#anyways: back to the gay hopefully?

[deliriuxe]

cat eye glasses...

[hlebopecc]

excuse me he ask for no pickles

[rozeliyawashereyall]

Merfolk thoughts and technically headcanons? But it's just me going a little insane while I get out of artblock

Okay so, this is going to be a HUGE hear me out, but listen. Sera and Zef would be stronger then the average human, since yk, their merfolk form is huge. And yeah they have human forms—but there's bound to be some extra muscle or smt. SO.

Allow me to ramble:

(I've got no clue if this is even canon in Obi's world- just like having fun making headcanons.)

1. Merfolk Physiology and Musculature (in my view at least)

Merfolk are naturally adapted to aquatic environments where movement requires immense muscular effort to combat water resistance. Their bodies would have:

Enhanced muscle density: Higher density gives them greater strength per pound of muscle compared to humans.

Streamlined anatomy: Built for powerful propulsion in water, especially in their tails, which translates to well-developed core, back, and arm strength.

Adaptive biomechanics: Their muscle fibers are likely optimized for both endurance and explosive strength, critical for survival in deep sea environments.

2. Strength Amplification in Human Form

When merfolk take on human form, their aquatic musculature and strength would naturally transfer. While the lack of water's resistance might reduce their need for constant muscular exertion, their denser muscles still allow them to exceed human benchmarks:

Strength Scaling: The 1.5–2x strength multiplier accounts for their biology being fundamentally superior, especially in terms of pulling, pushing, and lifting mechanics.

Functional Adaptations: These traits would especially favor compound movements like deadlifts and squats that require core and lower body strength.

3. Land Limitations vs. Aquatic Peak

While their aquatic strength is unrivaled, on land their ability to fully express this power is influenced by:

Gravity: On land, they must contend with gravity more directly, which might limit the explosive power they’re used to in water.

Joint Adaptation: Their joints and tendons, though robust, may not have evolved for high-impact terrestrial lifting, slightly lowering efficiency.

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..so I did a few calculations..

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•Zef being 5'7, I'd take a guess and say he weighs around 165 maybe 170 lbs.

•Sera being 6'2. He's pretty bulky, so I'd say he weighs around 190–210 lbs.

Now their lifting capacity would vary based on training experience and muscle development ofc ofc, but here's the basics for each height and weight intermediate wise

Basically just a level higher than 'beginner'

•On average with 5'7 human males:

-Bench Press: ~135–185 lbs

-Squat: ~185–250 lbs

-Deadlift: ~225–315 lbs

•On average with 6'2 human males:

-Bench Press: ~185–225 lbs

-Squat: ~275–315 lbs

-Deadlift: ~315–405 lbs

With that in mind, here's a baseline adjustment for Merfolk—

Estimated Lifting Ability in human form:

• Zefestian

-Bench Press: ~330–430 lbs

-Squat: ~480–630 lbs

-Deadlift: ~580–730 lbs

•Serafin:

-Bench Press: ~480–580 lbs

-Squat: ~730–980 lbs

-Deadlift: ~930–1,180 lbs

So with that out here they could either be average or averagely really fucking strong

This is all like if they did actually train and have at least 1-2 years of experience, since the intermediate level while low is still pretty strong - so the amount could very highly be less. It all depends on muscle density, none strength, and the environment.

I could go on for more and more about the strength differences between human and merfolk and basic biology of each but I'll spare you my hyperfixion rambling—I'll leave it for another day when we maybe learn some more on merfolk physiology in the series. Maybe.

