#But anyone educated on fish species

[lorre-logic]

I need someone to tell me what kind of fish the original Peter Lorre fish is

What species?? PLEASE

#i need this because slappy is most likely modeled after him and i want to know what's slappy's species #I mean i like to think slappy is a piranha #I also got a suggestion once that hes another species (i cannot remember the name) #But anyone educated on fish species #Sudoku fish #Resigning fish #peter lorre #lorre logic log #peter parody #Horton hatches an egg #Looney tunes #Dr suess

[requinoesis]

This is a tribute to Peter Benchley, not the movie Jaws (1975)

The author of 'Jaws' dedicated the rest of his life to reversing the unexpected negative impact his book had on the image of sharks.

Not only were sharks supposedly killed to create props for the movie, but 'Jaws' ended up awakening a bloody sea of ignorance in people at the time, who, haunted by an irrational fear and lack of understanding about marine predators, felt motivated to take to their boats and kill thousands of great white sharks in the most feared ways.

Such as the promotion of great white shark hunting championships that targeted the biggest ones, which were mostly pregnant females who, after being displayed as a trophy, had their jaws ripped off and their bodies discarded in the garbage.

Fear spread widely to all shark species, creating a lack of sensitivity that made it convenient to exterminate entire shark populations around the world that for a long time remained invisible to people's perception.

And this has continued to resonate for a long time with the entertainment media perpetuating the portrayal of sharks as monsters, newspapers favoring sensationalism about shark incidents, governments promoting shark culls, the advance of the unregulated predatory fishing industry, scientists not being supported in their studies of marine predators, the destruction of their natural habitats and the pollution of the oceans.

For thousands of years, sharks have taken care of the health of our oceans, older than the dinosaurs or the first trees, they have gone through great mass extinctions, they have been worshipped and respected as gods and guardians by oceanic peoples and now we demonize them in our media and exterminate them by the millions every year, who is the real monster?

We are shark-eaters.

I hope you can also hear what Peter Benchley himself had to say about all this:

I finally finished this artwork! Hope you like it. At some point I will adapt it for my little Redbubble store.🛍️

I reduced the quality to try to prevent them from stealing. I hope it's enough! 🙁

---

I posted it in my little RedBubble store for anyone who wants it! There are clothes, prints and other curious things.🛍️

⭐️Link: redbubble.com/people/Requinoesis/

I also published it on INPRINT if you want a print with quality paper, I hope you like it! 🖼️

⭐️Link: inprnt.com/gallery/requinoesis/

#shark #sharks #jaws 1975 #jaws #illustration #art

[weaselle]

i am convinced that human evolution and development was centered around the basic up-grade from "i steal your resources" to "i steal your behaviors and concepts"

We got clever enough and we just started copying absolutely everything we observed just because now we could figure out how to copy concepts and things that other animals were doing

see that squirrel hoarding acorns for the winter? we can do that. okay now how do we make these acorns edible, cause they are poisonous to a number of animals and we don't do great with them either. What if you put them in the fire? or just on hot coals? what if you put them in water on hot coals and boil them? Oh if you soak them in cold water for 24 hours and maybe change the water a couple times you can totally eat them? YOINK storing acorns for winter is our idea now.

or, you ever seen a weaver bird do it's thing? if not i'll give you one guess what they do

or how about the tailor bird that uses spider silk to stitch the edges of a big leaf together to make a nest in

or sometimes they'll stitch a bunch of leaves into a little cup for a nest

like i'm not trying to downplay how clever it is to be the first humans to weave or sew, and indeed, being the first person to weave that anyone knew about probably happened many times throughout human existence but my conceit is that most if not all of those times was a human seeing something in nature that was basically weaving and going "i'ma do that, and get real good at it - i'ma take that concept and really make it mine"

like it wouldn't surprise me if humans got dogs because we saw how ravens were treating wolves and went "shit yeah, great idea - YOINK that's my idea now."

most of the things that we think of as special human skill or behavior can actually be found elsewhere throughout nature -- all over there are animals using tools, farming, ranching, building, etc.

my favorite primate behavioralist anecdote is a group of people studying tool use in chimps were spending their days in the bush logging the use of twigs to catch termites, and over the campfire at night they're like "it's so boring i wish they'd do something more impressive than this completely basic tool skill."

and one of them was like "actually... how do we know its not a difficult skill? has anyone tried to use a twig to catch termites and see?" and so the next day, like good little scientists, they went out and recorded their attempts at catching termites with twigs.

And lo and behold out of the whole group and all their attempts that day, only, like, a single termite was caught by a human, mostly by chance. Suddenly the whole situation flipped - they'd been thinking of it as basic unskilled tool use, but actually the chimps knew how to do something that none of them could easily figure out on their own - or even together as a group!

y'all, they had to go back to watching the chimps do it to figure out how. Think about that. University degrees, scientific minds, educated people... and they had to be taught how by the chimps.

It turns out there's a reason that young chimps will spend like a year closely studying how an adult is fishing for termites. You gotta select the right kind of twig or leaf stem, maybe you fray the end like a paint brush depending on particulars, you gotta have just the right poking and little shaking technique to provoke the termites into biting the twig, it's a whole thing. There's even regional/cultural differences in the general approach to termite fishing that are distinct between groups that live in different areas.

Now, wild chimps have been observed using objects as tools to fashion crude spears for hunting (it's the mothers doing it by the way, and slowly some of their kids have been growing up doing it, which will probably result in refinements and developments eventually.

ants do both farming and ranching. For real. Some species of ant grow a fungus they eat AND it's a domesticated fungus, like our corn, it can't actually reproduce and survive in the wild without the ants farming it. They maintain its growing conditions and feed it leaf litter mulch, and the fungus produces some kind of ant food idk i forget the details about that. But that's farming. They are farming a domesticated mushroom, basically. And other species of ant will maintain a herd of aphids; they'll move them from grazing area to grazing area, and protect them from predators, and they "milk" them for a liquid food substance and also every now and then they straight up eat one. That's ranching.

beavers sometimes have muskrat... tenants? pets? The muskrats low key pay rent by changing out the reed bedding they all use, and they live in the beaver's lodge with them and eat some of the food. So. idk

Some Tarantulas keep frogs as pets

anyway my point is, i think the true human skill that sets us apart is our ability deconstruct and reconstruct anything we see into something that is for us. Oh, you eat that? Now WE eat that. You have the perfect teeth to drill little holes in specific tree trunks to let the sap ooze out and eat it because it's high in sugar? We don't have those teeth but we're gonna do that now and if we can't figure out a tool that's as good as your teeth at it, watch out, because we will absolutely just also steal your fuckin teeth.

