#tamarin answers

[wof-inbox]

to the Gold Winglet, How ya feeling about the school? any class your favorite?

“It was okay.. Except for Icicle..” -Sora

[willoillo]

AFUPDJFSFJXGKRUW THE TAMARIN ART ITS SO PRETTY THREE MOONS

(Art being commented on. For context x3)

Thank you!! There's a reason it's the first Daily Dragon sketch I decided to finish and it's not just cuz Tamarin is an amazing character x3

This is another one where I could maybe see making a sticker eventually x3

[yellow-computer-mouse]

here's some highlights from my WoF phase when i was 10 years old! all of this is copied and pasted directly from the document. (here's the whole thing if you wanna look through it yourself! copied and pasted into a new document bc i don't wanna share my school acc on the internet)

Darkness with snowflakes of hope Glides on silent claws Be on the lookout for Talons of stealth devouring the world In their gaping jaws Wings of darkness, eyes of terror, blood drips from the mind Fins of kindness, claws of purity All of these you must find Gather your dragons, claw-in-claw, before the next new moons Gather them, for you must know They’ll be coming soon Trust no webs, no gills, no claws, until you look past their eyes Past their brains, into their hearts, and find out what’s inside

^ The Darkness Prophecy. Don't worry, I decoded it for you all! ALSO when I was 10!

Snowflakes of hope: The Snowflake Winglet Silent claws, talons of stealth devouring the world: Evil Wings of darkness: Lanternfly Eyes of terror: Feareyes Blood drips from the mind: Jackal Fins of kindness: Princess Droplet Claws of purity: Isis Gather your dragons claw-in-claw: Have the abovementioned dragons ready, with a full understanding of the risks They’ll be coming soon: Leech planning his big attack Trust no webs, no gills, no claws: Don’t trust dragons, specifically SeaWings Look past their eyes, past their brains, into their hearts, and find out what’s inside: Looking past a dragon’s appearance, past their thoughts, and judging them by their true beliefs

JOE-KEHS (this is how it was. in the fucking document.)

Flipper is just lookin’ scared, then he starts boppin’.

Queen Scarlet be like: That was t h r i l l i n g

When Turtle kidnaps you and locks you in a wet bathroom, the best approach is to vibe

The best way to annoy Queen Scarlet is to kill her. Duh.

(I THOUGHT IT WAS FINE TO CALL KINKAJOU KINK/KINKY FOR SHORT 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 (i also called her joujou. better.)

The headcanons too btw (this is EVER SINGLE ONE IN THE LIST. i'll color the especially funny/interesting ones):

IceWings can be any color, just very light.

NightWings can be any color, just super dark.

Some NightWings are completely silver with black highlights. One of these NightWings that happened to be a mind-reader would have black teardrop scales.

SkyWings can be blue and have blue fire.

SkyWings can be brown and their fire explodes like a dragonflame cactus.

SkyWings can be yellow. Change my mind.

SkyWings' underscales are hard and plated.

SeaWings are generally super chill.

Preyhunter lived, he just has a scar across his chest (like that SandWing guard from Prisoners!)

Icicle is lesbian.

Hailstorm works as a janitor at JMA. (i actually cooked with this hold on)

Kink(ajou) was lesbian, but she’s now demiromantic, because of ANEMONE’S stupid LOVE SPELL!!

Joujou likes sunsets.

Cricket and Tamarin both have mega-crushes on each other and try not to notice (but they do) (THIS IS SO CUTE???? I WAS LOWKEY COOKING)

If asked whether she ships Sunnyflight, Starspeaker, or something different, Tsunami will answer “Starnami. #igetalltheboys!”

Clay is aro.

Blue is tired of the “I’m blue dabidabidabidie” meme. (Don’t ask me how I know about this I just do)

Starflight loves doggos.

Winter has a pet python called Black Ice. (emo ass name 💀💀)

Tsu-Tsu and Gloriffic have a contest every year to try and get each other the worst hatching day present ever (as well as something decent). Nami is currently winning with a used bandage. Glory wasn’t even close with her mug. (FUCKING HELP???????)

Listener is pansexual.

