#future morph ref?

[mossypidder]

If you click the names of the birds below, you will find photos of the actual birds I’m referring to; mostly provided because the second two are morphs

EDIT: So honestly. Contrary to final poll results and my initial lean toward the grosbeak, I think I might just go with the crow. The design’s grown on me and in the last week I’ve collected many bones and observed many local crows and found myself just quietly very drawn to them. Nothing’s set in stone, but. . . It feels more right than the grosbeak- there are still things that draw me to the latter, and I still really love them and might switch in the future, right now I relate more to crows I think.

Rose Breasted/Cutthroat Grosbeak (female)

Similarities (between myself and the bird) - small and chunky - eats mainly seeds, fruits, and nuts - elusive and relatively solitary aside from nesting season - very intricate, unique nest type - monogamous - take care of young for a month after fledging (which is longer than quite a few birds) - dwells mainly in deciduous forests - I honestly think I do look a bit like a grosbeak overall - there is limited information on them (which is obnoxious, but kinda goes with my aesthetic honestly)

Things I Like About Them - very pretty markings, especially on face which makes for fun character design - they were my favorite bird as a child and I would get so excited during the brief period that they would be at our feeder

Differences - females don’t sing as much as males - I am very much a mimic- I echo other people’s words as well as animal noises a lot, mostly without thinking, and grosbeaks do not mimic. The males learn songs from their fathers, but that’s different, and I’m not male anyway.

Black Billed Magpie (cinnamon)

Similarities - eat a lot of fruit and grain - they are skilled mimics - mate for life something I aspire to achieve one day - have only been seen in Michigan ten times in the last hundred years, so it fits the “elusive bird who’s sightings should be documented” narrative - parents allow their young to stay with them as long as needed, sometimes even years - males and females are both very vocal and sing, talk, and chatter quite often - wary of new things and will shy away from bright colors and flashing lights (yes, that includes shiny things) - many widely believed myths spread about them (such as tendencies to thievery, attraction to shiny objects, and hoarding things tho I am guilty of that last one)

Things I Like About Them - Gorgeous wings and tail (though rather plain facial markings which is sad) - they’re just nice, funky little guys and they were one of my favorites when I was younger as well

Differences - not a bird I’d really call chunky lol - they eat meat (mostly bugs) and meat is not my favorite honestly - while some do only stay in groups of two, many others have tribe of up to twelve

Common Crow (cinnamon)

Similarities - will bring people they like random bits of things such leaves, rocks, lost keys, and bones, as gifts - stops for roadkill (though I don’t eat it, I’m just there to steal feathers or check opossum pouches for potential surviving babies) - bones is good, we like bones - also talented at imitating human speech, other animals, and just random noises they find intriguing - mate for life - very family oriented and good at taking care of each other. They’ve even been known to adopt unrelated fledglings - stay in the nest up to forty days after hatching and often remain with a family group for two years, helping their parents look after younger siblings - males and females are very vocal - wants to eat rocks - scavengers - likes fruits, nuts, and seeds - seen as weird or gross by the majority - slow to trust humans, but is very loyal once they do - could be considered chunky - cinnamons tend to have blue or silver eyes

Things I Like About Them - they are just. very good. - wing markings of cinnamons are very interesting, and while I’d like more intricacies to work with for facial markings, they’re still good and simple

Differences - they are very social birds (but most of that social time is spent with their family, which is where most of mine is spent as well, so I’m not sure this is a true difference) - consumes a lot of meat (which, as stated, is not my favorite) - they are very common in Michigan and easy to spot almost anywhere

[potatos-messy-mind]

So i decided to put this up here. I wil eventually be making one for Chun, no worries, but wanted to post this here for future reference for myself and anyone else who needs it. Since this is going to be a big reference sheet, I will include any and all reference images that are important. At the top are References for Tao's appearance, and below that are images of certain items he has with him at all times amd any other images that are relevant.

But first, I'm going to include each artist who drew the images, including the two so far that i've drawn. If any more images that relate to Tao's powers are made, I will update this with said image and the proper credit.

Artist creds

On Twitter: lupinebones77(Most of Tao's current refs aside from King and the inscence burner)

melocelli (Kaiju form)

torikalmia (King and the Incense burner)

deni_acp (Yang image)

On Deviantart: TropicalIndigo (Jinjing image)

My art: Tiger/Snow Leapord Hybrid, Li Yun(Electric/dark big cat).

Some general Info about Tao before we get into his powers.

Relationship Status: Taken by their partner/Fiancée Zihou

Age: est. 1500 (at least half the age of Wukong and Macaque)

Gender: Intersex (both male and female genetalia)

Pronouns: He/Him, She/Her, They/Them

Sexuality: Demisexual

Mental illnesses: Autism, ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, DID (magic makes this work somewhat differently in demons from how it presents irl), CPTSD

Physical Illnesses: Asthma, Pulmonary Atresia

Incense Burner/Ball and Chain Weapon

This incense burner is wrapped around Tao's waist and tends to spew some of his mist magic at any given time. It acts as both a weapon and storage. It can be used similarly to the ball and chain weapon from twilight princess, but can grow and shrink depending on what Tao needs. Misty spikes appear on the sphere when Tao is using it as a weapon.

King

A plushie made in Wukong's likeness that Macaque made for Tao when she was little. They told Macaque what clothes he wanted the little guy to wear, after seeing a future vision of baba wearing his more modern outfit. Has several small pocket dimensions inside of him that Tao can go into at any time.

Tao's Powers

Blessings of the White Snake

• Forked Tounge

• Hands(all four) can morph into snake heads

• Heatvision (Using his forked tounge.)

• More liquid/snakelike movement

Powers from Sun Wukong

72 Transformations

• Panda(Bear)

• Phoenix (Bird)

• Tiger/Snow Leapord hybrid (Big Cat)

• English Lop (Rabbit)

• Chow Chow (Dog)

• Long Eared Jeroba (Mouse)

• Chinese Moon/Silk Moth hybrid (Bug)

• Maine Coon (Domestic Cat)

• Datong (Horse)

• Impressed Tortise (Tortise)

• Yellow Pond Turtle (Turtle)

• Leatherback Turtle (Sea Turtle)

• Dulong Cow (Bull/Bovine)

• King Cobra/Burmese Python Hybrid (Snake)

• Chinese Water Dragon (Lizard)

• Tokay Gecko (Gecko)

• Chinese Alligator

• Eastern Dragon

• Yangtze Finless Porpoise (Porpoise)

• Hainan Eld's Deer

• Himilayan Marmot

• Steppe Polecat (Ferret)

• Asian Small-Clawed Otter

• Asian Badger

• Rhesus Macaque/Golden Snub Nosed Monkey Hybrid

108,000 Leap Somersault

Useful, but can cause Tao to have an asthma attack if preformed too fast or in a place with lots of debris.

Chi Manipulation

Mainly used in exorcisms and not in actual combat with living beings.

Flight

Loves soaring all on her own. can use his body to propel himself around and even gets help from the wind.

Replication/Shadow Cloning

Makes misty clones that can take on a physical appearance if nessicary.

Telepathic communication/Astral Projection

Has links to Wukong, Macaque, Chun and Zihou, but can easily astral project to anyone so long as they accept.

Flaming Fist of Fury

Strengthened by the Yang Samadhi fire to dangerous levels

Lazer eyes

Has the ability to use this power, but has never done so.

Gold Vision

Capable of using this in it's original state, and an altered version that allows him to see as if he wasn't blind.

Kaiju Form/Smoke Generation

Inherited from both parents (I will go i to more detail about his Kaiju in Macaque's section.)

Powers from Liu Er (Macaque)

Enhanced Hearing

Although Tao only has one extra set of ears, his hearing is still very sensitive.

Shadow Manipulation

Tao's shadows are more fluid-like in appearance compared to Macaque's.

She is capable of calling upon their mother's shadows should he ever find the need to.

Shadow Cloning/Replication

Clones usually take on a misty, cloud-like appearance, but have the ability to turn into identical clones to the original. Shadow clones of Macaque's can also be summoned if needed.

Shadow Transportation

Tao can use this ability easily, and the shadows tend to do most of the work for him. Macaque can sense each time Tao uses the shadows to warp.

Smoke Generation /Kaiju form

A misty form with a stone-like mask and chest plate with all four of the hands being stone as well as some stone bits around her wrists and tail. This form has three alternate forms depending on Tao's mood and the element that corresponds to it.

The Kaiju's base form

Height: Mainly between 120 Meters (394 Feet) and 158 Meters (521 feet), but can shrink to smaller heights. (Imagine the heights between Godzilla in Godzilla vs. Kong and King Ghidorah)

Fire Form

Uses the Yang half of the Samadhi Fire to further fuel itself. The base form has only parts of Tao's hair, the twin tips of his tail and around his wrists ignite, the same places where his stone parts are excluding the stone mask and chest piece. This differs fron his fiery wrath form, in which the entire body of the kaiju is engulfed in flames, which burn any and all they come in contact with.

Water Form

Uses the primal power of Tao's water abilities to fuel it. This form is rarely used for fighting and more as a method of escape, as it can seemingly 'melt' into any large body of water and vanish. Every time this form appears, heavy monsoon-like rains follow. This form is completely made of water with the exception of the stone bits.

Dual Form

A mix of all three forms and is the most destructive in terms of passive property damage. It has currently never been used, and for good reason. It's power alone rivals the power of the primordeal gods of old. The Yang Samadhi fire is unaffected by the water from this kaiju.

Powers Unique to Tao

• Echolocation

• True Sight (A modified verison of Gold Vision that allows Tao to see as if he wasn't blind)

• Familiar creation, allowed him to summon a unique companion based deeply on his personality. There are currently three. These three count as pokemon in the Pokemon AU I have for Tao.

Yang (Height: 9'2" Feet)

A fiery ghost dog that has been Tao's friend and companion since they were young. He used to be a living being, a half hellhound. Died protecting his master, and once in the Diyu he became so distraught and enraged over his master still being in danger that he singlehandedly broke out of the Underworld by digging himself out. His flames were so intense at that point that no one could get close without severe casualty to their person, not even the 10 kings. He lost all skin on his paws and head aside from his ears in the act, and successfully escaped to return to his master's side.

He is the only being aside from Wukong that has successfully escaped the Diyu, and since his only goal was to be reunited with his master, the ten kings decided it wasn't worth trying to bring him back. His bays, barks and howls is so intimidating that most sane beings will instinctively flee upon hearing it. He is semi-incorporeal. he consumed his own body as a spirit upon returning to battle and can choose to be more ghost-like or not. Yang often stays in Tao's incense burner/pokeball, or his master's shadow when not needed at that moment. Yang can control his flames to the point that allies will not be burned by them, but instead feel very warm. He's the perfect heater on cold winter days.

Jinjing (Height: 3'5" Feet)

A spunky fishy fox familiar that has also been with Tao since she was young. She acts like a service animal when Tao goes out and about, since Yang and Li are too big to do so without issue. Yang may be able to phase through walls but his Aura is extremely intimidating even for Erlang's hounds. and Li is far too big to be able to fit comfortably in most places. Jinjing knows DPT, can retrieve Tao's medicine on command, and helps to break them out of anything from a spiraling episode to ADHD paralysis (Not a medical term). Those big blue flowing antennae can act as hands if she really wants to use them. The webbed collar is backwards to help with drag in the water. when she flips it out, it helps slow her down in the water and causes drag. She can also inflate it enough to keep her head above water.

Li Yun (Height: 6'0" Feet)

The newest of the familiars, Li is the second most intimidating of the them. They can summon lightning storms at will and are capable of absorbing electricity. Their barks can sound for miles, and wherever they step, thunder and lightning are said to follow. They are generally neutral in most affairs and are more reserved than their Fire and Water counterparts. If Li isn't running about and stretching their legs, they're either in Tao's incense burner/their pokeball, patrolling Megaopolis from the rooftops, or by their Master's side.

• Feelers by his ears that allow him to sense the most subtle changes in the atmosphere.

Past/Future Sight

Able to see into the past or future. This ability is very different how his mother Liu Er sees into the past and future. Tao can only see one type of vision at a time. The triggers for both visions are very different and he can only see one type at a time. The inner color of his each represent the past (Purple) and the future (Yellow). When having either vision, his eye swill glow a pearlescent white color, and some kind of sparkling dust matching the color of the inside ear comes out of the corresponding set of ears.

The past visions are usually triggered by physically touching an object that either has a spirit or spiritual energy attached. Places that have a lot of spiritual energy can also trigger a vision the moment Tao finds a high enough concentration of energy. Sometimes he will move around during these visions, coming to in places he didn't pass out in.

Future visions are different with the exception of the glowing eyes and yellow dust. These visions can happen at any time, and leave Tao completely immobile until it ends.

Those who ingest the dust from either set of ears will temporarily gain the ability of future sight or past visions. These only have one use and may drive one mad the more they ingest. Humans and demons from all over sought to capture Tao for his oracle abilities, and to collect the dust he creates during a future vision.

Yang Samadhi Fire

Unlike what has been told about this powerful flame, in reality it was split into two seperate pieces long before the birth of Red Son. Tao possesses the 'Yang Half' of this flame, equally as powerful as the 'Yin' Half Red Son was born with. What is different about this flame is that ist is less likely to be triggered by emotion, but for Tao anger is the only trigger outside of activating the flames himself.