[azenooor]

morston ficrec

some (goddamned) faith by manic_intent

rating: explicit. archive warning: no archive warnings apply. categories: M/M. additional tags: that AU where arthur goes with john on his sabbatical / alternate universe - canon divergence / first time / christmas prompts/ pre-canon.

summary:

“You didn’t have to follow me,” John said, after half a day of Arthur saying not a goddamned word.

a haunting of men by ididnotmakethemoon

rating: teen & up audiences. archive warning: no archive warnings apply. categories: M/M. additional tags: vampire.

summary:

"If Arthur didn't live, at least he didn't die, either."

stangers in the night by manic_intent

rating: explicit. archive warning: no archive warnings apply. categories: M/M. additional tags: that AU where john and arthur belong to different gangs / alternate universe / alternate universe - canon divergence / first time.

summary:

John’s hand closed on the holster of his pistol. Before he could draw, someone hauled the stranger back. Big, handsome man with a red bandana and a blue flannel shirt. He smiled at the stranger with very white teeth. “Jameson, why’re you bothering a kid for?” Jameson scowled. “Ain’t none of your business, Morgan. Fuck off.” “It’s the middle of the day and I’m angling for a quiet drink. You starting a fight ain’t gonna be so quiet,” Morgan said.

new blood by manic_intent

rating: explicit. archive warning: no archive warnings apply. categories: M/M. additional tags: that omegaverse AU where alphas and omegas are a different species of people / omegaverse / alpha/beta/omega dynamics / non-traditional alpha/beta/omega dynamics / alternate universe / first time.

summary:

“You trying to get me in trouble, kid?” Arthur said as he slowed Boadicea to a walk. The skinny kid who Hosea and Dutch had fished out of some nowhere town out west scowled and straightened up in the saddle. He wasn’t much of a horseman—his ‘borrowed’ horse, the usually docile Lady May, snorted and chewed at the bit. If he’d stolen Lady May out from under the noses of everyone in camp though, he was in trouble. “Not a kid,” said the kid, sticking out his lower lip. “Name’s John.” “And how old are you, John?” Arthur gave John a pointed once-over.

rearrange me by dandywarholic

rating: explicit. archive warning: no archive warnings apply. categories: M/M, F/M. relationships: john marston/arthur morgan, mary gillis linton/arthur morgan. additional tags: growing up story kinda / crushing real bad but youre a rat man / and the person youre crushing on is a large Rat man / id tag low honor morgan but this is just kinda how i hc him when he was in his twenties / A BITCH / First Time / they dont have great sex education in the west / nothing happens while john is underrage / arthurs a fuckhead but hes not THAT big of a fuckhead / dubcon / sorry to anyone who read before I tagged that / I had one job

summary:

Ever since John was young, Arthur had always been incredibly mean to him. This wouldn't matter to him if it were anybody else. And he really wished Arthur Morgan were anybody else.

eye of the beholder by Yuu_chi

rating: explicit. archive warning: creator chose not to use archive warnings. categories: M/M. additional tags: hurt/comfort / post injury / pining / chapter three spoilers / Arthur's Journals.

summary:

He thinks of John last night, on his back flicking through the pages with the faintest look of wonder on his face. Of the way he’d clutched it close when Arthur had tried to pull it away. It’s enough to make his sore heart ache, and he wonders why he does this every time.

two fools west of chicago by atqi

rating: explicit. archive warning: no archive warnings apply. categories: M/M. additional tags: fluff and smut.

summary:

"You're acting strange." John said warily, his voice soft, slow, careful. It was like staring down his rifle scope at a herd of deer. One false move and he could find himself in the middle of a stampede he couldn't escape. Arthur held his jaw tight. He moved to sit up and turned, looming over him. - A younger Arthur Morgan and John Marston take a job to track down a businessman's mistress and discover an affection for each other on the road that ends up giving them both what they need. All sexual content is 100% consensual and everyone has a good time except for the one guy who gets shot, but that's not during sex.

hear the river say your name by midnights

rating: not rated. archive warning: creator chose not to use archive warnings. categories: M/M. additional tags: pre-canon / angst / fluff and angst / angst with a happy ending / major character injury / (everyone ends up ok tho) / recovery / injury recovery / kissing / smoking / anal fingering / oral sex / anal sex / getting together / hurt/comfort / they're dumb / blow jobs / outdoor sex.

summary:

figures, it would take a bullet to the gut for john to get his shit together. ft. aggressive smoking, pining, and cowboy fools

samaritan by fallen_arazil

rating: explicit. archive warning: graphic depictions of violence / major character death. categories: M/M, F/M. relationships: john marston/arthur morgan, eliza/arthur morgan. additional tags: child death / alternate universe - canon divergence / angst / relationship(s) / protective john marston / families of choice / alternate universe - bounty hunters / POV third person limited / divided loyalties / hurt/comfort / dysfunctional relationships.

summary:

Second epilogue added   Arthur Morgan followed his own advice and left the gang when he had a child (the canonical Eliza and Isaac), taking up as a bounty hunter. Along the way he picked up a young John Marston, who thus never runs with Dutch. Despite leaving, Arthur never truly left his connections behind him, and when Dutch asked for help, he always answered. In 1899, during the event of the game, this arrangement might eventually force Arthur to choose to whom he truly owes his loyalty. John sneered. "You think I'd protect Dutch Van der Linde? Believe me, if I knew where he was, I'd tell you. Hell, I'd go get him myself. He's worth 10 large right now." Milton sneered right back. "I am not a fool, Mister Marston, kindly do not treat me as one. You would do nothing without Arthur Morgan's say-so, and that will be what puts you on the gallows right beside him."

we are lost men by drow

rating: teen & up audiences. archive warning: no archive warnings apply. categories: M/M. additional tags: the classic sharing a room scene.

summary:

He wonders what John is thinking right now, with his hand raised as if to stroke his cheek. He wants to say, 'what are you doing, you damned fool' but instead. Instead, he closes his eyes.

white december by WhyWouldIEver

rating: teen & up audiences. archive warning: no archive warnings apply. categories: M/M. additional tags: alternate universe - canon divergence / pining / oblivious pining / kissing / john and abigail are bff / soft boys because it's christmas / arthur angry arthur sad arthur is confusion / now they’re treeeeee tree fallin’ / i love myself for that pun / legend of the east satchel logic / blizzards & snowstorms.

summary:

John's been avoiding Arthur for years, much to Arthur's confusion. A blizzard rolls in when they're riding back to the gang after a job and now they gotta find a way to keep warm while cooped up in a tiny shack to wait out the storm. Naturally, some secrets are revealed.

don't let it fool you by midnights

rating: not rated. archive warning: creator chose not to use archive warnings. categories: M/M. additional tags: pre-canon / first kiss / pining / angst / angst with a happy ending / hand jobs / bonfires / drinking / john has a crush / young arthur morgan / high honor arthur morgan / (obviously) / fluff and angst / brokeback mountain if it had a happy ending and was about arthur and john / and was also... totally different

summary:

dutch sends arthur and john to a ranch in big valley to tame a herd of wild horses. ft. horse tamin', star gazin', and pining

all of them wolves by thegoodreverend

rating: explicit. archive warning: creator chose not to use archive warnings. categories: M/M, multi. relationships: john marston/arthur morgan, abigail roberts marston/john marston. additional tags: SLOW BURN y'all / touch-starved arthur / the trapper au nobody asked for / AU / trapper!arthur morgan / bisexual arthur morgan / bisexual john marston / one good boy and one screaming raccoon trying to get out of that outlaw life / there's some abigail/john/arthur mostly just mentioned / rancher ot3 au is the fandom hill i will die on

summary:

Arthur Callahan has left a name and a lifetime behind him. He's content with a life of solitude in the foothills north of Big Valley. Things are simple, and safer than his time riding with Dutch van der Linde. Until one day, they aren't.

moving right along by devils_trap

rating: explicit. archive warning: underage*. categories: M/M. additional tags: pre-canon / john marston and his fight to prove himself / would it be weird to tag for home invasion bc that's...what this is / homestead robbery home invasion / bisexual john marston / bisexual arthur morgan / crossdressing / genderplay / not sure how to tag for that since it's all john and all kinda nebulous / period-typical homophobia / implied/referenced child abuse / period-typical sexism / though it's...arthur pigtail pulling more than anything / alcohol use / this became a super long character study sorry y'all / praise Kink / anal sex / anal fingering / rimming oral / sex / top arthur / bottom john

summary:

There’s nothing like it: the knowledge of a job well done, a plan carefully crafted, Arthur fucking Morgan's stamp of approval. Even though it hasn’t exactly happened yet, it’s going to go flawlessly, John can feel it. John made sure of it.

* john's age is not stated.

a problem shared by laetificat

rating: explicit. archive warning: no archive warnings apply. categories: M/M.

summary:

Arthur knows John like he knows his own skin.

