because it it's just not important. What's important is that I literally looked like a human. Maybe a weird human since I had straight, medium long hair with a gray color that faded smoothly to white, forming some kind of streaks. And I had a very dark eyes. But at the beginning I was no different from the human being.

But later I discovered my second form. And it changed everything.

So, my second form is similar to my normal one. What's different then? Well, in that form I have claws made of some kind of metal that I can easily retract, completely black eyes, and sharp teeth, because yes, I forgot to mention, in every form my teeth are all sharp and fang-like. And in that form it's easier to use my powers. But about it later.

And what's my behavior? What can I do?

Oh, well, considering only species-related behavior... Hm, sometimes I act like a cat. I like to sleep many hours or hunt. But it's not so important. What's more important? Hm, I love to bite others. And scratch things around me. And, in my dimension... I probably eat flesh and blood. I hunted other beings using my claws, teeth and powers and let's just said that I was cruel. I hiss at others when I'm annoyed or angry. I love to spend my time in a completely darkness. I can see well in the dark. I am fast. I'm not the strongest one in my dimension, but because of my magic, I'm very powerful. And I'm very connected to the night and the darkness. It also looks like I'm kinda a shapeshifter?? But I can only turn completely or not into a smoke or a smoke-related liquid. And as a smoke I can float. That's it, I guess.

Ah, finally, about my powers or magic, whatever it's called.

I have two types of magic and a few abilities related to them.

One of the powers looks like black smoke, it can only change form into liquid. I was born/created with this power. Its main use is defense. Mainly because it is very poisonous not only in liquid form, because then it turns into poison and kills, but also as smoke, because then it destroys body tissues. It is directly related to the darkness and my dimension and because of it I have one ability related to the Neutrals –> animal-like beings from my dimension.

Oh, so what are the Neutrals, hm?? They're made of the darkness similar to mine and of the fragments of the souls of the beings from my dimension and a few selected humans from this dimension. They can look like a smoke with shining fragments, but they can change their shapes to any animal they want. They contains the memories of a dead person and their souls are able to heal others. And, of course, they act and think like animals and have similar inteligence.

So what about my ability??

It looks like I can control them and put them inside my body. So my body kinda contains Neutrals. I know, weird. I can use the Neutrals for defense or just to heal myself or others by copying soul fragments and making solutions from them.

My other magic is really... different.

I wasn't born/created with it, so I xan say it was a punishment/reward/experiment or whatever else. It was, it is... too powerful for my body and I guess that's why I was sick all the time in my dimension, but that's another story. This magic looks like a galaxy. And it's sooo pretty! It’s not related to the darkness, but it can do awesome things. I can change the form of it. It can be a smoke, liquid or have solid form. It's not dangerous at all or at least I don't know anything about it. I can turn it into anything I want, create different spells with it and generally it's very useful.

And I think it’s all?? I could, of course, write more about my lore, but it's very complicated and I still have an amnesia and I just simply wanted to write something about my species.

You all, of course, ask questions in the comments or asks or wherever you want.

Oh and here's a very old drawing of a Neutral made by Wren!!

~Nyx

[creas-hideout]

Finding Home

The wind’s breaths do nothing to move him. He’s still stuck in the mud; his three-pronged claw deeply rooted. 

“Your body is hanging a bit too far over the right,” I attempt to make conversation. No answer.

His angle is bound to leave him falling, but still, he isn’t moved.

The ackee tree in my backyard reminds me a lot of me.

I feel stuck in the mud.

I’ve never, ever moved from this place I call my home. 

And in the same way, this tree has been here for as long as I can remember.

His faded brown trunk is laced with jagged scars. They tell the story of ‘lasses who’ve abused him; some incisions deep, some shallow. Another gust of wind blows and feathers away thin brown wisps from a fresh opening.

Sheen green leaves hang, melancholy. He’s not withered but he seems weathered. He’s a medium-sized trunk with a few branch stumps. He doesn’t really flourish like the typical tree with many branches. Because they have been cut.

His trunk, when you assess from the ground-up, have frequent instances of round spirals that look like a child’s dirty knees—when they’re white from skid marks and you see peeps of coloured skin underneath. Some spirals are as small and hypnotizing as fingerprints. Maybe they are imprints of the hands who have touched him, and left him abused.

“Unu affi guh cut da ackee tree yah enuh, cause it keep on a hang over me yard,” Ms. Jenetta, our neighbour, would complain about twice a year.

So he’s been deformed. Practically every 6 months, he has to brace himself for another bruise. Otherwise, he's barely looked upon. Even by me.

But as I choose to regard him now, I’m struck by the tiny, yellow-rimmed eye of a lizard perched on the tree, staring at me.

“What are you doing here?” I recoil.

What am I doing here, actually?

Why am I still here in this space, even after 21 years? 

Why has it been that, even after being cut again and again,

After sticking out into others’ spaces because I can no longer fit in these confines..

..Am I still here?

I believe I've outgrown my home similar to how the ackee tree keeps growing. 

But they keep cutting it.

And cutting me, too.

I vicariously feel the slash and cool burn by merely examining the cuts from our tree.

But it still stands here…

And I still stand here.

In season, he bears golden pods faithfully. Vibrant yellow pieces of flesh with big black eyes, covered by a wrinkly red shell.

