#treating animals like creatures they get to control and own and treat however? all of them

[snekdood]

i feel like i should change zeros actual name... since I didn't know Isaac was a hebrew name... and dont wanna convey the wrong message... but goddamn does "isaac charles winslow" roll off the tongue.

[jaythes1mp]

Just a quick question; does the batfamily like reader the same in their human form or just in the cat form?

Wonderful question, anon! I have mentioned it briefly in this ask before, but I’ll dive deeper into it for you.

All the boys harbour their own opinions regarding your two appearances.

To Dick, you remain his sweet and adorable little sibling, whether you're in your human form or your animal form. Your identity as his kitten stays constant, regardless of which body you inhabit.

For the eldest brother, your age, size, or form doesn't change his perception of you one bit. Regardless of the fact that you’re a grown ass adult, he'd still continue to baby talk and coo at you when you have a big sneeze or get food on your cheek. In his mind, you’re fundamentally a cat first and foremost, and your human qualities are secondary. He couldn’t care less about your human appearance, because he would always view you as his precious little kitten, his adorable and cherished younger sibling. Even when you're in human form, he’d still treat you as if you were a cat, completely disregarding your human aspect.

Bruce, however, has a vastly different opinion. In his eyes, you’re the perfect blend of both worlds. The feline body language and characteristics you exhibit are utterly endearing, no doubt, but your true essence rests in your human mind and soul, which is the fundamental part of you. He recognises the importance of both your animal and human forms, as they are both integral parts of who you really are. While your cat instincts may be captivating, it is your human mind that holds the most significance. He wouldn’t treat you like a mere pet, recognising the balance between your two forms. You were still his child, and that will always come first.

Ultimately, Bruce doesn't really care what body you take on, as long as you're spending time with him. When you're out in public, you're required to transform into your cat self, as to not cause any unnecessary suspicions or complications regarding your disappearance. But when you're both just chilling at home in the manor, he doesn't mind whether you're in one form or the other, as long as you're there with him. He won't push you to engage in conversations or force you to do anything you don't want to do, as long as you're just present by his side, he's content.

In stark contrast to the others, Jason has a strikingly distinct preference for your feline form, showing a notable lack of interest in you when you appear in human form. He tends to completely disregard your presence when you're in your human body, only offering you affection and attention exclusively when you're in your kitten body.

To Damian, your animal form holds a special place in his heart, a place he refuses to share with anyone else. It’s not that he dislikes your human form, far from it. But when he looks at you as an animal, all he can see is an innocent, untainted little creature that needs protecting. A creature that relies solely on him for safety and comfort. And that’s a feeling that he can’t help but relish in. Your cat form evokes a protective instinct in him that he rarely feels when you’re in your human form. But also, saying that, he does enjoy being able to talk to you, as you’re the only person that he trusts to never leave, to never feel disappointed. Because to you, he’s the only one on your side. He relishes in the fact that no matter which form your take on that you rely on him. That you need him.

Slightly out of sync with the others, Tim shows a marginal preference for your human form. He’s the only one who tends to pay more attention to you when you’re in your human body, but the margin is admittedly slim.

Tim enjoys being able to read you, relishing in his ability to decipher your emotions and engage in conversation with you when he needs a diversion from all the work. On that note, it's primarily about the control. He finds pleasure in being able to make you shift from one form to the other, keeping you drugged and pliant in his lap as a cat or asleep in human form on the couch next to him while he works.

Link to Chapter One, Link to Masterlist.

[affectionatecorpse]

Okay so I see some people are debating what the monster from Still Wakes the Deep is. I'm inspired by the support from my Death Angel post, so I'm gonna try giving an analysis. Now science is not my strong suit, I'm much better at zoology, but here we go.

Of course, spoilers ahead!

So, the entity comes to light in act one. While Caz is being yelled at by his power drunk boss, Rennick, a worker going by the name Gibbo calls up to say there's an issue with the drill, something highlighted earlier by another worker. Rennick orders the drilling anyway, and thus begins the nightmare, as the drill seems to unearth and awaken a destructive parasite out for revenge. But I don't think that's as deep as it goes, pun intended.

Let's say, the creature is a parasite. A form of near sentient bacteria, though take that description with a grain of salt, I'm no scientist. Parasites simply cannot live on their own. That's an objective fact. They need a host. They exist within another for survival and breeding purposes, and multiply and spread through the body of another.

Parasites, bacteria and even fungi can live underground for years, and have been discovered to do so. Ancient lifeforms have been discovered just under the surface of earth, let alone deep underneath the ground and in the bottom of our oceans, one of the most complex and diverse biomes that our current science has barely scratched the surface of. It's highly likely this creature is a self replicating bacteria or parasite that was unearthed by the drill, and took up new hosts to survive in this change of environment.

But not every host worked. You can see half transformed, mutilated bodies everywhere, and some that haven't even changed at all. These bodies could not support the parasite and shortly died.

However, a few select hosts DID end up surviving; Gibbo, Muir, Rennick, Addair and Trots. It's unclear what sets these people apart from the others, and I don't know enough about this topic to claim an answer. But I certainly do think these folks died soon into the transformation, and are not fully conscious in the body. They frequently repeat terms and phrases, and never say anything you might expect from an entity possessing them, implying it's borrowing words and sentences that have been said by the host before, in other circumstances.

The entity plays with Caz's memories and definitely the others' too, though not all of them good. It wouldn't be a surprise to realise that's where it's getting information about it's host, as it reads the memories inside the brain to learn faces, names, and even the host's personality. Which makes me wonder, does it even realise what it looks like? Does the creature itself actually realise it's a parasite? Or does it completely and fully believe it is the person it's connected itself to? It almost downloads their personality and tries to pretend like everything is completely normal.

Let's talk about arguably the best monster (in my opinion), Muir. Muir moves about the area he frequently worked as what I assume was an engineer. He roams the familiar ground, almost unsure of why he's by himself. He often calls out to his coworkers, wondering out loud why they're treating him like he's different. Sure, this could be the real Muir's consciousness slipping in and out of the seams, but it's highly unlikely he would still be alive. Much like the zombie fungus, as it's often called, the host is not alive when the fungus is controlling it, and is merely a puppet. If the spiders it was corrupting could talk, I daresay, they'd be acting like them. Taking their place in the world, even if they don't realise it.

But every animal needs to eat. And eventually, that body is going to run out of tasty, tasty neurons. Like I said earlier, a parasite needs to spread. It'll breed, then spread to another to keep it's species alive. By infiltrating a 'pack' of animals, it will take anything to spread to the others. Which is exactly what the parasite does whenever it sees another human. Either that, or it will consume them, theoretically to feed the host so it stays alive, while keeping those tasty, tasty neurons for itself. You can almost see this process with Innes, as the elevator ascends without him, and you just faintly see Muir doing something in the distance. Likely consuming him for nutrients, as he was not connected to the parasite yet.

Next, there's Addair.

Addair, much like Muir, patrols familiar ground. Even though Addair himself wasn't even in that area when the drill struck. Now Muir was actively in that familiar space in the beginning, and it's safe to assume that's his place of transformation. But Addair was eating in the cafeteria when the incident happened, not deep down in the engine. Did he go down when the impact happened, while Caz was unconscious? Maybe. But the lights were fine then, and the engine wasn't the problem, so he didn't need a reason to. Plus, he doesn't seem like the type to be work dedicated, more inconvenience dedicated. Considering what I said about the parasite (badly) taking their place in society, did it go to his place of work after detecting that as his 'natural environment', per se?

Plus, unlike Muir, who greets the situation with quotes of confusion, fear and anxiety, Addair is instantly aggressive. Even an asshole like Addair is likely to panic if conscious in this situation, so the nervousness was Gibbo and Muir exclusive. But Addair and Rennick become immediately angry upon seeing Caz, as they actively disliked him in life, and so the parasite processes him as a foe to it's host. I thought that was neat.

Now another take I have admittedly heard from several other people, but I thought was worth mentioning. The monsters are incredibly similar to sea creatures. Which means this underwater bacteria was possibly leaking out already, and transforming our animals, not enough to completely corrupt them, but enough to twist their bodies. Think of the appearances of deep, deep sea creatures, such as the anglerfish. Isn't it possible this parasite was responsible for their uncanny appearance, in this universe? Muir especially looks like a spider crab, or perhaps even a bigfin squid.

Which again, is a deep sea creature. Rennick also reminds me of a blobfish once removed from the pressure of the deep sea. Addair seems very jellyfish-like, but may be something else very... tick-like. And even Trots gives me major merfolk vibes, with how untouched his torso is in comparison to his lower half.

This parasite could have been feeding off the neurons and breeding through our very ecosystem as the ground slowly gave away above it. The drill unearthing the source likely gave it a burst of control as so much energy was released at once, hence why it was so fast to literally spiral out of control.

But Scotland, by all means, is not the only place in the world connected to the ocean. Sure, they destroyed this batch, but other forms of this parasite live on elsewhere on earth. And the explosion may not have even destroyed it. It definitely would've destroyed the host bodies, yes, but certain bacterias can survive impressive damage, even heat hot enough to burn off human flesh. We'd best hope this is not one of those bacterias.

I didn't really get as far with this observation as I did with other horror studies, but I had fun nonetheless! Like I said, I'm really better with zoology (hence the sudden enthusiasm when I started on sea creatures), but I loved Still Wakes the Deep SO much that I just wanted to write down my thoughts. If you have any other theories, feel free to add them!

