#WE ARE NOT THE SaME SPECIES
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In case you're wondering how I'm doing, I'm currently having an identity crisis. I saw a reconstruction of a Neanderthal man at the museum and he held himself with such confidence and poise.... and I realised I found him attractive. And yes, he was buff. But then so was Mr Homo Sapiens. And I preferred Mr Neanderthal.
#HES NOT EVEN HOMO SAPIENS#WE ARE NOT THE SaME SPECIES#feel free to shame me#also yes both reconstructions were naked#it was so weird because i saw a Neanderthal head and was like 'oh no'#but then a whole Neanderthal body...#it just... gelled#i feel so wrong#the power of confidence i guess#makes even neanderthals hot#prehistory memes#prehistory
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Vulcan teen on Vulcan [tiktok] saying "I have just lost track of my father in the grocery store." The camera turns to show the viewers the grocery store in which almost every single older middle-aged man has a bowlcut and long robes. Camera turns back to show the teen's face which is expressionless and yet communicates all it needs to.
#vulcans#I don't think all Vulcans dress the same and headcanon that there's a buunch of different styles on Vulcan#BUT I DO think that older middle aged men flock together regardless of species#and that it's funny that Vulcan has like The Vulcan Hair[tm] - why'd they do that to themselves HEHEHE you're lucky your dad's telepathic#I really wanna see fashion subcultures for other plaaaanets in star trek#I wanna see Klingon Goth#I wanna see fashion styles specific to that species because of that species' culture#like how we have niche niche fashion trends#the other day I thought about it being Vulcan counterculture to do your makeup as if you've been crying#popular with teens but adults do NOT like it
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Being incapable of shutting up when the topic of nsfw comes up, regarding its place in public internet spaces
#i kid you not#if you let me talk long enough#the words “9/11 changed the cultural landscape of the internet just as much as it changed american culture as a whole”#will come out of my mouth#insert meme about capitalism being the problem#but also users willingly or not. sacrificing their space on the internet to the whims of weirdos and anti kink warriors#has played a huge part in it#ur not on the same page if you look at me and say “yeah.. and this website is Still only 13+”#we are not the same species
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One of the more entertaining consequences of broadcast standards for children's media during the 1980s is that villains weren't allowed to express or directly imply the desire or intent to kill the protagonist, but they were allowed to openly state their intention to eat the protagonist – provided that at least one of the hero or the villain were non-human.
(i.e., human villain expressing the desire to eat a non-human protagonist: okay; unambiguously monstrous villain expressing the desire to eat a human protagonist: okay; human villain expressing the desire to eat a human protagonist: not okay.)
This often led to interesting characterisation choices, like Shredder's strange preoccupation with making the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles into soup in the 1987 series – he's not allowed to threaten to kill them, but he can freely threaten to eat them!
#media#tropes#violence mention#death mention#cannibalism mention#i mean technically not *really* cannibalism because the villain and the hero were never the same species#but we don't really have a better tag for 'eating a sapient creature'#well#okay#we don't really have a better tag for *non-sexually* eating a sapient creature#sex mention in tags
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Hell yeah im T4T 😎💪 (therian 4 therian)
#pls i need an alterhuman s/o sooo bad#i want us to have matching gear#and get shifty at the same time so we can be silly critters together#alterhuman#nonhuman#alterhumans#otherkin#therian#therianthropy#canine therian#bovine therian#dogkin#wolfblood kin#werewolf kin#transspecies#species dysphoria#therian gear#rq dni#anti transid
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Why would they speak in whistles? They don't always. They have a phonetic language for day-to-day interactions, but the whistle-speak lets them communicate across great distances. It's not uncommon to find in cultures before communication technology evolves.
STAR TREK DISCOVERY: 5x06 'Whistlespeak'
#star trek discovery#star trek#michael burnham#sylvia tilly#startrekedit#i love michael nerding out over xenoanthropology#honestly same it's my favourite part of star trek when we learn about new species and cultures#and i just love how this episode dealt with the whole prime directive/pre warp culture#there was an equal amount of respect for their beliefs as well as understanding that they could grasp the concept of alien life beyond thei#planet without giving up on said beliefs
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One of the biggest things that makes me see Leo as trans is absolutely the size of his carapace in comparison to his brothers’.