Right now, however, it’s only a place for stray cats and lizards to perch. A bundle of dry, brown leaves sit ruffled in the midst of dark and light greens.

“You are older than me, yet you’re still here,” I can’t help but to mutter.

“Why do you stay here, still faithful?”

It doesn’t answer again, obviously.

What would I do if I were a live object but I could never be moved? If unwanted insects found refuge in me? If I’m immobile against wind, rain, hail and sun, having to stand the conditions of every one? If i had to suck up the blasted slanders from everyone around me who find me a nuisance to be in their space, but I can't help but to spread wide because i have much to offer?

What if they don't want the much I offer?

What if they don’t want me here?

“What if they don’t want you here?” I look to the tree. 

What if they prefer dead cement, the building blocks of their home, rather than the oxygen you bring?

"What if you’re—"

What if I’m just in the wrong place?

So I stand there, as dejected as my ackee tree.

Wondering when I’ll be 

Transplanted.

When will I be relocated to feel at home?

Because this no longer feels like home.

This earth no longer feels like home.

[alleycatallies]

Cat Identification Guide

When cats have similar colors and patterns, like two gray tabbies, it can seem impossible to tell them apart! That is, until you take note of even the smallest details in their appearance.

Knowledge is power, whether you’re an animal control officer or animal shelter employee who needs to identify cats regularly, or you want to identify your own cat. This guide covers cats’ traits from their overall looks, like coat pattern, to their tiniest features, like whisker color.

As you go through this guide, remember that certain patterns and markings originated with specific breeds. However, these traits now appear in many cats because of random mating.

This guide covers the following features:

Coat Length

Coat Color

Coat Patterns

Markings

Feature Colors

Unique Identifiers

Determining Sex

Coat Length

Hairless cats have no fur.

Shorthair cats have short fur across the entire body.

Medium hair cats have longer fur around the mane, tail, and/or rear.

Longhair cats have long, fluffy fur.

Coat Colors

Below you’ll find the most common base coat colors. Coats may be solid color or a combination of colors. Tortoiseshell and calico, while technically coat patterns, are only seen in the specific colors.

Black is one of the most common colors. Many black cats have golden eyes

Gray is a diluted black. It is often seen under tabby stripes.

Pure white cats exist, but the most common way to see white on a cat is in a bicolor patternpatches of white with another color.

Buff, or tan, is a diluted orange, often accompanied by dark orange tabby stripes

Solid brown cats are very rare and usually only seen in specific breeds. Brown is more commonly seen along with tabby stripes.

Orange, also known as red, is another very common color. About 80 percent of orange cats are male.

Tortoiseshell (tortie) is a mixed blend of orange and black, or a diluted version with gray and buff. Torties are almost always female.

Calico is distinct patches of solid orange, black, and white, or a diluted version with buff, gray, and white. They are almost always female.

Coat Patterns

Patterns can appear in many colors, and cats can have multiple patterns. For example, a cat can be orange and white bicolor with tabby stripes (as seen below left).

Bicolor

Also called piebald

Always white and another color

Can have a lot of white or very little

Pointed

Light-colored body

Darker color on ears, face, tail, and legs

Shaded

Fur is white at base and gets darker toward tips

Typically seen in longhair cats

Tabby

M-shape pattern on forehead

Typically striped, but there are four types

Can appear in any color or pattern

Four types of tabby pattern

Classic - Wide stripes in a marbled, circular pattern

Mackerel - Thin vertical stripes down from the back, with a dark stripe the length of the back

Ticked - No body stripes (individual hairs have bands of color) and thin stripes on face, legs, and tail

Spotted - Round spots instead of stripe

Markings

Markings are an important factor in identifying cats. They can present themselves in different colors and patterns, and non-white markings can also have patterns. Cats can have several markings at once. These are just a few common markings.

Locket - Triangular white patch on the chest

Tail Tip - Different color, usually white, on the tip of the tail

Socks - Different color, usually white, on paw or leg

Blaze - White stripe between the eyes

Eye patch - Colored spot across one eye, on a mostly white face

Tuxedo - Typically black and white, with a blaze up the nose and a “jacket” on the back

Snowshoe - Pointed pattern with blue eyes and white markings on the face and body

Van - All-white body with colored markings on the head and tail only

Kittens can be born with tabby markings that disappear over time, or be born a solid color and develop markings.

Feature Colors

The color of cats’ eyes, paw pads, whiskers, and noses can help in their identification.

Eye Color

Typically cats have green, yellow, or blue eyes in a variety of shades.

All kittens are born with blue eyes, but their true color develops between 6 and 8 weeks old.

A dichroic eye (not pictured) has patches of different colors.

Odd-eye cats have different colored eyes.

Whiskers

Whiskers are typically black, white, or a combination. Even individual whiskers can have both colors.

Noses

Noses are typically black, pink, gray, brown, tan, or a spotted combination of these colors.

Paw pads

Paw pads are typically black, pink, mauve, or a spotted combination of these colors. Each paw pad can be a different color.

The wild ancestor of the domestic cat species had tabby stripes. Through breeding, a variety of different patterns and markings developed over time.

Unique Identifiers

Eartip – The universal sign that a community cat has been spayed or neutered. Learn more at alleycat.org/Eartip.

