#man and ape

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“He Knocks the Spots from Darwin's Plan, Says Monkeys Have Devolved from Man,” Toronto Star. May 21, 1921. Page 3. ---- Canadian Press Despatch. ---- Ottawa. May 20. - New theories of the origin of man this morning at were presented a meeting of the Royal Society of Canada, by Prof. Charles Hill-Tout. F.R.A.I., F.RS.C., of Abbotsford, B.C. Prof. Hill-Tout took the opposite view to that presented in Darwin's theory of evolution, namely that anthropoids had devolved. from the human form rather than the human being had evolved from anthropoids.

The human race at the present time was much closer in its resemblance. to original type, he thought, than were anthropoids. There was much more possibility of monkeys evolving from human beings than vice versa.

[hypurbee]

Make Gus a marriageable candidate challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[kaeya-senpai]

Without a single care, one more glass

[charitydingle]

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997, dir. Jay Roach

[justarandombrit]

Obsessed with Nightmare Time episodes that are like “Really? You thought this was a character who just so happened to be played by Joey Richter? ✖️WRONG✖️ it's Theodore Spankoffski.”

[moistvonlipwig]

i don't ship vetvimes romantically or sexually but i DO constantly think about "sooner or later we're all someone's dog." absolutely unhinged comparison for angua to make and absolutely unhinged way to phrase it. vimes may not be in love with vetinari or even attracted to him at all (vimes reads as a total straightie to me tbh) but pterry said make no mistake he IS that man's dog. and yeah. he is

[ivyodessa]

so I watched the new planet of the apes

[teranobriss]

Jon Matteson breaking into laughter is my favorite genre

[yourlocalabomination]

“Aside from TGWDLM (and a brief BF cameo), Ted Spankoffski has long hair and we as a fandom need to represent that more often within our fanworks, ” I say into the mic.

The crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room.

“They’re right,” he says. I look for the owner of the voice. There in the 5th row stands: Joey Richter himself, with long hair.

[im-tired-404]

I need Owen Teague so bad yall

It’s not even funny anymore

FUCKKKKKK

[caleod]

1-5-24

[bonefall]

a while ago you said that Starclan cats design kittens and customize them with patterns and colors from their parents genes. So, do the clan cats raise any eyebrows when it comes to people who know cat genetics? Is there a geneticist who is holding their head wondering how these two cats have this colored kit while their starclan designer was just playing around? Or do the Starclan designers still have to stay within the rules?

Basically, do the humans notice that some of these clan cats are sparkle cats lol

I try to not get too "lost in the weeds" since the humans aren't the focus of the story, just taking care that they DO have real motivations behind their actions rather than construction crews materializing out of nowhere to Do A Chaos, but...

First, the genetics of cats in Albion are different than humans in equivalent Great Britain.

Partially, this is because I honestly just don't really enjoy learning about in-depth genetics or applying them realistically. I like drawing anime characters and writing anime battles, so they have anime genetics. But more than that, off-screen, the intelligence of cats has altered the timeline of this world.

If cats really were capable of higher thinking, that totally would have had some butterfly effects. I like dropping crazy alt-history and then not elaborating on it, because it's funny. Archimedes' cat helped him invent a death ray, btw.

On that note of genetics though, you guessed right. StarClan designers DO have to work with what they have. Whatever the genetics of this alternate universe of cats are, every kit born still abides by the laws of nature.

Which brings me to...

Second, the researchers do notice that the Clan cats are special. In fact, there is a "study of magic" in this universe-- Thaumatology. "The science of wonder."

(There's no world where magic actually factually exists that science isn't all over it lmao)

Thaumatology facts I haven't shared so far since it's all offscreen and just Bonus Worldbuilding;

It is a "soft science," not a hard one.

It has a LOT of problems with replicability. Thaumatologists and Quantum Physicists have a lot of in-jokes.

The most well known (to the point of being a cliche) is "magic and quantum particles both hate being watched."

Magic is highly variable based on a bajillion very personal factors, like emotion, environment, culture, personal background, etc, so it's severely difficult to re-create it in controlled environments.

Thaumatology has a lot of overlap with sociology, archeology, and theology, so people from these fields work together a lot.

There was absolutely not a dedicated Thaumatologist working in the Research Team early on, sadly.

It was probably discovered when the Battle of the True Eclipse blew out a bunch of field cameras.

It's pretty common that photography equipment fritzes out a bit during "supernatural" times like eclipses, but the damage was extensive enough to be noteworty

The Clan cats were initially notable just for the fact they had advanced culture.

Cats are usually comparable to crows and monkeys, in this universe. So cats with fire and a crude writing system were enough to SHAKE the field of zoology.

The fact they're cats helped a lot. The public loves cats, enough that since their discovery after Speckletail attacked a bulldozer, massive outcry has secretly helped the Clans several times.

The discovery that the culture also has Thaumatological elements is more of a goldmine for a scientist than the public, though.

It's common knowledge that "animals are magic," because humanity projects traits onto them. "Of course they do, they're cats...?"

The Thaumatologist is freaking out because "THE CAT IS PROVABLY DOING ITS OWN THAUMATURGY"

Most people don't know the difference between Thaumaturgy (the functional work it does on the world) and Thaumology (the study of that as a whole), so this particular scientist is going to have a hard time explaining WHY this distinction is so special.

(And possibly even offensive to certain groups, who would insist only humans are capable of this)

In any case, eventually there would be Thaumatological interest in the Clan cats, but they weren't there in the mid to late 2010s when BB!ASC takes place.

[cherrieguroo]

ask the ape.... MAAANNNN

[confoodles]

Things to never say to someone who just came out as HATCHETFIELD CHARACTERS 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

(3/4)

[artzyleen]

✨ Owen Teague at the London premiere for KOTPOTA ✨

[the-local-eldritch-microwave]

okay okay so like kinda dumb(its really fucking dumb)idea but you know how Inks eyes change everytime he blinks right? so usually his eyes are one of the main things that give him away based on how he's feeling however what if he was having a particularly bad day so he takes some yellow paint(for the tiny boost of happiness) and then just never blinks. The whole day. Like just staring into your soul, no blinking, the fakest smile ever plastered on his face to the point where it becomes uncanny because the others are used to his eyes changing but he wont let himself blink cause once he does and the others start asking questions as to what's wrong he will literally explode(not actually but the mental equivalent)

and the only reason why i think he could do this is cause he isn't mortal, kinda in the same way a god doesn't need to sleep and eat like yea its uncomfty if you don't but its not like you'll die(and to be fair they are skeletons but shhhhh, im indulging myself)