#ill tag it just because

[sycamorality]

how do you imagine ancients like governments worked? how was society divided?

i think it was divided in three main groups in general - higher, middle and lower circles.

the higher circles usually held the most important (being involved in iterator projects, holding power over decisions of what's made, etc) and safe (shit that isn't hella risky and could end up killing you in a freak accident 95% of the time) jobs and had more power. there's a certain pearl that mentions "pure braid heritage" (voids i need to keep sorting all the lore pearls into categories so i can go through my own notes instead of cross-referencing the wiki constantly), so i could imagine having pure heritage from a house would also generally give you more political power and importance. they'd have the most political power and have a say in everything, especially iterator projects and other important projects. certain houses would most likely hold more power than others, too. i also like to think their masks were very detailed! here's an excerpt from what i have written on that in my notes:

higher circles have very detailed masks that can resemble birds of prey, mythical creatures or apex predators - but most don't resemble anything at all. they commonly had thin headpieces, either short or long, or tubes connected to their mask (most were cosmetic, but some were quite literally feeding tubes). many - generally the masks of the 'most important' higher circle members (though it doesn't matter much; even the 'less important' higher circle members are included.) had extra accessories such as embedded gems, pearls (think the chieftan scavenger's mask or the scavenger toll skulls), pieces of fabric that imitate banners tied to headpieces and stained glass planted in to carved-in details (though much more too; these are just simple examples). it was also not uncommon to their masks going down their neck. some had colorful patterns painted or carved in and then painted on their masks. most would always wear their masks in public and even in private (hence some having feeding tubes), and even partial masks for higher circles were very close to being full masks.

it's not all of it (i'm still working on writing it down- and it may be a little incoherent, it's just my thoughts), but it is most.

middle circles were pretty average, middle of the line. had the most jobs to pick from and weren't that important politically or socially, just your average citizens, but could vote to sway the opinion a little if allowed/asked by the higher circles. they were treated fairly, but regarded as lower than the higher circles. some were probably treated nearly the same as higher circles, dependant on who it was. probably had some of the more riskier jobs, but not the "will outright kill you if something goes wrong" yknow. i also have notes on their masks! they'd probably wear partial masks most of the time and only wear full masks whenever something important is happening. i doubt any middle circles would have full masks with feeding tubes, hah!

lower circles were either outright ignored, given little chance to state opinions, or just treated poorly. clear power imbalance bjust etween lower circles and middle circles. usually they'd be the ones handling crops and the like, generally "important" things, though they could definently be automated. it's just to have them do something, probably. they'd also be handling more of the way dangerous things, though there would be a few cases were lower circle members were mechanics for iterators 'n the like out of sheer luck or just because they actually have the skill for it.

i'd imagine some certain communities are outta the norm and have it split up in how important the work you did instead of the whole higher, middle and lower circles! author/creator in an iterator project, head bio-engineer, chief mechanic, etc - such come to mind. everyone would be pretty equal though! as long as you didn't outright kill someone unprompted, because Void Forbid you don't allow them to ascend and have them Reincarnated as a Mindless Beast!

hope that makes sense, sometimes i do ramble a lot and start to get a little incoherent

[hoshizoralone]

reflection

[yanderespamton78]

Edit since a lot of people seem confused - your "real" name is the name that you want to be referred to in real life. It doesn't have to be your legal name. So if you're trans and you have a different name to whats on your birth certificate, even if not many people call you by the name, it still counts as your real name.

Edit 2 : Holy shit guys please stop reblogging this post my poor inbox im getting like 20 notifs an hour asjfhkajshdkh /lh /srs

[xxplastic-cubexx]

[right to left]

finally finished This Wip from Ever ago and so now i ask you ever look into another dudes eyes and suddenly want to do whatever he wants

[heartorbit]

find another role, carry on the show

[lucabyte]

i feel like people are sleeping on the occam's razor situation of how buckwild it is to outright accuse a guy of being a clone of your friend even if you DO have a lot of circumstantial evidence. there's other options is what im saying. they could just be like. a guy. that's a sensible deduction. you should explore that deduction. ignore my shirt that reads I <3 RED HERRINGS.

i still think odile has the correct theory on lock but she's smart enough to know it needs like... a real smoking gun to be able to bring it up without sounding insane.

anyway. (mirabelle voice) i know its rude to speculate but has anyone else noticed the grieving? they seem to be grieving. does anyone have any thoughts on the grieving? i have some thoughts on the grieving.

[starry-bi-sky]

i think i'm hilarious -- aka i made blood blossom danny au memes

all of these come from my DpxDC prompt "i am pushing the batdad agenda--" and it's corresponding additions in the reblogs ksdjlf.

i am. rotating them in my head. forever and always. personally i think there should be more batdad aus in dpxdc, their dynamic could be neat. :)

[sea-webs]

"I don't know who I want to be, anymore."

Oc - Cirque | The Dragon Chosen by the Shadows |

| mary oliver / franz wright / chelsea dingman / mary oliver / sue zhao / can't find :( / can't find :( / i am a dog. i have blood all over my teeth. - sciencedfiction / little weirds - jenny slate / the unabridged journals of sylvia |

[vamp-bites]

I'll be your mirror, reflect what you are, in case you don't know

(I'll Be Your Mirror by Nico and The Velvet Underground)

[rubyfunkey]

COTLtober Days 1-6

all at once because i prefer to post in batches. not because none of these were done on time or anything

[pmpwbrrs]

Gourmand why are you like this. How can you make living things out of the blue fruit you ate 3 minutes ago. How do you make a living breathing fucking snail? You can't even eat it, and yet you can spit it out, how the hell does that work? Put that thing back!!! Why is it alive??

And how can you make a goddamn neuron from an overseer and. What was this.... Hold on

AND KARMA FLOWER. And how can you make an overseer from neuron+ANYTHING!!!!! FROM ANYTHING!!!!!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!!

[chiricat]

big bro yu

[stealingyourbones]

Never will I stop with the steadfast notion that folks in the DPXDC fandom should interact with at least some form of canon DC media.

There are comics, tv shows, radio dramas both old and new, podcasts, movies, magazines, so much shit that intentionally avoiding the media is simply preventing yourself from spawning new ideas and gaining a new appreciation for a fandom that you’re already in.

The Superman Radio Show has episodes 11 minutes long. A lot of the TV shows don’t have episodes that surpass 30 minutes and most are nearly fully clipped on the official DC YouTube channel. The amount of fan made motion comics is astounding. The amount of fanmade animations is equally as incredible.

[starlitmeadows]

Reunion

[shkika]

i need a name for this bug

[killjoy-prince]

House M.D. but it's when Wilson says House's name