Also if I used your pictures/gifs and you would like me to add credit, I am so so sorry, I will absolutely add that as soon as you say so, I just got most of these off Google and couldn't find most the original sources. So yeah if you'd like me to add your name and mention, or you want me to remove it in general, feel free to just say and I'll add it, I don't bite I promise. Well... I won't bite YOU.

Sorry sorry, had to make a zombie reference--

[six-eyed-samurai]

SUMMARY: Hitoshi has never been so annoyed by his new cat stealing your attention from him and ruining all your dates. A/N: I'M SO SORRY I LET THIS COOK IN MY DRAFTS FOR SO LONG AND I GOT LAZY AT THE END @/katsukistofu anyways, actual A/N: the cat's name can be interpreted as a reference to the Apothecary Diaries or a pun on meowing or in Chinese literally catcat WARNINGS: Mentions of poop (it's cat, what'd you expect) and probably very OOC Hitoshi (forgive me I haven't finished MHA)

Hitoshi wanted to throttle everyone in the room and then himself. Not the best way to start your mornings.

“Everyone in the room” was actually just his cat. Of course you could count Eri and Aizawa downstairs but in truth the only one Hitoshi wanted to actually (not really) throttle was the cat. Possibly himself later too when you inevitably get mad/laugh at him.

He doubted the cat in question knew that though. Or if Maomao knew that she didn't care. Hitoshi side eyes her from the mirror, still in the process of getting ready. She continues her washing on his bed, either very obliviously or very smugly.

Hitoshi liked cats. Loved and adored them, in fact. But ever since THIS particular, traitorous feline waltzed into his life he might make an exception.

It probably started when he introduced Maomao to you. He'd been pretty worried to how his new pet would take to you, because if his beloved girlfriend and precious cat didn't get along he'd get another reason for insomnia. Thankfully however, you had immediately fallen for the innocent-looking Calico, getting on your knees at once to pet and coo and fawn over her. Maomao, in turn, ate it up and made a huge racket when you had to leave eventually. So far, so good - until Maomao decided to subsequently betray the one who had adopted her and be a gigantic (beep)block.

Only Eri believed him when he was complaining about how every time he tried to cuddle you, bam, Maomao was there to yowl and get in between. Wanna kiss? Um, no, Maomao just had to run into your legs and beg for head pats. Close the door and sleep without her? Nah, no, nope, she stayed outside wailing and scratching. Enjoy a movie night? Haha, Maomao thought not, so of course she tipped over the popcorn bowl on purpose, right?!

One time Hitoshi gave you a kitty plushy that resembled Maomao. The cat in question (jealously, he swore to the wide eyed Eri) stole it and it still hadn't been found; she took a dump right beside her litter box to be petty as well.

You ate it up. You succumbed to her cute, beseeching eyes to hug HER (and not him), let her get in the middle of you two on the couch (you even shooed him away to make room) and the audacity! You always complained if he took up most of the blanket you two were sharing, and when Maomao hogged up everything? You let her.

He couldn't believe how you utterly believed the cat's obviously jealous, possessive nature. The nerve of Maomao, to steal his girlfriend when he was the one to rescue her!

While Eri believed him completely, no matter how cute she was it wasn't going to give him much credibility.

Therefore, as Hitoshi suspiciously watched Maomao saunter out of his bedroom, he was going to come up with a plan to FINALLY get some long overdue kisses, dates and affection from you without Maomao interrupting.

STEP 1: Begin by showing the cat who's boss.

Hitoshi glared viciously at the creature who had first crawled in between you and him, therefore interrupting yet another cuddle session before demanding you to go get her some more treats as if he hadn't just fed her an hour ago. To top it off Maomao was now triumphantly meowing at him and pawing at the plushy you had gifted him.

“You're not getting that. You might have my own girlfriend wrapped around your paw but you and I know what you're REALLY like.” Hitoshi wondered if his mind control extended to animals, particularly the one now hissing at his reluctance to hand over the plushy.

“First you steal my girl and now you want my plush? That's low, even for you.” The cat's eyes widened innocently as Hiroshi's narrowed. “Let's not forget who rescued you from the streets, Mao. Or who's been changing your kitty litter, feeding you or bought you all those toys. Remember I'M the one paying for all your vet and grooming visits. So the least you can do is at least let me enjoy one movie night with my girlfriend, thanks, instead of hogging up everything.”

Huh. He didn't actually think that would work. Maomao looked disdainful but trotted away.

You reappeared, holding a bowl of popcorn and setting down a bowl of Maomao’s cat food. “Hey, where'd she go?”

“Somewhere.” Somewhere where she was probably throwing a tantrum, Hitoshi meant, but he grabbed you and managed to spend a pleasant two hours getting snuggled and teasing you about your overreactions to the movie.

Then Maomao jumped on him and spilt the leftover popcorn everywhere before walking off proudly.

STEP 2: Attempt to appease your feline by providing them with more affection, food and playtime. Your cat may simply be feeling left out.

In other words, bribery was his next method.

Bribery and spoiling, really. For the next three days Hitoshi did his utmost best - Maomao was fed nothing but her favourites, Hitoshi bought her a new toy which they spent countless hours playing with, he let her nap in his bed, Eri helped him pick out a new collar, blah blah blah. Everyone absolutely showered Maomao with attention and affection. So far she seemed very pleased with herself, strutting her around with her tail swishing and purring loudly for all to hear.

Surely, surely, she wouldn't mess with the study session you and him were going to have, right? Right?

Hitoshi was beginning to believe that as time passed; the both of your heads were bent forward, trying to make sense of maths. The click of pens, the flipping of pages, the crunch of your third bag of chips were the only sounds around. He wasn't worried about Maomao’s silence either - she couldn't possibly be causing trouble while sleeping in a patch of sunlight.

“I think we did a pretty good job, ‘Toshi.” You stretched your arms, yawning exaggeratedly. “Not to be lazy but I really want a snack. Something grape flavoured.”

Hitoshi raised his eyebrows, lifting his eyes away from his essay. “No.”

“Oh come on, don't act like you're not hungry, I heard your stomach growling-”

“No as in I know exactly what “snack” you want. Enough eating those grape gummies. You're addicted.”

“Hitoshi!” You whined. “Stop outing me!”

In the end you both compromised with a bag of sour cream chips each, no sharing. Well, no sharing from your end, really - Hitoshi gave in with a sigh as you leaned towards him with puppy dog eyes when your bag empties, feeding you the chips. Maomao awakens and decides to drop by, meowing for the crumbs as well. Hitoshi shoos her away from his books, informing her she’s already eaten and he wasn’t even sure if cats could eat sour cream. Maomao sulks when he gives the chip she wanted to you instead.

But it turns out it’s Hitoshi that’s left sulking as Maomao leaps onto the table and knocks over his coffee all over the desk and steals the chips. While he won’t admit it to you or Maomao or anyone - yes he’s concerned about the sour cream thing and wasted half an hour researching if his stupid cat was going to be okay.

STEP 3: If that fails try asking someone else to care for your cat while you both are away.

“Don’t forget to feed Maomao, she’s not supposed to have-”

“Hitoshiiii! I know!” Eri makes a face, hugging the cat close to her chest as she rolls her eyes and pouts. “Trust me, Maomao’s my cat as well!”

“Yeah, but you’re still taking her to your friend’s house, so I don’t want anyone getting into trouble.”

“Quit being a worrywart! Go have fun with your loooooooover!”

“You know what, the faster you leave, the happier I’ll be,” Hitoshi grumbled, pushing Eri out of the door gently to where Aizawa was waiting impatiently. “Shoo, homewrecker.”

“Bye, Hitoshi!”

“Good riddance.” He gives her a side hug anyway. Maomao hisses, annoyed she was being forced to leave. Hitoshi paid her no mind, seeing as she had been throwing hissy fits all day as if she knew you were coming and Maomao wouldn't be around.

You come over soon, exclaiming over the loss of his cat’s company, but you get over it quickly. You both have the house to yourself, after all, and the freedom to do whatever you wanted until Aizawa came back. Hitoshi's guardian needn't have been suspicious of you both getting up to no good however; you both wound up wasting most of your time making dinner - a shockingly complicated recipe you had insisted on.

“I'll bring the ingredients, you don't have to worry about anything!”

Pfft, yeah right, now he has to worry about the mess you’re - fine, you both are - making in the kitchen. The floor’s all wet, the sink is overflowing, it’s a literal water park. The recipe wasn’t even halfway done yet.

“You know what, I’m going to get a mop, you can continue with - whatever it is you’re doing.” Hitoshi pinches the bridge of his nose in mock exasperation. You roll your eyes but agree, huffing as you push your sleeves back again.

“By the way, where’s Maomao?”

“Eri took her to a sleepover. Didn’t think she liked that idea much though.”

“Real! Maomao only ever wants to be with you,” you laughed.

“Nah, more like you,” Hitoshi grumbled. “She’s never happy when she’s not there and you are.”

“Mhm, you’re-” You’re cut off by Hitoshi’s unexpected yelp and the clanging coming from the bathroom where he’s gone to go fetch the mop. Dropping whatever you’re holding you rush over there in a panic. “Toshi! Are you okay?”

“Yeah, yeah, that stupid cat took a shit here!”

“Isn’t she toilet trained? Did you step on- Oh god. You stepped on it.”

“Stop laughing at me!”

Even gone the blasted cat still managed to ruin a date. Hitoshi fumed silently.

