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duscarasheddinnswriting · 2 years ago
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This is the Deck Hawk. It was supposed to be a play on the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, but I shortened “decade” into “deck”.
Yes, it’s a 1950s style flying saucer. That’s why its name in-game is 1950s Throwback.
In my story "Josephi's Savior", this is the design of the Deck Hawk that a Spesh Captain named Stitch owns. His pilot is a Spesh woman named Poppy and he has three more of his own species aboard. All are Spesh men and their names are Seymour, Hively, and Sharp. Also living on board are an individual of each species the Spesh Empire is allied with. Representing the Girtha Bertha Empire is a woman named Zoe. The Crolos Empire is represented by a man named Takagaki. Miyu is a Scorpion Lord woman who represents her species' empire on board. Felix, a Leafy Kyrozi man, represents his empire aboard the Deck Hawk. The final one on board is an Arclart man named Yon.
The Deck Hawk also leads a fleet composed of spaceships belonging to the other five empires, each of which has five of its species aboard (a captain, a pilot, and three posse members). The Crolos Empire pilot a ship model called the Practicale (made in Spore by MaxisKSeid, one of many Maxis employee accounts whose creations fall under Maxis Made in the online Sporepedia). The Girtha Bertha Empire has a ship model called Sovkaan following it (which comes pre-installed with every copy of Spore). The Scorpion Lord Empire have the Redraff (made in-game by MaxisGuillaume). The Leafy Kyrozi Empire has a spaceship called the Celestial Snake in the fleet (made by Rebecca1208 aka DarkEdgeTV). The Arclart have a replica of the Megazord from Power Rangers (made by "Davias" in the game).
The Deck Hawk itself is bigger on the inside, though not to the same extent in all of it. The description in-game (and in the screenshot) lists various things you can do with spaceships in Spore's Space Stage.
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geaibleu-gaming · 1 year ago
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Went to Atlantic City and it was interesting
Only did one of the expeditions and it took a while as I was by myself 😅
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elfboypussy · 7 months ago
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Fawn • he/they • 28 • ct, usa
I’m @evildeerboy (main) / @fanghaunt (furry art) and this is my BG3 and dragon age sideblog 🧝‍♂️🐉
⚠��� Spoiler/NSFW Warnings
18+ content will generally be mixed in untagged with other posts. Sorry. But also not sorry.
ALL my DATV posts will be tagged #datv. anything spoilery i’ll tag #datv spoilers in addition
BG3 Act 1/2 spoilers will generally be untagged, proceed with caution if you haven’t finished them.
I tag major act 3 spoilers #bg3 act 3 spoilers.
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Main Tags
📝#ever.txt -> personal posts
🎨#my art -> art by me #scraps is wips and napkin doodles
💬#comics -> bg3 comics by me (mostly tav/astarion)
🖼️#sc -> my screencaps
My Tavs/Durges/OCs ⬇️
🧝‍♂️#tav:horith -> Eldritch Knight High Elf, my main sona #astarith is my astarion/horith posting
🩸#durge:antyraen -> Circle of Spores Druid Seladrine Drow, my resist dark urge run ✅
💪 #tav:grog -> Barbarian Half-Orc, Honour Mode Attempt #1 ❌
🎱 #durge:vriska -> Light Cleric Lolth-Sworn Half-tiefling Drow, Honour Mode Attempt #2 ❌
💅 #durge:barbie -> Monk slaying in heels across Faerun, Honour Mode Attempt #4 ✅
🔨#tav:jackee -> Wood Half-Elf, Jack-of-all-trades achievement run ✅
⚡#tav:zapple -> Storm Sorc/Tempest Cleric Deep Gnome, multiplayer campaign w my buddy
Dragon Age OCs
🕊️ Dove Hawke
🏹 Cillian Lavellan
🔮 Peregrine Aldwir
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marictheirins · 1 year ago
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BALDUR'S GATE 3 OC LINEUP; this is a glorified tag dump post for my idiots thus far. may get updated in the future with other ocs & if so it will be reblogged to showcase those changes. under the cut will be basic character introductions & they will be in order.