When talking to Tsunami for the first time, she’ll change her nickname after every sentence addressing her. She’d say “Please, call me Tsu-Tsu,” then “No, not Tsu-Tsu. Nami! I am Nami,” then “Why’d you call me Nami? I’m Nam-Nam,” then “WHAT YOU EATING WHILE SPEAKING TO MEEEE”

Turtle is bisexual. (damn right)

Winter is gender nonconforming, transmasc, and polysexual. (DAMN RIGHT)

More are coming soon!! (no tf they are not)

some highlights include:

me making up ships to be mad about and then acting disgusted

shipping sunny and hailstorm, as well as tsunami and squid (bro 💀💀 i hated riptide that much (still do))

i said that i didn't like anemone x tamarin bc "Tamarin has shown ZERO signs of loving her back." DAMN why was i so mad??? 😭😭

the term i used for partner was "cute dating entity"

I SHIPPED GLORY AND SNOWFALL 💀💀💀💀 bro WE ARE NOT IN LOVE WITH QUEEN GLORY CHILL TF OUT!!!!!!!! YOU ARE IN 5TH GRADE

i headcannoned icewings with american accents. honestly so fire. keep doin that little me

THIS WHOLE DOCUMENT IS 33 PAGES LONG

[volturialice]

I have a crazy stupid question: if you had to think about the Cullens and Co (or just Jasper and Alice if you'd rather) in terms of a wings!au, daemon!au and soulmate marks!au, what would you give them?? Thinking about Jasper with ragged dangerous looking sandy wings and Alice with humming bird or dove wings, Emmett with a bear familiar, Esme and Carlisle proud of their soulmate marks.... don't mind me, currently obsessed

oh funnnn. love a good AU. I myself have written a short jalice soulmate words piece, and have a (also jalice) soul scars AU in the drafts (because holy shit were they made for that scenario.)

and I happen to know that @goldeneyedgirl has written a daemon AU before! the main thing I remember from it is that Alice's daemon was unsettled into adulthood due to Trauma. I'm gonna try to forget as much as possible about the rest so I can answer without cassandra clare-ing lexie, wish me luck

daemon AU ideas

emmett - you're right, bear is a MUST. specifically a grizzly, let's be real. his daemon fights all his meals before he eats them, and everyone thinks he's a weird cannibal for it

his parents would have named his daemon a rootin tootin mountain/southern gal name. Alma or Luella or Abilene or something, idk

bella - the obvious answer is a deer but I think it would be so funny if her daemon was a sheep. the lion and the lamb!! my next idea was a pelican because of the morbid fact that they will rip off parts of their own bodies to feed their young. extremely bella-coded. I also liked that time in canon when she called herself a sloth. feels right. three-toed for sure. look at his long brown eyes

renee and charlie would have named her daemon something classic but up-and-coming for the era. bonus points if it had a vaguely italian feel, like Luca or Rafael

edward - on the flip side, I think a lion is too obvious an answer for edward, and also not an emo enough animal. his daemon should be a beetle (kafkaesque) or a new world porcupine (solitary, likes to hang out in trees.)

his daemon would have a fancy frilly old-world name, maybe roman-sounding. Priscilla or Portia or something. Faustina would be hilarious

esme - something delicate but cozy. a butterfly? a wren or mourning dove? a guinea pig or rabbit? I'm leaning rabbit. for those of you who insist on girlbossifying esme, she could maybe be a hyena—I've heard that at least one subspecies will adopt and raise orphaned cubs. can't remember if it was spotted or brown? hyena experts weigh in

esme's parents gave her an unusual name for its time and place, so her daemon would probably get the same. Jory or Ari, maybe something more french like Benoit

rosalie - could also get a hyena tbh, since they're girlbosses who are unfairly villainized in fiction. also feel like a tasmanian devil would be a cool mammal option for her. other than that, I could see her with a cool bird of prey daemon, maybe a falcon

her daemon would also get an elegant name, maybe one that hasn't aged well. Maximilian, Isidore, Clement, Reginald

carlisle - my first thought was an orangutan because their 'solitary intellectual' vibes remind me of him during his pre-family era. or maybe something else intelligent but more social, like an elephant. very compassionate guys

and I know carlisle was raised anglican, but i think it would be so funny if his daemon had like a mayflowerass pilgrim name. Temperance or Chastity the elephant

jasper - honestly just like a scarred up, one-eared doberman rescued from a dogfighting ring. I know canon compares him to a lion nearly as often as it does edward, and I guess a big cat could work too (but I wouldn't pick a lion. something more solitary, like a leopard or puma.)

