#horse color genetics

[snowlupinwoodstories]

Art done by the amazing @vigoburrito (and I'm not saying that because they are my partner).

Its time for Sona Genetics! The time where I look at a sona/character and take a stab at what their genotype is based on their colors, and any lore.

Anastasia here is a grey strawberry roan base with striped hooves.

Since I have a history of Anastasia (I built her after all!) I know her father is a grey(black base) and her mother is a bay roan. I also know that she is a chestnut base, because chestnut is the base for strawberry roan.

Referring back to my horse genetics research, I can use what I know to determine a genotype for Anastasia.

Since her father is a black base grey I know that he is giving a G allele (G being the dominant grey gene which causes greying), but because she is chestnut based we can't be sure if he gave her a B allele, which causes black coloring.

Since her mother is bay roan we know she gave her the R allele, which causes the Anastasia's roan coloring, but we can't be sure of anything else once again because of Anastasia's chestnut base.

Chestnut is cause by a homozygous ee expression. The E gene determines restriction on black pigments, and prevents expression. The e allele is the most restrictive, and also recessive. Fun fact breeding a chestnut horse to another chestnut horse will always result in another chestnut.

Going alphabetcally we know Anastasia is __ __ CC dd ee F_ Gg pp Rr ww __.

We don't know Anastasia's A or B genes because ee prevents either from being expressed. She might be have a the black causing gene from her father (B) but we have no way of knowing based on her color. Likewise she could have they bay (A) gene from her mother, but ee prevents us from seeing it.

The C gene causes further restrictions, and since she isn't palomino, cremello or perlino, we know she is homozygous for the big C's as all the genes on that loci are incomplete dominant/recessive.

We know the D gene is homozygous dd because the Dun gene is dominant. Since she isn't dun at all she doesn't have the D gene.

Because she's chestnut based and we know chestnut is a recessive color caused by the E allele we know her E loci is ee.

The gene is the F gene. F gene determines flaxen mane and tail. Flaxen manes and tails only show up on chestnut based horses, so since she doesn't have a flaxen mane and tail she has at least the F allele.

The G gene is the first heterozygous gene that we know both alleles. This is because grey is a dominant color in horses, so you need a grey parent to get a grey horse. Because Anastasia has one grey parent we know she carries one grey (G) allele and one normal (g) allele. Likewise this also holds true for the roan gene, so we know Anastasia is Rr. (Another note, within real life RR is deadly, so all roan horses are Rr. )

The P gene causes lightening on the inside of the legs and belly, but that would have changed her base to a 'blond sorrel' (sorrel is also chestnut. Since this needs the dominant P allele, she is pp because she doesn't have any blonding. This also holds true for the W gene which determines if a horse is true white, which requires the dominant W allele.

The last gene is the Z gene, which causes silver dappleing (different from the dappling that may happen with grey horses). This gene is likely not present as her foundation breeds (Shire, American Saddlebred, Marwari) but because it doesn't show up on the chestnut base so we can't be sure.

So fellow gene nerds how's my educated guess? Anything I should have considered? Nerdy enough for you?

For my non gene nerds, how's my explaination? What terms would you like explained better? Any questions about how I deduced her genotype from her picture (phenotype?)

For my Furrys, anyone have a sona/character they'd like me to attempt? Non standard colors welcome! Also would welcome any background you may want to offer!

Simply message a picture, reblog with a picture or place a picture in a note and I'll let you know if you've been picked!

[draftmare]

Gun In A Million, AQHA foal.

Likely skewed black roan carrying cream.

[sometimesanequine]

7.15.2024

[cero-sleep]

Made a website about horse coat color genetics as my final project if anyone wants to check it out!

Its in English and Spanish!

[bonefall]

I don’t think you were mean about cat genetics at all tbh! It’s one of my special interests but I didn’t feel insulted. Honestly if you used actual cat genetics for WC, the characters end up being either ginger, black tabby, or tortoiseshell after a couple of generations. that’s super boring! All the Tigerstar clones wouldn’t even look like Tigerstar! where is the Drama!

though it would be funny in one instance: Nightheart would be a ginger tabby, so he would actually look like Firestar, lmao.

I DIDNT WANT TO SAY IT BECAUSE IVE BEEN TRYING NOT TO BE INSULTING!!

But like I kept thinking, "after a few generations they're ginger, tabby, and tortie and that's boring :(" and I didn't want to be mean!!

