#pd evolution

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Full disclosure, I just want to push your Trek nerd button, since your love of the franchise is infectious. In your opinion, what are some of the best and worst examples of the characters following the Prime Directive? Both you and SF Debris talk about the PD and why it exists but also about how some episodes very badly misuse or misunderstand it.

Of FOLLOWING the Prime Directive? Harder to see that because often the Prime Directive is used for the characters to do stupid things. However, the Klingon Civil War is a good example of them following it - while politically they ASSUME that the Duras family has Romulan aid, the civil war IS an internal struggle until the Romulans are officially involved. Thus the blockade to expose Romulan support was a better use of their time, and potentially more life-saving, than if they had openly aided Gowron with military support. Worst example... well, we have plenty to work with. Maybe "Homeward," where Worf's brother has a plan to save a single village from a planetary extinction and Picard not only says no but later when they're watching the planet die he's all "Yeah, this sucks but noninterference is more important." I can understand them not being able to save the planet (I can't recall if there was a way to stop it, pretty sure there wasn't), I can understand the moral dilemma of "Who are we to pick one village to survive while EVERYONE else dies?" But to then say no to the plan to save as many lives as they can JUST because their culture might change and then being like "Yep, this was the right thing to do!" Horse shit. Only reason I'm not counting Enterprise's "Dear Doctor" is because while they invoke the future Prime Directive with their bullshit, it's not official policy in Starfleet - just a very, very bad decision on the part of Phlox and Archer, with it being the character-ruining moment of Phlox for me. But if we did count it, then yes - Dear Doctor is the worst for its failure to understand genetics, evolution, and ethics in general. Horrible, horrible episode.

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AstroRevelations Vol. XIX – The Moon That Moves You 🌙✨

(How your Progressed Moon reveals your inner evolution and emotional maturity)

The Progressed Moon moves slowly, taking about two and a half years to travel through each sign. It marks a deep evolution in our emotional landscape, shifting our instincts, reactions, and emotional needs. As it advances, it reshapes how we nurture ourselves, how we seek emotional security, and how we connect with others on an intuitive level. This journey is an unfolding path of emotional growth, from the rawness of our birth chart Moon to the maturity we encounter with each step forward.

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The Progressed Moon Through The Signs: Aries Progressed Moon

The Progressed Moon in Aries stirs a new, fiery need for independence. Your emotional responses become more instinctive and impulsive, seeking quick action rather than reflection. This period demands self-assertion, a reawakening of passion and vitality. It’s a time to embrace your courage and step out of comfort zones, but also a phase where patience may be tested. You might crave excitement and be more impatient with emotional stagnation. Healing comes from embracing personal initiative and learning to act before hesitation takes hold.

Taurus Progressed Moon

Emotions during the Taurus Progressed Moon become steady, grounded, and deeply linked to a desire for comfort and security. This transit urges you to seek emotional stability through material and sensory experiences. There’s a need to find peace, enjoy life’s pleasures, and build a solid foundation. Healing comes from self-care, the embrace of quiet routines, and connecting to nature or art. This phase can encourage you to value long-term security over short-lived thrills, cultivating patience and emotional resilience.

Gemini Progressed Moon

In Gemini, your emotional world becomes more curious, intellectual, and mentally driven. You may feel a stronger urge to communicate, share ideas, and engage in lively exchanges. Emotions can fluctuate quickly, as your mind searches for stimulation and understanding. Healing comes from embracing flexibility, allowing your emotions to flow through learning and interaction. At the same time, it’s important to watch out for emotional restlessness or overthinking. This period can encourage the expansion of emotional expression, particularly through words and social bonds.

Cancer Progressed Moon

When the Progressed Moon moves through Cancer, the emotional need for nurturing, home, and family becomes more pronounced. You may find yourself seeking comfort in familiar places or revisiting past memories. This is a time for healing deep emotional wounds, especially those related to childhood, family, or personal security. Emotions feel heightened, and it’s important to honor your need for emotional safety. During this phase, self-care and introspection are key, as you become more attuned to your emotional well-being. Healing may require embracing vulnerability and rediscovering emotional roots.

Leo Progressed Moon

The Progressed Moon in Leo invites you to express your emotions with creativity, confidence, and flair. You may feel a stronger pull toward personal recognition, joy, and fun. Your emotional needs center on feeling valued and appreciated, and there’s a natural inclination toward self-expression. This period encourages you to embrace your authentic self, take pride in your emotional experiences, and be generous in your affections. Healing comes from confidently stepping into your own light and releasing any fears of not being good enough. Embrace your inner child and allow your emotions to be playful.

Virgo Progressed Moon

As the Progressed Moon enters Virgo, emotional fulfillment comes from organization, service, and practical efforts. You may feel an increased need to help others or improve your daily routines. During this period, emotional expression may feel more reserved or analytical, as you seek to make sense of your feelings and put them into action. Healing arises from embracing self-care through organization and structure, but also recognizing that emotional perfectionism can create unnecessary stress. It’s a time to nurture yourself by making space for simplicity and order in your life.

Libra Progressed Moon

When the Progressed Moon is in Libra, your emotional world becomes more focused on harmony, balance, and relationships. You seek emotional fulfillment through partnership, beauty, and peace. You may feel a stronger desire to collaborate and create harmony with others, but you may also be more sensitive to disharmony. Healing comes from finding balance between your emotional needs and those of others. Cultivating fairness, diplomacy, and empathy in your relationships will help you achieve emotional healing. During this phase, personal growth may come through connecting with others.

Scorpio Progressed Moon

Emotions during the Scorpio Progressed Moon are intense, transformative, and deeply rooted in the need for emotional depth and truth. This phase may require confronting hidden or repressed emotions, as you dig deep to understand your emotional complexities. Healing during this phase is profound, as you learn to release old emotional baggage and embrace change. Intimate connections become vital, and your emotional responses can be more passionate and all-consuming. Be cautious not to become overly possessive or controlling, as this can block emotional progress.

Sagittarius Progressed Moon

With the Progressed Moon in Sagittarius, your emotional world becomes expansive, optimistic, and adventurous. You may find yourself seeking emotional fulfillment through exploration, knowledge, and freedom. There’s a need to seek truth, broaden your horizons, and engage in a constant search for meaning. Healing during this time comes through learning, travel, and embracing a more open, philosophical approach to emotions. However, be mindful of emotional restlessness or avoidance, as you may find yourself wanting to escape difficult feelings rather than face them head-on.