Rylla: wizard spell sword, high elf, genderless( all pronouns ) bisexual, neutralish, 27yo everyone laugh at the youngest member of the party haha
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Rylls is my main "Tav" which is the player character. full name: Idrylla Rhea Dhwani Crisanta. they are unmotivated, burntout, tired, & p much going thru the motions. she's the eldest out of like 7 and the first in like a generation or two of elves in her family to be magically inclined so his parents rlly pushed for parentification as a help w/ the kids since her family are fishing merchants, but got sent to study at a wizarding guild schoolesc thing in Baldur's Gate where the fam is from all around. pushed to be the top of their class and the like first apprentice to the head wizard he got framed for attempted murder by a jealous rival and got tossed in jail with a two day pardon to run home and grab a journal that would prove her innocence only to find out her fiance, now ex fiance, had been cheating on them and threw out all their stuff hearing rylla was in jail and was like OH LOL WHOOPS on the way to the dump is when this jackass got abducted by mind flayers like u cant have a more worse day than rylla bc the next day was allso when he had to pay his mortgage taxes so like all that and u still gotta pay bills anyways everyone in camp wants them carnally but rylla does not romance anyone, however he does have a connection with gale that is strictly platonic. rylla is a prodigy & a spell sword
Frye: warrior, mesophlieseses tiefling, he/him cismale home of sexual, somewhat lawful good. or at least he tries, 87yo
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Frye Ravensworn is from Baldur's Gate, a oathbroken paladin former flaming fist. after an accident that cost the lives of several innocents he lost faith in the order & left, turning to a life of mercenary work. after feeling as if he wasn't making any difference he "retired" to establish a popular tavern known as The Devil's Fyre( pronounced fire unlike his name Fry-ee bc hehe get it he thinks hes hilarious ) anyways he's Rylla's best friend they have been pals for ages and she usually comes to him when they need to bitch about their life. he does enjoy being a bartender and listening to others rather than being constantly asked about stories of his own adventures. it's rylla that makes him feel as he did when he was younger, having a purpose reigniting that love for life & hope in people once more so when Rylla was taken by mind flayers he picked his sword back up and closed the tavern to set out to find rylla's stupid ass knowing the next time he sees them they could be a mind flayer but at least rylla would die by a friends hand. it's in act 2 we find Frye, at the last light inn helping the harpers & flaming fist protect the tieflings from the shadows. upon seeing rylla he scoops her up & squeezes him so tight one could swear their bones popped. Frye serves as a paladin option to recruit like how mi/thara is, but for like the ~good~ route basically. Frye romances W/yll !
Carnation: druid with a class i made up called underdark druid its got bits of spore shadow sprinkled in but she can grow n manipulate crystals ! bc they are the fauna of the underdark :), auvryrahel drow, she/her cisfemale, violencesexual, evil. fucking evil. dark urge( editors note: this will change no more bhaalspawn but born of a different more fucked up god mayhaps :) ) !, 134yo
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a hot pink bitch named breakfast. our favorite cult leader. last name Vasiira. raised in the underdark with a small clan of underdark-druids deep under the earth while i forgot to add her mom to this screencap dump, Momma'Nation, Trielthrae was one of the many exiled loth-drow that formed this little village of which the clan of druids lived, wanting to change the stars of her peers & sick of loth's rule--- she beseeches the gods to grant her a child that would be blessed in their light, to become a holy savior & change the world for her, her village, for the drow, & for everyone. bhaal [ GOD goes here ] read that text & answered, requiring a unholy communion of which Trielthrae gladly gave leaving her with a miraculous pregnancy. enter our little anti-christ, our cute little princess. our beautiful Carnation who was beloved & welcomed by the village with open arms. she wants power, she wants fame, she wants clothes, she wants devotion. the village quickly & completely submitted to her whims wants & needs. bhaal lends her some of his grand power, as technically she is a bhaal spawn. its just complicated. SHES A DEMI-GOD BY BIRTHRIGHT I JUST GOTTA LATER GO FIGURE OUT WHAT GOD ANSWERED HER MOM man loth is pissed about this btw lol mind flayers took her from the shores of the dark lake, this is the first time she has been outside of the underdark & once she saw the night sky at camp she wept in it's beauty. she romances as/tarion, ascendant. he sees her as a equal as she denies bhaal, stealing his power for herself & manipulates the nether brain for her own gain becoming akin to a god. keeping old shit as reference but ew lame heres the new stuff: SHE IS MANIPULATING HIM. as a demi-god shes already capable of doing fucked up shit as is however she plans to kill &/or eat a god to gain its power to become fully divine & having a powerful vampire as a minion in addition to her cult is good, she also manipulates gale to bring her that funny crown & study how to harness it with the guide she supports his journey when its for her benefit not his. she will not end her conquest until she becomes a god wholly. auvryrahel is the name of the specific village / noble house that makes up carnation's cult.