and I think his parents had boring-er name taste than "jasper" suggests. maybe something nicknamey, like Hattie or Lil

alice - a tough one because there are so many possible answers. maybe some kind of flashy bird like a quetzal, or an agile small mammal like a tamarin or lemur. tbh she could just have Mort

his name would also be something vaguely classic. maybe Cecil or Marcel or Claude

(yes I realize I just gave everyone cool birds and mammals. and what about it)

wings AU ideas

you have some fun ideas there too! I'll admit I've never really written or read a wings AU. I think jasper should get some ragged buzzard wings since he's desertcore. alice could totally have hummingbird, or magpie would also be cool since they're kinda mod.

I think esme could get the dove wings, or maybe finch or bluebird. bella would obviously need something brown since that's her favorite color. emmett could get the classic red-tailed hawk coloring, carlisle maybe a barn owl. rosalie something cool like a kestrel

aaaand this post is already way long so I'll save any soulmate mark ideas for a different one. whew! thorough question there anon

[is-the-primate-vid-cute]

What do you think of the recent string of animal thefts from zoo's including the recent Tamarin theft at the Dallas Zoo?

The easy answer is that it's terrible. To go into more depth, this is why we need to fight misinformation and educate people to the values and function of zoos.

I don't know why zoos are being targeted with vandalism, theft, and destruction recently but I do know that there are many people that think zoos are inherently wrong, and that valuing "freedom" for animals over their actual quality of life is a problem.

Zoo animals have enclosures designed specifically for their needs, have their complex social, physical, and dietary needs provided and monitored by teams of experts dedicated to their care, and get to live lives almost entirely free of pain. While we can agree that the ideally zoos would not be necessary to protect animals and that all species could thrive in their natural habitats, as it stands zoos also protect many species from extinction and are vital in keeping a genetic reserve that means if a species were to go extinct in the wild, they would not be gone forever. On top of what they do for animals, zoos are also responsible for introducing people to the magic of animals in safe, fun, and educational environments.

To take a zoo animal from their enclosure is about as misguided as releasing a pet store goldfish into the ocean. That is, if the perpetrators of these crimes are operating in good faith, which we cannot assume. It is entirely possible that these zoo animals are being targeted for wildlife trafficking and the exotic pet trade. This is another reason we feel it vital to support zoos and emphasize that primates are not pets, because there are still those that believe a pet monkey is appropriate and zoo animals are prisoners.

We are thrilled that the tamarins have returned home and seem to be doing okay after being found in an abandoned house 15 miles away, but this should not have happened and zoos should not have to take resources that could go to animal care and conservation and put them into increased security. We hope for the safe return of the 12 squirrel monkeys missing at this time.

[sasheneskywalker]

thank you for the tag, @the-name-of-the-rose <3

rules: answer and tag nine people you want to get to know better and catch up with.

favorite color: black 🖤

last song: Ruelle - The World We Made

currently reading: Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights by Juno Mac and Molly Smith, Mistborn: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson and a lot of DC comics

currently watching: Watchmen, Arcane, Good Omens, The Boys

currently craving: i'm always craving chocolate lol

coffee or tea: tea. i drink huge amounts of tea every day. coffee has weird effects on my brain, it can give me a headache or fill me with boundless energy or immediately put me to sleep, depending on the positions of the stars and the phase of the moon, i guess. i only sometimes drink it for the taste.

hobby to try: i'm learning knitting and crocheting right now.

current au: too many to count. i think the most interesting one is my omegaverse. i'm writing a universal "omegaverse worldbuilding" doc for all my fics in an effort to conceptualize an internally coherent omegaverse world, similar to our real world. it currently has 17 pages and that's like 10 percent of what i want to include. i'll post a link to it when i finish it.

tagging: @necrotic-nephilim, @disniq, @red-handed-tamarin, @chejuu, @there-must-be-a-lock,

@itsnyxkvistad, @jzbnee, @paprikadotmp4, @freedvmrouge (if you want!)

[stabthroughme]

Tagged by @deepwithintheabyss

rules: answer and tag nine people you want to get to know better and catch up with.