The flame tends to have more untriggered power behind it despite being of equal power to the Yin half. This flame tends to have a higher power output in the spring and summer months in accordance to Yin and Yang. It is a calmer flame compared to the Yin half, which feeds off of the emotions of it's host, and in Red Son and Mei's case makes it harder for the host to control their emotions.

The Yang Half of the flames is the only thing capable of completely calming the flames of the Yin.

In the primal days, the combined flames were said to scorch anything it touched into nothing, and was split in two in an attempt to mitigate the intense damage it caused when it raged unchecked. For the time being, the Samadhi Fire will remain seperated until the proper time.

Water Manipulation The ability to use and manipulate water (In a similar mannter to the water benders of ATLA, but with some differences.) to his whim.

Thanks to the maleability of the water in his body plus the blessing of the White Snake, Tao is able to extend his limbs far past their normal limits. when using this ability they can move around as if there are no bones in his arms. They can also extend and retract at will.

An extension of this ability is an extremely dangerous one,

Blood Bending

Tao is able to control the blood of living beings, being completely capable of controlling their bodies. Most beings can attempt to resist and break free, but anyone blood related to Tao will be unable to control their body until he releases them. This only works on Wukong, Macaque and Chun. Tao doesn't like using this power often, however he often uses liquid bending to help defeat any construct that uses a similar circulatory-like system.

When they were younger, Tao would often cause some unintentional issues, as when she cried, rain would start to fall in a certain raduis around him and quickly become monsoon level rains if left unchecked.

Siren Song

Tao has a singing voice similar to the likes of sea sirens, being able to influence and/or control others through his voice. His voice is also powerful enough to rip flesh off of bone should he choose to use it, or cause the user hearing it to go mad. However this power is rarely used due to Tao not wanting to cause potential death and/or property damage. The inside of her mouth glows yellow when using this ability. Glamours/Illusions

Tao can use glamour to take on a human appearance at any time, and prefers to not look so much like a monkie. He can also make illusions with his shadow abilities.

Water Warping/Portals

Tao is capable of using a very unique method of travel similar to shadow warping. The main difference is the stream of magic that is being used. Warping through water is usually done by oracles, as the stream of water magic used to travel is also the closest to the timespace stream, the flow of time and space around that entire dimension, In it's own pocket dimension, a seemingly strange place where water flows around breathable air in a tubelike tunnel from all sides. This is an area that only oracles can access, and with the floating islands scattered about it is safe for them to make living areas there.

Water Portals

These take more concentration to use, but are very handy for travel; as the requirement for warping is different. Unless the place is somewhere Tao has visited before, he can warp to and from any large puddle or body of water to anywhere in the world, even places he hasnt visited before.

Tao can also breathe underwater, but doesn't really need to breathe at all.

Primal Diety

Tao and his sister have full control over certain elements, regardless of the control gods from China and other pantheons have. In other words, an example being that the gods of the sea (ex. Posiedon) loose their control if Tao extends his control of water to the entire planet, same with fire.

Misty Form

Tao can turn himself into mist at will and change back at any time. He is more succeptable to being trapped in items like jars with an airtight lid or enchanted items of the same ilk, but he can return to a shrunken form at any time, or change back to his normal size and potentially break the item holding him if it isn't strong enough to contain him.

Fairly Recent Abilities

Tao was kidnapped by the Spider Queen some time during her attempted takeover of Megaopolis in the season 2 finale. See tried to turn them into a spider demon, but the only thing the venom did was give her silk glands in her hands that produce high quality enchanted silk (Silk moth like silk). This is abnormal since there is no other creature that can create enchanted silk naturally, so Spider Queen took quick advantage of this, using Tao as a silk producer for her takeover. Unfortunately making so much silk at once caused Tao's pawpads to become agitated and inflamed, and they stopped producing enchanted silk. Fortunately he managed to escape before the Lady Bone Demon tried to capture him for his half of the Samadhi fire.

The silk strands come out through the pawpads on their hands, and by pressing them together and stretching his arms apart, the silk forms into thick, glowing strands with each motion. This raw material can be used in many products from clothing to armor to fabric.

Misc. Info

• Tao is capable of storing immense amounts of magical power and has more potent magic than his twin sister. His snake heads, when not hands can sink their fangs into a person and suck their life essence and even their soul from their body.

• They a connection to death and the 10 kings, and his mist magic is capable of acting on its own and raising the dead, mainly those who's lives were tragically cut short.

• She sometimes sleepwalks, and depending on the phase of the tide, either moves around like a slow shambling zombie (low tide) or gets aggressive in his sleep and goes into water kaiju form (High Tide). this is one of the only times the water form becomes aggressive.

• Being physically intersex leaves him a target for European alchemists from all over.

• Sometimes purple and gold christhamanthemums spring from her bare feet whenever they touch natural ground. (Think Amaterasu from okami when she runs) these flowers have very potent medical properties.

• Their familiars are an extension of his magic and personality given form, and usually reside in his incense burner/Pokeballs/Shadow (Yang only) when not needed or resting.

• Her fire antlers were once crystal-like purple horns, that upon awakening the samadhi fire burst into flame. These flames started small in the beginning, but grew with age. They shrink to a smaller size during sleep.

That's everything I have at this time! This will be updated each time there is a change or new reference image. If you've read this far, thank you for actually reading all the way through! I would give you a cookie if I could. Tao is one of my most developed OCs, and I hope you've enjoyed reading this, I put a lot of research into him and the AU he's a part of as a whole, and I can go into more detail on the world building I've done at a later date if anyone is interested!

[dood-itsradical]

Main rottmnt oc Avem!

(Fckin finally- Tis is a redesign btw)

Basic bio:

Name: Avem Beck

Nicknames: Av, Avey Wavey, Aerinh (Korean name)

Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)

16-17 y/o (series) 18 y/o (film)

Cis women, straight

5'0

VA: Michaela Dietz (voice reference: SU Amethyst)

Abilities: taekwando, hapkido

WOC: Mystic metal cuffs, mystic spear

Trivia:

- Avem is half-human, half-yokai. Her mom being human while dad is a (fire) yokai.

- Avem inherited her dad's power and form .

- her mom died during the season 1 (death: unknown/most likely caused of sickness)

- same age as April and went to same school with her before she moved away and homeschool instead after her mother's passing.

- I first created her back at early 2019. This is a remake. Before this she was entirely a human.

- Leo's soulmates both platonically or/and romantically

- Future kids: Usagi and Chanelby

Yokai form:

As you can see I used Teka & Flame Princess as reference for her yokai form and abilities. Like FP, she can morph size and generate fire.

Tiny Raph

Abilities:

Avem has full manipulation of her body, morphing it into asymmetrical flames at will. She can also transform into a larger, more dangerous form composed purely of fire and even separate her body into distinctly separate groups of flames. Additionally, she is able to absorb fire into her body with no detrimental effects and even add it to her form to increase her size.

She be able to generate heat and flames. She can also project powerful streams, disks and/or balls of fire.

(human abilities + weapon ref soon)

Background:

Once Avem unleashed her yokai form by opening the cuffs, she does not have full control over herself (similar like Hulk). She will gain her normal self and form back once putting them back on.

As a child she was forced to wear those cuffs in order to prevent causing chaos from turning into her yokai form. She realized the danger and never speak of it to anyone.

My ask box is open for oc QnA <3

[judeboogaloo]

Dream Ref page + headcanons  Uhh c!Dream used to be a manhunt celeb, so he used to be actually be interviewed on television before starting up the land of the Dream SMP. 

[ID: 3 digital drawings all done with a pixel brush of the character Dream, from the Dream SMP. The First image is labed “ DREAM SMP DESIGNS - DREAM” in blocky font and features an image of a full body shot of a masculine figure standing at three-fourths perspective. He is wearing a white mask with a smiley face drawn on, a green hoodie, grey-purple cargo pants and brown hiking sneakers. He also has on a white chest harness, matching axe hip harness, and white hiking gloves. To the right of the drawing, there is a list with 7 bullet points, all featuring more information about the design. They are as listed: “Covers himself head to toe consistently while in public, including gloves; only ever dresses ‘normally’ during rare press interviews”, “Has a chest harness/backpack that functions as his inventory. The front connecting strap also serves as a place to connect a go-pro camera for filming”, “The insides of his hood has a thick black mesh, similar to a pith helmet (the mask goes on top of the mesh)”, “Wears a hip harness for his main weapon. An axe.”, “His mask is actually quite heavy since its made of polished quartz, so he uses curse of binding to keep it on during manhunts. Filming always ends directly after Dream dies so he doesn’t respawn on camera without it.”, “He has multiple copies of his masks and preserves one after every manhunt as either keepsakes or future auctionable items.”, “Triple-knots his shoelaces (Like a weirdo)”. To the left of these bullet points there are two small illustrations of a front-view and a back-view of the a small whtie chest harness with a tiny backpack attached to the back. The backpack on the back is styled after a minecraft chest block. 

The second drawing is labeled “SHAPESHIFTING - DREAM” in the same blocky text, with a description underneath, “Dream is able to shapeshift to a minor degree, (compared to Quackity and Karl) only able to change his facial appearance and smaller body attributes like physical density, scars, and hair. Shapeshifting requires active concentration for Dream and he can easily fall into the uncanny valley because of odd facial expressions or unnatural facial proportions. It's easier to mimic faces he's already seen in real life and with enough stress, he's unable to maintain a human face at all.”. Underneath this description, there are 4 profile shots of different faces with a corresponding caption underneath. The first face is of a white androgynous man, with a slim nose, dark brows and wavy blonde hair that curls around his thin face. The age of the face is not easily perceptible but he looks to be youthful. He has a disinterested look in face and his eyes are strangely big and pupils are void black. There are no imperfections on his skin besides the two beauty marks on his chin and the one beauty mark underneath his right eye. This face’s description reads “One of Dream's earlier faces that he used for private business meetings. The eyes are completely black because he wasn't able to make them green. It was notably scuffed on its proportions and would unnerve his coworkers, which he found funny. Dream no longer uses this face but enjoyed the challenge of creating moles.” The second face is of a masculine young adult with green eyes and broad lips. His face is marred with a lip scar, a mild sunburn, freckles, a nose bandage, and a left eyebrow slit. He has a blonde undercut and light brown eyebrows, curved upwards in a sympathetic expression. His description reads “One of the faces Dream used on the Dream SMP, specifically made throughout exile. While this appearance has been changed consistently, Dream has always kept freckles on this one. This face is used the most frequently and has the most exposure, permanently sunburned from all the time Dream spent on the beaches of logstedshire. Curiously, this one has slowly morphed to look almost similar to Tommy's face, passing as a possible relative. Whether Dream did this intentionally or subconsciously isn't known.” The third face is an older white man, around his late twenties or thirties. He has long light brown hair, streaked with blond that crosses in front of his very pale face. He has patchy stubble and hollowed cheeks, implying that he is possibly sick or starved. His dark purple eyes are curved in a dull expression and the palette overall is very desaturated. The description underneath reads, “ The face Dream's been seen using in prison during BBH's visit. Originally, Dream had made this face as a "rugged" older look for himself but its beauty has decayed in prison, malnutrition creating a sallow look and pitted eyes. He made his hair longer in length to braid continuously in prison to occupy his time but wasn't too concerned about the color. His eyes are the same shade as the obsidian.” The last face is a completely dark face that looks almost like the silhouette or shadow of a normal person. There are no distinguishing features to the outline other than the outcropping of short hair, swept to the left. Inside this dark shape, there are eyes roughly where they should be, with green and black swirling pupils. There is no nose. In place of a mouth, there are two rows of bright white teeth but no visible gums or lips. The face has an indescribable emotion and the caption underneath reads, “Dream’s actual appearance.” The third image is a canvas full of smaller doodles of Dream, both in his human transformations and as his shadowy true self.]

[enberlight]

Does anyone want a 3D render commission?

Examples can be found on my art alt @caffeinatedmagpie - here's a few:

I have a limited-time offer: One two-character render, or Two individual character renders, for $70.

(Prices will typically be $40-50 per character depending on options, before any discounts that might apply like the fandom ones I run. If a discount would have applied, I'll throw in an extra render of the characters.)

Why the limited time?

DAZ has a new assets bundle out that will allow me to really break the binary imposed by the gendered figure constraints built into the modeling program. It's huge. Makeup, facial and body hair for girls, nonbinary and trans characters, pregnancy morphs (for everyone), a couple outfits. Makeup for the guys! Suits for the enbies and girls. And better cross-gender outfit sharing. Glorious. This makes my enby heart sing.

I am, however, quite broke. And the package is on sale, reduced by $100 today (it's usually almost $170).

What's the turnaround?

By the end of December. I have three commitments ahead of this, one almost complete and two ready by mid-December. Progress updates are typically over the weekend and via tumblr or discord.

What can I ask for?

(Any characters I work up for you for this commission get discounts on future renders of the character, btw.)

Human, anthro, monster, demon, fairy... Sci-fi, fantasy, cyberpunk, steampunk, modern... LGBT, rare pair... Fandom, OC, real person portrait... Got a favorite fanfic moment?

As long as it's SFW, not gory, and not abusive, pitch it to me! Spicy and romantic are OK but clothes will be on ;)

I have models ready for most of the Miracuclass as civilians, with LadyNoir hero outfits in the queue, so those would be a quicker turnaround. If you want another fandom or OC, send me a ref, and I'll check how well I can make it happen with what I have on hand. (Unusual hair or outfit designs may need an extra charge to reproduce accurately.)

