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the-apology-dance · 1 year ago
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Crowley Can See Stars (Part 2)
I am furthering the idea of Crowley’s vision and have a headcanon I am in LOVE WITH and that he is partially colorblind due to his snake eyes, and has deuteranopia. He has two cones in his eyes that are able to define primary colors. This would be unlike a human, who has three functioning cones in their eyes allowing them to see THREE. Red, Green, and Blue.
Crowley’s color-blindness would make his vision sensitive to the colors Blue and Yellow. He would possess an insensitivity to green light, therefore making it very difficult for Crowley to differentiate greens, reds, and yellows.
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The top would be what Crowley would see as an Angel. The bottom would be what Crowley sees in the present with his snake eyes. Browns, yellows, and blues would be his spectrum when it comes to colors.
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He would pretty much see Aziraphale in full color, as he dresses in beige clothes, has very light hair, and blue eyes. Crowley would in fact, see WHITE in the rainbow. I personally love how nebulae look in Crowley’s eyes as a snake. The stars are still visible to him, and even being colorblind, the stars are quite beautiful.
This couples in with my headcanon of Azi having star shaped pupils.
I would honestly LOVE to see fanart of Crowley with his color blindness. Him believing he has curly brown hair, and yellowish eyes which are around the same shade. Aziraphale having the prettiest periwinkle eyes to him and almost blinding white hair. (Pls credit me for the idea if you do decide to draw this❤️✨)
(I plan on writing a fanfic about this very topic so if any of you do write fanfiction and would be interested in this, let me know. Crowley would see the stars as a pretty periwinkle shade and believe that they are just slightly purple-ish. Which I think is precious.🐍💫)
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yellowvixen · 2 years ago
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my contribution to the tails colour argument LOL
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babyspacebatclone · 1 year ago
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What really interests me is where I don’t see the color nuances.
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Anything with a circle-y thing is where I know there should be a color distinction because the other bands are otherwise uniform, but it’s a double (or triple on the yellow) wide band to me.
Except the Teal-Green section in the middle - that’s a gradient, and not distinct bands like everything else.
Oh, and there’s a brilliant pink in the middle of the purple section that is not part of the rainbow gradient, I’m not sure of that’s supposed to be doing that…
It’s blurry soft and genuinely freaks me out when even the weird bands where I can just faintly see a sort of highlight distinction are just pixel sharp.
I’m averaging out a 30 guess, my eyes hurt trying to stare hard enough to be precise, I’m counting the wiggly section as 2 because I can see 2 different colors at the ends I just can’t tell you where the transition is beyond “middle.”
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25% of the people have a 4th cone and see colors as they are
Given the sudden interest for the color of dresses and vision, here some of the fascinating findings we did recently.
The color nuances we see depend on the number and distribution of cones (=color receptors) in our eye. You can check this rainbow: how many color nuances do you count?
You see less than 20 color nuances: you are a dichromats, like dogs, which means you have 2 types of cones only. You are likely to wear black, beige, and blue. 25% of the population is dichromat.
You see between 20 and 32 color nuances: you are a trichromat, you have 3 types of cones (in the purple/blue, green and red area). You enjoy different colors as you can appreciate them. 50% of the population is trichromat.
You see between 33 and 39 colors: you are a tetrachromat, like bees, and have 4 types of cones (in the purple/blue, green, red plus yellow area). You are irritated by yellow, so this color will be nowhere to be found in your wardrobe. 25% of the population is tetrachromat.
You see more than 39 color nuances: come on, you are making up things! there are only 39 different colors in the test and probably only 35 are properly translated by your computer screen anyway :)
It is highly probable that people who have an additional 4th cone do not get tricked by blue/black or white/gold dresses, no matter the background light ;)
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Feel kind of bad that so many folks are reblogging this, because Snopes debunked it the day after it came out.
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neil-gaiman · 2 years ago
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I saw a theory that Aziraphale wears the colours he does (gold, light blue, white) because those are colours that snakes can see, ie Crowley. Any truth to this or does Aziraphale simply like these colours?
I think the colours Aziraphale wears in the TV series are more influenced by ideas of what's heavenly than by the fact that snakes have dichromatic vision and can't see shades of red. But if that's your headcanon then please, enjoy it.
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is-the-snake-video-cute · 1 year ago
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Wait... Snakes can see color??? I for some reason assumed they couldn't... how do they see? what do they see?
