#btw a group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope

[kweenkday]

Jeremy walks in to find Cat drawing eyeliner on Jean.

Instant palpitations. Forgets english grammar.

Cat: You okay, Jeremy? 😏

Jean looks up at him, concerned and totally oblivious.

Jeremy: Yeah. *screams on the inside, his knees go weak, gets a cloud of butterflies in his stomach*

Cat: Uh-huh. Great. Why don't you finish this for me, I gotta make a phone call.

Jeremy ascends to a higher plane of existence.

[watatsumiis]

Have yall ever heard about that study a while back where some folks studying butterfly migration habits couldn't figure out why the butterflies would take such a large detour, then after some research they found out there was a mountain there millennia ago and detouring around it was just something that got hardwired into their brains?

I imagine things like that are actually semi-common in places like Liyue and Mondstadt, where the land has undergone so many physical changes over the years (whether that be due to giant pillars of stone being tossed about haphazardly, or a god deciding they're sick of a certain set of mountaintops and yeeting them into the ocean like frisbees). I think that, once discovered, these strangely adjusted little animals would probably be celebrated in vastly different ways by the neighbouring nations.

A kaleidoscope of butterflies is celebrated twice a year as it passes through two small villages on different sides of the border - the Liyuens see it as a reminder to not get their heads stuck in the past, because it can make the future all the more inconvenient (like taking a long, winding path when there is a straightforward one readily available). The Mondstadters, however, see it as a symbol of their own freedom to be as rigid as they please, if the desire so strikes them - to stick with old, futzy traditions and do things in their own way.

It's a very localized celebration, not often talked about due to the size of the villages. It's passed down purely by word of mouth to the children of the villages, so the irony of the situation is, through pure happenstance, simply never noticed.

But, it goes to show, no matter how different each nation and its people are, they are all humans at heart, and are wowed by the same feats of nature.

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[drops-of-moonlights]

I LOVE YOUR ART BTW. But i was wondering what is the differents between witch's and fairy's.

Witches, when transformed, adquire markings under their eyes mimicking overdone eyeshadow, their forms have a strange partial luster (represented by sparkles appearing only on one side of the outfit), and at least in the basic Charmix-to-Enchantix lineup their wings are not as transparent as fairy wings are. Witches use their negative thoughts, emotions and memories to partially fuel their magic, and are particularly good at curses. Witch studies are more centered than Fairy studies, focusing more on their personal uses of their magic and are known to aid their magic with objects more than Fairies do, usually a form of staff, orb or gem.

Fairies, when transformed, have a more radiant appearance (represented by their clothes having full-covering sparkles), their wings are usually more sheer, and do not posess any kind of special mark appearing in their body. Fairies use their positive thoughts, emotions and memories to partially fuel their magic, making them excellent at blessings. Fairy studies focuses more on the world around them, teaching them what to draw from their respective element when found in nature and don’t tend to use objects to help with their magic, instead preferring the use of weaponry that fits their Source.

Both magic classes are known for their group-oriented workings, as it’s known that a group of fairies or witches working together not only with a common goal, but sharing a true affectionate bond between them, are stronger than even an experienced corresponding magi working alone. This bond is the entire basis of the Believix transformation. Witch groups are referred to as “covens”, while Fairy groups are called “arcs”. they’re also occasionally called “eclipses” and “kaleidoscopes” for Witches and Fairies respectively, based off the old theory (long, long since disproven by basic usage of eyeballs) that Witches’ wings were more similar to moths while Fairy wings were more similar to butterflies.

[edendaphne]

Tell me your favorite animal fact(s)!

OMG you’re asking the impossible. But a couple popped into my head instantly.

Most people know that a group of crows is called a murder of crows, but there’s more fun names too. A group of peacocks is called an ostentation. There’s also a conspiracy of lemurs, a parliament of owls, a flamboyance of flamingos, and an ambush of tigers. 