How do I get it?

Send me a DM on @caffeinatedmagpie with the character(s) and type of pose you want. Refs are great! I'll let you know if I can pull it off - I'm still under some program constraints at this point. Once details are hashed out I'll set up a paypal invoice - payment is up front. Delivery is digital, no physical product.

"I can't buy now though"

That's ok! A reblog can be even better sometimes, I'm still building an audience and can use the help!

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- @enberlight (20 November 2020)

[villain-sympathizer]

a mutual on my main blog wanted me to infodump about my gal Night Terror, and since i wrote so damn much i decided it'll post it here for easy access LMAO

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Her name is Adelynn Knight, and she was born with a rare quirk called "Dreamstride", which allows someone to easily manipulate and control the subconscious mind, such as dreams, imagination, and memories. To use it in the waking world depends on how the quirk is activated, i.e. touch, eye contact, blood contact, etc. People with this quirk tend to go into either a) the recovery support field, helping the injured or dying by giving them comforting visions/dreams/hallucinations; or b) the undercover hero field, infiltrating villains/criminals dreams to dig into their minds and gather important intel.

Unfortunately, Dreamstride can very easily morph or mutate into something darker if the user has encountered immense stress or trauma, turning it into what is called "Mahr". Named after the European myth of a demon that causes nightmares (hence the name Mahr -> Mare, as in nightmare), it's very true to it's name, causing both the user and the victims to experience vivid hallucinations in all of their senses. The user cannot control this, nor can they "turn off" their quirk, making touch/eye contact/etc. impossible unless given the proper protective measures, like gloves or specialized glasses.

For Adelynn, her trauma began with arguing parents. Her mother wanted to shelter her and preserve the 'blissful' nature of her quirk, while her father wanted her to have her own autonomy and to pursue whatever future she wanted. It was a constant back and forth of being able to go and be a normal kid, or needing to always have a parent or her older sister Danica around, or worse - being kept inside and constantly monitored over what she does. Needless to say, Addie ended up liking her father and his rules much more, and tended to be more rebellious toward her mother.

Which leads her to the event that changes her life entirely. One day while she was out with Dani by the creek a little ways away from their rural farmhouse in the Midwest, Addie accidentally slips on one of the stepping stones and falls backward, cracking the back of her head on one of the rocks. Luckily shes only alive today because she had Dani with her, whom quickly becomes her own personal hero. In this near death experience, the sheer fear of death coupled with the blunt trauma to her head effectively caused 'Dreamstride' to become 'Mahr', and Addie has since been tormented with confusing and terrifying hallucinations.

It starts off small, like hearing her name being called when no one actually has, or seeing shadow figures in the corners of her vision. Then the nightmares become frequent, followed by sleep paralysis episodes and sleepless nights. Addie figures out that her quirk is activated with eye contact, after accidentally giving friends and family hallucinations after looking them in the eyes.

Thankfully, since her father works as a support gear designer, he was able to manufacture a pair of sunglasses (seen in her ref) that block her quirk, allowing her to look people in the eyes without the possibility of activating it.

After the accident, Addie's parents arguing become worse, and they eventually file for divorce. Her father won custody over Addie, while her mother won custody over Dani, and the two halves of the family split. They weren't cut off completely, of course, getting to see each other every other weekend - provided Addie wasn't traveling to and from Japan with her father for his business.

Dani eventually went into the pro-hero career, her quirk 'Umbrakinesis' proving to be very useful in the field. With her older sister gaining success, it pressured Addie to try and get into the pro-hero field as well, despite her desire to become an actress instead. So, she decides to combine them; wanting to become an actress that plays the part of a villain during hero training courses, since her quirk and general dark/grunge aesthetic gave her that added intimidation.

Her mother also remarried, and had another daughter: Sunna, or "Sunny" for short. Her nickname quickly proves to be true, as her quirk ends up being "Solar Surge", which allows her to emit pure sunlight from within, and many other traits of the sun (ex: electromagnetic fields, solar winds, etc). Living under her mothers and now strict fathers wants, Sunny grew up being told she'd become a hero like her big sister. Even though it was said as encouragement, her parents left little room for argument, which later becomes a concern for Addie.

When Addie was just starting her college years, her father was killed. Murdered in broad daylight on the streets by a pro-hero, and all due to pure accusations. The pro-hero was never punished, and the added grief did nothing to help Addie's already withering mental state.

She turned to alcohol and drugs, partied and danced in the club that was beneath her cheap apartment complex, and overall grew more and more apathetic about life. Her personality was only bright and bubbly and wild when she was high on ecstasy or Adderall, or drunk out of her mind. Without those things, she was constantly tired and empty looking, deep bags taking permanent residence under her eyes after years and years of sleepless nights due to her quirk.

One night, she was given an Adderall tablet that was laced with Trigger, a drug that amplifies a persons quirk depending on the dosage or method of use. Thankfully the dose was small, and she ingested it rather than injected it directly into her bloodstream, but it was still enough to cause a scene and scare the living daylights out of club goers. After blacking out during the ordeal and waking up in a hospital, Addie was questioned by police about what happened, and she was put under house arrest under the supervision and request of her pro-hero sister until a judge makes the final decision on what happens to her.

That decision ended up being 1 year at a behavior correctional camp, and then experimental treatment and therapy at a criminal psychiatric hospital until she shows improvement. Which didn't seem bad, compared to the prison alternative.

But it was bad, oh so bad.

The "behavior correctional camp" might as well have been a fucked up prison. It turned out to be a behavior correctional camp, yes, but for "those with inherently malicious quirks", meaning those who were born with dangerous quirks and were deemed unsafe in societies eyes. Regardless if they intended to become villains or not, they were all treated as if they were, being abused and manhandled and even pitted against each other for "social conformity training". This basically was just a pit fight for everyone's amusement, campers being chosen at random to physically fight against one another, or to be yelled and insulted at by the rest of the group circled around them. It was here that Addie snapped and nearly beat someone to death, which did not weigh well on her conscious afterward. Unsurprisingly, people died in these camps more often than one would like.

The experimental treatment was even worse. The first month was spent with actual care and testing, attempting to see what was causing her quirk to mutate and how they can either reverse it or fully treat it. During this time Addie would get visits from her sisters, Dani now 28 and Sunny 15. She genuinely expresses her satisfaction with the place, how the doctors were doing their best and the therapy seemed to help in a way, so her sisters decided she was fine for now.

But once the doctors came to the conclusion that her quirk was far too mutated to save, that's when the facility started to show its true colors. The experimental treatments completely lost the 'treatment' part, and became down right torture to test the limits of the human mind and to push her quirk to a breaking point so they could "see how they can stop it for future patients". Electroshock while still awake, experimental medications, solitary confinement, verbal abuse, guilting/victim blaming and gaslighting during therapy sessions, and worst of all: brain exploration while still conscious. While brain surgery is typically conducted with someone still awake so they can ask questions and make sure the answers are still coherent, she was lucky that they gave her the usual local anesthetic that any brain surgeon would. But this wasn't to try and "fix" anything, this was to mess around with her amygdala and hippocampus to see how her quirk reacted to the electro stimuli. Needless to say, it left her not only traumatized, but her amygdala was damaged in the process; causing her to never feel fear when she should, and going into bouts of paranoia and psychosis the less sleep she gets.

The doctors told her at this rate she'll never show improvement, and it was intentional, so that she'd be kept here until they no longer needed her, where they'd say she took her own life after a bad episode as an excuse for her likely murder.

So Addie channels her inner actress and fakes improvement. She'd lie to the lawyers and councilors who'd come to analyze her progress, and tell her older sister she didn't feel safe there, which leads to Dani firmly stating she's beyond the need for these treatments and will be released at her request. Not wanting to get into the trouble of a lawsuit against a top pro-hero, the facility agrees, and Addie is let go.

Back at college, she was kicked from the hero curriculum, but allowed to remain in general studies until graduation. Addie decided this was the best she'll get, and went with it. Dani, being a rich hero, was more than happy to help pay for her studies and apartment, since Addie was labeled an "at risk villain" and likely won't be able to find a job.

Addie was then back to her life as a druggie college student, clubbing on the weekends and studying on the weekdays, occasionally visiting her family - though reluctantly, as she adores her sisters but loathes her parents.

One day, after being fed up with the news on social media about more and more totally innocent people being harassed and accused by heroes simply because of the nature of their quirk, watching them be stripped of their rights and labeled dangerous because of simple accidents or petty crimes, Addie decides to take matters into her own hands.

She gets multiple different colored contacts, knowing they wont block her quirk but will still hide her distinct eye color; acquires multiple outfits for different personalities; multiple wigs and temporary hair dyes; an assortment of props and accessories; and gets to work fleshing out different personas to use. A ditzy aspiring photographer, a down-to-earth street painter, a persistent and nosey journalist, a skater chick with no respect for law enforcement, a clumsy business woman who's always late for something - anything she can think of that could get her a chance to run into a pro-hero on the streets.

Every time she runs into one in these personas, she makes sure to look them in the eyes. It's easy, as the effects are never obvious at first when she's gotten some sleep, but as the days go by as she stays awake, her quirk becomes stronger. The hallucinations don't go away until either her or the victim falls asleep, which is plenty of time for them to go insane with confusion.

Her goal is to get them to hallucinate villain attacks, making them think they're fighting an attacker when really they're just doing mindless damage to buildings and harm to civilians and themselves. It's thrilling and hilarious to see how they try to explain themselves; saying it was an accident, that they didn't know what they were doing, and how they don't know how it happened. It was a good taste of their own medicine.

Press are calling it one of the biggest undercover attacks to date, unable to pinpoint an exact suspect with a quirk that causes hallucinations. Each time they offer the hero a photo of a suspect, the hero explains that they had never encountered them that day, or anytime recently at that.

Addie feels both insanely proud, yet so very, very terrified. She told herself she never wanted to be labeled an actual villain or criminal, never wanted to stoop so low as to become what they wanted her to be - yet here she is, one of the top threats in the state seemingly overnight. She felt sick, deciding she got her petty revenge, and would just lay low until it blows over.

Then one night, while she was sitting at the bar in the club, she was approached by an old friend from the behavioral correctional camp: a large bearded vulture man named Vega, who was put in that camp simply because people were scared of his looks.

"That was you, wasn't it?" He asks, a grin curving on the end of his beak towards his feathered cheeks. "The one giving those heroes some fucked up visions, yeah? I knew it had to be, I could spot that kinda quirk effect anywhere."

So he tells her he knows some folks who would love to help expose the injustice of hero society in America, ones who were treated unfairly and have nothing to loose, just like them. All they needed was a leader, someone who was brave enough to take action and initiative. And that was Addie.

The following weekend, Addie finds herself in the company of a rag-tag group of felons, both rightly labeled as such, and those who want to prove why they shouldn't have been.

Addie decides that doing things in a moral way, like lawsuits, wasn't going to do anything in this society. Heroes will just buy their way into the judges bias.

They convinced the landlord to let them have ownership of the club beneath the apartments as long as they give him his cut in earnings, as well as keeping the place clean. The group clears out the industrial sized basement and turn it into their base.

They call themselves "Carpe Noctem". Shunned and pushed out of the light, forced into the dark. Like all nocturnal animals, like cold and dark nighttime, like the moon herself - they were the ones who were stereotyped as evil. Now, they'll make those meanings however they see fit.

Addie gives herself the alias "Night Terror", and sits down to brainstorm the next big mission.

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SAY HI TO MELLO YA ALL (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ❤

Ok so, this needs some explanation... so over on twitter there is a bit of an Underlöst craze going on atm, but now with doing them with different au’s and stuff, and I got very inspired and couldn’t help myself from trying to make my own take on a SwapLust au because I got absolutely no self control xD but then things like got weird as the au I came up with is nothing like Underlöst, or even my own take on it either, it morphed into its completely own thing, so may I present to ya all... EeaseSwap! :D

Will explain a bit more about it under a cut later and also go into a bit more details about this boy, just want to say some other things first!

For example how happy I am with his design, I am srsly so happy with how he looks, his outfit is so good I am so proud of it like seriously look at this boi! He is so flipping cute and he turned out so good, used the original sketch I made of him in my sketchbook as the base for this whole ref, and I actually messed up a bit as when I did the refs of my Underlöst bros I put the head onto the body proper before beginning to draw all properly, but I messed that up but solved it in the end xD So proud of this boy though he turned out so good bless

And now, onto the actual AU! Warning for VERY suggestive and some dark stuff ye, and also feel free to send asks and ask me stuff about this boi and the au because I am very willing to share! UwU ❤

So, firstly I got to admit that this is more like an uh, for example, coffee shop au than like an au au if you catch my drift. EaseSwap do not have much in common when it comes to either Underlöst or like Undertale overall in fact, only the characters but swapped, which usually isn’t the way I usually go with my au’s, as usually they have way more elements from the original game than this, but this time around I ended up doing it much more differently and I am sticking with it!

This au, or more like story, happens in a world/universe where there has never been a monster human war, the monsters have never gotten defeated and locked up behind a barrier under a mountain, instead, humans and monsters lives peacefully with one another on the surface. 

This a pretty like modern world like real life modern kind of deal, and in turn so will there be many things and subjects based on real life be appearing in this, especially sex, mental health and so on.

But in this story we will be following Mello, who lives in a small basement apartment where he runs a clinic of sorts, as he works as a so called sex worker therapist/massager person, I know that’s not a real thing but this be fiction and I do what I wanna. 