#morston #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #ficrec #casually drops a ficrec while never using tumblr to post #hiii #:3 #john marston #arthur morgan

[bogleech]

“phobia safe” tick facts post

*LINKS* CONTAIN TICK PHOTOS, POST ITSELF DOES NOT!

Ticks are some of my favorite animals, but some species are a public health threat. It’s important to understand dangerous things, but also understand them as a part of nature, so this will be a little like my bug facts post for just ticks specifically. Links are provided as information sources but most will contain photographs of actual ticks, in case that isn’t something you want to see unexpectedly.

-----TICK SAFETY AND MYTH-BUSTING------

Ticks are arachnids. If it has six legs, antennae or wings, it is not a tick. A tick has a rounded body and eight obvious legs, with no other appendages.

Mites are their closest relatives. Many large mites can be mistaken for ticks, but will have differences in body shape and leg arrangement.

Know their shape. Even if just a photograph does make you squeamish, you will want to know what a tick looks like before you might go hiking or camping. Their flattened bodies are seed-like, their mouthparts stick out the front end in roughly a rectangle, and the eight legs are gently “curled” or “curved.” A tick never has sharply jointed legs like a spider or insect!

Ticks can be dangerous in two ways. some tick species actually produce venom that can cause paralysis, while others can be vectors for viruses, bacterial infections or protozoan parasites.

Ticks cannot transmit just any disease. A pathogen has to adapt specifically to take advantage of ticks as vectors, and are thus referred to as tick-borne illnesses. Here’s a list of them. A tick must also pick up a disease somewhere, so for instance, every individual lyme tick does not always harbor lyme disease!

Ticks don’t fly or jump, but wait in ambush. To find its next host, a tick goes “questing” (video) and will typically perch on foliage with its forelegs outstretched, especially grasses and dry shrubbery.

Taller grass doesn’t necessarily worsen tick populations. If there are ticks in your yard, you won’t reduce them by mowing more frequently. However, shorter grass makes it easier to avoid ticks, since taller grass gives them more vertical space to climb.

*Giemurou from Tensou Sentai Goseiger is, of all things, a tick-themed Kappa

Ticks are attracted to CO2. In another post I talked about how “dry ice” is sold in some places for camping coolers, but that it happens to attract ticks like mad. If it’s legal to purchase in your area, a little dry ice can even be used to attract and trap ticks in your own yard.

"Our” ticks attach firmly and must be removed carefully. The ticks that tend to attack humans are “hard ticks,” which feed long-term by embedding their mouthparts in the skin, where they may remain for several days.

DO NOT smother, burn or squeeze an attached tick. This can force the tick to regurgitate directly into the host’s blood stream, increasing the likelihood of infection. See the previous link for a graphic on safer removal.

If you remove an attached tick, take it to a doctor. Keep the tick as intact as possible in a tight container, and call a doctor or hospital as soon as you can. Many places can have a tick tested for infectious agents.

Watch out for their eggs, too. Tick eggs are tiny, sticky and laid in blobby clumps resembling fish roe!

Hard ticks swell after feeding. A flat tick is a tick that hasn’t bitten anyone yet. A round, bloated tick is a tick that has recently finished a blood meal, and sometimes a female that has gone on to mate and fill with eggs.

Ticks are NOT related to fleas. I’ve seen some people use the two interchangably. Fleas are actual insects, and dealing with them is a very different matter.

*What were dubbed as "vampa beetles” from Dragonball Super: Broly are actually giant ticks!

-------TICK BIOLOGY FACTS-------

I think I’ve covered everything you need to know about ticks for your physical well being, but I think it’s equally important to understand and respect dangerous wildlife as a part of nature, so the following is just for educational fun.

It’s not their fault they’re such a problem. As with so many other things, the threat of ticks has been greatly exacerbated by human recklessness. Deforestation and climate change have greatly expanded their range while a loss of natural predators has boosted their populations.

Sloths have special giant ticks. Many ticks find a sloth’s body inhospitable, but one of the largest on Earth feeds on sloths exclusively.

There are two major types of tick, but one just doesn’t bother with us. “Soft ticks” are named for their leathery appearance, and often look “headless” with their mouthparts underneath the body. Some species will bite humans and can transmit disease, but the majority of soft ticks target birds, bats or certain reptiles. These ticks also feed for only a few seconds or minutes at a time, rather than attaching to skin!

*“Daniel” the tick Yo-kai appeared in Yokai Watch 4! I am now almost out of pop culture ticks that don’t look like the real thing. That was fast :(

At least one known tick practices maternal care; it also “goes vegan” as it matures. Antricola marginatus is a soft tick found in bat caves, and as an adult, it switches from feeding on blood to eating bat droppings on the cave floor. However, since the young still require a blood meal to develop, the mother will regularly carry them all the way up the cave wall to feed on bats, wait for them to climb back onto her dish-shaped body, then return to the cave floor so she can eat more poop. Ticks can be incredibly long lived without food. One researcher kept a small colony of soft ticks for 27 years without feeding them blood ever again. This only ended with his retirement from the lab; we still don’t know how much longer they might have survived. Ticks invented their own unique sensory organs. The “haller’s organs” are a tiny pit in each of a tick’s front legs, which detect not only the CO2 produced by host animals but can measure surrounding temperature and humidity. Ticks also have a “mystery” anatomical feature. In this microscopy photo of a tick’s mouthparts, you’ll see two porous depressions highlighted in pink. These are present only on female ticks, and we don’t know what they do. A tick’s “head” and “body” are one big segment, sometimes with eyes. This is also in my general bug facts post! What people think is the “head” of the tick is just a capsule housing all the mouth parts. A tick is anatomically more like one big walking “head” and some species have a pair of little, well developed eyes on their sides. Immature ticks have six legs. Eight legs aren’t really a requirement to be an arachnid, just the maximum number any true arachnid normally has. A new pair of legs develop with the tick’s first molt, shortly after its first blood meal.

Ticks can be beautifully patterned. Link goes to two rhinoceros ticks with amazing markings!

 Ticks are a part of the nutrient cycle. You’ll often hear that a given creature is important as food for other animals, but it does go a bit deeper than that: by feeding on the blood of larger animals, ticks are “taking back” nutrients “locked away” in those animals, making them available again not only when the ticks are eaten by other predators, but even when the surviving ticks pass away and decompose! The total biomass of parasites like ticks is a constant supply of energy returning to the local food web each and every day. Parasites in general guide evolution and shape ecosystems. Everything about a given animal is an adaptation to deal with its environment, and as parasites are present in all environments, they have an influence on every aspect of their host species. Ectoparasites like ticks drive the evolution of such behaviors as social grooming, mud-wallowing, mate selection, migration and even where or when an animal grazes.

The best tick control will always be natural predation. Anything that will eat small arthropods will eat a tick, and anything that will eat a tick-infested mammal is both directly eliminating ticks and regulating their long term blood sources. You may know that opossums eat ticks, but it’s probably not any more than any other omnivore or insectivore, and most important of all may be snakes!

#animals #nature #science #wildlife #camping #hiking #psa #health

[mineralsrocksandfossiltalks]

SCIENCE SATURDAY: Sexual Dimorphism

Yup, we're having a sex talk...sort of.

Sexual Dimorphism is a condition in which males and females of the same species exhibit different morphological (that's a fancy word for physical) traits. Here are some modern day examples:

Many male birds have flashy feathers and songs to attract mates. Male deer like Elk have antlers that they use to attract females and battle it out with other males in dominance fights. Beta fish males have bigger fins and flashier colors than females. Male frogs and toads tend to be smaller than females. Even humans are sexually dimorphic with different body shapes and males typically being larger.

Ammonites too may have also been sexually dimorphic. Paleontologists are always working with only half the picture but we can make some pretty damn good educated guesses. Because ammonites are so abundant we can make some observations as whole like the crazy size disparity in some species.