Also, I was curious and looked these up. There’s:

*  A loveliness of ladybugs (dAWWWWWW)*  A clowder of cats*  A kaleidoscope or butterflies*  A skulk of foxes (to skulk means to sneak around) *  A bale of turtles

The other cool animal fact I thought about is that there’s a species of jellyfish that is pretty much immortal (unless they get eaten, of course). As a response to shortage of food or injury, they can transform back into a polyp (life cycle right after larva, looks like a weird plant, sexually immature) and hang out attached to a reef til they want to grow up and mature into jellyfish again. They can do it over and over pretty much indefinitely. This process is called transdifferentiation. It’s super interesting and cool. Scientists are DYING (ehhh? EHHHH? *gets pelted by tomatoes for inappropriate punning*) to understand how they do this. It has tremendous potential for improving current medical treatments where tissue regeneration is needed, such as effects from aging, heart attacks, burn victims, cells damaged by diseases/injury, etc.

BTW a jellyfish’s mouth is also their anus.

This majestic creature harbors the secrets of immortality AND eats through their butt. SCIENCE!!!!!

[mariedecasas]

So, I come out with two possibilities of album name for #TS7. 

1. First, I truly believe the one that says that the album could be named “kaleidoscope”. I mean it could be totally a thing as a group of butterfly is called a kaleidoscope, the heart in the music video opens up like a kaleidoscope and as @taylorswift said “ kaleidoscope of loud heart beats under coats” which a reference to “Welcome to New York”. Plus I don’t know if I’m the only one who paid attention to the sky in the music video but it really looks like a kaleidoscope. And the last reason why I think the album could be named this way is also because the word kaleidoscope represents a change a metamorphosis. We can already tell by the first song that this album is a total change from reputation ! 

2. Second option for me is “Awesome”. To be honest it would be quite obvious. I have three reasons to think this way. First a big part of Taylor’s new merch has an “ awesome” written on it. Second I’ve noticed that in some of her tweets she has put te word “awesome” in capital letters. We all know her ! ;) We know that when she puts something in capital letters it is not for nothing ! The last thing that tells me that #TS7 could be called “Awesome” is actually in the music “ ME!” One of the lyrics say “ You can’t spell awesome without me!”; In this lyric I clearly understand that the album called “Awesome” can’t be spelled without the song “ME!” as it is a part of it. 

Here are my two theories I hope I’m not the only who thinks this way and btw I think that the next single is going to be called “lover” ;). @taylornation

[percethecurse]

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Oh boy thank you for entertaining me Ludwig you're a lifesaver14: If you are outside, what are you most likely doing? Probably climbing trees or taking pictures of flowers/mushrooms (shut up mushrooms are so small and cute they deserve some love) (I don't like eating them though, funnily enough)15: Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it? Either really, but I'm used to being behind it so I'm more comfortable there :)18: Do you believe in karma? Not really, but maybe a little20: What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength? Oh dear I'm bad at these... I have so many weaknesses... I guess the worst one is that I have a lot of difficulty properly expressing my feelings in small, good amounts at necessary times. Then it all builds up inside me and I end up spouting off a bunch of weirdly poetic stuff all at once (like my rant earlier, sorry about that btw)24: Do you have a collection of anything? I used to collect rocks? But I stopped when I was like eight... does a collection of books count lol31: Smell the air. What do you smell? Popeye's food (we stopped for lunch) and rain :)38: What's the weather like right now? Rainy :) the best kind of weather for me to thrive... that makes me sound like a plant lol better keep your Rowan watered (actually, Rowan IS a plant so...)46: Have you ever caught a butterfly? No, but in second grade we raised a Painted Lady kaleidoscope in our classroom (fun fact: a group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope)54: What's the last thing you purchased? A book, because what else do I buy... although technically it wasn't for me so idk if that counts... okay well then the last thing I bought was a ticket to a showing of My Neighbor Totoro at my local theater62: What's your favourite animal? Penguins, definitely (favorite mythical one is a dragon tho, obviously)74: What's a song that always makes you happy when you hear it? West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys, definitely. My mom used to play it in the car when we had our mother-child-bonding-time days95: You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go? Ooh, tough one... either back to New York, where I used to live, so I could see NYC again, or to Germany somewhere. I've always wanted to go there, it seems lovely (tbh I'd probably end up going to Germany and never leaving... oops lol)99: If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say? Considering that I have anxiety attacks about speaking in my Latin class (which has like, 12 people), I think if the whole could hear me... I'd just choke on my words and then clam up out of fear, wasting my chance of saying something really good and inspiring and cool. I'm a fuck up lolHope that was what you hoped for