Anyway, Mello works as a sex therapist, where he uses his skills of being amazing at massages, being extremely good at reading people and psychology etc, to help his clients/patients to properly relax, get all that tense shit out of their bodies and make them feel way better both body and mind, which at times involves sex since having sex etc usually results in ppl be relaxed af afterward.

He does not have sex with all of his patients, it’s something he after properly talking with them and so on decides if it is something they need or not, sometimes it is sometimes it isn’t. It all vary to person to person and also what his clients/patients is okay with and so on.

Anyhow, this au follows Mello as he lives his life, helps his patients/clients etc, while things from his very rowdy past gets revealed and some trouble and drama and so on be happening.

I am not sure exactly just yet how this will be properly told, might become like a reader insert fic of some kind or maybe end up shipping Mello with someone, as that’s the kind of story this is and how it will work the best I believe, but now onto Mello himself, here’s some facts:

He is very similar to how my Stretch is, but yet not, but they got the whole wanting to help people, being hella chill, kind and very jokey in common, just that Mello knows when he is taking on too much of other people’s problems and is able to say no properly and so on.

Might not appear like it but he is very professional when it comes to his job, can appear as a bit of a slob at times but he is taking his job of helping his patients/clients very seriously.

He can see kinda okay without his glasses, but he is supposed to always wear them, but yet he constantly lose them even though he got those straps to help him keep an eye on them.

Is very cute, very friendly and befriends people, get them to open up with ease, he is just a very trustable guy. Is a tad bit messy, a bit all over the place and a tad bit chaotic, does some weird shit which I haven’t decided on fully yet, likes to read and play video games allot.

Feel guilty for things he have done in the past, but is doing his best to focus on the here and now and the future, but one thing he just can’t stop being guilty about is an incident involving his brother, which he desperately wish he could have changed, since then his brother might still have been around.  

And that is all ya get for now, feel free to send me asks about Mello and this au yes :>c

[ricc1]

rich red

rich

- a word that's commonly used to label a person with an infinite amount of cash or treasures.

~ = ~

A white fur goat woman was in her florist shop, tending to her crops and vases of beautiful grown flowers. She wore a light green dress, symbolizing nature and it's flowers with an adorable flower necklace rested on her neck paired with white flats for her furry feet.

"hey Tori."

A deep sounding voice called out to the lady. He was dressed in a hoodie, wearing the hood of the fabric. Long pants draped around his bony legs paired with a darker shade of pink flip-flops.

A skeleton. A skeleton with an forever smile stuck to his face but his eyes(sockets?) were full black, like a void to stare into.

"Oh, Sans! Are you here to pick up your flowers? I just finished putting them together 15 minutes ago. I also made sure that they wouldn't wilt at your touch too." The lady answered, a smile on her face upon seeing her best friend.

"yeah, thanks Tori. Let me just pay you-"

"Oh, Sans.. Didn't we spoke of this a while ago? You don't need to pay me. It's absolutely fine! I make enough money by myself, anyways." The goat came back with a bouquet of different flowers but same color scheme: red, black, white, blue and gave it to him.

"tori.."

"Nope, none of this, no, no. Go to your love one! He's waiting." She winked before turning her back to the skeleton, tending to her flowers once more.

The skeleton sighed, holding the bouquet gently before teleporting away.

He teleports in front of a building. It was very modern looking, one of the best designed buildings in the city and it was an apartment. He walks inside, giving a nod to the receptionist before going to the elevator and punching the 5th floor.

There were around 15 floors in the apartment and the rooms were big, spacious and comfy. You can design it whenever you like. It's very expensive though which is a shame.

The skeleton shakes his head and the elevator opens with a ping!

He walks out and goes to the left corridor before stopping at a door. He lifts his gloved hand and rings the doorbell. He hears the faint ring of the bell, ringing inside the room and some curses.

The door swings open, showing a skeleton.

He was wearing a red scarf wrapped around his neck, a loose black shirt and some pants with slippers on. He seems to have an eyepatch on his left eye, but his other eye is visible. The skeleton had a scowl on his face but it slowly morphs into a soft smile.

"Hey, Reaper."

"heya."

They stared at each other, awkward yet comfortable silence falls over them before the red scarfed skeleton laughed. "Alright, come inside."

Reaper walks inside, leaving the skeleton to close the door behind him.

"What brings you here?"

"just to see my future boyfriend~" The dark hooded skeleton flirted which flustered the red scarfed one.

"Shut up, you ass. We're already.. dating." He huffs before looking away.

"yes and i love it." Reaper goes up to him to kiss him on the cheek, giving him the bouquet in the process.

"What's this?"

"pfth, flowers, Geno. Don't you know them?"

"I know what they are, dumbass! Just, what are they for?"

Reaper sits down on the bed and pats the spot next to it which led Geno to sit down next to him.

"well, it's been what? 4 months since we met."

They met at cafe shop.

It was unexpected, really.

Reaper was working at the cafe, or well waiting for customers to serve as they have already been served. The skeleton sighs, bored out of his mind as he leans on the counter. His nonexistent ears perk up at the sound of the bell and he looks over to see two girls, going over to the counter.

The two were talking about what seemed like a person - a date perhaps? - as they neared the counter. Reaper straightens up and asks them "hello misses, welcome to Evergreen. What would you like to order?"

The two looked at him, realizing that they were in a cafe and ordered what a bunch of white girls would order; two medium sized mocha frappuccino. He nods to their requests and grabs two plastic cups, asking them on what their name is.

They said their names and he wrote it down on the cups before giving it to his co-worker to make. He tells them to sit down and wait for their order as he once again waits for another customer.

Once the frappuccino was delivered, the two girls sat down at the window aisle.

His co-worker then tapped him on the shoulder and asked him to clean the aisle near the girls. Reaper nodded and went to grab the cleaning supplies needed and walks to the aisle to clean the table.

As he cleaned, he hears the conversation of the two girls.

"So.. like when is your date gonna come over?"

The first girl looks down at her phone. "In like 2 minutes, or five. I don't really know, i don't care really."

The second girl sips her drink before asking. "So how was he?"

"Seems rich, he's very shy and nerdy. I'm surprised that we're on our second date. But i don't really care, all i care about is the money. From what i heard, he comes from a rich family and a family of skeletons!" The girl bragged, laughing as she sips her drink.

The second girl smirked. "You sweet little gold-digger."

"The best part? He thinks that i'm actually into him! Oh please, don't make me laugh. His looks are decent and he's a skeleton, nothing against that really but i wonder how that would even work?"

"Girl you shouldn't question it."

Reaper huffs at their conversation, turning away as he finished cleaning. He feels so bad for the guy.

He shrugs mentally to himself. 'not my business.' He thought.

He walks back to the counter, putting the cleaning supplies away when he hears a shriek from one of the customers and looks up.

He sees the girl standing and look at a skeleton wearing a red scarf, brown leather jacket and a pearl white turtleneck. She was looking at the skeleton as if he just ruined her make-up.

"What do you mean this date is over?!"

The skeleton scoffs. He shows his phone and plays something.

"So how was he?"

"Seems rich, he's very shy and nerdy. I'm surprised that we're on our second date. But i don't really care, all i care about is the money. From what i heard, he comes from a rich family and a family of skeletons!"

The girl looks shocked at him but more on the recording. She starts to stammer, making up excuses that she was just joking but the red scarfed skeleton wasn't having any of it.

He puts his hand up in a stop gesture and just says. "This date is over. Don't contact me again or even try to talk to me again. If you do, i will call the police and file a case on you."

Reaper whistles quietly to himself. The skeleton was serious, dead serious.

The girl was tight-lipped. Everyone in the cafe - even the staff members - were watching and recording everything. Seems that her reputation is over now.

The skeleton sighs and leaves the cafe. The girl calls out for him. "W-wait G-geno!" but he didn't looked back.

The girl screams and runs out of the cafe, her friend following after her.

Whispers started to spread through the cafe but over 3 minutes, it was gone.

Reaper looks at his co-workers who looked back at him, baffled at what happened. He just shrugged.

'Geno huh? I wonder who he is..'

"Yeah...? And..?" Geno wonders, his bonebrow(?) lifts up.

Reaper takes one of the other skeleton's small hand and gives a soft smooch to it which the smaller skeleton blushed about.

The taller skeleton grinned at him. "which means it's our four month anniversary, babe."

Geno looks away, feeling hot and flustered. He pulls his scarf up, covering his blushing head.

The other skeleton just chuckles, moving closer to peck him on the cheek.

~ = ~

The two were on the bed, laying down with their heads propped up by the pillows as they watched a commercial on the apartment's TV.

It's been 3 hours since Reaper entered the apartment and the sun was setting outside the window, the simple dark background of the night comes through. The taller skeleton glanced at his companion, noticing on how Geno seems to be closing his eyes slowly before opening them again.

He whispers to his love. "how are you feeling?"

The smaller skeleton slowly looked at him, answering his question. "Tired.. i'm quite sleepy."

The hoodie-wearing skeleton smiles, grabbing the remote near them and turning off the television which the ref-scarfed skeleton looked at him. He seems to be confused, still sleepy but confused.

He chuckles simply.

Reaper then moves away from Geno, changing his position so he can look at the eyepatch-wearing skeleton sideways. Geno follows his move but comes closer to him. The hoodie-wearing skeleton pulls the covers over them and he turns off the lights.

Geno smiles at the gesture, scooting closer and closes his eye(s?), wrapping his arms over Reaper's waist - the latter does the same, keeping him close - as they both sleep the night away.

.....

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...

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"Geno."

"what?"

"Uh.. my name?? for the cup."

"oh, uh yeah, right. sorry. coming right up, Geno~" The skeleton standing behind the counter gives the customer a wink which surprisingly caught the customer off-guard. The customer huffs as the barista turns to tell his co-worker.

It's been a month since the 'date's over' incident. It blew up over a week and ended over a week. Reaper completely forgot about it as his co-worker gives him the drink. He stares at the name written on it.

Geno huh?

What a unique name.

He chuckles to himself as he then grabs a napkin and scribbles on it before yelling the name.

"Geno!"

'Geno' turned to his direction and steps forward to the counter. Reaper gives him the cup, a cheesy grin on his face which the red scarfed skeleton scoffed at. Oh, he was clearly flustered. He was looking anywhere but the barista's face.

Snatching the cup and the napkins, he leaves the cafe.

Reaper chuckles, sighing to himself before he tends to another customer.

He hopes to see that guy again.

His hopes and dreams were answered when he received a message from an unknown number.

UNKNOWN NUMBER

UNKNOWN NUMBER: uhm hello? is this the barista from evergreen cafe?

Reaper: heya. seems you found my number. ;))

UNKNOWN NUMBER: ...i'm blocking you.

Reaper: waitwaitwaitwaitwaiti'mjokingpleasedon'tblockmeijustwanttotalk

UNKNOWN NUMBER: ..what did you want to talk about?

Reaper: uh. i don't really know.

Reaper: I kinda just wanted to talk to you, see how you were doing since er..

Reaper: month ago.

UNKNOWN NUMBER: what month ago-

UNKNOWN NUMBER: oh.

UNKNOWN NUMBER: Oh. Yeah, uhm. I'm sorry for making a mess in your cafe.

Reaper: what? nah dude you didn't deserve those girls. those girls deserved to not be a part of your life if they're uh.. gonna play you with that.

Reaper: in fact, it blew up and i haven't seen them ever since.

UNKNOWN NUMBER: yeah.. i heard about that. i'm still sorry.

Reaper: don't be.

UNKNOWN NUMBER: but, i still can't help but feel guilty. i after all caused a reputation to your cafe.

Reaper: eh, it'll live. besides it's alright and my co-workers needed to get them out, they were bothering the customers before.

UNKNOWN NUMBER: really..? that's awful.

Reaper: heh yeah.

Reaper: ..

Reaper: your name's Geno right?

UNKNOWN NUMBER: huh?

UNKNOWN NUMBER: yeah.. what about it?

Reaper: im saving your phone number.

UNKNOWN NUMBER: what? why?

Reaper: why are you still talking to me?

UNKNOWN NUMBER: ...

Geno: fair point.

And that started a friendship.  They talked for hours even if Reaper was at work - he doesn't get in trouble for it as he always hide the phone away before his co-workers sees - and sometimes Geno visits the cafe, twice or thrice a week!

They've gotten closer over then.

Geno was the first one to wake up, waking up to the sight of darkness and being flushed against it. He was about to panic before he hears the even breathing of the darkness he was flushed against. The memories flood into his head, reminding him that he was with Reaper and that he wasn't trapped.

He sighs quietly in relief, listening to the heart beat of his beloved which he smiled at.

It was their four month anniversary huh?

Wow, time seemed to pass so quick. He felt like he knew Reaper for so long but it was only four months ago. To top it all, Reaper remembered.

He smiles to himself, a soft - yet small glow - of blush painted on his face. Reaper acts like a dork most of the time but he's a sweet dork. 'And he's my sweet dork.' The smaller thought to himself.

He then feels Reaper moving before the blanket was then snatched revealing the man himself.

Geno smiles, giving his lover a soft kiss to his cheek before he sits up, rubbing his eye.

Reaper sits up beside him, wrapping his arms around him as he chuckles.

"Mhm.. what time is it?"

Reaper glances at the clock next to them before looking at Geno again. "4:40am."

