#take my words with a grain of salt

[theamazingian]

If you’re curious - here’s a full level of Sonic x Shadow Generations played by a Sonic fan!

It looks fantastic???

[party-lemon]

I've never been hungover, but i imagine this is kind of what it feels like

[alolanrain]

Hi, I saw your post about Cilan which includes the ** of Skyla(?)'s gym leader misconduct; can I ask what the misconduct it? I haven't finished the Unova series yet so I'm confused.

Ah! So instead of actually gym battles, Skyla instead looked at the trainers line up of pokemon and did mental math basically to see if she would win or they would win before just handing them the gym badge or not and then fucking off into the hair after like an hour of doing that even though it was the middle of the day and she had a full line of trainers she still needed to get to. The whole point was so that she could fly in her airplane more as doing the actual battles took up most her day

[bee-unknown]

From what I've read the switch the Australian elections had was so... This, it hadn't been seen since WWI or something like that

Shout out to the USA for pissing Canadians off so bad it flipped an entire election that was supposed to be a landslide for the center-right, forever in your debt o7

[autistme]

the thing is that that the sf bart shows pretty much why they signed to fat

[oarfishing]

i think its really interesting (read: disturbing) that we as a trans community tout the fluidity and non-binary nature of sex to transphobes (i.e. "there are more than two sexes", which is true), but then seemingly forget it when it comes to concepts like "afab transfem" and "amab transmasc"

we acknowledge that intersex people have complex relationships with sex as a gotcha when speaking with transphobes, and then accuse the same people we used as a talking point of being transphobic for having a complex relationship with sex

we say "afab" intersex women can grow beards, have heightened testosterone, have ambiguous genitalia, have low voices, be perceived as men - and then deny them the word "transfem" to describe their experiences

we say "amab" intersex men can grow breasts, have heightened estrogen, have ambiguous genitalia, have high voices, be perceived as women - and then deny them the word "transmasc" to describe their experiences

we know that the sex someone is assigned can change based on different doctors or events in their life - but then tell them that "there's a word for a cis person who identifies as their assigned sex" as if they can easily be lumped in with cis perisex people

if someone has a relationship with their sex that is not cut and dry, are they exclusively meant to use the word "intersex" to describe their experiences? are intersex people simply not allowed to use transgender language to talk about themselves?

just some thoughts

[mipmoth]

INGO TELL EM

[celestine-witch]

So this is just my speculation, but I might have an explanation-ish?

Basically, scorpions (as far as I can tell) aren't really native to Europe. But they do live in warm, temperate places like India and North Africa.

So what probably happened, at least in part, is that scorpions hitched a ride with spice traders who went to Europe. The buyers buy their herbs and spices, like basil, and sometimes get a surprise scorpion with their plants.

So rumors start to spread that herbs like basil cause scorpions to appear. Run that through a few rounds of rumor mills and exaggeration and vóila! Not only can basil make scorpions, but if you even smell basil it might put said scorpions in your mind!

Why does basil smell so fucking amazing

[taraxippos]

Saying 'sex and food and gore are variations on the same concept so you can write them interchangeably' is so crazy because like you are fundamentally missing the point of theme, it's meaning Assigned to concepts that don't necessarily have intrinsic meaning beyond what they fundamentally describe.

Like you Can write sex like food effectively if it's serving a purpose (to communicate about the nature of the sex, the emotional stakes, the character's personality and their relationships, etc) and using eating as a metaphor effectively communicates this purpose- ie to evoke that the sex is an act of consumptive indulgence (maybe at the expense of the other? is it self-serving for one or both? do they treat it like mindless snacking? is it like binge eating?), or that it's an attempt to satiate a feeling of starvation (does it? are they still hungry?), etc. It Can work very effectively if you're using the food connection to convey additional layers of meaning that are not implicit in the act itself.

It does NOT work if you're operating on the basis of 'sex and gore and eating actually all the same thing as an act consumption and love and violence and sensation and cannibalism dog motif take me to church'. Like just first of all you are Wrong, these are meanings you've attached to (mostly) neutral human behavior. Having sex, eating food, and grievous bodily injuries are, shockingly, not the same thing (hence why juxtaposing/connecting the concepts to create new meaning is the way you make it work!) You can't even write variations on Sex Itself interchangeably, sex is not all the same, sometimes it's boring and routine, sometimes it's affectionate and emotional, sometimes it's self harming and ugly. Much less writing every act of human bodily sensation interchangeably. This will not make your writing better but instead lead you to crafting the most garbage sentences known to man. Tread carefully.