STEP 4: Still unsuccessful? Try giving them a new friend, as they might be acting out from loneliness.

This particular method, unfortunately, quickly backfired on him.

“Aw look! They’re playing together, Jirou!”

“Huh, didn’t think Sora was capable of playing gently. She nearly gave Kaminari a heart attack jumping at him the other day.”

“Hey! Jirooooouuuuuu!”

“No, wait, Maomao, don’t do that!”

“Sora stop barking so loudly-”

Hitoshi’s overly exaggerated groan is barely heard over the din. His head lolled back, staring up at the sky. “Are we biking or not at this rate?”

Not that anyone heard him. You’re too preoccupied with cooing over Maomao, Jirou and her boyfriend Kaminari Denki trying to get their new puppy to stop eating rocks. It was supposed to be a biking-trip-at-the-park-double-date, for heaven’s sake, how did it spiral into this?

Maomao pawed at his leg. Hitoshi tilted his head back forward to glare half-heartedly at her. “You’re lucky you’re so cute. It’s your fault again.”

He’s even more offended when Maomao opts to sit in YOUR bicycle basket rather than his. Denki’s - traitorous friend that he is - snickering at him before Sora pees on his shoe.

STEP 5: As a last resort, consider punishing the kitten. Do not give them attention in any way. It is called the time out corner for a reason.

“Where’s Maomao?”

“Pay no attention to her.” Hitoshi burrowed deeper into your neck, his tone a request. “She’s being punished right now.”

“…for what?”

“A lot of things.”

“Like?”

“….every time you come she steals your attention. Just let me enjoy this.” Hitoshi’s voice holds the smallest hint of a whine. You mentally stored that away. “She was meowing at the door waiting for you at 3 in the morning!”

You twirl a strand of his purple hair, barely hiding your smirk. Ah, so all along…”Is that bad your cat loves me more than she loves you?”

“I adopted her!”

“Oh my god. You really are jealous of your cat.” You couldn’t help it. You collapsed on your side, crying with mirth. Hitoshi sits up straight, insulted, taking a cushion off the couch to smack you with.

“Stop that! I’m not!”

“Say that again; you’re not even convincing yourself!” Oh god, this made so much sense. You wiped at your streaming eyes, coughing up the last of the laughter. “No wonder you were - I can’t - this is too funny - I thought you were acting a little weird the past fortnight - oh my god -”

“Fine, fine, stop laughing! I was jealous! There, I said it, you happy?”

“But why?” You fondly pulled your dumbass of a boyfriend closer, squishing his cheek. Even sulky he was still cute.

“She keeps interrupting our dates.” Hitoshi’s voice is already muffled by your clothes but his muttering makes it worse.

“…”

“No.”

“….”

“STOP LAUGHING!”

“In all seriousness, Toshi, you could’ve just told me. We’ll remake all the dates without Maomao this time, alright? Swear on my life.” You even hold up a pinky.

His own grudgingly raises and locks it around yours.

“You can let Maomao out of punishment now.”

“Eh, no. She’s actually there because she scratched Aizawa’s car today.”

Alternatively, you could always just tell your girlfriend you’re jealous of the cat because the cat’s jealous of you both. She will immediately rush to reassure you and provide you with the much-craved, long-awaited affection you both had been denied by the cat.

Side effects, however, include providing her and everyone else with enough ammunition to tease you with for the next decade.

“Wait, Hitoshi was jealous of a cat?” Denki’s practically howling. Jirou sniggers quietly. “Does this mean he’s a pus-”

“Stop talking.”

Jirou nods appreciatively. “Now I wish i had mind control when it comes to this idiot.”

[displacedentities]

Took a lil break from the comic to take care of some serious business with my work, and get back on my bean bullshit /pos

100% the fault of the animated series on youtube by @rodamrix, recently rediscovered it after several years and my god!! It's come so far, and I love it so much!!! And it made me miss the space beans in a way I haven't in a long time ;u; So I remade my Among Us character, using features directly from my preferred in-game outfit!

Say hi to Cyan-tist (Cyan)!

I'll info-dump on my bean below the cut xD It's really long, you've been warned!

Backstory

Cyan worked in the specimen laboratory at MIRA HQ, occasionally taking trips off-planet for fieldwork and sample collecting. Cyan was very attached to her many pets, and would get engrossed in her work studying her specimens.

Unfortunately, she was caught alone in the specimen lab one day, and the impostor- Orange- who snuck into MIRA via transport vessel, sought to gain a new ally. Orange cornered and converted Cyan into an impostor by infecting her with the parasite, and once she turned, Cyan went into a feral hunger rampage, mindlessly killing and eating all of her pets and specimens in the lab. The grief of losing her beloved companions and all her work snapped her back into control of herself, only for Orange to praise her for the carnage. Outraged, Cyan turned on Orange, killing and eating him, too.

Not wanting to die for killing a seemingly innocent crew mate, Cyan outed herself immediately to her crew, handing over Orange's remains as well as their weapons during the meeting. Because Cyan never killed any actual crew mates, her crew decided to let her stay, on the condition that she be observed at all times via her Glitch Console (the Twitch pet lmao). She uses Glitch to stream her continued work in the lab, and keep in near constant contact with the rest of her team - it's also MIRA's way of keeping tabs on her, since she's on thin ice as a known impostor.

Cyan has a vitriolic hatred of other impostors, and can hardly conceive of another 'friendly' impostor like her existing. Whenever a hostile impostor shows up, all of her team have an alarm button on their tablets to call her, and 'deploy' Cyan to 'fix' the problem. This has regained some trust with her closest friends in her crew, though Cyan prefers to stay isolated in her laboratory with her new pets. She would love to find a cure for her condition, but is resigned to existing as she is, and it can't bring back the pets she lost. Cyan is soft on animals, robots, her fellow crew, and children, and has misused science lab equipment to make treats for young visitors. Don't mess with her work or she'll bite you.

Abilities

Cyan-tist is a Shapeshifter variant Impostor. She cannot turn into everybody she sees- however, she can transform into anything living she has ever eaten. The higher percentage of the creature she consumes, the better the disguise. She can shapeshift clothing from her own body matter. The 'cat hat' she once wore has become a physical part of her, the ears functional for hearing and movement, and the eyespots capable of sight, producing tears, and emoting.

Due to her initial feral rampage in the lab, Cyan can transform into a wide variety of crewmate pets and lab specimens- her favorites being the three forms of her former companions: a Doggy, a Headslug, and a Squig. She often uses these to spy on new arrivals undetected, attempting to sus out foreign impostors from the cohort. Cyan can adapt features to her existing body at any level she wants- for example, she can gain the fur coat of the Doggy, the wings of the Pouka or the Goose, or the tentacles of the Squig without needing to fully shapeshift. The Doggy form in particular has a heightened sense of smell, allowing her to detect if the scent of a foreign impostor is present, though it may not be sufficient to identify the specific individual from a crowd.

Cyan-tist's adaptive shapeshifting is powerful enough that she can gain the unique attributes of other impostors she has eaten. This includes her advanced chromatophores for changing color, which she acquired from Orange, the first impostor she killed and consumed. Very few impostors since Orange have had anything noteworthy to add to her repertoire of skills. Cyan swore to never eat a crew mate.

Completely self-indulgent Rodamrix Animated Series thoughts

Okay I couldn't help it, I wondered about what would happen if Cyan were to be present in the series. !!!SPOILER WARNING IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, DO NOT READ THIS PART!!!

Original series- If she didn't adapt to the sudden climate shift of the impostor takeover, or stood with the crew in any capacity when they began to spread out of control, Cyan-tist is most likely dead. She would not have gotten along with many- if any- of the impostors within MIRA HQ, and actively would have stood against or tried to kill them, making her an enemy. I can't imagine Big Purple let her live if she tried anything. If by some miracle she DID survive, Cyan is most likely operating as a plant within the impostor hideout, smuggling supplies or otherwise tipping off the survivors as to the movements of the horde so crewmates can escape or avoid being discovered.

Alternate series- Cyan-tist is completely unaware of the plot that Crimson and the MIRA HQ heads have for selling off impostors/parasites and dissenters as test subjects. As such, she continues to operate in her specimen lab, on constant watch for new impostors to show up and threaten her crew and friends. The future arrival of Red, Purple, and Pink would set off HUGE alarm bells for her, and she would be on high alert the moment she detects they're impostors. Cyan would HATE Purple as a known killer impostor, be sus of Pink's no-thoughts-head-empty behavior- though she'd discover quickly he could be distracted with snacks- and not trust Red until his own crew vouches for him. Once the Skeld survivors confirm Red is innocent and a fellow 'good' impostor who saved their lives, Cyan would back off, but keep her eye on all of them.