Ear Notch – An alternative to the eartip, but not recommended by Alley Cat Allies.

Folded Ears – The tips of the ears are folded over, often due to genetics.

Polydactyl – Also called Hemingway cats, these felines have an extra toe, or toes, on one or more paws.

Manx – A missing or partial tail, due to genetics or previous injury.

Determining Sex

It can be difficult to determine if cats are male or female. The easiest and quickest way to tell is by looking at the space between the anus and the genital opening.

Females have less than ½ inch between the anus and the genital opening. If she is spayed, you may see a surgery scar on her stomach, but you can't always tell without a veterinarian's help.

Neutered males have more than 1 inch between the anus and the genital opening. Although neutered males no longer have testicles, some cats still have the extra skin and fur in that area.

Intact males have more than 1 inch between the anus and the genital opening, and have testicles. They also have broader heads and jawlines.

But my cat doesn't look like any of these cats!

All cats are unique and can have a variety of colors, patterns, and markings. This guide covers the basics of cat identification, but no guide can capture all the distinct characteristics, variations, and combinations of features.

It's helpful to consider other distinct features:

Does she have any unique markings, like an orange tail tip or a spot shaped like a heart?

Does she have old injuries that stand out, like a missing eye or a patch of missing hair?

Does she have all her teeth?

Is she declawed? If so, on which paws?

Note: Alley Cat Allies is against the cruel and unnecessary practice of declawing cats. However, if a cat has been declawed, it can help identify her.

More Information:

Record your own cat’s colors, markings, and more with our helpful Cat Identification Worksheet. That way, you’ll be able to accurately describe your cat’s appearance if needed.

Get an at-a-glance version of this guide with our "Look at That Cat! A Quick Guide to Identifying Cats" poster.

Microchips save lives by helping reunite lost or displaced cats with their human families indoors or community cats with their bonded feline families outdoors, also called colonies. Learn more at alleycat.org/MicrochipsSaveLives.

Animal shelters and veterinary professionals have an essential part to play in ensuring microchips save cats’ lives. Learn more at alleycat.org/PlanToScan.

Content source: https://www.alleycat.org/resources/cat-identification-guide/

[cpanther]

Something soft brushed, followed by sharp claws which managed to get through the layer of fur the sleeper had. “You need to get up.” that same voice said a bit louder this time. There was no pressing rush to to the tones, no indication of reason why they were waking him.

Another grumble and the bed’s occupant turned over. For a brief moment it seemed he’d won then that paw came again seeking the edge. A moment later he felt something soft on the other part of his body which wasn’t covered in fur. “Alright I’m up.” He had little doubt that softness was the gremthal’s tail and if his familiar wanted he could use it to poison him.

Gremthal were interesting creatures. They weren’t considered intelligent, but they could handle the basics of most space ships. They were large, about the size of a medium dog found on Terra. Black and white stripped fur covered the body similar to a white tiger, though the body was far leaner more like a cheetah though without the speed as far as Rayvin knew. The ears were massive similar to bat ears, and with the same sort of hearing they had. The tail while bushy, long and soft it held a deadly secret hidden within were poisonous spines it could let loose at a moments thought killing even the largest man in moments. The last thing which made many a scientist wonder was their feet, Every gremthal had massive feet with longer front toes they could move independent of each other similar to fingers. Through their feet they could link into a ships controls, taking the role of anyone but a captain.

“Care to tell me why I’m up?” His voice was deep, matching the size of his chest and arms. Even his legs were thicker than the low gravity should warrant.

The gremthal took a seat on the bed. It didn’t care that his partner was fur covered like his old man, or had horns and a flat face like his mother. All it cared about was the man before him, not how he looked or why. “We’re coming up on an asteroid belt which wasn’t noted in the charts.”

“So go around it.” He began to pull the covers back up.

“If your sure you want to go that far out of our way.”

Rayvin stopped. “How far?”

The gremthal gave him a cat like smile. “About five days, it’s large. And that’s assuming the readings are correct.”

And since the charts didn’t have it marked there was a good chance they’d be screwed if they went around. “Fine.” He threw the covers off the rest of the way. “Give me a sec to get dressed, think you can get the coffee going?”

“If we have any.” his familiar reminded the tyfling.

“Great, add that to the list of things we need after this next bounty.” Still he found his pants, a thick jean like material which would stand up to just about anything and pulled them on. His shirt was next, lose fitting so it didn’t pull at his fur. Finally he slipped his boots on, not bothering to tie them before he strapped his gun belt to his waist. While it wasn’t likely this close to civilized space they’d run into pirates he’s rather be prepared.

“We have enough coffee for a pot.” The gremthal told him as he headed to the bridge. “Want me to make the full pot?”

[animal25]

American Wirehair: Height, Weight, Colors, Personality, Care Full Info

The American Wirehair is a medium-sized cat, but it is very powerful. She is heavily muscled and heavily boned. Her round, thick appearance gives you the feeling that she will be heavy when you pick her up.

Wirehair is a powerful cat. She has a broad chest, muscular neck, strong jaws, and a well-developed muzzle. His legs are thick and strong. All components of this cat should be well developed. She looks like her ancestors, who were cats to keep rats out of barns and houses.

The coat of the Wirehair is similar to that of the American Shorthair, except for the crimped texture. It is thick and dense. During winter it becomes very long and thick. The texture of the coat is relatively stiff, as it is to protect it and the crimping makes it feel stiffer.