This is Bifericeras and for a long time, we thought these were two different species that just happened to live alongside each other. The thing is, they are ALWAYS found together. So, are they really two different species or just one with two very different sizes?

Since we have no direct evidence, we need to pull information from other places. The best way to do that is to look at their closest living relatives: the nautilus.

There is a size difference between male and female nautiluses with males being slightly larger and wider. Now, I am not an invertebrate paleontologist and I don't know how they came to this conclusion so if anyone has any info, let me know, but it is agreed on that female ammonites are larger than male ammonites to accommodate egg production. Now, all the research I have been able to do says they came to this conclusion because male nautilus were smaller but when looking up nautilus specifically, they are always larger so...biologists and paleontologists need to sit down and really talk I guess. Anyway, AMMONITES! Woot!

Want more? I'm going LIVE on my youtube channel to talk more about sexual dimorphism at 5pm MST. Hope to see you all there!

#paleontology #fossils #fun facts #ammonite #science #biology #male and female

[dailyanarchistposts]

Chapter 1. Human Nature

A broader sense of self

A hundred years ago, Peter Kropotkin, the Russian geographer and anarchist theorist, published his revolutionary book, Mutual Aid, which argues that the tendency of people to help one another reciprocally, in a spirit of solidarity, was a greater factor in human evolution than competition. We can see cooperative behaviors similarly playing a role in the survival of many species of mammals, birds, fish, and insects. Still, the belief persists that humans are naturally selfish, competitive, warlike, and male-dominated. This belief is founded upon a misrepresentation of so-called primitive peoples as brutal, and of the state as a necessary, pacifying force.

Westerners who see themselves as the pinnacle of human evolution typically view hunter-gatherers and other stateless peoples as relics of the past, even if they are alive in the present. In doing so, they are presuming that history is an inevitable progression from less to more complex, and that Western civilization is more complex than other cultures. If history is organized into the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Industrial Age, Information Age, and so on, someone who does not use metal tools must still be living in the Stone Age, right? But it is eurocentric, to say the least, to assume that a hunter-gatherer who knows the uses of a thousand different plants is less sophisticated than an operator at a nuclear power plant who knows how to push a thousand different buttons but doesn’t know where his food comes from.

Capitalism may be capable of feats of production and distribution that have never been possible before, but at the same time this society is tragically unable to keep everyone fed and healthy, and has never existed without gross inequalities, oppression, and environmental devastation. One might argue that members of our society are socially stunted, if not outright primitive, when it comes to being able to cooperate and organize ourselves without authoritarian control.

A nuanced view of stateless societies shows them to have their own developed forms of social organization and their own complex histories, both of which contradict Western notions about “natural” human characteristics. The great diversity of human behaviors that are considered normal in different societies calls into question the very idea of human nature.

Our understanding of human nature directly influences what we expect of people. If humans are naturally selfish and competitive, we cannot expect to live in a cooperative society. When we see how differently other cultures have characterized human nature, we can recognize human nature as a cultural value, an idealized and normative mythology that justifies the way a society is organized. Western civilization devotes an immense amount of resources to social control, policing, and cultural production reinforcing capitalist values. The Western idea of human nature functions as a part of this social control, discouraging rebellion against authority. We are taught from childhood that without authority human life would descend into chaos.

This view of human nature was advanced by Hobbes and other European philosophers to explain the origins and purpose of the State; this marked a shift to scientific arguments at a time when divine arguments no longer sufficed. Hobbes and his contemporaries lacked the psychological, historical, archaeological, and ethnographic data that we have today, and their thinking was still heavily influenced by a legacy of Christian teachings. Even now that we have access to an abundance of information contradicting Christian cosmology and statist political science, the popular conception of human nature has not changed dramatically. Why are we still so miseducated? A second question answers the first: who controls education in our society? Nonetheless, anyone who counters the authoritarian dogma faces an uphill battle against the charge of “romanticism.”

But if human nature is not fixed, if it can encompass a wide range of possibilities, couldn’t we use a romantic dose of imagination in envisioning new possibilities? The acts of rebellion occurring within our society right now, from the Faslane Peace Camp to the Really Really Free Markets, contain the seeds of a peaceful and openhanded society. Popular responses to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans show that everyone has the potential to cooperate when the dominant social order is disrupted. These examples point the way to a broader sense of self — an understanding of human beings as creatures capable of a wide range of behaviors.

One might say selfishness is natural, in that people inevitably live according to their own desires and experiences. But egoism need not be competitive or dismissive of others. Our relationships extend far beyond our bodies and our minds — we live in communities, depend on ecosystems for food and water, and need friends, families, and lovers for our emotional health. Without institutionalized competition and exploitation, a person’s self-interest overlaps with the interests of her community and her environment. Seeing our relationships with our friends and nature as fundamental parts of ourselves expands our sense of connection with the world and our responsibility for it. It is not in our self-interest to be dominated by authorities, or to dominate others; in developing a broader sense of self, we can structure our lives and communities accordingly.

#anarchism #daily posts #communism #anti capitalist #anti capitalism #late stage capitalism #anarchy #anarchists #libraries #leftism #anarchy works

[silent-dragon]

TWST Student OC Profile - Devlin Ether Cepheus

"Above all, I'm just a man." - Noctis Lucis Caelum

Devlin theme song

Personal Info

Name - Devlin Ether Cepheus

Title - Prince Ether

Age - 18

Birthday - 8/30

Zodiac - Virgo

Gender - Male

Species - Human(Partially Shadowblood)

Height - 176cm/5'ft9"in

Eye Color - Sky Blue(Right eye often turns red to yellow)

Hair Color - Midnight Blue

Orientation - Demisexual

Homeland - Kingdom of Ether

Family - ?? - Father

?? - Relative

Twist of Noctis Lucis Caelum from Final Fantasy XV

College Info

School - Royal Sword Academy

Dorm - Crystaleon

Year - 3rd

Best Subject - Ancient Magic,Physical Education

Other Info

Occupation - Prince,Pro Fisher

Favorite Food - Grilled Wild Fresh Fish

Likes - Fishing,Video Games(When Allowed),Chocobos,Pet Animals,Fish,Swimming,Boats,His Car,Assassin Aesthetics,Long Naps

Dislikes - A Certain Bird Mascot,Vegetables,Most Bugs,Being Startled,Snakes,How Quickly He gets Tired,Not Being Allowed to Drive,Foggy Weather,His Past

Talents - Fishing,Weaponolgy,Elemental Magic,Chocobo Racing

Unique Ability 1 - “King's Blade” - Can call upon an assortment of blessed weapons to his hands,only one at a time and once a day. Doing this is extremely exhausting to him so he must nap or sleep right after doing it.

Unique Ability 2 - “End's Call” - If Devlin is ever in danger where his life is seriously at risk,both his eyes will turn glowy red and a random giant monstrosity/humanoid being will appear to shield or escort him away to safety then vanish. Only one has ever been nearly seen but hidden in a thunderstorm,rest are unknown.

Personality - Often withdrawn from most around him unless his close friends or something he is interested in a lot. He holds a lot on his shoulders and rather just ignores it for now and focuses on other things he finds cool. Very laid-back and sleepy as well as he is like a cat. If he can find a place to curl up he will. Is pretty socially awkward and oblivious to random people generally wanting to speak or flirt with him. Can talk about fishing for hours but that can bore quickly if you don't like it too.

Bio - The reckless little prince of Ether. Lover of fishing and time wasting. Father grew a bit annoyed he wasn't doing much back at the kingdom and was gaining too many lazy traits so made him enroll into RSA so that he can maybe gain some better traits and also socialize with those his age. Devlin has already studied a lot given his childhood so isn't taking this too seriously and mostly still just silently vanishing to fish and not talking to anyone much. There are things others do that interest him so he isn't fully uninterested in everything.

