#ramble time!

[tenebris-lux]

Okay, so now I’m thinking about what if Victor HAD finished Creature 2.0?

What the first Creature is thinking is, “And they lived happily ever after away from people. The end.” But would it be that simple?

She wakes up. She’s overwhelmed by her senses and everything around her. Sees two beings in the room with her, one about her height, maybe taller, the other much smaller. They exchange sounds at each other, then the smaller one makes some gestures and leaves the room.

I’m not a story writer, so I don’t know the details of what happens next. But the first Creature would be guiding her from there on. Victor’s part is done, so he and the Creatures are at quits. She might not remember him after a while because there’s so much to take in at once.

The Creature is a hard one for me to pin down in characterization. But he’s really patient. He’d be patient with her, knowing what she’s going through in her first couple days. Victor probably packed up his stuff and left the place to these two; not his problem now whether they stay or take off right away—the Creature will keep his word. I don’t know how urgently the Creature would want to change location, if he’d want to give Lady (I’m going to call her Lady) a few more days to find her feet, or if he’d hustle her somewhere else where they can take their time. Probably the latter. He’d help her learn to talk, and she would rely on him completely. Eventually he would lead her on their journey to isolation.

Would they glimpse other people on the way? Would they have to hide? Taking cues from his behavior, would she fear other humans without even interacting? Or would she be curious and want to find out for herself? We can easily imagine how a meeting then would go. She’d rely on Creature even more afterwards.

… OR, would they never run into humans, and make it all the way to the sanctuary Creature had picked out without incident?

Victor wondered if they’d have kids. No, he seemed certain that they could have children. That opens up another wild series of possibilities. Would Lady be prepared for it? Creature probably knows some stuff, but even he wouldn’t be prepared for that. They’d be flying blind in raising a family. I could potentially see Creature going near human habitation for research and observation, but would Lady go too? Or would she have to stay behind, alone? It’s a risk for Creature to go, a bigger risk for both of them to go.

Throughout all this, would Lady be satisfied? She’d looked to Creature this whole time as her guide. Depending on her personality, would she be content with all that? Or would she be more and more curious about all that she hadn’t yet experienced? Creature is smart and resourceful; unless something wildly unexpected happened, he’d make sure he and she got to their sanctuary safely and without incident. But he can only control so much. Would she wonder about the environments beyond? If Creature told her of his interactions with humans, how long until she wanted to test for herself? It sometimes takes just having an experience for someone to decide if they’re content with the same setting for the rest of their life. Creature has had experiences, Lady has not. Creature had to grow up quick, being on his own. Lady, maybe not so much, since she’d been taken care of and provided for, but that would change once children become an issue. Kids or not, eventually it will happen. She’d crave experiences of her own.

What then?

It’s a bit like Rapunzel, or the Disney film of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (haven’t read the book yet, dunno what’s the same, what’s different). Or The Secret Garden.

Oh god, I just thought of something else. What if she died in childbirth? What would Creature do then?

And there’s no way to tell their lifespan, either. Can they age?

So many possibilities…..

[goldensunset]

you! tumblr user!

[unforth]

Y'all I know that when so-called AI generates ridiculous results it's hilarious and I find it as funny as the next guy but I NEED y'all to remember that every single time an AI answer is generated it uses 5x as much energy as a conventional websearch and burns through 10 ml of water. FOR EVERY ANSWER. Each big llm is equal to 300,000 kiligrams of carbon dioxide emissions.

LLMs are killing the environment, and when we generate answers for the lolz we're still contributing to it.

Stop using it. Stop using it for a.n.y.t.h.i.n.g. We need to kill it.

Sources:

[violetsandshrikes]

every single photo I see of Kirby, the baby Asian elephant born at Houston Zoo, is absolutely killing me

[tariah23]

Oh…. Well, it’s over for Crunchyroll I guess

[durisicle]

logan's two little hair tufts make him look like a meow meow :)

[a-drama-addict]

not caring too much about a fandom’s favourite guy is the worst. you’ll think “oh i’ll look into the tag see if anything new and cool’s there” and it’s just that fucking guy again

[rovermcfly]

proud to say that I have never once in my life figured out the whodunit in any crime story I've read or watched. I just let the facts and clues wash over me, absorbing absolutely none of it. I am the audience they think of when they throw in red herrings, in case you've ever wondered "who would fall for this obvious false lead". it's me. I am the idiot viewer/reader. not once has an obviously framed clue revealed anything to me. my head is completely empty when I consume these stories.

[sadmages]

Having ocs is fucked up they make you wake up and think stuff like what if i learn to code in renpy and make this into a visual novel. Who said that

[wasabi-gumdrop]

local ladies man’s signature move totally useless against autistic monster enthusiast. more on Kabru’s fumble era at 6

[sleepinginmygrave]

do you ever feel like yay!!! .. and yippee!! .. yahoo!!! ..but then you feel urgh ..... urghhhjjhggh ...... uurghghjjjggkghgghhg urghhhh .....

[biocrafthero]

MizuEna canon as of December 2024

[foreignemotion]

blah blah blah colour theory but jayce went from piltover’s pure and golden boy dressed in white to being in mourning black for all that he’s lost (“my partner died in that room”)…

[daenerys-targaryen]

anyways take heat waves seriously. heat strokes and heat exhaustion are real. drink water. wear sunscreen. stay covered or in shaded areas if you can. pay attention to your skin - if it’s super flushed and your face is redder than usual, get under some shade and cool down IMMEDIATELY. pay attention to kids and elders too.

[crowkip]

yeehaw, baby!

[imreallyonthishellsite]

Yall know the posts that are like "you can usually tell who little sister is bc she'll be the taller one", lets test that theory

if you need an example, my sister is older than me by 3 years and I'm taller by a few inches

Edit: 1) sorry to all the middle children out there!! I didn't mean to forget yall on purpose it slipped my mind when I made this poll, take a cookie as an apology 🍪🍪🍪. Just choose whatever option fits best and explain in the tags if you feel like it.

2) the formatting of the polls are like that bc it was late asl when I made this poll and it made sense to me at the time, so sorry again if yall have trouble understanding the poll