"Not bad for two insomniacs."

The two laughed at the joke - even though it's true and it sounds so depressing - before they lovingly looked at each other. Comfortable silence filled the air as they go through a staring content before looking away from the soft beeping of the alarm clock.

Reaper then shuts the alarm clock off, letting go off Geno as he slips of the bed and goes to the kitchen.

"What are you doing?"

"making breakfast for the two of us."

"Awe, that's so sweet."

"just for you, only sweetie~"

"That was.. bad."

"... agreed."

They both laughed as Reaper goes on to make breakfast while Geno lounges on the bed, thinking back to when Reaper confessed and he agreed.

He smiles at the memory. He still remembered as if it was just yesterday.

It was a winter day. Geno was huddled up in his fluffy warm - not warm enough - jacket, his hands tucked in the pockets as he blows.

The winds blows back, chills running down his body. He huffs.

"Where the hell is he-" He turns around and screamed.

"AH- WHAT THE FUCK?!"

Reaper was behind him, giggling - nervously but Geno didn't noticed that - his hands on his back as he laughs at his friend.

"What the hell was that for?!"

"just to see your reaction, Geno~"

"Shut up! Can we go now? It's so cold."

Reaper nodded, taking the lead with Geno by his side as they walked to a coffee shop. They would have gone for Evergreen - Reaper's workplace - but the place was closed for the day as a day-off and to rebuild some cracked walls.

They arrived at the cafe. Reaper opened the door for Geno who snorts at the gesture but thanks him for it. Reaper just smiles.

As they sit on a booth outside the window, waiting for their orders to be served. Geno was scrolling through his phone when he notices the other skeleton looking a little too blushy, flustered and sweaty.

He lays his phone down on the table, asking his friend. "Reaps, are you alright?"

Reaper jumps at his voice. "huh- what? i'm alright don't worry."

Geno huffs. He knows a lie when he hears one. "Reaps.. you can trust me, right? Come on, you can tell me."

"What's bothering you?"

Reaper stared at Geno, opening his mouth then closing it. He looks away, a lighter blue blush scattered on his head which Geno was confused about.

"Reaps? Are you feeling alright? Do you have a-"

"i like you."

"What?"

"i like you, Geno." The confessing skeleton looked at him, his white eyelights showing for once which the smaller skeleton was surprised about. (They were pretty, and glowy.)

Geno blushed before he turns away, hiding in his scarf that he brings everywhere. "W-what do you mean? I like you too-"

"i mean, romantically."

Geno snapped his neck, looking at Reaper. His face a complete cherry.

Reaper looks away, his face a blueberry.

"D-do.. do you really mean it?"

Reaper quickly leans forward, his face literally seconds away from Geno's. "of course i mean it! who wouldn't want to love you?"

Geno is practically burning hot as he stared at Reaper.

He looks away, before nodding.

"Okay."

"okay..?"

"Okay." The smaller skeleton looks at him. "I like you too."

Reaper leans back on his seat, blinking before he laughs. A soft genuine sound coming from his mouth.

He grabs Geno's hand from the table, clutching it and giving it a squeeze before giving a soft kiss to the hand.

He smiles up at Geno who was practically glowing.

The smaller skeleton glowed even more when he heard Reaper's whispered words as the taller pulls away.

I love you.

Geno blinks back to reality. He then sees Reaper in front of him, face wretched in concern.

"Geno are you okay?"

Geno then smiled, sighing to himself. He stands up and grabs Reaper's hoodie, pulling him closer to give him a big kiss and then pulling away.

"I love you."

"I love you too, Geno."

~ = ~

so i just published this from wattpad. i hope you guys like that.

afterdeath, wooo

look i had this in my wips and i decided why not.

words: 3k characters> Geno! Sans : @loverofpiggies​ Reaper! Sans : @renrink​

i’d love to do more! maybe errorink? who knows. this might be a little bit cheesy, sappy and more fanon [unfortunately] but eh everyone likes that fanon, i tried to make it as characteristic as possible but it seems unlikely. oh well. : (

[wanderingpanacea]

Alter Panacea

Name: Margarita Maganari

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Nickname(s): Margarita, Rita, Margie, Maggie, Miss Maganari, Maganari, Panacea, Pan, Panney

Alias(es): Alter Panacea, Panacea, Extraordinary Panacea, Anti-Venom(1.5), Alternom/Alterenom, Anomaly, Amalgamation  

Birth Date: 25 June

Nationality: Greece

Occupation: Artist, Time/Space Traveler, Adventurer

Alignment: Neutral/Chaotic Good

Affiliation(s): Hecules, Future Foundation

The Character’s Appearance

Appearance: see ref

Clothing: see ref

Height: 1'60" cm

Weight: ???

About the Character

Personality: 

Geek, Sensitive, Creative, Weird, Kind, Selfless, Caring, Never Swearing, Sometime gets angry

Fear(s): 

- Ocean

- Heights

- Being alone

Likes: 

- Any type of spaghetti

- Comics

- Autumt

Dislikes: 

-  Snails

- Rude people

- Littering

Habit(s): 

- Collecting Rocks, "usefull" carbage

- 

Flaw(s): 

- Lazy

- Getting angry

Talent(s): 

- Drawing

- Photography

The Character’s Relationship With Others

Reputation:

She doesn't have a big reputation but she doesn't mind.

Love Interest(s):

none

Friend(s):

Alter/Anti-Venom

Future Foundation

Hercules(Mentor)

Enemy(ies): 

 ???

Relationship(s):

???

The Character’s Abilities

Power(s): 

Margarita has the Anti-Venom/Alternom symbiote who can mimic any type of clothing whatsoever, as well as blending in his surroundings, rendering him invisible. The Symbiote has augmented all of its host's physical abilities to superhuman levels equal to, and in some cases greater than, Spider-Man's.

Superhuman Strength: Anti-Venom/Alternom enables Margarita to lift over 70 tons. However this is not his true limit as his strength increases with his variable muscle mass.

Superhuman Durability: Anti-Venom/Alternom's body is highly resistant to physical injury, capable of withstanding assault from high-caliber bullets as well as attacks from super powered individuals. When distributed at a typical thickness over Margarita's body, the Symbiote is capable of absorbing bullets from small-arm weapons firing conventional ammunition. The Anti-Venom/Alternom symbiote is invulnerable to the traditional weaknesses of symbiotes, fire and sonics.

Superhuman Stamina: Anti-Venom/Alternom is also capable of surviving in harmful areas for long periods of time such as underwater or in toxic gases, the symbiote filtering breathable air to the host.

Accelerated Healing Factor: Additionally, the symbiote is capable of healing injuries in the host at a faster rate than normal human healing allows. The symbiote is also capable of healing injuries and illnesses that current human medical care cannot such as cancer. This is even more advanced for Anti-Venom/Alternom, allowing him to regenerate from a shotgun wound to the head in seconds.

Genetic Memory: The symbiote possesses some limited psychic ability, making it capable of obtaining information from its hosts and even other people and symbiotes simply by touch. It can however, be forced to forget information if the symbiote is inflicted with heavy trauma.

Offspring Detection: The symbiote is also capable of psychically detecting its offspring, however with effort this ability can be blocked.

Wall-Crawling: The symbiote is capable of Spider-Man’s ability to cling to walls by controlling the flux of inter-atomic attraction between molecular boundary layers.

Webbing Generation: Anti-Venom/Alternom can shoot strands of the alien’s substance. The symbiote’s substance seems to be composed of tough, flexible fibers of organic polymers, which regenerate swiftly after "shedding". In addition to creating webbing, Brock can use the symbiote in the form of tentacles or tendrils to attack or ensnare his opponents.

Constituent-Matter Generation: Anti-Venom/Alternom can also use the same substance comprising the symbiote in the form of constituent white matter or tentacles, and uses it in this method for lethal force against criminals. Anti-Venom can send a part of the symbiote and direct its movements into a victim's body, smothering them from the inside.

ESP (Spider-Sense): Anti-Venom/Alternom also possesses an extra sensory ability similar to Spider-Man’s spider-sense. This response is not as complicated as Spider-Man’s inherent sense since the symbiote can detect danger from every direction and conduct giving Brock in plenty of time. It's a lot more efficient than Spider-Man’s spider-sense because it takes less time to sense the danger, and Margarita’s reflexes are faster than Spider-Man’s, because they are enhanced by the symbiote for instance Anti-Venom/Alternom can dodge a gunshot or a barrage of bullets.

Immunity to Spider-Man's Spider Sense: Due to Spider-Man was a host of the Venom symbiote, and as a result his offspring, is able to bypass Spider-Man's spider-sense. As such, Anti-Venom/Alternom is capable of attacking Spider-Man without alerting him, making Anti-Venom/Alternom a deadly foe.

Camouflage Capabilities: The symbiote is capable of mimicking the appearance of any form of clothing, camouflaging with its surroundings, and even mimicking other people. Brock's preferred form of clothing was a white shirt, jacket and pants.

Stretching and deforming: Anti-Venom/Alternom can stretch and deform his body and increase his size.

External Symbiote Rejection: The white symbiote has the ability to reject the Venom symbiote and presumably all of its children as well.

Constituent-Matter Manipulation: Anti-Venom/Alternom can manipulate his matter to enlarge or stretch his body in order to augment his attacks. Anti-Venom/Alternom also can morph his hands into blades similar to his nephew Carnage and he can create a shield.

Impurity Sense: Anti-Venom/Alternom can sense foreign substances within a person's body which includes symbiotes, radiation, narcotics, viruses, and other diseases.

Internal Bodily Cleansing: After sensing an impurity such as toxins, drugs, diseases, and other malignant substances, Anti-Venom/Alternom can forcefully "cure" the substance from the person's body using antibodies produced by the symbiote. This power can also be used to depower some superhumans, unlike his predecessor he can't cure and rid off the powers of Spider-Man.

Fire immunity: In contrast to the other symbiotes, Anti-Venom/Alternom is immune to fire and extreme heat. 

Sonic immunity: Besides immunity to fire and heat, Anti-Venom/Alternom also shows strong resistance against sonic-based attacks.

Night Vision: See in the Dark

Teleport: Margarita has a necklace with a compass which has a purple stone hidden in the symbiote, she use it to avoid enemies in battle but not very often preferring to relay in her own fighting abilities and escape someplace else. Also she is using it to travel through time and space.

Ability(ies):

The symbiote produces antibodies that can "cure" a person afflicted by radioactivity, parasites, diseases, and drugs.

Weapon Handling: 

Mostly a Baseball bat

Hand-To-Hand Combat: 

???

Defense: 

???

Offense: 

???

People Skills: 

Doesn't talk too much, she gets anxious around new people.

The Character’s Familial/Biographical Information

Birthplace:

Athens, Greece

Family:

???

Familial Background:

???

Character Background:

???

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That’s right it’s a Mac ref!!

I’ve gotten pretty comfortable with drawing him as well as just kind of thinking of him as a character so i figured i owed yall what he looks like when he’s Not dressed for work. More below!

BASICS

Name: Fort McMurray Human Name: Reginald “Mac” Buffalo Founded: 1870 Amalgamated: 1995 Sign: Taurus PHYSICAL

Body Type: 5′8″. Buff af, but not toned. Like Ed, is a bit round in the middle. Very square, including his head.  Hair: Blonde with dark roots. Not clear if he dyes his hair or if it’s just Like that. Center part, more or less completely fits under his hat.  Eyes: Dark brown.  Ethnicity: Metis (English/Scottish + Cree) Other: Tattoo on left shoulder: Wild rose, northern lights, boreal forest, roots that morph into pipes. Deep burn scar on his back. Roman/aquiline nose. Similar oil drop motif to Ed.

PERSONAL

General: Straightforward with a sense of humour, stubborn, tends to get angry easily and especially when he gets nervous or feels talked down to. Hardworking but easygoing when with people he likes. His isolation contributes to a bit of neuroticism and an addictive personality, which he has dealt with repeatedly in the past. Loyal, but often a bit too defensive. Kind of shy and stupid around women. Likes: Beer, smoking, adding extensive and ‘unnecessary’ modifications to his damn truck and driving said truck, cash money, camping, barbecue, working with his hands, spending time with family, kitchen parties, hunting, hockey, lorge dogs, pretty girls Dislikes: Being talked down to, formal social gatherings, hypocrites, being used, talking politics at the dinner table, being on his own for long periods of time, contemplating the future

HISTORY

- Founded as an HBC fort initially, though the areas petroleum resources were well known by local peoples before the company set foot there. A stop for travelers across the northwest for generations. - Began developing the tar sands in the early 20th century, which continues today. - Changed name and municipal status several times throughout history, eventually became the amalgamated center of the municipality of Wood Buffalo in the 90s. - The municipality is still suffering from the fallout of the 2016 wildfire, one of the worst natural disasters in Canadian history which, as I write this two years after it began, barely stopped burning less than a year ago. Tread lightly on this topic.  

