#earth flavors

[coffeenewstom]

Kretisches Kaffeetagebuch: earth flavors - Γαιας γευσεις - Gaias Gefseis

Wer gerne einmal beim Aussuchen völlig überfordert sein möchte, den empfehle ich die Bäckerei “earth flavors” in der Altstadt von Rethymno. Ist die Auswahl an Backwaren in vielen griechischen Bäckereien und Konditoreien schon ziemlich umfangreich, so wird man hier doch regelrecht vom Angebot erschlagen. Wenn man weiß, wo sie ist, dann ist sie leicht zu finden. Folgt man der Ethnikis Antistaseos…

[the-tiniest-demigod]

Could you imagine the amount of stimulation that would come with kinito coming out of the computer for the first time. do you think he could handle it

one second he's not feeling anything then next it's EVERYTHING. he can hear everything, sounds the computer microphone couldnt pick up before. he can see everything, pixels smaller than he could ever imagine. he can feel everything, the light breeze. the sun. the humidity. every breath going in and out of his gills. the sweat on his face and the tears welling in his eyes. The complete panic and fear as he goes into fight or flight do you understand

someone get this thang some noise canceling headphones

[faeriekit]

My favorite "emotional support" archetypes:

White haired dead kid

That guy's just autistic I think but this is a surreal setting so I'm rooting for him

Arsonist (emotional instability)

Accidental arsonist (ADHD)

"This prophecy fucking sucks and I don't want to be here" <- least luckiest person in the world

Baby (a child)

Babygirl (emotionally unstable man)

Milf (emotionally unstable man)

Instigator™️

Female serial killer

Guy/gal/icon who means well but has never been honest nor emotionally vulnerable once in their godsdamned life

Magician, but the magic is Fucked Up™️

*Matching special interests*

Milf (badass "can't tame her" energy)

Transgender allegory

"Your father died, and for fucked up reasons, you're the only one left of your people. Bet that won't have long term consequences huh."

And, of course,

Goth.

[puppsworld]

I've been yapping about fire ghouls too much.... so maybe I talk about earth ghouls...

Earth ghouls who're ambush predators. Earth ghouls who walk almost as silently as quintessence ghouls.

Earth ghouls who can't help but lurk just behind the corner when they catch a sibling out past curfew, following them around to... "keep an eye on them" in case they're up to no good.

Earth ghouls who have a bad habit of looming over the siblings from behind a hedge in the garden - tall as a tree with big hungry eyes and mouths full of sharp teeth.

Earth ghouls who grin as a show of aggression, the one earth ghoul trait Swiss seemed to get from being a multi.

Smaller earth ghouls who perch in trees or burrow under the ground and cover themselves in leaves. Bigger earth ghouls who can perfectly camouflage themselves in the dense forest on the Ministry's estate.

Earth ghouls <3

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

some alien fish concepts for my headworld. well. one of them. the dragon one! well. one of them-

tiny note that these are not to scale compared to each other <3

[anghraine]

Just thinking about Gondor, as usual, and how wild it is that the (supposedly minority!) population of Gondorians who speak Sindarin and/or know Quenya at the end of the Third Age is likely higher than the combined number of all Elves still remaining in Middle-earth who can speak either.

Tolkien's specific statement is that more Men speak Sindarin or know Quenya than Elves do either, but while this group of Men would encompass people like the Northern Dúnedain, Théoden, etc, the letter directly links this to Gondorian usage of Sindarin and Quenya. That does make sense given the extreme population disparities involved; the vast majority of the Men in question would pretty much have to come from Gondor. Certainly, the only place where we actually see widespread, casual, local Sindarin usage among Men is Minas Tirith (though we know the linguistic patterns of MT are also characteristic of Dol Amroth and likely throughout much of Belfalas).

In addition, Tolkien tried to make sense of the limited evolution of Gondorian Sindarin by saying it's an acquired polite language among Númenórean aristocratic elites and scholars. In the actual process of writing LOTR there were various explanations (in one draft Faramir explains that Westron is a Gondorian conlang invented for dealings with other peoples, for instance). But Tolkien's standard justification for Gondorian Sindarin being so recognizable soon settled on an idea that Gondorian Sindarin is a language of the elites taught to them in childhood and used as a courtesy or mark of high status rather than evolving naturally.

I've always found this explanation a bit odd given that in the main narrative of LOTR, the Gondorian groups we see using Sindarin in full sentences/conversations rather than for specific names like Mithrandir or isolated words are mainly Gondorian soldiers outside of leadership roles. Faramir's men in Ithilien switch to "another language of their own" that turns out to be Sindarin. In the streets of Minas Tirith, "many" random soldiers call out to each other in Sindarin to gossip about Pippin. The almost entirely Gondorian armies following Aragorn praise the hobbits in Sindarin and Quenya.

But if we take Tolkien's statement at face value, the implication is that Númenórean elites in Gondor (i.e. a small fraction of the overall Gondorian population) outnumber the combined populations of all Sindarin- or Quenya-speaking Elves remaining in Middle-earth.