Capricorn Progressed Moon

The Progressed Moon in Capricorn shifts your emotional needs toward structure, responsibility, and long-term goals. You may find yourself seeking emotional security through achievements, career, and the building of a solid foundation. During this phase, emotional growth often comes through embracing maturity, discipline, and personal responsibility. Healing arises from releasing emotional barriers and fears related to success and failure. You may need to let go of any emotional rigidity or fears of vulnerability to allow for deeper emotional connection.

Aquarius Progressed Moon

When the Progressed Moon moves through Aquarius, your emotions become more detached, intellectual, and unconventional. You may feel a stronger pull toward individuality, freedom, and breaking from tradition. Emotional fulfillment comes from embracing new ideas, social causes, and forward-thinking ideals. Healing during this phase comes from embracing your uniqueness and finding emotional support in group settings or causes you believe in. However, be mindful of becoming too emotionally detached or distant—connecting with others in a more personal way will help you heal.

Pisces Progressed Moon

The Progressed Moon in Pisces brings heightened sensitivity, intuition, and emotional empathy. You may feel more in tune with your emotions and the emotions of others during this time. There’s a need for emotional escape, creative expression, and a deep connection to your spirituality. Healing comes through compassion, self-reflection, and letting go of any emotional boundaries that have limited you in the past. This is a time to embrace emotional fluidity and trust your intuition, but avoid getting lost in emotional overwhelm or escapism.

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hits them with my super cool alien mutant creaturification ray

yeah so i made an au about it

(rambles below the cut + bonuses)

don bully me about any of this please heart emoji im sensitive and this is like my first post in this fandom be nice pretty pretty please

FIRST! i rambled at my friends about this au even tho they only know about pd because of me so heres the screenshots of that👍

if you couldn't tell im very normal

NEXT !! design notes except slightly more understandable

i based alot of these guys on real animal species so they don't exactly seem *alien*? just mutant but like bare with me here

Vyncent: lore wise his planet is mostly fractured, causing it to basically be a bunch of floating islands with and atmosphere and such, so i was like heehh why not bird him yk? alot of the details are still elf like but like he has talons and shit because of course, it's not shown but a species trait on everyone of his species is infact having slits on their back, even if the person does not have wings for any reason. outfit wise the main thought was..spaceship?? suit?? practical??? i forgot to draw it but he has so many fucking pockets its genuinely insane, like there are pockets on his *sleeves* (that are usually unusable because he likes em rolled up:])

Ashe: i kept him *mostly* just a guy because its important to his story i think...but you see. aliens. so shes actually based on a species i made a long time ago that is effectively just space fish, he's specifically a type of space fish based on the purple emporer tetra!! they specifically didn't get very many visual or physical differences, and is very much on the low end of visual differences, shes the most humanoid like ever. outfit wise i made it mostly diff than the others, the others have relatively similar outfits that correlate to the tactical being in space vibe, but theirs is very oddly human, despite humans being intensely rare

(space fish stuff is basically just creatures similar to fish from earth or prime but evolved to take literally any amount of oxygen anywhere, including space, wnd turn it into something they can breath)

Dakota: hes vaguely dinosaur adjacent? except. alot of the genes show through via internal organs and strength, though his skin is alot rouguer and has some scales on certain joints and such nd also has intensely sharp teeth, outfit wise i wanted it to be something he could move around in well as well as something that appears as close as possible to the expectation of what hes supposed to wear while working, because he wants to meet that expectation so so much, but he can't, because its not reachable for him? yeah i made his outfit have angst what about it:3

general species lore wise there's a planet which creatures somewhat genetically similar to dinosaurs reside, however they're also alot smaller and beefier, and the planet is vaguely desert like, so they've got water storage and such!! yeah i know alot about evolution mhmhm definitely

William: hes got layers. many. he effectively went through a species change? his planet is ecologically very similar to earth and prime, except they have. basically cryptids, the planet is so intensely fucked up, theres shadow creatures that nibble on you and you just kinda gotta live with that, and he was like that, his species could go invisible and hide in the shadows. HOWEVER, the horrors, he died and got cooler:3 when experincing intense emotions or in immediate danger, he will go progressively more intangible and grow less opaqe, depending on the severity, starting from the hands and legs. design wise i just thought the jacket was cool lmao there was no thought. also i thought a tail with wispy fire looked cool so. yeah i put thought into the others, he js looks like that

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Lol.

This will be short. I’ll go on a little tangent but I’ll tie this back to Jungkook and BTS at the end.

You know, I was mostly ambivalent about the feud between HYBE and Min Heejin until I heard her call Bang Sihyuk and his sycophants “bastards” for ‘overpaying for garbage and forcing everyone to eat it because they think the price makes the music good.’ - I’m paraphrasing a bit because her language was more crude. That made me sit up a bit, because her sentiments mirrored my thoughts about the direction Bang Sihyuk has been taking the company in for some time now.

Another random connection is that, to me at least, it seems clear BigHit is still trying to make the HYBE America investment worth it, given:

1. The unnecessarily long credit lists filled with Scooter-linked writers that appear to have become a fixture of most HYBE releases. Bang PD is clearly taking advantage of Scooter’s connections although it’s yet to yield any significant improvement in music quality, and in terms of chart performance the results are mixed at best;

2. The fact that in addition to HYBE paying US$1.05 Billion in cash for Scooter’s company, essentially overpaying for Ithaca Holdings by consensus estimates (a deal Min Heejin also openly criticized as being hare-brained), HYBE America still generated hundreds of millions of dollars in losses as of the last fiscal year, two years after the acquisition was finalized.

But this is old news, we all knew that.

The thing about Min Heejin’s comments that concerned me is that, despite what is now clearly an underperforming investment both in terms of Scooter Braun himself and the man at HYBE that arranged the deal in the first place, Lee Jae-sang, rather than work to correct course and minimize losses, Bang Sihyuk appears to be doubling down on the deal by rewarding these two men in particular with more music and business opportunities within HYBE, even if the music quality suffers as a result, even if HYBE continues overpaying for shit, and even if the artists/idols are negatively impacted in the process. And according to Min Heejin, one big reason Bang Sihyuk allows it is because those men are adept at greasing his arse and eating it out.

Basically, it’s become an expensive joke. But he’s brute forcing the deal to work because so long as BTS is involved and so ARMYs are involved, it’s a joke that Bang PD is guaranteed to take laughing all the way to the bank.

This is where I say I realized shortly after Jungkook’s fan song for Festa was announced, that I wasn’t excited to hear it. I’m saying this only because now that the song is out, it’s confirmed everything I expected. And also because that apathetic feeling was so at odds with how I’ve been feeling about Jungkook as a person for the last year. If it’s not been clear from my reblogs and gush posts, I’ve been spending the better part of this hiatus loving Jungkook extremely. Jungkook is an empathetic songwriter, an emotive vocalist, a talented producer.