[hp-lonesome-actual-art]

I’m very normal about Puzzles guys please believe me. I did not stay up to 2am one night making a self-insert queerplatonic ship story in a sketchbook, your eyes deceive you 😭

I’ll try to translate the dialogue here in a more readable/cohesive way for anyone who wants to pry….

The premise is that they’re either visiting an aquarium or some local pet shop together. Either way, my doodlesona encounters a fish tank and wants Puzzles to look closer at the fishies

Doodlesona: Oh Puzzles! Take a look at this one!

Mr. Puzzles (amused/slightly condescending tone): Hm? You mean these simple fish somehow managed to catch your eye—*a fish sprays him with water and Puzzles screams out in shock*

*Jumpcut to another location. My doodlesona is trying to clean the water off of Puzzles screen using towels in the shops restroom stall. Puzzles is begrudgingly sitting on the closed toilet seat, very upset. His anger makes doodlesona nervous*

Doodelsona: Rrrrright…electronics and water don’t mix well together ahaha….we can avoid it next time…

Mr. Puzzles: Never. Again. Alright?

Doodlesona: Yes yes I know, that was a close call! B-but still a little bit funny, no…?

Mr. Puzzles: No.

Doodlesona:….okay, no more fish. Sorry. Got it, lesson learned—I promise it won’t get repeated. Just let me help clean you off. Then we can leave, okay?

Mr. Puzzles: Fine, finish up. Don’t take too much longer

*Puzzles remains grumpy, closing his eyes in further annoyance. But after a while, he begins to settle into a state of calm. It isn’t often that he allows people to touch his screen/T.V head, so the feeling of someone tending to him is foreign. He doesn’t mind it as much as he thought he would, and even leans into the touch for a moment*

Doodlesona: In all honestly, I’m pretty relieved none of it leaked into your circuitry. I don’t think there’s much I could’ve done if any real damage happened, probably would have need repairs

Mr. Puzzles (somewhat sheepish, as he’s trying to hide the fact he enjoys physical contact): Yes, that would be a rather unpleasant outcome, but not overly dire—

Doodlesona: On a brighter note, the water has all been soaked up! Don’t worry, I won’t touch anything mor—

*Puzzles quickly grabs doodlesona’s hand before it is completely pulled away*

Mr. Puzzles: H-HANG ON a moment!

*A comedically awkward pause as Puzzles registers how loud and frantic he was behaving (whilst still clinging to the hand) *

Doodlesona:…uh….yea? Why?

Mr. Puzzles (formulating excuse): AH well I was just thinking…it’s better to be cautious and ensure a thorough cleaning then risk any minor water damage!

*he points to his vents*

Mr. Puzzles: You uh, you had forgotten the vents….

*Doodlesona stares at him dumbfounded, slowly trying to mentally figure out what’s going on*

Doodlesona: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *finally processing* oooooOOOOOOHHH! Huh, I thought the water only splashed the front of your screen instead of reaching the sides—that’s my bad, sorry. Should’ve asked to make sure

*Puzzles in the background, lying through his digital teeth, gives out a squeamish ‘mhm!’ as confirmation. Doodlesona positions her hands back on Puzzles head to balance it again*

Doodlesona: Okay stay put, gotta focus on cleaning again

Mr. Puzzles: Yesyes of course, take your time!!! As long as you need to be thorough! I’ll wait!

*Doodlesona resumes cleaning and Puzzles is in a state of bliss. He never knew how much he longed for human contact till now*

Doodlesona: That any better?

Mr. Puzzles: Hm? Oh, yes it’s going great. A while longer with suffice

*Puzzles remains peacefully happy and gives out a content sigh, until doodlesona begins trying to clean the antennas too. The contact unexpectedly shocks him so he stands up immediately, covering his antennas with his hands*

Mr. Puzzles (semi-flustered and talking a bit rapidly): AH THAT’S QUITE ENOUGH! You were only supposed to clean the vents, antenna are OFF. LIMITS. G-great cleaning you uh, did ease my concerns. Now we should leave! Can’t expect to spend all day in the stall anyways. Glad this conundrum could be cleared up *anxious laugh*

……..