[skrunksthatwunk]

yyh cast pet type headcanons!!

i am thinking about them and i am giving them animals to hang out with. yeag

hiei - falcon

falconeers don't really own their falcons. it takes a long time to build trust with them, and they can fly away at any time. they are wild animals

i think hiei would appreciate that untamed quality, and the speed, sight, and skill of them. i think he'd want a capable animal companion, if any at all

note: kuwabara would be freaked out by the emphasis on competence/functionality as well as the impermanence of it. he views animals as creatures to be protected and cherished, while hiei would rather spend time with something capable, self-sufficient, and useful (stealing this idea from my eikichi fic bc i think im right)

the closer an animal or an animal-owner relationship is to a baby/baby-parent relationship, the further he wants to be from it. it grosses him out a Lot. to him, it's like adopting an adult and then babytalking it

most peer-like relationship with animals

kurama - chia pet lol ferret/rat

i think he'd enjoy small, clever troublemakers

there's some tension inherent with kurama owning any prey animal (i think they sense his foxness), but if he finds one that isn't bothered by it, i think they'd get along just fine

enjoys training them

could keep them in his hair lol

somewhat used to short lifespans relative to his

relates to them and how they feel as animals to some extent, but he's much more likely to take control via a caretaker role than treat them as peers, like hiei

botan - chinchilla/sugar glider

i just think she'd like something soft fluffy and exotic. just seems like it'd suit her :)

pretty strong anti-reptile anti-bug bias. they freak her out

open to birds of a certain flavor. i think she'd like doves and pigeons for their dumb sweetheart-ness

also most likely to get something like a mini pig or a pygmy goat, though i think she would feel quickly overwhelmed by them

kuwabara - cats

obviously. *gestures to canon*

if i had to guess at a reason for it i'd say it's a matter of feeling appreciated. you generally can't get cats to do anything they don't want to do, so that means when they show you love, it's extra special. and i think his perseverence with challenges could help him win over even the most reluctant of cats, as well as his gentleness and unconditional love towards those critters

i think kuwa likes winning animals/people over and feeling chosen and seen

strong preference for very social animals, particularly mammals (so not, like, hermit crabs). i think he'd like dogs too

hates mice, so kurama's rats would be a bit weird for him

not huge on fish or reptiles, but willing/able to admire the coolness of them after freaking out for a bit. not huge on bugs and usually doesn't get over that

yusuke - it's complicated

i hate to say it but i don't think yusuke's really an animal person

HOWEVER. i do see him having a 50-year love-hate relationship with a sassy parrot. idk why i just think he'd argue with a bird

less used to short lifespans relative to him, would probably do better with something that lives longer, i.e. a parrot, while he's adjusting to that reality

bonus points bc he's kind of a bird (puu bird imagery)

though i think he'd appreciate feeling wanted and loved, i don't know that the responsibility of a pet would make him feel grounded and secure (i.e. kuwabara), but more anxious and constricted.

his carefree lifestyle would conflict with high maintenance pets, so he probably avoids them for a long time until he's ready to settle down

i think he likes dogs like he likes kids. they're cool to spend time with, but he's probably not gonna feel ready for them until they get dumped on him. i can see him dogsitting for keiko.

shizuru - cats, but for different reasons

a bit like hiei, i think she appreciates self-sufficiency and independence

not huge on kittens, see above

would really like a very chill very lowkey cat

yukina - hear me out. it's not birds

ok. i know birds are probably everyone's first thought bc of her bird friends at tarukane's, but i have a counter-proposal:

i think yukina loves birds but wouldn't want to trap them. she strikes me more as a feeding-birds-at-the-park type + knows what it's like to be trapped (and resents it)

she would be very willing to take in a wild bird that, due to injury or illness, could not be re-released. i think she'd love that

instead, i propose: hermit crabs and brine shrimp

yes im making her be into sea monkeys

my justifications for this are pretty limited. i mostly just think she'd be really into little guys. and i think she'd have a bit more interest in pets that would be considered weird or boring by others (i.e. cockroaches, beetles, tarantulas), especially if they come from non-icy climates. i can picture her holding everything from an iguana to a maggot with similar enthusiasm. but i think she'd likely start with small aquatic guys

plus, she feels a lot less bad about the trapping thing because they need to be in water to survive. it feels more right to her

anyway i just feel like she'd enjoy aquatic stuff. maybe because it's novel, if the ice world was too cold for them to be accessible

i like to think there's ponds on genkai's property that she could put koi or turtles in

oh dude can you imagine her with a frog terrarium bc i can

likes mammals as well, but fascinated with cold-blooded creatures due to novelty

keiko - hamster/gerbil/dog

i also struggled with her a lot, but i think she'd be a dog person

AND i also think she'd be into those small rodents, i.e. hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs (for smth bigger). maybe she had a few as a kid and never really got bored with them like others did. quite passionate about their value as pets, very upset about how they are treated by broader communities

part of me says she'd want a little dog and part of me says she'd want a huge rowdy dog (a bit like yusuke), so maybe she can have both. as a treat :)

though if i had to place anyone as interested in raising farm animals (as livestock or as pets), it'd be her. idk why but i can see her caring for geese and pigs and stuff. she wouldn't mind the hard and often dirty work of it

genkai - tortoise

i think she'd appreciate a slow-paced, low maintenance kinda guy

long lifespan bonus

it's really easy for me to imagine a big tortoise on her compound just free roaming

or perhaps little turtles in ponds around the property

plus turtles kinda inherently have old lady swag to me

toguro - snake

he's used to things kinda climbing all over him

also appreciates the low maintenance aspect

would probably look at a snake dislocating its jaw to eat something whole and go "would you look at that,, you're pushing your limits to feed yourself,,, for you it's a matter of survival. truly i have much to learn" or some shit

sensui - chickens

uh. i don't have an explanation for this one. i think he and itsuki would raise chickens that's all

i think he would carry them under his arm and he'd like watching them walk around

koenma - dwarf hamsters

just the tiniest little fit-in-your-palm types. makes him feel bigger

i can just imagine one of those wire cages behind him in his office idk vibe checks out

[sonichaunt]

Don't have a lot of time to do anything more than sketches rn, but I felt like drawing one of the new kids on the block (aka one of the new STH rewrite bosses). Some rewrite spoilers and some of my heroes headcanons, I suppose: Shadow android "gold" is a new boss introduced to 'flesh' out the whole concept of the shadow androids in the game. More lore about its creation below, if you want.

In Sonic Heroes, Eggman has Shadow captured, being Geralt's greatest creation and legacy, as well as a good way to deal with Sonic, Eggman feels Shadow is something he's owned/belongs at his side obeying him (this is based on dialogue from Eggman and the way he treats Shadow in STH05). After Eggman failed to reach Geralt's level of bio-engineering genius despite having shadow in his possession to study, and failed in altering shadow's mind to be loyal to him (yes, eggman was a factor why shadow has amnesia, more on that later) he decided he'd for the time being just create new Shadows from the ground up, it give him a good alternative and maybe it would help him understand his grandfather's design more. But how does one get that amount of chaos energy inside a living creature without it going horribly wrong (see biolizard)? Well you need some special DNA and assistance of this alien immortal "god" thing ofc- but Eggman would not know this. But what he does know is robots fix the need for something silly like supporting life functions and pain, so androids it is. Eggman figures Geralt's chaos drive research might be the key to make it work, that's going to be the power source. Experimenting with it he creates Omega (who in canon is powered by chaos drives, not an animal) a robot able to match shadow's power. While this is just the stepping stone to the shadow android, Omega is a good way to recapture shadow if he'd ever get free, so is tasked with guarding the original. (This is also Omega's canon function)

However what works for Omega doesn't work for the Shadow androids, he needs something extra to make it all work. How did Geralt do it? He goes back to the bio-lizard notes, it was based on Chaos, just like- Artificial chaos! I believe that his study of the Artificial chaos is what helps him come up with the "liquid metal" that Neo metal sonic is coated in to give him the new form. Eggman starts basing this new Shadow android design on metal sonic and this new metal. The first prototypes, which would be mass produced by Metal later, are far from perfect, which is why shadow takes them out no problem in his game later. However, likely after Heroes now that Metal Sonic is temporarily benched for his actions, Eggman creates a new set of Androids (these will all be based on the STH05 multiplayer designs). He starts with 4 variations, metallic looking body and replacing Shadow's signature red with Green, Pink, Blue and orange accents, with the ability to morph one of their arms into a weapon. The final shadow android he creates will not have this metal design, but instead look like shadow if not for the golden accents. How is he able to finally get this done? Because, Sonic battle happens after STH05 on the canon timeline, and Eggman having a direct portal into the Gun's cyberspace network (we know this because exiting this level in STH05 puts Shadow in Eggman's computer room, which is something the rewrite will also explain ofc) gives him access to even more of GUN's data on Geralt, including the Gizoid data. And thus the GOLD prototype is created, this android has a much better control of his chaos abilities while retaining the ability of the special metal to morph. Meaning this one is an actual challenge for Shadow, as well as something that makes him doubt if he might be an android after all, something that the inferior models really shouldn't have accomplished, they were nowhere near his level. Phase 1 of the boss fight will feature the regular appearance with the exception of the arm being able to morph for special attacks. in phase 2, after damaging it in the boss fight, the body will shift to the more metal appearance and make cracks appear on its body where chaos energy starts slipping through as the integrity of the body fails to contain it. What more happens with this Gold android? This post is already long, so I guess more on that later. Feel free to let me know what you think. I also opened asks, though I probably can only respond with text and only respond with doodles when I have more time in November. Bye for now.

[skylerskyhigh]

So... this is either gonna be a terrible idea or a great idea.

Hear me out. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x How to Train Your Dragon.

The turtles messed with of Draxum's mystic stuff and got sent into another world where dragons exist. Depending on the time, either during the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd movie, the turtles would be both revered and terrified by the Vikings. They'll probably be treated as cryptids or trolls or something. And it's not like the turtles couldn't handle the Vikings.

But can you imagine Leo riding one of the faster dragons? He would love to ride a dragon. Or Raph happily taking care of dragons cause they aren't as scared of him as animals are. Or Mikey riding with a flock of dragons, just being wild in the air. Donnie would be fascinated by it all- and also losing his mind due to the lack of technology.