But nothing about Never Let Go is exciting. Who wants to listen to a fan song written by people who’ve never had fans? And on top of that, Jungkook is making less money from that song than any fan song he’s written before. Meaning, the song is mediocre, it feels blatantly insincere in ways only a crowdsourced fan song can be, and Jungkook has to split his revenue from the song with about 10 white people. Just look at this.

I’m actually laughing typing this out, but this turn of events is at least a little tragic.

Golden worked as a concept album because it was a collection of songs Jungkook felt represented his taste, he could take on the challenge of putting out a full English album with some help from the writers, and he showcased new vocal techniques and styles that only showed an evolution from his prior work in BTS. The songs themselves were just okay, good decent pop, but as a collection it worked.

Everything about Never Let Go feels almost audaciously soulless. Not quite a slap on the face but it’s like someone coming all up in your face with a bad case of halitosis and their nose barely touching yours, daring you to do something about it.

I have no issue with HYBE working with Scooter-linked writers or producers if it means something actually good comes of it. But it seems HYBE seems to believe their work is better simply because they slap on as many foreign names in the credits as they can fit. It betrays a worrying mentality about the head honchos in the company. Looking at the peak quality in FACE by Jimin, or in Right Place, Wrong Person by RM, which included acclaimed Korean, other Asian, and Black talent supposedly hand-picked by Jimin and Joon themselves, it’s clear HYBE has access to remarkable home-grown and foreign talent that could improve the work of the members. But what I’m seeing with too much frequency is HYBE picking off the bottom of the barrel in the unending list of Scooter’s contractors and otherwise choosing to do the bare minimum.

And that’s how we end up with a Festa fan song with a topline that sounds like an AI-generated jingle written by a soccer team of hired help.

Or idk, maybe I’m being just a bit too full of it. Maybe I’ve been brainwashed by the witch Min Heejin, maybe this was just one more song Jungkook worked on with his Golden team as he had no time to write a proper fan song, nothing more. And maybe as a silver lining, there are no glaring grammatical errors though I found the ones in My You very charming, and honestly part of the appeal. To hear the way Jungkook sees the fans who have been with him till now, even if in English it didn’t quite make sense.

I said this would be short but I’ve rambled, as usual. Sorry for that. When I started out writing this post, I did intend to keep it short.

To end things on a somewhat lighter note, for me the only thing I’m excited about this Festa, is SeokJin coming back. I’ll be working on a deal during the fanmeet so I didn’t bother participating in the raffle, but I’m happy for the ARMYs who get the opportunity to hug Jin, and for Jin who gets to spend time with his fans after so long. With him returning, things are starting to feel more right, even though there are worrying signs in high places. We’ve got about 1 year left to endure most of the members enlisted and then, the crew will be rounded up again.

Now more than ever, I find myself looking forward to that.

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Evolution of their narrative

I admit it. I also get confused as to what kind of couple Tae& Koo is supposed to be to their shippers.

When I first joined the fandom they were the “hidden couple”, and jikook was “fan service”, cause is what the masses demanded from BH/Bang PD.

It didn't take me long to realise that the "masses" in this fandom are actually the taek00kers (humaluvre is bigger than the majority of the most famous JK's focus accs) … So I've never really understood who the masses-asking-massively-for-"jikook"-content were 🤷‍♀️

Then, I read them that the big proof that taek00k was real was, precisely, that they couldn’t do all the things that jikook could do so well (you know, travel together only the two of them, stare at each other in rapt attention, sucking ears and necks, treat each other as a married couple, support each other to the fullest, holding hands whenever they have the opportunity…). The reason of them not doing all of these things was South Korea, since it is an homophobic country.

That’s why the company edited the content and didn't let them interact. It was all cuts and so on. Everything they did was private, and that's why there was no evidence, other than some witnesses of people with telescopic sight and facial recognition (maybe they were androids?)

I had more or less understood the narrative, until the LOVEGRAM era started, and that's when it all blew over!

Their insta accounts were no longer professional accounts (like twitter or weverse), but personal… and from then on, their selfies were some short of engagement pics or couple confirmation and their funny comments about boxing hooks were actually whipped messages of love.

Btw it seems South Korea was no longer homophobic at that time.

INSTAGRAM WAS THE LAW

When JK closed his Instagram account (forced by the company 😌) we were already in chapter 2. The lovegram didn't matter anymore…because Jungkook hanging out sometimes with Tae and wooga became the confirmation of what Instagram -in reality- failed to confirm. Never mind that their hanging out concentrated during some months when they both had more free time or that they actually just did what good friends do: having fun at the movies, bowling or skiing together with other friends… but hey, those tiny details don't matter in the great love story that is told.

And from there we move on to the part where the CHAOS really started, when the COMPANION SYSTEM news dropped

And guess what? Korea became homophobic again

Some said that they were forced to part ways (the company, the government, themselves because they wouldn't last a second without f?….). Gays dont enlist together they said.

Another line of argument was that Jimin had asked JK to enlist with him… I guess because he was going to be terrible at the military. LOL

But we all can sense that the most extended opinion was "I can't understand this plot twist for shit".

(Maybe the problem is they never understood their favs but that’s for another post)

And in the midst of CHAOS it was no longer possible to think of a new narrative...that's why the strategy became "attack". If they can't prove that their favourites are a couple, they'll go and debunk the rest.

At this point they don’t seem to care if ta3k00k is real or not… they simply choose not to surrender and ignore some facts. If they freaking ignored Jennie during a year, they will do the same with jikook being glued for 18 months.

So in the next months, we'll probably see part of fandom (solos and tkkers) attacking jikookers, and another part trying to ignore us. I fear the chaos will continue… pretty sure some toxic ones will watch the travel show just to diss jikook..

But we shouldn’t care too much because as we have seen, Jimin and Jungkook will never stop taking their decisions and behaving with authenticity

The boys have chosen their own path this year, not to please the majority of their fandom (jikookers are not the mass), but because they wanted to.

At the end of the day, they care about their fans, but we don’t own their lifes and they have shown us. And I applaud 👏 them

And yes, maybe their country and the careers they have chosen dont allow them to be fully free…. but they dont prevent them to stay one next to the other. They know how to choose the battles worth fighting for.

Don't you think it's beautiful and says a lot about the quality of love and respect that Jimin and Jungkook have for each other?

I think so

"standing in the fire next to you"

💜💛

[mysteriousmayden]

My Multiverse!

I don’t remember if I ever posted this, if I have then dang it I’m doing it again!