I just wanna draw Bluestar's family as doggies man

I'm way more interested in stuff like, how cat taste buds are controlled by two genetics that prevent a specific kind of protein folds, which is why they can't taste sweet or spice, y'know? Or how human hands have a dominant gene to put them on backwards and it's how some geneologists explain how Dominant doesn't mean Definite.

Genes ARE cool I simply don't like using them for my kitty designs

Anyway Nightheart has orange on him and this is a fact because it's funny <3

[profile-for-sims-horse-coats]

I’m having some difficulty getting a Sims 4 horse to look right. I’m aiming for Smoky Cream (two copies of cream genes on a black base coat) with leopard complex spotting.

For Sims 4 fans, this horse is Sienna Grove’s Nez Perce stallion Flapjack. I wanted to add a blanket or full body leopard complex spotting to fit the breed, and also keep him looking somewhat similar to his original coat color (grey with black mane and tail). I wanted to eliminate the original grey genes from his coat color, partially because I don’t think Nez Perce horses are supposed to grey, and partially because I don’t want to have to update and lighten his coat color as he ages. I ended up choosing smoky cream because I know that cream genes are allowed in the breed, so cremellos/perlinos/smoky creams are theoretically possible, and smoky creams are supposed to be darkest out of those.

So far here are the aspects of this coat color that I have considered:

Leopard complex results in mottled skin near the eyes, mouth, and genitals. Cremellos and Perlinos have pink skin in those areas due to two copies of the cream gene, so presumably smoky cream is the same. I think this gives me a free pass to just use the pink skinned preset without painting on any mottling, but let me know if that isn’t accurate!

Similarly I left his hooves white, because I think his cream genes eliminated nearly all pigment from his skin anyways, so any stripes caused by the leopard complex shouldn’t be very visible, if at all. I can’t paint stripes on his hooves, so it was either the pale hoof or striped black-and-white hooves. Pretty sure this is the best I can do.

His eyes are pale blue because of the two copies of cream, but you can’t really tell his eye color from these pictures because Sims 4 horses have massive dark pupils.

I think I made him too greyish, especially the mane, but I’m hoping that’s not the case, because the pale yellowish coat colors look much too yellowish unless they’re basically white, and it deviates too much from Flapjack’s original color scheme. The super pale yellow coat would be fine for a cremello, which shouldn’t look that different from Smoky cream, but I just didn’t like it. Some smoky creams look kinda yellowish-greyish, right? I chose the most yellowish of the greyish tones. Let me know if it looks wrong.

I know that the mane is too dark for smoky cream. The problem is, this is the palest I can get it without it looking jarring and too-pale against the coat color. There are yellowish manes that are about the right darkness but they’re… yellow. And it just doesn’t look like it fits on the coat color. Do you guys think this mane color looks somewhat plausible for an extremely dark smoky cream?

Anyways that’s about all I can think of, let me know if there’s something else about the coat color that I missed! I’m open to other suggestions for breed-accurate coloration that could result in a pale greyish horse with a dark mane as well.

(PS nobody from horseblr follows me, so if anyone is interested in reblogging this so I can get feedback from knowledgeable people I would be super grateful!)

[sandrayln]

Random things on my mind today: I think I know what genetic color Morganstern is, and it's not actually grey. Looks grey, but not actually grey.

I really ought to finish that blog post I started on the subject...

[headspace-hotel]

I looked up some stuff about the "domestication syndrome" in animals because I read a couple times in books the idea that domesticated animals are neotenous, meaning they retain juvenile traits into adulthood. The idea being that humans have essentially created more helpless, more exploitable versions of wild animals to "dominate" and abuse nature.

I thought, "Okay, that sounds like something that couldn't be proven. How much do we even know about the juvenile brain development of, say, wild goats or boars, anyway?"

So I found this review of the literature that goes back to the fur farm fox domestication study and it's even worse than I thought: We don't even know that a 'domestication syndrome' in animals exists at all, let alone whether it is a retention of juvenile traits into adulthood.

So the fur farm fox domestication study: you may have heard of it, it claimed to have demonstrated that within a few generations, by selecting for tameness, the researchers bred "domesticated" foxes with a whole suite of traits that appear in many domesticated animals but seem unrelated to tameness, such as piebald coloration and floppy ears. The idea is that the genes for tameness and for these other traits commonly seen in domestic animals are linked, that is, an animal that inherits one is likely to inherit the other.