Other Notes

As a child for most of his life as one Devlin was bedridden and unable to walk so always was taken around the castle either in a wheelchair or being carried by his caretakers.

While his dorm is technologyless Devlin was raised around smartphones,video games,and tv as a way to keep his mind active when he was bedridden as a child. He rather perish than to not play his mobile gacha/action games so the main reason won't find him at the dorm is cause he elsewhere doing that to not get caught.

Has a ring that often will see him stare at while rotating on his finger. The glare he will briefly give you if notices your looking is spine chilling but also theres a sadness to it.

His right eye is constantly going from sky blue,red,orange,and yellow colors depending on either mood or something else. He doesn't know why it's always been a thing his father said don't worry about it. When Devlin relaxes or is asleep it is his natural blue color.

If he gets severely angry to a point,both his eyes go black sclera with yellow pupils and will see crystal/scale-like pieces form on his arms and face as if he is changing into something else but doesn't finish as body isn't strong enough for whatever is happening and he falls unconscious for days to weeks.

#twisted wonderland #twst oc #twisted wonderland oc #rsa oc #twst rsa #twst fandorm #crystaleon #devlin #prince oc #final fantasy xv #final fantasy xv noctis #noctis lucis caelum

[headcannonsbutwrittenbyasnake]

Hello! I just wanted to say i love your DMC!yuu content, i don't know if other people asked for it already but can we get more about DMC!yuu's family in twisted wonderland? Whether it's them meeting a new dorm or just general shenanigans it's up to you ^^

Have a good day/night!

I had a story where Yuu just goes around with her horns out all day so Malleus doesn't feel so alone and I did art for it but the story got scrapped

Anyways here are those sketches:

(W/ and w/o horns)

But I'm gonna do this with Lady, Trish, Nico, and Kyrie.

Poor Kyrie is so heartbroken and shocked when she sees Ramshackle

"How could any caretaker let a child live in conditions like this?!?"

Nico is just angry

Just imagine a REALLY angry Nico

"HOW FUCK DARE YA LET YUU LIVE LIKE THIS YA STUPID FUCKING CROW!"

Yuu also put a no smoking inside rule into effect

Trish and Lady are just fussing over Yuu's heath and education

"Being in a normal school like this will be really good for you!" "Auntie Lady, this is anything but a normal school."

"Have you been eating, you look a little pale," "Auntie I'm always pale,"

Kyrie takes over cooking and Grim has never been more in love.

If anyone is over, Kyrie is offering food

Kyrie also takes care of any scraps and bruises the first years have

"You two should really stop getting into fights, I'm not going to always be here to treat your wounds!"

Yuu makes sure Ace and Deuce say thank you

Yuu: *Standing menacingly behind Kyrie*

"Thank you Ms.Kyrie, we'll all keep that in mind next time."

Vil and Trish get along for the most part

Except when it come to Epel

Trish hates that Vil forces Epel to be someone else

Teaching manners and hygiene is completely fine, but to make him go completely against what Epel wants for himself is not

"Potatoes need to be taught a lesson, don't you agree?"

"As long as that lesson is about good and bad behavior, but the accent and going against a person's wants isn't ever warranted."

Meanwhile Lady is teaching him to use a paint ball gun.

"I can hit mostly anyone with this and won't hurt them?"

"Well... No it'll hurt like hell, but as long as you're a safe distance away it won't kill them,"

Epel instantly goes and shoots Rook for following him.

Also none of them really like Rook

Nico's kinda okay with him because he'll test her weapons when Yuu or Lady isn't available

Nico and Yuu are best friends

Definitely a case of an extrovert adopting an introvert

A case of an energetic dog and a grumpy ally cat becoming best friends

Yuu's notebook is full of their experiment notes/results

You know how in DMC5 you can go into the gallery and it had all of Nico's notes and photos of the enemies? That's basically Yuu notebook, just with some more detailed/unhinged notes

Yes, there is now a page on Grim in both their notes

"A small, grey, cat-like monster who is currently living and bonded with Yuu. Although feisty and quick to fight, can be easliy domesticated. Has a liking for fish." "The great Grim is not easy to domesticate how dare you!"

Nico also have notes on some of Yuu's more... eccentric classmates

Funniest entries are on Jade and Malleus

Jade's is "An eel-like mermaid with a sadistic personality and a penchant for mischief, all hidden behind an image of politeness. Seems to like hanging around Yuu, most likely due to her bouncing between apathy and challenging his threats. Like mushrooms a concerning amount. Probably is contemplating murder, probability already gotten away with is in the past."

Malleus's is mostly just Nico teasing Yuu. "A Dark-fae (Sub-species[?] Dragon-fae) next in line to the throne of the Briar Valley. Yuu closest 'friend'. Seems to be more active at night but more evidence needed. Enjoys ice-cream and having Yuu's attention. Dislikes anyone who bothers them. Rxtremely oblivious when others reciprocate his feeling. Yuu really needs to just spell it out to him :) "

Yuu: *Reads entry on Malleus* "Nico I sWEAR TO FUCK-"

All of Nrc is terrified of Lady

Like this magicless human can keep up with and hold her own against literal demons

I'm going to be honest here, half the boys couldn't take a hit from a demon.

I'm convinced none of Ignihyde knows how to throw a punch

Like a light hit to the shoulder and Idia would just crumple

If Nico's van is there no building is safe

Nico also breaks into Ignihyde on a near daily basis

"Sup nerds! I need to use your workshop!"

Yuu is trying her best to get the dorm residents a safe distance away, she wouldn't hear the end of it from Crowley if Nico blew a student up

Nico and Sebek would get into screaming matches because Sebek can't keep his fucking mouth shut

"You really wanna sit here and say humans are weak? Yuu's more human than you and she can still lay yer' ass out flat!" Or "And Miss Lady can knock your sorry ass to next Sunday- What's yer' point?"

If Yuu didn't emplment a 'no serious fighting in or close to the dorm' rule, Nico would have hopped over her workbench and knock him out

I can just see Trish stare Sebek down and he just gets that "oh fuck, my mom's gonna beat my ass" feeling

Both Silver and Lady need a vacation

As much as they care for their wacky wa-hoo old men, they need a break

Give the responsible people a break, please they're so tired

Lady: *Putting a hand on his shoulder*"Never, and I mean NEVER, lend an idiot money, especially if your close to them ," Silver, who just woke up is and confused as fuck: "Uh yeah... sure, are you okay?"

#i will always slander Sebek (affectionately) #twst x reader #twst #disney twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland x reader #twst yuu #dmc! yuu #dmc!yuu

[lullabyes22-blog]

I have a character who is basically the reverse of an elf (at least concept wise) in the sense that her species only lives for about a single human life time, but cannot die of any unnatural causes. An extreme example would be she gets ripped in half hamburger style, best case scenario she has to find her legs and reattach them, worst case she has to regrow them.

Because she’s basically a star fish in terms of regenerative abilities, she has no real concept of danger and does not remove herself from normally deadly situations. It also lends to her not understanding human limits.

How would Sevika and Silco (or anyone in FnF really) react to this? Would they be horrified, or would they use it to their advantage.

ghgfd

That's both fascinating and horrific. I love it.

Silco would be intrigued, especially since they demonstrate such a lack of situational awareness re: danger (he's reminded a bit of Jinx but also vaguely of himself). He'd immediately want to know whether they can serve Zaun in some capacity, held back as a last resort for dangerous situations like armed conflict, simply to absolutely fuck with enemies, who realize this person is unkillable.

Sevika would be vaguely nauseated, but follow Silco's cue. He has a point; they could be useful. Heck, once Zaun is safer, they could even be helpful during natural disasters, and able to help evacuate citizens from threats like earthquakes, acid rain and floods. She'd try to privately educate them on human limits though. Mostly because it wouldn't do to have another loose cannon with no concept of other people as breakable people.