So when I was fresh to the Undertale fandom I had a lot of fun learning about the multiverse and I loved the implications it has like the common question of “is there other multiverses?”, I didn’t think much about this question until my brother brought it up. And boy howdy did it disturbed me. It took me a while to swallow my pride and agree with him the the notion of multiple multiverse not only destroys the purpose of a multiverse but (in my opinion) makes things to redundant, also if there are multiple multiverses then there should be multiple of those multiple multiverses and on and on. There’s not much room for the player themself to be presented as the ultimate threat when the world already has much bigger fish.

I made this diagram thingy that explains how I imagine the multiverse (at least mine) and others can use to change or add on to.

The World Tree Theory

The diagram thingy above shows the multiverse as its whole. In my story, canonically, no one actually knows what the multiverse looks like or if it even has a shape at all, any and all diagrams or depictions are solely theoretical (including this one). This depiction of what the multiverse could look like, also knows as the “World Tree Theory” is what is taught to new travelers and in multiversal schools because it’s the best at explaining the multiverse as a whole and its behavior.

Unimportant side note: when I look at shows that features a multiverse (marvel) its done more from an evolutionary standpoint witch can have some really interesting worlds, cuz evolution doesn’t care about rules it cares about survival essentially allowing you to make whatever world you want. In my story it’s going to be more focused on creationism cuz for one its my belief, two I think it would be more interesting morally, and three one of the themes is asking the question ‘what is a god?’ or ‘what makes someone a god?’. This idea came from the fact that there are some pretty strong characters that can do some pretty insane things and perhaps in their life were worshipped and treated like a god, but are they a god? If so what makes them a god?

Alternate Timelines - AT

ATs are described as the “veins” of the World Tree and are the most common type of world sense every Alternate Universe has ATs each typically falling into one of three categories: Pacifist, Neutral, and Genocide. ATs are not alternate worlds in themselves but are rather the different choices we make or more often the ‘player’ makes. ATs can take place in a different time like Undertale Yellow or Horrortale, or in a different setting like Outertale, so long as the characters or the overall main story doesn’t change. Relatively speaking, traveling through timelines is the most simplest way to get around the multiverse although it’s very time consuming on the account you could only access certain universes through certain timelines.

Alternate Universes - AU

AUs are the “branches” of the World Tree and are the second most common world and unlike ATs, AUs can have the same characters but different personalities/roles like in Underswap, different/new characters like in Glitchtale, or an entirely new story like in Deltarune. Traveling through AUs is the most effective way to get around the multiverse but in order to do so one would need a VARY powerful machine or know someone who has the ability.

I don’t know where to add this but worlds like SwapDisbelief are ATs of there original AU (UnderSwap in this case)

Pocket Dimensions - PD

Pocket Dimension are the “leaves” of the AU there attached to and unlike the AUs or ATs instead of being the change in history it’s defined as the change in physics most AUs have the same basic Pocket Dimensions that helps there world properly function (Mirror, Shadow, Light, Gravity, and Space). Comparatively speaking, it’s more easier to fall into a Pocket Dimension by accident than to jump a timeline intentionally and if you do happen to fall into a Pocket Dimension it’s vary important to understand which Pocket Dimension your in because that can determine if you’ll live to tell the tale or die a horrible death. Canonically in my story, Pocket Dimensions (heck dimensions in general) are a newly discovered concept. This discovery fist took place when a scientist discovered that the Anti-Void he was in wasn’t an infinite space but rather a dome (Underevent reference) that acts infinite and separates the Void from the Anti-Void. The Anti-Void is the only confirmed Dimension.

Ok so extra explanation, remember how I said I wanted this world to be more creation based? Well I ment that literally. The idea I had when I first thought of this came from my anger that no one is using dimensions anymore plus I was watching Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil at the time and then it kinda hit me that AUs can the the change in history while Dimensions can be the change in physics, like changing how the world works. I didn’t refined this idea until I took a 3D Animation class and that’s where it hit me again. When you began a project, any media, you start off with a blank canvas, an empty space, a void, an Anti-Void :) (The Space pocket dimension and the Anti-Void is the same thing). Then you’d make a sean or characters and establish its Gravity, add Shadows (Not official yet but the Darkworld from Deltarune and the Shadow pocket dimension are the same), add Lights, and if your felling fancy add reflections. The number of dimensions depends on the medium and how rendered the world is.

Alternate Dimensions - AD and Miniverses

ADs are the “rings” of the World Tree. Whenever the multiverse as a whole takes a different path mainly involves the guardians and the protectors of the multiverse like in DreamSwap or AccidentVerse.

Miniverses are like “knots” in the World Tree and happens when the entirety of the multiverse exists on the same plane of existence and typically doesn’t have ATs or AUs attached to them. Canonically, no one knows the existence of ADs or Miniverses, except of maybe Ink? Possibly Error?

A bit more info: As I said before I don’t like the idea of multiple multiverses and instead think we should adopt to using the term and idea of dimensions instead, also worlds that do fusions or worlds that are like Undertoad or Toontale aren’t cannon in my Dimension but who’s to say if there not in a different Dimension? And if that’s the case then a VARY powerful traveler or someone who just so happens to be in the right place at the right time who can also pass the Firewall could technically travel to worlds outside of the Undertale multiverse entirely. And THATS where you’d get other multiverses >:]

[vallkary]

The ultimate combination of interests… Prime Defenders Pokémon Mystery Dungeon AU

[essay length yapping under cut about what Pokémon I think the player characters are and why /silly]

William Wisp

Zorua [shiny]

[the cliff] Hisuian Zorua [shiny]

[revival via heart] Zorua [shiny, loses ghost type]

[losing kemuri] Zorua [shiny, completely typeless]

[accepting the wisps] Hisuian Zoroark [shiny]

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Due to what Clarence Albert was, being Xerneas, the Pokémon-god of life, William’s powers do not purely come from his own energy as an illusioneer. He has light-kinda crystal growths in his mane, like the things on Xerneas’ antlers that light up in different colors.

When the Wisps left him, it was more like that energy becoming inactive, the growths were still there, but much smaller and just became “decoration”

The traveling between planes part of the Wisp power is more like manipulating Unown and getting them to help.

It’s a mix of Unown helping change the universe to fit the Whisperer’s needs and boosted power from being the reincarnation of the god of life.

On a similar note, Mallard Conway is Yveltal. It might seem like I’m trying to do a thing of “life = good and death = bad” morality, but it genuinely is because I think Xerneas fits Clarence and I wanted them to parallel.

I chose Zorua for William, because much of his way of handling conflict is hiding and creating things that alter the senses in some way. He creates things with ghost shaping and the Unown give them physical presence. I think Belltech is the first time he really used his illusions to the fullest extent.