But what would the turtle's dragons be?

Leo would probably have a Strike class dragon. I can just imagine him with a Skrill. Befitting for someone who's powers of teleporting can leave off arches of electricity. Plus, I'm sure he can keep up with the Skrill easily. Powerful, intelligent, quick, and extremely mistrusting of other people and dragons. However, they're also very loyal. I can see Leo saving a Skill's life and they just begin to bond. Plus, those two together? With the Skrill's power and Leo's teleporting? Terrifying.

Raph would have a Boulder or Tracker class dragon. I can see him with a Rumblehorn. A large dragon capable of doing a lot of damage but who's also very loyal and kind. Plus, the tracking ability helps when his brothers are lost.

Mikey would have a Stroker class dragon. Maybe a Typhoomerang since that dragon would fit Mikey's powers and his razzmatazz. Also, it'll be terrifying to see this small turtle ride on the back of a giant dragon. A Monsterous Nightmare could work for him as well.

Donnie would either be Sharp or Mystery class dragon. I can see him with an Armorwing. Kinda fitting that a dragon that doesn't have protective scales, one that needs to make armor using melted metal, would bond with Donnie. A softshell who uses a fake metal shell as protection.

There are probably better fitting dragons but that's what I can come up with.

Their adventure would probably be surviving in a world without modern tech, filled with dangerous dragons, and being the only mutants in the entire archipelago. And if they find the main cast, probably a language barrier too, but that depends.

It'll be interesting if the Vikings thought that the turtles are able to control the dragons when in actuality they just befriended them. Their existence is shrouded in mystery, yet they are rumoured to be very powerful and strange. Creatures of myth they were told as children, but never seen up close. Maybe they'd be terrified, staying away from areas where they are spotted. Maybe they'd give offerings to appease these strange creatures. Or maybe they'd hunt them down to prove that they are stronger than these creatures, for fame and fortune to bring its body back.

The turtles would have to find a way to get back home in a world where they don't understand anything. A world with no yokai or even a hint of mysticism to help them find a way back (maybe there is, for an AU where magic exists).

Maybe they'll be split apart, each on their own and finding a dragon to bond with. Raph might have an issue with that due to his Savage side. Or maybe they'll be together and trying to find a way to get back home.

Maybe the httyd gang find them and help them find their way home. They've helped dragons, why not these strange creatures?

I'm very tempted.

[puffpastrycrimewatch]

Mirame

Omg this took so long, I hope you guys like my world and want to see more it, I did doodles of all the gods so you have a visual of them, lol let me know who's your favorite and why

So, in my story Mirame the world is high fantasy

let's start with the a little bit about the world then gods we'll go over the races in a different post

The world

For now we're calling this world Mirame (Spanish for look at me)

Mirame has floating islands kept up by waves of magic left behind from dead gods, hollow mountains, magic that flows through almost anything, different planes of existence such as Gahenna (hell) that can be passed through with the right amount of magic, demons, fairies, bug people and much more!

The world is entering a Renaissance when the story starts, technology has just begun, there are magic trains and cars.

I'll go more into the depths in a separate posts in the future

GODS

The gods have different jobs to keep mortals alive and the plane of existence from falling, even if they don't want to, they don't all get along with each other, they're at each other's throats in the present

Brugmansia

(concept art, still feeling out her design)

The weaver of life, she's quite narcissistic and looks down on mortals, she has a son called tentsosra, she cares deeply for him, she also has a right hand man, he's more rude than brugmansia.

Brugmansia created a race called Erklings, she created them in her own image, she has very high standards for them and if they don't meet them there are consequences.

Mortals always hunt down her creations as trophies or for rituals, in order to stop humanity from touching her beautiful creations (creatures and plants) she created monsters that solely attack mortals, such as sirens, forest guardians, trolls, etc.

Brugmansia often kills mortals in the most brutal ways possible, to teach them a lesson.

brugmansia is very injured at the start of the story due to Satra attacking her with a new disease, at the start of the story brugmansia is at her weakest and most vulnerable.

Tentsosra

(concept art)

God of the elements, born from a seed brugmansia found and watered with her tears tentsosra was born, treated like a son making him loyal to Brugmansia willing to risk his life to protect her

He is kinder than his mother and more curious by nature

Tentsosra created a race of people called Obi that can change from human to animal, however they have been hunted to extinction at least that's what most think, barely anybody knows of their existence

Known for hunting mortals on Brugmansia's behalf

Tentsosra is worshiped by huntsman seeking a bountiful hunt as well as protection from brugmansia's creations.

Katabasis

(Since I already did a post about katabasis I'll just dig a little deeper into them and where and what their domain is)

God of the afterlife, they control what happens to your soul, Katabasis has direct connections to Gahenna (hell) and is in charge of keeping the peace with them, as an all out war for the mortal plane can spell out disaster.

Katabasis fascination with mortals is quite disturbing, Katabasis used to torture souls or treat them kindly to see their reactions, like tearing a bugs legs off

Some see katabasis as a bad omen, others celebrate Katabasis hailing them as the greatest god of all

Katabasis domain is on the edge of life and death, they have subjects called psychopomps, they help Katabasis with sorting and escorting souls, unfortunately some souls are rebellious and still have fight in them transforming them into undead creatures, often distorted beyond recognition, they're often dealt with by Amelia Vilheart.

Satra Nosferatu

(concept art, I'm still redesigning her lol)

God of gluttony, disease, and cannibalism. Satra loves the taste of Ko'nari flesh specifically, but she's not picky she'll eat any mortal she can get her hands on. Satra hates brugmansia with a passion, they have fought countless times, however recently Satra had lost but left brugmansia deeply injured, she had slinked into the earth, recovering and waiting to attack any moment.

Satra is very childish, but also surprisingly smart in tactics, she used to be Brugmansia's ORIGINAL creation, staying by Brugmansia's side like her daughter until Brugmansia saw Satra devouring one of her creations that's when brugmansia banished and disowned her.

Satra has minions called nymes, they usually dig through the head of someone and drag their body for Satra to consume, they also grave rob, but there are ways to ward them off, by calling on your God to protect your loved ones graves of begging on your hands and knees fod satra to desecrate your loved ones corpse.

Moshi Yama

(concept art, I also need to redesign her, also yeah your eyes bleeding is supposed to happen-☠️)

Goddess of parties and lust but she used to be the god of prosperity, she was worshiped by the fairies, they loved her but ever since the incident they despise her and call her a disgrace to the gods.

Moshi Yama has the ability to bend and warp reality, some think it's just illusions though, it's like being on acid

she was born from the legendary gods Malachite and Parhassus, they died from their love for each other and decided to give birth to Moshi Yama and Amato Yama causing them to perish in a beautiful and tragic display of their love, Moshi Yama and Amato Yama were mischievous when they were younger causing the other gods problems

fast forward Amato Yama had betrayed Moshi Yama attacking her worshipers city at that moment Moshi Yama had given up and decided to lay low and have sex with many mortals searching for something, until one day she noticed great potential in one of Amato Yamas generals, a possible new god

Amato Yama

(still designing ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ)

God of war but he used to be the god of trickery

as you know he is the twin of Moshi Yama, he hated this fact, he felt like he was her shadow, constantly overlooked, until one day he decided he would rise up, so he ordered his worshipers to attack Moshi Yamas "pawns" and so began his empire

he grew a nation and ruled it himself, which is blasphemous for gods, they're not supposed to interfere to that extent, so when Neiths husband went to stop him Amato Yama was furious and so they fought and unfortunately Amato Yama won, feeling the rush of victory and the hatred of the gods he decided he would kill all the gods until he was left

Neith

Goddess of the sun and knowledge, she has a daughter named Mao, her husband unfortunately died by Amato Yamas hands.

She's about 10 feet tal and has been alive throughout creations of mortals, her godly form is said to be as big a 4 mountains by her followers.

Neith covers herself head to toe to conceal herself as she grieves her husband's death, nobody remembers how she looks, it's been lost to time, she has a horn that can be pulled out to reveal a spear, she never uses it unless the situation is dire, she often avoids confrontation.

Her followers are very secretive, and share knowledge with Neith

Mao (also known as the Phoenix)

The god of freedom and flames, she's only been around for 8 hundred years but it seems she already has a whole city devoted to her.

She has a horn like her mother that can be pulled out to reveal to be a javelin

Mao has left her mother's side and is now trying to inspire the mortals of the world and to help them just like her father, however she doesn't know what it's like to be mortal so sometimes she makes bad decisions and causes troubles for her worshipers.

Mao was born with the ability to control flames to the extent that she can cause it to not hurt but heal somebody, the same as her father.

Mao feels like she must prove herself worthy to be known as the daughter of one of the greatest gods to exist

Castile

(concept art)

God of the moon and entropy

She's a child, and possibly from the plane of Gahenna

She is afraid of becoming a monster and destroying everyone as prophecied

As she grows older the more stronger and uncontrollable she becomes, her body grows more and more with devilish features, she does not know her parents all's shes known is a giant empty castle and her ghostly caretaker Cerberus.

When the story begins Castile has herself in a deep slumber so she would not harm, using her astral protection to help her followers

Castile loves her followers as they love her, she does not care for what they do or harm she is just so greatful to be herself again.