[edwinisms]

banging my head against the wall every time I see someone reblogging a post of mine with tags mentioning the ‘unrequited confession’. we have been OVER this it is NOT a case of unrequited romantic love it is completely canonically up in the air as a possibility. listen to jayden revri himself and be enlightened i am begging you

[ironicsoap]

you are expendable, you are not expected to return

[theinfinitedivides]

Bhansali really said let's shove the good freedom fighter sh*t into the last 40 or so minutes of this series i think we can get away with it. pray tell me what, exactly, did he expect me to do with that

[billpottsismygf]

I don't think I've ever taken in before how much Wicked Act I (and thus Wicked Part I) takes its structure from The Wizard of Oz. It opens with No One Mourns the Wicked, which is an obvious response to Ding Dong the Witch is Dead* (the first song once Dorothy gets to Oz, and only the second overall), and ends with our heroes arriving in the Emerald City (Merry Old Land of Oz/One Short Day). Our hero is then asked to perform a task so that the wizard will grant her heart's desire. Having completed this task, she then discovers that he is a fraud and that he cannot do what he's promised (nor could he have done the task he set her), so she has to make use of the power that was inside her all along to get where she needs to go.

*Bonus connection between these two songs is the little musical motif ("ding dong the witch is") that the movie version of No One Mourns the Wicked uses in its newly triumphant orchestration at the start (roughly 1:01 and 1:19 in the official soundtrack).

[nobodybetterlookatme]

nah cuz I would pass away if someone asked me if I was into them 😭 but CONGRATS ON GETTING THE DATE!! I hate to say we told you so, but we definitely told you so 😌💅

Bro I literally short circuited lmaoooo like it was not cute and I almost died fr. But yeah, date secured ahskaksk y'all were right 😭 it still feels so surreal lmao I'm still vibrating about it

[ridiculously-over-obsessed]

Hello hi I know I've been super inactive lately things have been stupid at home and I've had the worst writers block too 😭😭 but I seem to hopefully be coming out of it, so I'll be working on my bechloe week stuff first, and then hopefully finish the update I started for TMWYH after that ✌🏻

[appleblueberry-pie]

Hey. So, because life moves on and people continuously change every single second of their lives, I have made the temporary decision to change what I wanna write about.

It's not that I want to completely stop writing about jujutsu kaisen and spiderman across the spider verse. I just...there's other things I like as well and want to pour my love into.

If u ever miss me writing about these guys, remember I have so fucking many links in my pinned post for everything I've written about them. I just reached my 100th jjk post not too long ago, so I know you're well fed. I want to write more about aot because it deserves love and I also hope that SOMEWHERE......there are still Abby Anderson lovers that are starving....and need food for me to give them. Becuase I will cook. I'm a writing Veteran with a capital V and I will serve as needed bro.

Seriously I need new content.

Also I will answer the last pieces of asks in my uh inbox. I will like rn

[ratgingi]

I mightve asked this before but idk

Maybe a Gabby?

genuinely one of the most important dialtown characters. to me

throw a dialed town req in me inbox if u wanna

[the-lesbian-orpheus]

I love and cherish by edits and stuff of my dramatic high fantasy guys, my minecraft guys, my silly little monsters, my dramatic sci-fi guys, my animated guys

But can we please also normalize making edits and stuff of like regular ass sitcom guys

Like where are the badass edits of Rosa Diaz, the crush edits of Tahani al Jamil, the ship edits of David and Patrick, the comfort edits of Chidi Anagonye

I say this as a person who lives in fantasy and whimsy content

I feel like we deserve both

(Ps I rambled a lot about this in the tags so maybe check them out :3 👀👀👀)

[keeps-ache]

yay yippee yay :3 🎉

[darkenforcer]

SUPER quick edit using a mask & crescent earring i found on google imgs yippee! his boring, brown dress shoes aren't worth posting a full safe for work yuri.

[kissingarthurclaus]

I've been offline for a while due to a combination of being tired and just not feeling like self shipping, and more recently wanting to give all my attention to my partner who'd been visiting 🥺💖💗💖💗 it was amazing, she just left for home and I'm really sad hooough,,

But I'm reminded that I had a very interesting dream the other day where I started shipping with Space Dandy from the anime Space Dandy (again. I shipped with him when I was a teen lol) with an s/i that was my own original alien species and everything! Most interestingly my beautiful partner ALSO ships with Dandy and we've never done a polyship together before so I'm kinda 👀 thinking about rewatchinf it and seeing where this goes...

[ghostzzy]

i am home from trip