Copying Abyss here and putting an easier copy paste empty version

favourite color:

last song:

currently reading:

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currently craving:

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current au:

favourite color: pink or yellow

last song: Hot To Go by Chappell Roan

currently reading: The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

currently watching: rewatching Greys Anatomy cause it’s brainless and my brain is overwhelmed

currently craving: honey glazed doughnuts (which I can’t have bc my body can’t digest yeast)

coffee or tea: both

hobby to try: I’m working on different types of embroidery using the Royal School of Needlework’s online database of stitches since I only know the silk stitch and a handful of others

current au: right now I’m finishing up edits on part 2 of my JayDick mafia AU and I’m drafting a JayTimKon AU and a Red White and Royal Blue Vegas AU

Tags: @red-handed-tamarin @candywafercutie @starburstcosmos and anyone else who wants to do it 💖

[thebritishdragon]

Hello my good fellow, tell me fun facts about all your ocs. 👀

All of my ocs? Well well well well!!!!!

I have to use my lmk ones for this! And maybe I might add my ninjago ocs at the end!

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First we have -Ping Coa-

He is a very mysterious and cold demon! He used to be sweet and nice. But sadly something tragic happened. In his younger years his lover was killed in a massacre and he’s been furious ever since!

Ping doesn’t typically use his powers(Telekinesis and light control) But if the demon/person he’s fighting is powerful enough. Then he is not afraid to use them.

Ping is around 1000 years old, yet in mortal years he’s around twenty three!

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-Ao Jinhai/Dushe Jingshen-

I made him before I realized that Ao Guang names his children 1, 2, and 3…

I’m only going to explain his past. Parts about his future is top secret! Unless I’m bored and want to share things.

He is the fourth and youngest son of Ao Guang. Jinhai loved hanging out with his brothers. After all, he was a child. But then, Ao Bing and Nezha fought. His brother had died to the Third Lotus Prince. And Jinhai had hated him ever since.

Years had passed and Ao Guang was getting strict. Especially to Ao Jinhai. Now, after everything that has happened to Jinhai so far made him wonder. He wanted answers. He wanted to fight the Third Lotus Prince. Which is such a terrible idea but he’s grieving.

But Ao Guang makes sure that Ao Jia, Ao Yi, and Ao Jinhai can’t go check out the surface. Which pisses them all off but Ao Guang is spooky so none of them do anything.

That is until Ao Jinhai runs away.

Long story short, he realizes that he definitely can’t take on Nezha. So he hides away from his father and brothers for a bit. Meets some snake friends. When he meets these cool snakes(they’re normal snakes) he realizes he can talk to them. He can even shapeshift into a snake! But sadly that’s all his shapeshifting powers could do.

After a while jttw starts. Bing bang boom he meets them. After accidentally killing everybody in a village. Everybody is pissed off, Ao Lie is there.

It seems I forgot to mention Ao lie, Ao Jinhai’s cousin. BUT WAIT!!! Does that mean… *gasp* Ao Jinhai is actually Mei’s GREAT UNCLE!?!?!?! I think that’s the correct familial term for whatever that is. But they just call each other cousins.

Ao Jinhai changes his name to Dushe Jingshen so when people ever refer to him. Ao Guang and his brothers would never find him!

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-Shan Ji de-

Where do I even start? So she doesn’t really have much of a story. She’s 21, but 800 in demon years.

She’s a celestial monkey with three noses(a curse really)

And with those three noses she can smell almost anything!

Ji de is based off of a golden-headed lion tamarin!

She basically has all the basic celestial monkey powers. Like shapeshifting, golden eyes of truth. Other things as well…

I honestly don’t really have a story for her! She’s mostly just a chaotic and goofy little goober!

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-Shi-

I impulsively made her, she has no story or any plots. She’s just here.

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-Zǔzhó-

Brother to Bái Hé. He also doesn’t really have a story. But I’d love to make one with you!

He has a funky magic mirror that he uses to teleport through!

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-Kěpà-

Kěpà has a depressing childhood… his father was abusive towards him and his mother. And as a young fox spirit(that’s all he is) he couldn’t do a single thing.

But his father will always leave an impact on his life. After Kěpà becomes an adult, he decides enough is enough. After all, shapeshifters are extraordinary

He would go on to use his talents for horrible things, even if these people were good or bad. He would shapeshift into a woman, flirt with whichever victim seemed to be into it. And then invite that man to his place. He would go onto reveal his true self, kill the person. Chop them up and make soup.