And I’m not talking about height! I’m specifically looking at his shell here, because when you compare him to the others, particularly Donnie who is nearly the same height as Leo, it’s very clear that Leo’s carapace is much longer in proportion to the rest of his body.
Like - standing side by side, even though Donnie is shorter his carapace ends noticeably higher up than Leo’s does. And I like this not only because it really helps push the idea that Leo could very likely be trans (or intersex!), but it’s also just a fun design difference between them.
(It also lends way to future scenarios of Donnie eventually getting taller than Leo, but sitting down still has Leo being the taller one haha.)
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt leo#trans leonardo#rottmnt headcanons#rise leo#trans leo#it’s like 4 am and I’m having trans leo feelings again sorry guys#totally get if other people disagree with me on this! but it’s always gonna be my no.1 headcanon fr#his complexion the vibrancy of his colors staying even in adulthood his general demeanor and this? this hc is LOCKED in my brain#plus the times Leo’s depicted in pink white and blue throughout the series like I KNOW it wasn’t on purpose but damn if it doesn’t help#(his nails are also the exact same as his toe nails/claws but I don’t super count this one tbh)#(even though it is TECHNICALLY another point in favor of trans leo)#(mainly because all the boys’ nails are very much more humanoid than turtle)#(just like how their tails aren’t really a factor either since we see them only in their baby forms and never again)#I really like the idea that he was a female red eared slider pre mutation#and Lou Jitsu’s dna paved how his humanoid features came out (aka a more masculine build and voice)#but his turtle features are all very much more in like with a female res#love the thought of rise bros meeting og comic turtle boys and Leo being like wait you guys are res too?? but…you’re not colorful……#one headcanon I have is that - you know the cute chirping and stuff we have the boys do?#I like to think that Leo’s chirping actually sounds more feminine to himself and his bros (so he tends to not do it)#idk I love thinking about this hc a lot and there’s no time like four am to talk about it huh?#future scenario has future Donnie going up to future Leo all smug like ah Nardo how’s the weather down there#and Leo’s all like good *sits down* why don’t you join me :)#Donnie: …*sits and stretches his neck out to be taller still*#Leo calls him a cheater but Donnie calls it ‘making use of his species’s advantages’#but yeah basically for many turtles the case is - bigger carapace? female. smaller carapace? male.#so it’s very interesting to take that knowledge and apply it here#did you know one of the turtles that this rule of thumb DOESNT apply to is alligator snapping turtles? male ones are the bigger ones there!#by a big difference too so Raph’s size makes a LOT of sense
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imagine having the power of the world wide web at your fingertips, and still choosing to spend hours and hours and hours of your limited time on this planet shitting on complete strangers for liking fictional characters you don't like.
#salty peak sect 🧂#currently applies to:#jin guangyao#jiang cheng#mu qing#shi wudu#armand#rhaenyra targaryen#i'm sure there are others#don't tell me about them i'm too tired#we went to the moon once. now we do this. same species.
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"(His) best possible partner," Yamaguchi Tadashi.
There are many reasons why I love Tsukishima and Yamaguchi together so much. It's all in the sentiment they carry. And I love seeing the interpretations people give to their relationship, so here I am sharing mine.
Aaa, how can I explain it?
It's all about the trust that Kei has in Tadashi, how he knew Tadashi would be able to make his service ace because "he has been practising serves the most." How Tadashi knew and never doubted that Kei would block Ushijima. And how they rely on each other in the court.
"A level-headed, disciplined shield...and its best possible partner, one that makes its decisions easy...a sharp spear."
Partnership is a recurrent motif in Haikyuu. We see it with Hinata and Kageyama, with Tobio being Shoyo's first real partner and being the person Tobio had been waiting for since he was a kid. We see it with Iwaizumi and Oikawa, who he couldn't be prouder to have as a partner. They are all seen as the best fit for each other, and this is no different for Kei and Tadashi.
