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Posting after so long todayyyy😭😭
Exam period<<<<<<<
Anywayyy, here's today's fact of the day, and i hope you guys like it :)
Fact of the day:
Some fungi create zombies, then control their minds!
The tropical fungus Ophiocordyceps infects ants’ central nervous systems. Once it has been in an insect’s body for nine days, it has complete control over the host’s movements. According to National Geographic, it forces the ant to climb trees, then convulse and fall into the cool, moist soil below, where fungi thrive. Once there, the fungus waits until exactly solar noon to force the ant to bite a leaf and wait for death.
#interesting facts#factsonly#fun facts#fact of the day#amazing facts#facts#factoftheday#trivia#miscellaneous facts#random facts#fact#fact check#i love interesting facts sm#interesting#trivia night#biology#bio is fun#fungus#zombie#ant
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No capes/actors AU came to me via a dream and I have since been obsessing over it,,
I have so many ideas over it but my fav is currently that the Jasons are brothers because of the quick switch between seasons/robins and how they couldn’t use the same actor for older Jason so they just asked his older brother to be Red Hood Jason, Little Jason is way younger because they were trying to emphasize how small street kid Jason was
Part 1
#Behind the capes AU#dcu#batman#actors au#jason todd#bruce wayne#dc robin#red hood#there’s so many thoughts for this series#this one goes out for the Jason and Damian sibling truthers bc they’re bio siblings here#Big Jason was genuinely minding his business while his family acted only for the director to ambush him and ask if he’d like to act too#he thought maybe a small role but then boom baby Jason is dead#baby Jason loves his role in season 3 as a ghost/hallucination#big Jason is contemplating life until he gets to yell at his dad in front of cameras for fun#he loves it
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the octopus is the most flexible animal on earth due to having one thousand bones in each arm
vote team skeleton. for Bone Octopus
#casually chucks the splat bio paruko into the bones comic#splatoon#splatoween#TECHNICALY...#splatoon oc#octoling#inkling#Squid 2 the evolution of the squid#Thresher Lagan#Rill Nykur#Conarts#Thresher calls Rill ''Nyk''. it's a Nykname. you see.#fun game Can You Spot Every Easer Egg
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I was part of the @swimonzine Volume 10 a shark charity zine. You may still purchase it here which I highly recommend it to shark fans and enthusiasts. I'm always excited to be part of zines like these and this was no different! I picked two Deep Ocean Sharks, The greater green lantern shark, and the lesser known Megamouth cousin of the Whale shark and Basking Shark
#zines#swimonzine#greater lantern shark#megamouth shark#working on my other project has made me favor more deep sea stuff so yeah I find these sharks neat#wanted to try and do a frilled one but they were so popular for good reason#fun fact they're called lantern sharks bc they can glow with bio luminescence ! like a lantern underwater :)#my art
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if youre still taking requests - Draw a cool species youve seen in the spec bio community mayhaps?
Enamoured by @sparrowlucero's space whales
#they're so fun#i love their gnarly teeth and fins. sick as hell#doodle requests#my art#art#spec bio#speculative biology#alien#spec evo#sketch
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so we (and by we, i mean the very specific overlap of jews and nerds among whom i make my home) talk a lot about how tolkien's dwarves, in both the books and movies, were likely influenced by certain jewish stereotypes. obsessed with gold/wealth, secretive (especially about their language and religion), refugees from their ancestral home, portrayed with big, sometimes hooked, noses and interesting facial hair, and most specifically: the favourite little meow meows of one particular god, causing them to be shunned and persecuted by other races and creeds. this is likely unintentional, coming from the subconscious of tolkien in the same way orcs were "based on mongols" (ew colonialism) and activating subconscious biases/stereotypes in the people who designed the dwarves for the movies. it's subtext, albeit subtext that influenced the next eighty years of fantasy.
but what i don't see much discussion of is the fact that in terry pratchett's discworld, it's intentional. terry pratchett's dwarves are, more or less, jews.
carrot is a human adopted by dwarves, based on human standards. but within dwarf culture, he IS a dwarf. specifically, he has undergone specific rituals and memorised certain passages, making him LEGALLY a dwarf. this is basically how conversion works in judaism. indeed, as in judaism, it's considered rude to even mention that carrot is six feet tall and obviously wasn't born into the culture he has adopted.
the dwarves also have internal rifts - there are a group of 'orthodox' dwarves who consider the dwarves in ankh-morpork (who have adopted other customs and don't follow traditional roles) not to be dwarves at all, and don't recognise carrot as a dwarf for the same reason. they believe that the way to be a dwarf is to live in an all-dwarf community and follow their traditional rules, while other dwarves believe they need to change with the times and integrate (at least somewhat) with larger society. jewish as fuck.