ORIGIN: United States HEIGHT: 9–11 inches WEIGHT: 8–12 pounds LIFE SPAN: 10–16 years COLORS: white-black / ebony red / orange-blue / gray lavender / Silverstream / beige/tan fawn

Breed Characteristics

The American Wirehair is a medium-sized cat with regular features and a sweet expression. This cat’s wiry coat, down to the whiskers, is thick, hard, and springy. It is described as resembling steel wool. Its unusual coat comes in almost any color or pattern. This cat’s coat may be wired, but its personality is not. The American Wirehair is a calm and patient cat that takes life as it comes. His favorite pastime is bird watching from a sunny windowsill, and his hunting ability will stand you in good stead if insects get into the house.

If the American Wirehair is well socialized as a kitten, it should be happy to meet and interact with your guests. This six- to an 11-pound cat can be a good choice for families with older children who treat it with respect, but young children and toddlers should be supervised so they don’t handle it. He is also perfectly capable of getting along with the cat-friendly dogs of the house.

You may have heard that the American Wirehair coat is hypoallergenic due to its texture, but that is not true. Allergies aren’t caused by any particular type of coat but by dander, the dead skin cells that are shed by all cats (and people, for that matter). There is no scientific evidence that any breed or crossbreed is more or less allergenic than other cats. Some people with allergies may have less severe reactions to certain cats, but no reputable breeder will guarantee that their cats are hypoallergenic.

History

The American Wirehair began as a spontaneous mutation in the domestic cat population; Somewhere along the line, an unusual litter with distinctive fur was produced.

In 1966, Fluffy and Booty, two barn cats with no apparent abnormalities from a small farm in upstate New York, adopted a litter in which all five kittens had strange hair. Sadly, only one kitten ultimately survived. This was particularly unfortunate because subsequent litters between Fluffy and Booty did not include kittens with wiry hair.

Whatever made the unusual waste was apparently a one-time thing. However, one surviving kitten—a red and white bicolor male—lived and thrived.

Joan O’Shea of ​​nearby Vernon, New York, heard about the rescued kitten from a friend, who told her the kitten looked just like her Rex cats. O’Shea rushed to see the kitten and immediately fell in love with the long-legged, big-eared kitten with curly fur.

She also realized that the kitten, named Adam, was not a rex at all but possibly a completely new species. Adam eventually left his farm to become part of Joan’s family. There, Adam produced litters with neighborhood cats, some of the kittens having Adam’s wiry coat.

It was found that the gene responsible for the wirehair coat is dominant; Only one parent needed the gene to produce wirehair offspring. To ensure that the breed was not related to one of the existing Rex breeds, samples of Adam’s hair were sent to well-known British cat geneticists for analysis.

The hair samples analyzed showed that the coat was unique and not related to Cornish or Devon rakes.

Today, all American Wirehairs are descendants of Adam or one of his kittens, named Amy. Although the breed is still relatively rare, they are now recognized by the four largest cat associations in North America.

more details:https://animalatoz.com/american-wirehair/

[majorshatterandhare]

[ID: Four photos of two octokittens. The octokittens look like cats which are sitting up, but instead of legs coming out the bottom, they have eight tendrils. One octokitten is yellow and one is light grey. They both have black eyes and their mouths are black. They have white whiskers.

The first image shows just the two octokittens, with the yellow one on the left side of the frame and the grey one on the right. The second image shows the two octokittens in similar positions, but this time Tim sitting between them. In the third image, the octokittens are in a similar position to the first one, except they are both on top of Jonny, who is face down. In the final photo, the octokittens sit side-by-side, with the yellow one further from the camera and the grey one closer. They are both on the right side of the frame. They are facing the left side of the frame, where Marius stands facing away from them.

Gunpowder Tim has very light skin, long brown hair, brown eyes, a brown beard and mustache, and welding goggles pushed on the top of his head. The goggles are gold colored and the strap around his head is grey. He is wearing a long brown coat over a slightly lighter brown vest and blue pants. He is wearing brown boots that match his coat.

Jonny has short, light blonde hair, brown eyes, and black veining stemming from his eyes. His skin is very pale. He is also wearing a white shirt, with a closed beige vest on top, over which three belts are worn. A medium brown and light tan belt sit at his waist and a dark brown belt is worn across his chest like a sash. He has a black band around each wrist and his pants and boots are also brown.

Marius von Raum has light brown skin, short, brown, curly hair, and brown eyes. He is wearing a red shirt with a long, green coat over it. His pants are grey and his shoes are brown. His left arm and hand are grey and red. Across his chest he wears a red sash.

The background is a dark wooden desk and a black computer keyboard is visible towards the top of the frame. A white cord can be seen passing through on the left side of the frame and a brown towel is next to it. Silver colored scissors, crochet hooks with pink and green silicone handles, and a scrap of grey yarn can be seen coming in from the right side. There is a black computer mouse between the hooks and the keyboard.

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Octokitten time, apparently!

(This is a stargazer original pattern, by the way. It’s an unnatural hybrid of an octopus pattern I love and a cat pattern from online. I think it came out nicely.)