Vyncent Sol

Eevee

Umbreon [Strider]

Leafeon [Alphonz]

Jolteon [Ram]

Vaporeon [Min]

Glaceon [Grayson]

Flareon [Chungus]

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The Greats’ possession coming in the form as temporary evolution is something that really interests me and scratches my brain; and I feel it ties in nicely with Vyncent’s overall character and arc.

He wants to be his own person, he wants to have his own power, he wants to forge his own future and become what he wants to be. Having a lot of options laid out for him fits that nicely in my opinion.

Dakota complimenting him, saying that Vyncent’s greatest strength is the ability to Adapt feels perfect to me. So many possibilities, able to fit into anywhere. He just has to figure out where he wants to go.

Depending on how s3 goes, I’m thinking that if he goes through another big arc, he should be allowed to evolve. I’m leaning towards Sylveon or Espeon but that’s like. The last two options and I might just say “fuck it” and say he can be a really buff Eevee. Give that boy Extreme Evoboost.

Dakota Cole

Torchic [mechanical heart]

[10 month timeskip] Combusken [mechanical heart]

Combusken

[volcano training] Blaziken

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I remember actually complaining to my friends because I couldn’t find any Taekwondo based fighting types, so the Blaziken line is the next best thing methinks.

What the mechanical heart did for Dakota was basically give him the energy of a fully evolved Blaziken in a Torchic Body. The issue wasn’t that his bones were going to break, but he genuinely couldn’t handle having that much Infinity Energy in his body, and it would overwhelm his system and basically cook him from the inside out at a certain point.

As a tradeoff, the extra energy makes it very difficult for him to evolve. He stays a Torchic all throughout s1 and only evolves into Blaziken after the heart is removed, gaining that power in a way more natural to him.

Chaos Cole form is Mega Blaziken methinks. I’m thinking he could have some ability or otherwise which makes it so he can hit ghosts, like the move Odor Sleuth to make it so.

I think that Mato’s gift to him at the end was the Blazikenite, and a Keystone it could connect to. Keystones don’t need anybody to connect to them, but all mega stones still have that anchor.

I think he would give it, or parts of it, to the other PD as a sort of good luck charm, or a friendship necklace.

I think the power of the Keystone is also what allows Dakota to, mechanically, take massive stat boosts from the heroes in the s2 finale.

Ashe Winters

Porygon

[receiving superhero suit] Porygon2

[trickster possession] Porygon-Z

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I had the most trouble figuring out Ashe, so this is more like a sort of a placeholder. I wanted originally to do a dark type to go along with demons, but then I think with her thoughts being that she’s “too normal” to be a hero, a normal type would be best.

I chose Porygon because it almost feels “unstable,” and I think Porygon-Z is fucked up enough to represent the Trickster Possession pretty well, its whole thing of staring into multiple dimensions at once.

It’s a normal type with a lot of potential, and I think it also fits in well with a big part of her character being that she is a gamer.

I also think that the other PD, especially Dakota would hear that she wants to evolve and go all in on finding an Upgrade for her.

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Space mission discovers 'bullet-like' winds shooting from a supermassive black hole

Researchers have discovered that ultra-fast wind surrounding a supermassive black hole is not smooth and continuous as previously assumed, but instead resembles a rapid-fire stream of gas "bullets."

The energy carried by these gas bullets is far greater than anticipated, offering new insights into how galaxies and their central black holes evolve together. The findings are published in the journal Nature.

The discovery was made by an international research team led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), including Professor Christine Done from Durham University's Center for Extragalactic Astronomy.

Professor Done is one of only two European scientists supported by the European Space Agency to be part of the Japanese/U.S. X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), which is observing hot gas plasma wind blowing through galaxies.

A galactic puzzle

It is widely believed that every galaxy harbors a supermassive black hole at its center—objects with masses millions of times that of the sun.

Over cosmic time, these black holes and their host galaxies are thought to have evolved together in a tightly linked process.

Yet, because of the vast difference in their size and mass, the exact mechanisms behind this interaction remain unclear. Making the co-evolution of galaxies and black holes one of the most profound mysteries in modern astrophysics.

A crucial clue in solving this puzzle lies in the powerful gas flows—known as outflows or winds—that are expelled from the regions around black holes at extremely high speeds.

These winds are believed to influence co-evolution in two major ways: by regulating the growth of black holes through feedback that limits the inflow of matter, and by injecting vast amounts of energy into their host galaxies, potentially shutting down star formation.

Using the powerful spectroscopic capabilities of XRISM, the research team observed winds traveling at 20% to 30% of the speed of light from a supermassive black hole.

They discovered for the first time that these winds were made up of at least five distinct gas components, each moving at different velocities.

It suggests that gas is being intermittently ejected like a geyser or channeled through gaps in the surrounding interstellar medium, challenging long-standing theories of galaxy/black hole co-evolution.

The energy carried by these winds is more than 1,000 times greater than that of galactic-scale winds, dramatically altering our understanding of their role.

Such a breakthrough observation was only possible thanks to XRISM's exceptional capabilities in resolving the velocity structure of the winds.

IMAGE: Cartoon demonstrating the structure of the clumpy wind in PDS 456. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08968-2

[spacenutspod]