Yes! Snakes are dichromatic; they have blue and green cones and can see colors in those ranges. They can also easily distinguish white and black from other colors - a lot of pet snakes get excited to see white things because they associate the color with the white feeder rodents most people use! Blue is the color I often use to target-train my snakes because it seems to stand out very clearly to them.
Even though they can see color, many snakes don't have very good vision. They rely primarily on their sense of smell - a lot of shapes probably look very blurry to them!
Snake color vision probably looks similar to the left image below.
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crustycrackhead · 3 months ago
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Freaks I tell you, freaks
Swampcat part something, I think it’s neat that an alligator’s jaw muscles have little strength for opening their mouth… Frost would take advantage of that, for fun and consensual purposes ☝️
I think more animal traits need to be appreciated, gator and tiger. They silly, slow blinking and remaining entirely still is my favorite. Or like how Frost would have dichromatic vision, Kremy and Frost would have like same shade of color to him. Like okay… matching (I’m insane). Kremy would have like a gorgeous blue suit. Yeah— rambling rambling— SILLY FREAKS… THEY’RE BOTH STRONG SWIMMERS DAMNIT!!! GRRRR THAT’S SILLY TO ME, THEY SPLASH AND SHIT DAMN 🙄
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alectothinker · 1 month ago
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just realised that the lucky pov issue looks like this bc dogs r colorblind (have yellow-blue dichromatic vision) (similar to red-green colorblindness in humans).....love you dogy
god i love the team that worked on the fraction run. shoutout to colorist matt hollingsworth your brain is huge
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giginings · 2 years ago
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This was a hard choice but prompt 9. “ you’re a big girl, use your words. “ with overstimulation with Minji. Thank you bestie!! Take your time :D
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“ you’re a big girl, use your words “ + overstimulation + minji - newjeans
masterlist + 500 likes milestone
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warnings : brief dubcon but both reader and minji wants it
how did we get here…? oh, yes. now you remember. about 2 hours ago, kim minji had asked you if you wanted to partner with her for the science project. and of course, who were you to say no? especially after her not so slick attempts to get your attention.
she had felt so accomplished, thinking she had you wrapped around her finger. however, it proved to be the opposite as soon as she agreed to go over the details at your house. as soon as you heard the tap-tap-tap on your door, you hadn’t realized how fast you rushed downstairs. you opened the door and the first thing you saw was smiley, stunning kim minji. you wanted to pull her inside and ruin her. but you couldn’t, that would be letting her win.
so instead, you stepped to the side and waited for her to make her own way inside. you shut the door and locked it, before gesturing for her to get comfortable on your couch. once she sat down, you took the time to admire her outfit. white tennis skirt, pink plaid sweater vest. cute. you made your way to the couch next to her.
you opened your bookbag, asking her what she thought the two of you should start with first. you watched as she thought about it, paying attention to her lips, and how she nibbled on the bottom one. she did that a lot. after she took a while to think, she finally piped up to say “i think we should start with dichromatic and trichromatic vision.” that was fine with you. you both opened your books to the related page and got to work.
sooner or later, minji’s head ended up resting on your lap while you leaned back on the armrest of the couch. the two of you had given up on studying ages ago, doing your own things on your phone. you felt the girl that was laying on you shuffle and reposition herself. looking down so that you had a clear view of her, you realized she had turned on her stomach, looking up at you with those big puppy eyes. trying your best to ignore her, she carefully pushed your legs open. she started to softly push on your clothed clit, and you felt your breath hitch.
you saw her furrow her eyebrows, upset that you weren’t acknowledging her advances. she pushes harder, lessening your chances of being able to keep your calm. you nibble on your bottom lip, and as soon as she starts to rub your clit through your underwear, all intent of playing it cool went out the window. you grip her hair, yanking her up so that she was looking straight at you. her face had this stupid smirk on it, which just fed into your desire to ruin her. “you thought you were so fucking slick didn’t you?”
her silence caused you to continue. “you think i didn’t notice? you’re such a fucking whore, minji. you wanted my attention so badly, when you could have just told me that you wanted me.” she stared at you blankly, leading you to give her hair a hard yank. a yelp left her mouth. “well? you’re a big girl, use your words. what is it you want from me?”