[starburstfloat]

Let's talk about TXT's MAMA Performance: Lyrics and Stage Analysis

That was amazing! Better than their mma. Idk if the camera work is largely to blame for mma but also narrative wise this one felt like it followed much more of a concrete storyline, and just WOW that entrance with all the crosses and cathedral background...!

Is is a stretch to say it reminded me of yeonjun's "in this endless darkness, like oh my god so holy"?

I found it clever how they utilized religious motifs like the crosses and the coffin in the background to emphasize how their love progressively shifts from something sacred and sanctified to painful and buried. Accepting their loss is much like accepting a death. It makes sense then that they started their performance with opening sequence, which has lyrics that align to this loss:

And also that they then did good boy gone bad, a song that reflects them taking that pain and vulnerability from before, and nurturing it for the worse:

Notice how they start their performance in a cathedral setting, wearing black and white. It feels rather symbolic since black and white are the characteristic opposites used to portray good versus evil, light versus dark, innocence versus impurity - very much in line with the song.

Then when Yeonjun gets dragged away, the cathedral background starts to tilt a bit and it looks like he's being taken outside.

The VCR effect of him falling seems to indicate he's falling into his own grave or maybe even hell. Would make sense with the GBGB lyrics.

When they return, notice how they are now outside the cathedral:

The lighting is red and ominous, a great color to convey their anger. There are crosses around, indicating they may be in a graveyard. Again, all of this lines up so well with the lyrics, of burying their past selves, coming back "like a zombie, dead and alive".

But then the dance break UMMM IT WAS INCREDIBLE?!!!_!$(##(

I can't be the only one who finds it super emblematic how Yeonjun is blindfolded while Soobin is biting on the lace - unable to speak. Basically, Yeonjun's lost his sight and Soobin has lost his voice.

Like this, they'd be unable to find one another. But the thing is, they do. They dance around one another like they're seeking each other out in an almost cat and mouse game of hide and seek, reaching, grabbing then tearing away. But what really caught my attention was Yeonjun cusping Soobin's chin and slowly bringing him closer before Soobin cast him aside.

I wish my screenshots could do it more justice but with the lighting and camera work changing so quickly, it's hard to capture. The dance practice will surely be clearer.

Listen, if you follow me you'll know I'm super gay and I see gay subtext in like everything I consume lmao but I don't think it's much of a stretch to say this moment felt intentionally queer? Religious motifs have been a medium for homosexual representation for ages, mainly because of religion's staunch anti lgbt attitude. And just...the way Yeonjun is blindfolded and Soobin unable to speak...it just screams to me as being representative of a love that cannot be seen or dare to speak its name. And yet they still found each other, among the crosses.

(There is room to assume Soobin wasn't able to tie the blindfold in time and simply put it in his mouth instead, but either way it's an interesting detail and I'm curious to see what the dance practice reveals)

In any case, I found their paired dance shared a similar sentiment to their 0x1=lovesong dance, so if anything they are probably paying homage to their past title tracks

Overall:

TALENTED BRILLIANT INCREDIBLE AMAZING SHOWSTOPPING

I want to give a big kiss to the performance directors and staff that makes this all possible!!! And of course TXT for bringing it all together so beautifully. They can be proud of this one.

[sel-jpg]

One Jon Blackwood and his cat companion, Sir Brows

for the @jonsimsandcats event

[ID: Three digital drawings of Jon from TMA cuddling a cat. Jon is an older Indian person with medium brown skin and various scars. He has long, wavy, fully grey hair and a short grey beard. They wear their hair in a half up half down hairstyle. The cat's name is Sir Brows and he is a short haired black cat with a few markings: His left paw is completely white, he has a few white specks around his mouth and there are two white markings above his eyes that make him look like he has eyebrows. His eyes are yellow.

The first drawing shows Jon from the waist up, wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt. He is smiling brightly and holding Sir Brows against his chest.

The second drawing shows Jon from just under his shoulders, almost in profile, wearing a pink short-sleeved shirt with round cut-outs on the shoulders. He is smiling slightly with his eyes closed and holding up Sir Brows with both arms. The cat's face is snuggled against Jon's cheek and his front paws are resting on Jon's upper arm. Both look content.

The third drawing shows Jon lying on his back on a green couch with Sir Brows lying on his torso. Jon is wearing a light blue shirt with short sleeves and dark grey trousers. Sir Brows' eyes are open and there's an arrow pointing at him with the description "keeping watch". A similar arrow labels Jon as "sleeping". End ID]

[nevermindirah]

We're the reason we're here

a Book of Nile fic by @sindirimba Nile-centric and Nile POV Explicit 26 chapters, posting weekly on Saturdays

Nile successfully argues for the benefits of apology and, eventually, grants a little mercy to herself, too.

When @sindirimba asked me to beta what was at the time intended to be her Big Bang fic I jumped at the chance screamed and begged to be allowed to beta what I was already sure would be a masterpiece. It's been an overwhelming (affectionate) and life-affirming delight to follow along as she crafted this story, and when she decided to pull out of the Big Bang and start posting it weekly this spring, I knew what I had to do.

Image description: Nine square images laid out in a 3 by 3 grid, described left to right, top to bottom. Each described in loving detail under the read more:

1. A museum interior, a sculpture display room. In the foreground we see a sculpture of two nude figures in marble. One is seated on a tall plinth, hands at their sides, legs parted slightly, breasts and long hair hanging loose and relaxed. The other figure is kneeling, abs bunched up as they lean in to caress the seated figure's calf and kiss their shin.