Luella: cleric, but its complicated :), auvryrahel half-drow, she/her bisexual cisfemale, her morality is whatever carnation wants, ageless
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undead half-drow handmaiden to Carnation Vasiira. she acts as a nanny, a nurse, a sister, a caregiver, a friend, a confidant, & a puppet. raised from death by Carnation's mother when her daughter was only but six years old via a powerful spell that grants this undead what's left of her fractured soul & a lifespan that allows her to live as long as Carnation wills her to, Luella is devoted completely to her charge. she lives, literally, only to serve her mistress--- having left the underdark in search of her beloved flower when Carnation goes missing after a rare nautiloid sighting near the dark lakes.
G'waine: kith'rak ranger, githyanki, she/they nonbinary lesbian, chaotic good but the good is like for the good of the githyanki not you. fuck you as far as she's concerned, 38yo
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UTENA COMPLEX, PRINCE OF THE CRECHE. kith'rak g'waine, a captain of her creche boldly named draa'zvir--- dragon's breath. a warrior of fine make & groom, the pride n joy of her creche the youngest to make captain in it's long history. a skilled warrior, a even better strategist she is calm collected but never cold. a proper leader in the making to eventually take over creche draa'zvir or would have if not captured by mind flayers during the chase of the nautaloid alongside lae'zel, attempting to strike down mind flayers at they attacked other gith. because of this word returned of her capture to her creche & they moved to mourn her as if she were already dead. the fallen dragon prince & the tale of noble, but foolish, sacrifice to save her gith comrades and kill the ghaik invaders. has a bit of a resemblance to a frog & was teased as a child as 'the frog prince' until her merits outshined all her sought to demean her. also she killed them as is her right. romances lae'zel & has a hellva complicated time about the whole orpheus thing. voss knows g'waine, actually a lot of the creche u visit knows them too.
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THEODORA theythem red wizard of thay more info to come
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nevarran-hahren · 14 days ago
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hey, hi there, I changed my username
@whispering-depths » » » @nevarran-hahren
still me! just reflecting the ebb and flow of my monomanic hyperfixation from bg3 to dragon age
also feel like I should do an intro post since it's been awhile, soooo
I'm mik! 29 yo, librarian, cross-stitcher, hobby artist, she/they is cool. this is my fandom blog, non-fandomy things will be over at my personal blog (@queenofcarrotflowers-s). my likes and follows will come from there as well. I like to post about my ocs sometimes, usually art or screencaps. but mostly i reblog things.
I'm usually super inconsistent with remembering to tag things, but I am diligently using both the "#veilguard spoilers" and "#datv spoilers" tags on *anything* related to da4 for the foreseeable future. please blacklist those tags if you wish to avoid spoilers.
» non-exhaustive list of fandoms/interests you may see here:
dragon age
baldur's gate 3
disco elysium
stardew valley
dungeon meshi
dropout tv
the sims
beastars
blue eye samurai
» my ocs (general oc tag):
Dragon Age (canon world state)
warden shira tabris (dao): city elf duelist/assassin rogue, romanced alistair (prev zevran). (she/they)
hedy mae hawke (da2): human apostate force mage/spirit healer, purple hawke, romanced anders (prev isabela). (she/her)
inquisitor janne lavellan (dai): dalish hunter/champion warrior, romanced solas. (she/her)
lorna "rook" ingellvar (datv): dwarven reaper warrior of the mourn watch, romanced lucanis (prev taash). (they/them)
Baldur's Gate 3
sorcha agaric: foundling, raised by myconids. half-drow circle of spores druid (they/she) - completed my first playthough with sorcha as a dark urge romancing astarion, but in my revised version of their story she is not exactly that. if i ever replay with them, she will romance both shadowheart and halsin.