there's also the interaction of dwarves with gender. when cherie comes out as female (which isn't a recognised gender by dwarvish society) she is ostracised for taking on the feminine roles common to other discworld races. however, she could never THINK of cutting off her beard, because she is still a dwarf. i see parallels with women in judaism taking on roles traditionally considered 'masculine' (e.g., as rabbis, wearing tallit and kippot) and the acceptance of queer people into jewish communities. there's lots of great discussion about cherie as a trans character on tumblr, btw.
finally, something that particularly strikes me is the line from carrot in tfe, where he says that the biggest dwarf city on the disc is ankh-morpork. obviously all diaspora communities can relate, but it's really something to know that new york is the city with the most jews in the world (960k to jerusalem's 570k. btw, 3rd is LA!).
i just love that, again, consciously or unconsciously, pratchett incorporated more positive elements of jewish culture into his portrayal of the dwarves.
#gnu terry pratchett#discworld#jumblr#jewish#judaism#tolkien#dwarves#the hobbit#lord of the rings#the silmarillion#carrot ironfoundersson#cherie littlebottom#cheery littlebottom#the origin of dwarves in tolkien is jewish as fuck#also i love orthodox jews! y'all are so cool!! i hope this post doesn't come off as critical of orthodoxy#not bringing up the conflict between trolls and dwarves in the main post bc... yk... but like. it's there. it's VERY there.#also i do not want shit from people for mentioning jerusalem. it's a fun fact. read my fucking bio and then shout at me.#feels like i'm poking a hornet's nest by jewposting but we shall see#long post
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DP X DC Prompt #64
Cass knew she had a little brother. One not so much younger than herself. When her father sought a partner to create the ideal child to become an assassin, he hadn’t settled for just one person.
So, yes, Cassandra’s aware she has a brother out there. Daniel, she thinks she heard he was called. If rumors are to be believed, he was just as skilled as she had been in his training. Although, not as good as herself. She never met him, though. She had just heard how one day he disappeared without a trace.
Therefore, it’s entirely possible that the boy in front of her claiming to be her brother is who he says he is.
#finemeal prompt#dp x dc#cassandra cain#danny fenton#bio siblings#half-siblings#i read more about cass' origin for this prompt#and HOO boy is it WILD#like damn#anyway#have fun with this one folks
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karkat is my favorite out of all the trolls. i wanted to give him lore based around rove beetles, a species of beetle that evolved to appear, act and smell like ant larva, and social isopods, one of my favorite species of bugs!! i think karkat would be really, REALLY upset about not growing wings when he finally has his second molt, instead developing a stronger, heavier shell. sorry dude, i thought wings AND cool emotional sensitivity abilities were too overpowered. bugs as metaphor perhaps...
#bugstuck#homestuck#karkat vantas#karkat#thinking abt bugs and trolls soooo much recently... this project is REALLY fun#alternia#trolls#bugcore homestuck lore#spec bio#speculative biology
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"Centaur body plan is overdone" false + who cares + it's just fun
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Riyu’s custom bluetooth headphones from that one post btw 👍
Imagine being able to fly above scenic landscapes whilst listening to bangers. He’s living my dream bro
#i wasn’t gonna color this. but it looks decent actually…#i had so much fun designing these#Sora made em btw#Riyu#halcyonia#my art#ninjago art#ninjago#ninjago dragons rising#ninjago riyu#dragons rising riyu#worldbuilding#spec bio#(bc speculative ear placement affecting how his headphones are)
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the master post is almost done, but I want everyone to still get involved since y’all have been such great help.
Feel free to join residence in wonderland, your character is both cannon/non cannon in the au since it’s Wonderland!
#the amazing digital circus#tadc#digital wonderland#tadc au#tadc fanart#alice in wonderland#tadc pomni#character bio#welcome to wonderland#oc challenge#fake collab#have fun
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a day with the seraphim + ex-warlords
#the S stands for sweetie pies#the seraphim are darling babies to me and we gotta get them out of the military I DONT CAAAARE if they are bio-engineered child soldiers#they should be having fun and being taken care of#one piece#op spoilers#op anime spoilers#seraphim#s-hawk#s-snake#mihawk#boa hancock#dracule mihawk#everyone gets a mini except doffy#s-mingo destroys doffy in a 1v1 sorry powerscalers i dont make the rules i just see the truth#op manga spoilers#s-hawk looking like hes about to steal kingdom hearts
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Tommy has been in a Lavender marriage for ten years and since his cousin does his taxes he actually kind of forgot about it. He's pretty sure she lives in Florida now?