2. A green and white checkered picnic blanket spread out in the grass on a very sunny day that makes the grass look yellow as well as green. There's a small picnic basket tipped onto its side, spilling red and green grapes onto the blanket, and a larger basket with a lid flipped up to show baguettes and a bottle of wine inside. A straw fedora hat rests on the closed side of the larger basket.

3. A shot from ground level up to the under-construction spires of a cathedral. The bright blue sky is almost entirely concealed by darkening clouds and cranes tower over the unfinished church. Whether due to incomplete construction or by design, the aesthetic is eerie, the cathedral's brick work textured more like a drip sandcastle or a termites' palace. The building is massive, and as beautiful as it is unsettling.

4. The entryway area of a home. A medium-brown wood credenza is the focal point and atop it are a simple metal and white lamp, two leafy house plants, a small art piece of twisted metal resting atop a book, and an art piece that looks like maybe fossilized tree root.

5. Kiki Layne posing on a big white couch in the bright afternoon sun, looking past the camera, a quiet beach scene stretching out behind her. She's wearing a white black and yellow striped sundress, high-heeled yellow sandals, big gold or yellow hoop earrings, oversized cat-eye sunglasses, and a coordinating striped headband, her hair in a sophisticated updo. From Kiki's instagram.

6. Matthias Schoenaerts looking off to the left (giving the illusion of Booker looking at Nile in the previous image) in a shot taken on the coastline at dusk. His longish hair is windswept and we see him from the chest up wearing only a simple dark t-shirt and a thick but well-trimmed beard. The coastline is more rocks than sand stretching from where he stands to the pink horizon in the distance. From Matthias's instagram.

7. Matthias Schoenaerts looking off into the distance, this time to the right (and again giving the illusion of Booker looking at Nile) in another coastline shot at dusk but seemingly a different beach. The background is indistinct beyond a calm ocean stretching toward the bright yellows and reds of the sun hovering just above the horizon. He's wearing a white tank top and his beard is thick and a little scruffy, his longish hair fanning out from under a straw fedora similar to the one seen in the picnic scene above. From Matthias's instagram.

8. A detail shot of a quilt in greens and blues with yellow and black accents. The patchwork pieces and seam lines form intricate geometric patterns. Many different motifs can be found as you look more closely, including flower petals, diamonds, Jewish stars, ocean waves, and the radiation hazard symbol.

9. Kiki Layne on an industrial-looking balcony overlooking what seems to be a European city, a plaza below her and densely-packed multi-story buildings stretching out into the distance, the sky covered in thick clouds. She's standing on a concrete floor with several puddles of water and there are nautical-looking metal architectural details all around. She's leaning on the balcony railing, face turned from the city view to look at the camera. She's wearing light-wash jeans and a bright multicolored shirt with a busy pattern of Suzie from the Rugrats. The shirt shows an inch or two of her midriff. Her hair is in a protective style gathered up in a large knot above her forehead. From Kiki's instagram.

[missmayrin]

How We Met

Summary- MC finally makes it back to earth, but there's a problem... The prince's are here to..

Toa x OC

Told from Toa's POV

(With an mc named Avary)

********

My eyes fluttered open to a light pink bedroom. It wasn't huge but seemed big enough to fit at least 5 people. Glancing around the room I noticed that Avery and the other S ranks were also here.

"THIS IS MY ROOM-"

Avery suddenly exclaimed. We all stared at her like she was crazy. But that would mean we were on earth wouldn't it? We couldn't be on Earth, she didn't know how to use that part of her magic yet.

"Does that mean we're on Earth..?"

Lynt questioned with a yawn.

"Yeah..."

Avery said, she looked excited to be here but we were all thinking the exact same thing.

How are we supposed to get back?

"We're gonna be here awhile I'm guessing."

Avari stated, Avery nodded.

"That means the you all,"

she pointed to each of us,

"Need better clothes"

Fenn made an offended gasp and Angel rolled her eyes.

"I don't mean it like that, I mean you need clothes that look more modern so you fit in."

Me and Roy nodded, Avery went over to her bedside table and unplugged a small rectangle from a cord attatched to the wall.

"What's that?"

Roy questioned, pointing to the small object.

"Right, you guys don't have phones in Saligia."

We all stared at her with blank faces.

"It's a form of communication on earth, you can also play games on if, listen to music, or even read, etc"

I walked over and studied the 'phone'.

"But it's just a black rectangle?"

I looked at her questioningly and she pressed a button on the side of the thing.

It lit up, displaying the time, date, and weather with a picture of Robin (the cat) as a background.

"Wow..."

Fenn gazed at it with wonder.

"We'll have to get you all phones eventually, but first is clothes."

Avery pressed her thumb against the bottom of the screen and it opened to a different page with a bunch of boxes with names under them.

One was called 'Messages' and she clicked on it. She tapped an icon with the name 'Myra' beside it. She pressed a figure at the top and it immediately started ringing.

"Is it supposed to do that?"

I asked, Avery nodded.

Suddenly the face from the icon appeared on the screen, moving.