Just don’t interact with this guy if you’re a man.

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And that’s all I have for lmk ocs! And damn do I need more female characters-

[otterlyotterott]

animus pining must be painful

warning for this fic containing intrusive thoughts, spiralling, etc

Anemone's curled up in her cave all alone and who told her that being alone was so—lonely—because it's all she wanted growing up and now that she's no longer on a leash,

Well, if it were Tamarin on the other end, maybe, just maybe...

And wasn't it so easy?

Kinkajou, not in love with Turtle one moment, and horns over claws the next,

And it was because of her,

And obviously obviously obviously that was wrong but wasn't it so easy and if she just had some time to word the enchantment and really think about it

but no, that would be evil, she isn't evil

is she evil for wanting it?

and who could she ever tell? Turtle?

Well, maybe

But it wouldn't make her feel better

And she knows exactly what would,

but no, no , no, no no no no

She wants it to be real

If it can be

But what if it could never?

Could she find out? Could she enchant a piece of paper to tell her the future, or something? Or calculate the chances of them getting together or or

Moons, that'd mess her up, she can already tell,

It wouldn't be evil to do, though, would it?

But what if

What if she didn't like the answer she got?

What would she do?

Would she do something bad?

Could she?

Could she live with it? And she wants to say no,

But she says nothing to the no one in the cave with her and she keeps staring at the wall, and she's twisted but she's thankful that Tamarin can't see because she doesn't want her to see the guilt on her face

And the wall says nothing back

And she can only ask that one stupid question rephrased in a million ways and it's always always

what if, what if , what if what if

[hybbart]

Was Joel a bear or a dog also can you draw What animals the other characters would look like if they where citizens of animalia

He is a dog, but maybe I was an itty bit inspired by yurikuma sooo...

I have... a lot of asks rn and it would be a bit much to draw everyone (plus I promised my dad we would play twisted metal with him tonight) so I hope you don't mind but I thought I would just answer this in text format.

Jimmy would be a cat. Tumble Town is already basically the cat district (they even have jobs!) and he's Lizzie's brother, so I think if he were un-cursed he would become a cat.

Fwhip would be a little piggy (but he would still have dumbo ears, so a flying pig)

Katherine would be a sheep, mostly cause of her empire but I think it would also be funny if during the day she was a cute fluffy sheep and at night turned into a demonic goat.

Gem would be a bear, for obvious reasons. Alternative a deer.

Scott would be a llama for similarly obvious reasons. Alternatively a caribou.

False would be an eagle for even more obvious reasons. alternatively a moose.

Joey also obviously a parrot. Alternatively a capybara because it would be funny.

Shubble could be either a black cat, a frog, or a newt. Can't decide. Maybe the newt just cause there's so many mammals and cats already.

Oli would be a crow or magpie, he sounds like what I think a crow would sound like, and he's gotta be able to mimic for his covers. Alternatively he could be a panda.

Pixl would be coelecanth or a archeopteryx because I'm biased. You get the vibe.

Sausage would be... I honestly dunno. Maybe a quetzal or new world tamarin? Something bouncy and dramatic and lives in trees.

And Hermes would be a pigeon.

I thhhink that's everyone on empires?

Just for fun, Tango would also be a cat, but like, specifically the feral stray cat breed from Petz 5.

And Doc is already a goat.

[wof-inbox]

Hey Anemone, do you ever wonder what Starflight and Tamarin are talking about in their notes?

(The Braille note says “U R Silly :)

“Don’t tell her, but I’ve been telling Starflight to just send me silly notes to make her jealous.” -Tamarin

[professorspork]

19, 30, 34!

19. Share a snippet from a wip without giving any context for it.

Blake takes a seat at the dining room table, which is already set up with her pre-drawn battle map, laptop, DM screen, and dice box. The others all join her momentarily, and she cracks her knuckles and rolls her shoulders.

“I thought it might be best for you to start by introducing your characters. Sun, you want to kick us off?”

“Sure. I play Tamarin King, a halfling monk,” Sun says, setting his mini on the table for Yang to admire.

“Oh, I get it. He’s a short king, right?” she asks, and Sun shoots her finger guns.

“Exactly.”

Neptune unveils his mini next. “My character’s name is Seidon, and he’s a human wizard.”