It's important to remember how Tadashi was introduced. He literally was behind Tsukki, his face being in the corner of the screen, severely overshadowed by his friend. This, as everything in Haikyuu, is not there for the sake of it.
Tadashi and Kei are introduced as a pair, but there are a lot of questions about their friendship. It's obvious that Tsukishima is Yamaguchi's friend, but is Yamaguchi Tsukishima's? Does Tsukishima appreciate Yamaguchi? Is their relationship one-sided? If so, can it even be called a friendship?
Furudate emphasizes this in the CD drama of the first years walking home after the Shiratorizawa match. Kageyama says to Tadashi, and I quote, that at first, he "used to think that you were just Tsukishima's cheerleader." And, honestly, it really seems like it at first.
At first.
And then Tokyo Training Camp happens.
This is the first time that Yamaguchi is explicitly depicted as being ahead of Tsukki. And I think Tsukishima knows that too. In this panels, it really feels like Tsukki is alone for the first time. There's no Yamaguchi at his side, who was depicted as his sort of yes-man.
But there's something else in these panels that I would like to mention. Tadashi is described in the previous quote as Kei's best possible partner, and I think this explains why.
Tadashi doesn't stop himself from growing and evolving just because Tsukki is not ready to do so himself. And yet, he never doubts that Tsukki will do it. He tells him he will "see him at the top." Without any doubt in his mind. And Kei suddenly has this big expectation that he has to meet, but thinks he isn't able.
Level-headed. Rational, yeah, but there is a fine line with going from rational to pessimistic.
Luckily, he has his best possible partner ahead of him, but facing him face-to-face. The sharp spear who clears his mind:
And he does it again:
And again,
#i should have gone to sleep but i needed to take this out of my system#you have no idea how much time i spent searching for the images#aaaa i love haikyuu so much#like#how can furudate write such a masterpiece?#he's literally the same species we aare#it's crazy#tskym#tsukkiyama#tsukishima kei#yamaguchi tadashi#haikyuu#haikyuu!!
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breed ref & a demonstration of usual attack below
#temeraire#his majesty's dragon#you like the canon characters I get attached to a niche breed that doesn't even appear in the books. we are not the same#roi-de-vitesse#roi de vitesse#lightweight#and yes pretty much all the dragon species/breeds I create are dive-bombers no I'm not obsessed with httyd why are you asking (<-lying)#skies over jura
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was just told that canada is basically discount finland so uh. how is it over there in og finland ig
also have you tried garlic stuffed olives they are SO GOOD
I tend to think it's other way around, Finland is like baby Canada. A fun-size Canada. Can we go to Canada? We have Canada at home.
#I love garlic but I don't like olives#answered#anonymous#nature/climate/flora/fauna resemble each other because they're both mostly subarctic/boreal/taiga biomes#I've always thought it was neat that we have reindeer and you have caribou (same species different continent)
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flocking drawings!!
Young Altispinax preparing to do a mating display
Thyreosaurus slaying a Theropod
Ornithoprion just swimming round
Mama Mapusaurus bringin home a Chakisaurus carcass for her daughter
#paleoart#paleostream#Altispinax#Thyreosaurus#Ornithoprion#Mapusaurus#Chakisaurus#theropod#stegosaurus#shark#fish#dragon draws creatures#as for the unamed theropod in the Thyreosaurus drawing wikipedia says that there were theropods in the same formation#but there isn't much info beyond “they sure were there indeed”#or even like the specific species so like I drew the most generic theropod like default skin ass creature#so the scale might be innacurate#jokes on you Thyreosaurus is a newly discovered dino (like 2 weeks ago as of now) so that drawing will be inaccurate no matter what i do#or we can just say its a juvinile#wake up babe new dinosaur dropped#tw blood
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just so obsessed with the idea of revali silently loving link and pining so much for him, but holding back because he's already created this facade that he despises link, because zelda and mipha already loved him first, because why would link ever choose him? so revali keeps it all inside and tries to display his bitterness at unreciprocated love as jealousy and arrogance at the imbalance of their roles, and tries desperately to fall out of love with link.
