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to wish upon a shooting star 🌠✨🌟 | This was my piece for @windowtoworlds
#magical girl#illustration#trans art#original art#artists on tumblr#carina#canopus#to wish upon a star#this is the protagonist from the same trans magical girl story I posted sketches for before!#wtw#window to the worlds
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Hey Aby ! I have a question (actually, two) for you regarding bizzare dolls that came into my mind just recently, maybe you’ve answered this question before so i apologize in advance.
Firstly, why do you think the Star Lords exist in the first place ? Like, sure, they “take care” of the blood collecting centers, but what else ? Do you think they have any purpose other than this ? Are they part of something greater ? Because as of now it seems to me they’re actually a waste of energies for Undertaker (like, you know, having to harvest blood for all of them, making sure they’re healthy and don’t lose control…)
Second and last question, why the different blood types ? I’ll explain this better, if Undertaker’s main goal is to keep R!Ciel ‘alive’ why not collecting just Sirius blood and calling it a day ?
I take this opportunity to thank you for being the literal pillar and backbone of our fandom 🫶🏻 who knows what we would be without you ! Lots of love !
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Ok, so I've sort of answered these questions before, but I'll try to be more specific and in depth about it here.
Why the Star Lords to begin with?
There are several parts to this answer, and I'll go into some more details about each one:
The star lords exist because Undertaker wants to bring back real Ciel
Even this part of the answer requires looking at a few different aspects. Real Ciel is one of the star lords, so wanting to bring him back automatically explains why he's one of them. Bringing in other individuals can serve some purposes. Such as:
So real Ciel isn't the only one; he's not alone. It gives him the added bonus of having (loyal) allies to go up against our earl and his allies (particularly Baldo, Mey-Rin, and Finny). These star lords can fight very well (though that might not be the case for real Ciel, since he's apparently only getting AB blood transfusions. More on that later. And he might naturally not be as physically inclined or well-trained). We pretty much have to assume, by now, that Polaris is the one who kills Agni. Real Ciel shooting at Soma (who mistook the shooter for our earl) and Polaris (mistaken for Sebastian, probably) killing Agni turned Soma into an enemy. Much of the star lords' existence seems to be about getting rid of our earl's support system.
The others might end up serving real Ciel in some other way, too, such as collecting blood supplies from the other facilities; we know Vega (Layla/Al) and Polaris are sent off by Undertaker to do that. At some point, real Ciel wants one of them to act as his butler, and later Polaris seems to be filling that role, even though he was away and unable to serve as one earlier. Either way, Polaris identifies as a butler "even in death".
So there's a representative for each major blood type (more on that in part two). That's about religion (or occultism), symbolism, and balance. It's also about scientific research.
The star lords exist because Undertaker wants to make a point to our earl about the choices he makes (which I find very ironic).
Choosing Doll (to represent Canopus) might have something to do with wanting to make our earl feel guilty for her death... if he ever sees her or finds out about her return. We won't know what/how he finds out until we get back to him and he's receiving reports. We aren't quite sure yet who Polaris is, but I suspect he's a former Phantomhive butler, and that could make our earl feel bad about his death, too, even though there was no way for him to prevent it. (Mostly, someone like a former Phantomhive butler for Polaris would be for the fierce loyalty that could be achieved with his "episodes".)
The star lords exist because Yana-san needs to provide more adversity.
Undertaker might also see Doll as someone who could take Snake away from our earl, because of their history. And even if Undertaker doesn't have that in mind, Yana-san sure does; it makes sense from a writer's perspective to have each of our earl's helpers deal with something that exposes their emotions and/or weaknesses. With Doll, Snake feels a sense of belonging, while Finny feels guilt. Layla/Al is good to go up against Lau and Baldo because they likely wouldn't suspect a little girl (by all appearances) to be much of a threat. Polaris is so strong, fast, and flexible that Mey-Rin and Ran-Mao have no idea how lucky they are that they were gone by the time Polaris found out what had happened. Agni and Soma weren't as lucky, dealing with Polaris and real Ciel. 😢
The star lords exist because backers of Aurora Society begged and/or paid to have dead loved ones revived.