Jinx would be fascinated in a very unnerving way. What's that? You can't die? Allow her to fling a bomb at you and test that theory. And possibly collect all your remains and store them in separate pickle jars so they can't fuse together afterward. Or will they all start regenerating at once, so there are dozens of you?

This is a fun game. So many options; so many tortures. It's nothing personal. She just finds the unkillable an affront to her skillset.

Her family didn't get a second chance. Why should you?

Vi would narrowly avoid vomiting. And try to get this sad abomination away from Silco's clutches, because she knows they'd only be subjected to a life of torment. Like Sevika, she'd also carefully broach the subject of human limits, and to having a danger-sense, so they're not putting themselves in situations where they end up harmed, and have their abilities exposed.

Meantime, they'd be a great sparring buddy. (Not punching bag - she's not a monster!) A way to polish her own skills, and to teach them a thing or two.

#asks #arcane #arcane league of legends #arcane silco #arcane jinx #arcane vi #arcane sevika #sevika #jinx #vi #silco #fanfic #forward (never forget)/xoxo #forward but never forget/xoxo

[offscreendeath]

The Primal Theory - Domestication, Death and Dialectics

What I enjoyed about this episode is that it brought up something that I think about a lot lately; the concepts of civilization, social ecology and death, as well as their relationship to one another within the context of popular culture and art, particularly this series.

We're constantly presented with thematic and aesthetic contrasts in this show, a dialectic of sorts. This is especially true in this most recent season in particular.

For a brief synopsis: We're shown a bunch of so-called "distinguished gentlemen" having a debate about their relationship to their "true, essential" nature revealing itself under the right conditions.

There's already a dialectic presented that's worthy of examination: a modern society, with "properly" organized and "advanced" cultural aspects, versus that of its supposed opposite, the antisocial and violent chaos of wild nature, primitive and undeveloped.

One of the gentlemen, Charles, is convinced that this binary is not perfect, implying that there is a link between both states of being, thus people can traverse back and forth, that there are variations to the "model" modern human.

Charles' colleagues are skeptical of any such a connection. They contend that their society, and their status within that society, is its ultimate form, entirely separated from wild nature by definition.

We are expected to agree with Charles' theory, as evidenced in the end, where he's intellectually and emotionally validated, declaring triumphantly "I told you so!" in so many words. In supposedly proving his theories correct, we have a moment to share in his victory, although it came with a bloody price.

This moment brings to mind those moments in Dexter's Laboratory, where Dee Dee, the airheaded underdog, proved Dexter, the intellectual, wrong or outsmarted him in some clever, roundabout way.

Civilization frequently attempts to direct and dominate the diverse elements of wild nature, either to "tame" it during the process of domestication, to conquer it in the process of colonization, to examine it in the process of scientific study, or to commodify it in the process of capitalist accumulation -- sometimes this happens all at once.

At the top of this hierarchy are these distinguished "men" and their peers. I think it's no coincidence that no feminine coded people physically appear in this episode, or are named (apart from Mrs. Kensington, a cook who was a later victim). According to this dialectic, Men can only meaningfully become so by dominating nature and taking their rightful place in the world as its master.

This necessarily makes them enemies of nature. Adorned on the walls and built into the setting's very architecture, are trophies and decorations that are symbolic reflections of this attitude. Rather than being protected by it, they are trapped by this (literal) framework they've built around them, now vulnerable to the violence of wild nature that they've convinced themselves they were superior to, a separation that their entire sense of identity rests on.

Now, with things as they shouldn't be, they are in disarray, scrambling to protect themselves from the elements that were previously outside and locked far away. The wild elements, in the form of the Madman, find themselves inside, attempting to inflict violence on the gentlemen, reversing the hierarchy and established order.

The contrast between the gentlemen and their foe, at first, couldn't be more stark; the escaped "madman" inmate, from head to toe, as one of the educated gentlemen stated, can barely be considered human at all. It's clear that his form closely resembles that of the series' usual protagonist, Spear, and is equally as viscous or talkative.

However, even Spear is not without any capacity for making social connections. Through a shared sense of grief, pain and loss, He befriended Fang, a member of another species, after all, and usually doesn't disturb anyone else unless they're a fish or other smaller animals that he wants to eat.

In their battles with this buff ass asylum escapee with sick tatts, the host and the "madman" must attempt to reclaim their brutal "savage" nature for the same reasons Spear often does: to survive against an enemy who is only concerned with hunting and devouring him.

Unlike Spear, these suits don't live in a world where this is just another typical day. They did not expect having to fight to the death with a human "beast", nor were prepared for one. Spear, on the other hand, is constantly vigilant and aware of his surroundings, from until the moment he awakes until he falls to sleep.

In defeating the threat, they've managed to win their lives, but not without any injury or loss. The lesson, here, seems to be that we cannot meaningfully separate ourselves from nature without losing a part of ourselves, or being unprepared when it visits us on a dark and stormy night in 1890's England.

Humans are mostly social animals though there are a few exceptions and circumstances where this is not the case. Adorned on the walls of our setting are weapons of war. England itself, was the product of a history of imperialist expansion, slavery and genocide. The show's "madman", on his worst day, could not ever hope to match the scale of bloodshed that was done in service to the crown.

What then, does all this say about civil society? Primarily, (no pun intended,) it seems to imply that it is just a simple illusion more than anything else. There is no clear or obvious separation between humanity and the rest of the natural, wild world. The only borders between it and us are ones we've constructed in our own minds or built as temporary physical safeguards between the acceptable version of society we've made and, well, everything else.

It's perhaps easy to read some not-very-great political themes into what the show depicts. For example, in this very episode, with the "murderous psychopath" trope, which has been a staple since before color television existed.

This traffics in another false binary, that people of different mental conditions are uniquely dangerous in some extreme way that "normal" neurotypical people are not, with the lines between being mentally healthy and unhealthy are absolute or always relevant.

The show is quite graphically violent, full of scenes of an ancient ape-like stoic neanderthal caveman "conquering" nature in deadly combat against fierce animal opponents and existential threats.

Though Spear actually lives in harmony with nature (except when he's forced not to), and never really takes more than he needs to survive or causes too much damage to his environment, one could read this as a glorification of the gruesomeness, and serve as a motivation for the belief that humanity (or civilized humanity,) should take our place as the supreme, strong warriors in the wake of the chaos that nature inflicts.

The rise of interest on certain parts of the internet and elsewhere in a mythical return to a "traditional" ways of being is an attractive notion, although the imagined past we'd all be returning to is just a fiction, like ancient hominids living alongside dinosaurs and riding them into battle against an army of snakes. Or an army of ape-guys. Or or an army of vikings. Or an army of other dinosaurs. You get the point.

Despite the popularity of such a story, the truth is difficult to accept -- humans are not above nature, or masters of it. As dangerous as we are, (or rather can be,) we're just as vulnerable to the elements, the other wild inhabitants of our environment and each other. It doesn't take a T-Rex or giant shark, either -- even microscopic organisms can mess us up. We'd all do well to remember that our place isn't one above or separate from nature. We live and thrive not in spite of it, but along with it.

#the primal theory #genndy tartakovsky #art theory #adult swim #genndy tartakovsky's primal #primal season 2 #shareena carlson #film blog #film #animation #western animation #review #analysis #uploads #offscreenobits

[beansthough]

Oh my GOD, chapter 6 of snake charmer was so goooodddd!!! <3

So questions!

What is the biggest 'giant' hybrid in this au? Are they proportional to the animals or do they follow different rules, like is Tommy the same size as the snake species he is? I think you mentioned actual humans at one point, so would they be the biggest?

Considering how young Tommy is and lack of his own 'village' is Wilbur trying to fill in his educational gaps? Could be some cute bonding moments?