but it's as though the little hylian won't let him.
link, who practically insists on staying by revali during battle, who stares at revali with that wide blue-eyed gaze, who naps peacefully with his head in revali's lap when they're alone. and revali should be ecstatic at how close they are, but it hurts more than anything. this isn't fair to him, to be so tantalizingly close to link but to never be able to have him more than this. it's so suffocating, revali doesn't think he can stand to do this any longer, or else it might kill him.
but he continues to let link do whatever he pleases; silently tagging along after revali to the archery range, sitting beside him at mealtimes and letting him sneak more bites from revali's plate as though revali doesn't see him, even going as far as to let link sleep with him in his hammock after what revali assumed to have been a very bad nightmare. no one says a single word when revali and link arrive late to breakfast, with link clinging sleepily to revali's wing and revali looking strangely peaceful.
try as he might (he's not trying at all), revali can't say no to link (and neither does he want to), so he supposes he might as well endure this suffering a little longer.
"why do you let me do all this?" link whispers to him once, in the dead of the night, wrapped around revali in his hammock. and revali is silent for a moment, trying to come up with some sort of answer that could defend his actions. but he can't.
"i don't know," he says simply. he can't tell link the truth.
"does it bother you?"
"do you think you'd still be in my bed practically choking me to death with how tightly you're wrapped around me if it did?" revali winces at how biting his words are, but link just hums and snuggles deeper into revali's neck. he doesn't stop link.
"if it bothered you, you'd tell me, right?" the little hylian murmurs.
revali thinks about it for a moment. and he decides, no, i wouldn't. if you wished to be warm, i'd let you use my body as fuel for a campfire.
"go to sleep," he says aloud instead, softly, gently. he couldn't tell link that either, and he probably never would be able to. he wouldn't ever have the chance. "we have battles to prepare for in the morning."
revali wraps his wings snug around the blond, and link practically purrs in content, dozing off immediately into the warmth. like this, the rito almost smiles. if burning himself alive was the only way to have link, even for just a moment that couldn't always be guaranteed, then revali would just have to make sure he stayed alight; to be the bonfire keeping link warm throughout the night.
#revalink#loz#botw#loz botw#legend of zelda#amihan's revalinkverse#this is a draft from APRIL folks. finally finished it up#alexa play the truth untold by bts#revali coming up with every excuse why link shouldn't ever love him back#and link refuting all those excuses with a solution or straight up saying he doesn't care#revali: we can't be together we're not even the same species i can't give you blood kin#link: that's okay i'm fine with adopting#to#revali: we can't date because ah. Uh. erm. ah see there! that spot on your neck!#i hurt you so deeply it left a mark it MUST mean that we weren't ever fated to be!#link: .... revali that is a hickey i willingly let you give me because i wanted it.#i was initially going to stop the post right before the dialogue#but i think it's very revalink of them to acknowledge all of it but continue as is#link thinks that they're fine and that their relationship doesn't need a label#meanwhile revali is straight up going WHAT ARE WE??? WHAT ARE WE LINK?????#q
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cuddle pile of at least three baby velvet worms. plus one other all alone by itself about 8cm off to the side
#velvet worm#onychophora#peripatopsidae#anoplokaros keerensis#they're just Little Baby so i didn't disturb them all to get a video#also this really showcases the insane colour variability within this species#we got a grey one‚ a dull-terracotta one‚ a grey-and-orange one‚ and a minty grey one#all under the same rock and all probably related
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[puts my hand on your shoulder] bro the 'is the lamb amab or afab' question is so stupid dude, canonically the answer is neither. in that world, anyone can have kids with anyone, these characters very clearly arent from a species with two sexes, there is no male or female in here, gender is entirely separate from biology in this world dude. this is not an either/or situation, all the followers are both bro, theyre hermaphroditic, can you hear me?