juno: "drow" dark urge way of shadows monk (redeemed), romanced astarion (prev lae'zel). (they/them) - playthrough complete (twice lol)
tiresia allseer: urchin/orphan, tiefling wild magic sorcerer, fears her own power after a traumatic childhood experience, romanced gale (prev astarion). (she/her) - playthrough in progress
artemisia silvershield: disgraced noble, human-turned-tiefling fiendish warlock, romanced minthara. (she/her) - multiplayer playthrough abandoned, plans to revisit for future evil run
DnD/TTRPGs
gwinnera "gwin" strongbrow - gen z hill dwarf wood sculptor and art school dropout, college of creation bard with a glorious pink beard and space buns. travels the country performing live chainsaw woodcarving routines with their girlfriend, a fire-eating tiefling bard. (she/they) - created for a modern-day setting "oops! all bards" DnD campaign
hazel hawkins - 89 yo wandering occultist/researcher/folk magic practitioner, increasingly batty, cool lesbian grandma to the party. was selectively mute as a child, now never shuts up. will try to play matchmaker. got yeeted by a giant eyeball monster in the campaign finale. (she/her) - created for a call of cthulhu campaign
» other links:
my art
etsy shop (I sell digital cross stitch patterns that I create!)
ao3
feel free to say hi or reach out to chit chat about any of the things i've mentioned! i don't bite, but i *am* bad at starting conversations myself
x
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feralsrock · 2 years ago
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Tags via @sporesgalaxy
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[Image description: screencap of previous tags from sporesgalaxy that read “#SANDISK CLIP JAM IS STILL SOLD ONLINE AND AT BEST BUY 👍 #q” end description]
Spore is right! My family bought one of the sandisk mp3 players from Best Buy during our last move so my mom could have music while she drove the moving truck (the truck didn’t have a CD player).
Nice and simple without any extra junk. Just plug it into your computer, drag and drop your music files onto the mp3, and you’re good to go!
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draptorronin · 1 year ago
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Here, have some Screencaps of what I've been working on in SPORE lately. They're all related.
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juniaships · 4 years ago
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✨Jora Vs. The Negative 10 screencap✨
Imperfect as it is I'm really proud of how this turned out 😁 Trying to closely match the lighting gave me a challenge to play around to find a brand new palette for her. Season four is the pinnacle of her arc, changing from a shy bystander to a proactive heroine ready to take on the universe. I'm going to make more scenes of her participating in the action.
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usamey · 4 years ago
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🎶🎶🎶🎶 boop :3 go wild my friendo!!
WBSJSNSN XELLE TY!!!!!! yer always there to enable my nonsense- i ‘preciate that😤💛
HOKEY TOP 4 FAVEIT LINES
⚠️Me Goin Wild Below shsjsnsn⚠️
AAAAAA OKAY
I collect spores, molds, and fungus.
WHSHSBBSN HE COLLECTS SPORES MOLDS AND FUNGUS😭😭😭😭💕💝💕💗💕💝💕💖 okey but seriously, i interpret his pause as reluctance, seeing as he’s been mistreated because of his pastimes aND I JUST FEEL FOR HIM SO MUCH I- HHHHHHH (and the way he just shuts down janines attempt at flirting I- SHHSNSNSNSN💀💀💀)
Shit.
okay this- this is Gold™. he’s a really formal person, like- there’s only one scene where he’s Not in a suit (jumpsuits are still suits!!). he speaks as such, using only Imcredibly Sciencematific Jargon. so seeing him curse and knowing that expletives are part of his vocabulary is Endlessly entertaining
your mother
AAAAA OKEY!!! THIS!!!!!!!!! so, in the preceding line, he curses, denoting anger. This semi-contradicts his statement in the beginning of the movie: “I’m always serious.” i say semi because he was dead serious about Fucking Walter Up. ANYWAYS- the point i am Trying to Make is that this is one of our first glimpses of him expressing emotion which is FLIPPIN FANTASTIC
hit it, mama!!!!