BIASED HAPO FACTS

- it’s hard not to have an opinion on fort mac, and if you’re an albertan it’s harder still to not meet anyone associated with the place even if you’ve never been there yourself. I’ve known people with family there, people who barely finished high school to get up there working, I’ve known people who drove on the Highway of Death for work, I’ve sat with people on planes home who were just stopping over on their way up there, I’ve known people who were working there that wouldn’t go a day with a big mushy public profession of love on their sweetheart’s facebook page... - Fort Mac is jokingly known as ‘the second biggest city in Newfoundand’ because of the huge Atlantic population and that never ceases to amuse me. - I keep my political opinions separate from my portrayal of Mac as much as I can, but god do i get riled up over celebrities flying their private jets up to yell as much as the next guy... - I was in Edmonton during the evacuation, and since Edmonton is one of the only big cities with the facilities for such a big evacuation (and, really, the only stop on that bottleneck highway) we were often the first stop (though news outlets occasionally misreported Calgary as the first destination). It was a time of an outpouring of support and care, but it was also a time of discrimination and, like any time the oil price fluctuates in this province, it coincided with an uptick in theft and violent crimes. For every push, there is a pull, and it’s always struck me as the volatile heart of a volatile province. - The media attention during the fire was surreal. It was as if everyone had forgotten what Fort Mac was and saw it only as a town in need of support. Those who didn’t know it existed suddenly cared. Those who knew all too well had the gall to celebrate it as if it was nature’s “revenge”. It didn’t take long for people to forget about the fire and resume their heckling.  - Irresponsible young men is always my first thought after the industry that draws them there. The place was maturing over the course of my undergrad degree as more families moved up to settle down, and there was growing talk of a “sister municipality” of sorts to handle the stress on the infrastructure. Since the fire, the conversation has turned a 180, and people who have lived there for years are leaving in droves. - This all said while I think of Mac as the Irresponsible Young Men I based him off of, he’s still old, he still is stuck in those sands, he’s had time to think and time to recover. To keep myself sane and him easier to write, he is a more mature and thoughtful version of those Irresponsible Young Men that I think of. - i can’t believe i live in a day and age where i actually miss brian jean as leader of the opposition, wow. 

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Marvin Hagler

Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 1987. He reigned as the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987, making twelve defenses of that title, and today holds the highest knockout percentage of all undisputed middleweight champions, at 78%. At six years and seven months, his reign as undisputed middleweight champion is the second longest of the last century, behind only Tony Zale, who reigned during World War II. In 1982, annoyed that network announcers often did not refer to him by his nickname, "Marvelous", Hagler legally changed his name to Marvelous Marvin Hagler.

Hagler is an inductee of the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame. He was named Fighter of the Decade (1980s) by Boxing Illustrated magazine, and twice named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). In 2001 and 2004, The Ring named him the third greatest middleweight of all time and in 2002 named him the 17th greatest fighter of the past 80 years. The International Boxing Research Organisation (IBRO) rates Hagler as the sixth greatest middleweight of all time, while BoxRec rates him the sixth best middleweight of all time. Many analysts and boxing writers consider Hagler to have one of the best chins in boxing history.

Early life and amateur career

Hagler spent his early years in Newark, New Jersey's Central Ward. Following the Newark Riots of July 12–17, 1967, in which 26 people were killed and $11 million in property damage was caused, including the destruction of the Hagler family's tenement, the Haglers moved to Brockton, Massachusetts. In 1969, Hagler took up boxing after walking into a gym in the town owned by brothers Pat and Goody Petronelli, who became his trainers and managers. In 1973, Hagler won the National AAU 165-pound title after defeating Atlanta's Terry Dobbs.

Professional career

Early career

Hagler was a top-ranked middleweight boxer for many years before he could fight for the title. Hagler struggled to find high-profile opponents willing to face him in his early years. Joe Frazier told Hagler, 'You have three strikes against you, "You're black, you're a southpaw, and you're good.' He often had to travel to his opponents' hometowns to get fights. His first break came when he was offered --on two weeks' notice-- a chance against Willie 'the Worm' Monroe, who was being trained by Frazier. Hagler lost the decision but the fight was close, so Monroe gave him a rematch. This time Hagler knocked out Monroe in 12 rounds. In a third fight, he stopped Monroe in two rounds.

Boston promoter Rip Valenti took an interest in Hagler and began bringing in top ranked opponents for Hagler to face. He fought 1972 Olympics gold medalist Sugar Ray Seales; Hagler won the first time, the second was a draw and Hagler knocked out Seales in the third fight. Number 1 ranked Mike Colbert was knocked out in the twelfth and also had his jaw broken by Hagler. Briton Kevin Finnegan was stopped in eight. Afterwards Finnegan required 40 stitches in his face. He dropped a controversial decision to Bobby 'Boogaloo' Watts, but knocked out Watts in two rounds in a rematch. Hagler won a ten-round decision over 'Bad' Bennie Briscoe. By then, promoter Bob Arum took notice and signed him.

First title shot

In November 1979, Hagler fought World Middleweight Champion Vito Antuofermo at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. After fifteen rounds, most thought that Hagler had won. Hagler claimed the ref said he won, but the ref denied ever saying it. Hagler claimed he and many others were surprised when the decision was announced as a draw and Antuofermo retained his title. This only added to Hagler's frustrations. Hagler had the boxing skills and killer instinct to knock Vito out, but instead he played it safe and it cost him the title.

World champion

Antuofermo lost his title later to British boxer Alan Minter, who gave Hagler his second title shot. Hagler went to Wembley Arena to face Minter. The tense atmosphere was stoked further when Minter was quoted as saying that "No black man is going to take my title"—Minter would later insist he meant "that black man". Hagler took command and his slashing punches soon opened up the cut prone Minter. The referee halted the contest after 3 rounds. At the conclusion of this bout a riot broke out and Hagler and his trainers had to be carried away to their locker rooms by the police, in the middle of a rain of beer bottles and glasses. After 7 years and 50 fights, Hagler was World Middleweight Champion.

Hagler proved a busy world champion. He defeated future world champion Fulgencio Obelmejias of Venezuela by a knockout in eight rounds and then former world champ Antuofermo in a rematch by TKO in four rounds. Both matches were fought at the Boston Garden near Hagler's hometown, endearing him to Boston fight fans. Syrian born Mustafa Hamsho, who won his shot in an eliminator with Wilfred Benítez and would later defeat future world champion Bobby Czyz, became Hagler's next challenger, put up a lot of resistance but was finally beaten in 11 tough rounds. Michigan fighter William "Caveman" Lee lasted only one round, and in a rematch in Italy, Obelmejias lasted five rounds. British Champion (and mutual Alan Minter conqueror) Tony Sibson followed in Hagler's ever-growing list of unsuccessful challengers. Sibson provided one of the most entertaining (to this point) fights of Marvelous Marvin's career, but he ultimately fell short, lasting six rounds. Next, came Wilford Scypion, who only lasted four. By then, Hagler was a staple on HBO, the Pay Per View of its time.

Hagler vs. Durán

A fight against Roberto Durán followed. Durán was the first challenger to last the distance with Hagler in a world-championship bout. Durán was the WBA Light Middleweight Champion and went up in weight to challenge for Hagler's middleweight crown. Hagler won a unanimous 15-round decision, although after 13 rounds, Duran was ahead by one point on two scorecards and even on the third. Hagler, with his left eye swollen and cut, came on strong in the last two rounds to win the fight.

More title defenses

Then came Juan Roldán of Argentina, who became the only man to be credited with a knockdown of Hagler, scoring one knockdown seconds into the fight – which was clearly a slip to anyone who saw it. Hagler protested bitterly that he had been pulled/pushed to the canvas. Hagler took his revenge though, he introduced his thumb in Roldan's left eye, then brutalized him over ten rounds and stopping him in the middle of round ten. Sugar Ray Leonard was calling the fight ringside with HBO analyst Barry Tompkins. He noted to Tompkins between rounds that Hagler looked older and slower. "Marvin might finally be slowing down, Barry" Leonard remarked. Many people believe this is the fight that gave Sugar Ray Leonard the idea that he could actually win a fight with the aging Hagler. Hamsho was given a rematch, but the Syrian was again TKO'd, this time in only three rounds. Hamsho angered Hagler with a trio of intentional headbutts in the second round and a fourth early in the third, goading the normally patient and cautious Hagler into a full-out attack that left Hamsho battered and defenseless in a matter of seconds.

Hagler vs. Hearns

On April 15, 1985, Hagler and Thomas Hearns met in what was billed as The Fight; later it would become known as "The War." Hagler, despite a cut to the head and being covered in blood, managed to overpower Hearns in the third round after a glancing right hand followed by two more rights and a left, scoring a decisive knockout. The first round of Hagler vs. Hearns is often considered to be among the best three minutes in boxing in middleweight history as the two fighters stood toe-to-toe trading blows. Rounds two and three couldn't live up to the first, as Hearns broke his hand in the first round, but were still very competitive. The fight only lasted eight minutes but it is rightly regarded as a classic and is considered to this day to be Hagler's greatest achievement. Commentator Al Michaels uttered the now-immortal line, "It didn't go very far, but it was a beauty!" The fight was named "Fight of the Year" by The Ring.

Hagler vs. Mugabi

Next was Olympic silver medalist John Mugabi of Uganda, who was 25–0 with 25 knockouts and was ranked the number one contender by all three major bodies. The fight was fought on March 10, 1986 as Hagler had hurt his back and could not fight on the first date booked in 1985. Hagler stopped Mugabi in the 11th round of a brutal fight. Many ringside observers, including analyst Gil Clancy, noticed that Hagler was showing signs of advanced ring wear and age. He was much slower of hand and foot and seemed much easier to hit. He had also completely morphed his ring style from a slick, quick-fisted, boxer/puncher to a strictly flat-footed, stalking, slugger to compensate for his loss of speed and reflexes. Hagler was now said to be seriously considering retirement. Hagler's promoter Bob Arum was quoted as saying he was expecting Hagler to retire in the face of being challenged by Sugar Ray Leonard.

Hagler vs Leonard

The Super Fight

Hagler's next challenger was Sugar Ray Leonard, who was returning to the ring after a three-year retirement (having fought just once in the previous five years.) During the pre-fight negotiations, in return for granting Hagler a larger share of the purse Leonard obtained several conditions which would be crucial to his strategy; a 22x22ft ring, 12oz gloves and the fight was to be over 12—not 15—rounds. Leonard was 2 years younger, had half as many fights, and unbeknownst to Hagler, had engaged in several 'real' fights behind closed doors (i.e. gloves, rounds, a referee, judges and no head gear) in order to shake off his ring rust. The fight took place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 6, 1987. Hagler was the betting favorite.

Hagler, a natural southpaw, opened the fight boxing out of an orthodox stance. After the quick and slick Leonard won the first two rounds on all three scorecards, Hagler started the third round as a southpaw. Hagler did better, though Leonard's superior speed and boxing skill kept him in the fight. But by the fifth, Leonard, who was moving a lot, began to tire and Hagler started to get closer. As he tired Leonard began to clinch with more frequency (in total referee Richard Steele gave him over 30 warnings for holding, although never deducted a point). Hagler buckled Leonard's knees with a right uppercut near the end of the round, which finished with Leonard on the ropes. Hagler continued to score effectively in round six. Leonard, having slowed down, was obliged to fight more and run less.

In rounds seven and eight, Hagler's southpaw jab was landing solidly and Leonard's counter flurries were less frequent. Round nine was the most exciting round of the fight. Hagler hurt Leonard with a left cross and pinned him in a corner. Leonard was in trouble, then furiously tried to fight his way out of the corner. The action see-sawed back and forth for the rest of the round, with each man having his moments. Round ten was tame by comparison, as the pace slowed after the furious action of the previous round. Clearly tiring, Leonard boxed well in the eleventh. Every time Hagler scored, Leonard came back with something flashier, if not as effective. In the final round, Hagler continued to chase Leonard. He hit Leonard with a big left hand and backed him into a corner. Leonard responded with a flurry and danced away with Hagler in pursuit. The fight ended with Hagler and Leonard exchanging along the ropes. Hagler began dancing in celebration of his performance while Leonard alternately collapsed to the canvas and raised both his arms in triumph. Leonard threw 629 punches and landed 306, while Hagler threw 792 and landed 291.

Hagler later said that, as the fighters embraced in the ring after the fight, Leonard said to him, "You beat me man". Hagler said after the fight, "He said I beat him and I was so happy". Leonard denied making the statement and claimed he only told Hagler, "You're a great champion". HBO cameras and microphones supported Hagler's version of events.

Leonard was announced as winner by split decision, which remains hotly disputed to this day.

Post-fight reaction

Official ringside judge JoJo Guerra, whose 118–110 scorecard was derided in many quarters, commented that:

Judge Dave Moretti, who scored it 115–113 for Leonard:

Lou Filippo, who scored it 115–113 for Hagler and felt that Hagler's bodyshots and aggression earned him the nod, said:

Hugh McIlvanney, commenting in the British Sunday Times and Sports Illustrated:

McIlvanny also referred to Budd Schulberg's contention about a 'compound optical illusion', namely that simply being more competitive than expected meant that Leonard appeared more effective and to be doing more than he actually was. Harry Gibbs, the British judge who ironically had been rejected by the Hagler camp, said he also scored it for Hagler.

Jim Murray, long-time sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times felt that Leonard deservedly got the decision, arguing that Leonard landed more punches and showed better defense and ring generalship, and writing:

The scorecards from the ringside press attest to the closeness of the fight (6–5, 3 drawn) more pundits awarded the fight to Leonard rather than to Hagler, although counting those who scored it even, more felt Hagler deserved to keep his title than did not:

Rematch

Hagler requested a rematch but Leonard chose to retire again (the third of five high-profile retirements announced by Leonard), having said he would do so beforehand. Hagler himself retired from boxing in June 1988, declaring that he was "tired of waiting" for Leonard to grant him a rematch. In 1990, Leonard finally offered Hagler a rematch which reportedly would have earned him $15m, but he declined. By then he had settled down to a new life as an actor in Italy and was now uninterested in boxing. He said "A while ago, yeah, I wanted him so bad, but I'm over that." At the 1994 Consumer Electronics Show Hagler and Leonard had a mock rematch by playing against each other in the video game Boxing Legends of the Ring, and claimed that an actual rematch was being planned.