“i…i want you. want your fingers in me, please?” that was all you needed to hear. you laid the girl down, lifting up her skirt. you couldn’t help but chuckle at the wet patch in the center of her panties. pulling them down to her ankles, you made her spread her legs so you had a clear view of her glistening cunt.
you ran a finger down her slit, sending a shiver down minji’s spine. a gasp left her mouth once you started to rub her clit, your thumb entering her hole. you thrusted your thumb into her messy cunt, the sound of her whimpers and moans washing out the squelching sound coming fron her hole. replacing your thumb with your index and middle finger, you fucked her faster. she gripped onto your arm, her moans increasing in volume. you could tell she was close the way she squeezed your fingers.
the girl finally creamed around your fingers, but your movements never faltered. "w-wait, what are you-" you cut the girl off while she was speaking, "you were trying so hard for this, and now you're gonna fucking get it." at this point her fingernails were digging into the flesh of your arm, the sensitivity of her last orgasm making it easier for minji to cum quicker. "fuck, wait-" before you knew it, she was cumming around your fingers again while a string of profanities and moans left her mouth.
"cmon, you can give me one more." minji shook her head, tears forming in her eyes due to the intensity of the pleasure she was feeling. her abused hole ached, but she still found herself trying to fit as much of your fingers inside of her as possible. you added a third finger, stretching out her messy cunt. "wait, stop- stop, 'm gonna-" her words were cut off, her essence coating your couch, fingers and wrist.
minji had squirted all over the fabric of your couch, her frail body shaking because of how hard she had just came. her breathing was ragged, and strands of her hair stuck to her forehead. the sight was so incredibly hot.
maybe it wouldn't hurt to have a bit more fun with her, would it?
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gratifyingdays · 1 month ago
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Grat's Character Sheet:
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(THIS IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT A CHARACTER SHEET, PLEASE BARE WITH ME IM NEW.)
Name: Gratifying Days.
True Name: Feuer Days.
Username: GratifyingDays
Nicknames: Grat, Sun Child, The Sun King, Glowstick, Light Taker, Lemon, Silly Demon.
Age: 19 (In demon years!)
Birthday: April 20th ????
Pronouns: He/Him.
Gender: Male.
Sexuality: Homosexual.
Species: Demon (Pride/Wrath Hybrid)
Disorders: Insomnia, Autism, PTSD, CPTSD, NPD, OCD, Depression, Unipolar Mania.
Physicial conditions: Dichromatic Vision, Solar Retinopathy.
Addictions: Smoking and Drinking.
Religion: None, but he'll follow whatever benefits him the most.
Job: Puppet!
Past job: King (Dictator👎).
Past birthplace: Somewhere in hell?
Past homes: His fathers train, heaven, his realm.
Living: Daisy's house! (He sleeps in the trees, specifically the big one in heaven.)
Languages: English and Demonic.
Height: 6'5. (Tall guy!!!)
Powers: Shape-shifting, Possession, Enhanced hearing, Enhanced strength, Enhanced speed, Fire and light elemental powers, Teleportation, Invisibility.
Weaknesses: Cold temperatures, holy items, darkness, his loyalty.
Weapons: A golden sword, a golden axe, His claws and teeth.
Alignment: Chaotic neutral/lawful evil.
Favorite animals: Cats and Birds!!!
(There diffrent in his realm!)
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Diet: He's not too picky with his food, but definitely prefers any type of cooked meat and any type of tea! And souls occasionally!!
Scent: Smoke and antique cologne.
Favorite flowers: Coreopsis and Yellow Roses. (Not sunflowers, surprising, I know!!)
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Theme:
Playlist:
Fun Fact: He feels no remorse for the realms he's left without a sun! Those losers should have been more prepared!
Soul: Witch's hat mushroom!
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Grat!:
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Family: Ottone "Brass-Hat" Days and Cordelia "Svet" Days.
Friends: The Cultivator, Alice, Daisy, Dayfare, Ebrofour, Jessa, Asa, Lancia, Sotomania, Cosmo, Zailyn, Radio, Pixy, AND SO MANY MORE!!!
Pets: Three cats, Hope, Ambi and Faith!!!
Brief personality:
Grat is a very cheerful and energetic demon most of the time! He's always willing to help if he can! Sometimes, he can be a tad bit too energetic and get violent, but he really doesn't do it out of anger or hatred.
A lot of Grat's cheerfulness is an act, he fears people wouldn't like him so much if he wasn't so happy all the time, and if they don't like him... How could he accomplish his goals?
He tends to over think a lot.
When he's in the dark for too long, he can be very apathetic and distant due to his unresolved trauma and fears of his past.
Grat is an incredibly loyal worker and would do just about anything for the person he's working for! Unless it threatens the safety of his suns of course.