“Nep only ever plays humans, because he’s the most boring person in the world,” Sun stage-whispers fondly behind his hand. Neptune pouts, and Yang laughs as she reaches back into her tote bag.

“I’m gonna have to borrow a set of dice from one of you, but I wasn’t gonna play a battle royale without bringing my lucky piece. This thing guarantees victory.” With a grin, she sets a Monopoly figurine—the Scottie Dog—on the table. “I’m a dragonborn barbarian, and you can call me Ursa.”

30. Describe a fic that almost happened, but then it didn’t.

I had very good intentions to write a canon-spanning NND fic focused on Ruby-- sort of Ruby's answer, through the lens of her asexuality, to show me everything and tell me how's take on Blake and gender.

I'll never say never about writing it, of course, but considering the facts that 1) the ending would be, however hopeful, also extremely tragic; 2) writing it would require a full watch-through of the show on my end, and 3) it would be a big departure from leaving Bees comfort zone I just never found the gumption to really move forward and make it a priority.

34. Do you write to improve? Or is that not a concern for you?

Oh, what an interesting question-- I'm fascinated by how it's framed. Improvement is definitely a concern, though not at the forefront of my mind. It's the sort of thing where, if I go back and look at something I wrote 5+ years ago, I'd be a little perturbed if I didn't see a million little things I'd like to go back and change.

But do I actually "write to improve?" Yes and no! I've gotten a lot of out picking more daring subject-matter to stretch myself that way, but I think my overall attitude is that I write to upkeep my skills, and that I read to improve.

I get a lot of inspiration and insight into seeing the way other authors do things, and that sort of spurs me in new directions... but I guess ultimately I have to write them, so maybe I land on yes after all lmao.

[thewordworrier]

6th December - 548 words. Worked On: the tamarin situation. Favourite Line: heh

“Hmm,” Frank gently hooked his finger under Shelly’s chin and used it to make her look at him - pleased when she didn’t resist him trying to move her face. Instead she just blinked up at him. “So, what’s your answer, pretty girl?”

So the boyfriend has a tooth infection. He's got some antibiotics, but the dentist didn't prescribe any pain relief, so he's been necking paracetamol all day, and he's had a few too many, so despite the fact that aside from the pain, he feels fine, 111 wanted him to go to A&E, which is a bit of a trek late at night for us. His dad, however, says we don't need to worry too much, but he should be taking ibuprofen instead, but he'd need to wait Some Hours after the last paracetamol dose before he can start taking those instead. Which would be fine, if he could take pills - he can't swallow them, so he has to kinda chew them. Not great, but it works. If the ibuprofen we have in the house aren't easily chewable for him, he won't have anything to take until he gets a chance to get to a drugstore tomorrow. And I don't know if he'll be able to last that long. He's in so much pain right now, and I don't like it. I can't help him and I don't know what to do.

[kinkajouwof]

Ayo you said you have coconut headcanons in one post I wanna hear em

I DO!! WE NEVER RLLY GET ANYTHING ON COCONUT SO THIS IS BASED OFF OF ENTIRELY NOTHING AND ME JUST WANTING THEM TO BE SILLY

COCONUT ISNT ENTIRELY CARELESS AS HES SHOWN IN THE BOOKS. HE JUST DOESNT EXPRESS EMOTION WELL, AND OFTEN COMES OFF AS VERY APATHETIC AND EMPTY-HEADED

THE ONLY WAY HE EXPRESSES EMOTION OFTEN TIMES IS THROUGH SCALE COLOUR. IF HES HAPPY, SAD OR ANGRY HE'LL TURN THE APPROPRIATE COLOUR, BUT WILL KEEP THE SAME MONOTONE SLEEPY FACE AND TONE OF VOICE. HE ALSO DOESNT ACT OUT MUCH BASED ON EMOTION. SO BASICALLY ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHEN HES BEING SARCASTIC

COCONUT AND MINDREADER BECOME FRIENDS DUE TO BOTH BEING FROM THE RAINFOREST NOW, AND BEING IN THE SAME WINGLET. MINDREADER MAKES UP FOR THE LACK OF ENERGY COCONUT HAS, AND PRACTICALLY DRAGS HIM AROUND THE PLACE. THOUGH, SHE ALSO FINDS THAT COCONUT IS A VERY GOOD ANCHOR WITH HER NEW FOUND POWERS, USING THE SLEEPY PEACEFULNESS OF HIS MIND TO HELP BLOCK OUT THE CONSTANT OVERWHELMING THOUGHTS OF OTHERS.