There's some major problems. First of all, all the foxes used in the study were from fur farms, and had already been selected for some level of docility and for coat color variation. The foxes didn't get white spots on them because they were selected for tameness, instead the pre-existing population they were selected from had those genes in it to begin with. Also, the effective population size of the foxes in the study was pretty small, meaning a small amount of genetic drift could have a big impact.

Second, there isn't very much evidence for most of the "domestication syndrome" traits in most animals. Even where the "domestication syndrome" traits can be found, they are often particular to specific breeds, and it's unclear whether they are linked to domestication as such or just the development of that specific breed.

This study only deals with a few animals, mostly small animals. It would be even more interesting to see a breakdown of even more animals (particularly more large animals). Off the top of my head, almost none of these would apply to horses, and only in specific cases would apply to cattle. Even in dogs, extreme changes in skull morphology have happened relatively recently with breeders in modern times going after extreme phenotypes.

Particular to cats: extreme skull changes and floppy ears occur as part of some "breeds" because they are specific painful genetic disorders that breeders of cats decided to perpetuate VERY recently. Scottish Folds were deliberately developed from cats that just so happened to have a disease that causes them to be in constant suffering due to their messed up joints, it's not just a variation that regularly pops up in cats to varying extents. Likewise with the smushed-face Persians. Their brains are getting squished into where their spinal cords should go because their skulls are so messed up from selective breeding for an extreme look.

What domestication means has been majorly shaken up in the past hundred years. With companion animals, breeders are in a race to make the most screwed up animal with the most extreme, striking traits possible, and with livestock animals, lots of heritage breeds with more variations have straight up gone extinct because they've been flattened into industrial monocultures to produce meat and milk as efficiently as possible, health and genetic diversity be damned.

To study domestication itself, you would have to study landrace breeds, right?

Basically there isn't one thing that domestication is

[evilminji]

I woke up to this thought? And it made me smile~

Wrong way Au?

It's EASY to fly from point A to point B. Linear. Just on long, no traffic, straight line. And if you get lost? Go higher! There you are! But "normal" reporter families with Totally Human genetics can't exactly DO that.

Plus? It's part of the whole Americana thing!

Childhood.

Gotta do a road trip, see weird road side attractions, camp and hike a bit. Go somewhere other then the farm for once. Soooo~ everyone into the car! Yes, you too, Kon.

And don't look at Lois, kids. She hates this idea as much as you do. But it's for Dad. So we're doing it. Get in the car. Some times loving people means "suuuure, honey! I TOTALLY want to sit in an uncomfortable car for hours for your nostalgic dream trip!", so get comfy.

Problem is? He either can't navigate for SHIT (unlikely) or this patch of nowhere? Possibly haunted? Cursed? Fuckey. Very, very Reality Fuckey. Far more likely, honestly. They THINK that was the a same barn the passed four times now... but it looks... wrong? Off. Worse each time, in ways that are hard to place.

Where the FUCK are they Clark?

According to the GPS?

Here.

(You are Here. You are Here. You are He-)

Oh, THAT'S not cursed! She fucking KNEW they shouldn't have left the city. FUCK the countryside. She likes ONE(1) small town and it's where her in-laws live, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! If they die, she swear to GOD-!!!

Then Jon points to colorful tents up the road. A mix of the kind you buy at big box stores and Ren fairs. Balloons. What the fuuuuuck? "Fenton Family Reunion"?

Was... was that THERE a second ago?

Clark's very deliberate Not Too Tight Grip Of Panic ™ on the steering wheel? Confirms that No Honey, it was not. Kon points out? That eventually they ARE going to run out of gas. They should stop.

Words can not express how little the Kents want to do that. They have KIDS to protect. This feels "magical fuckery" to them. AKA? One of the few things Kryptonians very much CAN NOT handle.

And luck getting ahold of anybody back there kids? No? Emergency lines too?

Fuck ™.

Okay! Guess we're stopping! Stay behind us.

They park.

There are campers and trucks, modified tanks and trackers. A few horses grazing side by side with an honest to God moose and two mules. A Llama. Someone's anchored a dirigible. A boat with spindly chicken footed legs, like it's the house of baba yaga's sea faring love child. The name Fenton is slapped on everything. Peoples faces.

Grinning.

Everything grinning.

As they get closer, the racket gets louder. Crashes and smashes. Roaring laughter. Explosions. The screech of metal failing and the whine of energy overclocked. Fatty meats cooking. Spices from around the globe. Radios and instruments, at least one of which violently cuts off in a smash.