WBSNSNSN AAAAAAAAAA *HOO HOO HOO* OKEY IJUST LOVE THIS SO MUCH HES SO HAPPEY AND SMILEY AND IN THE SECONBMOVIE HE LOOSENS UP AND IS ALL SILLEY AND JOKEY AND AAAAAAA💓💝💘💖💕💞💝💘💘💞💗💞💝💘💘💞💞💝💘💘💝💓💓💞💘💖💞💞💗💗💕💘💞💘💘💞💘💖💞💞💓💝💘💘💝💞💝💘💘💖💞💞
In conclusion, Egon’s emotional development is evident in his lines, which, in turn, makes ME incredibly emotional :0)
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thegoldendoorknob · 5 years ago
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*Candied up right before Red even though I think Muramasa could’ve swept without them using the strat I used for Blue and Lance
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Finished with a bang ♪ and that’s it for the Silver Bug-only run!
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duscarasheddinnswriting · 2 years ago
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This Spore captain of mine goes by three names. There’s Spiritmaster Stitch the Wise, Spiritmaster Stitch the Faithful, and Spiritmaster Stitch the Renowned. His real name is just Stitch, though.
This is the captain of the Deck Hawk. Yes, I named him after a Disney character. Both are aliens, but this one has very dissimilar origins to his namesake. He also has a subjectively fabulous pink and purple color scheme.
In-game, I got him up to Level 10, the highest level a playable captain can be.
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Above are all of the accessories I unlocked as Stitch. I can’t equip all of them at once due to complexity limits I’m convinced are more about performance than the game being able to handle it, but I wanted to have at least one accessory from each row, which correspond to a different archetype in the Space Stage (Knight and Wanderer don’t have parts even though they have unique names for each level).
Having all four of the accessories for Diplomats and Zealots means that I get their unique super-abilities. Diplomats get Static Cling, which disables all weapons and vehicles on a planet. It’s supposed to be used for diplomacy, but it would be easy to use it to attack. Zealots get Fanatical Frenzy, which turns a Space Stage star system under another empire’s control into another colony for you. The catch is that it violates the Galactic Code and every empire nearby will hate you for it. Due to that, I fear using it. What kind of Empire is Stitch a part of? A Shaman empire, which means that he also gets Return Ticket. That lets you open a wormhole to your homeworld.
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disgustedorite · 7 years ago
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Some cool pics I got of mythicopterex in flight. Couldn’t get the feet quite right since I had to use hands, but whatever, y’know?
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iu-jjang · 3 years ago
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[FANCAFE] 211018 IU replies to uaenas on fancafe
Uaena: I mean, why isn’t unnie sleeping yet ㅠㅠㅠㅠ What’s on your mind that you can’t fall asleep!!! Don’t tell me it’s because of the new song tomorrow!?!?!❤️❤️
IU: I sleep at 4 everyday 🤤
Uaena: hello! are you excited for strawberry moon?
IU: Sure 🐥🐥🐥 You’ll love it
Uaena: What’s the best dream for you!? I want to hear about your dreamsㅠㅠ
IU: Not having a dream 🤤
Uaena: My exams are starting today, so I’m feeling really stressed, but thanks to unnie and the song that’s going to be out soon, I’m able to fall asleep today feeling a bit lighter and happier hehe As always, thank you and thank you again. I’ll listen to the new song today with a relaxed mind and throw away all my worries!! Goodnight :)!
IU: All the best for your exams, fighting!! Dress warmly💜
Uaena: Without fail, tell us your TMI (too much information) for today ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
IU: I took out new pyjamas to wear.
Uaena: ㅠㅜ Unnie, you said you feel kind of empty after releasing a song that you put all your effort into making, is that so this time too? 🥺 That’s all I worry about.. Other than that, everything is really really great.
IU: Not so much this time hehehe What a relief right?
Uaena: I haven’t heard the song yet, but I’ve already booked my sweet dreams in advance ♡ Please throw us a slight spoiler for this song hehe!!
IU: Powerful and zero gravity
Uaena: Jieun unnie!! Have you seen a strawberry moon with your own eyes before? 🥰
IU: No, I waited for it, but couldn’t see it ㅠㅠ I put that joy and sorrow into this song kekeke They say if you confess your feelings in front of a strawberry moon, your love will come true. So this song is for the young people who go to confirm their feelings for each other.
Uaena: What’s the reason for releasing the song at midnight this time?? Is there a reason like for Autumn Morning? I’m really looking forward to midnight!!!!