Very Brief Backstory:
Grat grew up on his father's train, would cause mischief there and steal from passengers. Stole a book about the sun. Became obsessed with that book about the sun and ran away to train so he could escape hell. Became big and strong and escaped hell, more training, beat up angels, became a cruel ruler in heaven. Befriended the God of that reality, created a realm together. Blah blah blah, went to other realities together and stole their suns too.
There realm couldn't handle all of the suns so the God sacrificed themselves to save the realm, blah blah blah, Grat lost most of his powers but didn't give up, now in a new reality working on getting more power and suns then hopefully returning to his realm when done!
(This is a very simplified version of this because there's still a lot of story things I need to figure out. I'm not a writer, so forgive me if it's not great or if things are misspelled. I have never created anything on the scale of this character or even shared any of my characters online, so I am very much out of my depth and would appreciate it if you didn’t judge too harshly!🙏)
(I hope I didn't mess this up hhhhh...)
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the-apology-dance · 1 year ago
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“Periwinkle?”
I hope you all enjoy this little one shot I created about the Ineffable Husbands. Quite a few of you wanted to see this fic, so here it is!
(@lilhappytweety) (@siskey) I hope I made you proud.Enjoy this little one shot!🐍✨
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After the body swap, Aziraphale had discovered a secret that Crowley never wanted him to find out. When the swap happened, many colors had faded and the world seemed to look completely different to Aziraphale. The demon’s fiery locks had faded into a brown color, yet his eyes remained the yellow color that he had known for millennia now.
Crowley had always hated his eyes, and the color yellow. That just so happened to be Aziraphale’s favorite color, mostly because of the demon himself. Trust him, Aziraphale was well aware of the demon’s hatred for his eyes in general, believing that they were just another insult from The Almighty and a reminder that he was the Serpent Of Eden, and had been the one to tempt Eve into eating the apple in the first place.
If Aziraphale hadn’t been on apple tree duty that day, he most likely would’ve never met Crowley. Well, back then he had been “Crawley”. His point still stood though. Sitting in The Ritz, Aziraphale blurted out the question quite abruptly.
“Crowley, why in all the years that I have known you, have you never made me aware that you were partially colorblind?” Crowley practically spat his drink across the table. Aziraphale wasn’t surprised about his response to this, as he had given him no warning. Crowley mumbled a response quietly, but still loud enough for the Angel to hear.
“Well, when you spend 6000 years having snake eyes and being colorblind, you get used to it.” Aziraphale’s eyebrows furrowed before practically dragging him out of The Ritz, despite Crowley’s protests. He had an idea.
“Angel! Where the Heaven are you taking me?!” Aziraphale practically dragged Crowley back to St. James’s Park, sitting down on bright green grass. Patting the ground next to him, he smiled at the demon who slowly sat. A few ducks wandered about in the darkness, the sounds of crickets filling the air.
“Crowley. I want to see what you see.” Crowley raised an eyebrow at him, Aziraphale chuckling softly. Inhaling deeply, he tilted his head quizzically.
“Ngk, um, your eyes are a very light blueish-purple-“ Aziraphale raised his eyebrows at him, hoping to fill in the word he was missing.
“Periwinkle?” Crowley nodded, Aziraphale beaming as he listed off questions. He wanted to know Crowley’s world. Through his eyes. Aziraphale pointed upwards.
“What about space? Can you see it?” Giving a breathy laugh, he nodded. Aziraphale snapped his fingers and a picnic blanket was underneath the pair.
“The stars are the same color as your eyes. Never minded that part of being colorblind.” Aziraphale scooted closer to Crowley, his head resting on Crowley’s chest as Crowley ran his free hand through Aziraphale’s unruly curls. Pointing out constellation after constellation, Aziraphale gave small hums of agreement, letting Crowley know he was still listening.
He had made stars up in Heaven, although Aziraphale wasn’t sure if he remembered that part. He still was fascinated by stars, galaxies, and nebulae just as much as he was back then. He tried not to show it though.
“That there is Ursa Minor.” Nodding, Aziraphale let his eyes shut, still listening to Crowley. The Little Dipper. He loved seeing his demon so passionate about some of the galaxies he helped create.
“So what is the true difference between a planet and a star?” Crowley seemed to answer a little too quickly, to his embarrassment.
“Stars produce their own light and heat. Planets can’t. That’s why we see them in space.” Aziraphale gave a small ‘huh’ noise. Crowley was filled with knowledge of the universe that was just as vast as the thing itself. He had said this in a tone that implied that it was simply common knowledge and he didn’t quite understand why some people didn’t know.