Tommy gets an email from Alicia letting him know that she's thinking she might actually come out to a few of her friends, and not even thinking about it says something offhand to Buck about his wife finally coming out of the closet. "Apparently it's a good year for that."
Buck reacts to this news super extra normal-like, as we would expect.
(He spirals for days and ducks Tommy's calls and begs for advice and finally it comes to a head when he blurts out something to the effect of "Well you can't marry me if you're ALREADY MARRIED TOMMY.")
Tommy, licking powdered sugar off his thumb: Evan, you haven't even told me you love me.
Buck, flailing, halfway through his tirade, pauses and blinks: You should get a divorce.
Tommy, who has already contacted a lawyer: Do you consider it less like cheating if the words don't cross your lips?
#bucktommy#listen the likelihood that this is a much heavier arc for tommy and by extension buck is HIGH#but 'forgot i was married oops'#to#'what if i wanna marry you one day'#is just the kind of hijinks i could get behind#this isn't really spec i have no expectations for what the tommy reveal is#but wouldn't it be fun#'evan you have a bio kid and a legal document proclaiming you get custody of another one in the event of his fathers death'#'do you really feel like throwing stones in this glass house?'#'i'm not ready to be a father'
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fellow spec bio enthusiasts may I recommend. drawing your creatures like a five year old would
#ITS SO FUN. AND SO USEFUL FOR GETTING THE IMPORTANT SHAPES DOWN#did this a while back and just remembered it :]#anyway these r my sillies#animal art#crayon#creature design#fantasy art#spec bio#speculative biology#doodle#art#chitten#drakewolf#snakehound
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KNIGHT DEITIES
It's been a hot minute since I posted Vivere 44 art. Been intensely busy with school for the past few months but now that I've graduated I've got a lot of time to kill! Since the Knights post surpassed 1k notes I figured I may as well elaborate on them more. I'm so blown away by how much love they're getting already! Thank you all <3
I'm gonna talk a bit about Mountain and Plains Knight religions, mythology and a snippet of evolutionary history. I will cover Polar Knight religions in another post. The focus is on two gods in particular, Uwet-Jana and Kiraiarik.
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Uwet-Jana is the demigod of good health, vitality, and inner balance. In some regions they are also the god of fertility. The name of their Host is Uwetsil, and their Helmet is Serrjana. Mainly worshiped by Mountain cultures, Uwet-Jana takes the form of a Knight whose Host and Helmet are physically merged into a singular being.
Kiraiarik [pronounced ki-rai-ah-rik] is the personification of the host-helmet symbiotic relationship. They are the god of symbiosis, rebirth, and love. Kiraiarik was the name given to two immortal partners, a Host and a Helmet, who began as a singular being born to the sea in Ettera’s prehistoric era. Ettera decided to make them Two, one half (the Helmet) ruling over the sea and the other (the Host) having domain over the land. The story goes that in every form they take, they try to find each other - for their body remembers being One.
Both gods have lots of lore to their name. Further information below!
UWET-JANA
Uwet-Jana's Host body has long spines and red stripes like a Pike, and long fingerlike paws like a Helmet's manipulators. The Helmet section sports two long horns and elegant facial markings. Uwet-Jana has an iridescent sheen on their golden fur, catching the rays of the sun in a shimmering glow.
The story of Uwet-Jana is as follows: Both Uwetsil and Serrjana were born as runts, in a dark time when sickly Knights were seen as curses and not worth caring for. Their Order, believing them to be bad omens, cast them out to wander the tundra alone. They believed that the natural forces of Ettera (the Knight’s homeplanet) would quickly end them. However, Ettera took pity on the castaway, sending them three blessings. The first gift was a bone with marrow inside that ensured one is never hungry or thirsty again. Then, Ettera sent a warm, sweet wind into Uwet-Jana’s lungs which warded off all sickness and disease. Finally, a sun shower fell, the rains cleansing them and blessing them with a coat made of ivory and gold.
Transformed into a demigod with a hybrid body, Uwet-Jana was offered a place among the deities in the sky - but they refused, preferring to stay on the ground to share their gift with the mortals. Unbeknownst to them, their Order who had exiled them was struck by three curses from the Gods to mirror Uwet-Jana’s blessings: all the rivers in the area dried up and all their hunts were unsuccessful, leaving them with no food or water. Infections and diseases picked them off one by one, and a great storm ravaged the land, destroying their home and all remaining survivors. Uwet-Jana now blesses Knight Orders who take care of their sick and ailing members, and ignores those who don’t, leaving them to the wrath of the Gods.