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests these ingredients weren’t missing from the start. Instead, they were likely blasted away during the chaotic, high-speed collisions that helped form the planets. Tracking Down the Missing Elements Elements like copper, zinc, and potassium—known as moderately volatile elements (MVEs)—are crucial for planetary chemistry. These MVEs often appear with carbon, nitrogen, and water, all essential for life. Understanding how they were scattered or stripped away helps explain why one planet grew life and the other stayed dry and barren. Compared to the earliest meteorites—chondrites—both Earth and Mars hold far fewer MVEs. Scientists have long argued over two main theories. One idea is that these elements never fully condensed when the solar system was forming. The other? That they vanished during violent impacts and internal changes as the planets took shape. During the early stages of the solar system, planetesimal collisions played a crucial role in planet formation. (CREDIT: Kouji Kanba) To explore this, a team led by Assistant Professor Damanveer Grewal at Arizona State University studied iron meteorites. These space rocks are leftovers from the metallic cores of some of the solar system’s first planetesimals. Their findings, published in Science Advances, suggest a surprising twist: early planetesimals in the inner solar system may have held more MVEs than once believed. Geological Archives from Space Meteorites offer rare clues to our solar system’s earliest days. Since they broke off from ancient planetesimals, they preserve vital chemical traces. By analyzing these traces, scientists can piece together how planets like Earth and Mars began to form and evolve. Related Stories Astronomers discover the explosive source of many of the universe’s heaviest elements Researchers develop a more efficient and cleaner approach to extracting rare earth elements Billions of dollars in rare Earth elements found within extinct volcanoes Until now, many believed that inner solar system planetesimals were MVE-poor from the very beginning. This view leaned heavily on two specific types of meteorites—angrites and HEDs (howardite-eucrite-diogenite). But the new study shakes that view, hinting that these early rocks may have lost their MVEs in violent planetary clashes, not due to a lack of raw material. These are highly depleted in MVEs, leading researchers to believe that planetary building blocks formed under conditions that favored volatile loss. However, angrites and HED meteorites primarily sample the outer crust and upper mantle of their parent bodies, leaving uncertainty about whether this depletion extended to entire planetesimals. By analyzing magmatic iron meteorites, the Arizona State University team found evidence that the first-generation planetesimals of the inner solar system actually retained significant amounts of MVEs. This finding upends the idea that volatile depletion occurred solely during the condensation of solid materials in the early solar nebula. Instead, it suggests that planets like Earth and Mars initially formed from planetesimals that were rich in MVEs but lost these elements during later stages of planetary growth. Mean inventories of refractory elements (Ni, Co, Fe, and Pd) and MVEs (Au, As, Cu, Ga, Sb, Ge, and S) in NC (red) and CC (blue) IMPBs plotted as a function of elemental volatility (here, 50% TC). (CREDIT: Science Advances) The Role of Collisions in Planet Formation The loss of MVEs in Earth and Mars likely resulted from a period of intense collisional evolution rather than from conditions in the early solar nebula. When planetesimals collided and merged, some of their volatile-rich crust and mantle material was stripped away, leading to a gradual depletion of MVEs over time. “Our work redefines how we understand the chemical evolution of planets,” Grewal explained. “It shows that the building blocks of Earth and Mars were originally rich in these life-essential elements, but intense collisions during planetary growth caused their depletion.” This study also highlights a key difference between the inner and outer solar system. While planetesimals in the outer solar system accreted under cooler conditions and retained more of their original volatiles, those in the inner solar system formed at higher temperatures and experienced more energetic impacts. These events gradually removed volatile elements, leading to the compositions observed in Earth and Mars today. Variation in the CI chondrite–normalized abundances of Ge and Ga across bulk IMPBs, chondrites, bulk Earth, and bulk Mars. (CREDIT: Science Advances) Iron Meteorites as a New Tool for Understanding Planetary Formation One of the major advantages of using magmatic iron meteorites in this study is that they represent the metallic cores of ancient planetesimals. Unlike basaltic meteorites such as angrites and HEDs, which mainly sample crustal material, iron meteorites provide a record of planetesimal differentiation without the effects of surface-level processes like volcanic activity and impact melting. The researchers reconstructed the bulk chemical compositions of these early planetesimals using elemental abundances in their metallic cores. They found that while some planetesimals were depleted in MVEs, many retained chondrite-like compositions, indicating that depletion was not a universal characteristic of early planetary building blocks. Another advantage of using iron meteorites is that they sample a wider range of parent bodies than angrites and HEDs, which come from only two distinct sources. By analyzing multiple iron meteorite groups, the researchers were able to compare planetesimals from different regions of the early solar system, providing a more comprehensive picture of planetary formation. Abundances of Ge versus Ga, C versus N, and C versus Ga in the parent cores of IMPBs. (CREDIT: Science Advances) This study suggests that instead of starting out MVE-poor, the building blocks of Earth and Mars initially contained significant amounts of these elements. Their loss was a later consequence of the violent processes that shaped terrestrial planets. By rethinking how MVEs were distributed in the early solar system, scientists can refine models of planetary formation and better understand why Earth evolved into a habitable world. Future research will likely focus on identifying the specific types of collisions and impacts that contributed to the volatile depletion of terrestrial planets, further unraveling the complex history of our solar system. Note: Materials provided above by The Brighter Side of News. Content may be edited for style and length. Like these kind of feel good stories? Get The Brighter Side of News’ newsletter. The post Meteorite discovery solves the mystery of Earth’s lost elements appeared first on The Brighter Side of News.

[thlayli-ra]

how do you cope with no punk for months and end???? how did ANYONE who likes punk around 2013-2019 get used to the lack of daily punk promos and matches to be excited with??? i feel so deprived.....

i miss this goof too much!

Dude! My PDS hit in fucking 2015! By which time Punk was retired and hiding away in a gym training for UFC all day - I had nothing! I lived off scraps for years! I used to refresh the CM Punk news tab on Google every day for something, anything new - an interview, a trailer, a tweet, somebody bringing up his name, a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g!

Like, I remember the most prosperous times for us Punk fans during those years was when the Evolution of Punk was dropped on YouTube (I watched it on repeat), when he did promo work for Girl on the Third Floor and his trial (somebody posted notes from it daily). It was brutal lol!

So yeah, I'm missing him too (and Drew as well!) but I can deal with a month or two (or even nine). How do I cope? I write, I draw. There's real-life Punk and then there's Thlayli's Punk, my own little doll to dress up and play with (and stab with pins and torment) however I want. A little stand-in until I can get the real thing again and here's hoping we don't need to wait much longer (we miss you Punk! ❤️)

[ihauntyoursocks]

hi im sending u an ask instead of talking in the tags

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING!!! Overlord and the other villains are a team rocket kinda situation but instead of one big group it's more individual villains (also le frog would have all of the poliworl evolutions. I don't think I spelled that right but I hope u know what I'm talking about)

also ashe being possessed by a pokemon would be super sick because it means they might fight like a pokemon (being able to use moves n such) don't need a pokemon team when u are a pokemon!!! trickster would either be a legendary or (hear me out), we could design a fakemon for it??? maybe??

maybe instead of having powers, the heroes are just. really good trainers??? nah that's kinda boring... but their powers would have to be more pokemon related I think.. because they would do pokemon battles instead of just fighting like normal people

uhhhh gonna think of more stuff later but it's really hot rn and my brain doesn't wanna work

this is a super fun idea!!!

(Appreciate the ask, I can’t use commas in the tags lol) Agggghhhh yes yes yes, also YES TO LE FROG HAVING ALL THE POLIWHIRL THAT WAS MY THOUGHT TOO, and Trickster Ashe being able to fight like a Pokemon!!!!!! (Maybe at some point they have to fight their own Pokemon… hmmm) and yeah figuring out what the heroes should be is tough, but also I was thinking… in the anime (at least in the XYZ finale) the gym leaders and champions come together to face a big threat, and in general champions and gym leaders seem to act as a a force of authority, so maybe the heroes could function like that, an elite force of trainers dedicated to stopping villains and their Pokemon? And the PD are heroes in training still? But also maybe instead of the heroes having specific powers… it’s their Pokemon? Maybe they have a special link with them that gives them a power? (Dakota’s are super strong and fast, Tide’s are even more in control of their water moves, Lightspeed’s are incredibly fast?) idk just a thought. Also yeah I get the heat, it sucks lol, stay safe!