That is the end of the cringe :33

[fluidfox123]

I'mma throw my hat in the ring about the Deadpool & Wolverine movie by saying that I don't believe the movie "wasn't progressive enough" nor "queer enough"

The movie was incredibly queer without being explicitly sexual between characters (do you really need sex on screen for something to be exceptionally queer, symbolically queer, and just to have fun with? No, but it is nice to see for some folks!)

And I believe Wade pointing out the blatant use of cancel culture in current times and how it filters how he speaks (remember he's now under Disney and cancel culture is a fucking unreliable thing half the time) isn't inherently "oh noooo, look at the woke the woke kills boohoo" concept

And Logan using the term "stripper" to hit a low blow towards Wade? Like who doesn't resort to using societal derogatory terms when they're angry? Or want to get a reaction out of someone? Yeah sex workers deserve respect, but if you want to insult someone you're gonna INSULT them, that's just a normal human thing to do

I personally believe these imperfections show how realistic and in-character they are. I mean, come on, Deadpool said Disney would hate him because he's the least family friendly "hero" ever! Ofc he's going to point out the current internet phenomena that causes censorship and freaks everyone out to be on the receiving end of and Wolverine is gonna stoop low to project and make Wade feel like shit

[cosmic-muses]

It's one of the running theories—which can be supported by the fact that intrusive thoughts are higher in people who frequently suffer from anxiety. However, it's not clear if that's because their brain is more likely to "warn them" or a thought is more likely to become intrusive simply because they get anxious over it.

Basically: We don't know but that's a good guess.

Teaching children thinking bad thoughts about someone is the same thing as murdering that person is fucked up. 

Thought crime doesn’t exist. No one has ever been harmed or killed by someone thinking negative thoughts about them. 

You know what has harmed people though? Teaching them they are evil for things they can’t control. Especially those who have intrusive thoughts. 

Here’s for everyone who has been taught their thoughts make them evil.

Intrusive thoughts are not your secret desires. 

They are involuntary. 

You don’t need to be ashamed of them. 

They will pass.

You are not committing taboo. 

No one can read your mind.

No one will ever know what’s in your thoughts unless you feel like telling them.

No one can judge you for what you are thinking, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.

Your thoughts are private

You are not a bad person.

[third-time-charmed]

Okay, I have a question that’s been driving me crazy for a few days now: how would Aventurine fare in a rigged game of chance? Like, rigged for him to lose? Would some super unlikely series of events happen that would cause him to win the game, Rube Goldberg style? Actually, honestly, if we back up a tick…I’ve been kind of confused about his luck forever. 😅 what does it actually mean? I truly feel like I’m missing a lot of layers of important details wrt his luck + faith + religion + fatalism (? maybe?) just! I feel like I’m missing pieces and I want to understand himmmmm and you were the first person I thought of to pose this question to! ❤️ a real Aventurine connoisseur 👏

Ohhhhhhh you've activated the Ultimate yap card, okay. (Also can I just say that Aventurine connoisseur is 100% what I'm going for, thank you for that!)

KEEPING IN MIND that anything I may have to say on this (or any other topic re: characterization, for anybody) is purely my own subjective view, so your mileage may vary. I never claim myself an expert on anything because I'm just not, but Aventurine as a character is extremely dear to me and a definite hyperfixation.

Now that that's out of the way, to answer your first question, a game that was rigged for him to lose -- in other words, not luck-based in the least and completely unreliant on odds -- would still play out as expected. He would lose. However, particularly depending on what the stakes are, I think he would absolutely do something incredibly smart and sophisticated to slip himself out of danger, and that might rely on a bit of luck to pull off. Keep in mind, this is a man who Dr. Veritas Ratio, Mr. I-can't-stand-to-look-at-idiots, never wears his bust around. A man who I have no doubt could have made it into the Genius Society had his circumstances been drastically different. Aventurine is scary smart, even if he didn't figure out that the game was rigged, he's enough of a pessimist I think he'd expect it and have a backup plan in place.

Which I think is a good point to transition to your other question: What is his luck? And I'll start by pointing out, he doesn't rely on his luck if he can help it. He doesn't trust it. He hates it when it seems to come through for him and prove once again that it's still there. And the reason for that is, it's not just blind luck, it's not some cosmic "I always win" factor. It's a survival mechanic.

