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[beesqvp]

Literally NOBODY asked but I managed to convince my sibling to let me name our new pet after one of my biggest hiperfixations this is easily the biggest flex of my entire life.

[crustyfloor]

A new pop-up store dropped for ALIEN STAGE's 2nd anniversary and wow. It's so sick.

It's Interesting what exactly these experiments are focusing on and monitoring.

Instrument practice

I found it interesting earlier that Till was so tame, more so than he usually is when he's going through experiments, but music, and making music is what he loves doing, So he was fully in his element here. This was probably the only thing he was made to do by the aliens that he at least tolerated.

(Additionally, judging by his collar (orange), he was at least calm. maybe he just isn't fazed anymore.)

//Side note, that head contraption looks familiar BUT this most likely isn't related at least i hope

(It puts me at ease, at least..)

Dance practice

This surprised me, but I suppose Mizi needed more skills.

She looks very startled here, and nervous(?) +It looks like she's doing this while singing. And with that face covering I assume this was a test monitoring her dance balance, precision, etc. At first, I did think it was odd, "Why would Shine put her through that" But alas I was reminded that even though Mizi is the flower of the group she was never untouchable, to Shine, this was the equivalent of teaching your dog to sit and stay.

(seeing this it reminded me of those scenes in movies where the people are dancing, and the music gets faster and faster until they fall. I wonder if she was doing through something similar to that)

Singing practice (?)

Similar to Till she also looks quite calm outwardly, if the machine around her neck is an iteration of the collars they have, then this process wasn't something she liked, or given how intense this experiment looks, this was a test of high-pressure to ensure she always stayed calm during performances (?). Then again this could also be a posture practice given all the structure focused on maintaining her position.

(What I believe was another form of this test was shown before so I think so)

(With her hands in a praying stance I wonder if she was praying to herself or singing a religious song (sweet dream?) It's also interesting that the machinery around her looks like a halo, and she looks so...angelic? holy?)

Image making practice

By image making, I think they made Ivan replicate expressions with his face. Whether this process was painful for him or not...I'm not sure. But it looked visibly uncomfortable, maybe that was the point. (His expression, even in this circumstance is so dubious..)

Ivan, among other things, needed to have a spotless appearance to be successful, his image was a priority given his skills were certainly guaranteed.

I assume the aliens eventually took note of his lack of expression, in the real world this can be a detriment to one's career, so the Aliens had to ensure quality was perfect. (To a more...dedicated level)

Superiority test

'Superiority test' Is very vague.

HyunA is very calm here too, likely sedated in that water with all the tablets on her. I guess this was a test to get an idea of a pet human's strengths and weaknesses, endurance, and temperament to compare and contrast them with others, testing who is more viable for Alien stage?

Another interesting, and sad part about this is that HyunWoo was there, watching his sister through her experiments.

(Also, it looks like both of her legs are normal, no alien leg yet.)

Heart rate variability

And finally, the most visceral of them all. The wording 'variability' makes this all the more sickening, the Aliens were testing his heart hours, testing it at different rates, speeds, and states. And he was in agony the entire time. Even the way he's clutching his chest, it gives me chills. This would've been a completely harmless test in a normal setting, as something quite similar to this can be performed efficiently in real life. But he's being tortured in the process.

This is one of the first times we've ever seen Luka's face so truly clear and unprotected, (understandably so.) He's even crying.

[sandelion]

guys... she's here!!

meet... Champagne ! '22 0.1 Hypo Paradox Albino (Pearl Paradox) Eryx colubrinus

for all of you who guessed a sand boa was coming--congrats! (i don't think anyone guessed other in the poll lol)

[cfserkgk]

Modern AU Lakan and Fengxian (I want them to be happy).

[haley-design]

Happy (late) birthday Max Katstappen 🎂

[ju5tanarti5t]

Quadruple G's! Gaslight, gatekeep, girl Boss, and Girl dad!

Close ups

[achillesapple]

these screenshots are like oxygen to me

[dykedvonte]

Honestly a sorry from Curly would mean nothing to Anya.

I’m not saying she wouldn’t want to hear it, it’s a hollow vindication. She told him and he couldn’t hear her. He saw it and he couldn’t understand it. They both experienced it and he should apologize that it took that for him to get it. She already knows he’s sorry but what’s the point if neither of them can do anything about it? It’s earnest but at the same time what she wants an apology for is what Curlu can’t apologize for.

He can’t be sorry for what happened to her even if he is. Even if he carries that guilt with him until the day he dies it’s not all his to bare. The most heinous parts aren’t his weight even if he tries to balance it. A part of her bitterness is the fact he can’t be sorry for it all. She can’t just direct it all towards him even if she wants to. She was failed in so many ways by all of them. It hurts with him the most cause he had the power but they all did nothing in the grand scheme of things.

The one person who should apologize would never and could never, it’s not something you can be sorry for. She wants an apology, she needs one but what would it fix?

[eraofthirteen]

If Part 18 - The Madness does not win worst divorce in the worst jarthur divorce polls I will be appalled

[onii-pamn]

Modern AU where jayvik is happy reading the latest scientific journals in their favourite cafe

[eliounora]

saw a video claiming that having two cars makes one upper middle class and a bundle of thoughts occurred to me that I'm struggling to word elegantly but it's something about how people can't tell between middle class and the upper middle class and the rich, and therefore don't realise just how rich actual filthy rich people are and how poor actual poor people are. also something about poverty being deemed a virtue, which makes it harder for people to recognise and especially admit their own privilege and luck, resulting in well-off people insisting they are poor and middle class people getting called rich for arbitrary things.

[eyalees]

my sleep-deprived self: " Cinderella Boy fans will Definitely Love Princess Tutu..."

my brain: "explainn whyy plss"

me: "??? somehow similar?? dunno.. can't process it gnniightt..."

[blind0raven]

[respectthepetty]

I thought you might like this (or at least has some thoughts on it) - it’s likely both are just joking though!

https://x.com/jojotichakorn/status/1884593102893248577?s=46&t=WKyTNJG0Q_P8NQpY4Xt5_Q

*gasp* And this is why we do not trust what the creators or actors state:

Fadel is a cookie of a man. He is a not a red flag! Not internally nor externally! He doesn't want the people he loves to die. That's not a red flag! He tries his best to protect the people he loves. Not a red flag. Fadel couldn't be a red flag even if he tried to be a red flag. And he has tried by driving Style out the middle of nowhere and threatening him, and even then, he couldn't commit because he is our Black Brooder emo boy, who just wants to be loved, and the only thing red about him is his bleeding heart!

Not a red flag. Never a red flag. Only the best cookie.

[fullscoreshenanigans]

Matilda looking Isabella deadass in the eye: So you named my son…Norman.

[raiiny-bay]

b/a for the boys’ anniversary edit :-)