[that-cartoony-villain]

the CR cast not knowing their fantasy children's ages are the funniest shit ever

but i have to say this otherwise i might explode because it's my biggest pet peeve, which is people not knowing how to portray certain ages, and i dont mean the cast specifically, im talking about fiction in general

like, i love baby gwen so much, she is my dear child BUT the taldorei reborn de rolo picture was taken in like 832 PD or something, so at the current time of BH campaign (843 PD), Gwendolyn would actually be around 12yo....

anyway i still love it when they dont know the ages cause we get funny shit like Luc being in his teenage years, around 13 to 23 yo

this is all to say, if you're gonna write children in your stories, pls try to at least research their evolution, a 5yo won't be talking wike a wittle baby, they have very developed brains and copy adults so they will be little pricks and wont shut up about things they like!

[fantinecore]

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[paperanddice]

Paper Drake

The magical evolution of paper drakes is a mystery. They originate from a land where paper first became more common than vellum and parchment. It seems, awkwardly, that they have edited their own history from all records, making detailed knowledge of them quite rare. They are a bane of historians and spellcasters, removing ink from pages by eating and leaving nothing behind. In other cases, they will compulsively correct errors in text or speech, which means that when bribed well they can perform editing for scribes, allowing mistakes to be fixed by removing ink.

Some paper drakes have been tattooed with magical runes, which grant them greater and more esoteric abilities, such as stamping text or images with their feet, manipulating images, and even erasing memories of written words from the mind.

In their regular form, paper drakes are about four feet in length, and are incredibly light at an average of 30 pounds. They are white or tan when young, and develop a brown or yellow tone as they age, liked aged paper.

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Pathfinder 2e

Paper Drake Creature 2 Small, Dragon Perception +7; darkvision Languages Common, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven Skills Acrobatics +7, Stealth +7, History Lore +10 Str -2, Dex +3, Con +3, Int +0, Wis +1, Cha +1 AC 17; Fort +7, Ref +9, Will +5 HP 22; Immunities paralyzed, sleep Speed 40 feet, fly 100 feet Melee fangs +9 (finesse), Damage 1d8+2 piercing Melee tail +9 (agile, finesse, reach 10 feet), Damage 1d6+2 slashing plus Knockdown Draconic Frenzy [2 actions] The paper drake makes one fangs Strike and two tail Strikes in any order. Refold [1 action] (concentration) The paper drake refolds its body into a new shape. It can increase or decrease its size by one category, to a minimum of Tiny, or a maximum of Medium. Its stats don't change when it changes its size. It can also fold itself into a flat form that it can use to hide itself on a bookshelf or among other books. It has an automatic result of 17 on Deception checks and DCs to pass itself as just a book or sheaf of paper. While disguised as a book, its speed becomes 5 feet, fly 5 feet.

13th Age

Paper Drake 2nd level troop [dragon] Initiative: +7 Paper Cut +7 vs. AC – 5 damage. Natural 16+: The target also takes 3 ongoing damage. Flyer. Limited Escalator: The paper drake adds half the escalation die to its attacks. Speed Surge: 1/battle, the paper drake can move as a quick action. It doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks and can’t be intercepted when it moves this way. AC 18 PD 16 MD 13 HP 30

[theoarfishexpress]

The Deities and Divine Selection

Of the many evolutionary sandboxes tended to and observed by deities, the Tetrarch is among those which is shared. Some are the concerted efforts of duos, or pantheons of several dozen, but the Tetrarch is the creation of four beings:

Fulgiel, the shining flame,

Exypniel, the cunning waves,

Taxidiel, the wandering wind,

and Firmiel, the steadfast soil.

Their origins, true nature, and relation to one another are all up for debate, but they show a curious correspondence to the four classical elements which some ancient greek philosophy held as the basic components of the world. It is difficult to say whether this indicates some innate association with Earth, given the enigma that deities present as a whole. As is the natural state for deities, they are incorporeal and have no true location, merely focusing their attention and faculties on the Tetrarch.

Using the manipulation of natural processes all deities rely on to interact with the universe, the four deities first terraformed a suitable world. Once it was inhabitable, it was populated via a seeding process which effectively fabricated individuals as copies of those on Earth. Founding life was introduced over several thousand years, constantly supervised to prevent ecological collapse, until every member of the perplexing assemblage of species was present and established.

Once everything was in order, each deity took jurisdiction of a quarter of the population of each founding species, ensuring that each of the four populations created this way were distributed evenly across the range of that species. They achieved this by preventing reproduction between these populations, walling them off genetically and effectively creating separate species. All descendants of each deity's populations would remain under their oversight for the duration of the Tetrarch, uninterrupted and without exchange between deities. In relation to their respective populations, as well as all members and descendants thereof, a deity is referred to as a patron deity. The abbreviated form, PD, in combination with the deity’s name abbreviated to the first two letters, is used to identify the patron deity of the subject, yielding the four patronages: PD Fu., PD Ex., PD Ta., and PD Fi.

Each deity now the patron of a quarter of the world’s life, the Tetrarch had officially begun, and they settled in to observe. Incomprehensibly vast, a deity’s attention can be divided across an entire planet, unique in the universe in being a type of “pure perception” that gathers information without affecting the subject in any way. From the synthesis of individual proteins, to the sweeping dynamics of entire ecosystems, the Tetrarch is a grand symphony of life which they alone can fully appreciate, and they marvelled at each curiosity as their creation developed. Over evolutionary time, traits would surface that the patron deity of the population in question found intriguing enough to encourage. These are referred to as “favored” traits to distinguish them from naturally advantageous ones.

Selecting for the new phenotype by subtly improving the population’s overall reproductive success, it would become more prevalent and affect the evolution of the lineage. Gradually, species would accumulate these traits, increasing their favor with their patron. The deities never select against traits, but favored forms are more likely to succeed and outcompete their kin thanks to divine selection. As such finding life in the Tetrarch without obvious favored traits is rare. However, natural selection is still in play, and selection for a favored trait can still be outweighed if it is selected against by the rest of the environment. In this way, a species cannot become dependent on divine favor, and, theoretically, will always remain able to survive in its environment without the benefit of its patron deity.