(I'm putting a cut in here because holy shit this is getting long LMAO)

It's simplifying it quite a bit, I think, to just call it "luck" tbh. In reality, Kakavasha was "blessed by Gaiathra Triclops". Which naturally begs the question: What does that mean? Well, Gaiathra Triclops was the Avgin goddess of prosperity, travel, fertility, and fortune. Kakavasha was so named because he was born not only during a rare rainfall (a sign of prosperity and fortune for a desert-dwelling tribe) but also on the day that their tribe celebrated their goddess' renewal and rebirth, as well as the renewal of the land itself. On top of that, he was born with multi-color eyes, which the tribe considered an auspicious sign of good fortune (I know most people headcanon that Avgin all have the same eye color, but from this which we hear mentioned a couple times in game, I take it to mean that it actually doesn't happen terribly often and that his eye color is rather rare but still pretty much only ever seen in Avgin people).

So he's got the triple dip of his birth being what the Avgin would consider an incredibly good omen. Per their religious views, he is of course seen as being blessed by their goddess, that She will watch over him and grant him protection and blessing for his entire life. This is why he was given this name, why his people saw him as a savior and a source of prosperity and fortune. He might as well have been an embodiment of the goddess' will and blessing, given as a gift to her beloved people.

The problem is, of course, that he's... not actually that lucky? Think about it: He's lost everyone and everything he's ever cared about. His father died before he was even born. His mother died when he was very young. His sister -- his last remaining blood family, as far as we know -- and his entire tribe were all murdered when he was still very young. THEN he was sold into slavery, abused, treated as property, like an object that had no worth. He wasn't even a person for a long time, as far as anyone else was concerned, and this was so prevalent in his formative years that he internalized it. None of this sounds like good luck to me.

But he did survive where no one else from his tribe did, as far as what we know. And he survived in an environment where few if anyone else did as well, if the implications of the murder maze are what they seem. The circumstances of that in almost every instance were probably highly unlikely, and in some cases should have been outright impossible if not for an extremely rare stroke of excellent luck. In this way, I think the blessing of the goddess is probably more closely tied to "prosperity" and "protection" than just outright luck, which is why he's so inclined to gamble with his life than anything else: on top of not viewing his life as all that valuable, it's the one thing he knows he can gamble on and somehow trigger this strange phenomenon that will inevitably keep him out of danger in the end if his intelligence and his plans fail.

And again, he is incredibly, incredibly intelligent. The Egyhazo case, I fully believe, was nothing more than his own smarts, bravado, charisma, and some very skillful bluffing. The luck, the actual gamble, was in whether or not he would be executed for it. The Penacony job he performed an intensely captivating sleight-of-hand act, accurately gauging Sunday's proclivities and personality, expertly maneuvering Ratio's disposition and reputation, and managing to read the other factions and properly antagonizing the most likely group to give him the outcome he was looking for. The luck was in stumbling across an Emanator that was capable of doing the job, in the protection of the Harmony being genuine (although that wasn't as much luck as him just not bothering to follow the logic through to conclusion as Ratio already had), and in being rescued from the Nihility by a circumstantially lost Knight of Beauty.

In other words, Protection and Prosperity, not Luck.

We see a little glimpse of this in his professional life, too, if you do the hotel check-out quest from 2.3(?) because Topaz makes a comment about him giving out stock market tips that absolutely bombed and lost a lot of people a lot of money because they assumed that if he was giving out information that it was divinely fortunate and they would get to profit from it. Now, could this have been intentional? Maybe. Possibly even very likely. But I still feel like this is more evidence that it's not just pure, blind luck because if it was, wouldn't that mean it would have interfered in this case? Giving him incredibly excellent and irrefutable luck entirely out of his control no matter the circumstances?

No, the blessing of Gaiathra is to "Keep you blood eternally pulsing, the journey forever peaceful, and schemes forever concealed." Protection, prosperity, and good fortune. In every one of his bad circumstances, he absolutely could have had it worse. He could have not survived. But he did, and his way was smoothed by luck and by his own determination and intelligence.

(Honestly, this kinda feels like it could be the basis for another bit of Avgin proverb mistranslation, so I will need to chew on this some more I think...)

This touches a bit on why I feel like Ratio is such a good match for him tbh, because he sees all the smarts and intelligence and resilience that it took for Aven to actually get where he is now. When all Aven can see is the so-called luck that his people touted as their deliverance. Where Ratio sees effort and accomplishment, Aven sees a trail of blood and misfortune.

