#the thumb

[weixuldo]

his hand?!?! ITS SO BIG HOLY FUCK

[attapullman]

my brain is so rotted bc I knew exactly what you meant by white pants interview and my mouth started drooling lmaoooo

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha 🙃 same

[sunshineandlyrics]

🥹 Copy of a Copy of a Copy standing next to a speaker, FITFWT Austin, 7 July 2023

[stupidlyinfatuatedonstorytelling]

Clips of Critical Role I saved on my phone part (23/?)

[pmtomato]

Another library of ruina sprite discovery. I once made a thumb capo, Magnus. He came from me developing the story of one of my fixer offices, which i'll show sometime later.

[projectmoon-smash-or-pass]

propaganda:

✅ "I'd let boris discipline me"

❌ "the thumb feel so scary like if i suck their dick wrong they’re gonna pluck out my teeth"

❌ "I'm pretty sure asking any of them for sex would result in your gentiles being cut off if they say no (and they will want you to do it)"

[botgal]

Theory about the Pinky

So, all the rest of the Fingers follow specific themes of their fingers association in popular culture.

The Thumb is known for their highly rigid top-down system of hierarchy where the strong dominate the weak. Much like how in a "thumb war" two people competing will try to push down each other's thumbs to show dominance.

The Index give people instructions in the form of the Prescripts, and the finger also known as the pointer finger is used to point in directions for people to focus on or follow.

The Middle are supposedly very big on senses of brotherhood, but they're also well known for exacting harsh vengeance on anyone who harms one of their own or are even related to them. Which fits the common symbol of the middle finger as an obscene gesture and usually one used in retaliation when someone has made them mad.

The Ring is a bit more abstract, but from Leviathan we know that the Ring are artists. And the ring finger, as implied, is usually the one meant to display very impressive rings like wedding or engagement rings. Which can be fitting to a group whose primary goal is making their specific form of "art" to be seen by others.

So following all that, my running theory on the Pinky has two parts. Taking into account that the Pinky is apparently the most dangerous of all the Syndicates.

1) The Pinky are a group who focuses a lot on pacts or promises. The Pinky finger is most well known for the "Pinky promise", or alternatively the "yubikiri". But the essence is the same, making a promise while hooking pinkies, with the implication being that if one parry breaks the promise then there will be dire consequences. Sometimes that the offender's pinky will be broken, or in the case of yubikiri that they'll be made to swallow a thousand needles

2) The Pinky itself, outside of its own group's personal turf interests, may act as an intermediary/enforcer of inter-Finger rules and relations. Because of their interest in vows and promises, they use their authority to enforce specific rules between all the Fingers, and enact consequences if anyone steps out of line (though not strictly for things like killing or fighting over turf, probably more abstract Finger-specific things). Also kind of brings to mind the idea of "yubitsume" to me, wherein the little finger will have small pieces removed to pay for transgressions, usually by failing to perform some duty or uphold a promise.

In line with this theory, interesting tidbit is that there's actually a nursery rhyme related to an the Pinky Promise, which relates a little to a meeting of the Fingers' leaders being called a "Finger Bow-Bell".

"Pinky, pinky bow-bell,

Whoever tells a lie

Will sink down to the bad place

And never rise up again."

[vanilasky]

[hezigler]

Wes Montgomery - Bumpin' On Sunset

Definitely a tune from the soundtrack of my youth.

[hawkpartys]

i think of this image approximately every day of my life

Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) observation by kiwikiu

[bashcrandicoot]

Thumbnails on wizard youtube

[cowinf]

I Feel Funny!

[lemongogo]

dont forget what happened to icarus

[thunderbottle]

fursona thats been bouncing around in my head for a while :]

(it/its pls)

[clannfearrunt]

Happy Grand Fest Gamers and Duelists