At least that's what I think in the case of Layla/Al. I suspect she might be Baron Heathfield's dead daughter. Undertaker agreeing to help restore Heathfield's family might be why Heathfield got involved with Undertaker and the Aurora Society. Not just to find the right "soul shape" for his wife... but also to somehow revive his daughter.
The star lords exist because Undertaker is still curious about humanity (life, death, souls, etc.).
He's continuing to experiment. Even though the main purpose seems to be to revive real Ciel, the effects are much wider in scope. They really are one big series of experiments. Some elements of what he's been working on (possibly with a helper, like Druitt, on the medical aspects):
Manipulating cinematic records. He started out -- probably long before real Ciel was killed -- just adding little snippets of himself to their records, much like the BDs on the ship. He says that when he started working on real Ciel his revival techniques weren't up to snuff (not nonexistent, just not strong enough), so he needed to make quick progress. The others on the ship weren't for that purpose, so they don't really count here. The murders at Weston gave him an opportunity to improve upon record manipulation. And so do the other lords of the stars. This gives him more time to cherry pick which "episodes" to use for each one.
Blood typing and transfusion technology. It is way more advanced (than it should be at this time) because of his work... or the work of whoever is helping him in the lab. It's already led to the development of dialysis machines, too, which brings in another money-making opportunity. The star lords might not have functioning hearts, bone marrow, livers, or kidneys, so the blood transfusions are an ongoing need.
Organ transplants. Experimentation continues with organ transplants, since the orphanage staff mentions something about how hard it is to match the kids up with the star lords based on aptitude. With organ transplants, matching blood type isn't always enough. The personality test doesn't guarantee any more precision, of course, either, but that's not exactly the purpose of that test. Also, transplanted organs don't last forever, even in living humans, so they probably last even less time in a BD. As a star lord wears out their transfused blood, they probably also wear out transplanted organs and other tissues.
Soul transplants. We don't have absolute proof just yet, but I do think Undertaker is also experimenting with transplanting souls into the star lords. On the ship, he says BDs can't do anything with the souls of the people they attack. And he says he can't make souls. However, he hasn't said he can't manipulate souls that already exist; definitely, he has soul manipulation abilities that the BDs lack, and I think he's testing the limits of his own abilities. He's also got Heathfield thinking that he needs to find a woman with a soul the same "shape" as his dead wife's. As I said before, I think Undertaker might be using Heathfield's dead wife as a test subject for soul transplants. I do think he wants to transplant a similar or same-shaped soul into each of the star lords. Either Layla has Al due to one of these experiments... or Undertaker chose Layla to be one of the star lords partly because she already has Al, and Undertaker wants to study this dual personality. His reasoning might go that if he could just transplant the right soul into a star lord, then that star lord would be truly revived... would be able to pump and clean the blood that's been transfused... would be able to make more blood for themselves... would be able to make better use of the organs they've received.
The star lords exist because Undertaker needs a gimmick to lure in people to give blood (whether or not they know that blood is being taken) and for patrons to donate money.
And that's where the different blood types become even more important.
Why the different blood types?
I suppose Undertaker could focus all the efforts on just getting AB "Sirius" blood for real Ciel. But there are benefits to collecting all four types in the ABO blood grouping system (ignoring Rh factor).
AB is rare, and it would still require blood typing a large number of people to figure out who has AB. Hence why they opened Sphere Music Hall and made it a mixing space for all walks of life, placed ads for maids of all backgrounds for Heathfield, offered state of the art medical services for veterans at Athena Sanatorium. and provided a shelter and rare education opportunity for orphans at F. O. L. And people would feel unwelcome if most of them (or any of them, really) were turned away. Making the facilities as inclusive as possible (particularly the music hall and Heathfield's manor) increases the likelihood of getting enough AB blood for real Ciel.
And since Undertaker (and whoever) now also has all this blood for A, B, and O, he should do something with it. By then, probably anticipating the fact that he'd have blood supplies for different recipients, he'd have selected the other three star lords to match the remaining blood types. Each star lord just sort of falls into place, most likely. Real Ciel has AB. "Polaris" is A, so that works. This girl Layla is unusual, plus she's got type O; great, let's bring her on board. And Doll happens to be B; perfect, now all four types are covered.