As each deity has a different personality, they have markedly different interests in the Tetrarch’s life. These manifest in which traits they tend to select for in their subject populations, giving rise to obvious trends.

Fulgiel seems to emphasize spectacle, a prime example being one of their more obvious favored traits, visual display, especially involving bright or contrasting coloration, and bioluminescence. As social habits are also valued, this has the secondary effect in PD Fu. animals of selecting for well-developed vision, allowing for visual communication. Visual display may also take the form of aposematism, warning that Fulgiel favors all forms of chemical offense and defense, from merely unpalatable compounds to potent toxins. Though somewhat rare to see in a developed form, Fulgiel will promote thermogenesis, or the production of heat, through metabolic or mechanical means. While this can then lead to the evolution of endothermy, warm-bloodedness is interestingly never directly selected for. There is also divine selection in PD Fu. life for association with environmental heat sources, but only those hot enough to be dangerous, such as geothermal phenomena, wildfires, and extreme solar heating. One of the most important of Fulgiel’s preferences is that for terrestrial lifestyles, encouraging aquatic life onto land and preventing secondary returns to the water. As a result, nearly all PD Fu. diversity is on land, only a small fraction of it found in freshwater or marine settings. All of these traits have notable direct or symbolic parallels to fire, but some examples are more subtle, such as selection for high energy intake, regardless of actual energy source. This can take various forms but is always a large influence on the ecology of PD Fu. life, animals and other consumers using energy-dense food sources, while producers might favor strong sun exposure, at least in the case of plants and other phototrophs.

Exypniel’s tastes are more nuanced, but they could be said to value resourcefulness. There are many inventive ways to exploit biology and the environment, and this is much of what is selected for in PD Ex. life. Perhaps the simplest of their favored traits is an aquatic lifestyle, but it is also very influential, reversing the trend seen in PD Fu. diversity and resulting in much higher PD Ex. diversity in aquatic environments than terrestrial ones. More difficult to define, but similarly broad, is Exypniel’s selection for “intelligence”. This is often expressed as relatively high cognitive intelligence in animals, but the boundaries of the concept become less clear in other examples, such as “learning” capabilities in the growth patterns of plants. Symbiosis is also favored in PD Ex. life, which contrary to popular belief, is not exclusive to mutually beneficial relationships. Instead, it also encompasses one-sided associations in which one party is unaffected, commensalism, or harmed, parasitism. PD Ex. parasites demonstrate an interesting perspective on Exypniel’s part, which is that the interior of an organism can be considered an aquatic environment, resulting in the evolution of many more internal parasites than external ones. Another more nebulous trait selected for in PD Ex. life is the individual’s ability to alter some aspect of their biology. This is easily and frequently seen in an octopus-like capacity to change color and shape, but extends to cases such as environmental polymorphism, where development can be tuned to external conditions, and adaptive physiology, the ability to alter biological processes as needed. Many favored traits fall outside of these wide umbrellas, however, such as the production of “utility” substances. These can be best defined as substances whose purpose is primarily physical, such as beeswax, spider silk, and the mucus of hagfish, often used in the creation of structures, for defense, or to trap prey. The last of Exypniel’s favored traits to be noted here is the use of electrical or magnetic phenomena. While most examples of this are on the scale of microbiology, more apparent cases involve the ability to detect the planet’s magnetic field, the ability to detect the weak electric fields emitted by animals, and the ability to generate more powerful electric fields for navigation, defense, or hunting.

Taxidiel’s interests tend to foster the pioneering, especially through their selection for mobility. The more frequently and effectively a PD Ta. organism can move around, the better. In animals and other motile life, this often presents physically as speed and agility, and in overall lifestyle as nomadic or migratory tendencies, which can result in vast ranges. Taxidiel also favors arboreality, resulting in high PD Ta. diversity in forests, and often leading into their most iconic interest, flight. Powered or not, volancy has evolved far more frequently in PD Ta. animals than it would naturally, and is developed further in the already-winged. However, Taxidiel also selects for passive movement, by water or especially wind action. Among animals, this is most obvious in an abundance of planktonic lifestyles, but it is especially important for less motile organisms, such as many microorganisms, fungi, plants, the majority of life. Here movement is usually achieved by allowing spores, pollen, seeds, or sometimes the entire organism to be picked up by currents or the wind and carried elsewhere. Selection for arboreality in these instances is just as influential as in animals, encouraging the evolution of epiphytic growth habits. Outside of these varied aspects of mobility, Taxidiel favors pneumaticity. Pneumaticity as defined here is the presence of gas pockets in the tissue of an organism for any purpose, and if present, they are often adapted to sensory reception, to save weight, or to amplify sounds. Sound production is favored in PD Ta. life regardless of mechanism, medium, or use, becoming even more widespread than on Earth. It is often associated with the evolution of hearing, which Taxidiel also selects for, those already able to detect sound exaggerating the sense, and “ears” evolving independently in many other types of PD Ta. life. Perhaps the simplest trait that Taxidiel favors is gracility, slender and elegant proportions.

Firmiel follows a theme of hardiness and simplicity. In contrast to Taxidiel, they select for sedentary habits, the less travel the better, which often results in permanent home ranges or even the evolution of a sessile lifestyle in previously motile organisms. They are also a contrast to Fulgiel in regards to their favor for low average energy intake. PD Fi. consumers thus either adapt to calorie-poor diets, or to eat less frequently, while producers rely on less dense energy sources, phototrophs for example often preferring low light conditions. This core concept of passivity can also be seen in Firmiel's selection for camouflage, and not necessarily of the visual sort, PD Fi. life also using olfactory or auditory stealth as two examples. One of PD Fi. life's more distinctive favored traits is life in soil, sediment, or even stone. For larger animals, this usually leads to burrowing behavior, but caves also seem to count as subterranean for Taxidiel, while smaller animals and many other organisms may simply live in the pore space between grains. For sessile life, putting more biomass into below-substrate structures increases favor. Hardened tissues are selected for in PD Fi. life, especially if they are mineralized. This presents most obviously in the development of external “armor”, but it can also cause the evolution of internal skeletons and other structures, sometimes incorporating high amounts of inorganic materials. Finally, Firmiel appears to share Taxidiel’s appreciation of form, selecting for robust proportions.

However, the deities are beings of free will, and their behavior is far more complex and unpredictable than this brief overview can portray. For example, the deities will occasionally lift divine selection pressures from lineages for a time. No longer restricted by favored traits, they can diversify more, allowing for possibilities which would otherwise be unlikely. In this way, divine and natural selection each have a different role in the grand game that the Tetrarch is to the deities: where divine selection derives, natural selection diversifies.