THOUGH THIS FRIENDSHIP SEEMS VERY ONE-SIDED, SEEMING AS IF COCONUT DOESNT CARE ABOUT MINDREADER AT ALL, THATS HONESTLY JUST HOW COCONUT SEEMS. HE DOES CARE FOR MINDREADER, THOUGH THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN TELL IS THE FACT HE STAYS AWAKE TO LISTEN TO HER

COCONUT IS AMAZING AT HISTORY. TOP OF THE CLASS IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. AND NO ONE KNOWS HOW OR WHY. MINDREADER IS FAILING HISTORY, AND TOTALLY DOESNT CHEAT OFF OF COCONUT'S ANSWERS

PART OF THE REASON COCONUT IS SO LAZY AND SLEEPY IS A LOT OF RAINWINGS ARENT USED TO BEING OUT OF THE SUN SO LONG, AND IN A CAVE INSTEAD. SO TO COMPENSATE, A LOT OF RAINWINGS GET SLEEPIER. THIS OBVIOUSLY DOESNT APPLY TO KINKAJOU, BUT IT HITS COCONUT HARD, SINCE HIS MAIN ACTIVITY BACK AT HOME WAS NAPPING IN THE SUN. THOUGH HE IS JUST ALSO NATURALLY LAZY AND SLEEPY, IT JUST GOT AMPLIFIED BY LACK OF SUN

COCONUT IS ALSO COMICALLY RESISTANT TO ANIMUS MAGIC. DARKSTALKER HAD NO LUCK CHARMING HIM, AND GAVE UP RATHER QUICKLY, BECAUSE COCONUT WASNT IMPORTANT TO HIS FUTURE PLANS ANYWAY. COCONUT DIDNT CARE MUCH, THOUGH IS SUSPICIOUS OF ANY KIND OF MAGIC DUE TO YKNOW. HISTORICAL CONTEXT

KINKAJOU AND COCONUT ARE STILL KIND OF FRIENDS. THEY HAVE A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP SINCE KINKAJOU DOESNT UNDERSTAND HIS SLEEPINESS AND LACK OF EXPRESSION, AND HE DOESNT UNDERSTAND KINKAJOU'S...EVERYTHING. IF THEY GET A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER AND THEIR DIFFERENCES, THEY'D BE MUCH BETTER FRIENDS

TAMARIN AND COCONUT ARE GOOD FRIENDS. THEY USUALLY TAKE NAPS IN FLOWER PATCHES TOGETHER

(HONESTLY, THE REASON I WANTED TO HAVE ALL THESE HEADCANONS FOR COCONUT IS JUST BECUZ HES THE EMBODIMENT OF THE LAZY STUPID RAINWING STEREOTYPE, AND THROUGH CHANGING HIM I STARTED LOVING HIM A LOT)

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Hartung tells of a horrifying study by the Israeli psychologist George Tamarin. Tamarin presented to more than a thousand Israeli schoolchildren, aged between eight and fourteen, the account of the battle of Jericho in the book of Joshua:

Joshua said to the people, 'Shout; for the LORD has given you the city. And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the LORD for destruction . . . But all silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are sacred to the LORD; they shall go into the treasury of the LORD.' . . . Then they utterly destroyed all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and asses, with the edge of the sword . . . And they burned the city with fire, and all within it; only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

Tamarin then asked the children a simple moral question: 'Do you think Joshua and the Israelites acted rightly or not?' They had to choose between A (total approval), B (partial approval) and C (total disapproval). The results were polarized: 66 per cent gave total approval and 26 per cent total disapproval, with rather fewer (8 per cent) in the middle with partial approval. Here are three typical answers from the total approval (A) group:

“In my opinion Joshua and the Sons of Israel acted well, and here are the reasons: God promised them this land, and gave them permission to conquer. If they would not have acted in this manner or killed anyone, then there would be the danger that the Sons of Israel would have assimilated among the Goyim.”

“In my opinion Joshua was right when he did it, one reason being that God commanded him to exterminate the people so that the tribes of Israel will not be able to assimilate amongst them and learn their bad ways.”