"OH MY GOODNESS AVERY WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WE'VE BEEN SO WORRIE-"

A Male that looked similar to the woman appeared on the screen and interupted her.

"Whos that?"

"OMG AVERY DO YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND-"

Avari snorted,

"As if, no one would ever date HIM"

"At least I don't claim people belong to me just because we have the same eye colour!"

I shot back, Fenn burst out laughing and so did the two people on the phone.

"He's funny! I like him!"

The girl exclaimed, the boy continued laughing.

"Myra listen, could you and Lucas come over with some of his extra clothes? I'll explain everything when you get here but my friends need clothes."

"Sure thing Avery!"

********

After Avery hung up the phone it took about 20 minutes for them to get here.

Me and the others were in the living room watching some show Avery had put on the 'tv' and she was in the kitchen.

A short ringing went threw the apartment and Avery went over to the door. She opened it to reveal a woman about Averys height, and a very, very tall Male.

Definitely taller then me.

Myra, as Avery called her, had medium length brown hair with two blonde streaks at the front, she wore a light blue T-shirt, with a black, grey, and white striped shirt underneath. Her jeans were baggy and had rips through them and her shoes were pure white.

Lucas, the guy beside her, also had brown hair but his was shaggy and short, his pants were similar to his sisters but dark blue, he wore a black sweater with a blue, purple, and pink stripe on each sleave. His boots were short and stopped at his ankles and were pure black.

Both of them had hazel eyes and Myra had glasses.

Avery brought them over to the living room and they brought four giant bags in with them.

"Alright, let's get this fashion show started!"

*********

After three whole hours of going through outfits for each of us, we were finally done.

Guy wore a grey coldoroy jacket with a black turtle neck, black pants, and black shoes.

Roy wore a white turtleneck, black belt and beige pants. He had a pink sweater over top and white shoes

Lynt had a plain black shirt and pants with a brown belt. His shoes were dark green and he had a black beanie.

Fenn had black tank top that revealed his hips and sleaves that didn't attatch to the top. The sleaves had white stars on them. He had black shorts and a grey belt as well as a purple choker. His heals were and a black hood attatched to the back of his shirt.

I had a dark brown sweater with a baggie dark forest green T-shirt over top. They were tucked into baggie black ripped jeans and black shoes with a slight heal.

********

Myra and Avery were off talking in the corner. Roy went over to guy. And Fenn started bugging Lynt.

Sighing, I walked over to the corner and waited for Avery to decide what we'd do next.

My eyes fluttered close and a relaxed a little.

Someone placed their hand on my shoulder and I jumped so high, nearly hit my head on the roof.

Ok maybe that's was little exageratted but still!

"Oh! Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you!"

Lucas apologized and sheepishly rubbed his hand on his neck.

I gulped and nodded, why is he so tall?

He's was easily at least 3inches taller then me, and had a quite muscular build.

Hes kinda hot..

Wait what-

We made eye contact for a second before I quickly look away.

"Avery told me that you like sweets"

Great, of course thats the first thing she tells him.

"I actually own a bakery, would you like to come over? I could show you a few things that you don't have in Saligia."

I glanced back at Lucas. He smiled sweetly and I felt my face heat up a bit.

"S-sure.."

I muttered, cursing myself for stuttering.

What the hell was this?

Why was I acting like this?

Lucas smiled and called Avery over.

"Is it alright if I bring Toa over to my bakery? Then you and Myra can help the others get phones and get them set up"

"Sure thing Lucas! Just don't let Toa near anything with caramel"

"Hey! Just because it's my favourite doesn't mean I'm going to devour it!"

Avery giggled and skipped back over to the others to tell them where me and Lucas we're going.

She looked lovely in her black jeans and baggy white T-shirt. But she didn't attract me in any way. None of the girls I'd met had.

Everyone told me I just needed to find the right person, my family told me that it doesn't matter and I just need to find a wife, but Im pretty sure that it's impossible for anyone to see me past a friend or just my prince status.

********

Lucas and I took the 'elevator' down to the main lobby. He said bye to the lady at the desk and brought me over to something called a 'car'.

We both got in and buckled up the seatbelts and he started the engine.

It was a 15 minute car ride and Lucas kept trying to engage conversation but I was to nervous to talk.

When we arrived I quickly surveyed the surroundings.

There were a few tables and chairs with umbrellas out front. Through the glass doors I could see a counter with a glass case filled with different foods. Beside it was a small sort of machine and then open counter.

When we entered I also spotted a couple fridges with drinks in them, there was a shelf for bread, a freezer had different kinds of cakes in it. Behind the counter there was some machines mixing coloured ice and there was a machine with a nozzle and beside it was a stack of cones.

Lucas brought me behind the counter and told me to pick anything I want.

I pointed to a long piece of what looked similar to bread with whipped cream inside and chocolate on top.

"That.."

I said quietly, And Lucas nodded and smiled.

"Long John it is then."

He took it out of the glass case and gave it to me. While I ate he went to the fridge and pulled out a tall black can with a weird looking M on it.

"Want one?"

He asked, I blinked at it and looked at him confused.

"Right, you don't have these."

I nodded

"It's called Monster, it's an energy drink, want some?"

"I-i guess I could try it.."

He smiled and walked over to me, pressing the tip of the can against my lips. I nervously put the Long John down on a napkin and took the drink from him.