Now, what do I think this would have translated to, had the genocide not occurred? The ability to locate various valuable resources like water, food, and shelter with relative ease and astounding reliability. An uncanny knack for avoiding disasters and predators. Probably a large family to swell the numbers of the tribe. I fully believe that the intention was to groom him for some kind of significant leadership role within the clan once he was old enough, considering all the talk about "leading the clan to happiness" (which obviously never happened since right until the very end he's still asking what any of this means and why everyone is doing this to him).

Instead, what his blessing looks like in reality is a man with a death wish, more wealth than he has any use or desire for, and a flimsy facade that everyone believes him to be the luckiest man alive when in reality he has possibly the worst luck in the universe, objectively speaking.

And he just wants it all to end. The curse specifically. Because he absolutely views his luck as a curse and not a blessing at all. In his eyes, it has continually and reliably cost him every time he has benefited from it, actively consuming the lives of those dear to him in order to power his ridiculous good fortune. This is, of course, inaccurate, but it's how he sees it. It's why he continues to throw his life into all of these ridiculous gambles while all the while being extremely careful never to involve anyone else and never to get close to anyone, hoping that the luck will eventually run out and the curse will break.

That's the nature of the death wish as well. It's not that he's actively suicidal, I truly don't believe that. Because if he was, he easily could have before now. He could have just given up. But he hasn't, he's a survivor, and his own sister made him swear to preserve his own life. So it's not that he wants to die, it's not that simple. He just wants proof that the curse is gone, and because it has preserved him so far, the only proof he could possibly accept is that it failed to protect him.

It's a truly complicated motivation.

Anyway, that's my thoughts on Aventurine's blessing of luck. It's been made clear throughout the game, in the side events and all, that it's not all-encompassing. He can and does still lose in games of chance, but only when the stakes are low or when losing would net him a better gain in the end. That was also what made the Penacony bet so appealing to him personally. If he won, he did his job for the IPC. If he lost, he got his wish and that meant the curse of luck was broken. And he specifically rigged it that way. It would have been so easy to go a different route to get the same results, especially because, as we find out later, his life was never in any actual danger until he specifically put it there (challenging an Emanator of Nihility) to make the biggest spectacle possible.

"If you could do it all again, would you still want to be the child who was blessed by Gaiathra?"

We never get an answer to this question, and I think that's pretty telling tbh. He doesn't know. I think after the events of Penacony, he has a lot more appreciation for his position and circumstances. His self-worth certainly seems to have improved a bit. But he still has a ways to go in reconciling this gift that he has been struggling with his entire life. I think his life experience and worldview are still incredibly narrow in this respect, but he's been given the opportunity to try to broaden it now. To put his luck in a new perspective and move past the fear and the guilt that has plagued him, honestly, since birth.

All because somebody told him to stay alive. Not because they were benefiting from his blessing, but because they wanted him as a person to survive and continue living. Because he has value to someone beyond the material, and beyond the sixty goddamn coins he was sold for.

Romantic subtext or not, Ratio's impact on this man cannot be denied...

[loftedlow]

I genuinely do not think Verlaine is bad. A villain yes, although he is one of the most moral people in BSD if we think about it.

He was the only one who wanted to protect Chuuya from his trauma and life in the lab. He wanted to raise him as his own because he knew exactly what it was like for himself.

Mothers always talk about how they would do anything for their child, but at some point it gets disturbing, undeniably. Especially in Verlaine’s case. He did what he was good at, knowing that he was causing Chuuya more trauma but not because he wanted to, it’s simply all he knew how to do.

I completely believe he was unhealthy, in the wrong in the 16! part of the book, but what I am saying is he presented raw humanity and close to parallel with a desperate parent.

[sleepymaven]

The Bsd "Fyodor is Atsushi's Father" Theory:

My Not-so-Deep, Not-so-Serious Explanation on Why This Could Totally be Canon

Signed: A Sleep-Deprived Idiot

(Spoilers for the Entirety of Bungou Stray Dogs)

So... with Chapter 118 in bsd releasing, I have noticed a lot of Fyodor as Atsushi's father related things popping up and... I'm not mad about.

If anything, I'm happy the theory is getting more attention. People even seem to be taking it as canon fact, even if just jokingly.