Many Elves have left or died, yes, but we're still talking about the Elves of Rivendell and of Lothlórien and all the ones scattered throughout Lindon, combined. If they really are outnumbered by Gondor's ruling aristocracy alone, I think the usual estimates of Gondor's overall population must be far too low. Tolkien simply noted that the population of Minas Tirith and its fiefs (presumably referring to Lossarnach, Anórien etc), while declined from the past, must have still been "much greater" than the combined Elvish populations of Rivendell, Lothlórien, and Lindon. That's not even getting into the more outlying fiefs of Gondor like densely-populated Belfalas.

(Alternatively, you could fanwank that Sindarin/Quenya are more widely spoken in Gondor than this and thus the population disparities, while certainly present, are not quite so extreme as this suggests. But that interpretation does require ignoring explicit statements from Tolkien in a way that something like theorizing population based on vague canonical suggestions is typically going to avoid doing.)

[indoodlingmadness]

This is literally just for a roleplay that I don't think I'm going to turn into anything bigger, but hey if you wanted human Angel x Demon Husk (overlord Husk), here you go, food for you. The idea here is that it's in the modern era, but everything in hell stayed mostly the same except the Vees are alive, Tony's family too. Tony's tied to Valentino because he needed an escape from his family, and now is stuck in an even worse situation than before. He's desperate enough to try and summon a demon to help him out. Husk didn't lose his soul to Alastor but is stuck in a permanent deal with him. Husk is still a sinner here, meaning he died and isn't supposed to be on earth, not like hellborns that can come and go mostly as they please with portals. He was summoned here, and took the deal because holy shit. I get to see earth again... Only to find out he can't go more than two blocks away from Tony. Real fun. As far as where it's going, well my dudes, it's a roleplay so who knows! But feel free to expand upon this idea if you want.

[msmandpt]

WE NEED OUR AREA IN PONY TOWN!!!

so ive barely found any msm fans in pony town, so ive been thinking of starting a spot for it!

this is the image of the spot that it going to be

this area is supposed to be pretty small to not take others areas and since our msm fans in pt is pretty small amount, ive choose this spot! sorry ig it sucks loll, this my first time doing something like this.

WELL, i hope it works! i really wanna meet new people and make friends! so thats all, ill just put random tags too so dont mind they at all lolll

so far i saw no fandoms on that area.

[penaltyboxboxbox]

ok but

edible eater (gummy kind): daniel, esteban

edible eater (baked good adjacent): lance, max

dab pen user: lewis, pierre, valtteri

cart vape user: lando, hulk, guanyu

joint smoker (rolls own): yuki, carlos, alex, kmag

joint smoker (buys pre-rolls): charles, logan

spliff smoker: fernando, oscar, checo

would die if they smoked weed: george

[quinns-art-box]

ice cream splatfest!!!! i keep seeing people drawing them with themed outfits and frye with the little ice cream on her head it was too cute of an idea to pass up (also i wanted to draw them again) (also team mint chocolate chip let's gooooooo)

[socksandbuttons]

For the umpteenth time, Nexus wasn’t disowned! Earth herself said so! She NEVER disowned him.

yeah but nexus isnt gonna know that anon, thats the issue here

[xtraordinaryfangrl]

spider byte and OG miles? meh.

spider byte and Earth 42 Miles?

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WHERE DO I SIGN? WAIT, WHERE’S MY PEN—?

*trips over rolling pens on the floor*

[lesbian-space-fish]

or the one.

[witchofthesouls]

There's something that Cybertron doesn't have

Evolution

But Earth? Oh boy humans went long way to where they are today.. Animals too like birds used to be dinosaurs(some still look like one and others remember they were big and powerful and fear no man) , whales ussd to be way smaller and walked on land, insects used to be way bigger etcetera

Just humans showing pictures of prehistoric animal and modern animal to bots/cons and them either being fascinated(Shockwave would be engrossed for sure) or straight up confused/sceptical

I think they do have a sort of evolution, depending on the universe.

In TFP, there was an off-comment that Seekers descended from Predacons that Starscream denied. In IDW/MTMTE, the biological differences between the Lost Colonies and Cybertron. Cyberverse explored more of their native fauna. Bayverse had the Dynasty of Primes and the hatchlings.

If anything, it's on a scale that's inconceivable to us, especially with the immense differences in lifespan. It varies from the iteration, but a single vorn is their equivalent of a calander year. 1 vorn = 87 Earth years of human perspective.

Shoot, the modern human is only a scratch of Earth's total years, and there are canon Cybertronians older than that and who are active combatants in their own war.

Look at the megafauna of North America. The massive trees still remember the immense animals that once dominated the land. Even when those creatures went extinct, those trees still retain the ecological quirks that relied upon them to spread seeds and propagate.

Think of it this way, Earth is on a scale that's so fast-paced that it's more like a contained, self-sustaining terrarium of terror and wonderment. Like there could have been Cybertronian field scientists and researchers that tracked the evolution of trees on Earth and have a rivalry with Team Shark because sharks came before trees!

[sonknuxadow]

the highest level of lgbt headcanon i can bestow upon a character is that i dont genuinely believe that this is canon/intended but its so real to me that my brain basically accepts it as true regardless and i forget some people dont see them this way

[chicago-geniza]

Coworker suggested I apply to an entry-level position in special collections archives at the Regenstein and I would be SO good at it but have no training in library science or archival work :(