In the case of Sphere Music Hall, there's also a major occult aspect to it, and having these four portray worshipped individuals works out well to lure people in and gives each visitor a purpose. Even the lesser "stars" that make up the multitudes are useful. Truth is, most of them didn't even know about the star lords; they were too caught up in adoration for the idol singers. Built-in idolatry. Layer upon layer to shroud the star lords in mystery.
For a while, there was so much extra A and O blood that they could also distribute it to renal failure patients who donated money to Aurora Society. Like those old guys in Bath.
There's also the fact that a major truth about the ABO blood grouping system has been, so far, either ignored or misunderstood within the story. When it comes to whole blood transfusions, AB is the universal recipient, so real Ciel doesn't have to "starve" from the scarcity of his blood type. All this time, he could have accepted any of them. It actually all could have been collected for him... from anyone (again, ignoring rh factor). All this trouble to collect AB blood for him could have been avoided, but either the researchers don't yet know this fact, or they know but still aren't making use of it. There is also the possibility that even real Ciel now knows this, but he's refusing anything but AB due to elitist bias. Keep in mind that they have created their own caste system within this "blue cult", despite saying how everyone is welcome and to be treated equally. There's obviously a premium put on Sirius and Canopus. And there've been a few times where individuals talked down to anyone who wasn't amongst the cult's elite and described the vast majority of participants as lesser or "dim" stars.
I'm still waiting for someone (maybe Sieglinde?) to point this out to Undertaker (and whoever is doing the bulk of the blood work). So, part of the reason to have a star lord for each blood type might be to lead up to the revelation that they went through a bunch of completely unnecessary lengths... and to maybe show them that -- for all the knowledge they had -- they still knew so little.
Well, I hope this sufficiently answers your questions. 😂 I feel like I'm forgetting something, but after typing this much, I can't think too clearly about what that might be. 😮💨 😅
And thank you so much!! 😊
#black butler#kuroshitsuji#blood groups#star lord#lords of the stars#real ciel#ciel phantomhive#polaris#lord polaris#canopus#lord canopus#vega#lord vega#layla#al#undertaker#medical advancements#medical technology#soul shape#shape of souls#transfusions#organ transplants#doll#anon asks#i answer#answered asks#long post#long reads#feb 1 2024#sorry for the delay
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I've noticed quite a lot of Magistracy of Canopus misinformation (or more deliberately only talking about the positives) targeted towards new Battletech fans here on Tumblr. The MoC may have catgirls, drugs, and gambling as you have likely heard, but they also have:
Unrestricted capitalism- Wealth is everything, if someone can make a dollar at someone else's expense, THEY WILL.
Corruption- A part of the first point, want to be a military officer or government official? A big enough bribe and it's yours! No qualifications or experience? Don't worry! You have money!
Slavery- Yep, that's right. Technically "indentured servitude", but if you have enough debt (and in the Magistracy that's more than likely) you may be coerced into agreeing to a contract forcing you to work for free (or possibly a few dollars a week) until you've "paid off" your debt. But remember! The contract holder is paying for your food, shelter, and health! So that'll be added to the debt you owe. Good luck working enough to pay it off!
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Mirdyn joined
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sustuğum zaman konuşmadığımı zannettin. dışarıya akamayan bir gözyaşı, bin gözyaşı olarak içime akmıştı, görmen gerekirdi. her yara dışa kan akıtmaz, öğrenmen gerekirdi.
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Some art for aro week
This is focused on aroace characters because I don't have enough aroallos. So I say a picture of an aroace rainbow and that made me realize that the aroace flag looks exactly like the colors of a blackbody at increasing temperatures. Each character is a star oc and there is one for each of the seven main spectral (color and temperature) types of stars.
And here's a version without the color overlay
#sss#my art#oc art#astronomy#space#digital art#artists on tumblr#aroace#aromantic#aromantic asexual#asexual#aro week#gacrux#eltanin#chara#chara sss#zosma#canopus#kakkab#alpha camelopardalis#alpha cam
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Heyo,
Here’s another stupid battletech thought… so myomer is basically synthetic muscle right? Just stronger and on a battlemech scale (although I think it’s also used in cybernetics?). And surely there’s some stretchy silicone like material in BT? So anyway, onto the question/thought.