Crowley was Aziraphale’s star. He would forever shine brighter than a demon or Angel because he was different. The Almighty may have taken away some of his vision, but they granted him “Imagination”. He was one of the most creative people he knew.
Crowley was akin to a star in the way he shined, but also, he was like a planet, forever orbiting Aziraphale. The two supernatural beings were their own nebulae. Colorful and bright. Gasses and dust mixed together in a beautiful galactic dance that created a kaleidoscope of colors.
Each time they interact, more and more protostars are born. Still young. Babies that are just starting out. And it will stay that way for billions of years. Like Crowley had said before, a nebula is a star factory.
They were each other’s universes. Every touch, kiss, hug, creating an explosion of a supernova. Hot as energy surged off of them in waves. Then it was back to becoming nebulae again. The process happened in a never ending cycle. He glanced up at Crowley’s fiery red locks.
He was Aziraphale’s own Red Giant star. Exhaling, he let out a content sigh. As long as he had Crowley, he would be happy with his partner and every single one of his periwinkle tinted protostars.
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wolves-facts · 11 months ago
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Wolves have dichromatic vision, meaning they have only two types of cones in their eyes to discern color. By human standards, this is colorblindness (as humans typically have three cones), but this does not mean wolves cannot see color at all. They can discern blues and yellows, just not reds and greens, which appear dull and gray.
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prismaticpichu · 3 months ago
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Hi pichu!!! <3
I see a lot of people make headcanons that Sephiroth's eyes dilate like a cats' bc of the way his eyes are, but I NEVER see people think about the other stuff it'd mean!
Like wouldn't he also be colorblind since cats have different vision than we do? And I'm not an expert on cat-vision lol, but a quick Google search of what cats see show blurred peripheral vision too :o (but idk if that'd really be super accurate 😭💔)
so basically, what-if Sephiroth had bad vision lmfao 💀💔
Heya, friendo!!! Hope you’re doing well!!!
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LMAO this is for real something that’s crossed my mind too!! 🤣🤣 Like, yes, he does have those slitted pupils… but what does that actually mean??? Welp, let’s see!!!
*does a quick google search as well, double-checking some sources*
“Scientists used to think cats were dichromats – able to only see two colors – but they're not, exactly. While feline photoreceptors are most sensitive to wavelengths in the blue-violet and greenish-yellow ranges, it appears they might be able to see a little bit of green as well. In other words, cats are mostly red-green color blind, as are many of us, with a little bit of green creeping in” - Wired.com
“What colors can cats see? Cats primarily see muted shades of blue-violet and yellow-green but are unable to perceive red, orange, and brown.” - TheWildest.com
What’s bolded in pink is what I find the most interesting, bc it made me think of two REALLY interesting things:
1. Sephiroth can’t see Genesis’s stylish red outfit. Ouch!!
2. Sephiroth cannot see the color of the blood he sheds, nor the angry orange that SWALLOWED NIBELHEIM WHOLE… ouch.
In terms of peripheral vision…!
“Cats have a wider field of view — about 200 degrees, compared with humans' 180-degree view. Cats also have a greater range of peripheral vision, all the better to spot that mouse (or toy) wriggling in the corner.” - LiveScience.com
In ADDITION:
“Depth perception in vertical slit pupils is even better than in round pupils because the smaller animals are closer to the ground. Additionally, having vertical slits allows them to better hunt at night, thus, these animals are more likely to be nocturnal.” - DirtyClassroom.com
“Predatory animals with vertical slit pupils, like cats and many snakes, can maintain sharp focus across the horizontal field of view and more accurately judge distance to their prey. Horizontal slit pupils, on the other hand, sacrifice image sharpness at the left and right edges in return for wider peripheral vision.” - LifeScience.com
Okay!! So we know that Sephiroth has vertically-slitted pupils, meaning that his depth perception is more enhanced than ours!! 😂 Cats, on top of that, also have better peripheral vision than us rounded-pupil folk!! This man truly is superior lmaooooooooo!!
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HOWEVER, it is just really funny to imagine Sephiroth needing glasses xDD Like… the strongest fella in all the land needing to slide on some spectacles in order to read a menu dhdhdhdhdhh!!! Them darn WORDS!! 🤣
Anyyywhoooo, this has been your impromptu research session from Professor Pichu 😂❤️ Plz feel free to take out an independent study material for the rest of class!
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gluedwithgold · 4 months ago
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So Fawn is a deer... duh... and deer have dichromatic vision so I decided to draw how Fawn see's the other characters.