Training style

Hagler had a unique training regimen in which he would hole up on Cape Cod in motels that had closed for the winter. For his "road work" he would take to the pavement in army boots, declaring running shoes "sissy shoes." He would run much of his route backwards to prepare for movements in the boxing ring.

Professional boxing record

Career after boxing

After the loss to Leonard, Hagler moved to Italy, where he became a well-known star of action films. His roles include a US Marine in the films Indio and Indio 2. In 1996, he starred alongside Giselle Blondet in Virtual Weapon. Hagler has provided boxing commentary for British television. Another foray into the entertainment field includes work in the video game Fight Night: Round 3.

Personal life

Former middleweight southpaw boxer Robbie Sims is Hagler's half brother. Hagler has five children with his first wife, Bertha, including Charelle, Celeste, James, Marvin, Jr., and Gentry. Although he owns a home in Bartlett, New Hampshire, Hagler currently lives in Milan. In May 2000, he married his second wife Kay, an Italian woman, in Pioltello, Italy.

Awards and recognitions

Named Fighter of the Decade (1980s) by Boxing Illustrated

Named Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year for 1983 and 1985.

Named Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year for 1983 and 1985.

Inducted into both the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993.

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A. Human

Els adorns corporals que creen apèndixs alienígenes, com ara els creixements de la pell i els dits palmats, apareixen a la nova marca de moda de la col·lecció A.Human, que actualment s’exhibeix en una exposició de malson per a la Setmana de la Moda de Nova York .

A. Human va debutar els dissenys de transformació corporal a principis d’aquesta setmana, com a part d’una instal·lació immersiva oberta coincidint amb l’esdeveniment de tota la ciutat .

Society of Spectacle, Simon Huck.

vogue.com/article/a-human-body-modification-simon-huck-exhibit

ideaimateria.tumblr.com/post/181075197084/a-human-on-instagram-heres-the-lovely  .instagram.com/p/BnBdDABgfSL/ 

.instagram.com/ahuman/ 

.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17847312/human-fashion-show-installation-body-modification-sci-fi-transdermal-implants

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/29/kim-kardashian-chrissy-teigen-body-modification-a-human

https://www.dezeen.com/2018/09/07/a-human-debuts-body-morphing-accessories-new-york-fashion-week/

+HUMANS 2015

El futur de la nostra espècie

7 octubre 2015 — 10 abril 2016

Cíborgs, superhumans i clons. Evolució o extinció? Què vol dir ser humà avui? Com serà l’ésser humà d’aquí a cent anys? El potencial tecnològic avança a tota velocitat, hem de continuar modificant el nostre cos, la nostra ment i la nostra vida quotidiana, o hi ha uns límits que no podem superar? La mostra explora els possibles camins de futur de la nostra espècie tenint en compte especialment les tecnologies emergents i el nostre context cultural i ètic...

«+Humans» s’endinsa en els límits del que significa ser un ésser humà: els límits del cos, els límits de l’espècie, els límits del que és socialment i èticament acceptable. Ens hem de millorar nosaltres mateixos, o hem d’intentar modificar els nostres descendents? Ens acostem a una singularitat d’una hibridació home-màquina, o perdem facultats a causa de la dependència sempre en augment respecte a les extensions tecnològiques del cos? És l’allargament de la longevitat humana una magnífica aspiració o una terrible amenaça per al planeta?

Aquesta exposició dóna continuïtat al projecte «Human +», presentat a la Science Gallery del Trinity College Dublin el 2011.  L’artista Cathrine Kramer n’és la seva comissària executiva i ha comptat amb la col·laboració de l’investigador Ricard Solé. La mostra ha estat realitzada amb l’assessorament de Juliana Adelman, Rachel Armstrong, Michael  John Gorman, Aoife McLysaght, Ross McManus, Richard ReillyI i Charles Spillane.

Amb obres d’una cinquantena d’artistes i amb propostes pioneres de recerca, +Humans explora els possibles camins de futur de la nostra espècie. Des de les tècniques de reproducció assistida i els experiments incipients en biologia sintètica fins a la possibilitat de perpetuar-nos a través de l’àmbit digital, les nostres vides estan condicionades i definides per una revolucionària confluència de nous camps científics i tecnològics.

Per crear el marc d’exploració, s’han ideat quatre temes generals: Capacitats augmentades, Trobar-se amb d’altres, Dissenyant l’entorn i La vida en els límits. Cada tema es representa per mitjà d’obres d’art, artefactes històrics, vídeos, investigacions científiques i productes comercials.

Visita en 360º

Comissariat: Cathrine Kramer

http://www.cccb.org/ca/exposicions/fitxa/-humans/129032

http://www.cccb.org/en/multimedia/playlists/the-posthuman-condition/rel-event/221317

https://www.cccb.org/en/activities/file/the-posthuman-condition/221317

ines alpha 🌙 Creador de maquillatge 3D artist maquillador electrònic 💻 inesalpha.space 🔊 Equip A / V amb @ panteros666 🔊 👽 Segueix per desbloquejar filtres 👽 🧡 Etiqueta'm en publicacions d'any 🧡 inesalpha.space

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https://www.instagram.com/panteros666/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CC8TL93Frp3/

/ideaimateria.tumblr.com/post/631060914048729088

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/DDW/22/222/22

ideaimateria.tumblr.com/post/631005800753725440/coming-soon

https://ddw.nl/en/programme/2659/art-tech-fun-robots-wearables-egirls-manifestations

https://vimeo.com/468782092

https://www.youtube.com/user/ViolaSand/videos https://vimeo.com/sandwoman https://2020.manifestations.nl/en/programma/

VAMPIRS. L'EVOLUCIÓ DEL MITE

DEL 29 D'OCTUBRE DE 2020 AL 31 DE GENER DE 2021

El mite del vampir i el cinema han estat vinculats al llarg dels segles XX i XXI en una relació simbiòtica i il·lusòria.Aquesta exposició és una oportunitat excepcional per submergir-se en el món dels vampirs i conèixer les relacions entre les diferents facetes del vampir, a partir de diferents pràctiques artístiques, d’una manera que captiva l’espectador.

https://caixaforum.es/ca/barcelona/p/vampirs-l-evolucio-del-mite_a9348862

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqVg0nI8jlk&feature=emb_logo

Wet Lab . Què és un wet lab?

https://ideaimateria.tumblr.com/search/wetlab

Bio-Materials, bio-art, bio-hacking, bio-política, “bio-jewelry”, “bio-design” … Recerca, art, ciència, tecnologia… 

Wet Lab / Bio- lab

Wet Lab . Què és un wet lab?

Què és un Wet lab i un bio-lab aplicat a les arts?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_lab

https://ca.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biolab

*El Wet lab d’Hangar és un espai on tenen lloc pràctiques híbrides que gargotegen els límits generalment establerts entre ciències i arts des d’una perspectiva transhackfeminista i de revisió crítica a la institució Ciència. A l’octubre es posa de nou en marxa amb una programació fins a final d’any que inclou residències de recerca, workshops, presentacions, grups de discussió, processos de fermentació… https://hangar.org/ca/recerca/noticies/nova-programacio-al-wet-lab/

        L’artista en residència Lucia Egaña presenta el 10 d’octubre una nova edició de Sureando el Cuerpo al Wet Lab d’Hangar *.

Aquesta trobada explora els (fallits) intents per establir un coneixement transdisciplinar des del sud del món per part d’un científic_ i activista de la dissidència sexual xilena. Els resultats d’una recerca molecular sobre la migració de cèl·lules de càncer, les resistències a la incorporació de la teoria feminista en les recerques científiques, les imatges que es perden en un experiment de neurociències, la saliva com fluït de l’abjecció i com a molècula reparadora de teixits i les accions d’un col·lectiu de dissidència sexual en el context polític d’un país repressiu com Xile, seran alguns dels temes que explorarà el seminari. A través d’imatges, petits vídeos, lectures, exposició de resultats i, el més important, diàlegs amb els qui assisteixin, s’aprofundirà en les dificultats d’establir recerques trans-disciplinàries en l’acadèmia i la potencialitat de crear llaços activistes per ampliar el coneixement. https://hangar.org/ca/residents/activitats-dels-residents/transdisciplinas-meridionals-ciencia-escriptura-i-activisme-de-dissidencia-sexual-a-xile-amb-jorge-diaz/ https://sureandoelcuerpo.wordpress.com/2018/09/19/transdisciplinas-surenas-ciencia-escritura-y-activismo-de-disidencia-sexual-en-chile-con-jorge-diaz/ Info Hangar:https://hangar.org/ca/category/recerca/programes/ https://hangar.org/ca/category/recerca/noticies/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/hangar.org/events/?ref=page_internal

Bioart

Biodisseny

Bio

Bio-Couture

Suzanne Lee Bio-Couture és el projecte tèxtil sostenible de la dissenyadora, Suzanne Lee,  el qual es basa en la producció de peces fetes de cel·lulosa a partir d'un procés de fermentació de residus orgànics i el cultiu de diversos microorganismes no patògens; i encara que no es busca el reemplaçament absolut de materials convencionals com el cotó, la pell o qualsevol tèxtil, sí que s'espera generar un complement intel·ligent i sostenible no només per a la indústria tèxtil, sinó per a altres àrees d'estudi.

La idea va sorgir a partir de “Kombucha”, una beguda mil·lenària xinesa elaborada a partir de te, sucre i una colònia de microorganismes que la fermentaven i així es produïa seu particular sabor àcid.

La matèria primera que s'utilitza per produir aquest tèxtil consisteix principalment de te verd, sucre, bacteris i llevat de cervesa. 

La recepta, o més aviat, el mètode, consisteix en barrejar aquests elements en una tina i deixar reposar per diversos dies fins que es fermentin i produeixin el material desitjat, en aquest cas: una làmina transparent i gruixuda de cel·lulosa que després d'un procediment de rentat i assecat a l'aire lliure, dóna pas al nou teixit.

El resultat és un material de textura i aspecte visual similar al d'una capa de pell humana, fort i resistent, que pot ser tallat i cosit com es faria normalment amb un tèxtil a modelar sobre un maniquí, i, fins i tot, tenyir-se a partir de fruits o tints naturals. https://www.ted.com/speakers/suzanne_lee https://ideas.ted.com/the-skirt-and-shoe-made-from-kombucha/ https://culturacolectiva.com/diseno/suzanne-lee-cultivando-moda/ David Hepworth, founder of the Scotland-based firm Cellucomp https://www.cellucomp.com/

Recerca https://www.wur.nl/en/activity/Fashioning-the-Future-1.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLzLZmKUBe8&t=10s

http://sustainable-fashion.com/ http://sustainable-fashion.com/projects/fashioning-the-future/ http://sustainable-fashion.com/projects/habitat/ http://gfc-conference.eu/

http://cesaretopia.com/kombucha/

Biblio: https://www.amazon.com/Fashioning-Future-Suzanne-Lee/dp/0500512612

Expos: Fashioning the Future: Innovation textile value chains Tue 4 September 2018 until Fri 12 October 2018 https://www.wur.nl/en/activity/Fashioning-the-Future-1.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLzLZmKUBe8&t=10s

https://dialogue.wur.eu/spotlight/fashion-can-also-be-circular/

https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wageningen#/map/0

http://fabtextiles.org/ http://fabtextiles.org/tag/clara-davis/

https://www.fablabs.io/labs/fablabbcn

Fab Lab BCN | FabLabs www.fablabs.io Fab Lab Barcelona is a centre of production, investigation and education, that uses the latest computer-assisted design software for the creation of prototypes and scale models for Architecture, Construction and Industrial Design. https://fablabbcn.org/

Fab Lab Barcelona fablabbcn.org Fab Lab BCN @ Fab14. Fab Lab Barcelona at FAB14 - Fabricating Resilience. Members of the more than 1,200 worldwide Fab Labs gather, for 5 days, to share, discuss, collaborate and create communities around the different local and global interests regarding digital manufacturing, innovation, and technology. https://fablabbcn.org/projects.html

Projects - Fab Lab Barcelona fablabbcn.org Organicity Traditionally, smart city initiatives have promised solutions within individual sectors, such as transport, health and climate. But the emerging truth is that you cannot solve the challenges through initiatives confined to each sector.

http://fabtextiles.org/

FabTextiles | Experimental Digital Open Source Couture fabtextiles.org 5th Digital Fashion & Wearables Exhibition. 5th Digital Fashion & Wearables exhibition by FabTextiles and Textile Lab Amsterdam, Villette Makerz, Paris, 2018 (picture by→ http://fabtextiles.org/contact/

FabTextiles fabtextiles.org Founder and project leader: Anastasia Pistofidou Collaborator: Clara Davis Internships : 2018: Mohamad Elatab (Architect/Designer), Noor El-Gewely (Architect/Designer), Aldana Persia ( Fashion Designer) 2017: Laura Ramos (Fashion Designer), Clara Davis (Artist),Mohamad Elatab (Architect/Designer), Noor El-Gewely (Architect/Designer), Aldana Persia ( Fashion Designer) Anna …

https://vimeo.com/user48760582

fabtextiles on Vimeo vimeo.com FabTextiles is an applied research on digital fabrication technologies, wearable electronics and personal production oriented in Fashion. https://clara-davis.com/