How realistic would it be to say someone could build this in battletech? Like it wouldn’t be a good battlemech, or even a good mech overall. But the question is could it be a functional one? Is this basically the equivilant of a (nearly) armorless (battle)mech? What are the chances someone on Canopus has a 10 meter tall piloted robot maid?
(Art by WYD1000 on deviantart)
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wind caller Canopus my beloved
#タクティクスオウガ#tactics ogre#tactics ogre reborn#quest corporation#square enix#Canopus#Canopus windcaller#windcaller#jrpg#srpg#artist on tumblr#illustration
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Further update to my Pacifican Night-Stalkers. Now with some more lore!
“Each pilot is chosen for three things; their loyalty to the Magistracy of Canopus above all others, their willingness to keep secrets upon pain of torture and death, and how badly each man wishes to be stepped upon by Lady Centrellia and how degradingly they wish to be called by her.” “To a man, every single pilot is a simp, in the old Terran terminaology. And they are the biggest simps of them all.” “This devotion is desplayed upon their machines, in Ares Convention compliance (a mockery of it, more honestly, as the Conventions have long since been done away with), as every one bears a stripe of Magistracy royal green upon their right arm or weapon-limb.”
*You can see that best on the Marauder II C on the right there, just behind the PPC*
#mechwarrior#battletech#battlemech#original characters#pacifican night stalkers#magistracy of canopus#canopus
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Ch205 (p2), Apititude
Idk what's up with the typos lately, but I hope they fix this before the Yen Press volume gets printed. Anyway....
We start where we left off, with Doll saying "Snake...?" First, Snake answers as himself. Then Emily has him ask what's happened to her. But we return to Snake speaking for himself (I think) when he asks if that's blood. Emily wouldn't need to ask because, as a snake, she can definitely tell exactly what that is.
The head matron just says Doll is sick and receiving treatments for it. Then she suggests they all go upstairs, where they can ask questions while she makes tea. But Theo sees through the BS and calls her out on it.
He clearly sees that the bottle Doll is receiving "treatment" from says Canopus, meaning she must be the Canopus star he overheard them talking about earlier. And he addresses Doll directly.
Doll is sweating, but before she can answer, the head matron notices the jars of organs and demands to know why they are holding them. I guess it's still the head matron saying it must be Theo's idea, saying it's difficult to deal with these kids when they match their aptitudes too well. Especially the Pomeranians, I should think.
What a terrible person that she would shoot at children and that her only regret is to waste the body of such a promising candidate for one of the stars (Lord Sirius/Ciel, in this case). Honestly, I should think Undertaker and real Ciel would be particularly upset that Theo had been killed like this. His body would be severely damaged, and his soul would be gone before Undertaker could collect it for his own purposes.
#black butler#kuroshitsuji#ch205#chapter release#chapter review#chapter analysis#fol orphanage#head matron#doll#snake#snake's snakes#emily#theo#theodore#blood transfusion#lords of the stars#canopus#lord canopus#oct 18 2023#part two#part 2
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Starry-eyed in the Southern Hemisphere
RIO DE JANEIRO A city of almost 7 million people with an attendant level of light pollution isn’t the optimum place to take in the night sky, but I can’t stop doing that here anyway. Because for the first time in my 52 years on this planet, I don’t see the same stars and constellations when I look up after dark. The obvious attraction above is the Southern Cross, a constellation iconic enough…
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#Alpha Centauri#astronomy#Brazil#Canopus#constellations#Crux#light pollution#night sky#Rigil Kentaurus#Rio#Rio de Janeiro#Southern Cross
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Today's Flickr photos with the most hits: Hadrian's villa, at Tivoli.
An enormous complex of buildings with both government and personal functions. The photo on-site shows the Nymphaeum at the far end of the Canopus - an extended rectangular basin that celebrated the geographical extent and distinctive peoples and cultures of Empire, but all the villa's buildings showcased locations of particular significance to Hadrian.
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