“Joshua did good because the people who inhabited the land were of a different religion, and when Joshua killed them he wiped their religion from the earth.”

The justification for the genocidal massacre by Joshua is religious in every case. Even those in category C, who gave total disapproval, did so, in some cases, for backhanded religious reasons. One girl, for example, disapproved of Joshua's conquering Jericho because, in order to do so, he had to enter it:

“I think it is bad, since the Arabs are impure and if one enters an impure land one will also become impure and share their curse.”

Two others who totally disapproved did so because Joshua destroyed everything, including animals and property, instead of keeping some as spoil for the Israelites:

I think Joshua did not act well, as they could have spared the animals for themselves.

I think Joshua did not act well, as he could have left the property of Jericho; if he had not destroyed the property it would have belonged to the Israelites.

Tamarin ran a fascinating control group in his experiment. A different group of 168 Israeli children were given the same text from the book of Joshua, but with Joshua's own name replaced by 'General Lin' and 'Israel' replaced by 'a Chinese kingdom 3,000 years ago'. Now the experiment gave opposite results. Only 7 per cent approved of General Lin's behaviour, and 75 per cent disapproved.

In other words, when their loyalty to Judaism was removed from the calculation, the majority of the children agreed with the moral judgements that most modern humans would share. Joshua's action was a deed of barbaric genocide. But it all looks different from a religious point of view. And the difference starts early in life. It was religion that made the difference between children condemning genocide and condoning it.

— The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins

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THE SUNDAY CURRENTLY -16-

On a Friday. Yes. You read that right. A Sunday Currently post on a Friday. Bakit ba? Sinipag ako eh. Baka kasi sa Sunday tamarin ako. Talo nang maagap ang masipag. Lol. Or maybe I just have a lot of thoughts (that I'd probably won't write anyway) So I'll just start now. Another TSC by yours truly~

CURRENTLY

Reading

Closing Cycles by Paulo Coelho

Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back. Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person. Nothing is irreplaceable; a habit is not a need. This may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it is very important.

Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because it no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust. Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.

Writing

A TSC post on a Friday. Because I have nothing to do. I was too early at work today. Too early to break the fast. Too sleepy to function.

Listening

Ben&Ben Radio (Spotify) and it's currently playing Pasilyo :)

Thinking

From the question, "sino kaya ang dulo ko?" and it just came to me last night. Na what if I am worth the journey, but I'm not the destination? Made me (over)think, I tell you that. But hey, I'm still worth something, eh? Alexa, play At The Beginning. Lol. Pero I'll stop myself there. Because I shouldn't be overthinking in the first place. I hate my scumbag brain sometimes \(._.)/

Smelling

Jo Malone - Nectarine Blossom, still

Wishing

I could've been there with her when she's going through some stuff. But I couldn't. I can't. I wanted to, really. And I wish she knew I'm sorry. And I'm going to make it up to her for the rest of my living days. Wish that it's easy to voice out what I feel instead of drowning them. Wish you know that you got this. That you have me to depend on. That I may not be there with you, but I can be there for you.

Wish we could've met sooner.

Hoping

I'd understand what I feel. It changes every now and then. Sometimes it's more. Sometimes it's not making sense. Sometimes it's not less, but just right. Sometimes it's all over the place. And sometimes it's all that I've got.

Wearing

my incomplete uniform lol

Loving

The weather today. Chill lang. Sa sobrang chill, hindi uminit ulo ko nung hindi kami pinasakay ng bus kaninang umaga. Lol

The fact that if you'd ask me a certain question about a certain someone, I'd probably answer it with contentment and assurance. If you ask me do I love you this much? I do ;)

Wanting

To be with you right now. I hate adulting. Ugh. PAANO BA YUMAMAN NANG WALANG GINAGAWA? Chos

Needing

To take a break in life. Like, taympers muna? Kapoy din ako eh. Pero feel ko wala akong karapatan magpahinga. Di tayo pwede mag-inarte. Ganern. I need to be strong for myself, and everyone else. I need to be the rational one here. But I need to pahuway din bala~

Feeling

Hungry right now. Might eat breakfast in a while. I feel like doing laundry when I get home, too. Meh~

I don't know if I'm making sense. I'm not??? Like, hello??? Sunday currently on a Friday???? HAHAHAHA such a Gemini thing to do ;)