#sure.

[the-hydroxian-artblog]

[bigidiotenergytm]

guys me and @messymoonmad are hosting a zeus meme

reblog this and draw yalls zeus designs in this pose (FOR SCIENTIFIC REASONS ONLY.)

[yikesb3rg]

losing my mind over kenshi's fit details so i'll put it on the backburner for nowge sorry kenshi

[spideypawz]

Roxypool. satisfying my need for crossovers one day at a time.

[thesorcerersshadow]

and i didn't like the ending.

[idonotbitemythumbatyou]

Cardassian Infant Names

In days past it was difficult for Cardassians to determine the sex of a baby immediately upon birth, and historians almost unanimously agree that this is likely the primary reason behind the practice of temporary Infant Names which has persisted to this day.

Of course, different cultures maintained different practices. The western part of the Northern Continent, for example referred to their infants only by the family name until a gendered name could be bestowed. Many ancient coastal cultures referred to their infants as virtues that their parents hoped they would embody; names like "obedience," "fealty," and "studiousness," were popular enough to cause modern day historians a headache or two. And the early agricultural tribes in the south temporarily named their infants after the weather conditions at the time of their birth.

But all these cultures shared the practice of referring to the infant as a gender neutral name, and then switching to a gendered name around age two or three when there could no longer be any doubt as the the child's sex. There was also some accompanying sense that the named child was now a full person rather than the property of the family, or (when infant mortality was a serious consideration) on loan from the afterlife.

The infant naming convention that has remained in practice among Cardassians to this day is that of "root naming" or "seed naming."

It is now relatively simple to determine the sex of an infant - even before birth. However, this practice persists despite modern medicine rendering the original purpose irrelevant.

A root name is a short, usually single syllable, gender neutral moniker which shares a syllable with a masculine and feminine name - which the parents will have chosen in advance

For some famous examples:

"Bran" becomes "Enabran" for a boy or "Branka" for a girl.

"Rain" becomes "Skrain" for a boy, or "Karain" for a girl.

"Cor" becomes "Coren" for a girl, or "Corat" for a boy.

Of course, one name can come from many roots if it is long enough. "Coren" for example could have the root "Cor" or "Ren." It depends on the parents' preference and the masculine name they've chosen to accompany it. By that token, a root name can expand into a multitude of different names - they can even stay one syllable with only a difference of spelling.

As names naturally carry meaning and significance, Cardassian parents take great care in choosing both names even though they know which name will likely never be used. There seems to be a nearly spiritual belief (though Cardassians themselves would never describe it as such) that the unused name remains a part of the individual, subtly influencing their values and personality. For example, parents of a“Skrain” (meaning “conquerer”) might want their son to exhibit those traits, but by choosing “Karain” as the unused female name they are also expressing their hope that he will exhibit the empathy denoted in the meaning of that name.

It is also important to take great care in choosing a male and female name despite sex being easy to determine at birth for cases where the child grows up to have a different gender than that assigned at birth. It is culturally important for Cardassians to always have a name chosen by their parents, and with the root naming system the individual will already have a name chosen for them in such cases.

The nature of root names and seed names means that they are necessarily an intimate piece of information. One is referred to by their root name only by their immediate family, or caretakers who were present at the time the name was used. The root name is never used again once the gendered name is bestowed.

To use an adult Cardassian's root name is an offence which has no analogous insult in Terran culture.

Because it is so deeply personal, it is invasive to even know a seed name, and to use it aloud would be shockingly violating and infantalising at once.

If, for some reason, one has discovered a Cardassian's Infant Name, the best thing to do is to pretend otherwise.

[ollylotl]

heyyyy i just dropped a completed multichapter 58k words prime defenders fantasy au fic. if you like greyscale arc, or ghostknife, or general pd shenanigans in alternate universes, maybe check it out :D

[cerastes]

This ability is so fucking funny because we’re told the Witch King would outright kill his Casters if they beefed their parts during his compositions during an early cutscene in the event. Come the boss fight, he does exactly that.

[colliecross]

Based of this:

I present the stupidest thing I’ve ever written, this dialogue is from the perspective of Berdly:

You. Me. Festival.

What are we getting for dinner?

Bird Seed of course!

Uh-Oh!

Looks like there was a Dark Fountain in our festival food booth.

We black out and wake up in a Dark World.

We’re surrounded by Darkners,

Angry Darkners.