This is probably not 100% accurate but I did my best lol
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itsguysnightitsironic · 2 years ago
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Falling into the background.
Did you know that tigers are orange to confuse their prey since most mammals have a dichromatic vision and can only perceive red as green? Even tigers.
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EVEN TIGERS.
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funnywormz · 1 year ago
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OK. some quick cardassian speculative biology headcanon thoughts before i go to bed. i might incorporate this stuff into a more formal well formated thing later but rn i'm just spewing some thoughts
cardassians are not poikilotherms (as in earth reptiles) - they're endotherms (more specifically fitting into the baseoendotherm category imo, see this paper for more info on that term). their average healthy body temperature is ~34-35°C, so a little cooler than humans, but still warm.
cardassians are able to enter a state of torpor under high stress or in very cold or hot conditions, in which their body temperature can drop as low as 20°C and their bmr (basal metabolic rate) is significantly reduced. however, entering this state is often a last resort, as it's quite dangerous and can become a precursor to death if the stressful environmental conditions aren't ameliorated.
cardassians do not like the cold, and will enter a state of cold induced torpor in temperatures which are relatively survivable for a human being. even when it isn't cold enough to threaten their health, a cardassian can become drowsy and uncomfortable in cooler temperatures. they tend to find temperatures of 25°C and above the most comfortable.
they have dichromatic vision, which corresponds to red-green colour blindness in humans. however, despite having less cone cells, their eyes have far more rod cells than a human being, giving them excellent night vision. this is aided by the presence of a tapetum lucidum (which has the added bonus of looking super creepy in a dark room).
the forehead ridge or "chufa" (i've heard this term was coined in a particular cardassian speculative biology fic but i have yet to find it, please lmk if you have a link!) is actually a pineal eye. like most (extant earth animal) pineal eyes, it is covered with skin and has little purpose other than differentiating between light and shadow. most cardassians are not consciously aware of perception from this eye, but may subconsciously change their behaviour based on its input (i.e., a cardassian with their chufa covered may end up feeling fatigued, as light detection from the chufa helps them to maintain their circadian rhythm and if light isn't falling on it, their body will produce more sleep hormones). a sleeping cardassian can quickly be woken by a change in ambient light, as their chufa never "closes", and so can detect light changes even when they're asleep.
cardassians are more light sensitive than humans. their natural circadian rhythm is more crepuscular than diurnal, and so they are most alert and active at dawn/dusk or in lower light levels.
cardassians have both "scales" and hair, much like an armadillo. the scales function as armor plating, with the most armor on the sides and back of the neck, and over the spine, although it is present to some degree over the whole body.
they have to shed in order to grow, and adults continue to shed their scales, albeit at a lower frequency. shedding happens once every few months in children and juveniles, and once ever 1-3 years in adults. shedding lasts about 2 weeks. it is seen as a time of vulnerability, as it generally leads to a decrease in energy, among other symptoms, and a freshly shed cardassian's armor is soft and easy to pierce. for that reason, adult cardassians will often disguise the signs of shedding (i.e., paling of the scales is compensated for through applying makeup etc), and usually become reclusive and defensive once it can no longer be disguised.
cardassians naturally have a range of pigmentation in the chufa and neck ridges, ranging from grey to bright blue. these areas contain simple chromatophores, and in all cardassians they tend to "flush" blue when they're excited or experiencing intense emotions. however, their "neutral" colour can differ greatly from individual to individual. some cardassians use makeup to enhance the colours (think blush or lipstick in humans), as a more vivid blue is sometimes seen as attractive. the coloration is not sexually dimorphic.
cardassians do not have a corpus callosum between their brain hemispheres, instead they have multiple commissures. i might think more abt this one and the potential effects on cognition later but rn i just think it's cool and wanted to include a mention of it at least
ok that is all i have for now lol i'm getting sleepy........ as i said earlier, i may add to this post if i get more ideas, and maybe one day present this stuff in a better format
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shayrose5494 · 8 months ago
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Does Husk think Angel is Green?
Ok, so I just saw a video about a theory that Alastor has the same vision of a deer (dichromatic vision). They can see yellow and blues, but not red and green. So they did a video with a filter that may be how Alastor sees colors.
Now I need to know, could Husk have cat vision? Here's what an article said about how a cat sees color:
"They can see shades of blue and green, but reds and pinks can be confusing. These may appear more green, while purple can look like another shade of blue."
So, does Husk think that most of hell is green and blue?!?! Does he think that Angel is a shade of light green? I need to know!!!!!
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