The consequences of her power include uncontrollable hunger, heightened ability to hear, increased strength, sharp nails, increased magical abilities and new spells, and if consumed enough a full vampirism transformation in which you can either lose yourself to the monster inside and only watch through empty lenses or gain full control with ultimate power and intellect, which is very rare the average is lost self.

The one major problem with castile is she doesn't know how to help mortals as a God and ends up making lives more worse and those around them but she sees her meedling as helpful, castile didn't even know she was God until she slumbered

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Holy shit, you get all of that? (⁠•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;⁠)

[sotoncommunists]

To the Memory of Valentine Gray

In the corner of a small recreation ground, known locally as Church Litten in Central Newport on the Isle of Wight, stands a small stone memorial for a 10 year old boy. Valentine Gray, was a young chimney sweep who is said to have suffocated in a chimney in February 1822. This is a story that has captivated and melted the hearts of visitors to the Island over the years and many can be seen shaking their heads in disbelief at the horrors of 19th century England. That story however is inaccurate and somewhat anodine. The truth is horrific beyond belief.

Valentine’s mother died six months after his birth and he was taken into the care of the workhouse. At the age of ten he was handed to the care of chimney sweep Benjamin Davies, to serve as his apprentice.

One has only to think about what is required to induce a small child, to climb naked up into the suffocating darkness of a soot-filled chimney. The flue, often no wider than 12 inches, had to be swept by hand until the soot was clear. The truth is those poor, defenceless creatures were driven to the task by harsh and merciless use of sticks and belts. Cuts and grazes from the rough stonework quickly filled with the caustic soot. Wounds would constantly burn and refuse to heal. A child might get stuck and panic, or they might fall. Coughing fits could not be relieved in such conditions. A heavy fall of soot could easily end in suffocation, or they might get stuck and with no way to get them out. That was the grim reality for the little sweeps: a life of constant terror, agony, infection and exhausting work. Grinding dirty work with little or no reward, except perhaps a meal and a dry place in which to fall into an exhausted sleep.

At his inquest, Valentine Gray’s body was said to be a mass of cuts and lacerations, with barely any visible healthy flesh. He was, according to witnesses, frequently stripped naked doused with cold water, bound and beaten, probably in the presence of other apprentices, so they could learn what happens to naughty little boys and girls who do not do as they are told. Finally after three months of such ill treatment, a severe blow to the head finished Valentine and his poor broken and abused body was unceremoniously dumped in the outhouse of a nearby pub.

The villain of the piece, Davies was arraigned, tried and convicted of manslaughter. He was sentenced to one year in jail and fined a shilling (worth about £8 today). He did not serve the jail time however, as all the jails were over crowded. Davies’ daughter Elizabeth, assaulted one of the witnesses whose testimony helped convict her father and she served a month in jail. The comparison is staggering, one month for assault yet a one shilling fine for killing an apprentice. Well after all, it was it was only the equivalent of ill-treating an animal today. That was how Georgian society viewed young urchins like Valentine: little more than animals who should be grateful their existence was even tolerated.

Valentine’s death caused public outrage and eventually forced a change in the law: The Climbing Boys Act, which forbade sending boys into chimneys. Anyone who believes it prevented children being sent into chimneys thereafter is a dangerous and sickening naivete.

The use and abuse of children, was exported by imperialism and remains rife in the developing world today. There, children are daily forced to work naked in mines to extract minerals for computers and mobile phones. Or in sweatshops, stitching clothing and trainers for the advanced world. Many are driven to their tasks and exhaustion by threats and beatings, just to produce profit for multi national companies based in the imperialist nations, where children there may be protected by law. The companies which exploit children are largely owned or controlled by greedy and selfish billionaires. There is no play for these children.

Under capitalism the super exploitation of children will continue. It may get moved abroad, adjusted and masked by legal verbiage, but the lives of millions of children world wide continue to be sacrificed to the interests of greed and profit for the billionaires. Why children? Because they have little or no ability to fight back. That is the naked truth!

Valentine Gray’s tragic story is matched world wide, in mine and mill daily. He is one of millions of young children fed into the vast profit machine over the past 200 years. His story has been told, yet millions have suffered the same and even worse fates, dying undocumented, appearing only as statistics. Statistics which the billionaires continue to ignore.

World Revolution is the only answer to this continuing horror and the greedy, parasitic capitalist class has been asking for it for a very long time. Workers of the world owe it to the children of the world, to unite in unremitting struggle to end for good capitalism and the greed it encourages and promotes.

This article was written by Vic Dale for the Southampton Branch of the RCP, British Section of the RCI.

[princess-of-the-corner]

I mean can we really call it a retcon? Since like both feast and Senti bug showed sentience well technically senti bug showed it a lot more Feast just yelled he's hungry, convinced by Gabriel to work with him and understood that attacking Natalie means death

So here's the thing:

this is where we get to the question of Sentience vs. Sapience. Though they are sometimes used interchangeably, they are not the same thing.

For a basic: While both mean 'alive and aware', Sapience means a higher ability for complex thought processes. Humans are Sapient. Most animals are only Sentient.

The ability to speak or communicate =/= Sapience. Animals have long been shown to learn even English language, but that does not make a parrot sapient.

Now. Sentimonsters.

When it comes to this sort of fiction, we have to take either face-value explanation, or the hints given throughout.

Their name initially implies Sentience on it's own. Though the 'senti' was later 'revealed' to mean 'Sentiment' instead, as they're created through emotions.

That can be ignored though. So let's focus on how Sentimonsters have been treated by the narrative:

Barring Adrien, Kagami and Felix:

Sentimonsters have been mostly just creatures unless they were Human-shaped. Mostly animalistic. Some quite literally animals!

A few have seemed Human-like! Or at least given a Human shape! However! All of these Human-like ones have been directly puppetted nearly the entire time. Sentibug, SentiAlec, SentiNino, and SentiGabriel were all being directly puppetted by the person holding their Amok to act and say whatever they did. They acted more Human because there was literally a Human controlling every bit of their actions, including what they said.

SentiBug and SentiBubbler were the only two who were allowed to not be puppeted for a short time, but they were still following commands given to them by someone holding their Amok.

SentiBug is eventually given her Amok, which might have let us see how a Sentimonster could act when not controlled in any way. However, she is killed almost immediately.

Speaking of!

All the Sentimonsters so far have been killed off. (Once again barring Adrien, Felix and Kagami).

When they are killed off, no one gave a shit about it until recently. Gabriel and Nathalie don't care when they kill off a Sentimonster. Ladybug and Chat Noir don't get bothered by it either!

Did Ladybug and Chat feel sad when Sentibug got snapped? Yes. However, this is a few moments and it is not lingered on as anything that affected them in the long run.

Now this could be explained as 'LB and CN don't know, Gabriel and Nathalie know but don't care'. Which would. Technically! Work.

But the point is that the Audience is supposed to have this information. We are supposed to know that Sentimonsters are Sapient Beings. And other than Twitter? We didn't get any indication that Sentimonsters might be Sapient until we got Felix being sad about it in Strikeback.

And now with Season 5 they're going all in on it. But even then, it's hard to tell because they haven't indicated whether all Sentimonsters are Sapient, or if it's just Adrien/Felix/Kagami who are Sapient due to being specially made to be Sapient.

[dariuskurwa]

Was searching for get to know my OC meme and discovered this huge 100 (!) questions to your OC post! Sadly no one will ask me cause this blog is currently at 0 followers, so I decided to just reblog it on this page and provide a more or less full guide to my own OC using these prompts (so everyone who wants could get to know him a little bit better). To make it clear, my OC's pronouns are he/him.

1. He usually starts off as a likeable guy, trying to get as close as possible. Just keep in mind that all information, which he would pretend to be getting from you face-to-face, must have been collected in advance.

2. Animals? Ofc, he does!

3. Bro's style varies according to the mood and occasion. What is particular about it is that black is a staple color in his closet.

4. His two primary languages are Spanish and Nahuatl. He also has good command of English.

5. It used to be him, his older brother Hernando Yaotl, his dad Cualli, his mom Guadelupe, his adopted older sister Nenetl and his dad's Xolo dog called Cipactli.

6. Bro is one of the leading antagonists.

7. He might not be the star of a hand-to-hand combat, but his reaction time and shooting skills keep him safe.

8. Disney villain's background type of story.

9. He was given two proper names: Miguel and Tlanextli. Miguel is a Spanish name and has the meaning of "who is like God". Tlanextli translates from Nahuatl as "radiance, splendor".

10. V-13, El Huracán and El Poca are his nicknames within the cartel. When he was younger, he was also called Migui, which is a diminutive form of his proper name used by his family members.

11. Bro is constantly into someone.

12. What doesn't kill him, makes him stronger.

13. He himself is his closest ally.

14. He's hunted by the spirits of the dead in the aftermath.

15. Flexible, charismatic, ethusiastic, playful, brutal.

16. He was among the top 5 characters who started it all, however, didn't have much personality until 2021. In 2021, the universe expanded, and more background data and characters to interact with were added to the plot. Hence his personality evolved.

17. Yes, he does. If the others don't get along with him on the other hand, then it's their problem.

18. Being too handsome, ikr?

19. He messes with a lot of people.

20. Tall, handsome, sus creature with dark, long, curly hair and magnetic look in his eyes.

21. Jewelry making.

22. If I researched this correctly, "a tick" is what makes a person behave in a certain way. So, he might be a bit silly around girls (or boys) he's madly in love with. He also has a thing for mango fruit cups—the whole world's gonna wait until he has one.