IU: Looking at the moon quietly, it makes you feel like flying into the sky🙂
Uaena: What does this song ‘strawberry moon’ mean to unnie??
IU: The meaning of a moon that makes love come true sounded beautiful to me, so I wrote the lyrics about young people confessing feelings for each other under a strawberry moon. I didn’t get to see the moon though ㅠㅠ
Uaena: It’s going to be tough to pick your favourite line from the lyrics of ‘strawberry moon’ right..? Haha
IU: It’s a night of love floating haphazardly
Fly to the sky and gently come true
(rough translation, pending official lyrics)
Uaena: Unnie! What is the colour for the love this time for the song?
IU: ❤️
Uaena: Which season does ‘strawberry moon’ resemble the most?
IU: It’s. Totally. Autumn!!
Uaena: Other than the dandelion having ‘zero gravity’, there is also the meaning of love spreading like the dandelion spores floating in the air right?
IU: Gosh that’s right….
Uaena: I was curious about this…. Were you already planning for ‘strawberry moon’ back then…!!? That’s why you posted this comment?!! 🍓🌝
📎 insert screencap of IU’s comment on fancafe about strawberry moon many months ago
IU: Yes, I read about it in the news and wanted to write lyrics after seeing the strawberry moon and I was waiting one hour in advance, but didn’t get to see it. So I put that joy and sorrow into writing the lyrics of this song..😢
Uaena: Did you write the song introduction happily this time too??
IU: Yes, it’s just one song this time, so I wrote it all by myself!
Uaena: Many uaenas thought of ‘Above the Time’ when they saw the teaser this time. Are the two connected? 🤭
IU: Not. At all. 😔
Uaena: Gosh uaenas were gathering together and drawing all sorts of connections between ‘Above the Time’ and this song, but you say there’s no connection at all!!! It’s always like that, that’s why our guesses are wrong.. We’ll have to try harder to be the fan of a genius singer..
IU: I actually think of it more of as a couple song(?) rhyming couplet song(?) to ‘eight’!
I felt that if the orange sun in ‘eight’ represents ‘lethargy’, then the strawberry moon represents ‘love and energy’!
Uaena: What song should I listen to right now, to understand how IU feels??
IU: Heart, of course 🥰
Translated by IUteamstarcandy with love
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scarlet-riot · 3 years ago
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Wait, hold on, I don't read Dungeon Meshi or what exactly the name of that manga was is called, but I'm still kinda curious: why is that feral (?) cat girl a dog girl now?
the party ran into some funky mushroom spores that swapped all their fantasy races! so catgirl became a kobold, the dwarf became an elf, etc. this arc was actually quite a while ago but the daily-izutsumi blog screencapped EVERY izutsumi to post so now we've got three months of doggirl before we're back to catgirl caps 😔
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lacefuneral · 4 years ago
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SPOCK???????????????????????????????????
SPOCK STAR TREK???????????????????
THIS MAN????????
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when a fic writer is like “kirk liked everyone: male, female, human, alien. even plant creatures!”
and i’m like. ah. yer one of ‘em cisgendereds ain’t u.
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lycomorpha · 3 years ago
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Plants irl vs plants in video games:
2) Map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum)
The lichens in AC Valhalla are actually pretty true to life. Above you can see a screencap vs some real map lichens I saw in the hills. The coast of Lincolnshire is a great in-game location for lichenology. There are map lichens on the rocks and a variety of other crustose species visible on rocks and trees, as well as cool shells and fossils one the beaches.
Map lichen usually appears as flat acid yellow patches on rocks, dotted with black specks. Close up you can see an irregular block pattern made of yellow (the thallus or body of the lichen) and black (the apothecia or fruiting bodies where spores are made.) Alongside other species it forms a patchwork on rocks, with dark edges that look a bit like borders on a map. Map lichens grow in areas of low pollution and prefer cool climates. They're slow-growing so have been used in lichenometry to estimate glacier retreat
It's also a SPACE LICHEN!!?! It was one of the species in ESA's biopan project, in which it survived exposure to the vacuum of space and cosmic/solar radiation!
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Above: lichen on a rock face in ACV vs a patch of map lichen IRL
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