They pass an almost violently balloon choked arch, into chaos.

Grinning giants, everywhere. Every color, every shade, every race imaginable. The spectrum of humanity laid bare. Made large. Grinning, Grinning, Grinning. Crashing into each other, against, through. Smashing and laughing, as everything breaks around them. Titans.

Darting underfoot, children. Fast with wild eyes. Mad grins and fae laughs. Wives and husband's, partners and friends, dancing in and out of the chaos. Just as destructive. Perhaps MORE so. Grabbing meals from grills, laughing and joking, tossing children into the fray, all as they effortless hold conversations of their own.

Like a Dionysian revelry, all madness and joy.

Then they are noticed.

"Cousin!"

One of them booms. Locking eyes on Clark. He doesn't even have time to move, doesn't realize until too late, in all the chaos, that the man meant HIM. A running start is followed by a brutal, full body, flying tackle. Clark is taken skidding to the ground and into a headlock.

"LETS WRASTLE~!!"

He watches in helpless confusion as, with high-pitched war cries, a pair of twins jump Jon. They are wearing war paint. Krypto already taken out by a glowing green dog, now confused and wrestling off to the side. Lois has whipped out her tazer. Kon between her and who ever comes next.

By the time he wrestle his "cousin" off of him, he's lost sight of them both.

Dives into the fray.

Magic be damned, that's his FAMILY!

It... It's the most fun he's had in years. That any of them have. He finds Lois in a breathless, screaming, debate/fistfight with her new best friend. Samantha "call me Sam Or ELSE" Manson-Fouley-Fenton. Kon is in the mud pit, wrestling other teenagers in some sort of battle Royale. Jon? Has become king of the ferals. The other parents are impressed.

His years of Damian wrangling finally paying dividends, apparently.

By the time Clark FINALLY tracks down Krypto, there is already crowd and it apparently six heel turns deep into the WWE Grand Saga of the Fenton Pet's League. Krypto, what the hell. No. No you may NOT "form one last alliance against my sworn wrestling enemy, to prove the true meaning of Christmas!" It's the middle of SUMMER!

Clark... Clark is so tired.

He's also a Fenton now. Yes, he KNOWS that's not how anything works. YOU try explaining that! He's on the call list and card list. It's like the Addams family out here! They just... just DECIDED him and his family were related! They've apparently DONE THAT BEFORE!

They leave with directions, fudge, more leftovers then anyone could possibly eat, and a massive new extended family. One that honestly? The Justice League SHOULD have known about. The sheer destructive chaos they get up too? EVERYONE should be aware of them. It seems impossible NOT to be! But? According to THEM, it's a "family thing". Reality tries to ignore them for "it's own sanity"? What???

So yeah.... no more road trips.

How was YOUR weekend?

@hdgnj @legitimatesatanspawn @nerdpoe @the-witchhunter @lolottes @babbling-babull @dcxdpdabbles @hypewinter @mutable-manifestation

[doodlindoe]

when I started playing hp again I decided to randomly generate colors and phenotypes for my horses since I’ve always enjoyed playing around with horse genetics. when I bred them I paired up their genetics and counted the possible color outcomes, then generated a random number to see what color baby they’d get. now that I’m two generations deep, I thought I’d do a little visual graphic on what I’ve gotten so far from my main stable stud and his three girlfriends (you should be able to click on these to see them a bit larger)

if you happen to be curious about the achievements each horse has gotten:

foundation horses:

hangman adam page: retired at age 21 with 2.5MIL show points hexie mountains: retired at age 21 with 1.8MIL show points queen of the rodeo: retired at age 21 with 1.8MIL show points roses are falling: retired at age 21 with 1.8MIL show points kalahari down: retired at age 21 with 2.6MIL show points

first generation:

deadeye: born with 84K show points, surpassed 1MIL show points at 12yrs, currently at 1.8MIL show points (currently 18yrs old) blue child: born with 192K show points, reached young ranking top 25 horses at 3yrs, currently has 750K show points (currently 7rs old) down the dusty side: born with 192k show points, reached young ranking top 25 horses at 3yrs, currently has 680K show points (currently 7yrs old) buckshot queen: born with 82k show points, surpassed 1MIL show points at 11yrs, currently at 1.6MIL show points (currently 17yrs old) rite of passage: born with 184k show points, reached young ranking top 25 horses at 3yrs, surpassed 1MIL show points at 10 yrs (currently 10yrs old) purple rose: born with 97k show points, surpassed 1MIL show points at 12 years, currently at 1.5MIL show points (currently 16yrs old) a devil like you: born with 144k show points, reached young ranking top 25 horses at 3yrs, surpassed 1MIL show points at 10yrs, currently at 1MIL show points (currently 10yrs old)

second generation:

hangman’s noose: born with 114k show points, currently has 500k show points (currently 4yrs old) kalahari queen: born with 119k show points, reached young ranking top 25 horses at 3yrs, currently has 500k show points (currently 5yrs old) lay me on roses: born with 120k show points, currently has 500k show points (currently 5yrs old)