23. Ew, nah.

24. Bro loves wildlife, he considers his jaguar female one of the most precious possessions he's ever had.

25. His person of choice would most certainly be the one being too unhinged to have crossed the line, and the prank wouldn't be really a prank, it would be a whole ass homi€ide.

26. Bro has successfully survived until the age of 21, so definitely.

27. He isn't into fiction that much, so street smart. He's pretty good at strategy though.

28. Bro is usually either smart enough or just lucky to have the situation be worked out by his older sibling who's in power.

29. All at once.

30. He enjoyes vibing to cumbia and tejano.

31. With pain. No pain, no gain.

32. He's strong in the moment, but always breaks thereafter.

33. If we're talking magical abilities, then not really, but his night vision is extremely superior to that of an average human.

34. Developed from being a cinnamon bun weirdo to an emo villain sporadically out of control. There's kind of a redemption arc going on, but its authenticity is questionable.

35. There was a very close friend of his whom he treated like shit once. He's now gaslighting himself into believing they're still friends.

36. On hiatus.

37. To some people—absolutely.

38. It depends on the perspective.

39. A lot of them.

40. He is a failed and spoilt person.

41. Pretty cool until the pandemic happened (we're talking cholera back in the 90s) and someone came to destroy his little fairytale world. It just started to fall apart.

42. Bro doesn't need anyone for that, he's perfectly fine to do it himself.

43. Bro is very adaptable, he has mind of a mastermind.

44. Soft spoken around the people he admires, hot-headed around those who are bold to get on his nerves. Can be rather vulgar in pillow talk, by the way.

45. Bruh IS the violence.

46. It's on the 15th of March.

47. He has his icks, but he'll always give a chance to make sure.

48. Probably, how vulnerable he in fact is.

49. Yes, definitely. He's nice around the people he respects, likes and wants to be nice around. He is a bitch is he feels attacked or exposed.

50. He does. His home screams ultimate Pinterest aesthetics boss.

51. He's interested in botanics for the specific reason. He's also keen on linguistics (it's not a science discipline, but needs to be mentioned).

52. He is logical, but gets very emotional real quick.

53. Not in the most healthy way.

54. By crying his poor fate out alone in the room with the lights turned down.

55. Wealth, power and true love.

56. He might have not met a worthy enough person yet.

57. Make everyone around just as happy.

58. As a coin. No matter how nice he is, there has to be the other side to him.

59. He is prone to giving stupid or insulting nicknames and never hesitate to sprinkle with them here and there.

60. Side.

61. The crowd doesn't bother him.

62. By playing videogames with his buddy or by engaging in his hobbies.

63. He's constantly abusing someone verbally. He was also responsible for some horrible acts of violence that still haunt him to this day.

64. The moment great music is turned on, he's unstoppable.

65. His environment is rather hostile to get around so you need at least an off-road vehicle to visit.

66. Thinking too much of oneself. This is how he defines it.

67. Due to partial mydriasis he's impared of sharp vision in the daylight.

68. There's a particular rare species of orchid he is always pleased to get.

69. I don't think so.

70. VERY MUCH.

71. Those who have the audacity to talk back.

72. Divide et impera. Divide and conquer.

73. He has a cut scar crossing his face and another one around his neck left with a metal cord.

74. Once.

75. Losing authority.

76. Could be destroying the existing world and building a new flawless one from scratch.

77. He is very perseverant.

78. It depends on the enemy surpassing him in power.

79. It looks like human life has zero value for him, but there actually exists such person.

80. *don't know how to answer this question*

81. Bro currently doesn't have any.

82. I guess, he's fair at it. Not the most important skill for him.

83. See Q17.

84 Bro is on energy saving mode.

85. He's driven by the question of life and death.

86. Redirecting discontent onto someone else doesn't feel wrong to him.

87. Yes, and he hates recalling that feeling.

88. Artsy messy.

89. He keeps track of everything he considers essential.

90. Cartel boss's younger brother, aspiring to seize the power.

91. Being young and reckless, he doesn't feel much respected within the cartel, as all props go to his brother unconditionally, so he abuses power from time to time to force his people to respect him. Of course, even within such social group there is a club of devoted fans who do believe in his ambitions genuinely.

92. He would cast a portal to go back in time and re-live a precious moment of his childhood in a full family.

93. Violence of a greater scale is his coping mechanism. Neither mentally nor environmentally healthy at all, but it is what it is.

94. 100% dominate type.

95. He used to keep a resplended quetzal named Cualli in honor of his dad and a black jaguar called Aruma.

96. A huge stash of weapons and a decent air vehicle park. His personal weapon is Glock 28.

97. Has lived in his hometown Apan, Hidalgo for 10 years of his life with his family, then moved to the Lacandon jungle in the region of Chiapas, where he's based with his troops.

98. With a nice treat or treatment.

99. Unfortunately, it's his weakness.

100. Night person, but a morning lark.

100 OC Questions

1. How do they present themselves to others? 2. Do they like animals? 3. How do they dress? 4. How many languages do they know? 5. How big is their family? 6. What is their purpose in the story? 7. Do they know how to fight? 8. What is their back story? 9. Why is their name, their name? 10. Do they have any nick names? 11. Do they have a romantic interest? 12. How do they cope with struggles? 13. Do they have anyone they can lean on? 14. How do they react to someone dying? 15. Can you name 5 personality traits they have? 16. How did they become a character? 17. Do they get along with others? 18. What flaws do they have? 19. How do they influence the story? 20. What do they look like? 21. What are their hobbies? 22. What are their ticks? 23. Do they like children? 24. How do they react to being around wild animals? 25. If they were given the task to prank someone, who would it be, what would they do, and would the prank work? 26. Do they have any survival skills? 27. Are they more book smart or street smart? 28. How do they get out of a difficult situation? 29. Do they use their body, mind, personality or force to get what they want? 30. What music do they enjoy? 31. How do they overcome obstacles? 32. When faced with a difficult decision do they get stronger or break? 33. Do they have any special powers? 34. How do they change throughout the story? 35. Do they have any friends? If so, are they close knit? 36. How is their family life? 37. Are they likable? 38. Are they the hero, or anti-hero? 39. Do they make questionable choices? 40. How do they become who they are? 41. How was their childhood? 42. Are they close with anyone who is going to screw them over? 43.How do they adapt to different situations? Do they adapt at all? 44. How do they speak? Examples - Are they soft spoken, hot heated, vulgar 45. Are they opposed to violence? 46. When is their birthday? 47. Are they quick to judge? 48. Do they have anything they are trying to hide from others? 49. Do they act different around different people? 50.Do they enjoy the arts? 51. Do they like science? 52. Are they more emotional or logical? 53. How do they deal with their emotions? 54. How do they cope with sadness? 55. What is something they care about? 56. Would they die for anyone/anything? 57. What do they do when they are happy? 58. How would they come across to other characters? Examples- messy, lazy, childish, caring ect 59. Do they have a phrase they use over and over? 60. In a crowed room are they in the corners, sides, or in the middle? 61. Are they comfortable being in a crowed room? 62. How do they relax? 63. Have they ever harmed anyone and regretted it? Verbally or physically? 64. Do they like to dance? 65. How do they get around their environment? Examples - horses, bike, vehicle 66. What is their pet peeve(s)? 67. Do they have a disability? 68. How do they react to getting flowers? 69. Would they ever wear a flower crown? 70. Do they like themselves? 71. Who do they dislike? 72. What is their motto? 73. Do they have any markings on their body? 74. Have they ever been abused? 75. What is their biggest fear? 76. What are their goals? 77. How do they go about achieving their goals? 78. Do they have a fight or flight response? 79. Is there someone in their life that they care about more than themselves? 80. How would they fair in zombie apocalypse? 81. Do they have any tattoos? If so, are they significant? 82. Are they good at mental math? 83. Do they get along with others? 84 Are they lazy? 85. Are they self motivated? 86. How do they cope with anger? 87. Have they ever been in a situation where they were helpless? 88. Are they organized or messy? 89. Can they remember a lot of information at once? 90. What is their occupation? 91. Do other characters respect your OC, if so, is it out of fear? Or do they respect your OC because they like them? 92. If they were given minutes to live, what would they do? Who would they want to see and say? 93. How do they deal with stress? 94. Do they have a more submissive or dominate personality type? 95. Do they have a pet? 96. Do they have a stash of weapons? 97. Where do they live? Who do they live with? 98. How do they calm themselves down? 99. Are they co-dependent? 100. Are they a day, or night person?

[depressed-fern]

So many people are all zombie outbreak this, undead uprising that, but I'm here to tell you all.

We have zombies at home.

No, this isn't a joke. We have something shockingly close to actual zombies in real life.

It's rabies. Yeah, yeah, hear me out.

Here's how it works, at least in most animals, according to Wikipedia.

Step one is getting the virus in the first place. Rabies typically multiplies in saliva, and infected individuals are to bite others due to heightened aggression, being the most common form of spreading the disease. Exactly like how most fictional. zombie visuses work; infected bites victim, victim gets infected, rinse and repeat.

Step two is when the victim starts showing symptoms. In rabies, this part is called the "prodromal stage". The first symptoms are mostly behavior changes- some victims isolate themselves and some continue socializing, like the movie characters that hide the fact they've been bitten for that cliche plot twist. They also start to get restless, fatigued, feverish, or nauseous. Once the individual starts to show symptoms, treatment is usually no longer an option, people in both zombie stories and real life rabies outbreaks usually just kill anything that gets bitten instead of trying to treat them. However, unlike zombies, humans can actually last months or even years before reaching this stage, though most other mammals take a much shorter amount of time, from weeks to even days.