I took a sip and was startled at the intense flavor and sharp pang on my tongue. Lucas smiled and laughed at my reaction, taking the can back and taking a sip.

"Like it? There's other flavors if you want"

I nodded,

"M-maybe something more..."

"Fruity?"

I nodded, embarrassed he already knew what kind of stuff I liked. He went over to the fridge again and grabbed another can. This one was orange and had a teal M instead of green.

"This one is pipeline punch, it's more fruity then the original"

He handed it to me with a smile. I took it from him and stared at the top. I could already feel the heat in my cheeks. Creator I barely know anything in this world.

"How do you open it.."

I hesitated. He took the can from me and showed me to lift up the thing on top until it opened.

I nodded and took it from him, opening it all the way. I took a sip and tried to force down a smile at the flavor. Lucas took another sip of his monster as I set mine down to finish the Long John.

"So Toa, tell me about yourself"

"Hm?"

"I don't know much about you other then that your a gorgeous prince from another dimension with a sweet tooth"

I blushed at the compliment and looked away from him.

"I also know your a messy eater"

"Huh?"

He laughed a little before using his thumb to swipe some whip cream off my face. Embarrassed, yet again, I looked at the floor as I wiped my hands on a napkin.

"You don't have to be embarrassed y'know, I'm only teasing"

I glanced at him and he smiled.

That stupid charming smile of his only made me even more flustered.

I just met him for crying out loud, how is he so calm about this.

Ive never been this nervous around anyone! Ever!

It must just be because I know almost nothing about this world. I'm so used to knowing everything that it's embarrassing that I don't.

I took a sip of the monster he gave me to calm my nerves. He brushed a lock of hair out of my face.

"I meant what I said by the way, you truly are the most beautiful person I've ever met.."

he hummed, not paying any mind to the bright shade of red which is now my face.

"Your not to bad yourself.."

I muttered, hoping he wouldn't hear me. But he did.

"Thank you Toa,"

he took my hand and kissed it as though he was the prince here and I was a princess,

"We should go get you a phone so I can get your number"

He winked before pulling me over to the door and opening it. He held it open for me and locked it behind himself. We walked over to his car and hopped in.

When he noticed me struggling to do up my seatbelt with one hand and took my drink from me. He put it in the cup holder I, somehow, hadn't realized was there.

I quickly did up my seatbelt and he started the car.

*********

About half an hour later we arrived at a giant building Lucas called 'The Mall'. We walked around for a bit, as I gawked at all the shops and just the sheer size of the place.

"It's nearly as big as my palace back home.."

I recalled, Lucas turned to me and smiled.

"Might wanna be careful who you share that information to, there's only one really well known royale family in this world"

I nodded, remembering how Avery told us about Queen Elizabeth II.

"Avery said that the queen is immortal"

Lucas burst out laughing,

"Well she is quite old, gotta be in her 90's at the very least."

Lucas guided me over to a store called 'Apple Store' with a bitten apple as its symbol. We went in and started looking through all the phones to find one I liked.

We ended up getting the IPhone 12 Pro Max. It was quite expensive so I tried to convince Lucas to let me pay but he refused. On the way back to the apartment I sulked and stared out the window.

"Are you really that mad I didn't let you pay?"

Lucas said with a soft laugh

"I don't like people buying me stuff, especially not expensive stuff like this."

I muttered, staring at the iPhone box in my lap.

"Well, better get used to it, because I'll be doing it alot from now on."

he said with a wink.

"Absolutely not!"

I exclaimed which earned anotheraugh from Lucas. I scowled at him and turned back to the window for the rest of the ride to Averys apartment.

********

This is just pt. 1 dw ✨

[conarcoin]

patches and bumper maybe?

Patches is a black classic tabby tortoiseshell molly with short hair and medium white spotting (XOXo BB DD AA tata mcmc spsp LL ss CC)

Bumper is… Okay, Bumper is a little complicated. Well, not complicated, he’s obviously solid black, but whether that’s diluted or not is a little hard to tell. I personally decided to put him as being diluted, but I’m not 100% on that and could definitely be wrong there.

It won’t matter much for this pairing anyways though since Patches doesn’t carry dilution.

So, in these experiments, Bumper is a solid blue (dilute black) tom with short hair and medium white spotting. (XoY BB dd aa LL Ss CC)

Similar colors to Patches and Zuko here, red or black toms and black or tortie mollies, no red, since mollies need a color gene from both parents. Everyone’s a classic tabby here since that’s what I have all solid cats carrying underneath.

No dilution, but all kittens will be carriers! Same with solid - no solid kitties here but everyone carries it.

Kitten 1 - Black tom, classic tabby, short hair, medium white spotting (XoY BB Dd Aa tata mcmc spsp LL Ss CC)

Kitten 2 - Black molly, classic tabby, short hair, low white spotting (XoXo BB Dd Aa tata mcmc spsp LL Ss CC)

Kitten 3 - Red tom, classic tabby, short hair, low white spotting (XOY Dd Aa tata mcmc spsp LL Ss CC)

Kitten 4 - Black tortoiseshell molly, classic tabby, short hair, medium white spotting (XOXo Dd Aa tata mcmc spsp LL ss CC)

Will look like her mother! You can only really see low white spotting in this image but just imagine there’s white on the underbelly lol