Really, I believed the theory was plausible since it first was brought up in the fandom, but I never actually thought it would be canon because that just seemed too crazy. But those were the thoughts of a sweet summer child since the manga has gotten to the point where that might be the least crazy thing possible.

So, here I am at my keyboard yet again, ready to ramble about how, if this does somehow turn out to be canon, this might be actually rather predictable even to those who don't dive deep into the nitty-gritty lore.

Now, I won't ramble on and on endlessly about the book and Atsushi's ambiguous past and how he may be the book or a page from the book and yaddy-yadda. Instead, I'll focus on some key aspects of Atsushi's character design. First off...

His hair.

As I said, this is not all that serious or deep, so take my words with a grain of salt before you start bashing me or something for being ridiculous. You signed up for ridiculous when you started reading past the title.

Anyway, back to Atsushi's hair.

As we almost all know, Atsushi used to have a black streak in his hair that was later removed for unknown reasons, but he also has white hair.

Now, I could jokingly proclaim, "Hehe, biologically impossible Fyodor x Nikolai lovechild," and be done with it, but I am no clown, unlike Nikolai. No, I have a better, probably completely wrong, idea.

Most of us know that Fyodor has a thing for white-haired men.

Exhibit A: Every fucking member of the Decay of Angels

I rest my case.

Also, I feel the need to mention that 3 out of 6 of them have red-ish eyes while the other two have purple-ish/blue eyes. Just pointing out that little tidbit I noticed while finding pics for them.

So, it would make sense for Fyodor to pick and choose which attributes to give to his quote-on-quote "son" when he made him from the book, picking out certain traits he found appealing and pleasing to the eye.

(Also, yes, this could mean that Fyodor could have chose specific attributes that were similar to Nikolai. Boom, lovechild route.)

This could explain certain similarities between the characters who seemingly have no biological connection between one another. Their only connection then only being through Fyodor by just knowing him.

Got all that? Alright, next up...

His eyes.

Now, Atsushi's eyes are rather unique, even for the world of Bungou Stray Dogs. What also sticks out about them is the fact that they are pointed out and focused in from time to time.

Example:

(Fucking gorgeous eyes he has, btw)

To break down the colors of his eyes... While in normal lighting in the anime, they appear to be normally purple and yellow with just a hint of green in it, but under the full moon (as seen here) we can see that his eyes are a light green-yellow at the bottom and purple on the top that fades into blue.

(There are also a few times where his eyes also change while using his ability. Like when they turn almost fully yellow.)

I want to point out the colors of his eyes and the fact that they change due to certain circumstances (i.e: using his ability, being under the full moon), which is clearly not normal in their world seeing as how other ability users don't seem to do that at all.

(Edit here: I actually would like to mention that, in the manga, Nikolai's eyes also change color. The green one sometimes will change to match his normal eye whenever he uncovers it. I saw a theory talking about how it might change depending on whether or not he is lying at the time, which is pretty neat. More Atsushi and Nikolai parallels.)

Now, this might seem like a bit of a stretch just like the rest of this post, but the colors used for his eyes are similar to the eye colors of people Fyodor knows, though they are different shades.

Purple like Fukuchi. Green and blue from Nikolai.

Fyodor's eyes are also a shade of purple, kind of, so... Yeah, that works too, but Fukuchi's shade of eyes are closer to Atsushi's.

Yeah, that's all I can think of now and this is already way too long (if I start talking about Atsushi's mysterious past, I'm going to make this a mile long. Maybe later tho), so I'm ending it here for now.

Alright, bye ya'll.

[forsoobado137]

Russia is just as good a ballet dancer as France, and his ringtone is the theme from Swan Lake

Yes to ballet Russia! I mean come on, some of the most famous ballets are Russian! Although, I feel like he doesn't dance much in modern times so he's probably a bit rusty. I think Russia's dancing style is very dynamic with his turns and leaps, but is really focused on athletic techniques that will impress. He can also balance himself really well.

France is more delicate in his moves. He's not about showing off, and he's more focused on having a graceful flow. He dances like he's lighter than air, and he's quite flexible, so he has a wave-like movement.

The Swan Lake theme works well as Russia's ringtone, though I think 'Dance of the Little Swans' would be funny as an alarm. Imagine him getting out of bed and ready on tempo lmao.