Step three is when the host succumbs for real. Rabies takes an extra 3-4 days after the previous stage to go through the "excitative stage", where the infected start to get aggressive but not all the way gone before finally reaching the "paralytic phase". Once this happens, they've finally gone full "zombie". The victim's brain starts deteriorating, the parts controlling their muscles start getting damaged which makes them unbalanced and even paralyzed in places, causing that characteristic shambling walk. Damage to the facial muscles causes the victim to stop being able to swallow, making them drool excessively, making it easier to spread the disease. Finally, now that the victim has been turned into a shambling, mindless husk of a creature focused solely on spreading the virus through violence, the parts controlling their organs such as their lungs stop working, eventually killing them if they didn't succumb to starvation first.

So, in summary, rabies is an absolutely horrifying disease and one of the worst ways to go, and it's close enough to all those zombie stories that you don't even need to learn necromancy or how do make your own diseases to pull it off. Just start researching rabies, and you'll be actively encouraged to start causing mini apocalypses. Just remember to write everything down and try a bunch of different things. Who knows, you might even figure out how to prevent another pandemic.

[gremlinwags]

Who's A Homeowner? Random House Transcript Style

One morning, Honey The "White "Thearpy" Poodle and Chief The Manchild St Bernard were shocked to see their human Jill violently smashing their dog house to pieces with a hammer.

Concerned and frightened, they went outside to see what the matter was.

Jill presented them with a fancy house that was in their scale. Honey and Chief were delighted.

At therapy, Honey talked endless about the house which made the other animals intrigued.

Later, Honey and Chief were exploring their new home when two fancy angora bunnies came knocking on their door.

"They've never even talked to us before. " said Chief.

"Well, why would they? We lived in that dilapidated doghouse. We were scum." said Honey. "Act fancy. Speak in a British accent."

The bunnies introduced themselves as Chip and Fluffy. They were delighted to have Honey and Chief as part of their elite club of homeowners.

But later, Chief noticed a lose floorboard. So he asked Handyman Raccoon to fix it.

That night, the four well-to-dos were talking and laughing until Raccoon noticed them.

"I didn't know we were having a block party." said Raccoon. And he took a bath in their water bowl.

Fluffy and Chip wanted to get away so Honey told Raccoon to leave. Raccoon felt used and mistreated.

He was so cross about the incident that he told Honey's group about it. Now they were mad with Honey for not inviting them.

"Ever since you got that house, that's all you care about!" snapped Racoon.

Honey found herself between a rock and a hard place. She wanted to fit in with the fancy homeowners, but she didn't want to loose the trust of her friends.

"Um--um, I--how about this? I let you have the house all to yourself tonight. Chief and I will just slum it in the laundry room, like the rest of you commoners, um, creatures." improvised Honey.

Raccoon was pleased and so was Honey. However she didn't count on Raccoon throwing a wild midnight party.

Raccoon and all kinds of strangers trashed the fancy house like there was no tommorow.

Honey wanted to stop him but didn't want Raccoon to think she was no good. So she howled for Jill thinking she would shoo them with an umbrella.

But instead, Jill called pest control and Raccoon was captured! Either way, Raccoon knew who snitched on him.

Honey was worried Raccoon wouldn't survive in the woods. The next day, Honey and Chief set off to find Raccoon and bring him home.

After some traveling, they entered a cave full of savage animals and were soon contfronted.

"Hey, you fancy British house dogs, why don't you take your doggy daycare selves back home and drink out of your own personalized dog bowls?" said a bobcat. 

Honey tried to fit in, but the bobcat wasn't buying it. He rose his sharp claws and was about to cut Honey to pieces when a familiar hand caught his paw.

It was Raccoon who told the bobcat to back off. "It's no fun being treated like an outsider, is it?" he said to Honey.

Honey caught up to Raccoon in the rain. "I can't believe you saved me, especially after last night." said Honey.

"And tomorrow, you're going to go right back to your easy, domesticated life and right back to seeing me as some dirty animal who lives in a shed." said Raccoon.

"But you do live in a shed." said Honey. "And the rest of the time, you're in garbage cans, so--"

"Well, not everything in garbage cans likes to be treated like garbage. I've been underestimated my whole life. But it hurts the most when you do it." said Raccoon sadly.

"You're right. I got so caught up in keeping up with the Bunnies. I forgot who my friends are." faulted Honey. "And I hope you can forgive me because the floorboard is doing that thing again."

Raccoon looked the other way crossly.

"I'm kidding. I mean, I'm not kidding about the floorboard. It still squeaks. But I'd hope that you'd fix it as a friend and not as a handyman. You know, friends do favors for each other, too." said Honey.

Raccoon decided to forgive honey and then added " You know, friends also give friends free poodle rides for a month."

Honey couldn't argue with that and the two of them set off for home.

In the end Honey decided that friends were more important than impressing snooty neighbors. So when Small Fun Raccoon accidently blew up the house, she didn't mind a bit. That show you, doesn't it?

[ishipgenfics]

The Sun and the Moon are twins. Forever roaming the night sky, only to meet at dawn and dusk when they swap tales of their journey and what they have seen. They are not uncaring-- they care for each other, for the stars, for the horses that pull their chariots. But the little blobs down below them are the Earth God's domain, and they do not care about them.

The Sea God hates the little creatures. They build bits of wood and float on them, riding above his domain rather than within it as is proper. They belong to the Earth God, and yet they try to invade his world. He does his best to destroy them without incurring his brother's wrath.

The Earth God covets the humans. They are his-- his creations, like all things that dwell upon the Earth. He managed to make these things, and he brags about it constantly, that he made a species nearly as sentient as the gods themselves. The other gods think he should be more concerned about the precedent this sets, but he doesn't listen. He just sits back and listens to their prayers, sometimes upturning the earth so they'll pray to make him stop.

The Pleasure God laughs and laughs as he makes the humans do things, foolish things they would never do on their own. They throw kingdoms away for love, sit at home and write poetry about beauty instead of trying to get food. The Pleasure God thinks that humans are great fun, the best toys he's ever had, but wishes they could be more easily kept under control. They always seem to end up climbing out of their box, no matter how many times he puts them away.

All things belong to the God of Death, and all things will come to him eventually. It is only a matter of waiting, and so he does. He allows his fellow siblings to tend to his cattle, making them excitable and thirst for adventure, to grow larger and stronger over time. None of it will matter. Eventually, they will come to him. As they feast on the meat of their cattle, so too will he feast on their souls. All things are deaths, and all humans his herd.

The Hunt Goddess gave humans the ability to feed themselves, when they were first made and the Earth God was frustrated by how quickly they died. To her, no matter what they do, they will always be pale imitations of her. Silly in their mannerism and attempts to copy her hunting, self-centered in their belief that they are the only creatures who truly hunt. Foolish children, whiling away their time asking her for more gifts, as if she hasn't already given them enough.

The War God, however, sees them as equals. How could he not? They made him. Only humans have war. Animals fights, but not organized, not over beliefs. Sometimes over land, but not the way humans do. It is different, somehow, when it is them. Enough to make a god a god.

The War God owes his existence to the humans, and, as the other gods laugh at them and treat their lives like meaningless things, he appreciates all the souls that die in his name.

He exists for them, because of them, and he will never forget it.

The Sun God and the Moon Goddess are apathetic to mortals. The Sea God is hostile to them. The Earth God covets their worship. The Pleasure God sees them as playthings, the Death God as cattle and the Hunt Goddess as children. Only the War God appreciates them truly and respects them.

[afrohorroraaronkohanbash]

Blog 5

“The Lake” by Professor Due: Have you ever thought about starting fresh in a completely new place, alongside a lake front property? Well, that's exactly what Abbie Lafleur did when she decided to move to Graceville, Florida. It was a big change from her life in Boston, but she was ready for a new adventure. This summer, she wasn't just going to teach; she was going to live by a lake in a house that needed a lot of love and care, but also came with many eerie and weird times for her. Living by the lake was like being in another world. There were so many new things to see and do, but also challenges that Abbie didn't expect. For one, there was wildlife everywhere. Especially with us knowing that she came from a less nature surrounded area, the nasty bugs and fish made her doublethink what she had gotten herself into. Despite this, the lake had a mysterious charm. It was beautiful in its own unique way, and it drew Abbie’s heart very close to it. We then get to see how Abbie’s new job is treating her. In her class there was one student named Derek. He was a bit of a mystery at first, but as they worked together to fix up her house, they formed a special bond. It was very interesting to see how they got closer as time went on. However, as expected from Professor Due, this story wasn't all fun and games. Abbie started having these strange dreams where she felt like she was part of the lake itself. It was as if the lake was calling to her, showing her that she could be more than just an observer of the life inside of it. This feeling grew stronger until one night, something incredible happened. Abbie experienced a transformation that changed the way she saw herself and the rest of her life would forever change as well. She starts to become a reptilian creature that has webs and has flashbacks and dreams where she feels the webbing on her feet and her turning into a carnivorous animal who cant control her own desires. Her ribs transform into gills, and her desires to be in the water become dire until she becomes an animal of the lake. Through her transformation and the many relationships she creates, Abbies horrific yet interesting story was an incredible read, and it left me questioning if Abbie was always a reptilian and this just triggered her symptoms, or if there was really a supernatural aspect to this lake