#they should all have both sets of geni tals can you hear me??? there is no afab amab!! it doesnt exist how else would the matin g tent work#THEYRE NOT GONOCHORIC PLEASE#i also think that genetically they have to all be one or a few species with an incredible amount of viable hybridisation due to#like the similarities in what they can eat and do and stuff on account of theyre all the same interchangable follower model#which is a step too far in overthinking it but like. ppl really got me stumped wondering why theyd ask a question like is the lamb afab#especially coming up to other ppl and asking and making it uncomfortale having to explain what u think and why#cotl#sozo reproduces asexually why did we decide to add this division to a game that doesnt have it#thays like arguing over minecraft cows#idk it just comes across a little weird to ask so often i need nb characters it doesnt matter abt their bio sex anyway
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Every living bug has a personal scent - a blend of pheromones that generally acts as a personal "name", or "voice", in pheromonal communication. In social bugs, this tends to be stronger. As communication via pheromone is extremely species-specific, learning to manipulate them in more detail than some basic altering your expression of any given emotion tends to be something of a niche skill set, particularly among solitary bugs. It's most commonly learned for in-species communication, or by the bugs responsible for putting up pheromone signage in social-bug-heavy areas, but also has some fairly wide utility in less legal manners.
As pheromones are highly specific by bug, a bug of one species may have significant difficulty parsing the pheromones of a bug of another species. While social bugs in hives and colonies generally have something of an instinctive grasp of what various pheromones mean, and will often pick them up as part of communication among themselves, solitary bugs tend to be significantly less sensitive to them, and may struggle to distinguish between similar pheromone signals even if they know what both mean.
As a consequence of this, the vast majority of signage within a hive or colony can be wholly illegible to a solitary bug, even if it is perfectly clear to the hive's inhabitants. Bugs with reduced sensitivity to key pheromones used in social signalling can also suffer from this, particularly in places where pheromone signage can be important to operation. While these can be learned over time, unfortunately, it isn't always enough to make up for the social impacts.
Though it is possible to learn to suppress your personal scent, it isn't a widely distributed skill, and it's associated with criminals more than anything else - on a similar level to learning to lockpick, it's a cool trick to show off that also has a solid chance of getting your coworkers to ask you if you've stolen anything recently. Though suppression can make your scent more subtle, it can't eliminate it entirely, and most bugs who are seriously concerned about hiding their identities will wear some sort of masker to confuse their scent.
Monsieur Scarlet, due to a side effect of his personal flavor of mage, is capable of cutting off his own pheromone production entirely, or selectively shutting off specific pheromones. To other bugs, this will smell uncannily "blank". Since pheromones are still the main means through which bugs will communicate emotions, even beyond being a personal identifier, it's sort of like someone's face... slipped off, and there was just a void where it used to be.
Along with his short-range teleportation tricks, this makes him very good at slipping a tail, but also works against him in being an extremely distinctive trait that's very prone to freaking people out. Generally, you don't stop producing your personal pheromones until you die- but he's not producing a dead-ant smell, and he's very clearly up and moving, just lacking any personal scent. It's prone to tripping a sense that something is horribly, unnaturally wrong. Also, it's not very good for his body to stop making a bunch of major compounds. Generally, he'll opt more for things like cutting out stress pheromones than taking out everything.
#we speak#bug fables#headcanons#writing#woe! pheromone headcanons be upon ye#fun fact because the snakemouth den strain takes from bee ant moth and (a blend of more than a dozen species of) beetle#the symbiotes tend to have Excellent pheromone sensitivity and a range of potential pheromones they Can put off much more dense than averag#this is mostly due to attempts to make the separate strains of cordyceps compatible enough to not violently clash#those who remain in the lab have further improved this range though leif is more or less limited to just that handful of species#however since they use all of these various types of pheromones they end up with a mishmash that is... difficult to read to other bugs#in-colony communications can be Extremely information dense and utilize sound alongside crystal transmission and pheromone#and occasionally gesture#often at the same time. generally blended into the same general tongue. it's efficient to the cordyceps and just about no one else
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