You know what that means,

ACT-

The noise drives in a Secret Boss™️

What do we gonna do?

We’re gonna pacify it!

Boss Fight,

Boss Theme,

Boss… Spared??

OH YES PLEASE!

We befriend the Boss after we beat it in a brawl,

and then we ride into an Ice-E-Pizza!

Dance Dance Revolution!

REVOLUTION?! OVERTHROW THE DARK PRINCE??

UHH, I THINK SO!

Next thing you know, I’m reincarnated as The Knight!

Then I turn into a ♥️

Fly into the Dark Fountain,

Black out again!

Wake up, eat some Chalk,

WHITE OUT!

(which I didn’t know you could do-)

Then I smoked a joint,

GREENED OUT!

Then I turned into a Titian!

UH OH, LOOKS LIKE THE PROPHECY IS KICKING IN!

[insert Gaster-Sounds, I can’t write the incomprehensible screams of Berdly.]

[vibiano]

...Grujaja x Vib?

Anything for you sweetheart

[minart-was-taken]

Some OC concepting. I like the fox lad's vibe but the older person's hair is a little silly. Also, If someone says they look like Phoenix I have the full legal right to attack you with my fold-able lamp

I drew them for the first time in 2021 so I'll put that under the cut

[the-hydroxian-artblog]

almost all of my anthros are 3D-printed cgi-demons and I wouldn't have it any other way

[fallenrain40]

"aroace people can still have relationships-" NOT ALL OF THEM CAN. YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT. WHY DO YOU WORD IT AS "aroaces can still be in relationships" AND NOT "some can have relationships, and others cannot."? WHY MUST YOU INSIST THAT WE STILL CAN LOVE IN SOME WAY. WHY DOES IT MATTER. WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO LOVE. WHY, WHEN TALKING ABOUT AROACES, DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO IMPLY THAT IT'S OUR OTHER WAYS OF LOVING THAT MAKES US ACCEPTABLE? WHY CAN'T THE FACT WE DON'T LOVE MAKE US GOOD PEOPLE? WHY IS THERE ALWAYS AN EMPHASIS ON THE OTHER WAYS WE LOVE, OR THE AROACES THAT CAN STILL DATE, AND NOT ON OUR LACK OF LOVE? IT FEELS TO ME, LIKE YOU ARE TRYING TO PUSH ASIDE THAT ASPECT OF OUR IDENTITY, BECUASE IT'S TOO STRANGE TO YOU. YOU MAY NOT SAY IT OUTLOUD, BUT THERE'S STILL A STIGMA AROUND LOVELESSNESS. IN YOUR MIND, YOU STILL ARE VIEWING LOVELESS PEOPLE AS LESS MORAL OR GOOD, AREN'T YOU? OTHERWISE, YOU WOULD CELEBRATE OUR LOVELESSNESS, NOT SHOVE IT ASIDE BECUASE "THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO LOVE"

[solacefish]

i know I talk a lot about sebastian being a mama's boy and how tragic everything would be if he was a good boy in a good family. but what if we swapped that around.

sebastian solace who was never fully looked at in his home, always looked through, always wishing he could take the spotlight for even just a second. pushing himself past exhaustion in all of his school work to be at the top, doing his best in every single thing he could ever have done, never complaining, never taking up too many needs, trying to be the perfect child. to be told he's proud of. but it just never worked

sebastian solace who was always forgotten when it comes to being picked up, who always walked home in the rain. who always picked at grass alone during breaktimes, who always played with cars and dragons by himself in his bedroom. sebastian solace who's drawings were never hung up, he could never let a shameful image on the refrigerator.

he lies about the 9 murders, he wants to be seen as something more, he wants to be seen in general. a case where nobody could figure who the murderer could possibly be, a case he was close enough to at the time of the murder. its a perfect chance to be looked at instead of looked through.

and it would've made sense. a problem child, a loner would be more likely to have turned bad. it was a perfect excuse for an arrest. they wouldn't have even felt the need to check.

maybe he begged for respect, maybe it was a hope to be feared. anything to be noticed. never to be pinned as the problem child, only to be dissapointed in. a shame to the family - a solace who never could be.

[zzoupz]

What if Gary and John were at a bar and Gary would keep ordering evil skull drinks for John and he would keep screaming at the same volume and capacity. Would that be queer or what

sorry im too distracted by what is implied by him screaming. john the type of guy to get scared by "say boot without the t" or whatever