Although they are nomadic and always on the move, many Mountain Orders will refuse to leave any sick members behind. They may also keep ivory statues of Uwet-Jana in their bags as a token of good fortune. Sometimes these statues are filled with bone marrow, or have holes which make a whistling sound as wind passes through it as a reference to Ettera’s gifts. Occasionally Pike Helmets are born with an extra long ‘horn’ spike, and are considered a child/reincarnation of Uwet-Jana. Additionally, whenever it rains while the sun is still shining, it is seen as a blessing from the demigod.
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KIRAIARIK
Kiraiarik's Host is depicted as a small creature with a striped pelt to mirror its ancestral form, and the Helmet as an aquatic beast with long, trailing red fins. It is frequently shown twisting around the Host, sharing its blood. Kiraiarik is also often simplified as two disembodied eyes looking at each other. (And yes, the artstyle is a nod to medieval depictions of heraldic beasts!)
To understand Kiraiarik, one must be aware of how much Plains religions are intrinsically tied to concepts of evolution and paleontology.
Digression on the origins of Etteran symbiosis:
Large stretches of Plains Knight deserts and scrublands were once submerged beneath the sea. As a result, there are countless fossil hotspots which have been unearthed over the centuries. These high concentrations of fossilised remains have lead to Plains cultures basing their religions around said discoveries. Although many features have been warped, the general timelines are strikingly similar.
For instance, a mass extinction event occurred on Ettera millions of years ago, caused by a series of catastrophic volcanic eruptions on a worldwide scale. This event is known in Plains culture as The Remaking, traditionally interpreted as the planet shedding its skin. Many species were decimated, but some groups survived; these happened to be phyla who possessed an exposed ‘Interfacer’ organ, a precursor to the specialised Integrator organ which connects the Host’s brain to the Helmet’s. Before The Remaking, there was no prior record of the deep symbiotic connection which Knights possess (scientifically deemed ‘Hyperadvanced Mutualism’). The Interfacer organ was used in the phyla for species to communicate simple stretches of data to each other, such as health and reproductive status. After the extinction, populations of these species were dwindling. To ensure their survival, an odd phenomenon occurred in which many individuals began to interface with different species who possessed the same organ - strangely enough, some were able to successfully exchange information. These individuals survived and passed on the practice to their offspring, eventually culminating in what would be discovered as a very primitive form of mutualism. Host and Helmet ancestors (pictured above) were some of the first species to achieve this.
As the planet recovered and populations increased, the relationship continued to solidify and become more complex, with symbiotic species sharing memories, emotions and complex thought. In modern times there is now an entire class of organisms on Ettera which possess an Integrator organ for Advanced Mutualism, including Knights.
Kiraiarik is said to be a manifestation of this relationship. After The Remaking, their two halves finally managed to find each other again, eternally locked in a joyous dance of love. (Side note: the love in question is not platonic nor romantic, but a deeper kind which is indescribable and not easily understood. Due to their intricate nervous systems, Knights have a higher degree of emotional intelligence and can experience sensations we would consider alien). When a Plains Knight is experiencing inner turmoil, they will often pray to Kiraiarik to restore a healthy connection. The god’s blessing is also called upon when an infant Host and Helmet first Assimilate.
Note: Many Plains ‘saints’ and deities have palindromic names which can be read both forwards and backwards, an indicator of holiness. Fun fact, the word Kiraiariku means “Your heart and mine are very old friends.”
Thank you for reading! More Knight content coming soon ;)
#come get yo foood#vivere 44#my art#knights#speculative biology#spec bio#speculative evolution#sophonts#spec evo#xenobiology#art#illustration#worldbuilding#artists on tumblr#good god I have been working on this for over a month.#also been playing around with a fun new brush#a bit painterly and experimental
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wyatt johnston & jake oettinger postgame — VGK vs DAL; game 7 — 05.05.24
[wyatt, barry sanders is one of the best running backs of all time, and you did some stuff on skates tonight that i hadn’t seen him do on cleats. what’d you eat for dinner?] (laughs) um … thank you (laughs) um, i mean, my pregame meal is, uh, is chicken and pasta, um, you know, i had al biernat's, a couple of the boys go there, so … um, yeah, i mean, it’s the same, same meal before every home game. um, but yeah, thank you. [that chicken and pasta didn’t make you move like that, brother.]
#hockey#stars#dallas stars#wyatt johnston#jake oettinger#this same reporter posed the same barry sanders comparison re: wyatt to pete while saying he needed to switch sports aslkdjfh#saad officially took 'stars' out of his twitter bio this week & at the same time some local news station sent their football guy to game 7#which is just such a fun inverse!! he seemed so hyped!!!!#also i love jake laughing at all this. i loved them pairing the two of them together for joint interviews last playoffs too#an underrated combo if we're being honest#z:edit
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