How developed is the village? Are they like the tiny people in the epic movie?

have the tinies domesticated any smaller animals or are they too tiny for that? :,D

Keep up the great work!

Thank you so much! Always a pleasure to see you in my inbox<3

1. Most of the “giant hybrids” are around human size, but there are special cases in which they are larger.

The largest hybrids are definitely the whale hybrids/ some sirens and such, but I doubt they’ll ever be relevant to this storyline. In those instances they would be about the size of their animal counterparts.

I like most of my larger hybrids to be based on pre existing human mythology, so Nagas, Driders, centaurs, dragon hybrids. But these are more like mini giants when compared to humans. Tommy right now is actually bigger than an average adult human.

But yes technically all of the hybrids are around the same size as their counterpart animals. So there are some dwarf size hybrids too, but the tinies try to avoid anyone bigger than then because they are usually seen as a quick snack to some.

(There can be tiny driders, nagas, and sirens. I like to see the bigger ones as a genetic mutation that adapted over time for these specific species. Most of these species has been wiped out by humans because they are seen as dangerous so both big and small are a rare case.)

This is also why nagas are seen as sort of a myth and a worse nightmare to tiny hybrids because many think they don’t actually exist.

2. Tommy did grow up with others his size but it definitely wasn’t in a healthy environment. So he is a little behind on knowledge on most thinks and Wilbur fills him in. Yes definitely cute bonding moments. Tommy learns that he really hates math, but he rather likes reading Will’s new songs.

3. Now that I actually think about it… definitely like the tiny people in epic in a sense of how advanced it is. Not as much magic though lol.

4. Yes the tinies do have some domesticated animals they take care of, mostly smaller ones though, like certain kinds of insects, smaller birds, and even some mice.

They try to steer clear of some larger animals that they can’t really control ex: rats, frogs, fish, rabbits, birds of prey, definitely snakes and spiders, and I really shouldn’t even half to say foxes and bobcats. Anything bigger usually leaves them alone.

#asks #the snake charmer au #mcyt g/t #giant/tiny #worldbuilding

[encyclopika]

Are there truly many benefits to being a marine biologist?

I suppose this is very subjective, but for me the benefits have so far been:

-I have seen and handled a number of shark species, from the common Spiny Dogfish to Sandbar sharks, a Dusky, Sand Tigers, and even a HUGE scalloped hammerhead. Sharks are the reason I became a marine biologist, so I'm literally living my dream.

-I have had the pleasure of seeing other incredible animals and got to handle them, too, such as numerous Atlantic Sturgeon, a Loggerhead Sea Turtle, and an Atlantic White-sided dolphin (deceased, but I still can't believe I performed some science on a dolphin!!)

-Being a marine biologist has meant that beach days are spent exploring and knowing the animals I find and not being afraid of them.

-I've been trusted to educate people of all ages about the sea, and other important topics like pollution and climate change. Sometimes I get nice tips from my audience once it's over lmao.

-I work with people who care about the same shit I do and I learn from them everyday, too.

-I get paid to go fishing. I get paid to eat seafood and tell people how great it is.

-I do meaningful work that directly helps and benefits my community and my local fishing industry members.

-I do meaningful work that directly helps to make our water healthy and promote conservation for animal species I love.

Are there cons? Yeah - I got paid to go fishing today, but my coworker and I woke up at 2am to catch a boat an hour and a half away and then didn't even catch the specimens we needed...so we'll have to go again at some point. I've been treated like shit while trapped on a trawler in the middle of the winter for 9 days straight to get data I didn't feel anyone used. I have seen horrible things happen to animals in fishing gear and I deal with a lot of dead stuff.

It's a dirty job - so many other marine bio majors and colleagues have quit the field because it's too much often for too little money - but the benefit of being a marine biologist is that I'm one of the few people who dreamed of it and made it happen, too.

#there are many benefits to being a marine biologist #real talk #marine biology #I love my job #thank you

[loominggaia]

What are some matazun subcultures?

Here's a handful of concepts I've been thinking about...

Leloma - The Leloma spend most of their time in and around water, but they are not always Aquarians. While some people are obsessed with dragons or horses, the Leloma's obsession is with dolphins. This subculture is huge in Matuzu Capital City, where river dolphins are common. At one point in time, these dolphins were almost hunted to extinction. The Leloma are credited with bringing their numbers back, for there is no one else more passionate about these animals.

A stereotypical Leloma works part-time or not at all, spends all day at the lake, ocean, or river, and wears a swimsuit more often than regular clothes. They tame wild dolphins and sometimes train them for races or competitions to show off tricks. They are very common around Central Lake in particular. Other lake-goers find them annoying, but tourists are dazzled by their way with dolphins. The Leloma are known to take tips for putting on a show with their trained aquatic companion. Some can make a living this way, but many are just retired hobbyists.

Miliko's Mannequins: Miliko's fandom is enormous, but only a select few make it into his exclusive "Vanity Club". Members of this club are called Mannequins, and in order to keep their membership, they must carefully maintain their appearance every day. Their membership can be revoked if another Mannequin catches them looking sloppy and reports them to Miliko's agents. Mannequins receive new outfits from Miliko, and they are tasked with modeling these outfits for X hours a week.

Mannequins spend these hours hanging out at trendy places in the city, like cafes and nightclubs, or anywhere with a lot of eyes around. They travel in groups and are known for acting catty and snotty. They don't get paid for their modeling, it's an act of sheer passion for them. You'll never catch a Mannequin in a rural town or hanging out with anyone who looks frumpy. Miliko has a very narrow standard of beauty and only picks certain species to model his designs, so you'll never see ogres, trolls, gorgons, cecaelia, minotaurs, or goblins in the Vanity Club. Sirenes, elves, and humans are most common.

Wannaquins: These are Miliko fans who couldn't make it into the Vanity Club, but act like they're in it anyway. They dress in cheap bootleg versions of Miliko's fashions, desperately trying to get the attention of his agents. They also spend a lot of time trying to impress Mannequins, following them around and sucking up to them. Mannequins find them terribly annoying and pathetic, and frankly, so does the rest of society.

Gator Boys - Despite their name, people of any sex can be a Gator Boy. This subculture is exclusive to the Emerald Wetlands region of Serkel. This swampy place is home to many wild alligators, which have spawned a whole subculture around them. The stereotypical Gator Boy is a young, rural man with little income and even less education. He spends a lot of time outdoors and loves nothing more than fishing, hunting, and getting drunk on rice wine. Gator Boys got their name because the sport of gator-wrestling is popular in their home region. However, not all Gator Boys wrestle gators or even interact with gators at all. Those that do may hunt these animals for food or keep them as pets. Many Matuzans look down on Gator Boys as uneducated, backwater yokels.

Gymmi - The Gymmi are Matuzu's version of "gym bros", but these guys take things a step further. They are obsessed with being the biggest, strongest guys around. The stereotypical Gymmi is a heavyweight species such as a centaur, ogre, or minotaur, who spends a lot of time lifting weights in public. It's not enough to lift really heavy stuff all day, they want everyone to watch them doing it and marvel at how strong they are! Gymmi like to walk around shirtless to show off their muscles, even when it's cold, and are carrying something heavy more often than not--just because they can. They are competitive with eachother, and this obsession with being the biggest often leads to self-destruction. Many Gymmi turn to performance-enhancing drugs and potions, or even cosmetic surgery to achieve the muscles they desire. Abusing these drugs can cause anything from fits of rage to heart attacks.

This is the Gymmi's darkest side, but there is also a lighter side to this subculture which promotes working out and being healthy. While some Gymmi can be bullies, there are plenty who are passionate about fitness and are eager to help anyone just getting started on their journey to health.

Here's some less developed ideas...

Wine is huge in this kingdom, so I imagine there is a big wine snob culture to go with it.