[she-is-ovarit]

Advantages to being female ("AFAB").

Biological differences in being female are often discussed negatively in order to indicate our disadvantages and where and how we are exploited within patriarchal societies.

On Ovarit, there was a thread in which users shared some biological differences to being female that illuminated our strengths. While of course biological differences in males vs. females is directly rooted in reproductive evolutionary strategy (whether someone develops down a reproductive pathway geared towards an overall reproductive system that supports gestating life and creating larger ova vs. not) I thought I would share some examples of advantages not directly connected to childbirth and childbearing. This is not an exhaustive list.

We are more flexible than male people.

We have better stamina and endurance in some extreme long-distance sports in comparison to male people (such as in ultra-marathons).

Some animals (especially other mammals such as wolves, horses, cats, etc.) are instinctively threatened by males, even if they have never been harmed by them. This is not the case with women.

We have better immune systems and survive viruses better than male people.

We survive famines and epidemics overall better than male people.

We survive variations in temperature overall better than male people.

We have better sense of smell than men.

Our chromosomes provide us with extra protection against certain genetic diseases like hemophilia, and we have more genetic diversity.

We have better balance due to our center of gravity being lower, in our pelvis's, while males have their center of gravity in their torsos. This makes us naturally better at sports like rock-climbing, gymnastics, certain martial arts, etc.

"The male fetus is at greater risk of death or damage from almost all the obstetric catastrophes that can happen before birth.2 Perinatal brain damage,3 cerebral palsy,4 congenital deformities of the genitalia and limbs, premature birth, and stillbirth are commoner in boys,5 and by the time a boy is born he is on average developmentally some weeks behind his sister: “A newborn girl is the physiological equivalent of a 4 to 6 week old boy.”

Women and girls have better color perception than males.

Multiple orgasms.

We're biologically better suited to being astronauts and living in space (note: and this was discovered 15 years ago yet this work was never published)

Some articles (debatable on credibility) suggest that we are better able to withstand complete sensory deprivation for several hours in comparison to men, who were able to withstand complete sensory deprivation for minutes.

For unknown reasons, we do not experience the same percentage of macular degeneration that men do in space.

We have a different adrenaline response. Our hormone systems work differently and so we do not lose as much decision making ability and fine motor control as men do in a crisis, making us better snipers and pilots thanks to our reaction time.

We have better life expectancy overall.

[sweetbeagaming]

After two vanilla perfection runs (and 1/2 a run heavily modded which I hated), I've found that I really enjoy the game as it is. I've put these mods into three categories: beginners, post-perfection, and bonus. This is because I truly recommend doing a completely vanilla run to perfection before modding. This game is a gem already! These are my must-haves to enhance Vanilla game play, rather than replace it.

Beginners 🌱 Getting started w/ mods article here and a video.

SMAPI- This framework will be needed

Content Patcher, Generic Mod Config and other framework mods When you download a mod at Nexus a pop-up will show if these are required and you can download from there.

Dynamic Night Time Adds sunsets and sunrises

Automatic Gates You'll never have to open or close a gate manually which the is second to only vanilla game mechanic I truly hate.

No Fence Decay Fixes the first game mechanic that I truly hate

Data Layers Shows the range of sprinklers, scarecrows, etc.

Billboard Anywhere Now you can look at the calendar whenever you need

Passable Crops

Pony W**ght Loss Program Really gross name, very helpful mod. Makes it so your horse can pass through areas you previously couldn't.

Post-Perfection 🌿

Clint Rewritten You should experience Clint as he is written at least once. After that overwrite him lmao

Rustic Traveling Cart

Better Friendship and Better Ranching Do your first play through without these mods, just use a guide if you need. Trust me it's part of the fun!

Chests Anywhere Access your chests anywhere you need. First play through should be partially about learning to manage IMO, which is why I recc for second.

