#but you never know!

[monstersandmaw]

My beloved, by leaving this tag on a reblog, you have already gone way above and beyond what 99% of the people who read stories on here do!!!

No writer could ask for more, and you're already doing so so much by reblogging it, hence sharing it, and then by leaving a tag that is genuinely SOOOOO encouraging all on its own, you're a hero!!!!!!! Especially when your energy was already so low. I cannot stress how awesome you are and how kind this was of you.

[this-love-is-delicate]

one thing about me, I love lingering for the possibility that Something might happen

[pudding-parade]

More Planet Zoo! :D (Sorry not sorry. LOL)

This is a WIP entry gate/area that I built for the sandbox-mode zoo that I'm starting that will be dedicated (mostly) to endangered and critically-endangered animals from around the world, including the modded animals I've downloaded that can't be used in franchise mode.

More babble and a couple more pictures behind the cut...

I want this zoo to be primarily a breeding-program zoo for releasing animals to the wild. I want to really focus on the genetics aspect of the game to breed the best animals possible to release to the wild, starting with the sort of lousy animals you get from the sandbox-mode "market."

I also want the habitats to have barriers that are as natural-looking (or actually natural; i.e., water barriers) as possible. And I want to have as many cohabitating animals as I can manage, to make habitats that are more realistic. But of course it will have to have visitors, too, so it will have stuff for them. (Gotta make the monies somehow! :D ) That's the plan. We'll see how well I can execute it. LOL

The zoo itself is going to be located in a grassland biome located either in North America or Australia. I haven't decided yet. I'm sort of leaning toward Australia mostly because it's warmer than the North American grassland location would be, and that just makes things easier for most of the animals I want to use...except that I want a herd of bison and also some animals that live in the Himalayas (like snow leopards), so it might end up in North America, anyway, and I'll just have to make accommodations for the warmer-climate animals. But, I built this in a temperate European biome because that's what I thought I was going to do at first. LOL (It's OK, though; I can just save it as a blueprint and then plop it in any zoo I want.)

This will eventually have guest spawners (in the form of buses in a parking lot, I think), so I'll delete the standard entry building that every zoo comes with by default and use this instead.

Initially, I was going to make the glass-enclosed part larger and a habitat, (for lemurs), but then I realized that the guests would stand inside the entry where there's a big window like so...

...to gawp at whatever animal I put in it and thus clog up the entry. So I scrapped that I idea. I might get rid of that interior window and rework things a bit, though. Maybe keep it small and put tamarins (modded animals) in it instead, since they're small, and then add an outdoor area with maybe overhead tunneling they can climb around in and that are integrated with arbors over the paths, and...Well, we'll see. LOL

Anyway, I also built "covers" with path lights and planters to go over the plain small gravel paths I'm going to use, so that they'll look more interesting. They look like this:

I made them in 4m, 6m, and 8m widths -- the path widths that I always use -- with and without planters, and saved each kind as blueprints. I'm going to keep all the main outdoor paths in this zoo squared-off with right-angle intersections, no winding paths, so I can just plop these on top of the paths as I build the actual zoo. I think they look pretty nice, if I do say so myself. LOL

[thelaurenshippen]

Hello ! I just listened to The Bright Sessions and I loved it ! It was my first podcast ever and I want to thank you for creating this world and thoses characters (although I do NOT thank you for the angst). I'm currently reading "The Infinite Noise" and I was wondering would you ever consider writing a book on Owen and Joan past ? He is my favorite character and I need more of him ! (and them !) And I think that you kind of owe it to us after what you did in The AM Archives (as compensation for the emotional damage ). Thank you again for one of my new favorite things !

hello!!!! oh my gosh, I'm so glad you found TBS (and that it was your first podcast!) and that you're reading TIN!!!

so, yes, I HAVE considered this actually! several times - the original concept for writing TBS books was writing a joan prequel but then I wanted to write a lurrrvvvv story (with a happy ending). and you're right, I do owe you for what I did in TAMA - owen is one of my fave characters too tbh.

that said, I don't think this book will ever come to be. part of why I abandoned it in favor of TIN is that....I don't know how to explain it, the story didn't really work that well as a book! that's not to say I'll never write it or I'll never tell the joan/owen story in some other medium but....for now, I'm finished with the TBS universe and don't see myself returning to it in the near future. I've told the stories there I feel really strongly about telling. but I highly encourage folks to write fic about it, and there is probably some joan/owen stuff on ao3 already!

[rocketbirdie]

Hey op what happens if it ties???

Good question! Your guess is as good as mine lol. I'll probably make a sudden death tiebreaker poll in that case.

[monster-noises]

Consumed suddenly by the need to go to niagra falls.....

Anyoooooone wanna make a weekend trip sometime this summer? Maybe? Should costs be reasonable....

[countymir]

oh wow the wwwyfest stuff was real that's kind of surprising. maybe people who still mourn the cancelled mcr/the used tour CAN still have a win

[museenkuss]

By the way, Terracotta arrived yesterday. To make sure I wouldn’t repeat my Lust for Sun mistake, I only used a tiny bit today (two sprays) and I regret it a little because it’s HEAVENLY.

[fourteenfandomfan]

Daily goal reached: the spinal fluid is Contained

[tempertyzias]

I am Very tired so im risking taking a nap and setting a billion alarms so hopefully ill wake up in time for the sahcon showcase

[twelvedaysinaugust]

Haha, all I thought of the new tattoos were how they reminded me of Eleanor’s. Very delicate of Louis.

I also saw a man in a very redneck area of the southern US today (I’m from here but I got out lol) sporting a tattoo of a dagger through a rose on his neck and a butterfly on his tricep and immediately thought of..well…you know. That man prob doesn’t even know who Harry Styles is beyond maybe the dude in the dress.

Admittedly, I thought the same thing about Louis’ new tattoos.

[lilacerull0]

if i didn't like my header as much as i do, i'd consider incorporating those shots into my blog theme

[starbuck]

“…to me” is one of the most powerful disclaimers we have on here… is this character analysis accurate? debatable. but it’s real… to me.

[tuttle-did-it]

David Tennant for Prime Minister, please.

edit- Since this is getting so much attention, edited to include descriptions of screenshots.

This woman has lost her fucking mind.

Jo, are you okay?

[thefabelmans2022]

spent nearly half an hour in line waiting for triage at the eye hospital i think i'm gonna be here for a little while longer than i planned