CLARA DAVIS / Textile & Material Designer clara-davis.com Clara Davis is a textile & material designer looking for a durable design by using new techniques and technologies.Laura Mir Sanjuán

La recepta:

http://fabtextiles.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/BIOPLASTIC-RECIPE.pdf

BIOPLASTIC RECIPE - Fabtextiles fabtextiles.org There are several recipes to create bioplastic. Here, we’re gonna use only three simple ingredients : gelatin (pig skin), glycerol and water. - The gelatin we are gonna take is made with recycling pig skin of the meat industry. http://fabtextiles.org/the-secrets-of-bioplastic/ The secrets of Bioplastic | FabTextiles fabtextiles.org During a week we created samples of bioplastic with gelatin base, experimenting and testing the limits of this material. Bioplastic made with gelatin base is a renewable biological raw material fabricated with only vegetable matter.

https://clara-davis.com/albums/thesecretsofbioplastics/

The Secrets of Bioplastic - CLARA DAVIS / Textile … clara-davis.com What is the bioplastic ? How to make it ? Learn the secrets of bioplastic… (Fab Textiles, Fab Lab Barcelona, 2017) Bioplastic made with gelatin base is a renewable biological raw material fabricated with only organic matter. https://clara-davis.com/sets/biomaterials-bioplastics/

Bioplastics - CLARA DAVIS / Textile & Material Designer clara-davis.com Bioplastics are made with renewable biological raw material fabricated with only biodegradable matter. To make bioplastics you need a biopolymer for strength, a…

http://fabtextiles.org/tag/fab-lab-barcelona/

http://blogs.upm.es/biomateriales/

http://dumolab.com/

DumoLab* dumolab.com

Aguahoja is an exhibition by The Mediated Matter Group, MIT Media Lab, on view at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. March - July 2018

https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/aguahoja/overview/

Jenkin van Zyl

https://www.instagram.com/jenkinvanzyl/

[aiyannatimewitch]

Aiyanna, Time Witch:back cover

The asteroid, Jupiter’s Hammer, hurtles toward a future cataclysmic collision with Earth. Graduate student Jack Pierce, comes upon enigmatic, seductive Aiyanna, who has no memory.  They accidentally stumble onto time travel using a strange jewelry artifact and one of Aiyanna’s Psy abilities. Who is Aiyanna, and what are the meanings of the magical tattoos appearing, morphing, and moving across her body? Where did the artifact come from, and why is Aiyanna here?          

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 In 2167, a secret government agency, in the aftermath of the asteroid collision, rushes to discover time travel, risking self-annihilation.

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 Aiyanna and Jack are pursued by the mafia in 1980, Las Vegas; street gangs in 2014, San Diego; Homeland Security in Manhattan during the 2040’s; and time travelers from 2167. They must exploit time travel benefits and avoid its perils to deal with these threats, and to uncover the roles of Fate, and Free Will in the outcome of Jupiter’s Hammer. Will Jupiter’s Hammer smash into Earth? Can they stop it? Should they try? What will become of Aiyanna and Jack’s growing attraction?

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https://www.amazon.com/Aiyanna-Time-Witch-travel-adventure/dp/1984915827/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519837312&sr=8-1&keywords=aiyanna+time

[dailynewswebsite]

Solar power stations in space could be the answer to our energy needs

Artist impression of a photo voltaic disk in house. NASA

It appears like science fiction: big solar energy stations floating in house that beam down monumental quantities of vitality to Earth. And for a very long time, the idea – first developed by the Russian scientist, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, within the 1920s – was primarily an inspiration for writers.

A century later, nonetheless, scientists are making large strides in turning the idea into actuality. The European Area Company has realised the potential of those efforts and is now trying to fund such initiatives, predicting that the primary industrial useful resource we are going to get from house is “beamed energy”.

Local weather change is the best problem of our time, so there’s so much at stake. From rising international temperatures to shifting climate patterns, the impacts of local weather change are already being felt across the globe. Overcoming this problem would require radical modifications to how we generate and devour vitality.

Renewable vitality applied sciences have developed drastically in recent times, with improved effectivity and decrease value. However one main barrier to their uptake is the truth that they don’t present a continuing provide of vitality. Wind and photo voltaic farms solely produce vitality when the wind is blowing or the solar is shining – however we want electrical energy across the clock, each day. In the end, we want a option to retailer vitality on a big scale earlier than we are able to make the swap to renewable sources.

Advantages of house

A doable approach round this may be to generate photo voltaic vitality in house. There are lots of benefits to this. An area-based solar energy station may orbit to face the Solar 24 hours a day. The Earth’s environment additionally absorbs and displays a few of the Solar’s mild, so photo voltaic cells above the environment will obtain extra daylight and produce extra vitality.

However one of many key challenges to beat is the best way to assemble, launch and deploy such massive constructions. A single solar energy station could need to be as a lot as 10 kilometres squared in space – equal to 1,400 soccer pitches. Utilizing light-weight supplies will even be crucial, as the most important expense will likely be the price of launching the station into house on a rocket.

Artist’s conceptions of a solar energy satellite tv for pc, dubbed the Built-in Symmetrical Concentrator SPS idea. NASA

One proposed resolution is to develop a swarm of 1000’s of smaller satellites that may come collectively and configure to type a single, massive photo voltaic generator. In 2017, researchers on the California Institute of Know-how outlined designs for a modular energy station, consisting of 1000’s of ultralight photo voltaic cell tiles. In addition they demonstrated a prototype tile weighing simply 280 grams per sq. metre, just like the load of card.

Not too long ago, developments in manufacturing, equivalent to 3D printing, are additionally being checked out for this software. On the College of Liverpool, we’re exploring new manufacturing strategies for printing ultralight photo voltaic cells on to photo voltaic sails. A photo voltaic sail is a foldable, light-weight and extremely reflective membrane able to harnessing the impact of the Solar’s radiation stress to propel a spacecraft ahead with out gasoline. We’re exploring the best way to embed photo voltaic cells on photo voltaic sail constructions to create massive, fuel-free solar energy stations.

These strategies would allow us to assemble the ability stations in house. Certainly, it may in the future be doable to fabricate and deploy models in house from the Worldwide Area Station or the longer term lunar gateway station that may orbit the Moon. Such gadgets may in truth assist present energy on the Moon.

The probabilities don’t finish there. Whereas we’re presently reliant on supplies from Earth to construct energy stations, scientists are additionally contemplating utilizing sources from house for manufacturing, equivalent to supplies discovered on the Moon.

One other main problem will likely be getting the ability transmitted again to Earth. The plan is to transform electrical energy from the photo voltaic cells into vitality waves and use electromagnetic fields to switch them right down to an antenna on the Earth’s floor. The antenna would then convert the waves again into electrical energy. Researchers led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Company have already developed designs and demonstrated an orbiter system which ought to have the ability to do that.

There’s nonetheless lots of work to be achieved on this discipline, however the purpose is that solar energy stations in house will turn out to be a actuality within the coming a long time. Researchers in China have designed a system referred to as Omega, which they purpose to have operational by 2050. This method ought to be able to supplying 2GW of energy into Earth’s grid at peak efficiency, which is a large quantity. To supply that a lot energy with photo voltaic panels on Earth, you would wish greater than six million of them.

Smaller solar energy satellites, like these designed to energy lunar rovers, could possibly be operational even sooner.

Throughout the globe, the scientific neighborhood is committing effort and time to the event of solar energy stations in house. Our hope is that they might in the future be an important software in our combat towards local weather change.

Stefania Soldini receives funding from EPSRC/CEII Community+ Grant (Ref: EP/S036113/1) on “3D-printed Morphing Origami Photo voltaic Sail CubeSat” (Ref: EP/S036113/1) in partnership with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Company (JAXA) and Oxford Area Programs.

Amanda Jane Hughes doesn’t work for, seek the advice of, personal shares in or obtain funding from any firm or organisation that will profit from this text, and has disclosed no related affiliations past their tutorial appointment.

from Growth News https://growthnews.in/solar-power-stations-in-space-could-be-the-answer-to-our-energy-needs/ via https://growthnews.in

[talishs]

#Pastelovember Day 14, Palm tree - Art challenge for the month of November, I’m doing all paintings in 30 minutes or less.  My daughter is doing a writing challenge creating a vignette to accompany each painting. 6.25x7″ pan pastels Used ref photo by vanni_mc on Pixabay.

Vignette

Dusty shores lined with shells entranced my vision as we took a small break for sailing the skies, patches of grass speckled around where the shore met the land. Palm trees towered over like little giants greeting the waves, the azure sky peeking through their fanning leaves as if humouring them in a small game. Wispy clouds drifted steadily through the air as they morphed and shifted to their own desires whilst the sun held steady in the sky.

In a moment of quiet adjure to my memories, I recall our plans to visit a tropical beach one day in the future that you were never meant to see. I suppose you would have loved to see the view dancing before my eyes, but it doesn’t seem as attractive as the pictures depict it to be. Perhaps the absence of your warming smile made me cold, but it was to be expected. We knew one of us would die before the other, but we never did seem to accept the fact it could happen any time. I guess we were too naïve in the end.

[trainspottingsnivy]

Here’s the UPDATED TF comic page proposal.

As I mentioned before, I wrote this so that later on, I could theoretically add more pages before or after this page in the future and eventually build a full comic out of it.

The scene would loosely be like the top photo I included, but set at night. It can be dark with moon be moonlight coming in through the window and WITHOUT the blinds as that would further complicate the lighting.

It NEED NOT be an exact reacreation of the photo , but I just wanted to establish the sort of scene based on my bedroom, mostly the paint of the room the backboard of the bed, dont worry about the posters or anything, and you can position the camera closer to him or at a slightly different angle, just whatever you need to show H from the navel level up to his head laying on the pillow.

I figured H pulled the sheets off his bed so his upper body can be seen.

A shirtless is laying on a bed with his head on the pillows, unlike my other TF’s this is more traditional in the sense that this is actually painful and H is having a bad time, and there can be tears rolling down his face maybe. lets say he’s a character in a horror movie or something.

H is in the middle of transforming into a quadruped werewolf of similar shape and design as you gave to Myra in that “Julycanthropy” pic you did of her. His upper body from the navel up is fully transformed and furred his coat is as the ref photo of the actual wolf you showed me into a deep, broad, bestial shape with the shape of the ribs visible through the skin.

His face is still human (no muzzle) except that he has yellow animal eyes, and large canine ears which are still unfurred, similar to half­fox H’s ears, poking out from under his locs.

It gives the impression that his entire body has changed into a monsters but his head, face, arms, and hands are still trying (but failing) to cling to their humanity.

In panel one, his hands start as being almost entirely human, but have clearly elongated a couple of inches between the wrist and where the fingers begin, but still with normal human looking fingers, nails, and palms.

The second panel has a “sweep” with a close up detail of his hands as they go to as being described above to being bestial paws clearly designed for standing running on all fours, with well developed (black) pawpads and black claws. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ PAGE ?? ­ Panel 1 – A close up view from the navel up, H lays back on the pillows but not comfortably, in his extreme pain and physical exhaustion he’s too exhausted and weary to rise from bed, and all he can do is look down at his rapidly transforming body.

His chest and upper body is 100% transformed, given the impression of a nearly human head and arms attached the body of a huge, monstrous, furred beast.

His eyes are fully transformed and resemble the yellow eyes of that actual wolf you showed me a reference photo of.

His ears are transforming and have grown to the shape of fox-H’s ears from the piece posted above where he’s on all fours, but in this panel his ears are sticking out from beneath his hair, but are only about half the size as fox-H’s ears are in the previously mentioned piece.

He raises his hands looking upon them as the begin to transform. One hand is still 100% normal and human, but the other has obviously elongated by two inches between his wrist and the end of his palm before the fingers, but still has normal fingers and palm. His hands and arms are unfurred. ****

Panel 2 – Four “frame” sweep with a simple BG, with a close up detail of H’s hands as they change, getting multiple angles as the change takes place:

A. Both of H’s hands are transformed to the level described in the first panel, but may perhaps be about an inch longer, with the finger tips very slightly becoming more toe-shaped, but not changed in texture or color yet B. Both hands further elongate, and grow broader and “thicker”, with stubbier fingers, claws, and pawpads beginning to develop, along with a small amount of fur. C. H’s hands have morphed to a state resembling Myras in that sketch you did on Tumblr monthsback, overwhelmingly paw like with fur having grown in significantly and spreading, but still also very clearly having developed from human hands D. H’s hands are fully developed and have properly transformed with the fur grown in, with the thumbs having become dewclaws, these things are like 95% like an actual wolf’s forepaws but have that slight human­like residual element you like to give your werewolf’s forelimbs.

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Panel 3 – (you can do a low detail “mini panel” if you need to in order to make this fit on the page) H, close up face, which is unfurred as before, but now with a wet “doggie nose to go with the ears (he still has no muzzle or snout yet) looks upon his transformed hands with horror, his forelimbs are fully furred up to his elbows, if those even make it into the frame.

His ears have grown 55% from the previous panel and are about 5% larger than H’s ears are in the half-fox H piece.