Something centered around Feztavi. I'm thinking of people who never stop partying, they just drink, dance, and screw all day, every day.

Bigoted anti-gaian yokels who dress like they're tough and travel in gangs to harass gaians, but if you catch them alone they're suddenly pathetic wimps. They're obsessed with a dark period in Matuzu's history when gaians were enslaved and try to emulate that old lifestyle. I think most of them would be fae, but maybe some commoners too.

That's all I have right now!

*

Questions/Comments?

Lore Masterpost

#ask #askmatuzu #askculture

[fxtelism-moved]

[ i. basic information ]

FULL NAME. Mare Reynn

NICKNAMES. -

ALIASES. Elemental Witch of Water

FACE. Erio Tōwa (from Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko)

DATE OF BIRTH. 8th April 

AGE: 17

ZODIAC SIGN. Aries

GENDER. Female

PRONOUNS. She/Her

ORIENTATION. Uncertain

SPECIES. Witch

NATIONALITY. Auritic (in the continent Auritem)

ETHNICITY. Elemental Witches

RESIDENCE. In a particular lake of Infiniti Forest

HOMETOWN. Vinas (one of the closest towns near Infiniti Forest)

OCCUPATION. Water Maiden

EDUCATION. Unclear

RELIGION. -

[ ii. appearance ]

HEIGHT. 5′0 

BUILT. Petite

EYES. Light blue

HAIR. Slightly dark blue

SCARS. none

TATTOOS. none

PIERCINGS. none

OTHER. Dark blue markings across her left thigh when using magic.

DRESSING STYLE. White poofy shorts and sleeveless shirt, light blue transparent veil across her body, sandals 

[ iii. relationships ]

DIRECT FAMILY.  Unnamed father and mother

EXTENDED FAMILY. unknown

SIGNIFICANT OTHER. none

CHILDREN. None

PETS. If fishes wish to stay in her lake are considered as pets.

Tagged by: @vixlenxe (thank you for tagging me!)

Tagging: @eternitycyber, @terraeferae, @jardinae, @eliteimperialism, @inseparableduo, @shootingxstardust, @shichishi-chii, @devotionobsessed, @creelsclocks, @mcsesofhope, @tiredstudents​, and anyone who wants to do this OR steal it from me!

#( tag games. ) #( muse headcanon. ) #;mare #( muse headcanon; mare )

[shiloh-rivera]

Hey, guys! I’m Katelyn, and this beauty, Rian! I’m excited to be here and to interact with a new-ish character as I explore this wonderful roleplay and this beautiful town that’s been created! I would love to plot with every single one of you. My discord is xADumbHuman#3145 if anyone wants to add me on there!

THE STATISTICS

𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗦

FULL LEGAL NAME: Shiloh Rian Rivera NICKNAME(s): Guppy (only by her dad), Dandelion (by her dad and her Uncle Jack), Ri AGE: 40 DATE OF BIRTH: April 28th SPECIES: Human ETHNICITY: French-Danish, Mexican-Indian, and Spanish (Google gives me all the facts) NATIONALITY: American LANGUAGES: Spanish, English, very little French GENDER: Cis-Female PRONOUNS: She/Her SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Heterosexual BIRTH ORDER: Only Child (That she's aware of) HOMETOWN: Nightrest, Mass. CURRENT RESIDENCE: Low Point in Nightrest, Mass. EDUCATION: College; Bachelor's Degree OCCUPATION: Traveling Fisherman/Fish Merchant MARITAL STATUS: Divorced FAMILY: Franklin Rivera (Father) - deceased, Jack Gregory (Uncle)- in New York, Mother - Unknown RELATIONSHIPS: See connections. PETS: None currently. 𝗣𝗛𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗦

HEIGHT: 5'7" WEIGHT: 120 pounds. BODY TYPE: Fit, athletic build. EYE COLOR: Dark Brown HAIR COLOR: Dark Brown SCARS|MARKS: A scar behind her ear from falling on a rock as a child. FACIAL HAIR: None SIGNATURE SCENT: Coconut and Vanilla shampoo, body was, and Vanilla scented perfume TATTOOS: tbd PIERCINGS: Double ear piercing; belly button 𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗕𝗜𝗔𝗦 & 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗦

PHOBIAS: N/A MENTAL DISEASES: N/A PHYSICAL DISEASES: N/A 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬

HOGWARTS HOUSE: Ravenclaw PROMINENT TRAITS:  Adventurous, Scholarly, World Traveler, Food Critic FAVORITE FOODS: Veggie Straws, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, Vanilla Yogurt, Chocolate covered coconut bites, Tacos, a good meaty sandwich with all the toppings FAVORITE COLOR: Lavender, Dusty Blue MUSIC TASTE: She can go from Hannah Montana to Breaking Benjamin, she doesn't care. HOBBIES: reading, hiking, swimming, fishing, painting (though she's awful at it), sitting by a fire with a glass of wine. ZODIAC SIGN: Gemini LIKES: Lipstick shades in various colors, hiking boots even when the don't compliment an outfit, marking dates on a calendar and still not remembering them DISLIKES: Being alone, weather that's too cold, weather that's too hot

THE APPLICATION

was that SHILOH ‘RIAN’ RIVERA i saw by the lighthouse today? i heard that the FORTY year old who has been in nightrest for GREW UP HERE, BEEN BACK FOR ABOUT A YEAR IN TOTAL and works  as a TRAVELING FISHERMAN/FISH MERCHANT has a reputation of being LOYAL, but also DISTANT. they reside in LOW POINT & people in town usually associate them with RED LIPSTICK STAINED COFFEE CUPS, DISTANT MEMORIES FROM CHILDHOODS SPENT IN THE OUTDOORS, HIKING TRAILS COVERED IN THE FOOTPRINTS OF HER SHOES. let’s hope the killer doesn’t go after them next.

THE HEADCANONS

Rian is a very outdoorsy person. She’s always loved anything that had to do with outdoors.

She was raised by a single father whose life revolved around his daughter and the light house that he’d been keeper of for most of his life. 

Rian has always wanted children, but never saw herself as a mother. She’s always been too dedicated in the lives of those around her to even consider it.

A true animal lover at heart, Rian has had more pets in her lifetime than she can count. It wasn’t unusual for her to bring a new animal home to her father as a surprise gift.

Rian has always loved birthdays. She’s the kind of person that would go above and beyond to make someone’s day special, even if they hated it. 

She doesn’t love often - a gift or a curse she’ll never really know - but when she does, she doesn’t give up on it easily. 

She made decent grades all throughout school. It wasn’t straight a’s, but that was never important to Rian. Good grades meant more to her than not. 

She loves Fall, and anything ‘fall flavored.’ To say she’s ‘addicted’ is an understatement. 

Her and her father had a running joke that they’d be in Nightrest their entire lives. That was only true for Franklin.

Rian loves hiking - as if it wasn’t obvious by her love of outdoors - and she would rather be outdoors hiking somewhere new anytime she can be than indoors.

THE SUMMARY

The following summary contains content that may be triggering. Grief, death, divorce and cancer are all themes mentioned below! Please proceed with caution.

Rian grew up in Nightrest. Her god-father - who she calls ‘Uncle Jack’ - took over the lighthouse keeper job when Rian’s dad passed away several years ago, before he retired just within the past two years. However, a few months ago he and Rian started traveling in a way to grieve and process - having nothing to do really started making him see things differently - and he is now living in New York. Rian has recently moved back to Nightrest, after moving away seventeen years ago at twenty three to move in with her husband Patrick. The two are now divorced and although she’s still grieving the death of her father (not quite as much but definitely still grieving), Rian feels like being in Nightrest where she grew up was the best thing she could’ve ever done for herself and she’s more than happy to be back. 

#nightrest:intro #death tw #grief tw