Look Up Anything Don't you dare put this in your first play through, I will haunt you. I'm serious!!! Use a guide.

NPC map locations Say it with me... FIRST TIME, USE A GUIDE.

Bonus (mostly cosmetic) 🍄

Reshade of your choice I'm using Faedew currently because it doesn't drastically alter the OG coloring. The bright colors are part of the charm though unless you can't handle them or just want a general change.

Sweet Skin Tones Wider variety of natural skintones for your farmer

Shardust's Hair Styles Cute hairs for your farmer, including several textured hair options

Hats Won't Mess Up Hair- to keep your cute styles

Elle's Cuter Animals Just makes animals cuter. Comes in: Coop-Barn-Horses-Dogs-Cats

Toddlers Like Parents Genetics for your kids but in a one sided way

Seasonal Outfits (slightly cuter aesthetic) Gives characters a wider variety of seasonal clothing options. Pretty customizable to your desires.

Eventually I might make another list for super cosmetic or more intense mods, such as what I use with Fashion Sense which focuses on farmer customization, or asset replacement mods. These are super unnecessary and I'll likely only be playing the new patch with these above. Enjoy!

[occultradio]

Dun Factor Overlay

Let me ramble for a hot minute. Here's some horse genetics for your simbs! Dun is one of the oldest pattern genes in equines, so much it's often referred to as 'primitive markings' and is even found in the oldest surviving breed today the Przewalski's Horse, though found in modern breeds too.

All frames, All ages

15 swatches (colors are more subtle when paired with a light base skin)

No Paywalls, No Simsdom/simsfinds

Don't claim as your own.

Dorsal stripe aligns with the maxis skin's spine, maybe slightly off on some skin blends

Feel free to recolor just tag me

SFS

What are dun patterns specifically?

Darkened legs with barring, shoulder barring, dorsal stripe, darkened ears, and forehead cobwebbing

Some swatch examples

[skycowboys]

Question- How would pinto markings work, do you think? The markings themselves aren't part of the horses base coat, but more of an overlay, so by that logic could any breed have pinto markings? Or would that be something more unusual, like something you'd only see with cases of specific mutations, like leucism. Would there be demand for flashy white? I can totally imagine a pretty paint horse broadwing.

Hello!

Pinto markings mostly work like they do in normal horses :) I haven't dug too far into the coat genetics. Generally the horse coat influences the base bird plumage colors, but those spots/paint markings don't always filter over to the plumage.

On top of that, the plumage can then have fun bird like colors and patterns, but the funky colors don't show up in the horse coat. One of the most coveted color in pegasus plumage is blue.

~ Larn

[shirecorn]

Shirecorn's Ponyverse Masterpost

So for the last 2 months I've fixated on doing redesigns based somewhat loosely on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I've had so much fun filling in the gaps and extrapolating until my version is less of a redesign and more of an AU.

"Ponies" are three species of sentient hoofed creatures that populate Equestria. They worship giant goddesses that fill the sky and ferry the moon and sun across the world.

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I hope you enjoy seeing my MLP creations as much as I enjoy making them!

[pretty-cool-avian]

ok so i want to do one of those if this gets x notes ill do y thing

my posts never really get a lot of attention but here we go

oh also a tw for sh and skin picking

if this gets 2 notes ill email my bio teacher about an assignment

if this gets 5 notes i will try go outside today

if this gets 10 notes ill start working on a minecraft grass block kandi cuff

if this gets 20 notes i'll clean up my desk

if this gets 30 notes i'll start/finish doing my homework

if this gets 40 notes i'll take a nap (only today)

if this gets 150 notes i'll do some research on my kintypes

if this gets 200 notes i'll start a birding journal

if this gets 500 notes i will buy some new things for my room

if this gets 1000 notes i will stay clean for 3 days

if this gets 1500 notes i will buy a tail for myself (if i can find one)

if this gets 3000 notes i will start drawing again

if this gets 5000 notes i will stay clean for a full week (mon-sunday)

if this gets 6000 notes i will break off from the friend group that i hang out with bc they are not great

if this gets 10,000 notes (not gonna happen) i'll tell my therapist i sh (please no)

if this gets 15,000 notes i'll stay clean for a month (also not gonna happen)

if this gets 20,000 notes i'll try to stop skin picking (level: impossible: not gonna happen)

if this gets 25,000 notes i'll start a horse color genetics gimmick blog (ill probs start it even if this goal isn't reached)